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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
Texas, Marblehead and Suwanec Bat
tered Down Fort.
SHELLS AMONG SPANISH TROOPS
Arc Believed to Have Caused Con.
siderable Mortality,
ST. PAUL ALSO DID SOME WORK
spanish soldier Surrendered pnd
Suid lie Preferred Captivity tn
StnrNRtion-Fcd, Locked IN.

During this skirmish the launch from
the Marblehead did fne work. Her
ono-pounder threw out shells 40 rap
Idly that one Of the men and one Of
guns fell overheard. The man was
recovered.
The St Paul which was anchored out
side the bay during the bombardment,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
THIRD MANILA EXPEDITION.

w, uclieyed THAT u wiii he Stare"
on June ~.
San Francisco. June ls,--The bui'e''n
.ov. News was received today thai an
troops now in San Francisco aud assigned
for duty In Manila VIII lsave by the IN "a
exped,tion. Only four transport ships have
been secured to handle the men ana !. -
announced that twelve mere VIII be needea'
The third expedition can not possibly
start on the cath OF this month unless the
steamers Indiana. Morgan City aro ONO
are detached and sent out in squadron
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17

s.xers 70 speak nj san Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas, June i6.-consress-
man Joseph D. sayers has accepted q"
citation to deliver an address IN san An-
ionic on the Fourth OF July.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
DIDN'T WANT TO sTARvE
One Spnninrd who Prefers
imprisonment

copyrighted. 1895, by Associated
rress.l
Camp McCalln. Guantanamo Day,
June Is 1870 y. M, via Kingston,
Thursday. June lG 1910 u. M
During the afternoon half starved
and ragged Spanish soldier came
into camp and gave himself M. lie
said he expected TO be shot, but he
would gladly die. u they would
only give him food aud water. Iio
had had neither Tor forty eight
hours. He reported that there woro
1000 Spanish holders. hsif starved,
who wanted to give themselves up.
but they believed they would be
killed by the Americans Ms soon NJ
they were once In captivity.
This spaniard was given a dinner
and then taken on board the Mar
blehcad He declared he would
gladly 80 back and report to his
comrades, but that they would cer-
tainly shoot him, He is now held
as prisoner on the MarblehoEl.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
TO HIRING AWAY THE CONSUL
Rumored "a british snip Sent 10 Ha
vana for Thut Purpose.

Kingston. June i5.--4 p. m.--Delayed in
Transmission 1T is understood that the
British warship Talbot. which brought $40
refugees from Havana i've days ago. sailed
from Port Royal yesterday for Havana to
bring away the British consul there and
any British subjects who are DESTROYS OF
leaving the Cuban capital.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
THAT cADIz FLEET.
ADMIRAL Canaan Acting strangely
of Late.


fg,e,,ei Cable D,-patch TO tho Now YORK ,iei-
aid London Timce and The Houston lost
Copyright. 1888. BY James Gordon Lem
rfttl
Madrid. June ia curious rumor u
current here regarding the reserve SQUAD
ron at cadIz. Not only is It's sailing De-
lsyed on account OF the ships not bains
ready. but also because Admiral camaia.
who commands n, has been acting very
strangely Of late. This news Is kept as
eecre, as possible. but the Officers al caez
have noted II and talked over the matter
quite openly.
Madrid. June l6. 4 p. nit WAS again
announced today that the spanish ieEerse
squadron has left cadis for an unknown
destination. Captain Aunon. II Is aade1'
was on one OF the ships. but Il sp?sars NO
will return after giving Admiral csmsra
bis final instructions.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
RECRUITS WANTED.

Covington. La. June ID want
thirty men In squads OF not less
than ten for Hoods regiment OF
immunes. Wire for transportation
to Captain u. Il. Wilcox.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17
INTEND TO FIGHT

especial Cable Dispatch TO the New York Her
ala, London Times and The Houston Post
copyrighted. lssS. by James Gordon Ben
nett -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

ruption and infamy, they stultifled them
selves by indorsing it with all its works
and pomps, and made no promise what
ever to give the people of Minnesota a
better government.
In his individual capacity as citizen
we have nothing to say derogatory of
Mr.. Eustis, but as candidate for the
exalted office Of governor of Minnesota
by the .Republ'FNn party we would ask
m to O. Ie himself to state topics
b.. eschew the to financial and war
Que, ms during the campaign. What
will E.sss's do sfor the state of Mime
sofa in the event of his election, to i'm
prove on the Clough regime? Why does
the platform on which he stands keep
silent on all matters pertaining to the
state, except better highways?
The Irish Standard will make no in
vidious comparisons between William H.
Eustis and John Lind. They are both
eminent citizens Of the commonwealth.
But they represent different principles,
and the principles of which John Lind is
the exponent should be carried into leg
islative effect for the benefit of all the
people.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

declared that "the United States dis
claims any disposition or intention to
exercise any sovereignty, jurisdiction or
control over said island, except for the
paclfcation thereof, and when that is
accomplished to leave the government
and control of the island to its people"
Having made that solemn declaration IN
the face of the whole world, does our
neighbor suppose that this great corr,
try has engaged in war of humanity
to rob the Cubans of their God-giyen
right of self-government' The repre-
sentatives of the United States in con-
gress assembled are not Anglo-Saxon
enough to break their pledge and there
by merit the contempt of the nations of
the earth, including their own
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

We have seen an account of the Orange
outbreak on the 18th of July in the north
of ireland. For two weeks prior to the
celebration of the victory of the Boyne
in 1890. the following placard was en-
tensively posted in the Catholic districts
Of Derry and Donegal:
grand Orange demonstration will be
held in Donegal on Tuesday, 18th July,
1898. Who fears to speak of Derry,
Aughrim and the Boync! Papists stand
aside! We conquered you before. and
we can do so again. Our motto is.
Down with Home Rule, hurrah for King
William. and to He'll with the Pope God
save the Queen Tho British govern
ment smiled at their rowdyism They
met with no opposition from Catholics
in their march. and to show their black
guardism they let fly a volley OF stones
and scrap-iron at the police The guard
ians of the law could not retaliate with
OH receiving orders from the magistrates,
and as the latter are Orangemcn, no or
ders We're issued. No arrests were made,
for the worshipers of King William are
loyal upholders Of British supremacy
in the island they curse by their bigotry
and ignorance.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30
COMPLETE CHANGE OF FRONT.

In the course of the past few months
the Evening Journal has devoted much
attention to discussion of the Anglo
Saxon alliance. The Irish Standard dis
agreed with some of its editorial utter
ances on the question, but on the whole
the tone of our contemporary was thor
oughly American and free from that
adulation of Anglo-Saxonism which has
characterized the press OF the country
since the beginning of the Spanish
American war. The Journal writer seems
to have read English history with his
eyes open, and has meyer taken much
stock in the hypocritical expressions Of
friendship uttered by the British aris-
tocracy and their subsidized press. He
knew that when the life of the nation
was in peril from domestic foes, the
same British people, and press gave aid
and comfort to the, soyth, and tried by
all means TO destEQy the American re-
public. And dearly did they pay for
their hostility. =,
In a recent editorial the Journal dis
cusses the alliarcsy question in such a
broad spirit that VII arc tempted to give
the following passages from it to show
its change of front:
The observation-disclosures Of America, who
may number 100000 people, are against
the Anglo-American alliance to man.
except in the event of a combination of
other powers against American interests
which would make it necessary for us to
ally ourselves with Great Britain. Irish
American opposition to the proposed al
lance. it must be confessed, is purely a
product of the Irish hatred of England
born of the latters misrule of Ireland
From a purely rational standpoint Irish
men who become Americans should be
governed wholly by the interests of their
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

The influence of the Irish-American
press, when properly exerted in just
cause, is very potential. Some time ago
the attention of the publishers OF
Barnes school history was drawn to the
mutilation Of Bull Run Russells eulogy
on the Irish brigade at the battle of
Gettysburg. The compliment he paid to
the magnificent brigade led by Gen.
Meagher was given to other troops, and
no mention whatever was made of the
gallant Irishmen by the rascally COM
piler of the history. The Milwaukee
Citizen, the Boston Pilot, the Chicago
Citizen, the Irish Standard, the New
World and other opponents Of Irish
nationality showed up the injustice of
depriving Meagher's brigade Of the fame
it had won, with the result that the pub
fishers have promised to rectify the
wrong in the forthcoming edition, and
thus give the "sons of Erin" full credit
for their gallantry. as related by the
correspondent of the London Times
The Boston Pilot of last week printed a
letter from the agent of the American
Book company, explaining how the Irish
We're robbed of their glory, and giving
the revised, Or rather original, matter to
be inserted in the new edition of the
work. The only way for Irishmen to
get fair play from publishers is to strike
them in the pocket. That is the tender
est part of their anatomy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

Says the Peoria Journal: Michi-
gan is running the war. The secre-
tary Of war happens to be Michigan
man, and he has good many political
debts to pay, and he has been paying
them Michigan men have been given
all the soft jobs. Michigan troops have
been sent wherever they cared to 60. It
has been Michigan affair all the way
through so far as the secretary of war
is concerned-and he is concerned great
ly in the situation. 1t is true that the,/
seems to have been no Michigan man
prominently concerned in raising the
flag over Santiago. Possibly this was an
oversight on the part of the secretary of
war. There will be good many fat
places in Cuba and Porto Rico as that
country comes into the possession of
American troops, and citizens of Michi-
gan who desire appointments should not
hesitate to send in their names The
day of Ohio men has passed. Michigan
is in the ascendancy and Alger is in
the saddle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

Edmund G. Walton, the English real
estate man Of this city, whose Office win
dows are decorated with British lions
and uniforms, armorial bearings and
family crests, has returned from 1.-The
tight little island" and says that British
ers are with Uncle Sam heart and soul in
the war against Spain. Mr.. Walton is a
blunt Englishman who is candid enough
to admit that the professions of friend
ship arise from selfish motives. He
says: ''They are governed chiefly by
their stomachs. and they have learned
that England has only four-day supply
Of rations on hand at any one time to
feed her people. She must be friends
with great providing nation like ours.
Australia has been failure for some
time. and it has been so dry there that
Australian beef sells for one third Of the
price Of English. 1t is all fibre because
q q lack of grass. In America we have
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

The st. Paul Pioneer Press relates the
incidents Of the recent trip Of the Min
nescta editors along the line of the Ca
madam Pacific, and says that early in
the journey the whole party learned the
first stanza Of God Save the Queen"
which they sang at every convenient
opportunity, together with the first stanza
of America" "The Canadians evil
denced much appreciation of this linking
of the words so dear to the hearts of the
two nations" says the P. P. excursionist.
The air Of both hymns is the same, and
that Is British. The editors took care
they did not sing the "Star Spangled
Banner" in the hearing of their Canada
an cousins.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30
ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION.

We publish today the letter from John
Lind accepting the nomination for gov
ernor of Minnesota, which was rendered
to him unanimously by the reform par
ties of the state-the Democrats, Popu-
lists and Silver Republicans. The let
ter is brief, but right to the point. He
says that while he did not desire the
nomination, and left his family for the
war, to end his connection with public
affairs in any other capacity than as
private citizen, yet with the renewed ev-
idence of the confidence of the people so
unanimously expressed, he feels he owes
it to the reform forces to cooperate
with them in the overthrow of the Re-
publican party and to wrest the state
from the dominion of personal greed and
ambition.
Mr.. Lind is acting as quartermaster of
the 18th Minnesota volunteers, now at
Tampa, and will not return to participate
in the campaign this fall unless the war
is over by that time. His friends
interests in his absence, and exert them
selves to the utmost to elect him to the
highest Office in their gift-an Office to
which he was fairly elected in 1896, and
wrongfully deprived of by the manipula-
tros Of the Republican machine.
In his letter of acceptance occurs the
following paragraph, which deserves
noting: Neither can l forbear to ex-
press my appreciation of the wisdom of
the convention, as shown by it's deter
mnation not to permit the simmer of
proposed imperial policy in distant
lands to blind the eyes of the people to
existing abuses at home. This war was
undertaken to drive oppression and the
last vestige of Imperialism from the
American continent"
The Republicans will conduct the cam
paign upon the national and foreign pol
icy of the Mckinley administration, and
completely ignore all state issues, in
accordance with their platform recently
adopted in ST. Paul They have select
ed the same gentleman for standard
bearer who, when candidate for mayor
of Minneapolis, carried around tin pan
to illustrate the beauties of the McIlin-
ley tariff for the development Of home
industries. and ignored all reforms in
municipal administration. Tho people
were bamboozled with his glittering gen.
eralities and elected him chief magis-
tratc. He expects to be chosen gov
ernor by pursuing similar tactics, and
his persuasive eloquence may gain him
votes by dilating on American patriot
ism. imperial sway, and our manifest
destiny" but in our opinion he will fail
to reach the gubernatorial chair when he
has honest, patriotic John Lind for
his opponent.
He represents no principles for the
betterment of the people Of the state,
and for the removal Of abuses from
which they have suffered. He thinks
Minnesota needs no reforms in legisla-
tive affairs. and though Mr.. Eustis and
his supporters condemned the "Clough
machine" as an engine Of political COR
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

Father Phelan, of the Western Watch
man. does not agree with the Northwest
ern Chronicle i'll its sweeping charge of
illiteracy against Spain. He quotes from
Mulhall's Dictionary of Statistics for
1892. which gives the average attendance
OF school children for 900 of the popula-
ton in the following countries to be:
United States. 1870: Great Britain and
Ireland, 1913; France, ITO; Germany, 14O;
Belgium. 1856: Austria. 1870; Spain, 1906.
According to the commissioner of edu-
cation in Washington, Ireland stands
next to the United States, the attend
ance in school being 20 per cent of the
population to % per cent here. Where
did the Chronicle get it's statistics of
Spanish and Italian illiteracy?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

Lord Rosebery, in delivering an ora
ton on Edmund Burke at Beaconsfield
the other day, was corrected for mispro-
nouncing the name of the place, but JUS
titled himself as follows, according to
the Times report:
"As have been reminded by my friend
the rector, spoke of Beaconsfield, not
'Beconsfield.' I we'll knew what 1 was
doing. I was brought up to believe the
pronunciation was 'Beconsfield' until on
the creation of the title of Lady Beacons-
field, and still more by Lord Beacons-
field, l was impressed by those distin-
guished persons with a creed. which will
only leave me with my life, that the
proper pronunciation was Beaconsf1eld,
and not 'Becons6eld.' I can assure you
1t would have required more courage
than l possess to have addressed Lady
Beaconsfeld as Lady 'Beconsield, or
Lord Beaconsfield as Lord 'Beconsfield.
I do not know how 1t will be fought out
in this district, that conflict of pronunci-
alton; only give you the historical au-
thority on one side, and l do not know
whether it will countervail local tradi-
ton on the other"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

adopted country, but it Is too much to
expect Of human nature to ask the Irish
who hated England in Ireland to love
her in America. The Irish-American
wants no alliance that may force him to
fight Ensland's battles, though he has
no serious objection to an alliance
which will protect America.
The other great race element in the
American people which is opposed to the
English alliance is the German Amerl-
can, which probably numbers even more
people than the Irish American. The
Communications are very generally
opposed to any kind of an alliance with
England, and feel that the position of
the fatherland relative to the Spanish
American war has been systematically
misrepresented in the reports cabled
from England.
In the various periodicals which rep-
resent these two race elements, writer's,
While admitting that their first duty is
to the land of their adoption, are con-
stantly setting forth reasons why Amer
lea should avoid an alliance with Eng
land.
The German-American view of the
situation Is voiced in the speech recently
delivered before Tammany hall by Con-
gresham Lentz, Of Ohio. The congress
man reminded his hearers of England's
prejudice in the past, and that England
had never sought an alliance with us
when we were weak. Let us not be
deceived he said, "by the smiles and
wiles of the Greeks bearing gifts. Let
us ask in the language of jeremiah:
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or
the leopard his spots?" And the con-
gresham intimates that when either of
those phenomena happens it will be time
to consider an Anglo-American alliance
Further on the Journal quotes from
William Vocke German who has is
sued pamphlet on the relations of the
United States to England and Germany,
and who compares the attitude of these
two countries toward this republic dur
AAi6 eaS WIN Ntll dllu lllSu ClOSeS DIS
follows:
while the friendly attitude of the
English people in the present crisis has
been very acceptable, and may have been
more serviceable than we now know, it
is quite evident, and in our Judgment al
together fortunate, that the people of
America have not been willing that any
thing like an alliance shall take form
and expression in any official act. That
there is a bond Of sympathy among
English-speaking people and genuine
feeling of friendship between England
and America. it would be folly to deny,
but it is not impossible to conceive that
this bond of sympathy may be broken
by some conflict of interest. We are
now, and will continue to be, England's
chief competitor in the markets of the
world. This competition may subject
English sympathy and friendship to a
very severe test. Let us at least wait
until we see whether 1t can stand the
strain
We are glad that the Journal takes this
view Of the question, and to show our
appreciation We place it's utterances con-
spicuously before our readers
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30
The British steamship companies ar

The British steamship companies are
in an uproar, and threatening the United
States with litigation because they did
not get the contract of conveying the
Spanish prisoners across the Atlantic
The Spanish line agreed to transport
the prisoners for $55 for each officer and
$50 for each man. The British compa-
MES offered to carry the officers and men
for $3.50 and $3.50 each respectively.
The agents of the British line tried to
enjoin the Spanish line from doing the
work on the ground that its agents and
Secretary Alger would be guilty of trea-
SON. if the contract was carried out.
They also sued the Spanish line for
100000 damages for alleged false rep
reservations to their detriment What
sublime audacity! They wanted $110
for carrying one officer and one man,
while the Spanish line would carry them
for SIS, and they have the effrontery to
ask for damages and make threats for
not accepting their exorbitant bill.
That is the height Of British impudence.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

We think that the special war CORE
spondent of the Minneapolis Times is
too severe in his criticisms of Gen.
Shafter. What did he expect CT a major
general weighing 312 pounds in his shirt
sleeves. who was helped by three men to
mount his war steed" We think Shafter
did we'll in the torrid cline by remaining
and whip the Spaniards on their own
hook.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

j. S. Van Antwerp, the Washington
correspondent of the Minneapolis Jour-
nal. has; caught the Anglo Saxon nfec-
ton and writes as gushingly of Anglo
Saxon supremacy as if he were a lineal
descendant OF Ilcngist and Horsa, or of
Harold. the Saxon king. Van is a gen-
uine Knickcrboclter. who springs direct
from the good-for-nothing fellow known
to Americans as Rip Van Wrinkle. of
Sleepy Hollow fame
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

was ever happier than he is now. Ii his
full regimentals he looks every inch a
soldier. Thus. as he marches forward,
does the political colonel add victory to
victory! No other colonel in the SER
vice, nor, indeed, any brigadier-general
or major-general, can match him for
energy and efficiency in stone hitching-
block campaign"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

The Minneapolis Tribune thinks the
Cubans are not fit to be Independent and
that their island should be governed by
the United States. We beg to remind
our esteemed contemporary that the
senate and house of representatives
unanimously declared that 1.-The people of
the island of Cuba are and of right ought
to be free and independent" They also
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

Gen. FL. w. Lawl0n speaks highly Of
the Cuban soldiers. In a letter to Con-
gresham Geo. w. Steele, of l.ogansport,
Ind. he says: They wear their uni
forms we'll. Their Remington and
Springfield rifles are in excellent order
The men shoot better than any people
of Spanish blood have ever seen. They
are we'll drilled for their opportunities =
These are the poor fellows who are
misrepreaented by the Mckinley organs
and their correspondents because they
eat a square meal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-30

The New York Sun does not shine for
William ]. Bryan because he has fright
cned the Shylocks of Wall street who
prey on the people. Referring to his de-
parture from Omaha in command of the
Sd Nebraska, the organ Of plutocracy
says: "Col. Bryan left Nebraska In .
blaze of Thespan glory; and he is
showing all along the route how dill
gently he has studied his part. No actor