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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
in MANILA
HARBOR
Dewey Has TO Remind Spar
ish Of Their Agree
ment by Shot.
INSURRECTION IS SERIOUS
Religions Orders offer to With
draw from the Island If
They Are a Cause Of
the Trouble.
THE TARIFF NOW PROPOSED
THE TARIFF NOW PROPOSED
United States Government win Con
tinue Spanish Revenue Measures
in the Philippines Temporsr-
lily and Not Disorganize
Present Trade.

Wv oNG KONG. May si-copy-
- righted. 1885. BY the AssocI-
ated Press..-According to
Manila advices dated May
q. there is serious sickness on board
the United States cruiser Boston. It
is believed that the sDaniards poisoned
the fish.
Rear Admiral Dewey promised to
refrain from bombarding on condl-
,lou that the spaniards refraIned
from strengthening their defenses. on
Sunday, May p. they were observed
violating the pledge and Admiral
Dewey fired warning. The work
was stopped. Nobody was hurt Mum
erous dispatches congratulatlng Ad-
miral Dewey have miscarrIed.
The anti-Britlsh demonstrations at
Manila are lntensifying. The queens
portraits are iusulted and all foreign
ers are preparing to take refuge at
Cavite.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01

black smoke were csmsd ou the horizon
east by norgh of her bridge. The ships
were about thirteen miles distant ana
their hulls could not b. fairly made out.
bu' mj appearances Indicated that the
vessels were Of great tonnage. The feet
seemed TO bc making norlhward with alt
speed past the eastern end Of cuba. and
while the officers of the gunb0at were OBJ
serving The vessels they were lost 10 view
behind tho proiruding outlines of cape
Maysi. Il " hardly 20 by doubted that the
shIps sighted were American war vessels.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
MANILA 1NsuRREcrIoN.

London. May sl.-rhe Mails Madrid
correspondent wires:
Il learn that the religious orders in the
Philippines have signed statement TO
the governor declaring thar II they are
the cause of the continuation OF the insur-
rection they are ready to withdraw from
the islands. 1t is said that the orders are
concentrated already, fearing the natives.
The cables have been cut between Pamy
and Ilollo. A shipping company has been
commissioned to carry mails between Ma
Mia and Hong Kong.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
SAMPSON BOMBARDS SANTIAGO De CUBA
Predictions Of the Associated Press
Carried Out to the Letter.
SCHLEY ONLY KNOWS THE OUTCOME.

~
4 y Commodore
~ bonsnu
M go ho III ng esDnhh he~
lyeynngn unge
Glen taaragrwa enh
lay o a In hharrn 4
OF u entire
scouting the ehrNr
t AnuO OJuaka
IN neniwwh
firm oavyde declined to
h e Is
on part { he Spank stod dunrs hknos
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
SPAIN MAssINa TROOPS.

New York, May Sl-A dispatch to the
World from Lisbon says:
The Sponiards are sending troops from
all the provinces to Cadiz and along the
coast. The intention is said to be to dis.
patch these soldiers to the Philippines as
soon as squadron Is ready to convoy
tbnnn
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
ANOTHER CAPTURE.

Key West, May Sl,-The Spanish bark
Maria Dolores of Bilboa was captured by
an American cruiser six miles off Porto
Rico. bound from Rio Janero to San Juan
with coal, Some cases OF supplies con-
tanning ammunition We're found under the
coal
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
STANTON DENIES IT.

washington, May a,--Paymaster Cen
eral Stanton Of the army authorizes the
specific denial Of the reported negotiations
for the acquisition Of large number Of
Mexican dollars for the payment of the
troops to the Philippines.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
LANDED IN CUBA.

Key West, May SL-The steamer Florida
returned here this morning from Cuba,
having successfully landed most import
ant expedition on the island. Colonel Jose
Lacret, formerly an insurgent command
er. leads the expedition.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
DEPARTMENT DOUBTFUL

Washington. MAY gi,--No adyices Of the
engagement az SantiaTs have reached the
navy department and the officials discrcdit
tho report
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01
ONE is LESS THAN TEN.

Madrid, May a,-The Epoca says:
There are two parties in Spain. One is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

cent batteries of S-nch guns would be
brought into use.
when the ease of handling, destruc-
tive effect and accuracy of fire are all
considered, the S-inch weapons are re-
garded as the most serviceable Of all
naval guns. Now the New York and
brooklyn would get into the action
with their four and eight big guns re-
spectively, while the Iowa, Indiana and
Massachusetts have each eight of the
S-inch guns ready to second the efforts
of their larger rifles.
TONS OF HOT SHOT.
Based on the assumption that the
gunners would fire each gun once In
ten minutes, thus allowing ample time
to cool and clean. the battleship fleet
would plant i'm and around Havana l3l,
400 pounds of projectiles every hour OF
the hombardmcnt and when it is known
that each ship carries 60 or more rounds
for every gun, it is easy to see what
ten-hOur bombardmcnt would mean.
"The monitor fleet would throw lot
of shot too. They would, on the same
| basis of calculation, send 6,4OO pounds
of metal and as all the guns on all the
| fleet are manned by American guuners,
| anyone who understands the American
| skill with arms knows that little of
| ii would be wasted.
THE reply from the forts and short
| batteries must necessarily be severe al
! times, but with muzzle-loading guns
! largely and a very limited zone of fire
for even them, it is not likely that they
would do much damage to the fleet. u
| is not likely, either. that the smaller
cruisers would become engaged except
| in case of attempted torpedo boat at
| tack on the bOmharding vessels. Then
! they would rush in with their rapid
| fire batteries and their number should
he sufficient to prevent any great dam
| age from such an attack.
once the city is reduced it is doubt
| full if any of the big ships would bt
sent through the narrow channel to th'
inner pay. Torpedo boats would frs
| go through. and locate anything in tn,
| way of mines or torpcdoes, if possible
but there would be no necessity o
landing any force or reducing furthe
the feeble batteries On the other sid
of the town"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

from the rock barrier of Niagara; and,
peolcgically speaking. at no very re-
mote time our great lakes will have
shared the fate of those which once
existed in the great Far West. AL
ready they have been reduced TO less
than one half their former area, and
the water-level has been depressed
three hundred feet or more. The pro-
cess is pretty sure to go on until they
are completely emptied. The cities that
stand upon their banks will, ere that
time, have grown colossal in size, then
gray with age. then having fallen into
dccadencc, and their sites be long for
gotten; hut in the sediments that are
now accommodating IN these lake-basins
will lie many a wreck and skeleton,
tree trunk, and floated leaf Near the
city sites and old river-mouths these
sediments will be full of relics that will
illustrate and explain the mingled
comedy and tragedy of life"
In q certain sense these lakes form
one might river draining a region of
over $4,000 square miles, and finding
an outlet for their oVerilowng water
through the swift st. Mary's river at
the east end of Superior; through Hu-
ron and the st. Clair river and Lake st
Clair and the Detroit river: through
Erie and Niagara and Ontario and the
st. Lawrence, on to the vast ocean be-
yOnd. 1t is interesting to note that
the bottom of Lake Superior the high.
est Of the lakes, is about four hundred
feet below the surface of the sea al
New York harbOr.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
TROOPS AND DRINK.
| Curious Statistics Showing What Eu-
ropean Nations Pay for Them.
From the Sun.

FROM the sun.
The friends and advocates Of "uni-
vcrsal peace" and the foes of intem-
peranCe and inebrety and pretty gen.
orally agreed that the expenses attend
ing war and war aTmaments and liquid
beverages of an Intoxicating or eXhila-
rating kind are unduly large. There is
an old proverb, it is not a Swiss pro-
verb, of course, to the effect that
man who drinks more than he should
drinks like q Swiss" and it is for
this reason, perhaps and residents of
the republic Of Switzerland say for no
Oetter one. that the fame of residents
of Switzerland for sObriety is not as
far-reaching as the fame of the Scotch
for instance for frugalty. A recent
computation which has appeared shows
that the annual expenditures of the
Swiss for wine, beer. cider and brandy
are 1I5,000,000 francs, six times as
much as is spent on the army. Ger
many eXpends, or more properly, in
dividual Germans eXpend $500, 900
year on liquid refreshments, distilled
or fermented-chiehy beer and Rhine
wine-and 20,00O,0 600 a year on the
German Army. France eXpends in a
year $500, 900 600 on drink, chiefly wine,
| and 100000 600 year on the mainten-
| ancc of the army of the republic. Tho
| Italians eXpend $250,0OO000 a year for
| liquors, wines and cordials and $55,OOO,-
| 600 for the Italian army the eXpendi-
| lures being in about the same ratio as
| in other nations.
Austria Hungary eXpcnds less upon
| liquor i'm year than any other COun-
| try of the first class in Europe, amount
ing to about $225, 100000, though per-
| sons who are familiar with life along
the blue Danube might, not unreason-
ably, come to the conclusion that $780, -
OOO, 600 of this sum was spent i'm the
city Of Vienna alone in lager beer. Such,
however. is not the case. In the noun
| famous districts, particularly i'm the
Tyrol, Pennsylvania, and in Croatia,
! very little wine is drunk, and though
| hungary produces a large and steadily
increasing amount of wine, a very
large proportion of it is exported Ia
other countries. Relatively, not much
of ii is kept for home consumption. The
| Austro- Hungarian Army costs $4,000,
900 a year, or less than one-third of the
cost of the liquors consumed in a year.
The Russians eXpend $500, 900 a year
in liquors and $150000,000 a year, on
one-half as much, for the maintenance
Of the army. England eXpends $780,,
OOO 900 a year on beer, ale, wine, porter
gin rum, and smoky whiskey, and 800,
100000 a year on the maintenance OF
the British Army.
No one knows exactly how much is
spent in the United States on liquor
in a year, especially in prohibition
States, but it is supposed that the
whiskey taken for medicinal purpose:
costs each year more than does the
maintenance OF the regular army.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
A WOn7an'S
Heart

The soye Of clergyman tells tic story Of her suffer-
ing 7oM neuralgia Of The heart, SOiM tie hQbe that her
experience may indicate TO others tie gcay TO regain
Ee0HI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

"The doctors treated me, bot the relief
they gave did not last.
"I was a physical wreck, when my eye
fell on an item in the local paper describing
how Mrs. Evans, Of West End, had been
cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. Her suffering was like mine.
"I hope other sufferers who read this
account will have the faith l had when
read Of Mrs. Evans.
"My husband bought me one box Of the
pills. The change they made IN my con-
dition was encouraging. took another
box; then bought six more boxes.
"All the time gained in health, strength,
hope, nerve force steadily, surelyi
Before finished the eighth box ceased
the treatment. TT perfectly well, and the
doctor said was entirely cured"
To add weight to her story Mrs. VANS
ley made. affidavit to its truth before John
F.Russell, a Notary Public Of Greens6urg.
Neuralgia OF the heart is only one Of
many serious evils that grow out Of derange-
ments OF the nervous system or OF the blood.
The remedy that expels impurities from
the blood and supplies the necessary mater
ials for rapidly rebuilding wasted nerve It's
sues reaches the root OF many serious diseases.
1t is these virtues that have given DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People their
wonderful curative powers in diseases that
at first glance seem widely different.
This famous remedy is for sale by all
druggists for so cents box, or six boxes
for $3.50.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
ReaHk.

Few bodily Affections are more terrible
than heart disease. To live in constant
dread and expectation Of death, sudden,
instant death, with last farewells unspoken,
is for most people more awful to eontem-
plate than the most severe lingering illness.
The slightest excitement brings great
suffering and danger to people so afflicted.
Such was the experience OF the wife Of
a well-known clergyman. She tells her
story for the sake Of doing good to others.
~ feel" she said, speaking carefully and
weighing her words, "that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People relieved me Of a
lifetime Of sickness end sorrow, and cheer
fully recommend them"
This grateful woman is Mrs. Wamsley,
wife Of the Rev. c. E. Wamsley, who lives
on West Sheridan Street, Greensburg, Ind.
She continued;
"My heart became affected after the birth
Of my youngest child, about six years ago.
"The pain was constant. Frequently II
grew so severe would be forced TO cry out.
II could not endure any excitement.
at would increase the pain SO | would
scream and fall down in state OF collapse.
In this condition | was helpless.
"These spells would come on me at
home, in the street, or anywhere might be.
II could not sleep at night. ! ate very
little.
"Different doctors were called in. They
said had neuralgia Of the heart, resulting
from nervous prostration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
sIGsBEE UNDER FIRE.
The Officers Goodness Under Farra-
uut nj Mobile Bay.

Now that the name of Captain Sigs-
bcc. of the Maine. is in eNerybodyS
mind, and his worth as an officer is
being attested by scores of his super
iors, let me add my mite to prove his
courage and perfect GOODNESS in battle,
says a narrator in the San Francisco
Examiner. Sigsbcc was a youngster
just out of the Academy when Farra-
gut was preparing for his big fight in
Mobile Bay. / was an ensign on the
Ndmiral's staff. and Sigsbee Joined the
Hartford n month before the fight.
In assigning officers and men to their
stations Captain Drayton, Farragut S
feet captain. assigned Ensign Sigsbee
to take charge of the forward powder
division. and the writer hereof to COM
mand the after division. These divis-
ions were strings of men and boys to
pass powder and shells from the after
and forward magazines to the powder
and shell whips, to be hOisted to the gun
deck through the matches. Another
| duty of these powder monkeys was to
yell like dervishcs in the excitement of
battle, and it was duty they did not
neglect
We had passed the forts and were re-
Cciving an attack of the ram Tcnnes-
see with her magnificent battery, when
| Sigsbee came aft from his division to
see how my boys were getting on The
| powder bags and shells were going up
| in steady stream, and the boys were
very noisy.
ANY Casualties?" he asked as he
wiped some smudge off his face.
NO" I said, we're all right. How is
| it with you?"
Poor Heginbotham is killed" he
said. Heginbotham was anotmer of the
| Admiral's staff, who had been assigned
| to take charge of a shell whip.
At that instant there was a mighty
crash Immediately behind Sigsbee. The
whole lining of the ships side gave
way, carrying with it the bulkhead o
the junior officers messroom and fill
ing the air with splinters and dust.
a big seven-inch shell had done thu
| damage. 1t entered the Hartford
side, tore down all the woodwork men
toned, cut q heavy oak stanchiOn
against which Sigsbee was leaning, en-
tirely in tow, and one Jagged end o
the stanchOn took one of the skirts o
| Sigsbee's hest uniform coat and ripped
it off as if with a knife.
When the dust and splinters subsidet
Sigsbee drew a long breath.
Well" he remarked quietly, g
wonder where that id thing wen
to-"
He found the id thing afterwart
lying snugly in the Chief Engineer
bed. 1t was a 25O-pOund shell. 1t failet
to explode. Had it fulfilled its who'll
mission there would now be no Cap
tain Sigsbee to receive the world
plaudits and no humble penman lik
myself to tell this tale"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

as many turn up jauntily at one side,
or the soft crown Is shaped into grace
full curves, with high ornaments at the
left side. The predicted fancy for low
trimmings does not seem to be Nerl-
fed as yet; and a very small bonnet
with high jet wings or butterflies,
perched on n Pompadour roll, is in the
opposite direction. Lovely evening hats
composed entirely of crushed roses in
two or three shades of pink, are toned
down by black aigrettes, feathery jet
ornaments and black velvet strings.
The comb effect gains in favor, and
beautiful jet combs with long teeth are
part of many small jet bonnets.
Whit such hats, narrow, black velvet
strings are a necessity and are always
very becoming. White or gray wings
placed between open ribbon rosettes
with tucked or corded edges, are con-
sidered peculiarly stylish.
Fannie Field.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

e trouble with most
1en is not that they
% not know how to
'ork, but that they do
OF know how to rest.
{ a man knows how
, rest and how to take
IRE of his health,
lere is hardly a limit
} the amount of work
that he may accom-
plish without doing
| him self injury.
\ The trouble is that
\Nmen not only over
IL work, but that
M they neglcct t
MA 20 rest at the
Nproper hours
~ and II c & ! c c t
s1..,. Is,,1.L
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
WHEN THE LAKES DRY UP.
Predicting n Time When the Lake
Traffic WIIi he No More.

". j. HarWood, In ST. NlchoIas.
Biologists point out the fact that the
chain of great lakes has not always
been as it now is: that there was a
time when all the lakes We're blended
into one, having, probably, the Missis-
sippi river for its outlet TO the gulf on
the south. one geologist says:
livery day gees something taken
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05

A man passes a restless, sleepless night,
gets up dull and headachey in the morning,
goes TO the breakfast table without an ap-
petite, bolts what little he does eat and
rushes away to business, He is drowsy
and nervous by turns all day and forces
himself to work against his will. He takes
five minutes for lunch and not a minute to
rest afterward He goes home at night
utterly tagged out and with no appetite for
supper. The idea of taking medicine or
even taking little rest never enters his
head. Some night his wife finds him in
the rocking chair before the fire place
dead. The doctor will call 1t nervous pros
tration or heart trouble or something of
that kind. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is the best medicine for hard
working men. II restores keen edge TO
the appetite. II facilitates the flow of the
digestive juices and makes the digestion
and assimilation perfect. II invigorates
the liver and purihes and enriches the
blood. II is the great blood maker, flesh
builder and nerve-tonic. Medicine dealers
sell it,
N. Gaddis, Esq, of No. 3I3 South Street. Ia.
coma, Washington writes was taken i'll in
February S92 My lungs hurt me and got so
poor that was just skin and bone. thought
was going to die. l tried DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and 1t saved my life"
nso.ooSx For sick headache, bill
PIerC6'S iousness and constipa.
tion, DIR. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets are the most rational cure
known. They are mild but thorough and
effective They regulate and invigorate
stomach liver and bow
els. Never gripe. No DnunfC
other pill is like them. L SliSlSs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
WORK OF THE BATTLEsHIPs.


From their raking position on the
other side of the harbor entrance the
battleships could choose their distance
and literally proceed to indulge i'm tar
get practice at the expense of the Ha-
Vana ports and buildings. All bringing
their guns TO bear over the port bow
and firing with careful preparations
and due care of the guns, veritable
deluge Of awful death and demolition
must ensue.
'The Iowa opening with her big tur-
ret guns, four 12-inch rifles would fire
six shots an hour from each, and each
shell weighs $50 pounds The Massa-
chusetts and Indiana hurting 1,1OO
pounds of metal and high explosives
at each discharge OF one of their 49,
inch guns would bring the entire four
on each ship to bear at the deadliest
angle known, to modern gunnery, over
the port bow. The Texas, with her two
l2-inch rifles, would also get into the
game at the start and under cover of
this rain OF metal the ships would ad-
vance until within almost three miles
OF the fortihcations. when the magnifi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
HOW HAVANA CITY
WOULD BE CAPTURED
United States Fleet Now Within Call
Could Destroy II.
IMAGINED FORMATION OF ATTACK

Battieships aud Monitors in Main
Division with Thanking Cruisers.
Defenses Not able--Not othing
Apparent Which Would Prevept the
Big ships from Landing "hcir
Shells Almost at wit from Out in
the Open Sea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
Uncle Geehnw,s Little Joke.

Aunt Gcchaw (of Hay Corners, l.. ~
"Joshuway, there's a tramp bcSsin' fer u
cold snack at the door thet says he's u
Crkiss Contortionst out of a job
Unclc Geehaw Cchuckling)-"Shom hiri
the wood pile Maria, an ask him TO do
the split."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
4 Query.

T.ltITe FIpI.
Mr.. Fathcrly-"Well, Oscar?'
Little OsCar-"Whcn God made the &C.
bra, why didn't He cut some stars on
him, SO he'd he a regular walking Amer
lean flaG?'-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-25
\ Fniry Godfather.
Harper's Weekly


January Il was fairy godfa theirs dav -
me Baker chocolate worRs in Milton
Mass ON that evening was distributed
the $4,000 left by the viii of the late
Henry l.. Pierce 10 the employees OF the
business OF which he was manager. Two
hundred and forty-five men and fS5
women met the officers OF the CORPORATION
in large room In one OF the mills and
after supper and some discourse from
Mr. Pierce's executor, each received 4
check for 500 The oldest employe re-
ceived a special legacy Of s.. 600 II IS not
recalled that there was ever a testator
whose testamentary provisions gave more
acute satisfaction 20 more Of his person Al
acquaintance than those Of Mr. Pierre.
There has been no audible crumbliny
ahou, his will lie did everything that
was expected Of him. and a great deal
that was not expected surprising very
many people, and disappointing none
unless possibly. some members of one
Of the learned professions. for as vet
there has been no hint Of lawsuit over
his VIII. The will ran over with Tniscel-
laneous Kindness and benevolence Mr.
Pierce ought 20 have kept a school for tes-
tato~s whose purposes were phnanth~onic
II stephen GiraTd \ T Stewart sam
uel TNden. and Daniel r. Fayerweafher
could have sat under his Instructions
a while. the memory Of all Of them would
be sweeter. and the general public would
he 2 gamer by a good many millions Of
useful money. i there not some one Iv-
ing who has had experience Of wills and
is competent BY disposition and knowl-
edge 20 open such a class for the inetrric-
zion ~ testat0rs7 Might not NJ Carnegie
undertake Il. or Mr. Pierpont Morgan?