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The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09
FISHING AMONG HEELS.
The Badly Embarrassed Youth Csugh
 Something at Each Dive.

The Badly Embarrassed Youth Caught
 Something at Each Dive.
 A modest Cleveland youth, an Adel- bert undergraduate, boarded south side car a few evenings ago, and when he seated himself carelessly dropped his small gripsack on the floor behind his feet. Presently the car began to fill up. and as they came in one by one the Adelbert man crowded along little and 60 got away from his gripsack. There were at least half dozen girls at his left, and it was in that direction that his grip was located.
 Pretty soon the car neared his stop ping place, and the Adelbert man be- thought himself of his baggage. He put his hand to the foor-it wasn't there that is. the grip wasn't there. He felt a little way tn the left. he couldn't reach 1t.
 Then he strengthened up.
 Pardon me, he said, with Q some- what inhamed countenance, "but have 8 grip somewhere under here. '' And he dove down again.
 All he could feel was dainty boot heels, two of them badly run down. He reached little farther. Another boot heel. The girls began to wriggle un. easily.
 Up came the young man again.
 His countenance was still more in- famed. This time he arose to his feet.
 "It's here somewhere" he murmur- ed. eff you don't object, I'll try again. Down he went and clawed along still farther to the left.
 ''I've got it," he muttered.
 He pulled, but it didn't come.
 "One moment, he said, "here it is. |"
 "No. 1t isn't "piped shrill soprano.
 There was brief struggle, and then the bashful youth realized that be had hold of the young woman's foot.
 He stood up at this with despairing glare.
 Perhaps the girls were moved to pity by his hopeless look; perhaps they didn't like the way the other passengers were giggling. Anyway they shufied around and soon produced the missing bag. And the youth with the scarlet face scooted from the car.-Cleveland Plain Daaler
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09
Quiet Missionary Work.

Literary Critic Qaying down new book)-I wish every maid, wife and mother in the country could read that book.
 Able Editor-Well, run in line to the effect that that book Is one which no woman should be allowed to see.-The Yellow Book.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09

reaCh lt.
 Then he strengthened up.
 Pardon me, " be said, with Q some what infamed countenance, "but l hay, 8 grip somewhere under here. And ht
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09

Attendant-Why, how can they make a noise when they talk with their fin
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09

Brown-They say that sleeping with the moon shining In your face affects the head, but don't believe it.
 Jones - Why, certainly. It makes your head light.-Cincinnati EnquIrer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09
Why He Collected.

Doctor-I wish you would tell those deaf mutes to stop talking; the noise dist11rha me.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09
As to Taste.
My dear, did you notice hoy

LiOness-My dear, did you notice how neatly he was dressed?
 Lion-Well, yes, 1t struck me that he was a very tasty young man.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09

"I don't think you boys get as many hard hits as we did when ! was a boy, " said the grandfather
 Why, grandpa, you didn't nave bi- cycles when you were a boy, did yOu? -Yonkers Stateman.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09
A Pertinent Inquiry

Timkins-Who Is that sOlemn-loOking mPn2
 Slmklns-Why, that's Crankle!gh, the great society leader.
 Timkins- Society for uhe suppression
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-09

Doctor-Well, doR't actions speak louder than words3
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18

MADRID, May 17.-At the moment of his departure from the Cape Verde Islands Admiral Cervera, in command of the Spanish squadron of the West Indian waters, made the following ad- dress to the crews of his ships:
 After three years of struggle in Cuba we were nearing the end of trou- ble which certainly would have been ended three months ago but for Amer ica's aid That nation, believing she had created by underhand means thousand embarrassments. but that, nevertheless, she would not be able to attain the object of her ambition, at last threw off the mask and when the instruction was on it's last legs com menced against us the most unjust war in the history of the world.
 "Spain,'' the admiral continued, "did not wish for war. Her conduct proved this. She conceded everything a self respecting nation could concede, but the Americans, whose ambition is insa-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18

full value. The brunt of the enormous loss which would be incurred would fall on the underwriters.
 The fleet, it is stated, was last sighted around the Horn, proceeding up the Atlantic coast to New York, it's destina- tion. It is composed of the following vessels: Nuuanu, carrying ITO tons; Tillie E. Starbuck, 5206; Adam W. Spies, 1884; w. F. Babcock, 3426; s. P. Hitchcock, 3543; H. B. Hyde, 4034; Iro- quois, 1850; George Stebon, 2S00; Kenil- worth. 390O; Luzon, 2O00; A. J. Fuller. 1850; George Curtis, 4000; Ayrian, 1888.
 The Nuuanu carries the Hawaiian flag, which should prove a protection. It is reported along the coast that the Luzon, fearing capture, put in some where south of Los Angeles. It is rather a singular coincidence, and one that superstitious underwriters laid stress on in Honolulu, that the sugar fleet consists of thirteen vessels. All except one fly the American flag, and nearly all lefts together. Passengers say the war excitement is intense on the islands.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
ADDeaIed to Their Courage When About to Leave
 Cape Verde.
Asked the Spanish Seamen to Enter Battle With the Spirit
 of Their SireS.

tiable, always asked for something more, and even what belonged to us that land discovered by Spaniarda led by Columbus.
 Forward, then, to the war. since we are forced thereto by the Americans blind ambition. But let us enter the combat as the Spaniards of old, strong in our rights and trustful in God, who will never abandon a just cause and who will aid our efforts.
 'T need not enjoin discipline upon you, for during the past six months you have been under my command, l have only had cause for congratulation. Nor need call on you to do your duty con- scientiously, especially during the watches, which will often be mSst try ing Still less need I urge you to dis play courage You are Spaniards and that is sufficient in war.
 Then, when I lead you to battle, have confidence in your chiefs, and the nation, whose eye is upon you, will see that Spain to-day is the Spain of all time
 ''viva EspanaI Viva el Key! Viva la Reina Cristina!"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
FOR 4
 SUGAR FLEET Fate of Thirteen Ships From Honolulu Causes
 Anxiety.
May Have Been Captured by the Spaniards on Their
 Way to New York.
Loss of the Vessels and Cargoes Would Fall Entirely Upon the
 Underwriters.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 VANCOUVER, B. C., May 17.-The Australian steamship Paroo, which ar rived here to-day with sixty pas sengers for the Klondike, brings news from Honolulu that grave fears are en- tertained, owing to the war, for sugar fleet which left there three weeks ago. The Paroo left the islands on May T, and big ship-owners and under
 writers were then anxiously awaiting news of the fleet. The thirteen vessels composing it are dandy American clipper ships, and they have an aggregate cargo of nearly 50,000 tons. The vessels cost on an average S100, ,000 each, and should Spain capture them, as is feared, the loss would be in the neighborhood of S, 100000 The Ha- waiian firms would not be great suf- ferers from the capture of the sugar cargoes, as they are insured for their
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
SPANISH SHIPS HAVE
 LEFT MARTINIQUE.
Fleet That Has Hovered in That Vicinity Departs in the Direc-
 tion of Cuba.

ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May IT, The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror and the hospital ship Alicante are still at Fort de France. It is ru- mored that the repairs to the Terror are finished and that she will leave the harbor tomorrow.
 The signal lights continue and last night large number were flashed from the hills. A Spanish vessel entered the harbor late last night, showing no lights, rapidly secuted and left imme- diately.
 There is no doubt that the Spanish fleet which has been lying in these waters has now left Martinique, going direct to Cuba or Porto Eico.
 CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, May IT, Two Spanish cruisers or gunboats are making their base of operations at Bad iquieri, or Guantanamo Bay. They are known to be moving every night in the waters between Hayti and Cuba, a Haytien schooner plying between the Mole St. Nicholas, Jean Babel ard
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
Beacon Light Kept Burn= in0 on MOrrO to Guide
 His Fleet.
BIancO Tells His Soldiers That Spain's Warships Soon Will
 Enter the HarbOp.

ON BOARD THE HERALD-CALL DISPATCH-B ALBERT F. DEW FEY, off Havana, via KEY WEST, Fla, May 1.-The Spanish fleet is expected in Havana. For the last two nights the Morro Castle light, which has not been burning since the blockade com menced, has blazed a red signal to guide the Spanish warships into the harbor.
 Some information regarding the movements of the fleet has reached General Blanco. This information must have come from Madrid, for news of the sighting of the Cape Verde fleet off the coast of Venezuela could scarcely have penetrated Havana by last Sun day. Yet on that day General Blanco caused it to be officially announced to his soldiers and to the people of Ha- vana that a powerful fleet, with rein forcements and supplies, had eluded the American fleet and was approach ing.
 This news was brought by a Cuban scout picked up in row boat near Co., jimar, on Sunday night, who brought out the information to the blockading squadron, under cover of darkness, and then returned to land.
 General Blanco evidently expects the Spanish fleet to round the western end of the harbor and enter Havana in the night, there to land supplies and troops and prepare for battle with the block ading squadron.
 Reports of the presence of the Span ish fleet in these waters have greatly strengthened the courage of Blanco's soldiers, whose spirits were beginning to droop under the conviction that Spain had abandoned them to their fate. Increased activity and prepara- tions for desperate defense are notice able along the coast.
 Soldiers are now plentiful at all points They have learned the folly of exposing themselves to the fire of gun boats and generally keep concealed. Nevertheless they spring from day to
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
TWO SPANISH GUNBOATS MENACE THIS COAST.
Steamer Alert Reports Their Suspi- cious Conduct at Guayaquil,
 Ecuador.

SAN DIEGO, May 17.-Captain Leutze, commanding the United States steamship Alert, now in this harbor, which sails tonight for San Fran cisco, reports that there are two Span- ish gunbcats of about 150 tons at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and they have been there for some time-much longer than the neutrality laws allow. This is the first news received of any Span- ish warships being on the west coast of America The news was given to Captain Leutze by the captain of Panama steamer which called at Guay- aquil.
 The Alert has orders to go out of commission on her arrival at Mare Is- land. Captain Leutze will probably be ordered to command the Monterey, and the other officers, crew and modern guns will go to the Philadelphia
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
GLADSTONE ON HIS DEATHBED Peacefully Passing Away Into the Land of
 Shadows. Suffers No Pain Whatever and His Face Wears Look
 of Serenity. Pathetic Scenes Among the Family While General Sorrow Pre-
 vades Hawarden.
Special DisDatch to The Call.

LONDON, May 17.-According to a special dispatch from Hawarden re- ceived this morning, MT. Gladstone Is sinking rapidly. The correspondent says: "He lies on a small iron bed, peacefully sleeping away into the land of shadows. The family are all sit ting around him, or moving noiselessly in and out. It is pathetic scene that is being enacted this gloomy night.
 Late last evening all the servants of the household were admitted to the sick room for a final farewell. They found MT. Gladstone lying on his right side in deep sleep, as if dead. Each in turn touched his hand and left the room tearfully.
 MT. Dobie doubts that his patient was conscious at any time on Tues day, though he said yes and mo- nor does the physician believe that MT. Gladstone recognized any one. Never theless, he suffered no pain whatever, but just lay with his head facing the light, his eyes closed, his hands some times outside the counterpane and sometimes hidden beneath
 His grand face bears a most peace full and beautiful look. A few days ago the deeply bitten wrinkles that so long marked 1t were gone, but now, strangely enough, they seem strong and deep as ever. He looks, too, in won derfully good color.
 "A bulletin at o'clock Tuesday morning afforded the first intimation of the serious condition of the patient. For some hours no additional informa- tion became public; but there were in- dications that crisis had been reached. The little village post office. from which the telegraph wires run, was suddenly manned by staff to work the special instruments which had been silenced since they were fitted up last Saturday in readiness for the emer- gency. During the day wherever one went one would hear the general ex- pressions of deep regret among the working people, at Hawarden, Sandy croft, another village situated at the foot of the gentle slope, and at Ches- ter.''
 8 a. m.-Dr. Herbert Habershon ar rived at o'clock this morning. The rain has continued to fall at intervals throughout the night. Villagers have been coming singly and in groups of two or three, entering the castle gates to glance silently at the ain-beaten scrap of paper which is the latest bull letin and then as silently returning to the gate, not hundred yards away, and disappearing into the darkness only to return later At this hour many are collected to gaze in unbroken silence at the castle lights.
 Dr. Habershon has just retired, from which it is inferred that nothing in the nature of an immediate collapse is ex- pected His physicians think MT. Clad stone will never speak again. At this hour he is in deep sleep, while the Of4 ho fa Ivy or xQpninO the final vigil beside the dying states
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18

day some carefully thought out plan to wreak injury upon the blockading vessels, particularly the small gun boats that patrol the shore.
 Their masked batteries having by this time been uncovered, General Blanco has supplied fieldpieces. These guns are continually being sprung upon the gunboats from new places. One or two will be placed in position during the night and carefully concealed. The next day when a gunboat comes slip ping along close to shore, watching for an opportunity to throw shrapnel shell into group of soldiers, these guns will be turned loose on 1t.
 Several of the smaller gunboatS have had narrow escapes in the last two days and as the field pieces are moved every night inshore patrolling is at tended by some danger. An accurately aimed shell from these guns might easily sink small boat.
 The Dewey yesterday and to-day pa trolled the coast from Havana to Car denas and back again, seeing Spanish soldiers in half-doZen places. At an abandoned summer resort on IscoSoS Peninsula, now apparently occupied by the Spanish as barracks, group of soldiers fired several shots at us. AL though the range was not over 2000 yards, at which distance a Mauser rifle will easily carry, we heard nothing of the bullets. Three Spanish gunboats are in Cardenas Bay. but they are afraid to venture out in the harbor.
 1 have good reason to believe that the village of Siguapa, situated near Cardenas, was attacked and partially burned by the insurgents last night. From where the Dewey was lying, two miles off the coast, I could distinctly see the flames of the burning houses and hear scattering shots.
 l know that a considerable band of insurgents came down to the coast east of Matanzas last Friday for the Gussie expedition, and they may have been waiting In concealment since then in expectation of the steamers return. They might easily have taken a village by surprise and retired before the Spanish could get endorsements from Cardenas
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18

Glatinagua ports having met Spanish vessels several times during the past few weeks. The Spaniards are sup posed to hide in the Cuban ports dur ing the day and to go out cruising at night.
 NEW YORK, May H.-A special copyright dispatch from Santa Lucia, w. l., to the World says: A large strange warship was sighted last night lying off the west coast of this island. Others were also seen to the northward of Santa Lucia. These vessels are be- lieved here to be a Spanish squadron watching for the battleship Oregon which may pass close to this island on it's way to Key West.
 MADRID, May H.-Instructions have been given to the maritime authorities of Barcelona not to permit the depart ure of large steamers which might be used as auxiliary" cruisers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
MISS DUER
 THE BRIDE
 OF MACKAY Wealth and Beauty Linked by a Quiet
 Ceremony. Only Relatives and a Few Intimate Friends
 Present. Troths Pledged Before a Grotto of Lilies and Apple
 Blossoms. A UNIQUE BRIDAL TOUR. In a Victoria the Couple Travel to the Groon1's Long Island
 Home.
Troths Pledged Before a Grotto of Lilies and Apple
 Blossoms.
A UNIQUE BRIDAL TOUR.
In Victoria the Couple Travel to the Groona's Long Island
 Home.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, May 17.-That g. wed- ding can be talked about until 1t is worn threadbare and the wealth of the groom and beauty of the bride dis cussed until they sound like ancient history, and yet the ceremony be cele- brated in the most quiet manner possi- ble, was proved to-day when Miss Katherine Duer, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William A. Duer, became Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay in her father s house, surrounded only by her own and her husbands family and relatives and comparatively few intimate friends.
 Yet there was every social reason here for much fuss and feathers-as much pomp and display, as many flowers, as much music, as tg a crowd, as at any of the historic we'd dings that have passed into social his tory.
 Elegance and simplicity marked the floral decorations. The bridal party stood in the drawing-room before a grotto of lilies and apple blossoms. The mantel was banked with a mass of deep colored bougainvillaea and the woodwork of the room was entirely covered by branches of apple blossoms, tied with apple-green ribbon. The library was done entirely in pink and white flowers arranged in vases, moss roses. sweetpeas and swansonia pre- dominating. American Beauty roses nicknamed the Bride, by the way formed a feature of the decoration for the dining room and halls. By instruc- tions of the bride the flowers used in decoration were sent to the Working Girls Club after the ceremony
 The front part of the drawing room, for perhaps one-third of the distance, was ribboned off for the bridal party Punctually at 12 o'clock Archbishop Corrigan, attended by his secretary, Father Connolly, and Rev. Thomas Ducey, entered and took his position behind low prie dieu. He was closely followed by the bridegroom and his best man. MT. Columbus c. Baldwin, and
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
Peru's New Ministry.

LIMA, Peru. May 1.-The new cabinet is composed as follows: President of the Council and Minister of Justice, pr. Loayica; Minister of Foreign Affairs Senhor Melton F. Porras; Minister of Finance, Senhor Ignacio Key; Minister for Home Affairs. Senhor Jose M. LaPuento; Minister of Public Works, Dr. Flores; Minister of War, Senhor Rosagill.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
CHILE AND ARGENTINA
 ON THE VERGE OF WAR.
Little Prospect of Peaceful Solu- tion of the Boundary
 Difficulty

Copyrighted 1S9s by James Gordon Bennett. VALPARAISO, Chile, May H.-Senor Moreno, the Argentina boundary commits sioner, starts for Buenos Ayres tomorrow by land with his whole staff. The bound ary commissioners have suspended their deliberations until his return in August. The Chilean military staff is meanwhile have loo GOO men fully equipped for a cam paign The general opinion is that peace ful solution of the present difficulties is
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
TWO NEW BISHOPS.

BALTIMORE, May 17-The election of Bishops by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to- day resulted in the choice on the second ballot of Rev. H. c. Morrison of Nash vile, Tenn, and Rev. pr. w C. Chandler of Oxford, Ga Dr. Morrison received 14o votes and Dr. Chandler 14S on the final ballot.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
CASH--=WEARING APPAREL.

20 dozen Infants Shirts, to 1 year.......5c Little Dresses for little folks. .35c, soc White Dresses (samples), worth s. Syears. s1 25
 years DUG Summer Coats, 34 to 37. worth s2, now .. SOC Pants to match light weight and color. .50c Thin Gingham or Chambray Coat and Vest. .25c Small sizes. 34. 35, 36. Cassimere Coats....s .s1 Mackinaw Klondike Coats, closing H 75 Mems Flannel Shirts, 34 to .65c Heavy lined Duck Coats. quality. s1 Little Boys Bib Overalls, brown. blue. .25c
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18

CARACAS, Venezuela, May l7. The Herald's correspondent in Bar ranquiIla, United States of Colombia, teIegraphs that part of Admiral Ger veras squadron has come to that port. It is also reported that the Spanish ships which left Willemstad, on the island of Curacoa, on Sunday evening have been sighted by in coming vessels heading :. toward Martinique.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
Death of Captain Brown.

The death is announced of Captain Ju. Han Brown, late of the City of Para, who passed away early this morning at St Lukes Hospital, after an operation. He was about 47 years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
Copyrighted. 1ss8 Gordon GIBRALTAR, May l7.-The

GIBRALTAR, May H.-The tor pedo boats Aviete, Lalcon and Azor, which were at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, with the Oquendo, Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon and Marie Teresa, went first to the Canaries, and then proceeded westward. The transport Ciudad de Cadiz has re- turned to CadiZ.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE WAR

 question for the home the family ignored the continues  stamp duties which add the articles
  friends make hay while the shines lay by few dollars
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Elected Town Marshal of Los Gatos.

SAN JOSE, May 17.-At a special elec- tion held at Los Gatos D. E. Springer was s. Syberson. At an election held a month ago the two men tied on the vote, ana another election became necessary. Yes terday Springer beat his opponent 4S votes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
DIED.

BROWN-In this city, May IT, 1s9s Captain Julian H., husband of Edith B. Brown, na- tive of Lenox. Mass. (Boston and New York papers please copy)
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
GAVE DEWEY THE
 PLANS OF MANILA

CINCINNATI May 17A1r William ornithologist enomogst of the globe and his
 
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 f cessfu accomplishment The laundered shirt which usual and with other
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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
SHEDS. BOATS. ETC.

ARCTIC sieds rctic dogs, Yukon boats pilot maps to the klondike. Alaska outfits steam launches and stern-wheel steamers. with boilers suitable to burn wood: 50 boats bs seen at salesrocm. c. W. KNEASS. 7ls Third ct. Phone Red 2s61.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
Copyrighted. 1898, by James Gordon Bennett
PORTO PLATO, San Domin-

go, May l7.-It is reported here that a Spanish squadron of four cruisers and two torpedo-boat destroyers, commanded by Admiral Cervera, is at Porto Rico. l have not yet been ableto confirm this report, but, what ever it's origin, it appears to be gen. orally accepted here as true.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-18
MANEUVERS OF
 THE SPANISH SHIPS
CabIegrams Showing They Have Been Heading for Rendezvous in
 Porto Rico.

ST. THOMAS, D. w. l., May H.- The captain of a British sloop re- ports having seen on last Sunday, from noon until 6 clock in the even- ing, a Spanish squadron of twenty seven vessels slowly steaming north of Tortolo in a westerly direction.