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1 v' 4 THE i Pages 5 to 8 i Pages 5 to 8 BROOKLYN, FRIDAY, JUDY 22, 1898. EIGHT PAGES. SERMON ON BOARD THE IOWA. LOVED FOR HIMSELF. AMUSEMENT NOTES.

ABOUT QUQGUE. One of the Many Attractive Resorts Out On the Island. try, the condition of the roads, and those available for the movement of troops. Work will advance rapidly now. Gen.

Anderson and Admiral Dewey are both anxious to take Manila. The news of the destruction of Admiral- Cervera's squadron was brought here yesterday by a Japanese cruiser and was received with much enthusiasm. This victory adds to the feeling of all here that the time has come for comoelling the surrender of Augustin. The Germans here have not been giving Admiral Dewey any trouble since the Irene Incident In Sublg Bay. The flag lieutenant said this morning that the incident was considered to be closed.

The transports which conveyed the First Brigade are still here. A DISPATCH FROM DEWEY. WASHINGTON. July 21. A lofe dispatch from Admiral Dewey describing the situation in the Philippines was received at the Navy Department to-day, but the department consented to make public only a few brief sentences.

He had something to say about the attltu.de of the German naval authorities in Manila Bay, but this was not Included in the extracts given to the press. Admiral Dewey reported the arrival at Cavite of the second military expedition from San Francisco. A brief message from Cavite was also received at the War Department saying that the expedition had reached there safely. Officials of the War and Navy departments said that their advices did not contain any mention of the reported seizure of Wake Island, one of the outlying Carolines, by United States troops of the second expedition. The War Department did not make public the text of its dispatch from Cavite.

This is the synopsis of Dewey's telegram given out by the Navy Department: CAVITE, July 17, via Hong Kong, July 20. The situation is unchanged. The second army detachment arrived to-day. All well on board. The health of the squadron continues good.

There is no sickness whatever. hand, the terrible rapidity of our fire and our unerring markmanBhip. which early in the action drove the Spaniards from their guns, and the evident lack of discipline and efficiency on the Spanish ships and their wretched on the other, we are still unable to explain, from any human point of view, the fact that not a single man on our ship was either killed or wounded. It certainly was not because we were unhit, for the enemys shell struck us nine times, and their fragments flew in every direction. Nor was it because of our distance from the enemy, for the Iowa approached within very short range ot the Spanish ships.

We can, therefore, only believe that, in spite of our sins and unworthiness, the protecting arm of the 'Almighty was stretched forth to shield us from harm. If this be not reason for gratitude, then I ask, my comrades, whre can we find one? It is easy enough, in our carelessness and indifference, to forget these things easy to attribute our deliverance to human causes easy to magnify the power of earthly counsels; but the fact still remains as the statement of scripture and confirmed by the voice of history that in Him we live and move and have being, and that our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth. If we would be consistent Christians and worthy men loyal to our God and true to the better instincts of our nature, we cannot fail to recognize these truths, and to act upon them. Gratitude to God Is but the least of virtues nay, It is no virtue at all. It is only the proper recognition of Divine blessings, and is therefore merely the rendering of a simple act of justice to the Almighty.

He who Is lacking in gratitude is destitute of one of the most essential elements of true manhood, and has no claim whatever upon the favor of God. Let not this, comrades, be out attitude towards Him who holds us In the hollow of His hands, but let us praise Him for Hia goodness and mercies through alt our lives, and especially during the memor-able Battle of Santiago. Let ua seek Hia face and favor, and render Him a humble tribute of thanksgiving To do this as a mere matter of form is nothing less than mockery. Only sincerity is acceptable to Him. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, God, Tnou wilt not despise.

The best evidence we can give Him of our gratitude is, first, by confessing our sins, and then by forsaking them. It is by doing these things that He desires and undone those that he hates. It is by bringing ourselves, by His help, each day or our lives, nearer the standard of true Christian manhood, or, in the words of Paul, till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. There is one incident attending the hstortc events of last Sunday which I cannot forbear mentioning. I refer to the generous and magnanimous treatment which was extended by both the officers and crew of this ship to our Span-ish prisoners from the hour they stepped upon our decks until they left us on the afternoon of the following day.

A large portion of them, as you know, were rescued from drowning bv tbe boats sent from this ship, and you are well aware of the condition in which they reached usfi Many of them were entirely naked, many others wore but a single garment, and but very few were completely dressed. Nor can any of us ever forget the ghastly manner in which considerable number of them were wounded. Their bloody stumps and shattered limbs presented a spectacle such as probably none of us, save our commanding officer, had ever witnessed. You lifted them as gently as though tlcy were your brothers instead of your enemies, and carried them to the sick-bay. There they received the most careful and skillful surgical attention at the hands of our doctors, and were watched over and waited upon as tenderly as though they were attached to our own ship.

The men composing the Spanish crews were so completely clothed from our new Government stores that when they left us they were actually better clad than our own men. You gave them your pipes and tobaceo, and per' formed for them so many other generous acts that their confidence of safety was restored, and they were -jooaviDced- their expectations of execution were not to be realized. In like manner their commissioned officers were treated with the consideration which we would extend: to our personat guests. Admiral Cervera and his flag-lieutenant (who was his son), as well as Capt. Eulate, of the Vizcaya, were not only entertained by Capt.

Evans in his cabin, but they were even partially clad in his garmfnts! We. too, of the ward-room, did all in our power for the officers, and treated them in every instance as though they were our intimate friends instead of our enemies and prisoners. We clothed those whose necessities required it in our own garments, we vacated our rooms in order that they might sleep in our beds, and we did everything else we could to contribute to their personal comfort. Npw, we are simply talking among ourselves here this morning, and not to the outer world, and in the spirit of truth instead of boast fulness, and I think I am justified in stating -that no prisoners in the annals of military or naval history were ever before treated as we treated ours. You fought with magnificent desperation in flicted upon the enemy every possible in jury that our engines of xtar could execute; but from the very moment that the Spanish ships hauled down their flags, everything that human kindness and skill could devise for the saving of life, for the relief of suffering and for the personal 'comfort and wellfare of our foes was done, and gladly and cheerfully done, by the officers and men of this ship.

Their very helplessness appealed to you, and the events of the day proved that your magnanimity and generosity were only equalled by your courage and heroism. And now permit me to say, in conclusion, that we have every reason to congratulate ourselves to-day that we are officers and men in the Unied States Navy. A pardonable pride seizes us as we read the words addressed to Admiral Sampson by the Chief Magistrate of our country. You have, he says, the gratitude anl congratulations of the whole American people. Convey to the noble officers and crews through whose valor new honors have been added to the American Navy the grateful thanks and appreciation of the Nation.

And the head of our department at 'Washington, also addressing our Admiral, says: The Secretary of the Navy sends you and every officer and man of your fleet, remembering equally your dead comrade, grateful acknowledgment of your heroism and skill. All honor to the brave! You have maintained the glory of the American Now, if we deserve words like these, great responsibility is placed upon us. If much has been given us, much will also be required. The victory at calls every officer and man of this ship to the better performance of every duty that may be placed upon us. It also invites Is to the exercise of a still higher patriotism and the continued devotion of ourselves to the service of our beloved country.

Thanks to your valor, we stand today in the face of other lands as we never stood before. This war may possibly lead to complications of which we now but little dream. But whatever may come to pass, we may be sure that our voice among the nations will be respected as It never has been before. Our country, with the help of God, will never fatter in defense of the right. In the ebb and flow of public sentiment, truth will eventually prevail, and it is our privilege, comrades, to stand as a rock of defense for our beloved land, and to dedicate ourselves anew to the services of our God and our country The Evangelist.

Victor Herbert and his Twenty-second Regiment Band will give the following classical programme at Manhattan Beach this afternoon, commencing at 2:30 oclock: Grand March from Tannhauser, Wagner Overture, Sakuntala Goldmark Solo for Violoncello, Largo (by request) Victor Herbert. Dramatic Symphony (unfinished), First Movement Schubert Overture, Benvenuto Reverie for Alto Saxophone and French Horn Quartet (new), first time Herbert Alex. Laurendeau, Saxophone. French Horn Quartet, Messrs. Iverson, Riese, Wagner and Riese.

(a "Albumblatt Album Leaf), Wagner (b) Liebestraume of Love). Liszt Kaisermarsch Wagner This evening the programme will be as follows, commencing at 7 oclock: Overture, Raymond Thomas (a) Burlesque" Prosse (b) Marche Militaire De Prosse Waltzes from The Serenade. Wedding Dance, of VThe Elves, Solomon TheLambs Star Gambol, Jesse Williams (Ethiopian Melodies.) The surrender of Gen. -Toral to Gen. Shafter will be represented with living actors at Pains Amphitheatre, Manhattan Beach, to-morrow evening.

A miscellaneous concert will be given by Victor Herbert at Manhattan Beach to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2 o'clock. The programme follows: Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai (a) Country Kevin (b) "Malaguei'a Mnszkowski Fantasie from Madame Valse. Military Waldteufel Overture. The Beautiful Galatea (a) Pavane Stetson (b) Intermezzo, Russe Franke Fantasie from the comic opera, Prince Ananias Idyllic Ballet Suite, Die Rose von Schiras Eilenberg The last performances of Wang at the Manhattan Beach Theatre by the De Wolf Hopper Opera Company will be given to-night and to-morrow night. The Beggar Student opens next week.

The twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of Manhattan Beach will be celebrated next Monday with special attractions at all the places of entertainment. The Cash Girl is still drawing large crowds to the Casino, at Bergen Beach. The introduction of new musical numbers nd witty repartee each week keeps It fresh and ever entertaining. THE BUSTER PICNIC. THIRD ANNUAL OUTING TO BE HELD TO-MORROW NIGHT.

The third annual picnic of the Buster Social Club will be held to-morrow evening at George Hotzs (Lohman Park), Liberty avenue and Wyona street. Music will be furnished by Prof. Stevensons orchestra The officers of the club are: President, Christian Weber; Vice-President, Emil Zimmer; Treasurer, John Hehl; Secretary, Henry Goodman; Financial Secretary, Herman Hoerth; Sergeant-at-Arms, Edward Chapter. To Cure Coupsttoa Forever, Ttkc Cases rets Candv Cathartic. 10c or 25c.

II C. C. C- (ail to cure, druggists refund money TO THE SWITZERLAND OF AMER-. ICA. The midsummer low-rate excursion of the Central R.

of New Jersey to Mauch Chunk, Glen Onoko and the Switchback Railroad, will be run on Wed-nehday next, July 27. well-known resorts always delight the visitor, and the trip is through such a beautiful region that it never grows tiresome. Several hours will be allowed at the resorts, and arrival home will be about 9 P. M. Special train, with lunch car attached, leaves South Ferry, foot of Whitehall street, at 8.23 A and station foot of, Liberty street at 8:30 A.

M. Fare for round trip, children, $1.69. KILLED BY A DIVE. Robert Burns, 41 years old, of 206 Livingston street, a clerk, was killed yesterday afternoon, while bathing at the foot of Fifty-fifth street. In diving from the pier into the water his head struck the bottom with so much force that his spUie was broken, death following a few moments after he was taken out of the water.

LAWS OF NEW YORK-By Authority. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take effect until tha twentieth day after It shall have become a law. Section 43, article II, chapter General Laws.) CHAP. 612. AN ACT to confer jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the respective alleged claims of the state of New York against the F.

H. Mills Company, of Elmira, New York, and of said company against the state to offset said claims, and render judgment for the excess. Became a law April 29, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1- Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the respective al-leged claims of the state of New York against the P.

H. Mills Company, of Elmira, New York, and of said company against the state, by reason of all ques-tions. matters and dealings arising under a contract entered into between the state of New York, represented by the board of managers and superintendent of the New York State Reformatory at Elmira, New York.s and Fred H. Mills and Gustave Stickley, doing business under the firm name of F. H.

Mills and Company, dated on orabout the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the said F. HI Mills Company having succeeded to the interests and rights of F. H. Mills and Company aforesaid, of. in and to said contract, and all moneys due and to grow due thereunder; aifd to credit the state for all amounts to which Jt is entitled by reasons of the said questions.

matters and dealings, also to credit the said F. H. Mills Company with all amounts to which it is entitled by reason of said questions, matters and dealings, and also with the value of the property of said company alleged to have been destroyed bg. fire originating within said reformatory enclosure in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. And in case the claims and counterclaims, as above, shall be established, then to offset said claims and counterclaims one against the other, and render judgment for the excess of the one over the other, in favor of the party entitled thereto.

Sec. 2 No award shall be made or judgment rendered herein against either party In favor of the otijer, unless the facts proved shall make out a case against such party which would create a liability, were the same established in evidence in a court of law or equity against an individual or corporation; and in case such liability shall be satisfat -torily established, then the court of claims shall award to and render Judgment for the party entitled thereto for such sum as shall be just and equitable, notwithstanding the lapse of time since the accruing of said damages, provided the claim hereunder is filed with the court of claims within one year after the passage of this act. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, I have compared the preceding with the original law on file In this office, and do hereby oertify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole ot said original law. JOHN PALMER, fiscretarjL of 8tata QUEER MARRIAGE RESULTING FROM A PECULIAR WILL Here is a story which Tit-Bits tells without saying whether it Is fact or fiction: Hawkins was aa eccentric old3 man, and in his will It was found that he had made his younger son, Henry, his sole heir, on condition -that he should marry within two years. It was a surprise to the community, as Henry was a worthless fellow and rarely on friendly terms with his father. Henry at once became the topic of conversation. Everybody was wondering what mystery would develops from such an odd beginning, and there were dozens of stories afloat to the effect that Hawkins was a mispr and had left bundles of money hidden In odd comers of his rickety old shanty, that had become the sole property of his son.

Henrys name soon drifted into the papers all over the country. As a result, bushels of letters from marriageable women and wild-visioned girls came to him in the form of proposals. On the last day of the allotted two years Henry Hawkins and Belinda Scones stood in the registry office. Where it was arranged the ceremony should be performed quietly. If I could only feel sure that you love me, and that you are not to marry me for money, how happy I would be! said Henry.

'But you ought to know, protested Belinda, that It to because I love you, for you know I have $25,000 of my own though, of course, that is nothing to your fortune. The ceremony was performed. "So you love me for myself alone, Belinda? said Hawkins, Just you and nothing else, insisted the bride of a moment. "Im so glad, Baid Hawlcins, tenderly? 'Its a great relief, for my money Is all a myth Belinda, fee? Will you please pay the AN INDEX TO CHARACTER. TONES OF VOICE OFTEN BETRAY THOUGHTS AND HABITS.

Do you really think, a sweet-voiced woman is a sweet-minded one? was asked the other day by a woman interviewing an elocutionist. Yes, nearly alwajs. Of course, there are exceptions, was the response. Nothing betrays so much as the voice' save, perhaps, the eyes, and theycan be -lowered and so far their expression hidden. I have been a trainer of speaking voices for over seventeen years in Chicago and haVe given all inflexions of the voice most serious A voice Is the first thing that strikes us in a new acquaintance and it is one of the most unerring tests of good breeding and education.

There are voices which have a certain truthful ring about them. Then, too, we have all met worldly-wise women, with- naturally hard voices, but try to make themselves caressing, thinking thus to' appear sympathetic, but the fundamental quality is lacking, and one must be very simple or dull indeed who cannot detect the pretense in that slow, drawing, would-be affectionate voice, with itp, harhand sharp under-tone whenever it forgets itself. Some women, 'who have no great culture. yet possess a sweet voice, which carries sympathy and conviction with it, are more beloved than their brainy These are the women we want near us in sickness and in trouble. The poorest attempt at' pathos will strike home to the heart if given tenderly and harmoniously.

We all know the effect, irritating or soothing, which certain voices have over us, and we have all experienced that impulse of attraction or repulsion comes from the sound of a voice ne.f The quiet, low voice is just as calming as the opposite is IrritatTngP Pittsburg News. RED CROSS NURSES WANTED, GEN. STERNBERG SO NOTIFIES MRS. WHITELAW REID. At a meeting of Auxiliary No.

3 to the Red Cross Relief Committee, held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Whltelaw Reid, 451 Madison avenue, Manhattan, a letter was read from Surgeon-General Sternberg regarding the employment of female nurses sent to the front by the Red Cross Society. The committee is authorized to send ten female nurses to the Leiter Kos pital at Camp. Thomas. ten to the United States General Hospital at Fort Monroe, and two to the hospital at Fort Wadsworth, N.

the understanding being that those at Fort Monroe and Fort Wadsworth shall be boarded and lodged outside of the hospital. The society now has about 190 nurses in the field, 54 of whom are in Cuba, provided that the 30 sent out a few days ago swre allowed to land. At Tampa there are 22 nurses. Ten nurses were to-day sent to Chickamauga and 4 nurses to Fort Wadsworth, the latter having to take charge of typhoid fever patients. The 20 nurses asked for at Charleston 'will be sent at once.

It is expected that a requisition will come immediately for nurses for Jack sonyille, and the society Is prepared to meet the request The following have been appointed a committee to secure the requisite number of nurses: Mrs. White-law Reid, chairman; Mrs. Winthrop Cow din and Mrs. W. Lanman Bull.

They will act in co-operation with Drs. Carpenter and Hubbard in carrying out the te-quest for nurses from the War Department. MAY BE YELLOW FEVER. SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS CASES AT OLD POINT HOSPITAL. NEWPORT NEWS.

July 22. There are several cases oi fever of a suspicious nature among the'- Santiago heroes now lodged at the post hospital at Old Point. While the surgeons declare they cannot say there is yellow fever among the patients, they io not deny that they are anxious over the outcome, and beginning to-day special efforts will be made to isolate every case that bears earmarks of yellow jack. Work has been completed on a yellow fever tent set tip at a spot remote from those in which the wounded are being cared for. It will be supplied with every modern appliance for treating the dfisease, -and will be closely guarded day and night- No one.

except the doctors and attendants, will be permitted to go near It. The most scientific means of fumigating and disinfecting will be employed, and every precaution that science can suggest be employed to confine the deadly scourge to the boundaries set apart for it. BENJAMIN WOLF FINED. Benjamin Wolf, of 450 Stone avenue, son of Barney Wolf, "Mayor of Brownsville, was yesterday fined 5 in the Butler street court for assaulting William Dennlnger, a condootor, of 122 Dlkeunan street, with a whip. CHAPLAIN HIDES DESCRIBES GODS HAND IN THE WAR.

Chaplain Roswell Randall Hoes, of the battleship Iowai, preached an impessive sermon on board the vessel July 10, a Teek after th memorable sinking of Cerveras squadron off Santiago. It is appended: Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory. Psaim The second article for the Government of the United States Navy is as follows: The commanders of vessels and naval stations to whleh chaplains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed on Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it to be done; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every performance of the worship of Almighty God. Last Sunday, the 3d of July, no divine service was held on this battleship. The leather was favorable, but other circumstances forbade.

Our usual hour for worshiping Godi found us engaged in one of the most remarkable and effective naval engagements recorded in the annals of our country. The voice of prayer and the singing of praise gave place to the roar of our deadly guns and the various other activities! attending a bloody conflict. However long we may live, we shall never forget the events of that day! The sudden cal3 to general quarters; the cries passing with lightning rapidity from mouth to mouth, that the Spanish ships were leaving the harbor; the orderly rallying of officers and men at their respects stations; the rattle of the chains hoisting oar ammunition; the roar of our guns from the turrets and secondary bat- teries; the whistling of the enemy's shot flying over our decks; the crashing of our shells through and upon the ships of our foe; the sirking of the Spanish torpedo boats, the beaching and burning of their war vessels; the lowering of their flags in token of surrender; the rescue by our men of the Vizcaya's officers and crew; their arrival on this ship many of them naked and the blood streaming from their ghastly wounds land gory stumps the sur-iender of hs sword by Capt. Eulate, of the Vizcaya, to Capt. Evans and his declining to receive it all these and many other thrilling incidents have stamped an indelible picture upon our minds which memory will ever retain.

But. comrades, there is something else which, as officers and men In the naval service of -a Christian land, we should never forget, and that is that it was the right hand and the holy arm of Almighty God that gave us this marvelous victory. The whole history of the world, with all its vicissitudes, whether in war or in peace, is but the unfolding of Gods plans for the government of the universe. Events do not come to pass through blind chance or accident There is an intelligent purpose that marks all the events of history, and guides the destinies of the human race. Man proposes, but God disposes, and He doeth according to His Milll in the army of Heaven, and among thei inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His It may not always be possible for us to comprehend why certain events or circles of events transpire, but if we believe in the existence of God, as all sane men must, it is not difficult to understand that Divine intelligence and will underly Divine government.

And so it is that the years and decades and centuries roll on, giving continuous expression to Gods designs for the welfare of the human race. And while all this is true, it is also true that in the accomplishment of His wise1 purposes. God employs human instrumentalities. We are often but the means used for the accomplishment of Divine ends. The Almighty can work without us, but in the exercise of His superior wisdom.

He frequently prefers wrork through us. And this applies not only to Individuals; it is equally true of the nations of the earth; which, through His directiyg power, accomplish His sovereign will. They may be guided by Hum to reward the right and punish the wrong to carry to others the, blessings of peace, or to wield against them the engines of war. In the light of these facts, it Is not difficult to trace God's hand in the war in which we are now engaged. We may not understand all of His purposes in allowing such a conflict as this to be waged between Christian nations in these closing years of the nineteenth century, but it would seem that He has permitted us to recognize some of these purposes.

For one, I firmly believe that God intended the great Republic of the West to be His instrument to punish the Spanish nation for the crimes committed in her name on the soil of the Western world. Spain once practically owned and controlled most of this continent and its adjacent islands. Through governmental mismanagement and official oppression and cruelty, extending through more than four centuries, she has steadily been losing her grasp. For prudential and other reasons she yielded Florida and her vast possessions west of the Mississippi River, and through the revolt, of her subjects she lost her sovereignty in South America and Mexico. Nothing now remains to her in this part of the world but the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico and it is my belief that the fiat of tljei American people will be obeyed that the Spanish shall no longer be permitted to over a single foot of American This is no war of aggression nor for the acquisition of territory.

It is a conflict conceived and prosecuted in behalf of suffering humanity, and a just and self-respecting rebuke to a nation whose hostile attitude made posibfe the treacherous destruction of the Maine. The American people declined to tolerate another Armenia wdthin less than a hundred miles of our oivn shores. Human butchery, enforced starvation, and. in many cases, agonizing physical torture these are things against which every Instinct of humanity in our country cried aloud in violent protest, Our countrymen could not be true to themselves by turning a deaf ear to cities that reached us from the very portals of the grave. Our honored Chief Magistrate employed all the available means that diplomacy offered to accomplish the will of our people through peacefbl channels.

No President was ever more1 faithful to his trust than was ours during those trying days. No statesman ever struggled for honorable peace more valiantly than he. He realized the awful responsibilities and terrible sufferings which would attend an appeal to arms, and. without shrinking or hesitation, he adopted every means consistent with our national honor to avert it. Our demands upon Spain were, as we believe, just in the sight of God, and such as commended themselves to the moral sentiment of all unprejudiced minds of whatever name or- nationality.

But Spain would not yield, and we could not. There was nothing left to do, and we were plunged into Ihe stern realities of war. The navy was ready for the conflict. Our gun9 were prepared to -bellow and our gunners were impatient for, the fray. Dewey soon sect us his compliments from Manila, and now Sampson has responded.

With al reverence, we conscientiously believe that the voice of our guns was the voice of God, amd that the awful message Uttered was in condemnation of Spanish oppression andi cruelty and a punishment for crimes that have left many indelible stains on the pages of history. Comrades, the Lord of Hosts hath done it! He directed the counsels of our well-loved Admiral. He spoke through the commands of our gallant Captain from the conning tower, and He guided the hands that manned our guns. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath overthrow our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, Lord, not unto us; but unto thy Name be given the gloryk Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things. His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory. But, comrades, amid our rejoicings for victory and our ascriptions of praise to Almighty God! for giving it to us, we should not fad to render Him our profound gratitude for the preservation of our lives and our escape from all physical Injury. The Spanish ships, we were told by our prisoners, were ordered to concentrate their fire upon the Iowa, and the escape of every one of our officers and men from either death or injury scorns, to human eyes, nothing less than miraculous. It is officially estimated that the enemy's loss in killed and wounded could not have been less than six hundred, while ini our whole squadron poor Ellis, of the Brooklyn, was the only man killed, and only two were wounded.

This disparity of loss stands unique in the naval battlee of the world. Even when we take Into full account, oa the one Gen. Anderson Says He Will If Here Is a Shaw.For It HE HIS TROOPS THERE. SECOND MILITARY EXPEDITION ARRIVED AT THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 16 AGUINALDO'S PECULIAR BBHAVIORi NO FURTHER TROUBLE WITH THE GERMANS A DISPATCH FROM DEWEY TEXT OF GARCIAS LETTER TO SHAFTER. CAVITE, July 18, via Hongr Kong, July J.

The American transport China, the first vessel of those conveying the second military expedition from San Francisco, arrived here day before yesterday She left the other transports the Senator. Zealandla and Colon, at porth end of the Island of Luzon steamed In ahead three- veeaele momlng. They report having experienced pleasant weather after leaving Honolulu. The health of the expedition was not as good aa that enjoyed by the First Brigade on It voyage here. Many cases of measles developed during the voyage, and there Here also several cases of typhoid pneumonia and meningitis.

Three deaths occurred. On July 5. Private Wise, a drummer of the First Colorado Band, died of pneumonia. He lived at Denver with his mother, who is a widow. The regimental surgeons refused to enlist him, but he was determined to go to the front if possible, Cnd he therefore appealed to the authorities at Washington and succeeded in having his disabilities waived and the decision of the surgeons in his case overruled.

1 On July Private Elmer Maddox, of the Eighteenth Infantry died of meningitis. Both bodies were buried at sea On July 12 Second Lieut. Jacob Lazello, of the Eighteenth Infantry, died of measles following exhaustion from sunstroke, fils body was brought to Cavite, where it was buried yesterday with military honors in the old fort. On July 4 the China stopped at Wake Island, in latitude 19 deg. mtn.

north, longitude 166 deg. 34 min. east. Gen. Greene, the commander of the expedition, went ashore with few officers.

They raised the American flag and left a record of their visit. They also took an observation and made a map of the island. Owing to their position far to the eastward they were the first Americans in the world to celebrate Independence Day this year. Wake Island is twenty-five miles long by three miles wide. It Is fifteen feet above the sea.

There are no inhabitants upon it Anderson had had all the prellml-nary work dond for the reception of 'the Yesterday morning he went' with Gen. Greene to inspect the camp above Faranaque, south of Manila, where the First California Battalion is stationed. -It was decided to land all the second expedition, and move it into camp immediately. Last night Gen. Anderson issued a general order dividing the forces into two brigades.

The First Brigade is made up of the First California Regiment, the Second Oregon, a battalion of the Twenty-third, a battalion of the Fourteenth, Battery Utah Artillery, agd a battalion of California Artillery. The Second Brigade, Gen. Greene commanding, comprises the Eighteenth Regiment, the First Colorado, First Nebraska, Tenth Pennsylvania and Battery of the Utah Artillery. The troops of the Second Brigade began moving to their camp this morning. The men had 150 rounds of ammunition In their belts.

Gen. Anderson now has 6.000 men under his command, a force large qnoughto take decided action. Considerable curiosity is manifested as to the attitude of Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, who has been extremely reticent af to his own course, 'while displaying the keenest interest in the intentions of the Americans. Gen. Anderson yesterday afternoon took action that will, it is believed, compel Aguinaldo to show his hand.

Major Jones, the chief quartermaster, went fo Paranaqua for the purpose of making arrangements for the transportation of the troops to camp. He wanted to hire horses and carts and natives to get the equipage and stores moved. He found that he could get nothing without an order from Aguinaldo. He then went to Bacove, AguinaJdos bearquarters, south of Paranaque, to see the insurgent leader. This he failed to do owing to the fact that one of Aguin-aldos aides told him that the insurgent leader was indisposed and could not see him.

This was known to be a threadbare trick, but Major Jones went again to headquarters and asked to see Aguinaldo. ThiB time he was informed that ife was asleep. Major Jones then wrote a letter to Aguinaldo, saying that Gen. Andersen needed men, carts and animaJs. The Americans, he added, were here to expel the Spaniards and to give all the people In the Philippines a good, stable government.

The natives ought therefore to be willing to help them.t Gen. Anderson would pay a fair price for work and material. If this was not satisfactory. Major Jones further said. Gen.

Anderson would take what he needed. In conclusion, Major Jones said that Gen. Anderson wanted to inform the natives that the Americans were here for their good, and that they must supply labor and materia) at the correct market prices. Later in the afternoon Aguinaldo sent an aide to ask Gen. Anderson if Major Jones letter had been written by his authority.

Gen. Anderson replied that It was written by his order. Furthermore, he added, when an American commander as indisposed he let some one In authority look after his business. The aide went away, but no answer has yet been received from Aguinaldo. Gen.

Anderson said last night that he would put all the troops In camp as soon as it was practicable. Asked if he would take Manila at once, he replied: "If there is a show for it. Lieut. Clark, one of Gen. Andersons aides, returned yesterday afternoon from a reconnoissance which had taken him jclear around Manila.

He was gone1 four days. Following the trenches of the insurgents, he gathered some very valuable Information. He saw he Spanish works, located i their batteries, and made a good map showing the character of the coun The 52,487,000 -For the East River Bridge Helps, Os AP A MEETING OP THE COMMISSION YESTERDAY ITS FINANCIAL SITUATION WA3 DISCUSSED THEY: ARE STILL 150,000 IN DEBT LOOKING WITH INTEREST FOR A COURT DECISION. At the meeting of the East River Bridge Commission yesterday afternoon, in the Emigrant Savings Bank Building. Chambers street.

Manhattan, congratulations were exchanged on the prospect of soon having $2,487,000 placed to their credit lt the Controllers books, that sum in round numbers, having been recently appropriated for their work by the Board of Estimate. This money will pay for the anchorages and the foundations, but it leaves the Commission practically in deot. President Nixon said the estimated cost of the next part of the work, the steel towers and the main span, is about The main span is 1,600 feet long and the structure will be 118 feet wide. -When the bridge is built up to the point where the steel tower work begins, it Is thought two and a half years more will be required to complete it. A financial statement of the Commission furnished yesterday to the Board by Secretary Lane shows the following facts: June 30 Balance due by Controller on ouchera filed $297.5214 Jnl 7 Audit sheet vouchers 569 13 July 14 Audit sheet, vouchers 84.359 29 Julj 21 Aud't sheet, vouchers 160.74 Par roll Commis-sion-rs for July.

1898. 1.5UO.OO Pav roll officers and appointees for July. 1893 3.501 28 Amount audited 33S7.712.5S Liabilities. Balance due contractors cn tower foundations and anchorages, partly estimated $1,734, 966.66 American Sugar Refining Company property 350.000.00 American Sugar Refining Company property, interest about William Dick, balance of purchase of property Appraisers of property. Borough of Brookij Frank D.

Pavey, lawyer, sundry bills. Frank Sperry, lawyer Amount required to pay for property in possession of commissioners, to be -acquired by condemnation proceedings, now pending, estimated about In addition there will also be the current pay rolls and sundrv small purchases, etc for etc-, for three months, say August. September and October. 1898. at- about $7,000 per month 21,000.00 Labilities partly estimated $2253.065 10 Total liabilities, partly estimated at Nov.

1. 1898 2040.777.68 Amount of bonds ordered for sale to be placed to the credit of the commission to meet aboe 2487.823 66 Balance required by commission to meet above obligations, as of Nov. 1. 1898 8152054 02 It tull be observed that the last item shows that the $2,487,000 fails to pay all of the incurred Indebtedness of the Commission. A decision is expected, possibly to-day or to-morrow, from Appellate Di- vision of the Supreme Court in the matter of the removal of the old Commissioners which Justice Garretson decided was illegal.

Engineer Buck submitted his usual weekly report of progress on the work. This includes the excavation of about 300 cubic yards of excavation and the laying of about 6C0 cubic yards ot- concrete and 25,000 feet of timber foundation at the Brooklyn anchorage. LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. CHANGES TO BE MADE BY LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. The Fifth and Eighth District Boards of Local Improvement met in the Borough Hall, yesterday afternoon, and considered the matter of obstruction on Gravesend avenue.

W. J. Keller, representing the Long Island RaHroad, attended the meeting, and announced that his company proposed to remove the signal wires on the side of the tracks at once. He added that the company tould also place its tracks' on the street level when the avenue is graded and paved, when a trolley system might be introduced. LAWS CF NEW YORK-By Authority.

(Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take effect, until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article chapter 8, General Laas.) CHAP. 616. AN ACT making an appropriation for deficiency in appropriation for the legislative printing of the state. Became a law April 29, 1898, with the approval of the Governor.

Passed, three-fiiths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for deficiency in appropriation for the legislative printing of the state, including binding, mapping, lithographing and engraving, said amount to be paid after due audit by the comptroller. Sec. 2 This act shall take effect immediately.

State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHN PALMER. Secretary of Slat (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after it shall have became a law. Section 43, article II, chapter 8, General Laws CHAP. 615.

AN ACT to provide for the completion of the bridge over the inlet toOtisco lake, in the county of Onondaga, and making an appropriation therefor. Became a law April 29, 189S, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of pnbllo works is hereby authorized to complete the bridge over the inlet to Otisco lake, in the county of Onondaga, at a place where the main road leading from the town of Spafford to Syracuse crosses said inlet, and for the necessary appropriation thereto, upon the plans and specifications prepared and approved by the state engineer and surveyor.

Sec. 2. The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this act. payable by the treasurer on tha warrant of the comptroller, to the order of the superintendent of public works.

part of the money hereby appropriated shall be available until after the execution of a contract by a responsible party to said superintendent of public works for the completios of said bridge at a cost within said appropriation, and the filing of a copy of said contract with the comptroller. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect Immediately. State cf New York, Office of the Secretary State, I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same -Is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law.

JOHN PALMER, Secretary of BUts. COMFORT AND REST WITH SIGNAL STATIONS AND TELESCOPES FOR DIVERSION TWO-HOUR TRAINS IN PLACE OF DOUBLE THAT TIME. (Special Correspondence of The Standard Union.) QUOGUE, July 22. After many summers passed in the mountains. It is a new delight to have a sojourn by the ocean, where the landscape presents charms of a totally different nature, and to be in a place where the breeze is ftever failing.

The attractions of this shore are known to Brooklyn people, some of whom have cottages here, and some of them, with those from New York and other places, 'board In the various houses which are located here. On one or another, of the broad piazzas one can always be refreshed by the pure air blowing. The sunsets here are a feature of special enjoyment, so vast is the unbroken extent of sky spread out before us, and at evening. in the light of moon and Btars, the expanse suggests the idea of infinite space. At dusk it is pleasant to see the lights of the Signal Service appear, and the one at Pon Quogue lighthouse, a distance of eght or ten miles away, at an elevation of 160 feet.

The village of Quogue is a very old one, and the meaning of Its Indian name (originally quohogue) is clam, while that of Quiogue is little clam. Martins, thrushes, red-breasts, red-winged, blackbirds, and bluebirds are seen here, while the floors of this place comprises the trailing arbu-tus, wild roses, azaleas and honeysuckle, fireweed, wood lily, milk wort, arrowhead, pink ladys slipper, star grass, ladies dress, marsh mallow, yellow prim rose, the cranberry flower of white, with little pink dots, golden rod, asters, white fringed orchis, and the meadow pink, which, in August, carpets with beauty the salt meadows. In the autumn the peperidge tree Is said to be very brilliant here. There is much to do outdoors here with bathing, wheeling, walking and driving, besides golf and tennis for those who are mem bers of the Quogue Field Club. There Is also a library In the place, and summef guests are privileged to partake of it's ben-efits, at slight expense.

The southerly wind blowing directly from tbe ocean is great advantage to this coast. One of the pleasantest times of day on the beach is from 4 to 7 oclock in the afternoon, when there Is no glare of the sun, and th ocean. In its varied moods and changing colors, is a picture of magnificence so fascinating that one is spellbound with its beauty, and the time 'Speeds and twilight descends before one is conscious that day is departing. An evening not to be forgotten was passed at the Signal Service station when the courtesy of its quartermaster in showing us about the place, and explaining to us its appointments and complete arrangements, enabled us to have a more Intelligent idea of the value of its system and the discipline and efficiency of lts men. We were also privileged in being shown the telescope, through which fine view of Venus, of Jupiter and its moons and Saturn, in its rings was enjoyed.

Twenty-eight years ago a journey of four hours brought the Brooklynite to RIverhead, from which a stage ride of nine miles through pine woods and eani was the only means of transportation to this place. Now a swift express con veys him here in two hours, and makes Quogue, for its salubrious breezes, value as a near health resort to the den Isons of our city. ANNA OLCOTT COMMELIN. GIRLS CHARGED WITH LARCENY. ELLA START AND ANGIE MKENNA UP BEFORE JUDGE LEMON.

On the strength of a plea made to Magistrate Lemon by her mother, Ella Start, aged 15, of 236 Twenty-sixth street, was yesterday paroled in the Butler street court. Ella and a companion, Angie McKenna, aged 14, of Twenty-second street and Fifth avenue, were on Wednesday placed In the custody of the Childrens Society on complaint of William Irwin, of 212 Eighteenth street, who accused them of having stolen cutlery and clothing from his residence during the temporary absence of the family on July 18. It is alleged that the girls deftly slipped the latch of the front basement door to gain admittance. The McKenna girl had formerly taken care of one of the Irwin children. She will remain in charge of the society.

Both girls will be brought up again on July 28. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Oriental William Rhinelander, C. Lemmon, Charles W. Price.

J. Dodge, A. S. Gorham, J. C.

OConnor, A. H. Richards, W. W. Wilcox, W.

E. Dowd, James Clews. George F. Neldlinger, S. Wells, Mrs.

and Miss Barlow, H. Kallatede, J. C. Sampson, George C. Austin, W.

R. Hindhaugh, Charles Fowler, G. T. Warren, James OBrien. J.

Lamb ley. Miss Lambley, W. DeWagneffe. H. K.

Galland, Frank Pavoy, Edward Sturges, R. A. Saulfield, P. P. Dickinson, C.

C. Dickinson, W. K. Matthews, E. R.

Gunther, E. Landon, Mrs. M. L. Needley, all of New York; S.

D. Davis, Cleveland C. H. Duffy, St. Louis; Edward Kini.

Omaha; George A. Green, J. Wilson, Bloomfield, George A. Howard, Miss Mabel Howard, Cincinnati; J. H.

Metcalf, Harry Yates Buffalo S. M. Rogers, Chicago: M. P. Jordan, Danville, Mrs.

J. M. Morso. Toronto, Canada; Miss R. Campbell, Boston; I.

Hartz, Chicago; W. M. Deutch, C. L. Deutch.

Elizabeth. N. F. F. Hamilton, Saratoga; T.

C. Neale, Washington; C. P. Smith, Jersey City; C. R.

Tuttle, Denver George F. Gaskell, Philadelphia; A. O. Bliss, Washington; B. Fabron, C.

A. Wil liams, A. M. Williams, St. Louis; Mrs.

C. E. Gunther, Brooklyn; D. H. Burrell, Lit tie Falls, N.

Y. St. George M. E. Tuttle, Mr.

and Mrs. G. W. Upton, Rutland, Mrs. S.

Gar-lick, Youngstown, R. J. Mount, Brooklyn, N. J. W.

Boyd, Washington; jL B. Perkins, Bennington, J. A. Fit-comb, Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs.

C. H. Fields, Hartford, L. Hampmeyer, Haiti; A. J.

Baker, Sands Point, L. J. K. Dexter. E.

J. Dexter, U. S. Miss W. E.

Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. C. Carr, Greenwich, L. Valentine, C.

D. Van Name, Washington. Clarendon -O. H. W.

Carter, Sing Sing; Mrs. C. J. "Rogers, New Brunswick, N. F.

R. Drouberger, Mansfield, S. S. Burr, Mr. and John M.

Delmour, Manhattan; Julia A. Fredericks, Brook-, lyn; W. H. Hillord, Milford, Mr. and Mrs.

H. H. Greenleaf, Newark, N. Mr. and Mrs.

Howard Garrison, Willits Point, Robert C. W. Brock, Philadelphia, E. F. White, Brooklyn; Russell Jud-son, A.

F. Norman, Oscar M. Llpton, Frank G. Wider, Luke D. Stapleton.

Manhattan. Manhattan Beach F. Wlttemore, D. H. Rowland, W.

B. Wheeler, D. T. Pul-sifer W. S.

Silver, F. J. Lawless, Wake Island, over which our flag has been raised, is a hitherto unappropriated coral reef directly north of the Marshall Islands, hundreds of miles from any known land, and about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu to the Ladrone Islands, which were seized by the first Manila expedition. GARCIAS LETTER TO SHAFTER. SANTIAGO.

July ill-feeling produced among the Cubans by Gen. Shatter. latest orders in Santiago culminated this morning in a serious rupture between Gen. Shatter and Gen. Garcia.

As a consequence Gen. Garcia withdrawn with his army from the outskirts of Santiago to the Interior, taking the road to Jlguanl, which is fifty miles northeast of Santiago. He, first held council of his officers, and tendered to Gen. Gomez, the Cuban commander-inchief, his resignation aa commander of the Cuban Army of the East. A special courier was sent to Gen.

Gomez's headquarters carrying the resignation. Gen. Garcia also sent the following letter to Gen. Shatter: Sir. On May 12 the Government of the republic of Cuba ordered me as commander of the Cuban Army in the East to co-operate with the American Army, following the plans and obeying the orders of its fcommaVider.

I have done my sir, to fulfil; ihe'Tvtshes of my Government, and have been until now one of your rpost faithful subordinates, honoring myself in carrying out your orders and instructions as far as my powers have allowed me to do It. The city of Santiago surrendered to the American army, and news of that Important event was give nto me by persons entirely foreign to your staff. I have not been honored with a single word from yourself informing me about the negotiations for peace or the terms of the capitulation by the Spaniards. The important ceremony of the surrender of the Spanish army and the taking possession of the city by yourself took place later on. and I only knew of both events by public reports.

1 was neither honored, sir, with a kind word from you inviting myself or any officer of my staff to represent the Cuban army on that memorable Occasion. "Finally, I know that you have left in power at Santiago the same Spanish authorities that for three years, I have fought -as enemies of the independence of Cuba. I beg to say that these authorities have never been elected at Santiago by the residents of the city, but were appointed by royal decrees of the Queen of, Spain. "I would agree, sir, that the army under your command should have taken possession of the city, the garrison and the forts. I would gii my arm co-operation to any measure you may have deemed best under American military law to hold the city for your army and to preserve public order until the time come to fulfill the solemn pledge of the people of the United States to establish in Cuba a free and Independent government.

But when the question arises of appointing authorities in Santiago de Cuba, under the peculiar circumstances of our thirty years strife against the Spanish rule. I cannot see but with the deepest regret that such authorities are not elected by the Cuban people, but aTe the same ones selected by the Queen of Spain, and hence are ministers to defend against the Cubans the Spanish aov-reignty. rumor, too absurd to be believed. General, ascribes the reason of your measures and of the orders forbidding my army to enter Santiago to fear of massacres and revenge against the Spaniards. Allow me, sir, to protest against even the shadow of such an idea.

We are not savages, ignoring the rules of civilized warfare We are a poor, ragged army, as ragged and as poor as was the army of your forefathers In their noble war for independence, but, as did the heroes of Saratoga and Yorktown. we respect too deeply our cause to disgrace it with barbarism and cowardice. In view of all these reasons I sincerely regret to be unable to fulfill any longer the orders of my Government, and therefore I have tendered to-day to the Com-mander-in-Chlef of the Cuban Army, Major-Gen. Maximo Gomez, my resignation as commander of this section of our army. Awaiting his resolution, I withdraw my forces to the nterior.

Very respectfully yours, CALIXITO GARCIA. Gen. Shafter will return a formal answer to the Cuban leaders letter. CRUSADE AT R0CKAWAY. FATHER MCAFFREY IS WARRING AGAINST TIGHTS AT THE BEACH.

Rockaway Beach is having a crusade against short skirts and tights In the concert halls. It was started a few days ago by the Rev. Thomas McCaffrey, rector of the Church of St. Rose of Lima, at Holland's Station, Father McCaffrey has announced to the proprietors of the concert halls that If the women are not able to purchase suitable clothing he will contribute to a fund to procure wearing ap- GLEN ISLAND STEAMERS. The New York harbor restrictions having been removed, regular boats from Glen Island, the last at 8 P.

and from New Haven, have been resumed, and. will hereafter operate their full summer time-tables. Our Soldiers Slug God Save tlte Queen. In Tampa, the other day American soldiers did a thing that would have raised a protest a year ago. They joined In singing God Save the Queen In honor of Victorias birthday.

It Is really astonishing bow sentiment has changed since England has openly -sympathised with the United States in our war with Spain. Radical changes In the relations of nations are no more wonderful, however, than the marked changes tn Individuals who are restored to the vigor and strength of health by that great medicine called Hostetters 8tomach Bitters. It Is no unusual thing for people who are thin, weakly and all run down to show a marked Improvement in a few weeks after taking this medicine. While these Bitters are supposed by some people to be for tbe stomach only, ths truth la that they overcome nearly every known disease, because the stomach Is the starting point et at denies, and by striking at tha root all tin tmeiirs are reached. J.

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