The Herald,
T.J.O'KEEFE, Publisher,,
HEM ING FORD, - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS,
Leslie Mooncy, the S-yenr-old son of
Frank D. Mooney, Tvns drowned nt
Crawford while playing In the Craw
Cord Irrigation cnnnl drop.
Whllo returning from the Plntte riv
er late at night John Jcwctt'B team
ran .way near Papllllon, throwing him
out and quite badly bruising him. No
acrlous Injuries were received.
Sheriff Longford brought In n young
fellow who has been making his homo
with George Kelly east or Tekamah
for some time, nnd lodged him In the
county Jail there to await Ills hearing
on a chargo of setting fire to a barn
on the Arizona bottoms cact of there
on last "Wednesday.
The tramp situation along the lino of
the Omaha, road remains practically
unchanged. As yet the travelers have
not commenced to hold up trains, but
they are causing the officials of tho
road much trouble. Tekamah seems
to be their congregating place, and
160 of them were there. Of this num
ber about 100 moved out and tramped
to Oakland, Where It Is thought they
will make their next stand. If nny
trains arc held up tho railroad officials
expect it will occur at that point.
The men who committed the robbery
at Johnston were trackc to Thomas'
on tho east sldo of Long Lake. There
the pursuers came upon a tough look
ing gang of five men armed with re
volvers nnd one Winchester. They got
near enough to Identify the stolen
buggy and harness and then prudently
backed out of what promised to be a
dangerous spot. Help not being pro
curable In the neighborhood they post
ed to Alnsworth and at 3 o'clock Sher.
Iff Murray started out to effect a cap
ture If possible.
Tho northbound local freight on the
St Paul road, which arrives In Blair
at 10 a. in., was held there for four
hours by about 100 tramps. The train
men finally had orders to pull out with
the tramps on the train. The passen
ger train pulled out, having on board
two United States marshals. When
about three miles north of town tho
freight train was stopped and when
the marshals showed up the trampB
abandoned the train and scattered
Into the cornfields. This Is the first
hold-up by tramps at Blair this season.
They claimed they were going to tho
harvest fields,
Tho weather about Fremont has been
very dry for the last two weeks, and
rain Is needed to help out tho corn.
Wheat Is harvested and much of It is
being threshed In the field. Winter
wheat Is turning out from thirty-flvo to
forty bushels per acre. The oats crop is
only fair. The few acres of beets and
chicory planted In that vicinity are
doing well. The managers of the hemp
mill are looking for better prices for
hemp and twine the coming season, as
there will of course be less of the Man
ila product on tho market. The mill
here will work up about tho samo
acreage as usual.
Manager Coates of the Mercer hotel,
Omaha, was cleverly swindled out of
34S by means of a bogus check suppos
ed to have been sent him by Treasurer
E. L. Carpenter of the Carpenter Pa
per company. The offices of the paper
company are directly opposite the ho
tel, so Mr. Coates thought It nothing
strange this morning when a young
man minus hat and coat entered tho
hotel and asked thtt a check he had
In his hand be cashed as an accommo
dation to Mr. Carpenter, who had no
small change. The man professed to
b a clerk employed by the paper com
pany and his appearance bore him out.
The money was given him readily
enough. Later Mr. Coates called on
Mr. Carpenter for the redemption ot
the check, and was pained to know
how easily he had been duped.
There Is one poor fellow who wlllnot
bother railroads or railroad property
again. His name Is Willie Wallace, a
boy 18 years of age, whose parents re
side at Independence, Mo., and are said
-o be well-to-do people. He and his
two friends, Richard Smith and Leroy
DeLong, neighbor boys, left home
three weeks ago and started to work In
the harvest fields. They labored In
tho southern part of the state and had
worked their way up as far as Flor
ence. From that town they walked up
as far as the big cut north of town,
along the line of the Omaha road,
where they waited for freight train
No. 18, which left Omaha at about 6
o'clock. As the train pulled Into the
cut thv three boys Jumped for the
hrakebeam of one of the cars. Smith
and DeLong landed on the beam, but
Wallace slipped and fell on the track
and was dragged for some distance.
The train was stopped as Boon as the
trainmen discovered the accident and
the boy was taken to Calhoun, where
It was discovered that his feet had been
crushed from the ankles down, his
skull fractured and his chest crushed
In. At Calhoun the citizens purchased
tickets for the three boys and they
were all sent bock to Omaha. From
the time of the accident Wallace was
unconscious and was barely breathing.
Upon his arrival he was taken to the
Methodist hospital and his parents no
tified. He died at 10:30 at night.
Home Made Filter.
The home-made filter consists sim
ply of an ordinary decanter, a lamp
glass, such as can be purchased any
where for a few cents, by way of a
funnel, and a piece of sponge or cotton
wool. Some people prefer cotton wool
because It can be thrown away after
a time and renewed at a nominal cost.
It a sponge is chosen It ought to be
taken out often, cleaned In hot salt
water and afterward rinsed in cold.
The sponge or cotton wool Is placed
for the distance of an Inch in the lamp
shade. This Is then covered with a
layer of tine white sand, which has
been washed very clean, and placed
In a fine lawn bag. This must be
packed through the top of the glass,
and spread out to fit across by the
aid of a long pencil or skewer.
On top of the sand must be placed
a layer of animal charcoal which hus
been previously washed by putting It
In an earthen vessel and pouring boil
ing water upon it, This layer should be
at least an inch deep and should be
well pressed down upon the layer of
sand. The filter Is now ready for use.
Water Is poured Into the lamp glass
and allowed to percolate slowly thro'
to the decanter beneath. After a time
the charcoal will get clogged and a
little must be taken from the top and
boiled for a few minutes and then
spread out before the fire. It will then
be as good as ever and can he thus
e'eaned indefinitely.
SENATOR ALLEN'S
NEBRASKA'S
SAYS THAT IT IS DANGEROUS EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
NOT IN FAVOR, OF RETURNING TO SPAIN ANY TERRITORY
LOST TO HER BY THIS WAR.
A Syoopsla of tho Spoochos of Senator Allan on This Important Subjoot
will Bo Divided Into Several Parts and Published In
Theso Columns From 'I Ime toTlmo.
Mr. "Allen Mr. President, tho plain
and comprehensive question before the
senate Is this: Shall the United States
abandon the well deflned and univer
sally accepted Monroe doctrine nnd
her traditional domestic policy, and at
tins time enter on the dangerous ca
reer of colonial expansion and Euro
pean Imperialism, encountering as a
consequence all the dangers nnd as
sumlng all the burdens Incident to such
a change?
Imperialism Is deflned to be n system
of Imperial government, ambition to
form nn empire, a policy of territorial
extension, the spirit of Napoleonic em
pire, or advocacy of It or of Its revival.
It would Berve no new purpose to
now recall at length the history nnd
tradition of the United States respect
ing this question, but the discussion
would be Incomplete If I did not direct
attention to the fnct that, from the
organization of the government of the
United Stutes to the present time, ours
has been exclusively a domestic pol
icy intended to advance the best In
terest and elevate our own people. To
now chnnge that policy nnd enter upon
the uncertain and perilous career of Im
perialism would be on experiment thnt
I am not prepared to make. I am not
willing to Incorporate In our popula
tion, ns citizens of the United States,
15,000,000 people belonging to alien
races, the mom of them Ignornnt, bru
tal, hostile, and savage, and reduce
the standard of our home civilization to
that of a low and brutal Asiatic pop
ulation. And that such would be the
case If Imperialism should prevail In
our country no one who hnB given the
question any serious thought can sue
cesBfully deny.
Henry Norman, In an article pub
lished In the Washington Post July 1,
189S, says:
"Unless all signs fall, however, or I
fall to Interpret them, the old America,
the America obedient to the traditions
of the founders of the republic, Is pass,
ing away, and a new America, an
America standing armed, alert, and ex
igent In the arena of the world strug
gle Is taking place.
"The change Is threefold:
"1. The United States Is about to take
its place among the great armed pow
ers of the world.
"2. By the seizure and retention of
territory not only not contiguous to the
borders of the republic, but remote
from them, the United States becomes
a colonizing nation and enters the field
of International rivalries."
I shall endeavor to demonstrate that
my position Is thnt of the fathers of
the republic, nnd with them I cheer
fully take my stand against Imperial
aggression and the dnnger incident to
Its exercise. If anything can be said
to be completely settled In our coun
try. It Is the Monroe doctrine, which
declares that, while we will not our
selves engage In a career of Imperial
Ism and colonial acquisition, no other
nation shall Invade or extend her do
minion on this continent to the detri
ment or Injury of the United States,
and if we hold to this doctrine we must
also be bound by Its terms. Here, Mr.
President, the nation has stood through
all Its existence, and here wo must
stand In the future, as Immovable as
the Rock of Gibraltar, If our govern
ment Is to be safe and our people arc
to reap the highest rewards of their
sacrifices and efforts in establishing
this government.
In saying this It must not be under
stood that I favor returning to Spain
any of the territory lost to her as a
result of the war now In progress. I
have so repeatedly Btated my position
on this subject in this chamber that
it would seem to be a work of superer
ogation to repeat it, to the effect that
every acre of Spain's possessions on
this continent and In the seas must be
lost to her forever, Spain must pny
every dollar this war costs us, and for
the Maine and our dead and wounded
seamen.
The Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico
must pass from her dominion and be
come Independent republics, and no ar
rangement must be made by which
there will be any recession of territory
to that decaying and brutal monarchy,
now, thank God. rapidly disappearing
from the map of the world.
Nor, Mr. President, must the Hawa.
Han islands be permitted to pass from
their present government, or at least
from a republican form of government,
Into the possession or under the domin
ion or influence of nny foreign power.
They, too must, as was declared fifty
years ago or more, remain a friendly
and co-operating power with the United
States.
Mr. President. In the orderly discus,
slon of the main question now before
the senate, there arises this Important
subordinate question: Have we the
constitutional power to annex territory
by a Joint resolution? 1 will point out
that this Is a dangerous and unprece
dented exercise of power, not conferred
by the constitution and not Intended
by the framers of that Instrument to
be exercised by the United States ex
cept through the treaty-making power.
There Is no Instance In history where
It has been done. The single case ot
the annexation of Texas was accom
plished only after the people of the
republic had voted In favor of It, there
being less than 100 votes against It;
and then only after the duly const!-,
tuted authority of Texas had ratified
the action of the people at the polls,
and that had been adopted and ratified
by the president of the United States.
Every other Instance of the purchase
or acquisition in any form of territory
by the United States has been by treaty
and If precedents are of any value and
are to control the action of the senate,
they are all one way on this question,
demonstrating beyond all question nnd
dispute that it was distinctly under
stood by the framers of the constitu
tion and those who have wisely admin
istered Its provisions to this time, that
the only way by which the United
States can acquire territory or other
property rights of a foreign power Is
by the exercise of the treaty-making
power of the constitution.
And where does that power reside?
Certainly it is not found In the house
of representatives, for that body has
no more right, under the constitution,
to consider the question of annexation
than have the Judges of the courts or
the humblest private citizen of the
land.
In speaking of the powers of the pres
ident, the constitution says:
HAWAIIAN SPEECH
SENIOR SENATOR TAKES1 STRONG GROUNDS
AGAINST ANNEXATION.
"He shall have power, by and with
the consent of the senate, to make
treaties, provided two-thirds of the sen
ntors present concur."
This Is the 8ole and ernlimlvn nutlm.
Ity to enter Into treaty stipulations on
behalf of the United States; and trea.
ties, it will be observed, must be lnltl-
ated or be begun by the president. The
ncmue enn not uo so. It can only "ad
vise and consent," nnd when the-presl.
dent hns Initiated a treaty with a for
eign government and submitted It to
the senate, the constitution requires
two-thirds of tho senators present to
concur In order to give It life and vi
tality, While the house him nn (nHa,l-
tP Y.cr tne subJect matter whatever.
By the resolution we are now consld.
erlng, this power Is to be ruthlessly
stricken down and the constitutional
safeguard Ignored, If not absolutely do,
stroyed. The president lias not Initiat
ed or begun the negotiations for the
treaty with the Hawaiian Islands. He
has not even advised It In a message,
but the lower house of congress, hav
Ing no more constitutional nower to i..
bo than the humblest citizen of the
land, has passed the resolution we are
now considering, and Is now Insisting
that we shall adopt It, and that Its
ndoptlon by a majority of the senate
will give It the force of law.
The exclusive right of the president
to Initiate or begin a treaty Is destroy
ed by this proposition. The two-thirds
safeguard of the senate required by
the constitution is also destroyed, and
a new body appears upon the political
horizon without nny power to Initiate
a treaty, or engage in treaty relations,
nsBertlng a usurped power.
Mr. President, It is then declared by
the constitution that the Judicial power
oiiuu vAiena io treaties and that they
shall be regarded as the supreme law
of the land, and the Judges In every
state shall be bound thereby. It Is also
provided that no state shall enter Into
any treaty, alliance, or confederation;
and these provisions are all that are
found In the constitution on the sub
ject of the treaty-making power of the
the United States in the president and
senate oi me united Stated.
Mr. President, the constitution was
made to be observed, not to be violated.
It Is an Irrevocable contract between
the United States of the union, bind
Ing on them as political entitles and on
all citizens; nnd every Individual Is
bound by Its provisions and Its Just
Implication. And whoever would con.
solously violate a provision of this In
strument, whoever would consciously
strike down or emasculate an of Its
provisions, would be guilty of moral
treason, and whoever would resist ita
enforcement by armed rebellion would
be guilty of high treason under Its pro.
visions and subjected to conviction and
execution.
The constitution must not only. In the
nature of things, be a grant of power,
but It must, to some extent, also be a
restraint on power, for laws, whether
primary or statutory, are more fre
quently restrictive In their character
than otherwise. We restrain an Indi
vidual from the exercise of a natural
right that order, harmony, and peace
may prevail In the state. It may. in
a state of nature, be the natural right
of the strong to prey on the weak, but
In orderly and well regulated society
this right Is restrained, and the strong
are required by punitive legislation to
respect the rights of the wepk; and bo
fore the law of this country all citi
zens, regardless of religious belief, sta
tion, or social, moral, intellectual, or
racial status, stand UDon nn pnimlltv
Any other construction than this would
lead to anarchy, ruin, and national dls
honor and social chaos.
Mr. President, I submit to the candid
Judgment of the most earnest Imperial
ist the following propositions, which 1
challenge him to successfully deny:
1. The constitution of the United
States Is a grant of power that does
not exist outside of Its expressed pro.
visions and necessary implication. It
creates a government which cannot ex
ist otherwise nnd confers on It certain
specific powers not expressly granted
or not necessarily implied or proper for
the execution of granted powers do not
exist and cannot be constitutionally
employed.
2. The constitution and the statutes
are territorial In their operation; that
Is, they can have no binding force or
operation beyond the territorial limits
of the government in which they are
promulgated. In other words, the con.
stltutlon and statutes can not reach
across the territorial boundaries of the
United States Into the territorial do
main of another government and affect
that government or persons or property
therein.
A Joint resolution If passed becomes
a statute law. It has no other or no
greater force. It Is the same as it
would be If It were entitled "An act"
instead of "A Joint resolution." That Is
its legal classification. It Is therefore
Impossible for the government of the
United States, by statute or Joint reso
lution, to reach across Its boundary
Into the dominion of another govern
ment and annex that government or
affect persons or property therein. But
the United States may do bo under the
treaty making power, which I shall
hereafter consider.
3. That where a constitution expressly
provides a means to be nursued for the
accomplishment of a given thing or pur
pose, n impneaiy excludes all other
means; and the constitution having
specifically placed the treaty making
power, which embraces the authority
to annex territory, in the president, to
be concurred in or not by two-thirds ot
the senators present when submitted to
the senate, it excludes any other meth
od of acquiring additional territory.
And, Mr. President, If we will turn to
the precedents, we will find this asser
tion well sustained by the history of
our country. .
Alnska came to us by treaty from
Russia March 30, 1867.
Arizona was Included In the territory
of New Mexico ceded to the United
States by Mexico by treaty of Febru
ary 2. 1848. Its boundary was extend
ed south by the Gadsden treaty of De
cember 3, 1S53 June 30, 1S54.
California came to us from Mexico,
primarily by conquest In 1846-17, fol
lowed by the treaty of February 2. 1348.
Florida came to the United States
by treaty from Spain February 22, 1819.
Louisiana came to us from France by
treaty April 30, 1S03.
New Mexico came to the
United
States by treaty of February 2. MS. I
Santo Domlngotwas proposed to be!
annexed oy treaty In 1869-0, but It
failed. That treaty contained a clause
..t.ne assnt or a vote of the people,
which was taken In March, 1870, and
they voted 1,006 for to 9 against.
In 1867 the United States negotiated
a treaty with Denmark for St. Thomas
and St. Johns, and the assent of the
people of those Islands was made a
condition precedent, and Uiey voted
"aye" about January 18, 1868, but the
treaty failed.
Mr. President, notwithstanding these
precedents, it Is proposed to annex the
Hawaiian islands without consulting
the people of that country.
I hold, without further discussion,
that under the rules I have Btated the
treaty making power, which Includes
the power of acquiring additional ter
ritory, rests exclusively in the president
and the senate, that It is an executive
power which In Its very nature can not
be exercised by the house of represent,
atives, and that the only method of ex
ercislng It Is by trenty and not by Joint
resolution or act of congress; and the
case of Texas, when rightly understood,
forms no exception to this rule; there
fore an attempt to annex or acquire
territory by act or Joint resolution of
congress Is In violation of the letter,
spirit nnd policy of the constitution.
Mr. President, my time will not per
mit me o elaborate or expand on this
proposition, nor is it necessary that I
should do ho, for to the lawyer and
the conscientious student of constltu.
tlonal history and constitutional con.
structlon they are as elementary and
Indispensable in applyln.lrf'.he provisions
of the constitution as Is the alphabet
In the use of the English language.
When I was a boy but 15 years of
age, I registered a solemn oath to sup
port and obey the constitution of the
United States, and to defend its against
Its enemies; nnd although as a public
sworn to support thai Instrument, I
have never for a moment In the thirty
six years since that Important event
in my lire supposed myself absolved
from Its binding force. It hns been nn
ever-present duty with me, and, I may
add as well, an ever present pleasure,
to observe It, for In Its observation by
the utizens of the Untied Stales lies
the sole safety of the republic. To
abandon Its wise provisions means to
Invite anarchy and the decay of the
republic and finally the enthronement
of monarchy, and thus the government
of the United States would be trans
formed from a republic or democracy
Into that form of government from
which we rescued It after our ancestors
had waged seven years of bloody and
devastating war.
I assert, the constitution having plac
ed In the president the power to Ini
tiate all treaties and In the senate the
power to concur In or reject the pro
posed treaties, that annexation by trea
ty excludes all other methods and that
the acquisition of territory In any other
form, except as a mere tentative war
measure and as an incident to the con
duct of wnr, would be In violation ot
the letter and spirit of the constitution.
I do not for one moment doubt that
If the chief executive should officially
declare that the occupancy of the Ha
waiian Islands was a necessary war
measure In the successful prosecution
of the war with Spain, he would have
the constitutional power to occupy
them, but this has reference to the
war power of the constitution and not
to the treaty making power. If It Is
determined that we shall acquire thi9
territory, let the president assume full
responsibility under a well known and
well defined constitutional power.
Under our form of government, the
power to "declare war, grant letters ot
marque and reprisal, and make rules
concerning enptures on land and water"
Is vested In congress; and when war
has been declared, It Is provided that:
"The president shall be commander,
ln-chlef of the nrmy and navy of the
United States, and of the militia of the
several states, when called Into the
actual service of the United States."
By virtue of his office of commander-in-chief
of the army and navy, if the
president deems the seizure and hold
ing of specific territory during a Htnte
of war to be necessary, he may so
seize and hold It regardless of the leg
islative and Judicial branches of the
government: but in such case he must
net in a military capacity, and by vir
tue of the military authority lodged In
him by the constitution. Such seizure
Is to be regarded as a military neces
sity, nnd the power to make It is im
plied from the power to make war.
The authority to occupy the Hawaiian
islands under such circumstances would
not authorize congress to pass the Joint
resolution now before the senate or to
act in any other manner than that
pointed out specifically in the constltu.
tlon Itself.
I am perfectly willing, If the presl
dent believes the exigencies of the war
require It. that he shall seize the Ha
waiian Islands and occupy them; but.
Mr. President. I can not myself see
any necessity for doing so.
Two propositions are plain: First,
that territory can only be annexed or
acquired by treaty; second, that the
president, under the constitution, may
occupy the Hawaiian Islands under the
war power and by virtue ot his office ot
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy.
Without detaining the senate too long
on these propositions, I submit It Is ap.
parent to any person who may give the
subject a moment's serious thought
that to paBS this resolution and enforce
it would be to utterly destroy forever
and obliterate the provision of the con
stitution I have referred to, which de
clares that the president "shall have
power, by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate, to make treaties,
provided two-thirds of the senators
present concur."
Two-thirds of the senators present
would mean two-thirds of the states
present by senators In the senate at
the time of the concurrence, and this
declaration Is another form of saying
that two-thirds of the states as repre
sented In the senate shall be present
and concur In a treaty to give It bind
ing force.
(To be continued.)
m
An amusing story comes from the
Mocking Bird mine In the Warm
Springs district, Montana. L. J. Row
en, who owns and works the mine,
also owns a pet cat. This cat climbs
up and down the shaft, through drifts,
crosscuts, stopes and levels, und lives
down there most of the time, being
fed by the miners from the contents of
their dinner palls. A brilliant idea
struck Rowen the other day. He took
the cat to the ore house and washed
the hair as clean to the skin as It
could possibly be washed. Then he
panned the dirty water to the highest
percentage, and the entire cat assayed
$18.31 on an assayer's Bcales. It In
doubtful If any mine In the Rocky
mountains can assay better than $18.31
to the cat. ' '
Hon. Jason Rice of Manchester, Vt.,
Is reputed to be the tallest resident ot
the southern portion of the Green
Mountain state. He weighs over 300
pounds, and he wears a No. 14 shoe.
A smaller size, he Is reported as say
ing, would not look well under his mas-
slve body.
HOW THE OREGON
An Omaha Boy Aboard tho Oreat Battleship Tells tho Story of tho De
struction of Corvora's Fleet.
Joseph Goldsmith, an Omaha boy,
who Is second machinist1 on the battle
ship Oregon, describes In the following
letter the destruction nf rvrvnm'a tioo
The letter Is to his mother, Mrs. Fan-1
me uoiusmun, or 1919 Dodge street:
"We didn't do a thing to them, did
we7 And the Oregou did nearly all of
It. We were lying about four miles
straight out from the fort, and all
dressed In clean while clothes, ready
for quarters Sunday morning, when the
captain always goes throughout the
ship and Inspects her and the men ns
they stand In divisions at 9:30 a. m.
But at 9:20 the chief quartermaster
said to the officer of the deck:
"They are coming out, Blr."
The officer laughed at him, but be
fore five minutes more had passed the
iuokoui sang out
Sail 'O. Sir: tWO llnlnts ntt tho nnrt
hmv. ay ?
" " "
The Officer Of the deck smiled nirnfn
but looking ahead a moment later saw
a mast, then two stacks and another
mast coming out of the harbor. Every
man inugneu ana leaped with Joy.
"Call the captain." was the first or
der. Captain Clork, In undershirt and
trousers, came on the bridge. Then
the orders came quick, but quiet and
cairn, wniie tne captain (lie Is a peach)
called "four bells ahead; full speed.
Put on forced lraught. Sound general
quarters;" and every man was at his
place In an Instant. As we plowed
through the water straight for the
Spaniards, we fired a six pounder and
blew our whistle as a signal to the
rest of the fleet, for we had no time to
hoist regular signal flags. The Ore
gon flred the first shot of the great 3d
of July. A six-inch, then a couple of
eight-Inch, then our great thlrteen
Inch guns sent their great bass notes
echoing around the harbor as they
threw over a ton of metal at the Da
goes, and the fight was on.
As soon as they got out of the har
bor they turned to run westward along
the shore. We turned west, too, and
gave them broadside after broadside.
There were two torpedo boats. I be
lieve they made a run for the Ore
gon, but the nearest they got to us
was when the range was called out:
"Seven hundred yards."
Then the rapid-fire slx-pounders, six
Inch and eight-Inch guns popped as fast
as a bunch of fire-crackers. One tor
pedo boat was split wide open nnd the
other riddled so that It turned and ran
to the beach, where It sank Now we
were fairly after the ships, and the
Oregon showed that she was the best
and fastest battleship afloat and pos
sessed the best of captains, engineers
and crew, equal to any In the world.
The firemen deserve great credit, as
they really won the day. That Is how
a battleship caught the fastest of their
cruisers.
As we came to them, and about a
mile farther out from the shore, we
pounded shot and shell Into them, with
the Brooklyn a little ahead of us and
farther out, and the rest of the fleet
following as we passed the Iowa and
the Texas. The Oregon kept pouring
shell Into them until the Maria Teresa
and Almlrante Oquendo were driven on
the beach. The Vlzcaya and the Cristo
bal Colon were then ahead of us, but
the Vlzcaya was not out of range, and
so we gave It to her, and soon she
had to turn and run for the beach.
SET HER ON FIRE.
I was on deck at the time and saw
our eight-inch gun fired, nnd it went
straight to the mark. Then our thlr-teen-lnch
guns forward let go. The
first shell fell short, but the second
struck Just astern and ricocheted from
the water (this is the best shot that can
be made) and when the water came
down (it went up about fifteen feet)
we saw the Vlzcaya on the beach. Her
flag and mast were down and she was
on fire.
The Oregon never stopped. There
was the Cristobal Colon, the finest of
the fleet, about three miles ahead of
us and about a mile toward shore, so
we left the Vlzcaya to the rest of our
fleet, then miles astern of us, except
the Brooklyn, who was Just ahead and
a little farther off than we. We were
now gaining on the Colon. We saw
that her firemen were playing out, and
soon let go our thlrteen-inch guns at
her. The first shell fell about 300 yards
short, and the next about 100 yards
short, and then an eight-Inch shell
went clear through her and a thlrteen
inch shell fell Just alongside the Colon,
and that settled it.
She ran for the beach, and Just after
this they sent for me to come down
into the engine room. I had been sta
tioned on the orlap deck, port side, In
charge of the eight-Inch turret engines,
but as the port battery was not being
used I had received permission to go
on deck. That Is how I came to see
so much of the fight.
LIVELY BELOW DTCKS.
When I got down to the engine there
were the great 5,000 horse power en
gines, turning 28 revolutions a minute,
and engineers, machinists and others
working like the dickens. The sweat
was pouring from them. The temper
ature was 126. Both engines were run
ning well, and so In spite of sweat
and work the men smiled. Mr. John
son, the chief machinist of the watch,
asked me to watch for him, and he,
getting permission from the engineer
to have a look and a breath of air on
deck, left me In charge.
I had been on watch for twenty min
utes when we received a signal from
the deck to slow up, and then another
to stop, and as I had handled the star
board engine at the time, I had the
honor of finishing the greatest chase
ever made by a battleship. The first
assistant engineer fairly danced with
Joy and shook every man's hand, and
the engineers of the Oregon can well
be proud, as they have as fine a pair
of running engines as were ever built,
as well as all the rest of the machinery
In this floating machine shop. The
work of the men on that day showed
for Itself, from the coal passers to the
chief engineer. The coal passers got
out plenty 'of coal, the firemen, by the
hardest of labor, kept up plenty of
steam, the water tenders kept the
water In the boilers and tended the
great hydraulic pumps that turn the
thlrteen-inch turrets,' and the oilers
kept everything running as cool as pos.
Bible with oil and water. The machin
ists ran the engine and the engineers
were all watching their duty bo closely
that we caught the Spaniard and ena
bled the gunners to get In their deadly
work.
EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS.
This was my experience on July 3.
The Brooklyn signaled over when we
put the Vlzcaya on the beach: "Well
done, Oregon," and Captain Clark an
swered: "That is for my men and not
for me." When coming up on the
Cristobal Colon she answered our sec
ond shot, and Captain Clark ordered
all men down from the tops who were
irot stationed there, and all men back
of the turrets. Then the first lieuten
ant said:
"Captain, that shot did not come one-
PROVED HER WORTH.
half the way," but the captain replied:
"I don't want any of my boys hurt."
After It was over we cheered tho
captain and the ship. .Then Captain
Clark proposed three cheers for tho
naval reserves on board. Then we were
Cheered by the Brooklyn, and after
ward by the Texas, Vixen and New
lork when they came up. All through
the action every man was cool, smil
ing, cheering and shaking hands; but
when work was to be done they did it
In a hurry. The longest and loudest
cheer was given for the "black gang"
(the engineer's division), excepting, of
course, the cheer for our captain.
A SOLDIER'S WIFE.
War brings to soldiers glory, hard
ships, wounds, death, but what does it
bring to soldiers' wives
Down in the red brick officers' row
at Jefferson Barracks there Is a little
company of brave women who are
fully competent to answer that ques
tion. These women are the wives of the
officers of the Third cavalry, now with
Shorter at Santiago.
Readers of newspapers who scanned
the lists of the dead and wounded vic
tims of the awful hell of shot and shell
Into which the American shIiIIpih wnt
on Friday and Saturday a week ago
noticed the frequent recurrence of the
words Third cavalry after the names
of wounded officers and men.
To the great mass of us those words
meant not more than the names of the
other commands that stood gallantly
the fire of the Spaniards on those days.
But each mention of the gallant
Third In that fatal list carried a depth
of sorrow, anxiety and suspense In tho
henrt of one, two or three of these wo
men that women In civil life can know
nothing about.
The printing of those names told to
these women a heartrending story of
a husband or father wounded In "a
strange land, maybe dying for the want
of proper attention, away from their
loved ones.
Since the war began and we Ameri
cans went Into It with much the samo
spirit that we enter Into everything
that commands our fleetlne attention
a great new national game to be play
ed and won with becoming gallantry
books have been written about the sol
dier, his life, his pleasures, his hard
ships, his dangers. We have bowed
down to our new idol and worshiped,
but we have Insisted with character
istic curiosity that we must know all
about the being we worshiped.
In our Idolatry we have passed by
the heroine that helps to make our he
ro, the soldier's wife.
The soldier's wife Is essentially a
homebody, and It has ever been the fate
of such to pass unnoticed.
Sitting In the twilight of a cool par
lor in officers' row nt the Barracks,
one of these brave, enduring women
one who even them knew not but that
her husband might be nigh unto death,
told the Post-Dispatch ot the anxieties
and sorrows that are peculiar to the
wives of soldiers.
The speaker was Mrs. Morgan, wife
of Captain Morgan of Troop H, who
was wounded while leading his men in
a gallant charge In the first days' fight
ing at bantiago.
"I don't believe," she said, "the pub
lic feels much for us In our sorrow and
suspense, simply because it knows
nothing about us. The home life of no
class has been kept more from the pub
lic gaze than that ot the soldier and
his family.
"Everybody knows of the soldier, par
ticularly if he-does anything very bravo
or gets wounded or killed, but nobody
knows anything of the soldier's wife
or his children.
"We ure not like other women. Wo
men In civil life have a thousand in
terests and duties to divert their at
tention, but e have none. We are
absolutely dependent upon our hus
bands. They relieve us of all the care
and responsibility of the family main,
tennnoe, Other women may occupy
themselves In a. thousand ways that
are barred from us.
"It follows, therefore, that when the
husband Is carried 'from us by duty, as
he Is very frequently, we have nothing
to rest upon. A great void is left
which we cannot fill, as other women
can.
"We may be at a frontier post far
away from civilization, with a mall but
once a week. The order comes for op
erations against the Indians. Our hus.
bands go from us and we are left alone
for days and weeks. We can have n'o
news of the absent dear ones. We have
the' consciousness ever present that
they are constantly in danger. We
have nothing to occupy our minds.
"We are simply a little group of anx.
lous women, keenly conscious that
each has the same fears, the same sus
pense, the same forebodings, and for
that reason we are of little comfort to
each other, because we cannot divert
each other from the fear that hangs
over us all.
"We live In a horrible nightmare that
may have an awakening in a still more
horrible reality.
"Even here, where we are within
sight of a great city, where no one
would think our lot would not be so
hard as upon the frontier, we find no
relief.
"We are here practically alone. We
have few friends, outside our own cir
cle, who can be much comfort to us.
We have seen our husbands go away
Into a foreign land across the sea
that Is one of the horrible things about
this war to us women here, that seem
ingly trivial matter of eighty miles of
water that separate us from those we
love and fear for. We know our help
lessness. We know that If they are
wounded or ill we can Go nothing for
them.
"I wonder how many women in civil
life have known what It Is to have a
dear one In danger, In pain, dying, and
be utterly powerless to help. No one
who has not known this torture can
conceive of its intensity of anguish.
"We can do nothing but go about
what little household duty we have In
the daytime, trying always to rid our
selves of haunting fear. And In the
long evenings we can do nothing but
huddle together in one room and with
desperate fascination for the flame that
scorches our very souls, tnlk war, war,
until we are sick of life and the anxiety
that It brings to us.
"Consider our situation now. Four
of us have husbands who are wounded.
The press dispatches say one Is shot
In the hip, another In the leg, another
In the neck.
"Any of these wounds may be fatal
or they may be meres cratches. But
what can we know about them? We
find a little relief from the gnawing sus
pense by hugging desperately the
thought that they were not dead when
the dispatch was written. And even
that poor consolation dwindles when
the thought comes that the next dis
patch may tell that they have died of
their wounds. O, I hate war. I hatt
it!"
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