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ADMIRAL DEWEY BEGINS JOURNEY HOME
Leaves Manila On the Olympia Amidst Music of Bands, Booming
of Cannon and Shouts of Thousands of Sailors.
EXACT ITINERARY IS NOT AT PRESENT KNOWN AT DEPARTMENT
Hero of Manila Sat Upon the Deck of His Ship and Received Parting
Adieus From His Hosts of Friends.
The cruiser Olympia with Admiral
Dewey on board left Manila on her
homeward journey to the United
States at 4 o’clock last Saturday after¬
noon. As she steamed away the Ore¬
gon, Baltimore and Concord fired an
admiral’s salute. At the first shot the
band on the flagship’s aft deck played
a lively air and her white clad sailors
crowded the decksjand gave a tremen¬
dous cheer. As the Olympia passed
the Oregon, the crew of that battleship
gave nine cheers for the Olympians,
who responded by throwing their caps
so high that dozens of them were left
bobbing in the wake of the cruiser.
Then followed the noisiest half hour
known in the Manila harbor since the
battle which linked its name with that
of Dewey. The din of guns and brass
bands echoed through the smoke, a
fleet of steam launches shrieked their
whistles, the musicians of the Balti¬
more played “Home, Sweet Home,”
her flags signaled “good-by” and those
of the Oregon said “pleasant voyage.”
The merchant vessels in these waters
dipped their flags, the ladies on vhe
decks of the vessels of the fleet waved
handkerchiefs and the great, black
British cruiser Powerful, which lay
the furtherest, saluted the Olympia.
The latter’s band then played “God
Save the Queen,” aud to this the crew
of the Powerful responded with hearty
cheers for the Olympia.
The last music heard from Admiral
Dewey’s ship was “Auld Lang Syne,”
while the guns from the forts at Oav
ite and from the Monterey, on guard
off Parauaque, too far to be audible,
puffed white clouds of smoke.
The Olympia was disappearing past
Corregidor island when a battery be
fore the walled city spoke Manila’s
last word of farewell.
Admiral Dewey sat on the deeik
the Olympia and received the adieu of
his friends during the most of the day.
The launch of Major General Otis was
the first to arrive alongside the cruiser
at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and af
terwards the admiral landed and called
upon the major general and the United
States Philippine commissioners.
Admiral ‘Dewey was enthusiastic
over his home going, but when men
tion was made of the welcome to be
extended to him he said he appreciated
the friendship of his countrymen
deeply, but hoped they would not be
too demonstrative. He intends to go
directly to his home at Montpelier,
Vt., and live there. On it being said
that the people wanted him to go home
by the way of San Francisco and across
the continent, the admiral replied:
“If I was twenty years younger and had
ARBITRATION TO THE FORE.
Second Session of the Peace Confer¬
ence a Short One.
The second sitting of the peace con¬
ference at The Hague took place Sat¬
urday morning and lasted thirty-five
minutes.
The president of the conference,
Baron De Staal, read the replies of the
czar and Queen Wilhelmina to the
telegrams sent to them by the confer¬
ence on Thursday.
The president, M. De Staal, theu
addressed the delegates on the subject
of the labors before them, and it was
decided not to publish the speech. It
was learned during the day that he
placed the question of mediation and
arbitration in the forefront during his
speech. The question of the laws of
war rendering war as humane as pos¬
sible by the extension of the regula
tions already existing was theu touch
ed upon by the president and he rel
egated the question of the reduction
of armaments to the third place.
FINAL ORDERS GIVEN
For Payment of the Three Millions To
the Cuban Army.
A special from Havana says: fhe
order for the payment of the Cuban
troops and the delivery of their arms
to the mayors of the various munici
palities under the supervision of the
civil governors was signed by Governor
General Brooke Saturday.
The first payment of the troops has
been set for May 27th at the^foot of
the Prado in Havana, and the second
for May 30th at Santiago de las Vegas,
in Havana province. other The payments in
will be continued at places
the nrovince day by day thereafter.
political ambitions I would not miss that
chance.”
Speaking of the situation, Admiral
Dewey said:
“I believe we are near the end. The in¬
surgents are fast going to pieces. The send¬
ing of a third commission shows that they
believe this commission means business.”
Captain Walker, of the Concord,
the last of the commanders in battle
at Manila, went to the admiral and
said:
“Don’t leave me behind.”
So he was relieved and went home
on the Olympia along with Admiral
Dewey.
DEWET ITINERARY,
Navy Department Will Soon Issue a Bul¬
letin for the Public.
A Washington special says: So far the
navy department knows nothing except
in the most general way of the itinera¬
ry of Admiral Devrey’s cruise from
Manila to New York. He has reported
that he will come by the Suez
canal route and has not indicated
officially how long he will take in mak
iug the trip. The actual departure of
the Olympia was made known in the
following five words coming by cable
from Captain Baker at Manila:
“Olympia, Hong Kong. Assumed
cammand.”
The understanding at the navy de¬
partment is that the admiral will spend
about two weeks at Hong Hong, for
the Olympia is to be docked aud her
drab war paint must be covered with
the spotless white which makes the
American naval ship the most beauti
fuf in the world.
In the absence of other information,
it is assumed that the Olympia from
Hong Kong will follow the usual
coui’se of the warships coming home
by way of the Suez canal. She will
touch first after Hong Kong at Singa
pore, then at Columbo, then, perhaps,
at Aden, at the entrance of the Red
sea, to take on a crew of Lascars to
fire the boilers in the intensely hot
passage through the sea aud the Suez
canal.
Stops will be made of necessity at
Suez and at Port Said. It is assumed
that Malta will be touched, and per
haps Genoa or Nice before reaching
Gibraltar. Leaving the Mediterra
nead, the Olympia will stand straight
across the Atlantic, though she may
put in at Azores for two days,
The time that should be occupied by
such a trip is variously estimated by
naval officers, but the average is about
seventy days from date. However, the
public will soon be able to get a more
accurate knowledge of the itinerary, for
within a few days the navy department
will be in possession of the schedule
of the ship’s movements.
-VIEWED OLD BATTLEFIELDS.
President Takes In the Shenandoah
Valley On Homeward Trip.
The president and Mrs. McKinley,
with the friends who accompanied
them, reached Washington at 5:30 Sat¬
urday afternoon. The outing has been
of great benefit to the president and
he resumes his official duties thor¬
oughly refreshed aud invigorated.
The party left E[ot Springs,Va., Fri¬
day night and Saturday traveled slow¬
ly through the Shenandoah valley, rich
in beautiful scenery and points of his¬
toric interest. Thirty-five years ago
Mr. McKinley, as assistant adjutant
general on the staff of General Crook,
marched through the same valley par¬
ticipating in the heavy fighting which
occurred during Sheridan’s famous
raid.
The president went over this ground
and from the rear platform of the spe¬
cial train which carried him recalled
with great distinctiveness the places
which saw so much bloodshed. The
J . roadways and statious were lined with
people to catch a glimpse of the chief
of the nation* or to warmly grasp his
hand where brief stops were made.
NEBRASKANS GREET SCHLEY.
Omaha Citizens Tender Rear Admiral
a Grand Reception.
In the face of a biting wind of a
I raw day, 10,000 people attended a
public reception tendered Rear Ad
miral Schley in Omaha Saturday. The
rotunda of the city hall was elaborately
decorated and from 4 until 6 o’clock a
constant stream of humanity passed
through. closing the
When the hour for re
ception came there were still people in
I lino. As he drove away in a carriage
a large crowd around tbe city hall
cheered him vigorously. In the even
j iug Admiral Schley was banqueted
I by the members of the Loyal Legion.
associated press
Holds Annual Meeting in Chicago,
Elect Three New Directors
and Have Banquet.
The annual meeting of the Associ¬
ated Press of the United States was
held at Chicago Wednesday morning
in the public hall of the Aditorium
hotel. Mr. Yietor F. Lawson, of The
Chicago Morning Record and Evening
News, presided, and 1,000 shares of
stock were represented. The usual
routine business of the association,
which comprises every leading news
paper in the United States, morning
and evening, was transacted, the most
important*business being the election
of directors as successors to those
whose terms expire this year.
In the ballot for new directors Mr.
Clark Howell, editor of The Atlanta
Constitution, presented by the unani¬
mous action of the newspapers of the
southern states, from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, led in the number of
votes received. The terms of three
directors expired—Messrs. Stephen
O’Meara, of The Boston Journal; A.
J. Barr, of The Pittsburg Post, and
Leopold Markbreit, of The Cincinnati
Volksblatt.
There was also a vacancy for one
year occasioned by the resignation of
Mr. Clayton McMichael, of The Phila¬
delphia North American, he having re¬
signed, through having recently sold
The North American to the Waaa
maliers, of Philadelphia, and the
Philadelphia members having united
on Mr. McLean, of The Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin, as his successor for
the unexpired term, Mr. McLean was
elected to succeed Mr. McMichael for
the unexpired term of one year, and
in the choice of the three new three
year directors, Mr. Clark Howell re¬
ceived an overwhelming majority of
the votes cast, the other two members
elected being Messrs. A. J. Barr and
Leopold Markbreit.
Mr. Howell was placed in nomina¬
tion by Mr. H. H. Cabaniss, of the At¬
lanta Evening Journal, and his nomi¬
nation was seconded by every newspa¬
per in the south Atlantic and gulf
states. His vote far surpassed that of
any other nominee, he receiving the
enthusiastic support not only of the
southern, but also the New England,
western and Pacific states newspapers.
The following resolution was unani¬
mously adopted:
“Resolved, That the Associated
Press notices with pleasure the en¬
couragement by the newspapers
throughout the country of the propo¬
sition by Rear Admiral Upshur to The
Brooklyn Eagle that a home be secured
for Admiral Dewey at the national
capital by public subscription.
“Resolved, That we recognize in
the national committee of the Dewey
house fund a fitting body to which to
send the funds secured by subscrip¬
tions secured by newspapers from their
readers and from other sources, and
that we commend the object and the
method without reserve to the news¬
papers and periodicals of the United
States.”
The annual banquet was held at the
Auditorium hotel Wednesday night.
NEGROES WERE FOOLED.
They Met to Hear Dickerson Talk
About Pensions.
Fifteen hundred Kansas City ne¬
groes congregated at the Second Afri¬
can Baptist church in that city Tues¬
day night to listen to an appeal for
help from I. H. Dickerson, of Nash
xille, a negro who reached the town
the day before, posing as the general
manager of the ex-Slave Mutual Re¬
lief, Bounty and Pension Association
of the United States. He was alleged
to be collecting money to secure pen¬
sions for ex-slaves.
Major Charles Anderson, special
United States examiner, was on hand
with a United States deputy marshal
prepared to arrest Dickerson when he
should appear. He had apparently
been informed of the state of affairs
and failed to meet his engagement. The
audience became restless after waiting
au hour and spoke their sentiments
freely.
Major Anderson finally addressed
them, declaring Dickerson to be a
fraud, and the gathering dispersed,
but not without mutterings of disgust.
Ten Millions In Gold Bars.
The United States assay office at
New York shipped to the Philadelphia
mint $10,000,000 in gold bars Wednes¬
day.
DISQUIETING ISSUE DROPPED.
High Joint Commission Relieved oi
Boundary Contention.
As a result of a conference held at
the foreign office in London between
Lord Salisbury, Sir Julian Panncefote
and Ambassador Choate, the latter
acting under direct instructions from
Secretary Hay, it can now be predicted
that the high joint commission to ad¬
just the issues between the United
States and Canada will be reassembled
during the coming summer or early
fall.
The negotiations have taken a new
turn by the suggestion that the Alas
kau boundary question be submitted
to arbitration.
USED A WINCHESTER
Woman Shoots Down a
Midnight Prowler.
TRIED TO ENTER HER ROOM
Mrs. Wood’s Husband Was Away
At the Time and She
Was AH Alone.
Mrs. James Wood, ef Esom Hill
district, Paulding county, Ga., sent a
ball crashing into a negro’s brain
shortly after midnight Thursday night
and thereby escaped the clutches of a
negro assailant who was seeking to
enter her bedroom.
A few hours after the fearless use of
the winchester Mrs. Wood’s husband
found the dead body of the negro lying
under the window through which he
was trying to enter when the brave
woman pulled the trigger in self
defense. •
Mrs. Wood is the wife of one of the
most successful and prominent plant¬
ers in that section of Paulding county.
He is a progressive man and finds it
necessary to be away from home a good
deal. He and his family are close
readers of the papers, and of course
have not overlooked the many assaults
upon defenseless women throughout
the south by law-defying negroes.
More than once the matter has been
discussed by the man and his wife, and
as a precaution Mr. Wood taught his
wife how to handle the pistol ami the
gun and has kept good weapons with¬
in her reach at all times when he was
away from home.
It was Mrs. Wood’s custom to keep
her winchester in one place at all
times. This was near the head of her
bed. .
Thursday Mr. Wood found it neces¬
sary to leave home. He knew he could
not return until late at night, and so
informed his wife. At the usual hour
Mrs. Wood, after seeing that the doors
and windows of her home were all se¬
curely locked, retired. Her winches¬
ter was near her bed, and though
alone, she felt no uneasiness and soon
fell asleep. How long she slept she
does not know, but it must have been
late in the night when she was awak¬
ened by a noise at one of the windows
of her bedroom. The room was dark,
but outside there was some light, the
night being clear.
Leaning against the side of the
house, she saw plainly the head and
shoulders of a man.
She could not tell at first whether it
was a white man or a negro, but she
knew no one had any business there
at that hour. Quietly *She reached for
her winchester.
Just then both hands outside the
window were raised so as to catch the
sash. There was a movement as
though an effort was being made to
hoist the window.
Mrs. Wood watched all this closely
and then cautiously raising her gun,
but without moving her head from the
pillow, she pulled the trigger. Not
knowing what was the effect of her
shot, Mrs. Wood half expected every
second to see the face appear at the
window, again, and had made up her
mind to try a second shot the instant it
came up. But no face appeared.
Mrs. Wood did not feel safe in leav¬
ing her bed for the purpose of making
an investigation, and decided the best
thing she could do would be to remain
quiet until her husband should return.
During the interval she bore up well,
realizing that if danger were still pres¬
ent she would need all her self-control.
An hour or more passed—it seemed
an age to the lonely woman—before
her husband came. Then it was that
she gave way. Her husband finally
quieted her aud listened to the recital
of her horrible experience. Mr. Wood
quickly found the hole the bullet had
made through the window, and then
left the house to investigate. Under
the window he found the body of a ne¬
gro already growing stiff. The ball
had struck him in the center of the
forehead aud buried itself deep in
the negro’s brain, causing instant
death.
NO MESSAGES SUNDAY.
Department Heard From Neither Otis
Or Brooke During Day.
There was a lack of news in official
quarters at Washington Sunday from
General Otis at Manila or General
Brooke at Havana.
The president and war department
officials were awaiting with much in¬
terest advices expected from General
Otis regarding the outcome of the
meeting between the commissions rep¬
resenting the United States and Aguiu
aldo, though the belief expressed by
the Amerieau commander at Manila,
that the insurgents want an armistice
as a condition precedent to treating
for peace.
“He Laughs Best
Who Laughs Last.”
A hearty lauah indicates a
degree of good health obtain¬
able through pure blood. As
but one person in ten has
pure blood , the other nine
should purify the blood with
Hood's Sarsaparilla first, . last Then and
they can laugh for P^f f hap¬
all the time , with good e health
piness comes
HeverOsjtpn.r.s
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Useful Philippine Bonnets.
The hat of a Philippine woman is
useful in almost any emergency. It is
made of palm loaf or rattan, and has
a brim so wide that it serves as an um¬
brella In case of need. Two women
may sometimes be seen sheltered un¬
der one hat as they cross the street In
the rain. But this broad-brimmed hat
is not only an umbrella and a head
covering, it answers well as a basket,
and In the market the women display
their fruit or fish upon it, placing it on
the ground before them—Scientific
American.
It is said, that in Stuttgart, Gei>
many, all horse trucks and wagons are
to be (banished from the streets after a
certain period of time.
Rhyme and Heason.
There is a new song going the rounds
of the press and it runs as follows:
We.don't want to buy at your place.
We won’t trade there any more;
You'll be sorry when you see us
Giiug In some other store.
You can’t sell us any stale goods,
We have opened wide our eyes;
We don't want to trade at your store,
’Cause you do not advertise.
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