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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09


eions hut simply to hold them until the end
of this war and make them bear the OK
nanso Of If
Dnrine, tha past dav or TWO there has
however been an apparently decided
change of sentiment. While the president
has made absCIutelv no declaration upon
tha eu,ioct tnoea mon IN congress who are
ra,.os,,i,,., 90 administration spokesmcn
~. ,1nino much talking on the line Of per-
uancnt holdin.; Of the islands. This morn
ing several senators VINO represent admin
istration IDEAS in foreign matters were i'm
concentration with the president. The pos
sihiIitiae of the future were discussed at
some length one of these senators, in
talking with me later. outlined the proha-
biIities as they appear TO him and infer
rontiaIl,, to the others ut that conference
j., hi. way.
CIV av,,aot cnofn tn Capitulatp after on
mara e.,.ara defeat The London Tele-
,ra,b,s enacials from Madrid indicate this.
~ +t.in1, tbara * every reason to believe
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Il- -. e,,a{r of Cuhl porto
~, NV pItIfrat,,,, islands. The r.pub-
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
MATANZAS FORTS REDUCED.
DUPONT AND HORNET TOSS SHOT
INTO THEM.
Torpedo Beat and Auxiliary Cruiser
Complete the Work of Destruction
Begun Several Days Ago.

Key West May 7-Matanzas was bonn
baried yesterday and this afternoon. The
work was done this time by two boats and
among the smallest in the navy-the torpe-
da boat Dupont and the auxiliary cruiser
Hornet of the mosquito fleet. Three b!ocit
houses We're destroyed ana II is almost
certain that a number Of Spanish soldiers
were killed.
The bombardment was brought on by the
temcrity of the Matanzas Spaniards. who
apparently were not content with the fear
ful execution wrought last week by the
greater ships of the fleet.
The engagement properly had its begin
ming Thursday afternoon. when the Dupont.
cruising close to the shore, observed a mum
Der of Spariards on the point near Matan-
light raising Il Spanish flag The tor
pedo boat men suspected that new guns
Were being mounted there and Lieutenant
Wood. commanding the Dupont remarked:
IF those are guns we will have them,
and pretty quickly"
There was nothing positive. however to
Indicate that a new battery was in course
of construction and nothing further o@-
CURED until Friday afternoon. The Dupont
had then been Joined by the Hornet ana
both were scouting about MatanZas not
more than GO yards from the shore, when
suddenly a storm of rife bullets came
whizzing toward them. Tn" attack was
made by body Of Spanish cavalry spread
along the shore in groups OF from fifty To
a hundred. apparently on the watch for
fibusters.
The little boats lost no time in answering
the challenge. From their few and small
guns they poured a storm of iron into the
body of cavalry. which promptly retired.
Net long afterwards a wagon was seen
upon the shore gathering mp the dead or
wounded soldiers, but am estimate of the
number of the SpaniardS killed or wound
ed could not be made. although The Wa
gon made repeated trips.
The two boats continued firing for some
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
Sails from COrunna, Spain.

The Lafayette belongs General Trans Atlantic
line 1894 register bound
Cornna. 3D. Havana. She has board
contain O.
The Lafayette which halls from St. Nazare France.
feet
beam and Is Size built in 1864 Creenoc
of iron Her effected shortly before shutdown
The Lafayette heading for Havana and boarded by
officer of the Annapolis port
She afterwards made and
an exciting chase The Wilmington Newport Morrill, took
in the the Frenciman.
After he had been
made prize from the Annapolis
She West ted by the Wilmington
Previous this being taken. Commander q
Annapolis. the temporary flag officer,
Tcdd, Of tho Wilmington
1T reported that Lafayette, being
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time afterwards, scattering their missiles
at the three block houses which We're
quickly reduced. While the firing was in
progress am r'ght-inch shell from one of
the Matanzas batteries was sent toward the
Dupont. hut fell short. This was ;he only
firing from the Notifications
Nothing d3unted the two little boats re-
snm"d the bombardment this morning, but
drew no reply. The firing Of the ships
lasted from to half-past ! o'clock Friday
afternoon ana from Z until o'cIoc,s- THIS
morning. and il is estimated that over 200
shells Were fired. Not a man on either
beat was touched by the Spanish bullets
the Dupont brought the news IN tonight
Sne was rugged gay1y with flags and dock
ed near the troop ship Panther The news
was shouted to the latter ana was eroeted
with burst of cheers and applause, which
was heard wol1 into the town.
Put a Hole in Our Vessel
Havana. May AT S so o'clock this morn
ING tha American cruisers which were pur-
suing the Spanish schooner SANTIAGO bound
from Tucatan with ealtcd fish apprC. ched
the Vedado batteries which fired ut them
when five miles off shore.
y local paper says that one OF the pro-
iectilos carried off the smokoStack and one
Of the m2sts of the American cruiser, which
was in the lead. and that another proiecte
fell upon the deck Of the other cruiser. The
Americans replied with twelve shots. but
the proiectiI"s fell two miles OF" the bate
ric& und the cruisers then reiterated under
fall head Of steam. one of the shots
from the batteries fell near one OF the
American YES els. covering her decks with
W%ter, and 1t is asserted positively that q
hole was made in her hI'l below the water
line, san Lazoro VeIaio was full Of people
watching the encounter through opera
glaG%nc and 1HrIJuIiurr flp firiOn pf h.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
SENATOR EARNHART, OF OHIO,
Praises the American Catarrh Rem
edy--Peru-na.

81 would noj impose upon the SICK ana
unfortunate by rccummcndnG 10 thcm 4
course of treatment unless 1 was satisfied
it would be beneficial to them; but know
your Pe-ru-na is an excellent remedy iol
Catarrh, and as sUCn | recommend 1t 70 the
general public Very truly NJ b. Earn
hart, Columbus. or
All ranks OF people have chronic catarrh
Rich men, poor men, bcSSar men, thieves
lawyers doctors, merchants. priests. NOT
only catarrh OF the head. but catarrh Of
the throat. catarrh of the lungs, catarrh
of the stomach, catarrh of the liver, ca
tarrh of the kidneys, catarrh Of The bowels,
and a multitude Of women are afflicted
with catarrh Of the pelvic organs. tatarrh
is a word which includes a multitude Of
diseases. Nearly One-haif of the diseases
to which the human flesh is liable are in
reality nothing more or less than catarrh
IN some phase or location. Pe-ru-na cures
catarrh wherever located
Send to The Pe-ru-na Drug ManufaGtnr-
ing Company, Columbus, o., for DR.. Hart
la grippe, etc.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
SPAIN IS SURELY TOTTER|NG.
SYMPATHY FOR QUEEN REGENT


S is
enda Regent
that will the
Monday
calling Weyler
s. the its DOWNFALL
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
FRENCH VESSEL TAKEN AND Released;
AMERICAN WARSHIp PULLS HER DOWN
Flying the Flag Of France the Big Atlantic Liner Tries
In Vain to Force the Blockade of Havana

May Ga French line steamer the Lafayette
Annapolis last night. brought
Washington.
thought the seizure
trouble with the French government The
American warshps that she could
attempted make her through and one
southern
"a followed.
Immediately after the captive brought full
Washington, late this
Washington
send her Havana escort
been unfortunate incident,
resulting protest has been made by the
Of United
appears Lafayette sailed Havana the
Washington instructed to communicate
This done and permission
discharge
would take
fulflment this
Washington Admiral SIMPSONS squadron,
the made that they
delivered.
This afternoon United States Commissioner Otto, United
District Stripping number of other federal
officials Lafayette her and
cabed the These
out delay In the order Commodore Watson
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09


guns carrying to
.trV q a
X: Associated Press
began spoken Annapolis little
the Comar battery miles shore. The Ar
aZy
the spoken the about fol-
The Cuban lire, with hc hot
atmosphere looked peaceful
the Moro stood
silent Cuban capital whose roofs
OF declining fine
n est
Suddenly calm the electric call of "a
chase The An
napoliS rbOad the
belched
clouds black piled
gunboa high
the horizon This the
OF the
aft herr
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
Moving at a Good Clip.

The stranger rapidly the marine glasses soon
a liner with straight
Havana under fun carrying
the sailors
a Of she through
speed This seemed the
through the bOckading
Moro possible overhaul
ed But within minutes. from different directions,
Sans which drifting
had been VanZed
chose and speedily joined in the attempt block the
Havana While the Annapolis
the distance I'm ngto
Newport also bearing down Morrill,,
which had been
acr he of he
liner of David challenging Goliath
little acting
A member of the so-calcd mosquito
The Annapolis, however had been
her that oNorha led m
of the Morrill, There fash a of
lee, followed by the boom wind
announced Uncle sam had
The liner oboyed the Associated Press
dspat1h boat entered in neck ana
In the meantime boat had
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
TEMERARIo on TIE HIGH SEAS.

Buenos Ayres, May G.-The Spanish
torpedo gunboat Temerario, which has
been, it is alleged, undergoing repairs
at Ensenada, on an estuary of the La
Plata, thirty-five miles from here, aud
which was said to be without crew
and disabled, sailed To-Day, probably
going northward.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09

or more are for any reason thrown together
and 1t may also be used as a basis in de-
failing the major generals to corps COM
mander, although the latter is essentially
a prerogative of the president.
The following is the table arranged In
ranks according to the length of service
NI,t,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-09
British Ship Attacked in Spain

May Al the A
of from
shew to
stonng
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
MIRROR SHOWS THE CALLER.
In Some Houses Unweirome Guests
Spotted with a Glass While
Mt the Door.

It's no wonder people are unable to
gain admission to some homes in Chi
cago, says the Chronicle of that city.
They may be beggars or canvassers or
millionaires. 1t doesn't matter who
they are--if the residents don't care to
see them they aren't seen. For it has
come to pass that Chicagoans have at
Last adopted an eastern custom. 1t
saves them trouble and annoyance and
It's novel scheme too.
You ring the bell q few times. bruise
your knuckles rapping on the door.
Now, at that don't 60 away at once.
Just stand en- the porch and rubber" ."
If your eyes are sharp you will see a
mirror at a suspicious angle glancing
off q window casing. If it is fat it
will be on the first story and if home
possibly on the second story. Well,
that's the secret. The persons in the
house have that doorway ''feazed." BY
looking into the mirror they can tell at
a glance if collector has come to dun
them for the ice bill. If the next door
neighbor has brought gorgeous
bunch of lilacs over for the front win
dow, why, that's different.
They call it the reflector trick" down
east. But the Chicago brigade Of col
lectors has another awful name for it,
1t wouldn't do to say what it is.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN.
He Recalls in Rem1niscenf Way the
Picturesque House Iuuminn-
tions Of Fifty Years Ago.

Lighting Of every description" said
the middle-aged man in the New
York Sun. is brighter, more bril-
liant and more striking now than
ever before; but there was in
vogue. say so years ago, method Of
Illumination for purposes of celebTa-
ton that it seems to ne was mere pic
tnresque than any one of the methods
that have suppianted it. refer to the
of houses by placing
candies in the windows.
Windows in these days were not
made as they are commonly nowadays,
with one or two lights, but they were
made with SIX or nine lights of glass to
sash. SO window had usually l2 or IS
panes of glass. Candles were placed at
the windows, one Of each pane, in hold
cs specially made for the use, little
triangular piece of tin with short
socket soldered upon it, This holder
was held in place simply BY crowdinS
the sharp corner of it into the sash be-
low the glass. Tbe candles were not
lighted until the approach of the pro-
cessipn.
"A house front with light twinkling
at every pane of every window was a
picturesque sight indeed. and whole
street of houses thus illuminated made
q fairy spectacle"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
MUST FEED STATESMEN WELL.
Cooks of Washington Hold the Fate
of a Presidential Administ~a-
tion In Their Hands.

my supreme social effort has been
accomplished, and / am nothing but q
wrungout rag left to tell the tale,'.
writes "A Cabinet Members Wife" in
the Ladies' Home Journal in her series
OF letters giving her experiences in
Washington. I'm tired enough TO 90
TO bed by the time breakfast is over
Do you suppose am catching lazinesss
It's in the air. BY the supreme effort
mean my cabinet dinner, the last one
of this season, and the first state affair
to follow Lent and Easter. There is no
set time nor rule governing these din
ners. This year the cabinet ladies got
together and decided to divide the
honor equally among them, half of our
number entertaining each year, conse-
quenily j will only give rwo cabine;
dinners during the admin stra tion.
Everything went OFF smoothly owing
to Lem and a good caterer. The truth
is, Lyde, the servan Is make or mar an
administration Tariff and currency
are of importance, but good domestic
service is necessity. If were lobby
ing for bill would first feed well the
house and senate"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
HE HAD TO GO.
And His CnnlterabIe Determinatiox.
Drought His Sympathetic
Wife to Tears.

"My DEAR" said he. in a solemn tone.
disconso!ately hanging his hat upon the
rack, Il am sorry 1 can't tell you how
sorTy 1 am. But there's no use talking
any more about it. I've got to go"
"Husba ndi"
at grieves me more sore!y than il
can possibly grieve you. Cynthia. But
l see no way out of it. Icannoe shirk i;
any lccSer. I've simply got to go"
Bat have you considered-"
"ConsideTedP Have l not tossed.
broad awake, for many nights, consider
ing it in all its phases? Considered! II
you could but know the torture have
suffered considering it-but, never mind.
THERE'S no way out Of it. 1t hascome to
the point now where hare got togo"
"But what is to become"
Cynthia, enough! Do not attempt
further to dissuade NE. If hold ont
any longer in refusing to spend day
in Baltimore in examining those goods.
the boss'll certainly fire NE. and the
rent of this bungalow's got to be paid,
as you know, job or no job"
Then they mingled their tears.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
WHIRLED THE VARNISH AWAY
Hardened Lacquer Runs Like n Liquid
from q Rapidly Revolving
Dynamo Disk.

A curious observation was made in
the shops of an electric establishment
in Berlin the other day. For the pur-
pose of making certain experiments a
disk covered with varnish and lacquer
was mounted upon the axle of a rapid
ly-rotating dynamo, and it was noticed
that swhen the number Of rotations was
increased to several thousand per min
ute the lacquer covering on the outer
surface would crackle and break off,
says the Philadelphia Record.
On the sides the varnish, which had
been quite solid, began to flow toward
the outer edge and in about an hour
every vestige Of it had entirely disap-
peared. 1t is doubtless tie centrifu-
gal power which caused that unusual
flow of solid lacquer. There is still an
other fact to be. mentioned In this con-
nection. The shaft upon which the disc
was mounted remained quite normal
until the number of about $500 re@c!u-
tions was reached; from then on the
shaft began to pound and 10 wa~e-, be-
came more quiet after O. thousand more
revolutions, but started again to beat
and pound when 1000 revolutions were
registered. Curionsly enough tie
pounding was almost entirely stopped
when slight pressure was bTocsh, to
bear upon enc end oftheetatt.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
PROUD OF HIS NOSE.
An Illinois Mnn Who Was Hot .ashaxneA
of an Appalling Naxa1
Afniction.

The keeper of an eating-hp1ise and
lnnch coup ter on the Illnois Central
railroad, much nearer than LOCO miles
to Chicago, is blest or afflicted with q
huge nose, veri table trunk Of Cor
gantpan proportinns. Whoever sees IL
-and, like the masts Of sbtp at sea. II
Is the first portion of his anatomy that
appears in sight-whoever encounters
1t for the first time utters On exrlan1-
tion either of surpriseorfright, says the
Chronicle.
Its possessnr takes no odfense at his;
indeed, he seems to regard it as q mark
of distinction, and draws a surly face
il stranger neglects to stare at IL
The other day-he tells the story him
self-a train stopped for five minutes.
and several people entered TO purchase
sandwiches, pies, crackers, cheese and
other coveted refres esh1nents- The train
was nearly ready to depart when tall
man rushed up TO the counter and
shouted:
give me ten cents worth OF crackers
and Is cents worth of fchee--whtllikens
what nose!"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
TELEGRAPH POLE FOR A SHOP
A Harness Dealer Who II Doing "a
Rushing Business in the Mid
die OF West street.

4 telegraph pole in West street, New
York, is utilized.as store, says the Sun
of that city. The pole stands in the
middle Of the street, not far from Ganse-
yoort market. The stock of the "store"
consists of harness and saddler's hard
ware. These articles are hung upon
iron spikes driven in the pole. The pro-
pretor, who is also clerk, cashier and
BARKER" carries some Of the stock on
his person. Lighter weight articles are
around his neck; currycombs, brushes
and other articles are in his pockets.
He holds bunch Of whips under one
arm and carries one lash in his hand
He circles about his "store," crying his
wares TO the passens by. There are few
streets in New York where there is as
much teaming as in West street, and
most Of the trade thatcomes to the tele-
graph pole is from teansters.
What does he do when it rains?"
That is always the question of those
who notice the odd place of business
The proprietor shifts his stock across
the street to place which he patron
ICES and his patronage pays the rent
But he does not shut up shop on rainy
days Having stored the bulk of his
stock he goes on soliciting iaunt
among the shops, carrying few side
lines" like commercial agents of the
more prc;entious class. and these are
salable anywhere.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
SPANISH PROVERBS ON WoM-N
tion in Which The Fair
Sex Are Held.

Spaniards have weakness for prov
erbs. The common everyday corversa-
tion Of the people contains scores of
pithy sayings more or less wise that
express briefly the ideas of the Cas-
tilians en- various subjects. Among
these are some about women that do
not show very high estimation of the
sex, and most of which would not apply
to the American woman. whether or not
they may be true of the land of the
castaIets. Some of the best known
are:
Choose neither wife nor liEen by
candle light.
Women and weather are not TO be
trusted
No season is as brief as womau's
love.
\ woman may be loyal in love. bat
never to lovers.
Woman is curious creature with
long hair and short ideas.
y girls hair draws mere than ships
cable.
Woman is a guitar the sweetness OF
whose tone depends upon the player.
He who has handsome wife or q
castle on the from tier is never without
fear.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
NOISES OF TIE MIGHT.
Concerning Summer Sleep Prevent
ives and Their Treatment in
the Police Court.

At this season of the year, when
roosters crow ct daylight in the morn
ing, dogs bark late at night and the
street vender yells his wares, the po-
lice are the recipients of hundreds Of
complaints from citizens who must, by
reason of the heat, keep their doors
and windows open. For the infornla-
ton of those concerned. the Washing.
ton Post has obtained what is cited
as the determination of the police court
in such cases.
It has been held that where per-
son is disturbed by unnecessary noises,
such as has been mentioned, it does
not come within the province of the
police officer to arrest those RESPONSE
should be disturbed. In other words,
the party whose peace or rest is in
terfered with by the growing or bark
ing must first procure warrant
against the owner of the fowl or dog
which causes the disturbances The
officer then proceeds to bring the owner
of the offending creature to justice.
Where persons denounce loud crying
by hucksters, accompanied by written
complaint, the police officer has been
permitted o hearing in court.
In determining cases in court it has
been made n rule that party crying
his wares must not make noise enough
to be heard more than q square. Just
how single police officer is to deter
mine the length" of q vender's cry is
what is now puzzling him.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-24
INVERTED pArRrorrsa.
Mr. Dudier Makes a Littic Mistake tn
Uoistinx the stars and
Stripes.

Dudler Is intensely patriotic. His
frineds have been aware of this for
some time, so when he purchased a
large flag and proceeded to raise IL over
his house, they were not surprised, says
the Detroit Free Press.
II was dark before Dudler succeeded
in getting everything ready and the
flag hoisted, and, with the remark that
there would be Il surprise in the neigh
borhood when the morning dawued, he
went inside.
But it was Dudler who was surprised
on the following morning. When he
stepped out upon his porch he found
that every window in the neighborhood
had an angry occupant. Even the old
maid who lived next door had drawn
her lace curtains aside, and when Dud-
ler appeared shook her fist at him.
"I'll move out of this neigh borhood
as soon MS I can find another house,"
muttered Dudler to himself. 81 won't
live in such a nest of Spanish sympa-
thizers."
Then a stranger came along. looled
up at the flag and Immediately pulled
off his coat and wanted to fight Dudler.
What the outcome would have been is
matter of speculation, for at this
point policeman arrived on the scene,
gave one look at the flag and ordered
Dudler to haul it down.
"Wh-a-at?" gasped Dudlcr.
"Take it down." ordered the police
man. ''or III run you in."
This was too much. Dudler was pro-
ceeding to pull off his coat preparatory
to fighting the whole police force. when
he stopped long enough to take one
look at the beloved flag he was about to
defend. Then he wilted. Old Glory was
upside down.
Dudler apologized. righted his be-
loved flag. and peace reigned once more
in the neighhorhood.