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Battle of May 1 Recalled.
NEW YORK, April 17.—-Tl:e celebra-
tion- attending the return of the United
States cruiser Raleigh from Manila,
which had to be postponed Saturday
owing to the \varship’s late arrival, oc-
curred yesterday. The Raleigh, accom—
panied by two small war ves‘sels cap-
tured from the Spa niards last summer
and a fleet of about 25 excursion steam-
ers and tugboa ts, paraded from Tomp-
kinsville to G1ant’ s tomb and from
theie back to anchorage in the North]
river off Thirty—fourth street. It would
have been difficult to have selected
more inclement or disagreeable weather
than that which prevailed all the time
that the Raleigh was passmg in review
before the thousands of enthusiastic
people who lined theriver banks and
gave her the‘ir hearty cheers of welcome
home. I
The cruiser did not leave her anchor-
age off Tompkinsville for the parade up
the bay and the Hudson river until
shortly before noon, and an hour before
that: time a drizzling rain commenced
to fall, and this soon turned into a
steady downpour, which cbntinued the
remainde‘. of the day. The air was raw,
and the officers and men of the 1‘. aleigla
CAPTAIN J. B COGHLANX
stood upon the decks th1 ee hours.
drenched to the skin and shivering with
the cold. There were very few people
along the river front in the lower part
of the city, owing partly to the weather
and partly to the fact that the en-
trances to the piers are generally closed
on Sundays. But great crowds assem-
bled in Riverside park, overlooking the
Hudson, and men, women and children
stood there for hours under umbrellas
watching the vessels on their way up
the river and on their return.
The Raleigh lay at anchor off Tomp-
kinsville‘ all the morning, and no special
excitement attended her presence there
until about 10 o'clock, when several ex-
cursion steamers arrived from the city,
ran alongside of her and cheered her
time and again. Mrs. Coghlan, the wife
of the commander of the cruiser, ar-
rived-at Tompkinsville bet“ een 9 and 10
oelock, where she took a small boat
and went out to the Raleigh and w el—
comcd her husband. ’
About 11 o’clock the large steamer
Glen Island arrived, carrying the citi-
zens' reception committee, headed by
Mayor Van VVyck. and also having on
board a number of invited guests. A
delegation from the committee number—
ing not more than a score .boarded one
of the police boats and went to the Ra—
leigh on her. All hands on the cruiser
were called to quarters. and Mayor Van
IVyck and the other committeemen
were received-3 with naval formality.
Captain chhl‘an stood at the gangway
and received the visitors and escorted
them immediately to his cabin. The
ceremonies there were very brief, con-
suming not more than five minutes. The
mayor in a few words welcomed the
Raleigh to New York, extended the
freedom of the city to the officers and
men. apologized for the disagreeable
weather and assured Captain Coghlan
of a hearty welcome, telling ’him that
the citizens of New York hoped soon
under more fayorable climatic condi—
tions to give a great demonstration in
honor 'of the return of all of Admiral»
DeWey’s fleet. Captain Coghlan replied
briefly, thanking the mayor for the ex—
pression of New Y01k's hospitality and
declaring the set .sfactfon of himself
and the other officers and the crew of
the Raleigh in having been able to serve
their country in Manila and their hap—
p' ness in the return to their native
land
PreparatiOns were made then to get
under way for the parade. The Raleigh
was headed- down the stream at the
time, and when she raised her anchor
and swung around slowly the whistles
on all the craft near her sh'rieked a sa-
lute, and all the people on the excursion
boats cheered and waved handkerchiefs
and flags. The Glen Island led the pm-
cession of vessels. and the Raleigh fol—
lowed just astern of her. The Alverado
and Sandoval took position off either
bow of the cruiser, and police boats,
tugs and excursion boats followed in a
double column. From the time the Ra-
leigh left the Battery until she reached
Grant’s tomb her whistle and fog ‘siren
werec'blowlng almost constantly in re-
sponse to salutes from vessels lying at
their docks or moving up and down the
river. Captain Coghlan was on the
bridge nearly all the way up the river
with the executive and navigating ofii-
eers. All were bundled up in rain coats
and received the full force of the storm
in their faces. The captain was obliged
to bare his head to the rain at great part,
of the time in waving his cap in re-
sponse to the salutes and cheers of
passing vessels. Officers and men alike
expressed the greatest surprise at. the
demonstration and wondered what théy
had done to warrant all the enthusiasm
which was being displayed.
Just before arriving oi‘f Grant’s tomb
the cruiser slowed down preparatory to
turning, and while the cheering and
whistle blowing and other noises were
at their height two 6 pomiders on the
Raleigh commenced their salute of 21
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away when the Alver'ado and Sandoval
opened with their national salute, and
a battery on shore: joined in the tribute.-
‘ to the dead' president. When the salutes
were concluded, the Raleigh turned
slowly and headed down the river, her
' escorts turning at the same time.
The cruiser Raleigh is the fiist of Ad-
miral Dewey’s gallant, fleet to return to
a home port. She represents the fleet
, - that first demonstrated to the world
. what the American navy is. It had
been a favorite trick of the cheap hu-
morists to make fun of our ships and
men and for more serious critics to
predict disaster if they ever came in
conflict with even a third rate European
navy. On May 1 last year Dewey and
his men changed all that. The story of
how he led his fleet-info Manila bay,
disregarding torpedoes and mines, is too
familiar to need repetition, and every
'one recalls the result, how the Spanish
fleetwas wiped out with a loss of over
400 men and how not one American sail-
or was killed.’ I11 all this the Raleigh
bore her due share. She was one of the
ships that circled around the bay, pour-
ing destruction upon the enemy and
showing how straight American gun—
ners can shoot. The Raleigh’s ten 5
inch guns and her lively auxiliary bat—
tery of'6‘ pounders joined in the ter—
rible fusillade that sent so many Span~
ish ships to the bottom. It was the first
chance the Raleigh ever had to use her
guns in deadly earnest, but, like her sis-
ter ships, she showed that her gunners
knew their business. The following de-
scription of the entrance intothe harbor
of Manila and the Raleigh’s part in the
famous naval battb' under Admiral
Dewey will pr'ove interesting at this
time:
At about midnight the fleet was ex-
actly between the islands of Corregi-
dor and El Fraile and «about three-
quarters of a mile distant from the lat-
ter. Beyond the flash of a couple of sig—
nal lights on shore the enemy gave no
evidence of having discovered us. It
seemed as if we were to sail over the
much vaunted torpedoes in Boca Grande
and pass their batteries without being
seen. The men below decks, not being
able to watch passing events, had got-
ten out their banjos and guitars and
were singing softly the old patriotic and
familiar songs of country, home and
mother. This form did not have a cheer-
ing effect, but. brought the serious side
to our minds. Suddenly, by a stroke of
inspiration, one who felt as most of us
did‘started up “There’ll Be a Hot Time
In the Old Town Tonight." The strain
was relieved, and a quiet but mirthful
laugh went around while each joined in
the chorus. '
We were still laughing at some im-
provised and appropriate words when a
flash on the almost indistinguishable
rock of Fraile and the whistle and
scream of an 8 inch shell caused every-
body to grow silent and “duck.” Each
man looked at his neighbor to see if he
had done likewise and smiled with re—
lief when'he saw that he had company.
This shell passed directly over the fore—
castle of the Raleigh and kicked up the
water in a white geyser a couple of
hundred yards ahead on our port bow.
Immediately the order was shouted
from the bridge, “Fire the after 5 inch
gun.” This gun, in charge of Ensign
Babin, had been kept pointed at the
rock, and almost simultaneously with
the order the electric firing key was
pressed, and the first shot of Dewey’s
fleet went hurtling on its way. The first
hostile shots had been exchanged, and
the war in the Philippines had prac-
tically begun. This was the first time
that any of us on the Raleigh, with the
exception of Captain Coghlan and Sea-
man “Jimmy” Johns on, survivors of t‘. 10
civil war. had seen shells fired 111th in-
tent to kill. The fort fired two more
shots at the tail of our column, which
were returned, and the fleet had passed
out of range and was inside Manila bay.
Slowing down. the speed was regulated
so that we should arrive off the,city at
daylight. The men Stretched them-
selves on the deck a’l gside the guns
for a few winks of sick before the real
work of the morning should begin.
Just at the breaking of dawn the hu-
gles called “general quarters.” From
each masthead and gaff of every ship
was proudly flying a United States bat-
tle flag. On the Olympia could be read
the signals: “Prepare for general ac-
tic-n." “Close up.” "‘Follow the flag-
ship.‘ The Spanish fleet was not off
M- nila but was seen in battle array at
Cavie, seven miles below. We headed-
for it. Every once in awhile a puff. of
smoke and 'a distant explosion, vith
perhaps the splash of a shot, told us
that the heavy battery of 10 inch Krupp
guns on the Luneta were firing at us.
Their 1ange. luckily, was very faulty.
VV'e were nearing the Spanish fleet,
and the full light of day gave us a‘
chance ,to examine them carefully and
to fix their identity from the descrip-
tions we had read and studied. Their
shells commenced to splash around us.
The commodore held his fire and steer-
cd straight for the enemy until about
5:30. when, having reached a range of
4,500 yards, he swung his port battery
into action and opened fire, and each
ship did the same as soon as it turned
in his wake For two hours‘the battle
raged while our fleet made five runs up
and down the enemy’s line, each one
nearer than the preceding one. The
battery of the Raleigh, composed of ten
5 inch rapid fire guns, one lane 6 inch
pivot and 12 small rapid fire guns,
spouted a veritable Sheet of flame. The
crews worked like fiends, but with the
precision of clockwork.
It was during the third pasSgge down
the Spanish line that a. 6 pound'er shell
crashed through one of t e quarter
boats swinging at the break of the
poop, passed so close over the heads of
1 two officers that both grabbed for their
" caps, struck the chase of a 6 pounder
gun on the u'nengaged side and spun it
round like lightning and exploded clear
.of the ship. By the merest chance the
four men composing the crew of this
gun were standing clear of its revolus
tions or they would have been badly in-
jured. A couple of fragments of shell
or shrapnel that had exploded overhead
weiie picked up after the action. This
was the extent of the damage to the
Raleigh by hostile shells. It was noth-
ing short of ma1velous considering the
incessant shriek and hurtle of shells
overhead and Sp. ‘ashing of Water arottnd
us. At 7. 30 the flagship headed to the
northward and made signal, “Retire
om action."
The Raleigh—is a protected cruiser—
that is, a. cruiser with a. complete
curved armored deck. 'She is of the
type, of so many of the smaller vessels
that were built when the foundations of‘
the new navy were laid, early in the'
nineties. Her keel was laid in 1890 at,:
THOSE BRIB’ERY CHARGES.
Alt smiley For Standard Oil Says Mon-
nett's Statements Are False.-
CLEYELAND, O.,_April 17.—Vi‘rgil P.
Kline, one of the counsel for the Stand—
ard Oil company, says concerning the
statements of Attorney General Mou—
nett filed with the supreme court Satur—
day:
“M1. Mo'nnett is simply trying to kick
up a dust to cover his retreat. Four
weeks ago Mr. Elliott and I, in a letter
which was handed to the attorney gen-
eral, demanded that he give the name
of the man who he fiipp‘antly had re.
peatedly said made him an offer of
$400,000. After this lapse of time he
files a rambling statement of ancient
and exploded falsehoods, calling it an
information in Contempt, and in which
he pretends that he requires some order
or process of the court to assist him in.
complying with our request. This is
puerile. He does not need the aid Of a.
court to enable him to give the name of
his friend, and he knows perfectly well
that the supreme court will not enter
upon a wild goose chase to gratify his
cheap and vulgar ambition for noto-
l1iety.’ '
"In his statement filed Saturday he
does not say his f1iend offered him a.
bribe, though he had distinctly charged
that heretofore. The fact is he knew
when he originally put the statement
out that it was false, and he knew per—
fectly well, whoever his friend was and
whatever may have transpired between
them, that he was not being offered a
bribe,and that his friend had no au—
thority to speak" for the Standard Oil
company. Hon. Daniel J. Ryan has al-
ready denied the story so far as he was ,
concerned. Mr. Watson has done, the
same over and over again, and this at—
tempt to resurrect old slanders in order
to bolster up new ones is a childish sub-
terfuge.”
LARGE EXPORT TRADE.-
Statistics Shun an Increase of More
’] luau $? 0,000 000.
WASHINGTON, April 17.——The b11-
rcau of statistics in an article furnished
the press states that the ekportation of
manufactures in the fiscal year 1899 is
likely to show an increase of more than
$30,000,000 over that of last year and
that iron and steel alone will supply
more than one-half that increase. In
the eight months of the fiscal year for
which the treasury bureau of statistics
figures are now available the exports of
iron and steel are nearly $16,000,000
greater than in the corresponding
months of the previous fiscal year,
showing a gain of 36 pet cent OVer those
of last yeah and nearly 70 per cent over
those of the preceding year.
In importations of iron and steel
there is a reduction as compared with
last year. though not in so marked a
degree, the falling off in imports for
the eight months being 10 per cent,
while the corresponding period of last
year. showed a reduction of 20 per cent.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Violent earthquakes have occurred in
Greece.
Spain has appointed .Duke d’Arcos
minist :r to Ame1ica.'
Daniel Lane a prominent ship 011nm
0f l’elfast. Me“ died aged 87.
Eli Thayei, oiiginator of the Kansas
crusade, died in li’orcester, Mass.
Marble equal to that of Carrara has
been found in German South Africa.
Four thousand candidates are con-,
testing for 400 place§ in the Spanish
cortes. ‘
The Arkuis its legislatur e has passed
a bill for a new state capitol to cost
$1,000,000. ‘
The Illinois senate has apppoint~. a
comm" tee to investigate the municipal
affairs of Chicago. .
Mrs. Margaret Kelley has bequeathed
$2,000,000 to St. Patrick’s cathedral in
New York city for a chapel.
Gcrnlnn Naval Movements.
. BERLIN, April 17. —— The protected
cruiser Cormoran, according to re rtble
information, is just now the only Ger-
man vessel on her way to strengthen
the German force at Apia, Samoan is—
lands. The gunboat Moewe has arrived
at Matupi, New Britain, off the coast of
Kaiser Wilhelm’ 5 Land, the German
protectoi'ate in southeast Papua, from
which point she may be ordered to Apia
speedily if the situation should demand.
Both the Cormoran and the Moewe are
much smaller and of less fighting power
than the protected cruiser Hertha,
which IS now on the way to Asian wa-
ters, where, on her arrival, the total
German squadron will have a displace-
ment of 40,000 tons and an equipment of
3,400 men. ‘
Flag; For President McKinley.
NEW YORK, April 1_7.—The British
steamer Indrani, Captain Trotter, which
arrived yesterday from Japan and
China ports, brought a small parcel
said to contain a very beautiful silk
combination United States and British
flag of large proportions to be presented
to President McKinley. The parcel was
forwarded by United States Consul
Johnson, at Amoy. The flag was de-
signed by the Merchants’ association at
Amoy and is of pure silk, the American
and British colors being artistically ar-
ranged. Accompanying the parcel is a.
letter addressed to Mr. Porter, Presi-
dent McKinley’s secretary.
Noted Newspaper Man Dead.
NEW YORK, April 17.—-Ezra Willis
Osborne, one of the best known news-
paper men ln the country, died yester—
day at the Hotel Majestic, after a b-.-.,,,f
illness from pneumonia. Mr. Osborne
was for 15 years identified with DGXV'Spa-
per enterprises. He became assi- tant
business manager of the St. Louis Po st.
Dispatch in the fall of 1897 and later be-
came assistant business manager of the,
New York World, the place held at the
time of his death.
Back From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—'I'he
United States “transport Senator has at-
rived from Manila; She brought only
three returning soldiers, Lieutenant E.
B. Finley, First California; Lieutenant
F A. McCall, First Idaho, and Quarter-
master' 5 Clerk'R. Sanford.
Representative Baird Worse.
. WASHINGTON. April 1-7.——Represent-
.atlve Baird of Louisiana, whose condi-
tion improved slightly Saturday, grew
worse yesterday, {ind he is gradually
sin nking. _..__._ ‘
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East Worwalk le'e Departments:
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