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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-03
SOLID STONE.

Quay's Man Wins tho Ropubliesn Nom.
ination for Governor OF Psnnsylsania.
A Close shave-Wanamaksr Hithdraws
and "rhrsatens Things" IN
HARRISBURG. Pa. June 2-The Re-
publican state convention met In thls
city to-day and named the party tiolses
that Is to be submitted to the Yotere thia
fall, as follows: 5,5sfSS
Governor. Colonel William a. Stone,
OF Allegheny. t.
Lieutenant governor. Gen. J. p, q.
Goblin, OF Lebanon.
Secretary OF Internal affairs, Sen.
James w. Latta, of Philadelphia
Judge Of the superior court, William
W. Porter. Of Philadelphia,
Congres5-at-large, Galusha A Grow,
OF Susquehanna, and Samuel A DaYens
port, OF Erie.
The last five are denominations.
There was scarcely any opposition to
| the programme for the work Of the con-
vention as outlined by Senator Quay
| and his lleutenants, those opposed to the
nomination of Mr.. Stone for the head Of
| the ticket contenting themselves with
the concentration Of their vote on
Charles W. Stone. The vote was un-
comfortably close for the Quay adher-e
ente. Col. Stone receiving only fifteen
more votes than the number necessary
W. Stone represented the combined
strength Of that candidate aud John
| Wananlaker.
The latter provided the only sensation
OF an otherwise cut and dried conven-
| tlon by presenting letter of withdraw-
| al, in which he denounced the methods
Of the dominant Republican faction and
urged his friends to supportyC. w. !
Stone. Mr.. Wanamaker's retirement
| from the fight came as Startling cur;
prise to his delegates, and It Is UNDER
stood that he determined upon that
course only short time before his let
| ter was: read to the convention. K =
The withdrawal Is Interpreted to mean
| that Mr.. Wanamaker has placed himself
In position to run ae an independent
candidate for governor II he so elects.
He has repeatedly, in his speeches,
served notice on the convention that II
W. A Stone was nominated he would 4
continue his fight against the Quay or
ganization. Mr.. Wanamaker went to
| Philadelphia on the last afternoon train.
He declined to make any statement, re.
ferring inquirers to his letter read to
the convention.
The candidates and Chairman Whea-
ton met after the convention and re-
elected John P. Ell1in, Of Indiana, chair
man OF the state commottee.
| Mr.. Elkin will arrange reception for
the candidates at state headquarters in
| Philadelphia, at which they will be for
mally notified Of their nomination.
The attendance was the largest since
| the convention OF 1890 The galleries
and stage were crowded with spectators.
The convention at AIS p. m, adjourn
| ed sine die without giving the candi.
dates an opportunity Of presenting
| themselves. 3sES
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bay, and about in the centre, where
the narrow entrance widens out. has
batteries OF modern guns. as has also
Blanco battery, Just near the city OF
Santiago itself.
About two miles west Of Morro, in
shore Is the Cadiz battery, and there
are also supposed to be some mines
near Cayo Smith.
The armament Of the various batter
les Is supposed to be as follows, not In
cluding the new earth works, behind
which there are modern guns.
Morro-Four modern guns and ten
eighteen and twenty-four Founders,
Blanco battery-Nine smooth bore
eighteen and twenty-four Founders, OF
little account, and two small mortars.
The Estrella battery = Ten smooth
bore guns.
Cayo Smith-Several modern guns.
The forts ore mainly of brick and
stone. constructed q century ago. al
though there are evidences OF new
earthworks being thrown up.
The only view Into the harbor for any
distance IS from the southwest, and as
the flagship passed along, Lieutenant
Sears noted that the Spanish cruiser
Rc.na Mercedes. which has been part
ly dlsmantled, lay in the harbor, per-
haps 1900 yards inside OF Moro castle.
To the westward and further inside
was the Spanish first-cluss armored
cruiser, Almirante oquendo, lying un-
der the guns Of Cayo Smith, and to the
east OF 1t looking down upon the mar
row channel was the Crlstobal Colon,
with room only for one ship at time
to pass
It VIII thus be seen TINT It would be
suicidal to attempt to force an entrance
into the place at least until the bat
terles are reduced. and that will con-
sumo lot OF ammunition.
At the same time, taking 1t for
granted that the remainder OF the Span
ish fleet, with four cruisers and two tor
pedo boats. Is still further up the har-
Dor, 1t means that the warships OF
Spain are efrectually bottled up so that
they can do no harm.
Sunday at sunset found the squadron
In battle line outside Santiago, the
Brooklyn on the east OF the line the
Massachusetts, next to her, the Iowa
west of the Massachusetts and next tho
Texas, which was on the extreme left,
while the Marblehead and the Vixen
secuted the shore.
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the waters Of Santiago f,arbor. This
time the shore batteries were better
served, and the Spanlards replied TO tho
warshlps fire In energetic fashion. But
nearly all the shots from the batteries
fell short. 't1i
New Orleans Dbl Fearful Work.
Then came the New Orleans once
more. her long black guns doing fearful
work and tearing up the ground all
around the batteries in the most savage
manner. @ rs-.
The Iowa then came by for the second
time, sending stream Of shells into
the harbor as she did SO. u
The Spanish ships, with the exception
OF the Cristobal Colon, were behind the
hills and could not see the enemy who
threw shells around them with such
rapidity that they knew he was some-
where on the other side of the hill, and
then hopefully raised the muzzlee Of
their guns and banged away. The re-
suit was Whit might have been expect
ed. Their fire tore the bosom OF the
Caribbean sea, but It harmed nothing
else. A n
After the Massachusetts had passed
the point where she could fire into the
harbor with advantage. she turned to
the open sea, the other vessels following
her. That fight was over us far as the
Americans were concerned.
Tho LutlIcrou, spaniards.
Spanish honor, however. demanded
that some further destruction OF gun
powder be made. and the ships doomed
and the batteries roared long after the
American vessels were entirely out OF
range.
The affair soon became ludicrous as
nearly all OF the Spanish shells fell from
two to three miles from the vessels ut
which they were aimed. Worse gun
merry was never seen. One luSty man
with I basket of brick bats would be
capable OF as much destruction as the
Spaniards seemed capable OF creating.
Not an American vessel was struck and
not a sailor injured, although fully 800
shots were fired by the Spantards.. the
Americans firing not over .one-fourth Of
that number in return. - :
II is likely that The latter part OF the
week will see more serious work. The
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is coming
down and an attempt will be made by
her to explode the triple row Of mines
extending across the harbor mouth.
With these out OF the way, Commodore
Schley will sail into the farbor for a
death grapple with the fleets and bat
terleS tsI.
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BOTTLED UP"

Or How Commodore sohley Found tho
story 'tTo be Concluded In Our Next"
A copyrighted Associated Press dis
patch dated Port Antonio, Jamaica,
June tells how Commodore Schley bot
tied up the Spanish fleet. It says:
By noon on Saturday, May %, not
having heard from the st. Paul. the
American warships moved again to.
wards Santiago de Cuba.
First standing off the coast about
fifteen miles. the squadron afterwards
cIrcled In front Of Moro castle; but not
close enough In to get q view of the
inside Of the harbor. guarding carefullE
against the possibilities OF torpedo
boat attack. $50
At night the squadron lay off poin'
OF land, and In the morning. Sunday
the st. Paul came along, but did mol
report any knowledge OF the where.
nbouts of the Spanish fleet
Consequently, Commodore 'Schley de.
termined to find It himself, and with
the flagship In tho lead, he started to.
wards the haroor. The Spanish troops
at the earthworks and the batteries
could be seen. through glasses, pretar.
ing in haste to give the American war.
ships es warm O reception rs possible
When about five miles from the bat.
teries, the lookouts reported the masts
OF two ships, and Flag Lieutenant
Sears and Ensign MacCauley made oui
the first one to be the Crlstobal Colon
Two torpedo boats were also made out
and second vessel Of the Vlzcaya class
was seen. ] .-
All this time Commodore Schley was
upon the afterbrldge OF the Brooklyn
making good use OF his binoculars. Ar
rived ut the harbor entrance, when the
ships were sighted from the deck. he
turned his eyes from tho glasses long
enough to wink and say: sss
II told you would find them. They
will be long time getting home."
The order to man the port batteries
had been given, and the men, stripped
10 the waist, In q temperature consid-
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Columbia wa. 10 uInme.

NEW YORK, June 2.-The owners Of
the British steamship Foscolia, which
was sunk by the United States cruiser.
Columbia, off Fire Island on Sunday
last, will soon present to the navy de-
partment for damages the sum Of
about 100000. The lawyers retained
by the agents claimed that the evidence
brought out at the sessions Of the naval
board OF inquiry went to show that
the Columbia was entirely to blame
for the collision. and that view SEEM
ed to have been accepted by the board
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THE OREGON S TRIP.
No Wonder she Reached Her Goal with
the Crew she Had.

No Wonder she Reached Her Goal with
the Crew she Had.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The navy
department to-day made public the fol-
lowing extract from q report to the de-
partment made by Captain Clark, OF the
Oregon, on the extraordinary run Of that
ship around two continents:
"It Is gratifying to call the depart
ments attention to the spirit aboard the
ship in both officers and men. This can
best be described by referring to incl
dents such as that Of the engineer oiIi-
GERS In voluntarily doubling their
watches when high speed was to be
made, to the attempt of men to return to
the fire room after being carried out OF
it insensible, and to the fact that most
of the crew, who were working by
watches by day and night at Sandy
Point, preferred to leave their ham
mocks in the ncttinss until they could
get the ship coaled and ready to sail
from Sandy Point"
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GREAT STEEL PLANT
To bo Erected Near ChicaGo-At Present II
Is OH Paper.

To be Erected Near ChicnEo-At Rrc1ent IL
Il OH Paper.
CHICAGO, June 2.-The Economist
will say tomorrow: Samuel H. Wad-
dell, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, acting for
others, has bought 300 acres of land at
East Chicago fronting on Lake Mlchi-
gun, and the waterway from the Calu-
met river to the lake. and It IS an
nounced from Pittsburgh that on this
site Is to be erected one Of the largest
steel plants in the world, consisting Of
blast furnaces. steel rail md structural
steel mills and other appurtennnces Of q
great concern Of that class.
The works would give employment to
1000 men at first and later on to twice
that number A harbor Is to be con-
structed at the mouth of the present
waterway, and ore for the furnaces will
be brought from the Lake Superior
mines by boats. The enterprise is sup
ported by practically unlimited capital,
and among the projectors Is H. c. Frick,
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THE EUROPEAN CONUNDRUAl
Many Doubts Expressed as to Whether Cervera is at
Santiago.
SAMPSON WILL SOON SOLVE THE MYSTERY

LONDON, June 3-Yeserdas and that which this
morning has brought fresh feature into the situation except
mysicaon whether Admiral Ccrea is really
tago dc Cuba. '#
Madrid correspondents Of the morning papers make the point
the persistence with which Senor Sagasa and Captain Auno
the minister Of marine assert Ceryera presence there mere
attempt to mislcad the enemy
On the other hand argucd that Admiral Ccrva could
be in place and that Admiral Camara could succeed
tering another West Indian arbor thus employ two American
squadons the work Of blockadng Span policy Of delay would
be assisted.
the negative evidence that Admiral Cec has not been
elsewhere London opinion leans to the theory he escaped
from Santiago abor either before Sunday possibly
OF the torpedo manoeuvres Sunday night
any held that Admiral Sampson will soon take STEPS o
solve the mystery finally so far Santiago concerned
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Moro Transports Secured.

WASHINGTON. June 2,-Asslstant
Sccretay Meiklcjohn, of the war depart
ment, to-day secured additional trans
ports OF the capacity Of approximately
5000 men for the Cuban army Of lnva-
sion. This swells the total number Of
available vessels to over thirty, with q
carrying capacity Of nearly $4,000 men.
The ships secured to-day will be sent to
Florida ports. chiefly Tampa, as fast as
practicable and prepared for service.
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Copyright. 1895. by the Associated Press)
KEY WEST, June a. The United
States battlcshlp Oregon Joined the
fleet Sunday morning finishing the most
remarkable long distance cruise in the
history of modern iron clads.
Her reception by the fleet was worthy
Of her achievement. Coming along at
fifteen-knot speed, she swept in n
majestic seml-clrcle through the fleet
to n point opposite the flagship, solid
ranks Of white-clad cheering sailors
manning the sides Of each vessel as
she pQsseQ.
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What vn,tityI

MADRID, June 2.-Despite the state.
ments Of the newspapers that Admiral
Cervera was not present at the bonn
bnrdment OF Santiago de Cuba on Tues
day Captain 'Aunon, the minister Of
marine, In an Interview to-day declared
that Ccrvera holsted his flag Oh the Crls-
tGbal Colon In order to direct the Span
ish operations, "the success OF which Is
principally due to Cervera, who hns
given proofs Of high stratcgical ability
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Palma, q matter which does not concern
international questions or public inter
est. I have no present intention Of call
ing upon President Mckinley, although
I probably shall make call upon him
before return. How long I shall re-
main here, I cannot say, at this time,
but shall make my stay as short as pos
x.lb1a II.
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AN AT TERNO()N CALL
On the Spanish at Santiago De Cuba BY
Commodore Schley's Fleet.
WANTEDTO SEE If THEY WERE RECEIVING.

Tho American Commander Very Cordial in his Manner and
Ieing Given Warm Reception has Promised to call Again
The Detailed the Assault tho Outer Works Of San
tago-The American Squadron did all they Wanted to do-Tho
craftsmanship Of the Spanish Gunners was Ludicrous in the
xtremo-Not An American Ship Touched.
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Alfonso XIII nj Porto Rico.

MADRID, June 2,-Thc report that
The Spanish troop ship Alfonso Xiii, had
been captured by mn American auxiliary
cruiser ID without foundation. It Is nm
nounced officially that the Alfonso XIII
Is now landing her cargo OF provisions
nf pnrto Rlro gsi SCI a ata'NIg 4ts-. 5 !r-a.
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DREADFUL DESTITUTION
Prevails at Santiago de Cuba, and 1t is Reported That
Officials Are Unable
70 SECURE A NORMAL SUPPLY
Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.)

Copyright, 1s9 by Associated Press)
= CAPE AYTlEN Hayti, 1850 mNo direct news
has been received here to-day from Santiago de Cuba er
alton the reports the dreadful desto the inhabitants there
Iii said that the officials unable to normal
supply Of food
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crippled for lack OF them. Many Of
the men cannot drill on account Of the
dllapidated condition OF their footgear.
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now the most prominent man actfveiS
interested in the Carnegie steel works
at Pittsburgh N. -
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EXPECTED TO HAP r PEN
Sampson now Being in, Command, s0ff5
Santiago Something Will Drop Soon
WON'T 1WAlT FOR UNITED STATES TROOPS,

But will Place his Dependence the Cooperation Of the
gents who Gathered in Force Under General Garcia
Short Distance from Combined American Fleet
may Resume Business at the Old Stand at any Moment.
Spain's Unavailable Protest. s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
. YOUTHS PAGE

longer. but l don't deserve to stay, and
think mother needs me, and-I want to
| see Dan. l want to tell him"
Molly's lips quivered; and suddenly she
! laid her face against Mrs. St. Clair S
arm and burst into tears.
Mrs. st. Clair put her arm around her.
She did not speak, but there were tears
IN her eyes. AS to Esther, she made no
secret of the fact that she was crying in
pure sympathy; and Mr.. Arnsworh
coughed several times, winked hard and
looked off up the road. Mrs. St. Clair
stroked Molly's head.
Shall we let her go?" she asked of Mr..
Arnsworth, in a murmur and he answered,
after a moment of consideration: Yes; if
she doesn't change her mind 1 think we'd
better"
Molly did not change her mind. She
stuck to her resolution. Il think better
of her for it, too" said Mr.. ArnswOrth
And the next morning he had one of his
horses put into his single buggy, and
drove Molly home, her trunk following in
the stage.
Certainly it was rather hard for her
to say goodbye to Mrs. St. Clair and
Esther, and TO the lovely West View
yet when they were fairly off. the load
began to lift from Moly's heart, and her
spirits began to rise with every mile they
made.
Molly said Mr. Arnsworth, slowing
his horse, Il am in your debt. 1 have
enjoyed your society 50 much that l really
feel that | owe you some thing. And if
could do something for your brother Dan,
you'd like it, wouldn't you? 1t would be
as good as doing it for your"
1T would be better said Molly.
Wen, said Mr.. Arnsworth you told
me that your brother can draw well and
that he wants to learn it. 1 haven't for
gotten your telling me that and have
been thinking it over. You send him on
to New York this winter and l will see
that he gets a good start at it. can af-
ford 1t, you know. Molly, there's no trou-
bic about that I should like to give him
a hand, and if he's a smart boy he will
De able before long to do something for
himself, and for you and your mother.
Well?"
"Oh," gasped Molly, oh" and for some
time that was every word that she could
say.
Dan was the first object Molly saw when
they drove up to the gate. He was put
ting new coat of paint on the porch
railing; he had on his same old clothes.
looking, indeed, rather the worse for the
daubs OF paint he had got on them. But
Molly did not care for paint. Her mother
came to the door, and she waved glad
hand to her-but she made a rush for Dan,
and flung her arms around him, paint and
all, and pressed her warm cheek to his
At his first sight of her a painful red had
stolen into Dams face; but quickly melt
ing, he threw an arm around her; he kiss
ed her soundly.
Wait till I tell you all about it-waIt
till 1 tell you everything" said Molly.
ooh, Dan. Dear old Danr'
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went through Molly like a flash. She did
not mean it--she did not want it, but 1t
was there. 1t was a regret that they Were
going to drive through Harleyville. 1t was
a hope that Mr.. Arnsworth would be sat
ished with seeing the ST. Clair home, and
that he would not want to see her own.
For. after the st. Glars lovely house.
what would he think Of il? a mere little
white cottage. with Dams vegetable gar
den and his new pig-peu In plain sight!
An uneasy wrinkle gathered in Moliy's
forehead.
Molly viii want to stop for a minute
90 see her mother" said Mrs. St. Clair.
with the kindest intentions, when they were
within sight Of the Harleyville church
spires.
'Mollys minute would be an hour.
think we'd better put right through; it's
nearly eleven now-eh, MoNy?" said Mr.
ArnsWorth, and Molly nodded, with
guilty relief. Yes, It was relief; she knew
1T, though she was ashamed of IT, She
wondered if Mr.. Arnsworth would drive
through their street? Esther or her mother
would certainly point out the house. No,
they were going through Pike street.
MIR. Lowry's new east wing is almost
done-look" said Mrs. st. Clair with in
terest But Molly was looking at something
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Getty sPARROws."
Little Newspaper Edited by a Mar
quis' Daughter.

Little Newspaper Edited by a Mar
quis' Daughter.
"City Sparrows" is the old name of a
little paper exclusively for children.
Lady Clementine Hay is the editor, and
she publishes it in the interests of the
Scottish Children's League of Pity recent
ly founded and of which the first member
was the Lady Alexandra Duff, grand
daughter of the Princess of Wales; Prin
cess Eva of Battenberg is another royal
member, just enrolled.
To do all they can to help suffering chill
dren and make them happy, is the object
of the league. The members are divided
into aiGSs, each circle deciding for itself
what plans ii shall adopt to carry out
the objects of the league and what sub
scription its members shall contribute. An
entrance fee of siXpence-English money
is required, and members, of which the
greater number live in Scotland although
there are branches in various other places.
are kept in touch with the work of the
society by CITY Sparrows." This is a very
pretty title. if you think of its application
Zone of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father"
BE We kind one to another" is the
leagues motto.
The home which it has established for
children is in the suburbs of Edinburgh
Upon the door is a large brass plate bear
ing the legend:
Children's Shelter, Open Day and
Night.
Last year over 600 little children were
received at the shelter, all of whom had
to be clothed and fed. The members of
the league send their cast-off clothing.
enough being received to fit out the lit
tie inmates, without the funds of the So
ciety being touched.
The little girls are all trained in domes-
tic service and the boys learn some trade;
but it is not all work and no play, for
very frequently a treat Is prepared for
their entertainment. Not long ago the
girls had an egg race, while the boys
had sack race and potato and three
legged race with piping and dancing and
a feast-at-the-end.
During the summer a flower and coun-
try market is held on the lawn of the
shelter, when chickens, flowers, vegetables
and eggs, donated by friends, are sold for
the benefit of the shelter. There is a feast
for the children and much dancing of the
highland fling, the reel oTulloch and
strathspeys, with prizes for the best per-
formers.
This is always a red-letter day at the
home and some of the children try to
make an extra long one of ii, by rising
as early as three O'Clock; they are, how
ever promptly sent back TO bed until
more reasonable rising hour.
Lady Clementine Hay is still a young
girl, not yet 20 years old. and good share
of her time, money and thought are de-
voted to the league and to CITY Spar
rows" She is the daughter of the Mar
quis and Marchioness of Tweeddale, who
have a lovely home, "Yester" by name,
in Scotland E. L.