$ A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE
"lit ALL THE ENDS THOU AIHS1' AT BE TH1 COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS."
BEST ADYERTISIN6 MEDIUH.
VOLUME XXVIII.
WILSON. N. Cm MAY 19, 1898.
NUMBER 20.
4
OUR NEXT NAVAL HERO.
Admiral Sampson's Home Life
and His Happy Family.
HIS SNUG HARBOR AT GLEN RIDGE
Mm. Sampson's Love of Home Life Hei
Sentiments Regarding It The Admiral'
Two Hoys, Who. Are Proud of Theii
Father Battleship Iowa Was Theii
Ideal Story, of Sampson's Mascot.
Within a half hoar's ride of New
York lives Mrs. Sampson, wife of Reai
Admiral Sampson, and tier interesting
family of sons and daughters. No won-.
der that the home lifo' of the man on
whom the. eyes of ; the country are at
present focused is so little known to the
public, for the,ntire family is absolute
ly conservative in its tastes. While they
are all tremendously proud of the ad
miral and not in the least surprised that
the public wants- to know all about him,
they prefer1 to shine by reflected glory
aud keep out of the public eye as much
as possible. , ' , "
The admiral's home at Glen Ridge,
N. J., is a tasteful brown cottagej with
piazzas forming the entire length of the
house and surrounded by a trim iawc.
Everything about the place has tha
wholesome quality of thoroughbred sim
plicity It is ideally homelike and com
fortable. A glance about this delightful
snug harbor, where every chair and
lounge and stool is invitingly comforta
ble, immediately explains why Rear
Admiral Sampson prefers his home to
his club. Glen Ridge is full of spring
blossoms just now, and one of the ad
miral's pretty daughters, had taken a
great-bough of apple blossoms and put
it iu front of her father's picture. The
picture was going to enjoy some of the
spring gladness even if the original was
away fighting .fbr his fouutry.,,1"
The family attSlen Ridge consists of
Airs. Sampson, her two stepdaughters,
Olive Farrington and Hannah, common
ly called Nan, and the two boys, who
are Mrs. Sampson's own sons tttalph
and Harold. There are two married
daughters, who are also thejchildreu of
Admiral Sampson's first wifa Margaret,
the elder, is the wife of Lieutenant Roy
C Smith, and Kate, the second, is the
.wife of Ensign H. H, Jackson! who dis
tinguished "himself, in Samoa at tho time
of the great storm that drove American
warships ashore.
Mrs. Sampson was Miss Elizabeth
.Burling of . Rochester.: She is a hand
some woman, "considerably above tho
average height and has an unusually
fine carriage. : She has none of the rest
lessness that seems to be the .portion of
uiue-tenths of modern women. Home
aud family fill.ber life to the exclusion
of broader fields and missions. She id
. of the Roman matron tppe of woman,
and you will not find her duplicate at
the woman's clubs or any place where
Hie fair sex is wont to congregate aud
discuss the bliss of achieving careers.
She is, pre-eminently the wife of Rear
Admiral Sampson. She is content with
the name and position bo has given her.
That is sufficient individuality.for Eliz
abeth Sampson. For this reason she has
. never permitted her picture to be pub
lished iu tho papers, ;nor will she allow
anything like personal interviews. Like
the sensible woman thpt she is, she real
izes that, the public interest in her hus
band niurt h r rrntified, and any infor
mation about tL j afnniri:! t ho v. ill giv.d
most cheerfully, but if the reporter,
encduraged by i his, begins to take; an
Interest in the home life of the Glen
. Ridge cottage, the lady kindly but fin
ly begs to be excused. "We must keep
our homo life hy ourselves. Any infor
mation that I have about my hushaud's
service L will ho delighted to give you,
. but a public man should not expect
ed to share his home with the public."
.Such uro the Kentimcnts tiara t b-wo kept
the littlo I rt wn cottageat Glcu Ri.lgo
out of rendu f tho public
Mr 8. tamp
p.ou incompletely wrapped
two boysr Ralph, aged 11,
.up m her t
aud Harold, aged ,8. ; Both of them are
as fine Bpeqimem of American boyhood
as it-would m possible to find. Ralph
is a ruggedly built little chap, who is
worried abut the' way his brother Har
old; three years his junior, is catching
op. to hifci in point of height. Both boys
, fullyunderstand the importance of
having a distinguished father, and both
intend to join the navy just as soon as
iris possible.
Ralph sports a huge patriotic decora
tion on the left lapel of bis coat repre-
sentiug Uncle Sam, a creation of red,
' white and blue metal, in the act of step
ping over; to Cuba. So huge is this pa,-
.tridtio emblem that it not only occupies
every available scrap cf Master Ralph's
coat lauel. but the bounding feet of Un
cle 45am stretch out across his shirt
bosom. In all probability a small silken
banner originally accompanied Uncle
Sam,1 consigning Spain to a hotter quar
ter than Cuba. At all events, Master
Harold, examining the badge the other
evening, exclaimed, f Where is the Tp
with Spain!' part?" ;. ; -
"Mamma would not let me read it
any more," sighed the young martyr to
discipline.' Harold has no badge, but he
. has a full repertory of patriotic song's at
his command, which he sings while he
is making his toilet, with the sad result
that the toilet ' often .lasts from two to
three hodrs. ' ' r
Roth boys frankly confess that they
wish j they Asere "old enough to join the
"fth.t, without waiting to grow up.
' "Just think!" said Harold, "When we
are old : enough to join the navy, papa
vvill be old. enough to retire ! It would
be such loads-of fun if we were all there
kogeUiur !" "7 .- r- ' .'- : '
Th&, boys are, both reconciled now to
the'iir father leaving the battleship Iowa,
but it was a severe blow to them at first.
Squadron or ' io squadron, they prefer
red that their, father should command
the Iowa. The little chaps loved every
- Uich of. the big fighter, and they were
OASTOR.IA.
Bwthe hB ou Have Always Bought
never so happy as on the occasions wnen
they were allowed to go aboard her.
Whenever they played at naval battles
in their back yard it was always the
Iowa that licked everything in sight:
Therefore when theyTearned that their
father was no longer in command of
their ideal they went off and had a real
good cry about it, but they have at last
realized that the, command of a squad
ron is a greater honor even than the
command of the Iowa.
Admiral Sampson understands ' boys
just as well as he understands ships and
torpedoes. When on shore duty, he is
never so happy as when he is off on
some 'expedition with these two replicas
of himself. All three of them are the
best possible chums, and the boys are
Bever weary of telling stories of papa.
"No, we are not a bit Beared about any
thing happening to papa," Harold said
to a neighbor the other day. ''Why,
during the last war he was blown up
into the air 100 1 feet; his boat, the Pa
tapsco; was blown up, you know, and
he laud,ed right in the water, but he
was fighting thb next day, just as if
nothing had happened." '
The boys own! a wonderful white kit
ten now. There has been no dog in the
Sampson: household sinoe Andy turned
on Ralph a little while ago, bit him
and bad "to bet chlorof ormed in conse
quence. " Yes, he's the one that the dog
bit," Harold explained half enviously
to a visitor the other day, designating
his older brother. ' Harold is always
willing to share the family honors with
Ralph, but it was a little trying that
the dog biting episode: should confer a
bold, on his older brother individually.
On that memorable occasion, when old
Andy, who had been the constant com
panion of the boys since they could re
member, turned on Ralph and bit him
severely in the faceTThe little man be
haved himself as his father's son should.
No one was at home but Mrs. Sampson,
and to look out for mother and the girls
was the first lesson that the admiral
ever taught his boys. With his mother's
help Ralph shut up old Andy in one of
the ground floor rooms and then started
up stairs to wash the blood off his face.
Andy had to be chloroformed, and since
his death there has been no dog to share
in the romps of the boys.
But Tabs does all she can to supply
tho loss. Tabs is a snow, white .kitten,
with the most beautifully kept coat
that ever fell to the lot of a feline. She
is of French descent, her grandmother
having beea born in France. Tabs her
self was born on the 4th of March. Lis
ten to the patriotic record of her fain
ily, and then you will understand why
she was sent from Washington to Mrs.
Sampson soon after her husband took
command of his fleet. Her mother was
born on the Fourth of July and her
grandmother was born on Washington's
birthday. Is it any wonder that Tabs
was sent all the way from Washington
in an express box to act as a mascot for
the Sampson family? Tabs, rules the
house. Miss Olive Sampson puts up
with all manner of sauciuess from this
privileged kitten, and the kitten's pref
erence for Miss Olive.-denotes excelleu
judgment on the part of the mascot. It
is the fashion to refer to the, daughters
of all prominent men as beautiful. In
this case it happens to be trqe, for there
is not a handsomer girl in Greater New
York than Olive Farfiugton Sampson
Tall, beantjjully proportioned, and with
a damask rose complexion, she is a ver
itable young Hebe. She has that charm
iug-vivacity of manner that has ever
made American girls irresistible. Miss
Olive itgt hdorijs her l'.ithir, tm-l her t:i-
usiasm in speaking of him quite
iquals that of the boys.
"What is youi father's ruling char
acteristic?.' someone asked her the oth
er day. " Why, Ralph and Harold of
course, " she answered, laughing. Han
nab, the second unmarried daughter, is
named for Admiral Sampson's mother.
She is known as Nan in the home cir
cle and is a smaller, less Junoesque edi
tion of" her sister. It mustHbe terribly
l.ird for to take the ht.zards of
war v hen l:o 1 as hut u a family as tl.is
tt hdme.- When Le gives the grim order
to clear the decks lor action, will the
little brown cottage at Glen Ridge rise
before his eyes, with the two boys play
ing at sham battles in the cozy sitting
room and his wife reading his last let
jer, though she knows its every word
by heart, and his two beautiful daugh
ters wondering what papa is doing now?
Well, it is a beautiful picture, and
when tho decks are cleared it will cheer
him on to victory. Ney. York World.
Pocket Bibles In War.
Every girl should give her soldier boy
sweetheart a pocket Bible to carry in
his vest pocket. Statistics gathered
from religious periodicals and women's
magazines will show that fully half
the bullets fired in the late war were
turned aside from the heart of the man
shot at by a pocket Bible given him by
his weeping sweetheart or his mother.
Atchison Globe. .
Spaniard to Fight Spain.
Private Bernardo went into camp
with the volunteers from Junction City
at Topeka recently shouting the battle
cry "Remember the Maine!" He is a na
tive Spaniard, and no ono is more anx
ious to fight the mother country. He
and his brother came from Spain to
gether,, and his brother joined the navy
and went down with ihe Maine. Kan
sas City Tunes.
A Friendly Prophecy. ;
- Without pretending to the knowledge
of experts,; we look .upon itf. as a law
that when' Anglo-Saxons open fire upon
the water their flag will be'fourid flying
after the engagement. London Specta
tor. - - ' j ""'
When a man is sintering trom an
aching head a sluggish bodywhen
his muscles are lux and lazy his brain
dull and bis stomach disdaining Jbod
he will, if . wise heed these warnings
aud resort to the right remedy, before
it is too late. "Parkkr's Sarsapa
RILI.a" the "KINO OF HLOOD PURIFI
ERS," makes the appetite keen and
hearty, invigorates the liver, purifies
the blood and fills it with life giving el
ements of the food. It is a wonderful
I blood maker and tlesh builder. Sold
I by B. W. Hargrave, , ,
PUERTO RICO ISLAND.
ITS PRESENT STRATEGIC VALUE TO
THE UNITED STATES.
It Is Spain's Only Available Soot In-
i.
North American Waters at Which to
Strengthen the Sinews of War The
Island's Future Great Value In Peace.
Puerto Rico's direct value to the
United States while the war with Spain
lasts is strategic. Even in the old days
of sailing ships this island, and especial
ly its capital, the'fortified . and strong
harbor of Ban Juan de Puerto Rico,
were the objective points of almost ev
ery British expedition against the Span
ish -West Indies. That was because a
fleet of sailing warships bad to own a
place where damages could be repaired,
where fresh provisions could be obtained
and here the sick and woundeclmen
could be treated. 'Now, in the day -of
the steamship, the possession of a forti
fied harbor near the scene of any con
siderable navat action is a necessity.
The most desperate personal bravery is
useless without it. The need simply has
been changed from that of the old days
to a hew and paramount one, that of
coal. ' Without coal a modern flget ia
helpless. - r
In the whole western world Spain has
no coaling bases when she ia deprived
of Cuban and Puerto Rican ports. The
possession of Puerto Rico, then, at this
time, even though its direct value to
us were not great, is of enormous indi
rect benefit because it cripples Spain.
Without Puerto Rico as a port of call
and a supply base the Spanish vessels
must steam mrb than 1,000 miles far
ther west to-' teach the next port, that
of Havana, Bud every mile that tbey
steam in this direction means a mile
farther into a possible trap from which
they never may emerge. They can reach
Puerto Rico from the open sea, where
at least they have' an even chance to
maneuver and a fair chance to run if
they must, for their squadron speed is
good. But' let them ouco be forced to
steam farther west, and they are in a
network of islands and channels where
a battle means that they must take it
as and when it is "offered by tho enemy
and where, defeat means surrender or
destruction.
Puerto Rico is the most eastern of thev
Greater Antilles. Stretching westward
and northward thence like a big chain
are Santo Domingo, an independent and
neutral island; Jamaica, a British and
neutral possession, and Gnba, a hornet's
nest, blockaded from the sea and inimi
cal on shore except in a few harbors
which may be in the possession of the
United States at any time. If the Span
ish fleet gives unsuccessful battle inside
"of these islands, its only way back to
Spain or to the Canaries, the nearest
port at which it can refit, is through
the narrow Windward passage between
Cuba and Santo Domingo or through the
still more narrow Mona passage between
Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico. The
only other way out of the trap would
be the southern." course, through, the
Caribbean sea, and thence - through the
maze of the Leeward islands, which are
owned by Great Britain, a nation dis
tiuctly in favor of the United States,
There are few coaling stations great
enough to supply any considerable num
ber of ships there, aud it would take
much cc;.l to ia ,h iLm: , g iu' at top
speed, as a liceiug fleet would have to
.go. - :. ' . ": 1 V.:
In peace Puerto Rico is of great value
to the United States in two ways one
as a rich and productive possession and
the other as a key to the Caribbean sea,
a sea which will control the jroat Nica
ragua canal. It is settled as a matter of
the highest policy that this great canal
must not be left uncontrolled aud that
no nation except the United Statesmust
Le p; rz iittr-l to hold tuat cnntnl. We
ca:iLot eieiit.-J ; ho r.uthori; without a
foothold in the West Indies, and the
only really good position in the West
Indies is tho group known as the Great
er Antilles. In that group Great Britain
owns a fine coaling station and military,
naval.and commercial base in the island
of Jamaica. Santo Domingo is controlled
by the two independent republicsof Santo
Domingo and Haiti. Cuba will be free,
and whatever influence her position will
have on the control of the canal and the
commerce through it will be almost di
rectly under, the hand of the United
States. The possession of Puerto Rico
thus will complete a chain of defense
which will bring the control of the wa
terway directly under the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations of : the world.
Apart from the importance of the is
land in this respect, Puerto Rico should
be a nrofitable addition to the territorT
of the United States, for it is not ouly
wealthy, but its climate is much more
healthy and supportable than that of
other West Indian islands. Its shores
are mountainous, and there is compara
tivelv little fever in its cities. Harbors
are not abundant, but they are good,
and its uriucioal city. San Juan de
Puerto Rico, could be made a great trad
inc nort if it were in the hands ot a
thriving commonwealth instead of in
the grasp of a bankrupt and selfish na
tion that cares only for the last bitter
cent which it can grind out of the coun
try.. '
The island is a beautiful one and
makes a delightful place to visit. It is
as large as two Rhode Islands, having
an area of 3.550 square miles. It is
about 100 miles long aud 36 miles wide.
Its population numbers about 800,000,
of whicb there are about 23,000 in the
nrettv cac-ital of San Juan de Puerto
Rico. . r
Dottifig the rich mountain sides that
face the! lazy seas are many sugar, coffee
and tobacco plantations. There is gold
'In a minute" one dose of Hart's
Essfnce ok Ginger will relieve any
ordinary case of Colic, Cramps or Nau
;e:i An unexcelled remedy for Diar
rhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer com
plaints an4 all internal pains, Sold by
B7 W. Hargrave. . .
on the island7 as there is fn most of the
West Indies, and this particular one
was the scene of much fighting in the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries on ac
count of the stories of its wonderful
l. ealth. New York Press.
BURIAL BLANKETS. .
Antiseptic Coverings For the Soldiers Who
Die In Cuba.
From the quartermaster general's of
flee of the war department an order was
placed recently with a Tampa (Fla.)
firm for a. large quantity of antiseptic
blankets for use of the army of invasion
in Cuba, and by which the bodies of
soldiers fallen in battle may be protect
ed from decomposition. It is the inten
tion of war department officials that the
blankets shall be used by the soldiers
in the field to. sleep upon in camp and
to protect the bodies of those who meet
death while in transport to America for
burial. When the ends of the blank-its
are fastened together, the coverings be
come to all intents and purposes her
metically sealed caskets in which the
dead bodies will be in no danger of de
composition until such time as burial
will be practicable.
The officials of the war department
decided upon making the purchase only
after a thorough test, which was com
pleted the other day, and which proved
to the complete satisfaction of the quar
termaster general's department that the
value and utility of the blankets could
not have been exaggerated. In making
the test the body of a dog belonging to
Commandant Norton of the navy yard,
and which had been dead nearly two
weeks, was used. It was stated that the
carcass would not decompose if allowed
to remain in the blanket one month,
which .would serve all the purposes of
the experiment. The dog's body was
not subjected to any preparation before
being placed in the blanket, so as to be
in keeping with what would be the fate
of the soldier who falls in battle. Ow
ing to the expected movement of the
troops, however, the officials in charge
of the test consented to a two weeks'
limit! vWhen the body of the dog was
uncovered, it was found td be in a per
fect state of preservation, whereupon
the order for the blankets was immedi
ately placed. Washington Cor. Chica
go Tribune.
IT WAS ONCE DEUEUA.
The Name of the Hero of Manilla Said to
lie of French Extraction.
Orville Thomas Dewey, the vice pres
ident of a Cincinnati insurance corpora
tion, is a first cousin of the hero of Ma
nilla, and be recently corrected some er
rors in publications concerning that
much talked about gentleman.
"Admiral Dewey is but 58 years
old, " said Mr..: Dewey, "and was not
born in Montpelier, Vt., as has been
printed. George was born in Rochester,
but settled in Montpelier at an early
ager His father, my. father's brother,
was Dr. Orville Dewey, and he founded
the National Life Insurance company of
that city and state. One "of the chief
characteristics of the two .elder branch
es of the'Dewey; family which settled
in the United States was their mathe
matical abilities. Tbey were always
noted for being exceedingly clever at
figuring out problems involving great
risks' Another characteristic is their
independence. They have never been
clannish with relatives. The name was
originally spelled 'D-e u-e-u-a' and is
of French extraction. Of the two
branches of the Dewey family which
settled in the United States one located
in New York state, the other in Ver
mont. It is a common name ii the east.
Our branch is pretty well known in the
northwest. Some are in Michigan and
more in Wisconsin." j
The records of the family show an
early ancestor to lave been one of the
successful generals in the Franco-Prussian
war. The Orville in the name of
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune's
informant is a family name, as evi
denced in that of the father of the via
tor. ; The admiral has a son about 22
years of age. In appearance the Cincin
nati cousin greatly resembles the pic
tures of the admiral printed in the
newspapers.
THE R0U3H RIDERS.
Thirty-nine Society Men From New York
Line Up Wjth Cowboys.;
San Antonio, Tex., May 12. Three
hundred and forty cowboys from . New
Mexico and 39 society leaders from New
York are the latest acquisition? to the
Roosevelt rough riders.
Among the men from the east are
Craig Wadsworth, one of the best polo
players in America: Basil Rickettsia
son of the late General Ricketts, who
has served a two years' apprenticeship
on a Colorado cattle ranch; Hamilton
Fish, Jr.. another noted polo player;
Horace Devereaux of Colorado Springs
and the Princeton football team; Wil
liam Tiffany of New York, a social fa-
vorite and a leader of cotillons, but who
can boast of a long experience of west
ern ranch and range life; Kenneth Rob
inson of the Knickerbocker club; Regi
nald Ronalds,, half back in the Yale
football team, and Hollister, the Har
vard sprinter.
There will be a.bout 50 of these college
and -club men in all, but their wealth
and influence will secure them no spe
cial consideration in the regiment. One
of them may get a lieutenant's commis
sion, and two or three are likely to be
made noncommissioned officers, but the
i-est:will serve as troopers on a perfect
equality with the rest of the men.
Bllsslnnarlea Forced "to. Flee.
Sierra Ieone. West Coast of Africa,'
May 12. The missionaries belonging to
the American Sudan mission have ar
rived here, from the stations in te Ma
rampa district owing to the threaten-,
ing attitude of the natives.
.-li. rit Six Honrn. '
. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by "New
Great South American . Kidney
Gurk." It is a great surprise ori ac
count of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in bladder, kidney and
back, 'ui male or female. Relieves re
tention of water almost immediately.
If voir want quick relief' and cure this
is the remedy. " ,v
Sold by E. F. Nadal, Druggist, WU-
1 son, in. w - -
CUBANS VERY HAPPY.
Lieutenant Rowan Returning With
Eew3 of Garcia's Success,
NUNEZ GOES DOWN TO TAMPA
Cuban Leaders at Washington Deny That
Gomez Wants to Act Single Hand
ed In Securing the lndcpend
. enee of tlie Islaud.
Washington, May 12. It is expected
Lieutenant Rowan, the. United Stales
officer who made a dr JSnf? and success
ful landing in Cuba nd oceeded in
land -to General Garcia's camp, will ar
rive at Key West tomorrow. This
doubtless wIH afford the authorities
here much more data on the situation
of the insurgents. . .':..
It is understood that Lieutenant
Rowan already has stated, whether by.
report or otherwise is unknown, that
the Cubans in General Garcia's district
occupy a number of towns vacated by
the Spanish and that the Cuban admin-.
istratiori of those towns is In the hands
of "fine men."
The last expression gives special; sat
isfaction to Cubans here. They are
hopeful that President Masso will "re
main in the Western provinces and be
ready to come, with his cabinet, tjshe
first large seaport city that is occupied
and there set up the civil administra
tien of 7 the republic of Cuba. It: ha?l
been Understood that he intended to
move his headquarters to the eastern
end of the island, where military opera
tions are not likely to occur, but this
plan is likely to be changed, so as to
keej? him near the points of probable
occupation in the west.
Gomez's Courier at Tampa. '
The courier who is on his way here
with letters from General Gome'z to
President Palma of the Cuban delega
tion has stopped at Tampa and will not
reach here for a day or two. General
Nunez of the Cuban army, after confer
ring with the Cuban authorities here
and with General -Miles, left for Tampa
last night. Although the courier wHl
bring detailed advices from Gomez.; the
Cuban officials here are well informed
on the general status of the Cuban
forces in the field, and this subject has
been gone over fully with the war de
partment officials. '
In a general way it is stated that en
tire harmony exists between the Cul an
authorities and the war department as
to the resources and effective fighting
GENERAL GARCIA.
force of General Gomez ahd General
Garcia. The Cuban authorities are
ready "and willing to have the fullest
co-operation by United States troops on
Cuban soil, and it is said that there is
no ground for reports that General Go
mez desires to act single handed in se
curing Cuban independence.
Naturally, it is said in high Cuban
quarters,- General Gomez feels some
pride in having sustained a war for the
last three years single handed against
the organized forces of Spain and doubt
less believes ' that in time he could
achieve a complete victorv uut, it is
said, he is fully alive to the fact that
this would take time and a large in
crease in the arms, ammunition, rations
and medicine at his disposal. In the
meantime he has only exercised a. pru
dential course in pointing out the cli
matic dangers of sending a large United
States force in. Cuba;
Why allow yvOjilself to be, slowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? Chills
and Fever will undermine, and eventu
ally break down, the strongest consti
tution "FEBRI-CURA" (Sveet Chill
Tonic of Iron) is more effective than
Quinine and being combined with Iron
is an excellent Tonic and Nervine Med
icine. It is pleasant to take, is sold
under positive euafantee to cure or.
money refunded. Accept no substi
tutes. The "just as good" kind don't
effect cures. Sold by R. W. Hargrav e:
ThoUKHiidx In tl- I'ie'tl.
Concerning the s'.rength of the Cuban
forces in the field the Cuban'repies nt
atives here say reports fully-Lear out
all that the Cuban authorities have ever
claimed namely, that there are in all
about 40,000 men either Under arms oi
ready to take arms as scon as guns and
ammunition are at hand. Gf this num
ber it is said that abnut 15.000 lack arms
and equipment, leaving about 25 000
now in the field and reasonably equip
ped, although additional ammunition
and supplies would.be most advanta
geous to these latter." '
This 25,000 does net exist in any one
camp' or' series of camps in the usual
sense of organized military operations.
On the contrary cunan onic a's say-
their forces have adopted the tactics
essential to a fight against heavy odds
have scattered their forces into
email groups over an area of 3.00f
square miles. These small groups are
best able to carry on a guerrilla war
fare which diverts Spanish attention to
every part of the is'and. -
The immediate command of Gomez is
said' to number 3.000 men and is located
in the. rich Santa Clara district. Some
distance jaway in the province of Santi
ago de Cuba are the forces under Gener
al Garcia, the several bands of which
are said to aggregate 15,000 men- The
distance of Garcia from Gomez is said
to make a juncture between them im
nmcticable. as there are no means of
speedy communication.
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MANY TO PROTEST
Belief That That Country Will Try to
: Get the Philippines.
SPANISH WAESHIP BLOWN UP
Keport Tltftt a Torpedo Doat Destroyer
Was Sunk With All on Hoard by
an Internal Kxp'oaion The
Fleet at Cadiz.
London, May 12. A story is published
here to the effect that Germany is ac
tively preparing to signify her disap
proval of a lasting oceupatiAi of the
Philippine islands by the United States.
The Gern;an consul at Manilla is said
to have, been instructed to make repre
sentations ts Rear Admiral Dewey dif
fering materially in character from
those of the representatives of other
powers. t
Very heavy claims, it is a.dded, are
being encouraged upon the pT$:,of Ger
maris who have suffered from the bom
bardment of Cavite, and Germany, it is
further said, proposes to obtain control
of the Philippine islands, guaranteeing
the payment of Spain's indemnity. It is
EMPEROR WILLIAM,
believed this plan is acceptable to Em
peror Fra'iTcis Joseph of Austria, and it
is understood to have been passively
accepted by France, which country is
so strongly interested financially in the
rehabilitation of Spain.
A dispatch to The Globe from Gibral
tar says a British steamer which has
just arrived there reports officially that
she passed yesterday evening a Spanish
torpedo boat destroyer which was
guarding Algeciras bay and the strait
Shortly after the steamer passed her all
the lights of the destroyer were sudden
ly extinguished, a terrific explosion fol
lowed immediately, and the destroyer
disappeared. -
The disaster, the dispatch from Gi
braltar adds, was apparently caused by
the explosion of the boilers of the tor-
pedb boat destroyer, and It is feared
that' all on board of her have perished.
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i Spain's Ships at Cadiz.
Globe this afternoon publishes
The
dispatch from Cadiz -which says the fol
lowing ships, all ready for sea with the
exception of the Pelayo, are at that
port: The-. Pelayo, Vitoria, Carlos V,
Almirante- Onuendo, Vizeaya, Maria
Teresa, Cristobal Colon', Alfonso XIII
Pluton, Proserpina, Osado, Audaz, Fu
ror, Terrbr and also several torpedo;
boats, transports and the Norrhannia
and the Columbia, formerly of the
Hamburg-American line, which have
been renamed the Patriotica and the'
Rapido. -
The correspondent of The Globe adds
that he believes the squadron sails to
day and says a number of troops leave
for the Canary islands on May 15, while
three battalions of marines are quar
tered at San Fernando ready for em
barkation. ?
Lieutenant Col well, the naval attache
of the United States embassy, said to
day that he was by no means convinced
that the Spanish Cape Verde squadron
is really at Cadiz.
On the Stock Exchange here today
the report that the Spanish Cape Verde
squadron had returned to - Cadiz was
generally discreditedthough the opin
ion was freely expressed that if the ru-
rrio'r was true it indicated: the intention
of Spain to throw up the sponge and
leave the West Indies to their fate, thus
opening the way to an early peace. This
is understood to be strongly desired in
certain quarters, and the. effect of the
seeming backdown of Spain was bene
ficial. 1
Inquiries made on board ships which
have recently arrived here from the Ca
nary. islands, the island of Madeira, Ten-
erife and Gibraltar show that nothing
has been seen of the Spanish fleet. The
British steamer Galicia, Captain Bird,
which left Cadiz on Aprih 29, reports
that the only Spanish war vessels
there were the auxiliary cruisers Nor
mannia and Columbia, two torpedo
boats and an armed yacht, possibly the
Giralda.
The Windward Arrived.
New York. May 12. The steamship
Windward, given by ; Alfred Charles
Harmfvvorth to Explorer Peary as an
aid in. arctic exploration, arrived in this
port today
after an ocean voyage of 53
days.
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KEY WEST NEEDS WATER.
Anxiety at thn Tlaee Lwt the Supply
Should Run Short.
Key West. May 12. It Is said here
that if the report that the Spanish fleet
has returned to Spain proves to be cor
rect an active movement against Cuba
may occur within 43 hours. ,It is possi
ble .that Rear Admiral Sampson at Pu
erto Rico and Commodore Remey here
may strike4 simultaneously. If it were
decided to land troops at Bahia Honda. -Matanzas
or any other point, the vessels
here, together with the ships on the,
blockading station, would have no diffi
culty in covering a landing with the aid
of the heavy armored fighting ships.
The monitors, with their heavy gum, .
could stsnd close in and with Impunity
proceed to the demolition of the fortlfl- .
cations while the .gunboats and lighter
vessels poured in their' shots from off
share, ;
Naval officers here believe the de
fenses at any point except Havana
could be reduced by the ships now here
and on the Cuban station in half an
hcur. Commodore Reir.ey has the blue
pennant Hying from the Miantonomoh
and Commodore Watson the red pen
nant flying from the Dolphin. ..There ia -no
definite information here as to when,
the troops at Tampa will be embarked.
The water problem is getting serious
at this place. Naval .officers recognixe
t, and. they are looking anxiously for
the smoke from the stack of the big
government condenser which is prom
ised to supply 40.000 gallons daily per
contract. This plant should have start
ed April 25. In reality ifhas not yet
tarted, and the officers in charge of
this station are skeptical of its ability
to produce 20,000 gallons. . . -
Key West's water resources are most
primitive and limited. Every one is
afraid to drink water from several shal
low wells in. town, all being more or less
brackish anf under suspicion as surface
drainage. Two companies at various
times have driven artesian wells 1.800
and 2 200 fet dep, but they have never
secured fresh water. The town lives by'
cisterns and rain barrels, and the latter.,
are only a shade less unhealthy than
the wells. : There cisterns are filled dur
ing the rainy season and usually run
very low by the chse of the dry season,
which Is due now.
ITndc these circumstances It Is not
astonishing tat water has advanced
from 1 cents to 10 cents a gallqn with
in the past two months. All who can
afford it, that is to say the newspaper
correspondents and "the officers, drink
boiled water, and a dearth of this sup
ply is approaching. Most of the unpre
tentious brnnds of bottled water are $1
a gallon, and "live" water la 15 cents a
pint by the hundred bottles. To make
matters worse the drug stores have let
their supply of water run out before
telegraphing for more.
The government reservoir at the naval
station, from which the engine room ia
supplied, contains less than 2.000 gal
lons Vf water, and it is reported among -the
dispatch boats that there la lesa
than. 1.0O0 ' gallons of rainwater avail
able in town, and this supply is of a
very poor quality.
TO P0IS0U SOLDIERS.
Spanish Sple Hard at Work Around the
Camp at Mobile. 4
Mobile, May 12. A second dastardly..
attempt to poison the infantry regi
ments at Camp Mobile has been made.
Several days ago some soldiers found
in the' creek which runs alongside the
grounds a sack filled with absorbed
cotton which had been saturated with
arsenic pnd tied down beneath a rock
which juts out into the stream at a
poinfjjust above the place where the
soldiers get th,elr drinking water.
By accident a trooper discovered the
deadly-imp. removed the rack and upm.
the contents being revealed reported his
find to the commanding officer. Strict
orders, were given not to mention the
incident, and so the matter, was hushed
up. Since that day. however, the creek
has been closely watched, and vigilance"
was rewarded when Corporal John Sul
livan of Company A, Sixteenth infan
try, found a poison bag loaded with ar
senic and anchored down just as in the
first instance.
The .correspondent by chance over
heard two soldiers talking about the
plot to poison thitn and instituted an
investigation. The officers preferred not
to discuss the matter, but among the
privates, feeling is running high, and
they don't fail to express themselves.
Spanish spies are known to be lurk
ing in the neighborhood, where a. num
ber .of Spaniards reside. "They are all
under strict scrutiny, and sensational
disclosures are looked
for. No one
Spain are re-
doubts ,that
agents of
Sponsible.
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W. R. Xewmaw.
Staunton, Va. .
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