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were several leaks in the steam pipes and
the kissing hot steam made things worse.
The clatter of the engines and the roar
ing OF the furnaces made such din it
seemed ones head would burst When a
man could stand it no longer he would put
his head under the air pipe for a moment
and trytO cool it off a little. The heat grew so
unbearably fierce at times cur hands and
wrists would seem on fire, and we had to
plunge them in water. All the water we
had was in an old pork barrel. and it tasted
more like not brine than water. But bad
as il it would at least moisten our
throats. About 4:30 o'clock that morning
we were ordered on deck to get a breath of
air and d cup of coffee. We were given to
understand when we Owed down into our
furnace again that the battle was going TO
begin at once
I'VE knew that might mean that this was
| the last glimpse we would ever get of the
deck. and went down prepared to go to
the bottom of Manila bay. Battened down
the way we were in the bottom of the ship.
had we been sunk there would not have
been the slightest chance of escape.
we could tell when our guns opened fire
! by the way the ship shook; We could
| scarcely stand on our feet the vibration
| was SO great Just at that moment l
! glanced at the clock hanging on the wall,
| and saw it was ten minutes to 6.
| From that time on the din was some
| thing horrible. Every once in while one
| of the apprentice boys would come to our
| deck what was going on. That was the
| only way we could tell how the battle was
| going. We kept on working all the time as
| hard as we could. The ship shook so fear
| fully that the SCOT and cinders poured down
on US in clouds. Now and then big drop
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just outside the ward is a pipe organ, which
is used during religious service on Sunday.
Having nothing else to do, Miss Tyree seat
ed herself in front of il and, adjusting the
stops, began to play, softly at first From
one selection to another she drifted, and
as the strains of the music soothed her ear
and served to remove the oppressive gloom
which hung like a pail over the house of
sickness and of death she forgot herself,
where she was, what she was doing. After
perhaps fifteen minutes of this she finished
with ma estic chord, which echoed and re-
echoed through the vast chamber, arose
and walked to her friends bedside. In the
next cot to the actress was a patient whose
sunken cheeks CLASSY eyes and general as
peet told of awful suffering. She was evil
IDENTIFY near to death. nurse stood by
and she awoke from a troubled sleep just
as Miss Tyree reached the foot of the bed.
The sun was going down on the Jersey hills
across the Hudson river, which flows by the
hospital grounds. 1t threw a great red
disk in through the window and the dying
woman shielded its light from her eyes, as
she asked vacantly: "What was that l just
heard?" The orderly told her that some
one had been playing on the organ. rs it
possible?" she murmured family and sleep
lily. why. l thought was in heaven"
And Bessie Tyree declares this to be the
most exquisite compliment she has ever re-
ceived
A private letter from London to Miss
Mary Timbermau of the MacLean-Tyler-
Hanford combination, which has just
closed its engagement at the Herald Square
Theater, and which letter was written the
day after the initial presentation of Sar-
dou's .Robespierre" by Sir Henry Irving,
says that the piece is unquestionably the
greatest triumph in the notable career of
the great English actor, and that no mat
ter how enthusiastic might be the reports
of its success cabled to the United States
it would be impossible for them to exag-
gerate the facts The letter also stated
that during the rehearsals there had been
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or scalding water would fall on our bare
heads, and the pain was intense.
'One by one three of our men were o,,or
come by the terrible heat and were boistad
TO the upper deck
NheneVer Spanish ship would make a
move out toward us some of the hoys On
ueck would shout down that thew were
coming Tor us full tilt We knew If nao NJ
sure death If the Olympia got a shot
through her anywhere in our vicinity. We
We're suffering so much from the heat and
thirst that death didn't brighten US 7
guess we all thought it couldn't be much
"orse Ihan what we We're going through
Along toward the last of our first engage
ment an apprentice boy shouted down the
pipe that Spanish torpedo boat was MAX
ing straight for US. ] don't believe any of
US had said more than a word or two m TO
that tlme but at this news almost all of us
set up some kind Of shout. We knew
II that torpedo reached us that WouId he
the windup. "
But it never did reach us, and in n few
minutes the boys yelled again and said tho
boat had been riddled by our guns This
news brought cheer from the men. and
we felt considerably better. About o'clock
we drew off for a consultation of war We
went on deck then for a breathing smell
ana bite to eat, and / can tell YOU We
were mighty glad of the change We were
all surprised that the decks weren't COW
cred with blood and mangled bodies. and
could scarcely believe it when they told us
no one was hurt.
Il shall never forget those few hours T
spent in front of the furnaces in Manila
bay 1t seemed to me the longest day
ever lived. I'm not anxious to go through
1t again, and l don't think any Of the others
are"
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\ sTOKER'S STORY,
what He Did and Didn't See at the
Manila Fight.
From he New York Herald


From the New York Herald
We all know about the man behind the
gun and the man on the bridge and we all
know about Dewey. What Of the fireman
and the stOker at the battle of Manila Bay?
Down in the fire room of the Raleigh. the
other day, Charles II, Twitchen who was
on the olympia during the great sea fight
told me how things went down in the awful
heat of the furnaces Here IS Twitchen's
story in his own words:
You see. there isn't much fun for a man
way down here. out of sight of everything
and everybody; it's work for men, and
plenty of it. You may think II hot down
here now, but this is paradise alongside of
what we had when we went for the Span
iaris
Midnight before the battle my shift went
down to take care of the engines. Just
about that time We got opposite COrregidor
and the guns in the Spanish forts woke Us
up and let US have it. We passed EN- all
right and kept right on up the bay as
though nothing had happened
OF course We didn't know much of what
was going on up above. The battle matches
were all 6attened down, and we were shut
in this little hole, The yentilating pipes be
ing the only things left open.
Every body had received orders to stand
by his post and do his best until the shoot
ing match was over. The temperature was
nearly up to 200 degrees at this time and
1t was so hot our hair was sinsed. There
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Where They Differed.

From Pearson's Weekly.
been?'
Mr.. il cannot tell lie; I've been at
m ofhsh."
Mrs. J.-"Thats where we differ. can
tell lie-when l hear one" tCruel silence,
during which something is heard to drop.)
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rumOrs Of a serious quarrel between SIT
Henry and Miss Ellen Terry, but they
found no cTedence ia circles IN which the
knowledge of such matters would be likely
to be most accurate. "CarnaC Sahib," aC-
cording TO the same authority. is about the
most dismal failure with which Beerbohm
Tree and Henry Arthur Jones were ever
connected. while Pinero's The Cav Lord
QueN' has been made great big hit lay the
opposition of many ministers, who have
denounced Ii as being grossly immoral.
Charles w. King. whose impers0nation of
Col Preston in Alabama" introduced him
most favorably 10 Washington theater-
goers, is the oldest member of the Frawley
company, in point OF service If not in years
He was one of the original thirteen who
opened with Mr. Frawley on the 18th of
May, and played thirteen weeks in San
francisco four years ago. In spite of the
superstition usually attached to the IN
lucky number. this was the foundation Of
tTaWley's success as an actor-manager and
MT. King has been with him ever since
AfthouSh comparatively unknown IN the
east, he is accounted one of the best actors
of old mems characters ever seen on the
racine coast Like many a good actor, he
had to go west, young man, and grow up
with the country" after which he Is able
10 return east and enjoy the results of his
experiences in success.
Manager Frawley is already engaging
people for his Milwaukee company which
will open in the city Of malt extracts on
June ;. Harrington Reynolds, who is now
playing leads with Henry Miller in Hearts,
ease and Hamlet" will be one Of the
principal members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-01

If there is anything In this world more
anxious than the look on the face of a
bachelor who has been beguiled into hold
ing baby, II is the look the face OF the
baby's mother eagerly watching him while
he does it-Tit-Bits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-01

The event on thu island this week and
here today has been the visit of Secretary
Alger and his party. From the hour they
arrived in Ponce they have continued to
receive most favorable manifestations from
the people. Special. attention was paid Thorn
at Ponce; and at every station across the
Island Today they were met at Rio Pie
dTas in special car by Gen. Henry and his
secretaries, Gen. Grant, the alcalde and
others, and escorted to the city. At noon
they were entertained at luncheon by the
aicaide Sixty plates We're laid Later
they took carria gesGsand- visited Fort Moro
and Fort San Cristobal At o'clock there
was military review and salute to the
secretary. At 49,, a~-reception was ten
dered them by theiSoaiety for the Benefit
or children of WHICH Or. Rosy is prcsi-
fbs IN the hail s the Where
bankers and etheES gathered to greet the
Secretary. Meanwhflessthe schools of the
city marching with their respe active flags,
gathered on the plaza IN front of the lAthe-
lum, which played patriotic airs. Secretary
Alger made short but fhappy speech, com
mendlng thu worksaf the teachers, the in
npehce or the school and the home, pointing
10 the nag as guaranteeing the success Of
their efforts. Col. tHemphil followed with
Few rousing words. awakening cheers
with the flag as he waved it before The null
lltude. In which throngs of citizens had
piedhlllS tHe OTuerIS arrangement
Of the schools in their enthusiasm to see
the honored guest of the day. From the
plaza the Secretary and General Henry in
their carriages, were taken to the art gall
lery and school of painting. which consri-
tute a portion Of the American Library and
Pedagogical Museum. Among the paintings
already installed is an excellent portrait of
President Mckinley by the artist. Mr. Oller
In the evening from o to II the officers of
the army and citizens were afforded an op-
portunity by General Henry at the palace
to shake hands with the Secretary and his
friends. PORTO RICAN
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1 o. yard for black French
L ~ hairclOth. Zoe yard
for the usual 12l2c fast black
percaline. l5c yard for poe
Tuxedo facing and 22e yard
for Soc moire percaline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-01

mSC yard for 75c quality
WV cream mobair. ~
inches wide. 81 yard for
the usual Sl.25 cream Gre
lons. Only i9c yard for
cream etamine. generally
judged worth Sc yard Best
5U-inch cream serge, Sl25
instead OF S15O yard.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26
EXPLOSION OF BENzINE
TERMINATES SERIOUSLY.
Tive Men Are Dead, Two Missing, a
Woman Fatally Injured and Much
Property Destroyed.

Philadelphia. April Is. BY an ex-
plosion Of bcuzine at Fleets Chemical
Works here, two men We're killed. two
others are unaccounted for. d. wom-
an fatally injured and score OF per.
sons are more OF less seriously injured.
There were two explosions tho first
occurring At SIS O'Clock and the second
few minutes later The factory is a
total wreck and buildings for half
square ON both sides were pan TALLY De
molished- In some instances the win.
dows In structures two blocks away
were shattered.
80 far as can be learned there were
but two men in the chemical works
when the catastrophe occurred One Of
these was blown high In the air and
the body struck the ground distance
OF % yards from the mill The other
was burned almost 10 a crisp.
Adjoining the Fleet establishment
was the grocery store owned by Arthur
Donohue. Two boarders. said 10 have
been asleep in the upper part Of the
house, have not yet been accounted
for.
Mrs. Donohue. the grocer's mother.
was 10 badly injured her death is
momentarily expected
On the opposite side Of the street was
the dwelling Of Mrs. Giversou. The
burning benzine ignited the clothing u
Mrs Giyerson and that Of her child
With her infant in her arms she ran
into the street enveloped In flames Fire.
men and hospital surgeons. who had re-
sponded promptly 10 the alarm. hastened
20 her assistance and she was conveyed
10 the hopital In an ambulance.
II Is impossible % estimate the loss.
Fully 100 houses were more or less dam.
aged
Those in close proximity 10 the chem
ical works are so badly wrecked that it
will probably neces-itate their con.
demnation.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

New York April - 1t j. said that
Rudyard Kiplings suit for damage.
against g. = Putuam's Sons. allennt
violation Of the copyright came about
from the publication by the Putnams 81.
his Departmental Ditties Thess oYn.
sisi Of Mr Kipling's earliest poems and
be- j. ~ FAR preiudioed against their
perpeiuation that be- has not inciuie
them IN the Outward Bound editor
d bis works which IL being compiled ty
himself II Is said that the Putnam,
firm also incurred his dlspieasuTe by b.
Guiding in their edition the Ken u Kip
ling, which is a short history of h.,
life.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

Halls Celebrated Baby Cordial for
cholera infantum and all summer
complaints Of children. Also good
for adults.
Soothing Syrup for tortured lit.
tie bodies. Gentle but eilicacious
,emedies for youthful ills. Lotions
)intments, toilet powders, puhs,
sponges, csmbs, brushes and all
articles for the nursery are here in
great quantity and good quality.
Everything in the line Of PURE
FRESH DRUGS and STANDARD
MEDICINES.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

Madrid. April p IN spite ~ an th.
real 81 the premier aud u the minier,
u war there is an immense amount u
mismanagement in connection with d
return 10 Spaiu n the troops from OBJ.
colonies Not only are the unfortunais
men left % wander about in a ha.i
starved cordiiion without their t4F
which Is more than a year Ia arTea,s
but they have had tobacco which dley
managed 10 bring back among their
scanty baggage conhscatod by .he cus.
toms authorities, upon the DEN aud y
the powerful company which far as tde
tobacco monopoly from the govern meni
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26
lNGERsoLL INDIGNANT.
Turns Himself Loose ON the Lynehinl
OF Georgia Negroes.

Turns Himself Loose on the LynehinE'
OF Georgia Negroe.
New York. April 25 Colonel Robert
G. lngersoll says Of the lynchings IN
Georgia
Il suppose the outrages down there
frightful crimes makes the same i'm.
preston on my mind that they do on
the minds Of all civilized people
know of no words bitter enough 20 OK.
press my indignation and horror. The
horrors were perpetrated Ia the name oi
justice. The sayages who did these
things belong 10 the superior race. They
are citizens Of the great republic And
yet Il dOes not sesm possible that such
hends are human beings They are a
disgrace 10 our country AMI the human
race
Let me say what have said Is Hat.
terry compared with what feel When
/ think q the other lynching-if the
poor man mutilated and hanged with.
ont the slightest evidence. ~ the negro
who said that these murder would h.
avenged. and who were brutally mur.
dered Tor the utterance 0f national
feeling am utterly AZ l0ss fof
words Are the white people insare'
Has mercy fed % beasts Has tfa
United States no power % protect a
citiEeni A nation that cannot or viii
not protect H. citizens in time % peare
has no right 70 AK its citizens 10 protect
Il In time u war
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26
Antitrust Bnl Postponed.

Austin, April % The senate thl.
morning considered a. a special order
It's antitrust bill but Immediately post.
poned the bill until Friday, by a vote Of
10 to o, to await the decision Of the Ar.
kansas court a. to tho oonstitutiopalitv
Of the law, which Il Is expected will he
handled down before that time
The senate also declined most posi.
lively TO take mp Ne autipass bin
The senate passed finally ia new bin
providing for the consolidation Of the
81 Louis Southwestern and TYLER
Southeastern railroads.
The house spent the entire morning
On the appropriation bin
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

Champagne. Illa. April - students
of the university Of Illinois Mmiay
night prepared an eiigy ~ 6oserngf
Tanner swung Il up from ihs limi ~ a
tree and afterward burned H. The Boo.
dignaiion against the governor wa.
caused by his veto of q part u the a.
preparation ior the university passed BIZ
the last Legislature.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26
samoan Commission to sail.

San Fracisco April % Tho Samoan
commission has arrived here aud will
go TO Apia on the transport Badger
which sails tomorrow. Judge Trip
the American representative, says the
commissioners are in thorough harmony
aud desire 10 avoid international com.
plioations and are in accord with main
issues
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

Paris April 20 The Natin announce,
that Countess Esterhazy has bcguu pro-
ceodings Tor adiyorce from her husband
Count Ierllnand Malln Eainrhnnr-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-26

Washington. April q Senator Han.
ma has arrived TO take part in the speak
ership deal Groseyenor Is not likely
10 enter tho race.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
IS NEARING THE END
War in the Philippines
Drawing to a Close.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Advice'
have been received from Manila which
indicate that the climax may occurl
at any hour. The fticials here are
we'll pleased with the conditions OF
affairs, but will not at present discuss
the details of the dispatches. The
indication are that hostilities will end
within very short time.
MANILA, March 17.-Company u,
First Washington volunteers, has
captured $50 additional prisoners near
Taguig, and also seized some ammuni'
tion. Most of the rebels arms were
hidden or thrown into the river.
The engineers have thrown tenn
porary bridge across the Pasig river
for the artillery and commissary
trains.
The twentieth regiment will return
from the front today.
WASHINGTON. March F.-Under
even date Otis reports the following
casualties:
lO-hU SOlOCdu, hiliOuf IL SN
Montana, company A, Private Henry
G. Beecher. At Pasig, killed, Twen-
tieth infantry, Private, Charles Farm
off.
Wounded, Twentieth infantry,
Privates Ralph E. Truman and Thomas
81. Rogers.
March l6.-At Cainta, killed, Twep-
tieth infantry, Corporal Ole Johnson,
private James McAvoy.
Wounded-Twentiet infantry, |
Corporal James c. Tinkle, Privates |
Oscar c. Kinney, Mike Kelly, Edward |
Brady, William Early, Thomas Filley, |
Thomas Varley, Virgil Mahan, John
Griffiths, GeoI ge McFarlane., William
Layfete, Sergeant William D. Cheek.
Near Mariquina-Wounded, First
Colorado, Major Charles Anderson.
Corporal W. Haskell, Private Edward
PynchOn.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
STORM IN
THE SOUTH
Tornado Swept a Large
Area Of Country.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March ia
series of wind storms swept through
portions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Arkansas yesterday doing an immense
amount of property damage and kill
ling many people. The storm cover
ed a radius of several hundred miles,
destroying telegraph wires and
cutting off communication with a
county, Alabama, seems to have suf
fered the most severely, the storm
assuming the proportions of tornado.
At Sellers and Luverne, Alabama,
much damage is reported, and at Rob
Roy, Arkansas, one man was killed
and several badly injured. Dumas,
Arkansas, was nearly wiped out of ex-
istence, and several other towns in
the vicinity suffered severely. One
person is reported killed at Hickory
Flat, Mississippi, and as the farm
houses in the vicinity suffered heavily,
it is not unlikely many fatalities oc-
Cured which have not yet been re-
ported.
Reports from different points in the
three states indicate that Is persons
were killed outright and q injured, as
follows: Alabama, 16 killed. four in
iured: Mississippi, one killed, 10 in
iured; Arkansas, one killed. injured.
The property loss will run into the
hundreds of Thousands.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
Brutal Murder at Tacoma.

TACOMA, March 19.-H. Tiedeman,
a laborer, living at Ninth and Sprague
streets, was murdered by Peter Miller
at 4 O'Clock today. Tiedeman and E.
Bennett were employed by Contractor
J. \. johnson to gather stones from
school section Is, and refused to leave
at the order of Miller. He left and
returned a moment later with a II
gauge, doublebarreled shotgun. Ad-
vancing to within 10feet of Tiedeman, +,
Miller, cody announcing Nov guess
;yea'll-ge. . feed at the iaborer. AL
most instantaneous death resulted.
Tiedeman ran about 20 feet from the
spot, and before his partner could
reach him he had died. Miller is
under arrest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25

NEW YORK, March IA special to
the Herald from Washington says:
There is more gold in the possession
of the treasury and of the banks now
than at any previous time for many
years
The total gold held by the treasusy
three years ago today was 1927 900, 900.
The total today is more than s24l ,OOO,.
900. The total gold held by the nation
al t ks on May !, 1896, was s157,771.-
sOO,. eese banks held on the date of
the Msu ball, February 4, 1899, 1921, ,915.-
795. This shows an increase of Sll4,.
600 900 in the gold held by the treas
ury, and sl64,OOO,OOO in that held by
the national banks. o.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
WILL NOT GIVE UP.
Aguinaldo Determined to Keep the War
Gong On.

Aguinaldo Determined to Keep the War
Gong ON.
MANILA, March 20.-It is reported
on hitherto reliable authority that
Aguinaldo is taking extreme measures
to suppress signs calculated to canse
cessation of hostilities. Twelve ad-
herents of the plan of independence,
residents of Manila, have been con-
demned to death b. cause they wrote
advising surrender, and all loyal
Filipinos have been called upon to
perform the national service of dis
patching them.
On Friday last La Garda visited
Lagordas for the purpose of advising
Aguinaldo to quit. He argued with
the insurgent leader, and attempted
to convince him of the folly of his
persistence in the face of Overwhelming
odds. Aguinaldo was furious at the
advice, and ordered General La Garda
to be executed Immediately. The un
fortn nate general was promptly decap-
itated.