Show A YEARS WORK VORK it was war abear n year ago tonight I 1 that the battleship maine daine asleep at her moorings in duaana harbor aloun up anil and sunk and i alth ith her went donw dotto a american heroes to death only a year ago but some marvelous man clous events hivo havo transpired since the Thea navy Davy ot of tho ilia united states stales has covered itself alth aiji li ji glory tile the army of 0 the united states slates vh whenever enever riven given the opportunity has covered itself anith glory spain has been driven front from the western continent and dreadfully shorn ahorn ot of lier ter in the FaI fIc and the united states ban suddenly exten extended deal her possessions and Is now trying the ex est of to order and es cs law among barbarous and danl peoples our country has haa been wonderfully fa favored voted A commander unknown to the world and little tle known by his chiq own coun countrymen pushed hit big little fleet into mantle manilla it liar tor bor and engaging la 1 boit hostile tile fleet and long lone lines ot of shore defenses sunk the tha bimer and silenced the latter in four our hours and wrote hla his native name decide that of oc farra farragut gut and the bolic was ivas dono done without the loss loa i of oc a man on any of ills his ships por weeks our fleet the ocean and rose roo and fell 1 ith the see off havana and santiago and finally dually engaged and sunk the fleet without the loss PC p one vessel and with but one man inan killed in battle with only a loss of 0 tio abo men under all tho storme ot of tho the campaign one great battleship circled south america to join in the conflict in tile the east ond chell the ti trouble was wan ended there with wh op another other battlos battleship lill for fw acona ort returned ned again to the pacific and Is about due lit in tile tho maters 0 or I 1 I 1 UK lie philippines pines A little aimy a my MRS ans sent to santiago find and under a rain oc death lit and d held within lils grasp a marvelous y another N as achl to porto rico anil and was swiftly draw ing ine its ita cordons cordona mound the enemy there when peace was vron iron A thid nas mas sent bent oft off across the racille to maralla manila it was mostly composed of vo volunteers lu n but it repelled a vi vicious clous night attack it took the city by assault and for ten days past lifts been I 1 victory rafter victory against immense 1 odds oddo on land and pea the flag flae hai hag I 1 been full high advanced at homo home the call to arms drove away tho the I 1 I 1 last remnant ot of sectional hate halo or distrust disi the die spectacle ot of tile response to itic call for volunteers was a as beautiful Cs as the world ever v linneal line eal the voting an and 1 I brave of 0 forty five answering as by one impulse ang met each trying to rival till nil tho the others in getting betting to the ilia front it aa a s tho most moat august oll oil call that tha I 1 I 1 hie I 1 we w world 0 r id ever heard I 1 when the celcis came our motherland old england ln gland held out lia its urine arms to io us valli it till tenders ten derfl of oc perpetual friendship anil bivs all that sincero friendship implies dieas was waa ilia kindliest kind liest word t cheer that ever was wag given i in the ho all ali the industries of our country have been advancing A harvest was gathe ical just nhan han the outside world needed break bread still and the balance of trade exceeded tor for tile the year in ili tavor favor of 0 ilia united state stalest dy by tile tho events ot at the year our republic has advanced to the fore frolia ii ont ot of nations nation and tho the only waiting question lare if arc we great enough to receive an and ci utilize mize our ur gifts |