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Show GENERAL FELIX ANGUS'S GREAT NEWSPAPER PEAT It was hi one i his fights for a friend and a nrincinlo that General Felix Augus, editor aud owuor of the Baltimore American, pulled off one of the most remarkable nowsuapor feats over recorded in this country. It was at tin; time that President McKinloy wis contemplating sending to tho Senate Sen-ate llio naval appointments that General Gen-eral Angus began to take a lively and dangerous interest in the Sampson-Sclile' Sampson-Sclile' controversy. Tliat is, his interest inter-est was dangerous to Admiral Sampson. Not only did there exist a Damon and Pythias friendship between General Angus An-gus aud Admiral Schley, but the principle princi-ple involved appealed to General Angus, llo learned that it was tins intention of President MeKinley to send to the Senate Sen-ate the names of Schley aud Sampson on the same day, but giving Sampson the preference and n rating much higher high-er than that of Schley. All the fighting fight-ing blood in General Angus's body was aroused by this information. It was up to him to make a fight for Schley and he made il. He sent his reporters, special spe-cial correspondents arid special writers scurrying all over tho country. He gulhered together u porfect presentation of the case for Schley and against Sampson. He gathered every bit of information in-formation that it was possible to collect col-lect about Sampson as well as Scliloy. He had ono striking editorial written writ-ten setting forth the inorils of the Sampson-Schley controversy and pointing point-ing out wherein a man who stayed and fought differed from a man who wns absent and merely constructively a participant in the big tight off San-! San-! tiago. Tho matorial collccte'd was sufficient j to make ono coinplcto edition of tho Bui ti more American. The type was set, the plates cast, and one copy of this special edition was printed off. With this under his arm and blood in his eye, General Angus went to Washington, Washing-ton, He called Upon President MeKinley MeKin-ley and laid the unique copy of that special edition before MeKinley. "There has been printed only (his 'one copy," said General Angus. "It ; will be published tomorrow if vou are still determined to send the Sampson promotion lu Ihe Senate." President MeKinley looked the paper pa-per over. "This interests me deeply, Goucml Angus,' he said. ' 4 Will you leave it with mo? I promise lo do iiolliiug in the matter of tho Semite nominations until I have communicated with you." The result of President MeKi'nley's examination of that special copy of the special edition of the Baltimore American Amer-ican is well known. .Justice was done to Admiral Schley and the plates that were kept locked up in a safe in the Baltimore Amorican building ivcre destroyed. de-stroyed. There wns novor occasion to use iru're than that one copy. |