4 I J -A b BRAVE INTO LEAD PICKED FIELD OFFICERS FOR THE NEW REGIMENTS Soldier Who Won Spnrn In Cnlta mill ho IMilltiiplnrn A I evr Civil AVnr Vi Iitiiiin Still WlrlilliiK the Swonl allitiit Dciiln UnnirikMl iropyrlRlit IMS hy O I Kilmer L Ik II ION thu Span Isli war broko nut tin roKt niontH of the regular army which was do poiuleil upnn for t h u heaviest llhtlnc worn coniinnnileil by colonels w li o worn wnr voter n n h T h o I r service In tho civil nntl Indian waiH had hard oneil thorn Into p r I n c o I y sol diers the like of whom taking the whole roster had never been seen nu ll er the American tins Many of them were promoted to the rank of briga dier general in the volunteers but the lieutenant colonels and majors who took the regiments to the field were also veterans and as capable soldiers ns thocolonels themselves Hy the addition of Jl regiments to the standing army the government has practically doubled the regular force The new Held olllcers nnd nearly nil this line olllcers are graduntes from tho regular regiments nnd of the colonels It may be said without favoritism that they are the pick of the material nnd that the material available is of the choicest Six of the new colonels came out of the Spanish wnr with honors J M Bell was In Culm J Franklin Hell In the Philippines Wallace and Itlrkhimcr were also In the Philippines nnd Kennon and Dorst at San Juan hill Colonel J M Hell the loader of the new Twenty seventh regiment now en route to Manila commanded tho squad ron of the First regular cavalry which led off In the attack at Las Guaslmas His command forced Its way through tho chapparnl toward the Spanish lines and In order to get at the enemy quickly rushed over a wide open space under Mauser lire Major Hell was severely wounded while deploying his men for that advance which won the victory In the civil war Hell fought four years in the Pennsylvania volun teer cavalry coining out with the rank of captain and with a record which led to his appointment in tho Seventh regular cavalry Hrevets were given him for gallantry at the battles of the Wilderness and Heams Station and ho afterward won a brevet lighting the Indians in Montana Colonel L M V Kennon command ing the uew Thirty fourth regiment was one of tho first to have his men ready to go to tho Held As captain of a company which had a conspicuous part to perform at San Juan hill Ken non mndo an enviable battle record to add to his service against Indians Ills company was on the right of the Sixth regulars when General Hawkins or dered the gallant Egbert to cross San Juan river nnd alone open lire upon the blockhouse which up to that time lind not been scon by half n dozen men In the American lines General Hawkins believed that the Sixth regi ment could enfilade tho fort nnd thus cover the advance of troops who were to storm it on the Hank Egbert and Kennon went nlouo to rcconnoltor the crossing nnd seeing thnt the men could ford the swift running stream led the way with tho captains own company Dashing through the heavy current the men deployed on the other side nnd formed n line in tho thicket to protect tho cross ing of the other companies So Ken lions men actually got In tho first rifio 1 Bm COLONEL POItST fire upon tho famous blockhouse Colonel Dorst who lias been promoted from tho cavalry to lend tho Forty fifth Infantry was ono of tho very first army v rw Ulcers to win honors coioneljmbell MBBWIMBW fijJMMIBMBBM luCubn Ilecom mnnded tho fa mous Gusslo ex pedition which landed munitions for tho Insurrec tionists soon aft er the blockado was established This act of gnl lantry carried out with excel lent judgment gained him pro motion to the rauk of lieuten ant colonel of COLONEL KKNNON vollllltOOrS mill be went with tho army to Santi ago ns the adjutant general nnd chief of staff of Wheelers cnvalry di vision In the attack at San Juan he was at the front directing the brigades and regiments where to go In Tho Ir regular ground nnd scattered lines often separated the troops from their generals but Dorst moved up and dpwn the firing line coolly giving com mands and exposing himself with a fearlessness which wns noticeable even on that field of countless brave deeds With one exception the three colonels from the Philippine nrmy hnve not had the chance for personal distinction In the field which fell to the lighters In Cuba Colonel William 10 Hlrkhlmer of the Twenty eighth had a war record back of lilin before he went to Manila having served through the civil war In the Fourth Ohio cavalry As captain of n battery he went to the Philippines In the first expedition June 1818 nnd In the battles with Spaniards nnd Fili pinos bore himself with such gallantry that General lawton recommended him for promotion to the colonelcy of the Twenty seventh oluuteers Colonel Itnbert Hruee Wallace of the Thirty seventh lias also been nt the front In the Philippines from the very start serving as lieutenant colonel In the First Montana He graduated from West Point In ISUO and Is now but lit tle over 110 yenrs of age The cavalry was the favorite arm of service for the young cadet and he went to the south west with the Second regiment where he met with stirring adventures sub duing the Apaches In Arizona and New Mexico Colonel J Franklin Hell of the Thirty-sixth broke away from the dull rou tine of the engineers department to take up the role of a scouting leader In the Philippines He had been trained In the cavalry and when General Law ton readied the field at Manila lie or ganized a small force to act as tho eyes of his division and placed Hell at the head of It The major had already be come the talk of the nrmy on account of his boldness In rallying and leading detachments when the olllcers hnd been shot down nnd In rushing to tho front of chnrglng troops sword In hnnd to set nn ex ample of courage His exploit at Quln gla where Colonel Stotsenberg of the First Nebraskn lost v 97 tfcSf V THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 1800 gl rog COLONEL WALLACE COLONEL UIIlKIUMKIt his life Is but ono of many showing thnt Lawton knew his man When the army was ready to advance from Mn lolos Hell rode for ward with GO men lilJZl9YZSZSSS toreconnolterthe ford across Quln gla river aud develop the strength of tho Filipinos nt that point Arriving at tho ford be fore daylight Major Hell and llvetroopersstolo forward and saw In the dim light n line of ln trenchments In front of tho town with n few shad i f 1c3h COLONEL J F HELL owy figures presumably sentinels In the vicinity In order to Hnd out whnt lay behind the works Major Hell formed his line to open lire There was a sudden out burst of shots from both sides A trooper fell dead and two comrades who were near were wounded The mnjor fought his men desperately un til ho saw tho enemy closing In on both flanks then retreated losing two more dead nnd three wounded These were carried back to cover and n courier sent to bring up the lnfnntry A bat talion of the First Nebraska marched forward nnd the mnjor proposed to charge the works at once This wns opposed by the Nebraskn olllcers Finally the full regiment came up and in the attack Colonel Stotsenberg was killed The roster of lieutenant colonels nnd mnjors In the now regiments Is adorn ed with half a score or more of nnmes associated with brilliant deeds In Cu ba Colonel Kennon has with him In tho Thirty fourth Lieutenant Colonel Kobert L Ilowse a stnlwnrt young Texnn who rode through all tho fire nt San Juan hill as nn aid to General Sumner Major Joseph Wheeler Jr of tho same regiment passed through tho ordeal ns an aid to his father Lieutenant Colonel Bernard A Byrne of the Fortieth Is nnother man with a San Juan hill record He wns a cap tain In tho Sixth regulars nnd followed Egbert and Kennon In the first attack upon the blockhouse as well as In tho charge which carried the day In the Philippines ho hns twice attacked su perior numbers nnd enptured mor of tho enemy than he hnd men nt his back Lieutenant Colonel Arthur C Ducnt of tho Forty ninth colored Is to bo singled out for special honors because of his bravery at Fort San Juan He wns then captain of a company In tho Twenty fourth regulars nlso colored nnd led his men against a point In the trenches to the left of the blockhouse where tho Spaniards were mnklng a stubborn defense Ills company wns badly cut up but won the point Cnp tnin Ducat was shot through both thighs The colonel of the Forty ninth W II Beck led the troop of colored regulnrs which formed the connection between the right wing nnd the rough riders nt Las Guaslmas All the Hue olllcers of those new regi ments hnve been chosen from among tried soldiers In the Forty eighth nnd Forty ninth there ure black men wearing shoulder straps who fought with at San Juan and El Cauey George L KlLUEiL A BIG BUSINESS WvIkIiI f lin Mull Mil It or Handled nt tho Nm folk tlintiilllrn for Ono Month Postnuistor Sproeher weighed all tho niiiil recolvotl nnd sent out of Norfolk during the month of October nnd tho items noted contain soiuo interesting in formation to tho public The poHtolHeo force Initialed 810 pounds of lht class mail matter consisting of letters postnl cards nnd other packages containing writing This averages about fiO letters o tho pound and bIiowh thnt there were almost 11000 different enclosures handled during thu month in this class in the second class matter there were two kiiidB bundled consisting of news paper magazines and other publica tions Thu number of pounds handled were 201 1 In tho county 10111 pounds In third anil fourth olass matter con sisting of books uirculars pamphlets merchandise etc there were 117U pounds nnd 1 1 ounces handled Of free matter there were bundled 22 pounds and 1 1 ounces Equipments consisting of mail Banks etc amounted to 1182 pounds and 11 ounces Thu snin total of nil matter handled during thu month amounted to 7505 pounds or more- than three and three quarter tons Of mail matter received and dulivored to the railroad companies thero were First class 751 pounds and 11 ounces Second class 2011 pounds nnd i ounces Jbroo matter Nil pouuus nnd ono ounco Third nnd Fourth clnss matter 272 pounds nnd 11 ounces Govornmont freo mail 22 pounds and 1 1 ounces A total of li8U pounds and nine ounces Tho lightest day was on tlio 28th when thero wnB handled 1 1 pounds of clnss nintter consisting of 700 letters Tho heaviest day was October 25 when il pounds and six ounces of first- class matter was haualed menniug about 1000 lot ters Tho average amount handled per day was about 20 pounds or 1000 letters Dont buy until youseo tho uico lino of queeuswaro and glassware at the Norfolk Cash store A fine dinner set very cheap To Ciiru Cohl In Ono Day Tnke Laxative Bioino Quinine Tablets All druggists refund tho money if it fails to euro E W Grovos signature on overy box 25c A hllOCOHHlllI CiiNipiilKH The sugnr factory at Chiuo Califor nia Inst week closed a most successful campaign itjbeing tho last of thothree lactones in Southorn Culifornin to close down It wns the end of a campnign which it is claimed was tlio most remarkablo of any enmpaign in tho history of Amer ican boot sugar industry It was days in length nnd Jdnriug thnt timo thero was not u single breakdown or hitch in tho work and tho machinery was not stopppd except for tho regular cleaning Of it tho Chnmpion says Every pound of sugar made wns mar ketable none hnviugto bo remelted and none but tho highest quality going out The first pan niado at tho mencemont of the cnmpaiga was class white granulated nnd the last pan on Monday of this week was tho same high qunlity No yellow sugar syrnp nor any extraction in process is held over but all cleared out of the factory in tho form of first class uinrkotnble sugar This is a record never beforo mado by this factory and so far as we are able to learn in any other American factory there usually remaining sonio quantity nt least of yellow sugar to hold over to tho next campaign or shipped to a refinery Thejporcentago of sugar in the beets wns high much of tho time over 17 per cent Tho managoment gives tho following interesting items concerning tho enm paign Tons beets sliced 4 lt10 Pounds sugar produced 12050400 Paid for beets over 1226000 Paid for labor 00000 Men employed UfiO Barrels oil nBod 50000 Tons coke nsed 000 Tons lime rock nsed 0000 Sugar bags nsed 120CM To Curo li Grippe In Two Diiyn Take Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if itfailp to curo E W Groves signature on overy box 2C A Contented Mini tu CuiiMiint 1eiint A contented mind cannot exist how over with a diseased body But whnt is disease Just what tho word iudi catee dis easo tho opposite of ease and contentment Tho troubled con dition may bo in the stomnch tho liver tho nerves tho mill or somo other organ or it may bo more goneral and include the wholo body as in tho case of uuaemia nnd that tired feeling It is a mistake to regard tho dis eiiBO as tho object of medical treatment Tho true way is to remove that which causes it This is tho secret of the ro markably prompt and permanent cures etrectcd by HooiIh Sarsaparilla Im pure and deficient blood is tho funda mental cause of tho disease that comes from rheumatism dyspepsia catarrh scrofula aaltrheuui nervousness nnd a host of other ailmentB Hoods parilln makes the blood pure nnd rich tones and strengthens thu stonineh quiets tho nerves nnd thu dis ensu in gone for tlio reason that tho enuso of it no longer exists If yon would huvo a contented mind you must have a healthy Imdy nnd the only snro means of restoring and pro- urn in health is by making and keeping thu blood rich nnd pure This is just what Hoods Sarsaparilla does and thnt is why it is Americas greatest medicine nnd thu best that money ciui buy SOUTH NOHFOLK Ironi HatnrtlujH Dull Mrs Stein went to Omaha yesterday to visit her sister Mrs E V Adams who was visiting at Missouri Valley lelnrnotl home sooner than sho u peeled on account of thu illuecH of her mother KnsiiiusHPii is back in Norfolk after a months absence and has resumed his old position on tho railroad Mrs 10 Blnekwell has just returned from visiting rclnthcs and friends at 1 lowells Tho sheep yards of A Knollin iV Co now contain IH1SS sheep tho full number that will ho fed thorn during thu winter This sheep feeding industry is proving a material benefit to the markets of Norfolk ns thu yards will require IMH tons of hay aud 0700 bushels of com to carry thorn through the winter Tho top price for corn is being paid and tho average at the yards is live cents higher than at Hoskius and surrounding towns A Irlo for it Moot Lifting Miiohlno Among agricultural implements noeded in oulivnting the sugar beet no machino is moro valuable than a good boot digger In fact some devico of this kind is absolutely indisponsiblu Quito a number of such machines have already been put on thu market but in ortler to determine which is the beet the Duutscbe Lsindwirthsehnft osell schaft has offered a prize com petition Tlio premiums amount to ii0 Tho examination of thu competing niaobines will bo held in the fall of liXX An additional prize will bo given to u machino which will raiho and top beets at tho saniu time This prize may nt first seem rather small for an important pieco of agriculture ma chinery but it is to bo supplemented by prizes olfered by tho Veroin der Duutsch en Ztu kcriiidustrie or the Association of the lermnn Sugar Industry which has odercd prizes amounting to I0l and 25SO Our United Stntes consul at Mag deburg says these prizes will bo given to machines that are not only the best that arc exhibited in tho competition of tho farming association but thnt in ad dition must conio tip to certniu other requirements nnd specifications which will bo sot forth later on Tho com petition is not restricted to Gorman manufacturers and foreigners will nlso bo admitted This it ono of tho instances in which there is a Itgitimnto prizo nfford for an invention Scion tifllc American Best canned Cash store goods nt the Norfolk ICiport of Wutur oiiiiiiIkhIoiut Non kolk Neb Nov 2 1890 To tlio Honorable Mayor nnd City Council Gontlomen I beg to report tho ro coipts for water rentals from May 1 to Nov 1 1800 amounting to 1 10805 Paid city treasnrer 8351 City certificates of in debtedness opor list attached taken np in accordance with your wishes lHlfiVM 1 00805 10030 Uespectfnlly submitted II II Pattkkkon Water Com A list of city certificates taken up and paid by water commissioner and re ported to couucil Nov 2 1800 Certificate No 152 amount 27500 551 055 707 711 ii 1 7jo 1 712 714 71f 710 11 11 7i7 ii 7j int OH 18251 C001 11578 101 Hfi OOll 10000 0200 5125 4100 ii075 080 WJ10 l31rll Wantkd Several bright and honest persons to represent us as mnnagors in this and close counties Salary 000 a year and expenses Straight bona fldo no more no leHS salary Position per manent Onr roferonces nny bank in any town It is mainly olllco work con ducted ut homo References Enclosed self- addressed stamped envelope The Dominion Company Deptil Chicago Southern Literature Interesting literal uro regarding tho South is now bf ing distributed by tho Southern Rnilwny Southern Homes folders large mnp folders Laud of tho Sky booklets Southern Fields Min erals and Mines books etc mailed freo to any uddress Tho Empiro of the South a very handsome volume of nbout 200 pages profusely illustrated also issued by the Southern Railway aud sent to any address npon receipt of 25 cents which amount approximates cost of delivery Address Wm H Taylok Asst Genl Puss Agent Southern Ry Louisville Kt METEORIC DISPLAY Sonio Hellnlto lufomittlon toneornlnc 111 In Weeks Anlriitiiiiiilriil Iheiuiinetm Prof Unrrctt II Heiviss writes in thu Scientific American of October 28 explaining the astronomical phenomena predieted for this week The display takes place throe tiinesduringneontury or iineo in ouiry M years In ISltl it was so splendid that it has ever since occupied 11 place apait in the popular imagination as the most gorgeous nntl startling of all celestial pageants Tim display in 1MHI although Imposing was not ns wonderful as it hinl been in isii The mctcois have been Hfatferitig suce thou and thu display may not he as brilliant its in IMiO yet nt Ihu woisl theiu is certain to he u luelentle shower in which but a few hundred or possibly thousands will take pint One unfortunate ciicumstaiitU will be thu presence of a strong moonlight which will sulllee to conceal many small meteors ntiilmh ninny larger ones of their brilliance Mr Servlss goes on to say While Die best attainable iiilormn tion points to the iltst hour of the morn ing of November 111 ns thu time when the meteors will be most numerous yet the data me so uiicirtaiu that all oh servt rs 11 ro advised to be on the wntch IS hours earlier Begin say at midnight on thu Kllh and watch until dawn Resume watching on thu following night lied so 011 until tho morning of tlio 17th Every watcher for thu November meteors on this occasion can have the satisfaction of knowing that his or her vigil is being shared all over tho civil ized world by thousands of tho brightest spirits which now inhabit the earth Thu solution of thnmystery of the No vember meteors will stand in the perspective of a tliousaud years high among thu achievements of man The watch for thu meteors well in evitably call many unaccustomed eyes to tho starry heavens and luckily the con stellations of view include several of the finest Like the meteors however thu stars will suller from I he elliilgence of the moon At midnight in tho mid dle of November the eastern half of tho firmament is especially beautiful Nearly nvoi head glitter tha Pleiades a silvery swarm A lit tin eastward ap pears the V shaped figure of llyndes containing the led Altlebaran making tho eye of the gruel bull Taurus which tlio imagination of tho constellation makors pictured in the act of charging down upon t lie giant hunter Orion Dried fruits fresh fruits and candies ns nice as you want to see at thu Nor folk ash store A Norfolk lloj In llio Nnvy The Omaha Illustrated Bee published yesterday prints a very fine half tone likeness of Will Rniney formorly of this city who is now in tho navy Tub Nicws has heretofore published a short sketch of Mr Raineys careor but this printed in connection with tho photo gives some additional points A Ne braska boy in the navy is herewith pre sented in the portrait of Will Rniney whoso family lives at Norfolk Young Hainoy was a member of company L of tho Second regiment of tho Nebraska National Guard and was mustered into the United States volunteers at Lincoln in May of last year He wont with the regiment to Cliickuniatiga and ramaiued with it until discharged and thou joined the Seventh United Stntes cavalry at Omaha last September and was detailed to Macon On and then to Cuba where he arrived with his regiment on the lht of January of this 3ear Ho was dis charged nt Havana April 22 under the tho 0110 yoar nut nnd a month later joined the navy at Chicago lie is now on thu training ship Hartford under Commander Hnwley which will sail from Now York next month by Way of Hong Kong carrying besides tho crow 1100 land troops His friends in Norfolk take a great interest in his career in the navy A general lino ot mens ladies miss os nnd childrens shoes cheap at tho Norfolk Cash store DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK Kidney Trouble Hakes You Miserable Almost everybody who reads the news papers Is sure to Know of the wonderful 1 22V itti m i ip 1 - cures made by Dr Kilmers Swamp Root the great kidney liver and bladder remedy r It is the great medl M cl triumph of the nine teenth century dis covered after years of yy 5CICIU1UC rcsearcn dv f iNB Dr Kilmer the emi nent Ktaney and blad der specialist and Is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back kidney bladder uric acid trou bles and Brlghts Disease which Is the worst form of kidney trouble Dr Kilmers Swamp Root Is not liver or bladder trouble It will be found Just the remedy you need It has been tested In so many ways in hospital work in private practice among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it may have a sample bottle sent free by mail also a book telling more about Swamp Root and how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble When writing mention reading this generous offer In this paper and fCK sena your address rtoi Dr hamton N Y The BSJtiiiiiu regular fifty cent and nomecr swamp Hoot dollar sties are cold by all good druggists 5 IMPORTANT Cut this out ami send to ns and wo will sell you the 1 est tiiality of Binding Twine AT Wholesale Prices Sisal or Standard - Do Manila iir Iloo 111 oiiih Olillllnl Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Re funded f liiiM Iiik hliicl mill mil iniile irimpl hiiiiiiiiIn 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And iiIko lonitil on tlm Yiioo nnil MlHuissipp Vulliiy It It in tlio Fanning YAZOO VALLEY Of illbbimippi Spicinllly mliinUri to tlio ra b int of Corn and Hoes Soil Richestin the World Write for Pamphlets and Mapa E P SKENE UERNT MOE Land CommlMilonor AHt IhuiI Comr 111 Cunt It Ii Co Iark How KootnlH CIUCAdO ILL FIRST and THIRD TUESDAYS EACH MONTH CHEAP TRIPS SOUTH WYTHE Louisville Nashville Railroad WrIU for hformjttkn to C P ATUORE C P A - - LOUISVILLE KT