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The evening times., 1898-12-20
THE ALPHA MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION,

Incorporated under the laws Of the District Of
Columbia,
Has been organized to benefit the citizens of
Washington and is ready to enroll members.
The members are charged five (s5) dollars per
ar for membership.
This membership entities you to the services
II a physician surgeon as the case may
ouire and to all necessary medicines and surgical
appliances for that year free of charge.
This fee of five (s5) dollars the head of
the house II the head of the house is ''man''
il will cost % cents per year, each, for his wife
and children. Thus, if man becomes 4 member
and he has wife and three children, il will
cost six (S6) dollars for one year for the eDtire
family.
The association will employ the best Physicians
from both schools Homeopathic and Allopathic
and you may have your choice. You may visit
the Physician's Office, or telephone one OF the
Physicians ard the Physician will visit you at
your home.
The best of everything in the way OF medicines
and appliances will be used and prompt and eff
cieut service given, it Will inure to the As
| scciation's credit and benefit TO have prompt
service which it guarantees.
You are entitled to call and sec the Physician
| as often as you desire, or have him call you
| as often as needed without any extra charge
whatever You are in full benefits soon as
| your certificate is issued Will YOU sign as a
member?
For further information apply at the Office of
| the association,
81s E st. NV.
j. t. ELLIS, Manager.
| Office Hours-S:30 m. to p. m, Washing
ton, d. O. - =
de9-tf,em
The evening times., 1898-12-20
Columbia "A Bachelors Honeymoon.


The company which represents "A Bach
elor's Honeymoon this week at the Co
lumbia is so good that il has actually sue
ceeded In making a poor play extremely
amusing. The situations in the comedy
offered are not novel, though some of
thing but witty. and there is very little
plot but the really excellent work of the
actors, individually and collectively, gives
the audience every bit of fun which can
be extracted from either words or busi
ness. George Nash, the famous Mr.. Paul
of 'Chinmie Fadden,'' plays The leading
part that of Mr. Benjamin Bachelor
newly-made bridegroom. AIR. Nash's work
is good in every detail. He is fortunate
in his opposite. for Edith Athelstone, who
is seen as Miss ArbuckIe otherwise Juno
Joyce otherwise Mrs. Bachelor. is both
charming and spirited. Geoffrey Stein.
the well-known and clever Washington
man. impersonates a German doctor in
mir1h- provoking fashion, and fully sus-
tains his reputation for brilliant character
work. The part of the spinster aunt is
ceVerly presented by Jessie Burnett, while
Irma La Pier makes the role of the maid
servant with passion for detective stories
very amusing. Nanette Francis and Flea
nora Allen. as the twin daughters of Mr..
Bachelor are very pleasing, and the low
comedy parts of Howston, the busy man
and the detective are cleverly played
by James Pittman and W. E. Butterfieid
respectively. Frank Caldwell appears as
the man servant. The audience last night
was a fair-siZed one despite the weather
and the holiday shopping season, and
proved very appreciative.
The evening times., 1898-12-20
National-.The French Maid"

The usual syndicate of Englishmen are
responsible for "The French Maid.
which played return engagement last
night at the National, but In their work
they have done much better than the
The evening times., 1898-12-20
CURED ONCE, CURED Forever.
Allen Said Two Ago, and Then What He
Says Today-S1. 90 Wee k for Treatment and Med
cine-A Good c ough Remedy
MIR. Allen To-Day.
"Dec, Is, 1897.

dec. 10, 1877.
cdr. Cowden:
Dear Sir: / am hearing good / did
two years ago. when you stopped treating me for
deafness. l can recommend you highly for what
you did for me. ] feel as we'll and strong as
did ten years ago. am now seyenty-fou years
old and remain,
Sincerely yours,
SAMUEL ALLEN
The evening times., 1898-12-20
Hear the Preaching in Church.

'"'@' VT" !" III > TT = IT III
! can hear the words Of song, / can hear The
ticking 81 q clock, ] can hear the ringing Of
the doorbell. I hear the closing Of the d51r.
I can hear the electric c8i>. and even the -chrp-
Ing uf q bird.
Il had supposed THAI ] must pass ny few re-
manning wears In absolute silence; but. instead Of
lIat. nr. CoWdtu ha~ made IL possible Tor me
TO hear again. I wish il were possible for me
20 express my graIIiude Tor the great happiness
that IL La given me
The evening times., 1898-12-20
Hiiou-Naudeyille.

Mackfe and Walter. comedians of no abil-
ity. Matinees daily.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
HERALD-CALL CABLE
 READ TO THE PRESIDENT

NEW YORK, May 7.-1 Washington special to he Herald says: This is the most satisfactory and complete re- port we have yet had from any source D
 This is the o5so orvation of President Mckinley tonight after carefully read ing with earnest attention every line of the Herald's cable from it's special correspondent on board the flagship Olympia, graphically and --4telligently describing the greatest n-val battle of modern history.
 President Mckinley was Tn the Cabi- net room conferring with Colonel Hast fngs of Pennsylvania and Colonel Her rick of Ohio when the text of the Her aids important cable was shown to him. It was read aloud Ly Secretary Porter.
 President Mckinley and his visitors listened with almost breathless atten- tion to every word of the message, all those present manifesting the great pleasure and satisfaction they derived from the Herald's news.
 President Mckinley was aware that the Herald had special correspondent on board Admiral Dewey's flagship,
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
PANAY TAKEN
 BY SPANIARDS.

MADRID, May 7.-An official dis patch received here by way of Labuan, an island and British colony six miles from the coast of Borneo, says the Spaniards have captured the island of Panay, enc of the Philippine group, which is said to have been the head quarters of the insurreetion against the Government of Spain. Panay, 1t is al- legged, was defended by 4000 insurgents, and it is said 172 of them were killed on the spot. while 800 others are re- ported to have been killed while re- treating.
 The Spanish official says that only two Spanish officers and seventy two soldiers were wounded, while Panay Is said to have been practically de- stroyed.
 According to the Spanish official the Spanish military operations at Panay are looked upon as being most import ant for the pacification of the islands. D
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
DECLARED WITHOUT
 PARALLEL IN HISTORY

WASHINGTON, May 7-The re- markable disparity between the casual ties on the American and Spanish ships, as shown by Dewey's reports, was a source of special comment, and the military attaches of one of the embassies said such a disparity was without parallel in history. How the Spaniards could have lost 150 killed and 250 wounded while the American loss was confined to a few men slightly injured, is regarded by the foreign ob- servers as clearly disclosing the utter worthlessneSs of Spanish arms. The Ambassador of one of the great pow CTS said it showed that the guns of the Spanish forts, as we'll as those on their ships, were worthless, otherwise they would have inflicted at least some mor- tal1ty upon the American sailors.
 It recalls Solferino,' said one. At that time France and Austria were at war, but the range of the French guns was longer than that of the AuStrianS. That brought them together on unequal terms, and the simple difference in the length of the range of the French guns determined the outcome of that battle. So it was with Dewey. He not only had the guns, but they had the mod ern strength and destructivenesS, while the Spanish guns were anticipated and guns only in name It serves to show that in the warfare of to-day a na- tion must have weapons of the most modern pattern, else it is at terrible disadvantage, and it's men are practi- cally at the mercy of an enemy having all the latest appliances of destructive warfare. It is the lesson of Solferino over again and this time Spain learns it."
 Admiral Dewey cut the cable himself, a,,1 h I,o e, doing so, it is believed his purpose was not only to prevent the Spanish Gov ernor-General from communicating with his own Government. but also to prevent the foreign Consuls at Manila from interfering with his plans by cab ling protests to their governments. He made it impossible for them to sum- mon any war vessels to enforce the protests they were expected to make against the siege of Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

and he had been anxiously awaiting his description of the battle for several days. He had expected from the first to receive the most full and authentic information through the Herald, and the remarks he ,cde after hearing read the report tonight showed that he was not disappointed.
 The Herald's dispatch was sent to him in installments and after reading the first portion he eagerly requested that the remainder be sent as quickly as possible.
 The President and his callers spent considerable time in discussing the great victory of Commodore Dewey, as described by the Heralds special cor respondent, and they were ali warm in their praise of the naval commanders and men who participated in the great battle and of the Herald's correspond ent. who had so graphically described the important event
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

was also caused by a shell which burst in the port hammock netting. Both these fires were quickly put out.
 Another shell passed through the Boston's foremast just in front of Cap tain Wildes, on the bridge.
 After having made four runs along the Spanish line, and finding the cart incorrect, Lieutenant Calkins, the Olympia's navigator, told the commo- dore he believed he could take the ship nearer the enemy with the lead going to watch the depth of the water. The flagship then started over the course for the fifth time, running with in 2000 yards of the Spanish vessels. At this range even the six-pounders were effective, and the storm of shells poured upon the unfortunate Spanish began to show marked results. Three of the enemy's vessels were seen burning and their fire slackened.
 On finishing this run Commodore Dewey decided to give the men break fast, as they had been at the guns two hours with only one cup of coffee to sustain them.
 The action ceased temporarily at 7:35 o'clock, the other ships passing the flagship and cheering lustily.
 Our ships remained beyond range of the enemys guns until 10:50 o'clock, when the signal for close action again went up.
 The Baltimore had the place of honor in the lead, with the flagship following and the other ships as before. The Baltimore began firing at the Spanish
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

by a tumbling rifled projectile
 Still the flagship steered fol the center of the Spanish line, and as our other ships were astern, the Olympia received most of the Spaniard's atten- tion. Owing to our deer draught Commodore Dewey felt constrained to change his course at a distance of 1000 yards and run parallel to the Spanish column.
 "Open with all the guns" he said, and the ship brought her port broadside bearing. The roar of all the flagship's fiVe-inch rapid : firers was followed by the deep diapason of her turret eight-inChers.
 Soon our other vessels were equally hard at work, and we could see that our shells were making Cavite harbor hotter for the Spaniards than they had made the approach for us.
 Protected by their shore batter eS, and made safe from close attack by shallow water, the Spaniards were in a strong
 C position. They put up a gal lant fight. The Spanish ships were sailing back and forth behind Castilla and their fire was hot. One shot struck the Baltimore and passed clean through her, fortunately hitting no one.
 Another ripped up her main deck, disabled the six-inch gun and ex- ploded box of three-pounder ammu- milton, wounding eight men.
 The Olympia was struck abreast the gun In the wardroom by a shell which burst outside, doing little damage.
 The signal halyards were cut from Lieutenant Brumby's hand on the af- ter-bridge.
 A shell entered the Boston's port quarter and burst in Ensign Dodridge's stateroom. starting hot fire, and fire
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

ships and batteries at 1I:16 o'clock, making a series of hits as if at target practice.
 The Spaniards replied very slowly, and the commodore signaled the Ra- leigh, Boston, Concord and Petrel to go into the inner harbor and destroy all the enemy's ships
 By her light draught the little Petrel was enabled to move within 1000 yards. Here, firing swiftly but accurately, she commanded every thing still flying the Spanish flag. The other ships were also doing their whole duty anu soon not one red and yellow ensign remained aloft except on battery up the coast.
 The Spanish flagship and the Castilla had long been burning fiercely and the last vessel to be abandoned was the Don Antonio de Ulloa, which lurched over and sank. Then the Spanish flag on the arsenal staff was shelled down and at 12:30 o'clock white flag was hoisted there.
 A signal was made to the Petrel to destroy all the vessels in the inner har- bor, and Lieutenant Hughes, with an
  armed boats crew, set fire to the Don Juan de Austria, the MG-quis Duero, the Isla de Cuba and the Correo. The large transport Manila and many tugboats and small craft sell into our hands.
 Capture or dest-ov the Spanish squadron" were Dewey's orders. Never were instructions more effectually car- ried out. Within sey en hours after ar irving on the scene of action nothing remained to be done.
 The following wounded, all on the Baltimore:
 Lieutenant F. W. Kellogg.
 Ensign N. E. Irwin. Enlisted men: Barlow, Budinger, Covert, O'Keefe, Ricc1ardelli and Snel- grove.
 They were wounded during the first engagement.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

quate reply to the murder oi the Maine's crew every mar shouted what was in his heart.
 The Olympia was now ready to Eegin the fight. Commodore Dewey, his chlet of staff Commander Lam berton, an aid and myself, with Executive Officer Lieu tenant Reese and Navigator Lieutenant Calkins, Wh 0 conned the ship most admir- ably, were on the forward bridge. Captain Gridley was in the coming tower, as it was thought unsafe to risk losing all the senior officers by one shell.
 You may fire when ready, Gridley," said the commo- dore, and at fl minutes past 5 o'clock, at a distance of 5000 yards, the starboard 8-inch gun in the forward turret roared forth it's compliment to the Spanish Notifications.
 Presently similar guns from the Baltimore and the Boston sent 2So-pound shells hurtling toward the Castilla and the Reina Cristina the accuracy of the aim being marvellous.
 The Spaniards seemed en- couraged by this fire to fight faster, knowing exactly our distance, while we had to guess theirs. Their ship and shore guns were making things hot for us. The pierc- ing scream of shot was varied often by the bursting of time fuse shells. fragments of would lash the water like shrapnel, or cut our hull and rigging.
 One large shell that was straight at the Olym- pia's forward bridge fortu-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
and General LezoX.

and General LezoX.
 These ships and the flag ship remained under way during most of the action.
 With the United States flag flying at all their mastheads, our ships moved to attack in line ahead, with a speed of eight knots, first passing in front of Manila, where the action was begun by three batteries mounting guns pow erful enough to send shells over us at a distance of five miles.
 The Concord's guns bcomed out a reply to these batteries with two shots. No more were fired, because Commo- dore Dewey could not en- gage with these batteries without sending death and destruction into the crowded city.
 As we neared Cavite two very powerful sub marine mines were ex- ploded ahead of the flagship. This was at six minutes past 5 o'clock. The Spaniards had evidently misjudged our position. immense volumes Of water were thrown high in the air by these destroyers, but no harm was done to our ships.
 Commodore Dew Wey| had fought with Farra- gut at New Orleans and Mobile Bay, where he had his first experience with tOrpedoes. Not knowing how many more mines there might be ahead, he still kept on without faIterine. No other mines were and it is be- lieved that the Span iards had only these two in place.
 Only a few minutes later a shore battery at Cavite Point sent over the flagship a shot that nearly hit a battery in Manila, but soon the guns got better range and shells began 10 strike near us or to burst close aboard, from both the hore batteries and the Span Sh vessels.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

nately fell within less than 100 feet away. One fragment cut the rigging exactly over the heads of Lamberton, Reese and myself.
 Another struck the bridge gratings in line with it. A third passed just under Com modore Dewey and gouged a hole in the deck. Incidents like these were plentiful.
 Our men naturally chafed at being exposed withoutreturn- ing the fire from all our guns, but laughed at the danger and chatted good humoredly.
 AfeW nervous fellows could not help lodging, mechanic ally, when shells would burst right over them, or close aboard, or would strike water and pass overhead, with the peculiar spluttering roar made
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
British Cruiser at Sen Pedro.

LOS ANGELES, May Her Majesty's ship Imperieuse. Captain Charles Adair commanding, hove into sight off San Pe- dro to-day and dropped anchor in the outer harbar at noon. The big man-of- wars visit proved bonanza for San Pe- dro, as she dropped anchor to take on a stock of fresh meats and other fresh pro- visions.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
STAINS RECOURSE
 IS POINTED OnT

PARIS, May 7.-The Temps this aft ernoon, commenting upon the situa- tion in Spain, says: When the mo- ment comes, and it cannot be far dis tant, Spain must manfully make up her mind to inevitably sacrifice and seek directly through the United States or by recourse to the good of fees of the powers a solution of her troubles compatible with her hon as we'll as conformable with the laws of destiny"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
Santa Eosa Woman,s Death

SANTA ROSA, May "A telegram was received here to-day of the death in Ari- zona of a prominent woman of this city
 Mrs. M. s. Pickett, for many years a Rosa The remains will be brought hara for interment AASA0 0
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
The men stripped off all their clothing except their trousers.

As the Olympia drew near CT to the Spanish fleet all was as silent on board as if the ship had been empty, except for the Whirr of the blowers and throb of engines. Sud- denly a shell burst directly over us. From the boatsWain's mate ot the after five-inch gun came the hoarse cry, " Remember the Maine" and the chorus arose from the throats of goo men at the guns. This watchWord was caught up in the turrets and flrerooms, wherever a seaman or fireman stood at his post.
 !" R e m e m b CT the Maine!" had rung out for defiance and re- venge.
 Is utterances seemed un- premeditated, but the thought was evidently in every mans and now that the mo- ment had come to make ade-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
Death of Engineer Randall.

WASHINGTON, May "A cable gram received from the commander of the McCulloch states that Chief Engi- neer F. B. Randall died May 1. It is supposed that his death was due to ex- citement during the battle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
Spanish Fleet at St. Pierre.

oPd1ISu .
 ST. PIERRE, Island of Martinique, May 8-The Spanish Cape Verde fleet arrived here last night.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
NETHERLANDS
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 ROTTERDAM, May 7.- The Netherlands Government has seized the Norwegian steamer Tram, with contraband salt peter for Spain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
Shot OfHfs Hand

Yesterday Paul James, a young col
ored man about 20 years of age, while
hunting with others in the woods on
G~reenville Sound, accidentally shot
himself through the left hand. a
squirrel ran into a hollow tree and
while trying to poke his gun up the
whole to run him out. the gun was dis
charged. James hand was SO badly
lacerated that he was brought to the
city and committed to the hospital.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. A. H. Har-
riss assisted by DR.. J.. d. Fife, the
resident physician auaputated the hand
just above the wrist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

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