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The Hemingford Herald. V i 1 VOLUME IV. HEMINGFORD, BOX BUTTE COUNT, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, ,JULY 15, 1898. NUMBER 22. Xm STORY OF FRENCH GREW GIVE THEIR VERSION OF LA BOURGOGNE DISASTER. Claim that the Passengers were Deaf to Reasoning and that Only Italian and Austrian Steerage Passengers were Brutal. Paris Special: Daymnrd, engineer-In-chief of the Trnns-Atlantle company, stotes to Gnulers that the Boulogne In point of water tight compartments, was one of the most perfect vessels alloat, but that any vessel, If struck amidships as It was, Is at an enormous disadvantage compared with the strik ing vessel. He cites cases of the Brit ish warships Victoria and Camperdown as examples and the loss of the Cun- nrd's Oregon In identical clicumstances with the Bourgogne. New York. Consul General Bruwaert, representing the French government in this city, told the history of the wreck of La Bourgogne as lie got it from the crew of the ship. Mr. Bru--vaert tells the story as follows: "When the collision occuried Captain Deloncle was on the bridge. Seeing that the ship had been hurt by the collision, the captain ordered the ship steered for Sable island. At this time he did not know the extent of the injury to the ship, but he ordered the twelve lifeboats to be manned by the crew. The men responded quickly to the order, and remained at their posts. He signaled from the bridge to of flers below deck to ascertain the ex tent of the Injuries below, lie received no response to the signal. About eight minutes after the captain had signaled below and received no answer the fourth engineer, Lalse, rushed up to the captain and told him the side of the ship was cut open and water pour ing Into the machinery compartments. The captain ordered the boats to be lowered. The ship was stopped about this time. Passengers from all parts of the ship came rushing on the deck nnd ran about In a panic. They got In the way of the sailors and pushed them away from the boats as they were loosening them. Before the boats could be got fiom the davits and ready to launch the ship lurched to starbcard, throwing the passengers overboard. The slant of the deck was so steep that passengers could not stand upon It. The passen gers of the first class cabin had rushed out of their rooms to the port side of the ship nnd against the protests of the sailors clambored Into the six boats there. A list to starboard made the big boats swing on the inward and turned the davits bock against the sides of the cabins. The sailors Implored the passengers to leave the boats and In some cases tried to force them out. that the boats might be lifted up. The passengers could not be Induced to leave the boats, as a crowd of steerage passengers appeared ready to take their places. Tlie sailors heaved away at them and could not budge them and gave up In despair. THREE BOATS ARE SMASHED. On the starboard side three bouts were smashed by the Cromartyshire In the collision. Boat No. 7 was filled with women and other passengers and had been launched successfully, when the big funnel fell, crushing the boat and killing most of those In It. Twenty Austrlnn sailors from the steerage seized boat No. 11. There was room for fifty in the boat, but passen gers nnd crew were fought off by the men in it. Passengers In the water tried to get aboard, but were pushed off. Boat No. 9, filled with passengers, got off successfully. It had some fifty-three aboard, Including its crew. The one boat of the port side, where the tlrst class passengers had rushed after leaving the starboard side, was No. S. The sailors around It succeeded In getting it launched, leaped Into it as the ship went down, and picked up passengers enough from the water to All it. Passengers were nlso rescued from the water by the only raft saved. Boats from the Cromartyshire came up as the ship santf. Two good boats and part of the half smashed boat, to which passengers were clinging, were taken to the sailing ship. The boats manned by the crew of the Bourgogne and the English ship circled about where the big ship sunk picking up survivors. The French consul said that the sailors swore that the compartment doors were closed. The consul says he made the Investigation carefully and the stories of the men agree. THROW AWAY LIFE PRESERVERS. The sailors say the life preservers were furnished by the crew to the passengers, but they were In a com plete state of panic and threw them away In many Instances. Consul Bruwaert Inquired particularly as to the fighting among the crew or passengers. All the stories of the wrecked men agreed that neither men from La Bourgogne crew nor passen gers did any fighting, excepting the Austrlans nnd the Italians. Most of the lighting wns done by the Austrlans In the single boats. Among the callers at the steamship company's ofllce today was Brother Romalne, a survivor. He said that his own experience would not bear out the criticisms of La Bourgogne's crew. He said the officers of the ship were In their places doing everything they could to restrain the panic among the passengers. A sailor came to him and asked him If he could swim. He told him he could. The ship's man pointed out something In the wnter and told him the best thing he could do was to swim for It. The sailor took him by the arms and threw him a far from theshlp ... -- o W nil aRaPn'VUsx enough to prvout helm? caught In the whirlpool. Roy Hamilton, the 13-year-old son of Chares "W. Hamilton, who lives near Ellis, lost his left hand this evening In an explosion. He nnd his brother had made a cannon out of gas pipe which they used the Fourth, and which was the cause of today's accident. The boy's face Is also badly burned with powder and his eyes ore seriously Injured. GREET NEW YORK SOLDIERS Omaha People Gave Them a Warm Recoptlon. Omaha. Excepting only the memor able farewell given to the Omaha Guard and the Thurston Rifles, the most not able reception given by Omniums to any military companies of regiments was that nt the station of the Unhin Pacific railroad Snturday when the First regiment of New York volunteer Infantry pnsscd through the city en route to Snn Francisco. Oier ll.fiOO citizens, a large majority of whom were fair women, greeted the New Yorkers most cordially, served them with substantial refreshments, decor ated them with flowers nnd sent them westward with many a heartfelt god speed. The program arranged by Mnyor Kiunk E. Moores and other loyal citi zens wns well carried out, and though it wns nt night before the last section of the regiment passed through the city, none of the soldiers were allowed to leave the station unremlnded of the good will of the pecple of Exposition city. At the blowing of the big whistle of the Bemls Bag company shortly be fore 4 o'clock, the citizens of all sec tions were notliled that they had one hour to get to the railway station and welcome the eastern soldier boys They responded numeiously and quickly. They came from as many sec tions of the city as the shrill blasts of the powerful whistle renetrnted, and that term Included the utreets of all sections nnd of all nations. From nil quarters the people came, and hnrdly a one that did not bring some token of regard for the Empire state vol unteers. By Ti o'clock the crowd at Tenth and Mason streets hud com pletely overrun both of the railway stations and the extensive platforms picked out points of vantnge on the eolonndes nnd balconies of the Burling ton's new depot. The east side of the Tenth street viaduct was soon crowded wlth'an animated throng. The roof of the Union Pacific station was easily climbed, and the tops of frleght cars und conches standing nbout were also made to hold several hundred spectators. It was Just a few minutes before C o'clock when the lcokout, sented away up on top of the Burlington station, cried down to the big bundle of hu manity below, "Here they come!" and a mighty yell went up to the lookout In acknowledgment of his tip. If there was a big crowd before there was twice as large a one within two minutes. Where they come from It was hard to tell, but they rushed out pell-mell, all enthusiastic to extend a cordlul greeting and a bite to eat to the eastern boys. The train was a long one und it wns drawn Into the Btntlon slowly in order to avoid accidents. There were ten tourist sleeping cars and one stand ard sleeper, all belonging to the Wag ner company, a freight car and a ca boose, drawn by a big locomotive from the Omaha shops of the Union Pacific. Before the train pulled out New York und Omaha got very thick. Some of the New York boys took away the hat pins of the Omaha girls, while others wrote their names and nddresses on the cuffs and collars of the best Omaha shirt waists. Cheers by the New York ers for Omaha, and return cheers by the Omahans for New York came thick and fast. So did the sandwiches nnd the cake, the lemonade and the pies, the cigars and smoking tobacco, and the pretty flowers artd the readable maga zines and papers. The system for the distribution of these favors had been well arranged. There were five heav ily loaded trucks, each In charge of n selected committee or Omtiliu women Fiftn minutes before the train nr- lved Mayor Moores explained Just what each one was to do, bo that when the military train rolled In every one who was to help serve the soldiers knew her part real well. The trucks were rolled over to the Bide of the train and while the mayor and other gallant men went ahead to open the way the younger women followed with the re freshments and souvenirs throughout the train. Each party had two cars asslcned to It. so ull were served with but little confusion. From the privates who were standing guard over the equipment In the baggage car to Colonel Barber and the other olllcers In the rear sleeper, all were liberally supplied Emll Brandels was on hand to pee the 'soldiers enjoy the 1,000 pies that the Boston store contributed and happy Dave O'Brien chuckled as he saw the boys relish several gallons of his Ice cream. There were others. H. K. Burket, Clement Chase, Judge Fawcett, C. E. Snulres. W. F. Bechel. J. A. Huhn, S, A. Hutchinson. W. S. Strawn nnd scores of other lending citizens had their couts off and worked like troopers handling the good things for the sol dier boys. But the fine work of pres entation was done by the women. Among their number were noticed: Mes dames Frank E. Moores, John S. Brady. Squires, Hoagland, Chase, Jen sen, Eddy, Summers, and the Misses Yates, Hall, May wyman, Helene wy man, Alexander, Tukey, Hoagland. Cole, Jackson. Jaynes, Butterfleld and Mc Kennn. None of the young women were more cordlnlly received by the soldiers as they passed through the cars than Misses Hester. Taylor and Elizabeth Campbell; they were nrmed with several boxes of good cigars and were immensely popular all through the truln. Colonel Barber, commanding the regl ment, said the reception wns the most remarkable his command haa met witn since leaving the shores of the Hud son, That he and his men appreciated the ovation they received was shown In their every word and action, from the colonel down they were all an ex tremely fine looking body of men, nnd the proportion of young men seemed notable large. The colonel was at tired fn a short sack coat with a few plain trimmings, and wore white duck trousers, which appeared so clean that some one said that he had put them on while the train was crossing the bridge. In the regiment were 1,319 men and fifty-seven ofllcers. a total of 1-27K auWcttiement or the Philippine question ,,iwimt occupied me carB or tho nrot ttain were K, captain Seguln; u. captain uneney, and M, Captain Melntlre. These companies were largely made up of young men from Newsburg and Poughkeepsle. In speaking to a reporter one of the officers said: "We have had a pleasant trip so far. Thert has been no sickness or accident among the men. At several placeB on the line the people have turned out to receive us, but none of the receptions have even approacned this. The Omaha people have certainly done well by us. GERMANY DOlSfi'T LIKE IT TRIES TO BELITTLE UNCLE SAM'S VICTORY. Dally Papers of Germany Very Bit ter Against the United States Pnlllpplne Question Stirs Them Up Greatly. Berlin, The rcmaikable speech de livered by the United States ambas sador, Mr Andrew I. White, at the Fourth of July celebiutlcn by Ameil- euns nt Lelpsle on Monday last, has divided the attention of the German press" sill week equally with the Intest developments of the war between Spain and the United States. The speech Ik universally eharuMtilitlc us a political enunciation of prime Importance, The attendant circumstances, too, were of :in unusunl character. Mr. White, In an Interview with the correspondent here of the Associated Press, said: "Never In my life have 1 seen such n scene of fraternization of Americans and Britons. The llrgs of both were In tertwined around the hall, und n number of prominent Tngllshmen residing In Germany were present. The toast, 'To the President of the United States, wns received with tiemendous enthusl usm by every one present." The reception by the German news papers of Mr. -Vhlto's speech vnrled grently. Mnny of the pupers sup pressed those portions of the nrnbas sador's remarks which were unfavor able to Germnny or Germans. Others pretended to be unaware of uny sys tematic unfriendliness toward the United States on the part of the Ger mans. The Post of this cltv, in addi tion to admitting a few days ugo that the speech would matin latly help tx dispel the unfriendly feeling which threatened to arise between the Ameri cans and Germans, promises to co-op erate with Mr. White In establishing better feeling between the two nntlons. The government press thus far has been mute, but the correspondent of the Associated Press here lenrns that the government will take an early oppor tunity to refer to the speech of the United States ambassador. A remarkable article has appeared in the Deutsche Zeltung, the leading organ of the Pan-Germ-in party. After ap proving of Mr. Whlte'H speech and re minding the Americans of the past close relations between the two countries, the paper asks: "How has the United States treated us in return? Hjw has she thanked us for past favors during the last docnde7 The United States throughout has been unfriendly to us In Its economic, com mercial and political course, and has treated us worse than any other Euro pean state. She has been guilty of the breach of a solemn pledge, testified by her own president, Cleveland. From these cnuses flows the antipathy un doubtedly prevailing on our side against the United States, an antipathy which is Justified and which is by no means continued to a few unimportant papers, but extends to all the German, press, with the sole exceptions of Earth's Die Nation nnd Llebknecht's Vorwaerts. It Is In this direction that the cure can be found for German antipathy for America nnd Americans like Mr. White ought to try to remedy and remove the causes of friction. Germany has always been Just nnd fair even to her enemies. Let the United States begin to be Just and fair to Its most meriteri ous friend." The Vorwaerts says: "It were folly to disguise the fact that the relations between the German and the American governments are no longer as friendly as could be wished In the Interests of Germnny and peace. Certainly the German government bus not thus far taken a step which America would be Justified In calling a breach of neutral ity; but It Is equally certain that the belief Is general In America that Ger man neutrality, although formally cor rect, is anything but sympathetic. Judging Impartially, we must admit that the Americans have reason to be lieve that Germany lacks good Inten tions. Since the outbreak of the war not only the entire government press hut nearly the whole of the rest of the press have sided with Spain against America. "But even worse, the German press. even those In close touch with the government, have stated that Spain was on the point of ceding Manila a.d the Philippine Islands to a neutral Eu ropean power. "We answered Immedi ately to this statement, pointing out that a neutral power accepting such a gift would create a casus belli, and the cession wns not effected. But It is probable that the plan existed and that Spain was approached by the Berlin government with such proposals." The statement cabled by the corre spondent here of the Associated Press en July 2 that he had learned on the best authority that Germany, France nnd Russia had reached an understand ing relative to the Philippine Islands, by which, when hostilities cense, they will combine to prevent the United States or Great Britain gaining posses sion of the Philippine Islands and that when the war Is over an International congress will be proposed, similar to the Berlin congress of 1878, to bettle nil questions conencted with the war, at which meeting Germrny will demand a slice of the Philippine Islands or other compensation In the far east, remains true, notwithstanding the carefully worded denials ofllclnlly Issued by a news bureau here on July 3. As a matter of fact, the correspond ent of the Associated Press has secured corroborative details showing that the negotiations between the three powers are still proceeding, nnd that while It is not intended to exclude Great Brit ain, Austria, France nnd Germany will take the Initiative, provided, nat urally, that the situation nt the close of the war seems to them to call for a by on international council. The government press, of course. Is furious at this Important news leaking prematurely, and some of these papers have gone to the length of threatening the correspondent of the Associated Press with expulsion from Germnny. On the other hand, some government papers now admit the truth of the news cabled to the Associated Press. The Paris correspondent of the Kruenz Zeltung significantly Enys: "It is rearea in fans that delicate and dlffi- cult negotiations are necessary between the powers In the Philippine question, nnd It will be almost Impossible to mnlntaln much longer the neutialltles Wthetto ot, erved." Editorial, the Kruenz Zeltung, which has the clo 'St relations with the courts or the for j?n olllce here, confirms the above, and ..everul other Indirectly for eign ullleerrt' papers express themselves In a similar sense, though very guard erly. In this connection It Is remark able that the Deutsch Zeltung In an editorial deprecates the Get man foreign olllcers' recently adopted habit of de nying all Intention of profiting by the situation created by the war to the ex tent "of taking whnt can be gotten." TELL HOW IT HAPPENED. Spanish Account of the Groat Naval Battle. "Gunntnnamo. Adolphus Kent rotes, t executive officer of the Spanish ci'ulser Cristobal Colon, has written an official account of the movement of Ail in I in 1 Cervora's squadron In the fight, The Colon ceine out last, nt full speed, and tried to escape the Brook lyn nnd Oregon, but wns compelled to beuch six miles west of Santiago nt 1:16, nnd not at '1 o'clock, us stated In Admiral Sampson's report. The translation of the, letter by Ex ecutive Officer KentrercH Is us follows: "About 9 o'clock the squn'ron got under way, the ships one cable'H length fiom each other. At 9:30 the Infanta Mnrle Teresa entered the entrance of the harbor without receiving any fire until II Had passed th( Mono. The Vlzcuya felt the fire when nt the head of the entrance, ns well as the Cris tobal Colon nnd It Is certain thnt the Amlrnnte Oquendo opened fire while within the channel. "When clenr of the entrance the Cris tobal Colon went ahrad nt Its mnxl. mum speed. The lnfnntn Marie Teresa, at 9:30, went hardly clear of the on tinnce, wns seen to be on fire In Its nfter part and a few moments nfter waid was headed for the beach. A jirnrter of nn hour later the Almlr ante Oquendo was seen to be on lire nnd It. too, was headed for the beuch at the same point. "The Vlzcnya und the Cristobal Colon continued the fight. The former, about 11 o'clock, seeing Itself overhauled by the Brooklyn maneuvered as If to rani and without doubt at that moment must have received the projectiles that started the lire on It und It was seen to head for the bench In order to strnnd Itself. "The Cristobal Colone alone remained, sustnlnlng the fire of the Brooklyn, the only ship within range, but a few moments later It observed the Oregon closing up, nnd later the same with the other ships. "The projectiles of the Oregon began reaching us 1 p. m. and that, together with the fact that It was Impossible to fight with the after guns on account of the lack of large caliber pieces, and certnlnty of being overhauled by the whole American squndron In a few hours, left no other remedy than to run ashore In order to uvold useless sacrifice of life. "The ndmlral made no signals while o'.i sea. Instructions for forcing the I Blockade having been given the captains at a meeting which took p'acc on the morning of the previous dny." STATIONED AT HONOLULA. First New York Regiment to Be Landed There. Washington, D. C Adjutant General Corbin Saturday telegraphed Major General Otis to send a regiment of In fantry to Hawaii as a garrison at Hono. lulu. He suggested in his telegram that the First New York regiment of volun teer lnfnntry, now en route for San Francisco, would be an excellent regi ment for this duty. It Is understood that the secretary of war Is exceedingly anxious to send the First New York to the Hawaiian Islands, as he consid ers that this regiment Is one of the best officered, equipped and organized regiments In the volunteer army. Major General Otis has been directed by the secretary of war to accompany the expedition to Honolulu. General Otis will only remain In the Hawaiian islands long enough to establish the United States troops at that place. He will leave Honolulu for the Philippine Islands as soon as the fifth Philippine expedition nrrlves at that pluce. The First New York regiment of volunteer Infantry Is under the command of Colonel Bnrber. This officer was at one time In the regular army and Is a graduate of West Point. An army officer Is quoted as paying that Colonel Barber was con sidered by the secretary of war and the adjutant general to be one of the ablest ojcers In the volunteer army. This regiment Is exceptionally well equipped and orgnnlzed nnd Is ready for immediate service nt any place to which It may he sent. The standing nrmy of Hawaii, which this force will supple ment, consists of about 100 men and a band. The regiment that will leave San Francisco for service in the Hawaiian Islands will be transported in the two steamships Pennsylvania and Romnnln These vessels are capable of carrying nbout fifteen hundred men, with the necessary equipment, nmmunltlon and supplies. As soon ns they have landed the troops nt Honolulu they will return to San Francisco nnd will be utilized to take troops to Manila In the sjxth, and tt Is hoped the Inst, Philippine expedi tion. Both to Be Promoted. Washington. The President has de termined to promote Acting Admiral Suinnnnn mill HiiiiiinnilnrH Srlilmr in r cognition of their services In the destruction or the Spanish fleet In American waters, but Is as yet un decided ns to the extent of promotion. Although Admiral Sampson ranks Commodore Schley In command of the naval forces In Cuban waters he Is subordinate to thnt officer by two numbers In tho naval register. Commo dore Schley stands number eight In the list of commodores and Sampson stands number ten, having been promoted to that grade within the last week. Commodore "Watson, also on duty with the fleet, is senior to both of the others. Htnndlnr- nnmtior .Iy- in hia grade. When an official rtnnrt in kuIv .. decision will be reached as to the ex tent of promotion to be made. SHAFTER REFUSED THEM SPANIARDS WANTED TO RE TREAT WITH ARMS. Proposed to Surrender Santiago If Allowed to Withdraw Tholr Army-Proposltlon Was Rejeotod by Amorlonn Gonoral. Washington, D. C The great battle expected Haturday did not tnko place, although the armistice expired at noon und the urtnlcs on both sides lined up ror uuttie. The reason was that the Spanish commnnder, who hnd been In correspondence by telegraph with IiIb home government, wns seeking to make terms with General Shatter. Ha wuh willing to give up Santiago without resistance If allowed to retreat with nil his men nnd arms across the Inland, but this Idea was not enter tnlnd for a moment by our govern ment. On the contrary, every effort will bo put forth to seal up all avenues of escupe from Snntlngo and to compel the final surrender of the Spanish army. To huve ullow'Jd them to make their way unmolested Into the Interior would have amounted simply to reinforcement of the garrison of Havana by these thousnndH of trained soldiers who have proven their couruge ns wot thy foemen in the lighting In the trenches. On the other hand, to compel their surrender It Is believed would certainly produce nn enormous nornl effect both In Ha vann and In Spain Itself, und thus tend to tho early conclusion of the wnr. Secretary Alger und Adjutant Gen eral Corbin were In quick communica tion with Genarul Shnfter nt Santiago during the day. Both officials, how ever, decline positively to give out for publication any dispatches relating to the ti"gotlntlons thnt are going on be tween General Shnfter und General Li nares or to confirm uny of the rumors thut were Hying through the corridors all day. Nevertheless, It wns evident from their manner thnt a crisis had been renched so fur as Santiago was concerned, und thnt as matters Btood at the cloHe of the day there wuh no reason to be dissatisfied with the out look. It Is known that Genernl Shutter tins lost nothing by the armistice, his men are rested, the commissary has Im proved, the roads have been cleared and his artillery Is now nlmost com pletely placed In a most effective mun ner. None of these things existed nt the beginning of the armistice. On the other hand the Spanish forces have largely diminished their slender Btock of provisions and have steadily lost In confidence. As soon as they nro convinced they will be humanely treated and fed and will not be sub jected to inhumane treatment (und the wnr department prpposes thut they shall be thus treated) tt Is expected there will be many desertions from the Spanish lines. There Is strongest disposition on the part of the strategists not to entertain favorably the propcsltlon said to bt under consideration at Madrid looking to nn armistice of ten dnys In order to consider terms of peuce. They believe the United States has everything to lose and nothing to gain by such a proposition. During that time Ca mnra's fleet might find lodgment In some strongly fortified coast town like Ferrol and thus elude Watson's pur suit. However, histcry shnva victori ous ' armies were always averse to causing operations until unconditional capitulation Is made, and It requires the strong hand to bring nbout armis tice before reaching a common under stnnding. Admiral Sampson contributed noth ing further during the day to his first dispatch announcing the possibility of saving the SpanlBh ships Colon, Mnrle Teresa and Vlzcaya. Telegrnphlc dif ficulties have been encountered, but It Is not believed there Is anything of Importance for the admiral to chronicle today; Naval officers feel that another change muy have to be made In the make-up of the eastern squadron which Is to strike a blow agulnst the Span ish coast, as the battleship Iowa suf fered some hard knockB during the re cent naval battle with Cervera's squad ron und It may be necessary to substi tute one of the other battleships pend ing repairs of the Iowa. No decision has been reached thus far, as the department has not re ceived the report showing the exact condition of our ships after the battle. In the meantime the Associated Press interview with Cnptaln Robley Evnns of the Iowa leads the naval ofllcers to believe that the Iowa will require con siderable overhauling before she Is ready for a trip across the ocean. EVANS VIEWS IT LIGHTLY. According to Captain Evans' story of the battle, the Iowa was struck twice by Spanish shells and one exploded while the other was embedded unex ploded nenr the wnter line of the ship. This last shot may prove troublesome, ns an unexploded shell near the water line Is not a desirable adjunct to the bnttleshlp. From the light munner In which Captuln Evans speaks of the matter It Is not considered serious here, but It Is probably enough to prevent the Iown from accompanying the squadron to the coast of Spain. The decision will not be made until the re port is received on the condition of the ship. Either the Massachusetts or the Indiana will be substituted for the Iowa If It be found necessary to make the exchange. Either of them Is ns formidable as the Iowa. Their four large guns are of the thlrteen-lnch type, while those of the Iowa are twelve-Inch. In other respects their batteries are similar to the Iowa. They ore com monly regarded as rather .better sea going ships than the Iowa. The department has not decided to Increase the number of Watson's ships, as it is reported that the list announced yesterdny Is quite ample to take care of Captain Cumnra's squadron now re turned hnstlly to protect the coast of Spain. Camara's only armored ships are the Pelnyo and Carlos V., the for mer of 9.900, the later 9,090 tons. They nre outranked In every particular by ships of our squadron, armor, speed, size of guns and general effectiveness. One noticeable peculiarity about out nnval triumphs Is that the best of them happened on Sunday. "The better the day the better the deed." SMOKELESS POWDER. Something That Our Army and Navy Sadly NeodB. New York. The TlmeH dispatch from Washington says: Later stories from Santiago nbout the engagement be tween the fleets of Sampson nnd Cer vera dwell with pnrtlcular stress on the Inconvenience nnd distress caused tho Arnorlciin gunners by the use of the old-fashioned smoking powder It Is not doubted by ordnance experts that the winging of the Hying SpnnlBh Bhlpn would have been accomplished even more promptly than It was had our guns been fired with smokeless powder. Ah It wnB, In the mnd succes sion of shots fired, our vessels were so enveloped In the smoke of their own guns thut many a shot went wild. In quiry nt the ordnance bureau of the nnvy department ns to tho prospects of our ships being supplied with smoke less power elicited the Information that there Is no probability of this bnlnc done genernlly for a considerable length in tune, umimouoro O'Neill, chief of the ordnance bureau, said the bureau had placed very large orders with pri vate firms for smokeless powders, nnd thut large amounts of It wtre being shipped to Santlngo. It would take a longe time, the commodore said, to sup ply nil the ships, nnd In view of the quantities of nmmunltlon likely to be used there It would bo difficult, with the present facilities for manufacturing the powder in this country, to keep them supplied. The hope could not bo held out that the nnvy would be nblo to use smokeless powder generally at an early date. The New Orleans und Mnrbleheud are supplied with the new powder, but the others are stocked to a large extent with black powder. It uppoiirs the chief reason the navy was not supplied with smokeless powder ut the beginning of the wnr was that ts ordnance experts were not satisfied with the powder used by other nn. tlons. und were experimenting with a powder of their own which had not been perfected nt the time. A powder of American Invention hns been made by the nnvy on un experimental scale which It Is believed Is superior to that made ubroad. Represcntutlve Hull, chairman of tho house military affairs committee, has this to say In regard to the Use of smokeless powder: "The trouble Is that we could not get the smokeless powder nt the out break of tho war, though It 1h an Ameri can Invention. There nre In this coun try no facilities to produce It In suf ficient amount. ' Congress long ugo should have provided for the manu facture of such powder In this coun try. Contracts should have been made so us to warrant manufacturers of this product. But It costs a little more thun other powder, and so many of our people In congress thought we never would have a war, and therefore would not prepure for tho possibility. We tried to buy It abroad when the war came, but Spain had bought it all there. 1 think the fault Mes with our congres sional system." "What Is going to be done about It7" was asked. "There Is nothing In contemplation In congress. I wish the department would tuke the matter In hand and make con tracts." Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey, a member of the committee on naval affairs, said: "I think every one will admit the desirability of providing sufficient quantities of smokeless pow der for the'army nnd navy. As long ago us the time when the DIngley tariff bill wub considered, I urged a protective tariff upon smokeless pon der to stimulate the manufacture of thut article In this country. Several manufactories are being conducted on a small scale In the United States, but the competition of cheap European labor keeps them down. The house adopted my suggestion as to the tariff on smokeless powder, but the Semite modified the rate. "There Is a smokeless powder factory In my dlBtrlct, but was not only looking at the protection of the American In dustry, I wns looking ahead to the time when the government might need powder in greater quantities and in quicker time than the limited capacity of our present factories would produce It. It would have been very forunnte If we could have obtained as much smokeless powder ns we wanted for this war, and If our people were engaged In its manufacture. "The house committee on naval af fairs," continued Mr. Lloudenslager, "did ull It was usked to do in connec tion with furnishing powder. The first uppropriutlon contemplated was for $1, 000,000 for smokeless powder. This wns subsequently reduced to $260,000 because the department could draw upon the $50,000,000 emergency appro priation for this purpose. We nlso gave $90,000 to Increase the government plant nt Newport for the manufacture of this explosive. I believe the government ought to make smokeless powder and keep large stocks of it on hand for emergencies." Representative Myer of Louisiana said: "There Is no question as to the desirability of supplying ourselves with smokeless powder. We tried to obtain It before the war. but the output of the material Is so limited that difficulty was found In obtaining It. I favor the general use of smokeless powder and think the experiences of this war show that we will have to get It In the fu ture." Representative Butler of Pennsyl vania, a member of the committee on naval affairs, also said: "There Is no division of sentiment, I Imagine, nbout the necessity or the desirability of ob taining smokeless powder for the army and navy. The committee on naval af fairs favorably considered the commu nications of the department In this re spect, but It was Impossible at the breaking out of the war to lay In a stock of the powder sufficient for all purposes, as the output was too limited and there was too heavy a demana for It from other countries." Senator Hole, chairman of the senate commit tee on naval affairs, said: "The ques tlon of providing smokeless powder for the navy is one to be dealt with in the war department. We have given to the department every dollar they have asked for. I have no doubt they ar. doing the best they can in that re spect." Senator Ilanna, a member of the com mlttee on naval affairs, said: "I am decidedly In favor of smokeless powde I think the question of the kind to be used In the navy Is a matter to be acted upon by the ordnance depart ment. They have the funds to furnish the munitions of war,"