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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1900
Page
11
The narrator aboard the San Ildefonso recounts a tense halt near Alphonso island after Antonio’s arrest threat and a mutinous crew. Tensions rise as Captain Afslop weighs a quick hanging versus delaying action while preparing to sail for Lenora.
The narrator describes a British ship taking to the water, praising its craft and speed as deck planks tighten and the canvas fills. Alphonso Island recedes with tall trees thinning to shrubs while bay arms close in on the shore as they head north.
The narrator and Marc Hislop share a watch aboard the San Ildefonso as Antonio the Cuban, shackled in the bilboes, recovers from wounds. Tense hints of mutiny and escape loom with Benito Ojeda and other crewmen while dolphins, flying fish, and a spectral ship haunt their voyage toward Europe.
On the San Tidefonso tensions rise as Antonio and allies plot to seize the vessel. The captain Estremera, Hislop, and Lamberin mobilize crew to secure arms and prevent a mutiny as nearby Folletah shores loom. Coded warnings from Nom and Tom Lambourne confirm dangerous plots amid tense deck divisions.
Fra Anselmo, in his long black soutan, orders loading and capping of firearms as a mutinous scene unfolds. The crew’s uproar and lascars’ screams rise from one act of insubordination to the next aboard the vessel.
An entertaining comparison from the New York Sun measures finger travel of a typist and a house speaker. It calculates daily and monthly motion for a 40 words a minute typist and a 200 words a minute speaker, yielding about 15 miles a month for writing and roughly 60 miles a month for speech in the same period.
Myron Alaskins recalls a tale about Martin Maginnis and a Widow Maginnis pig during the 1883 Democratic convention. David B. Hill was rumored to seek the presidency, while Gen Pat Collins faced a Montana delegate shouting Maginnis as he tried to speak, the crowd fixated on the pig phrase.
The bund at Tientsin buzzes with activity as lighters load cargo for distant markets. Bales wrapped in matting, boxes marked London or Hamburg, and goods from Mongolia to Siberia fill the scene alongside busy coolies. A note adds a Saengerbund picnic in Dyersville on Sunday July 29 priced 50c adults 25c children via the Chicago Great Western railroad.
Local endorsements praise Dubuque Mixed Paints for quality and durability. Citizens and professionals from Dubuque and nearby towns like Granbury and Sprinkbrook vouch for long lasting, chalking free coatings and customer satisfaction. Address details direct readers to Iowa Paint and Color Co or W W H Torbert in Dubuque.
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