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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
TRAFALGAR RECALLED.
London Papers Say 1t Is the
Second Greatest Naval
Fight Of the Century.
rpv r.h,a to The Associated Press. l

rBy Gable to The Associated Press.1
LONDON, May 2, 1S9S.-A despatch to
the DAILY Mail" received from Madrid
this morning, says
1.-THE Americans are now moving on
Manila, but there has been no captula-
ton yet.
General Augusta win probably defend
the Plaza of Manila.
1.-THE Spanish Generals admit that the
battle ended in the utterro of the Span
ish fleet. but they are resolved not to
spare any efforts in the defence of the
country.
THE Spanish warships Reina Maria
Christina and Castillo have been totally
burned One vessel was purposely sunk,
the rest were damaged.
"The American fleet is believed to be
much damaged.
The afternoon newspapers today com
ment at length upon the victory of the
United States fleet The 'sPalI Mall
saThe earlier Spanish stories left no
shadow of doubt that the Spanish fleet
the later information this morning places
1t even beyond the possibility OF Spanish
denial.
tion in which the European powers are
vitality interested. and they agree in say
ing that another element of discOrd has
been introduced into the Far Eastern
scramble
The Spanish Cabinet, according to a
special despatch from Madrid, to the
sslSvening News" sat for four hours and
only discussed the Manila disaster. The
discussion. it is added showed the Span
sh ministers "are now fully aroused
and determined to exhaust their re-
sources in defence of the national honor =
despatch to the Evening News contin-
ues General Correa. the Minister of
War, and Admiral Bermejo, the Minister
of Marine made report to the Queen
Regent The latter. it appears, who had
already heard of the reverse. was
afiame with patriotic enthusiasm, and
declared the loss Of 50 many ships was
| IN the reflection that the Spaniards had
covered themselves with hohnor"
The Queen Regent is said to have add
my spirit can never be daunted so
| long as can rely on the patriotism and
| courage of the Spaniards."
The absence Of further details OF the
! Spanish defeat is supposed, according to
| the Spanish officials, to be due to the
| nre-occupatfon of Captain General Angus
/ Ii in defending Manila
The British Governor of the Straits
| Settlements, Lieutenant- Colonel Sir G. B.
lH Mitchell, has sent a cable despatch to
| the Colonial Office here, saying the United
/ States fleet "annihilated" the Spanish
| fieet IN a two hours engagement.
The despatch adds that Commodore
/ Dewey, last night demanded the SUR
| render Of all the torpedoes and guns at
Manila and the control Of the cables.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02

under pain of bombardment. General
Augusti, the Spanish Governor General,
refused to surrender them and, it is sup
posed the bombardment of Manila is now
proceedings.
The officials here gather from the fact
that Commodore Dewey's demands at
Manila are limited to the guns, torpedoes
and cable that he does not consider he
has force SUFFICIENT to land and occupy
the town.
The Parnellite members of Parliament
have sent the following despatch to Presi-
dent Mckinley
"In the names of millions of Irishmen.
the Parnellite members of the House of
Commons send your their congratula-
tions on the brilliant victory of the Amer
lean fleet
"0Signed) JOHN REDMOND.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
OUR GERMAN FRIENDS.
FBy Gable to The Associated Press !

[By Cable to The Associated Press.]
BERLIN, May g. 1S9s-The news of the
brilliant victory of the United States fleet
at Manila was received here, except in
government circles, with general incred-
ulity, although the Foreign Office was
full of news on Sunday evening, and it
promptly notified the Embassies.
The newspapers either did not publish
the news, or, if they published it, they
expressed doubts as to its reliability.
They said it was derived mostly from
American sources, and doubtless had
been grossly exaggerated or was base
less
Lieutenant Niblack, the United States
naval attache here, has been recalled.
He starts on Wednesday for England,
from which country he will sail for home.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
POLICE BATTALION DRILL.

The Jersey City Police Battalion will
drill in the Fourth Regiment Armory this
afternoon. Chief Murphy is considering
measures for strengt hening the police
men who will be enlisted in the reserve
force are The retired policemen. These
number 22 and with one or two excep-
lions are sound physically, and are will
ing 10 return 10 active service. They as
sernbled at Police Headquarters on Satur-
day afternoon in response to orders from
the Police Commissioners and were ex-
arlined by Police Surgeon Nevin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
PATRIOTIC JEPFERsoNIANs.
Tho Club Offers Inducements TO Its
w rern hers to RulEsf

The jefferson Democratic Club, at its
regular meeting on Friday evening, passed
a resolution to the effect that any member
who goes to the front in the present war
against Spain will get kept on the roll of
membership in good standing without pay
nlent Of dues. Plans for the clubs coming
picnic, to be held at Pohlmann's on June
10, were discussed, and the indications are
that it will be a splendid success.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements are George Schaefer, q.
Hoppe, T. Rauscher, R. Bartells, F. Sci
bert and e. Hansen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
q. s. s. JsRsEY CITY.
Letters from Gov. voorhees, and mr..
McAdoo Urging tho Request,


Chairman B. L. Stowe of the COM
mittee appointed by the Board of Trade
to ask the Secretary of the Navy to name
a cruiser after this city, received this
morning letters from A., ,esx-Assistant Secre,
Governor Voorhees,, in regard to letters
sent asking them to urge Secretary Long
to name vessel after this city The
following lis the letter sent by Mr.. Nc
Adoo:-
my dear Friend--I trust you will over
look the delay in replying to your letter
with reference to naming one Of the war
town for few days or would have
made a prompt reply. I have taken
great pleasure in writing to Mr.. Long,
joining your petition in asking to have
this thing done. When 1 was in Con-
gress I wanted a ship named after this
city, but the objection was to the two
words. Preference was given to Newark.
/ think, however. that there are so many
ships that a suitable one could be found
and in fact the law allows the recogni-
tion of cities in the naming of warships.
cessful, ] am, with best regards.
- WILLIAM McADoo.'s
The following is copy Of the letter
received from Governor Voorhees,
State of New Jersey,
Executive Department,
Trenton, April 20, '9S.
B. T.. Stowe ESQ.
Dear Sir-I am N receipt Of your letter
of the 9th inst, enclosing copy of
the letter sent to Honorable John d.
Long, informing him Of the action Of the
Board Of Trade with reference to the
naming of one of the new cruisers. It
has given me great pleasure to comply
with your request to urge upon the Hon
orable Secretary his consideration of
your petition, and / have written to him
under the same date, commencing your
application and urged him his favorable
consideration thereof.
Yours respectfully,
FOSTER M. VOORHEES,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02

possible The men say that the western
part of New York is ablaze with war en-
thusiasm
Members of the Sixty-fifth Regiment
said the residents of Buffalo turned out
en- masse on their departure. Patriotic
citizens headed by bands accompanied the
regiment to the Erie depot in Buffalo and
sang Onward Christian soldiers'' and
patriotic airs as the regiment moved to-
wards the depot
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
FEW RECRUITS IN EoBoKEN.

The4 enrolment Of IIobokenites desirous
of defending Old Glory was begun at the
CITY Hall this morning. The enlistment
officers are Assistant City Clerk John
Haggerty and License Inspector Bell.
Few recruits presented themselves, the
reception of the new Recorder and the re-
organization of the Common Council en-
gaging the attention Of every Hobokenite
VINO had leisure time.
Major Haggerty says he expects to have
the applications rolling in in a couple
af days
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
TOOL HnIrSR R.nRREn.

.A tool house belonging to Baker &
Williams. contractors on No. / School.
on York street, was broken into some time
betwe en- Saturday night and this morn
ing ana the following tools Were stolen
sbraces six bits, five hammers, one gouge
and one plowing chisel. All the tools were
m 5, r]x ed B. & w.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
NEW P. r. R. WAITING ROOM.

The temporary entrance to and egress
from the Penn nsylvania ferryhouse, which
are TO be used while the fine new waiting
room and ferryhouse which is to be erect
ed at the foot of Exchange place is in
course of construction will be ready for
use tomorrow Then the work of
demolishing the present ferryhouse
le
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
|NJURED D IN A FIRE,

A probably fatal fire occurred at three
O'Clock this afternoon in the large board
ing house No. LOG Grand street, kept by
Mrs. Rector. There were two persons
burned probably fatally. They are a
three-year-old girl, The daughter of Thos.
Meeghan, who is acting with his wife at
the Academy of Music this week, and the
negro woman who acts as nurse. How
the fire started is not known. The Nee
ghans and the nurse occupied rooms on
the top or fourth floor in the rear.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
SIMPSONS TURN next.
Signs Of a Concerted Movement
in the Fleet Off
Havana.
Preparing for Action.

(By Cable, Copyright, 1898, by the Associ-
ated Press.)
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DESPATCH BOAT DAUNT-
lS9S.-A demonstration by the feet off the
coast of Cuba is hardly TO be expected to-
day, but it is understood movement has
bowilg Blow psaa.d and the sea is nl runing high.
There was a long conference on board
the flagship New York Yesterday between
the Iowa, Captain Taylor Of the Indiana,
and Captain Chadwick of the New York,
the. purpose of which could not be ascer-
tanned
Early yesterday morning the New York
steamed to the westward. past Havana,
which was in plain view from the vessel,
and picked UP the Indiana and then the
Iowa. taking the commanders OF both
ships aboard. Tugs were then sent out,
calling in all the other vessels of the feet
in that vicinity, and at noon the follow
ing ships we're lying off the batteries,
west of Havana and within eight miles
of the shore:-The flagship New York, the
battleships Iowa and In1aana, the cruisers
Detroit and Marblehead, the -gunboats
| Castine, Mayfiower, Hornet and Mangrove
and the tugs .Osceola, Wampatock and Te-
cumseh. There were also four newspaper
despatch boats in close proximity all the
vessels being within radius of LOCO
yards and plainly visible from the shore.
There was every indication that a con-
certed movement of some kind was in con-
who were ignorant of the object of the
conference confidently expected that the
recent bombardment of the Spanish bat
teries at Matanzas and the firing upon a
troop of Spanish cavalry at Cabanas were
to be repeated upon the more formidable
batteries near Havana. The weather con-
dbtions, however, were anything but
favorable for an attack, for forty-knot
gale was blowing and the waves were
tremendous. Even the big battleships
were unsteady, the smaller vessels being
tossed about like shells with every wave.
But after the ships had remained in this
position for several hours, it became evil
dent that no immediate movement was
contemplated. The flagship finally drew
away from the others end steamed slowly
past Moro Castle without incident. The
remainder of the fleet then opened out,
and returned to their various stations
along the coast.
There has been no special excitement
among the vessels for the past forty-eight
hours, except a ripple caused by the chase
of the British tramp steamer Strathdee
on Saturday night last.
News of the engagement between the
United States and Spanish fleets at Man
lila has not yet reached the Cuban block
aiding squadron, but they probably will be.
adv ised of 1t this morning by vessels
which left here during last night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
INFLAMMATION CEmETERY

Was the first Landscape Lawn Cemetery" ip
me state Lot owners have no expense fol
care OF grounds, nor for fencing If you need
a cemetery lot (and every family needs one),
you will be interested in its beauty and neat;
ness, its moderate prices and easy terms Of
payment. Office in Jersey City, 239 Washing
ton street. over Provident Savings Bank Tele
phone No. 52l.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
n a11 .i.ifS or E.5Hr

New JERSEYS best Hour costs 25e. more per
ibarrel than ordinary flour, but worth a dollar
exfra Wholesale only at p. p Cleary Co. -
stores, Greene and Montgomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
EDUoAToRs TO oRGANIZs.

The Board of Education will organize
tonight Joseph L. Firm will be re-elect-
ed President.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
begun.

NEW YORK. May 2, 1sss.-A Hong
Kong dispatch says:-The bombardment
of Manila has begun The inhabitants
are fleeing to the country. The operators
In the cable station in the midst of the
forts have fed to save their lives.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, May 2, 1s9S.-Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending at eight P. NJ
Tuesday For New York City and vicin-
ity:-Probably showers tonight and Tues
day: warmer, southerly winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
The Blockade of Havana.
Copyright 1898, The Associated Press.)

(Copyf1ght, 1898 Ine Associated PfeSs.)
ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP NEW
YORK, OFF HAVANA, May 1 a p M,
via Key West, Fla. May 2.-The blockade
of Havana continues. The United States
fleet at this hour is somewhat concen-
trated, lying abo ten miles off Moro
Castle. The cruiser Montgomery and the
tug Osceola have just arrived from Key
West.
The Iowa. Indiana, Detroit and May
flower are lying close to the flagship New
York, but the Mayfower is going back to
Key West
The weather is fine and a stiff breeze is
blowing.
Captain Evans and Taylor came on
board the flagship during the day and had
a consultation with Rear-Admiral Samp-
son and Captain Chadwick
The British steamer Strathdee, Captain
Currie. from Progreso to Sagua la Grande,
in ballast, was made to heave to at 1:S0
this morning after two shots had been
fired from the flagship. The Strathdee
was boarded, proved her identity and was
allowed to proceed, as Sagua la Grande is
not a blockaded point.
Captain Currie said he had been stopped
twice before during the night
This is the only incident of interest
which has occurred during the past TWEEN
ty-f0ur hours.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
ASSAULTED HIS LIEUTENANT.

Walter O'Brien of No. 20 Summit ave-
nue. was fined S. by, Police Justice Potts
in the Second Criminal Court this morn
ing for assault and battery on Henry Gee,
a tenant, Saturday afternoon.
The times., 1898-02-27
Not a Party Matter

We feel ii incumbent upon us TO offer
our need Of praise to the Democrats
in both houses Of Congress for the mod
Grafton, wisdom and patriotism they
have shown during the past ten DAYS.
The dastardly crime of Spain in the
harbor Of Havana might have been
utilized to make a great party issue.
The tendency of the persons in control
of the Administration to sell the honor
Of the country to a gang of Spanish
Cuban bondholders has been too motor
ious to need mention here. That the
President has been given the grace to
shake loose from their reasonable in
fiuence is beginning to find belief That
IT would have been the end of him and
OF his party. if submitted to, is beyond
doubt.
All the more. We desire to praise our
Democratic friends in Congress for
osnizing the present occasion as one in
which all partisan ties are aban-
doned and the only party is that OF the
whole people Of America.
When it comes TO the defense of ma
tional dignity, or to the punishment of
a power which has declared war upon
us in the massacre of a whole shipload
Of Americans, the lines of partisanship
have parted. We are no longer Demo-
craus, Republicans or Populists, While
the emergency lasts there can be but
two, there are but two parties in the
country: Patriots and Tories,
The times., 1898-02-27
Infamous Toryism .

The publication which has acquired
circulation in this country under tht
name of Harper's Weekly in former
days was regarded as a journal of civ
| iliZation." There was time when il
devoted its columns and its pictorial
facilities to the cause of good govern
ment and the people. But that was be-
| fore the day when il fell under the in
! fuence of Wall street and the Eu-
ropean alliances of its shareholders
whose policy is dictated from the Lon
don Stock Exchange.
1t is still a journal of civilization.
measured by the civilization" which is
involved in the overlordship of the CO.
alition of European bankers in the do
mestic and foreign policies Of the
American people. Contrariwise, judged
from the native American standpoint,
il is a Tory sheet, devoted to the de-
struction of national patriotism and to
the upbuilding of foreign influence in
this country. In its current edition it
gives a most painful Illustration of this
fact. which is one TO which the atten-
ton of Americans should be seriously
attracted. 1t publishes an editorial
article condoning the offense Of Dupuy
de LONE in insulting the President, and
exposing a -fact.- previously, however.
sufficiently notorious, that the object of
the Spanish government in offering the
autonomy and commercial treaty sops
to America was for effect only.
This is bad enough, but it is not
nearly as fragrant as the effort of Har-
per's Weekly 10 condone the massacre
of our unfortunate sailors on the Maine.
The journal of civilization" is bold
enough to, say that the lingo talk
against Spain is for home consump-
tion,' and worse, to dare to state that
the patriotic speeches of Senator Nor
gan. who, famously. is the great inter-
national authority of the American
Senate in relation to our policy and
duty toward Spain and Cuba, have
been "untruthful.'
If they have been ''untruthfuf' in
what does~their mendacity lie? Senator
Morgan and the great mass of the peo-
pie of this country have held. and still
hold. that a first-class nation like ours
ought not to tolerate the sickening
atrocities of Spain within sight of our
shores, and that the treacherous de-
struction of our ship and its crew was
a distinct and unmistakable declaration
of war as it was intended to be. But
Harpers Weekly. speaking for the for
eign holders of Spanish bonds, and the
Anglo-American Sugar Trust, affirms
that it is small matter and that the
incident ought to be closed.
The incident viii be closed when the
American people have given Spain the
castigation that is deserved and must
and will be applied.
The times., 1898-02-27

We are in complete agreement with
the newspaper and other admirers of
the Administration who praise ii for
reserving its FIRE until the full proof
Of Spanish treachery in Havana harbor
has been officially received. We have
not doubted that the President would
act, because the American people.
though long suffering and slow to
anger, would be certain to compel ac-
tion.
On the other hand. the Administra-
ton is open to the most severe criti-
cism for taking the other horn Of the
dilemma at the start and assuming the
accident theory far in advance of the
facts! That was neither nice, wise nor
disni1ied. Why should the advisers of
Mr.. Mckinley prejudge the case in that
direction any more than in the other?
We have said that it was right to wait
for accurate knowledge. We now as
sert that it was wrong to illustrate the
amazing and inconceivable friendship
of the Administration for Spain by
jumping at once TO the conclusion that
the power which has tortured and mur-
dered our citizens and waged a hellish
war against women and children at our
very doors, was necessarily Incapable
OF an act Of perfidy against an Amer
lean warship!
To assume what The Times assumed
on the manifest evidence of the circum-
stances when the Maine was blown up
was rank 'jingoism' in the view OF
esteemed contemporaries, who never.
until within the past few days. have
been able to see anything wrong in the
course Of Spain. Weyler De Lone or
any other of its representatives or
agents, foreign or domestic. The cor
ollary of that proposition Will occur to
the reader without discussion. 1t is at
least satisfactory to observe that the
newspapers which accused this Amer
lean journal Of jingoism and sensat ton
alism at the outset have followed slow
ly in its trail, and printed and corrob-
GRATED its news and views from one TO
two days afterward.
If il were jingoism TO postulate Span-
ish treacheTy on the plain and unmis-
taxable facts. what kind of ism" was
ii TO assert without proof or the ap-
pearance Of it that no wrong thing
could be done by Spain to the United
States OF America?
The times., 1898-02-27
Truth for the Million.

u iuiA Aiit -NtN lOih ttuIIdi-l
Havana, via Tampa, Feb. 2J.-There is
one thing a stammering Administration.
not to say that mush and milk American
who sticks with wan confidence to the ac-
cident theory. need not lose sight OF. The
Spaniard strutting the Havana -treets
and burning cigarettes about the cafes
does not join them.
The Spaniard knows how the Maine
was blown up. He knows it for Spanish
work by Spanish design. and exults there
at. One can see by the shine in his eye
how the black glory of the deed curls in
comfort about his heart.
There is not Spaniard in Havana who.
like our own Secretary Long. believes
the Maine met. with her crew, an acci-
dental death. The subcurrents of Span
ish theory ali flow one way. il was a
submarine mine and planted by Spanish
orders. exploded by Spanish touch. That
is the Havanaese view. and while pro-
Tossing sympathy and pretending igno-
rance of it all, and asserting a magazine
explosion aboard the ship as the cause
of the tragedy, there are Spanish grins
aside al the ruin wrought at the Yam
kee," his gullibility on receiving the ''ac-
cident" explanation. and the beauty OF
the whole situation is that even the Span
lard does not really think that he fools
the Yankee Administration. His sneering
notion is that the Yankee" as well as
himself is aware that the Maine was sunk
by Spanish plot, but that being too cow
rdly to make war therefor. the Yankee
anxiously adopts the Incident" expIaua-
ton and so covers his skulking