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The times., 1898-07-04
LOSSES IN BIG BATTLES.
Santiago Fatalities Small by Conn
parison With Civil War Fights.

CFrom the New York SUM-
As compared with the loss inflicted on
the United States forces by the Confed-
crates in the great battles of the civil
war the loss at Santiago is small, when
the fact is taken into consideration that
our forces in the Cuban battle were as
saulting a fortified position of the enc
my. In all, counting 5000 Cubans engag-
ed. there were approximately a. 600 troops
opposed 10 the Spaniards. If there have
been as many as 800 casualties from
wounds. heat prostrations and capture
that would be 3 I-3 per cent.
A study of some of the great battles of
the civil war will serve to show how
much the greater the losses We're there.
Here is a list of some of the principal
actions:
AT Gettysburg. fought July 1-3. 1853.
there were 3070 killed, Il, ,497 wounded. s.
iS4 missing, a total loss of %, col. The en-
tire Union forces in the battle are esti-
mated at about $4,000. giving the percent
age of loss as about 30.
At Spottsylvania fought May SIS. 1864.
there Were 2725 killed, 1S,416 wounded. >
25S missing, total loss of S3s9. The to-
tai Union forces were 10000, giving a
percentage of IL.
At the Wilderness, May 81. 1864. there
We're 2,246 killed, 12,0S75 wounded. 1888
missing, a total of 1866 There were
10000 in the battle; percentage of loss
Is.
At Antetam. fought September II. 1862.
there We're 2.10S killed, 9,5l9 wounded, 753
missing. a total of Il, 40 There were S5,-
900 engaged; percentage of loss. Is.
At Chancellorsville, fought May Is. 1863,
there were 1905 killed, 9, 1862 wounded. s.
9l9 missing; a total of 17.2S7. There were
1900 in battle; percentage of loss. %.
At Chickamauga, fought September 19-
90 1868. there were 1858 killed. 9,947
wounded, f,174 missing, a total of 16 l79
The force engaged was $500; percentage
of loss, 2o.
At Cold Harbor, fought June Ii, 1864
| there were 1874 killed. 9.077 wounded, l.
Sl6 missing, total of u, 737. In battle
there were $1,000; percentage of loss, 80
At Fredericksburg, fought December IL
H. 1862 there were 1924 killed 960t
wounded, 1,769 missing, total of L. .653
There were 100000 in the Union forces
| percentage of loss, 13.
| =, At Manassas, fought August $3.50, 1862
there were 1,747 killed. S452 wounded, A.
2G3 missing, total of 14.462. In the bat
tie were $1,000; percentage of loss, ~.
| At Shiloh. fought April CT, 1862. there
! were 1,154 killed, S.40S wounded 2,SS5 miss
| ing, a total of l3, 0i7. The number in bat
! tie was 1850: percentage of loss. 2s.
! At Stones River (Murfreesboro), fough
| December 81, 1862, there were 1, 73G killed
| 1902 wounded. III missing, a total of 49,
/ 249. The number in battle was 1900. per
/ centage of loss, 81
At Petersburg, fought June 1913 1864
! there were 1.6sS killed, S.513 wounded, l,
! 1S5 missing, a total of 1885. The mum
! ber in battle was 100000; percentage o
/ loss, IL.
The times., 1898-07-04
MONDAY. JULY 4, 1898.
Yesterdn,s Triumph.

Shortly after midnight this morning.
and, therefore, most appropriately on
the great national holiday. a message
was received by the War Department
confirming an earlier unofficial story
that Admiral Cervera's squadron, all
but one vessel, had been destroyed at
Santiago It appears that the Span sh
admiral did just what public and gov
ernmental opinion in Madrid has been
goading him TO. He made a sudden
dash seaward. and all of his ships but
one were speedily beached and burned
At the same time We received this
news, a telegram from Gen. Shafter
announced that ha Immediately sum
moned the city to surrender under
penalty Of bombardment, and expected
that his demand would be complied
with
Our Information is as Vet TOO ms ager
for general discussion of wIat is equiv
alent TO a glorious victory, and which
viii carry amazement at its sudden
ness to all Europe and dismay and de-
spair to Spain. The American people
cannot BE- too heartily congratulated
upon the event, for il cannot fail to
make a signal difference in the imme-
diate future Of the war. Spain's sea
power is annihiIated for all practical
purposes. and our great feet in Cuban
waters is released and available for
operations against Havana, the coasts
of Spain, for taking Porto Rico, the
Canary Islands. or whatever else the
Government may wish to accompl sh
as a progressive step toward peace
through a vigorous prosecution of war.
The consequences of yesterdays tri-
umph NAV be immediate and far-reach-
ing. The rage and humiliation of the
Spanish masses are likely to find ex-
preston in some sort Of movement
against the dynasty. and nobody need
be surprised if the royal family should
at once seek safety in flight. and mill
tary dictatorship BE- declared today or
tomorrow.
America will celebrate today with JOY
and gladness. while not forgetting the
price of victory, in the deaths of the
sadly long list of heroes on the field OF
battle
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The Roll of Honor.

Judging from the news we have from
the front. we are compelled to believe
that nearly if not quite thousand gal
LIANT American officers and men have
fallen in the fighting before Santiago.
Thank God, not all of them have been
killed. and Gen Skaters reports are
encouraging to the belief that a large
proportion have been only wounded.
Nevertheless the gazette viii be full of
the names of heroes who have sealed
their faith with their blood, and it is a
matter Of fearful pride that we know
the last one of them went to his fate
content to give his life for his country
Is il well that a lot Of gallant youth,
representing the hope Of the Republic,
thus should lie down on the field of
battle. ana be no more? We think it is.
and that their willing sacrifice will re-
dound TO the honor, the glory, and the
virtue of their nation, in a way to
make their immOlation upon the altar
Of American progress worth its cost.
Their wives and mothers cannot be
consOled. but they viii have the con-
sciousness that their dear ones have
fallen in the path Of duty, and that they
have fertiiized with their blood a whole
harvest of future American progress
and prosperity.
The times., 1898-07-04
Snntinrn Ours

with Coryera's squadron out of the
way. there is no reason for further
resistance on the part of Santiago's
Spanish defenders. and there is no
doubt that before sunset this evening,
if not earlier. the city viii be undtr the
American flag.
With the fall OF Santiago it is proba-
ble that the enemy viii cease all organ
lied res stance in the eastern part Of
Cuba. Possibly there may yet be some
guerrilla fighting in Santiago and Pu-
erto Principe provinces. but nothing to
employ any very large American land
force. A large portion Of Skaters
troops, therefore, VIII be subject to de-
tail for Porto Rico or other operations.
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Convicted Himself.

From the Detroit Free Prtss.)
whats this!' exclaimed the Justice cf TIC
peace IN Arenac County. ''Do l understan
professor, that sou hissed an bombard d
with eggs an veg tables while you was a playin
the Star -Spangled Banner -
That's what 1 say, iedge. Spain'aTds couldn
have abused me no worse. l. was bout the
worst lo0kn obieck you ever see when reached
the brush and crawled inter hOller log"
What have you fellers TO say bout this high
treason?" shouted the court he fingered a
Dewey button and looked daggers.
81 represent these gentlemen" said bright
young lawyer "All we ask is that this pro
fessor' play of his selections for your honor.
We offer it in evidence"
Not dozen squeaking, screaming. teethflins
notes had been tortured from the violin bef re
the court yelled: Halt! Do you call that in
fernal racket fddlin? Is that the way you
massacree the glCr'u anthem of this here gor'us
nation ! Gne you 50 and costs fur contemp' Of
sance and insultin' the flag. Now ycu hliver
groun' lively till you git outeH this jurrydic-
tion.'' Then good-hCartcd citizen pOinte /
the nearest way TO the railroad.
The times., 1898-07-04
This ..wnr of CoDauest, 3,

Now that it appears certain that in
the near future this country will pos
sess not only the Philippines. but Porto
Rico and perhaps the Ladrones and
Canaries. some patriotic individuals
are engaged in constructing an elab-
orate argument to the effect that all
this sort Of thing is very wrong and
wicked. They say that on no account
shall We engage in a war of conquest,
because wars of conquest are not Chris
sian.
IL is hardly worth while to try TO an
swer all the arguments of these peo-
pie, who belong to various classes of
society. religious and the reverse. Such
an attempt would be rather too much
like trying to give them the history of
the world in FIVE minutes, as the lady
The times., 1898-07-04
chriStenea with Good Intentions.
From the Memphis scimitar.)

IFIUIH tIIt AItIIIpIIIo fotIIIiItdT.J
Fortunately for the hero of Manila, he is all
unconscious OF some of the heavy penalties which
he must pay for his fame. Some such thought as
this took shape in the brain of a Scmtar rep
resentative the other day as he was passing
through Court Square. The immediate cause
for this quasi i-philosophic train OF thought was
the spectacle Immediately ahead cf him. This
tableau vivant consisted of a ratty, ragged, dirty
unkempt little darkey, about seven years old, and
a littl NANCY, ed-looking, dirty, ratty, un-
kempt cur puppy that just matched his master
in appearance; in fact they were two OF a kind
The little blacks canine companion had BEN at
tracted by some of the squirrels. and was loath
TO move on with his master. That same little
master was. at the moment, vigorously swapping
his grimy fingers in front of his curship and
coaxingly crying, "Here, Dewey, here, herei"
Such is the price OF fame.
The times., 1898-07-04
4 shiftIess Populations.
(From the Bangor Commercially


Malaga. a pretty little island situated west
of PhPpsbuTg basin, the Maine rcast is
interesting place. Ii contains thirty or
forty OF land, and IS but a short distance
from the mainland. The population, which con-
sists OF ten a dozen families, is made up u
negroes and half breeds. and the hoUsrs Of the
inhabitants such seldom seen elsewhere
in our county State. Few of them are more
than twelve feet square. with possibly small
ell or woodShed One window and a door
usually furnish the light needed. and in many
cases old newspapers hats take the place %
panes of glass One curious hahitation IS an
old SchOC ner's cabin with pork barrel for
chimney. There is need OF the people living
in such places being poverty stricken,
says the Bath Enterprise It's their shift
lcsSness that makes them 81 They'll go out on
a fishing trip, get few dollars and do nothing
more until the money is gone There clans
in abundance, and the and women dig them
when they feel inclined They do some
business lObstcring but too lazy TO do much
Of that, and they think every stranger IS a fish
warden come there 10 seize short Holsters. Thee
are number OF dogs the island. most Of
which get their living by digging clans and
/ eating them.
The times., 1898-07-04
The Only Two Concerned.
(From the Chicaqo CbronicIe

There may be-thcre probably will be-an un
pleasant time in the Philippines when the war
is over and the United States calls upon Spain
for financial settlement. All the vu.tures of
OF the carcass. 1t is not likely that our i'm.
pcralist friends in and out OF Congress will
find the retention of the islands the easy matter
they imagined il TO be. But, until that time
until the moment comes when all the harpies
are assemhled-we may be that one Of
them will be allowed to get an advantage over
the others.
For the present it is the United States vs.
Spain. Neither Aguinaldo nor the German ad-
miral will be allowed to make themselves parties
TO the
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serious Accident Avertcd.

An accident which might have resulted
seriously occurred yesterday at Seventh
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Eh-n
Capital Traction car No POI colHdsd with
a car on the Seventh-Street line Cf tAa
company. Both ears We're heavily laden
with passengers. The Seventh-street car
was thrown from the track. while rhe
tenders of both ears were demolished
Fortunately no one was injured. and the
Georgetown car proceeded upon its way
as soon as the tenders were disentangled-
The accident was caused by the failure
of the brakes on the Seventh-street car to
The times., 1898-07-04

in New York papers that preparations are
being made for an early attack on Ha-
yana. We have noticed, with a certain
amount of interest. that the time we gave
Linares. after notifying him of our de-
structive desires was put in to such good
advantage that our loss in attacking him
is over a thousand. Blanco has had more
time. and ten times many troops. How
many men is il estimated that our delay
in his case is to cost us2
The times., 1898-07-04

Now that the Cervera squadron is out
of the way, there should be no delay in
getting after the Camara variety of the
same species. What is left of Spaniards
in the vicinity of Santiago may now be
left with safety to our army. The fleet
should be hustled off to destroy the cruis-
ers building at Cadiz and to perform other
missionary service.
The times., 1898-07-04
To the Senate!
Annex Hawaii today!

When Hawaiian obstruction has de-
scended to such a plane that Pettigrew
motely germane TO the subject under dis
cussion read by the unfortunate clerk, in
order to kill time, the hour certainly has
come for Senator Davis to jump on him
and other Tories with both feet, and force
a vote at once
The times., 1898-07-04
Decentralization of Honesty.
(From the; Brooklyn Times.l

GIVE heard of robbers in the Summer board.
ing business and | supposed there were such
out on Long IFand.p said Brooklyn man who
has just been 6ut hnnting for Summer home,
and found ne.vtoo.A II went into restaurant
in Huntingdon said the investigator. ''and or
dered some toast and eggs Then | changed
my mind and asked for plain bread Take me
for hayseed if the proprietor didn't knock
off cents on the price. when l came to settle
because he didn't pave to burn gas to make
toast If there robbers in the business he is
not one of them." y
The times., 1898-07-04
a GIorinus AnniNersarN

The American who does not rejoice
on this Fourth of July is unworthy to
breathe.
AS events have fallen out it is far and
away the most memorable anniversary
of the great day of 1776 we have ever
been called upon to celebrate.
The times., 1898-07-04

for how much more misfortune it may
be responsible. Sailors are a super
stitious race, and thay will not serve on
an unlucky ship If they can help 1t. 1t
appears that the defeat of the Chesa-
pea6e in her battle with the Shannon,
nearly a hundred years ago, was due
largely to the fact that she was regarded
as a ''hoodoo.'' The Constitution and one
or two other ships enjoyed the reputation
of being particularly lucky; the Chesa-
peake and the President were considered
unlucky, and the sailor was either very
bold. very reckless or very ignorant
who would serve a ship with a bad
reputation. Thus II happened thai while
there WAS no Drawer officer In the navy
than Commodore Lawrence. he had under
him motley crew which would be hard
TO duplicate even in those days of mis-
cellaneous enlistment and rough service.
Some of them were Portuguese, some of
other foreign nations, and some were
American seamen who could not get
berth on any other ship. Before the
fight began, Lawrence found that part
of this We're dangerously near
mutiny. In fact, some of them refused to
go into the fight unless certain conces-
sions were made by the commodore.
There was no loyalty among them, no
esprit de corps and all the personal gal
lantry and undaunted courage OF Law
renee and the good service of some of
the men could not make a good ship 3
crew out of that collection of riff-raff
SO 1t happened that after uttering those
memorable words, Don't give up the
ship!' Lawrence died and the Chesapeake
surrendered. The ship was uniucky.
The times., 1898-07-04

The catastrophe which attended the
launching of the English battleship AL
bion the other day is likely to have its
effect on the entire existence of that un-
lucky ship. 1t has caused the death OF
fifty persons already. at the very outset
of its career, and there is no knowing
The times., 1898-07-04

The next move on the board will be for
the Spanish government to court-martial
Cervera for being an admiral and for win
ming all the series of victories reported
in Madrid but which do not seem to
have served any purpose different from
what defeat does for other people.
The times., 1898-07-04
TO READERS GOING OUT OF TOWN.

THE TIMES, in all its editions, Morning
Evening and Sunday, will be mailed TO
one address for FIFTY CENTS per month.
Addresses changed as often as desired
The times., 1898-07-04

Communications intended for publication in
The Times should be tersely and plainly written,
End must In all cases be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer Rejected com
uunicstions will not BE- preserved. and oaly man
uscriprs Of obvious importance viii be returned
= tneir nuthors-
The times., 1898-07-04

Cervera met Sampson more than half
way The spaniard having decided to
commit hari-kari, the American admiral
had no choice but to let him alone. It
was not a Manila, but the result is prac-
ti--ally the same
The times., 1898-07-04

Washington had another example yes
terday OF the extra yellow Journalism
practiced by The Times morning and
evening contemporaries. 1t was thor
oughIy appreciated TOO.
The times., 1898-07-04

Actual surprise Is expressed because the
Spaniards use bullets incased in brass for
the purpose Of producing blood poison
in those hit by them. OF course civilized
nations do not couHtenance such things,
but then Spain is not civilized nation.
The times., 1898-07-04
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readerr Of The Times who may at any time
be unable TO procure copies Of il at any news
stand or railroad station railroad trains. will
confer g favor upon the management by sending
10 this Office inf1rmation of the fact.
The times., 1898-07-04
Forgotten. But Not Gone.

(From the Wilmington Every Eveuing)
In these exciting times people forget that
such a body as the Congress of the United States
is in existence, but 1t is a fact that il Is still
doing business at the old stand.
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According to a dispatch to a New York
paper Admiral Dewey has gently limited
to the German admiral at Manila that
the United States will not tolerate the
least Interference with its war program
This suggestion, it is believed, will re-
move any cause for apprehension. Our
Teutonic friends now understand that
armed Intervention at Manila could mean
nothing less than war.
The times., 1898-07-04

In the debates of Victoria park politics
is represented by the Social Democratic
federation and the independent labor
party. However. their following is not
large compared with that of the speakers
who treat of religious topics. The theOs-
ophists of Mile End aud Bow come 10
the park as regularly as anybody else,
but they seem, as a rule. TO attract COM
para lively little attention
As the shadows fall the babel Of dis
putants becomes silent and the crowds
begin 10 dissolve. The mission corps OF
the Tower Hamlets is closing its simple
gospel service, and the sound of its sing
ing rises above the laughter at the COutJs
fountain. As one waits. with the ech1es
of controversy still in his ears. il is touch
ing TO hear the tireless missionaries iOiu
in their favorite hymn of appeal to pass
erS-by:
Jesus calls Us Ger the tumult!
The times., 1898-07-04

Admiral Dewey's laurels are secure now.
While it might be unfair TO say that Ad-
miral Sampson neglected his opportunity
in Cuban waters 1t is certain that he
took no advantage of 1t. Montojo went
down fighting. cervera committed suicide.
The times., 1898-07-04

Chief among the opponents of the
atheists is the Chistian Evidence Society.
the shining light of which is the principal
of Oxford house, the Rev. +. Winning
The times., 1898-07-04
Saks and Company.

81 SakS' Corner

ton Ingram, who resides hard by in The
famous university settlement at BeJhu8l
Green. MIR Ingram is product of the
best scholarship OF England. He is
calm, diguiHed. magnetic man His mis-
sion To Victoria park every Sunday is
that of d debaJUr in the service Of Chris
tianity. and his patient. careful and en-
Eghtened methods IL dealing with the
secularists are not 20 be resisted. Those
pitted against him are defective in edu-
cation. and consequently reckless in
statement Many of them are very fer
vid, and some of them eloquent. but
not one of HIem can make his argument
stand against the clear. logical. andlyti-
cal disCOurses Of the principal Of Oxford
house. Mr.. Ingram speaks sometimes
from his own stand and sometimes. by
the courtesy OF his opponents, from the
stand OF tae atheis,ic debateTs. Even
the most blatant OF the latter have great
respect for him, and feel most al home
when he is not around 10 answer them
What is wanted said Principal In
gram, I'm these Open-air meetings. and
what I endeayOr 10 supply, is definite
teaching Of facts. carefully substanJiatsd
and illustrated, as an antldote TO the
vague and sweeping negative statements
that are - common on the other side
OF history the majority are profoundly
ignorant and therefore are at the mercy
of almost any statement. Thus. IN an
swer 20 u description Of rhe state Of nor
ality some eighteen centuries ago. as
given by Tacftus and Juvenal IT was re-
piled that Rome was really quite a moral
place eighteen centuries ago and was only
blackened by the Christians to throw
their religion into a brighter ughti
Among the audience Of 1O00 men there
was not sufficient knowledge 70 decide
what was right"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-04-18

The weather had again deterrent Of.
feet on the attendance al the races yes.
terday, & cold westerly wind prevailing
with ominous clouds. The trottlng
event was hollow and uninteresting ai
fair. bat the running was good enough
TO excite anyone. Jockey Lindquests &
ride on Sleepy Dick was more than open
20 suspicion. This IL the same boy who
was nned three weeks ago, and unless he
changes bis tactics an example will on
doubtedly be made OF him.
The results were as follows:
Trotting .-Arial took two straight
heats Nimble Jim. second. No time.
Three furlOngs-B -BOobe Harding, first;
Sleepy Dick. second; Kate Putnam,
third. Ny Girl also ran. Betting 4 to
8 on Harding. Start good. Won hand.
lily by length. Dick should have won
with half ride. Time. iOl{.
-Four and one-half furlongs Patsy
Dagan, 6rst; Mary Barnes. second: Miss
Redwood, third. Arctic Ray and San An
dre also ran. Betting even. Start fair.
Won easily BY n length. Time. 1.0l.
Five ani one-hRlf furlongs.-Pueblo.
arst; Rayiola, second; Evolution, third.
Fred o. alec ran. Start good. Won un.
der wrape Rayiola ran q counterfeit
race. Time 1.l6. Track slow.