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The times., 1898-05-23
THE cARDENAs VICTORY
Description Of a Carefully Con-
cocted Spanish Plot.
FAILED In IT'S EXECUTION
Cuban Refugee Declares That the
WHmington's Fire Destroyed Tw o
Gunbonts Concealed From the
Americans-City Along the Water
Totally Wrecked.

Key West, May 22.-Ernest Castro, a
Cuban refugee who was in Cardenas on
the day the Winslow was cut to pieces
in trying TO capture a Spanish gunboat,
arrived in Key West this morning, hav-
ing been picked up off Cardenas yester-
day by one of the blockading feet. His
story of the affair explains fully the trap
which the Spanish had set for the tor
pedo boat
1t will be remembered that the motive
for the attack was a desire to capture
three little gunboats which had been try
ing for several days TO lure the American
ships into the mined channels of Carde-
mas, harbor by rushing out and then
steaming back as soon as they had
drawn the fire of our ships.
On the morning of the fight the Will
mington, Hudson and Winslow went into
the inner harbor and there saw one of the
gunboats moored against the wharf sur
rounded by lot of shipping. The other
two gunboats were not in sight. The
Winslow was ordered in to cut out this
boat and as soon as she came within
range of a wooded point jutting out to the
left OF the shipping, shells began hailing
about her. The Americans have thought
that this fire came from a battery masked
IN the trees on this point, but Castro says
not. According to his statement the 9TH
er two gunboats were on the other side
of the point with their guns trained
through the trees, which concealed them
from the sight of the approaching Amer
leans. These two boats, he says, were
destroyed by the Wiimington's fire and
most of their crews were killed or
wounded.
One of the difficulties the Americans had
to contend with in silencing the enemy's
fire was that no smoke was visible from
the guns. II was thought that the reason
for this was tha. they were using smoke
less powder, but 1t is more than probable
boats. lay beyond the stretch Of trees in
which the Americans thought the bat
teries were located.
Castro says that the port of Cardenas
along the water is almost totally wrecked
All the wharves were burned and the
Spanish casino, a large building used as
the headquarters Of the Infantry was also
destroyed The troops and citizens all
fed from the town when the lombard
ment began, the railroads running special
trains Into the interior Thirteen soldiers
were killed by one shell as they fed along
the street. The supposition was that the
Americans were attempting TO land and
after the ships ceased firing the soldiers
returned to stand them off
Castro also said that provisions are 50
scarce in Cardenas that the people fight
for food and there is great suffering
among the poor.
The times., 1898-05-23
MAKE A BIG HAUL.
Burglars Secure $1,000 Worth of
Jeweiry.

Burglars Secure $1,000 Worth of
JeweIry.
Burglars. believed TO be professionals
entered the residence of Capt. E. S. Ran
dali. at the southwest corner of Eleventh
Street and Virginia Avenue southwest
about o'clock last night and stole dia-
monds and jewelry valued at from $500
to Sl,G0O. Entrance TO the house was gain
ed through a front window. a jimmy
having been used to force the sash up
ward. Capt. Randall, who is the proprie-
tor Of River View and two lines of Po-
tomac River steamboats,. had gone with
his entire family for an outing The
thieves had, no doubt, been watching the
house and knowing that there was no
one at home. one man was sent inside to
rob the place while the others remained
on watch outside. The fellow who forced
an entry lit the gas on every floor of
the house and deliberately ransacked all
/ the rooms.
/ He selected only genuine gold jewelry
and pure gems. A number of plated ar
ticles We're thrown aside, showing that
4 the fellow was an expert. Most of the
/ diamonds and jewelry stolen We're taken
/ from the bureau drawers upstairs and the
| family jewelry case. A neighbor saw a
well-dressed man leave the Randall resi-
/ deuce in a hurry about S o'clock, and
/ bade him good evening" believing ne
was member Of the family. He left the
house brightly Illuminated.
! Can't. Randall will furnish the detectives
with a full list of the stolen jewery this
| morning.
The times., 1898-05-23

themselves In good condition. can with
stand these months just as .Yell-as these
earlier in the year, provided they OBJ
serve the ordinary hygienic precautionss
The surgeons declared that the fever
was worst near the coast and in the large
cities but that six to ten miles from the
coast, at ans altitude OF 1000 feet, the
people enjoyed almost absolute immunity.
1t was advised that the Soldiers sent to
Cuba be quartered in houses as far away
from the coast as possible. Tents We're
more. healthy than houses III they were
made impervious to the heavy dews.
What is the better climate for their
care, Cuba or Key West, or, Tampa? 2"
asked DIR. Nunez.
Cuba" replied all the physicians pres
ent with one breath,
Correct" continued DR.. Nunez, and
more patients will be saved if they are
taken to the heightse-of Cuba than If
shipped back to the Florida coast. Sea sick
ness would kill many of the patients and
those it did not wpuld -be, SO weakened
they could not stahd the poisonous air.
If the United States, Troops are kept in
camp in Key West and Tampa during the
coming hot. months there win be more
yellow fever among them than if they
were in the mountains of Cuba"
The times., 1898-05-23

fore silver was demonetized and when
there was an abundance Of the medium
Of exchange. Mr. Stewart condemned the
policy which dernonetized silver He said
that he was ashamed to say IL. but that
there We're two ex-presidents OF the
United States now living who held and
advocated that the value OF money was
intrinsic II was very easy 70 disprove
this doctrine The speaker gave an illus
tration by saying that air was far mora
valuable than gold for the sustenance OF
human life.
There can be no honest money unless
the supply Is kept in proportion 10 the
demand. Its value should not be allowed
to Increase or decrease. We have not as
much money in circulation today as there
was five or six years ago. They may
say what they ike. bus this is fact for
our population is much larger Not half
of the productive force Of this country is
employed at the present day and this -
on account OF the lack Of the medium OF
exchange The product OF labor is con-
stantly cheapening while the value OF
gold is constantly increasing.
Fifty years more Of the continuance OF
the gold standard means the extermina-
ton OF the intelligent people Of this coun-
try
The times., 1898-05-23
PICKPoCKETS ACTIVE.
Number of LOSSES Reported to the
Police.

POi1ce-
Pickpockets were unusually active in
and about this city Saturday evening and
yesterday Several thefts committed by
this class of light-fingered thieves were
reported 10 the police A mob" of pick
pockets were in evidence Saturday even
ing at the lexington Station of the Bal
timorezand Ohio Railroad, where a large
crowd of people assembled to witness the
departure of the First District Regiment
of Volunteers for Chickamauga.
Among those robbed at the railroad sta
ton were: Patrick e. O'Connor. q guest
at the Hotel Raleigh. who was relieved OF
his pocketbook, containing $50; James A
Bethune, of No. SIS D Street southeast
whose gold watch was lifted" and ar
unknown old gentleman, who had his
purse containing s12 stolen.
The pickpockets We're at work yeSter-
day afternoon in the vicinity of George
town. the aqueduct bridge and about
the outskirts of Camp Alger, where
crowds fiocked to see the volunteers il
camp, A number of persons in these To-
calities were relieved of their money ane
valuables.
Mrs. John A. Chapman. residing at No
$40 II Street northwest had her pocket:
picked at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
The thieves secured her pocketbook con
tanning $40 in cash and two railroad tick
cts to College Park, Md.
At late hour Saturday night Detec
tives Wheedon and Horne arrested thre-
men IN hotel near the Baltimore anC
Ohio depot, who are believed to be pro
fessional piekpockets. They gave thei
names and ages as James Wilson. 4
years; Harry Ross. II years. and Ed
ward Davis, % years. and were locked IL,
at No. station as suspicious characters
The times., 1898-05-23
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Senator Stewart Discusses Finances
at the Peoples Church.

Senator Stewart Discusses Finances
at the Peoples Church.
1.-The love of money is the root of all
evil was the text taken by Senator
Stewart of Nevada last night in address
ing the Peoples Church.
"A more truthful saying than the words
of my text were never uttered" said Mr.
Stewart. Few people have any con-
ception of what money is, and its discus
sion is almost tabooed. Until recently
the people east of the Alleghanies were
as ignorant of what money is az the most
ignorant tribe of savages that ever
lived
Mr.. Stewart then went into brief ex-
planation of money, saying that it was
simply a commodity used to effect ex-
changes-cotton, wheat. shells, horses and
cattle and even human beings had been
used for money
"GoId and silver are no more money
than any of these other things" said the
speaker. 1T is simply law that makes
money and not any particular article.
Nothing is money unless made so by law,
although we have come 10 look upon gold
and silver as money. The Constitution
of the United States had conferred upon
Congress the power 10 declare what
should be used as money. The demoneti-
cation of silver was an evidence of this
power Money is the instrument of pro-
due .ion it is the instrument of distribu-
ton, and it is the medium of exchange
Money must be maintained at the same
value which is the most important and
also the hardest problem TO solve.
Mr.. Stewart maintained, however. that
the period of the most progress that hac
ever been made was a few years ago be
The times., 1898-05-23
MuRDER OF JOHN MAHANEY.
The Coroner VIII Hold an Inquest
This Forenoon.

This Forenoon
A coroner's inquest will be held at II
o'clock this forenoon at the Sixth Pre-
cinct police station over the body Of John
Mahaney. who was murdered Saturday
night in South Washington, by being
stabbed just above the heart James
Riley, the carpenter who was arrested by
Policemen Peck, Schneider and Lake, and
charged with the crime, maintained a
dogged silence in his cell yesterday and
would not talk about the tragedy.
The Fourth Precinct police have sum
moned ten witnesses to be present at the
inquest today. Two of them, Joseph
Mansfield and Joseph Mattingly, claim TO
have been eyewitnesses OF the stabbing
The police have learned that the affair
happened In a saloon at Sixth and n
Streets southwest. Both men had been
drinking and Riley accused Mahaney of
having allowed young man named How
ard RatcIiffe TO assault him without re-
senting IL Mahaney made similar ac-
cusation against Riley and Riley was seen
to strike Mahaney. The TWO men clinch-
ed and a few blows passed. After being
separated they went outside of the bar
and Mahaney exclaimed: Riley, you have
stabbed me-
Riley then assisted the wounded man
10 the harbor masters office on the river
front. where he was found by the police
and sent TO the Emergency Hospital,
where he died a few moments after be-
ing admitted, with curses on his lips for
his SLAYER.
The police have the knife with which it
is alleged Riley stabbed Mahaney. 1t is
an ordinary sized pocket knife, with the
| large blade sharpened to a razor edge.
w
| hanson as his counsel 1t is said he will
| deny that he did the cutting and charge
that Radcliffe is the guilty party. But
witnesses, 1t is said, will disprove this
The times., 1898-05-23
GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.
First Vermont Volunteers Pass
Through Washington.

f1rSr vermont t'ass
Through Washington.
The First Vermont Volunteer Infantry
passed through here on their way to Camp
George H Thomas, Chickamauga, yester-
day afternoon at 4:45 The "Green Noun
tain Boys have been in camp at Fort
Ethan Allen, Burlington. Vermont, foI
two weeks and left there Saturday morn
ing at II o'clock.
The train on which they travel is divid-
ed into four sections, the first containing
regiment The headquarters car is in the
second section, as also the Third battal-
ion. In the rear coach are Col. o. d.
Clark who is a cousin of Admiral Dewey;
Lieut.. Col. J. II. Minis, Major BOnette,
commander of the Third battalion. and
Ar.Allen Clark, correspondent of the Bur-
lington Press The third section contains
the Second battalion, Major ]. Grey Es-
tey in command, and the First battalion
IS in the fourth section, Major II. d. FIJI
more in command.
When the regiment arrived at the
freight yards at Maryland Avenue and
Ninth Street they were met by a delega-
tion Of Vermonters residing at the capital,
headed by Senator Proctor and Represen-
tative Grout, of that State. and dinner
was given to the officers of the command.
The regiment travelled by rail TO New
London. Conn. where they took the boat
which was 10 take them down the sound
to Jersey City. The boat was escorted al6
the way by an auxiliary cruiser, whics
kept the rays from her searchlight on the
transport throughout the journey.
The times., 1898-05-23
A WILD ASSERTION.
Spanish Cabinet Claims Alliance
With France and Russia.

spanish tubthet Sia1tns Afifance
With France and Russia.
Barritz. France, May 22.-The cores
pondent of the New York Sun has re-
ceived a letter from Madrid which says
that certain members of the new govern
meDt are spreading assurances that Spain
is about to enter the Franco Russian al
hance. They say tha; Senior Castillo, the
Spanish ambassador to France, hopes to
shortly conclude the negotiations to this
end
With Prime Minister Sagasta's assent
Senor Castillo's presence in Madrid and
his refusal to accept the portfolio of the
foreign Office are explained on this
ground, he urging the negotiations as his
reason for remaining at the Paris en-
bassy.
If. however, the prime minister con-
siders the negotiations sufficiently ad-
vanced, Senor Castillo is willing to be-
come minister of foreign affairs.
All this is credited by a large section OF
the Spanish public. The diplomatic cir
Gle, however, knows that il is an absolute
fiction.
Diplomats know that Russia has taken
/ herself with any anti-Amsrican pressure.
The chief concern of her representatives
abroad is 10 prevent England from sue
ceeding to appear as Americas only
friend.
Monarchic sentiment had no weight
whatever in framing Russia's policy.
The times., 1898-05-23
YELLOW FEVER AND THE ARMY
Cuba Preferable TO Our Southern
Coast Cities.

Coast Cities.
New York May 22-Eighteen Cuban
physicians and twelve American physi-
clans who have spent some years in Cuba,
unanimously declared today that the Unit
ed States army would be safer from yell
low fever and malaria in the coming Sum
mer months If they were transported to
Cuba than if they would be allowed to re-
main in camp at Key West and Tampa
This statement was made at a meeting
held at the Red Cross Hospital in this
city at the request of the Red Cross So
ciety. in order that plans might be for
mulated for the fighting Of disease and
the attending of the wounded in case the
invasion of Cuba was ordered.
Dr. Emelio Nunez, formerly director OF
Our Mother of Mercy Hospital in Hava-
ma, and vice pesident of the Medical Con-
gress of Cuba and the Academy of Sci
ences of Cuba, was chairman of the meet
ing. DR.. Sallossa, who is in charge of the
Red Cross in Cuba, and DR.. Carpenter, of
New York, were secretaries.
DIR. A. NJ. Lesser, surgeon in chief of
the Red Cross of America, emphatically
stated at the opening of the discussion
that it must be understood that the dis
cussion was to be for the benefit of hu.
manity in general and not for the sol
diers of either Spain or America. He said
The Red Cross would give aid TO each side
alike
1t was stated that in January. Febru-
ary and March there was little yellow
fever in Cuba, in April. May, June and
July cases could be found. but they were
not plentiful. From the latter part OF
August until the middle of November.
yellow fever is prevalent and the NOR
tality is high Malarial fever is especially
bad in the rainy months. But those who
have enjoyed good health and who keep
The times., 1898-05-23
EXPLOSION CAUSED PANIC.
Governor of Port and Sixty-one 9th
ers KILLED at Castle SAN Julian.

Madrid, May ga letter from Cartha-
gena says that the explosion Friday at
Castle San Julian caused panic in the
city. Arms and legs were picked up at a
great distance from the scene of the ex-
plosion. The castle contained thirty-eight
privates belonging to the artillery and in
fantry and 123 workmen, not one of whom
escaped uninjured
The dead numbered 81, including the
governor Of the port. The castle was lit
tered with stones and mangled remains
The times., 1898-05-23
senator Mason Robbed.

The residence of Senator William E.
Mason, No. 1923 Chaplin Street northwest,
was entered by thieves Saturday night
They got away with plunder to the value
of about s400- One of the rear kitchen
windows was left open and the robbers
therefore experienced but little difficulty
in getting into the house They ran
sacked the upper rooms and secured the
senator's valuable gold repeater watch
four breast pins and other jewelry. De
tectives are working on the case.
The times., 1898-05-23
nen.er.ted bv PrtvrtfoD,

John Parkinson, penniless stranger IN
the city. made several attempts to COM
NIT suicide Friday night by springing
in front of railroad trains at the BenniRs
freight yards. He was rescued each time
by railroad men. who finally handed him
over to Policeman Owens. In the Police
Court Saturday it became evident that
Parkinson had become partly denented
from privation- Judge Scott therefore or
dered that he be held al the workhOuse
ton.
The times., 1898-05-23
INFERRED AT ROCK CREEK.
Funeral Services of Miss Carri,
gfceIc Ycsfnr.GaN

Funeral Services of Miss Carrie
steele Yesterday.
The funeral of Miss Carrie Steele, the
unfortunate young lady who lost her life
while returning home from Atlantic City
on Thursday by falling from a train, was
held from the residence of DR.. s.. F..
Newton, her brother-in-law, yesterday
morning. The burial service was read by
Father Magee, of st. Patrick's Church,
and the interment was made is Rock
Creek sGemetery.
The following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers: Herbert Wright Willis Magruder,
Charles A.Clements, Edward Moore NJ. c..
Jones, Louis Winter, Frank MCGEE.
The times., 1898-05-23
A RECEIPT IN FULL.
How Treasurer Roberts Acl>noui-
edged Miss GouId's Gift.

Miss Helen Miller Gould has acknowledged the
receipt Of the certificate of deposit Of 100000
which She donated TO the United States for use in
the war The letter was addressed to Treasurer
Roberts. and read as follows:
'.wher sou stated in your letter of May that
a certificate Of deposit would follow in due time,
had no expectation of receiving such a hand
some acknowledgement Of my gift to the Govern
ment as the certificate that has reached me.
am much pleased with it, and shall always
value it highly. Very sincerely,
''HELEN MILLER GOULD"
The certificate was prepared by the best pen
man Of the department. and in addition to being
a splendid example of penmanship, is quite artis-
tic. 1t reeites the purpose for which the gift
was made, and at the top is an eagle with out
spread wings, the drawing and lettering being
done entirely with a pen.
The times., 1898-05-23
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK /?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food called GRAIN-o? Il is
delicious and nOuTIShing and takes the place
or ootfee- The more Grain-O sou give the
children The more health You distribute
through their systems Grain-0 Is made Of
pure EnGinss ana when properly prepared
Ia aetes Ike the choice graCes OF coffee, but
costs about Gne-quarter much. A u Srocers
hell IL. DC and 25c. lR27-tr
The times., 1898-05-23
NO TRACE OF MISSING MAN.
Detectives Are Trying to Locate
Treasurer Frank Firor.

No traces have been found of Mr. Frank
Firor, secretary and treasurer of the
Charles Schneider Baking Company, No.
Alb I Street northwest, who mysteriously
disappeared Saturday morning, as told
in The Sunday Times. The note sent by
Mr. Firor to his brother, George, intinlat-
Ing that he intended to commit suicide,
has been turned over TO Inspector Mat
tingly and detectives were at work on the
case yesterday.
The friends and relatives of the missing
man are greatly alarmed and a reward
may be offered for information as to his
whereabouts, dead or alive. AS Mr.. Fi4
ror has a bakery in Alexandria, the police
of that city are also on the alert TO locat7
him
The times., 1898-05-23

Many old soldiers now feel the effect
of the hard service they endured during
the war. Mr.. George S. Anderson, of Ross
vile, York County, Pa, who saw the
hardest kind of service at the front. is
now frequently troubled with rheuma-
tisnl. Il had a severe attack lately" he
said, and procured a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. It did so much good
that / would like to know what you
would charge me for one dozen bottles. -
Mr.. Anderson wanted it both for his own
use and to supply it to his friends and
neighbors, as every family should have a
bottle of it in their home, not only for
rheumatism, but lame back, sprains, swell
ings, cuts, bruises and burns, for which
it is unequaled. For sale by Henry Evans
wholesale and retail druggist, 93S F Street
northwest and Connecticut Avenue and
Street northwest and 1925 Maryland
Avenue northeast Ii
I Your credit is good at Lanspurg's Fur.
The times., 1898-05-23
FLYING THE SPANISH FLAG.
Anoth her teracious Dispatch From
BiancO to Madrid.

Madrid. May 22-An official dispatch
from Havana says that American war
ships entered the Bay of Guantanamo on
Thursday last flying the Spanish flag.
This has caused general Indignation and
the Madrid press protests against the act.
which is stigmatized as cowardly and
contrary to the laws of war and honor.
The times., 1898-05-23
spafn's Phantom Fleet.

(From the Florida Times-Union.)
The Spanish fleet moves about ON the ocean
like a phantom. A nation, like an individual.
when actuated by revenge alone, goes about with
oat-like tread, expecting TO stab in the dark or
punish in the back.
The times., 1898-05-23
Mr.. MeNin1ey.s aniet supday

tive Mansion yesterday. Secretary Aiger4
saw Mr. Mckinley a few moments during
the forenoon, and later the President
-Was driven to Metropolitan Church.
In the afternoon Secretary Long and
Judge~Day made their daily calls.
The times., 1898-05-23
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Md, or Greensboro, n. c. Literature for the osl-
ing.
The times., 1898-05-23
Under nd an ,scls,,s,

Frcm the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The war has totally eclpsed Mr.. Reed, but he
inhas plenty OF company. .a
The times., 1898-05-23
Corson & macartney,

Members Of the New Yo;k Stock Exchange
l4l9 a., Glover building
Correspondents OF Messrs. Van ETpburgh O After.
bury, No. Wall st-eet-
Bankers and Dealers In Government Bomb
Deposits. Exchange LoaHz
Railroad Stocks and Bonds and ali securities
listed on the exchanges OF New YORK. Philades sphia.
Boston, ard Baltimore bought and sold
A specially made Of investment securities. Dis
trict Bonds and all local Railroad. Gas Insurance
Gnd Telephone Stock dealt in
American Bel Telephone Stock bought ana
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09
Advises the Holy See.

LONDON, April 30.-The Rome cor
respondent of the Daily Chronicle
says: Archbishop Martinelli, Papal
delegate to the Roman Catholic
church in the United States, has
cabled the Vatican to abstain from
all demonstrations Of sympathy with
Spain which would excite the
Protestant sentiment OF the United
States against the Roman Catholics