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7:45--To Mccolloch: Take -" (tNot
s.s-ro tiess; 2et the people 50 to break
S:SS-ro Concord: go in and ascertain,
II possible what ships are on fire"
S:l0-From McColloch: "Chief Engineer
Rand died at 2 q. Hl."
S:l5-To fleet: Stop"
S:5Qs-To neet: Commanding officers re-
pair on board flagship"
s:65-Frem Boston: my boats won't
9:Oo-From baltimore: send mo Mccol-
!oeh'ss Gig for commanding ON
s:2O-From baltimore: my last message
10 annulled"
lO:lS--To fleet: Get under way"
1O:46-tT0 fleet: Follow course and motion
OF commander In CHIEF.
10:65-To fieet: THE vessel designated will
lead" (Baltlmore desIgnRtSd,)
lI!00-To Concord: 60 inside and destroy
transport"
ll:O5-To fieet: Attack the enemy's batter
les or earthworks."
Baltimore began firing at 1l:1b)
11iso-To Petrol Pass inside and destroy
Smoke rendered signal lnyislhle.)
11:l5-To Concord: go inside and destroy
n:5o--ro Concord: Destroy transport"
1sOo-rO Boston: ''Pass inside; destroy
ls;os-ro si bosIsa: Pass inside; destroy
i2:16-From baltimore: Have only twenty
more elght-lnch shells left"
l2:lB-To Concord: Proceed on service
with dispatch"
12.O-From Concord. "shaH ! send boat to
burn vessel on right?" CTransport
MindanRo)
i242-To Concord: "F0s.
is;l5-From Boston; "our engine telegraph
ls:s5-Fro o ara RalSlsh; 1--WE cannot go In
l2:5I-To McColioch: Come within hail.
1:lO-ro POtTSl; Bring on boats Of Span
1.I5-To RaIeish: "Repeat signals"
i:9O-TO McColloCh: Send boat for con-
consul Williams on board Baltl-
ION M Hcct .Prepare 10 anchor"
i;g5-From Petrol or Concord: white nag
showing on government building; /"
t:25-To Baltimore: Anchor ahead OF this
vessel"
2:oV-T,o feet: anchor at discretion"
2;lS-To Nanshan and zatiro: anchor at
2:24-TO Baltimore; Anchor at diSero-
aAo-To 'i Boston and Raleigh: Anchor at
ulACEGuOAls
2.I5-To Baltimore: Don't anchor too
s:Oo-From Petrol: There are eight ships
behind brelkwatSr."
S:O2-From McCoiioch: Send boat for
officers"
s:2O-Trom Concord: Has admiral orders
for me2"
s:25-From Concord: Communicate: will
send an officer"
S.90-To Boston, Raleigh and Baltimore.
Bank flrCR."
$40 Concord to Olympia: II report in
obedience to signals, to Captain
S:5o-To Concord: "COmmandinr oflrnr
repair on board ilnEshiD.H
s:h2-,ro Concord: Anchor al discroiinr {"
S;S5-To Boston; Take the guard, :"
l:io-To Concord "come within han"
i;ll-To Boston: Get under way.
ia2-To Boston; Excused from guard I"
tDnty&
i;lS-To Raleigh; "Take guard"
i:3O-To Raleigh: you had better rnnt
from NHnshnn tomorrow"
4a5-From McCOlloch: Permission 10 nm
clnr" CRtducsO
4AJ-To McColloch; Yea"
Si2'-ro McColloeeh; BE ready 10 got un.
1l;OO-From ConcOrd "wo hnvo Rpnniah
officers with important lcttor FOR
commander In chief on board"
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IHELOGS OF
THE OLYMPIA
And BOSTON.
What the NavigatOrs Of the Two VeS-
sells Jotted Down on That Mem.
orable Nay Day
WHEN M0NTFJO Was WHIPPED
Out Of His Boots by the Brave Dewey.
Narratives Of Most Absorb
ing Interest.


Special Correspondent John II. Me-
Cuteheon, Of the Chicago Record. writ
ing from Manila, says: It win be Of
interest to read the story Of the battle
Of ManIIG bay as It was first told-in
the logbooks of the ships engaged,
Through the Kindness Of the navigators
Of the olympia, the Baltimore, the RAJ
leigh. the Petrol, the Concord and the
Boston. have secured copies Of these
brief, terse and buslness.llke narratives
which were built up during the action,
together with a list of the signals which
Commodore Dewey sent to the other
Rhips on the day Of the fight.
It should be explained that many in-
Temptations and corrections have been
added to tho original rough logs, but
the stories as they are given below are,
in the main features, Identical with the
rough logs as they were scratched of
hurriedly during the battle. Even In
the present form there are many cir
cumStances which are embodied as
facts which, in the light Of later inves-
tisation and knowledge, have been
proved incorrect. In explanation Of
this we must attribute the inaccuracies
70 the fact that under such unusual
conditions no two men see things ex-
aotly the same, even though they may
be looking at the same time and under
the same conditions. Watching naval
battle is a good deal like watching a
four-ring circus, which is obviously a
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Another interesting record Of the bat
tie is the list Of signals that were down
by the Olympia, May !.
l9:25-To MccullOch: Take station on port
1:S6-To iieet: Speed four knots"
i:l0-B'rom McColl0ch: "Chief engineer
dangerously Frustrated; doctor de-
Bires consultation"
To MeColloch: "lmpossible."
6:O5-To fleet; Prepare for general 40
ton"
6:15-"Port battery"
To Baltimore: Take station on port
beam" Baltimore did not do
5:30-T0 Meet: "CiOse up"
6:S5-To fleet: Speed SIX knots"
G:0O-To feet "Pass." Not answered on
account OF smokey
B:l5-To fleet: "Close up"
7:00-To Baltimore: Don't turn so quick"
(At west end, Olympic tpTningi
Baltimore started to turn out
soon)
7:A1-To fleet: Withdraw from action. !"
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BEEcHAMs PILLS for stomach
and Liver ills.
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ing. sunk or withdrawn behind CaVite.
This information received BY slgnAi
from the rstTsl: 'The enemy has sas-
rendered" Hauled Oh and at s:2s on
Manila in reyen and one-half fathoms
water Fires IN six boilers.
From 4 70 p. m.-Clear and warm
Light to gentle breeze from s, 3. At
4:ls flagship made Boston's di8tingpist-
ing pennant over 12l and hoisted guard
nag with distinguishing pennant below.
Hauled down the guard dag and made
preparations for getting under way.
Got under way at 1866 snd steamed to-
ward cayite and anchored in alE and
one-half fathoms Of water wearing %
thirty fathoms of atarhOard chain.
Petrol passed, standing toward fagship
with six boats In tow, having set hte
to the boats inside. Steam in six boil
ers. Banked fires.
From TO Sip. m.-clear and warm.
Light s. e. breeze. Made wigwag sig
nal to Concord. "show no lights" Fires
banked In six boilers.
From p. m. to Midnight Clear and
pleasant. Light breeze from s. 3. AZ
0 boat from Cayite arsenal, Tying
nag Of truce. came alongside with two
officers. having an important letter for
the commander in chief from the gem
eral commanding the arsenal. The
Concord was directed to proceed with
these to carry the letter to the flagship,
AT 1850 the Concord returned and an-
,chored near the vessel Fires banked
In six boilers. Flames from several
burning vessels showing distinctly with
occasional explosions Of ammunition
and magazines.
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difficult thing to do. For this reason
there are usually many stories Of a
battle and many questions In dispute
which never can be definitely settled to
the satisfaction of everybody.
The Battle as Spectacle.
The battle OF Manila. from the stand
point Of one on the American side, was
a grand and imposing spectacle, but it
lacked a great many of those spectac-
ular features which we are led to ex-
pect in a naval engagement. The mod
ern sea fight, such as was fought at
Manila, lacks the fierce han6-to-hand
dramatic tragedies that were charac-
terigtic Of the fights in the old frIgate
days Of short-range smoothbores. There
were no decks slippery with blood on
the American ships, although the hor-
.ror and carnage in Admiral MontoIo's
feet must have approached the Span
Ish slaughter in the Armada and at
Trafalgar. \
From the standpoint Of an artist
there was none of the close punching
Of ships which usually is shown in a
picture OF naval engagement The
two fleets were always over mile
apart, even when at the closest, and
the two columns OF ships were scat
tered over a total area of three or four
miles. A truthful picture OF the entlra
action would simply show two rows
Of ships blazing away at each other,
and with little to indicate that there
were shells except the upheavals OF
water and the round puffs Of smoke
which marked the explosion OF shell
In the air. It was only when the Span
ish ships began to burn and their mag
aSlnes began to explode that the spec
tator was overwhelmed with the awful
grandeur Of the battle. There was lots
Of noise and lots of smoke and lots OF
those vicious tongues OF leaping aamr
that made one think that everybody
was being killed, Ships became totally
enveloped In smoke. and Just as one
reached the dreaded conclusion that
they were on FIRE they would emerge
with colors still bravery flying at the
peaks and with guns stIll belching out
huge pillows Of white smoke.
War Photography.
As the greater part Of the battle was
fought very early in the morning thu
conditions for photography were very
bad, especially az our camera was a
small snapshot one and the total scale
Of the battle was so extended and ri.
gantlc. / shall always remember thr
powerful emotions Of that historic
morning rather than the actual occur
rences, for to US Americans amid thost
strange surroundings the battle hat
much Of the welrdness Of enohnntmon
or Of sailing to a new planet and at
lacking the Inhabitants without an
preIiminaries.
The olympla's log is given frst Ii
the watch between midnight and 4 II
the morning the Baltimore is crcdltot
with answering the FIRE nj tha pntranr
10 the bay. This Is Il mistake, the BIOS
ton, Raleigh, Concord and Meculloel
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Cant, o, 5. Hughes, the popular railroad con-
III, th'nIn StiSm which convinced him that
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bearing south. No serious injuries to
the guns or failure Of ammunition was
The Spanish Losses,

E9pQppeuN
The Spanish Losses,
From a. m. to Meridian Clear and
warm. The feet remained in the mid
die Of the bay until 1915. when prepar-
atoms were made for resuming action.
After q conference Of the captains,
summoned ON board by the commander
in chief, the squadron stood to the
southward, rounding to on sangley
point batteries. The Baltimore led the
limo and took up a position within close
range Of the Cavite batteries, which
were sllenced by her FIRE. The other
ships stood into cavlte nay and COM
plated the destruction Of the Spanish
aeet. It was found that great guam
tIty OF explosives had been destroyed
by Are at the arsenal The following
ships were found to be sunk; Relna
Christina, Castillo, Don Antonio de VI
toa, cruisers, and Isia de Mindanao.
transport. The others named below
were burned: Don Juan de Austria,
Isla de Cuba, Lsla de Luzon and Vel
asco, cruisers; General Leo. MARQUIS
del Duero, gunboats, and Argos, sur
veying vessel. The last vessel atloat
was forced to lower her colors and q
white nag was run up on shore near
CaYite. AT end Of watch the ships
grouped about the western side OF Ca
vite bay.
From Meridian to p. m.-Clear and
warm. Light to gentle breeze from s.
s. B. The feet engaged in action with
the Spanish feet stationed in the Phil
ipplnes. At 12:15 the Spanish admiral
surrendered. The Petrol, by order Of
the commander in chief, engaged in
destroying the shipping at the naval
station, Cavite. The engagement re-
suited In a decided victory for the
United States fleet, with no loss OF lives
At 1850 the Olympia came to anchor
in seven and half fathoms Of water;
light house at mouth Of Paslg river
bearing N. 81 deg. E. and Nabotus
Dreme N. Is deg. (Mag.). Draught Of
ship forward q feet inches, anidships
% feet 8 inches, aft "a feet inch. The
rest OF the feet with the exception of
the Petrol, came to anchor near the
flagship.
From p. m. to p. m.-clear and
warm. Light to gentle breeze from
s. E. At 4:1O Concord and at 1925 Bos-
ton went over to cavite.
From 4 p. m. to p. m.-Partly cloudy
ana warm. with light airs to light
breeze from s. s. E. The Petrol came
over from Cavite with several small
launches in tow. anchoring near at
hand. The commanding officer Of the
Petrol came on board ana reported hay
ing burned several Spanish gunboats
and captured Spanish signal book.
During the watch several explosions
took place among the gunbOats on fire
at cavite, Compartments reported dry.
Barometer steady.
From 8 p. m. to Midnight. : Light
breeze from S. e. Weather fair and
pleasant. At 1O;45 the Concord, coming
from caylte, slgnaled (ArdOls): Have
Spanish officer on board with important
communication for commander in
chief" and at II Commander Walker
and two Spanish army officers came on
board and had an Interview with the
commodore.
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For Sale BY Charles R. Goethe, Druggist,
Twelfth and Market Streets.
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The book Is something more tAr
an ordinary bit Of fiction. It has
substrntutn Of historical fact, az
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-22
NOW READY.
Daughter Of the Elm
A Tale Of the Virginia Border
Before the war,
By GRANVILLE DAVIDSON HALL

A powerful story, recalling tcrgotsa
tragedies. . A love story threads 1
stirring recital Of crime and d.
tective work. Scene In the yAll1
Of the upper Monongahela, COZ
Meeting with Pittsburgh, otAft'
burg and Fairmont.
The book is something more tAtu
an ordinary bit Of fiction. It has :
substrntutn Of historical fact iaa
some real people figure in "
pages. There Is a vivid glimpse q
American Ilfe as found In that vaLE
forty years ago. The book critic o
great 1netropo litan western DAILY
who read the manuscript, says tas
author has "dipped his pen In y:
very pigments Of life" The bad q
leading Chicago publishing hou''
said Of ie: 1--WE have been much u
terested;" "the plot Is clever" ls y,
details Ingenious" "The story itItt
Is interesting and there are S'ne
capital situations"
MAYER q MILLER, CHICAGO
Cloth, $50 p, $500. Sold By
Frank Stanton, or sent postpaid o.
receipt Of price. Address, A. Q. HApi
Glencoe, III.
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NATIONAL DRINKS.
Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages
In Various Countries.
M9ndon Anglo-American.l


Under the prosaic title Of Alcoholic
Beverages" an interesting statement
has just been issued by the board Of
trade showing the production and con-
sumption Of wine. beer and spirits in
the various countries Of Europe, in the
United States, and the principal Brit
ish colonies. together with statistical
tables relating thereto, in each year
from 1885 to 1898. In many instances
it has been found difficult-alrnost i'm
possible-to collect the necessary in
formation, for, as Is pointed out, the
United Kingdom, France, Germany and
the United States are the chief coun-
tries which publish any reliable stats
tics on the subject. Each of these
countries derives large and growing
revenues from the taxation of alcoholic
beVerages-the proportion so derived to
the total national revenue being, ap-
prOXimately, in the case Of the United
Kingdom, So per cent; in France. 10
per cent; in Germany, Is per cent: in
the United States, % per cent. 1t is
interesting TO note that in these coun-
tries the amount of drink consumed is
the largest, while the countries them
selves are the richest in the world
Thus do we find luxury and riches go
ing hand in hand. The per capita con-
sumption of wine in Great Britain.
Germany and the United States is rel
atively insignificant; indeed the total
amount consumed in these three cOun-
tries, with their gigantic population Of
lb0,0OO,O00, averages only an eighth part
Of what is consumed in France, with
its $4,000 600 inhabitants
. If, however, our wine bill stands
stationary, the beer bill gets bigger
and bigger, and the same may be said
Of Germany and the states. During
1898 31.9 gallons of beer per head We're
consumed-the total running we'll into
ten figures. j. e, 1,2S2, 40 000 German
brewers had a larger output in that
year. though, per head, the population
Of the Fatherland did not drink what
is called the staple beverage so deep
ly as did We In the United States
they drink spirits just about as freely
as we do ourselves. the average being
about one gallon a head In 1898 the
total consumption of spirits in the
United Kingdom was well over Il, 600, 900
gallons, while Germany swallowed
more than twice as much Whether"
says the report, this large Qonsump-
ton Of spirits is due 20 climatic or So
cial conditions, or how far it is infu-
enced by the amount of the duty on
spirits in each country, is a question
about which various opinions have
been expressed 1t is incidentally
stated, by the way, that the alcoholic
beverages mostly patroniZed at the
cape are wine and spirits, the con-
sumption Of beer being relatively
small
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
LAND OF PLENTY.
Each Native of Guam Is a Landowner
and Farmer.


Chillicothe. O.-Lieutenant W. Edwin
Stafford, U. S. N, Of this city, now vice
governor of Guam, has written home
an interesting letter concerning that
new possession of the United States
which gives a vivid picture Of Guam as
il is. and points out the reforms which
the government is instituting there. The
letter is, in part, as follows:
Government House, Agana, Guam,
Feb. "a 1900.-Some have greatness
thrust upon them. Imagine me as
judge of the court of first appeals, reg
istrar of deeds and titles, controller of
the treasury and commissioner of edu-
cationl Besides these official duties, [
have imposed upon myself the task or
teaching a class in English three times
week, my pupils ranging from 3 TO
so years of age. To prepare myself for
my official duties, I have the various
codes of Spanish laws, civil commercial
and criminal which 1 follow as closely
as possible in classifying offenses, ad-
hitting evidence and awarding punish
ment, except in 50 far as they may be
modified by general orders issued by
Governor Leary.
In registering lands and granting
titles / also conform TO the Spanish
laws which are excellent If carried out
honestly. When a man wishes to &C
quire title he appears before the judge
of the court of first appeals and pre-
sents petition describing the situation
and condition Of his land, and hOw he
became possessed of it. He states that
he has no title to it, and, wishing to
establish one, he begs that the neces-
sary information be taken to establish
the truth of his statements, Offering
such persons as witnesses who will
swear that they know him to be the
rightful possessor of the property.
IT then cause a marginal endorse
ment TO be made on the petition. order
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They ReIegated the Hash.
1Meufphis seimitar)

In certain boarding house. where
variety was not. the spice OF life. and
where hash was so frequent an occur
renee that it would have been advertised
for If 1t had come up missing. lived six
boys who were battling with a cold world
and colder lanaiady.
This perpetual hash grew monotonous.
and the boys determined to Danish il tTOm
the table by fair means or foul Ac-
cordingly when they filed into the din
ing room on Monday morning and recog-
nized the Sunday roast served up in
hash the first boy made a low bow and
said:
Why good morning, sir; think I've
met you bef0rei
The second shook his head mournfully
and exclaimed: 1.-The last sad state of
Mr.. Beef
"Ah. yes" said the third, "the poor fell
low is all cut up.
1.-The remains of a close friend" sighed
the fourth.
yes, closer than brother!" assented
the fifth.
''The victim of terrible grindr' finish
ed the sixth, as they took their places at
table.
The landlady wore a naughty don't
know. what-ypu-Tnean air. but hash has no
more been seen in their midst
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FLIGHT OF CHARLES.
Unfortunate Kings Unavailing
Withdrawal to isle of Wight.


Withdrawal to isle of Wight.
The flight of Charles I from Hampton
Court to the Isle of Wight, and his ar
rest and transfer to Windsor Castle.
are described in the May Century in
the seventh Of Mr. N1Orley's Cromwell
papers.
We now know that Charles fed from
Hampton Court because he had been
told by the Scottish ENJOYS. as well as
from other quarters, that his life was
in danger, hut without any more fixed
designs than when he had fed from
Oxford in April of the previous year
He seems to have arranged to take
ship from Southampton Water, but the
vessel never came, and ne took refuge
in CarisbrOOke Castle, in the Isle OF
Wight November Il, 1647.)
Charles might possibly, even at the
eleventh hour, have made his escape,
but he still nursed the illusion that the
army could not cruch the parliament
without him. He lad. moreover, given
his parole. When reDinded that ne
had given it, not to the army, but to
the parliament his somber pride for
once withstOod a sophism. At break
body of officers broke into his chamber
put him into a coach, conducted him
to the coast, and then transported him
across the Solent to Hurst Castle, a
desolate and narrow blOckhOuse stand
ing at the edge aOf q shingiy spit on
the Hampshire shore In these dreary
quarters he remained for a fortnight.
The last scene was now rapidly ap-
preaching of the desperate drama in
which every one of the actOrs-king,
parliament, army, CrOmwell-WaS en-
gased in a death-struggle with an i'm
placable Necessity.
On December Is the council of Off
GERS determined that Charles should be
brought to Windsor, and Fairfax sent
orders accordingly IN The depth Of the
winter night the king in the desolate
keep on the sea-shingle heard the
clanling of the drawbridge, and at
daybreak he learned that the redOubt-
able Major Harrison had arrived.
Charles well knew how short a, space
divides the prison of a prince from his
grave. He had often revolved in his
mind sad stories of the death of
kings, Of Henry VI, of Edward II,
murdered at Berkley, of Richard II at
Pontefract, of his grandmother at
FOthreingay-and he thought that the
presence of Harrison must mean that
his own hour had now come for a like
mysterious doom. Harrison was no
man for these midnight deeds. though
ne was ferVid in his belief, and so he
told the king, that justice was no re-
spectOr Of persons, and great and small
alike must be submitted to the law.
Charles was relieved to find that he
was only going ito exchange the worst
Of his castles for the best" and after
a ride Of four days December 1929
through the New Forest, Winchester,
Farnham, BagshOt, he found himself
once more at the nOblest of the palaces
of the English soverigns. Here for
some Shree weeks he passed infatuated
| hours in the cheerful cOnfiC ence that
the deadlock was as immovable as ever
that his enemies would find the knot
inextricable, that he was still their
master, and that the blessed day would
soon arrive when he should fit round
their necks the avenging halter.
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Ogden Briefs.

Willard Beardsley was in Ogden yes
terGay
Mr. and Mrs. c. H Corse left for
the east yesterday to visit relatives.
Born-Saturday to Mrs. w. ]. Lind
say, formerly Miss Annie Thompson. a
fine girl.
The Child Culture club viii meet
with Mrs. r. J. Taylor Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Frank Davis, brought back from
Terrace charged with grand larceny,
viii. it is said, plead guilty to the
charge.
Calvin Stewart and Miss Emily Mum
ford were married yesterday afternoon
at the court house, by Elder Elijah
Larlzin.
Argus Hamilton. the new pitcher Of
the Ogden ball team Is ii AT the hos