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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

We now come to the most humiliat-
ing fraud in recent history-theA cele-
brated battle of San Juan, in the Span
ish War of 1898, which has given
scores of breyets for every dead Span
lard.
The first act in the drama was to re-
move every West Pointer from heads
of departments excepting the engi-
neers and ordnance, which contain
graduates only, because West Point
ers and contractors are natural born
enemies. The next act was to put in
command of the army of invasion an
officer who was wholly incompetent
to serve in tropical climate, weigh
ing 800 pounds and having permanent
physical disabilities.
The facts of the battle are briefly as
follows: General Skaters plan of bat
tie seems to have been all right, but
was not carried out. General Lawton
was expected to capture Ell Caney by
Z o'clock in the morning; then turn to
his left and form the right wing of the
attack on the San Juan hills; the CEN
tire to be occupied by Wheeler and his
cavalry; the left by Kent and the in
fantry. Ell Caney was not captured
unIll f.0O LII Tie dlIeruOOu LII Tic
meantime the Wheeler and Kent divis-
ions simply drifted toward San Juan,
through dense jungle, of which there
had been no reconnaissance, and the
Spanish skirmish line on San Juan ex-
ercised itself at target practice from
6 o'clock in the morning until 100 in
the afternoon, simply shooting at the
roads and trails where the American
troops were helpless, in column.
Is it not high TIM that some Of the
mists surrounding the battle of San
Juan were raised? The War Depart
ment, when asked how many Span
iards were IN Santiago when it sur
rendered, and how many Spaniards
were killed and wounded at San Juan
and Ell Caney, states in letter that
they have no records that throw any
light on the subject. Prominent Of
ficers, who have knowledge, give eva
sive replies. Lieutenant Jose Muller
y Tejeiro, second in command of ma
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

some time after I reached the crest,
reported that the Sixth and Sixteenth
Infantry had captured the hill, which
l now consider incorrect. Credit is
almost equally due the Sixth, Ninth,
Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Twenty
fourth regiments of infantry"
General Miles official report contains
the reports of scores of officers on the
battle of San Juan, not one of which
bears out Colonel Rooseyelts absolute
ly false report of the battle contained
in his Trough Riders" There is not any
official report of the battle from any
source corroborating Colonel Roose-
velt's official report of the battle l
therefore repeat the charge that
Colonel Roosevelt has obtained promo
ton to the Presidency of the. United
States by report of his own alleged
heroic acts at San Juan Hill, which re-
ports were knowingly false. 1 repeat
there was but one blockhouse, and one
entrenchment on the San Juan Hills.
These were captured by the infantry.
This infantry had lain for hours in
and around the sunken road in advance
of Kettle Hill, and AFTER the infan-
try had captured San Juan, Roosevelt
and his Rough Riders came out of the
tall grass, where they had been con-
cealed for hours, and went up Kettle
Hill, which had never had upon it an
entrenchment or Spanish soldier.
Colonel Roosevelt had had no mill
tary experience. He left a position in
the navy, where he might have been
of some service, in order to take a
spectacular position in the army, where
he was the laughing stock of regulars
and volunteers alike. All the world
honors a brave soldier, but all the
world despises false pretences.
"Roosevelt's Military Record" pub
lished by the Republican Campaign
Committee, is a mere collection of
platitudes, and the recommends tons
of Roosevelt for brevet and a medal
of honor met with no serious consid-
Grafton. They were rejected. The let
tiers of recommendation are very guard
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COLONEL BACONS HOT SHOT
Il Viii Give One Thousand Dollars to Any Person Who Will
Prove That One Line Of That Article is
Not Strictly True.
WAS LIEUTENANT=COLONE ROOSEVELT
"A GOOD SOLDIER, OR DID HE HAVE
A GOOD PRESS AGENT?

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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05
MOST HUMILIATING FRAUD
COL Baeon's Review Of the Events Of July |, 1882
Daring Capture of an lJndefended Field Attended
With Imaginary Slaughter
ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN OUT FOR
GLORY, HAVING BEFORE HIS EYES
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION..

was reinforced by another company"
The artillery on San Juan consisted OF
two old pieces that looked as if they
were a hundred years old, mounted on
rickety old carriages. They were left
behind. This echelon of San Juan was
attacked by 1900 Americans with light
batteries and a Calling battery-thir-
ty to one The American loss at San
Juan, in killed and wounded, was more
than a thousand by the official figures.
The Spanish loss was substantially
nothing. Every Spaniard killed or
wounded four Americans. The per-
centage of American loss at San Juan
was twice that of the British at the
''bloody" battles of Tugela River. The
Spanish loss is unknown, but was
practically nothing.
One of the regular officers, who was
one of the first to ascend the San Juan
hill and occupy the blockhouse, when
asked, before the Seventy-frSt Regi-
ment Court of Inquiry, What did you
see on arriving at the top of the hill?"
replied Nothing" Q. Nothing at
alp A. Nothing but scenery" @.
"No Spariards A. "WelI, a few
might be seen in the distance retiring
l.
soon as the Americans formed line Of
battle and proceeded up the hill at
about 1.3O p. NJ, the Spanish skirmish
line retired to their breastworks around
Santiago, which were never captured,
but were surrendered with the city on
July II.
About 800 yards in front of the San
Juan hills was a small stream called
Purgatorio Creek, with densely wood
ed banks. It flowed close by slight
rise called Kettle Hill, which was also
far in front of the San Juan hills. AS
far as known, Kettle Hill had never
concealed a Spanish soldier in the his
tory of the world, and its only forti-
fication consisted of an old iron kettle
that gave it's name to the Americans.
For hours the infantry had been lying
in a sunken road. in advance of Kettle
Hill. No one thought of going on top
of it because there was nothing to go
after. But when the infantry left the
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

ed. and no one of them was written
by any man who saw the alleged he
roic charge against the San Juan ket-
tle. Roosevelt says, in his Rough
Riders" page 125, that he tried to find
General Sumner and General Wood
and could not. Colonel Mills was
wounded and out of action long be-
fore the charge. Recommendations,
in general terms, by subordlnates
amount to nothing. Such unofficial
recommendations may be had for the
asking.
The charges contained in the bro
chure, published in 1900, remain unan-
swered; the charges of the August
Army and Navy Critic remain unan-
swered. And I repeat, and defy any
man with knowledge to refute
them.
General Macarthur obtained his pro-
motion as Major General by making
report about his maneuvres in the
capture of the city of Manila, which
we now know to have been sham
battle, and Admiral Dewey swore be-
fore a committee of Congress that the
city had practically surrendered TO him
a week before and it was arranged
that the Spaniards were not to fire
back.
Colonel Funston obtained his promo
ton as brigadier-general upon his own
report of his own heroic deeds in the
capture of Aguinaldo, which we now
know TO have been put up by Aguin-
aldo himself, who says, in Everybody's
Magazine of August, 1901, that the la
dies had come over the day before
from Casiguran to Palinan to have a
dance, thus traversing the very road
over which Funston passed in his hor-
rible privations.
Colonel Roosevelt has obtained pro-
motions by false report in his Rough
Riders of his own heroic deeds in an
imaginary charge on an imaginary
horse up an imaginary hill against i'm
aginary Spaniards.
ALEXANDER S. BACON,
81 Liberty street, New York City.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05
PARTING OF THE WAYS.
The People Must Decide Whether
the Nation Shall Be a Republic
or an Empire.

We are now at the parting of the
ways-one Democracy carries us for
ward in the grand avenue traced out
for us by the founders of our nation,
a path of dignity, honor, peaceful, hap
by advancement, which marks US as
the hope of mankind in all that makes
for wisdom and good government;
while the other Republican) road takes
us into the great arena where ancient
peoples. full of ambitions, civil hat
reds, religious feuds, feudal miseries,
trailing their slime across the centur-
les, are facing each other, burdeEed
with armor, to fight out questions OF
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family, or of territorial and CONNER
cial greed.
By the latter path we abandon hui
mainly, and with drum and trumpet
and warship, hurl ourselves into the
wretched wrangle which has been GO
ing on in the old world since the dawn
of history, and the new world then
ceases to exist. This is the track into
which, tentatively but surely, our Gov.
eminent has been trying to push, with
accelerated pace, during the last three
years, and now the people of the Unit
ed States are about to be called upon
to say if it be their wish to continue
the march. If they say yes, let them
marshal their heaviest battalions,
change their form of government to
a dictatorship, and prepare their
purses for a drain in comparison to
which that of our Civil War was light.
The Republic is, indeed, at the parting
Of the ways.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05
LETTERS FROM A PRIVATE.
m Glad I'm RguaThey Go Ahead and Do Their Business Without Any
Fuss FeaheBut I'm Sorry That We Will Not Get Any Ce For
Our WorkIhey Say Our Charge Will Make Roosevelt President
Some Day and That is What We Went to War For"

said that there is between 10000 and
10000. We have only 1900 men on
the island, of which 1000 or 5000 are
volunteers, so you see what kind of
stuff we are made of.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

the UnrIstian ruueavvi ius,i,u'o, "u,.n ".--
divided into three general topics, the first OF
which was County and District Unions; Pur-
noses and Problems The second topic was
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05
LETTER NO. 2.
San Juan Hill, July 10, 1898

LETTER NO. 2.
San Juan Hill, July 10, 1898.
No change since my last letter =
There are rumorS that we will attack
the Spanish in the morning. Seems
likely that we will, as we have received
orders to pack rolls and haversacks at
a. m. tomorrow. This afternoon 1
went along the entire line of our
army. Had nothing else to do, and 1
wanted to see just how we were To-
Gated. This is the way we are sit
uated: Letter furnishes map not
deemed necessary to publish. ED.
You will notice little hill in the
rear which I have marked "R. R."
That is where the Rough Riders did
all their terrible fighting on the first
day of the fight. L don't know, but
honestly believe they never saw a
Spaniard over there. 1 hear that it is
in all the New York papers that
Roosevelt and his Rough Riders took
San Juan Hill That is a lie. He
didn't take San Juan Hill. He didn't
even see the hill. and he has never been
near it yet. We took the hill, and
we've been on top of it ever since.
The actions of that man are the laugh
ing stock of the army. He is continu-
ally blowing his horn, and seems to
think he is the biggest man down here
If he were not Roosevelt 1 believe he
would be drummed out of camp. 1t is
quite sickening to see the airs he puts
on. l suppose before the war is over
he will be commanding the army, and
that will mean through ticket to the
Presidential chair. It's all politics.
The men who did the fighting-the
regulars-have very little to say. They
don't seem to be in it for glory. They
simply do it as a matter of business.
But Roosevelt is out for glory alone,
and he seems to be taking all he can
get. Now he wants to get
back to the United States Cprobably to
pull some wires. He has done nothing
but kick. kick, kick for the last three
or four days, and he has made himself
very obnoxious everywhere. He kicks
because he can't have toast and eggs
every morning for breakfast He kicks
because he has to sleep on the ground
instead of hair mattress. He kicks
because his men are homesick and
want to see their best girls. I'm
homesick myself, but I'm not kicking,
and 1 haven't heard kick from any
one in the regiment yet-not even from
one fellow whom L helped into trans
port wagon to be taken back to the hos
pital. He had both eyes shot out,
wounds through the neck, chest, alb
domen, legs and arms. but the only
thing he said was: who's got a pipe
handy?" 1 gave him mine. 1 didn't
think he'd live more than an hour or
two, although he had lain in the grass
three days without attention. but they
got him into the hospital alive.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

Mr.. Williams took up a speech made on
Saturday by Speaker Cannon, and in replying
to it discussed at length the tariff setting forth
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-05

bnsIer last week, is doing as we'll as can 81
pected. ho o,,t ,ooin an|
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Mr.. WIN. b. Uoty, OF jefferson, Md, ana
Miss Bert Hamilton, OF Darlington, "lsc0n-
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Evening journal., 1904-12-07

so as to get the best results from the least
expenditure of time, strength and money,
is to consult a recognized medium of ad-
vertising. in whose columns the Christmas
merchants and venders of holiday wares
set forth I'm detail what they have 10 Of
fer the buying public. a survey of the
field in this way enables one to formulate
plan and TO so forth with a very good
idea of what there is 20 buy, what TO buy
and where TO buy.
1t is good Judgment TO begin the Christ
mas shopping early There is the advan-
tage of better service, and more indi-
vidual attention. There is also the ad-
vantage of greater assortment of-goods.
/ IL gives also leisure TO study special needs
and tastes I'M the selection Of presents.
/ There is one thing that holiday shoppers
should do TO make Christmas buying a
pleasure and also profitable, and that is
TO patronizo the home merchants. The
merchants i'm this city are showing their
+ enterprise and already the stores are
making attractive displays of holiday
goods. I'm price. variety and quality, the
{ goods sold al home equal those i'm the
larger cities. and it saves strength and
money To do shopping at the local stores
ana oi 'he merchants you know
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
A HINT OR TWO

The last word has been said about keep
ing windows clean. but stin see dlngy
windows every once in a while. Make
them shine like the traditional "Nigger's IS
heel II you have a side window be it
ever SO small, keep il clean too.
You have been in stores where you We're
treated % little curtly mad you know how
you iclt Hc as pleasant 10 your customers
as you cam. Brace up when you feel a lit
tie out of sorts. tt won't hurt you ia
bury your personal feelings once in a
while.
Don't get dclusions of grandeur on the
days when business is good and buy more
stun than sou can ever sell. One or two
good days don't Indicate that YOU are
justified n figuring upon a department
store business right along. Il is mighty
easy to overload with goods.
See that your clerks know all about
your advertising plans. Let them see the
inside of Your brain once in "a while
Some clerks mot the right kind thought
would never know that you were adver-
tising If you waited for them TO read the
ads voluntarily.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07

considered misleading. According to
high officer of the general staff the
warships would be able to seek shelter
from the fire from 203-Metre Hill by
anchoring behind the Tigers Hill
peninsula. Reports that the Russians
are clearing the mine fields outside the
harbor are regarded as the best indca.
ton that the squadron is preparing
to move out to this anchorage, where
It will be secure under the protection
of the shore batteries.
An artillery officer who knows Port
Arthur thoroughly expresses the belief
that the Japanese will be unable to
hold the summit of 203-Metre Hill on
account OF the fire of the Antse and
miles distant. This officer declares that
it will be impossible for the Japanese
TO mount guns at the top of 203-Metre
Hill until the ammunition of the Antse
and Else forts is exhausted.
The Toxic estimate that the Rus
slams lost 5000 men in the attempt to
recapture 203-Metre Hill is declared
to be absurd, and it is pointed out
that such a loss would imply the vir-
tual Gripping of the resistance, yet
the reports from Toxic admit that
General Stoessel continues to make
counter attacks.
A very curious dispatch has been re-
ceived from a correspondent at Gen
eral Kuropatkin's headquarters about
the arrest of a Chinaman who was
found in possession Of 500 feet of fuse
used in decorating high explosives.
The telegram speaks of the necessity
for providing a larger body guard for
General Kuropatkin. The wording of
the dispatch generally leads to the in
ference that an attempt made upon
the commander-in-chief's life has been
foiled. No confirmation of the report
is obtainable here.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
GENERAL MARKETS

Philadelphia - Flour steady; winter
superfine, S3.6563.90; Penna. roller
clear. s4900510; city mills, fancy
S6.2066.25. Rye flour steady; per bar
rel, S4.4O. Wheat firm; No. 2 Penna.
red, new, S111h@112. Corn steady;
No. yellow, local, 52c. Oats firm;
No. white, clipped, 37c.; lower
grades. 34c. Hay firm; No. timothy,
S14015. Pork firm; family, SIT. Beef
steady; beef hams, S2SQ24. Live poul-
try firm; hens, lie; old roosters, &c.
Dressed poultry firm; choice fowlSs
13c.; old roosters, 91ac. Butter steady;
creamery, 3Oc. Eggs firm; New York
steady: new, 55060c. per bushel.
Baltimore.-Wheat strong; spot con-
tract. S1.11k61.t15s; steamer No. 2
red. S1O4@l.O .OzA; southern, by SAM
nle 97c. .mS11i15; southern, on grade,
99ikc. 6s1.111b. Corn easier; spot new.
51l{d51lRc: year, 51A A@5l15c.; mixed
steamer, 49A q49e.; new southern
yellow corn, 46A G51Ac. Oats firm;
No. 2 white. 3515c.; No mixed, S5ls
635%c. Rye dull; uptown No vest
ern. soc. Hay steady; No. 1 timothy,
S1461450: No. 1 clover, mixed, $1209
1850 Butter steady; fancy imitation,
19620c.; fancy creamery, 26bQ27c.;
fancy ladle, 1701Sc.; store packed, Ia
ODlOc. ESbS hIut per uOLSus OOC.
New York-Butter strong; common
to extra creamery, 17627c.; do. held,
19024c.; do. state dairy, 15625c.; do.
renovated. 10000; western factory,
common to choice. 13016i5c.; western
imitation creamery, common to choice,
15hG20c. Cheese firm: state full
cream, small colored, fancy, he; do.
late made colored, choice, lie; do. fair
to good, 1001O15c.; state full cream.
small white, fancy, 12c.; do. late made
white, choice, lie; do. large colored
and white, fair to good, 9491sc.; do.
poor, S0S%c.; skins, 3h@91sc. Eggs
firm; state, Penna. and nearby, fancy
selected white, extra, 30d34c.; choice,
$50 &c.,; mixed extra fancy, 35@36c.;
western finest selected, 3lQ32c.; do.
average best, 30c.; southerns, 22Q3Oc.;
refrigerated, 1S022ikc. Live poultry
steady; western chickens, lie; fowls,
12c.; turkeys, 12@1sc; Dressed poul-
try easy; western chickens, 14Q15e.;
fowls, 10611c.; turkeys, 1541Sc. Po-
tatoes steady; Long Island. S1.7502;
state and western, S1.35q1.55; Jersey
sweets, S2m3.25. Cabbages steady; fat
Dutch, per 100 head, S2G3.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
PhiIa. and Reading R. R.
Wilminpton division- !
Time. .table in effect Nov y. rooa

Il
Trains leave Wilmington. king stre.,
station), for Elsmere Junction. Mont.
chanin, Winterthur, Guyencourt Cram
epue, Cossart, Chadd's Ford Junction
Pocopson, West Chester, Embreeville
Mortonville, Coatesville and intermediate
stasions, daily. except Sunday, at 7.77a
M, daily 2.ao aud 4.5o p. N Sunday
only &. S.Ioa. m. ?. 20, 4.SO y. m,
For Sup ee, Elverson and interpediats
stations, daily, except Sunday, at -.4aa
m, daily. 2. 20 and A.5o p. m. Sundav
only 8. 10 a. m, 20, d. so p, III.
,sor Joanna, Birdsboro, Reading and
intermediate stations. daily except SUI.
dav at 7.3a a. m. and q. 20 p. m. Sunday
only at s. 10 a. m and 2.2o p. III.
ATLANTIC CITY r. r. From Chestnut
St. Ferry. For South st. see timetables
at stations.
weekdays. Atlantic City, 7.sO a. m. Lei.
800 a. m. EXP. 1850 a. m. Exp. 200 D. m.
EXP. 400 D. m. EXP. 60 minutes; 500 D.
m. EXP, 500 p. m. Lei, 7.15 p. m. Exp.
Weekday, capo May and Ocean CITY.
$50 a. m, 4.l5 p. m.
Sundays. Atlantic City. 500 a. m. To,
900 a. m. Exp, 1000 a. m. Exp. 500 n
M Lei 7.15 p. m. Exp.
Sunday. Cape May and Ocean CITY. 3. as
q. m.
Sea Isle, 7.SO a. m. SEX.
Detailed timetables at ticket ofaces
18th and Chestnut sts., SS4 Chestnut ST..
1905 Chestnut St.. 6O9 South Sd ST.. ssss
Market St. and at Stations.
Union Transfer Company will call for
and check baggage from hotels ana resi-
dences.
A. I. DICE. EDISON ]. WEEKS.
Genl Supt. Gen'I passTr Art.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07

City Of Chester will leave Wilmington,
Fourth street wharf, weekdays, SIS a.
m., Sundays. 500 a. m. and 100 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Pa, Pier N. above
Arch street. weekdays. 400 y. m. Sun
days. 1880 a. m. and 400 p. m.
Overcoats in today Blues, Ok
FARE, 15e; EXCURSION, 25e.
Freight promptly and carefully handled,
delivered and securely protected from
weather on express time at low freight
rates. Shipments of merchandise from one
to 125 pounds receipted for at our wharf
in Philadelphia will be delivered to store
or residence in Wilmington, Del, for
twenty cents.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
DO YOUR BUYING AT HOME
Christmas Shopping Should Be Done
Here in Wilmington.

Tho period Of Christmas shopping IS all
most here; indeed some of the prudent
ones are already engaged in the fascin-
atins, but fearsome business. The stores
are already putting on their glittering at
tire, and adorning enticing eXteriors; and
the suggestion of the Christmas present
is everywhere.
one of the best things TO be done IN re-
ducing Christmas shopping to a system,
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
ri,.oh wnnden ships.

Admiral Farragut was a very OLD
fashioned sailor, with a strong preju'
dice in favor Of wooden ships" says
CAPTAIN f. S. Hill in his Twenty
Years at Sea-" The admiral had gain
ed his victories in such ships and de-
cIared himself "too old a dog to learn
new tricks" In the Mobile fights his
fagshlp was the wooden ship Hart
ford. though he was urged to take the
new ironclad Tecumseh. 1t was a note
worthy coincidence that the Tecumseh
was the only vessel lost in the battle
She was sunk by a torpedo and went
down with her captain and more than
q hundred Of her crew.
Evening journal., 1904-12-07
GREAT SALE OF SHOES.

Levy's Comfort Shoe House an
nounces a great December sale OF shoes
beginning today. The particulars will
be found in large advertisement in
another portion OF the paper. The
store IS filled with shoes of the latest
style, an Of which would make excellent
Chrismtas presents. In addition to this
the store offers a special gift Of trading
stamps TO those who make purchases
of certain amount and as prices are
already low this ought 10 bring heavy
trade. The store offers shoes Of the
finest grade at low prices.