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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
NO MEDIATION.
President Mckinley wnl Listen to No
Country save spain.


New York, April 5.--European inter.
ference in American Affairs will not be
tolerated by President Mckinley, SAYS
the Washington correspondent % The
Herald There will be no mediation u
differences between the United States
and Spain, for the administration will
not accept H. Believing such accept.
ance might establish a precedent for IN.
ture interfernces in questions to which
the United States may be a party and IN
tine with the historic policy enunciatcd
by President Monroe opposing European
meddling with Affairs affecting this gov.
eminent, the administration has decided
that II there is 10 b. mediation 10 must
be with Spain for the independence Of
Cuba, and not mediation between tho
United States and Spain.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
THE FLoTlLLA HELD.
u l. stm at Cape Verde Islands, Ae-
cordinE Co Reports.

New York, April "a dispatch to
The World from ST. Vincent. Cape
Verde islands, says:
The Spanish torpedo flotilla, under
command Of Commodore Villamil, Is
still here. Three Of the torpedo vessels
arrived in one day, three one day later,
and then the transport came No more
are expected. They are now in good or.
der There were seven vessels in all
three torpedo boats, three torpedo de.
stroyers and merchant ship converted
into an auxiliary cruiser, the Cindad dc
CadiZ.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06

London, April According to a dis.
patch from Rome, the pople is "dislp-
pointed at reception Of his oyertures in
America but not discouraged" The
dispatch adds His holiness sent cable
Of 800 words to Archbishop Ireland urg
ing increased efforts in the interest Of
peace and further immediate representa-.
tions TO President Mckinley.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06

Vancouver, b c. April The steam.
er Miowom, from Australia, bring, de-.
fails Of the recent terrific hurricane in
New Caledonia It'd. mucn damage
TO shipping, donoiishiny huiHiit AMI
damaging crops On the interior, aud
many lives wcro lost.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
NO CERTIFICATES NEEDED.
Americans Can Leave Havana without
Health Examinations

Washington, April Din responce to
representations received from General
Lee, the treasury department has tele.
gaphed DR. Drummer, the quarantine OF.
ficer at Havana, directing him TO per.
init all Americans, who desire 20 do 50,
TO leave Havana without certificates or
examination. On the arrival Of the YES
sci az the Florida coast with the Ameri.
cans from Cuba, examinations will be
made and the vessel be held until IL is
determined there Is no disease on board.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
Alexander Jordan D..d.

New York, April 5.-Alexander A.
Jordan, the well known ex.champion
amateur athlete. died at his home in
this city. Mr.. Jordan had been an in.
valid for many months as the result OF
. severe attack OF Ia grippe last spring.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06

Rome, April The popes initiative
is based wholly ON the fact that Spain.
when she asked for the good offices Of
tho powers, also asked for the pope's
good offices. The interposition Of the
pontiff thus far has boon confined to ef.
forts to bring about an armistioc 10.
tween Spain and the insurgents.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
THE MARKETS.


idhfettfhs
Chicago, April -Cattlo-stoady.
Texas steers, A. Goat ~.
shecp-Si'ady, uuch ngcd.
St Louis, April i--Cutilc Steady e
strong Texas stco IS, 81 g5@4;5.
Sheep-Strong, unchanged.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06

Washington, April 5.-Tho state de.
partment has received u dispatch from
Consul General Lee saying that In case
war is declared he will not be able to
get the American citizens out Of Cuba
before next Sunday.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL.
Hayii aud san Domingo WIN Take No
Part In the Trouble.

New York, April "a dispatch to
The Herald from Port an Prince, Hayti,
ays:
Indications are that In case OF war be.
tween the United States and Spain Sap
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
KciriEeratOrs.

The Wisconsin Peerless is hummer;
uses less ice than any other refrigerator
made seven walls, wool packed. Try
one. II you do there will be a cold time
in the old town. J Allen Myers,
M The Hot Gutter.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
Great Britain FI.,i, Refused.

London, April 3. The movement Of
the power Of Europe for joint offer Of
mediation between the United States
and Spain received a severe and proba.
bly, fatal rebuff in the form Of definite
refusal upon the part OF Great Britain to
participate in IL
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
WILL NOT ACCEPT.
United State. WIZ Not Take the Pope
~ Mediator,

Washington, April Regarding the
intervention OF the pope between tho
United States and Spain 1t Is reiterated
that no such proposal has been made to
this government, and that II there b. a
papal mediation IL must BE- between
Spain and the insurgents, and any sua.
sion the vatican can exert should b. d..
rected at Madrid.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
BOATS SENT TO LEE.

They Are Tor Use To Get Americans
Away II War Comes.
Washington, April 5.-Membcrs OF
the house have been informed that YES.
sells have been dispatched TO Havana to
take of General Lee and our consular
officers, as well as all Americans who
desire to leave the island.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
A FAMOUS SEA FIGHT.
BETWEEN CHILEAN AND PERU
WAN IRONCLADS.
The Destruction of the Huascar or the
Bolivian Coast-What q Fight Be
tween Modern War-vessels Means-A
Scene of Slaughter.

Claude H. Wetmore has an article in
the Century on "a Famous Sea Fight
describing the engagement between
Chilean and Peruvian ironclads off the
coast of Bolivia in 1879. Mr.. Wetmore
says: From the first Of the battle the
encouraging voice Of Grau had come to
the men in the turret through the
speaking tube from the coming tower;
but when the Blanco crowded into the
thick of it, and great shot struck the
Huascar's sides as regularly as blows
or battering ram, the orders of the
commander were no longer heard. The
officer in charge of the turret called to
his superior. There was no answer,
and when Commander Elias Aguerre
ran up the narrow little ladder that led
to the tower he stumbled over the dead
body of his admiral A shell had struck
the coming tower and had taken off
Grau's head as neatly as if the decap-
ltatlon had been by the guillotine This
shell also killed Lieutenant Ferre the
admirals aide. There was only time
to push the corpses aside, and the new
commanding officer pulled back the
tube flap to give his directions; but as
ne did so the Huascar staggered keel
ed over, then shook in every plate,
While conclusion more terrific than
any so far told that shell had entered
the turret and had burst there. When
the fumes had cleared away so that a
person could speak, midshipman
called out that one of the great guns
had been dismounted and twenty men
killed. The survivors tumbled the
bodies through the hatch that opened
into the deck below, thus releasing the
clogged machinery; and as the corpses
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
The Impotence of Latin.

The usefulness of Latin quotations
for literary and dramatic purposes is
still negative quantity in America.
This is forced upon one, once again, by
listening to the lines of a new play,
by an Englishman, that was first shown
here last week. Every once in a while
there is a reference to the patria pa
testas of the Romans; but it leaves the
audience cold and innocent of the au-
thor's intent. A dashing, staggering,
slangy stockbroker delivers the quota
ton about ad astra, translating it flip
there is not ghost of smile in front
of the footlights. The fact is Latin Is
not language with which to conjure
in America In England all these
points would tell, because, for the most
part, every man in the theater has been
to school where Latin was pounded
in most thoroughly. With French our
people pretend more intimate ac-
quaintance. When, in this same play,
a turnkey mispronOunces haut en- bas
with grandiloquent pomposity, all the
audience achieves an audible laugh.
But Latin-no! I shall never forget the
delightful sensation of hearing two
dear danes, some years ago, discussing
the plays of the day, and one asking
the other if she had seen Mr.. Mansfield
in "The Man and His Armsr'- Criter-
ion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21

the peak. One by one, IN twos and in
threes, the men in, the turret dropped
at their posts; and at. last the remain.
Ing great gun was silent, its tackle lit
orally choked with dead. The turret
could not be turned for the same rea-
son. Corpses hung over the military
TOP; corpses clogged the coming tower.
With coats and waistcoats off, the
surgeons had been laboring in the ward
room upon the wounded, who, shrek
Ing IN their agony, had been tumbled
doWn the companionway like so much
Dutchered beef; for there was no time
TO use stretchers or to, carry stricken
comrade to doctors care. Steam and
smoke filtered through the doorways,
ana the apartment became. sitting.
Wnlle they were saving, amputating
and bandaging shell tore into the
ward room, burst, and fragments
wounded the assistant surgeons. the
chief of the medical staff having been
Killed earlier in the conflict. Those
unfortunates who were stretched upon
the table awaiting their turn under the
knife, and those who lay upon the
floor, suffered no more pain; they were
killed as they lay grooming. This shell
tore away ward room and stern cabin,
and hardly trace was left of the bulk
head. After that what little surgery
was done was performed in the coal
bunkers.
Huddled in a passageway near the
engine room were a score or more of
MISUNDERSTANDING, pantrymen
and stokers. They were in place that
was lighted only as flashes came from
the guns; it was filled with powder
smoke and clouds of steam that drift
ed from below told that the Huascar
had been struck in a vital spot-her
machinery. Suddenly they heard a
crash, followed by the rending of the
deck, and the little ironclad swayed as
If she had struck reef. Some one
passed the word that the maintopmast
had been shot away. AS it came down
it brought living men to be dashed to
death, also corpses that had been hang
ing over the sides of the military top.
The battle was lost
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
PAPER MACHINERY

Big Swedish Concern Orders Its Equip
ment in America.
From the Philadelphia Record:
American paper-making machinery has
scored another victory, the Stora Kop-
perberg Aktiebolag having ordered two
American-made Fourdrinier machines,
1O7 and 127 inches wide, and weighing
respectively 100000 and 100000 pounds.
The Swedish company, which has foc
400 years been engaged in mining cop
per, which also owns some of the larg-
est saw mills in the world, decided re-
Gently to go into paper manufacturing
and purchased the great machinery
hall of the Stockholm exposition, which
is to be transferred to the grounds of
the company and filled with paper
making machinery of the latest anu i'm
proved patterns, the choice falling up
on American makers after a minute
personal inspection by the compaay's
experts of the machines and factories
of all countries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
HUNTING IN OFFICE HOURS.
the ne Easy -'Going Rules in the Depart
ments Fifty Years Ago.

The Easy-Going Rules in the Depart.
ments Fifty Years Ago.
The rules regarding the hours OF
work Of the government employees in
the departments says one who form
erly served his country in the capacity
OF clerk, according to the Washing
ton Star, "are quite different from
those in vogue half century ago.
What would you think if were to tell
you that under the old regime T have
known clerks to take their fowling
pieces to their offices and after perus-
ing the old Intelligencer, or some other
paper, ascertaining the show for work
coming to their desks and walking
over to the pint near where the
monument is now, or south of the pres
ldent's mansion, and shooting a few
birds. I have known clerks to go gun
ming in Office hours, but usually those
who thus acted were fine shots and
successful in bringing down the birds.
Poor sportsmen seldom took this privi-
lege, but 1t was understood all round
that all that was necessary was that
the work should be kept up. I have on
many occasions strolled along the ave-
nue. or worked about my home for
hours when my office work was we'll
up and nothing was said. There were
even messengers who occasionally took
French leave.
''On one occasion one of this class
Joined in procession and the following
day he apologized to his chief, remark
ing: Il waited to ask permission for ab-
senting myself yesterday, but you had
not arrived when my company was
about to form, so took leave and now
come to ask for it, That was right,
said the chief, always take a holiday
when you want to, unless you see a
rush of business coming, and you will
be sure to have it. Only ask for the
leave afterward to make it all right.
But do not be extravaganza. Spend your
leaves for some good purpose This
was when the entire force in the ex-
ecutive departments was not as large
as some of the present bureaus, when
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ratified down, other men rushed up,
throwing off their clothing as they
jumped into the pools of blood to seize
hold of the gear and swing the re-
naming gun into position, that it might
train upon one of the ships-they could
no longer make out which, nor did they
care-and it was discharged, hauled in,
loaded, and discharged again. Once
more all was silent = in the coming
tower. Lieutenant Palacios fastened
there, but before he could enter he
was compelled topush three bodies out
of the way. He had barely given his
first command when bullet from
we'll aimed rifle of marine imam enc
my's top lodged between his eyes,
Then the fourth to command the Huas
car that day, Lieutenant Pedro Care
zon, took the place, and as he did so he
called through an aperture, telling the
quartermaster to put the helm to port:
for he had determined to ram one of
the adversaries, and sink with her if
necessary. Over and over spun the
wheel, but the Huascar's head still
pointed between the Chileans
Port! Port, I say!" screamed the
commander.
She won't answer came back the
sullen reply from the only one of four
quartermasters alive; the bodies Of the
others were lying upon the grating at
his feet.
"A shot has carried away the star
board steering gear, sir" reported an
ensign; and he dropped dead as the
words left his mouth.
The Huascar now lay drifting in 4
hell of shot and fame, but all the while
The red. white and red futtered from
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
There Is Nothing New.

Apparently we have not learned 50
much during the last few thousand
years or so as we fancy we have. Prof.
w. M. Flinders-Petrie the eminent
Psychologist, has been telling an inter-
viewer of various odds and ends that
he has unearthed from time to time
in the buried cities of Egypt, where
men and women lived and loved. and
scheme and fought nearly four thou
sand years before the Christian era,
Among these items were rag dollies
no doubt Rugged and rocked to sleen
by little Cleopatras every whit as af-
fectionately as the waxen babies made
in Germany are today fondled by our
small Dorothys and Phyllises. There
were draught-boards, too, and fishina
rods, babies rattles, whip-tops and
tip-cats, and many a domestic article
that we have nowadays in use VIVA,
is more, he and his learned comnan.
ions were able to discover from The
skeletons of men and women who had
lain for considerably more than for,
thousand years "asleep within The
tomb" that we moderns cannot ever
lay claim to monopoly of such dis.
eases as rheumatism and spinal CIR.
vature, and ricketts,. The penny-in-the
slot-machine, we now know, is nothine
new; next we shall hear that the mo.
tor car provoked the characters f
mirth, as an ancient comic papyr,,s :,
the period shows, when Seneferu first
king of the fourth dynasty, was on tht
throne considerably before Joseph wa,
sold into bondage
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21

Shaker settlement and take dinner and
return by moonlight. Won't it be fun,
and don't you want to go?'
mo, I guess had rather stay at
home and have quiet day of it"
What a little old maid you are!
Well, you needn't go unless you want
to-" and she was off. watched them
drive away. Then took my sewing
and ensconed myself in baby window
in the quiet, cool parlor.
Scarcely had I seated myself when
some one entered the room, repeating
those lines of Leigh Hunts little bal
lad:
Say I'm weary-say I'm sad,
Say that. health and wealth have
missed me; e-
Say I'm growing old, but add
Jennie kissed me!'' d.. .
My heart gave a great bound, for
recognized Guy Edgerton's voice.
Not knowing I was there, he came
to the very window where I was sit
ting. r@'
He drew back the curtain and looked
in upon me.
"Why, Matte, you here! I thought
you were out with the riding party.
How coy you look here. May I sit
down beside your
Eyes, SIR" answered frankly.
His dark eyes searched my face for
moment, then he said:
II am going away tomorrow, little
one; will you redeem your promise be-
fore I go? I have carried the kiss you
gave me last through all my travels,
darling, and have brought it back to
you pure as you gave it. Will you kiss
me and be my wife,"
I kissed him.-BostOn Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21

house, save myself, tried their fascina-
lions upon him, but to no avail.
What PITY" sighed Flo Archer,
that his uptown mansion and huge
bank stock have no mistress"
But her signs were in vain. The
last morning of Mr.. Edgerton's stay
the subject of conversation turned up
on kissing. Mr.. Edgerton, sitting by.
did not join in the conversation. Pretty
Flo Archer saucily demanded Mr.. Ed
gerton's opinion.
''Now, really, Mr.. Edgerton, don't
you like to attend forfeit parties?'
mo, Miss Archer, I do not, think
kiss obtained by compulsion no kiss
at ALL"
File! We shall get up a party on
purpose to test you. We believe you
would assist"
Il certainly should not"
"Why, Mr.. Edgerton! You shall do
penance for that speech" p.
You are to tell what lady you kissed
last
THAT would not do, as the lady is
present, and would be the sufferer
rather than myself"
well, then, you may tell how long
it is since you kissed her."
will you promise not to doubt my
word?"
ooh, certainly"
"Then, Miss Layton, have kissed
no lady for the space of five years."
"Oh, Guy is probably faithful to some
fair lady who favored him then" sug.
gested Ned Archer " =
Exactly so, Ned" and he passed
to meet his valet, who came with let.
tiers.
My cheeks were burning, and I arose
and fled to my room. Here Kate burs
in upon me.
Her you are" she said, merrily, &c
have been out hunting for you w,
have made up a party to ride out to thu
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
The Energetic Gar.

Inc car of Russia is very ener-
getlc monarch, for he goes out every
morning directly it gets light, and runs
a verst-about three-fifths of an Eng
llsh mile-in order. to keep him
self in good form. He carries
his watch in his hand all the
time, in order to see that there
is no falling off in the matter of speed
day after day. Like his Danish rela-
tiVes, the car is a very keen cyclist,
and he might almost make his living
as trick rider If the Nihilists by any
chance drove him out of his empire.
He is fond of shooting while on the
wheel, and can bring down a bird when
going at a good speed. =5..a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
Unconscious Sufferers.

1Here are numerous cases on record
Where men suffering from some form
OF paralysis have been charged with
drunkenness, and have suffered in
consequence most severely in mind, if
not in body. It is far from being an
uncommon circumstance for a man to
receive in some street row, or, as the
result of some practical joke, an in
jury to the head or spine, not serious
enough, perhaps, at the moment to
disable him, but certainly dangerous
it not attended to at once. He may
leave the vicinity where he received
the hurt, may possibly walk for miles,
go into restaurant and take some
thing to strengthen the nerves; then
go out and gradually sink into a state
of Inconsistencies and be found in a.
doorway or lying in the road, bearing
every indication of intoxication. The
breath may smell of the stimulant he
has taken, he is stupid and HELPLESS,
and at once the Impractical eye
stamps him as drunk and incapable.
Locked up by himself, he speedily be-
comes feverish and seriously i'll, and
dies without assistance. This is no
highly colored picture-cases occur
over and over again, and we regret
to say that it appears to be the COM
mon practice of the ordinary policeman
to arrest and take to the station house
any person who is acting strangely or
stupidity in the street, or who exhibits
signs that are generally accepted as
indicating the use of intoxicants. The
proper place for these unfortunate per-
sons is not the police station, but the
hospital.
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the new arrival, Guy Edgerton.
How my beautiful sister would have
wondered could she have known that
this same new arrival was the hero OF
my dreams. 1, will tell you how ne
came to perform so important a part
in them.
We at home home always made 1t a
practice to celebrate the birthdays Win
a fete. Five years ago, when it lacked
but two weeks of my sisters eight
zenith birthday, my mother died.
We mourned her loss deeply; but
Kate, for her oath's sake, given In the
shape of enameled invitation cards.
would not give up her usual party.
ooh, Kate, pleaded, please don't
have it,"
"You don't know what you are say
ing, child. l can not change my plans
after the invitations are issued ana
father thinks it is best.
And so it ended. The party came OIL,
I protesting l would not appear IN the
drawing-room; and 1 did not. But, sit
ting alone on the balcony, watched the
forms fit to and fro in the brilliant
drawing-room.
I was crying bitterly. when firm
step sounded beside me, and, looking
up, I met the gaze of Guy Edgerton,
my sister Katie's ardent admirer.
"Why do you not join the company,
Miss Howard?"
He bent forward and looked in my
face. What in tears, little one!" At
this I cried harder than ever.
won't you tell me what grieves
you?"
AT this I told him all. How it SEEM
ed to me sacrilegious so to treat my
mothers memory.
He said nothing, only smoothed my
hair tenderly until 1 ceased weeping.
AS looked up he said:
Little Matte, I am going away to-
morrow-going to Europe. Will you
kiss me good-bye?"
I was only Is, so I raised my head
and kissed him.
THANK you, little one; and when
come back will you give me kiss Of
welcome? I have no mother, no sister,
Matte No one to welcome me back.
Will you?"
Eyes, SIR" I sobbed.
He said THANK you" again, and then
left me.
For five years I had heard nothing
from him, and now he had returned.
This is what I had been dreaming
about this pleasant morning.
The dinner bell reused me from my
reverie, and hastily DOMINIC my pref
test blue muslin, I sought the dining
room.
AS I entered my father presented me
to Mr.. Edgerton.
''My little daughter, Mattie.'
II think we are already acquainted"
he said, and then passed on.
For two weeks every girl at the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
Fallen Idols.

WayWorn Watson Here is one of
these story writer's who says in the pa
pers that genius is nothing but hard
work. Perry Patettic- : 'Nothin but
hard work? And to think that fused
to have a great respect for them fellers
who could write - Cincinnati Enuuir-