St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-20
The Beginning of the End.
Gen. ToraI Surrenders and Santiago Is Ours.
The American Flag Flies Over
Moro Castle.
Porto Rico to Be Taken next.-lnCdents of the War.

his way to improve the opportunity Of
fered just now to pick them up,
Our Drafts Disho nored.
A despatch from ST. Thomas says that
money has been refused to the paymaster
of the United States auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite by the Colonial Bank. The
Colonial Bank, which is the only bank
there, already holds an unpaid consular
draft for 100000, drawn for recent
purchase OF coal for United States ships
and consequently declines to pay out
any more money. The paymaster of the
cruiser expects to be able to settle his
bills for supplies by giving a separate
draft to each merchant of whom he buys,
and it is likely that the drafts will be
accepted by the tradesmen. The crew of
the Yosemite, however, may have to go
temporarily without pay in consequence
A majority of the crew have personal
funds, but some OF them are likely to be
compelled to spend a penniless shore
leave.
The Colonial Bank has refused to cash
consular drafts for either the United
States Consul Van Horne or Mr.. Hanna,
late American Consul at San Juan, Porto
Rico, since the recent draft for 900
was dishonored, and the Consuls have
lately been using their personal funds.
The bank now proposes to request the
Danish government to ask the United
States il Mr.. Van Horne is really a
Consul and authorized to represent
the United States, contending that if he
is such his acts are binding upon the
Washington Government.
The Dewey Eagle
South Carolina has probably the first
newspaper to be called alter Admiral
Dewey-the Dewey Eagle, weekly of
Lake City. The Eagle used to be known
as the Lake City Times. Following is
the announcement: "In honor of Ad-
miral Dewey, the hero of Manila, we
name our paper the Dewey Eagle. The
term Dewey represents courage, method,
and victory, and the term Eagle repre-
sents aggressiveness and liberty. Wemay
not measure up to our highest ideals of
journalism, but we will make an honest
approximation. We will labor to adj
vance the various interests of our sub
scribers and the public generally"
Oregon's Power.
Naval officers with the fleet now off
Santiago are writing to their friends at
Washington OF the great fight between
the Spanish vessels and those of the
American fleet, and every one gives credit
to the Oregon for having done more to
prevent single ship escaping than any
vessel in the chase. The work Of this
ship is described as magnificent, and had
it not been for the fine condition of her
engines, one officer says, the Cristobal
Colon, and perhaps another Spanish
cruiser would have got away. The Ore
gon is supposed to be capable of speed
OF about Is knots under forced draught
but when she pointed for the nearest
Spaniard and went ploughing through
the water across the bows of the big
Iowa, the scene is described by her ex
ecutive officers as being the finest show
of power and speed ever displayed by a
battleship. With every gun except one
13-inch in the after turret blazing forth
the Oregon is represented in letter re
ceived here as rushing forward out o
the bunch OF ships, and, in ten minutes
after the start, taking the next place to
the Brooklyn in the big race. From that
time on she was under forced draught al
tte time and making higher speed thar
she had ever recorded while in the ser
vice. At some periods of the race thu
big vessel is believed to have been going
according to her engineers, over ! 6 knot,
which talles with Capt. Eulate's state
ment that no battleship making only IL
knots could possibly have kept up will
the fast Colon with her hgh-powered en-
gines. An officer writing from the Ore
; gon speaks thus of the vessel:
| "The Oregon was the only battleshil
keeping up with the pace set by tn
Brooklyn, and kept neck and neck will
her during the early part of the race, ant
J by her fast running got on the inside O
the Brooklyn and next to the Colon
= From $50 in the morning, when tn
4 Colon first poked her nose out and tn
race was on, until IL in the afternoon
/, when the last ship surrendered, the Ore
1 gon was pushed for all she was wort
e under forced draught, and the fact tina
f she had high pressure of steam at the be
c ginning gave her good start, which sh
a kept up When the Colon surrendere
J, no other vessel except the Brooklyn wa
c in sight, and the capture was made b
!. the Brooklyn because the Commodor
e was on board and we gave way to hel
y The Colon's officers said after the figh
l. that the Oregon caused them to hat
&c down the flag, as they could not stan
n the terrific fire from her guns, and il the
could have outdistanced her they wei
l. confident of disabling the Brooklyn an
G getting away The Oregon was iurthes
It east of all at the start, except the Ind
t. ana. Capt Philip of the Texas wondere
s. how we could make such speed, and WE
t. amaz at the way the Oregon pushe
l. ahead and kept along with the Brooklyn
IS In fifteen minutes she passed all the file,
is to the westward, and bearing dow
lie close inshore, engaged with all her gui
rs at once everything in sight"
A. The Brooklyns Awful Fire.
lie Lieutenant-Commander A. b. Speyer
Of commanding the United States COLI
Of Caesar, formerly the Kingston, which a
lie rived at Norfolk, Va, July 13, told son
e. interesting facts in connection with Il
lie recent naval battle off Santiago. II
III Caesar was at Guantanamo coaling Il
lie battleship Massachusetts at the time Il
engagement occurred but joined the fle
lie off Santiago shortly afterward, al
ne commander Speyers heard from the Ii
TT OF our men the story of their victory.
~ Gunner Appegate of the Brook,
be told him that when the Viscaya tried
he ram the Brooklyn the latter fired, in
ly few minutes in which the eugageme
IS, lasted, ammunition costing $31, 90