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The Atlanta constitution., 1898-08-08

Cling against the climate pr ivations ana
fatigue, and now they are placed In TINS
sud circumstance, where they have no food,
no physical force and no means of recuper-
hting. rhey are defending the property OF
those that have abandoned 1t and of those
that are now being fed by tho American
forces Tho honor of arms has It's limits.
and ! appeal to the opinions Of the whole
nation az to whether these long suffering
troops have not Kept It safely since May
18th. whom they were subjected to the first
chnnonade. If 1t Is necessary that the
sacrifice be endured for reasons OF which
sumo the responsibility Of the unfortunate
termination which + lave anticipated and
mentioned in a number OF kilograms. 7
faithfully offer myself on the altar of my
country for one. and for the other I will
retain tho command for the purpose OF
signing the surrender. for my modest repu-
tation is OF little value as compared with
the countrys interests. LINARES."
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BOB EVANS'S CHRISTIANITY.
CAPTAIN OF THE IOWA WRITES
TO A NEWSPAPER.
Declares He Sang Praises to Almighty
God for the Great Victory the
Fleet Had Won.

New York. August l.-Following IS
copy of letter sent by Captain Evans, on
July 23d. in reply to an article published by
The Index. at Williamsport Pa, prais!ng
Cartain Philip. of the Texas for his ''af-
ter action prayer" and making contrast
between Captain Philips action and what
is referred to by the paper as the FIRE
quently published profanity of Captain
Evans:
Il beg to acknowledge the receipt today
OF a copy OF Your paper which you have
been good enough to send me.
am somewhat at less to know
whether you sent il for the purpose of
calling my attention to the curse words
attributed to me in the newspapers, or to
Captain Philips ofiicious show of spirit in
announcing to his men on the quarter
deck OF the Texas after the battle OF San
tago that he believed in Almighty God. AS.
however, you have seen tit to drag my
name in yCLr newspaper, l hope that you
Will publish this reply that those who have
read your issue of July 18th may also read
what | have TO say about 1t.
u have never considered it necessary,
and L am sure that great majority Of
officers in the navy do not consider 1t nee
essary to announce to their crews tnat
they believe III Almighty God' l think
that gees without saying. We, eacn of
US have the right to snow by our acts
now much We are ImDued with this belief.
captain Philip had perfect right to snow
this to his men, and he did; it was simply
a matter Of taste.
Now, fer myself. shortly after the Span
1sh cruiser NizcayI had struck her colors.
and my crew had secured tho guns, tho
chaplain of the ship, an excellent man,
came to me and said:
Captain, shall / say a few words of
thanks to Almighty God for our vic
tory" [ said: BY all means do so; | viii
nave the men sent aft for that purpose
ana was on the point Of ng SO when X
was reported to me that Il Spanish battlo-
snip was standing towards US from the
eastward. My first duty to God and my
country was to sink this Spanish battle
SNIP, and | Immediately made prepara-
IONS to do SO. When it was discovered
that this ship was an Austrian, / found
my ship surrounded by boats carrying
dying and wounded prisoners and others
OF the crew of the Nizcaya to the number
or dWo hundred and fifty. To leave these
ing while | called my men aft to offer
prayers was not my idea of either Chris
ldilly or reli& on. | preferred to ClOthe
the naked, feed the hungry and suCcor the
SICK, and ! am strongly of the opinion that
Almighty COD has not put Il black mark
against me on account Of it. | do not
know whether / shall stand with Captain
lhilip among the first chosen in the here
after but l have this to say in concIu-
SION, that every drop Of blood in my body
on the afternoon Of the 81 of July was
singing thanks and praise to Almighty
God Tor the victory we had won
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of tho Foot Guards and the empress was
in simple mourning attire. The church
was not filled with those that were Invited
50 that come Of the remaining consresh-
tion obtained admittance. Despite tho
brightness Of the day the electric lEht
was used.
On entering. Emperor William shook
hands with Prince Hohenlohe, the cham
cellor. The organ WAS playing Beethovon's
Funeral March" as their rnajesties took
their seats. but the music soon passed
into the homely strains Of German
choral, played very softly like the sound
of child's voice singing to itself. Then
the choir sang Kendals II Know That
My Redeemer Liveth," after which DR..
Faber advanced and facing the congrega-
ton. read the sentence of the German
burial service blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord" adding number of ap-
propl1ate scripture passages. like For
today Is prince fallen in Israel"
Alter the singing Of a choral came "Gott
Thut Das Ist Wholgathen'' and then the
hymn, Jesus Lebt."
DR.. Faber offered an extempore prayer
based on the 149th Psalm, which. he said,
hade once been commended to Prince Bis
marck in important crisis in his life
by an cid friend as source of comfort
and strength and which the great depart
ed had often quoted. The prayer was a
German paean Of triumph and gratitude
for the achievements of Bismarck and his
contemporaries. 1t was rich in scrptural
eXclanations like MY Father. my Father,
the chariot Of Israel and the hoseman there
Of One passage ran thus:
Passage in the Prayer.
"All who speak the German tongue will
laud ,TAee TO the most distant day, and the
hearts Of their singers will praise Thee in
ever fresh strains because through Him
and through all those loyal and great men
who stood by the side of King William in
the pernous deeds of war and in the noble
works of peace. Thou didst show Thy
good pleasure In us and didst glOriously help
us. Th0L gavest into their hands sharp
SWORDS to execute vengeance among the
nations who set themselves against us and
to bind Their kings and mobiles with iron
chains and with fetters of the might of our
armies but afterwards with the gentle
bonds of reverence for true grca tnesS. 50
thai they were forced to do right as it IS
written on the tables of the worlds history
to acknowledge the right of the re-estab-
nshcd German empire and the right of the
German name, once again come to honor
Because OF AL that sWels the breasts with
joyful eNuliat'on is bound up with the
Thee that Thou didst give him to u.s.
Reichstag Sends Wreath.
Friedrichsruhe August A magnicent
wreath bearing the inscription, THE Ger
man reIohstag to the first chancellor Of
the German empire" was laid today upon
the coffin of the late Prince bismarck by
a delegation composed of Former vice
President SPAIN, DIR. Bochme and Herr
Jungheim. councillor of accounts. Prince
Herbert Bismarck. Count william and the
Countess Won RantZau, coming mere lor
this especial purpose. received the deleS"-
tion and conducted its members TO 'he
death chamber where the delegation form
ally expressed the condolences OF the
reiChStag.
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Grateful to United States.

New York. August 2-President r. Es-
trada Palma, of toe Cuban iunta. when
questioned today about the estrangement
between General Garcia and General Shat
ter, said:
There is no danger that the Cubans will
permit a slight misunderstanding of one
Of their countrymcn-cVen of a general
with an American to affect the successful
Issue of the campaign. | know that Garcia,
as well as all the Cuhans, has too deep Il
sense of gratitude toward the United
States to harbor slight or fanciful wrongs
against their benefactors."
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DR.. F. SANDEN, 826 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.

except the dismounting of an old gun.
the destruction of the lighthouse and a
small frame house near. The damage
was all done by the dynamite shells OF
the Vesuvius and at night. Toe shell had
torn great hole, completely demoliShing
the house leaving but a pile Of debris and
tore out the side Of the lighthouse. Large
quantities Of broken American shells could
be found about ana quite a number of big
shells that had not exploded We're gathered
up and put together by the Spaniards.
Americans Fired Well.
The majority of the shells landed in the
earthWorks, just below the crest of the HILL
showing that the AmehiCans fired well, but
ouaside of pIoWing UP the earth there was
no result. When the shells hit any build
tnss they created great havoc ana traces Of
many were visible on the Morro and some
of the officers quarters. where immense
gaping holes We're torn in the stone work
old Morro's drawbridgc was shot away
and one whole wing or tower was crumb-
ling TO pieces from the effects OF a l3-.nch
shell from the Oregon.
Then the Estrcla aud Catalina batteries.
just inside Morro point, were visited Cat
alma was q crumbling ruin, without Il gun.
and Estrcla am ulu-timc brick fort aad
two mortars. one Of which was fully in
place.
The second day was devoted to an in
spection of the western battery which had
mainly been attended TO by the BroOllyu,
Texas, Vixen ana SuWauco. No more dam
age was done here than on the east sjda.
similar to those of the other but there are
two and -FOUR lo-inch Hontoria rifles Wilh
mechanism and steel shields.
The guns are Quirk-ire ana easily trained
and very Formidable. They are supposed 10
be part Of the main battery Of the Rnina
Mercedes and, it IS believed. were manned
mortars similar to those ON the eastern
battery. There was over 500 rounds of am
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Political Prisoners Released.

Washington. August 2.-The war depart
rnent has posted the following telegram
from General Shafter. dated Santiago de
Cuba, August /;
''All political prisoners dave been imme-
diately released as soon as We reached
them Have not heard from Guantanamo,
but General Ewers went there three days
ago to receive the surrender of arms and
political prisoners. They We're undoubtedly
released on his arrival
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Robbers Get $4,000 in Currency.

Sedala, O.. August 4--The board of di-
rectors Of the Bank of Commerce issued
a statement to the public tonight in which
thcy announce that the robbers who
sneaked into the bank vault on Monday
last secured $4,000 In currency. The money
was In one package of $1,000 and eight
cen packages of $500 each. This statement
was issued to quiet reports intimating that
the amount of the robbery was much
greater. The directors announce that the
loss will be made good by the Stockhold-
ers If the stolen money cannot be recoV-
cred The bank is capitalized for $l00, 900.
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Judge Sneed's Fee.

Knoxville. Tenn, August 2.-(speciaI)-
Chancellor II Il. Lindsay today handed
down decree granting Judge Sneed So
Knoxville in the suit OF the Knoxville
Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad
against the city for the payment of sos 0l0
in bonds. The city won the suit, and Judge
Sneed asked for $25, 600 as his fee This was
denied by the city officials. and suit was in
sttuted. Both the city and Judge Sne9d
have appealed to the supreme court.
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Jernegan Seems To Have Escaped.

Paris, August 2.--The Rev, p. E. Jerne-
gan. Of the Electroytic Marine Salts Com
pany of Boston, Mass. for whose arrest
q warrant has been issued in ttat city and
who arrived at Havre yesterday. on board
the French line steamer Navarro, seems
to have deserted the train on which he left
Havre for this city. Inquiries made at the
different depots by the mayoralty police
bureau and at the different hotels ana
lodgings have failed to discover a clew as
to the Whereabout of the fugitive.
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A HARMLESS COMMANDMENT.
MILLIONS WORTH OF AMMUNI-
TION THROWN AWAY.
The Investigations at Santiago Prove
Shells Are Not Always Effective
Against Fortifications.

Santiago de Cuba. July IA party or
naval officers anxious to see the erect OF
the four or five bonbardments ot the "e-
forses Of the harbor by the fleet under
Admiral Sampson, made Il two days lo"t
of the batteries, finishing their WORK To-Day.
One of them made the following statement
to the Associated Press corresponding VINO
ACCOMPANIED the party:
over two million dollars worth or am
munition thrown at the batteries uel"Hulh5
Santiago harbor was absolutely hAInIc7S
i'm Ifs, effect so far as the reducing OIL thc
batteries was concerned, and Whlie II may
have given the Spaniards 4 wholesome re-
spect for us, simply bore out lhe "'''
known fact that it is a waste on l!hlv ""U
money to lombard earthWoFkS
Tho nartv made a close inspection OF the
crniser Reina Mercedes, sunk in the harh2r
the night of July 4th, the day after 5rhIeN
s,,nl, Cerycra's fleet. The boat lies about
half under water. The majorlt! oI Htr
large guns have been taken ashore b"l mex
rapid-fre guns We're lett,and t"fpe"oC9 "t't
In her tubcs. She is not in the channel,
and tha reason for this IS very apparent.
cha ms o+ least five big holes in her from
tho Massachusetts, and the Texas, an" 'he
y,a, they are placed is a SplentAd NInIte
TO the fine Ruuuery OF these l"o "''''-
shfDs which had to fire UP me H"'I""
harbor mouth in tine dark or W'ta '"e 81"
of 4 searchEht 49,. ,~+-
Landing at the foot or MOTTO ne P"ttE
c,inbed 30 feet The path was 5treWn VITA
ammunition for Mars%r rte5, . Oo%eS OK 1hoat e".
tanning thousands "i ia2'H I?''E a., 90 tnn
A. tbe foot Of sha hill to the rear oi l'e
Norro. where the path OF the ascent p'Si,7i
was a well-built and equipped elgt'lI',,' ,l.l,, 49,
station, from which to set on l"G .ti,,,,.
the harbor entrance, Concealed par '"'J
h4lhind a bluff. the operator III TINS "|"'g
had lookout from which ne haI q ,,t,,'s otn.'
view of the angle, in which lay llg '',I'
controlled by his key. Near nm were '''o
,D,ones connecting with similar H"u"g ol'
tho onposlte shore. II IL snip nan O''"
cross rhe mines he would nave plo9''"
hutton that connected with lle ln'HC9i .j, tha
me man opposite would nave il'rF@" md
other button conneCnT,iSd tmT I've received the
ship on tne aiato ato,,toct mines were taken
bombs. Eight conIaEt imnt two davs, and
from the haTpoI IA -,an,,non5cr Dclenanty
today Lleutehahtt ciartricaI mines, which
began remoVlnS l of Gun cotton. more
contain -Vo pun ",b9t the ordinary mines
than four tiine99 tniiinee99 nith
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Hawaii Will Pay Japan Money.

Yokohama, August lit is reported here
that Hawaii has agreed to pay Japan
gao coo sterling In settlement of the disc
pute which arose out of the exclusion OF
the Japanese emigrants from the HaWallan
islands
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Wanted.

Two travelling sa.esmen In each state,
Expenses and eood salary. Experience not
absolutely necessary. For partlcul1rs ad-
dress Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co.. Bed
ford City Va.
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Sells, Circus Man Dead.

Columbus, O. August 1.-Ephriam W.
Sells, the elder of the Sells brothers, the
today of Brghts disease after an illness
of several months
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Electric Belt


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Diseases of Women Quickly Cured

md Perfect Health painlcssly Restored to
suffering WomanhoOd by my improves
Methods. Treatment suited to each
Individual case sent with direc-
ions for home use. Terms low.
Write, stating case. References
yiven. Letter Of Particulars, yalI-
.blc book and Symptom Blank mailed free
IL plain envelope sealed. Address
). Drannon, I0l Capitol Ave, AtIsm@, Ga.
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Emperor Thanks Americans.

Washington. August 1.-Ambassa.lor
White today Cabled the state department:
"Berlin, August Ito A1ee Acting
Secretary. State Department.. Washington,
y C.: ] am requested to tender the sim
cere thanks of the emperor and the Ger
man people to the president ani people of
the United States for the message of con-
dolence referring to the death Of Prince
Bismarck. WHITE"
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Their majesties took seats in two arm
chairs in front of the altar all others in
the congregation standing throughout the
service The emperor wore the uniform
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
CRISIS DISCUSSED.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

board will report that Admiral Sicard' S
illness is only temporary, and will yield
to treatment with a short leave of alb
sence, but should it report that his con-
dition is serious, it will result in his de-
tachment from the command of the
squadron, and his probable retirement
In view of the possibility of the latter
course, there is considerable speculation
with regard to his successor. His retire
ment would create a vacancy in the list
of commodores, to which Capt. Samp-
son, commanding the battleship Iowa,
and president of the Maine court of in
quiry, is eligible, thus raising him to the
dignity of flag officer. In that event
Capt. Sampson would be entitled to COM
mand squadron, and necessarily would
be relieved OF the command of the Iowa
There is an abundance of excellent
material for the selection of a new com
mander of the North Atlantic SQUADRON,
including Rear Admiral Bunce, com
mandant of the New York navy yard,
and Commodore ]. A. Howell, recently
in command of the European squadron.
Other officers of slightly lower rank,
who are mentioned as likely of selection
to the command of the home stations, are
Commodore w. S. Schley, president of
the lighthouse board, and Capt. w. r.
Sampson commanding the Iowa. In
view of the circumstances of the case ii
is more Than likely that the matter will
be settled Immediately upon receipt of
the report of the board of survey which
probably will be submitted before the
end of the week
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
THE ELKwooD SHOOT.

Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.,
March 22.-Cold, rainy weather greeted
the trapshooters here this morning at
the tournament of the interstate associa-
ton.
Thirty-five tied for the honors in the
opening event having killed seven birds
each. The money, S445, was divided be-
tween them. AS soon as the first event
was decided 129 entries were booked for
the big event of the day. This was the
nitro-powder handicap, with the follow
ing conditions:
Fifteen birds, SO entrance, birds ex-
ira handicaps, 25 to 33 yards, the num-
Der of moneys determined by the num-
Der of entries
The handicaps the contestants re-
ceived for the grand America handicap
will govern in this event, high guns.
Captain Brewer killed three straight,
Mrs. Shattuck killed her first three
Galveston expert, also killed three
straight, as did Holloway, Dickson,
Wagner, Tanning, Parmalee, H. and B.
Dunnell, Malone Elliott, Rampley
Young and Burkhart.
Twenty-four men tied with straight
scores of Is each in the nitro-powder
handicap. The successful shooters divid.
ed $500 between them Mrs. William p
Shattuck of Minneapolis took part in the
contest and killed IA birds. Under the
rules she would have been debarred
from shooting at the last three birds, be-
cause she had missed one out of the first
twelve, but by unanimous consent she
was allowed to shoot to the end.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
Y. M. C. A. BASKET BALL.
Fitchburg Winner in Championship Exhi-
btion at Springfield.

Springfield, March 22.-The first an
nual championship exhibition of the
northeastern athletic section of the Y.
NJ. c. A. was held in this city today. The
events of the afternoon were the two
basket ball games, in which Fitchburg
deteated Springfield, and Hartford won
from Holyoke. In the final match in the
evening, Fitchburg beat Hartford, II to
10. The indoor contests in the evening
We're contested by teams from Bridge
port, Boston, Hartford Holyoke, Meri-
den and Springfield. The final standing
of the teams and points scored follows
Bridgeport, 673; Springfield, GAS; Meri-
den, 627; Boston, 62S; Hartford, 619. The
highest individual score was made by
Cornell of Bridgeport. Among the win
ners were these: High jump, Jones'
Bridgeport, feet inches; Coughlin Of
Hartford, %; broad jump, Foster Of
Cambridge, Coughlin of Hartford, I'd
I'M. c. A. CONFERENCE.
Springfield, March 22.-Over 100 dele
gates, representing Y. NJ. c associations
all over New England, are at the
international training school, in readi-
ness for the three days conference
which opens tomorrow morning Tomor-
rows subjects and speakers will be: w.
H. Davis, Bridgeport, Conn, Develop
ment of the Bible school," E. T. Car
land, Portland, Me, How to elevate the
standard of our social life;" Maurice
Ross, Fitchburg, Applied gymnastics"
R5v. DR.. Smith Baker Boston, Public
speaking and its preparations" President
L. l.. Doggett, of the training school,
"Are we on the true financial basis?"
w. F. Maylott, Keene, N. H, physical
work without a Director" G. A. War
burton, New York, Higher self-develop-
ment'
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GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAYS.

The merchant, the manufacturer and
in the April Atlantic, working under con-
ditions of industrial liberty, do not seem
to require any peculiar supervision on
the part of the state, for competition is
adequate to insure relative justice as be-
tween custom as well as the sale of
goods at a fair price. But in the rail-
way industry, a competition does not
work so beneficent a result. On the
contrary, such is it's nature that it i'm
poses upon railway managers the neces-
sity Of disregarling equity between GUS
toners, and of fixing rates without con-
sidering their fairness, whether judged
from the point of view Of cost or of So
cial results. Were this not true, there
would be no railway problem.
But what, it will be asked, Is there
peculiar about the business of trans
portation which renders it superior to
the satisfactory control of competition?
The railway industry is an
extensive and not an intensive indus
try 1t conforms to the law OF Gin
creasing" returns rather than to the law
of constant" or of diminishing re-
turns This being the case, ability to
perform a unit Of service eheaply de-
pends more upon the quantity OF bust
ness transacted than upon attention to
minute details. Another way of saying
the same thing is that the expenses in
cident to the operations of railway do
not increase in proportion to the IN
crease in the volume Of traffic, AS an
Industrial fact, this does not pertain to
the business of the manufacturer, the
merchant or the farmer, but Is peculiar
to the business of transportation; and
it Is adequate, when properly under
stood, to explain why all advanced peo-
PIES without regard to the form of gov
ernment they may have adopted or the
social theories they may entertain. have
surrounded the administration of rail-
ways with peculiar legal restrictions.
The necessity Of some sort of govern
ment control lies In the nature of the
business itself.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
AUXILIARY CRUISERS.

New York, March 22-Lieut. Kelly Of
the board for the inspection of auxiliary
cruisers, said today that the Morgan line
steamer Chalmett had been decided
upon as repair ship, in case she should
be required. The list of steamers exam
ined today, Lieut.. Kelly said, included
those of the Mallory, Morgan and Old
Dominion lines. 1t is the purpose Of the
board to examine into the adaptation for
naval defence purposes of all steamers
plying between New York and southern
ports The special reason for this it was
learned, is that these steamers would
have to abandon trading during hostili-
ties in southern waters. In that case,
they would have to lay up, and the
naval officers deem it prudent to have
them ready for equipment as auxiliaries
should their services be needed.