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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
A THRILLING. RECITAL

OF the Unfortunate Engagement of the
Torpedo Boat Einslow, on Gardens,
By One OF tho survivors-some Pathetic
Incidents.
Copyright. 1s9S.gby the Associated Press.)
.tFrom O staff Correspondent OF the As
sociated Press,D
KEY WEST; Fla, Mayfi.2o.-For an
hour before the passenger steamer Key
West left her dock for Tampa a man
wearing the uniform Of a naval seaman
sat YEARLY against {. great bale of
cordage looking outrpast the harbor and
the distant keys toward the gulf. He
was VIM. Hcarn, OF Brooklyn; and one
OF the survivors Of the torpedo boat
Winslow's crew which passed through
the terrible storm Of shot and shell that
poured in from the Spanish batteries in
the bay Of cardenas. He wa going
home on q furlough for rest Beside
him, In a bright lin case. was the Wins
lows parrot which made itself famous
on the day Of the battle by: shrieking and
;chattering like a demon during the
whole engagement.
BY degrees and after much question
in. .O'Hearn told the whole story OF the
battle and no doubt his account Of the
engagement is the most correct in de-
tail Of any given yet.
From the very. beginning" he said,
II think every man on the boat be-
lieved that We. Gould not escape being
sunk, and that is what would have hap
pened had 1t not been for the bravery
Of the boys on the Hudson. who worked
for over an hour under the most terrific
fire 10 get us out OF range"
Were you ordered to so infthere?" he
was asked.
Eyes. Just before we were fired upon
the order was given from the Whining
ton" 5
WAS It a signal: order?",
mo, We were near enough to the VIII
minston so that they shouted it to us
from the deck through the megaphone.""
do you; remember3the words Of the
command and who!gave. them?"
II don't know who shouted the order,
but the words. as I remember them,
were: Mr.. Bagley; go in there and see
what gunboats those are. We started
at once toword the cordenas dock, and
the firing began soon. after"
What was the first you saw Of the
firing?"
THE first thing T saw was a shot
fired from q window OF: door In the Sec
ond story Of the store house just. back
of the dock where the Spanish gunboats
were lying. / saw the flash and the
smoke and the same. instant shell went
kissing over u heads Then the firing
began from the. gunboats and from the
shore. I don't think any man can for
get the sound and the effect OF shell and
heavy shot the first time he Is under
fire. 1t Is something terrible. When a
shell passes close by you, you feel 1t,
something like the effect Of lightning
when 1t strikes nearby. You feel as
though II had taken your head Off,
First you hear that awful buzzing or
whizzing-it1is. hard to describe, and
then something seems to strike you in.
the face and head. I noticed that day
when the shells first began to fly about
us that the boys threw their. hands to
their heads every time a}shell went over.
But they soon came. so fast and so close
that 1t was n roaring, shrleking, crash
Ing hell. ri can describe 1t no other
way" 4455 81 ~ Siug
Where was your position"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
THE GUARD.
Volunteers Share the
Local Prejudice Against
THE5sTA7E's NATIONAL GUARD.

IND iDEcIDE TO SEEK A PLACE IN
COLONEL cuRT1N's PROOFS
ED REGIMENT OF voLUN-:
TEERs-THE coMPANY's Ac-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SETTLES IT
THAT IT WILL NOT SEE SER
VICE IN THIS WAR, FOR ALL
TROOPS FROM WEST VIRGINIA
WILL COME THROUGH THE
NATIONAL GUARD CHANNEL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
ARRANGEMENTS IN PART
Directed for Flag Presentation ceresm

EIIecIeu tIUr IH8 F~Te8eHtuCUH CereHl0.
I niles at St. Mary's School.
The committee having in charge the
aD~ecoratlon day flag ceremonies at St
8Mary's school, has not yet completed the
OF EXERCISES. Mr.. John A.
Howard will be one Of the speakers, and
lbaI IStbeSCathalIc ~eorietfes have iheen In
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21

~. - - ~
The annual report OF the president OF
~. nhto uivor RAILWAY comunny HIHJ
sAe S1AS
Rogers, OF New York. has iDecn com.
n,ct,d, and 1 very rot,d showing ,s made
Ptetau' ~ = = VIZ eo -" nA"-N's
by the company for the year 1875 Gross
.-,rr. 5.cr.as.d EIGHTY, nh tbts va.
eafn'ass aeefeaeeo sts.' "s 80
moro thar compensated by O. reduction
,,,,,,l u.
IN operating expenses. ooesa ~ Ilo pas ga
'uenrer and freight departments there
!, -, IN, oor,. ..h ,w.,,t
were lncteaseu IN lA!io ooiipa uteu H Wy
1ase a. synopsis OF President Rogers.
1o'' SHseII
report fonowe;
1891. 1spt. Dec
Spesatinr expenses, s23'?S7 Ui'e10s 1851
~" Ns"I'f S'G9f --- -
MAI earnings .., SAL, s9s $326,745 Ss$i5,1bA
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
Where was your position

I am the water tender" he said, "and
my place was below, but everybody
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21

III /
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21

WAS It a signal order"
mo, We were near enough to the VIII
mington so that they shouted it to us
from the deck through the megaphone.""
do you remember3the words Of the
command and who!gave. them?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
THEANNUAL REPORT
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.

ON. ONE OF WEST vIRdyNTA's
MOST PROGRESSIVE RAILROAD
coRPoRATToNs-A DECREASE
IN GROSS EARNINGS MORE,
THAN COMPENSATED pY A RE
DucTIoN IN OPERATING Elk
pENsEs-THERE WAS AEON
SIDERABLE INCREASE INlTRAF-
FIG IN BOTH FREIGHT AND;
PASSENGER DEPARTMENTS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-04
Moral for the Rows.

1t Is not we'll to steal, unless thy plan
BE large and regal in it's magnitude,
Able to make thy circumstance defy
The scruples and the servants of the
law.
Do thou no paltry stealing-do il
grand;
Fashion thy schemes from patterns
we'll approved
IN general worship paid to opulence
And homage to the genteel crime-snc-
cess.
SO shalt thou seize thy gains with het-
ter grip
And 'scape annoyance from the petty
rules
And regulations made for common
thieves.
Then build thee round with splendor,
to command
The admiration of the ,baser world
And make myself In insolence k,n,.
A royal rascal whom the laws resnect
Because success respecteth not the law.
Prof A. j. Chfttenden.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-04
last danger from the elective mob has
been removed ny
PROTECTION AND PRICE
High Priced Dollars Arc Cutting tho
Wages at Fall River.

High Priced Dollars Are Cutting tho
Wages at Fall River.
That the Fall River cotton mill man
ayers should cut the wages of 10000
employees 10 per cent is not surpris-
ing, but this action suggests several
questions.
In the first place, why should wages
be cut when the country is enjoying
such an unprecedented flood OF pros
perity that the Republican newspapers
have scarcely editorial space enough to
exploit the glorious tidings?
Again. it seems rather inconsistent
that under the beneficent influence Of
the Dingley tariff 'ho1ne industry"
such as cotton manufacturing should
be under the necessity Of cutting
wages
But the treasurer of one Of the Fail
River mills says the only hope for the
cotton trade is IAN improvement in the
print cloth market" says the Chicago
Dispatch. Can it be possible that this
treasurer Is an advocate Of gold mono
metallism and yet an advocate Of cheap
dollars? When he expresses a hope for
a rising market he utters a desire fCr
cheaper" dollars.
This fact is made especially clear Ivy
the Atlanta Constitution. as follows:
When the dollar depreciates, even
with respect to print cloth, it is no
longer sound More than that, any
injury would be done to the holder Of
the dollars who wants to buy print
cloth. He can buy now at the mills
forty odd yards for a dollar Should
the price rise even TO four cents q yard,
the holder Of the same dollar could
only buy twenty-five yards This would
be 'repudiation.' Does the mill treas
urer want to swindle the unfortunate
holder Of the dollar in this way?
There are two lessons taught by the
situation at Fall Rivera lesson on the
tariff and a lesson in regard to finance
Has this treasurer who wants higher
prices for his goods the broadness Of
mind to understand these lessons?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-04
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE.

VOICES OF The PEOPLE.
At the present day--and this is the
curse Of our social cconomy--capita
is the tyrant Of labor. The working
mans share consists simply of Ills
wages determined previous to the ex-
ecution Of the work, and without re-
gard to the greater or less profits IF
the undertaking.Josep Mazzini.
We owe all that we have to the
steady advance OF the human race
against the compact mass Of those who
have always cried out and still cry out
as Justify as ever, Don't disturb the
existing order of things. "--Wi!liam +.
Gaynor
Civilization takes away our land ana
gives it to the landlord; takes away
our machinery and gives it to the Cant
talist; takes away dancing, football,
singing, ETC., and hands them over to
the professionals; it takes away orr
conscience and gives it to the priest:
1t takes away our honesty and hands
1t over to the lawyer.--W. Lane.
The right to apply labor to natuva.
opportunities is the one essential of
life, without which it can not be pre-
served, even by the payment. of unjust
tribute to those who possess no War;
rant from the Creator, or nature. for
us eXaction. That is, this tribute or
payment for the right to live is unna-
tural, making void the original grant.
AND the eXactiOn Of this tribute. con-
trary to the laws of nature and Of
COD, is the fundamental error in all
progress and all so-called civilization.
This will appear the more plainly
when we consider that all wealth. all
that beauties and embellishes life
and makes it worth the living, is the
product OF human exertion applied to
natural opportunities Wealth and the
means OF living are obtained no other
way The means Of living, it must be
eVldent, are part and parcel of The
grant OF life, for If the means whereby
lie is prolonged are denied, the right
OF lie, which it is agreed are inalien-
able, is destroyed And this is readily
seen to be true by reference to mans
past history. All the buried nations Of
antiquity, all previous civilizations.
nave persisted simply and solely &C
cause mans fundamental rights have
Deen denied.-Gov. John 3. Rogers O:
washington. in the Arena.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28
DE WEY IN DANGER.

Recent events indicate that the bril-
liant achievement of Dewey at Manila
may be spoiled by the inactivity of
the administration in sending him an
army to retain what he had secured.
There is little doubt but the Spanish
government has started the reserve
feet to the Philippines, also an army
of 10000 picked men. They are prob
ably on their way to the islands now,
and having little but further to travel
than will our troops to reach Manila,
there will be a terrible race across
tho ocean, and should the Spaniards
reach Manila before reinforcements
do Dewey. his laurels may be changed
to willows.
Should this result, it will be because
OF criminal negligence on the part of
our government. No sooner had
Dewey won the victory on May 1st
than he called on the government to
replenish his ammunition and give
him land force to occupy the forts at
Cayit. His demands were urgent, but
were apparently unheeded. for nearly
three weeks were wasted by the
strategy board in wrangling over de.
tails, when one week should have been
sufficient in which to mobilize 10000
men at San Francisco and start them
for Manila. This delay has been gross
negligence and display of inactivity
that cannot be excused.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28

Perhaps he remembers the loyal, pub
lic-spirited gentleman who paid for
printing and attended to mailing
thousands of those circulars.
81 call the attention of the editor.
who made the deduction that Profes-
sor Lyman had treated the question OF
price uncandidly, to the fact that IL
books appear in the Lyman list quoted
by professor Ackerman, while there
are but Is in his own list Ackerman
charges Lyman with two elementary
Biographies, making false credit ol
IS cents in that item for himself while
further comparison shows S1.OS In
Lyman's 8 favor in the total"
The more Pofessor Ackerman's can
didacy is ventilated, the more it be-
comes evident that he is the candidate
of the American Book Co., and that
the company is directly interested in
electing superintendent of public in
structisn who will be favorable to its
monopoly.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28
WHAT is WRONG?

Two of the most enthusiastic advo-
Gates of the gold standard who are
campaigning Oregon are Hon. T. I.
Geer and Hon. G. 81. DOdd, and these
gentlemen are no doubt honest in
their belief that the gold standard Is
the only safe basis for tine currency of
the country, though they have been
able to advance no new solution OF
the problem. They are free to tell
the people that something is wrong in
present systems, but they attribute it
to the agitation of the silver question,
however their efforts to convince the
public Of the truth OF their statements
Is Intellectual.
Both Mr.. Geer and Mr.. Dodd furnish
living examples that something is
wrong somegbere, and as one is
farmer and the other has for years de-
pended directly upon the farmers for
his business support, the fact that
both have not prospered would iudi-
cate that it is the agriculturalists that
have been suffering; that the farmers
are the ones that have suffered from
unwholesome legislation. Mr.. Geer
is farmer, presumably as thrifty as
any in the state, but under the gold
standard he has found farming un-
profitable, and is today financially
embarrassed. G. 81. Dodd has for years
ha NJ of hn i'm
agricultural implement firms of the
Northwest. He is conservative bus
mess man, but has been unsuccessful:
in fact his business has gone into the
hands of receiver. Had the gold
standard been beneficial to the farm
ing interests, there should be no mort
gage on Mr.. Geer's farm today. Had
the agricultural interests thrived
under the gold standard the past
twenty years. the leading dealer in the
Northwest should today be doing a
thriving business.
Evidently something is wrong.
Evidently the producers of this coun-
try are not thriving. What is the
trouble? Is it not that farmers haye
not received just compensation for
their labors? Is it not that money
(gold money! has increased in purchas-
ing power and the value of the farm
products deprecated so that the
farmer has failed to realize reason
able compensation for his labor, and
has in consequence been unable to
buy and pay for agricultural imple-
ments? When we ask what is wrong;
when Mr.. Geer and Mr.. Dodd ask
what is wrong, if the condition the
farmer will but be considered the
trouble will be discovered. 1t is sim
ply that money is too dear and farm
products are too low. When by
failure of crops abroad the price of
wheat went up, farmers were made
temporarily prosperous, but it came
too late to save these two advocates of
the gold standard.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28
I,HF ISSUE IS PLAIN.

A week from next Monday the voters
of Oregon will be called upon to vote
on one of the most vital questions
| that has ever come tefore the Ameri-
can people, for upon It's settlement
rests the future welfare of the people.
The question is "shall Americans be
| independent or shall they be sub
| servient slaves of the money power?"
No other construction can be put
upon the present issue. 1t is clearly a
question of who shall govern the
United States in the future, the money
power or the people. One party has
fallen into the hands of a power that
would contract currency to such an ex-
tent that money would become dearer
and dearer while the products of labor
would become cheaper and cheaper,
until the laborer would fall before the
money power an abject slave. This
party offers to the voters of America
two financial propositions. One is the
Gage currency bill that proposes to
retire all credit currency that is not
backed up by interest bearing bonds;
in short, to charge the people interest
on every dollar of money in circulation
other than metallic money. The other
is, under the guise of raising war reve-
nue., to issue s6OO,OOO, 600 of three per
cent twenty year bonds, both of which
al intended to subjugate the masses
and increase the profits of the bond
holders.
Let the voter investigate these prop.
ositions. The Gage bill is intended.
as Secretary Gage says, to irrevokably
fasten upon the nation the single gold
standard, by a system that will require
the issuance of not less than S40O 0OO,-
600 bonds bearing three per cent in
terest, these bonds to run 20 years.
At the expiration of that period
the original debt of 100000, 900
will have cost the people $780,
100000. And for what purpose is
it proposed to create the debt? To
retire circulating medium that today
Is stable and is performing all the nee
essary functions of money. AS to the
second proposition of authorizing the
issuance of S6O0,O0O 900 bonds to create
a war revenue, it is no less objection
able and is perfectly needless. In the
hrst place. there is no proba ability that
the war expenses will reach anything
like such an amount. Hence to create
vast debt that is not needed is
fagraut extravagance; it is an attempt
to work upon the peoples patriotism
in order to get them to put their
necks into the bondholder's collar.
What does the other party before |
the people offer? A simple. sensible |
and inexpensive system of currency,
based upon the credit of the nation and |
the mineral wealth of our mines. 1t |
is proposed to issue so much credit cur
rency as the credit of the nation will
maintain at par-in short, non-inter-
est bearing bonds. 1t is proposed to
open the mints to the free coinage of
The mineral products of the world. 1t
Is proposed that the finances of the
nation shall be under the control, of
,he government and not delegated to
banks of issue. With these PROPOSE
lions before the people, should there
be any hesitancy as to how they will
decide?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28
OREGON'S ONION TICKET

The Silver Kuight-Watchman, K pub
lished at Washington, d. c., and
edited by Senator VIM. M. Stewart,
passes the following compliment upon
the union party in Oregon and the
ticket nominated by the silver forces: /:
"No better ticket could have been
nominated In any state. 1t is first
class from top to bottom. We wish to
call especial attention to the candi-
dates for congressman. r. M. Veatch
has been lifelong democrat. We
notice in the Eastern press that he is
charged with being'a gold-bug demo-
crat. We know the charge to be false.
We have been in correspondence with
him for the last year Or more and
know his views. He is for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold at the ratio of 16 to l by the
United States acting independently,
without regard to the action of any
other Cover nment. Not only this,
but he is an enthusiastic worker in the
good cause. and if elected would be a
credit to his state ia the halls OF con-
gress. He would be an American. and
not follower of the English Tory
goldites of the Cleveland republican
stripe.
s.Mr. Donaldson is silver re-
publican. He has made sacrifices in
leaving the republican party to serve
his country. There is no class Of men
so bitterly hated by the gold monopo.
lists as silver republicans who have
been compelled to choose between the
gold standard and and patriotism. and
have taken the side of the people.
The silver republican who stays in the
republican party and votes to keep the
gold party in power is very different
individual from silver republican
who has come out of the party and is
doing what he can to overthrow gold
monopoly. An Intelligent silver re-
publicans in the republican party is
certainly rare bird. To vote for gold
men and talk for silver is too incOn-
sistent to be honest. While there was
any hope for bimetalism in the re-
publican party many good men who
were silver men stayed with it, out
now that the hope is gone and the re-
publican party has become gold
party per Sc, no man can oe silver
man and republican. If he is re-
publican he is gold man first, last
and all the time, and any pretense on
the part of the politician that he is
silver man while he supports the re-
publican party is sham and a dis
grace.
"Again we congratulate the people
of Oregon on the patriotic stand they
have taken, on the splendid ticket
they have put in the field, and on the
glorious example they have set for the
other states. Three hundred millions
of Hindoos were reduced to bondage,
and are now held in slavery by hand
full of British soldiers, because they
were divided into castles, and the cum
ming of the enemy compelled them to
fight each other. Thank God there
are no Hindoos in Oregon. They will
not fight each other in the face of the
common enemy for the benefit of the
Rothscailds combination. They will
not sacrifice patriotism for former
political differences, nor for the pat
ronage of filthy lucre offered them by
the money trust, but will stand united
in defense of the rights of the people,"