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DEWEY'S VICTORY.
Conhrmatory News Creates Wild
Excitement at Washington.

/. WASHINGTON, May 7.-Notwitb-
standing the fact that everybody for
several days past has been in momen-
tary expectation of advices from Com
modore Dewey, the town was thrown
into the widest excitement at breakfast
time this morning by the issue of ex
IRA papers, announcing the arrival of
the McCulloch at Hongkong with dis
patches Tor the Government from
! Dewey.
The publication of newspaper dis
patches telling of the terrible mortal
lty among the Spanish and the escape
Oh the American forces, men and ships.
from serious injury added to the ex-
ctement, and to the intense satisfac-
! tlon with which the long expected new.
was received. There was an instant
4 fush OF newspapermen to the NAVY De-
partment to secure further informa-
tlon from official sources. and perhans
dSmayed by the number and impetu-
| oslty OF the newspaper contingent the
oIaclals of the Navigation Bureau
where cipher dispatches are trans
Icrlbed and translated promptly closed
ana locked their doors against inva
sion One of the officers of the bu
reau had been on duty every moment
OF the twenty-four hours for several
weeks past, waiting to receive cable
grams of Importance.
similar condition has prevailed at
the state Department, where one of the
assistant Secretaries and the Chief
Clerk has divided up the watch of tbe
nights sleeping on temporary cots set
up III the ante-room. The State De-
partment has the honor Of receiving tho
Irst news 1t came in the shape of a
cablegram of three words from limited
states Consul Wildman at Hongkong
and was as follows:
Hongkong. - McCulIoch. Wi1dnar
Ihat is the usual form in which naval
movements are reported by cable This
olspatch was received by Third Assist
ant secretary Crister, who was turned
OUT OF MS cot by messenger boy at
4:F o'clock this morning. The naval
oInelals were promptly notified. and
awaited with intense interest the dis
patch which was expected to sl,raIv
follow from Commodore Dewey.
About half-past 8 a message Voc
delivered at the department comnris-
ing four lines of the mysterious iar-
gon which makes UP the naval einbar
This was handed directly to Secretary,
Long, who gazed at it for a rnomant
and turned it over to Lieutenant whit
tlesey, one of the cipher experts of
the Navigation Bureau, for translation
Then the Secretary made a pretensa Of
sitting down at his desk to transacr
other business, but it was plain to he
seen that in spirit he had Joined tba
OF Of
officials who thronged the reception-
room and the corridors waiting for the
news.
The naval cipher is one of the most
complex in the world The messages
come in words of strange formation
taken from all languages. These words
are turned by the translating clerks
into groups of figures, and these in turn
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which will put 81 900 additional in his
lpocket, and jump him over three Com
modores as well as over Acting Ad-
miral Sampson.
The Navy Department to-day bought
another boat, the big steam yacht
Dorothy, now at Cramps yard at Phil
adelphia and built for Mexican. She
will be sent to join Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron or to Havana on blockade
duty
At the embassies and legations Com
modore Dewey's reports were read with
great interest, and served to renew the
high tributes of the foreign authori
ties as to the gallant American Com
modore. The remarkable disparity be-
tween the casualties on the American
and Spanish ships as shown by Dew
ey's reports, was a source of special
comment, and the military attache Of
one of the embassies said such a dis
parity was without parallel in his
tory. How the Spaniards could have
lost 80 killed and $50 wounded, while
| the American loss was confined to a
few men slightly injured. is regarded
by the foreign observers as clearly dis
closing the utter worthlessness of Span
| ish arms. An ambassador of a for
| eign Power said it showed that the
those on their ships, were worthless,
otherwise they would have inflicted at
least some mortality upon the Amer
Iican sailors.
1T recalls Solferino," said he. "At
that time France and Austria were at
war, but the range of the French guns
was longer than that of the Austrians.
That brought them together on equal
terms, and the simple difference in the
length of the range of the French guns
determined the outcome of that bat
tie. So it was with Dewey. He not
only had the guns, but they had mod
the Spanish guns were antiquated and
guns only in name. 1t serves to show
that in the warfare of to-day a nation
must have weapons of the most mod
ern pattern, else it is at terrible dis
advantage, and it's men are practically
at the mercy of the enemy having all
the latest appliances of destructive
warfare. 1t is the lesson of Solferino
over again, and this time Spain learns
lit"
1t was thought the British Embassy
would receive advices, but none came
The French, German and other foreign
establishments were also lacking in di-
rect advices.
In all foreign quarters much concern
was shown as to the effect of these
reports upon the temper of the people
lof Madrid. 1t was believed it would
add fuel to the flame already existing
there, and that little more was needed
to overthrow the Government.
Sir Julian Pauncefote called at the
State Department during the day, but
it was not in connection with the wa
He came as dean of the diplomatic
corps to meet Secretary Day on his re.
turn. Official notice was sent by the
State Department to-day to the EN-
bassadors and Ministers that Judge
Day had assumed the duties of Secre-
tary of State, and the foreign officials
will take early occasion to pay a formal
call Of respect to the new Secretary.
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Destroyed Not Only the Spanish Fleet But
Fortifications as Welt.
The American Fleet Unured and Only It's Men Wounded
While the Loss of Life Spanish Squadron
Was Over Six Hundred.


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Continued on Twelfth Page.)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-07-13
A Few Cases of Yellow Fever
Among Our Troops
ALL is WELL IN THE PHILIPPINES
Dewey Sends a Meddlesome
German Captain About
His Business
SHAFTER IS SILENT

Washington, July 13.-Thc ad-
ministration is awaiting anx-
iously and with some impatience,
news from Shafter. The dis
patches received to date serve
only to add to the uncertainty.
1t is reported that Shaf,cr cablcd
this morning that the bonn bard
mcnt by the ships was Intellectual.
1t is known that Algcr wired
Shafter Immediately to describe
the situation, but no reply was
received at two o'clock. Miles,
in his report, confines himself
stl ictly to routine. No refiec-
tiOns on Shafter's mode of opera
tiOns have been received. 1t is
believed by some that a general
assault took plac, this morning,
but this is discredited by officials.
SANTIAGO IS STUBBORN
OFF JuraSua, July 12.-Ail ne
g0tiatlOnS for peaceful surrender
are an utter failure. TOral has
definitely refused to make uncon-
dlti0nal surrender. The army
now only awaits the word Of It's
general to begin the final strug-
gle. When the attack will bt
made depends upon the time that
cnSueS before all the batteries get
to the front, rs it is definitely set
tied not to begin the final assault
until the heavy batteries arr
properly placed. The roads arr
in bad shape and moving artillery
is next TO impossible. 1t will pos
sibIy be tWcnty-four hours before
the opening Of the gagement
SitOny lies in ashes tonight
burned by the order Of the health
authorities, for the purpose 0
ridding the hospital camp Of un
healthful and dirty buildings, an'
driving away the Cuban camp fol
lowers, whose presence serloual.
inconvenlcnccs the surgeons. Al
most every building was fired
the occupants, mostly Cubans
flying to caves in the Oyerhang
ing hills.
SPANISH SHIP WRECKED
Washington, July 13.-Sl@na
Officer Sawyer at Key West re
ports that the ship San Doming
was wrecked Off the Isle Of Pine
while trying to run the blockade
Her nationality is unknown, bu
she is believed to be a SPANS
vessel, carrying supplies t
BlancO.
SPAIN WINS By WIRE
Madrid, July 13.-A dispatc
says the Americans attempted t
land at Tayabocoa but were II
pulsed, and took refuge on thei
warships, which fired over &c
shots. One Spaniard was wounc
ed. An American transport
aground at Punta Caney.
ONO TO THE FRONT
Chattanooga, July 13.-The Is
Ohio broke camp this mornln
and marched to Ringgold
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sign the report, but when he
found it was for work for which
the board would not pay hlm, he
declined.
The matter Of a separate re-
port SO worked on Commissioner
Mcleod that Ia SAID when he
went to Tallahassee TO make
laws, he would create Il "short
cut law to do all such business,
which remarks cuuScd much mcr-
riment.
Several members Of the board
notably, Allen ard Williamson,
entered their protests because
our good looking tax assessor, j.
G.. Mathews, had entirely too
much TO do with granting excmp-
tiOn taxes TO widows, and in
sisted that the board was the
power behind the throne and it
sno41d at least BE permitted 10
enjll some Of the glory and
praase III granting sach requests;
btFs The tax assessor, under the
ipkidiouS remarks, was suprcmcly
SELF possessed ANA seemed to III
wardly enjoy grcat satisfaction
ut their discolnfitarc.
incidentally, the question Of a
county poor farm came up, and
Mr.. Mcleod generously improved
on a former offer to donate eighty
acres Of land and said he would
now make it 10 acres of good
pine land near kcndiic!l, but az
ter others had spoken on the
matter the subject was finally
dropped.
At Tuesdays session the petit
ton Of c. CIrinlchaci was taken
up, asking that w. Witchcr he
placed on the paupcr list. Five
dollars was appropriated for his
aid for one month and Sheriff
Hodge was appointed a commit
tee to invest igatc the case and re-
port at the next meeting.
Upon motion, Il committee OF
two, Mrssrs. Allen and Mcleod
was appointed to look into the
advisability cf establishing a
poor farm in this county and re-
port at their convenience.
The following levy was then
made for the year 1898:
State levy-Gcncral revenue.
three mills; pensions, onc-ha
mill: general school tax, OF,
mill: state board Of health, one
fourth mill; total, four and thr, g
fourths mills.
County l4vy-School tax, iiv,
mills; county proper, on" anc
0nc.hali mill: county roads, one
and three ioHlLhS mills: fine and
forfeiture fund, one mill: total,
, niue and Onc-f0urth mills. Ta>
. levied for Ocala school district
No. l, three mills: Mcintosh dis
+. triut, two mills.
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await transportation to Tampa.
The troops are splendidiy
equipped and will be started 10
reinforce Shafter Immediately.
Large quantities of supplies are
arriving.
THE GERMANS BLUFF WAS y. q.
Manila, via Hong Kong, July
9.-lnsurgents, on July 6, re-
ported that the German gunbOat
Irene, in Subig bay, refused to
permit them TO attack the Span
ish at Grand Island. Dewey
promptly dispatched the cruisers,
Raleigh and Concord, to inv"sti-
gate. On entering the bay the
Raleigh opened fire on the fort,
whereupon the German ship
slipped her cable and steamed out
by another channel. LII response
to the fire of the Americans, the
Spaniards surrendered the fort
and 500 prisoners. The captain
of the Irene tried to explain his
action by saying he interfered IN
the cause of humanity, and Of
fered to hand over a number Of
refugees aboard his vessel.
Dewey refused to accept.
AMERICANS WILL CONTROL
Manila, July :, via Hong
Kong The insurgents made d
vigorous attack yesterday with
little results. They shelled the
Spanish intrenchments and cap
tured many guns. Over 100 men
were killed on each side. The
Americans and insurgents are
acting independent Of each other,
hoping to reach an agreement af-
tcrWard. AguinaldO'S Influence is
believed not to be Of great dura-
ton. After the Spanish are eX-
pelled, it is believed the islands
will be in n state of chaos unless
the Americans assume control.
The Americans are postronin2 .
operations until fully prepared
for any contingency. Twenty
thousand rylnfOrccmentS are eX.
pccted soon. They will enable
Dewey to effectively control Tie
whole Philippines.
YELLOW JACK
| Washington, July 13.--Dis
patches conveying the inforna,
tion that yellow fever has broker
out among the troops in the vi
cinity of Santiago were received
at the war department. today
| Mckinley, Alger, COrbin, ant
Stcrnberg are in conference
Every prccau' ion is being takel
to prevent the spread Of the dis
ease. A special quarantine cam]
will be established, and imnun
doctors and nurses ordered t
Santa go. Stringent, measure
will be adopted to prevent rcfu
gees from Santiago from coming
i'm contact with thp trOODS InfOT
nation as to the extent Of the fC
yer IS refused by the war ds'p2rt
: mcnt. As near as can be lcarne'
the disease broke out in the Vicin
ity Of Siboney, which was 0rGerct
burned by Miles.
THE ISLAND AFLAIE
} Madrid, July ia Germa
5 cruiser brings the report that a
F.. LuzOn is in revolt against Span
/ ish rule. 1t brought a letter ffoI
1 Augustini, which says all IS nuiC
, but he expects an attack by til
Americans on the 14th, when thci
reinfOrccmentS arrive.
I SCOOTING FOR HOME
Port Said, July l3.-The Spar
ish fleet was sighted OF Cap
. Burlos at midnight heading fo
Spain.
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Ten mills, one cent,
Ten cents, one dime,
Ten dimes, one dollar,
One dollar, ten collars,
At j. j. FuIler's, the tailor,
clOthier and furniSher
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mARiON'S LEGISLATURE
July Proceedings Of the Board of
County commissioners

Mrs. Nuri0S appeared and asked
a rebate Of taxes under the wild
OTS' exemption clause. 1t was or
dcrCd that the assessor allow her
5000 or her assessment for 1897.
H. G. Morrison was paid SIP. -
for work on Stark's ferry; f. w.
Mcdonald, for road work IN dis
trict |, $G: Hubbard & MacDuf,
for eros scut saw fer county, 50;
j NJ Llddell, for water key and
ak handles, 81 10; one key for
water supply i'll p. ", 80 cents;
4. f. D1i0ucat, hardware, SO. 40;
\. +. Williamson, one day ser
vices on road, 50; E. w. McDon-
aid, read work, 5000; Ocala
Banner, 1000 envelopes for tax
collector, $2.25; Fuller & Clark,
hay, etc, $l2 81; H. b. Masters,
clothing for prisoners, $50; 7.
| ID. Crawford, convictions, 81;
Sheriff Hodge, j1nitor, and clean
ing court house cesspo0l, SIG: f.
S. Lucius, road work, Sl3O. 10;
Tydincs <, Co, medicine, 81. 20.
Justice account, costs and fines
T. ID. Crawford, four cases,
?3'.GG; County Judge r. Bull
lock, one case, $3.50: B. Z. Wilson
Of Rcddick, two cases, 32l.6.;
Hamp Chambers, Orange Lake,
one case, 50. +. Z. Galruey, post
al cards for tax collector, S1.,5:
commission for tax collector,
32S6.52.
A letter from G. w. Wilson,
United States collector fer Flor,
ida, was read, saying that county
warrants are not subject to a
stamp tax.
VIM. S. Simmons and others al
CItra pctitioncd for road across
Orange Lake marsh TO Island
: Grove. Refused.
Frank Moorehcad presented q
bill Of 5TEs7st-s,-a as one o. the inspect
OrS Of the new road from Martin
to Rrddick. Il WAS refused on the
GROUND that the laws Of the stat.
: 60 net compensate persons fol
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Madrid, July ia German
cruiser brings the report that all
Luzon is in revolt against Span
ish rule. Lit brought a letter from
Augustini, which says all IS quiet
but he expects an attack by the
Americans on the 14th, when their
reinfOrcementS arrive.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-12-03
GREAT THOUGHTS

None but towards lie.-Murpby.
Past all shame. SO past all truth
Shakespeare.
Respect is better procured by exact
Ing than soliciting it.--Greville.
We have all a propensity to grasp
forbidden fruit.-Sereca.
Levity OF behavior is the bane OF all
that is good and virtuous.-Seneca.
When lenity and cruelty play for a
kingdom, the gentler gamester Is the
soonest winner.-Shakespea
He who reforms himself has done
more toward reforming the public than
n crowd OF noisy, impotent PATRIOTS
Lavater.
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike
those of the body. they are increased
by repetition, approved OF by reflection.
and strengthened by enjoyment.-Col-
ton.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-12-03
CUBAN CHIPS

, A Cuban storekeeper will take about
half OF what he first asks for his goods.
The common people are very cruel to
raeir cats and dogs and their children.
There are seventy-two varieties OF
estable fruit. which grow wild on the
Island
Children play in the streets and
courts perfectly naked until they ere
eight years old.
Tie city OF Santiago compares very
fayorably in the matter OF life to Alex
andria, Va.
The Cuban bread is very like the
French. and at every meal half loaf
Is put at each plate.
The climate OF Cuba will attack a
fat. healthy American before it will a
thin. weakly one.
Respectable Cuban women do not
smoke cigars and cigarettes in public,
as is commonly supposed.
The commonest people take at least
a sponge bath every day and teach
their children to do the same.
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DON'T.

Don't pick quarrels before they are
ripe.
Don't owe any person grudge; pay
as you go.
Don't trust a tanned wolf and re-
conciled enemy too far.
Don't prolong a quarrel; make a
fight of It, and then quit
Don't think that bright men spend
all their time rejecting.
Don't forget that mans chief end is
the one with the head on.
Don't think becaIse an aching tooth
is little that il isn't nervy.
Don't expect TO meet a self-made
man who is not proud OF his job.
Don't think because you think you
can sing that others think so.
Don't acquire a reputation for truth
fulress by speaking Ill OF yourself
Don't order chicken IL you want
chicken. but order a crate-egg; it comes
cheaper
Don't blame a dentist for looking
down in the mouth-that's what he
gets paid for.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-12-03
Abeut Two ROYAL Ladies.

II is generally admitted among mem
bers of the royal family that the Prin-
cess of Wales has the most artistic eye
for the arrangement OF flowers, and a
well-known West End florist has stated
that table or a room decked with
blossoms by the princess hands is as
beautiful and elective as one could
possibly wish for. The princess ar
ranges all her own flowers in her
boudoir and attends with her own
hh@:nds to her particular favorite ferns.
The sound business capacity and
marvellous memory for details which
serve Qusen Victoria so we'll in her
greater Office of sovereign do not fell
to render her successful also in her
lesser one OF housekeeper, She Is the
mistress of palaces. castles and coun-
try houses and although the actual
daily housekeeping Is. OF course, done
by deputy, the royal head of the estab-
lishment remains ever in a very real
sense the mistress. She perceives i'm
mediately anything amiss, and per-
ceives also the remedy.
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he'd Room Hints.

In the bedrooms the towel horse
should always be we'll filed, and if fire
towels are very damp and rumpled they
can easily be passed through q mangle
Ga great desideratum in a housed, dried
and put back in their place. Sheets may
be made to do duty longer than usual,
il only a clean top sheet is used. the
one that has been on the top previously
being put underneath. White quilts
look nice and fresh in the country, but
I cannot call them artistic. and l in
finitely prefer a bedspread or bright
colored cretonne or linen with deep
rich frills. which do away with all need
OF a valance.
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THE USEFUL SCREEN,
HOW HoUSEKEEPERS CAN EcoNo-
MlzE ON SPACE

They Are Also Useful In Warding on
Dangerous Drafts and save Many Cofd
Essential in the Dining Kosm-Of Great
Value iR the Hall.
So strongly Is modern apartment life
forcing the necessity for economizing
space upon the up-to-date housekeeper
that she is Obliged to use every method
to obtain II. Many business women.
who live and sleep in the same room.
and perhaps do little cooking there.
too. will find In the screen their great
est ally. 1t may protect the couch
their bed by night-fTom too close in
spection- The tiny gas stove and the
little dining table may be concealed he
hind its folds, and il may hide the
wash-stand and towels. IL the home
is more ambitious and there are several
rooms. the screen has still its part to
play. 1t may serve the purpose of a
door. and yet not prevent the circula-
ton of air through the narrow parlor-
car-like arrangement OF rooms. In
case of illness it Is almost as good as
nurse. 1t can be set to temper the
light. TO keep Off dangerous drafts. to
shut away bad wall paper pattern
from the tired eyes that weary of fol-
lowing large geometrical patterns, and
in many other ways be made useful.
II one lives In a large house in the
country, where it is not necessary to
economize space by sleeping in the par
Tor and cooking in the dining-room.
there is still use for the screen. When
one has drawn a chair mp by the hearth
with lamp upon the table at ones
side, tall three-panel screen will shut
away the shadows and the windy gusts
that steal in through the loose case
ment. Elderly ladies' and delicate chill
dren may be saved many a cold by the
screen in the sittiIg-room. In the
dining-room screen is almost an alb
solute essential to mask the door lead
ing to the kitchen. or the buffers pam
try. The effect OF many a beautiful
dining-room has been spoiled by this
vista OF cook stove, range or pantry,
which a screen would have concealed
In the hall. too, the screen is a most
useful article. 1t can stand sentinel
before the door that leads to the back
hail, or that whicd goes down to the
cellar. Indeed, there are very few
halls so arranged that screen is not
almost as much a necessity as it may be
an ornament.
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MUSINGS.


Pride cOmeth IN summer, for fall
follows.
Peace hath her victories. if you can
run fast enough.
The universal excuse is an inter-
ehangeable lie.
It's better to fight for the right than
not to scrap at all.
A little truth and considerable lie
makes a diplomatic utterance.
Dame Fortune and Miss Fortune are
frequent callers at every home.
To many a man with glasses there's
no way OF looking at things.
Why shouldn't a waiter get tips?
Everything comes to him who waits.
Smile occasionally. You may think
hades, but what Is the use looking
that way?
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A Dry sr,arupoo

Many women, who have luxurious
tresses. and who take cold easily. are
Obliged to forego washing them as Of
ten as they would like, because of the
difficulty OF getting them dried quickly
For such. Il dry shampoo is the next
best thing, and If carefully and thor
oughly done, it removes the accumu-
lated dust and dandruff almost as well
as washing. The hair should be shaken
loosely out over the shoulders, and the
head manipulated with the fingers till
all foreign matter is well loosened and
scattered through the hair, which
should then be parted in different
pla.c es all over the head. and the parts
cleans>ed with stiff. little brush, after
which thc entire head and hair should
be very thoroughly brushed in sections
till the Gandruff is crushed out as much
as possible, when some go6S scalp tonic
OF scalp cleanser may be rubbed ON,
and the snarls engendered by the whole
process gently combed out and the ends
clipped. This should always be done
once a month, to promote the growth
and fine glossy condition of the hair.