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The National tribune., 1898-07-14

THERE is just one disturbing thought
about that expedition to Spain. We
never know just what our naval BOYS
are going to do when we turn them
loose. They may startle us some fine
morning with the announcement that
they have Deweyised the whole of Spain,
and there you are. We shall have on
our hands the whole medieval outfit
Kings, Queens, grandees of the first
class, Dukes of Ollapodrida, Marquises
of Stewed Goats, toreadors, picadors,
bull-fghts, monks, nuns cloisters, cathe-
drals, beggars, inquisitors, guitar
twangers, contrabandistas, and SO on
through the entire garlic-smelling in
ventory. Then would come the question
what to do with them? There ought to
be rigid instructions sent to Commodore
Watson to confne himself strictly to
bombarding the sea-coast forts and de-
stroying the varfIips. and that at the
first sign of sutrrefnderng the Kingdom
to him he is toltrn tail and come back
home as quick ps he can sail. We can
take care of 9healthy savages in the
Philippines, aid aof natural, ignorant
negroes in Crsg5aa. and Porto Rico, but
we want the,aa serofuIous and septic
aristocracy of Spain kept at the range
Of 13-inch gun.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14
Notes of the Magazines.

Outing for July is a seasonable and alto
cether satisfying number in text and illus
trationS Prominent among an assortment
of rood things are Canals for Summer
Cr,Iises bv f. ". Foster; Salmon OF the
Sou west, by Frank IL. Risteen; Day ON
Georgian Bay. by Ed. ". Sandys; Sports
place in the Nations Weilbeing, by Price
Collier. and Vignettes from the Wheel, by
Charles Turner.
Herbert %. Ward has written for the July
Century the first of two illustrated artic cS
ON Heroes of the Deep, mainly devoted to
the Gloucester fishermen. This Is a con-
tinuation oil The Century's series OF Heroes
of Peace.
The complete novel in July issue OF LIP
nincott's is Harold Bradley, Playwright.
NV Edward S. Van Zile. The scene Is in
New york, and the story is Mr.. Van ZiIe's
best work thus lar
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

"GoTNG into the Army" has been
quite as fashionable in Philadelphia S
Four Hundred s9ias in New York's,
though the Quaker City has not been as
shrewd as New York in punching her
hits " in two or three special organiza-
tions, like the Rough Riders, or Troops
A and c. Nor can she show such an
array of society swells that have enlisted
as private soldiers. Detroit lays away
over her in this with her Naval Re
serve Of young millionaires. Still,
Philadelphia has goodly number of
very bright social lights who are now
grooming their own horses in the City
Troop, there are others who are polish
ing the guns in Batteries A and c, and
Gen. Morrell, who has been for years
the acknowledged leader of Philadelphia
society, now commands a brigade. Prof.
John Bach McMaster and Henry
Spangler, who have National reputa-
tons, have joined the Engineers.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

The Laarones may become as valu-
able possession as Porto Rico. The
climate and soil are wonderfully fine,
and there are remains on the islands OF
some great prehistoric civilization. This
makes them of the greatest interest to
scientists, and thorough exploration
will soon be made Of them.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

AS manipulation of the typewriter
Gen. Shafter is not to be mentioned in
the same day with Captain-General
Blanco, but when it comes to getting
over the ground and actually hunting
the enemy to his holes lie is great:
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

OUR gallant men are finding good
deal more work for their axes than their
rifles and the hot days are spent in toll
some chopping of the rank vegetation of
the tropics. Nature is n much more
formidable object than the Spaniarda
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

The Board of Survey reports that it
will be possible to raise and rebuild the
Cristobal Colon and the Maria Teresa.
This should be done, even if it costs
more money than to build entirely new
ships. We can afford 10 spend a little
money for sentiment over such victory.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

If Germany finds that the feeling
for her in this country is changing from
warm friendship to active dislike, she
has only herself to blame.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

So far we have remembered the
Maine just 16 to 1. We have destroyed
exactly 16 Spanish war-vessels, ranging
all the way from light gunboats to
magnificent armored cruisers almost
ranking with battleships.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

twill take much more French froth
about their valor, as well as doughty
deeds, to cover up the record made by
the Burgogne crew.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

Now that two of the Spanish fleets are
extinguished, and the other is in the
Red Sea, probably the Bostonians will
bring back the valuables they sent up
country for safe-keeping, and the banks
can resume business.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

IL spite of the boasted thickness of
armor the Vizcaya was riddled by eight
inch shells, the Oquendo was pierced
81 times and the Maria Teresa SO
times 1t could not have been pleasant
anywhere on board those ships.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

EXAMINATION of the wrecks of the
Spanish ships seem to confirm the belief
that the S-inch guns do the finest and
most reliable work.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

For a vessel which had just made
a $4,000 mile race, the Oregon showed
UP in remarkable form for a sprint with
Ceyera's crack goers.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

AT last there is 10 shadow Of doubt
as to where Cervera's feet is. 1t Is a
bunkmate with the Lost Cause.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

SANTIAGO and Manila may both
tumble on the same day.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14
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VI tbC l'aSe'
The like is true of Portugal. The
nearest approach to a National ensign
is the banner of the reigning family.
The Dutch flag has been repeatedly
changed in the history of recent times.
The flag of Sweden and Norway
was adopted in 1917.
China and Japan have only adopted
National flags in recent years.
If there is a National banner in the
world that is older than ours, it is that
of Denmark, which the Danes claim
dates from the 18th century. But
the antiquity of the Danebrog "
has been questioned, and it never has
been the emblem of the Danish Nation
in the sense that the Star Spangled
Banner has been of the American.
If our readers will remember that the
Napoleonic wars-from 1889 TO 1916
shook up every country in Europe, and
radically changed the boundaries and
territorial composition of nearly every
one of them, end that remarkable
changes have been made since, they
can see that not only have we the Oldest
flag, but we come near being one of the
Oldest Nations.
The National tribune., 1898-07-14

ENTERED srwAsHo7oH PosToFcE AS sEooSoclAss NATTER
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
CRISIS NEAR At HAND.
Long and Earnest Conferences Held at
the White House.

Long and Earnest Conferences Held at
tbe White House.
Washington. March 23.-The feeling
was universal throughout the official
circles to-day that the elimination of
the Spanish crisis was near at hand,
with the report of the Maine court of
inquiry only little way off, with the
white house the center of long and
earnest conferences between the presi-
dent and the party leaders or congress.
and with exceptional activity toward
emergency preparations in the war and
navy departments. there was abund-
ance of evidence that definite results
regarding the Maine disaster and the
Cuban question in general were about
to be reached. Among the presidents
callers We're Senators Cockrell. Turpie
and Foraker. Gen. Daniel Sickles. for
mer United States minister to Madrid,
and Representative William Alden
smith of Michigan, who has recently
returned from trip to Cuba. The call
of Messrs Cockrell and Turpie was "a
Carded as particularly significant, as
they are representative democrats I'm
the senate, and their visit followed that
of Senator German yesterday. II was
generally understood that in the pres
ent emergency the president desires
patriotic unity, without reference to
party Secretaries Long and Alger
also conferred with the president dur
ing the day. Secretary Long later said
that the Maine report probably would
reach Washington tomorrow night. Ir.
however, il didn't come before o'clock
Thursday evening. Mr.. Long said he
probably would not receive IL until FRI
day morning. when il would be laid
before the president Immediately. rhe
secretary did not think the president
would give the document any consider
alton al a late hour. II was more prob
able, he thought, IL Lieutenant Mark
arrived at a late hour that he would
take the report TO a hotel for the night.
There has been no change in the plan
Of sending the report TO congress early
next week. probably Monday. accom-
panied by a message from the presi-
dent II is definitely settled. however,
that the message and the papers ac-
companying IL will relate exclusively to
the Maine disaster. 1t will not take up
the fearful condition of affairs in Cuba.
as shown by the reports of United
States consuls, these being reserved for
subsequent action and a later message
TO congress.
Secretary Long determined to-day 10
order the double -turreted monitors
Puritan and Terror TO Key West. where
they will reinforce the squadron in
those waters. He also determined to
bring into service the eight single-tur-
reted monitors at the League Island
navy yard, FhiladelphiY two of which
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24

Washington. March 23.-The prevail
ing impression among the republican
leaders of the house is that the presi-
dent will intervene i'm Cuba on humane
grounds. but 1t is positively stated by
one of them who is close to the presi-
dent that the Intervention will not
come until after the report of the
board of inquiry into the Maine dis
aster goes to the house. THE two
questions will be treated separately"
said he to-day, and the message rela-
tive to Cuba will be sent to congress
soon after the report of the Maine
question"
The Cuban message, as forecasted by
a prominent republican, will waive the
question of the Maine disaster. and
putting aside that awful occurrence VIII
be in effect a declaration to Spain that
the present methods of warfare in
Cuba must cease. 1t will result in in
tervention in case Spain demurs. The
message Will be accompanied blythe
reports of the consuls in Cuba.
Mr.. Dolliver, rep, Iowa. says that
intervention on humane grounds will
place our action upon a moral level that
would command the broad sympathy
of the world. We could afford, he
says, to waive all question as to the
Maine. if the board does not fix the re-
sponsibility of the disaster on Spain,
in order to make the greater issue. A
prominent member of the house, who
has been several times in consultation
with the president recently, and who
possesses as much unofficial informa-
ton of the cause of the Maine disaster
probably as the president does. says
that while the report of the board will
not fix the responsibility for the ex-
plosion. it will be startling in it's ma
ture. The information at the capitol is
that already s25. .000. 900 of the $50. 900, 900
appropriation for the national defense
has been expended or contracts en-
tered into for it's expenditure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
RIVERS RAGING FLOODS
Enormous Damage Done in the
Central West.
RAILROADS WASHED OUT
Only Two Out OF Fifteen Roads Able to
Move Trains In Columbus Thou
sands DrivenFrom Their Houses.
Extensive Districts Flooded.

Columbus, o., March 23.-Owing to
the unprecedented floods only two of
the Is lines of railway centering here
were able to move trains out of the
city. The washouts were mostly in or
near the city. In the western part Of
the city probably 1000 persons have
been driven out OF their houses. or are
living in the upper stories. The water
works pumping station is flooded and
the water supply in the central part Of
the city is cut of.
A train consisting of a passenger
coach. caboose and locomotive. with a
wrecking crew of "a men aboard was
wrecked near here this evening. The
river broke over its banks and the
scene of the wreck is surrounded by
water for a mile and can only be
reached by boats. The engineer can
not be found. The fireman was washed
away and swan TO a tree. where he is
now waiting to be rescued. but on ac-
count of the darkness and the swift
current IL is impossible TO reach him. A
bonfire has been built half a mile away
TO give him light and hope. Nearly
every man of the "a was more or less
injured. Six or eight are badly injured
and many will die. Engineer Connell
of Logansport and two brakemen are
missing and may be dead.
The seriously injured are: Conduc-
tor Franklin, Logansport: Charles
Sparks. Logansport: Samuel Talking
ton. New Albany: William Moore. Sell
lersburg: Frank Lizenbey. Sellersburg;
Joseph Scott. Austin: william Whit
son, Memphis. Ind. A man named Nc
Cune says at midnight that he and a
brakeman waded through the water
and carried Conductor Franklin to the
end of the trestle. where they laid him
down. McCune went back to help the
others and neither conductor nor brake
man have been seen since.
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will be sent to Boston, two to New
York. and four held in reserve at Phil
adelphia. The Puritan and Terror take
the place of the battleships Massachu-
setts and Texas recently withdrawn
from the squadron at Key West. II
was stated at the navy department
that this move was in accordance with
a programme previously agreed upon.
although this programme has not been
announced heretofore. The Puritan. by
many experts. is regarded as the most
formidable fighting machine in the
navy.
In addition to other preparations for
possible trouble. the navy department
to-day took steps toward utilizing ten
of the seagoing revenue cutters for use
along the Atlantic coast. Captain
Shoemaker. chief of the revenue cutter
service. conferred with Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt during the day on the
plans for turning over these cutters to
the navy. They will be first sent to
Norfolk, where additional guns will be
mounted and then will proceed to Key
West and become a part of the squad
ron there. Their main service. how
ever. will be as naval pickets. a fleet
of these cutters being maintained out
side the cruisers and battleships. The
revenue cutter service now has ready
for instant and active service 124 line
officers, 13 engineers. 900 enlisted men
and 10 vessels. of which IA are on the
Atlantic coast. Two others are in
course of construction. and with rush
orders can be ready for service within
three or four weeks. The Manning. the
Gresham, the Algonquin, the Onandon-
ga and the Window are all new. fast
and efficient vessels, and could go any,
where and perform any service that
any vessel of their class can perform.
Tht Manning is considered an 1S-knot
boat. All of them, ii is said. could be
quickly converted into torpedo boats or
dynamite cruisers. Whether this last
move will be made is not yet definitely
decided. Secretary Long said to-day
that it had become evident that torpedo
boats could not be bought abroad, and
could not be built soon enough in this
country. so that we might have to
equip other craft with torpedoes.
The navy department opened bids to-
day for extensive Improvements at Dry
Tortugas and Key West, a formal
transfer having been erected as re-
CARDS Tortugas, which passes from the
treasury to the war department. These
consist of two solid steel pieces to be
constructed at Dry Tortugas with two
extensive coal sheds and an elaborate
mechanical equipment for loading ma
val vessels with coal. AT Key West the
improvements consist of a steel piece
and two coal sheds with similar ma
chinery for loading warships with coal.
The bids ranged from 81, ISL 900 for the
entire work down to about s400, 900. The
awards will be made within a day or
two.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
\ Train Ditched.

Frazeysburg. Ohio. March 23.-On ac-
count of high water on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad between Zaneszille
and Newark the h. and q. passenger
train No. l05, with four cars, was rum
ming to Newark over the c.. NJ. and V.
at Panhandle. About three miles east
of Frazeysburg high water had under
mined the road bed for 200 yards. The
train struck the hanging track at the
rate of A. miles an hour. throwing the
engine, Pullman and day coach from
the track. The train was running in
reverse order, the engine being coupled
to the Pullman. No one was seriously
injured. but a few received cuts and
bruises. Passengers and crew were
brought to shore in boats.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY.
The Report Will Be mt the Afternoon
Cabinet Nre;i"C

The Report Will he mt the Afternoon
Cabinet Nre;i"C
Washington. March 2S.-Secretary
Long had an extremely busy morning.
Mr.. Roosevelt and the various bureau
chiefs were with the secretary for some
time. perfecting the plans for the
speedy completion of the old monitors.
The bureau of engineering can put in
the three new boilers with little delay.
The ordnance bureau has little to do on
the monitors owing to the good condi-
tion Of their guns. armament, etc. The
quota of powder for their i5-inch guns
is already sacked and can be put
aboard in a few hours.
The developments of the morning for
the moment diverted attention from
the report of the court of inquiry which
is now on it's way to Washington in
charge of Judge Advocate Mark. In
addition to the press dispatches con-
cerning Lieutenant Marks trip. Sec
retary Long has received his own off,
cial advices that the officer is on his
way. The expectation among the off,
cials is that Lieutenant Mark will ar
rive Friday morning. He will come
direct to Secretary Long and place the
report in his hands. The secretary viii
convey il at once to the president. This
will give an opportunity for its consid-
Grafton by the cabinet at the regular
meeting on Friday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
IN HAVANA.
Miss Clara Barton Leaves Havana for
New York.

Miss Clara Barton Leaves Havana for
New York.
Havana. March 2y.-Mfss Clara Bar
ton, president of the American branch
of the Red Cross society. left for New
York to-day on the Key West mail
steamer. Miss Barton says the cause of
her departure is purely personal and
to do with private financial matters.
La Lucha, in an editorial under the
caption of Expectation in the World -
maintains that the American court of
inquiry. owing TO the short time IL was
here. could not give a scientific report
on the Maine disaster.
American naval officers" says La
Lucha. ARE not likely 10 decide against
brother officers. The divers could not
give expert testimony owing to the fact
that the machinery was imbedded four
feet i'm the mud. 1t is greatly to be
regretted that more time and care were
not given to the preparation of a report
for which the whole world waits and
which is likely to change the entire
feelings of a part of the American peo-
pie toward Spain and Cuba"
La Lucha publishes also an interview
with Consul General Lee, which quotes
him as saying that he knows nothing
of the nature of the report, but Is sat-
isfied that General Blanco never con-
ceived of the disaster until he heard
the shock in the harbor.
Gunner Morgan left for the fleet at
Key West to-day. With him went the
naval divers, Fisher Runduuist and
Schluter and Hanz. the helper. Hanz
belongs to the Fern and has been Ill.
This leaves two navy divers and five
civilians on the contract work.
The body of a white man was found
in the forward part of the wreck to-
day. 1t will probably be identified by
marks on the clothing when the latter
has been disnfected. The body was
sent to Key West on the Olivette.
No orders have vet been received by
the Maine officers here TO go north.
Four Red Cross society nurses are ex-
pected to arrive by the Ward line
steamer to-day.
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n VIII BE Rushed Through.

Washington. March 23.-The naval
appropriation bill will be rushed
through the house with all possible
haste. 1t will be called up tomorrow
morning and the vote taken on Friday
at an hour TO be determined later. The
object of this programme Is to get the
bill out of the way before the house be-
comes plunged into the Cuban debate
that will follow the submission OF the
Maine board of inquiry report to con-
gress next week. This policy was de-
termined on at a meeting of the house
naval affairs committee late this after
noon. Four hours of general debate
will be allowed, two on each side.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
IT WILL SURPASS 1891.
Three Great Rivers at Pittsburg Rising
Rapidly.


Pittsburg, March 23.-Three great
rivers-Monongahela Allegheny and
Ohio-are now in a flooded condition.
and there is every indication that the
loss to coal operators, manufacturers
and property holders in general will
surpass that Of the freshet of 1891. AL
ready river coal interests have suffered
losses aggregating 100000. Reports
received from towns on either side of
he three great valleys show great
damage 10 valuable property on the
lowlands. and with the water still ris-
ing grave fears are entertained of even
heavier losses.
Fleets torn from their moorings. bridges
washed away. mills. factories, houses
flooded. railroad tracks flooded several
feet under water for miles and miles.
and numerous washouts causing a COM
plete tisup OF many branch connections
OF railroads entering Pittsburg are the
results OF the unprecedented rainfall OF
the past few days.
At midnight the gauge recorded %
feet a rise Of four feet in Is hours. and
still rising al the rate of two inches an
hour. The greater loss is TO the rail-
roads. Mills along the three rivers are
silent and merchants and families in
the lower part Of the two cities have