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HARBISBUBG, FA.
VOLUME XXII
WAYNESBORO. PA., THURSDAY, MAY6, 1898.
NUMBERS
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WAR TOPICS.
Admiral Dewey's brilliant and master-
ful achievement in the Philippines is not
only an incalculable gain, so far as our
present cause is concerned, bat it is an
eye-opener to the balance of the world as
to the fighting resources and power of
our navy.* Heretofore the powers have
been disposed to look upon our Yankee
jack tar as a poor excuse and our fleets
aa light affairs. All this is now changed.
Admiral Dewey's knock out blow has
brought them to a very keen realization
ihat the spirit of Perry and Jones and
Farragut is not dead but is reincarnate in
tho persons of Dewey, Sampson and
Schley. Also that we have a few floating
forts that it isn't safe to fool with.
The following special from London
shows how thoroughly England is arous-
to a sense of the greatness of Dewey's
performance and the quality of our ships:
"Commodore Dewey's splendid achieve
ment is still the absorbing topic of admir
ing comment here. Tbe combination of
intrepidity and resource displayed by the
American commodore ate more thorough
ly appreciated as tbe risks and difficulties
of the feat to be accomplished are realized.
Even the most pronounced anti-Am- r can
journals, like the Globe, are competed to
admit that the American squad-on has
given a vivid illustration of the immense
fighting valne of the modern warship
when daringly and skillfully handled.
Tbe seamanship displayed by Dewey is
recoguized as being as noteworthy as his
utilization of his ships as engines of war."
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The country is in a state of painful suspense. It is as though the curtain had
.been dropped and the lights put oat in tbe
very middle of the play. We got just
enough of tbe Manila battle to make us
eager to know the whole story—the' who Je
truth and nothing but tbe truth. The
Spanish version of it was comforting, the
correct report from Dewey himself would
be overpowering. This latter is just what
we haven't got, and the worst of all is we
can't know just how soon we shall get it.
The Dons have cut the cable, that is clear.
When they eat it Dewey was shelling the
forts and the city. Part of it was on fire.
Tbat was the last word tbat came over
the cable; then the thread snapped, tbe
current was abort circuited and the world
plunged in darkness. They say it will
take a week or ten days for "Dewey to
to find,and repair the'cable. Meantime,
aa is supposed, he can spare no boat to
send the news to Hong Kong, sixty hours
away. And so we are completely in the
dark, and may have to remain so several
days longer. It is hard, bnt tbe best we
can do.
Just wbat the sit nation is is only a
matter of conjecture. Dewey may be in
possession of Manila and the stars and
stripes may be floating from the- island.
The island is, however, full of Spanish
soldiers and unless the insurgents are in
support of Dewey, he might soon bave to
scuttle for his ships. Dewey is braye and
the lesson he gaye tbem Sunday morning
may have hypnotized them. So that
even with vastly superior forces, they
might be afraid to tackle him.
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If however, he is in possession and can
hold out for a couple weeks the game is
ours for keeps. The cabinet is on the
move. The scheme is now to send forward at once from San Francisco a large
supporting force, with heavy supply of
provisions, ammunition, etc. The plan
is said to be to put General Fitzhugh Lee
in command of the expedition and make
him military governor-general of the
Philippines daring occupation. General
Lee is the chap to bold them level.
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Meantime things are badly upset at
Madrid. Rioting has broken out afresh
and martial law has been proclaimed. A
reign of terror is imminent. The town
has been completely cut off and no dispatches are allowed to go out. Tbe
Queen Regent's voice is heard in the din
proclaiming that "tbe Spanish nation will
resist to the bitter end." She is asking
the prayers of the Pope.
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Admiral Sampson's men, meantime, are
praying for a good square whack at the
Cape Verde fleet that started for somewhere a week ago. They are praying
that. Us destination is American or Cuban
waters. They will find the Dons if they
ever show up on this side.
Ill
The stale of the war is just as gratifying
as could be at the end of the second week.
The third week may give us Cuba and
Porto Rico, with the annihilation of
another fleet.
DEWEY'S
Q RE AT
VICTORY
STILL THE STAR SUBJECT.
A special cablegram from London
states that a dispatch from Madrid received there says the bombardment of
Manila began before the cable was cut
Tbe cutting of the cable took place at 10
o'clock Monday morning London, time,
which was 5 o'clock the same morning;
Baltimore time.
When   Commodore Dewey  demanded
the surrender of the guns and torpedoes at
Manila, Governor-General Augusti   is re
ported to  bave  said:   "Come   and   take
them." p£^
The British consul at Manila offered to
put all Chinese subjects in the Philippines
nnder the protection ot the British flag,
bat the Spanish government refused its
assent to this plan.
Special correspondent from Manila under date of Apri| 5 states that.the flpanfah.
army then in the Philippines   numbered
about 30,000 men.
Troops will be sent in a short time trom
the Pacific slope to enforce American control of the Philippines. Ammunition and
coal will be sent to tbe fleet at Manila.
Secretary Long says Commodore Dewey
wiil be made an admiral aa soon as official news of bis victory is receiyed.
There has been rioting and firing in the
streets of Madrid. Carlists are sending
out circulars incitin g to revolution. Martial law is beiug enforced.
The result ot  the  fighting  at Manila
caused severe criticisms of tbe government  in  the Spanish   Cortes yesterter-
day.
The battle ship Oregan and the gunboat
Marietta are still at Rio. Tbe Spanish gun
vessel Temerario, which was supposed to
be lying in wait or pursuing them, ia reported to be crippled at La Plata, Argentina.
Naval officers express great satisfaction
at the report that the Spanish government
will send its best ships to this side of the
Atlantic and fight a decisive battle here.
The fleet which recently left the Cape de
Verde Islands for Porto Rico is not expected before the middle of next week.
Tbe Nayy Department is patroling /the
coast with the swiftest merchant vessels
so that the government may be promptly
informed of the approach of the Spanish
warships.
Colonel Cortijo, who waa captured on
tbe Spanish steamship Argonanta off
Cienfuegos, is said by some of the officers
captured with him to be a brother-in-law
of General Weyler. The Argonauta and
the prisoners were taken to Key West
yesterday by the cruiser Marblehead.
At Cape Race and Trepassoy, on tbe
coast of Newfoundland, there is much
excitement in consequence of continued
heavy firing having been heard ont at sea
Saturday night and Sunday morning. A
strange looking steamship had been seen
earlier in the morning and the residents
believe a naval battle was fought.
Dispatches from Paris state that the
French hope for a short' war. There is
some suspicion that the United States may
be entering upon a career of conquest.
Mr. Gage, the Secretary of the Treasury, stated to the finance committe of the
United States Senate that the war will
increase the government's expenditures
daring the next two months about $50,
000,000. Secretary of War Alger informed the committee that $150,000,000 would
meet the expenses of the War Department for a year.
Come and Face Them*
Madrid, May 3.—Spanish officials say
that when Commodore Dewey demanded
the surrender oi the Spanish guns and
totpedoes at Manila Governor-General
Augusti replied:
"Come and face them."
With reference to tbe battle, EI Nacio
nal continues: "A good battery on Corre-
gidor Island, with great reflectors and
guns capable of sweeping the sea for miles
around, would have kept tbe American
squadron ont of the bay. -In Corregidor
there were only a few wretched guns
taken from the warships a few, days before. This is the truth. Our sailors have
been basely delivered over to the grape-
shot of the Yankees, fate nobler and more
worthy of respect than those baneful min
isters who brought about the first victory
and its first victims."
El Heraldo de Madrid says: "It was no
caprice of-the fortune of war.    From tbe
very first cannon shot our   fragile  ships
were at the mercy of the formidable- hostile squadron.   They were condemned to
fall, one after another, under the   fire  of
the  American  batteries,    powerless   to
strike, and were  defended  only   by the
valor in the breasts of their sailors. What
has been gained by the illusion that  Ma
nila waa fortified? What has been' gained
by the intimation that the broad and beau
tiful bay on whose   bosom  the  Spanish
fleet perished had been rendered inaccess
ible?   What use was made ot the  famous
island of Corregidor?     What   was  done
with ita gun?    Where were   the  torpedoes?   Where were those  defensive pre
parations concerning which we were requested to keep silence?"
MADRID    RAMPANT.
| relative to any operations of war whatsoever."
Then follow   articles  which   prohibit
, meetings and public demonstrations.
Groups of people which gather around
I the places where the martial law proclamation is posted laugh when they read
the article prohibiting public gatherings.
The principal newspapers advise calm
ness, "so as to avoid the unpatriotic
spectacle of disturbances when Spain's
united energies are required to avenge her
recent losses."
Although the position of certain mem
bers of the cabinet is regarded as untenable, it is difficult to find men who are
willing to succeed them under the present
circumstances. All classes are demanding
that a strong military attitude be taken by
men capable of coping with the present
situation. Nobody here^will listen to a
proposal of peace until Spain has had
another chance of measuring her strength
with that of the United States.
El Imparcial (independent) and El Liberal (moderate republican) Insist that the
cabinet crisis has only been postponed a
few hours.
CampoRand Meret Hald to Have Been
Assaslnated by tbe carlists.
Gibraltar, May 3.—From a high official
source here I have information that the
situation in Madrid is exceedingly serious.
Not only is the city in a state of seige,
bat there has been riotine and firing ia
the street.
The Carlists are exceedingly active and
are sending oat circulars inciting the
Spanish people to reyolution.
I have just seen a circular received by
a Spaniard here. It holds Don Carlos ap
as being the only true patriot in Spain,
and fircely attacks. the goyernment for
treachery. It says that the t moment for
revolution has come.
Alarming rumors prevail here regarding the situation in Madrid. It is reported that Campos and Moret are assassinated and that Sagasta is a refugee in the
British embassy from the fury of the mob.
These may be true, bnt there is no way
of confirming them.
Valencia is in a state of siege and martial law has been proclaimed there. An
angry mob, with republican proclivities,
attempted a hostile demonstration, bat
was quickly dispersed by the mounted
police.       	
.Enforcing Martial Law.
Madrid, May 3.—The proclamation of
martial law has caused much dissatisfaction, it being declared unnecessary unless
the government has information of a
secret conspiracy.' The proclamation is
couched in warlike language, beginning
as follows:
"Whereas, Spain finding her self at war
with the United States, the power of the
civil authorities in Spain is suspended.
"Whereas, it is necessary to prevent
any impairment of the patriotic efforts
which are being made by the nation witb
manly energy and veritable enthusiasm:
"Article 1—A state of siege in »Madrid
is hereby proclaimed.
"Article 2—As a consequence of article
1 all offenses against public order, those
of the press included, will be tried by tbe
millitary tribunals.
"Article 3—In article 2 are included offenses committed by those who, without
I special authorization, shall publish news
Mob Went Toward tbe Palace.
London, May 3.—A special dispatch
from Madrid, yia, Bayonne, says:
In the mob Monday nigbt were many
officers who were foremost in inciting the
people to attack the minister's residences
and were loudest in calling for cheers for
Weyler. There is no doubt tbat these
men desired to provoke the government
into firing upon the mob, and so to paye
the way for its downfall. Soma 'of them
were arrested but were subsequently released, the government fearing to let it
become known that officers of the army
formed a part of the mob.
"While the streets were thus occupied
great unrest was manifested at the various barracks, and the soldiers were only
prevented from joining the mob by the
personal pleadings of some of the officers.
The republicans were busy in egging on
the crowd and shouting "Down with the
Queen Regent." More than once they
led each time tbe police drove them back.
A cabinet crisis is imminent. It will
probably end in a considerable modifica
tion of the present government and may
lead to the formation of a ministry under
the presidency of Campos.
The country opposes the idea of a re-
pubic, as it has enough of the republic in
1878. It would prefer Don Carlos to such
a change. -,
Has Tbe find   Begun?
Vienna, May 3.—It is belieyed here that
the Spainsh dynasty is nearing the end.
Brussels, May 2.—A high Spanish
diplomatist here says Spain is practically
in a state of revolution. The end of the
regency bas begun.
Firing in Opr Waters.
St. John's N. F., May 3.—The telegraph
operators at Cape Race and Trepassey,
on the south coast of this island, report
having heard a heavy firing of guns in
the offing on Saturday night. The delay
in getting the news to St John's is due to
the fact that the wires have since been
disturbed by the storm. Tonight they
were working again.
The operator at Trepassey says :
"Abont 10 o'clock Saturday night
heayy firing could be heard distinctly in
the bay south of Trepassey, lasting about
filteen minutes. The shots came very
qnickly after each other, some being very
load and heayy, sufficient to cause the
houses here to tremble. Others again
were short and sharp, as if from lighter
guns.   Fifty or sixty shots were fired.
"Another cannonading was  heard   be
fore daybreak on  Sunday.   This lasted
about twenty   minutes.   Crowds of  peo
pie aroused by the first broadsides, flock
ed to the water's edge,  wondering  wh* t
was the cause.
"The first impression   was  tbat   some
steamer in distress in the bay was firing
rockets; but the discharges was too heavy
and too rapid for that. Then It was
agreed that probably there was a nayal
battle in progress.
"About 4 o'clock Saturday afternon  a
number of Trepassey people had seen a
large steamer in the offing. They believe
that it was a warship. She was two-
masted, with two funnels and high in the
middle. She was about eight miles off
shore, going yery slow and bound west.
For nearly an hour she was in sight. Their
reason for supposing her a warship was
her strange appearance, as compared
with the ordinary passing tramp steamers, and also her bulky look midships."
DEWEY HONORED.
HeWill be Made an Admiral—Dewey
Day in Mew York.
Washington May 8.—Secretary Long
said today that when the department receives an official report, from Commodore
Dewey confirming tbe press accounts of
his victory in the battle of Manila, a cable
gram will be sent to him congratulating
him upon tbe splendid performance of the
American fleet under his direction.
-As soon as the necessary confirmation is
at hand Dewey will be made an admiral, in
recognition of his valor. This will be ac
complished immediately by an executive
order designating him acting admiral, just
as was done in tbe case of Captain Sampson. Later he will probably be nominated
to the Senate in the usual course of promotion to the rank of admiral.
Representative Groat, of Vermont, today introduced the following joint resolution in the House:
"Whereas, The intrepidity and skill displayed by Commodore George Dewey in
his daring attack upon the Spanish fleet
in Manila harbor and its total destruction,
covered, as it was, by the protecting guns
of surrounding forts, marks him as the
possessor ot high qualities as a nayal commander:   Therefore,
"Resolved, That he ought to be promoted to the rank of admiral, and the
President is hereby authorized to nominate him for that rank to the Senate,
whick body is hereby authorized to confirm him, tbe general laws regulating
promotion in tbe navy to the contrary
notwithstanding."
Rear-Admiral Jobn G. Walker, retired,,
president of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, is enthusiastic over the victory
at Manila and says it was what might
have been expected from the character ot.
the officers and men composiug the expe*-
dition.
"Dewey," said Admiral Walker, "is an
unusually good man, both as a fighter and
a strategist. He served with distinction
in the navy during-the civil war and saw
considerable hard fighting, lie did that
affair at Manila in a thorough, businesslike way, and is entitled to high praise
for the skillful manner in which he maneuvered his fleet.
"It was just like bim to sail right in
past the fortifications and through the
mines and torpedoes with which the harbor is supposed to have been filled, and
do the work he set cat to do in a
thorough, business-like way, without fuss
or feathers. Although I have not heard
anything official on that point I am satisfied in my own mind that he has already
taken possession of Manila and establish*.
ed the supremacy of the United States in
the Philippines."
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WILL NOT A00EPT.
On the authority of a very close friend
of Judge Stewart it fa learned that he will
not aceept a nomination for Superior
Court on a ticket headed by W. A. Stone,
or any otner man the bosses may name.
He is not now nor has he at any time
been seeking a place on the State ticket.
He prefers to remain in his present congenial field. However, should a state
ticket be named at Harrisburg next month
that would be satisfiying to the conservative elements of the party and be free
from the ear-marks of the machine, he
might be induced to accept a nominatio
for Superior Court. All signs, however,
point to a determination on the part of
the bosses to land their man, at all haz-
zard, even if the Delamater disaster must
be repeated. Judge Stewart will not
sacrifice the principles and position of a
life time to become a party to any such
guerrilla politics. He will not permit his
name to be used to balster up any snch
rotten ticket as Bill Andrews proposes.
It is to be hoped that Judge Stewart fa
correctly reported. It wUl strengthen
bim in the admiration Of his friends here
and all over the State. Judge Stewart has
been the foremost political reformer in
Pennsylvania. He has fought for clean
politics and honest government in and
out of season. It fa delightful to know
that not even the proffered gifts of the
Greeks can allure bim from his moorings
high principal and purpose. The bosses
will have to cast about for easier game.
CUAR-llAN   ITEMS.
Charmian, May 8.—Rev. Dr. Jones, of
Philadelphia, delivered a very fine sermon
on Sunday, at Monterey.
David Maconogy, of Gettysburg, stopped at the Clermont House oyer Sunday.
Rev. Samuel J. Pittenger yisited friends
in New Oxford and Gettysburg last week.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
was administered last Sunday evening in
the Hawley Memorial Congregational
church at Monterey.
Mr. David Miller is erecting a fine stone
house on tbe mountain.
Mr. Frank Pittenger and wife were the
guests of James B. Myers of Marsh Creek
on Sunday.
Mr. T. C. Wills, our accomplished contractor Is erecting a house for Mr. Miller
at Monterey. \ -
Mr. Lewis Pittenger, is painting and
papering his dwelling.
Mr. C. Tracy made a business trip to
Waynesboro last week.
Rev. D. L. Dayis will be at Monterey
next Sunday, May 8th, to preach his
trial Sermon. Aa far as it fa known Mr.
Davis will be Mr. Pittenger's successor.
On last Thursday morning Mr. Dayid
Miller had a slight attack of paralysis.
Mr. D. B. Martin, and son Howard,
made a. business trip to Gettysburg on
Thursday.
Miss Jessie Snyder is visiting in Fair-,
field this week. Modoc.
In tbe Keek.
Herman Everhart, the 10-year old son
who was shot by his brother at Dry Ran
on last Monday, fa still in a serious condition. No attempt has yet been made to
locate the bullet which fa lodged in the
boy's neck.
lot Dangerous.
D. O. Gonnells, Hagerstown, has received from Capt. Lent, New York; a
piece of fuse like that used in time of war
in setting off submarine mines. The
fuse looks like a piece of telegraph  wire.