The Press., 1898-07-21
Chicago Journa1.) DOOLEY TELLS OF A GREAT VICTORY.

"I hear" said Mir Hennessey, ''that tn stereopticons on tn newspapers have sthruck."
 "I sh'd think they wud," said MT. Doo- ley. "Th' las' time was downtown was iliction night, whin Charter Haitch's big la-ad was ilicted an they was wurrukin' tn stereopticons till they was black in tn face. Whats tn news
 "Th' What Cheer, Ioway, Lamp iv Freedom is on tn sthreets with tilly- gram that Shafter has captured Sandago de Cuba an is now settin' on Gin'ral Pando's chest with his hands in his hair But this is denied by tn Palo Gazoot. tn Macoupin County Raygisther, an tn Meridyan sthreet, Afro-American. l also see be tn Daily Scoor Card, tn Wine List, Deef Mute's Spokesman, tn Morgue Life. tn Bill iv Fare, tn. Stock Yards Straight Steer, an Jacks Tips on tn Races, the on'y daily paper printed in Chicago, that Sampson's fleet is in tn Suez canal bombarding Cades. Tn Northwestern Christyan Advycate says this is not thrue, but that George Dixon was out-pointed by an English boxer in a twenyt-r-round go in New York"
 "Ye've got things mixed up,' said MT. Dooley. "I get tn news straight. Twas this way. Tn Spanish fleet was bottled up in Sandago harbor an they dhrew tn cork That's joke. I see it in tn pa apers. Tn gallant boys iv tn navy was settin' out on tn deck defindin' their coun- hry an dhrawin' three ca-ards apiece whin the Spanish admiral concluded 'twud be better fr him to be destroyed on tn ragin' sea, him bein' a sailor, thin to have his fleet captured be cav'lry. Annyhow he was willin' to take a chance, an he says to his sailors, 'Spanyards,' he says, 'Castiles, he says, we have ct tn las bed tick he says, 'an' if we stay here much longer, he says, 'I'll have to have a steak off tn armor plate fried fir ye,' he says. Lave us go out where we can have a r-run fir our money,' he says. An away they wint, I'll say this much fir him, he's a brave man, a dam brave man. l don't like a Spanyard no more than ye do, Hinnessy. I niver see wan. But if this here man was a-was Boohlgaryan, I'd say he was brave man. If was aboard wan iv thim yachts that was convarted, I'd go to this here Cervera an I'd say: Manuel I'd say, yer all right, me boy. Ye ought to So to a doctor an have ye'er eyes reset but yer a good fellow. Go downstairs. I'd say, into tn basemint iv the ship, 'Pd say, 'an' open tn cupboard jus nex' to tn head iv tn bed an find the bottle marked "Floridy water and threat ye'erself kind. ly.' That's what I'd say to Gervera -He,s all right. ..'s.-.s .51st 7. Ft
 "Well, whin our boys see the Spanish fleet comin' out iv tn harbor they gath. cred on tn deck an sang tn naytional anthem They'll be a hot time in tn ol town tonight A lift-nant come up to where Admiral Sampson was sittin' play. in sivin-up with Admiral Schley, Bill, he says, 'th' Spanish fleet is comin' out, he says. What talk haveye?' says Samp son, Sind out some rowboats an a yacht an destroy thim. Clubs is thrumps,' he says. and he wint on playin'. Tn Span ish fleet was attackted on all sides be om br-rave la-ads, nobly assisted be tn dis patch boats iv the newspapers. Wan be ships attached tn convarted yacht Glou cester The Gloucestes used to be owne6 be Pierpont Morgan, but twas convarted | an is now leadin' dacint life. Tn Glou cester sunk them all, tn Christobell Com ma, the Viseera an tn Admiral O'Quinn It thin wint up to two Spanish torpedo boats an give thim wan punch an ava. they wint. Be this time tn sojers haC heard of the victhry, an they gathered or tn shore, singing the naytional anthem They'll be hot time in tn ol' town to night, me babby.' Tn gloryous old chun, to which Washington an Grant an Lincoll marched, was took up be tn sailors on tn ships an Admiral Cervera r-run wan i, his boats ashore an jumped into tn sea At last accounts tn followin' dispatche had been received: "To William McKin ley: Congratulations on ye'er noble vic thory. (SignedD William Mckinley 'T' Russell A. Alger: Ye done splendid (agneO Russell A. Alger." To Jame Wilson, sicrety iv agriculture: This is gr-reat day rr Ioway. Ar-re ye mucl hur-reted. (SigneD James Wilson,
 "Where did ye hear all this?" asket Mir. Hennessy in great amazement.
 "I Tread it," said MT. Dooley. impres sively, ''in the Staats Zeitung."