davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
WORTHY OF WEYLER.
The Butcher Placed Mines in Ha-
vana HarbOr.

The Butcher Placed Mines in Ha-
E' vana HarbOr.
. New York; March 49,. - The New
York Journal prints a statement writ
ten by Honore F. Laine, the newspa-
per correspondent recently arrested
and searched by Spanish officials in
Cabanas prison, HAY ana. and later ex-
PEELED from the island. This is the
opening Of LANES statement:
81 On Jan. "a at 10 o'clock at night I met
in the Cafe Inglaterra, the headquarters of
the reporters in Havana, Francisco. Diaz,
reporter Of the rabid Spanish paper La Union
Constitutional, with whom I frequently ex-
changed news On asking him If he had any
thing to give me- he took from his pocket q
letter and handed it to me, saying:
: ''Weyler wrote this letter to Santos Guz- M
Union Constitutional, for him to read and
write an article on the acceptance by Weyler
of the candidacy Of deputy to the cortez for
Havana. I took this copy, which you can
. have" .. .+-f
The following is the alleged letter referred to
above: 20. - ,, iEe.-E-t 5...,s; . ta IT.
etos Guzman, Havana-My Distinguished PER-
sonal and Political, Friend: Since the latest
titude which our political party in. Cuba ought
ito assume. II have thought before that
1t was more dignifed for ius, to- abstain. from
the electoral contest, believe now that it.
IL a patriotic duty for us to go to the polls.
Our success cannot be doubted, nor that with a
programme Of defense of the national honor
we will have side by side with us all these
lukewarm politicians who. thought spanards
by heart. are deceived by the inside combina-
tions OF Moret and sagasta. and take as
scientific solutions Of our colonial problems
what are honorable humilIations OF our coun-
try before the United States. ;.
IS. Write on your flag, the flag OF Spain. De-
tense Of national honor and i offer you my
name your candidate. After having COM
manded during two years 2O0; 900 Spanish he
roes in Cuba in thu title,sI shall be more proud
Of that OF deputy from Havana at the cortez
of Spain.
#S'tBy the way, have read these days that
the Americans are pondering about sending one
4 OF their Warships to that city. During my
command in Cuba they did not even dare to
dream about it. They knew the terrible pun
tshment that awaited them. II lad Havana
harbor we'll prepared for such an emergency
rapidly finished the work that Martinez
Campos carelessly abandoned. If the insult is
made hope that there will be a Spanish hand
to punish it as terribly as it deserves Your
affectionate friend and servant
s''-Valeriano W eyler.
Madrid. Jan. 8, 1sss.'' =. : y
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

A Kokomo man has come into posses
sion of an American silver dollar with
two goddesses on it. Lucky man! Most
of us are satisfied with dollars with
one goddess on them. Kokomo agin
the world.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
SICARD LOOKS 1T OVER.
Full Report of the Naval Court RI
viewed by the ADMIRAL

Full Report of the Naval Court Re-;
viewed by the Admiral.
ST.. Paul. March 23.-The New York
Herald's special cable to the Pioneer
Press from Key West says:
Lieutenant Commander Mark, Judge
advocate of the Maine, court of inquiry.
came ashore in the torpedo boat Du-
pont from the battleship Iowa, ac-
companied by Marine Orderly Dens-
more, bearing heavy package in
heavy case. Mr.. Mark and the order
ly went direct to the Key West hotel
and for three hours were closeted with
Admiral Sicard. When the conference
broke up no member of the board
would give the slightest hint as to
what had been done in that secret ses-
sion. 1t is believed the conference
was held in order to allow Admiral
Sicard to look over the report and the
conclusions of the court. The pack
age which Capt. Barker took from the
Iowa on Saturday night, have since
been informed, contained: synopsis
of the proceedings and findings, and
not the full report. With the excep-
tion Of the signatures the full report
is said to be now complete.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

The bandits who robbed the bank in
broad daylight at Bayard, Neb., bare
1y got enough money to pay for the
ammunition used in shooting at their
pursuers. They probably didn't count
on being chased.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

Pathetically the Boston Globe ex-
claims: "And still another temperance
lecture from the scaffold." The lecturer
realized the embarrassment of taking
a drop too much.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

Japan would like to know whether
the death of the Japanese sailors on
the Maine has any connection with
her troubles with Spain in the Philip
pine islands.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Drank Wood Alcohol.

CorWith, March 23.-G. strengler, a
shoemaker OF this place, died sudd denly
from the effects Of wood alcohol Dois-
oning. He had been for some time
under the influence of liquor, and tits
supposed took the poison with sui
cidal intent. He leaves a wife and
four children in destitute circum-
stances. b, s # #
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
CensOrship at Madrid.

\ New York, March pa dispatch to
the World from Madrid says: Instruc-
tions have been given since Friday
night to the press censor to stop all
foreign and domestic press kilograms,
and even telephone messages, contain
ing news unpalatable to the govern
ment. Unauthorized details Of naval
and military preparations, of the.
movements of war vessels, particular
" Of the flying squadron, Of the pur-
chase of vessels Of z, war and stores
abroad are especial interdicted.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
THREE KILLED.

Desperate Shooting ARRAY in the
~ Kentucky Mountains. Z
Pineville, Ky, March 23.-One of the
bloodiest battles ever fought in the
Kentucky mountains took place on
Puckem's creek, in Harlan county,
about sixteen miles from this place, in
which three men were killed and two
injured. &.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

1t was the last regret of John Coch-
rane that he couldn't hold over long
enough to paint the sky with his own
funeral oration,
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

J. Sterling Morton is to call his news
paper. ''The Dynamo" This has the
advantage that any old issue can still
be called "the current number"
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
A Lost Opportunity.

Harry She said she wasn't perfect.
Jack--H'm! What did you say to
that? IL ri,
Harry didn't say anything until
saw her frowning, and that ratified
me, so could only calculate, There
are otEers.'- Up to Date.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

It is urged that street car conduc-
tors should be provided with seats. 1t
would be a good idea, too, to provide
passengers with them.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

The Denver Times says: "An Indian
chief will sell anything but his blan-
ket." lie is completely wrapped up
in it.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

It is said that contentment is bet
ter than riches-but most people are
willing to take chances with the riches.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Denfed>by Sarnsta.

London, March 23.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail says:
Senor Sagasta, the premier, declares
that the government has not received
the report from the Spanish naval
court on the Maine disaster, that no
definite news has come from Washing
ton in the matter and that all state
ments with reference to the United
States claiming indemnity or offering
to submit the Maine question to arbi-
tration are pure inventions.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Sporting NOtes.

Parson Davies has arranged a twen-
ty-round bout between Tommy Tracey
and Kid Mcfarland, to take place at
Cleveland, April IL.
II. A. Brady has made an offer to
Eddie Bald to 60 on the stage next
winter. Brady has asplay, with BIZ
cycle, which needs a. bicycle racer in
the leading role. 5.
I Eddie Currie, who is to meet Ben
Jordan at the National Sporting club,
London, on April 4, has arrived in that
city.
George Barrett, the well known Eng
lish jockey, died Feb. 25. He has not
ridden since 1896. He began riding in
1887. and won many classic races on
famous horses.
A half-mile track at Juneau is among
the latest Alaskan probabilities. II.
u. Draw, a well known mining man
who has struck it rich in that country.
is said to be the backer OF the enter, enter
prise.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Opera Hoase Rnrned.

Buffalo, Y, March 23.-The new
Grand opera house at ST. Thomas. Ont,
was burned. It was owned by Roth
well Of Detroit.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
4 CAUSE G. SUSPENSE.

Near Appronch of The Delivery OF
The Courts Report. ss
Washington, March 2O.-An air of
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

Although women frequently handle
each other without gloves there are no
female pugilists.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

It's a great pity men can't find an
insurance company willing to take
risks on their air castles.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

The trouble with most young men is
that they do not understand the dignity
of manual labor. They do not realize
that honors and fortune may be more
readily realized outside of the so-called
learned professions than in them and
that it is just as honorable to swing
the hammer or to hold a plow as it is
to make speech in court or amputate
a limb. The lesson young men should
be taught as early as possible is that
it is not SO. much what man does for
living as it is how well he does it.,
and that manual labor is as honorable
as any other
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
PlTH OF The NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

portant News of the Week From
All Parts Of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Com
ventent Form for Rapid Perusal
BY Busy People.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24

Mr.. Choate reiterates the proposition
that the law is the noblest profession,
and remarks in defense of the fact that
lawyers defend criminals whom they
know to be guilty and have them ac-
quilted, if possible. by breaking the
law. "It is only out of the contest OF
facts and of brain that the right can
ever be evolved-only on the anvil OF
dicussion that the spark of truth can
be struck out" But far more frequent
ly it is the truth that is struck in; and
again, would a lawyer defend pow
erty-stricken criminal known to be
guilty through respect for truth and
the moralities? Then. too, the medical
and some other professions have a few
claims that ought to be recognized.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Personal.

DR.. Trumbull w. Cleveland was in
dicted for malpractice at New York
Mrs. A. P: Platt,- sister of Secretary
OF War Alger, died at Norwich, Conn
Her home was at Detroit. Mich.
Hon. G. l.. Davidson, of the Iowa
railway commission, and one of the
most prominent men in Northwestern
Iowa, died suddenly Of apoplexy at
Hull, Iowa.
James S. Fowler, formerly one of
the largest grain dealers in the West,
died at st. Mary's Hospital, Milwau-
hee, aged sixty-eight: He retired from
business several years ago.
An official of the Union Pacific de-
MES the truth of the report that Pres,
ident Burt is to become the president
of the Oregon Short Line and that
the two offices will be merged into one
April 1.
Mildred Man of Webster City, Iowa,
who, after spending a fortune on her
musical education, left a beautiful
home to marry Melvin A. Man, of the
Salvation Army, has sued for a di-
Vorce after six months of married life
w. +. White, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway, is dead, aged forty seven.
He has been with the Santa Fe in
different capacities for twenty-five
years. He came to Chicago from 10
peka nine years ago.
Announcement is made at New York
of the marriage, at Athens, Greece, Of
Arthur Sherburne Hardy, United
States minister to Persia, to Miss
Grace Aspinwall Bowen of Brooklyn,
n. Y. Miss Bowen is the daughter of
the late Henry c. Bowen of Brooklyn.
Accidental Happenings.
Fire did $1,000 damage to the stock
yards of Omaha.
The Victor mills at Troy, n. Y, were
destroyed by fire. The loss is $500, 900.
The miners who were imprisoned by
the food at the collieries at Muirkirk.
Ayrshire, Scotland, have been rescued.
A boiler explosion in the Touring
mills at Lehigh, l. r., badly, wrecked
the property and killed the only man
in the building.
Mrs. John Moe, aged thirty-five, of
Glenwood, Wis.,, died from a burn
caused by the explosion of a kerosene
lamp which she accidentally dropped.
ooAues DIeuuau, mluer,, Tell from
the first level to the bottom of the
Newport mine, at Ironwood, Mich, a
distance OF 600 feet. He leaves fam
lily. ...~. ..t..': ~s.1'. r..
The steamer Noyo brought several
of the crew of the steamer Whitelaw,
destroyed by fire at Skaguay Among,
her passengers was e. u. Robinson,
who came from Fort Wrangel. His
!" feet were so frozen that it was found
on his arrival to be necessary to am
putate them. ''*.
The Princeton union., 1898-03-24
Foreign.
Sir Henry Bessemer is dead in Lon.

Sir Henry Bessemer is dead in Lon.
don.
Aubrey Beardsley, the artist, is dead
i'm London.
The strikers have resumed work and
stores have been reopened at Bonn
bay. .s,>s, +,
Count de Castellane has challenged
for the coup de France (French cuD)
and will build a yacht for the purpose.
of contesting for that trophy. We
The only American presented at the
Princess of Wales second drawing
room was Miss Louise Grace, daughters
OF ex-Mayor Grace of New York city.
The St. James Gazette, London, says
it is understood that Lord George
Hamilton, now secretary Of state for
India, win succeed the earl of Aber-
deem as encouragement Of Canada.
The strike that has broken out in
the great iron mine at Somorrostro.
fifteen miles northwest Of Bilbao.
Spain, has led to serious disturbances.
The rioters stoned the police, who
fired upon the crowd, killing three.
Troops have been summoned.
The Journal of Commerce of Rio
Janeiro says the treasury deficit for
1896 was $3.50, 900. The political
situation has improved, but an out
break Of yellow fever began last week.
Thus far it is Of a mild type, though
there have been twelve deaths daily
since the appearance of the disease.
Sir Richard Quain, Bart, physician
extraordinary to her majesty, presi-
dent of the general medical council
and editor of the Dictionary of Medi-
cine is dead He was born Oct: 80,
1885, and was a fellow eff several
learned societies and the author of nu-
merous medical and scientific works.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

Looking over other lists I find that chimney sweeps have nearly four times the tendency of ordinary men to con- tract cancer, that general laborers are the most fortunate in escaping gout lead workers and file makers die about three times oftener than the or dinary citizen from Bright's disease which is almost never contracted by talloW soap manufacturers (here we have the mystery of soap making again); that coal miners and lace mak- CTS show only half the general liabil- ity to liver disease; that seven ordi- nary men die from accidents for every schoolmaster who so dies; that paper manufacturers are practically free from rheumatic fever, although book binders suffer from it cruelty; that coal beavers, porters and metal workers sell dom die from diabetes although that disease carries off three times as many glass manufacturers and four times as many lawyers as the average calls for.
 These facts and hundreds like them come forth serenely from the figures and statistics, let who will account for them.
 Some conclusions drawn by the sta- tistician as to the diseases which threaten most in this or that occupa- tion are worthy of attention The clergy" he says, experience more than double the average mortality from dia- betes, and one and a half times the average from rheumatic fever" It is true, however, that fin no other occu- patton in the list is the mortality fig ure of the whole body of men employed so low as in that of clergymen.' But the gardeners and farmers come close after them.
 Of the legal profession he says, Lawyers suffer exceptionally from in. fluenza, cancer, nervous diseases. dis eases of the liver, Bright's disease and diabetes; their mortality from the ma lady last named being four times the average" On the other hand, "1awyers suffer less severely than do occupied males in the aggregate from phthisis. heart disease and lung diseases"
 Of the medical profession he says: "The records of 1S90-92 confirm those of 1S73S2 as to the comparative immunity enjoyed by medical men from phthisis. diseases and accident. Their special liability is to death by gout. diabetes, urinary diseases and suicide. The tendency to the commits sion of suicide has notably increased among medical men since the earlier period" There surely is something for the sociologist to ponder.
 Next we find that the mortality figure
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

titles. But the commanding officer of a vessel, no matter what his rank, is always addressed by those under him as captain Many small vessels and torpedo-boats are commanded by lieu tenants and even by ensigns, yet they are called captain" as long as they re- tain command.
 Unlike civil life, the navy regards 1t as compliment to drop the ''Mr." in personal conversation between officers. The application of that little prefix ina plies wide disparity in rank, and a junior thus feels f1attered by the eleva- tion to equality made by a senior in dropping it.
 The most striking illustration of this peculiarity is to be found at the Naval Academy, where the Fourth Classmen. or "plebs," are oStentatiously termed "misters,' and the MT" is always used in addressing them. When, at the end of their plebedom. they enter the third class, they gleefully welcome the dropping of the prefix in conver- sation with the other upper clasSmen, and the worst snub a first or second classman can give to one of the third class is to make use of the old 'Mr.'' again in speaking to him.
 There are certain interesting formali- ties in entering, leaving and sitting in the ships small boats. Entrance goes according to rank, junior first, in con- formity with the principle that the cap tain is always last to. abandon his ship In sitting in the boat, the senior sits farthest aft, the others ranging them selves forward of him according to gradation of rank. Tn leaving the boat the senior goes first, which suggests the rule that in an attack on shore, or a boarding party, the senior leads the way.
 There are three principal ceremonies attending the official arrival on board or the departure from a ship, of per sons of rank. One is the piping over the side" consisting of the attendance at the gangway of from two to eight side boys, and the long, shrill piping of the boatswain as the person honored comes or goes over the side. For commanding officer, admiral or other high functionary, the marine guard Is paraded on the quarterback, present. ing arms, with the field music giving the appropriate number of ''ruffles" as the functionary passes along the deck to or from the gangway. This is the second honor. The third is the firing of gun salutes, the number of guns de- pending upon the personal rank. The President of the United States and
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

members of royal families receive twenty-one guns. the national salute, which is the highest number officially l recognized. Other officials receivs
 varying numbers below this, the fol- lowing being examples: Admiral, sev- enteen guns; vice-admiral, fifteen: rear-admiral, thirteen; commodore, eleven. Governors of States, Cabinet Ministers, diplomatic representatives. generals of the army and consular of- ficers are all entitled to gun salutes. The salute is not fired until the ob- ject of them is in his boat and pulls ahead of the ship, when the first gun iS fired and his flag is unfurled from the masthead, to be pulled down with the last gun. While the salute is in prog resS the visitors boat stops, proceeding after the last gun.
 It is a marked breach of courtesy to fire either more or less guns than the person saluted is entitled to, and when such is done his representative prompt ly calls upon the saluting ship for an explanation, and if this is not satisfac- tory serious offense is given.
 There is ceremony even in marking the passage of time on board ship There which the captains orderly watches, and each half hour he goes on deck, and saluting, reports to the officer of the deck the number of bells, such as one bell, SIT, three DelfS, SIT, and so on. The officer returns the orderly's salute, says Very good,' and then di- rects the messenger boy to strike the proper number of bells.
 But at a. m., noon and D. m. there is a marked difference. These hours are reported to the officer of the deck. not as eight bells,'' but as eight o'clock" or twelve o'clock" The off, cer then tells the orderly to report the hour to the captain, and the eight bells are not struck until the captain directs 1t, through the mediums of the orderly. the officer of the deck and the messen- ger. It is not a. m., noon, nor D. m.. officially until the captain orders Make it SOL It not infrequently hap pens that the captain plays Joshua and postponeS the hour, as he sees fit.
 No one on board can see the captain in his cabin without first sending in his name by the latter's orderly An off, cer cannot see the captain on any off, cial business, of his own initiative. without stating it to and receiving per mission from the executive officer. En- listed men must obtain the further per- mission of the officer of the deck before interviewing the executive officer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

"HE many little points of etiquette
 observed on board an American
 man-of-war are distinctly worth
 l public interest. From the mo-
 ment an officer or man steps aboard until after he has left he must observe conventional ceremonials of many kinds.
 In the first place In going aboard or leaving the ship the starboard gang way Is reserved for the use of the com- missioned officers and their visitors All others must use the port gangway.
 Upon stepping aboard the first thing to be done is to salute the deck," by touching or lifting the hat or cap. This is meant as a mark of respect to the colors, and is acknowledged by the Of ficer of the deck. The quarter-de is sacred to the officers, and the side of 1t occupied by the officer of the deck is generally avoided even by them. No enlisted men are permitted to go on the quarter-d deck except on duty.
 One of the prettiest of naval cere- monies takes place when the colors are hoisted at a. m., and again when they are lowered at sunset. These two functions are accompanied by appro- priate military music, all hands, off, cers as well as men, who happen to be on deck at the time, standing up at attention facing aft and uncovered, until the colors reach the flagstaff head or are lowered into the arms of the quartermaster who receives them, as the case may be.
 It is customary for officers always to salute the captain when passing him, but not to salute each other on board ship, when merely passing, except when, on duty, an official communica- tion is to be made. The junior always salutes first, the senior returning the salute. The men always salute an of ficer when addressing or being ad- dressed by him.
 Officers below the grade of comman- der are always addressed as plain Mr." with the exception that the sur geons are called doctor" In the fla miliar unofficial intercourse the chief engineer is addressed as ''chief" and the paymaster as pay" Usually the marine officer is jocularly spoken to as major or colonel"
 Commanders and captains are al- ways called captain" and commodores and admirals are addressed by their