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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
SECONDARY BATTERIES
Were the Ones That Did the Greatest Ex
ecution-Some Remarkable Resuits

OF Santiago de Cuba, July 12.-"The
| secondary battery fire of the Brooklyn
| was really terrible. 1t drove my men
| from their guns and when we were
at close range did frightful work" said
| Captain Eulate two days after Schley S
defeat of the Spanish squadron. A
rescued officer of the Oquendo said that
| nearly one-half of the terrible damage
| to that ship was done by one and six
Founders, which constitute the second
| airy battery.
The board of survey ordered by the
commissioner-in-c found 46 six
FOUNDER holes in the OQuendo above
the armor belt, and evidence that near
ly all had entered and exploded. In
the Vizcaya there were eleven six
FOUNDER holes and dozens of one
Founders, and On these two ships the
tattoo Of death dealing shell must
have been appalling. The terrible
work of secondary batteries on the
Oquendo is somewhat explained by the
fact that she was the last ship out and
nearest the torpedo boats and the
Brooklyn, Texas and Iowa simply rid
died her as she attempted to defend
the two destroyers. The work on the
Vizcaya was apparently done by the
Brooklyn alone because no other ship
was near enough to her to use the
small guns. The men on board the
ships who man these batteries are
marines and they fight them in the
most exposed parts Of the ships with
little or no protection.
Captain Paul st. Clair Murphy, of the
Brooklyn, was the senior marine off
Ger present on the ships that did the
fighting on July 3, and he commends
greatly the valiant work done by men
in the corps. Speaking OF the men on
the Brooklyn he tells one very thrill
ing incident He says:
During the early part Of the action
a cartridge damned in the bore Of the
starboard forward six-pounder. and in
the effort to withdraw it the case be-
came detached from the Drojectile.
leaving the latter fast in the bore and
impossible to extract from the rear.
Corporal Robert Gray. Of the port gun.
asked and obtained permission to at
tempt to drive the shell out By means
OF the rammer. To do this It was nee
essary to go out on the gun hanging
over the water, and the undertaking
was fun OF difficulties and danger: the
latter due in a great measure to the
blast OF the S-inch turret guns firing
overhead. The gun was hot and ii
was necessary to cling to the Jacob
ladder with one hand while endeayor-
ing with the other to manipulate the
long hammer.
After a brave effort he was forced |
to give up. and ordered IN. Quarter
Gunner Smith po-uo eor< ~ Esxoo,,xg--
Officer Mason. and promptly placed |
himself in the dangerous position out
side the gun port, where he worked
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
STRICKLING GUILTY
OF immoral Conduct and Ordered From
Ofce-Nay Go TO the Supreme Court.

OF Immoral Conduct and Ordered From
Ofice-Nay Go TO the Supreme Court.
Special to the Register.
Middlebourne, w Va, July 23.-The
case of State VS.. James H Strickling,
Prosecuting Attorney of Tyler county,
upon impeachment proceedings for i'm
proper conduct in Office was concluded
to-day, and Special Judge Hervey, Of
the First district, rendered a decision
that defendant was guilty of immoral
conduct, and adjudged that he be re-
moved from office. The charges of
bribery were esteemed not proven,
and there was no judgment in that re-
gard The defense took stay OF
ninety days, and the case will go to
the Supreme Court for final review
The trial was had before Judge Her
vey because Judge r. H. Freer, the
Judge of the Tyler Circuit Court, was
witness in the case. The counsel for
prosecution were Hon. John A. How
ard, of Wheeling; F. L. Blackmar and
William j. Hall, and for the defense
Judge Pugh, of Columbus, O., Judge T.
P. Jacobs, and A. B. Hunt and George
E. Mccoy, of Sistersville. The trial
commenced on Tuesday last, a prellm-
mary question being whether or not
there should be a jury. Judge Hervey
decided that the trial should be to the
Court, and this was acquiesced In. Inc
time up to Friday noon was devoted
/ to the hearing of testimony, and argu-
ments Of counsel were made Friday al
ternoon and evening, they being by
Messrs Hall and Howard for the pros
ecution and jacobs and Pugh for the
| defense The verdict of the Court
| was announced this morning, as stated
above.
| A summary of the accusation against
tdefendant is, that at different times
defendant had received money from
GENERATORS of speak-easies and women
maintaining houses of i'll fame, in re-
turn for which there was an under
standing that these laW-breakers
should enjoy immunity from prosecu-
ton. or at least from imprisonment
ferred from time to time but, crirTfisllly1
when longer delay was impossible, de-
PENDANTS were not only fined, but were
sent to jail. One of these victims was
Robert Clendenning, who asked and re-
ceived permission to narrate his griev-
ances before the County Court, and
that body brought the matter to the
attention of Judge Freer, with the re-
suit that an indictment was found
against the Prosecuting Attorney
There was great delay in bringing the
case to trial, but it was finally called
before Judge Hervey, under the circum-
stances related above. Much of the
evidence was of a salacious nature, and
there may be interesting future devel-
| OnmentS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24

Key West, Fla, July %, 11:50 a.
m.a-Acting under orders from Rear
Admiral Sampson, four American
warships on Thursday afternoon
last entered the harbor of Nipe, on
the northeast coast of the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba, and after
a furious bombardment took pos
session Of the harbor as a base OF
operations for the Porto Rico cam
paign. 1t is understood, however,
that the plans have been changed
since in consequence Of the occu-
patton of Santiago by til United
States forces, and that Nipe VIII
not be used for the purpose orig
inally intended.
The vessels engaged were the
Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Ley
den. In the course of an hour they
silenced three forts, sank the Span
ish gunboat Jorge Juan, and scat
tered Spanish riflemen who had Ia
ken part in the engagement. For
a week or more the Topeka had
been blockading the northeastern
coast between Cape Lucrecia and
Cabouico. with strict orders from
Commodore Howell not to attempt
an entrance into any Of the har-
bors.
On Thursday the Annapolis, Wasp
and Leyden came from Santiago,
and Captain bunker, of the Annap-
oils. who was ranking officer, was
ouLyII--sI5It u, lSae,4t shot Mipe had not
been taken. Admiral Sampson rad
understood that this had been done,
and had orders for the monitors de-
tailed for the Porto Rico campaign
to rendezvous there. When the
situation had been cleared up, Cap
tain Hunker ordered the ships to
go in.
The Wasp and Leyden. being the
smallest Of the quartette, led the
way, followed by the Annapolis.
while the Topeka, which carried
a heavier battery, brought up the
rear.
AS the Wasp and Leyden round
ed the point the fort fired a dozen
shots, none of which, however, fell
near them, and the Topeka returned
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
REPRESENTATIVE DINGLEY
Not Ready to Hazard Guess on the Phil
ippine Situation and the Destiny of the
IL

Not Ready to Hazard a Guess on the Phil
ippine Situation and the Destiny of the
Islands.
Washington, D. c., July 23.-Repre-
sentative Dingley, of Maine. who has
been in the city as one OF the mem
bers OF the Canadian-American COM
mission, was asked to-day: What do
you think will be the solving Of the
NO one can tell at this time. Events
adjust themselves, and sometimes in a
sudden and unexpected manner. The
situation will undoubtedly be taken
care Of as it arises, and I would not
like to venture an opinion in advance
Of what will be done.
81 feel sure however, that there is no
foundation for the talk of alleged
European interference In whatever
programme this government may adopt
for the Philippines. / believe the ru-
mored protests of the powers Of Europe
will be found to be merely unauthor-
lied reports, and will not materalize
into anything definite. The conduct
OF the Germans at Manila Is subject to
criticism, but their action, I believe,
will not go beyond bounds.
Il do not pay any attention to the al
legged attitude OF Europe protesting
against the sending Of Commodore
Watson'5 feet to the coast Of Spain.
Such a position would be untenable.
This government is at war with Spain,
and we have right to strike her when
and where we please. 1t remains for
US alone TO say whether we will send
feet TO SDain OF coarse IN wa
contemplated seizing and holding
Spanish territory on the continent of
Europe 1t might cause disquletude
among the powers or fear that the bal
ance Of power might be disturbed. They
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
CAPTURED IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville, KY, July 23.-Lewis War
ner, the absconding president of the
Northampton Savings Bank, and the
Hampshire Savings Bank, of North
ampton, Mass, was captured by the
Louisville police this afternoon. He
has confessed his guilt, and is willing
to return to Massachusetts without re-
QUESTION papers. When captured he
had only seven dollars in his pocket.
He has been living in Louisville for
some time.
The Geographic accounts sent out
out from Northampton at the time of
Mr.. Warmers expose placed his short
age to the banks mentioned at $640, 900.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
learned was that the torpedoes In
BONE Of the ships were already
LOADED in the tubes and prepared
to fire.
THE SHOTS THAT HIT.

A List of the PrOjectiles That Found Their
Way Into the Spanish ships-One and Six
Founders kiddied Them,
Correspondence Associated Press.
Santiago de Cuba, July l'.-Inere
has been SO much discussion over the
parts taken by the American ships IN
the battle that destroyed Admiral Ger
veras squadron, and there have been
SO many different accounts by eye
witnesses, giving the credit to one or
two ships, that some figures taken from
tables and charts prepared by an ex-
aiming board will be of interest
The discussions. it must be borne
in mind, are merely coincidental with
esprit de corps and are not at all bit
ter. Naturally, each ships company
believes that it did the work to a
greater extent than any other.
An examination of the hulls of the
Spanish vessels above the present sub
merged water line shows the following:
Four-inch shells (fired only by the
Iowa.: Infanta Maria Teresa l, Alml-
rante Oquendo Vizcaya 2.
Five-inch shells (fired only by the
Brooklyn): Infanta Maria Teresa 5,
Vizcaya 6, Almirante Oquendo 5, one OF
which exploded a torpedo; Cristobal
Colon 4.
Eight-inch shells (fred only by the
Brooklyn, Iowa, Oregon and Indiana:
Teresa 8, Oquendo 8, Vizcaya A.
AS the Indiana did not follow the
chase, she had nothing to do with the
hits on the Vizcaya.
Twelve or thirteen-inch shells: Only
two on the Teresa, must be credited TO
the battleship Oregon, Indiana, Texas
and Iowa, although it is quite certain
that the Texas fired one.
All the Spanish were riddled with the
rapid-fire of the one and siX-pounders
carried by the American ships.
It will be seen from this table that
the greatest proportion of large sheHs
effectively landed went from Commo-
dcre Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn'
and that she placed twenty 5-lnch
shells in the vitals of the different yes
isis of the enemy, pretty equally a.
yided except that the Vizcaya caught
one extra. A., proo,,,vn
tonight every ship ut the Spanish squao-
ron in turn and landed feariy twloe ds
! many five-inch shells as all nVe Vessels =,
did 8-inch ones and as many as al.
other kinds combined.
The Iowa comes next with eight q
inch shells, five of which were planteu
| in the last vessel out OF the harpor'
the Almirante Oquendo.
! The ten 8-inch shells must be dlVlueu
| among the four vessels firing them, al
though two placed in the Vizcaya un-
doubtedly belong to the Brookiyns isl
| of hits .AnS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
TEN MILLION DOLLARS,
Levi Y. Letter Gives Mortgages for That
Monax Loaf hx .Inss In " bnnf

Levi Y. Letter Gives Mortgages for That
Amount-Money Lost by Joe In wheat.
Chicago. July 23.-Seven mortgages,
aggregating ten million dollars, were
filed for record to-day by Levi Q, Lei
ter. They run to the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company for
ten years with four per cent. Interest,".
The properties mortgaged are tho
heart, OF the downtown distric pong
them the Grand Pacific Hotel. nue
stamps to the amount of 1895 \pn
the papers.
This is to secure the be-
just consummated by Nj
der to carry his son,
through his DISASTROUS
lions.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
WAR SHIPS TO COME.

Tangier, Morocco, July 23-It is
understood that in view of the i'm
pending dispatch of the squadron of
ships commanded by Commodore Wat
son to Spanish waters, number of
war ships belonging to various nations
will arrive here shortly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
cAmARAs .oS1
Now Said to be at Carthsg ena--GathlR3hg
of War Vessels

Gibraltar, July 23.--Admiral Cam
ara's feet is said now TO be at Car
tagena.
A French squadron Is reported to
be cruising between the Canary Islands
and the GadiZ coast
The British battleship Iilustrious
will sail from Gibraltar for Tangier on
Tuesday next. supposedly to represent
England at the gathering OF warships
occasioned by the expected coming Of
the American squadron under cofhEo-.
dOre Watson.
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correspondence Associated Press)
OF Santiago de Cuba, July 20
"Any doubt that may have existed
that the Maine was blown up by
J, an outside explosion has been dis
solved fby the examination of the
destroyed Spanish ships" said
member of the board of survey that
examined the remnants Of Ger
vera's fleet.
"Of four ships examined three
had been blown up by their mag
azines," he continued, land Of
these one had every magazine ex-
ploded, and torpedoes in addition,
yet ON none, Of them was there the
vtsah1e effect as that produced the ex-
plosion on the Maine. There was
no upheaval on the keel, and little
bullying of the plates, except in the
upward, in some cases, the protec-
tive deck being lifted; but outside
of the springing of few plates the
hulls were intact"
The examination of the wrecks Of
the Spanish ships, three of which
were burned, and all their maya
zines exploded, was made, first,
for the purpose of ascertaining the
effect of American gunnery, and
secondly, to find the effect of in
ternal explosion. Both subjects
bore upon the Maine incident, as
noted above, and the awful effect
of well-aimed shots was demon
stratei in the rapid sinking of the
fleet. When it is remembered that
the Almirante Oquendo and the In
fanta Maria Therese were both
sunk within forty minutes of the
time they left the entrance of San
tiGgo harbor, the work of American
gunners may well be considered as
remarkable. The Almirante Oquen-
do was struck over fifty-five times,
and the Infanta Maria Therese
thirty-seven times, but by larger
projectiles.
The record of the damages to
these ships is one of great interest.
The fight started at a range of
5000 yards, or three miles. At
1000 or $500 yards two torpedo
boats and two cruisers were ami
bilated. The closest fighting was
done at LOO and LOCO yards by
the Brooklyn and ViZcaya, with
annihilating effect on the Spanish
ship. But two projectiles larger
than S-inch struck vessel, both of
these, either twelve or thirteen
inch, being put through the Infanta
Maria Teresa. The eight-inch, six
inch, five-inch and six-p0under pro-
jectiles did the bulk of the work
and were frightfully destructive.
Some idea of the effect can be OBJ
tanned from brief summary of
the injuries to each ship as found
by the examining board. The
board had upon it such capable
men as executive officer Rogers, of
the Iowa. executive officer Mason,
of the Brooklyn, an expert on the
effeo s shells on armor; Lieut..
Huessler, Of the Texas, who has
made some splendid improvements
in gun firing on that ship and naval
constructor Hobson, of Merrimac
lame, who has a reputation for
knowledge of ship construction.
Briefly, these officers found: Girls
tobal Colon, battleship, first-class,
with six inches of steel for protec-
ton, not only on the water line.
but around the six-inch guns. This
snip was hit with large projectiles,
but six times, as it kept out of
range nearly the whole time. pass
Ing behind the other ships for pro-
lection and finally making run for
The hits were made by the
klyn and Oregon. One S-inch
went into the port side Of
erd room and left on the star
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
Allowed Mail Clerk for Injuries Receiv
ed In Wreck.

ed In a Wreck.
Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, July 23.-In
the United States Court to-day the ia
nous suit for damages of d. M. Simon
ton VS.. the receivers of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company was end
ed. Simonton, who Is mail agent be-
tween Parkersburg and Grafton, asked
for $3.50 damages for injuries re-
ceived by a yard train running into
the mail car in the yards here in which
Mr.. Simonton was at work, throwing
him violently to the end Of the car
The jury rendered a verdict of $1,000
for the plaintiff.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24

would have no right, however, to OBJ
ject to the harassing of the coast and
commerce by q fleet"
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WASHINGTON, July For
VirginIa-1lafr, except showers fin !
ern portions; easteriy winds, be(
southerly.
For Wests-n Pennsylvania
Fair, except showers near the,
easteriy winds
Mr.. C. Schaepf. the OpeS
e,st. made Ne foiiowfngl
the ternperk lure yesterd
a. M, S.. Il n-. -: 3 p.
Weather faf.
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the fire with her three Founders.

the fire with her three Founders.
Almost Immediately the Span !,
iards deserted the fort and
while the Topeka continu
send shells i Ito the body Of
men on the beach who retu
a few wild shots. but they.
were quickly dispersed by the
peka's smaller guns. The TOY
also discharged two torpedoes.
the same time another small fol
to the left of the channel fred on
the American ships. but 1t wasV
silenced as easily as the other.
Meanwhile the Wasp and Ley ,
den had taken up position in the
northwestern portion OF tho har-
Dor and opened fire across the wa
ter at Jorge Juan, which lay to the
southeast In front of the town or
Mayari. Her position was about
a mile and a quarter from the
beach and behind her a third fort
stood on an eminence. This fort
opened fire on the Wasp and Ley
den and as the Annapolis and To-
peka came up the Spanish gunboat
Joined in the fight and a general
battle followed.
The Topeka anchored In the mid
die of the harbor, abont 1000 yards
from the Jorge Juan. and the other
three American boats drew up on
either side an HORNED a semi
circle. They u closed in on the
c-o..eh shin ing
nT5 at NIT 49,
The Topeka 'sert four,N kheIls
crashing info the Jorge Juan at
such a rat9 that she sank within
twenty minutes.
When the firing became heavy
the officers and crew OF the Span
lard put off ~ small boats. made
the shore undef a heavy fire and es-
capped into the woods.
Two shots Com tho Topeka's
bow gun fired Pm an elevation OF
$500 yards, drlpped square into
Mayari fort. thd Spanish pennants
disappeared an 4 white flag was
run up. Thi5 ended short but.
one of the msst vicious battles Of
the war.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24
PROOFS FROM THE
SPANISH WRECKS.
Conclusive Evidence That the Maine
was Blown up by OUT
side Explosion.
SCfiLEY'S GREAT GUNNERY.

The Brooklyn Fought Every One of the Spanish Ships
in Turn and Planted as Many Shells in Their Vltals
as All the Other Ships CONFERENCE.-The of the
Battle as Disclosed by the Examinations of the
Board of Survey.
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Brief But VICIOUS.
The Taking OF Nipe Bay Was Done
Quite Expeditiously.
IT WAS A RED=HOT BATTLE.

The Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Leyden Were En-
gaged-They Sienced and Destroyed Thee Forts,
Sunk Gunboat and Drove Away the Spanish
FolCeS
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8 Advertisers: II the
cost be a little more, the
returns make it up; for
the Register is the recog-
nized family and home
paper in the city AMI
nelghborhood
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-13
DEMANDS RESIGNATION.
The Herald Arraisns the Neihart City
Council.

The Herald Arraigns the Neihart City
Council.
Great Falls. July 1.-THE edfor OF
the Neihart Herald makes a demano
upon the members of the contested city
council to resign and prints the follow
ing arraignment of their course:
The old city council, which was SO
completely turned down In the last
spring election, is still holding on, re-
CARELESS of public sentiment or court de-
cisions, paying out city money, and de-
flying the new duly elected council TO
take their seats. h is nothing more
than defance of law, or justice. Never
have the people dreamed that their cho-
sen representatives could thus be driven
out by the old council, whose stolidity
is their only recommendation. and VINO
are making themselves the laughing
stock of the town and Of the outside
world. If a town council in Montana
can thus perpetuate itself in defiance OF
law and the popular will, then 1t is time
for liberty loving citizens to move to
Mexico or Spain.
The old council met last Tuesday
evening, and although the members OF
the new council elect appeared and ap-
Piled for their seats, the privileges or
the floor were denied them. They re-
ouested the council to grant them seats
under the ruling Of the district court,
but the request was not needed. Messrs.
Arthur and Walker ordered them to pay
out none of the city funds II they de-
sired to avoid trouble, but in the face
of the order, the council ordered the pay
ment of bills to the amount of SSS3.35
and ordered warrants drawn for the
same.
The street work for this year has not
been attended to. There is in this town
nearly 81 900 worth of street improve
ment, provided by the statutes, to be
done or paid for by the able bodied
male citizens over the age OF Fl. This
work has not been well done. The Her
aid does not desire TO be personal In an
event where the citizens are not 10
blame, but this paper can point TO a
half dozen alleys full Of stencil and pol
luton and a dozen or so of aromatic
manure piles which have no place this
side of the dumping ground. The town
has no health officers, and no street
commissioners, and in the name of pub
lie decency 1t is time the defunct coun-
Gil ceased business"