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The National tribune., 1898-05-19
MISSIONARY RIDGE.
COmrade Babb Tells What the 64th Ohio
Boys Experienced There.

/ Boys experienced Iheres
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I saw the
| article of Mai. C. w. Bennett, of the 18th u.
S., relating to Missionary Ridge. / will give
| incidents as l saw it ON our part of the line.
On Nov. %, at 1 p. m., our regiment
marched with the brigade to the pieket-line,
about 80 yards to the left of Ringgold road,
fronting Missionary Ridge, with the 65th
Ohio on our left and followed by the 18th
Ills. We moved forward as directed by the
General commanding, III support Of the
skirmish-line. This Immediately advanced.
The enemy's skirmish-line was driven back
at 3 p m.
Our line was established at our former out
posts, and we made formidable bleastworks.
At p. M, as directed by our Colonel COM
manding, our regiment moved with the bril-
gade 200 yards or more to the left.
On Nov. "a the 64th Ohio went on picket.
On Nov. % we were relieved by the 3Sth
Ohio at a. m, and joined the brigade.
About p. m. we advanced 100 yards in ad-
vance of our line of works to position in the
second line-of-battle in the demi-brigade, the
Gath in advance, with the Goth Ohio ON our
left and the 10Th Ill. ON our right.
We were then told by Gen. Hooker:
Now, 9th, try your steel and run them
out of there" The Sd KY. being in our
rear, they were instructed when the order to
charge was given to follow the 64th Ohio,
faithfully support it, and not to fail at all
hazards to accomplish any work that regi-
ment might not accomplish.
The line advanced slowly at first then at
double-quick for three-fOurths of mile to
the enemy's works at the base of Missionary
Ridge. The enemy had retreated up the
Ridge to their main works. We followed,
but were COnordered to fall back. We saw
it was safer not to fall back over exposed
ground. We could see other regiments ad-
vancing to our right, and on we went and ran
the enemy out of those works, capturing
lot of prisoners and battery at Gen. Bragg's
Headquarters. BABE, Sergeant,
Co. G, 64th Ohio.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

During an engagement off Cardenas,
Cuba, on May II, between United States
vessels and the Spanish batteries and gun
boats, the WirslOw was severely damaged,
Ensign Worth Bagley and four enlisted
men were killed, and Lieut.. j. B Bernadou,
commanding, was wounded. Bagley was
the first American officer to lose his life in
the war
Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed,
was native of North Carolina, and the son
of Mrs. w. III. Bagley, of Raleigh, n c.
He was appointed to the Naval Academy
in September, 1891. He graduated June 90
1897 While a cadet he made cruises in
the Texas, the Montgomery, the Indiana
and the Maine. Upon being appointed
Ensign, last July, he was assigned to duty
on the Indiana, but was soon transferred
to the Maine, serving on that ship until
Nov. 23 last, when he was ordered to the
Winslow, under construction at that time
When she was completed and put in com
mission last December he was attached to
the vessel. He was very popular in the
service and regarded as daring and capable
Lieut.. j. B. Bernadou, who was wounded
in the fight, is one of the most dashing
young officers in the naval service. 1t was
because of this that he was selected for
the command of the Winslow, as it was
known that the service required would be
of the most hazardous character. Lieut..
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BernadOu is really an expert in torpedo
work. He took command of the WinslOw
Immediately uron her acceptance by the
Government. He was born November, 1858,
in Philadelphia and was appointed to the
Naval Academy by President Grant in
1876. He was Midshpman in 1882 and
an Ensign, Junior grade, in 1888. In June
of the following year he received his ap-
pointment as a full Ensign. In 1892 he
became a Lieutenant, Junior grade, and
attained his full Lieutenancy in 1896
The Winslow is one of four torpedo boats
built at Baltimore. The others are the
Foote, Rodgers and Mckee Steel was
used throughout in building On her trial
trip she developed maximum speed of
25.2 knots an hour. She is 100 feet long
and Is feet beam. The vessel displaceS
ZAP tons, with a normal capacity of nine
tons of coal; she has a full coal capacity of
"A tons, making load displacement of
III tons, with a mean draft of feet 8
inches. She has two sets of triple -expan-
sion four cylinder vertical engines in sepa-
rate water-tight compartments, they hav-
ing 1000 horse power each. These engines
drive two three-bladed screws, five feet in
diameter. The Winslow is armed with
three 1S-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes and
three One-pounder rapid firing guns She
has a complement Of three officers and 20
men.
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and say that he sent Lieut.. Lunt to arrest

and say that he sent Lieut.. Lunt to arrest
him.
These amiable historians apparently for
get that no gentleman in 1879 was at
| liberty to decline a challenge without los
| ing his position in society, and that this
rule applied with double force to military
| and naval officers. Jones had indeed, as
] before stated. technical grounds for de-
Ginning, but il is doubtful whether, in view
OF the fierce spirit of that epoch, such
grounds would have been generally &C
| cepted as sufficient
Landais, whatever may have been his
personal faults, was a scion of one of the
Oldest and proudest noble families of
France, and it would hardly have been the
province of the son of Scotch gardener to
rule him out of the pale of gentility by
refusing to fight him under any circum-
stances.
But, irrespective, Of all this, there is
abundant reason to believe that Jones was
not only averse to the proposed meeting,
hut that he welcomed the opportunity to
get his mutinous subordinate up in front of
ms pistol at 10 PAGES; believing that by
such an expedient great deal of trouble
could te disposed of quite terSely.
DIR. FRANKLIN'S VIEW.
DR.. Franklin refers to this affair in his
official correspondence as follows:
Jones and Landais have had fierce
quarrel OF nature calculated to prohibit
any future cooperation between them, and
believing Landais to be wholly in the
wrong, have used my authority to de-
tach him permanently from the squadron
and to order him to proceed to America.
unless a competent tribunal can be con-
vened here before which he may answer
Or his conduct"
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AN OFFER OF CONVOY.


1.-THE next morning when went over the
side the Dutch Admiral said to me that |
should be my own Judge of fair conditions
for sailing, and if would signal him an
hour or two before sailing he would con-
voy me out Of the marine league with one
of his CAS-.
IL am satisfied that it was he humilia-
ton and consequent resentment due to
these incidents more than anything else
which goaded the States General to war
with England few months later. In re-
sponSe to Riemerma's IS offer of convoy out
side said with thanks of suitable warmth
that, as ] should doubtless get under
weigh at night with the Alliance, it would
not be practicable to accept his kind offer.
This seemed to amaze him. and he said
that he did not think could get any pilot
to take me out at nigh ut that season of
the year, as all the lights tbeacons) had
been suspended and the entrance to the
Texel was dangerous for a ship of the
Alliances draft, unless the landmarks
could be seen.
Il answered that no coast pilot knew
that channel better than l did, because /
came into and through it in thick weather
the I'd of October, and had lain inside
nearly three months, giving up all my
spare time to study of its bearings, courses
and ranges in all points of the wind
Il told him IL had done this anticipating
just the emergency that was now upon me,
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Engraved from Ransome's painting. The
artists effect of the night scene, powerful
in the original, with the coloring, makes it
difficult to reproduce in engraving. The
slender, youthful figure in the center, in
Midshipman's uniform OF that period, is
that OF John Mayrant, OF South Carolina,
mounting the hammock netting Of the
Scraps, leading the Richard crew The
moment OF scene represents him turning
his face partly toward his men when he
exhorted them to Remember Portsea Jail"
Mayrant was about 20 years Of age at this
time. The officer in the foreground, in the
act of firing a pistol at the enemy, is in
tended to represent Commodore Jones. in
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

TWO crews. Neither the Commodore rO-
The brave Capt. Pearson ever slept mo- e
than two or three hours at Il time. and were
sometimes up for TWO days at time.
As the Pallas, being not much hurt
and her prize Uhe Countess OF SCartoro)
could work 10 windward the Commodore
had otter signalied them to bear up Tor
port and leave him 10 take care of himself:
10 which the GOOD Capt, Cottneau always
replied that he preferred To stand by"
Such was The tempestucus enc OF this
sanguinarv cruise But Paul Jones was
cy no means al the enG c! his troubles.
Ee haG indeed conquered his enemy and
brought rs prize safe in:o port. But the
port. though ostensibly neutral. was not
SO n !act. because between the weakness
OF the States General OF Holland and the
arrogance OF the English Minister, Sir
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that the Sd Mich. battery lay upon a hill 400
yards to our rear. They opened ON the Con-
federates, and did their part as well as the
other batteries mentioned.-J. r. DONALD
SON, Co. c, I'd Iowa, Goff. Kan.
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and could help myself now just as had
been accustomed to do throughout my life
At this the fat, good-natured old Admiral
simply held up his hands, gazed at me,
and said not a word
To- he. f;.asac
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

EDITORIAL N0TE.-How Paul Jones eluded
the British fleet, and further details as to his
adventurous coings, are told in the next
issue. Succeeding installments are intense
ly interesting.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

the original it is fair portrait of him,
about third life size. But the presence
of the Commodore in that position is
artists license; because, according to
his own description, Jones was on the
quarterback when Mayrant and his men
went over the Scraps S bulwarks, which
would have placed him in the background
OF the picture, as the scene is from forward
looking aft and Jones's position on the
Guarter-deck was Is or 20 feet abaft the
point at which Mayrant appears on top of
the hammock netting However the
license is easily iustifiable, and the original
painting as a whole is one of the best and
most spirited of its kind.
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1T WAS A FIGHT
BY THE CAPTAINS
INDEPENDENTLY.
Naval Board Completes Its Report Of
the Santiago Fight-Schley's Or
derx Had Nothing to DO With the
Result-sampson Was Far Away.

NEW YORK, oct 11.-Although the
American feet In the battle OF Santiago
on July 3 obeyed the general orders of Rear
Admiral Sampson. given In advance TO
meet Just such an emergency. it was es-
sentialiy Il captains fight. This is the
substance OF the report OF the naval board.
which has been investigating disputed
points In the battle. Rear Admiral Sam>-
signaIod by Schley. Close In ana En-
gage the enemy" did no good and were un-
necessary. for the ships had already closed
IN and engaged the enemy when the Or
Gers were run up.
The fun text of the report must come
from Washington, but many Interesting
points were obtained from the navy yard
today after the board. which haa been in
session on The Brooklyn. finally adjourned.
The board finds In a general way that each
ship in the fleet knew exactly what to do
should Cervera come out. and did 1t when
he actually came out. Each captain fought
his ship Oh pans prepared and given by
Sampson. Even had Schley directed the
general movement Of tne feet In the bat
tie, which 1t was necessary for him 10 do,
they would have been executed because Of
the preparations made by Sampson and
within the general orders. The findings of
the board are summarized as follows:
The battle was fought and won upon
plans prepared by Rear Admiral Sampson.
The directing of the movements Of the
ships done by SChley during the battle was
inconsderable.
The New York had no active part In the
fight.
The Brooklyn was not engaged at 50
close quarters as has been represented by
the frs report. on an average she was
two miles away from the enemy.
The bulk OF the fighting WAS borne by
the Oregon, Texas and Iowa
The New York vas about nine miles
from the Colon when the snip surrendered
ard between four and five miles from the
nearos; sister ship engaged from which
signal distance Il takan1.
The average range % the ships most en-
gagged was about mile and a ha'f. No
American ship AZ any time during the
battle was within mile Of an unnirren-
derea Spanish ship
The New York. he board finds, did Do,h-
ing o affcct tha issue of the ba'tlc. When
i tha Co.oa's flag came down tho New York
VS. nearly ten miles % The eastward.
sampson. - the New York. WAS near
s honey. where he hsatd the firing. and
turned ab5nt ard came back a. FAST as
forced draught could brig him. TIE New
York vas further inshore than any of the
vezaels. bat 100 far away 20 assist in the
Destruction ot the Spanish feet Al she
! I'D vas 20 fra two shots ~ long range az
a torpedo h1ft destroyer. she d3d rot
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-12
Colegrove's Counsel Proves
Them of Soft Iron.
THEY YIELD @ THE SAW.
City of Columbia Passengers Say
Capt. Minor Was Not Too
Severe III Imprisonlng
the Offenders.

HONOLULU. Sept zS.-The City Of Co
lunba cases are still the absorbing topic
IN Judge rerCy's court. The trial Of Rus
sell C0legrove's ibei suit against the City
ofColumbla has reached the stage OF expert
witnesses for the ii0eant. Three of the
leading machinsts OF this city were exam
ined as 10 the qualify OF the handouts used
on Coltgrove the question being II il
were possible 10 remove the handouts
from person without the use Of the key.
and with no injury to 6he prisoner. After
many objections from the attorneys Of
both sides me testimony was allowed that
they were rot made OF chilled steel, but
soft metal, and that with an ordinary tle
:hey could he cut eff the arm OF any one
without injury IN about five minutes.
VITA the consent Of Capt. Mlnor and his
counsel, that the hardcuas might be de-
stroyed II replaced. the counsel for Cole
grove had the cuffs locked 10 his wrists
and the actual demonstration was gone
through with Of fling the cuffs of. First
the Inks were fled through. thereby re-
leasing the haEos This was done in less
thaa five minutes. Then the cuff proper
was attacked AID removed in Just eight
minutes from the time OF beginning with
out mark. scratch or abrasion on the
wrist Of the counsel Counsel claimed this
was proof positive that the cuffs were not
Of chilled s.eei. and tnae 1t was but an
other proof Of the effort of TIE City ot
Columbia people to bias the m.nd OF the
court.
This brought on & sorcible and heated
denial IS thu steamers counsel. ami the
controversy became warmer than a. any
s~-a
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IMMENSE CROWDS
LINE THE WAY TO
SEE MCKINLEY.
fdent on the Journey tn omaha
Many Patriotic Speeches Deliv-
cred to the Listening Throngs.
OMAHA. Oct. 11.-presldent Mckinley

OMAHA. Oct. 1l.-Presldent Mckinley
and party. from Washington, were greet
eli on their arrival In Omaha by the largest
crowd that has ever lined the streets of the
city For several hours before the train
reached the depot the sidewalks along the
streets over which the president was to
pass were densely packed by citizrns ot
Omaha and visitors from all parts Of :he
country.
The presidential reception committee
composed Of prominent Omaha citizens
and their wives was at the depot Each
member Of the committee, with his WIFE
was given one particular guest to escort
to the proper place in the line OF carriages
which was in waiting, and they perform
Sd the tasks allotted to them without a
hitch.
AS soon as all were seated the process
sion started. under escort of the Eques-
trian Club # South Omaha. for the city
hall. Along the WHOLE line the crowds On
each side Of the street aud in every win
dow kept up a continuous ovation. The
buildings were gorgeousIy decorated with
red. white and blue. and with the Ak-Sar-
Ben colors. red. yellow and green. and nu-
merous pictures of the president appeared
in The windows Of stores and Offices. The
streets ware strung with lines of incandcs-
cent lights at every street corner. max
irg the whole line OF march as light as
day.
At the city hall the party alightea, and
the visitors were ass gned 10 seats on a
temporary platform from which they re-
viewed a magnificent parade q forty floats.
The floats were the same which had taken
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HOTEL OLYMPIC SET
ON FIRE AND BURNED
Costly Structure in Tacoma
Totally Destroyed.
OWNED BYLAND COMPANY
Loss Will Reach Half a Million,
With No Insurance.
OWNED BYLAND COMPANY

Third Property of the Same Corpora
tion Reduced by Ince ndfa rism tn
Ashes Within a short Tme-Con-
naxratiOn Was started Among
Fireman Hurt by n Falling Cor
tended to Offer the building to
State of Washington for q Capitol.
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First Official Public State
ment of His Plans.
GUIDING THE CAMPAIGN.
Reason Why Certain Movements
We're Decided On.

Tampa Not Selected as n Permanent
Camp, but ns n Strategic Bnse OF
Operations. Because Of Its shin.
ping Facilities and Proximity to
Cuba Fernansiinn Chosen ny
Miles and Jacksonville by Leo
First Point Selected for Landing
Was NarieI-Why Ii Was Aban-
dOned-rroops and Transports.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-20
, GOOD CHANCE FOR AUSTIN.

Our renders must have noticed yes
tcrdny the local report of the Colorado
Valley Railroad getting the railroad
commissission TO sanction the issuance of
$4,000 worth of first mortgage DohdS
upon five miles of their completed road
II is contemplated to have twenty mics
of this road in operation within the
next few months. The destination oil
tbe road is down the rich Colorado val
lev. BY all claims Of territorial justice
nil that section of the state should be
contributary to Austin. But it is init
mated this road, after leaving Mason,
may strike down to the west of us, ana
ofter going through Fredericksburg, be
continued on to San Antonio, leaving
Austin completely out in the cold. TINS
by all means. should be avoided If at all
possible, and il is thought Austin can
offer such inducements MS to work IL
change of plans. All that would be re-
quired would be to bridge the gap ne
tween Llano and Mason. Austin has
already put up bonus for the extern
sion from Burnct TO Llano, ana WINE
this city did not receive from that addl-
tionnl territory all the advantages ut one
time supposed she would, it is very cVl-
dent, unless we now tap this new road,
reaching down to San Antonio to the
west of us, we will inevitably lose very
much of the western trade we now en-
ioy. But if we extend the road from
4 a.. nnl thnrn fam tlp ('Ol-
RADIO Valley Railroad, that would stop
the extension of that road TO San An
tbnio, and not only assure Austin con
tinunncc of that western trade, hut
would also open up II new and rich ter
ritory for us TO the northwest, even MS
far as San Angelo. 1t certainly seems
the wise and business like thing to do.
The importance of this matter is cs-
pecally called to the attention of our
large wholesale merchants who will he
most affected by the railroad extension
to the west of us indicated. Austin is
pretty well surrounded by railroads now,
and the city can not afford to lose any
more of her cOntributary territory
Hence our merchants should get together
at once and, after consulting about the
question, find out what can be done to
prevent this further damage TO our city
and to them as jobbcrs. We believe our
citizenship generally would lend help
ing hand to them to change this threat
cncd evil into great good for our city.
The plan, at all events, certainly should
he tried
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-20

his or her observation to the modern
apartment building. 1t is one OF the
most remarkable things in our latter day
Nineteenth century urban life--this Gus
tom of people not knowing each otner
| in flats. 1t is only necessary to cons d.
or all the reasons aud lndncemetS LOT
women living in separate buildings know
ing each other, to be highly aston!shed
that they so often don't, or rather so
rarely do. When they lived in the coun-
try four miles from each other they We're
on terms Of the most cordial and frequent
intercourse. But now that they are un
der the same roof and have to pass each
others doors twenty times day en-
route to their own homes their testimony
even ON the identity of their neighbors
would not be admitted by an anti-corDor-
alton jury.
1t is truly remarkable and must appear
so to all dwellers in fats, this lack of
acquaintance. The very air of such
buildings seems to preclude familiarity,
and the ice that each tenant wraps him
self up in is of that memorable arctic
kind that is never broken. There is no
etiquette of new resident calls, such as
obtains with ali who inhabit detched
houses. There are no chance meetings
or conversations while inspecting the
growth of the vines or sewing on the side
porch. On the contrary, every regulation,
every ol[shOOt, every tendency of II fiat
building is toward isolation The hol-
low of rock in the desert is not half so
good place for family to conceal it.
self or its affairs from the world.
Perhaps flats are too new an institu-
ton to have settled status suited TO
those people who like a little of the old
fashioned country way of knowing people
occasionally. within a mile or two of
where one lives. 1t is certainly almost
incXplicable how people can come and
go out Of their homes day after day
where a false step would almost throw
them into their neighbours apartments
without ever knowing or cultivatng that
neighbor to more than the extent of a
most frigid bow. 1t is certainly one of
the most marked features about apart
ment buildings-even the best of them.
1t might be objected that persons living
in flats do this by reason of knowing less
about each other than those sheltered
by brick and stone put up in other shapes.
But this can have no weight in places
where the householdcrs are all people
of means and position in the community.
Here the same distinguishing character
istic of fiat life holds good. The woman
on the first floor knows all about the
woman on the second, her husband S
business, what church she goes to and
everything but the lady herself. There
seems to be no reasonable cause for the
existing state of things. 1t is an eng
ma. and but one of the thousand strange,
curious and unfathomable things that go
to make up the measure of life in Il
great city.-Chicago Times-Herad.