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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

Cuban army on that memorable oc-
casion.
FINALLY. | know that you have lsft
q power At Santiago the ams Spanish
authorities that for three years have
fought as enemies OF the Independence
Of Cnba ] beg 10 say that these an-
thorifies have never been elected AZ San
tiago BY the residents Of the city. but
were appointed by royal DEGREES Of the
queen Of Spain.
Il would agree, sir, that the army UNI
der your command should have taken
possession q the city, the garrison and
forts.
II would give my warm cooperation
TO any measure you may have deemed
best under American military law to
hold the city Tor your army and 70 pro.
serve public order until the time comes
to fulfill The sacred pledge Of the people
81 the United States TO establish in Cuba
free and independent government.
But when the question arises Of appoint.
ing authorities in Santiago de Cuba un.
der the peculiar circumstances Of our
80 years Of strife against Spanish rule, /
cannot see bat with the deepest regret
that such authorities are not selected by
the people, bat ara the same ones select
ed BY tho QUEEN of Spain, and hence are
ministers 20 defend against the Cnbans
the spanish sovereignty.
"A rumor, too absurd 10 DO believed,
general, ascFibes the reason Of your
measures and of the orders forbidding
my army 20 enter Santiago for fear Of
massaerts ani revenge against tho Span
iards, Allov me. sir. 20 protest against
eTen the shadow Of such an idea We
arr not sauges, ignoring the rules Of
civilized warfare. We are people, a
ragged army, az ragged and a. poor rs
was the amy Of your forefathers in
their noble var Tor independence. bot a.
did the hefoes Of Saratoga and York
town we respect too deeply our cause 20
disgrace IL with harbarism and coward
ice.
In Wow o. all these reasons. sin.
ccrcly rcgret 20 BE- unable 10 fulfill any
longer the orders Of my government.
and therefor have rendered today
TO the commander.in.chief o. the Cuhan
army, Majr General Maxine Gomez,
my resignation as commander Of this
section Of oar army.
"Awaiiips his resolutions | withdraw
my forces % the interior
VERY respectfully. yours
"CALrxr0 GARCIA"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

DR.. n. NJ. McDougald showed the
Eagle reporter an il-pound cabbage
yesterday sent TO him by his friend, J..
c. Davis, Of near lola in Grimes coun-
~. It measured 30 inches in circum-
ference. Mr.. Davis has quarter Of an
acre In cabbage which he says will av-
erage this size, and his other vegetables
are equally fine.
II. L. Wilson and son Of near Tabor,
we're here yesterday and called on the
Eagle. lie says the meeting conducted
by Rev Sewell Of the Christian church
a, Cottonwood, is a success. and result.
ing in much good.
Miss Maud Pruett returned to Hous-
ton yesterday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24
LOCAL NEWS.


<saiiSs Lula Hardy lie visiting is KOsse.
Don't forget the City Market. 02
DE-. L. P. Davis Of Houston, was here
yesterday.
VIM. Andrews Of Bethel. vas here
yesterday.
Two up. stairs rooms for rent. Apply
10 Ira Gooch. II
John sheppard Of Kurien, was in
town yesterday.
wanted-A good saddle horse APP
ply % DR.. II. 7. Coulter. 2Oi
NV. AcuG and G. b. Douthit were
here from Bethel yesterday.
Misses Maud and Fannie Memories
have returned from Franklin.
n Royal Blue" a strictly first class Sc
gar sold only by c. G. Parsons. l65ti
Dr.. Jones and DR.. Todd Of the Bethel
neighborhood, were Ia town yesterday.
When You want to enjoya nice drive
e., one Of Ira Gooeh's nobby turn
outs. dtf
Mrs. VI. A. Morrison, who has been
visiting at Kurten, returned 10 Calvert
yesterday.
Rev. j. G. Tanner Of NavasotA, IL the
guest Of Or. West, and will preach today
% the Presbyterian church.
j. G.. weleh. who liyes near Bry.
81, has the thanks Of the Eagle force
90 fine watermelon given to US yes,
tsrday.
Adams celebrated Geranium Boiatei
IAlcum Powder, l5c box. This pow.
d sells for 25c elsewhere. Sold only
81 sam y. Wilson & Co. llltf
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

A.E. Hill. Taylor; Thos J. Cornelius.
Chicago; Geo. L. Kentz, Kansas City;
A. 5. Land, J. Y. Robertson, S. b. Beal,
II. Burgower, W. P. Herms. A. j. Rid
die, Dallas; Z. r. Everett. Bolton: DR..
Z. 2. Daviss, Houston; Eugene Lewis.
ST. Louis, X. W. McFerrun. Columbus.
Ohio.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

Fort Worth, Tex, July %. There il
no clcw 10 the robbers who attempted
the robbery Of the Santa fe tram near
Saginaw ON Thursday night. The ~.
mains Of Fireman Whitaker were sent
10 Goldthwaite Cor burial.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

5. P. weiseiger, ST., TO Stewart
Brown sundry lots in the city
Of Bryan, consideration So. s525 %
Ike and Elba Lee TO Minnie Dean
30xll5 feet of a 2.acre tract in
league No. 2, granted 10 the
heirs Of 5. +. Austin, consid. Is %
J.Carliste and wife 10 G. J.CofIin
IS acres In Steven Jones eur. $50 %
c. b. and s :. Beck TO A. J..
Harbers lots a., IS, a., blk !,
Phillips division IN Brazos
county. Texas; confederation. 400 o.
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PLEAS TO sAeAsTA.
Newspaper Wen Urge Him TO Abolish
the siege aud Censorship.

Newspaper Wen Urge Him 20 Abolish
the siege aud Censorship.
Madrid, July 2S.-Tho directors Of tho
leading newspapers waited upon Senior
Sagus.a, the prcmier, aud urged him 10
abolish tfe existing state Of siege and
censorship
According to a dispatch from Hong
Kong the insurgents attacked Manila
but wore repulsed with 800 loss. the
Spaniards having 30 killed and wounded.
a second attack was equally unsuccoss.
ful.
a dispatch from San Juan do Porto
Rico says a new insular cabinet has been
formed under the presidency Of Senior
Nuncz Roveira.
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p some ADVERTISEMENTS

Remind you of an empty Wagon going down
hill. The lighter the Load the greater the
noise ---.--u.,u...suus~xv
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24
Postponed

The barbecue that has been adyerlis-
ed for July 2s, at String Prairie has
been postponed until a later date. The
announcement Of date will be made in
due time. This is on authority Of Mr..
George Edge.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-24

Galveston, July ~. The first rogi.
mont United States volunteers (Galycs-
ton immunes). left for New Orleans yes
to-day on fhroo trains. On reaching
New Orleans they Will Immediately EN-.
bark on the steamship Berlin for San
tiayo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Insane lnsolence.

The shameless openness of Pluto
cratic plans for plundering the people
could hardly have better illustration
than in this from the editorial page of
Hanna's St. Louis organ:
The war taxes bill, as reported from
the Senate committee, is hardly rec
equitable by those who fathered and
passed it in the house. But the meas
ure now before the Senate is not the
one whicn will be enacted. The SEN
ators may indulge themselves in the
farce of passing measure very differ
ent from the House provisions. But
out of conference will come a law
which will have most of the features
that originated in the House, and a
few of those which the Senate substi-
tuted. There are Senators who have
to be humored in their schemes of tax
alton and finance to the extent of pa
rading them and championing them.
But in the wind up, the cranky notions
will disappear. Coinage of the Setgn-
forage. the greenbackS, the tar on gross
earnings Of all corporations, and carl
Ous internal reUc12aIe deUjceS 1Chich the
Senate has Grr0yed IN the bill. aCiU go
Out The prOUiS,on for q popular bond
aOiJ come back. The administration
will have six to eight votes majority
in the Senate to pass such a bill as the
conference will report. OF this as
surances have been conveyed to the
White House.
This means that while thousands of
young Americans are marching away
to die of yellow fever that the Cubans
may be free, the Hanna administration
intends to sacrifice them and every
thing else to it's five-hundred million
dollar bond deal.
1t may succeed. In any event the
lines will be drawn. At any cost the
thieving mlll1onalres now in power at
Washington must be driven out, and
every new step to which their insane
greed prompts them but makes it more
certain that they will be.
And that soon!-M5ssissippi Valley
Democrat and Journal Of Agrqcu3tWre.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
NUMBER 48.

New Hampshire. The Spanish bonds
are still intact. The jurisdiction OF
Spain extends over the Philippine
Islands, Cuba. aud Porto Rico as com
pletely as when the war commenced.
We hope, for the sake of our coun-
try's good name, that Senator Chandler
is mistaken; that the $1,7O0, 900, 600
of Spanish bonds have nothing to do
with the preservation of Spanish SOW
ereignty over her provinces in the two
oceans. We agree with Senator
Chandler. however, that this country
could have prepared, in less than sew
enty days, to send men and munitions
of war to Manila, and that more vigor
is required to satisfy the people of the
good faith of the administration in
sending relief to Dewey. -SjIUer Knight
Wdtchn10n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Fast Cruisers.

In the long list of ships for whose
construction the Secretary of the Navy
has called for bids, there is no mention
of armored cruisers. There are re-
quests for prices on torpedo boat de-
stroyers, for which we stand in sore
need. There is string of sprightly
torpedo boats to be built and there are
some battleships and monitors to be
included in the bidding that is expect
ed from a dozen shipyards within a
short time. Still, there is no word,
either in laws already on the books or
in laws contemplated, about much
needed cruisers.
We are sending the Charleston on
her long journey to the Far East,
loaded with ammunition and other sup
plies for Admiral Dewey's feet. There
is some coal in her cargo, but not
enough to send the boat through to
Manila without stop on the way-at
Honolulu, where two precious days
will be spent in getting ready for the
long last leg of the journey. Naval
architecture knows how to put togeth-
er ship that would have made the
trip through to Manila not only on one
loading of coal, but in two-thirds of
the time that will be consumed on the
Charleston's journey. The New York
would have done it; the Brooklyn
would have done 1t; the Columbia or
the Minneapolis would have done it.
What If the Charleston should fall
in with a powerful enemy on the way P
Of course this is not to happen on this
particular trip; but for the sake OF
argument, let US suppose that she will.
She is without armor to protect her
precious cargo and without speed to
get away from a fast enemy. She
hasn't even the guns for good stand
up fight with foe at all formidable.
Yet she is the best that we have avail
able on the west coast for the purpose.
Over on the eastern side we have a
lot of armorclads that are trying to To-
cate the fast armored ships that Spain
has sent over to harry US. But we
have no Vizcaya, combining speed,
armor and steaming radius. We have
no Oquendo, no Maria Teresa. The
New York is ali right in her excellent
way, and fair fight there is little
doubt as to the outcome of the battle;
but the New York cannot be trusted to
go out alone in search of the four
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
An Unwilling Confession.

1t is noteworthy that four of the
eleven votes cast in the House Of Rep
resentatives against the Constitutional
Amendment providing for popular cleo
tion of United States Senators came
from Connecticut members.
The reason is not far to seek. In
that State the Legislature is elected
under the antiquated town system,
whereby population is ignored. The
two of Union, for instance, which has
112 voters, sends two representatives
to the Legislature, while New Haven
with 25, 900 sends no more.
1t is easy to see why Republicans OPP
pose an amendment which would de-
stroy one Of of the chief uses OF this
rotten borough system. The oppor-
tunities for defeating the popular will
and comprising the purposes of cor
ruption will not be willingly surren-
dered.
The Connecticut vote is a practical
confession of everything that has been
charged against the present method OF
election by Legislature. 1t lays bare
the very nerve of the whole subject
st. LOuiS PoSt-DiSpatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Neglect of Dewey.

An interview with Senator Chandler,
published in the New York Journal
May II, 1898, attributes the failure to
support Dewey to fear that it will i'm
pair the value of Spanish bonds. In
the absence of any other possible ex-
cuse for the delay in sending soldiers
and munitions of war to support Dewey,
the reason assigned by Senator Chand-
Ter will be generally accepted.
On the 9th of March, 1898, more
than two months ago, war with Spain
was anticipated, and fifty millions was
appropriated to be used by the Presi-
dent at his discretion to prepare for
such an emergency. About the 21st of
April, 1898, when the war actually be-
gan, Commodore Dewey was ordered
to proceed to the PHILIPPINE Islands and
destroy the Spanish fleet. The gallant
and glorious manner in which he per-
formed that service thrilled with pride
more than seventy millions of people
and immortalized Dewey and his entire
command. There are about nine mill
lion inhabitants on the Philippine
Islands, and to make the expedition of
Dewy available or valuable it was
known from the beginning that he
must be supported with troops and
munitions of war. When the news
came of his victory no preparation
whatever had been made to send him
support. No ship had been bought or
chartered on the Pacific coast; no SOL
diers had been enlisted. Neither ships
nor munitions of war have yet been
sent. We have heard daily of hurried
preparation, but no action More than
two weeks have elapsed since Dewey's
victory, and all that has been done is
to promise support which may never
be forwarded. Every day there is
some new decision as to the number of
soldiers to be sent, some new patching
required on the vessels to be chartered.
All this gives color to the reason for
delay suggested by the Senator from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Prosecute the War with V1gor.

The landing of the Spanish fleet IN
Cuba with arms, provisions, ammuni-
tion and men for the Spanish army can
but mean that the capturing of Cuba is
going to be a mucn harder task than it
would otherwise have been.
There is every reason for believing
that there will be a bitter struggle in
the Philippines. 1t is not wise to un-
dervalue an opponent. Secure in its
own unmatched resources and natural
reserve strength, and encouraged by
the unprecedented victory of Dewey,
the United States has been disposed to
regard this little Spanish brush very
lightly. There is no good reason,
however. for believing that Spain in
tends to yield without most desperate
struggle. Its army in Cuba is undoubt-
edly making use of its time by work
ing day and night upon Notifications.
It's army upon the island of Luzon is
probably doing the same thing. While
the United States is getting ready an
army to go to the relief of Dewey,
Spain is also starting a relief expedi-
tion to the Philippines. Spain has the
advantage of having an army ready to
send at once.
The result of the whole matter is, Of
course, foregone conclusion. The
United States will accomplish every
thing it sets out to accomplish. 1t might
as we'll be understood, however, that it
has something other than a before
breakfast task. This country can not
conquer Spain by peaceful blockades
and bloodless battles. In the start the
advantages are with Spain. Spain has
the one great advantage Of being able
to fight entirely on the defensive, upon
its own territory. Uncle Sam must
take off his coat and enter into the
business with all his energy. If he
organized an army larger than is neces-
sary, nothing will be lost. II one
thousand men are needed to capture
fortifcation, and two thouand are sent,
so much the better. If nine hundred
are sent, a fatal mistake has been made.
In remembering the Maine it is we'll
to remember that the dons are a sly
and treacherous foe, and that their ex-
plosives will kill as we'll as ours. The
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Spanish armorclads. Accompanied by
the Brooklyn, she would not be risked
against the heavy quartet of the Span
ish Squadron, to say nothing OF the
torpedo boats and destroyers.
Of course we have the Indiana, the
Oregon. the Iowa, and those sleepy
giants, the monitors; but how are you
to go about catching the Spaniards
with these? There is but one way out:
Lead the Spaniards into trap. That
is the problem that is now bothering
the strategists.
Congress has a duty before it-sev-
eral OF them, perhaps-but one in par
ticular is the authorization, not for
this war, but for the future, of numer-
Gus high-type armored cruisers. They
should have broad steaming radius.
They should have twelve-inch armor.
They should have speed of twenty
knots an hour. They should have ten
and eight inch guns.
With three or four vessels of this
type in the Atlantic Ocean right now
it would not be many hours before the
Spanish quartet would be at the bot
tom of the sea or in fair way to fly
the Stars and Stripes.-St. LouiS Re-
public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Temperance Notes.

While the spirit of pa
triotism is rampant in
our land, and all eyes
are turned towards the
army of our brave men
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Need for the Nicaragua Canal.

The present war is likely to arouse
the people of the United States to an
added appreciation Of the Importance
of connecting the two oceans by the
Nicaragua canal. The need of the
canal for war purposes is more appar-
ent at the present time, perhaps, than
is it's possible benefit to commerce.
But the latter reason, nevertheless,
furnishes by far the stronger argument
for the canal project, and should alone
be sufficient to warrant its construction,
says the Chicago Record.
The taking of the Philippines by Ad-
miral Dewey has directed attention to
the far east and the vast Importance OF
the commerce which it is possible to
develop with the countries of that re-
mote region. The manufacturing
states Of the Atlantic coast would have
great advantage over European com
petitors if they could ship their goods
by way of the Nicaragua canal direct
to the Philippines, Japan, China and
Australia, and receive in return by like
direct route the products of those coun-
tries. The commercial advantage to
accrue from connecting the Pacific sea-
board of the United States with the At
lantic seaboard by a convenient water
route is apparent.
These arguments for a ship canal
have frequently been put forth in time
of peace. The war, however, has
served to emphasize the commercial
value of the canal and to indicate in
addition the very urgent military need
for it. The naval vessels of the Uni
ted States should be able to go from
one ocean to the other with as little
delay as possible. Suppose the Span
ish fleet should now be making for the
Philippine Islands by way of the Suez
canal, for the purpose of attacking
Dewey's fleet. Our vessels which are
distributed along the atlantic coast
would be unable to go to Dewey's de-
Tense with any hope of reaching him
in time to render aid. Our vessels in
Atlantic waters are unable to afford
any protection to the Pacific coast, in
case it should be menaced by an enemy.
Likewise, American vessels in Pacific
waters would not be able to reach the
Atlantic in time to afford protection
against possible attack. The very
long journey taken by the Oregon,
said to be the first modern battleship
to round Cape Horn, in coming from
San Francisco to join the Atlantic fleet,
demonstrates the necessity for a canal
that would make possible the quicker
transfer of vessels from one ocean to
the other, in case of imperative need.
j. c. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
The Spanish BOndholders' Conspiracy.

The holders OF 1,7OO, 900, 900 of
Spanish bonds are deadly enemies of
the United States. They have en-
barrassed the administration in every
way, entered into its secret councils,
and played every card in their power
to save the provinces of Spain as Sc
curity for Spanish bonds. One of their
tools, man by the name of Francis
I. Morton, is publishing letters in the
Washington Post, asserting that it is
uupatriotic for the American people to
prosecute the war by the ususual finan-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26

war is not over. 1t has but COM
menced. How long it will last depends
entirely upon this government. If the
United States equalizes the contest by
failing to make full use of its superior
advantages, it will last for long time.
If every energy of this great nation is
thrown into it, Spain will not last long.
Delays are always dangerous, and over
confidence has lost half the battles of
the world.-K C. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
IRONTON. MO, THURSDAY. MAY %. 1903.

cial arrangements made by all civil
lied countries for such a purpose.
Mr.. Morton himself is not of the slight
est consequence, but his letters fairly
represent the scheme ot the Spanish
/ bondholders. He contends that every
| body who is opposed to The issuance of
$500, 900, 900 of bonds to buy gold with
which TO prosecute the war Is friend
of Spain and an enemy of the United
States, and in this he voices the senti-
ments of every unpatriotic Tory goldite
in the land. The Spanish bondholders
know that if the United States must
contend with all the world for gold at
any sacrifice to obtain money to prose-
cute the war, our resources, great as
they are, will soon be exhausted. 1t
is the first time in the history of the
world that it has been suggested that
a nation in war must buy gold to fight
its battles. Gold is a coward; it al
ways deserts in time of war If our
institutions are to be preserved they
must be preserved by the exercise of
the sovereign power of the United
States to coin and issue money. With
out the exercise of this power the rev.
olution would have been impossible.
Without the exercise of this power the
war of 1912 could not have been
fought. Without the exercise of this
power success in the Mexican war
would have been doubtful. And with
out the exercise of this power the
union would haye been destroyed.
In view of all these facts it is disloy-
atty to the government of the United
States to even suggest that we must
buy gold to fight Spain and pursue a
course that would destroy any country
in time of war. Suppose England had
adopted the plan suggested by the
Spanish bondholders, and sold bonds
to buy gold to fight Napoleon. Would
she have been the mistress of the seas
and the most powerful nation on earth? !?
A dozen times in the history of France
she would have been destroyed if she
had pursued the policy suggested by
the goldite press in the present emerg-
ency. 1t may be that we can fight all
the world for gold and at the same
time whip Spain, but if Spain should
have an ally we would be compelled to
surrender or be aunihilated. Bank of
England notes whipped Napoleon and
made England the foremost nation of
the world. Greenbacks conquered the
rebellion and saved the Union. When
did golG ever fight battle or save
country? The plan proposed by the
Republicans to raise revenue for the
war is the plan of the enemy. The
plan proposed by the majority of the
finance committee is the plan of the
friends of the people of the United
States. 1t is the patriotic plan, it is
the successful plan. 1t will not rob
the people, it will not impoVerish the
nation, but if pursued it will whip
Spain.-SjIUer Knight W0tchman.