Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1898, Page 20

TROUBLE WITH HAITI To Understand It We Must Look Back Into History. > - TOMULTUOUS TIMES ON THE ISLAND Picturesque Career of the Great Tousaint |Ouverture. PALACE OF SANS SOUCIL Written for The Evening Star. HERE gover th two | least Indies with ARE ents at West will view avor the exten sion of our dominion i the Antilles. Denmark lost forever the opportu- nity for selling that group of i of which St. Thon is the r, and for which at one time we were an. to something over $7,000,000. Haiti that we are not down there health, and, like the preach- camp meeting, seems in- eringly to “the in t | i nto cen’ vus suspicior ed to allude rather sn which am in our midst.” The » lies but fifty or sixty miles tward of our prospective posses- to Rico. Haiti occupies the hird of the large island imme | ately to our west, named by the first | Spaniards Hispaniola, and generally known as Santo Doming« Time was, and not far distant, when we tu covetous eyes to these two islands ing our d of a port in one or the her for a coaling and naval station; but acquisition of Porto Rico that more than met, and we no ‘ther the territory or the/ ophisticated West Indian: make the Haltians believ that. They bave so long suspected us of | upon their possessions that | now decidedly chronic. | now are, right between } our new acg ms, Porto Rico and Cuba, and with Jan to the east of them knocking for a fon at our doors, the | Haitians fecl—well, they don't know just | how they fe hey are sure they ne ought to ha The Trouble With Haiti. To know “what is th matter with” Hait! we must turn back a century or so and look into her history. The island was ‘covered by Columbus on the 6th of De- cember, 1402. The Haitian rtion is about 390 miles in length, from 60 to 150 miles ecp, with high mountains, beautiful har- | di: bors and fertile valleys, with a tropical | vegetation that clothes Its hills and dales in verdure all year, a climate that, if not on the coast, is nearly so In the and a people who. to put it mi r up to their ortu: ities. After Spain had wrung trom aborigines all the gold th a dig out of the mines rned her attention nd the western part of Hait! was nearly deserted. Early | in the seventeenth century the famed a i their headquarters on na a, W beauteous at- val- ng herds of catt 1 so they aba aril ats at lands Iv wild hogs | ndoned for the occupation sea and took | i were and built | the } foun- | every | But, alas, | The numer- | y treated, | absolute i! over them though Louis XIV ] “code noir’ for the ane regulation of their treatment. Status of French out of about half a mil- 0) were white and rest blacks. After the ties were sent to at Paris, but only © was a preju- ts as despot wn by “les amis des eclaration of the revolution- men were free and equ te planters of Haiti and set ferment. A young mulatto had known Robespierre tte in Paris, excited an insurrec- blacks, was taken prisoner and wheel. When Robespierre it he exclaimed: “Perish the col- her than depart, in the case of cur colored brethren, from these universal principles of librty and equality, which it gl ave laid down!” Then the ational assembly elared that the free colored people—who had hitherto been de- barred—should participate in the colonial government, at the reception of which @ec laration the whites foreswore their allegi- ance to France and tram on the trl- color in an ecstacy of rage Then occurred the long-dreaded rising of the blacks, first on a plantation near Cape Haitian, who came pouring down from the mountains to the coast, committing hor- rible atrocities on the way. One body of insurgents bore the body of a white infant Joft on a pike, as its standard. More than 0 whites were massacred, 1,200 families reduced to beggary and a thousand sugar and coffee estates destroyed. All the white ountry population {n fact was extermi- nated, the elite of the tsland; but in the cities, after the first shock, they rallied, and, with the assistance of the colored peo- pie, repulsed the mountaineers. When, later on, the colored people felt they had been betrayed, they allied themselves with the blacks, and a war of extermination be- gan,which ended only after all the white in- habitants had elther emigrated or been Mmaseacred. The country districts were en- tirely given over to the blacks, and never since have they been regained. They ere today the abode of semi-savage blacks, as ignorant and paganish as their African an- cestors. It was at this time that Jamaica and Cuba benefited by the immigration of | derly behavior which were alive | g THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1898-24 PAGES. AIN FORTRESS. the Haitian coffee planters, who took with them the knowledge of their peculiar cul- and established the p'antations that nee been such sources of profit to islands. Tousssnint VOuverture. Anarchy, bloodshed, desolation reigned supreme in Haiti until 1798, during which year the French, the British and the na- tives were engaged in insensate warfare; then a master spirit appeared in the person of a mulatto of middle age, who showed himself capable of bringing order and peece out of this infernal chaos. Toussaint VOuverture was born about 1743, on the ation of nt Noe, near Cape Hai- a son and grand n of grandfather was an African hostile to very to the white have own and sold into traders on the coast. An educated negro ught him reading and writing, a littie Latin and geometry, a me_ the coachman of the count M. Bay- by whom he was impiicitly trusted. n the outbreak of ‘01 occurred he hid his master and family in the forest, where he carried them food, at the risk of his life, and whence he finally enabled them to escape to the coast and eventually to the United States, whither he sent them re- mittances from the plantation, so long as it Yielded anything. Afier their flight, with no longer any ties to bind him to the whites, he joined the negro chiefs, amongst whom his knowledge of native medicines and general intelligence soon made him su- Toussaint Ouverture. Preme. The blacks to acknowledge the i treated to the anish section of the island. But when, in ‘M4, the convention declared slavery abolished, Toussaint, now virtually chief of the blacks, returned to Haiti and ere royalists, refused neh republic and re- Was made Heutenant governor of the colony. With his disciplined biack soldiers he attacked the British and drove them from the richest 7 s of the island, and in the summer of * was raised to su- preme command of the French forces, When he conceived the determination of the entire severance of political connection be- tween Haiti and France. As Ruler of Haiti. In pursuance of this plan he sent home General Rochambeau and reduced another high officer to be subordinate to himself; but he wrote the Directory, “I guaran- tee, on my personal responsibility, the or- and the good will to France of my brethren, the blacks. At the same time he sent two of his sons, virtually host- ages, to be educated in Paris. He kept his Pledge, peace prevailed, the British were expelled in '@8 and an insurrection of his | countrymen wa quelled with severity Having received from Bonaparte, then first consul, In '07 a confirmation of his com- mission as commander-ii-chief, he bent ail his energies to the regeneration of Haiti. His army was rigidly disciplined, agr ture was encouraged, churches ‘re-est lished, strict justice meted out to all and schools opened throughout the island. Of course, every ignorant black under him de- sired a high appointment, but his polit! wers generally turned them off, as whe illite hegro demanded the position of magi: “Oh, yes,” replied, “that wou admirable. Of course, you’ unde: in? No? Not know Latin? That fortunate, for you know it is absolute- ly necessary!” In the last year of the last century he came into collision with the insatiate Bona 1 having completely pacifi went two letters, address: the Blacks to the First of but which the latter deigned ver. Still he entreated iona- tion of the new constitution by which the colony was to be virtually independent, but under the guardianship of France, with himself as governor general for life. The first consal only answe a fleet of 26 ships of war and 1 under General Leclerc, Paul ine Honaparte’s husband. Pauline herself was also with the general, and Napoleon’ enemies have more than hinted that it as much to rid himself of his importuna sister and her husband as to conquer Haiti that he sent them on this expedition! With France Against Him. However that may be, with"Leclere were tochambeau, Rigaud and Petion, all former opponents and enemies of Toussaint, and when he saw the squadron approaching Cape Haitian he exclaimed, “We are lost! of the Whit not parte’s he had rafte All France is coming to invade our poor island!" That was in January, 1802. Before the end of that year Leclerc had died, many of his men had perished and soon after the remainder were driven in disgrace from the soil of Haiti. When the neh landed, Toussaint’s general, Christophe, set fire 10 the city of Cape Haitlan and retreated to the hills, carrying with him 2,000 whites as ses. In these interior fastuesses ihe were safe from attack, but nearly all the ports were in possession of the French. Neither side, unassisted, could prevail it the other, so the French command- er had recourse to strategy. Leclere had brought back with him the two sons of Toussaint, to whom Bonaparte had given an erview before their departure at the Tuilleries. “Your father is @ great man, he said to them, “and has rendered many @ service to France. Tell him I said so, and tell him not to belleve I have any hos- tile intention against his island. ‘The troops I send are not destined to fight the natives, but to increase their strength, and the man I have appointed to command is my own brother-in-law He would not at first submit, saying: “I cannot acept the terms. The first consul offers me peace, yet his general no sooner airives then he rushes into war. No, take back my sons!” Suffering defeat, however, and his two generals, Christophe and Des- salines, being taken prisoners, he finaliy made treaty, by which he was allowed to retire to his plantation. But the world was not large enough for both Bonaparte and this ambitious chieftain of Haiti. Na- poleon’s orders, to capture Toussaint and send him a prisoner to France, were ex- plicit; he was arrested, two negro chiefs who attempted to defend him being killed on the spot, and, with his wife and family, taken at midnight aboard the “Hero” man- of-war, which sailed at once for Europe. He arrived in France in June, 1802, and, separated from his wife and children, was confined in a castle, where, on an April aga: morning of 1808, he was found sitting by the fireplace, dead. It having been reported that he had vast treasure concealed in Haiti, he sadly said, to one who interrogat- ed him: “No, the treasures which yo seek are not the treasures I have los meaning his country, wife and children, and his Mberty. Carrying on the War. After tne departure of Toussaint the war was renewed by his old commanders, Chris- tophe and Dessalines, and as they were as- sisted by a scourge of fever, which car- ried the French troops off by thousands, and ultimately by the English, who block- aded the ports, success finally crowned their arms. Leclere died in November, 1802, and Pauline went with his body to France; he was succeeded by Rochambeau, who, driven to desperation, ordered the shooting of 500 blacks, his prisoners, which provoked Dessalines to retaliate by shoot- ing as many French. At the departure of the French the negro chiefs again proclaimed the independence of the island, and on the Ist of January, 180s, Jean Jaques Dessalines was elected governor general for life. He began by ordering a massacre of all the French proprietor who had re- turned to their estates under promise of protection; and in October of that year he was solemnly proclaimed emperor—taking his cue from Navoleon—under the title of “James I.” As he himself was a negro, the Haitians, of whatever color, were henceforth to be known as blacks; a new constitution was proclaimed, religion in- voked (by this monster of cruelty) and, as a precaution in event of another war, the interior lands ordered to be planted with yams, bananas and plantains. Two years after his coronation he was assassinated by the soldiers of General Petion, a mulatto, who subsequently established his capital at Port au Prince, while the northern por- tion of the island fell to Christophe, with his capital at Cape Haitian. They warred against each other for several years, each ambitious to be supreme chief; but event- ually settled down to their respective gov- ernments—Petion over the mulattoes of the south, Christophe over the blacks of the north. Petion was invested with the title of president of the republic, which he held till _he died, fn 1818, when he was suc- ceeded by Boyer, a mulatto educated in France, who had ccme over with Leclere. In the north, a burlesque of royalty was performed when Christophe had himself crowned King, under the title of “Henry 1." He established a royal court and even an order of knighthood—the “Knights of Saint Henry," while counts and dukes soon became as plent berries. 1 myself have seen degener pscendants of the Count of Lemonade and the Duke of Mar- malade at Cape Haitian. The former, I remember, was mounted on a bony steed, and clad in faded regimentals much the worse for wear, with an enormous cocked hat on his woolly head, and spurs on naked heels. Palace of Sans This black king, ho’ jouct. vever, was a wonder- ful man, a savage in cruelty, a barbarian in instincts, but phenomenally acute and in- trepid, with a will equal to any undertak- ing. A few years ago I visited the ruined palace of “Sans Souci,” and the vast fort- ress of La Fariere, which stanc pec- tively, two and four hours’ ride from the cape. ‘The fortress is visible from the coast, miles away, crowning a mountain crest, a w that would command admiration any- Where, even if built with all the resour of modern civilization at command. — The massive walls tower aloft to the a hundred feet, surrounded by a wide and deep moat, spanned by a decaying draw- bridge. Inside are vast galleries, one above the other, in which are still mounted 300 ancient canr for Christophe was de- termined to construct a stronghoid in this wilderness wh ld withstand the preach of any , even the great height of enemy Na- poleon. And, indeed, nature and man had combined to make this fortress well nigh impregnable; yet at what a sacrifice of life it wi ! It is related that one day the tyrant a body of men toiling up -the mountain side, vainly trying to haul a he nnon.' He flew into a fit of rage. ake away half those men and haul it up with the rest,” he thundered to the over- It was done, and the cannon went d. Such stories this account for thousand, the struct cemented with human blood, itis A Self-Reliant King. f live crificed in the con- that fortress; the walls were aid. After his stronghold Christophe removed thither with all his treasure—estimated at $30,000,000—and there defied even the Almighty. One day, when a thunder storm was raging in the mountains, and stray bolt struck his castle, he responded to the challepge by ordering his naked gunners to fire all the cannon in the galleries, and as the mighty roar belched forth he cried, shaking his fist at the skies: “Aha, I can make as big a noise us God himself. Christophe, the king, is not afraid of thunder!” And these old was completed, a guns, some bought of Spain, some from rance and some from England, remain still, yet silent, in their galleries. will weigh all of five tons each; and but for the labor of getting them to the coast, would have been sold long ago, for Haiti has been selling her guns for years; but she cannot carry back to the coast what this gigantic king had the genius to take into the mountains. Every- thing else of value has been picked up and sold, long ago, for the true Haitian will not work for what he can beg, borrow or steel. Down in tne beautiful valley under the hills ara the remains of “Sans Souci,” where the black king held his court, whe: the relics of fountains, choked and ove: giown gardens and walls of vast rooms ice of the grandeur that once vag> sovereign. The view Souci is most entrancing, over filled with tropical plants, palms s and the African huts of the na- tives. The chamber is shown in which the king Killed himself with a silver builet, though his tomb is in a quadrangle of the fort in the hills. Mostile to the Whites. So much for Chirstophe, th2 first great severeign the blacks ever had in America. His was a savage spirit, an acute intelli- from a vale banani gence. I think ft was in his time the pol- icy was formulated that has led to the present insularity of his pzople. At all events, he inculcated to such good effect that what he and his had won the fo: er should never be allowed to enj teday in Haiti the white man has rights which a black man feels bound to respec No white man can own realty in Hait if he obtains any it must be through a ni tive as intermediary. And it is an ineradi- Jean Jacques Dessalines. cable belief in the ignorant native’s brain that tha day a foreigner—particularly an American—obtains a foothold on Haitian soil that day her liberties are forever fied. The Haitians hold that their soil shall- for- ever be inalienable; hence, the denial to our govarnment, not long ago, of a spot for a signal station at Mole San Nicolas. The Haitians remember the time, not far distent in the past, when they so neatly euchered Uncle Sam in his attempt to ac- quire that same mole for a coaling station; whan Admiral Gherardi went down there with his fleet and helped Hypolite to se- cure himself on his throne, receiving in re- turn a promise that the mole should be ow when peace reignsd. Peace finally di reign, Hypolite was ruler once more, Legi- time was banished—all through our break- ing his blockade—but the president had for- gotten any promise! ‘We don’t want the mole now. It would ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following is a list of advertised letters re- maining in the Washington (D. C.) Post Ottice Sat- urday, September 10, 188. To ‘obtain any of these letters should call for “Advertised Letters. If not called for within two (2) weeks they will be @ good place for a post of observation when the Nicaragua canal shall be fin- ished; but we don’t want it as much as we cnee did. However, there was a very pret- ty fight “put up” between Admiral Gh2r- ardi and the late Fred. Douglass, then our m'nister to Haiti, and as I happened along its last withdrawal, the saad ammunition car drops out of sight, the breech-plug is swung into place, the gun captain steps fcrward, slips in the primer and connecte the plugs of the firing wires. “Ready, left!” he reports. And so it goes, first one gun and then Thompson, Waa Tobin, Jno “ the applicant | . Willie just at the end of it, with an official claim | tho other. It 1s hard and hot work. The | be sent to the Dead Letter uttice. mere ae upon Mr. Dougiass’ attentions, I know | firing is so fast and continuous that the LADIES LIST. 1 ered Watkins, § semething of his views. But they were | fans cannot keep the turret clear of smoke. | aipion, Katie Mew Mend, A Champ Mrs Wang! pretty well aired in the North American] The men cough and gag; down in the/ Alexander, Martha Miss Michael, B Keen Mrs Sinsabavugh, A M Wazeell, Review after he had been deprived of his | handling rocm they are fainting. The | Allen, Anais Mre Middleton, Exifia Mrs | Slack, WS orice, Gnd it is to be regretted that the | smoke has deposited a gray scurf on skin | Allen, Hattie Mire Tepe Gaile admiral was constrained by his position} and clothes; its alkali has attacked the Anderson, Fanny Miss Mitchell, Flareere: Miss Milton Wells, Thos J from replying. paintwork and turned it to a slimy soap;]| Apton, Carrie Miss Mitchell, Maggie Mra Sam esley, Jno it is only necessary to r2member that | the black drippings from the gun washing | Armstead, Kosa L Miss Mitchell, Helen Miss (2) Robt West, Win while the Haitians do not exactly hate the | has fallen in foul splotches down the tur- | Balley, Carrie Mise Montague, Mattie Miss ~ Lloyd Woharten, WR & white American, yet they “have no use | ret walls and lies in puddles on the floors. = < aa aS Montgomery, May Miss mae Dr M Withee mend Would rather get along | And now a real danger arises, The rain | Bamieter. Hannie Atrs toon, da Po Mise Drea ig without him to prevent any r2petitions o} of cinders has been ccntinuous, but now | Beacchi, Phailidt Miss Morison. Moy srs eo is Wiitrington, 7B a misguided diplémacy. they are larger and burn through clothes | Becker, Sarab Mire Morton, Julta Mre Steven«, Wm Whitenead, Jno B As the founders and perpetuators of a} and blister naked backs. Some fall hissing | Berkely, Nettle Mre Mudot, Irene V Miss on, Chas Wigems, f republic, the Haitians have not been a | into the water in the handling room, where es te hee Madgett, A B Mrs wart, Capt Wm E Williams, “howling success;”!in fact, with the knowl-| men are carrying powder in thelr arms. ee Muller, Brovens. Witiams, 3 edge that their interior mountains swarm | Quickly canvas is dragged from the lock Blanchard, Sophie Miss SB Williams, Low with Voudou cannibals and their shores | ers, wet thoroughly, and thrown over the | Boswell, Amie aties on Williams, Poke with rapacious politicians, they present the | ammunition cars; to close the turret-hatch | Boswell, HV Miss L Mrs want, Ashby Wimer, Pr UN aspect of a culprit cowering in anticipa-| would be to suffocate, so a pent house of Borter, ‘Atinnie sites Rcticl, "Ateiceen Sion . Chas Wilson,” Geo fe tion of a mented punishment. canvas 1s rigged over It and the gun serv- | Bowmen, Mizste WMIS Xirog! Annie Mrs ede an el F. A. OBER. | ice goes steadily on. Bramball, WA Mrs enittate anan Thomes, Jas Woai, Irving ——— +e. Brocks, Daley Misa = Pge Julia EL Miss | Thomas, Joo Woolwand. bP HELD UP A TRAIN. TREATY MAKING. Sortie? Parker, Jennie Miss mas, Dr Yates, Dr ct Z Brown, Julte Mies Perec, anic Mire Thompson, Chapman Young, Dr Edw Amusing Incident in the Naval Work | rye Document Ha» to Go Through | Brow, Mey Mee Siang Oa at Santiago. Many Forms Before the End. Sik See iKev Artier So From the Boston Herald. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Bul ray, Lizzie Miss rs, Pattie B Mrs Patios. ondhite Tnindiog re vf The first shot fred by the Brooklyn in] pout the Ist of December will be added Sater Saree | Baw. ley Mies Dervish ; creole the war occurred three days after we ar-] to the collection of Important International | Butler, Nanuie 4 Mies Pierce, 1) 8 Mex ee afd rived of Santiago, in the night. It was a} documents in the State Department at | (arveiter. TL ae ee th Mefene walle #D wean little after dusk, when the Vixen, a tor- | wy, shington the treaty of peace concluded | Carson,’ Mabel Miss Porter, May Miss =in, Albert pedo boat destroyer, which was lying well | hetween Spain and the United States at the {eee Hae tae " ‘i Se DS IAPS, inshore, fired the red, green, red rocket | conference to be held in Paris about the Ist ters A ars aueericon Be Go Tht TAbrarian itiding Acag- signal, indicating a torpedo attack. At the | of October. This treaty will take rank in | Clark, Bessie Miss ’ "i Awerican Transportation Livingstane W arkt Manic verivs Jen WN same time a small white light could be | importance and interest with the treaties | (JMTKC, Mollie Mre Butler Min Co seen moving down the coast to the east- | of the wars of 1776 and 1812, and the Mex- Cole, ire y Chattanooga Foundry ward. This looked like business—just what | ican war. Gane, — qnaceent Ee asa, Me Bocees 08 every man had been wishing for a few The action of the peace commissioners at | Curtis, N Mrs Robertson, Delia Mrs (2) " minutes betore on the forecastle. Ship was | Paris will not be final. The treaty on table are See Cae ae District Collection cleared for action with a rush, and we | which they agree will be subject to rattfica- Darrangh, Ja Robinsoh, Sulla Mrs ie Saco stood by our guns, peeping cut through | tion by both countries. According to the ears Pett Robison, Nancy Miss ok and ena ports Into the inky blackness, growing | Constitution and laws of the United States, | H&ti: 3 Mise Sete pie ae Sener lta aoe ruta: pa ften tly walting) for.) Cuieuate: Getta tiiniteounitee il opeatice | suv akones mite Katie Mis Pauier orders to fire as the foe dashed onto us. until it has gone through five stages, of ye, Minnie Ross, Carrie Miss ument Paint St The Towa, lying astern of us, opened up | Which the necoltation wed signing by the | Dent. Helen B Mrs Roar, Late sue a on the shore with her six-pounders. ‘This | Which the negotiation and signing Hise TK Mrs (2) Bes) COW Buc hitOn Ones offoun cardinarily, Ils irr uetheusedtel Seo uiinlasionemn nave i ees wee cone cool eaded apprentice boys, and ‘heilet | reached a determination the treay ds ‘ ote yt drive a port stx-pounder without orders. | ierecd to will he copied in duplicate. and Fes ie was/our firetigun. “wurthermore, it came | Gach copy willl be signed’by all the commin Mis near being an unfortunate shot, as it flew | signers. ‘The copies will he made with the = Mrs dangerously close over the blehead’s Che tty pewniter asinot Teno EnReOaN its ~ Miss dent i stern, which, unbeknown to us, had run sy. In the Spanish copy the Span- , ‘Charlotte Mrs Mary Mivs STATION A inshore and broad off of us, to the con: mamissioners will sign first, aud in the . Mary. Miss Riewuaan’ Suis, eile gg ota “aay sternation of Captain McCalla and hi: an copy the Ame: Simp, Wiss Seborn, Nellie Mrs Sn men. A vigorous wigwagging cf lights The American copy will be brought back Suuith, Charlotte en a made us aware of the fac to this country by th retary of the AS jey, Annie toon STATION 1 Sull, there was nothing to be seen save | American commission and delivered to the | Esler, _ Miss Aner weet Ro the light moving along swiftly, a strange retary of te. In the State Depart- ; Smith, Conta Mrs ‘Maxgie Miss proceeding for a torpedo boat. ment a message for Congress will be pre- eee se Mis In order to be in it, the Massachusetts | pared. It will embody the text of the Smith) N Miss ainu, Kathe fired a six-inch at the light, and it went | treaty. It will be written on heavy sheets Smith, ¢ out. All hands concluded that this shot | of blue paper, fastened together at the top riges LADI"S” Lis Minute Mre had put the enemy out of commission, and 1 silk ribbon. The President will Staurm Bennett, Ida Miss Lotite Miss while securing the guns were hurrahing pees ane. renee. eres Green, Aunie Mrs shad 2 r our consort. Shortly, the Vi came n will take 9 the Capitol, where | Green, Lucy Mixx seta is ‘ ia Se ae pe NT oe ee nate, Zathered in special session, will | Griesleime je I Miss SCHLEYS UNPOUGHT BAT tuart, Ruth ‘T Mrs Cie eee %) ; ae odore,” | be waiting to receive it. When the message | Givenering. Barbara’ Mrs Syuarts Rote 1 1 want to report to the commodore, Gel A ee he Sen schalc . Janet Alice Miss Siteet cme 3 He Took His Cruiser After a Big Bat- ing out somebody on the destroyer. has been delivered to the ee chair elas Sweeney Joseph Mra a aes Well,” answered the commodore, who | man of the commitiee on for Sie Maggie Miss ater : ef had come to quarters in pajama d feel- | will i ye an is utive sess! onan Benne Haniestrene, Sada Miss From the Chicago Record. chili y Ssh aie e rae closed doors the m will be read. Jt | Harkins, Carrie Miss E Miss ” antiago tle ship was ing ehily in the night wr, “let's hear it in will probably follow the usual custom and | Harii. Joby Mz ape “ed Near Santiago a bat , hip wa eS Tewign to report, sir, that we have been | De referred to the committee on fo Harlin, TH Mrs Mae ane heavily ar ed and turret When the Senate adjourns it will | Harper. J H Mrs chasing a locomotive on the beach, mis- | tons. Whe 1e Se aos ‘caeneer | Harrison, Fannie Miss fe ee ee ms taking it for a torpedo boat, and that the | Po cciyered, 10 a confidential messenger | jwking, Mary Miss tinguished under the glass.‘ Sit OHNE & acre oe ene TU | will carry IL to the publ pumter ana un | aoe ene ngs, annie Mrs Brooklyn started. Commodo ey went around a curve out of sight. der personal supervision it 1 be put | Hilt Teese a ™ pson, EM . Cay 9k stood on the forv s iverybody laughed dtithe incident) and linea tiene aay aysneelal Sat cor orcineciions: | coma, son, Mary J Miss | the big cruiser fairl giv none more heartily, than the commodore, | when the work 1s complete and about 1 Hollida, Panny alice battle. who said that it was his first experience in | copies have been Tun off. the ferme ana | Holloway ss - holding up tram. We saw the engine | proofs will be locked up in the vault. The moupen ee eer ee eee oe aks make her trips on the beach for several | copies will be delivered to the secretary of | Horton, Thadens © Mrs time,” said the commodore, hing t succeeding nights, but were never fooled the Senate, who will receipt for them, num- Hurt, Ka’ stranger through his gla 1 don be again. ber each pneand deliver them to the mem- an A any Mu Slizabet Meve she is Spanish,” he remarked a mo- eS bers of the Senate. rtrude wd) . Annie E ent iater, and then, s va Bt FIGHTING IN A TURRET. When the treaty has been approved (or | Jacksun, Laura Miss Lessie Miss Gre aistere “4 pan riive; enaeceny ee the Senate has “advised and consented to | Jobs. Olivia Miss Vou Windagger, Adelaide men: “By Bove! It te the Pceen 2M A Graphie Picture of the Work of a | its rat on”), a new copy will be made oe aree ats Miss 3 we Bese ut Gan Crew. and returned to the Ww ident, with the Johnson, Perly Miss re a e, Stel se = bridge! From Collier's Weekly. signature of the Pre of the Senate, | Jones, Jennie B Mrs Se ee Dan Son ex regi ane ficer takes his station in the | ttested by the secretary of the Senate. | Joiner, Laura E Miss Wotlls, Rosa Mrs ot yet, sir,” cume the ans pecurne. Chicer takes his station anit The President, on receipt of notice that the | Kelly. Marrlet Miss == Yitsens Nulie tt be SubMeRy ANOE mee Se ere central sighting hood at the elevating | Senate has given its consent, will ratify the Recuee aes anaes Wiles. Mamima Miss aif, ond Ghe $6 Keane levers. Before him are two telescopes, each | treaty, and the State Department will pre- | Ryman Muy Miss Washington, Marta Aiss Bend your mtn to quarncra, Conk” mala cornected with its gun by a system of | Pare what 1s known as an exchange copy. | Knight, D A Mrs Ww site e the commodor pd mart mn elenttore E 5 This is the copy which will be sent to | Knott./J N 7 thidt ad 1 h eal atin levers, and capable of independent adjust- pee ee ds og | Seo Williams, May Mrs hell ior her ve word z : Madrid, to be preserved there as the per Ip, Mai eae eee i a a ae _ ment to suit the renge. When this is done, | manent’ record of the government between | Lamson, Darah Ware, Sallie Mrs diucace tetas kgneee San cae iota the gun is elevated until the cross-wires of | the countries. Spain also will prepare an | Lewis, Ellen Mrs_ avante. eee Site stance between ti and s xe zs se ea Sonar d he United | Lewis, Carre Miss ae ern tyy 1 with its telescope ara brought on the target | © st BB eRCOU YS aid end eto he nt Lacy, Relley Mrs waa MITT rence | her tlag ait, two atripes of reaon cach e1 é t Pe Ae eS Ye a ates. Lawson, M Mrs abington, a) fag d satel which should then be reached by the pro-| “nen it was customary to use wax for Sa ne are : of yellow, as it uppeared, and the ex Jectile. On one side in the hood 1s a range | the official seal of a state document it was Eawrenee, Mary Ma Hette dies teat Gnl ith ee eee ie cator, one o y ip, - | usual for the State Department to inclose | Lane, Mary Mre Ping ig = and the men, yousn tf nected with and operated from the central 2 BE = Ladson, Lena B Mrs ans with a cheer. For ¢ nia er box, having the national coat. of < M station, which receives its information | Sime in velict, New that ene ane cet Lindsy, iatie Mies oe Modore hesitated. “Un t from observers in the military tops. In] this Is not done, and the exchange treaty | 6m! Jane at Wair Miss Be calioh: Ate 200s is rear of the hood is a telephone connected | we send to Spain will doubtless be a very | Leach, Jennie’ Mrs Walddon, “Jule, Broce |S Speniant2 ge with the central station, from which com- | Plain document. It will be written in Eng- | Logan, J Mrs ied Certain, sir,” came the reply I can Lawson, Ida Miss dish On lone) sheet Lewis, Hattle Mrs as treaty paper, fa of bluish paper, known ‘tened at the side with a see her colors distinctiy. munication can be held with any desired The commodor Wilbanks, Amanda Mre had his glasses peeeg iB the ship. ‘There are also voice-| ribbon. ‘The President will sign it, Secre- | Mer Gl, Mrs = Wilhelm, Tiiltan B ities | Pattie ship. “Turning to the captain pipes to the engine room and the maga- | tary Day's signature will attest that of the | WGhdee.,* WOR Mrs Hannah Miss | Ship he said: “Cook, that f is not ut zines below, as well as signal bells and an-| President, and then the document will be | Macinemey, Arde cites Ardath Miss @varters. His guns ‘are turned awa nunciatcrs for operating the ammunition | taken to the keeper of the seai of state. It Madison, Lula Miss Susan M Mrs us. He is not up to snuff. Watch him « iifts. Hydraulic gauges indicate the pres- | js not enough that the keeper should recog- | Maloney, E O Mrs James M Mrs 1 and the moment he his me Sure at various points of the mount, and| nize the signatures of William McKinley ee Ae oes quarters ur moves a turret, let drive everywhere are valves and levers, each of | and William R. Day. He must have a Bann Oa bina ctrl, Bist him everything you have. We wiil si the latter with its attendant. ‘ : signed order from the President, directed Mathews, Erdenia Mrs in twenty miuvtes, unless 5 sa t The turret can be trained from the cen- | to him, before he will make the impression | Mattingly, MK Mise’ Young’ Gore ahs under our beti.” tral hood, but it is usually preferred to do | of the great seal on the red wafer at one GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Just then the officer on the bridge re so from a side or auxillary hood. ‘This | corner of the document. The treaty, then awinn; gnome Gy ported that the battle ship was signa hood ts provided with a telescope held in| complete, may be inclosed in a box, but it | Allan. Reffour Saat an With the international code. and soon tr rigid parallelism with the guns, and the | will probably be placed in a portfolio of | Arburg. Heck Henson, Samuet lated the message: “his is an Austrian trainer's scle duty is, with its aid, to keep | green leather, embossed and stamped with | Ald & Co Herr, Capt WW battie ship. the guns persistently trained on the tar. | a gold bofder. Anderson, Chandler P Hildreth, Dr MT Half an hour later the commander of the get; the ejevation corresponding to the The copy which the Queen Regent of eee B Milliard, Edward Maria Teresa (Austrian) was seated in range is given by the officer in the central | Spain will sign and Prime Minister Sa- Ry a ie ee Commocore Schley’s cabin. heod, who also fires the guns. gasta will forward to this country will dif | AM. Wm sbhnath, a6 “It you had sent your men to q setween the guns and the sides of the | fer from ours. It will be in two lan. Barneely, WR Har, POH moved @ turret 1 should nave re turrets are stationcd the men who tend | SUages—Spanish and French—and it will | Barnes, Clarence L. Hefiman, Aaron it Was a narrow escape,” said the « the training motors, open and close the} Probably be engrossed on vellum and in- | Barron, Samuel L @ Mclidge, Herbert N dore during the conversation You breech wand) -cleanaGut hemp ow derscham | 105d) Inia cated (orl oramenten| Dox. -Al- 4 eee Ease ont weer is so like Spain's, saving that you have a bers. in rear of each gun ta a powerful | moat all the oe chanseimesiies nine: nthe | beam, Jag Norman Hurst, Jas white stripe where she has yeliow, that electric fan, intended to drive the smoke | State Department are very nares and | Beattie, WR Ingersoll, Chas 6 is hard to tell the part at any cons out of the turret through the bore of the | Some are decorated in silver and gold. Bell, Wn ‘kson, Alfred erabie distance, and 1 came very near | gun, and a hydraulic rammer with which | The exchange of ratifications is the fourth | Berkley Jas on, Lesiie ting ainive ‘at you! the ‘half-ton projectile ts forced up into the | SteP toward the completion of the treaty. | Beall, Hen kson, Willie ave Wnnbw, Gut” Sotecnah Shun Aretie gun. At this rammer stands the gun cap- | The fifth and fpnaliste Is the proclamation Bisckwell. fas Johnson, “end we were much worried. We signaled tain, who superintends the loading, and | Of the treaty by the President. Bowden, Hou W long before vou answered. We had no Wis the first sponger, who sees to the prepara- 7a Boyd, Jno to be troubled. We have seen the wrecks onpOre ese an f6e receiving the: enareal Artificial Albumen, Bota Micha ong the st. But, inquired, #s hi Between the platform on which these men | Vienna dispatch to the London Standard. minidnee Chas F Senki’ ee o nr to leave, “do you ruisers Ly Meet stand and the raceyer the breech is a Ment On the closing day of the International | Brackett se Jad battle Bet eee : rap door covering a shaft up which the fe : ae = i. i ‘he commodore si as he answered: ammunition lifts are hoisted from the | CON8Tess for applied chemistry an interest- | piviwood, TB 8, Jus “We always make 2 fight wit t handling room below. On the girders be- | ing pap2r was read by Dr. Leo Lilienfeld | Brooks. Heirg Joues, Fit ship we have at hand. We never wait be- tween the guns are stationed the men op-] on the synthesis of albuminous substances. elec tel See te cause we are cutrated. We try to win with Sans un cetala sto wae the water] By means of the condensation of phenol | jirewn, Jno W r, Wilson ee ae tae : service, and the various signals and tele- |; a a . ce - | Rrown, Marshall 3 WwW a 4 ericans are very re arkable pees and amidoacetfe acid with phosphoric chlor- | Kiowa, Mar ee ae Sail tiie Aimetiian, audio ont ones the ko There is a dispesition to chatter among | !d¢ oxide, the lecturer has succeeded in | Browne, Edwin King, 8 E to his boat. the apprentices; the suspense 1s great and | producing p2pton, a substance which, tt had | Brownes. Ino ee ————+0- seas irection 1s hard to bear, especially as all| hitherto been believed, could be obtained | junds 4R™ Lane, "Hernara Et Might Be Ea of ahe light guns now eem to be engaged, Cable, Bugene ance to the harbor!” only from organte substances. In order to | © dispel any doubt as to the possibility of rth, JJ “Train on the ent Jas The motors utter From the Chicago Post lvert, George a groan and the pon- 2 : : 2 | Corey, Ed W Philtp “You will have.to be very careful for @ Gerous cylinder swings slowly round,wheez- | {ve making artifictal sibumen, the Jec- | Carling, Arthur eh long time,” said the doctor. ing and rumbling. The range indicator | ‘Uret carried o Sea Lee icapent ce aaeeey, Lee. Philt “T suppose a0.” replied the pationt nounts quickly to twenty-nine hundred | Presence Of the assembled chemists, and | Carpenter, He Lee, Phitip pose so,” rep) he patient. ae SI a Efe epee 7 | then demonstrated the identity of artificial | Carr. Jas Fe to entirety recover from its attendant reports, PBone Tings and| ang natural albumen by means of reac- Syd its attendant reports. “Fire at will.” The telescopes are set with a turn of the wrist, while with the other hand the guns are elevated until the Carter, Booker Chapman, EG Chasis, Arthur Ckattows, H Church, C A & Co Lewis, Morris Lewis, Thos H Linden, Johnter Lock, Dr D Lowell, L bey my instructions plic tions. Th2 process is extremely simple, <e ee and, though it may be some time before artificial albumen can be made in the laboratory as cheaply as the natural arti- them very explicit. se straiires Sweeh | cle, in the form of meat, etc., the relative | Clark, B Tyan, Jno H The doctor bowed gravely and that ; 1e cro ae , ete., u 3 ran Jno, doctor bowed gravely and that far- the Horizon, but the smoke from the light | cost may ultimately be raversed. Cae ee A tbetk ae away look came into his eyes that denotes guns 1s thick and nothing ts distinct. Sac Clark, JC BcMtaben aoe in a doctor an occasion of great moment, Suddenly, there sis) eo tilt wandain ait aD | erratron: Individual (entering with fingers | Clarkson, Harry E McNob. RS when his vast learning is to be brought *0 Dears the pisek bull tia ahip—a letraneer, | 5a) thusabelweatived An bandee ene in tie | couedin, Walter Mack, ‘Thos bear on a serious i sroblem. but aft she carries a grand ensign marked Condon, Dantel Li where they swear people?” Madison, Jack “You mustn't smoke,” he said. with the blood and gold of Spain. From sy oops a2 ley, Jerome Maguies irae SueeeRT SiON tee tpnidaed, her sides and turrets there ts a continuous | , NoWty—"¥es, sir; what can I do for Sonora sea ar pao ‘You mustn't drink.” etc Disy orienta ines neghes elute thes din or || 7s Sctreq) rndlyidual=“Givalane) the Book | csnees: Welter sae Mann, Whew!” TEE Re ryom her to be | y want to take an oath never to put down Gorne, D nos Manuel ‘ou musn’t overexert yourself at any stinguished. 4 ns certainly ” cl Marshal D kind of work or exercise.” for an instant: “Is she fighting? Is she | 220ther carpet. ih Carti Martiez,” Adolph Mason, Lieut Geo W Matheson, A C Maxwell. J 1 Meyer, ino T Miller, Geo Miller, Willie Millikin, BH Minners. A O Moore, J M Moore, Joseph Moorham, Chas & lorgan, ‘hos J Morton, Hon Jno Moulden, Willie Not so bad.” You mustn't be out in the evening.” “Now, look here, doc!” 3 You mustn't eat rich food. ‘I won't.” “You mustn't have any excitement.” ‘AN right.” * No poker or—" ‘Oh, doc, go easy.” ‘You mustn’t—— “Say, doc!” interrupted the patient. “Well?” firing at us? Is this anaval battle?’ And then comes the eager-anxiety to do one’s own part and toido it well. The sixteen men aboat the guns are now silent and expectant)! The turret tarns slowly—slower—stops.' The ship is rolling gently, while the’enemy’s hull between her smokestacks is sweeping on to meet the descending crosswires’of the telescope; the officer, with all hfs soul in his eye, awaits the collimation, and at the instant presses the firing handlé. There is a deafening Dexter, Chas Dickerson & Brown Dillin, Rey A G Dosle, Joe E Elimaker, Horace Elwell, Howard Emmons, Dr C Enatis, JG a “Aren't you making unnecessary work fo: roar, a blinding flast, the great guns re- Evans’ & Co ee oe yourself?” 5 coils wildly into the tUrret, and then slides Evans, MC Noreeh Aw “How do you mean?” smcothly out again. ‘Phe alr is filled with apogee Norman,’ Chi “Wouldn't it be easier for you to specify smcoke; two men, are“already turning like Fisher, Bement je Newman, Jno what I can do?” mad at the plug cratk, and, as the half Teter ee Nichols, "Dr. Jos B However, this isn't the only physician ton block swing# aside, a third directs a Foster, A B ety who has seemed to begin at the wrong end. stecmigrarars aes ts See auhnn Eee O'Brian Jno —+2+______ is given the elevator valye and the breec! renklin, Wi O'Harr, Christo] swings up high, allowing the water to run preg HE Stoniyy Mike PBF ey ay sine P ed odo down the bore and out of the muzzle. The Gecree, Herbert Owen, Vernon pee gun captain takes charge, and the officer Gladfelter, J F Payne, A Visitor—“Who are those well-fed soldier- turns to the other gun. He glances at the Godfrey, Dr G M 4 ra had ly-looking men holding audience in the range indicator—twenty-six hundred yard: Goodall, Mr & Mrs FB Pulllips.. Geo ¥ shade of the post office? The loungers nll =ects the sent, and a moment later the oan one Power, Harry Ey seem to regard them as persons of im- smoke ‘ts again. = “ jos ” ‘Two Spanish ships are now out and a — = Hon Wm B portance, third is in the entrance; the first one seems Ridwine, JB Villager—“Oh, them’s Fightin’ Bill Hoop- on fire. Was it from his shot? Who can Gwynn, ‘Dro. Sek ao a ae ler, Fightin’ Jack Tadd, Fightin’ Jim tell? For a dozen heavy guns are firing way, B Lane cl, Jas Cloon, Fightin’ Ike Potwin and Fightin’ Ike at her. A second later and the trainer Hat fon zn + Reuschtine, Geo L Chinnaway. swings the reer rome aote as fiela, and Hall, Oden Rice, B Prac! Ra is pie resent. sickly-looking he fires again. Another pair of men s' Harry Rosell, Prank jow limping along with a salt codfish open the breech and the hose is poin —_—— he iton, Henry 8 under his arm? I presume he isn't any- down the bore. 7 Hiaansibeck, Daniel’ St Oise, Wm body, as nobody is paying the slightest at- In the meantime the first ‘gun has been} Snooks (to new acquaintance)—“Tell yer ton, Jno ¥ ‘ tention to him?” lowered into its loading position, the am-| what! Look in one evenin’ and ‘ave a bit rmon, Chas Schaeffer, RAF “That's poor Bob Small, who was shot munition car has been holsted in rear of} of supper, if you don’t ‘avin’ it in ‘Harrie, WD, } while carryin’ the colors at Santiago. it and the rammer has foreed home the| the kitchen. Yer see, we're plain people aoe =2 eee Ke G “Ah! Why isn’t he called ‘hting Bob, shell. Twice more it enters the breech, | and don’t put on no side. Of course, I Sete aoe Scott, SW 5 that adjective seems so here?” each time pressing before it two hundred | know as a Toff like you ‘ud ‘ave it in the Hansler, Geo W Beabolt, J W “Aw, you see, he has no political aspira- and seventy-five pounds of powder. With drawing room.”—Punch. Hawkins, Ecward Sheela, ‘Henry r = tions.’