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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
D6WEy'S VICTORY IN MANILA Bay.

After nightfall through the Boca Grande,
Steering widely. ware of either shore,
Lights all out to gunners at heir pieces,
Moved our squadron past Corregidor.
Was the battery of the Spaniards sleep
ing?
No; some gunner must have been at
Down upon our lines two sho;s came
sweeping,
Not mere signal to the Spanish host.
Promptly then the rearmost ships gave
answer
Planting shells among them on the
shore.
But the Spaniard yearned not for the duel,
And we heard his lannon's voice 10
more.
In the darkness, gray and steelclad phan-
Moved we steady through the narrow
deep; 4.
Pulsed our engines slowly, while the gun
nerS
At their pieces lay in quiet sleep.
Ship by ship, all following the Olympia
Moved we slowly on our purpOSed way:
Till at daybreak came in line our squad
ron
Just abreast of where our foeman lay.
There Cavities batteries frowned upon US.
Fully manned and sternly guarded they.
While their vessels ranged in line Were
WdlllI6
Grim and resolu.e they stood at bay
Up the channel. with the Olympia leading.
We paraded at. an eight knot pace.
When the batteries of Manila opened -
Idiots! Would they have Us shell tf?e
place?
They We're taught to curb at once their
By message from our flagship sent
Cease your firing or''-Their guns We're
silent
More from prudence than from good in
tent.
Just before our flagship at her turning
Rose two waterspouts from down be-
low;
Mines had caused them, laid for our de-
StructiOn,
But too soon exploded by the foe
Then the batteries of Cavi opened.
Wild at first, but soon with shots well
sped,
Shells to, right and shells to left they
hurted,
Now and then oae bursting overhead
Next their ships poured forth their iron
Paying their respect with shot and she'll
While we noiseless moved and patient
waited
For the moment when our work would
tell.
At our after gun there stood seaman,
Boatswain's mate the petty rank be
bore. -
And his hoarse voice rose above the firing.
Boys, remember YOU the Maine!,'-no
more
Full five hundred mouths the words re
peated
For the time had come for vengeance
grim.
Every seaman at his guns impatient,
AS the task We're solely left to him.
All. The slogan which the foer,an ave
us.
How it filled us. thrilled US with its f1re
Memory of that coward deed of malice
Reused within our souls bitter ire.
Slain in battle. none may blame tie
slayer
Fair the fight, though one or both
should fall
But the foe who treacherous Stays in
darkness
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

mates, shamefsced, but not yet conquer
ed.
A few days later they We're in trouble
again, and this time We're confined to the
brig In some way they had obtained
matches and threatened to set the ship
on fire if they were not released. Dewey
ordered the carpenters to box up the
doors and windows and then ordered the
hose turned on the prisoners. They would
have been drowned like rats if they had
not surrendered, and this they did in
hurry.
Arriving off the coast of England the
crew had taken Dewey's measure. They
were in the greatest fear of him.. and
when they cursed behind his back, Carol.
who knew, tainted them with his II told
you So
One night there was cry OF Man
overheard" and boat was quickly low
cred Dewey was Off duty and asleep be-
low The rescuing boat had scarcely
touched the water when the executive Of
ficer, in his might shirt and pistol in hand,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

order:
Eager they the deadly foe to wage.
Mutte erna ifs1 10 the devils den with
Discipline alone controlled their rage
Rested we three hours to wait digestion
Till on high arose the wished for sign,
Close for action" Then broke forth t.
From each vessel moving into line.
Poured the sun rays on the siIvery water,
Giving 1t a belt Of golden flame;
Not breath of wind the heat to temp
From the torrid land around us came.
Now we went the work on hand to finish
Poured q steady rain of shell and shot,
Till our foemen brave, but now grown
hopeless,
Each ship sunk or burning. answered
not. =
Then our fighter ships We're ordered
shoreward,
With the little Petrol far ahead;
Spanish flags went down; our foes re-
Left behind their wounded and their
dead
From the hills there suddenly descended
SPANS last flag; Il sheet of white arose:
We had sunk or burned the hostile squad
No ship floating that had been our foes
Not seven hours it took to win our
Little harm our gallant crews it cost; q
Eight alone We're wounded, but the Span
iardS
Full three hundred In thatza ftion lost.
AS we rested near our heated pieces.
AT the speedy victory almost dazed.
IT would seem as by common impulse
Every seaman on our leader gaZed-
Was there exuItation in his manner?
No such feeling seemed within him
stored;
Calm and cool and quiet in his bearing.
As when shot and she'll around him
poured.
Great in soul, though not so great in
Idol. our commander. Of each crew.
Firm in battle, gentle always after
Product of our country through and
through.
Yankees are not wariike," say our foe-
Yankees are no match for Spanish
tarS
But We taught them We could do some
Underneath Old GIory's stripes and
With our people war is not a pastime.
Though accepted freely if it come
Needing not to nerve US for the battle
Sound of bugle call or beat of drum
From the workshops, from the fields q
tlllage.
From our college halls and marts q
trade.
Come in serrfed ranks whenever sum-
mOned
Men wen used to bullet and the blade.
Half-grown conscrpts. sulien and unwill-
ing,
Making up their armies ever seas.
Whatsoever be their martial training,
Cannot hope TO conquer men like the e.
Sprung from many races-Celtic, Saxon
Gael and Teuton-fusine into one,
We shall fight until the toll be ended.
We shall labor till the work is done.
If the fight shall be on Western islands.
Or where Eastern waters roll and su &c,
From the land shall spring at call new
heroes.
From the sea new Deweys shall emerge.
Thomas Dunn English
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
BOY ENGINEER.
How Dc.vcy~Pried to Save II Miiier's
Som gFrp;n Work.


One Of yo1t1ss Dsi"c.:: $ boyhooa chu1ls
was the son IF i ritail who ran a mill
little way bat4l in The hills. The nliller's
eon had to fYefp Els father in the mill
end thus Dewey Was deffarded of the
companionshib Of hi7 friend: He describ-
ed the inicuity OF this to some of the
other boys and frtaIy evolved a plan to
relieve his chSp of his: chores for day
at least. Ha appointed a rendezvous,
and the conspifators met one morning be
fore it was yet light and proceeded to the
mill It was run by a water wheel. sup
piled from dam, and it was Deweys
idea TO empty the dam and thus stop op4r-
atfons. The youngsters worked like Tro-
IONS and finally had the satisfaction of
getting up the water gate. which, of
course, soon drained the pond.
AS the water only trickled in small
stream above the dam, it was several
days before there was pow er to run the
mill again. But this was one enterprise
at least liz DeWey's life in which his sue
cess was barren Of result. The mil1er's
boy was put 10 work watching the dam,
t. see rhat nobody interfereu again, and
Dewey cemplicity in" the plot having
been discovered. he had a session with his
father, the doctor, that discouraged MS
engineering
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
How Little GcocEe EinuIated the
Great George OF History.

The seasons rolled by and in summer
GeorGie began to make discoveries in
American history. Washington was his
first hero. There was a picture In his
book of the Father of his Country cross
ing the Delaware. OF course George had
to be Washington. lie secured a fat-bot-
toned boat that was moored on the Onion
river, and with Mary for his soldiers
welding the paddle. George stood sternly
III the bow, his hand resting in the breast
of his jacket, in the correct historic atti-
tude. staring defiantly at the villages on
the bank as they drifted down. They
were rescued several miles below his
fathers place.
Having been forbidden to go upen the
river. George had to find another part. A
picture of Gen. Putnam galioping down
the hundred steps fred his imagination
There was a fight of steps in the neigh
berhoed that offered a splendid stage for
his presentation. But he had 10 horse
Mary at last rebelied ana would net be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

the horse. SO Dewey haughtiiy said he
would be Putnam and the horse, too. lie
could not be them both at once. So first
he ran down. the steps holding himself
very erect and shrieking cheers and
taunts at the British.
The he mounted to the top again and
descended head first on his hands and
knees, tossing. his head and neighing at
intervals untiT- he had reached the bottom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
Don't Hesitate

About buying whatever you wish for
fear of leaving yourself short Of funds;
because you have all the credit you
want here, and you can pay usfrom time
to time. when you have the money to
spare. Our credit terms are most liber-
al, and We charge you nothing extra for
the accommodation. We have the
largest assortment of Furniture and
Carpets in town and No One Can
Touch Our Prices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

Are you interested in Carpets? If
so, we can shOWyou the most beauti-
full assortment of VeIvets, Axmin-
sters, Moquettes, Tapestries and In
grains to be found in St. Paul. Our
Carpet Department outshines many
an exclusive store, and an examin-
alton Of our stock will set all your
doubts at rest. We will give you the
Highest Qualities at the Lowest
Prices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
TOAST Fo9FHE COMMODORE

Il. IN 1871. VI. when a ceemmqdo5re Dewey ws.
ordered to the Asiatic squadron. in anttr-
ipatfon Of possible trouble W tn SPAR, j 9
friends gave him Il farewe'l =; F!ner. a
the Metropolitan club, > in Was!,inst H..
Col Arohihalds 4 Hopkins -, proposed the
toast in rhyme, aud VIII n the pro hseies
embraced in it were fu4filled by thu co =
toast was remembered. Here it is:
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Continued on Fifth Page.
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Fill all. your glasses ;fui4 tonight.
The wind is eff the shore.
And be it, feast or DC, 1t fight,
We pledge the C'omneodc; e.

And be it feast or be 1t fight,
We pledge The G'onlnsodc:e.
Through days, Of storm, through days Il
On board Pacific seas.
AT anchor off the Isle CT Palm
Or with the Japanese.
Ashore. ah6at, en heck. below.
Or where CUE bulldogs roar, ., 80 l.
To back a friend or breast q fee,
We pledge the Commodore
as - d~>.@4 ' IS. - %a
We know o,,e honor II be unstaineI
w flere'er hts pe4ifsnt 4aes: e-s1s
Our rights respected and n. ntaine1 H.:
Whatever power eeRes.
And when he takes the homeward tack,
Beneath an Ad,airafs flag,
Well hail the day that b irgs him back
And have another jag.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

We have grand display of Fur
niture, and you can see at once
that our stock has been chosen
with great care. To furnish
house we'll doesn't de-
pend so much on the cost as on good
judgment in buying, We can fur
nish every room in the house, and
prices are as low as we can make
them. 1t will pay you to see us be-
fore you buy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01


THE Won MOHL COMPANY Cincinnati o.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
CITY Council.

At the meeting of City Council last
week Hamilton Stewart, one of the Re-
publican members, asked for informa-
ton on the bond matter. He wanted to
know about the $24, 900 worth of bonds
which G. H. White & Co., of New York,
have not as yet lifted.
Mr.. Stewart said that be had been un-
able to get any positive information from
any one. James Kane, chairman Of the
finance committee, stated that he had a
conference with City Solicitor Conrad
and hoped to be able to report at the
next meeting that everything was satis-
factory.
City Solicitor Conrad went to New
York this week to have conference
with White 4 Co., but the result Of the
conference has not been made public. A
meeting OF the finance committee was
held last evening. Chairman Kane de.
clined to say what the committee would
report at tonight's meeting. He said that
matters were progressing, however.
Hamilton Stewart arrived at the Coun-
Gil chamber later in the evening, but
was unable to get any information.
An Interesting meeting of Counsil is
expected tonight, when soms action will
be taken. .T
The law committee will .eport back
the garbage ordinance. The Republican
members will vote against it.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
228-23O King St.
SHERIFFS sALE.-BI VIRTUE OF J.
writ Of Levari Facias. TO me directed,
Will be exposed to public sale at the
Hotel OF Harry l.. Dayetr, in the village Ct
Glasgow, in Pencader Hundred, New Castle
County and State of Delaware,
ON SATURDAY,
TIE 23d DAY OF DECEMBER, 1899,
at Q o'clock .. M,

the following described real estate, viz:
All those two lots or parcels o. land situate
in the village OF Glasgow in PeucadOr + I'M
dred, New Castle coonty and state OF u, la
ware, bounded and described as follows, to
wit.
shops thereon erected beginning at point on
the easterly side Of the pubic road from
Newark to summit Bridge, corner OF land late
Of Mary J.N ichoison now Of the heirs Of Ed
ward W. Lynch, deceased and thence with
the said road south AZ degrees EAST 9o5 feet
to the line Of land formerly Of Eli Nowland
now Of Henry Bays; thence blythe said Bay 3
land north 70 degrees east 25S feet to land late
OF Margaret ldgas, now Of the said McCl0skey,
being No. y, hereinafter described; thence y
said No 2north IL degrees west s06 feet and o
inches to q corner u tho said lands, late OF
Mary J. Nicholson thence by the same south
~ degrees west 24g feet to the place Of begin.
ming containing | acre and n 8.I0 perches
! No. 2--Ar tn at lot OF. parcel Of land bound
ed on the north by the New Castle and French
town Turnpike Road, on the south by lands
late OF Ell Nowland, deceased, now Of Henry
Bays, on the east by land lato of Annabella
Underwood, now Of Dugan Forrest, and on
west by land late Of Mary Sterling and other
aud now OF Levi Higgins. the heirs Vt ED.
ward W. Lynch, deceased and No hereinbs.
fore described. containing .nino acres. one
rood and ten psrches Of land, more or less.
shops late Of George Biggs and the fence,
which piece OF land was used by he said Bggs
as q way to get to and from his said shops.
Seized and taken in execution 10 the
McCiosLey. her husband. mortgagors and
Robert bauer md Daniel Thornton, It's and
10 be sold by
JOHN e. TAYLOR. Sheriff.
> December ., 1850.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
Bssrd Of EDUCATION.

/ When the Bosrd Of Edueation started
the ,pruieot Of building b costly High
eeFsoH h WAS the prediction OF many
citizens thst tho Board would before long
find itself In financial difficulty.
Some Of the member Of the Board
were greatly opposed 10 the new school
and fearing that some responsibility ior
hesping such q heavy Indebtedness on
The Bosrd might fall upon them, made
no great effort 10 be re elected "a direc.
tors at the lest election, while one, Sena-
tor Pyle. resigned after being reelected.
The financial difficulty predicted is up.
parently fast being reached and now
some OF the members Of tine Board are
becoming triflr anxious as TO whether
some personal liability may not be at
tached to them tor the financial troubles
Of the Board.
The matter has been brought to focus
BY the Board starting TO pay the contrac.
tors for the new tigh school work with
certificates OF indebtedness.
this week are one for ~, $50. 70 to the A.
. Reed 4 Bro, Co., contractor for the
High School and another for 81 ,O40 to
Harry A. Miller, contractor for the
plumbisg, etc.
tits understood that quite a number
Of the members are opposed TO these OBJ
legations and are careful not to vote in
the affirmative. These members are
keeping in mind the foIlowin g from the
school law in reference to personal lia-
bility:"
1.-THE said board shall have no power
or authority to borrow money, or con-
tract or create any debt or liability, ex-
cept ordinary debts and liabilities n
Cured in executing the duties imposed
on them by law, to be paid out Of the
said appropriation by Council! and the
receipts Of the year for the time then
current, snd if the same debts and liabil.
tiles shall not be 80 paid, the same shall
bind, personally, those members Of said
board who shall have voted in the affirm
alive when the order Or proceeding
under which the debt or liability arose
WINS passed or had, making them jointly
and severally responsible therefor"
Another section of the School Laws
which is also Of timely interest at pres.
ent, is the one on "specifc apportion-
ment of expenditure" which contains
the following: "The expenditures of the
year under any head or item Of app. j.
priation unless the same be voted for by
two-thirds Of least OF all the members 81
said board, record Of which vote shall
be made upon the minutesp'
! That portion OF the law to g,me per-
sons seems to prevent a whoL., ale trans
fer Of money from other accounts to that
OF the new. building committee. It seems
to be the general impression that the
Legislature will have to come to the aid
of the board.
President Shortlidge said in an inter.
view yesterday that while these obliga-
lions will probably amount to SOC, 600 in
the aggregate, they will be paid off as the
board receives the money, and in five
years he predicts all Of this indebtedness
will be wiped out. He stated that the
board received $4,000 each year from
City Council for building purposes and
has the privilege Of transferring $4,000
annually from the current expenses to
the building fund, which will make
building fund of $4,000 year
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
NOTHING FOR THE CREDITORS.
An Alleged Swindling Game WhicI
OutdOes the SwindIfng syndicates.

An Alleged Swindlins Game Which
OutdOes the swindling syndicates.
Savannah, Dec. 14.-Before the grand
Jury of the federal court was discharg-
ed it returned indictments against D.
A. Tyson, J. T. Hammond, w. F.
Hutchinson, w. L. Jones, G. B. Reeves
and several others, probably six or
eight, for conspiracy to defraud
through the use of the malls.
The alleged scheme is one which
outdoes Miller's, of the Miller franklin
syndicate, of Brooklyn, in that the
creditors have received no returns
whatever 1t is charged that the al
legged conspirators used finely engraved
and printed letter heads, ordered goods
from firms all over the country, trans
ferred the goods received from one
party to another, and never paid for
them. 1t appears from the. evidence
that the operations of the combine
were quite extensive. the goods Or
dered and received embracing every
thing from nails to telephone supplies
and grand pianos. Tyson, 1t is stated,
was the brains and chief executive of
the affair. The scheme is said to have
been in operation for several years.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
Didn't Turn Up.

Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-The marriage
Of A. Jackson Stubbs, Of Camden, Dell,
and Miss Maude Middlemis, OF No. S4a
Perkiomen street, that was to hayeso &C.
CURED last evening, did not take place,
for the bridegroom did not appear to
keep the joyful tryst.
MIR. Stubs and Miss Middlemis have
been engaged for FIVE years. Stubs is
thirty years old, and is the SON Of
: William l.. Stubs, Delaware tax col.
lector. He is employed as electrician
under his flancee's step.iather, Alfred T.
Mayberry, foreman at the League
Island Navy Yard. All preparations for
the wedding had been made, and Just
before Thanksgiving the approaching
marriage was announced. When Stubs
went home to spend the. holiday, his
aunt objected to his marriage, threaten
ing to disinherit him il he should persist
in his design Of marriage.
Some few days later Mr.. Stubs fell i'll
at his home in Camden, and Miss Mid
dlemis went to see him. His mother,
she says, made a scene, saying he was
under obligations to his aunt and had no
right to marry in the face OF his relatives
objection. But Mr. Stubs accompanied
Miss Middlemis to Philadelphia and told
her the marriage would take place in
spite Of everything. The next day he
procurd the license. The girl saw him
Friday for the last time. He did not ap.
pear last evening, ard the deserted bride
was haarthrnkpn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
Bank Robber Shot Dead,

Deep River, Conn.,, Dec. 14.-Shortly
after 1 O'Clock in the morning four
unknown men undertook to force an
entrance to the Deep River Savings
bank, on Main street. Just as they
were about to gain entrance Harry D.
Tyler, the hank Waterman, fred a
shotgun at them. One Of the robbers
fell dead in his tracks, shot through
the head. The others escaped. A
money order receipt found on the dead
mans body indicated that his name
was F. f. King. 1t is said that he for
merly lived in Albany, N. y, and was
railroad brakeman. In an overcoat
pocket were found a loaded revolver
and few dynamite shells.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
Plans Accented,

The meeting Of the new workhous,
committee was continued yesterday ant
the work Of going over the plans ant
specifications submitted by the Paul,
Jail Building Company was concluded
u was decided to accept the plans sub
mitted and as soon as possible ask TO
bids.
The plans and specifications we're &C
copied on condition of being subjec
to any change the committee deemed ad
YisAble.
II could not be stated after the meet
ing yesterday whether Or not the appro
prlation Of 500 900 made by the Legisla
ture for the construction OF the work
house would be enough. 1t will b,
known as soon as the bids are opened.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
Theiv,us Postmaster Gets Two Years

Savannah, Dec. 14.-W. F. Carter,
ex-postmaster at Meldrim, Ca, plead
ed guilty in the United States district
court yesterday to the charge Of en-
bezzling funds of the government to
the extent of $500, and was sentenced
to two years in the federal penitenti-
airy at Columbus, o. Carter's attorney
said the prisoner was also chairman Of
the Georgia Populist executive COM
mittee. Members Of the committee as
sured Carter that all that was needed
to carry the state was a little money
Said the attorney: HE was promised
a good office-one that would pay we'll
He listened to the tempters and gave
them the money, and Of course he is
guilty of the misapplication of funds"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-14
PennsyIvania Athlete. For Paris,

Philadelphia, Dec. 14.-The Athletic
Association of the University of Penn
sylvania has definitely decided to send
the Pennsylvania track team to Eu-
rope next year to take part in the
Olympian games to be held at Paris
during the exposition. These games
are expected to be held during June,
and it is the intention to have the
Pennsylvania athletes take part In the
English sports in London, where the
Americans will come in competition
with the athletes of Oxford and Cam
bridge universities. There is posi-
bility that Pennsylvania may also send
a crew to compete in the worlds re-
gatta at Paris.