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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-17
A Few Spanish Idioms.

The student of modern Spanish.
should observe that there are many
words in the language that correspond
to English words in spelling, but
which have an entirely different mean.
ing. In order to enable the readers to
understand the Madrid and Havana
dispatches, the Detroit Free Press thus
interprets a few of these Spanish terms
and phrases:
Brilliant Victory-Escape of Span.
ise fleet from destruction.
Enthusiasm-A happy feeling occa-
stoned by the cessation of firing by
the Americans.
Spanish Courage-Ability to keep
out of range of SIMPSONS guns.
Without Damage-Without ami
hilation.
Cowardly Yankees-Men like Ad-
rniral Dewey.
American Defeat-Destruction of a
Spanish fleet by the cowardly Yam
KEGS"
To Pacify-To render desolate; to
Weylerize."
To Fight Naval Battle-TO "bot-
tie up" feet so that the Americans
cannot get at it.
To Inflict Damage Upon the Enemy
TO fire off prOjectiles at the American
war vessels without getting within
half a mile of the true range.
Such are few of the most common
Spanish idioms, which must be learned
in order to understand the dispatches
which daily emanate from Spanish
sources,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-17
Another Quotation.

Mr.. Mckinley quotes Andrew Jack
son in his message. We will furnish
him with another quotation from the
words OF the great man. Said Old Hick-
ory; "This organized money power
from its secret cOnclave would dictate
the choice OF your highest officers, and
compel you to make war or peace, as
best suits their own wishes. The form
of your government might for time
remain, but its living spirit would de-
part from it," When Andrew Jack
son said that, it was prophecy. To-
day it is a fact-more shame to us.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-17
An Invisible Deficit.
Harper's Round Table,

Boo kkeeping has been reduced to
such an exact science in the big
metropolitan banks that the clerks
are expected to strike correct bal.
ance at the close of each days work,
no matter if the transactions run into
the millions of dollars. When the
books fail to balance, the whole force
of the bank is put to work to discover
the error, and no clerk starts for home
until it is discovered, whether ii
amounts to 2 cents or $4,000. Gen.
orally a quarter of an hour will bring
the mistake to light, but sometimes
the hunt is kept up until late into the
night.
Such search was being conducted
in New York bank located in the
vicinity of Wall street. Forty-five
cents were missing. At 6 o'clock not
trace of the errant sum had been
discovered. Dinner was sent in for
the whole force from an adjoining
restaurant, and after half an hours
rest the search was again taken up.
Midnight came, but still no clew, so
sandwiches and coffee were served.
Hello!" said q clerk. "The Blsnk
National people are working tonight
too. Guess they're in the same box"
Sure enough, the windows of the
bank across the street were brilliantly
lighted. The incident was soon for
gotten when the wearying hunt after
that elusive As cents was resumed.
Shortly after o'clock in the morning,
as they were about to give up for the
night, loud rapping was heard at the
front door OF the bank.
"Hello! Hello! What's the mat
ter?" called the cashier through the
keyhole.
Matter, you chumps! Why, we've
got your blamed old 40 cents! Come
along home to bed!"
Outside stood the crowd of clerks
from the neighbOring bank. 1t ap.
peared that in making cash transac-
ton one of the banks had paid the
other As cents too much. AS result
half q hundred men had worked for
nine hours, and the search was only
ended then because bright clerk,
noticing the light in the bank op-
posite, shrewdly guessed the cause,
hunted up the cash slip and discovered
the error.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-17
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE H. $685.

DctTu WIS uO utdN lcI Iiltil ~ SCHOol-
boys, to take with him a barber to
keep his face clean-shaven during
some provincial trip.
Ones washing bill in Manila is
absurdly cheap, and for two dollars per
month as many clothes can be thrown
into the hampers as one cares to use.
Two full suits of clothes of no mean
dimensions, and yet the laundryman
turns up each week, with his basket
full, and is perfectly satisfied with his
remuneration. Then, too, he washes
we'll, and although, when you see him
standing knee-deep in the river whang-
ing your trousers from over his shoulder
down on to a fiat stone, you fear for
the seams and buttons, nothing ever
appears to suffer. Although he builds
small bonfire in q brass flat-iron,
that looks like a warming pan, and
runs it over your white coats - all
blazing rs it is-the result is excellent
and scorched spots are conspicuous
only by their absence.
One more peculiar institution in the
Philippines is the regulation bed. And
the newly arrived traveller it's peculiar
rig and construction make it command
a good deal OF interest, if not respect.
1t is four-poster with the posts ex.
tending high enough to support a
light roof. from whose caves hang
copious folds of cheap lace. The bed
frame is strung tightly across with
regular chair-bottom cane, and the
only other fittings are piece of straw
mating spread over the cane, pillow
and a surrounding wall of mosquito
netting, that drops down from the roof
and is tucked in under the mating.
How to get into one of these cages is
the first question that presents itself
to the new arrival and what to do with
yourself after you have got there, the
second. 1t took me half an hour to
make up my mind as to the proper
mode of entrance when was, for the
first time, alone with Philippine bed,
and l couldn't make out whether you
got in through the roof or the bottom
or the sides. After finally pulling
away the netting I found the hard
cane bottom about as soft as the teak
floor and looked in vain for blankets
sheets, and mattresses. In fact, it
seemed as if had got into an un-
furnished house, and the more 1
thought about it the longer stayed
awake. At last cut my way out OF
the peculiar arrangement, dressed and
spent the night in long cane chair,
rreferring not to experiment further
with the sleeping-machine until l
found out how it worked.
Later on | joined the ranks OF those
who think none is SO comfortable for
hot weather as q hard Manila bed,
with nothing but its pillow and its
piece of straw mating, and for nights
after leaving the islands / failed to
appreciate the return to soft mat.
tresses and woven springs. In fact,
such is the change of life all around
after sailing away from Luzon, that
for days and weeks one longs for the
peculiar conditions that make life
easy in its capital.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-17

aiu reu stars On DelnS projected from
the pistols made for them. The
combination OF red and green in vari-
GUS ways is used to express the num-
bers from l too and 0 so that the
numbers, to 4 digits, contained in the
signal book, may be displayed.
The Meyer wig-wag system is en-
ployed either by night or day. Flags
and torches are employed. The Of
fetal flag is a red field with a small
white square in the center; the un-
official flag is the same with the colors
reversed. The operator having at
tracted the attention of the ship which
is to be signaled by waving the flag or
torch from right to left, transmits his
message by motions right, left and
front, each motion representing an
element of letter of the alphabet,
the letter being made up of from one
to four motions.
When circumstances permit the he.
liograph is sometimes used. The rays
OF the sun are thrown by system of
mirrors to the point with which it is
desired to communicate, and then in
terrupted by means of a shutter, max.
ing dots and dashes as used in the
Morse telegraph code. The system is
used only when operators ashore are
going on, as the rolling of the ship
would prevent the concentration OF
the rays of sunlight.
The present system of flag signaling
are products of experience in the past,
and are the natural growth of the
cruder flag system in use in the war
of 1872, and in the civil war.
There have been many changes in
the construction of flags, and the
scope of communication has been
greatly enlarged, but otherwise our
forefathers talked at sea in much the
same way that we do now. OF course
the Ardois light signal is something
very modern. In old times they COM
municated at night either with clear
and colored lights or by torches, but as
there was no alphabetical code in
those days the process was by means
of flashes representing numbers in the
signal book) and it was long and
tedious.
How long the present flag and wig
wag signals will work during an en-
gagement remains to be discovered
but if they fail attempts can still be
made to communicate by the ships
whistle, or by written messages dis
played on blackboards if occasion of.
fers.
In case of an enemy appearing on
our coasts, arrangements have been
made to notify the nearest body of
troops or the commander of whatever
ships may be at hand. For this pur-
pose towers have been erected at inter-
walls, and telegraph wires leading from
one to the other have been strung.
This, together with the telephone sys-
tenn in use by the life saving-service,
will permit of ample warning on the
approach of hostile squadron.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
slGsREe ON THE STAND.
Comsannder of tho Maine Tells What III
Knows of ths Disaster.

Cornsnnnder of tho Maine Tells What He
Knows of tbs disaster.
Captain Sil,sbee, in testifying before the
court of inquiry which convened in the
harbor OF Havana, Monday, Feb. ri, said
that he assumed command of the Maine
ON April 10, 1877, and that his ship arrived
In the harbor OF Havana the last time
Jan. -. 1898. The authorities at Havana
knew OF the Names coming, Consul Cen
eral Lee having informed the authorities,
according to official custom. He took in
the pilot sent by the captain OF the port OF
Havana and the ship was berthed In the
man-of-war anchorage of the Machln1.
or the shears, aud according to his under
standing, was one Of the regular buoys
of the place. hc then stated that he haa
been in Havana in 1872, n again IN lo95
He could not state whether the Maine
WA placed in the usual berth for men-of
war. bat said that he had heard remarks
since / .e explosion, using Captain Stev
ems, temporarily in charge OF the Ward
liner City of Washington, authority Tor
t,,e statement that he had never known in
his experience, which covers visits to
yana for five or six years, a vessel OF
w.r to be anchored at that buoy; that he
n a rarely known merchant vessels 10 be
anchored there, aud that IL WAS the least
used buoy In the harbor. In describing
the surroundings when first lnoored
to this buoy, Captain Sigsbee
stated that the Spanish man
of.yyar Alfonso XIII was moored
in position now occupied by the Fern
ohont Ok Yards to the northward OF the
wre,kage of the Maine. The German
hin G~riesenau was anchored Mt the berth
now occupied by the Spanish man-of-war
Leyaspc, which Is about 400 yards about
due north from the Maine. He then lo-
Gated the German man-of-war Charlotte,
which came into the harbor a day or w
In : which was anchored to the south
ward of the Names berth about 400 on
500 yards. In describing the surroundings
at the time of the explosion, Captain Sigs-
bee stated that the night was calm and
still. The Alphonse XIII. was at the
same berth. The small Spanish dispatch
boat Legaspe had moved theday before and
taken the berth occupied by the German
man-of-war Griesenau, which had left.
The City of Washington was anchored
about zoe yards cas-. cf b Ms!ce'. stern.
slightly on tho port quarter.
Coal Had Been Inspected.
The Maine coaled at Key West, taking
on about l60 tons, the coal being regularly
inspected snd taken from the government
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
DISCIPLINE WAS STRICT.
lieutenant Commander Wainwright Tell
Of n Re nlufInns Ahoard

Lieutenant Commander Wainwright Tells
OF th~ X. nsatIous Aboard.
Lieutenant Commander Richard VAIN
wright testified that the regulations In re-
gard to paints and inflammables and all
other precautions were strictly carried
out on board the ship. Every possible
care was taken 10 avoid accident All Wis
itors were scruiini2ed before being al
Lowell 10 come OF board the ship. Nobody
was allowed unaccompanied. Special
~'lookouts" were required at night. No
Unauthorized boats We're allowed TO ap-
proach the ship.
There was fine discipline, obedient
crew, quiet men. He was in the captains
Office 1T the time OF the explosion; felt .
very heavy shock and heard noise OF fall.
In obstruction. Thought the ship was
being fred upon Was told by the cap
tain to see hat the boats were lowered.
He saw few men coming. mostly officers.
He saw no reason to food the magazine
be ause water was coming up. lie saw
fire forward. The bcais began Co crowd
around the wreck. he induced the boats
to take the wounded to different vessels.
He ordered a list Of the saved Ind wound
ed. There was excellent discipline after
the explosion. Orders were followed with
promptness of IA drill. The Only order
not obeyed wal the order to leave the
ship.
He first examined the wreck at day
light the following morning. He took
q gig with Lieutenant Hood and y few
men and attempted to board the wreck.
He was warned of b. an armed boats
crew Of S~paniards and then pulled around
the wreck. There were still some burn
ing fragments.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31

resume the regular status OF naval re-
lations between the TWO countries, and he
was ordered To make arrangements at tho
palace for the ia sereh barge vi official cour-
tesies. After a call at the palace he sent
the state department % cipher message,
saying:
Authorities I~rofess TO thinE the Unit
ed States las a~liclior purpose in sending
the ship. say II viii oDsIrCet autonomy
and produce excitement and most proc
ably a demonstration ASK that ii NOT ne
done until they "a get instructions from
Madrid. ray tnat If our purpose ia
friendly, as / clcimed, decay IS unimpor-
tant."
1t was too late, however, the Maine
had alre dy sailed. She arrived next
day, and Lee reported her arrival to the
state denlrtnnnn
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31

The divers reported TO witness
that au u point where the 10-inch she'll
room should be they discovered 10-inch
shells regularly arranged but the ship
had sunk down SO much that some Of the
shells were in the mud.
Ii Hole in the Mud.
Gunner Morgan reported that in walk
ing on the bottom he fell into a hole on.
the port side and went down in the mud
He also reported that, as far as he could
judge, everything seemed to be bent up
ward in the vicinity of this hole. He also
reported that the plates seemed to have
been pushed over to the starboard and
then bent down.
Ensign Powelson then said that a6-inch
powder tank that he saw appeared TO be
an empty tank broken by the explosion,
as it was not badly denied and merely
ripped the length of the seam. A 10inch
tank was badly battered out OF arr coz
ceiyable shape.
Continuing, witness said the divers up
to the night before he was Their on tho
stand had not been on the outside of the
ship. The mud was too deep for them to
walk on the bottom
What is the condition of the starboard
turretg" the witness was asked.
ITO my knowledge It has not been
found, sir" was the reply.
What impression Is produced upon
your mind by the reports so far as you
have quoted thems" Ensign Powelson
was asked.
From reports alone or from the appear
ance OF the wrecky''
Either from such reports or the condi-
tions which you believe to exist"
"The impression produced upon me-"
replied the witness, is that an explosion
took place well to the port of the midship
line, and at a point in the length about
opposite the coming tower.
Bassd on Observation.
Witness, in reply to further questions,
aid his opinion was based upon the OBJ
servation OF things above water. He gave
no weight to Mr.. Morgan's statement
about falling into a hole on the port side.
because Morgan might nave boon mis-
taken about 1t. Referring to his notes
made of things on the Maine Ensign
Powelson said that the arc Of the engine
room telegraph and the shaft Of the steer
gear coming down through the armored
tube (turret) was @ from port to star
Douiu. Ahc porb Siue Oh Jne projected
deck was covered with a greasy deposit,
the starboard side being comparatively
free from II.
The forward smoke pipe, between the
main and superstructure decks, did not
show signs Of the internal pressure of
gases. On the main deck forward of the
coming tower, where the fore and after
angle bulb beam was located. the plank
ing was blown of on the only remaining
plate Of the main deck ON the port
side, while the wood was still
attached to that part on tho
starboard side between the coming lower
base n the turrets. What witness Jaw
would indicate that the pressure lifted
the protective deck up on the port side,
and the protective deck on the ssarboard
side held fast and bent that deck down.
ward. Witness here exhibited two
sketches to the court showing diagram Of
various parts Of the sunken ship and ex.
planned them to the court.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
Warrant Call.

All warrants tn and including register
No. 435 are hereby called for paJ ment
ard interest ceas. $ at this date.
March "a. 1898.
K. r.. Foster,
Treasurer Independent School District
No. 1Ol
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
FIRST B T

Captain of Ia. City of washington Tells
of the Explos on.
Captain Frank Stevens of the City Of
Washington testified he was standing
amidships of his ship where he could ook
towards the Maine when she was blow II
up. He heard a duh, mutlied explosion
INC commotion, as though Ii was under
the water, followed instantly by a terrific
explosion, lighting up the sky with n d, IL
red glare and filling the air with flying
missiles which fell around him. He felt
a trembling Of his ship at the last of the
explosions on tho Maine. There was u
decided interval between the first 0 20
and the explosion. He was standing
where he could see the Maine lift.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
ENSIGN PoWELsON.
what lie Saw For himself and what to
Divers Told Him.

What Ho saw For himself au0 noS -
Divers Told Him.
Ensign W. ". I. Powelson was called
Me third day Of che court. He testified
that no had been present on the Maine
every day from the arrival Of the boat
Fern, and during a great deal of the
diving. He first gave a technical dcscrip-
ton of tho condition of the wreck as
nearly accurate as possible from his own
observations.
Ensign Powclson then asked IL the
court meant for him to say anything
about what the divers reported OF just
what be saw.
The judge advocate replied that be
would like TO have him state any impor-
tant discoveries which might lead the
court to draw some conclusion as to tho
cause. and IL "A diver gave such informa-
ton To state the divers name. Before de-
ing 30 the Judge advocate asked witness
TO state X che forward and after part OF
tho ship we're IN limo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-31
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