Arizona republican., 1901-11-11
NINETY-SIX YEARS AGO
What the London Times Said When
 Nelson Fell.

Mir. R. l.. Long has received from g friend in London a foe similc copy of The Times, published in that city Thursday. Nov. 7th. 1895. These fac simile copies were sold on the streets of London on the anniversay celebra- lion of the battle of Trafalgar. which occurred Oct. 21st. 1895. between the British squadron under command or Lord Nelson and the combined fleets of spain and France. and in which battle Nelson lost his life.
 The paper has four pages Of four columns each, and carries about the Sc1-e proportion Of advertising as do the modern papers. though in these days a single advertisement is some times larger than that cntire paper. But the comparison between then and now is so frequently made in so many things that that part Of il is uuinter- estiug. The real interest in the souV- enir comes from perusal of it's con tents. and enables the reader to bet ter appreciate London life in those days. for the matter dealt with was oi those stirring events that have lately changed both the map and the history of the world. It is most inter estins right now when all civilized na- Iions have so recently parsed through events that were in d large measure of similar importance 10 present peo- pies. and the more so. because of the scarcity Of newspapers in those days.
 The last page of the paper and the first column of the first p7gc are de- voted to advertisements. legal and otherwise. and a small market report. The paper is almost entirely devoted Co war news. as would be expected in that issue. and the first page is taken up with the report of the admiralty of fee of Nov eth. including the reports Of C. Colhngwood in command of the British fleet after the death Of Lord Nelson. Collingwood dates his report from the snip Euryalus of Cape Ira falGar. Oct 22. lsO5. the news being fifteen days old when published. He say: "The ever to be lame1ted death of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nel- son, who in the late conflict with the enemy fell in the hour or victory. leaves to me the duty of informing my lords commissioners of the admiralty. that. etc" He then describes the bat tie, the gallant way in which Nelson fell and the bravery of all who paItic- ipated in the battle. He lists the yes seIs and describes their manoeuver- i-gs and details the boarding of one vessel. He also mentions the capture Of fourteen vessels, many of which he expects to lose by reason of the heavy sen and their knocked-out condition. Another report from him. dated the 9th. follows.
 The second and third pages are de- voted to reports of the wars on the continent. in which Napoleon and his friends seem to be making things very against thep. These reports are clip pings of from loo to 800 words from papers in Holland. Germany. Spain and France. and their reading inspires in those familiar with the history of that period the same interest that the read ing Of an American paper did during the days that followed Dewey's victory in Manila bay. or during the invasion of Cuba. A HamburEh paper, says the Vienna Court Gazette Of the 10th Of October. contains "a true statement Of the conduct of the Serene Elector Pal atine.' and then proceeds with a sy- uopsis of that statement. the opening para graph of which is. "The Serene Elector Palatine has published an his torical statement in which he owns himself an ally of France. and declares war against Austria and Russia. eS- cusing. by false allegations. the breach of promise he had made to the Roman emperor, of ceding his troops to him Then follows roast Of the same Sc rene ElectOr.
 In another column is announced the satisfactory news that Russian and Prussian force has taken possession Of Hanover, followed by a long story of what that action is likely to lead to. There is also a glorious tribute to Nel- son. From fl the following is re- printed:
 ''To the official details we are enabled to add the following particulars re- specting the death of as great an ad- miral as ever wielded the naval thun der of Britain. When Lord Nelson found that by his skillful maneuvers he had placed the enemy in such situ- ation that they could not avoid an en-