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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
MONTPELIER'S son.
Vermont City Celebrates Com
modore Dewey's Victory Over
the Spaniards.

Montpelier. Vt. May 3.-This city is
h4bhling over with patriotism because of
II" splendid victory won by Commodore
nawcy before Manila. Last night there
N1s parade. fireworks and the firing Of
cannon.
Commodore Dewey is native of Mont
r.liar and received his early education
aerr.
chicago. H.. May 3.-Inspired by the
.e.ing that nothing is too good for Adj
-stI Dewey and the fighting jacks who
e=n the victory over the Spanish fleet in
lnila bay. movement has been started
sr 4 great jolitication mass meeting and
aahration. \ popular parade is under
.tn ~Idprgfian
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07

REHABILITATION.

squadron of the United States, Commo-
dore Dewey commanding on Sunday en-
gagged and completely defeated the Aslatlc
squadron Of Spain i'll the harbor of Ma
Mia in the Philippine islands.
All the news of the great naval battle.
thus far received. is coming from Spanish
sources. This shows concluSively that
Manila has not yet beeh taken by the
American forces. and that the cable lines
are still under the control of Spain.
From the fact that even the adviceS re
ceiyed from Madrid show that the Ameri-
can warshipS Jared the best, :hcre is
hardly any doubt that when complete
details are obtainable il will be learned
that it was 4 crushing defeat for Spain.
Reports of the battle thus far are coming
in piecemcal.
Lost Three Ships.
During the two engagements that took
rlace, Commodore Nontejo. commanding
the Spanish feet, lost three of his largest
ships. His flagship. the steel cruiser
Reina Christina and the armored cruiser
Castillo were burned. and the cruiser Don
Juan de Austria was blown up.
Several other Spanish vessels were bad
ly damaged. One report adds that sey-
eral other Spanish ships were sunk by
their commanders to prevent their falling
into the hands of the Americans.
There was n heavy loss of life among
the Reina Christina. was killed. Com
modore Montcjo. commanding the fleet,
shifted his flag from the Reina Chris
tina to the Isla de Cuba, much smaller
steel protected cruiser, just before the
Christina sank.
Austria was attended by great loss of
life among the crew, her commander also
being killed.
Under Cover of Darkness.
Commodore Dewey'S squadron, leaving
Subig bay. a few miles from Manila,
about o o'clock yesterday afternoon, pro-
ceeded toward Manila. Under the cover
of darkness he entered the harbor of Ma
Mia, the batteries there announcing his
arrival.
Both fleets lined up for battle about )
American warships began firing on the
fortress of Cavite and the arsenal of
Manila.
Under the protection of the guns of
these fortifcations the Spanish warships
opened fire on the American fleet For
several hours the harhor rcsounded with
the roar of guns. the crashing of steel and
timbers. the shreks and groans of the
wounded.
Thick clouds of smoke at times almost
obscured the opposition fleets from each
other A wcll-directed shot reached the
iron cruiser Don Juan De Austria. yes
sci of 100 tons. 4 terrific explosion fol
lowed and the ship was blown up.
Fought Under Way.
All the time during the first engage
ment the American ships were under
way. their maneuvering being intended To
render the craftsmanship of the Spanish
Cnnners less effective.
The American squadron about .
= i L H., ha sid nT -
hay and took refuge behind some for
eign shipping The ships had evidently
suffered considerable damage. After
some haSty repairs they returned to the
conflict.
During this engagement the guns of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
DEWEY'S VICTORY.
American Warships Have Little Trouble
in DefeA'ing Monfejo.

Madrid. May IS Il. m.-The Liberal
publishes a dispatch from Manila. which
removed the last hope of the Spaniards,
and ii is now admitted on all sides that
the Spanish fleet has been completely de
stroyed. and tha, it is probably only n
question of hours as to when the Ameri-
cans will occupy Mania.
The fact that the Liberal. which is Pre-
mier Sagasta's organ, admits the com
pete defeat of the Spaniards, gives addi-
tional significance to the frank announce
mcut.
London. May 2-The British govern
or of the Straits settlement cables that
the American fleet has ''annihilated' the
Spanish fleet i'll Il two-hour engagement.
Paris. May IA dispatch from Mad
rid To the Temps says that, according to
the latest dispatches. the British consul
at Manila, in his visit to Commodore
Dewey. made representations in behalf
of the consular corps. against the bonn
hardment of the town. The dispatch al
SO says: "FrcnCh. British and German
war vessels are in the roads, at Manila.
NO Spanish warship surrendered and
the majority persisted. Two Spanish
commanders were killed while resisting
10 the last moment
The Spanish losses are estimated at
500 men Killed. including many natives.
The American squadron attacked fI-
riouSv both the Spanish squadron and
Cavite. where it caused great damage"
Commenting editorialy on the battle
The TENNIS saws: The United States put
into the balance a too crushing superiority
Of resources and forces 10 leave doubt
as tu the result.
Later the Temps says; Directly Cas-
tiliau honor has received the satisfaction
il demands. Will not the moment have
come for Europe to say its word. and take
aS a basis for its msIiatOry acton the
wise advice of the Duke of Deyonshlre
IN his speech Of Saturday evening
Fleet is Annihilated.
london. May "A cable message has
Iecu received N tho foreign office here
from the British consul at Manila. r.
II Rawsou-W Walker. announcing that the
Iomhardment lasted an hour and half,
[ ard that the Spanish fleet was practically
annihiIatei by the fleet of the United
States
In the House of Commons today. A
I R3Ifour. the government leader and
/ first lord of the treasury. answering
! 0ue,rion on the subject. SAID the govern
,-leur had received information pointing to
| 2 serious ha tile at Manila aud the deS'Tut
( -ian II A portion of the Spanish heef' ne
added that a British warShlr Was on hef
,ay there. explaining that anything me
! government can do 10 preserve brltlsn
/ lives and interest will be done.
/ story of the Victory.
New Yo.k. May "a dispatch TO tie
| Herald f.ou Loader says tie Asiaue
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
SPORTING EVENTS.

The management of the Omaha ball
club VIII hereafter bc in the hands of r.
l.. Schuman and not Ncs&rs. Schumau
and p'Rricn as originally intended. II
seems that Schuman has been putting up
the long green" and has decided 10 take
cumplct" control of the club. This viii
not interfere in any WAY with the clubs
plans. Is Mr. Schuman is Il wealthy man
and Will see that strong team is Sc
cured. The following dispatch from
Omaha explains matters: The Omaha
baseball club has a lawsuit on its hands.
brought by VI. J. @ Brien against K. T..
Schumau. the president of The organiZa-
tion. The plaintiff has flied his petition
with the clerk of the district court He
asks that a receiver he appointed Ia tax"
charge Of the team and the CAT" re
ccipts In addition to this, he asks The
court for an injunction To restrain the de-
fcndant from exercising authority over
the team. In his petition O'Brien alleges
that when the Omaha baseball team was
organized and became part OF the West
cru league he and Schuman went into
partnership. He says that he was To h"
the manager and was to have ouc-thlrd
of the gate receipts from tile games. ln-
stead Of continuing the partnership ac-
cor,ling to agreement he AYERS that Schu-
man excluded him and refuses TO allow
him to carry on the management of the
team or to see the books
Pitcher Walsh and Second Basemau
MARK" Hanna Of the Millcrs have been
sent To Rock Island to play on the West
eru association team i'll that city IhcT
have not been released. as Manager
SchmeIz believes that they are too va!-
liable by far To- cut III" strings. Hickey
turned his kuo" in practice yesterday,
the Same knee that was hurt at 81. Louis,
and Will hc ont Of the game for tlm"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
ARMY OffiCer's Suicide.

E nj land c. Hill of Co. g. Twentieth in
.rry. shot aud killed himself. He had
H.sr acting queerly for several days.
H> health has not been good since he
Uttered from chagres fever some years
-a while detailed on work in Central
Nm,rira in connection with the Inter
tt.,ati, railway tie became despondent
sH,p thr Twcnty-second was ordered
say to Tampa and was heard frequent
tn muttcr: They won't let me GO.
~, Won't let me go" He said he was
.'~tied he would not be allowed 10 go
ttt 'rlt9
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07


As the smoke lifted it was seen that
the flagship Rcina Christina was on fire
The vessel was completely burned In
the interval between the two engage
mcntS Commodorp Momtcio moved his
flag from the Reina Christina 10 the
smaller cruiser 1sla de Cupa. To the
fact that he made this change he doubt
, less owes his life.
The cruiser Castillo. next to the flag
ship the largest ana most powerful of
the Spanish squadron, was also burned.
The cruiser Don Antonio de 'lloa and
the Nindanao were also badly damaged
IN this encounter.
That the American squadron received
s'yere damage in the engagement can
rot be doubted. Early reports had it
that five of Commodore Dcwey's ships
had been sunk. Later adyiccs from
Madrid put the number at two.
Loss of Men Heavy.
There were undoubtedly heavy losses
i'll men on both sides. One apparently
trustworthy report states that the Span
ish had 200 killed and 400 wounded.
Trustw worthy details of the American
loss of life viii hardly he ohtainahle un-
til Commodore Dewey has taken Manila
or has sent a vessel with dispatches to
Hong Kong.
Nothing from Dewey.
Washington. y. c., May 2.-Secrctary
| Long, up TO 9:lo a. m. had not received
a line from the ASiatic squadron. 1t
would take the McCuiloch three days to
reach Hong Kong 1t is believed the
government posted. and that the first
news not from Spanish sources VIII be re-
ceiyed 10y the British foreign ctfice.
a Complete Rout.
London, May "A dispatch to the
Daily Mai received from Madrid this
morning says: The Americans are now
moving on Manila, but there has been no
| capitulation yet.
Gen. Augusta will probably defend the
plaza of Manila.
The Spanish ministers admit that the
battle ended in tn" %.t"- rout Of the Span
iSh feet, Jut they are resolved not to
spare any efforts in the defenS" of the
country.
The Spanish warships Reina Maria
Christina and Castillo have been totally
burned One vessel was purposely sunk
and the rest were damaged.
The American fleet is believed to he
much DANA Cod.'
The officials here gather from the fact
that Commodore Deweys demands at
| Manila are limited to the guns, torpedoes
and cable. that he does not consider he
has force sufficient to land and occupy
the town.
Accounts Are Cor firmed.
Madrid, May "A member of the cab
met this morning. stated that the ac-
count of Yesterdays naval battle sent by
the governor-Ge of the Philippine isl
andS Aad been completely borne out by
later dispatches. The last shot was fired
at II 80 when the American warshiDs
steamed off.
The Spanish admiral Acknowledges his
fleet has been completely demolished.
Further adviceS from Manila TO the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
n Mountain cf Cod.

II Is thought that among the numerous
wonders Of the sea there are none more
Extraordinary than the great migration OF
alh>h which moves southwark past the
Norwegian coast regularly once a year.
/ rike> two months for the procession 70
l>>. aud it i estimated tn contain 10
t4urpn cod in every square mile Of that
aamen>e column. which the late Prof.
Huxley once termed a moving mountain
i cad This number of Goldfish would
E.ahlhv ,uEe,lme about S40oOo,o 900 her
Iaa-> III 4 week II has also been eStmat-
- that the entire catch of the Norwegian
t-~LtrS IL ono wear would not exceed half
square mile IF rho cod mountain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
MILWAUKEE, LIVESTOCK MARKET.

HOGS-Reccipts, u cars; lower; pack
erS :. :5.S:ilIri.95; mixed, 4nFT i.0I; light > =
GI4.Oo; heavy. 4Hydi.1o
CATTLE-Market steady; receipts T. cars
Butchers steers. medium to good. 100 to
1850 lbs. 42:rJ5.OO; fair to medium. $50 to
1850 lbs, 3.90Ed4 -; hcifers fair to choice.
3.orH4-25: cows, fair 10 good. 9oG2 60;
cows, 2crd2.65; bulls. common to good, 30
GI3.25; feeders. 500 to $50 lbs. 2T5It3 IL;
stOckers, 300 to 700 lbs. 30od3.O0. yeaIs
4. 4.2..n-i 50; mixers and springors, 200
GI42.G0.
SHEEP-Reccipts. / car: market steady,
3.'su3.15: lambs, steady, I.0oUi -; spring
lambs e. nOIJI 10
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO Hogs Receipts 22Ooo: Icft
over 400: market active at vc~tar,lly,<
average; light. 3.S5MiU %: mixed :;gnG
4i2l2: heavy. 3.9om412l2; rough, %9puiro
cattl"-R"coiptS. 800: steady: ho"vc~. =: 81
GI5.2p: cows and hcifors, = 2-.EI4 -: T,xaE
steers, 3.75GIf4o: stockcrs and feeders. :i7p
ain. Sh"cp-Roccipts 1G,ozo; steady.
CHICAGO Shrcp-Markct steady. lambs
strong; native sheep, 22rUi.5O; Westerns,
3.7Jm4.4o; lambs, 3.750JJO.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

An easy undcrtone prevails and dealers
are anxious to get rid of their holdings as
a rule. Prices are slightly lower. Re
ceiptS are large. and as there wcr" quite -
the offerings are heavy. H"hronS, GSHI2.;
BurhankS. IcT1JC; Rose. 6sd6!'r: Peerless,
7enI3c; Kings, 6Ja69c; mixed stock, GGFt
Csc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
Ashland Prisoner Escap-s.

Ashland. Wis. May Sc. PIauute
convicted OF robbery last week, and sen
fenced 10 four years in Waupun. escaped
from Jail. No bars were cut and District
Attorney McCloud thinks that Plaunte
must have had a confederate. There is no
trace CT h,u..
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
Popular Uprising Feared.

Great discomfort prevails here, and the
''lack of foresight" of the government is
blamed for the disaster.
Martial law will he proclaimed if there
are any hostile demonstrations in the
CT
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
DEATH OF MRS. IRA HOWARD.
Woman WelI-known in Seenah and Omro
Dies at Chicago,

Neenah. Wis. May Special Mrs.
II. !. Gleason received = telegram an
nouncing the death at Chicago Of Mrs..
Ira Howard. aged 81 years Mrs How
ard formerly resided in this CRY and
moved 10 Omro. where She resided with
ner husband and whcr" Mr.. Howard
died. She then removed 10 Chicago w.th
her children. whore she has since resided.
The remains were brought 10 this city.
accompanied by three children. Mcs>rs.
Iva and Asaph Howard and Mrs. Josie
Davis Of Chicago. Short funeral services
were held at the home of II. !. Gleason
at 10 o'clock and the iuterncnt was at
Oak Hill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07
Moved a Railroad station.

Cambridge, Wis. May 3.-Tho officials
of the Chicago & Lake Superior road.
with q large force Of men. moved tLe sta
ton. engine house. steel and ties. and. in
fact. everything belonging 10 them in JET
ferson county. The company was afraid
an injunction would be served. The sta
ton was loaded upon a fat car and now
stands on the track about one-balf mile
north Of the town.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07

Cavlte maintained a Steal"r and strong
cr hrc upon Commodore Dcwcy'S ships
than IN the first encounter. but the Amer
lean guns were being used with telling
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07

L. proportion - IS s!1e 4 iy walks
thirteen t.u4es as fast as a man can run.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-07

Capt Buck received a telegram from
the war department last evening which
indicated that the following majors and
adjutants, previously ruled out, would
be included in the Wisconsin muster:
Maj. J. j. Lynch. First battalion, Fourth
regiment. Milwaukee.
Mai. I. ". Gruetznacher. Third bat
TALON. Second regiment, Ripon.
Mai. L A. Richards. Third battalion,
Third regiment, Tomah.
Adjt. G. 3. Chapman, First battalion,
First regiment, Madison.
adir- f NJ. Thorpe, Second battalion,
First regiment. Monroe.
Adjr. T. J. Sullivan. First battalion,
.vlrtL regiment. Milwaukee.
Ad'r. [. M5eckli. First battalion, Second
regiment Saebtrgaa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01

delicate ter soc how dcy was prospcr,n' Nh, doc.
you reckon s'cn2
"Dunno"
well sub I'll tell you. ever he % hea The, 9,
De crowd nus a-s-ttin' on dc beaver. ie- TAX lev
wuz csmpstoos. en- tryin' ter play poh,r Nd n
good behavior cards.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-02
PAXTON NEWS NOTES.
Hon. |. M. Child Deceased Well Known
in Town.

The death Of Hon. Lucius N, Child of
Boston caused a sudden and severe
shock to this community where he is so
well known and where for a score or
more of years he has made his summer
home in the near vicinity Of this vii
lage. He was the owner of q farm
near here, just on the Spencer line, but
made this place his post Office address,
and attended church here. He will be
greatly missed, and his taking OFF, will
be a severe loss to this place. Mr.. Child
was a man of strong personality and
great geniahty Of character He was
native Of Sturbridge, but his father
was from Windham county, Conn, q
lawyer, as was his son, who held a
high place in the ranks of his profess
sion, as, indeed, did his father before
him. Mr.. Child's uncles, Peleg and
Asa, We're very prominent as we'll as
able men in their day, and were we'll
known figures in Norwich as also in all
the eastern half of Connecticut They
were family Of lawyers, and all Of
more than local renown.
Mr.. Child was twice married His
first wife died dozen or so years since,
leaving four children. There were no
children by his second marriage
Men Of such worth and character are
hard to replace in any community. His
family have the sympathy of all
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
The Village improvement Club held
a meeting recently and the usual pro-
gram was furnished, viz, of songs, tab
leaus, instrumental music and "chroni-
Giles" by Mrs. E. P Keep, which was
very creditable, which is more than can
be said of the discussion Of the question
which followed.
OTHER NEWS NOTES.
The Ladies' Social Union meet on
Thursday evening Of this week.
Quite a number Of sleighing parties
have been entertained at the Paxton
Inn the past few days. A large COM
pany from Leicester, with over 70 to
supper and a smaller company from
Tatnuek and also a small party from
Worcester, made the past week a very
busy one for Landlord Daniels, who has
done the catering for all the parties.
The people here are on the sharp
lookout for Paul Miller, and he is ex-
pected to pass this way almost any day
and won't escape detection and appre-
hension if he comes.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-02
LEICESTER ISOLATED.
First Time in 35 Years Town Has Been
Without Mail.

The snow storm Of Monday and Tues
day has put Leicester back about 25
years. There have been no electric cars
to Worcester all day, no daily papers
and no mails. This is the first time in
35 years that no mails have arrived
Monday night the street railway men
worked hard, and managed to get five
cars through at 7.15 o'clock. AS the
storm increased all the apparatus was
brought into use, and including the old
pillow Nancy Hanks, was stalled between
Worcester and Leicester Monday night.
All of the men that could be pressed
into service, about so, were employed on
the tracks, and arrived in Leicester
about p, m. Tuesday. At o'clock at
night the track was opened as far as
''Breahneck HILL" Worcester. The
Spencer end was completely closed with
no attempt to open, with one car stalled
| IN Spencer, Snow was reported to be
about six feet ON a level near the Catho-
lie church.
| Carl Linberg, Paxton street, has the
| biggest drift, which is Il feet high and
cover three windows on the south side
Of his house. Three ladies and two men
from Spencer were detained in the lobby
at the power station all night. Tuesday
| afternoon they started for Spencer via
| Worcester. George Vinton, who is en-
ployed at Worcester, walked to Wor-
cester, making the time in two hours.
Men are still working on the tracks and
~ IS hoped to get the track open to
| worcester before midnight
The regular monthly meeting of the
hospital branch of the Baldwinville cot
| tages will be held at the house Of Mrs. II
). Snow this afternoon
The selectmen held the last meeting
prior to March town meeting, Tuesday
| afternoon. A. E. Smith and w. A. Bell
were present It was voted to award
= contract of printing town reports to w.
j. Heffernan of Spencer.
| Mrs. George Whitford of Pleasant
street Is critically i'll, and her death is
| hourly expected.
The clam supper which was to have
been held this evening at the Sanderson
M. E. Church, has been Indefinitely post
poned.
| The musicale at the home of Miss
Mary Joslin was postponed without date
| Tho no-school signal was sounded
| Tuesday noon.
Leicester Academy and the public
schools held no sessions.
The subject for the Wednesday even
ing meeting is Praise and prayer for
our young people,"
Mrs. Oliver Stephens of Lowell is the
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
| Midgley Of Paxton street.
| Mrs. Dennis Butler of Grove street is
i'll with la grippe.
James McButler has returned from
Boston,