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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
WHERE ADMIRAL DEWEY DIFFERS
Six Points Where He Does Not Agree With
His Colleagues.

Six Points Where He Does Not Agree With
His Colleagues.
Admiral Dewey's report notes six
points where he thinks the facts do
not warrant the majority's conclusions.
He says:
''In the ODiniOn of the undersigned
the passage from Key West to Cien-5
fuegos was made by the flying squad
ron with all possible Dispatch Com
modore Schley having in view the i'm
portance Of arriving off Cienfuegos
with as much coal as possible in the
ships bunkers. The blockade of Glen
fuegos was effective. Commodore
Schley, in permitting the steamer Adu-
la to enter the port of Cienfuegos, ex-
pected to obtain information concern
ing the Spanish squadron from her
when she came out.
1.-The passage from CienfuegOs to
point about twenty-five miles south OF
Santiago was made with as much dis
patch as was possible while keeping
the squadron unit The blockade OF
Santiago was effective. Commodore
Schley was the senior officer OF our
squadron Off Santiago when the span
ish squadron attempted to escape ON
the morning of July 3, 1893. He was
in absolute command, and is entitled
to the credit due to such commanding
officer for the glorious victory which
resulted in the total destruction of the
Spanish ships.
George Dewey, Admiral, U. S. N,
president
Samuel C. Lemly, Judge Advocate
General, y. s. n. judge advocate"
The case is closed with the follow
ing recommendation: in view Of the
/ length of time which has elapsed since
the occurrence Of the events of the
Santiago campaign the court recon-
mends no further proceedings be had
i'll the premises.
George Dewey, Admiral, U. S. n,
president.
Samuel c. Lemly, Judge Advocate
General, y. s. n, judge advocate"
Admiral Dewey was seen late last
night and declined to make any state
ment concerning the courts findings.
He said that the court was not dis
solved and that he was still bound by
his oath off secrecy
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20

In publishing only a portion OF the
correspondence which passed between
them.
Commodore Schley,s conduct in con-
rection with the events of the Santi-
ago campaign prior to June |, 1898.
was characterized by vacillation,. dila-
toriness and lack of enterprise His
official reports regarding the coal sup
ply and the coaling facilities OF the
flying squadron were inaccurate and
misleading.
His conduct during the battle of
July was self-possessed, and he en-
couraged, in his own person, his sub
ordinate officers and men to fight cour-
ageously.
George Dewey. admiral. q. S. N.
president.
Samuel c. Lemly, judge advocate
general, q. S. n. judge advocate"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20

Honesty pays twice as well as half
honesty. Don't forget it.-Atchison
Cache.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
ORDER WAS IGNORED
And the Result Is Nine People
Killed and Twelve Bad
ly Injured.
VICTIMS CREMATED IN WRECK
Central Railroad Near Rockford,
Ills.-Names of the Dead.

Rockford, Ills. Dec. 17.-Disobedi-
ence of plain orders by the crew of
the freight train caused the wreck on
the Illinois Central eight miles east
of this city just before midnight.
Instead OF remaining on a sid
ing, as ordered, the freight at
tempted to make the next station. Nine
injured in the debris of crushing steel,
flying splinters, and broken glass that
resulted from the fearful impact of the
two trains. The trains came together
OH sharp curve. There was no time
for a warning shrek of the whistle.
There was the flashing of two head
lights, a shock, and both engines were
crushed into shapeless masses of steel.
Six passenger coaches and ten
freight cars loaded with merchandise.
were piled into one great mass of bro
ken timbers and splintered woodwork.
In this mass was buried the engineers
and firemen of both trains and at least
five others. This pile of wreckage
Ieaped into flames almost in an instant.
Those of the victims who were not for
tunate enough to be killed outright
were burned to death hours before
relief could reach them.
Names of Dead and Injured.
The killed: David Beehan, engineer
of freight train, resides in Freeport;
Edward Carey, fireman on freight
train, remains taken to home in Free
port; Richard Ormsby, engineer of pas
senger train, body held at Rockford
for conclusion of inquest; James Rear
don, fireman Of passenger train, body
taken to home in Freeport; William
Reynolds of Irene, Ills; George Rey-
nolds, in the employ of the company
as section foreman, with headquarters
at South Addison; Robert Thompson,
baggage eXpreSsman on passenger
train, residence at Dubuque, Ia. col
ored porter on passenger train; news
boy on passenger train, believed to
be Coats of Chicago.
Following is the list of the injured:
3. r. Ahrent, Chicago, bruised on the
face and head; d. j. Canchester, Chi
cago, bruised about the body, left arm
cut; Hays Fletcher, Chicago, cut i'll
right arm and head; e. Howard, Chi
cago, bruised on body and cut over left
eye; Jack Lewis, Chicago, bruised on
head and left shoulder: 2. M. Miller,
Chicago, slight cut ON left hand, right
leg wrenched; J. III. Quinlan, conductor
of passenger train, bruised about the
chest and severe scalp wound. resides
at Chicago, probably fatally injured:
Fl. B. Wellman, S95 Jackson boulevard,
Chicago, left shoulder dislocated, right
arm crushed and amputated, condition
serious.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
Fire Follows the Wreck.

The fire followed SO close upon the
impact that those who escaped 9TH
er horrors and suffering were COM
PEELED to stand in the open prairie with
the temperature 20 degrees below zero,
insufficiently clad, while the surviving
members of the crews of the wrecked
trains tramped four miles through the
storm to secure relief.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
Long Hair

"About year ago my hair was
coming out very fast, so l bought
a bottle Of Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t
stopped the falling and made my
hair grow very rapidly, until now it
is Is inches in length. Mrs. A.
Boydston, Atchison, Kans.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20

There's another hunger
than that of the stomach.
Hair hunger, for instance.
Hungry hairneeds food,
needs hair vigor-Ayers.
This is why we say that
Ayers Hair Vigor always
restores color, and makes
the hair grow long and
neaVy. sloo bottle. All druggists.
If your druggist cannot supply you,
send US one dollar and we win express
you bottle. Be sure and give the name
of your nearest express office. Address,
J.C. AVER co. Lowell, Mass.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
Admirals Not Unanimous i'm Their
Conclusions in the
Sch!ey Case.
BENHAM AND RAMSEY ARE AGREED
Dewey Notes Difference of View as
to Six Points.
Majority Of the Court Condemns
Schley on Eleven Points-Dewey
Declares Him Sole Com
mander on July
+. 3, 1898.

Washington. Dec. 14.-The most pro-
longed, interesting and important ma
val tribunal ever held in this country
came to close yesterday-having in
open and secret session lasted one
week short of three months-when
Secretary Long was handed the find
ings of the court of inquiry which in
CURED into the conduct of Rear Adj
miral Schley during the Santiago cam
paign. For seven weeks the court
heard testimony, and for fully month
it deliberated upon that mass of evil
dence, finally reaching the conclusions
announced. The result was a COM
rlete surprise. and it is probable thai
no prophesy has approached the truth.
Instead Of one report there are two,
both are signed by George Dewey,
president, and by Samuel c. Lemly, as
judge advocate.
Simply Matter of Form.
This is a form said to be recognized
in all courts of inquiry, the signatures
of the other members not being neces-
sary. But it is explained that Admiral
Dewey signed the second report, mi
nority report, to express his qualifica-
ton of or dissent from the views eX-
pressed by the court-comprising be,
side himself Admirals Benham and
Ramsey-in the first report. 1t is said
at the navy department that there will
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
you countrymen feel at home" was the
laconic reply.

AS to the new members, ninety in
the House and twelve in the Senate
time will not permit their introduction
mere; but we shall get around to them
one by one, by and by. None attracted
more attention on opening day than
Senator Bailey, of Texas, who has
shifted the scene of his endeavors from
the Lower to the Upper House. More
surprising still, he has forsaken the
big black SLOUGH hat he used to wear
and now appears for the. first time in
a modern bell-top, silk chapeau. 1t
was not so long ago that the tall Tex
an delivered himself most forcibly on
the top-hat question, saying, among
other unkind things, that they We're
fit only for fools to wear" A few
years ago President Mckinley gave a
dinner to the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and the only absentee was
Bailey, who declined because he could
not bring himself to the tom foolery''
of wearing evening clothes. Socially
considered Thanksgiving day was very
quiet in Washington. The President
and his family enjoyed their first holi-
day in the White House after their
usual CHEEKY, informal fashion, with
few friends to dinner. The Cabinet
families did about the same thing, ex-
actly like people in private life.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
Rabafyat of MrSa- Mem n.

The Post has received from Henry Glen.
dorf shepard OF 212-2i4 Monroe street,
Chicago. o copy of THE Ruhaiyat Of Mira.
Memu" Many and beautiful as are the
versions OF Oid Omar now before the pub
Ne tho careful and sympsthetic reader
viii and the present ore worthy of a place
among the best
while this paraphrase is 10 the form OF
ritzgerald's, he translator has studlously
avoided imitation, and has drawn his i3l
quatralns mainly from the prose VERSIONS
~ Nlcolas and Mccarthy. One who knows
hns said Of # that 1.-THE verbal portion has
been constructed with supreme care, every
word weighed for the purpose Of carrying
the deepest import" Many Of the strophes
nre very sonorous, ana IN several instances
are lines and touplets containing the most
beautiful pictures clothed 10 original forms
This authority cites as one Of many IN.
stances Of verbal felicity the first line OF
dAatralu LXXv; And coo-coocoo, soft
flutes the turtle dove and be adds; "Beau.
uful. beautiful. beautiful, How telling,
how expressive a simple word can be made
when the maker Of an original idea knows
when aud whe:e 10 put It. Old Fitz' him
self could not, and did not, use a word to
better effect"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
Bird and Insect Life.

At no period OF our country history has
there been SO much in the way of Amcr.
can literature IN nature AMI nature studies
as at present. The book shops are filled
with tempting talks OF birds. Insects, flow.
ers. ferns, fishes, trees, etc. Everything
that appeals TO rs in our travels or walks
through glen and forest valley and dale
lake or stream, Is presented in attractive
form through the medium of a hook at the
hands Of either a college professor Of %
student Of nature In some degree OF capat
lty. Among lovers Of these nature studies
the works OF Ernest Seatpn Thompson,
perhaps, have appealed most strongly, and
whether as mtist or author he has gotten
very close 10 the heart Of his subject at
an times lie has conyersod with bis
brush and has given tender words about
the creatures OF he weeds. while his fol
lowers have assoclstedp him very closely
with al in nature that Is noble and eleyat
ing
So far, until the appearance OF book
on Bird Life" by Frank NJ. Chapman. ~
socinte curator of the department of mama
iogy and ornitholopy In the American mu
scum OF natural history, published by D.
Applcton a Go. Mr.. Thompson has confined
his Studies 10 animals This time he ap
pears not exactly a. coadjutor, but as
an artist, and in aiding Mr.. Chapman, Mr..
Thompson has contributed quite as i'm
portunt part OF the work as has the writ
err Of the test, FOR however wen robin,
a sparrow, or an eagle might be written
about, half the value would be lost with
out Mr.. Thompsons wonderful paintings
Coming from his versatile brain, one must
nj once acknowledge thar they can not be
otherwise than creations beyond the ordin
ary IN point OF Interest
In .,Bird life Mr.. Chapman has given
us a work at once a valuable contribution
to American technical literature, but has
prodnoed book that Is almost az fascinat
Ing as a romance, Beginning with the
birds place in nature, he tells us that
there are some 1900 species Of birds
known 20 science, and that compafed with
other animals birds oeeupy second place
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
Book titles from Shakespeare.

The Calumet Press issues an interesting
little volume. entitled Book Titles from
Shakespeare" complied by Mr.. volney
streamer and Mr. Louis r. EggerS The
number Of titles on contemporary books de-
rived from Shakespesrean sources is sur
prislngly large Hamlet provides some
forty titles, Macbeth" eight, "As You Like
1t" ten Mr.. HowelIs alone has taken no
less than thirteen titles from the plays. HIS
list Is as follows;
A Circle IN the Water OHenry w.
The Coast of Bohemia "a Winters Tale).
Counterfeit Presentment (damleO.
A Foregonc Conclusion (Othellol.
A Hazard Of New Fortunes king john.
A Modern Instance CAS- You Ike ~,
An open-Eyed Cor splracy (rhe TempesD.
The Quality OF Mercy trhe Merchant OF
Vencel
A Sea Change Tire Tempest.
The shadow Of Dream uIamlet.
The Undiscovered Country tIIanhet).
4 woman's Reason Two Gentlemen OF
Verona.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07

In the scale Of life. The relations OF birds
70 man open an interesting part Of tho
treatment. which touches the selontlac,
economic and aesthetic. But the author
leaves out the scientific part OF the study
and cooperating with Ernest seton TAomp
son COOS Into the haunts OF birds before
taken into the laboratory. The economic
value Of birds to man Is shown In the pre-
sentation Of mn undue Increase az Insects.
rodents and playing the part Of scaycaset
In general
It win be n matter Of surprise 10 many
people 20 know that the leading cutomoio.
eists have estimated that insects cause m
annual loss Of at least S2O0,00o rear 20
crops alone Of the United States. not IN.
Guiding shade and forest trees damaged ny
them But II insects are the natural en-,
emlcs Of vegetation birds are the Natural
enemies Of Insects and thus our losses
through the help OF the birds, are reduced
TO the minimum proving again that ms
ture always compensates itself IN some
manner
Uniformly with the bird hook the Ap,
plctons have issued a most interesting work
ON Insect Life" by John Henry Con,stock,
professor Of entomology In Cornell uniyer.
sty. This book IS intended as an aid TO
teachers and students In nature study. As
birds are spoken OF MS the enemies of In
sects, this work tells WHY these tiny ob
jccts OF life interest us In the economics OF
nature and how the study Of them cau be
made OF value TO the mind aud heart.
Chas T. Logan.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
The Late MaqaSfneS.

The Popular Science Monthly for July
opens with an article OF somewhat un
usual Importance on the "rransmlssion OF
Yellow Fever by Mosquitoes" by Surgeon
General George NJ. Stcrnberg Experiments
carried out under his direction az Havana
have shown that yellow fever is trans.
mltted by mosquitoes, and nave made
possible the determination Of this disease.
Many army surgeons, soldiers and others
most hcroically permitted themselves "a
be hilton by contaminated mosquitoes. on
the one hand or were brought In close
contact with infected clothes, ON the other
large percentage in one experiment six
out Of seven Of those bitten by mosquitoes
contracted yellow fever whereas the dis
case could mol be transmitted by clothing,
bedding snd the Ike.
The Bohemian bohemian Publishing
company Of Boston, for July is replctc
with clever things by clever people, ana
presents table OF ccNtents thar Will de-
light the summer reader. II is AN artis
tically constructed magazine, ard its score
Of sparkling short stories add dainty verse
are well up to the standard as regards
originality aud literary merit u las for
chatting short story written by Guy Nor.
timer Carleton Letters Three, hohe-
milan sketch by Katharine g. Smith, and
''rhc DC Belco smythc Tragedy by
Saarado are also extremely interesting.
"Coun Tolstoy In rhoucht and Action"
is the subi4ct Of an intensely interesting
portraiture Of the Russian social rcformor
contributed TO the July Review OF Reviews
by r. II. e, Long. This article reveals
Tolstoy adaptation to the colp}Ions OF
the life around him and throws new
light on many Of Tolstoys teachings SO
FAR as their practical outcome is concerned.
II is probably true that almost every
man has in him certain qualities which
would draw some woman 90 him. but Il b,
difficult to frame statrnrut Ia general
terms OF what Women Like in Men
This Is the task which very well known
author under the nom.de, plume of Raforl
pyke. has undertaken In the Cosmopolitan
for July In a clever essay, which proves
him to have made woman the subject Of
thorough observation and comprehensive
study, "1hc foreign girl, says the author
marries the man with whom she viii
be happy, the American marries the man
without whom she viii be unhappy"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
A Story of China.

"Thc "Nighthawk" Is the excellent title
chosen by new writer. Allx John OF Halt
fax, Nova Scotia. for her first hook.
The story Is one that certainly may lay
claim to originality If subject; as it has
to do with the Confederate blockade run
ncrs who took their venturesome course
between Halifax and the ports Of the
southern States
The heroine Of the story is a southern
woman Of wealth and good birth who acts
as a Confederate spy in Halifax. and whose
career Is to some extent based on that Of
a charming Southerner who actually served
the Confederacy as Its secret agent
Considering what a romantic subject the
blockade running Of the Southern ports
offers. it As odd that 1t has hcen seldom,
or never, used in a work OF fiction Of this
character.
Tho novel is announced for early pnhli-
cation, and is said to hold the interest OF
the reader In the strongest possible man
ucr, while avoiding the sensational
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
{" The Miqht-hazpk. Z

In his remarkable volume OF travel on
the Thibetan border Of China entitled
Mount omi and Beyond" Archibald ],
I4ttIe predicts that "if the allies are salts
ned with the capture OF Pekla and arc
hanlboozled into peace ana new treaty
yielding on paper everything demanded.
IL will be 1850 over again, with the add.
ton that the Chinese are now reused ami
1t will he only question Of waiting until
They are better and more universally
armed 10 make another and possibly sue.
cessful attempt 10 throw on the foreign
yoke under which they now lahor-officials
ana people alike"
In "Mount omi" Mr.. Little gives a most
interesting picture OF China "as II exists
far removed from Western influence
China which must ere long pass away.
No other traveller has gone precisely over
the same route as that described by Mr..
Little. who found mo public post. no roads
.heyond foot rails, no street cleaning. nj
drains, no hres In winter. and no ice In
summer"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
Who Goes 7here?"

.Who Goes There?" story of spy In
the ciyn war, by r. X Bensoni the Mac.
MILAN company New York.
with the book marts So completely hood
ed with every quality Of war and historical
novel, that story must indeed be OF the
genuine sort 10 accomplish great deaf
nowadays in this line But Mr. Benson
appcars 10 not have reekoncd without his
hosts. for he has invaded field where
much digging had laid bare the clay sub
soil Of unproductiveness aud by sort Of
intensive method has restored much Of the
interest which the many more mediocre
efforts Of this character have taken from
this type of novel. 70 reclaim public In
terest, therefore. with a spy story. than
which nothing has been SO oyerdoue, was
at once bold and unpromising.
"Who Goes There2' Is a book Of peculiar
fascination for many reasons, II has little
OF nothing of love theme, which most his
torical tales bear. and while II can NOT Of
fend the men who wore the blue, II is par
ticularly pleasing TO the -Confoderntcs
lis oddly is IFS strongest feature, for the
hero nights on both sides, without being
deserter 10 either cause. By o system
Of memory lapsing Berwick Jones, after
tuiNlluE IN tue tslNhfhth 'A"oN''N N''''s''
has his brain meiamorphosed by an ex-
plodlng she'll while acting as a SPY on
special duty. detailed by General Morel
before the battle Of Hanover. He had
been afflicted with these peculiar lapses
from childhood, hut certain pr. Khayme,
who had boon his tutor as boy AT school,
Insisted that he would out grow this weak
ness Or. Khasme was a man Of mystery
profound fellow. who believed In occult
science, and Il had the mastery over him
lie had been much Ia India with his
daughter Lydia. who was a trained nurse
ON the Federal side ana who, by the way
does not cut much of a figure In the work
After the bursting she'll had made Jones
into another man. he was picked up by the
Confoderates. and having ON south caro-.
lima uniform, which he had used in spying,
ne was taken TO "A field hospital, where his
wounds healed and he was again well. But
ne could not locate himself. lie was liter
ally man In double He was persuaded
hnally 20 enlist In company II with a Caro-
lima regiment, and followed the army OF
Lee throughout most OF the balance OF the
war.
Historically the book As excellently out
llneN and The reader Is introduced again
20 new features OF the battle OF Manassas,
Frederleksburg. Seven Pines. Gettysburg
and many others. all told with no lack Of
Interest In any chapter. and With wonder
full Adelity TO detail. Perhaps no modern
war book has been written With more per
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07

feet faithfulness with regard 70 military
tactics and the minor details OF the move.
ments Of a great army. General Lee.
stonewall Jackson, Longstreet, Eweil and
Beaurcgard are the chief Confederate
tonehstones In the work. while Mcclellan.
Mcrell, Grover. Fits-John Porter, Meade
and Grant are the leading generals ON the
f~ieral side. to whom we talk again and
see In nesh. 1t may be said with perfect
eandor and truth, that the story is a thrln-
ing one, full Of Intense situations. and told
with remarkable trucness OF position as
spy glass would reveal. No complaint
can come FROM the old soldiers about false
movements or errors OF march or place.
The book must appeal also TO the student
Of occult science as wen as to the old sol.
dies and the student OF the military art.
Charles Thomas Logan.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07

planned Ledlow. The doctor prescribed
H. ard read half an hour every evening.
Then 60 to work"
what Is the book" asked Bldwelt
IT Is called Treasure Island. written
by that fellow named stevenson"
Some relative Of 1ko's. guess" 90.
served Bidwell what Is Il about7 I
Ike the title"
"oh, It's oil about couple OF men. \
actor and business man. who fitted up
amp aud went TO an island to dig up a
lot Of gold They got IT, too; made big
return upon the Investment"
"ilow much did they deelare:a asked
Bldwell.
Several hundred thousands | should
judge answered the banker
Pooh mere tribe, observed Bldwcn.
The original investment wasn't large"
explained the banker, apologetlcally