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schley Was i'm Command.
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washington special In baltimore American.
The controversy over Schley and Sampson
and their respective claims for the credit
of destroying Cervera's fleet, will probably
not terminate for many a day. The whole
subject will be ventilated in Congress.
An important revelation has been made
that was not even limited at in the admiral's
report. When the flagship New York head
ed eastward on the memorable Sd of July
ference with Major General Shafter, this
message was communicated by Sampson to
other ships of the feet. Disregard signals
CT commander-in-chief.' The meaning of
this was plain enough In the absence of
the admiral from the blockadng station,
the command of the ships would devolve
upon the senior officer, Commodore Schley,
and signals from the flagship would be only
as a. means for communication with the
shore.
Within an hour or so after Simpsons de-
parture Cervera attempted his escape. In
spite of the message communicated to the
fleet, Sampson says in his report that the
New York turned about and steamed for
the escaping fleet, flying the signal Close
in toward harbor entrance and attack yes
sells" Having previously been directed to
disregard his signals, 1t Is improbable that
his signal CLOSE in toward harbor entrance
and attack vessels would have received
any attention from the ships
Had Admiral CerveraS Sortie been sue
cessful Commodore Schley would doubtless
The traditional rules of the navy are that
Schley was the ranking officer present. This
makes it apparent to a lay mind that Schley
was in command. and he got the popular
credit for the great achievement of the
Yankee sailors and their guns.
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Big Sale
Shoes To-Day
VO1Z'S Shoe Store
No. 8 East Washington ST.

should recommend the oak was recorded as
a dreamer. it is said they grow too slowly.
and 1t is contended that it is impossible to
transplant oak successfully. Bat il is
now found that they transplant as, readily
as any other tree. and, indeed, are much
more successful than some trees that were
formerly so popular-and as for growing
slowly some of them progress remarkably
in this respect. Under favorable circum-
stances, a large number of species of oak
will be thirty or forty feet in height in
twenty-five years. There are very few
trees, aside from poplars and soft NAPLES
that can do better than this. They have
several advantages which some trees, for
merly more popular, do not possess3 There
is variety in the growth of the trees and
the forms of the foliage. The splendid color
of most of them in the fall of the year gives
them a special charm. Some have bright
golden leaves in the autumn time. and va
rious species of the chestnut oak division
are of this character. OF the bright-eolored-
leaved class, we have the white, red, scar
let and pin oak. In many other valuable
points, the oak has come to be recognized
as desirable So great, indeed. has become
the demand for this class of ornamental
trees. that some of the leading nurserymen
tell us the demand has exhausted the sup
ply. 1t goes to show that the people of to-
day can be educated to good things when
the good things recommended are really
good.
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The Ninth Illinois Infantry left Spring
oh r me maDas lUa 49, III
three sections
The Fifth Illinois Regiment, Colonel Gull
yer commanding, arrived at Newport News
yesterday from Chickamauga Park to en-
bark for Porto Rico
A postal force, under the general charge
and direction of the New York postoIfice,
has been organized to go to Montauk, l.. l..
and establish a postoffice there for the SOL
diers who are to be brought there from
Santiago next week.
The Third and Fifth Regiments United
States Volunteers. the so-called immune
regiments, and possibly one other, will leave
Savannah, Ga, Sunday or Monday on the
transports Minnewaska, Leona and Rio
Grande for Santiago.
The torpedo boat Mackenzie built at Hill
mans ship yard, in Philadelphia, was CIV
en- a trial yesterday by her builders and
succeeded in making an average of about
twenty-three knots hour. Her contract
required at least a twenty-knot speed.
Governor Tanner has received telegram
from the War Department that the Eighth
Illinois Infantry (colored) had been ordered
to Santiago de Cuba to replace the First
Illinois Infantry, which will be removed to
Long island. 1t will be two or three days
before the Eighth will leave Springfield.
DR.. w. Corbusier. medical surveyor of the
expeditiOnary forces for the Philippines
has received word that the transports Ari-
IONA and Scandal would. when they reached
Manila, be converted into floating hospitals
This relieves the San Francisco Red Cross
Society of the burden of purchasing a ship
for that purpose.
Notwithstanding peace negotiations the
Carpenter steel works at Reading, Pa, are
working on shells and projectiles under the
heaviest pressure from the government since
the war started. The inference is that the
supply of these munitions is to be kept up
to the fullest measure for future con-
tingencies. Large shipments are made three
times a week.
The new torpedo boat destroyer Farragut
built according to designs of and by the
Union iron works, San Francisco, promises
to be the fastest craft ever constructed in
America or plying American waters, and
This has been indicated in the first run it
ever made. The Farragut will, it is
thought. develop d speed of over thirty
knots an hour.
John w. Battishill, OF Ecorse. Mich. shot
and killed James ST. James. of St. Ignace. a
corporal in Company l, Thirty-fifth Michi-
gan Infantry which is in camp at Island
lake. ST James married Bertha May
Welsh, who is BattiShill's sister-in-law He
insinuated that he wished to leave his
bride at Battishilfs house. so that she could
be watched. This led to a row and the
shooting of st. James.
Maryland steel company has protested
to the President against the export duty
fixed iron ore shipped from Santiago de
Cuba 1t is stated that the tax now
thousand workmen employed by this COM
pany will have 20 be discharged. In addi-
ton to the old duty the new government at
Santiago has fixed an export duty of Is
cents a ton, which is declared to be very
onerous, the Spanish being only per cent.
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INDIANA COUNTY FAIRS.

Columbus fair, Bartholomew county, Aug. to
Is, Ed Redman, jr., sec.
Paramount fair, Grant county, Aug. to Is,
Wilbur Lucas, Sec
New Castle fair. Henry county. Aug to 10.
Sheridan fair Hamilton county, Aug 8 to 10.
N. w. Cowgirl, Sec
Greenfield fair. Hancock county. Aug. Is to 20,
Charles Downing, sec
Rockport fair, Spencer county, Aug Is to 90
Madison fair, Jefferson county, Aug. Is to 20.
]. " Connolly. sec.
Charles w Scott sec.
Muncie fair, Delaware county, Aug. Is to 20. NJ
Elwood fair Madison county, Aug. % to o.
Frank E. De Hority, Sec
Lawrenceburg fair, Dearborn county, Aug. % to
q, H. l.. Nowlin,
Remington fair. Jasper county. Aug. % to 81.
Oakland City fair. Gibson county, Aug. % to o.
w. r. Harris,
FRANKFORT fair. Clinton county. Aug. % to a.
Briageton fair. Parke county. Aug. % to 81.
+. NJ Miller,
Poplar Grove fair. Howard county, Aug % to
Sept. 8, A ID. Wood.
swayzee fair, Grant county. Aug. 90 to Sept 8.
Rushvie fair. Rush county. Aug. % to Sept. g..
]. ID. Mege, sec.
Lafayette fair, Tippecanoe county Aug. 20 to
Sept. 8, w. NJ. Blackstock,
Knox fair. Starke county, Aug. 20 to Sept. g.,
Franklin fair, Johnson county. Aug. % to Sept.
g. w. S. Young, sec.
Chrisney fair, Spencer county Aug 20 to Sept
g. p. c. Jolly. sec.
Corydon fair Harrison county, Aug. 20 to Sept
g. Henry Wright. sec.
Terre Haute far, Vigo county, Aug. 20 TO Sept.
g. w. IL. Duncan, sec
Charlottesville fair, Montgomery county, Sept.
5 to TO- Walter l.. Hulet, sec.
Crown Point fair Lake county. Sept. > to 10.
Allison A. bIbler, sec.
Princeton fair county, Sept. to 10.
S. Vet. Strain, sec.
Boswell fair. Benton county, Sept. to 10. w.
H. Mcknight, sec.
shelbyviile fair, Shelby county. Sept. to 10.
Salem fair. Washington county. Sept. to 10,
+. W. Menaugh sec.
Marion fair. Grant county, Sept. to 10. George
Gunder, sec.
Huntingburg fair Dubois county, Sept 70 TO II.
Daniel Rentepholer, sec.
Covington fair, Fountain county, Sept. IL to II,
w. I. Ward. sec.
Riley fair. Vigo county, Sept. Il to II, ]. S.
Whitacre, sec.
Warren fair, Huntington county, Sept. IS to "a
L. w. Pulley, sec.
Richmond fair Wayne county. Sent 10 to "a,
Joe Stevenson, sec.
Flora fair Carroll county, Sept. IS to "a ]. j.
Moss, sec.
Laporte fair. Laporte county Sept 10 to a.
Evansville fair, Vanderburg county. Sept. 10 to
"A, r. l.. Akin
Bedford fair Lawrence county. Sept. 10 to "a,
Rochester fair, Fulton county, Sept 26 to Oct. /,
Val. Zimmerman, jr., sec.
Portland fair. Jay county, Sept. 26 to Oct. /.
Boonvie fair warrick county. Sept rs to Oct.
l. S. w. Taylor
Bloomington fair. Monroe county, Sept. % TO
Oct l. Ad Big Bloomington fair
Clay City fair, Clay county Sept. Is 10 Oct. l.,
G. f. Oberhozer, sec.
Kendallville fair, Noble county Sept rs to Oct.
l. O. h. Alexander, Sec
Vincennes fair, Knox county, Oct. to S. John
Burke. sec.
Angola fair Steuben county. Oct. to 5, Oryiile
Goodale,
Bourbon fair. Marshall county Oct. to s.
J. w. Edison,
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ONLY THE LEGALLY MARRIED.
Not All. ''Nives' of Spanish Officers
VIII Be Taken Home.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 5, 2:25 p. m.
The steamer San Juan. which went to
Manzanilo under flag of truce to bring
here the families of the Spanish officers who
reinforced General Linares in Santiago be-
fore the capitulation, returned this morning
bringing thirty-4ive persons, the wives and
children of the officers who came with Gen.
Escaros. Originally it was said that there
were seventy-five persons to be brought, but
General Toral sent two officers to see that
only the legally married wives came
which reduced the number to thirty-eight
The San Juan was piloted into Manza-
Milo by the Hist under flag of truce. The
Hist's commander found everything peace
full and no complaint of hunger. The Span
ish steamer Purisma Conception, which
was destroyed there on July IS, had it APP
pears, landed half her cargo at that time.
This morning General Shafter appointed a
special board to inspect the men prior to
embarkation. The board consists of Major
Wood, chief surgeon of the First Division
Major Kilbourne, chief surgeon of the Sec
ond Division, and DR.. Gonzales, army sur
geon. The board began work to-day at the
headquarters of the cavalry division, which
is to embark tomorrow.
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LOSS OF AN OCEAN LINER.
RumOr of Disaster in Strait of Belle
Isle Said to Be Confirmed.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug. 5.-The
mail steamer Virginia Lake arrived at Tilt
Cove, on West bay, 230 miles from here, DIT
daylight, bringing certain confederation of
the reported loss of an ocean liner in the
Strait of Belle Isle fisherman of Noddy
bay reported that he saw steamer collide
with an iceberg and sink soon after. The
report is generally believed, but nothing re-
liable is obtainable. The fisherman said the
steamer looked like a passenger ship and
he could see the people trying to launch
boats, but she sank before they could do
anything.
The Strait of Belle Isle lies between New
foundland and Labrador, and is the most
northern of the two channels which connect
the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic
ocean. 1t is twelve miles wide, and navl-
CATION in 1t is reputed to be unsafe. 1t is
not the route taken by passenger liners
usually. Austin Baldwin d Co., the New
York agents of the Allen line of steamers,
said Friday that they were sure it was not
one of their steamers that was lost. While
they did not positively know the route
taken by their steamers, it was known they
never went by the Strait of Belle Isle. The
only other Montreal passenger line Of
steamers they know of is the Donaldson
line. They believe that passenger liners
never went by that route, and that 1t could
not have been passenger liner, as re-
ported.
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ARRIVALS FROM SANTIAGO.
The Transport IrOquOis, with FifteeI
Passengers, at New York.

The Transport IrOquOis, with Fifteen
Passengers, at New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The United States
transport Iroquois Cknown as No. 25) ar
rived at quarantine to-day from Santiago
with fifteen passengers. All are well on
board. Except that some of the passengers
had slight attacks of malarial while at San
tiago. none has been sick since leaving
Cuba Following is a list of the passengers:
w d. Powers, correspondent of the Boston
Transcript ]. f. j. Archibald, San Fran
cisco Post: Frank Norris, McClure's Maya
zine; II. e. Armstrong, New York; Col. d.
Ebagan. Ninth Massachusetts; Col. John H.
Page, Third Infantry; Lieut.. w. K. Jones,
Sixth Infantry; Lieut.. II. ID. Wise. Ninth
Infantry; Lieut.. H. II. Warren, of General
Lawton's staff; Lieut. c.. ID. Roberts, Sew
enteenth Infantry; Rev. DIR. n. McCook,
chaplain, Second Pennsylvania; General
Weston, chief commissary; DR.. Joseph
clerk 10 Colonel Weston; - Mallory clerk
to Colonel Weston; Thomas Deney. SER
geant, Company Il, Ninth Infantry; j. Far
rell, private, Company III, Ninth Infantry;
John e. Anderson, private. Company ID,
Ninth Massachusetts; N e. Dawson band
First District of Columbia - Leary, ci-
Villain
Or. Doty, after an examination of all on
board the transport, decided to hold the
steamer for disinfecting. DIR. II. c. McCook.
of Philadelphia, went to Santiago to assist
in caring for the members Of his regiment
He says that there is very little yellow
fever among the troops. but fears that it
win become epidemic later unless something
is done promptly TO remove them north.
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on it deep in the bowels of the earth. Signs
of volcanic activity are present all the time
throughout the depth of the molten mass
| in the form of steam, rocks, jets of sulphur
Gus smoke, and blowing cones. The crater
itself is constantly rent and shaken with
earthq Nearly all the tourists in
Honolulu go to see the marvellous eruptions
on Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Hotels have
been built on the mountain sides for the &C
commcdation of SighteerS, and there are
scores of guides about the craterS.
One of the many places of interest in
Oahu outside of Honolulu is the Punchbowl.
1T is an extinct volcano rising a few hun
dred feet above the town. Another resort is
the Pail, the highest point in the pass
through the range of mountains that divides
Oahu. 1t is the fashion, and very good
fashion it is. to see the Pail and praise its
charms 1t is the Yosemite of Hawaii The
view from this height sweeps the whole ISL
and from north to south. In the direction
OF the capital the land slopes to a level two
miles from the sea and then spreads fatty
to the shore. The hllsides are not, as rule,
IN state of cultivation, although the soil
is fertile The land is now numbered with
the wild guava. which bears fruit big as
the lemon, and with the lantana the seeds
of which are scattered broadcast by an i'm
ported bird called the minah. On the lower
ground small farmers. mostly Orientals,
make their homes, and there are several
cane plantations.
Turning the other way the sightseer gets
one of the famous views of the world From
the apex of the pass to its northward drop
is a sheer toboggan-like descent of nearly
one thousand feet Far below the country
spreads TO the eye like relief map. 1t I'M
dulates with here and there feathery farm,
then a rice field. great sugar ranches be-
yond. and in the distance the ocean, It's blue
waters thrust back by lava capes or sharp
volcanic cones and cliffs. Closer by the
mountain crags pierce the clouds. He who
has not been to the Pail on a clear day has
missed half the charm of Oahu.
Majestic scenery. ZeStful sport, glimpses
of the savage state and delightful homes,
surroundings which many races have
brought with them from strange and dis
even revolutions are good Humored: a eli
mate of Edenic charm-these are some of
the things one sees and hears or passes
through in Honolulu and it's verdant island.
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YELLOW FEVER Is MILD.
Er. Guiteras Says the Worst Trouble
Comes from Typhoid and Malaria.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.-Dr. John Gui-
teras, the famous yellowfever expert and
one of the leading Cuban advisers in this
country, arrived at his home in this city
from Santiago de Cuba. where he had been
engaged in yellow-fever work, under the di-
rection of the government. DR.. Guiteras
was decidedly averse to discussing the con-
ditions existing in and around Santiago. He
also declined to make any comments on the
efficiency or alleged lack of efficiency of
the medical and hospital corps of the army.
Concerning the yellow fever. which has
attacked the troops, DR.. Guiteras said. 1.-The
yellow-fever cases thus far have been of
light order and the mortality among the
troops has not been heavy. The most Sc
rlous source of trouble at present is from
typhoid fever and malaria. Most of the
men ill in the hospitals are suffering from
one or the other of these diseases AS the
season drags on however. the yellow fever
will become more serious, and then it will
be worse than the typhoid.
Continuing, DIR. Guiteras said: For rea
sons apparent to all l cannot discuss the
affairs of the army in public. L shall make
an official report of my observations direct
to Surgeon General Sternberg. Most or
the troops now in Santiago. l suppose, will
be brought to Long island to recuperate.
1t will be an admirable place for Them
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street Railway Tied I'm.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, Aug. 5.-The employees
of the Syracuse Rapid Transit Company to-
day went on strike. Trouble started on
July 30, when an order was issued by the
company requiring the conductors and mo-
tormen to deposit on or before Aug. SOS
as guarantee of good faith; requiring
them to pass physical examinations; to car
ry s. worth of tickets of the Lakeside Rail-
road, suburban line which the men had
to pay for, and to report at the car barns
at the close of their last trip and make out
their reports. The only concession that the
company would make was, to suspend the
post of $25 Four hundred employees in
Guiding all classes of labor employed by the
company, comprise the strikers. President
w. u. Mahon, Of the National Association of
Amalgamated Street-railway Employees, is
here and will cooperate with the men.
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OUR NEW VOLCANOES.
| Those of Hawaii Are the Biggest and
| Strangest in the World.
Philadelphia Times.


In acquiring Hawaii the United States has
gained beside one of the most fertile and
rich islands in the world some of the finest
mountain scenery presented anywhere in the
universal district which could ii be trans
planted with all its grandeur of scenery and
climate would make the fortune of an
American hotel keeper in a year. The
mountains are all volcanoes
They are class by themselves. They are
not only the tallest but the biggest and
strangest in the whole world Considering
that they reach from the bottom of the Pa
cific ocean QS.O00 feet deep there) to over
1900 feet above the sea level they really
stand $4,000 feet from their suboceanic base
to their peaks. The active craters on the
islands number three hundred. but the dead
craters, the ancient chimneys Of subter-
ranean lava beds, are numbered by the
thousands. The islands are of lavic forma-
ton. Evidences of extinct volcanoes are so
common that one seldom notices them after
a few weeks residence on the Islands. An
Gent lava is present everywhere The ma
tives know all it's virtues. and while some
ancient deposits are used as fertilizer for
soils, other lava beds are blasted for build
ing material. and for matchmaking roads.
Titanic volcanic action is an extinct volcano.
Every island has it's special center eruption.
which, beginning at the unfathomable bot
tom of the sea, has slowly built up foun-
dalton ana then a SuperStructure of lava.
huge cracks several thousands of feet deep
and many yards in width. which were form
ed by the bursting upwards of lava beds
ages and ages ago. The marks OF the
Titanic force are plainly visible.
Mark Twain is authority for saying that
the two great active volcanoes, Mauna Loa
and Kilauea. are the most interesting in the
world. Certainly they the most unique.
Mauna Loa is fourteen thousand feet above
sea level. Every six or seven years there is
an eruption from it's sides. and several times
the flow of lava threatened the ruin of the
town of Hilo. thirty miles away. The crater
on Mauna Loa is three miles in diameter
and SIX hundred feet deep. Over the crater
hangs an Illuminated vapor which may be
seen at night over two hundred miles dis
tant. When Mauna Loa is in violent erup-
ton a fountain of molten lava spouts every
minute over $50 feet in the air. bursting into
ten thousand brilliantly colored balls like a
monstrous Roman candle pyrotechnic.
Then there is Kilauea-a shorter and flatter
volcanic mountain sixteen miles distant. 1t
has the greatest crater known-one nine
miles across and from three hundred to
eight hundred feet deep. And such a crater,
In IL is a literal lake OF molten lava all the
time. AT times the lava is over one hundred
feet deep. and at other times II Is two
hundred feet deep, according to the pressure
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some Needed Maps.


washington Letter
The military information division of the
War Department has been industriously en-
gagged on works which will be of great value
in connection with the present war. Among
the publications in contemplation are map
of the island of LuZon, map of Cavite,
notes on the Philippine islands. with plates
of harbors. ETC.; a map of Porto Rico a
map of Havana province; revised edition
of its Cuban noteS-a confidential publica-
ton for the use of army officers only a
bird s-eye view of Havana and of all ports
on the north coast of the province, and a
detailed map of the judicial district of Sa-
qua la GTande. Other publications which
will be issued if occasion shall arise are de-
tailed maps of the Canary islands; military
notes on the Canary islands, with plates of
harbor charts, plans of cities, etc, and
notes on Ceuta. with g large scale map.
There has been a great demand for the pub
lication on Cuba and that on Porto Rico.
and the pamphlet devoted TO the Spanish
navy was one OF the most authentic and
constantly consulted of departmental docu-
mcntS.
The naval intelligence bureau has con-
fined itself TO confidential Information and
has contributed nothing to the service IL
braries in the line of geographical topo-
graphical or military information. II pur-
poses 10 issue a volume containing notes.
professional and expert comments on the