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battleship and speaks highly of the skill
and care with which her admirable eff
hciency has been maintained during a
service unprecedented IN the history or
vessels of her class. The Brooklyns
westerly blockading position gave her
an advantage i'm the chase, which she
maintained 10 the end, and she employ
ed her fine battery with telling effect.
The Texas and the New York We're
gaining on the chase during he last
hour and had any accident befallen the
Brooklyn or the oregon would nave
speedily overhauled the Cristobal Colon.
From the moment the vessel exhausted
her first burst of speed the result was
never in doubt. She fell, in fact. far be-
low what might reasonably have been
expected of her. Careful measurements
of time and distance give her average
speed from the time she cleared the har-
Dor mouth until the time she was run on
shore at Rio Tarquino as 1871 knots.
Neither the New York nor the Brook
lyn stopped to couple up their forward
engines, but ran out the chase with one
pair. getting steam. of course, as rapid
ly as possible on all boilers. To stop
TO couple up the forward engines would
have meant a delay OF 10 minutes, OF
four miles, In the chase.
Several OF the ships were struck, the
Brooklyn more often than the others,
but very slight material injury was
done. the greatest being aboard the
Iowa. Our loss was one man killed and
I one wounded, both on the Brooklyn.
! The Spanish vessels. as they dashed out
OF IA harbor, were favored with the
smoke from their own gums, but this
speedily diminished I'm volume and soon
almost disappeared. The fire from the
4 rapid-hre batteries of the battleshipe
appears to have been remarkably de
]structive. An examination of thes strand
ed vessels shows that the Almirantt
Oquendo especially had suffered terribly
from the fire. Her sides are everywhere
pierced and her decks were strewn with
charred remains of those who had tat
len.
The reports Of Commodore w. :
Sehley and of the commanding Officers
are enclosed. Very respectfully,
w. T. SAMPSON,
Rear Admiral L. :. Navy. Commander
in-Chief L. s. Naval Forces Nortl
Atlantic Squadron.
To the Secretary Of the Navy Depart
ment, Washington, ID. G.
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ness and courage were of the highest
order.
Lieutenant Sharp, commanding the
Vixen, acted Will conspicuous courage.
beg to invite special attention to the
conduct of my flag lieutenant, James
H.. Sears, and Ensign Edward McCau-
ley. aide. who were constantly at my
side during the engagement and who
exposed themselves fearlessly In dis
charging their duties; and also TO the
splendid behavior of my secretary,
Lieut.. Il. Wells, jr., who commanded
and directed the lighting of the 4th Ill
vision.
/ would commend the highly meri-
torious conduct and courage In the en-
gagement of Lieutenant Commander n.
Il. Mason, the executive officer, whose
presence everywhere over the ship
during its continuance did much to Sc
cure the good results of this ships
part in the victory. The navigator,
Lieut.. A. c. Hodgson, and the division
officers Lieut.. I. ID. Griffen, Lieut.. w.
X. Rush. Lieut.. Edward simpson,
Lieut.. J. ID. Doyle. Ensign Charles
Webster and the junior divisional OF
every detail of duty, contributing to the
accurate firing of this ship in her part
of the great victory of your forces.
/ have never In my life served with
a Drawer. better or worthier crew than
that OF the Brooklyn. During the com
bat, lasting from s:35 a. m. until lila p.
M. much of the time under nre, they
never tagged for a m ana were
apparently u~ndisturbed by the storm OF
projectiles passing ahead, astern ana
over the ship.
The result # the engagement was the
! destruction uf the Spanish squadron
and the capture OF the admiral ana
some 1900 t. 1900 prisoners. with the
less of several hundred killed, estlmat-
Ell by Admiral Cervera at 500 men.
The casualties on board this snip
were: c.. II. Fills, chief yeoman, killed
j. Burns. fireman, 1rst-ciass. severely
wounded.
| congratulate you most sincerely
uT on this great victory TO the quadro
under your command. and i am gao
that | had an opportunity to contribute
III the least to a victory that seems
enough for all of us.
| beg TO enclose a list of the officers
and crew who participated in the COM
bat.
l ann close this repor without
mentioning in high terms of praise tht
splendid conduct and support OF capt
c. f. Clarke Of the Oregon. Her spec
was wonderful and her accurate nrlns
s~plendidly destructive. Very respect
fully. W. 5. SCHLEf,
Commodore United States Navy, Com
handing Second Squadron, North At
lantic Fleet.
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down in deep water and would nav
been to a certainty a total loss.

down in deep water and would ave
been to a certainty a total loss.
A Complete Victory.
Eleventh. regard this complete ana
important victory over the Spanish
forces as a successful finish of several
weeks of arduous and close blockade.
so stringent and effective during the
night that the enemy was deferred
from making the attempt to escape 81
night and deliberately elected to maxi
the attempt in daylight. That sucn
was the case j was informed by the
commanding officer of he Cristobal Co
Ion.
The harbor OF Santiago is naturally
easy 10 blockade-there being but one
entrance and that a narrow one; n
the deep water extending close up 10
the shore line presenting no dif1cul-y
of navigation outside of the entrance.
was certain with fair conclusiveness
thai the Merimac did not obstruct IL. j
maintained the blockade as follows: To
the little ships was assigned the duty
in turn, of lighting the channel, moving
up TO the port at a distance of from one
to two miles from the MORO. This
lighted up the entire breadth of the
channel for half a mile inside OF the
entrance so brilliantly that the move
ment of small boats could be detected.
Stationed close to the entrance OF the
port were three picket launches ana, at
a little distance farther out, three small
picket vessels-usually converted yachts
when they were available one or two
of our torpedo boats. With this ar
rangement there was at least a certainty
that nothing could get out of the harbor
Undecided. The night blockading dis
lance was reduced to two miles for all
vessels and a battleship was placed
alongside the s~earchlight ship with her
broadslde trained upon the channel, in
readiness to fire the nstan a Spanish
ship should appear. The commanding
officers merit greatest praise for the per
feet i'm which they entered into
his plan and put II into execution.
enclose for the information OF the
department copies of orders and memo
randums issued from time to lint re-
lating to the manner of maintaining the
blockade. s~ls1IE
When all the work was done so well
1t is difficult to discriminate in praise.
The object of the blockade of Cervera's
squadron was fully accomplished and
each individual bore well his part In II
the commodore in command on the
second division, the captains OF ships,
their officers and men. The fire of the
battleships was powerful and destruc-
tive and the resistance of the Spanish
squadron was, In great part, broken al
most before they had got beyond the
range of their own forts. The fine speed
of the Oregon enabled her to take a
front position In the chase, and the
Cristobal Colon did not give up until
the Oregon had thrown a 13-inch shell
beyond her. This performance adds 10
the already brilliant record of this nne
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EUROPEAN POLITICS.
President Andrews Says That the Money
Power Is in Control.

ROVER Is In Control.
Madison, Wis. July 2s-E. Benjamin
Andrews, recently elected superintendent
of schools of Chicago. in his address be-
fore the Monona Lake assembly, spoke on
European Politics" He predicted a great
European war in the near future. into
which the United States would be dragged
If IL did not go in of its own accord. He
explained the strengthening of fortiica-
tions and preparations for war in every
country in Europe.
you may ask what force In Europe
preserves peace In Europe" he said. This
peace force is the money power, the great
financiers, whose interests are entirely
opposed to war.
I'm this connection It is interesting TO
know who will be the successful combat
ant. 1t will be England. She has the navy.
the men and the money. England Is far
better situated in a financial way than
any other European power. The present
friendliness of Great Britain toward the
United States I believe to be sincere and
not expressed for the purpose of making
capital out of us. We should respond to
the sentiment. Besides ties OF blood, we
would be wise to have a powerful ally In
case of friction with other European
powers.
1--WE shall probably be compelled to take
a place in the settlement Of the eastern
question. There are many people who
insist that we shall keep up the role Of a
hermit nation. That we must keep aloof
from the world. In my opinion there Is
no choice before the American nation.
Whether We wish to or not we must take
our place among the powers of the world.
THE United States nay be drs O into
the company of powers by the heels or
take our place voluntarily and call to the
world: Here II Jonathan; he In six feet
two; he has come TO stay; he waits to be
counted; you must reckon with him.
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A Good wing Made.

Washington, July 26.-The war depart
ment feels that 1t has reason to be graft
fed that the results obtained under the
first and second calls for troops by the
president. The statement issued last
night shows that practically all the
states have supplied the quotas called
for in these two calls. 1t is explained
that the discrepancy between this report
and the one published a week ago,
which caused so much criticism N put
several states. including Massachusetts,
Nebraska and North Carolina, in the
unenviable condition of having contrib
uted only a small number of the troops
called for, was caused by the fact that
owing to the failures to make prompt
reports these states appeared TO be de-
dcient.
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CALIFORNIA; Fruit Crop.

San Francisco. July 2s.-Notwithstand-
ing the fact that there is a shortage in
the deciduous fruit crop his year the
shipments of green fruits so far this sea-
son have exceeded those for the same
period of last year by lis cars.
Freight Traffic Manager william
Sproule OF the Southern Pacific company.
who has made a thorough study of the
supply OF green fruits in all parts of the
state. estimates that about 1900 carloads
will be shipped East this year against
$500 In 1897. The shortage is chiefly in
pears. peaches and apricots. There will
be an increase. however. in the shipments
OF prunes and raisins.
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Death Stealing on Her.

San Francisco. July 26.-The Evening
Post says that the steamer Gaelic, which
left this port tor Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama via Honolulu, carried ex-Queen Lii
uokalai to the islands for the last time
and that she had but a short time to live,
the ravages of cancer having made such
Roadway that medical science can only
deter the death which is stealing upon
her. The Post says that the queen has
been suffering from a cancer on the right
side of the neck over the tugular vein
for many months, but deferred medical
treatment until it was too late.
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BOYD FELL DEAD.
He Was One of the old Timers in south
ern Montana.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. July &.-James Boyd, a we'll
known mining man of Madison county
and owner of a custom smelter at Pony,
fell dead at East Helena this afternoon,
after having settled with the smelter for
a carload of ore and receiving a check for
81, loo. The verdict of the coroner was that
death was due to apoplexy. The body was
brought to Helena and held awaiting
word from his friends at Pony Boyd was
one of the ~best-known mining men of
Southern Montana. He went to Madison
county in 1868 from California, and was
one of the first to enter the mining dis
trict about Pony. He was associated with
Henry Filing and w. w. Morris in sever
al mining properties and was regarded as
well-to-do. He left no near relatives as
far as known. but was a cousin of Eu-
gene b. Braden of this city.
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SCHlEY'S REPORT.
Tn. Man Who Did the Fighting Tells the
the story of the Battle.

Washington, July 26.-The following is
Commodore Schley's report in part:
North Atlantic Fleet, Second squad
ron. United States Flagship Brook
Ign, Guantanamo Bay, July 6, 1898:
Sir: At 1886 a. m. Admiral Cervera,
with the nfanta Maria Teresa. Viz
caya. oquendo. Cristobal Colon and two
torpedo boat destroyers. came out OF the
haTboT Of Santiago de Cuba, in column
at distance, and attempted TO escape to
the westward. The Iowa was the near
est west. except the Vixen, In the block
aiding line; signal was made to the
western division, as prescribed in your
general orders. and there wa imme-
date and rapid inward by
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shots at the associated press dispatch
point two miles out. Flash and smoke
signals also marked the progress of the
Dandy alone the shore. which seemed
to be exceliently watched. From Ba-
hia Honda 10 Havana the country is
In a high state OF cultivation. The red
hull Of the Spanish steamer Alfonso
XII, sunk near Mariel. Is a %conspicu-
Gus landmark. The Cape San Antonio
light, at h western extremity of the
island of Cuba. is burning. and Ha-
vana was brilliantly illuminated last
light.
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Washington, July 26.-The reported
statement from the vatican which pur-
ports to be terms of peace acceptable to
the United States and Spain is set down
here as only one of the many "feelers''
that have been thrown out within the
past ten weeks probably to test public
feeling in the United States primarily,
and secondly to break slowly to the
masses of the Spanish people a realiza-
ton of their complete defeat. There
must be some starting point for nego-
tiations that will in the end lead up to
peace and. therefore, the publication of
these various 'feelers' is not deprecated
by our government, though so far IL
can be positively asserted they AVE no
basis in fact, at least on this side of the
Atlantic.
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Decided by Supreme Court.

Phoenix, Ariz., July Pa mandate
from the supreme court OF the United
States in the case of the ill Bend Reser-
voir and Irrigation company against A.
II. Linn, ct al. of Peoria. ILL.,, has been
received by the clerk of the territorial
supreme court. The mandate affirms the
decision of the territorial supreme court
affirming the judgment of the district
court three years ago in favor of the ap-
pellees. No further action can be taken
until the remittitur is handed down next
October, when the property will be sold.
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News From Santiago.

Santiago de Cuba. July 26-The tst
United States infantry, under Lieuteh-
ant-Colonel Risbee, went to Guantana-
mo yesterday Afternoon in order to oc-
cupy that place.
General Shafter and staff left his
city yesterday for Camp Wood. The
military governor, General Wood, re-
mains here
Company F of the 33d Michigan VOL
unteers will publish to-day, with Gen
eral Skaters consent, the first Amer
lean paper Published in Cuba 1t is ed
tied and printed by members of the
company n will bear the title Com
pany + Enterprise"
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President Must Appoint.

ST. Louis. July ga special to the
Post Dispatch says that the war depart
ment has ruled that the president alone
can appoint officers TO in vol
unteer regiments caused by death, res
~ignation or discharge after being mus
tered into the United States service.
This will, il is said, invalidate a number
of appointments made by Governor
Stephen TO the five regiments now in
the field. Among those appointed by
the governor after muster is Major Hen
rv =. Julian. former chief of police OF
Kansas City, to a vacancy In the 5th
Missouri volunteers.
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Mining at Cooks Inlet.

Juneau, July p, via Port Townsend,
July 26.-The steamer Dora came in last
night with a few Valdes passengers and
a number from Cooks Inlet. Not much
progress In mining has been made on the
inlet this year, owing to high water. The
Dora picked up a big scow adrift near
the entrance to Cooks Inlet. The scow
has aboard about $50 tons of coal and a
large cargo of lumber.
Juneau had two shocks Of earthquake
yesterday morning. but no damage was
done
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A New POstOmce.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. July ga postofhce has
been established at Tusler, Custer county.
Mont, with Meta Gorneman as post
mistress.
Newman Borchsrdt of Montana has
been promoted from s120 to $40 in the Of
flee of the secretary of the treasury.
Montana patents: George c. Hopkins
and II. NJ. Sines. Gallop, sled brake; Hen
~ ]. Otto and A. f. Wielsch. Butte, rail-
way attachment for bicycles.
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VIII sail for Honolulu.

San Francisco, July 26.-The cruiser
Philadelphia came down from Mare
Island this afternoon. Admiral Mills-
will at once transfer his flag TO her
from the Albatross and she will sail
for Honolulu tomorrow afternoon II
participate in the ceremony of raising
the American flag
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sighted the TRANSPORTS.

New York. July ga dispatch to the
Herald from Turks island says: The
British ship Zeta, which arrived here
to-day Monday from Jamaica, reports
having seen last Friday IA ships of the
United States expedition to Porto Rico.
The Zeta was fired Upon by the Dixie
and was allowed to proceed after an
officer from the Dixie had Inspected
her
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Rand Carried.

Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
Bozeman, July 26.-The city election to-
day for the $3.50. 900 bonds TO purchase the
water works plant carried by a vote OF
two to one. Only a little more than 80 votes
were east and the election passed on
without hardly any notice being taken
NJ IL
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Agreement of the Powers.

Londo July 27.-The Madrid CORE
of the Daily Mail says: The
result of protracted negotiations initi-
ated by Germany Is that the powers
have arrived at a formal agreement 10
oppsse American annexation OF the
Philippines, which must remain Span
tch
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still I'm the DARK.

st. Louis. July 26.-After working all
night and to-day on the mystery sur
rounding the murder last night OF Charles
A. Brant. a stenographer, by three uni
IDENTIFIED men, the police are still In the
dark. No motive L. sAe crime is known.
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Colorado Furnished Its Quota.

Denver. Col, July Ex-Governor Ad-
ans denies the statement sent from
Washington some days & that Colo
rad is delinquent in furnishing her
quota of men under the presidents sec
ond call. The quota was filled prompt
ly. He has received dozens of offers
from other states of companies and bat
talions to make up the supposed de-
ficiency-
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Not Yet settled.

Washington, July 26.-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin SAFE to-day that the ques-
ton of the disposition of the troops I'M
der General Shafter at Santiago was
not yet settled. 1t Is certain, however,
that there will be no general move from
Santiago until after the Spanish pris-
oners have been removed and there is
some FIN military progress in Porto
Rico. The health conditions of the army
at Santiago will have considerable to do
with the movement OF those troops.
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heath of Rev. NJ. NJ. Gibson.

Portland. Ore. July 2s.-Rev NJ. NJ.
Gibson, who was for 80 years pastor of
the United Presbyterian church. and well
known over the Pacific coast. died at the
home of his son-in-law. Percy A. Young.
in this city to-day OF heart failure.
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Sailed for the Carolines.

London. July IA dispatch from
Nagasaki. Japan, says that the Ger
man thlrd-class cruiser Areon, with
supplies for three months, has sailed
for the Caroline islands
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Fired at pispatch Boat.

Key West. July ga squad of Span
ish soldiers three miles west of Bahia
Honda. province of Pinar del Rio. yes
terday afternoon fired half a dozen
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-Four New Monitors.

washington. July 26.-The navy de-
partment has issued an advertisement
calling for proposals for constructing
by contract our harbor defense moni-
tors. provided for by the navy appro-
priation bill. The bids will be opened
October 10.
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CLkRKE'S REPORT.
Fought Amid an Almost Continuous Flight
of Projectiies.

Washington. July e6.-Foliowing Is
the report Of Capt. c. r. Clarke OF the
Oregon:
United States teamer Oregon. on San
tiaga de Cuba. July 4. 1885. Sir; !
have the honor to report that at s'so
a. m. yesterday the Spanish meet was
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Gen. Grants Brigade.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 26.-General
Grants brigade will leave from New
port News this afternoon.
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ALICE CARR MAY RECOVER.
DR.. webb, Of tho Hospital, Thinks
She Hns n Chance.

Alice Carr may recover from her
ounce-dose of carbolic acid. Her symp-
toms yesterday and last evening. so
DR.. Webb. of the hospital, stated, were
favorable. She suffers much pain, but
that is only natural after such a caus-
tic draught.
An ounce of carbolic acid in its un-
diluted or unadulterated form would
kill q person who drank it almost as
surely as that day succeeds night. 1t
would make scarcely much difference
whether an emetic and the stomach
pump were brought into play in five
minutes. The mere passage of the fluid
through the mouth, throat and gullet
into the stomach would leave them
eroded 1t has as sudden an effect as
to leave a hot iron on ones hand.
Druggists. as a rule, do not sell pure
carbolic acid to anybody who asks for
it. What they sell is very weak
solution of it, and in her instance, it
must be that it was strongly diluted.
She is not, by any means. certain to
recover, but latest indications are that
she has good chance.
Her husbands name was Samuel
Bryant, not Carr, and they lived for a
time on West Lackawanna avenue.
This was when she began her down
ward career. She adopted the name
Carr after she left him.
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NINE HOURS A DAY.
d., L.. and W. COiiieries Are Now
Working on That Schedule.

An order has been issued by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company for its collieres hereabouts
to work nine hours a day until fur
ther orders. To supply coal for its
lake trade the company finds it neces-
sary to increase its output.
Captain w. A. May, of the Hillside
Coal and Iron company, when seen
yesterday regarding the reported boom
in anthracite, stated that as yet he had
received no orders indicating such a
condition. He believed. however, that
the season will be an extraordinarily
good one. and is of the impression that
ii will open early
Captain May also gave the opinion
that II the war ends speedily there
will be a phenomenal activity in the
anthracite coal trade.