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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
SPANS PROBABLE INTERPRETATION.
THE SURRENDER ONLY A TRICK TO GET A
FREE RIDE HOME FEELING AT THE
UNION LEAGUE CLUB.

UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
on tho hills surrounding Santiago. and on the
gray battle-shps patro1g of TIE Cuban coast, are
many men we'll known in New-York In the clubs
here those who have neither gone 20 the war nor
fed from the summer heat into the country. re-
called these men who ara at the front UNFOLDING
the honor OF the country. when the news OF the sur
render OF Santiago received yesterday, and
there was much rejoicing to think that. for the
rresent at least, they safe from danger. The
reports OF yellow fever having broken out among
the soldiers had produced much uneasin"ss. ana
the end OF the campaign r. the unhealthy region
around Santiago warmly greeted
At the Union League Club the feeling OF relief
among the members great. and was freely ch-
dressed The wisdom OF the President AMI his
Advisers In delaying the attack on the CITY lonS
enough TO permit General Tcral to the fuiility
OF further resistance. and thus obtain his SUI
render without further loss OF life. was spoke OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

ahd that for $50 head the could be supplied
Win all sorts Of dainties The Prince Wilson.
ruthess and White Star lines VIII probably be
among those asked to send in bids 1t il thought
th't ABOUT forty steamers will be required To
AVOID seizure in Spanish waters they Will have 10
ny neutrai flags
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
COMMENT AT THE ARMY BUILDING.
COLONEL. KIMBALL SAYS THE TERMS OF SUR
RENDER ARE THE BEST POSSIBLE FOR
THIS COUNTRY.

Colonel Kimbal. deputy quartermaster. when
aeon at the Army Building yesterday afternoon. APP
peared greatly delighted with the news he SAID;
.u. have great reason to thank God for this con-
,,.,or IN the operations at Santiago. Every moth
ar who has a son Mt the front viii rejoice at H. II
ia glorious news and betokens the approach OF
The end OF the war. do not know that the fall or
Santiago will end the at once but the Army
will be free from the danger OF yellow fever' Inc
,roons can now go on Porto Rico. where the
.ams fate u In store for the spaniards. think
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
GENERAL. woopFoRD VERY GLAD.

General Steward L. woodford. Minister 10 SPAN
uras greatly pleased when the news OF the cap'""
ton was given to him yesterday. go
GLAD" he said. yes, very gao pu' 'o
.,o IRON, exnressing myself further at this
.,u,a Nv nos,tion makes It impossible for me TO
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

IL the key to the western side Of the Province OF
Santiago de Cuba; The eastern half OF that prov
nce is ours"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

as being in line with the humane pohcy % ~ mem
n,nisration from the beginning. one or me e h'o
hers zen 10 wondering how Spain wouln ue one
tc exnlaIn the surrender at nome. I'"S 49,,
one suggested that they would propapiis i's IN
that IL was a trick played on the fanker pe'' ~
cor n free ride back TO ever-glorious spain cha
% An ,hronrh the evening. the memhers OF W.
club dropped n 10y one. they woun give v d,a
-, their satisfaction and then settle down 10 us
~ Tho future prospects Of the war. Inc pre-
uo on,,s op,nion was that Spain must now sue TOT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

Mrs Linton who was born at Keswick. February
10. 1872 was the youngest child Of the Rev James
Lynn vicar OF Cresthwaite She married Mr.. Lin
ton In 1858. As early as ls45 she embarked on an
Independent literary career In London. Among
her publications are. In addition to innumerao,,e
essays and short stories not collected Inc W ORG
Well Lost" THE One Too Many. In Haste ana
at Leisure" THE Girl OF the PERIOD. grasp
Your Nettle" Sowing .he Wind Wind ,rd nrouSn mo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
SENDING SPANISH SOLDIERS HUME

NO DIFFICULTY EXPECTED IN cHAhIEH'-N" mn
THE NEUTRAL. VESSELS NEEDED
II is the general opinion OF the steamship men III
this city that the Government Will have no "ouoie
IN chartering enough neutral vessels 10 Transport
the Spanish soldiers from santiago 10 op"' -
- ,os mentioned Yesterday which can at once
.nnIv about seventy vessels. Opinions diner as 10
the cost OF transportation. and. as many OF .he
AGENTS OF steamship lines In this city VIII PROBABLY
no asked to send in estimates no close prices VIII
=, nressnt be quoted. 1t is not likely that any OF
The steamships OF the large transatlantic hes VIII
he ,iscd at any rate none OF the nrst or sccohu
~" - vassels as this is the busy season Tor ocean
,ra1tc Freight and live stock steamers can De
H,ted I'D as transports cneaply ana easily lhess
nnuld NOT cover the distance between SihtiaSo ana
cadiz which is about $500 nautical miles IN less
'" nj m" ONCE OF j. VI. Cebalos Co, the Spanish
steamship agents It was said that II would COST al
iea 81 ss0 for each soldiers transportation Vther
stesmshp agents say that this estimate 10 100 nish'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15
MRS. ELIZABETH LYNN LINTON DEAD.

London. July H-Mrs. Elizabeth Lynn Linton
the novelist and essayst. widow Of William James
Linton the celebrated wood-engraver, is dead
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
The First Polar ExpIor.r.


The hardy mariners who were the
pioneers in polar discovery achieved
wonders, considering that they had ev.
erything to learn about the methods OF
arctic work, and their vessels and
equipments were very inadequate. One
of the greatest Of all arctic yoyagere
was the man who commanded, the first
true polar expedition; William Ba.
rents. He sailed from Holland ID
1894 on the little fishing smack
Mercurius, and the object Of HE
voyage shows how ignorant the
merchants and seamen Of those
days were as to the navigability of are.
tic seas. Barentz pushed into the un-
known for the purpose OF sailing
around the north end of Nova ZembIa
and finding northeast passage to Chi.
ma; and SO for month he skirted the
wall of ice that barred his way, seeking
in every direction for lane by which
he might travel through the pack, put
ting his vessel about eighty-one times,
and travelling back and forth along the
ice edge for 1,7O0 miles. The highest
north he attained during this careful
examination Of the ice edge was 6Il
statute miles south of the highest point
reached by Nansen. or 874 miles from
the pole. tifAH ttitAi
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
Antics of a Tame wild cat.

A tame wildcat from the northern
Minnesota woods has been sent to Mr..
Mathison of I'll Randolph street Chi
cago. The cat, which is as large as a.
good-sized bulldog, and, according to
the claims Of its proud owner, could
whip an even dozen of those iron
javed beasts in as many minutes, is
as docile as little kitten.
The thing was captured, when so
small its eyes had hardly opened, by
tt Tiapper James Wilson, whose log cab
in is situated in the wilds of the Min.
ncsota woods surrounding Sturgeon
Lake, and he trained it for thirteen
months, feeding it on cooked beef.
milk and bread. and to-day, in It's new
Chicago home, 1t plays about the office
III amusing gentleness, stands gravely
in the window gazing with wondering
eyes out upon the street, with Its null
titude Of horses and wagons, or starts
III It's brisker moods on wild career
OF leaping about the Office. A Jump of
seven-foot partition is not quite the
limit Of its endeavors, and a spring
of ten or eleven feet from the top OF
a desk to distant stack of boxes.
landing without causing the pile to
topple over. Is one OF Its feats
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25


The INTERSTATE Commerce
Commission, in their greed for
grasping powers that were never
intended by the makers OF the law
creating their position they should
exercise, and If granted would i'm
post du les which the first presi-
dent of the Commission, the emf
nent Judge Cooley, declared "would
he super human and impossible for
them 20 discharge," might do the
public service by asking that
their jurisdiction be extended to
the gigantic Express monopolies,
who are being permitted to rob the
people to a far greater extent tkan
any railroad on the continent ever
dared attempt. Surely Congress
should take them in hand and stop
their eXorbitant and outrageous
charges. Why they do not has long
been q matter of surprise. 1t has
long been the custom of these cor
mofants to provide every Senator
and Congressman with . deadhead
frank. Perhaps they have extend
ed this courtesy (?) to the members
OF the Interstate Commission "If
any speak, for him have i offend.
pdln .lf. s.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25

AFTER THIS war is over, the
shade Of Columbus may well feel
avenged for the handouts and pen
u y with which Spain rewarded
the richest service any man had
ever rendereda naviop. The con-
tinent for which the Spain of the
fifteenth century was incapable of
being grateful, the Spain of the
nineteenth ceutury has shown it,
self equally incapable and un-
worthy of retaiDing. He thrust the
empire OF half the world upon a ma
tion zoo INDECENT 70, reach for it,and
the same Spain, with the same in
dolence, is now fnishing the task
of throwing away its undeserved
heritage. e .tosa
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
A ROYAL Courtsl,ip.

In the year 1916 the Grand Duke
Nicholas went to Berlin on the import
ant errand of selecting bride among
the Prussian princess. Princess
Charlotte was given to under
stand by her parents that a
union with the grand duke was great
ly desired by them. During supper
given in the Dukes honor he was seat
ed next to this princess, and while
playing absently with ring, he told
her that he had made a careful study
of her character and disposition, and
that he found her in every quality best
calculated to make him happy in we'd
ded life.
While talking, he thrust the ring In
to roll of bread beside his place, and
asked her to signify her consent to be-
come his wife by taking up the ring
Presently the princess, in q most un-
concerned way, took up the roll as If
mistaking 1t for her own bread, and,
unnoticed by the company, withdrew
the ring and placed it on her finger.
Soon afterward magnificent wedding
was celebrated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
BEE MOUNTAIN.
crevasse Filled with Honey and occu-
pied by Snakes.

A Crevasse Filled with Honey and Occu-
pied by Snakes.
About twenty miles from Cleburne,
on the Brazos river, in Texas, is Bee
mountain. On one side 1t rises several
hundred feet above the country around
and the other fronts the river and rises
perpendicularly for over 500 feet. On
the perpendicular side are several
c'evasses or caves, in which places
are millions of bees and tons upon
tons of honey. 1t is impossible to
scale the dizzy heights from -below,
although the rocks are worn out places
that look like steps had been made to
climb this mountain ages and ages ago,
and 1t is believed by some that abo-
rigines scaled this cliff to procure
honey for their primitive meals.
Within the memory of man, howev-
er, parties have been daring enough to
have themselves suspended with rope
and let down to where the bees enter
the rocky bluff, and the tales they
told of the vast amount of honey would
sound like tale from the Arabian
Nights"
One man, a cowboy who worked on
quite famous here in an early day, had
the temerity to have some of his CO.
lahorers let him down with a rope.
Where the bees entered, he said, the
crevasses were not large enough for
man to enter, but little south of that
point was hole about four feet high
and eight or ten feet wide, which he
entered What he saw simply struck
him dumb with amaZement. There,
hanging from the top of the cave,
which seemed to extend for quarter
of mile back, great combs of honey
twenty or thirty feet long and from
four to six feet wide. They looked
like a great lot of fine silk lace cur
tains hanging In some grand old hall
way. The humming of the bees sound
ed like the noise of many spindles In
great factory. He had hunting
knife with him and sliced off piece of
the honey and ate 1t, and was Just
about to slice off more to bring to his
companions on the mountain above,
"AS "SAO WeAs'A6 " pun uAin UPt
when his attention was drawn to an
other direction. On listening closely
he detected kissing sound and one
unlike that made by the bees. Pres
emily, from the direction from which
the sound proceeded, he saw at least
100 serpents coming toward him, their
little, beadlike eyes shining in the
glare OF the torch he carried. To use q
street phrase, he tore out" leaving
his hunting knife and his Klondike of
honey behind. When his friends had
pulled him up he had tainted from the
fright When he recovered he told
them what he had seen. At first they
laughed at him, but finally 1t became
an accepted fact that In Bee noun
tain there are tons OF honey, but no
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
Don't Nope.

"The worst possible thing for a man
to do when cares oppress him." said
Mr.. Gratebar, "is to nope; to sit down
and think 1t over. If there is anything
on earth that will mildew man and
make him good for nothing, that's 1t.
What he wants is activity; to keep
moving. If he can't work, or thinks
he can't, let him get out and take a
walk, and start his circulation. It Is
amazing what little fresh air and ex-
ercise will do for man. Keep moving
and the first thing you know you'll find
yourself whistling, or humming a tune
and then you laugh to yourself little
and go back and go to work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
Eighty Years "a Nun.

For eighty years she has heard no
sounds but the singing Of hymns, the
chanting of prayers, the low-toned,
sanity converse of the sisters.
For eighty years she has seen no
sights but the convent class, the chap
81 affairs, the black-robed nuns, the
cell-like dormitories.
Now she is close upon a hundred
years old, this French Sister Hutor, Of
the Ursuline Convent. at Boulogne.
She is the Oldest living nun.
What a strange conversation there
would be if she and some active old
lady who superintends her dairy, her
farm and great tribe of descendants
at one hundred-odd years, should talk
together!
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
---------------
Logan Citizens EnrOute.


Ex-Sheriff William j. Ryan and
Alderman Thomas Price, of Logan,
were in the city this afternoon en-
route home from Buckeye Lake.
1t is unnecessary 70 state that the
Logan brethren had been on a
fishing trip. They report the water
of the reservoir too high for sue
cessful angling, though they admit
that they caught two or three mil
lion sunfish. The reason they didn't
bring their catch home was be-
cause they couldn't get any ice and
they were afraid the fish would
spoil withouti it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
A Horn with a History.

There is an old battered tin horn in
the possession of an ancient colored
man at Dalton, Ca, around which are
associated memories of many deeds OF
violence
In ante-bellum days the horn was the
property of Colonel Ben" I,onghridge.
wealthy planter of Murray county
1t was originally used to summon his
many slaves to work and to meals, and
its welcome note at sunset was the sig
nal for them to rest from the days la
bors.
After the war the horn became sepa-
rated from the Longhridge family, and
from that time until few months age
was the period of its stirring history
Murray county has for years been a
stronghold of the "moonshiners."
Time after time the revenue officers
made desperate raids on the Illicit dis
tillers, killing and being killed, yet
never entirely subduing the stubborn
mountaineers. The mellow note Of
the old tin horn would always warn
the whisky rebels of the approach of
their enemies, and many a good mans
death has it, presaged.
The moonshiners would station a
lusty lunged sentinel on some promi-
nent mountain rock, which command
ed view of the valley below, and the
slightest suspicious symptom in the
lower defles was sufficient to send the
bass echoes of the old horn flying, and
the moonshiners themselves scurrying
to their improvised fortresses, armed
to the teeth and ready to take and risk
life for what they considered their
rights and in the defense OF their
hearthstones. To the revenues" it al
ways bore the dismal information that
from the next crag or bramble they
might expect a Staying volley from
their hidden foes.
The venerable horn is special re-
minder of notorious gang which ter
rorized the county up to within a year
ago. 1t was used to rally the forces Of
this gang and was often the preface to
bloody conflict between them and the
laws representatives.
When the gang was finally disposed
Of the horn passed into the possession
OF old Uncle" Isaac, a typical "befo'
de war" colored man and the old man
often brings it out and recounts its in
teresting history.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
HIGGINS CHARGED ALONE.

On Confederate Testimony 10 Has Been
Given a Medal of Honor.
The Secretary OF War granted a
medal Of honor few days ago to a
federal soldier on the affldavit of q
confederate" said Charles l. Evans Of
Texas, a candidate for office, who oc-
casionally visits the White House, "and
1t is probably the first instance on
record OF this kind. The federal sold
Ter who received the medal was Thorn
as |. Higgins, now of Hannibal, Mo.
During the war he was the color-bear-
er of the 99th Illinois Regiment, and
was holding that position at the siege
OF Vicksburg. In an assault on the 22d
of May, 1868, the 99th Illinois vas
ordered to charge and not to look
back, | was member of the I'd Texas
Regiment, and we confronted the
charging Illinoisians We repulsed the
Illinois regiment q short distance from
I the breastworks and sent 1t back in
confusion. Higgins, however, was lit
orally obeying the orders. He never
looked back. He never noticed the re-
- NoI Va uiS iCBlluoill, uuJ Cdiu6 DOuuu-
ing forward. his colors flying as pret-
tily as a soldier ever saw. When
within forty yards of our works word
was passed along the not to shoot
the brave soldier, and all firing ceased.
When Higgins saw his predicamsnt he
started to retreat with his colorS, but
we told him to come on or we would
have to shoot him. Several men ran
out and brought him within the breast
works. We kept him several days,
during which time we learned to like
and admire him. He was then par
oiled. | was one of the men who wit
messed his heroic deed and made an af-
fidavit to that effect Several of my
companions who remembered Higgins
and his charge also made aiIidavits. On
these the Secretary of War granted q
medal. Higgins could have been
vouched for by members of his own
regiment, but the novelty OF recon-
niendation by his former foes led to
that course"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25

The New Time claims that the
war with Spain viii prove to be of
vast benefit TO the reform move-
ment. In rim ing editorial Edi.
tor Adams declares that this Is the
first righteous war which has been
waged between two great nations
In centuries. He points out that
the wealthy ever have opposed a
war unless IL be for conquest or
markets. and denounces the "reace
at any price patriots" as the legiti-
mate successors of the Tories Of
l776 and the poltroon merchants Of
1912. The claim is made that the
war with Spain will arouse the
latent spirit OF American liberty
and inspire the people to correct
home abuses after they bave Iiber-
ated Cuba.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
Hair Mnfrassss.

The first quality of hair is horse
hair and comes chiefly from South
America from wild horses. They use
only the tails and name, and the own,
ers of the horses wind them up in
coils every two years. Oftentimes a
horse will have escaped the round-ups
for four or FIVE seasons and will come
In with tail ten feet long. The hair
of South American wild animals Is
longer than the hair of animals OF
almost any other section. This hair
is worth from 3S to 48 cents a pound
in the rope, according to length. 1t is
twisted into ropes. which gives 1t the
curl, and In that way shipped to the
mattress makers Hair over sixteen
inches long Is used for making hair
cloth, such as was put In furniture In
our grandfathers' days; that Is worth
from 81 to Sc abound.
Second quality of hair Is mixture
of cattle heads and the short hair Of
the horse. The cheapest is goat hair,
from Siberia, worth from 4 to 6 cents
a pound.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
A Hot Shot Well Put.

Where is Gcn. Grosvenor We
hear a great deal about his stand
ing and influence with the admin
is,ratiOn, but nobody has heard of
his securing single contract for
Government coal from the Hooking
Valley coal fields. He has not even
made an effort along this line, and
yet the laboring people of this dis
trict are reduced to condition of
want because of lack Of work. But
this does not seemingly cause the
General Il care. The only time that
he looses any sleep over the conii-
ton of the unemployed in his dis
trict is about election time, and
strange tosay they are asses enough
TO dance to his music.--Buckeye
News. aIf
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25

PATRIOTIC Captain Hart, con-
victed aud sent to prison over a
year ago for attempting what Con-
gress has ordered the President to
do in aiding the Cubans in their
noble struggle for liberty, still
lauguishes in penitentiary, not
withstsnding hundreds of thous-
ands of Americans, ,including every
Senator but one, and every Repre-
sentative who was applied TO have
petitioned the President 10 pardon
HIM. The President, by the grace
of$ Mark Hanna, can pardon bank
robbers by The score, as he has
been doing ever siilce Capt. Hart's
Imprisonment, but he turns deaf
ear to the appeals for leniency -
an American patriot who is willing
to risk foltune, and peril life in the
cause of liberty! "How long, o
Lord, how long?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25
A knowing Horse.

I was speaking of old horses while
at Russellville, KY, recently, says q
writer In the Louisville Post, and a
friend said: "YsG ,enamscr old 'Baw-
ley Uncle Tom Prewitt's team az he
used to call the bay plodder." said
I did, but couldn't remember the
horse's age. My friend answered:
"Bawley must have been close to forty
when he turned his steel-shod hoofs to
the buttercups. The animal was a
character in town. as was good old
Uncle Tom. and for twenty-five years,
through rain and storm. snow and
sleet, the well-kept horse pulled Uncle
Tom and his express wagon to and
from the little brick depot. Bawley's
owner had taught him to bite the boys
who were wont to annoy the old nag
while he was hitched at the station.
and the sly old rascal chewed on many
bit of coattail and hat crown. When
Bawley died Uncle Tom mourned as
sincerely as he would for q member OF
the family" a 81
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-25

No IMMEDIATE result of tho war
has more impressed foreign oh.
servers than the proof afforded OF
the solidity of the Union. With
one accordylhe people Of, ,.all ,the
Staies-Nortb, South, East and
West-have floclsed with equal zeal
70 the support of the government.
There is but one flag and one coun-
Try; and now the whole world
knows 1t. The occupation of the
bloodysb'rt fiaunter is gone, like
Spanish barbarity, and treachery,
never more TO be tolerated on the
Western Hemisphere. Twin Broth
ers of Evil avaunt! tg