THE OMAHA DAILY IEK: FIJI DAY, JULY .1. 100$
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FOL'NIjKI) ItT EDWARD HOSKWATKR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCCDATION:
Btute of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Ocernc H. Txachuek, treasurer of The
Hee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
rays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
tho month of Juno. lJft. was as follows:
1 3S.8B0 IS 38,490
2 35,740
3 36,030
4 33,800
8 33,760
6 35,830
7 35,900
8 35,950
9 35,910
10 35,970
11 36,350
13 36,030
13 35,890
14 30,060
IS 36,080
10 38,490
17 36,930
18 39,110
19 36,460
SO 33,890
31 33,760
S3 36,480
93 38,099
34 38,340
SS 36,800
38 38,070
98 3630
89 36,600
30 36,330
Totals 1,089,090
Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,677
Net total 1,079,313
Dalley average , 35,977
OEORQE B. TZSCHCCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day of July, 190K.
M. P. WALKER,
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WHEN OI7T Or TOWN.
Subscribers Icavlaa (lie cllr tern
porarllr should have The Bee
nailed to them. Addreea will be
changed mm ofteat sus reaeted.
Castro has not yet railed on Japan
to help him whip Uncle Sam.
The photographs of Senor Obaldla,
the new president of Panama, look the
part.
Look not too closely'upon the fire
works when they are red and big and
dangerous.
Now that It 1b all over, Mr. Fair
banks might tell whether he drank
that cocktail.
In his nWbook 'Mr. Rockefeller
may explain his secret of extracting
oil from water.
The Vermonters should not try to
Bhoot tho balloonists who are doing
the best they can.
"Sunny Jim" Sherman has fully re
covered and Utlca may go as far as It
likes in welcoming him home.
It will be worth the price of admis
sion at Denver to see the Tammany
tiger jumping through the Dryan
hoops.
The gentleman from Texas and Mex
ico Is now busy making a new charter
to govern Omaha.
Nearly all the newspapers In the
country made note of the fact that Mr
Bryan gave a dollar to a hobo. It
pays to advertise.
Congressman "Billy" Sulzer of New
York has arrived at Denver, so there
Is no occasion for delaying the pro
ceedings any longer.
When our club women come home
we may expect to hoar Just how it was
dono down In Boston.
Venezuela needs a few good doctors
who are Immtino from the bubonic
plasue more than It needs a visit from
Uncle Sam's warships.
One of the bitj fljh concerns has
U-en 4lncd for accepting rebates. Still,
how is a fish concern going to do bus
iness wifhnt't re-baits?
Minister Wn Ting-fang says he ex
pects to live to be 200 years old. Kven
at that some of his questions will prob
ably remain unanswered.
Governor Swanson of Virginia is to
second the nomination of Mr, Bryan
it Denver. Please note that the name
Is Swauson. not Swansong.
The Gray and Johnson boomers are
unable to agree on any issue that la
up for consideration, thus proving the
genuineness of their democracy.
When Miss Plant fell into the ocean
t Atlantic City and was rescued by Mr.
Blossom, the acquaintance thus started
promptly flowered Into matrimony.
Editor Watterson call a President
Roosevelt "The Great Nominator."
The president might retort by desig
nating the colonel as "The Great
DlvUor."
The weather man is duly advised of
the near approach of the glorious
Fourth and the urgent necessity of
clearing the atmosphere to keep the
powder dry.
Mr. Hearst's New York paper is giv
ing up a stingy bit of space over in
the Inside pages to let Its readers know
that 4 democratic national convention
la about to b pulled off.
TA HKKR'S roiSOMD IWQUtJT
If Alton B. PnrkT projerts at Den
ver his resolution in coiniiuTnoration
of the late Grover Cleveland In the
form In which it has been made pub
lic, we may expect sparks to fly on
the convention floor.
Every flower of the bouquet which
Judge Parker would lay on the grave
of the last democratic president con
tains poison for William Jennings
Bryan.
When the Parker resolution com
mends the faithfulness of Grover
Cleveland to the settled traditions and
policies of the democratic party as ex
emplified by all Its groat leaders,
"from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J.
Tilden," It studiously stops short of
the Intrusion of Mr. Bryan and Inti
mates that Bryanlsm is the complete
reversal of democratic traditions.
When the Parker resolution empha
sizes Mr. Cleveland's "heroic devotion
to principle,'" It suggests a contrast
with Mr. Bryan's boxing of the politi
cal compass.
When the Parker resolution holds
Mr. Cleveland tip for admiration for
"respecting the integrity of the
courts,'" it draws a line through the
platform plank demanding the curtail
ment of Judicial power which Mr.
BryaA is demanding.
When the Parker resolution praises
Mr. Cleveland for "maintaining the
public credit" and "standing firm as
a rock in defense of honest principles
of finance," it excoriates Mr. Bryan's
propaganda for free silver repudia
tion. From first to last the proposed reso
lution Is a direct contradiction of all
the bitter arraignment which Mr.
Bryan has repeatedly made of Mr.
Cleveland. The adoption of such a
resolution by the democratic conven
tion could be construed in only two
ways either as an Indictment of Mr.
Bryan's democracy or as a reflection on
his sincerity.
For the same delegates in conven
tion assembled to adopt such a resolu
tion of tribute tx Grover Cleveland
and then to nominate Mr. Bryan to be
the party's standard bearer would be
a political satire of monumental pro
portions. THE VFRlSlbQ IS MEXICO.
The administration at Washington
Is charged with a delicate duty in us
ing federal troops along the northern
border of Mexico to prevent the 'revo
lutionists who have been finding refuge
In Texas from crossing the border to
take part In the Mexican uprising.
The laws on the subject are vague and
Indefinite and our government has al
ways refused to take cognizance of the
political quarrels of other peoples. At
the same time the peace of the sister
republic and the necessity of preserv
ing American interests furnishes war
rant for determined, but cautious and
conservative action to prevent Amer
ican soil from being used as a recruit
ing ground for a revolution against
a friendly nation.
The present insurrection against the,
government of President Diaz has
been brewing for a dozen years. Mex
ican politicians who have failed to
make headway have been fomenting
the revolutionary sentiment, hoping
to start an uprising upon the death or
retirement of President Diaz that
would place the old regime in control.
These Insurgents established headquar
ters at St. Louis some years ago, but
the American authorities compelled
them to move on. Of late years they
have been living at different towns
near the Mexican border In Texas and
carrying on their plotting under cover.
President Diaz has used strong meth
ods to suppress the bandits and mal
contents In his country and has given
Mexico the first "stable government it
ever had. He has aroused much an
tagonism by giving subsidies to Amer
icans aid using every effort to have
the resources of the country developed.
He has been handicapped, however, by
the large discretionary powers lodged
In the local governors and his plans
for nationalizing the Mexican railroads
and making other extensive improve
ments have been bitterly opposed. Tho
lazy, shiftless and roving Mexicans
who have become dissatisfied have
Joined Benito Juarez, a descendant and
namesake of tho grand old aborigine
who led a successful revolt against the
imperial government of Maximilian, in
a new revolution against Diaz.
The outcome of the revolution can
not be long In doubt. President Diaz
has a strong, well-drilled and finely
equipped standing army of 35,000 men
and can recruit it up to 100,000 on
rhort notice. The insurgents have an
unknown number of followers, most
of whom appear to be fighting for
plunder rather than principle. The
Insurgents hpve already sustained one
defeat and will probably break up into
outlaw bands. At all events, the
United States has a duty in prevent
ing the misuse of its territory.
DRCHAHD'S COH&IUTATIOS.
The commutation of the death sen
tence of Harry Orchard, the confessed
murderer of Governor Steunenberg of
Idaho, will be hard to justify. If
Orchard were guilty of half the crimes
of which he boasted on the witness
stand, no man ever merited the death
penalty more than he. If he was as
sured of protection for turning state's
evidence, which has been denied by all
parties concerned, he could rightfully
have demanded m full pardon instead
of a life sentence.
Commutation to life Imprisonment
In Orchard's case will be taken to
mean merely postponement of libera
tion by holding out to him the expecta
tion of another commutation or parole
at some later time. From whatever
point of view Orchard may be re
garded. b cannot be considered, as en-
titled to any consideration at the hands
of society, and it seems to us that his
execution without tho interference
with the due course of law would have
been the best way to close the astound
ing chapter which li contributed to
the history of crime.
siimviso . irs hash.
Tho democratic city council is show
ing its hand In Its desperate effort to
avoid giving The Bee the contract for
city advertising to which it is entitled
for having submitted the lowest and
best bid. Refusal to award the contract
Is confessedly Inspired by no other mo
tive than to punish The Bee because
it upholds republican doctrines, and to
use the advertising contract to reward
the local democratic organ for faithful
service as an apologist for the council.
Of course, had the World-Herald put
In a bid either higher or lower than
The Bee's the council would have
found a way to give the advertising to
the democratic organ. But the failure
of the World-Herald to put in any bid
whatever, in spite of ample notice and
invitation, has put its democratic
friends In the council up against a
pretty strong proposition. They have
been forced to an arbitrary attempt to
reject Tho Bee'B Hd after opening It
and making It public for the benefit of
competitors and by re-advertislng to
invite the World-Herald to come In by
after thought with a lower figure.
The council is In the same situation
that it would be if It sought to reject
the lowest bid for paving or for gut
tering simply because it did not like
the politics of the bidder. On the
other hand, had the democratic World
Herald been the only bidder we may
be sure the contract would have been
closed up, signed, sealed and delivered
before anyone could say "Jack Robin
son." Although the democratic coun
cil may not concede to a republican
newspaper any rights which It Is
bound to respect. The Bee may have
other ways of enforcing Its rights.
Montana democrats have Just held
their state convention to choose dele
gates to the Denver meeting, less than
a week before the convention Is to be
called to order. If a contest were
to be made about seating these dele
gates there would be scarcely time to
serve the notices, much less to give
each side opportunity to answer. The
democrats will some day have to adopt
the rule incorporated into the repub
lican call, which requires national con
vention delegates to have been selected
thirty days in advance of the conven
tion and sets a twenty-day limit to the
filing of contest notices.
There is no question but that
Charles A. Towne has the best claim
to Colonel Bryan's favor for second
place on the ticket as a matter of grati
tude for eliminating himself in 1900
in order to make It more smooth sail
ing" ( for .Brjan and Stevenson. But
then, -Colonel Bryan has been accused
of harboring "a sting of ingratitude."
The Water board is to be com
mended for taking tho precaution to
name an acting chairman and empower
him to sign vouchers and salary war
rantsduring the absence of the chair
man. If the Water board could not
draw salary warrants without Inter
ruption it would be, indeed, in a state
of suspended animation.
Who denies that the world is grow
ing better? A man has been sentenced
to seven years In prison at Goldfleld,
Nev., for selling fake mining stock.
Life is going to lose some of Its at
tractiveness in the west if It is made
a crime to fleece a tenderfoot by the
mining stock game.
A war expert has asserted that 100,
000 Japs might easily seize San Fran
cisco by disguising themselves as
United States soldiers. Easiest thing
In the world. All tho Japs would
have to do would bo to put on United
States uniforms and add about a foot
to their height.
Chairman Lloyd of the democratic
congressional committee bewails a
woeful shortage of funds. The situa
tion is particularly distressing, as T.
Fortune Ryan is In Europe and did
not leave his cable address even with
Mayor Jim or Brother-ln-Law Allen.
Iconoclasts are now trying to prove
that no such person as Betsy Ross,
who is supposed to have made the
first American flag, ever existed. Next
they will be trying to prove that there
never was such a person as Charley
Ross.
The Real Estate exchange does not
.ant to mix in the pending controver
sies before the County Board of Equal
ization. The Real Estate exchange
has a peculiar knack of mixing in when
It wants to and finding an excuse not
to mix in w hen it does not want to.
The astronomers were much inter
ested in theyrecent eclipse of the sun.
The democratic politicians will be In
terested in the eclipse of a whole
group of favorite sons that is sched
uled for some day next week at Den
ver. The treasury deficit for the fiscal
year amounts to about 60,000.000.
This might be serious were it not for
the fact that the treasury started out
with about $250,000,000 of surplus
money to make tip the deficiency.
Mr. Root says he is happy to be at
Muldoon's. A man who has spent
months buffetting politicians, congress
men and diplomats may be excused for
finding relief In the company of a
trainer of pugilists.
That cartoonist should be reminded
that the democratic, candidate expects
to run on a calamity platform and that
he must stop playing up prosperity if
he does not want to kilt the effect of
the calamity howl.
Congressman Pollard Is looking for
young men among ,hls constituents
willing to enter the marine corps. It
seems hardly necessary for anyone to
go outside of Nebraska for experience
on the water.
Because our amiable democratic
contemporary went to sleep at the
switch It now expects the democratic
city council to back the train down and
give it another chance to get aboard.
Nebraska has been permitted to fur
nish the sixth vice president of the Na
tional Educational association. We
are not advised how many vice presi
dents the association boasts.
Tropical Kniotlon.
Minneapolis Journal.
That Mexican revolutionary movement
resembles an unlnstrurted d' legation adopt
ing the unit rule.
Interesting, If True.
Wnalilngton Tost.
Mr. Eryan's assertion that the republi
can platform repudiates Roosevelttsm will
nd'dly suiprife the rccple who though Mr.
Roosevelt wrote It.
Knltlna Action to the Letters.
Chicago Post.
The gentleman from Minnesota, who was
at one time rumored to have presidential
aspirations of 1!M8 growth, has been made
an L. L. D. Some wag will promptly sug
gest that It was a tip to him and might
bo Interpreted, "liCt's Lay Down."
Political Capital Gone Wronsr.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan's attention is respectfully
called to the fact that the Mobile A Ohio
railroad, which some time ago cut the
salaries of employes, high as well as low,
has now ordered all salaries restored, with
the exception of those of president and vice
president. Another good piece of political
capital gone wrong.
Stains of Retnmlno; Sense.
Boston Transcript.
The Tennessee primaries, held on Satur
day, resulted In the rejection of Mr. Car
mack, who arplred to the governorship.
Ills failure Involves a rebuke of the state
wide prohibition Idea and correspondingly
Is a popular reaffirmation of the local op
tion system of regulating the liquor traffic.
This Is not the first check to the temper
ance week In the south, for In Georgia it
is plain from the triumph of Brown over
Hoke Smith that among the influences
making that result was doubt whether the
state had not gone too far and too fast in
enacting absolute prohibition.
rEHSOMAL OTKS.
Licensed to marry In Chicago: Thomas
Topolewski and Pelagla Putykowskl.
Much Joy ski!
When Mr. Roosevelt hunts Hons he should
bear In mind that tho story of the slaying
of one by the bare hands has tor some
time been viewed with suspicion.
Editor George Harvey of the North
American Review says: "Tho music In
women's voices counterbalances any possi
ble disparity In the Ideas expressed." Com
pliments like this usually drive the women
to writing letters to the man who makes
them. -,,i
. Thomas Wilkinson, whoso proudest boast
was that his '.face had not been touched
by razor or shears since the civil war, is
dead at Adrlun, Mich. His whiskers meas
ured about eighteen feet, and he formerly
traveled with a elde show exhibiting thorn.
Ho was a veteran of the civil war, and
was well known all over the state.
The firecracker and the toy pistol can
not be suppressed by debate. The fathers
who talk against these evils are poor mor
alists. Where is the man In the United
States who hasn't celebrated the Fourth
with these dangerous toys of war? Tho
safest way is to take the children away
from the bad boy next door on that day.
John B. Jarken, American minister at
Teheran, Persia, has applied to the State
department for leave of absence. The offi
cials say they see no reason why It fchould
not be granted, which Is regarded as an
indication that they do not consider the
Persian situation an alarming one, at least
so far as American interests are concerned.
BIIHEZY TH I FLICS.
"I hear your daughter Arnle'e wedding
was quite a lively one, Mr. Jones."
"Well, it was something of an Annie
mated scene." Baltimore American.
"A hammock large enough for two?"
echoed the dealer. "Do you want It wltn
or without?"
" 'With or without' what?" asked the
girl.
"Crowding," replied the dealer, KWtlli.ig
at her Innocence.
Thin she vr her order in a whiFoir.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Your son, Mrs. Simpson." said the col
lege professor, portentouHly, "Is. I am
sorry to say, afflicted with ses pilp.-ii :iu
verba.
"O lord. Professor!" cried the agitated
pnrent, "can it cured without H'l orir-atlon?"-
Phlli-ot Iphta Press.
"Paw. have vim ever been east?"
"Yes; I spent a year In New York City
wh"n I was considerably younger than I
am no-."
"Well, what hi tho 'eastern nuf lion'"
"The only one I ever henrd was. 'Iluw
much Is .he wortn? " Chicago Tribune.
'This town Is awful dry, ain't it. mister?"
asked the thirsty drummer.
"You net It s dry mi right, sourly en-
swered the hotel proprietor. "It's that .lry
that folks alout here won't even 'Huld-it?
their bills." Haltimore American.
Mrs. QushlelKh (to steamer acnuaintane
1 save all of hiv husband's old love let
ters. Pn you save yours?
1 tie Other Woman My dear manamn. I
hive hud four husbands." Chicago
i rioune.
prepare: to t ei.f.uu tk.
W. J. Lampton In New York World.
Get ready now to celebrate
The Glorious Fourth and show
To all the world to what extremes
Our patriots will go.
Give giant crackers to the boyg
To make a glorious fuss,
But have the doctors, over night.
Prepare for tetanus.
Go fling the Starry Banner out
At half-mast fur the sons
Of patriot fathers who supply
Their kids with fatal guns.
Let ever" man and bov turn loose
With noise to raise the dead.
And notify the hospitals
There's extra work ahead.
Set off the fireworks with a aiza
To sling their glare about.
And let the undertaker trot
A few more hearses out.
Tang forth thn rousing fusillade
That heats Die beating drums.
And tell the sweepers of the streets
To watch for eyes and thumbs.
Shoot up the daylight and the dark
Of this our Cllory Day,
And hang some crape upon the door
For Willie passed away.
The patriot fathers fit and bled
And died to make us free,
And once a year a few son ought
To die fur Liberty.
Hall to the Nation's natal day!
Let Kant, West, boutli and North
Gel ready now to celebrate
Our grand and bloody Fourth.
A FAMOIS AVMVERMnV,
Destruction of the Ansnlnh Fleet al
tantlnnn Ten lrnra (to,
A famous sea haul.; was fought and won
off the harbor of Santiago, during tho
forenoon of July 3, IS!, ten years ago to
day. The news ol the hattl" and the re-
i It came opportunely, on the morning of
the Fourth, and the customary rejoicings
of the noted day took on a degree of
patriotic exuberance thst has not been ex
perienced since. No anniversary of Inde
pendence day since civil war times was so
enthu astlrnlly celebrated, none sounded
the depths of patriotic Joy as thoroughly
as that which marked the end of Spanish
dominion In the Carrlhean sea. Omaha
turned loose 60,m) strong In tho Trans
tnlsslssippl exposition and reh'brated as
never before or since. The hours of day
and bight were as swift as the pace of the
crowd, and both merged wearily Into the
morning of the day after. Oh,' memory,
hush!
Tho chief Incidents of the battle and the
principal actors In the historic scene form
a panorama a shade less thrilling ten years
after as when Admiral Cervern bravely
led his fleet to Its doom. It was 9:3" a. m..
Sunday morning. Almost simultaneously
from the signal bridges of half the vessels
of the American fleet came word that the
Spanish fleet was coming out. Quickly
come the order from the Brooklyn,
"Chnse and engage," bv.t by the time the
bunting flapped from the ropes the entire
fleet had, broken ground and was following
out the general order to fight on sight.
As they swung to port to meet the enemy
the forward turrets of the Teresa biased
with a noisy defiance and the shot were
turned loose among tho vessels bearing
down swiftly upon them.
Then the most remarkable naval battle
of all time was under way. Tho big Brook
lyn, the largest ship In the fleet, swooped
down under half steam, belching flame and
moke from all, Its port battery. Then,
with a mighty sweep of Its bows, It sheered
up to starboard and, swinging around In
a circle, passed close by the Texas, re
opening with Its starboard battery. Swiftly
It flew, gaining speed and power with each
revolution of Its screws. Classed as In
ferior to any one of tho four gigantic
cruisers opposed to it, it successively en
gaged them all.
The Texas, the Oregon, the Indiana, all
swooped down, turning to meet the west
ward course of Cervera's ship. Their
heavy guns threw tons of hard metal
against the sides of the doomed ships, but
only one had the steam and speed to fal
low the escaping leaders. With an ex
perience gained In a race of 12,000 miles,
the stokers and engineers of the mighty
Oregon had learned a lesson which stood
them In good stead. With a speed greater
even than that of tho Brooklyn, this
leviathan passed to starboard of the Iowa
and Texas and hung on the trail of the
speedy Brooklyn, gaining rapidly on the
flagship, hurling heavy shot and shell
upon the enemy.
From out the entrance of the harbor, last
of all, lying flat In the water with a limited
exposure to hostile fire, came the most
dreaded of all the ships which floated the
flag of Castile that morning. With double
the speed of the Americans, with deadly
torpedoes aboard and with Instructions
to send In their deadly missiles on
any ship daring enough to await their at
tack, slipped out the Furor and Pluton.
During all the long watch off tlict harbor
these two had caused the blockaders the
greatest anxiety. Yet the result tends to
to show how useless' In hot battle they and
their class can be.
Opposing two vessels regarded as the
most dangerous in the fleet of the enemy
by this tlnio was but one daring Yankee
seaman with a crew of daring Yankees
aboard a fragile yacht, Gloucester, built
for pleasure and not stern war. It was
a contest none need have felt Bhame In
avoiding, but Captain Walnwrlght had
seen the Muine sink below the waters of
Havana harbor, had seen his men in
mangled heaps crushed out of life, and he
knew no hesitation. Like a grey hound his
little vessel shot forward. Down under
the fire of the battleships which had turned
their fire upon them, the yacht bore In be
tween the deadly torpedo boats. Often In
that brilliant action they tried to torpedo
the Gloucester, but the skill of the com
mander and the skill of the men behind
the guns smothered bath vessels with a.
damning fire. In less than an hour both
were destroyed.
As the Teresa opened fire she received
the return fire of all the ships of the
American fleet. Sheering to starboard, she
made a futile effort to escape to the west.
Closely following In her tracks came the
Oquendo, the Viicaya and the Cristobal
Colon, all superior In armament to tho
Brooklyn and but little inferior to the
bulldogs of tho American navy. The
Spaniards made a gallant and desperate
fight, but the constant rattle of v the rat ld
fire guns In main and secondury battery
aboard the enemy, combined with an ac
curacy at long and short range little short
of marvelous, made the Castllllan gun
ners flee from their guns.
Tim Iowa and the Indiana being short
on steam were operating at long r-inge
until well after the action commenced.
But they cloned In and by the lapse of half
an hour were dealing deudly blows at all
but the swift Colon, which seimed in a fair
way to glido out to sea to the west and
muke good her escape. The Oregon, wlih a
burst of speed which has caused naval
authorities and writers to gatp and con
tinue gasping, set sail for tho flying flag
ship, and before the Colon g.tve up the
fight was well up with the chase. In to
th shore turned the flagship of the enemy,
but as she turned Captain Clark's gallant
vessel flew by, raking her as she faltered.
Then she flew the white flag and dashed
a wreck on the beuch.
Seventeen miles of travel and less than
two hours of fighting and three of the
mighty cruisers were gone. On swept tho
Brooklyn and Oregon, the big battleship
now close on the quarter of the flagship,
hanging grimly to the chase. I'p lumbered
the Indiana and Iowa and, no longer able to
maintain the chase, turned to the, rescue of
the unfortunates. A flag broke out on the
New York, now rushing by, and Captain
Taylor, on the Indiana, saw his ship's num
ber called. Then he received a signal order
to leturn to his station off the blockade
and guard the harbor entrance. So slowly
and reluctantly he came about and dropped
out of the fight.
"Fighting Bob" Evans, with the Iowa,
having done as much damage as possible
while the enemy's fleet cxlsttd, now turned
his attention to caring for the survivors.
Kveu while at this work the New York,
under full steam and with screws revolving
under forced draught, plunged by on its
way to get into the fight. On the bridge
was the commander-in-chief, whose orders
were Leing so gallantly and thoroughly car
ried out by the ships of the two squadrons
In his absence. lio sent Taylor back, flag
ged Kvans to care for the wounded ails'
surviving and then raced ahead to where
In the distance ha was able to see puffs of
white smoke mantling the Oregon, and then
later on see a geyser of water beyond the
fleeing Colon as a thirteen-lncli shell ex
ploded on the Inshore side. But It was too
late. Kven as the flet flagship drew near
to the chase the Colon turned Inshore and
the last of the enemy signaled submission
and defeat. Then up went the signal of
bchley that thn battle was over aud the
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victory won. All that remained was to see
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Three of the American ships had made
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Seven had concentrated their fire at once
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