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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
ON DOARD RELIEE SHrp.


 Extracts from a letter received from Miss Hasson, nurse on board ship Re- lief, by Mrs. Henry Champion, regent of Mary Clap Wooster chapter, D. A. R.:
 U' S. hospital ship Relief, off siboney, Cuba, July S.
 My dear Mrs. G.: have only mo- ment to write as I ought to be in bed, as we rise at tomorrow morning and begin a hard days work. We expect to take 8 large number of sick and wounded on board and have to do so early as the water becomes very rough after 9 or 10 o'clock. We have about ten on board now and I am afraid one poor fellow is going to die. We hear that the patients on shore in the field hospitals are all most anxious to be brought off to the "big white ship" We had pleasant trip down, although it was quite rough, and the women nurses covered themselves with glory by not being seasick. Most of the men nurses were, and a good many of the doctors. GA request for nurses caps to be made and forwarded). Siboney is such tiny, quaint little town right on the shore, with @ background of the most beau- tiful green mountains. We cannot see Santiago, but will hear the guns of the bombardment unless the town surren- ders, which no one here seems to think it will do. All say that the Spanish soldiers would give it up in a minute if the ocers would let them. We are go- ing to have OFT hands more than full before long, I fear, and knowing there is work to be done we are longing to begin in earnest. The men who are all ready on board say that it is like heav- en to be in @ clean bed, and have a good, warm bath. l hope you will par don this badly written, scrappy letter, l am writing in such haste. One of the doctors has just been in to see us and says that although our men are in a bad condition the Spaniards are still worse as they have left any number of their wounded in the trenches to die. Is is not too awful?
 Mrs. John Addison Porter came down with us to join Miss Barton. We found her most pleasant companion Again good night. Ever most sincerely yours Esther B. Hasson. Miss H. is a graduate of the training school here, also member of the M. c. w. Chapter, D. A. R., whom she repre-
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A DISPUTE OVER PRIZES.
General Shafter's Refusal to Surrender
 Captured Ships to the Navy.

Captured Ships to the Navy.
 TC0pyrght, 1898 The Associated Press
 Santiago de Cuba, July 1S.-The ques- tion has arisen between the army and navy officers as to the disposition to be made of the half a dozen large Spanish merchant steamers which were in the harbor of Santiago at the time of the surrender. Rear Admiral Sampson ar rived in the city to-day on the Vixen and claimed that the steamers were the prizes of the navy. He also was desir- ous of placing prize crews on board ot them.
 General Shafter, however, refused tc recognize Rear Admiral Sampson claims. He declared that the steam CTS, with everything else in Santiago had surrendered to him. The question apparently, is still undecided. The rear admiral returned to his flagship without having distributed prize crews among the merchantmen, and the lat ter are still in the possession of tht army.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
GOLDEN WEDDING

Of Mir. and Mrs Edward l.. Fairchild.
 MT. and Mrs Edward L. Fairchild will celebrate their golden wedding at their residence, 113 Olive street, on Saturday, July 23, at which time they will be pleased to meet all of their friends. They were married July 23, 1S4S, at the home of the brides father, Ezekiel Beers, in the town of Newtown, by the Rev. s. S. Stocking, rector of the Episcopal church.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
TO cITRE IVY POISON

Many country places are beset with poison ivy, from which visitors are apt to suffer. It is well known that it can be cured by few applications of wood lye. Tie wood ashes in a bag and boil few moments. Dilute so that it will not be too harsh, yet leave it quite strong. Paint with it the afflicted parts and in ten minutes wash off with soft tepid water and anoint with vaseline. Repeat two or three times or till a cure is effected.
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Trnnisin1,s, &r.
PALACE MARKET.

Fall of Santiago and High Prices. Our bargains this week are most astonishing, consequent of advanced prices of meats. choice cut of Roast Beef 10c lb. Lon and Porterhouse Steak 14c lb, Leg Lamb 14-15c ID, Leg Mutton 10c h. Beef, Veal and Lamb Stew. 5c lb; the very best Ham 9c lb, Sliced Ham 14c ID. Boiled Ham 14c, whole 16c ID; Bologna and Frankfurt 10c lb, three lbs Hamburg Steak 25c. Butter Eggs and Vegetables fresh every day from farmers.
 E. SGHOENBERGER X SON,
 92-96 George street, and 1-2-3 Central Mar
 Eet, Congress avenue.
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Charles McGovern of Springfield, who had once been stabbed by Nihron, Ar guments then began on the admissa- bility of this testimony.
 PROBATE COURT DOINGS.
 On the estate of Lena Heberger, who did business under the name of He berger & Co.,, Max Strauss has been appointed trustee. Frank o. ManChes- ter and Melvin M. Simons were ap- pointed appraisers. 1Ae liabilities amount to about $S,500
 On the estate of Gilbert Van Sickles, Hiram Jacobs and Charles w. Grannis have been appointed commissioners.
 SHERIFF SUES AN ATTORNEY. Deputy Sheriff William E. Higgins has brought suit against Attorney Paul Russo for $500, and some of MT, Russo S property was attached yesterday morn ing.
 It is alleged in the complaint that on December 10 last Sheriff Higgins, acting under instructions from MT. Russo, placed an attachment on some cheese, macarroni and other Italian grocery stock in a suit in which Roma's Mill tary Band association was the plaintiff anu HlOfdNdnle RlcCardell tue deLellu- ant. .-
 The sheriff alleges that he was told to attach the stock and to pay no at tention to bill of sale which Orlando Riccardelli claimed to have of the stock. The sheriff was sued by Orlan- do and was obliged to pay $219.S9. He now sues Attorney Russo to recover the amount of the judgment which Orlando obtained against him. THOMAS F. LEES CASE. Judge Studley in the common pleas court has denied Judge Blydenburgh' s motion for more specific allegation in the case against Thomas F. Lee for embracery.
 The court will sit next Tuesday morn- ing at II o'clock for the trial of several cases.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
REAL ESTATE RECORD.
Warranties Filed esterday

Warranties Filed Yesterday.
 The following warranty deeds were filed yesterday afternoon in the town clerks office: Thomas A. Cary to J. j. Corcoran, 40 feet on Plymouth street; J. J. Corcoran to Thomas A. Cary, 33 feet on Plymouth street; Pat rick M. Mcdonald ct al. to James Me- Partland ct al 25 1-2 feet on Oak street.
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JUST RECEIVED.

VT pound boxes of fresh made Creamery Butter, very nice, for $1.0O per box. Prints. the best quality made, for 25c. or pounds for $1l5 Our Milk and Cream the best In the city Give us your order for daily de- livery of Milk at 6 cents quart. Our MIX Is 20 per cent. cream, and once used for the little ones you will always use it.
 E. H. CLARK,
 Litchfeld MIX and Cream, No. Whitney
 avenue. Telephone No. 13S9-4.
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Miss H. is a graduate of the training school here, also a member of the M. c. w. Chapter, D. A. R., whom she repre- sents and by whom she was sent out.
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COOKS TO BE ENLISTED.
State Commissary Department Closed
 Up at Mantle.

The war department has issued or ders providing for the enlistment of cooks, one in each company, battery or troop in the volunteer army. They are to receive the pay of a corporal and are to pass an examination in cookery
 The state commissiary department at Mantle has been closed up and will not start up again unless there is another call for troops. All the troops furnished to the government by the state have been mustered into the ser vice of the United States
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freezing or thawing after freezing has

freezing or thawing after freezing has
a tendency to segregate the oil.
In the pine woods of Southern New
Jersey, far from any human habitation.
there are several dynamite factories.
which are harmless looking structures,
as they are scattered frame buildings,
generally one story high and remote
from one another. In Europe there are
many notable factories. in France and
other countries. but the most famous
one is at Isleten. In Switzerland. The
work there is principally performed by
women and girls.
In the retail stores of the United
States where dynamite is for sale there
is no unusual precaution taken in the
storing of it.
1t is the cap and the cartridge used
i'm connection with dynamite that are
so often COMPOUNDED in the accounts of
explosions, etc. The prevailing idea
about Anarchist Lingg's death is that
he exploded a cartridge in his mouth.
Instead Ii was the much smaller put
just as deadly cap.
The common domestic article retails
at from % to so cents a pound, accord
ing to the proportion of nitro-glycerine
to sawdust or lamDblack.
Gun cotton is an explosive substance
obtained by subjecting common cotton
to the action of strong nitric acid. Sew
tTdi pIouuCtS - hIo"h otaSh thi1
name, possessing distinct properties.
though differing but little in constitu-
ton. The well known decorating gun
cotton Is insoluble in common ether or
alcohol and is not attacked by acetic
acid, but is capable of being dissolved
in acetic ether. Gun cotton is not
readily -dis~tingujshable in appearance
from the untreated article, but IL is
slightly harsher to h touch.
When wet 1t may be kept for an in
definite period with change. and wheth-
err wet or dry it is affected by very few
reagents. Its stability is superior to
that of ~gunpowder i'm every respect ex-
cept in the a~ll-important one of i'm
munity from explosion. Repeated ac-
cidents have destroyed the confidence
of all but the very sanguine in its
safety. 1t was for a long time sup
posed that the ingenious process of r.
A. Abel had removed the causes of dis
trust, but many subsequent accidents.
and especially the terrible and unex-
planned explosion at Stowmarket. Eng
land. In 1871. have not lessened the al
most universal fear.
If massive gun cotton be ignited by
a coal or flame of low intensity, IL
burns i'm the open air inexplosively; II
fired by a powerful flame 1t flashes ike
gunpowder, but If ignited by a fulmiS
nate. as in the case of the torpedo, IL
with tremendous violence.
This sympathetic" quality is difficult
to explain. 1t cannot be successfully
used as an agent for the propulsion OF
projectiles and will never be a perfect
substitute for gunpowder in military
operations. There is a new u cotton
for which puch is claimed. manufac-
tured in England. who's composition
is unknown. II is called ''gadoxyhne."
Philadelphia Times.
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HOW SPAIN WENT. DOWN
Grim Facts That Tell of a Mighty
Nations Fall.
STEADY MARCH TO DECAY
1t Is n Record That Once Was Brilliant,
but Its Closing Chapters Tell of
Two Centuries OF
Defeat.

The future will not have to wait long
for the Gibbon who shall write The
Decline Inc Fail of Spain" The story
of h last 400 years shows the steady
decline, and the fnal fall into the
wreck of a nation seems so certainly at
hand that only a miracle can avert 1t.
Spain was never glorious, she was
for one century brilliant I'm achieve
ment. but the seeds of her ruin were
even then sown, says the New York
World. They We're cruelty. bigotry.
ignorance. pride, sensuality. They
have wrought their work.
The original Spaniards of Iberian
stock We're successfully overrun by the
Romans. who left them a language; by
the Nisigoths, who bequeathed red
hair and fair complexion to the proud
est families of an otherwise dark race,
and by the Moors. who at one time
held the entire peninsula. save a little
strip among the Gallegan Hills of the
north, tenanted by the hardy native
Basques.
Step by step the sturdy Spaniards
drove out the Moors. The job took
more than 700 years. Pelayo, the most
respectable ~Spaniard in history. began
II in us. Ferdinand finished 1t i'm 1890.
Through all his time the Spaniards
were sturdy, passionate, determined,
ignorant. cruel. These qualities they
have retained. They were less cultured
than the Moors. less generous and in
telligent. more intense.
They stained their brief century Of
almost universal dominion. when they
led I'm colonizing the new world and
subduing the old, with the most abom-
Unable cruelties. In less than a hun
dred years their decline began. A ia
tally seems TO have pursued them ever
since.
The downfall began with the ruin of
the Armada. This magnificent fleet
was sent TO conquer England. IL rep
resented the most careful preparation:
1t was so powerful hat men called IL
the invincible.' but its high-sterned
galleons were buffeted and battered as
IL the very elements were against
them, even as their torpedo fleets have
been battered this year.
There were enough left of its 132
ships and 10000 men to apparently
overshadow the English. Blu the lit
tie vessels of Howard, Drake and
Hawkins. most of them privateers.
furnished by individual enterprise.
flashed round their unwieldly hulls
like swordfish about a whale. n won
the great fight by superior IN
ship. SPANS force upon the sea was
now forever shattered.
There was no lack of courage on
either side. But the horrid cruelties of
Spain had made all English seamen
eager To see Spanish blood flowing in
turn. What said Sir Richard Grenville
before he gathered together his sick
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lei currents, a succession of conclusive
struggles at home keeping step with
the wrestling away of her colonies, one
after another.
Take first the wars at home. In 1920
there was a revolution. and Ferdinand
was compelled to swear fealty to a
constitution made in 1912. The French
invaded Spain again I'm 1923, and again
quashed the constitution. Don Carlos
kept up a revolution from 1886 to 1910.
and i'm the latter year and in 1S4l there
were rebellions in Madrid. Troubles
continued, n i'm 1S43 Minister Espar-
tero. whose dictator like attitude had
made him hated, fled the country. A
| succession of rebellions, sometimes
successful, more often not, followed.
They eliminated i'm the great Carlist
uprising of 1S73-74-75.
These trouble at home may. in part.
explain why SPANS foreign posses
sions slipped so srapidiy away from her.
Trinidad had been taken by Sir Wall
ter Raleigh as early as 1895. Hayti,
taken by France in 1877. freed from her
by a great man. Toussaint POuver-
ture. came fitfully under Spanish rule
| again in 1861. but broke away from
Spain again i'm 1866. for good and ALL"
The government of Hayti may not be
very civilized. 1t is "A vast improve
ment upon Weylerism.
q liieci tdiiiis iio
a splendid, growing republic. peaceful,
prosperous n successful under a
president of her own cnoice!-was long
a Spanish possession. She rebelled in
1921 and made her rebellion so success
full that when the next ~pretender as
| sumed to rule her he was Austrian.
not Spanish, and a French army was
al his back.
With Mexico went the Central Amer
lean states. They became independent
of Spain in 1921: Mexico in 1S4S. They.
too. made progress under self-rule, but
less remarkable han that of Mexico.
A large part of what is now the
United States belonged to Spain until
well within this century. The vast do
main then known as Louisiana vas
ceded to France by Spain in 1901. and
by Napoleon /. sold to the United
states in the following ear Florida
thank Andrew Jackson for helping to
that end-was ceded by Spain 10 the
United States in lS20.
More people are now living on the
former Spanish possessions in this
count than there are in Spain itself.
But II is in South America that the
vastest domains We're taken from Spain.
Chile declared her Independence In
1910. and il was conceded in 1873. Par
aguay and Argentina, the latter rapid
ly growing into a great power. revolted
i'm 1911, and won he- independence with
blood and sacrifice.
The great provinces lorth o. the
equator revolted in 1s19-2i A great
man led them. Simon Bolivar. the hero
of liberation. the Washington Of Span
ish America. Freedom was won for
those vast forest lands. which have
now become Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
As Brazil was Portuguese In its civil
ization and language. there was not
left on the soil of the New World the
foot of one Spanish ruler. The islands
Of the sea tina were once the Spanish
Main are British, French Danish.
American or independent, with the ex-
ceptions OF Cuba and Puerto Rico. and
the former, at least, is lost to Spain.
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H0NORs AND OFFICERS
Many of Our Presidents Have
Served on the Battlefield.
HOW THE NAVY HAS JARED
Not a Single Instance Where a Nava
Ofioer Has Had Such High Honors
Conferred Upon Him-Deeds OF
Heroism Performed.

Two solid business men were among
the thousands who juoilated yesterday
over our great victory at Manila.
What's the matter with Dewey for
next president of the United States?"
queried one.
"Dewey's all right Was the re-
sponse but he'll never be president"
why not?" was the next question.
simply ecaus nations do not con-
fer their highest civic honors on naval
officers. no matter how eminent they
may be- was the answer. THE his
tory of the world is full of incidents
of great generals of armies becoming
emperors. kings and presidents. but l
can't call To mind any of
such luck falling u any admiral or
commodore" This response set me
thinking. and I found that the state
ment was singularly true. Take our
" country. for instance. Washing
ton was the commander-in-chief of the
army during the revolutionary war.
n he was made president because of
his success In achieving our independ-
ence. General gained great
fame by his successful defense OF New
Orleans against the British, and tina
victory landed him in the white house.
Old ~Tfppecanoe' Harrison was made
president because of his military re-
nown acquired In winning the battle
which gave him his soubriquet. and
Jack Taylor achieved the chief magis-
tracy for his good work i'm the Mex
lean war. Grant put down the rebel
lion and was acknowledged the great
est captain We had. His military SER
vices 10 the nation We're rewarded by
the highest gift IL had TO offer. With
out Ben Harrison's good military rec
ord he never would have been presi-
dent, n the fact that Mckinley rose
from the rank to "A majorship in his
regiment greatly helped him to become
the head of the nation.
Now let us see how Jared our naval
heroes. We had no navy during the
revolutionary war. so there was no OPP
p%ortunity for sailors to come into
prominence, but apart from the battle
of Me-. Orleans the honors of the war
of Is12-l5 mainly fell 20 our navy.
Commodore McDonough whipped the
British ship on Lake Champlain. but
no one thought of making him presi-
dent. The w ave met the enemy
and they are ours" OF Commodore Per-
ny will live in history along with
Caesars ''Neni. vidi. We'll came. /
saw, / conquered-but the hero of Lake
Fries famous battle was never hon.
ored with even the nomination for h
eoyernorship of q state. Stephen De-
eatur not only put an end to our pay
ing tribute 10 the Barbary states. but
he also performed other prodigies of
valor which made the American name
honored and respected all yer the
world. but no political patty ever
thought of him az their standard
bearer.
Fsgrsgut Iashed TO the shrouds Of
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NATURE OF EXPLOSIVES
Some Interesting Facts About
Dynamite and Gun Cotton.
COMPARATIVE WAR VALUE
A Mooted Question Which viii Never
abe Satisfactorily Settled Until Act
ual Practice Determines Which
Is the More Effective.

At the present time, when the o
s%ideration of effective war engines
brings so prominently before the world
the dynamite gun, of which so much is
expected by the officers of the Vesuvi-
us and Nictheroy, the two dynamite
cruisers of the United States navy, it
might not be amiss to consider the gen.
eral subject of dynamite and other
high explosives and tell something Of
their appearance and proportions. TAX
ing first the best known. let us consider
the properties of dynamite.
Dynamite, or giant powder, the IN
vention of Alfred Nobel of Sweden, can
be made into cakes. or it may be con-
yerted into a sticky paste called Eek
plosive gum" or enveloped in cases of
paper. pasteboard or metal to form
cartridges. 1t is a desiccated mixture
of three ingredients-nitric acid, sui
phuric acid n glycerine-combined
with sawdust or some similar sub
stance, the compound constituting a
mass resembling damp graham flour
or pale cocoa. To some it appears like
coarse brown sugar. Explosive gum"
is of pure nitro-glycerine and gun cot
ton more highly charged with nitrate.
The pulverized form prevents the
transmission of ordinary shocks ex-
cept under pressure I'm a confined
space. The pressure or the inert min
eral constituents serves likewise to alb
sorb heat, and consequently a high
temperature cannot be readily impart-
ed to the whole, but when impaired
this temperature effects a great expan-
sion of the gases and increased effect
iveness of explosion.
Ignited i'm the open air. dynamite
burns quietly with nitrous fumes. Ex-
ploded, usually by means of fulminat-
ing fuse or cape, II gives of carbonic
acid. nitrogen and hydrogen. with lit
tie or no smoke, leaving only a white
ash. Under favorable conditions the
effectiveness of dynamite is always at
least equal and frequently superior to
that of nitro-glycerine, for the latter Is
liable to scatter u~nexploded drops by
reason of the maximum rapidly of its
ignition.
Dynamite is now recognized as the
safest of all high explosives. II Is not
affected by a prolonged temperature OF
100 degrees centigrade, nor Is II as
dangerous as nitro-glycerine when IL
solidifes at s degrees c~entigrade. Meth
er light electricity nor ordinary shocks
contrary to the popular fallacy. cause
IL to decompose or explode. The prin-
cipal dangers connected with its use
are those arising from the strong full
minating powders used in she percus-
sion fuses to explode IL. IL is also pos
sible that IL dynamite is carefully
made IL may contain an excess of nj
~tro-giycerine. which. overcoming the
capillary force of the mineral particles.
may collect in drops and settle from the
mass. becoming n source of serious &C
cidents. Moreover. it may be that
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Patriotic. Drunk or sober.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Bob Jones. a prominent citizen of
suburban district of Chattanooga. got a
little too gay with a couple of noun
tsineers the other day. telling them he
was a Spanish spy. and wanted to enlist
them into a plot TO blow up the United
States army at -Chickamauga park. One
of the countrymen. who was slightly in
~toxicated. hauled OF and knocked Bob
down. beating him fearfully and calling
for the police. by Cad. I'm an American
citizen. and no internal Dago can talk
treason to me-" said the p~ugnacious
countrymsn. He was not arrested.
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