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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
Death Of Rev. DR.. John Hall.

The Rev. DR.. John Hall of New York
died Saturday morning at Bangor, coun-
ty Down, Belfast, Ireland.
The Rev. John Hall was born in county
Armagh. Ireland, on July 81, 1929. He
was OF Scotch descent. In 1s49 he was
licensed to preach, and at once engaged
in labor as a missionary in the west of
Ireland. He was installed pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church at Armagh in
1852. and in 1858 was called to the
Church of Mary's Abbey (now Rutland
Square in Dublin.
He received from Queen Victoria the
honorary appointment OF commissioner
of education for Ireland, as he had shown
himself to be an earnest friend OF popular
education.
During the year 1867 Dr. Hall was
delegate from the general assembly OF
the Presbyterian church in Ireland to
the Presbyterian church in the United
States, and after his return to Ireland he
received call to the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian church in New York. He ac-
cepted it and entered upon his labors on
Nov. 3. 1867. new church edihce was
erected tor DR.. Hall in 1875, at cost OF
ST 100000, on the corner of Fifth ave.
nue. and Fifty-6fth street. He was elected
chancellor of the University Of the City
of New York in 1882.
DR.. Hall was on his annual visit to Eu-
rope. He died at his sisters residence.
His health had been broken down and he
had been seriously i'll for two days be-
fore his death. He had hoped to return
to New York shortly, and had already
engaged passage on a steamer tor HIM
self and his vile.
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More Deaths at Fort Ethan Allen.

Three more deaths is the startling
record at Fort Ethan Allen since the
death of Private Barlow of company L
of Newport Friday night. The record
exceeds that of the same time at any
previous date and leads one to wonder
lust what would have been the result OF
another monthin the Ch;ckamauga camp.
The dead are Private Henry Smith of
company L of Newport, Private James
Flynn OF company M of Burlington and
Sergt. William H. Sullivan of company
B of S.. Adams. All died OF fever. Pri-
vate Smith and Sergt. Sullivan were IN
the Fort Ethan Allen hospital and Pr
vate Flynn died in the Fanny Allen hos
pital.
Private Flynn was for some years in
the Van Ness House at Burlington, rising
to day clerk, in which position he re
manned for two years. He then went tc
the Broadway Central in New York ane
later to Youngs Hotel in Boston. III
was a soldier from pure patriotism, hay
ing resigned his Decomposition to reJoli
company M, from which he is the first tt
die. He was thro wn out upon his hrs
physical examination, but admitted upol
the second trial.
Private Smith had no relatives IN thi
country, having come from England.
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acted all right and were even generous
in not holding us to the twenty-four
hour rule recognized under interna-
tional law, could not be sure OF the
utter absence of cranks or Spanish
sympathizers.
"We sailed from Rio on May A.
decided when we had been at sea lit"
tie while. to leave the Buffalo CORNER
ly the Nictheroyl and Marietta to
shift for themselves. They were SO
slow thatH feared the Oregon might
be late in arriving where she was
most needed. / left these ships OH
Cape Frio, 100 miles above Rio, after
signalling them Come to Bahia; or
run ashore if attacked by overwhelm-
ing force reached Bahia on rue
9Th. but we were told to Come on!
We sailed next morning, and this run
of ten days to Barbados was the most
thrilling of the entire voyage we
steamed absolutely without light.
Indeed, rhe entire trip from Sandy
Point to Jupiter Inlet was lightless
VOYAGE. In pitch-like darkness We
drove ahead at our highest speed
seeing lights many times, but always
avoiding the ships that bore them.
We were out of court. We had no
right of way without a light. Even
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

Carefully studied, it throws much light
upon the course Of the administration Of
the islands Thus it prohibited anybody
not legally domiciled in the colony from
engaging in any trade or profession,
taxed the natives intolerably and divid-
ed the tax between the king, the clergy
and the officials. 1t gave almost unlim-
tied power to the ruling classes. The
charter seems to be followed the same
today as when it was signed.
The most eventful incident in the
history Of Manila was the "cholera
massacre" of 1890. The epidemic ran
through Luzon and several other islands
and decimated the population. At the
height of the panic crazy or drunken
Spaniard startled the mob by the decla-
ration that the disease was due to poison
administered by doctors and imported
by foreigners who intended to kill all
the residents and then enjoy their prop
erty. The excited mob believed the mad
story, and with the cry, 'To death
with the prisoners began wholesale
murder. They hunted the doctors and
nurses, killing many with fiendish
cruelty. They then turned upon the
English, American and French mer.
chants, killing these and looting their
houses, offices and stores The city was
a carnival of riot looting and crime a
week before the authorities could re-
store law and order.
The epidemic taught lesson to Ma
Mia. The authorities began to care for
the public health. They improved the
drainage, introduced water and made a
health board. This began new era for
the beautiful capital of the Philippines.
WILLIAM u. S. FALEs
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tan of Soulou is Of long standing ~
began about 1895, when the Chevalier
Rodriguez endeavored to conquer the
country, and kept on ever after Inc
sultans have been ambitious ana nave
extended their sway over large part
Of northern Borneo, nearly all OF MIL
danao, the island Of Palanan, the Fan
auitarang, Tawi-Tawi and Basilan
proups of islands In the Soulou ar
ohipelago the sultan has 200, 600 sub
iects, while in his vassal lands ne mas
more than 1000, 900. They are Mos
lens and are called 'Moros" (Moors)
by the Spaniards. Up to the introduc-
ton Of steam navigation in the far east
(about 1830) the sultan was ahead OF
Spain. His pirate ships and fleets in
tested all the waters of the archipelago
and threatened Manila as late as 1871.
He levied tribute upon the Europeans
as we'll as the natives and was terror
to commerce even on the emma COAST
Steam warships put an end to Malay
piracy. Great Britain led the van IN
this movement and was ably seconded
nv the other powers. Not until 1901
did Spain join in putting an end to the
grievous evil. She then sent out from
home 20 steam gunboats, which, with
those already at Cavite and Zamboanga,
the two naval headquarters, MADE
formidable feet. They made round
up of all the pirate craft. and, what
was equally important, they destroyed
the pirate strongholds. Villages and
towns were shelled and every pirate
killed at sight. The losses in life and
property were enormous and broke the
sultan's power. Yet they were small
fraction Of those inflicted by the pirates
upon Spaniards, Tagals and Visayas In
$50 years.
In 1867 the Soulous became unruly,
and an expedition, naval and military,
was sent against them from Manila. 1t
nursued the time honored course OF de-
stroying homes, fields, boats and cattle
and killing every armed man. The
rebels were pacified and festival held
in Manila. The pacification could not
have been very thorough, for there have
been three others in the last decade.
The latest report was that peace reignet
supreme, but it was added that th'
Spanish troops were not allowed to g
outside of the Notifications in Sulu un
less armed and in strong detachments!
The siege of Manila by Dewey ant
Merritt was not the first, but the thir'
in it's history. The first was in 1914
when the Chinese, under the comman'
of LIMA Ong, made fierce onslaught
but were routed their ships destroys
or captured and their armies slain o
driven into the savages' country.
The second was in 1862, when tn
British, under General Draper, capture
and pillaged it, infiicting heavy losse
to life and property. The victors held
from Oct. until March 81, 1853. l
j the war with Li-Ma-Ong the native
were neutral. In this war they const
!, tuted the main strength Of the SPANS
arms. Their bravery was startling o
, one occasion 5000 poorly armed al
, undrilled men rushed the British lint
and fought their way, knife in han'
: into the second and third rows Of SO
diers. OF the 5000 only 100 returnt
l to tell the story of the charge.
The true charter of Manila and all
l of the Philippines is royal decree
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

If we met vessel on our port we
gave way.
might and day the men stood at
the guns. Not for single moment
was vigilance relaxed. The strain on
the men was terrible. For -four days
at a time hammocks were never
strung. Watch and watch about, the
men lay beside the guns sound asleep,
while the men on duty stood silently
above them. All the lookouts were
doubled and changed with unusual fire.
quency.
'fBarbadoes was reached just before
Daylight May IS, aud after rushing
$50 tons of coal aboard we sailed the
same evening. Still the orders read,
Come on!
"Fr0m our consul learned that Ger
vera's fleet was ut Martinique, just to
the north of us. This feet had been
much extolled for speed and fighting
qualities. l am not rash man. |
was not looking for that fleet. The
situation seemed critical. Sailing just
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

never lowered 1t fer any of their guns
A steady stream Of projectiles was
going over our heads all the time.
They fired shot and shell enough TO
have done us the greatest KIND Oh
.iarm, but we weren't hurt to any
extent. The Spanlards were utterly
demoralized at the way we went at
them. 1t certainly was revelation
to most of us. The scores the Span
iards made were stray shots. Hardly
any roll was on the sea that morning
1t was like pond. | never saw the
ocean smoother"
what is your opinion about the
scuttling Of the Spanish ship AFTER
their surrenderT'
1T was wrong, and in violation OF
every principle of good faith on the
part of conquered foe" replied the
CAPTAIN. "The men who did those
acts forfeited their right to be pro-
tected, and ought to have been shot
then and there. Scuttling ship after
SURRENDER ID lTtdCucly. INV ''S~-N
the white flag goes up everything IN
the possession of the surrendered
force, on sea or ON land, becomes the
property of the victor. The vandal
who violates this well-recognized rule
puts himself outside all laws of mercy.
He Is to be likened to the miscreant
| who comes into camp as FRIEND
and then destroys the provisions or
other property of the men from whom
he asks and receives protection. lie
| deserves death and always gets 1t. l
| do not believe that Admiral Cervera
gave orders for anything of the kind.
No. no. He Is a gentleman. lrrespon-
sible men committed the outrage. The
fact that the ships filled with water
is not positive proof that the sluice-
ways were opened. believe the
Spanards did these things, but l can
not say so and prove the fact. Many
of the Spaniards were crazy A crush
ing defeat had demoralized them com
pletely."".
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
"Why did you 60 to Jupiter Inlet"


was asked. a2
II didn't know where the depart
ment wanted to use me" was the
prompt reply. ~ was in the dark as
to the location of the two fleets. l
knew one had been at Hampton Roads
and another at Key West, and the
charts told me that Jupiter Inlet was
in telegraphic reach of all points on
the coast. From that place, also,
had coal enough to make the run
to either of the two fleets. You can
easily understand that had | gone d.
rect to Key West and the Oregon had
been wanted at Hampton Roads, sew
eral DAYS would have to be lost In
coaling OF course the fact Is that
we went to Key West. This was
the end of what may be called sue
cessful, though not remarkable voy-
age"
"Tell me something about the en-
durance of the men," l asked.
"Their suffering from the heat was
beyond description" began Captain
Clark. "Battened under the matches
for weeks at time, every man work
ed with the absolute Individual energy
OF nero. Every coal HEAVIER deserves
credit. The engineers, as | said, nae
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
The Young Queen of the Neither
lands.

On August 81, 1898, young girl in
Holland celebrate her eighteenth biith-
day. Six days later, in royal robes,
seated on throne erected in the "Nieuwe
Kerk." in Amsterdam. she took the oai h
which made her queen of the Neither
lands. Not s nee 4 h. coronation OF Queen
Victoria of England. sixty years ago.
has a " ung girl come to the throne
and as Victoria was. so is Wilhelmina:
charming, brilliant and thoroughly
feminine W, m IN. and with great posi-
bilities in prospect, although her king
dom is so much smaller. Her full name
Is Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria.
The hereditary name. Wilhelmina. was
given to her, as she comes of long line
OF Williams, or Wilhelms. in direct de-
scent from William of Nassau. She is
the daughter of William ILL.,, King of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
Burllngton's New Road.

At meeting of the board of aldermen
of Burlington held Saturday evening the
mayor signed the resolution giving the
Burlington Traction company the right
to build line over what is called the
lower road to Winooski. The fight over
the lower road has been on for some
thing over two years, and was at one
time referred to the railroad commission.
ers for settlement. The resolution passed
the board by vote Of 6to4. The route
will be laid out and the work begun at
once
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

Netherlands, who died November %,
1890, and Emma, Princess OF Waldeck
and Pyrmont.
In appearance, according to Edith
Lawrence who describes the installation
in Harper's BIZ Ear for September 10, the
young queen is most pleasing. She has
fair hail-a light brown-blue eyes. and
sweet laughing expression. She is
neither tall nor slender, as has been said,
but is petite, with wellrounded shape
" figure. Her complexion is beautiful,
She loves to be we'll dressed, although
up to TO the present time she has had
little opportunity OF INDUCING herself Ill
clothes and costly raiment. To wish to
look her best is any woman's privilege,
NAV she be queen or peasant maid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
THE SULTAN OF SOULOU.

The Philippine islands lie SO far away
from any we'll established route OF travel
and their government has been SO tyran-
nical and secretive that less is known
about them than Of any other territory
owned by civilized nation. To Spain
is ascribed the credit Of having discov'
cred the Philippines, yet the very dis
coyery is an immortal evidence of Span
ish perfidy and dishonor. To CHRIS.
TOPPER Columbus by royal decree had
been given the sole right to discover the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
Great Gathering In Boston.

The l. O. o. F. was well represented at
the first session of the seventy-fourth
mt citing of the sovereign grand lodge,
which was opened in Boston Monday.
Delegates were present from practicaiiv
every state and territory OF the country
and from every province OF the Doniin-
ion OF Canada. Members OF the wo-
mans section Of the order, the Rebekah
branch and the Patriarchs Militant were
also present in large numbers. e"
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no rest. Real enthusiasm existed In
every part of the ship, after leaving
Rio, when the prospect of having to
grapple with the foe in mid-Ocean be-
came imminent. l want to say, as
solemnly as know how, without dis
elimination, that believe every Off
Ger and man on that ship would have
died at his post to insure the safe ar
rival of the Oregon. 81. -s.
IF we couldn't beat Spanish fleet
we would have tried, even II we lost
our ship. TO be sure, would have
, striven to save the crew by beaehing
the Oregon. Saving life is always to
be thought of, and it would not have
been overlooked when the contest be
came open."
"Do you believe the Spaniards would
have fought fair if you had been at
tackled in mid-ocean; would they have
honored the white flag If you had been
compelled to raise it!" was asked,
with some hesitation.
81 am not so sure that they would"
gravely replied Captain Clark, Win
slowness that argued his strong views
on the subject. 1.-The HobsOn Incl
dent had not occurred. Cervera him.
self would not have countenanced any
injustice, but l shudder at the hope
lessness of cur brave jackies, marines
and others in mid-ocean had we been
compelled to swim for our lives. There
is no telling our fate had we by acct
dent steamed into the middle of that
fleet. The torpedo boats might have
surrounded us, and we might have
gone quickly to the bottom in half a
mile of brine"
"Apropos of this, what is your opin'
ion of the future of the torpedo boatF
was the next inquiry.
Nobody knows any more about the
efficiency of a torpedo boat than l do
and I know nothing l do not think
that a single moving torpedo coult
sink the Oregon. If one compartment
were torpedoed she would still float
The rapid fire gun, with its accurac,
of aim, has in NY judgment, great.
reduced the danger of the TORPEDO
craft"
Now, captain, tell me your ideas
the great naval victory Off Santiag
harbor on July g."
Il hope it will not be taken as vail
glorious if / say that 1t was luck
that a battleship with cruiser spec
was there that day." replied Capital
Clark, with some hesitation. "Tl
\ Spanish hearts were broken by the bl
guns of the battleships. Their me
lost zeal when the 13-inch shells b
, gan to skip about Them"
IL never, saw more sublime sight
said Captain Clark. "Out came Il
= Spanish ships, with their great ensigl
flying to the breeze that their own IN
mentum created. The sea was like
nm. pond; hardly a ripple appeared in al
iii. direction. Those great ships look
M handsome and--defiant. And l wa
tod to say in all candor, that 1t looked I
os time as IL some of them would
,od away-I mean through our lines.
rse didn't know how badly we We're az
oes ishing them. The Indiana, Iowa; @
ORC gon, Texas and Brooklyn weresa
nd hammering them at the same tir
of Five of us were jumping at them I
nto furious wolves, If the smile be a q
,as one"
ard II believe the Spaniards set til
= range for five thousand yards 1
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

before dark, 1 headed northwest, ap-
parently into the heart of the Carib-
bean sea. This information. have no
doubt, was promptly communicated
to Admiral Cervera. But as soon as
the darkness of a moonless night had
thoroughly set In, changed the course
to due south and ran below Barbados
and thence far to the eastward before
took the Oregon to the northward.
We thus passed far to sea east Of
Martinique, and eventually turned into
the North Atlantic beyond st. Thomas.
/ carefully avoided the Windward
channel and the shallow waters
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21

fed by our consul that war was on,
and l could not afford to take any
chances. steamed into the harbor
two miles above the usual anchorage
for war vessels, giving to my ship an
isolated position, SO that | might be
justified in regarding the approach of
any strange craft as hostile act.
The utmost vigilance was employed
day and night; men were kept con-
stantly at the rapid fire guns. A
searchlight and patrol boats watched
the water after nightfall. The risk
was too great for me to take any
chances, and although the Brazilians
The evening times., 1898-06-17
A Few Spanish Idfoms.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
The student of modern Spanish should
observe that there are many words in the
language that correspond to English
words In spelling, but which have an en-
tirely different meaning. In order to en-
able the readers to understand the Ma
drid and Havana dispatches, we interpret
few Of these Spanish terms and phrases:
Brilliant victory-Escape of Spanish
fleet from destruction.
Enthusiasm-A happy feeling occasioned
by the cessation of firing by the Ameri-
cans.
Spanish courage-Ability to keep out of
range of SIMPSONS guns.
Without damage-Without humiliation.
Cowardly Yankees-Men like Admiral
Dewey.
American defeat-Destruction of a Span
ish fleet by the "cowardly Yankees"
To pacify-To render desolate; to "Wey-
lerize."
To fight naval battle-To bottle up
fleet SO that the Americans cannot get
at it.
To inf1ict damage upon the enemy-To
fire of projectiies at the American war
vessels without getting within half a
mile Of the true range.
Such are few of the most common
Spanish idioms, which must be learned in
order to understand the dispatches which
daily emanate from Spanish sources
The evening times., 1898-06-17
The Schooner and the War.

From the Philadelphia Ledger)
Every barrel of beer sent from a brew
cry to customer yesterday cost the
brewer 81 more than on the previous day.
The provision of the war revenue bill
that 81, instead of 81. shall be paid for the
internal revenue stamp on each beer bar
bar. was in force, and every purchaser
of a glass of fresh beer in any part of
the city was paying though unwillingly
perhaps. share of the unusual expense
which Intervention in Cuba has devolved
upon the Government. Glasses seemed
as well filled as usual, and the kettle
trade was none the less well served. But
these conditions. saloon keepers say, can
not endure. and before long one may ex-
pect to get more than the usual amount
of foam in a glass of beer. and perhaps,
be refused absolutely when it is sought
to buy a pitcher or kettle. of this largely
taxed beverage. AT present saloon keep
ers, 1t is said, hardly appreciate the fact
that their beer is more expensive to them,
but the presentation of bills by collectors.
It is anticipated, will be the occasion of
considerable grumbling and dispute.
The president of one of the large local
brewing companies, speaking yesterday of
the tax. said that his firm had notified
every one of its customers recently by
letter, of the probable raise in price of
beer. What the effect in the retail trade
would be he would not venture to predict.
but was of the opinion that the brewers
of a good quality of beer would be the
losers, because of the competition that
would be forced upon them. Saloon keep
ers, he was afraid might think it to their
advantage to get a cheap beer, in order
TO provide customers with quantity rath-
er than quality, and this would be as in
furious to the brewers of good beers as
TO the health of the drinkers of the cheap
beers. Until the new tax rate became
effective beer could be bought at prices
ranging from $3.50 to 81 a barrel. Prices,
in almost every case. are now 81 higher,
and II is thought that, even though the
war should soon end, the tax will remain
for many years. The old tax of 81 was a