WORK OF THE SEBRASRANS EH.VO Deeds of the First Regiment in the Battle of Qningua. JOHN F , BASS TELLS OF THE ENGAGEMENT ( linrnf of Ilir NolirnaU'n \ olIn - In \\lili-li Colourl flot- Ncntirru ; Mcrln III * llrnlh A 'llirlllliiK lld'ltnl. Under date of April 28. John V. Uass , special correspondent of Harper's Wocklv , writing from .Manila , describes as follows the cngaRcmcnt In which Colonel Stotson- berg wa * killed After Maloloa hail been taken the op- tlmlata in the American nrmy hoped that j the fighting was over. Willing always to do' ' hU duty when called upon , the American soldier will be only too gald when tula unfortunate war ban come to a conclusion. Home prisoners had reported that Agulnaldn would surrender If our troops succeeded In i taking his capital This hearsaj evidence proved misleading The fall of Maloloa i jrcant little to the Insurgents , and thej ino\ed their capltAl further back , and , as MUbnefiucnl events showed began digging trenched with undlmlnlshcd cnerg > During General Law ton's expedition to Santa Cruz on the l.aguna de Ha ) , Malolng had been made a new base of supplies All these ( supplies were brought up by railroad trains for on Investigation it wna found that the bars at the mouths of the rhcrs 1n that district prevent any water com munication with Manila during the dry season. The railroad had therefore to be 'Protected , and small bodies of the Oregon nnd Minnesota regiments TV ere placed at short Intervals along the track from Manila to Malolop The plan of campaign this tlmo was to ad\ancc In two parallel columns- one along the railroad line and the other rear the hills on the cast In this way It wns hoped to corner n large number of Insurgents between the two columns , or to < lrlvc them out of the vnlley Into the hills General Law ton was put In command of the column which was to march along the base of the hills. H started on Saturday , lAprll 22 General MacArthur's command consisted of two brigades that of General Blale , South Dakota , Iowa and Nebraska , on the cast , that of General Wheaton , Kansas and Montana , on the west The Ponnsji- vanla regiment had been sent to CavJte , and parts of the Oregon and Minnesota regi ments , under the separate command of Colonel Sutnmeis , were waiting ot Boca\e to start BCIOBS country toward Norzagaray. where they were to Join General Law ton's division. ' On April 23 Major Hell , with sixty-one men ot the Fourth cav.ilrj. under command of Lieutenant Rutherford , went northeast to rcconnntter Ihe cnem > 's position at Quln- Kiia. This body left the American lines at 3 In the morning They advanced In n di rect line on the town of Qulngua and at about da > break drew the fire of the en emy. The reconnoltcrlne party must have advanced well Into the enemy's terrltorj , for It soon became apparent that the In- biirgcnts were trying to surround them. I-roni front and right and left the Insurgent lire came. As far as the Americans could < pl | , the cnemj's trenches were In a V shape , Into the center of which the smart band had been advancing Here two or three of the fourth cavalry were killed nnd their comrades found It difficult to carry nway the bodies. The Insurgents evidently estimated the American force as small , for they kept closing In , and the flrr became so hot that the body of one of the troopers of the Fourth cavalry had to be left behind. Itvac hldden carefully In the bushes and then the Americans withdrew rapidl } from a position that was no longer tenable and ivhere they would undoubtedly have been captured or shot down had they remained .Major Del ? states that the fire Was the hot test ho hnd ever oxnerlenced. The Insur gents drew In closer and closer , following the little band of Americans , and it was with the greatest dlfllcultj that Major Bell and his command su ceeaed In getting through the narrow gap between the insur- Kent flanking parties before the circle was completed. In the meantime Major Mulford of the Nebraska regiment , temporarily In command on account of the absence of Colonel Stot- senberg In Manila , awakened by the heavy firing , started to find out what the matter was. He was under the Impression that the Iowa regiment was firing nt an Imaginary enomj , as most troops do when the > first come Into active service. On arriving at the Iowa lines , however , he discovered that the shooting was further east , bejond our Tines , and at once realized that his Imme diate help might be needed He therefore sent back for one battalion of the Ne braska regiment and with them went for ward toward the point where the firing came from. On the way ho mnt an orderly riding back to Malolos with a report of the state of things. Ho gave orders to this man to end forward the rest of the Nebraska regi ment , and the Hotchkles gun In charge of a deta.hment of Nebraska soldiers. He aUo pent a request to General Hale for Borne of the heavier Hold pieces \ little further nlong Major Mulford met Major Bell and the troop of the Fourth cavalry coming In A hurried consultation waa herd iMajor Bell was In favor of advancing and taking thepp Insurgent ttenchcs , which heretofore wcr unknotvn to us Major Mulford was unwilling to follow Major Bell's plan * , ns hi > feared by making < nn attAck oil such a stiong Insurgent peal tlnn , that ho would bring on a general en gagement brfore the appointed lime Ho agreed , however , to movev forward to recover , If possible , the bodj of the cavnlrjnian whkh had been left behind The search wns begun , but although the ) found the clump ot j bushes where the soldier had been hidden he VMIR not there , Further Investigation ! Mtonrii that thi < bed ) hud been dragged out Into the toad and down toward the Insurgent position. The AmeriJans followed up the track In the hope of ratihlng the Insurgent * heforo the ) reached their line of trenches. After this fashion the troop of cavalry ad- lancril touard Qulngua and finally reached the end of n grove of trees , 1.000 yords be yond which were- the Insurgent trenche * At this po'nt ' the Insurgents unluckllv caught eight of the Americans and opened .1 heav ) flre upon them The troops look refuge as best the ) could In the woods but utlll the ) were under severe lire and reall ) found lit- tie protection To retire a second time be fore the Iniiirgonts would have given most undesirable- encouragement to the Insurgent nrmyftcr consultation , therefore , It was decided that the taking of these mllltarj trenches had become a military necessity Major Mulford. realizing that more troops vme necrnsar ) sent back for the remainIng - Ing battalion of the Nebraska regiment and naked thai some of the Itah guns be hurried outThe The N'phraftkfl regiment did not return the fire of the enemv Their position in the woods a far from Mtlsfactorj and several were wounded Just ahead of the woods toward the Insurgent trenches wa n ditch which , while giving no protection from the hot sun would afford excellent shelter from Mauicr bullets Two companies- Ncbraski moved Into these natural trenches and lay there under flre without shooting , while the rest of the battalion spread themselves through the grove The Fourth cavalry took shelter In n ravine a little to the rear and left , where they could mtct nn ) flank move ment of the enemy and still be protected from the Insurgent flre from the trenches The small Hotchklso gun swung around i good wa ) to the right , taking up a position well bcond where the American troops were In order not to draw the vollcs of the In- I surgentn on the fpot where our men lay more or less unprotected. This gun opened flre and pounded away at the Insurgent trenches , with no other visible result than to Increase the furious vollejs from the onemv Nearly all of the Nebraska troops were moved out Into the open , and as the sun grew hotter the petition was well-nigh unbearable - | | bearable A sergeant came back from the ditch end told Major Mulford that many of | ! the men were In danger of sunstroke , and begged permission for them to come back Into the grove Major 'Mulford ' pointed out to him that to crowd the whole Nebraska regiment Into one small grove of trees Pdomed like exposing their lives to the flre of the Insurgents unnccessarll ) . that moru troops would ( onn be along , when a forward I movement was llkel ) to be made If however - [ ever , the men were really in danger ot sun stroke , they might tome back one by one The sergeant returned to the ditch , and the men decided that they prefened to duffer from the hot sun rather than he exposed to Mauser flre - General Halo came up , and after having the situation explained to him , agrc'cd ' that Majors Bell and Mulford had decided rightly In not retreating from the enemy's front a second time , as such an action might rea sonably bo Interpreted by the Flllplnca as a victor ) Four Utah guns under command of Major Young , came lumbering up and swung Into position side by side along the road , and began to pound the Insurgents' position The latter stuck with pertinacity to their trenches , and It was apparent that some time would ehpse before the Infantry would go forward to charge the enemy's position Under these conditions General Hale de- elded to withdraw the Nebraska regiment out of the broiling sun back Into the woods At that moment Colonel Stotsenberg ap peared on the field and started out toward the extreme right of his line He had left Manila on the morning train , and on ar riving at Malolos and hearing that his regi ment had been unexpected ! ) brought into action , he had hurried to them as rapidly as possible General Hale , seeing the colonel nel going across the open toward the right of his line sent Lieutenant Rutherford with an order to the colonel to withdraw his men from the ditch Into the woods. To understand what followed one must know that Colonel Stotsenberg was not enl ) one of the best regimental commanders on the Island , but he had become , during the last few months of fighting , greatl ) beloved b ) his men No colonel could get so much out of his men as could Colonel Stotsenberg The reason for this was self-evident. The Nebraska regiment had been fighting nearly continuously from the 4th of Febru ary to the 23rd of April. At San Juan del Monte hill , during the long weeks when they protected the pumping station and were constantly having small skirmishes with the Insurgents , during the whole of the campaign up the railroad , Colonel Stotsen- bcrg. at the head of his regiment , was to tie found where the fighting was the hard est. Losses on the field , disease and suf- feilng cut the regiment In two , but the little band that remained swore by their colonel , and , although their hearts were not In this war , not a grumbler raised his voice against the colonel. It was during the campaign along the railway that the duty of charging the encm ) fell on Nc- biaska. They occupied the extreme right of the line and as the enemy Invariably moved off before our advance , from our front to our right , Nebiaska had hard fight ing every day , even when the rest of Gen eral MacAithur's division found little re sistance It came to such a nass that the mere > ippearance cf Colonbl JUoteenberg was the signal for a charge When Colonel Stotsenberg crossed the field toward his men they rose from that ditch with a shout. For hours they had lain undc" the scorching sun , exposed more or lesi to the enemy's fire , without answering. Many wounded had already been taken back There came their colonel He would lead them to victor ) , as he had alwajs done Nobraski with a wild cheer started forward They had gone some distance before General Hale re alized what they were doing. "Why" he exclaimed , "they are not com ing back , they are going forward' Stop them " "I'll tr ) " said Major Mulford "but when the ) once get started the ) are hard to stop " When the major reached the Nebraska line however. It was so near the insurgent trenches that he reallrcd the folly of bring Ins It back over that open field , and Instead of delivering General Halo's order he joined In the charge Colonel Gtotficnberg had to run to get up with his regiment. When he reached them the first enthusiasm of the chargp had worn off He shook them Into foim and the little con.panlcs now went ahead by rusb ° s alter nate companies kneeling to flre while the others ran forward The Insurgents made Ian effort to stop them Every Mauser from i the trenches emptied Its contents across th" I open Held Ae the American line advanced the Utah guns had to stop firing- With good marksmen In these trenches the position could not have been taken by infantrj on a j direct charge. Gradually the firing from the trenches grew Ifbs and less , showing that the Insurgents were retreating and nt last the first American ciossed the trcnchca It was another victory for Nebraska hut dearl ) paid for When the losses for the day wcro counted It was found that seven were killed and fort ) four wounded Near ! ) all of this lOfB was from the troop of the Fourth cav- air ) and the Nebraska regiment. 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Prepared by VAL BLATZ BREWING CO , . Milwaukee. U. S , A. Omaha Branch i 1412 Douglas St. Tel. 1081. ! TRIUMPH OF JULY THIRD | Becollections of the Great Niml Battle Fought One Tear Ago. ANNIHILATION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 'Hie On.rt. ( Inllnttlr lloint , HIP Clinnc nnil HIP Surrender nt the rirrl. HUct.'licil from It rhino of tinttrooUlj n > The eve ot Americas natal ila > rank" FCC- end to none In the mllltnrj and naval annals - nals/ > f the countr ) . Octtsburg Immortalizes the "prowtss of the American army , San tiago the pre-eminence of tlie American navy. As the shadows of waning dav lengthened over the land one ) ear ago rumors of a naval engagement began to circulate. The ) were Indefinite , could not be trace , ! to a reliable source and served to whet public anxlct ) . Desperate flglUIng had occurred aroiltid San- tlago , and the l"sue. while not uncertain , was not then ns satlHfactor ) as the country hoped for The signal service of the army reported early In the da ) that the Spanish fleet had left the harbor and tliat terrific cannonading was heard seaward , but It was late that night before the wires apprlecd the newspaper offices and the country that a great naval battle had been fought and won The glorious news published on the nornlng of the Poutrh did not Indicate as cimplcte n victory as had been achieved. It I was thought one , If not two , ships ot the ' Spanish neet had escaped. By noon , howevei , dispatches brought the details of the annihi lation of the Ppanl h fleet and the further gratltlng new * that the American fleet wa * practically unharmed National rejoicing was In consequence Intensified and bound less. The victor ) presaged early peace The naval battle of Jul ) 3 li regarded by competent critics as a greater triumph for American amis than Devve's victory at .Manila The opposing fleets at Santiago rep resented the latest tpcs of war ships and were more evenly matched than the fleets at Manila Three of the four Spanlin ships were armored cruisers rating higher In fighting strength than the cruiser New York The fourth was of the tpe of the Brookln The American fleet consisted of the cruiser Ilrookbn , the first-class battleship Oregon , and the second-rate- battleships Iowa , Indi ana and Texas To offset the Spanish tor pedo boat destrocis the Americans had the converted ) acht Gloucester and the sea tug Vixen. Outwardly the contending fleets were falrl ) well matched But American seaman ship and American gunners , as on all former occasion * proved their matcbles skill , de- strolng the pride of the Spanish nav ) In teas than four hours How it was done Is a familiar stor ) . But It is worth ) ot repetition on the anniversary of the day The enl ) Impartial and exact j I description of the great achievement was written b ) George B Graham and printed In McClure's Magazine. Mr. Graham was the representative of the Associated Press enl board the flagship Brooklyn , and stood by the side of Admiral ( then -ommodore ) Schley | throughout the battle. Mr Graham says , in part Tnlin Suniln ; 'MornliiBr. Four American battleships , the Iowa , Oregon gen Texas and Indiana , with the armored cruiser Brooklyn , formed the guard , with , the two converted yachts , Gloucester and . Vixen , as pickets. Of the ships of battle I the Indiana could not exceed a soeed of nine knots , and her forward thirteen-Inch turret was out of order , the guns Incapa citated , the Iowa had steam up but for five knots and was also having trouble with her forward twelve-Inch turret , and the Brook- ln had some of her five-Inch guns badly strained by the bombardment of the day be fore. None of the ships had steam for more than ten kncts , and the Ilrookin's forward engine was uncoupled. That God was with us on Ills own day will be shown by this plain , unvarnished tale , for In the land locked harbor la ) four heavllv armored and htfavll ) armed crulFer , with a speed al leged to average eighteen and one-half knot * and two torpedo bsat destroers , both of : them better armed and sw Ifter than either the Gloucester or Vixen The conditions , there fore , on this Sundav morning were that a superior force of the enemy was being held Inheck In an Inferior force outside , [ and In addition , the fire of the shore batter ies could reach the American ships Dressed In a pair of shabb ) , blue serge trousers , a black aTpaca coat and an officer's white summer hat , with no Insignia of rank upon him , Commodore Sthlcy braced his white-shod feet against the hatch combing , ! ! tilted his chair back plucked rather ner- vousl ) at his Imperial and remarked "This Is pretty slow ' -j > ti me nuiLT Hum me jexds came < i sweet bugle call to church and the bell tolled softl ) Three bells clanged out on the Brookbn , and Captain Cook and Executive Officer Mason came on the quarterdeck with their swords on "We're going to hive gen eral muster , " said Captain Cook. In response to the Inquiring look of the commodore , and the men began gathering in their various di visions General muster la compulsory every month In the navy , and the solemn act of reading the articles of war Is gone through with In a perfunctory sort of waj A look through the glasses showed on all the ships similar tableaux , and the tpleal quietude of Sunday prevailed On the forward bridge Navigator Hodgson had relieved the officer of the deck , and Quartermaste : Anderson was keeping the long glass trained on the sus picious smoke just back of the high hill at the entrance I lie ( omliiK Plrrt , "That smoke IH moving , sir , " he said qulctl ) to Mr. Hodgson. 'Give me the glass , " said the navigator , and , fixing It on the ha/y smoke In the en trance , he took a long look , Anderson caught the glass as It fell , or It wouM have been smashed , while Hodgson , picking up the megaphone. ) elled "After bridge there' Ileport to the commodore and the captain that the encni'K ships are coming out " Then was little necessity for the cadet on the signal bridge to repeat the message Before he had stumbled down the ladder to the quarterdeck the strident tones of Lieutenant Commander Mason tould bo heard "Clear ship for action , " and the clanging bclla notified those below of the summons to battle Captain Cook rushed forward to the conning tower to move the ship , and crabbing up his binoculars , Com modore Schlev started forward I followed him closelv and as he passed the after bridge heard him call to Hnelgn McCaule ) 'Signal 'The enemy Is escap ing' " Lieutenant Sears , who was near , shouted backVe have already done to , sir " and Schley , as he hurried through the gallery toward the forecastlr , answered : "Signal the fleet to clear ship" As be climbed the ladder to the forecastle I remember his pulling out my watch , which I had loaned him. and sa > lng to me "It's Just o 3" ) o'clock" Just as we reached tht point of vantage , a wooden platform two feet high elevated around I lie conning tower there came the sharp detonation of a sl.\- pounJrr and we > a > v from the smoke that the Iowa bad fired the first shot and was tling the signal. 'The enemy Is esiaplne , " having run It up several seconds before the Drookbn served the same notice following quickly the warning of the Iowa the doughty Texas opened with a big twelve-Inch shot , and ai > Captain Cook shouted to the quar termaster , "Full speed ahead " the Brook- ] n't fort ard eight-Inch guns boomed out. From the time of Lieutenant Hodgson's announcement to the time of the boom of the DfOOklHl 5 EUns was har lv lhr o tnln. utf , and wlul to a laman i > ecmrd the | direst pandemonium and disorder WAS the finest of discipline nd the acme of order > That men flew by you dropping their shirts from their backs as they ran , that orders flew thick and fast and that men and offi cers seemed tumbling over one another was no criterion. That every gun was ready to fchoot , that flro had been started tinder four fresh boilers , that every battle hatch had been lowered , that every water-tight com partment was closed ; that ammunition was ready for the reloading of the guns , th.it the fire pumps were on and the decks wet down and that ever ) man of 500 was In the place assigned to him for battle completes an Indisputable miracle. Tlip IlrooUH n tlnscK In , Turning so as to flre her port battery , the i Brooklti moved northeast toward the har bor entrance while the big bittlcshlps , somewhat slower In their movement' ' , pointed straight In Glasses In hand , Com modore Schley tried to make out the enemy's ships It was a trlng and nerve-destroying moment The terrific effect of the 8-lnoh gun fire on otic'n ear drums , the distressing taste of saltpeter , the blinding effect of the dense smoke and the whiz of projectiles of the enemy In clcse proxlmlt ) , all were for gotten , and ) ou stared through your bedimmed - dimmed glatsce at the entrance full of xmoke a } ellow mass at which the first terrible fire of the \merlcan ships was dl- lectcd with lch frightful eflect Out of the midst of It there suddenly projected a black , glistening hull , the position of which showed It tn b * pointing westward Would the others follow , or would they break through at different polntB' Still the fright ful fire of the ships continued , and flashes of brilliancy from the mass ot smoke In the entrance showed that the enemy had opened. The wtftcrn battery on the crown of the hill was also dropping shot to the west ward. At Commodore Schley's elbow stood Flag Lieutenant Scars , also with glasses glued to his ejcs Tor a minute the pall of smoke rose , and then Lieutenant Sears exclaimed : "They arc nil out and coming to the west ward , commodore " The Maria Tereei , the Vlzcia , the Colon and the Oquendo were now In plain view , In the order named , with the torpedo boats Turor and Pluton following "Tell the men at the guns to fire delib erately and make every shot tell , " called Schley to Captain Cook , and out of the choking smoke and fire Lieutenant Com mander Mnsou could be heard auletlv In- structlns the men In the turrets as to the distance The Brooklvn had described a rcrfcct circle , and , although under a de luge of shot and shell , uninjured , pointed west and began her famous fight. The Colon could be seen sneaking up behind the Spanish line , as If Intent upon getting away , while the Oquendo and Maria Teresa , evidently stilving vainly to shle'ld the tor pedo boil" , were receiving a most horrible baptism of shot and shell. The Instant the Colon had cleired the harbor It started up the line behind the three other shins , doing but little firing The two long , snaky torpedo destroyers fol lowing It also attempted to hide themselves , but Captain Walnwright , in the Gloucester , had seen them , and In a moment the little converted yacht was bearing down upon them At the same Instant everv ship In the fleet opened up on them with the rapid- fire one and sK-pounders Like an aveng ing angel seeking more tribute for the Maine disaster , a sreat shell from one of the big war ships , either ithe Iowa , the In diana or the Orezon. whizzed over the top of the Cloueestcr and struck the Pluton In the middle , and with a roar and a plunge It vanished from sight as It the sea had opened tin a great grave to receive It. The Furor got partially behind the Oquendo , which was now directing a heavy flic on the Texas and the Brookhn , but the Glou cester , despite the shore batteries , turned In after It and falrl ) riddled It with small projectiles Stung to death. It turned for shore and broke in two on a reef , the wild serf sounding Its requiem. Those of Its crew who survived flung themselves wildly Into the surf , but some were rescued by the crew of the Gloucester. 1 S'iiii * of DeotriicOoii. It was at this time , looking back from the quarterdeck of the Brookbn , that the fright- fill work being accomplished on the Spanish ships by the American squadron could be appreciated. It was one yellow pall of smoke where the American ships were , from out of which would shoot blasting flames whose tongues licked caressingly the ends of steel projectiles as they sped on their journey , to attempt to analjzo which of these engines of destruction did the terrific work on the enemy would be extreme self- assumption. No man who aided In fighting ehlps that day can say more than that his projectile was aimed to hit the black crafts that , with but a slight stream-like smoke from their guns , tried vainly to creep along the coast to the we3t The active firing had begun at 9 40 o'clock The Oquendo , still working Its guns , caught fire at 10 22 , and for ten minutes Its men tried to put It out. But from the mllltaiy tops and the super structures of the big war ehlps was pouring a deadl ) flio of rapid-fire six-pounders , while the Iowa and Texas were dropping four and nix-Inch shelln In It. Just ahead of It was the Maria Teresa , the flngshlp , while the Vlzcaa was passing along Inside of the two , followed by the Colon. The punishment be ing Inflicted on the Maria Teresi was not s-j heavy as that on the Oquendo , but the Brooklyn was raking her fore and aft Sud denly , In the lull , a big shell from the Texas crashed through It just above Its armor belt It evidently cut KB fire mains , for the next Instant , when a shell from the Brookl.vn smashed through the side , Just for ward of its beam , and exploding set fire to It , It turned to the beach hclplces It was JUKI 10 31 when the flagship of Ccrvora tan to the beach a trms of flames , and five minutes later , and but half a mile farther west , the Oquendo , half her mm killed and the ship fairly riddled with shell , followed In less than forty minutes the two best ships In the Spanish navy had been destroed , as well as two torpedo boats , and the superiority of guns and men over armor was demonstrated At 10 38 the positions of the shirs were singular ! ) favorable to the cnem ) carrying out his plan of escaping with at least one or two ot his ships The battleship Indiana had been unable to keep up the pace set by I the leaders of the Spanish ships and the bat ' tleshlp Iowa , arriving at the point where Ccrvcra's flagship had run ashore stopped to , pick up drowning Sponlardw of Its crew 1 Both the Indiana and the Iowa had done splendid work In assisting In the destruction of the two torpedo boats and the cruisers Ma rla Teresa and Oquendo but their lack of I speed forbade them continuing the chase The Oregon , which bad been at the farther end of the line , had gene outside of these other battlcuhlps and was coming raplll ) to the west , smoke pouring from Its funnels The movement was not at first understood , but when It became apparent that It was leaving the other battleship * , behind and was coming to the aid of the Brookln now al most alone with two heavily armored and heavily armed ships a cheer went up from Scale'a flagship for Captain Clark and his splendid ciew. Not that we can't lick 'em , " said a gunner's mate to me after the cheer , "but lt'8 good to have help. " Now brgan a fight that was to set the | naval world thinking and discredit the pre I dictions of the prophete The Vlzcaa , with I armor double the thickness of the Brook- I ln and guns of larger caliber , had often been placed by crltlre as the superior of the Brookln , and there wae a low murmur of approval on the latter ship as the word waj pasted to concentrate flre on the for mer Commodore Schley ald to Captain Cook "Gt In close. Cook , and we'll fix her " A little turn of the helm sent ( he Brookbn tn to within 1.000 ) pardt > of the enemy and there they were broadside to hrngrUM'ln hundrcil and fifty railed the messengers in'o the turrft decks and the nwer was the terrible boom of the biR eUht Inch guns follow el b ) the tenor of the five-Inch nnd the shrill treble of the six-Inch and one-pounders The smoke was so dense that It was hard to sec the target , but up forward wo could see the Colon ( .pitting out smokelc s fire from her Mde. When fiva minutes hid pissed nnd we had not felt the ship tremble with the concus sion of Spanish shells we lonked at one an other In amazement The water about and between the Hrookbn nnd the Vixen , which hid kept no.u us ab olutel ) boiled , while the sons of the shells over us and a few muffled explosions on deck told that the Spanish aim wes not so bid At precisely 1051 the Vlzcaja was seen to be on flre and at the same time It swerved out from shore , as though to ram the Brook- lii as its dlng effort The flre of the big cruiser was too hot for It , evidently , for at 11 06 It turned In to shore nnd hiuted down Its colors The Texas and the VUen were seen to be about a mile to the rear of the Oregon , and the VI * ava was now left to them and the Iowa , the latter stnlng b ) It flnall ) V rorlorn llniir , What Fcemed to bo now a forlorn hope faced Commodore Schle ) , but faith In the Brookbn and in the splendid battleship Oregon , now close on the chase , never fal tered The Colons accredited speed was nineteen and a half knots , and while the Brookbn a Is greater than that It was Im possible to make more than seventeen knots , because the forward pair of engines were not coupled up and were rjlng uelc s The Oregon had a speed at the most of fifteen and one-half knots , so It appeared as If the chances of escape were good , and everbody believed that for one ship to get awa ) would spoil the day's victor ) There was one chance , however , and Schle ) , quick to see It , determined to take advantage of It. The Colon was running clo e In to the shore and to continue Its course had to make a long detour to the south around Cape Cru ? , sl\ty miles west. The Brookbn was two miles further out to sea than the Colon , and , after consultation with Captain Cook and Navigator Hodgson , It was concluded to run a straight course to Cape Cruz and try and head off the chase The Oregon In the meantime ntaed In close , so as to get a range on the Colon's broadside If It tried to run directly south This line of tactics having been decided upon the chase , which tasted from 11 2" > to 1 15 , began The chase continued for about an hour and a half without much gain on either side , the Colon at 12 1 , " having a lead of about four and one-quarter miles Forced draught for the furnaces was being used on the Brook lvn , however , nnd It began to gain slow ! ) At the same time It was apparent that the tactics adopted b ) Commodore Schley had worked well , and It was evident that the Colon In rounding Capo Crur would be near enough for the Brooklvn and probably the Oregon to broadside with their large guns. It waa at this time that Captain Clark on the Oregon , In facetious mood , signaled over to Commodore Schley , "A strange vessel to the eastvvaid. Looks like an Italian , " an 1 knowing the ship had been purchased from the Italian government the commodore answeied back , "Yes , I guess It was built In Ital ) . " The Kn.l. A moment later a pennant went up at the masthead of the Oregon , and there was a shout of approval as the glasses made It out to read , "Remember the Maine , " as If the burning ships ashore spoke not of remem brance and retribution At 12-20 Commoder Schle ) directed the Oregon to try a large shell , and at 8,500 ) ards a thlrtecn-lnch shell rushed like a great railroad train by the Brooklyn and struck just short of the chase. A signal was sent to tell the Oregon the effjct , and then It tried another. This time It hit Just astcin and threw tons of water on the deck of the Colon. The effect must have been terrlfing , and when at 12 40 the Brookbn opened up with Its eight-Inch guns and landed a few shots against the Colons side. It became evident that the game was cornered. How ever , everybody expected that the bhlp of the enemy would put up a last fight and only surrender when overpowered , nnd we were all : ry much surprised when , at 1 n o'clock , down came the ensign of Spain and the o'lip ran ashore. As the Brookbn nnd Oregon moved in upon the prev , the men poured out of the fire rooms , black with smoke and dirt and glistening with perspiration , but wild with joy , and when some was raised a broom to the mastheid , there was a roar of ap plause from the Oiegon , and an answer from the Brooklvn Cllmblne up to the bridge , Commodore Schley eazed down at the lubllant men wl'h Just a suspicion of a tear in his eve "Those are the fellows who made this day , " he said polntinc to them , and then ordered Enslcn MacCauley to make signal , "The cnpmv has surren dered " rive miles to the cast the Texas saw the slsnal and repeated It to Admiral Sampson on the Now York , some miles further away So ended the bittlp of Julv 3 , a vlctorv not Ipss sweeping and complete than that achieved bv Commodore Dewey at Cav He The Spanish | O SPS were 600 lives , 1,200 prisoners and $12,000,000 worth of property The American loss , for the markmanshlp of the Spaniards wn * as poor as over , was one man killed and three wounded The \merlcan killed was George H Ellis , ehlpf ) eoman of the Brooklyn. 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J , Maybe the grocer is "just out of Ivory Soap but has another , he thinks , is just as good. " No other soap is just as good. Insist that he get Ivory Soap for you. A WORD OF WARNING There are nunv white soipj each represented to be "just as foot the 'Ivory' , " they ARC NOT but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable quil'"ei ' 0) ) tht eenulot Askfor"lvor > ' Soap and Insist upon cettlnc It i 1109 ir THE pHOCtin i a "au co CINCINNATI JULY FOURTH A YEAR AGO MimlrrliiR fur tlic Wnr In- Mtrnil of ItftiirnliiK from It. If Independence dav orltors of IS1 * ! ) wish to point to some former Fourth of July and j draw a striking contrast with that of thin j jeir they will not have to look back overi the jears Thcj will look back Instead over ] merely the last twelve months and find much worth celebrating. And heie In Omaha the chingcs come as much Into evidence as any- w here Last jear the real celebration of the Fourth took place , of course , Ht the exposi tion grounds People flocked there by the thousands , excited bj the news from Santiago bay until thej were almost beside them selves with pitrlotic pride In American arms and heroes The Midway parade nnd the exhibitions of fireworks planned befoie- hand were cirrled out with a ? eal and a display of life and color not dreamed of by the officials themselves Even the sons of foreign soils caught sonic of the infection of enthusiasm and Joined In celebrating thej knew not what The Fourth last jear was the first ot the exposition's big days It was not preceded bj a Santiago annlversarj- this jear'swlll be , but on the contrarj was made bj cir cumstances a combination of the original Santiago day and the great national holldtj By noon 30,000 people had passed through the gates Into the exposition grounds and were mnsaed along the line of march of the great Midway p-irade. Kvery where ( lags were hung fiom buildings and fljlng from fiagstaffs , and thousands of sm ill ones wcic worn by the people The floats In the parade fittingly celebrated all but one of the gre.it achievements of the war up to that time. The one which did more than any other , per haps , to bring the war to a close was jet too new and too vaguclj * reported to have nnj symbolical representation The remainder of the daj on the groundo. was observed much as it will be this jear , j the display of fireworks and Illumination of ] the Midway thoroughly entertaining the' tbousandn of visitors. Last Fourth of July regiments were still mustering for the war. The Third Nebraska was In camp at Fort Omaha , awaiting mus ter In f > nd transportation south. Its mem bers had a celebration all their own , as thej could not leave the camp Speeches were made to the bo > s by several prominent cltl- rens of the etate and Colonel Brjan was pre sented with a sword. This jear the former members of tint regiment will celebrate where and .is they pleise free from the restrictions of military life Members of the Second leglment will this jear go to picnic * in Nebraska groves , Instead of marching in reviews through the choking dust and heat cf Ohlckimiuga the riist will pass their Fourth this jear as last , on the water , but bound In the homeward - i ward direction CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tne Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of BUFFET LIBRARY CARS Best Dining Gar Service , DR. EVicCREW , SPECIALIST , Trul J all Forms cf DISEASES AND 1 DISORDERS OF MEN ONLY. 22 Years Experience. 12 Ymtln Umihl. Jledltlno and treat- a ament s nt every where , by vliill or Kxprnm , at tlio small charge of ONLY S5 A MONTH , HOVIETKK XTMT ! thatcuresand sivea jou fliiip nnd miinev iiKuriiuirr : AND SII.HICMI. trent- nient rnmtilucil in nil cai-pa where lilsndvla- Rlile Virkoce'r Strl < ture bvphlllfi , In nil Its stages. 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