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ct once. With all its lights out the squadron
steamed into Boca Grande with crews at the
guns. This was the order OF the squadron
which was kept during the whole time OF the
first battle; Flagship Olympia, the Baltimore
the Raleigh the Petrol, the Concord, the BoS-
ton. 1t was just eight o'clock, bright moon
light night But the flagship passed CorreRidor
island without sign being given that the
Spaniards were aware OF its approach Not
until the flagship was q mile beyond Corregf-
dor was gun fired Then one heavy shot went
screaming over the Raleigh and the Olympia,
followed by a second. which fell further astern
silsnced the Battery.
The Raleigh, Concord and Boston replied
the Concord's shells exploding apparently ex-
actly inside the shore battery, which fired no
more. Our squadron slowed down to barely
steerage way and the men were allowed to
sleep alongside their guns Commodore Dewey
had timed our arrival so that we were within
five miles OF the city OF Manila at daybreak
We then sighted the Spanish squadron, Rear
Admiral Monte1o commanding on CaVite
Here the Spaniards had a we'll equipped navy
yard called Cayite arsenal Adm MonteJo's
flag was flying the $500 ton protected
cruiser Reina CriStina- The protected cruiser
Castillo. of s, 200 tons. was moored to the sea-
ward were the cruisers Don Juan de Austria
Don Antonia de UIloa Isla de Cuba Isla de
LuZon, Quiros. Marquis del Onero and Gen
Lezo These ships and the flagship remained
under way during most OF the action.
Then the Battle Began.
with the united states nag HylnS NJ ali LneiE
mastheads our ships moved to the attack in
line ahead with O speed of eight knots, first
passing in front of Manila, where the action
was begun by three batteries. mounting guns
powerful enough to send a shell over us u dis
tance of five miles. The guns doomed a reply
to those batteries with two shots No more
were fred because Commodore. Dewey could.
not engage with these batteries without send
ing death and destruction into the crowded city.
Two Mines We're Exploded.
AS ua rad Snhma-
rine mines were exploded ahead OF the flagship.
The Spaniards had evidently misjudged our
position. Immense volumes of water were
thrown high into the air by these destrOyers,
but no harm was done to the ships Not know
ing how many more mines there might be
ahead. he still kept on without faltering. No
other mines exploded however, and it is be-
lieved that the Spaniards had only these two
in place. As the Olympia drew nearer all was
as silent on board as il the ship had been empty,
except for the whirr OF blowers and the throb
of the engines Suddenly shell burst directly
over us
"Remember the Maine"
''Remember the Maine" came hoarse cry
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WHERE IS THE FLEET7
Adm. Sampson Started in Pursuit of spain'a
Warships, but He Finds Them Not-Ad-
mInistratiOn Not ApprehensIve.

WASHINGTON. May 1O.--There is the
best authority for the statement that,
yesterday having passed without a re-
port from Adm Sampson, the navy de-
partment does not expect to hear from
him within several days. The au-
thority for this statement is an official
fully acquainted with Adm. Sampson's
plans, and the remark would seem to
indicate that the admiral, having
failed to find the enemy at .the place
expected, had turned his attention to
the alternative project. What this
is cannot be ascertained. 1t is
evident, however, that the depart
ment is under no apprehension as to
the safety of the American feet, nor
of any vessel of the fleet
1t is a curious fact that, thus far, the
navy department does not know posi-
lively where the Spanish feet is, and
it is just possible that the vessels may
be away over on the other side of the
Atlantic or at Cadiz, instead of being
in SIMPSONS neighborhood in the
Waaf TndiAa
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SAILED FOR CUBA.
Steamer Leaves Tampa Loaded with NUM-
tions of War for InsurEents-Wsde
Command Invading Army.

TAMPA, Fla, May 1O.-The steamer
Gussie, one of the Mallory line boats,
chartered by the government for use
as a transport, will! sail for Cuba to-
day, loaded with arms, ammunition
and supplies furnished by the United
States government for the use of the
Cuban insurgents. A company of 100
United States troops from the First
regiment of infantry will accompany
the expedition and aid in guarding the
landing of the valuable cargo, and will,
If necessary, penetrate into the interior
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from the boatswain's mate at the after five
inch gun. Remember the Maine, arose from
the throatS of 500 men at the guns. This watch
word was caught up in turrets and fire rooms,
wherever seamen stood at their post. The
Olympia was now ready to begin the fight
Dewey on the Bridge.
Commodore Dewey, his chief stan command
er, Lamberton, and his aide and myself, with
the executive officer. Lieut. Rees and naviga-
tor, Lieut. CalkinS, were on the forward bridge
Capt Gridley was in the coming tower, as 1t
was thought unsafe to risk losing all the senior
officers by one shell You may fire when
ready, Gridley,'' said the commodore and
at Sal O'Clock a. IN, at distance of $500
yards, the Starboard eight-inch gun In the for
ward turret roared forth a compliment to the
Spanish forts. Presently similar guns from
the Baltimore and the Boston sent 250- pound
shells hurting toward the Castillo and the
Refna Maria Christina for accuracy. The
Spaniards seemed encouraged to fire
faster knowing exactly our distance while
we had to guess theirs Their ship and
shore guns were making things hot for US
The piercing scream Of shot was varied often
by the bursting of time fuse shells, fragments
OF which would lash the water like shrapnel or
cut our hull and rigging. One large shell that
was coming straight at the Olympia's forward
bridge fortunately fell within less than 100 feet
away. Another struck the bridge gratings in
line with it. A third passed under Commodore
Dewey and gouged hole in the deck. Incl
dents like these were plentiful Still the flag
ship steered for the center Of the Spanish line,
aud other ships were astern. the Olympia
received most of the Spaniards' attention.
Owing to our deep draught Commodore Dewey
felt constrained to change his course at o dis
tance OF 1000 yards and run parallel to the
Spanish column
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Dewey In Entire Control

NEW YORK, May lO.-A dispatch to
the World from Hong Kong says: Food
supplies at Manila have run short
already. 1t is estimated that the town
has only enough to last two weeks No
more can be brought in. Adm. Dewey's
fleet has completely invested the city
by water, and the insurgents control
all land approaches. it is impossib BILE
for the inhabitants to add to the pres
ent supply of food without consent of
the American admiral. He is in abso-
lutte control.
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misdemeanor the procuring of Illegal votes to
he cast at such election
Section 479S, same statutes. denounces u
misdemeanOr any fraudulent return made b.
any judge or clerk of such election
1t shall be the duty of the committeeman, in
their respective townships. to- see thai the
above rules of this committee. and the said
statute law of 1889 be strictly observed and
faithfully enofrced ut said primary election,
and all illegal voting and the procuring of
Illegal votes 10 be cast at said election, II any,
this committee.
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WASHINGTON, May 1O.-Since the war
began the Spanish government has
been cut off from it's former means of
cable communication with Gen. Blanco
and the Cuban authorities by way of
the cable to the United States and
through Key West. But it develops
that a new link of cable, connecting
Halifax with Bermuda, permits Mad
rid and Havana to keep in communi-
cation without touching American soil
and without a circuitous cable route
around the globe.
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VAN BUREN, Ark, May 9.--The worst
flood known since 1874 is devastating
the Arkansas valley and towns along
the banks of that stream are sub
merged, while many farm buildings
are afioat. One-fourth of the residence
part of this city is eight feet under
water. Riverside and Babylon, two
densely settled suburbs, are under
water and several large residences have
fallen into the river.
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INVADING ARMY TO CUBA.
Secretary AIEer Decides to Send $4,000
Wen-EquiPped Men to Cuba at Once
To Mobilize hmm sdIatsIy.


WASHINGTON, May 1O.-Orders were
issued yesterday for the immediate
mobilization of the volunteer army.
This is a sudden change from the orig
inal programme of the war depart
ment, as it was intended to muster the
troops in at once and drill them at
home for some weeks prior to order
ing them to the points of mobilization.
At consultation held at Secretary
Algers residence it was decided to
send AN invading force consisting of
66, 900 men to Cuba at once. This sud
den change of plans of the war
department necessitated calling out
the volunteer army Immediately
and the orders were issued yes
terday. The troops at Chicka-
mauga will be the only ones which
will see actual services in Cub ba. Those
ordered to the coast defense and
Washington are not likely to go south,
as their services are required in the
great chain of coast defense reserves
consisting of SO regiments.
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NASSAU, Bahama Islands, May TO-
A. S. Rowan, Nineteenth infantry, U.
s. A, attached to the secret service de-
partment, arrived here last night from
the north side of Cuba in an open boat
with a party of six Cubans. Rowan
saw 10 warships moving eastward. He
brought maps and plans, saw Garcia
and arranged for his cooperation in
the landing of troops.
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DEWEY's EvENTFUL WEEK.
ChrOnIcIe OF the Work Accomplished by
the Man whose Name Il on Every
ones Lips-Spanish Loss 300.

NEW YORK, May 10.-The Herald's
correspondence, via Hong Kong, gives
the following summary of Commodore
Dewey's work up to date:
Monday, April 25-Received news OF the dec
laration OF war Quilted British waters
Wednesdays for Manila at the fastest
speed that could be made with the coal supply
of the ships.
Saturday night-Passed the batteries at the
entrance OF Manila bay.
Sunday-Sank, burned or captured oil tho
ships Of the Spanish squadron Silenced and
destroyed three batteries
Monday-Occupied navy yard Blew up six
batteries at the entrance to the bay. Cut the
cable. Established blockade OF Manila. Drove
the Spanish forces out OF Cavite.
Tuesday and Wednesday-Swept the lower
bay and entrance for tOrpedoes- Gave crews
well earned rest Prepared official dispatches
The losses of the Spaniards include
ten warships, several torpedo boats,
two transports, navy yard and nine
batteries. Including the losses ashore,
about l, 200 Spaniards were killed or
wounded. The estimated value of the
Spanish property destroyed or cap
tured is Sc, 900, 900. On the American
side the total loss is eight men wounded
and s., 900 damage to the ships.
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Trains No lOI and IOs daily except Sunday
All other trains daily - f,,. oa+,,r.
Excursion tickets sold to Kansas CITY oaIur- llr
day evenfngs Sunday mornings, ana Suhoay
evenings al one fare for the round trip, sooo
for return up TO and including Monday inofh-
ing following. A.. IN ,,o,nts
Round trip tourist tickets on sale to all tourisI
points. -. m addresa.
a. q. SrIpHAM. Ttcke { Agent.
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serious Trouble In Italy.

LONDON, May l0.-According to spe-
cial dispatches from Rome, 23 prov
inces in Italy are virtually. though not
formally, in state of siege. Rumor
has it that the trouble is fomented by
the clericals, who have chosen the
moment for an attack on the mon
archy.
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NIL. Yocum, Cameron. Pa, says: ~
was sufferer for ten years, trying most
all kinds of remedies, but without sue
cess. De Wits Witch Hazel Salve was
recommended to me. l used one box. 1t
has effected IA permanent cure" AS a
permanent cure for piles De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve has no equal. Day & Shelby,
Leading Druggists. 4-2tf
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WASHINGTON, May lO.-The supreme
court in the cast of Fl. Rhodes, railroad
agent at Brighton, Ia, versus the state
of Iowa, held that the Iowa law for
bidding the sale of liquors in the state
and making it a crime to transport
them was unconstitutional as an in
terference with interstate commerce.
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wheat Higher Than Ever.

CHICAGO, May lO.-The advance in
wheat went on with renewed impetus
Yesterday. The Chicago May price
already so high-did not go up as
much as on Saturday. The opening
sale WAS 81. rs.
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A white Flag on the arsenal.

Other ships were also doing their duty. and
soon not one red and yellow flag remained on u
ship or battery the coast The Spanish
flagship and the Castillo 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 stall was hauled down and at 1880
o'clock white flag was hoisted there
A signal was made to the Petrol to destroy all
the vessels in the inner harbor, and Lieut.
Hughes, with an armed boats crew. set fire to
the Don Juan de Austria, Marquis Duero, the
Isla de Cuba and the Correo. The large trans
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An excursion train on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne Il Chicago road was
ditched at Columbus, o. Three cars
were demolished and one man killed.
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We wish every ex.confederate in the
state could read the Confederate Veteran.
published at Nashville. We can furnish
the INTELLIaENoER and the Veteran for
one year for S1.75. 1-stf
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Iuto Three IIie Armies.

WASHINGTON, May 10.-The war de-
partment yesterday saw fit to crafty
the universal desire and inform the
country through the press just where
the various state volunteer organiza-
tions are to be concentrated. One
third of the troops will be sent to Cuba
as soon as they are properly equipped;
one-third will be assigned to coast de-
fenses and the remainder will be held
in reserve in the several states and
may never see service.
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WANTED-Work for coIored boys. Ten,
twelve and fourteen years. Apply at the
INTELIIaENcER office. ii
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On finishing this run Commodore Dewey de-
cided to give the men breakfast, as they had
been at the guns two hours with only one cup
OF coffee to sustain them. Action ceased tenn
porarily at 7:35 the other ships passing the
flagship and cheering Justify Our ships re-
mained beyond range of the enemy's guns until
1880, 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 ships and batteries at
Il:l6 o'clock, making series of hits as If at
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Hon. Stewart L. Woodford, United
States minister to Spain, arrived in
Washington on the 9th.
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Arkansas Congressmen Renominated.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 9.-In the
democratic primaries Saturday all the
present Arkansas congressman were
renominated
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MONEY TO LoAN.-No red tape. Inqnire
of ]. Q. Plattenburg. tt
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SANTA FE ROUTE.
Trains arrive at North Lexington;
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Trains leave North Lexington:
No ~, Express Except Sunday)..-. s:I9 ~
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Main line trains pass Lexington Junclion
aOIKO EAST.
No. 2. Atlantic Express. daily. leaves. S:55 a. N
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GOING WEST.
No. g., Colorado and Utah Express,
leaves.
No. i, Mexican and California Ex-
NJ 10 NVav Erei0ht ...... 1851 p. m
Train No. % connects at Lexington Junction
win train No q for st. Joe. daily except sun
day.
]. D EASTER, yR., Agent.
WI. Black, G, P. A. Topeka, kAs,
Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Then the Olympia Opened.

open with all guns, he said and the ship
brought her port broadside bearing The roar
of all the f1agship's hve-inch rapid firers was
followed by the deep diapason OF her turret
eight-inchers Soon other vessels were
equally hard at work and we could see that our
shells were making Cavtte harbor hotter for
the Spaniards than they had made the ap-
proach for Protected by their shore hat
teries and made safe from close attack by shall
low water the Spaniards we're in O strong posi-
ton They put up gallant fight The Span
iSh ships were sailing back and forth behind
the Castillo and their tire too. was hot One
shot struck the Baltimore and passed clean
through her. fortunately hitting no one An
other ripped her up the main deck, disabled
six-inch gun and exploded a box OF three
pounder ammunition, wounding eight men
Closer to the Enemy's Guns.
After having made four runs along the Span
ish line, finding the chart incorrect, Lieut. Cal
kins, the Olympia's navigator. told the COM
modore he believed he could take the ship near
the enemy, with lead going to watch the
depth of water. The flagship started over the
course for the fifth time, running within 2, 900
yards of the Spanish vessels At this range
even six Founders were effective and the storm
of shells poured upon the unfortunate Span
ish began to show marked results Three OF
the enemy's vessels were seen burning and
their fire Slackcned-
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Capture or destroy Spanish squadron" were
Deweys orders Never were instructions more
efIectually carried out Within seven hours
after arriving on the scene of action nothing
remained to be done
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BASEBALL.

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
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TIME TABLES
Missouri PacIfc-Lexlngton Br.

WEST BoURDrRAINs.
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GEO. w. REYNOLDS
MANAGER

Notice of the intention of the city
council of the city of Anaconda to cause
a sewer to be constructed in special inn
proyement district No. of the city of
Anaconda.
Notice Is hereby given that at the
meeting of the city council of the city
of Anaconda, held at the council cham
bers Feb T. 1898. it was decided, by
majority vote of its members, that 1t
is necessary for sanitary purposes to
construct a sewer in special improve
ment district No. ;. such sewer to be
constructed in the alley in said district,
to connect with the main on Park ave-
nue.. The boundaries of said district
are the west half of block thirty-nine
1891 and blocks forty (4o1. forty-one t4D,
forty-two l42) and fortythree t43(, i'll
the townsite of Anaconda. That at its
meeting. Feb. Ii, 1898, at the council
chambers. at o'clock p. m, the city
council will hear any objection that
may be offered against the making OF
said improvement The estimated cost
of said improvement is s.. 100.
T O'LEARY, City Clerk.
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BORROWED GRAIN.
New Light on the Battle Between Letter
and Armour.

Chicago, Feb. 12,-The Journal to-day
says: There is new light on the battle
between Armour and Letter last Decem-
Der and in the present movement of
spring wheat to Minneapolis, which has
puzzled the trade from Chicago to Lon
don. Ii is claimed that Mr.. Armour is
filling another contract, chiefly with
Peavy of Minneapolis. The story Is that
when Armour people were working as
never before last December TO bring
wheat 10 Chicago from Minneapolis and
Duluth to ill short sales TO Joseph Letter,
Mr.. Armour became Il borrower. lie did
not borrow 1T the banks. lie borrowed
wheat. lie took wheat on hand at CEN
trail markets from Mr.. PeaNy and others
and entered into a bond to replace the
wheat before certain date. II is claim
ed that this guarantee for the furnish
ing of the wheat at the time specified
was a check representing about Soo,l0.
The never-ending run on wheat to Min
neapois for six long weeks after the
best judges in the trade said the receipts
we're al an end is now explained by Ar
monrs efforts 10 ill his contract with
Mr.. Peayy.
The country tributary To Kansas City
has been worked for the Minneapolis
end. Now il Is known why the receipts
mp there have not been on the market.
The wheat is dumped into .he Peavy hop
per In replace the borrowed grain.
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ing we fell on our knees. some of us,
and thanked our God. We have been
spiendidly treated on this trip. We had
no other clothing but what we are
wearing.
Chaai Naitke. who came to this coun-
try from Suskovalen Danish Gunerna
Russia. spoke for the women who were
rescued.
1--WE were nearly all Of us sick. she
said. when the crash came. But we
became suddenly well. Our sickness
was frightened away. When we heard
some of the men saying the tShema
tJewish prayer before DEATH, ana oth-
ers saying the psalms. we thought that
the end had come. When all the men
We're ordered upon the deck we ioi-
lowed because we were afraid 70 stay
where we could not see. On the decks
we saw men work at the pumps and
felt the vessel was settling. We
strained our eyes through the darkness
to see ships, but there were no ships.
Then great lights shot out ana they
said rockets would bring MS help. FOR
five hours we watched them shooting
up and then dropping into the rougn
sea Then in the distance we saw a
light We thought it was another rock
ct but the light burned steadily and It
grew faster and the lights in the dis
lance grew many. In the darkness
there shot a boat and we were all
saved"
The lis steerage passengers were all
taken to the barge office. OF these ~
We're detained because IF lack OF visl-
BILE means of support. The captain,
officers and crew of the Vendam sailed
for Rotterdam on the Spaarndam this