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The western recorder., 1898-05-12

some time after the fire of the Spanish
ships slackened, but they, too, became
silent about $3.50 A Spanish lieuten-
Reina Mercedes and was landed near
Cavite with load of other victims.
many of them dead or dying, said:
THE greatest naval battle of the world
occurred today. We were defeated. but
no wonder when one considers the
heavy armament of the Yankee ships.
The Spanish navy was ignorant of the
power Of the feet against which It was
pitted. Our boats. many as they were.
were no match for the enemy. but the
honor Of Spain is intact"
When Commodore Dewey found he
had his adversary at such disad-
vantage he detached the Baltimore,
Concord and Boston to a point nearly
opposite Cavite point. with orders to
shell the batteries there. Knowing
the danger of risking his boats even
at this advanced stage Of. victory too
near the stationary guns Of the land
battery. he instructed them to use the
greatest caution in the undertaking.
for they had not only to face the Cavite
guns. but those Of Mount Manila. Par
anque and Las PInas. ON the inland
shore of Bakor bay, which overlooked
that body Of water as we'll as the Ca
vite' peninsula. anu commanded wide
sweep OF Manila bay itself. He did
not know the strength of those batter
les, but he had the seaman's caution Of
rislsing fight with land fertilization.
He had at the same time to beware OF
the still stronger fortiflcations farther
up the shore. the particular defenses of
Manila. The Baltimore and Concord
stood down the bay for mile or two
and began heavy cannonading upon
the Cavite batteries, lasting twenty
seven minutes.
Their work was effective from the
start and the Spanish reply was short
and ineffective. The cruisers ran in
quite close to the shore and the work
of their gunners dismounted several
Spanish cannon and killed large num-
ber Of men. The position of the Amer
lean ships prevented the forts on the
hills behind Bakor bay from keeping
up anything but desultory fire, and
even some OF this was SO badly man.
aged that 1t dropped into the Cavite
battery. From the very first shot of
the battle Manila was in panic
The stream of people who began to
leave last week turned into river and
that river into q flood. and when the
foreign office here last heard all was
confusion in the city and its suburbs.
Also there was word that the insur-
gents had moved up to within fifteen
Yz;ies of the western gates
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
ONE CENTS WORTH.
How Dozen Boys Purchased and En-
ioyed That Much Electricity.

How a Dozen Boys Purchased and En-
ioycd That Much Electricity.
A cents worth OF electricity can be
made to go a very long way sometimes.
This fact has been discovered by a
crowd of, small boys. in the western
section of this city. who frequent the
neighborhood OF the union depot. On
the pavement, Just outside a cigar
store in that vicinity. is a penny-in-
the-slot machine, which, upon being
fed with copper cent, dlspenses
enough electricity T. make your blood
tfngle pleasantly or to make you jump
about in hysterical frenzy. says the
Kansas City Times.
Yesterday dozen or more young
sters. headed bya hoy of about 10
years. who was the proud possessor OF
a cent. swept. whooping and shouting,
around the corner of Mulberry street
and bore down upon the electrical ma
chine There they lined up in half
circle. The boy who was supplying the
capital graspcd one of the handles with
his right. hand land gave his left to
the next boy. Thus they ALI Joined
hands, the last boy grasping the other
handle Of the machine. The keeper of
the cigar store. who had been intrusted
with. the care of the penny. cried Are
you ready?" The boys yelled Let 'er
CO." in chorus. The two end boys be-
gan slowly; to pull out the handles and
the whole line began a wild dance,
which developed into veritable In
dian ballet as the power increased. 1t
lasted for about minute and then Pc
tered out. Talk erbout de Spaniards, {"
shouted the leader. as they trooped
down the. street, wy, dey amt in it.
Wait II we takes de tricity to dem.
Won't dey cut shines? Well, guess" "
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was obliged to retire behind the Span
ish line. The Boston and Raleigh did
splendid work along with their sister
ships.
The battery which had been rigged
up on the sunken Castillo fired few
shots at the enemy, but was quickly
disabled by the American guns. Tho
Cavite battery kept up steady can
nonading upon the American fleet. but
many of its shots fell short and some
came nearer to the Spanish boats than
to the Americans. After the battle
had ragged for an hour the American
fieet retired by twos to the Nashan and
Zafiro. where they rccoaled. the re-
maInder of the fleet keeping up the
fight. None Of Commodore Dewey's
feet showed any apparent injury to the
Spanish fleet. They Unanswered with
as much ease as though they were
merely going through squadron evo-
luton in calm waters. Nearly all the
Spanish feet showed bad injuries. and
the loss of life among their sailors was
so great that the commanders moved
the ships with dificulty. The transfer
OF Montejo's nag TO the lsla de Cuba
was not noticed for some time. in the
confusion and wreck of the Spanish
fleet, and 1t was nearly fifteen minutes
before he made his boats understand
where their admiral was and what he
wanted them to do. Then there was
cessation of really hard fighting for
about twenty minutes. when the Amer
lean fleet re-f6rfned its line and began
once more. This time. the lisa de Min
danao. a converted. cruiser. and the
Don Antonio de ulloa were SO badly
disabled that they retired slowly and
took no further part in the fight.
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rHouoATooRAPHs.

1t is a wise man that doesn't repeat
his own wisdom.
No politician ever poses as a reform
er while in office.
A folding bed must be pulled down
before 1t can be done up.
The man that makes the least noise
is often the most dangerous.
The man who kicks for Justice some
times gets more Of It than he wants.
Married men always have more but
tons OF their clothes than bachelors.
Whatever Noah's shortcomings were
he knew enough to go in when 1t rain
ed.
COW may have many good qualities.
but she is too modest to blow her own
horn.
The wise father always tries to bring
up his children in the way he should
have gone.
woman can get shiftless husband
In about 1--WE minutes. but 1t sometimes
takes lifetime to get rid of him.
The man who goes fishing and sits
in cramped. uninyiiing position all
day and calls 1t fun Is the chap who
never goes to church because the pews
are uncomfortable.
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Again the guns at cavite roared out
a steady bass chorus to the water ngnt'
and the gunners appeared to have Sc
cured better range upon the American
feet. for Dewey ordered a general
change of base end the fighting was
forced in the direction Of Manila Mon
te1o had by this time recovered his
presence Of mind and reassembled his
shattered line. presenting bold but
battered front to the enemy. He en-
deavorcd to put heart Into his men,
but the light had been taken out OF the
Soaniards and they seemed to feel that
there was not the slightest chance OF
their winning Monteto's officers ana
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
rnE CRUISER oLYMpIA. CA PR pEwEY,s ELAosHIP

bulb. Daring the recent heat waves
the erthermometers In many localities
registered In the open sun over 160 de-
grees and the shade registers are even
more expressive. On Dec. 30, under
severe shade conditions, 1913 degrees
was registered at the Melbourne OBJ
servatory, and on Jan. II a still higher
record, 1905 degrees. was reached. AT
Boort tvictoria) the shade register was
11e degrees; at omeo. perched high in
the snowy wind-blown Alps, the record
was los degrees in the shade"
OF course these intense heats work
enormous mischief. This is what the
"Australasian Review OF Reviews"
says OF their effects;
"The earth seems to faint under the
white binding skies. The harvests
shrivel. The orchards, with all their
leafy promise. are smitten as with the
blast of a furnace. The grass turns
to dust over the wide plains. In .Ade-
laide many Of the animals In the zoo
logical gardens died, Fish perished in
shallow lakes; birds fIuttered dead
out of the sun-scorched air. The heat
seemed to rob earth Of its greenness,
and the air of its oxygen. How much
sick people and old people and little
children suffered cnn hardly be ex-
pressed in figures. The heat, indeed,
turned the crowded suburbs OF great
cities and hundreds of tiny. shadeless
bush townships. with scanty water sup
ply. into so many circles, little or big.
of an inferno suoh as Dante hardly
dreamed Of"
The capriciousness of the Australian
climate is shown by the fact tina. while
five of the colonies were being. SO to
speak, roasted on gridiron. the sixth
(Queensland) was being drowned be-
meath new deluge.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
spanish Politics.

Madrid, May 9.-It was announced
here this afternoon that the Cabipet.
ministers have placed their portfolios
in the hands of Senior -Sugasta, the
premier. with the view of probable
reconstruction of the ministry.
The queen regent consulted late
this afternoon. with Senior Montero
Rios, president OF the Senate, who nd
vises reconstruction of the Cabinet.
1t is increasingly probable that the
Cabinet will be reformed with Senior
Gazamo included. after the lower
house has adopted the Indemnity bin.
Senior Sagasta denies the rumor that
Marshal Martinez Campos will re-
place Lieutenant General Daban as
captain general of Madrid.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
III II II
u

The reformation Of the feet took
some little time, but SO soon as this
was accomplished the flotilla proceed
cd with full steam on as though 1. were
sailing In broad daylight In American
waters. 1t was still dark at this time.
but presently the dawn began to break.
and the sun arose in all Its oriental
splendor.
The weather was calm and sultry and
over the waters OF Manila bay thick
haze. so common to early morning in
those !. parts, hung like curtain,
through which the rays OF the coming
day penetrated with dull but beautiful
hues. Gradually. however. this lifted.
and the dim outlines of the hills in the
nssohborhood OF Cavite were discern
ible. Nothing whatever could be seen
Of the Spanish fleet, but the Americans
knew they were but a few minutes
away from the greatest naval battle OF
modern times. The nerves Of the on
eers and men on Dewey's fleet were
keyed up to the strongest tension. Ev-
cry ofIlcer was at his post and every
gunner behind his weapon. which he
had watched for hours. Tho word had
gone around. not by word OF mouth.
hut by some subtle psychology:
"Rsmember the Maine! Remember
the Maine," and into drawn faces there
came that look which one secs only
whom man. stirred by strong and prim-
tive emotions. determines to meet and
iight his enemy to the death.
The breeze freshened up from on
CAvite and at l:30 the enemy was in
sight, ships as well as land batteries.
As near a. could be determined at that
time eight Spanish ships were in full
view, but their identity was not os
course known to the Yankee feet. 1t
was soon apparent, however, that two
more Spanish cruisers were close at
hand and there was other shipping. not
clearly distinguished. near by.
II was plain that the Spanish nd
miral was taken entirely by surprise.
His Sect was ready. but he did not ex-
pect tho Americans to enter the bay.
Admiral Montejo had fully expected
the American feet to. remain In the
vicinity Of subig bay and that he would
have to 60 out to the open water to
meet IT, He thought Commodore Dew
ey would try to force an entrance past
the batteries Of subig bay and make q
landing there and the governor general
had . force of $500 men there to pre-
vent junction between the insurgents
and the Americans. That the latter
would have the temerity to enter the
mins-sowed bay and give him battle
in front Of Manila never entered his
head.
With the rapidity for which he is
noted Admiral Montejo FORMED his line.
It is not known yet what his exact for
nation was. It is a mistake. however.
to say that the Castillo was part Of the
formation That cruiser ran aground
Friday morning and could not be dis
lodged. She was therefore improvised
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

from the lard batteries. When the
Srnninrds heard the explosion Of the
Don Juan they gave shouts Of joy.
thinking It was one Of the American
neet. but when the dull yellow smoke
lifted and they ssw their cruiser total
wreck and the bay In its vicinity full
OF dead and wounded Spanish ollce-s
they shrIeked with agony and Moufejo
is said to have lost his head and To
have run up and down the deck al
ternately cursing the Yankees and the
Don Juan's captain for his reckless
ness
The explosion unnerved the whole
Spanish lcet. and It may be said to
have determined the whole battle, for
1t proved the turning point. Mentejo
had no time for vain regrets for bis
own flagship was soon struck twice BY
shells. The attack OF the American
feet was recommended almost imme-
diately after the explosion, and some
OF the hardest knocks were directed at
tho Reina Maria Christina. Her cap
tain. Cardozo. and eight gunners were
killed by a shell. and almost In the
same instant full broadside from two
American ships struck the Spanish
boat, killing two officers and a large
number OF men. Just then the Maria
Christina was discovered to be on fire
and sinking. The crew broke from all
discipline and rushed to the ssx-s.
jumping over. officers and men. pre-
ferring to trust to their powers as
swimmers. rather than suffer tho fate
OF their companions Of the Don Juan.
Several other shots struck her. but the
Americans. seeing that II would be a
waste OF powder. turned their attention
to the other boats.
The Maria Christina began to nirk
rapidly and Admiral Montcjo and a
few officers had barely time to untan6le
a boat and pull on in 1t before his nag
ship, the finest Spanish boat in Asiatici
waters. sank In the bay. He tried 20
reach the Reina Mercedes. but she VI as
In SO hot corner that he hal to go on
board the nearest boat, which proved TO
be the Isla de Cuba, small and In
ferior cruiser. 1t is said that q ma
jority of the Reina Christmas crew
were killed or drowned, but some OF
the men were picked up by the Spanish
fleet and the ships exact loss in men
cannot now be ascertained. The flag
ship burned fiercely during the rest OF
the fight, but sank before any explosion
could occur. She is a total wreck. All
this had taken place within sixty min
utes There was not gun on board
the American fleet which had not been
used, and most of them had done exc
cution. The Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes was engaged by the J'alti-
moro and Concord. the shells Of which
did frightful damage to her. and she
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

II was l:z6 ,. m. Saturday, April 30.
Whsn the American feet passed subig
bay. which Il on the China sea, and
around Nariveles peninsula from Ma
Mia and Manila bay, and steered d.
rectiy for the entrance to the mouth
Of the latter
A. II drew near the entrance the
feet slacksned speed. for It was then
near sundown. All the ships were
dark. the decks cleared for action and
the sharpest outlook kept In all direc-
tions. The entrance to the harbor was
thought by the spaniards to be well
defended and 1t would be SO considered
against anything but \ Meet such as
came there from Hongkong. On the
left-hand side entering there are two
batteries. one on Point Mariveles and
. smaller ono further up the bay. On
the right hand side there are also two
batteries, one at Limbones point and
another At Restingo. These last are
On the Cavite aide Of the bay. In the
middle Of the entrance are three is
lands, the largest Of which is Carre-
quideo. which was to have been forth
A44B 04t tAu 8R4aAaAou 3to Hot 6fS
land armament to spare. 1t was un-
derstood that the entrance to the bay.
as well ~ the bay itself. was loaded
with electric mines and tn;1csSces, but
II this was the case, they did not sx-
pIode. for the American fleet sailed
over and through them unharmed. As
the feet Approached the entrance In the
dark the progress BECAME slower. and
one ofncer Of the Olympia suggested to
Commodore Dewey the danger Of be-
Ing blown up. To this Dewey Is said
to have replied grimly: "It's case of
Mobile Bay now. which was interpret
cd to mean. In Farragut's words:
"D-n the torpedoes. Go ahead"
All this time the vessels proceeded
almost noiselessly on their way. When
the feet had rejoined. inside of the
bay. Commodore Dewey reformed his
line in the following order:
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
pi.tiIleriss In sco,,sn,

!. AT the present moment there are 15s
distiHerfes at work in Scotland, many
OF which are, it is said. scarcely able
to keep. pace with the orders of their
customers. Two years ago the number
was 1872, and these manufactured 22,-
25O'Oo0 gallons of spirits in twelve
months. Last year the output of the
whole OF the Scottish distilleries was
2s,5oo,ooo gallons. or close on 80 per
cent increase; while in England the
increase was 10 per cent. and in Ire
land 1S per cent.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
s.nt. Fc Route rrnin scr,,,.

No extra charge is made on .ssr.|
Routev llu1ted trains between an n
Fast vestibuled train for ail-poIni,
leaves Denver. at Z p. M Colorado Al
$40 p. m; Pueblo II 100 p; m; daily
without change. carrying Pullman -
sleepers.f chair cars, making 4,
connections for all points. In Texss
TnSfshortest- and MOST, direct ron,
California and Mexico points. All 4,
cars and eating houses under ma,
ment OF Fred Harvey.
, For ullsinformation. rates. time 1.
etc. address J. p. Hall. General Il
Denver, Colorado.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

II - npt to b. wondered At the resig.'
nation Of Mr.. Gary. the postmaster-
genegal. should be regarded ~ in scnit
way connected with the nrst ovsft act
q war Cd the part Of the president. It
has been 10 secret that Mr.. Gary was
n favor Of peaceabIe solution Of the
ol9eeeuces betwoea this country and
oDain u Il were possible. but thsre IL
llet1e evideaoe that be was one Of those
Who ass called ''psacs-at-any-price"
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
General sIlls. wmi' MI FAX. comm, nd

New York, May -1o.-General Miles,
having secured the Presidents per.
mission to take the field in person and
command the invading army, com
pleted his final arrangements to start
Tor Tampa, where lie will assume
active control of the force concentraf-
ed there and at Mobile, and New, Or
leans, dividing 1t into divisions under
ter.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
An official d,snotch sro,.,

An Official dispatch from General
Augustis the governor general of the
fhiiippines, sent by way Of Labfn
says; The enemy seized Cavite and
tne arsenal, owing TO the destruction
OF the spanish squadron, and estnb.
nsned close blockade. 1t is soid
tnht, nt the request of the consuls. the
enemy. VIII not lombard the fort. pro-
Viueu do not open fire on the ene,nv,s
squadron. which is out of range Of our
guns. Therefore, cannot fire unt,,
tney come nearer. A thousand sail.
ors arrived here this evening from onr
uestroyed sguadrons, the loss Of which
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
AUSTRALIANS HOT BLASTS.

The Awful Heat Of t;se Last winter
Liksned to Drnts's Inferne-
A newspaper letter from London
under date Of March 7. contains the
following interesting description or
winter weather conditions in Australia
In an exceptional year:
"By the Australian mail this morn
ing come lurid accounts Of the great
heat in the colonies Capt. Sturt. the
explorer. relates how once. somewhere
In the great Australian desert, the mer-
curry in his thermometer. which was
graduated up to 127 degrees. burst the
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

-Ninsty-eight per cent Of genius il
~ vork." says Thomas A. Edison.
~ - 49,. "As for genius being in
ulre1. insDlration u II most eases
1ncener vorl for perspiration." A.
~ 1orenoet example, in the world Of
- fype Of gsnius. Mr. Edison IL an
ent1erify on The subject, and bis
sDherisn csrroborates Johnson's often
luets1 te1nition Of genius. ''the innn-
" eepecity for taking palma"
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
HI. sad Experience.

"I bought claim" said the returned
Klondiker. where the nuggets were
said to be as plentiful as blackberries.
rAnd they were not?" We'll, yes.
they were: but, you see. there are no
blackberries In that region -"-Illustrat-
ed London News.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

~ bqrning Of the Aver building
- tAs fsrrible losa Of Me ocuasiousl
by 4 have resulted In the passags Of
- ordinance By the Chicaeo city coun-
~ whick brovidss for the equipment
of el1 buildings Of four or moro stories
~ IRE escapes, and limits the
hsGn< Of bulldines TO $50 feet The
ordnance also MAKES Il mandatory
upoa all contractors to secure licenses.
81 1irsofs thak the city shall refuse
DqFn1ts for. buildings ahove two sto-
~ unisss PLANNED by licensed Arch
itsc< o. contraufor.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

on the recommendation Of Genero,
Miles the secretary Of war has selactsd
tract OF lnnd in the vicinity OF Fails
o 0nurch' Virginia. as camp for abouf
zo,VoV or 10000 soldiers Of the soldier
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
A Good Ind,c.t,o,

Junior Partner-"Do you think the
new ONCE boy is trustworthy" Senior
Partner-'Tm sure Of it. I've noticed
that when he hasn't anything to do he
never pretends to be busy."-Puck.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Nobody really understood what an
unpleasant country Spain IL for resi-
dence until that cablegram came tell
ing about the embarking aAilors who
swors that they would not returf home
untii they had conquered America.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Representative Johnson. one Of the
ux Who voted against the Cuban reso-
lnf3ons. vii not return to congress, his
district having nominated his success
-. ~. Johnson will know better
nsxf tins nc< to sit down on . buzz-
uav Via It is In motion.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

osaiai Bob Burdetts echoes the la
usnt a vast number OF people when
- sayu. "Bvery day am sorry for
ssneehing I did yesterday. and live
d ehrunic state Of remorse and hair
shirt only hope the day after die
shall not b sorry did it."
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
Beauty is Hiood Deep.

Clean blood means clean stir.
beauty withoutit. Cescarets, Candy q
tic cleans your blood and keeps 1t Cd
stirring up the lazy liver and drivinsi d
purities from the body Begin to1l
bnnish pimples, boils, blotches, ,blackS1
and that sickly bilious complexion By :
Cascarets.-beauty for ten cents. I'm
eists. satisfaction guaranteed. 1oc. 81
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

whIls = crowd Of spaniards tried to
mob hi6 car Gen. Woodford slept
poaesfuliy within" Tho generals
slssp evidently Is fashioned after his
school Of diplomacy.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Al wabash. Ind. man has built up
. paying business In rabbit breeding,
having secured kind that are edible
IA summer as well as winter.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Thsrs ars many things which viii
~ ussfui in this war. but none u them
= that chadron cavalry troop Of ia
1ts-"
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

"Is your husband devout chun..-.
Mrs. Noodletop?'' Yes: he never y
tells joke on Sunday unless II tsms
clergy
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

0ruvsr. Cleveland, who has bsen per-
fecting hi1eelf ~ . marksman in the
last fsw ysaSs. now has the opportunity
Of biz life.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

..If n certain woman l know shouH
to war, she would be well uuahe5 !
one thing" whats that - 'Giyihr
ders."
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Another question which seems 70 b.
prsuing ttsslf upon the people IL:
What shall We DO with our American
ninistsrs and consulsf
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

II bssius TO look ~ II the sea-serpent
stxy - dc Atlantic coast would have
. har1 ;tlns Of Il this summer.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Al iqoelgsnt wife creates = tyrant
huabandf and she then turns around
aa1 bIanes him for being that way.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12
HoNORs FOR DEWEY.
VOTE OF THANKS FROM CON-
cREs5.

Given at the Segregation of President NO
Kinrsy-The Hero Of h.niis WIN Also
he Made Fear Admiral and Get
sword.
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

4 haven't heard you growing il
Dabncy's rooster lately" No; he
me all about that rooster the other q
1t cost 315.r
The western recorder., 1898-05-12

Wnsn woman is always in hurry
~ ssnsraI1y has husband who
doesn't hurry ~ all.