The sun., 1900-05-24
TROTDLE0N THE TEXAS
Uncle sans Battle,hip Scene Of Mucl
lli,orler. $50
NElI TURNED ON OFFICER.
cnptain t.ibson TELLS " an Encinien'
Mgtiry which Ended in the
Arrest ana Triai of Nine
sailors.

Nsw York. May - Dispatches from
Wa~hingttn stated ti.at reports had been
received Iii tho navy department telling
II iaSuhorlinaliun nn the part " mem
brr> III il HI crew of the hattlcship Texas.
'rL,. trouble. the dispatches said. bean I
MI Galveston The ToNas went there ~ |
.April to take part in a celebration. Mere i
trorhle. ii Was reported. followed on llte
,ljIis, thereafter Captain Gibson of tie
Texas Has Just made this statement;
..rhrp il some truth in the reports of
thu. trouble on huard the ship. he
whole story is rs follows: While we We're
still ut Galveston the ship was Vlslttd
daily TN many visitors. who We're ~
most instances friends or acquaintance
,r tlt crew. From 4 mistaken lara ~
knnlur-~ they brought liquor aboard.
Nj, ,!id what We conlh - detect aha
Jim this. Init ii is exceedingly difficult
without being hluri>h. Or III least eA-
epedinsly ilnpulite. @ prevent smuggling
rntip,ir. It would. fur example, he Ne y
questionable tu have visitors searched,
W!4tch i really what wuuld have " &
lnue d prt.veut whisky being brought
a ssiaafd Naw this mistaken kindiltSs H.
~rlfIl iii several eases of ltuAlcatlei
! wEilr Nh were sill If Galveston lAcH
i yD,t. HIT y,g.y ltad eases. hGt il Wa~ It"r
Il e,l.tilla tiiut the men w"r. drinking aae
Il dtiuEir. t8o much | finally caused tltt
4 a.ro~i 1T iwo mcn. they w're not pu
IN III iuu-. hat they We're punished u th'
n ,ytr tllat thr law provides
III "'ri4s asrnst ~ llIcse men and W
NJ rroriic wAici. thy a> wen n scNaal "tl
,IS hal rans4d theil Siierinrs create
4. -,,ao .H.l1 fer!ia. hrtwecn tile men IN
t. ,lo.;4etty ultieris It mpke out when Y
=, I.iI,IltI.i
~ Tne Trouble nt Berruda.
ilr Nh prapr il, cypain this trouble nj Be
he mt,.A | mast tell you that we shrilac =
lrr| ana tlr inferior If the ship With I'M
'ar y;,rlli~A which you see on tile floor thei
Try 'rhp ingredients III the >hrllac are alcuh
tn. ana 4 pigment which is called 'Venctii
ms rcd. When water is added ~ this nj
"f ture. II i possible u clarity the alc"h
ON Taking Il stick You can. by Stirrit
ted cause ill the pigment IL collect near I
nad bottom III the stick III Il lump Draw
the thr hump mt. ven have practically q
alroilol lcft. which when filtered thrnu
a handkerchief is quite pure. II III
lemon and sugar are adttr1, II makes
tied t6lcrule substitute for whisky. W.
tied NJ Bermuda we detected that this IT
Of was ltns played. and the officers "
em keepug their eyes open for the offend,
nit "0ne ,Iay--it WAS IN May la II
~ was brought Il me who. il was very pit
airs. had he,n drinking. He tried ~ disgt
,risp the tact Is much rs he could. but
tile convinced that he was not sober,
lrps- derrd that lie lie taken below and
,tt"r fined. l said That lie was not g be
bc- III irons unless liz became unruly.
not ,'As both The prisoner aud the mas
wrr. at-arns were going heloW. the latter
wing struck with il buckptful Of water.
/ Tie man WHO did This and several VIM Y
with lin followed the water down
ladder ana nj thr hottam ail inin!S,
clulu. the plisaner, turned up@h
AIRED mn-ter-at-irns. Several members ~
ment crew turned iii to assist the maSte
Caln- arms. The trouble lasted only 4
nuill- minutes. Int when the ma>ter,at-i
rd hy came aft afterward his forehead ho
builds bad cur. and he WAS also cut N the
tmeni II the head.
mrnt> .'rhe place where the fight occr
ninth was rather hidden. and before The !
lumci officers arrived it was over. We =
IN eX- fore deferred arrestins the combat
e sec until an investigation had been n
luead Several officers We're assigned 70
,Iuty, and nine men We're arrested.
ended the trouble for the time lring
the men were tried later at Han
Dem Roads