Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-23

NuullreTS OF hear Admiral Schley in wash
ington who have come into possession OF a
chest OF Spanish silver taken from the
wrecked Spanish cruiser Colon, have had 1t
melted and made into a loving cup for
presentation to the admiral. On the cup will
be depicted the naval battle Of Santiago and
the relief expedition finding General Greely.
events in which Admiral Schley played
most conspicuous part. The loving cup will
constitute a priceless souvenir OF the ia
nous naval battle.
Nathan Brooke of Philadelphia. who re-
turned from Manila recently. gave n New
York Tribune reporter a breezy sketch of
present day scenes In Manila bay. The
Spanish fleet that Dewey destroyed" said
he, "lies over near Cavite or Kavitc. as it
is sometimes spelled, and is most woe
begone spectacle. Some of the boats that lie
nearest the shore show most of the hull.
but those lying further out show only the
upper works. One little gunboat went down
at the end Of the arsenal wharf, only the tip
OF its red bow showing above the water, and
so close is it that it looks as though 1t had
been trying to catch hold of the wharf when
1t made its final plunge. The boats have
been pretty well dsmantled, and curio seek
ers took SO much off that they finally had
10 place a guard over them. One Spanish
transport Is ashore in the bay, about three
miles from Cavite toward Manila and II is
lonely and miserable looking sight as its
rots away there In complete isolation. You
may remember that after Dewey had de-
stroyed the feet an impertinent little Span
ish gunboat, the Callao, stuck it's nose into
the bay and ran well into our fleet before
1t realized its position. Since then 1t has
been doing effective work under our flag, as
its light draft enables it to run close in
shore, where it can sometimes use its ma
chine guns with telling results. Itecan also
get up many of the rivers. II Is the boat
that tore up and down in front of the town
on August 13, the day it surrendered, and
apropos Of this feat l heard a rather anus
ing story. 1t seems that in fight everything
of an inflammable nature is placed below In
order that, should a shell explode on deck
there will be no material there to start n
fire. Ordinarily such supplies are kept on
deck On the day Of the fight the Calao
steamed up to the side of the Olympia and
its commander (the Callaos) requested that
in the interests of safety he might be al
lowed to leave his intiammable supplies on
board the Olympia during the action. Permis-
sion being granted he thereupon solemnly
passed up the side half pint of alcohol and
pint Of kerosene. You can imagine the yell
of delight that followed"
There are no preliminary ceremonies to
the national ort-cockhghting-in Joo U.
S. A., 1000 miles away. In that town a
native puts a rooster under his arm and
walks down the street until he meets an
other native, who also has a rooster under
his arm. The two stop and poke their birds
at each other. crowd gathers-soldiers,
Cinnamon, Spaniards and Moros. Money is
tossed on the ground in the impromptu ring
and in a moment more the roosters are
fighting desperate battle. When the fight
is over the owner of the Growing victor picks
up his money and his bird and starts on
down the street in search of another fight.
The Helen Gould of California is Mrs. A.
s. Townsend of San Francisco, who since
the beginning Of the war up to the present
time, has devoted her time and money in
practical assistance to American volunteer
soldiers Over $4,000 has been given in
various ways by Mrs. Townsend to the
American soldiers in the last two years
patriotism seeming to possess her heart
above all other interests 1t is manifested
even in the decorations Of her home, Wis
itor there describing the national colors on
all sides as follows:
There are flags everywhere-silken ban
ners draping frescoed walls, intertwined
around pictures, hanging from chandeliers,
adorning majestic mantels, dropping in soft
folds in shadowy corners. There are flags OF
all sizes, from the broad eXpanse of a regi-
mental standard to tiny ones the size of a
Iadys palm, which bristle aggressively
among priceless brio -brac and rare curios
wherever loving fingers have found oppor-
tunity to tuck their slender staffs but they
are flags of only one desgn-the Stars and
Stripes, which are our nations pride and
glory"
Besides the actual money that Mrs. Towns
hend has given to the soldiers, every trans
port that has left for Manila has been laden
down with fresh and dried fruits, sacks Of
nuts and vegetables, piles of bedding and
wagonloads of clothing. to say nothing OF
the delicacies and wines for the sick sol
| ders, all of which testified to the patriotic
of