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RTAININQ REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.
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raphlc Account of Stirring Scenes
tAMtneeaed the Battlefletd aad la
I Vamp Veteran of the Rebellion Re
(cite Experiences of Thrilling Nature.
'1 have lately been reminded," "aid
ft. F. Bauman, of the Thirtieth lows.
Infantry, "of my experience at th
Hege of Atlanta. A few days before
e went to Jonosboro we were on the
ring line day and night, and wa
lied every opportunity to advance
r picket line. One day when we, on
he left, were within 200 yard of the
oIn rebel linen, the right wan or
Jiered to swlmr forward to our line.
lCt the aame time we on the left were
make a demonstration and hdld all
e pained.
We were lylug clone In nr little
hjette boles, or scoopouts, and when
bugle aounded the charge our boys
ade a rush. We had aelected our
eatination In advance and I had fixed
H a tree fifty yards In my front. I
ade the tree, which had been ahnt
CC fifteen feet above the ground, and
fas almost paralyzed to find a Johnny
iolding the other aide. He thought he
ad me prisoner anil commanded me to
irronder. At the same time he poked
la gun around the tree trying to cover
no. I made the same demand on iiim,
nit my gun around the tree to his
tide, and, regardless of the fierce fight
og going on about us, we edged around
iha t tree, each keeping opposite to the
tjtber and each hoping to get the drop
5a. the other fellow.
J'Thls was more exciting than It
eems now, and I never gave my whole
tUentlon to any matter I happened to
isve In hand as I did to shooting ttat
lohnny. But finally my foot slipped,
ind he seized the opportunity and
banged away, with the muzzle of his
run not six Inches from my nose. He
Hissed me, and I felt my chance had
-ome. As I stepped out to make sure
( lilm he made one Jump, turned a
potnersault, lit on his feet and made the
ulckest run to cover I ever saw. He
tot to bis lines all right. I did the
iame a little later with quite as much
iglltty as the reb."
' "That reminds me," said John Over
toil, of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania
Infantry, "that things of that kind oc
iurred In the Eastern armies. When
Sen. Benjamin F. Butler made bis Ber
muda Hundreds campaign In May and
lune, 1804, our regiment had a full
week of fighting. I had been on the
Irlng line for six days and nights
when we arrived at Wler Bottom
hnrcb, on the south side of the James
pirer, above Dutch Gap. Loss of sleep
nd constant shooting In skirmishing
had worn me down. The day was hot
Ind I got under the rover of a log.
. "Skirmishing was In progress, but I
Dropped off to sleep, and It was about
It or 3 o'clock In the afternoon when
I was awakened by pieces of bark from
the log striking me with stinging force
in the face. Tho rebs In front hnd
shifted so as to almost enfilade and ex
pose my position. The boys on either
side of me bad been driven back, and
as I was lying flat and motionless they
received the Impression that I had been
tilled, and left me without remark.
"As soon as I was fairly awake I
pallzed that I was lu a very danger
leiu position, and began to calculate
she chances of getting back. A mliilo
ball struck tbe earth at my side, show
Bug that the rebels had my range. I
kuade a zigzag rush toward the regi
ment, very much to tbe surprise of
(the boys who thought I was dead. Aft
jer rubbing my eyes and stretching my
elf I joined in defense of the line.
But every few minutes the boys would
ask me, how I felt bottled up behind
jthat log."
I "There Is a man 'in Chicago," said
Ee Major, "who had a more exciting
venture than that. Ho went in bath
g, not suspecting the presence of tbe
leneiny. Through an , unexpected nnd
jsndden change in the lines the rebels
jeame upon him at close range and
kuade blui walk out on their side of the
Irtver. He was made prisoner stark
naked and was double-quicked toward
the rear. Fighting was In progress
all along the line and bis guards were
In as much danger as himself.
j "Finally he persuaded his guards to
permit him to remove the clothes from
lone of the rebel dead and put them on.
Then be was hurried toward the left
Just as tbe Unionists made a charge,
jlo. the confusion be sllpied away from
(the guards, fell In with a rebel reel.
suent making a counter charge, drpoped
ut as they ueared tho waiting Union
dines, hid under a log, and when op
jtortunlty offered sneaked back to his
wn regiment and In time donned his
own clothes and fought through the
battle in proper raiment." Chicago in
4er Ocean.
A err Slorr of Lincoln.
"Hcnklng of General Coutes," said
the Major, "reminds me of on incident
(that occurred early In the war. Soon
.i . . i . . i
tier v uioiipi i.iiHworiu s aeatn a me
morial meeting was held lu Chicago, at
which resolutions were adopted. The
meeting, by unanimous vote, ordered
these resolutions to lie handsomely en
grossed, framed, and sent In charge of
a special committee to President Lin-
kxiIu. James A. Sextuu whs one of the
moiiimlttee, but when he arrived In
(Washington tbe President's time w
so taken with Senators, Congressmen,
and army officers that Sexton found uo
opportunity to present the resolutions.
"One evening be met Coates at the
hotel, and told him his troubles. Coates
ilmd Just retruS from tbe Ellsworth
Tiincrnl, and 'aid to Sextou that he
was to report In person to the Presl
deut the next morning by apHlntment,
and suggested that Sexton go with 1)1 m
to tho White House, und when he saw
,tbe President he would explulu tho
i circumstances and oeu the WHy for
itbo presentation. Tho next morning
.i'ontes und Sexton went to the WliHe
House In the same carrluge, taking the
i frame J resolutions with them.
"Scores were waiting to see the Pres
ident, but Coute wus shown lu. and
iHcxton waited In tbe carriage. After
4 'nates bad made bis reort to the Pres
ident and answered many questions us
ta Cojjucl Ellsworth and the funeral
. . .
services, ne spone or flexion anni ms
,,,,,,. Mr. Unc0n w interW.i
at once, and asked where Sexton was.
Ooates explained that be was wnllttng
In a carriage, and Mr. Lincoln ornered
hlra shown up nt once. 'f
"He received Sexton very cordially
and expressed his regret that there had
been any delay In the presentation of
the Chicago resolutions. He read them,
holding the frame up before him, and
showing much feeling. Then he wslked
about, carrying the frame and holding
It at different places on tbe wall, ask
ing the two men where It would ap
pear to best advantage. Neither of
these men ever forgot thnt picture of
the President holding the Ellsworth
resolutions on the wall, and bis absorj
tlon In the question of Ellsworth'
death, and It was recalled thlrty-sevei
years later by another Incident.
"In 189S I was ognln In Washlngtoi
with Colonel Sexton. We were stand
Ing In the hotel lobby one evening who-
regular army officer came up to u
and asked for Colonel Sexton. Whe
Sexton turned toward him expectant;
the officer said he would not Introdur
bimself, but would relate an Incldeu
which would determine whether li
needed an Introduction or not. There
npon be pror-eoded to tell the story ol
the presentation of the Ellsworth res
liitlons In 18G1. Ho was Identified a
once as General Coates, and as thetw-
talked other stories came out.
"On one occasion Ooiites called at th.
White House, nnd found Nlcolay, th
President's necretary. having a tlim
of It with an elderly lady In runt
black mourning. She explained to tli
secretary that she must sec the Presl
dent. Her two sons hnd been killed si
Big Bethel, and as she was left alont
In the world she wanted tbe Presldeir
to advise her or help her. As she hat
come to the White House thnt morn
Ing from the old farm she had noticed
thousands of horses and mules branded
U. S. and had been told that all these
belonged to the President. If that wos
the oase, be could afford to give her
one mule or horse, and she could make
living peddling garden truck.
In fact she had some vegetables In
her basket, which she was sure-Mr.
Lincoln would take If lie only under
stood the clrcumstnnces. Mr. Nlcolny
explained again and again that the
horses and mutes did not belong to the
President, but to the government. The
old lady contended that President and
government were the same thing. Slit
had been told that the horses ami mules
belonged to the President, and she lie
lleved It, and she would continue to
lielleve It until the President himself
told her It wasn't true. Mr. Nicola v
was becoming Impatent, but the
thought of those two dead boys at
Bethel held him to the Hue of courtesy
while tne waiting Congressman and
others smiled at bis evident embarrass
nient
Finally, the Secretary suld: 'All
these distinguished gentlemen are wait
ing to see the President. You don't
suppose that, with all these men lien
on nrgeut and luiortaut business, thnt
the President can give time to you?
He would,' snld tho woman. 'If he
knew I lost two boys In one battle.'
The Secretary said, 'Walt a minute,'
went quietly to the President's room,
and, coming back, snld, 'The President
will see you.' In went the woman past
the waiting officers and others and in
five minutes came out triumphant.
The President had told her that slu
had been hoaxed about the horses; that
he owned uo horses, as the only ones
he bad owned were burned In the fire
at the White House stables a few days
before; that If he did own all the
horses marked U. S. he would give
every woman who lost sons In battle
a dozen or more, but, as he bad no
horses, be could only sympathize with
her lu her loss and thank her In tho
name of the country for the sacrifice
she had made. The old lady said sho
believed every word the President snld,
and she was perfectly sutlsfled about
the mulea." Chicago Inter Ocean.
(Jen. Palmer's Advleo.
"Speaking of rain," said the Colonel,
"most of the Army of the Cumberland
have good reason to remember the
campaign In 18(13 against Tullahoma.
Our division, Palmer's, moved forward
lu splendid condition, and ready, we
thought, for anything that could turn
up, but we were not ready for the con
tluuous rain that came upon us. It
rained day and night, made the roads
like mortar beds, filled the streams so
that we could not cross them, washed
away bridges, and flooded wholo dls
trlcts. One day our regiment stopped
In front of a house with a wide, com
fortable porch. While we sat thero In
the rain Gen. Pu lmer rode up and took
a seat on the porch sheltered from the
rain.
"It was soon noised about that tbe
command hud been halted while the
engineers rojiortod ns to whether the
stream In front was forduble, or, a
the boys put It, whether It wos more
than chin deep. A cavalryman gnl
loped back from the frout, rode up to
tho porch, threw tho wins of his horse
to an orderly, nnd started up tho steps
with his saber clanking, when a young
lady standing lu the door sprang for
ward, threw her arms around his neck
and kissed him. This unexpected
greeting caused the company standing
near to cheer, ami there were shouts
of. Toss it around; don't keep a good
thing ull to yourself.' Gen. Palmer
turned, und, taking In tho scene, said
grimly : 'Pleasure before business,
When you get through, young man
will you reiwrt to me?'
Tli cavuirymun turned emnar
rasned, saluted, und reported that tho
stream in front was not forduble, und
that the water would not probably run
out for four hours. 'And you are glad
of It. I suppose?' said the General. 'I
don't understand this way of doing
business, but you probably do; but
want to say one thing, the next time
you carry a message, attend to bus!
uess before pleasure.' While the (Jen
eral walied on the porch our regiment
nin relied off and went Into camp- lu
what the boys culled a goose pasture,
When the men learned that tbe young
ludy who hud given the cuvoiryman
such a henrty greeting wus simply
sweetheart of bis at Murfreesboro they
lost Interest lu the case. They hud
boed that she was some Southern girl
who had met bliu previous to the war.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
SEA'S HEAVY DEATH TOLL. ,
Over Fifty I.Ives Lost This Seaeos
n SI. Uwrmrr Iteefe.
Over fifty lives were lost nnd tienrlj
a score of vessels were swept to de
struction on treacherous reefs nnd
sandbars of' the cult nnd Klver St.
Lawrence during the senson of naviga
tion now closed. Of sixty persons who
perished lu these waters within the
last year nesrly fifty met death during
NovemlK-r, the most disastrous to ship
ping In the St. Lawrence In n dorcn
years. The finnnelnl losses aggregated
fJ.Vt.(KKI.
The mnjorlly of IIiohc who icrlshod
were lost from siUiiro-rl!ged vessels
of foreign register. The most thrilling
wreck during the month wus that of
llie Kusslnu full riir. 'eil Iron ship Sovlu-
to of Hels!ni!for, which struck on a
lnr off Priests Pond, P. E. I., during
furious noi'thcnt gale, while on a
voyage from piilliousle, X. It., for Mel-
lourne. Australia, with a cargo of
luinls-r. Several of the crew were
llled by the fulling spars. The big
dilp broke In two soon afterward and
i en of the Sovlnln's men perished.
Another disastrous wreck was thnt
if the Norwegian bnrk Ad a of Aren-
lal, which was driven ashore by the
nine storm at Itlcliiliii' to. dipt. Johun
oii and crew of ten men. one of them
i German student, after remaining on
mnrd two days, evidently feared that
lie great seas which were constantly
lashing over the ve--scl would smash
her to pieces, nnd during the height
nf the gale they launched a boat nnd
attempted to reach land. The boat
.vns capsized by n comber nnd the en
tire crew was drowned. The mnsts of
llie vessel went by the Isiard and ev
erything movable was swept into the
sen. The crew would have been saved
had they remained aboard ship, as the
hull wlthstrxid the tremendous sens for
ten days. When It was possible for a
life-saving crew to reach the derelict
tho ship's cat was found alive In the
forecastle. The Adenmi was bound
from Sexton for Preston. England,
with lumlM-r.
Another Norwegian bark, supposed ta
lie the Mflgdii. bound from Itiviere Du
Loup, Que'nec, for Bucnns Ayres, was
tost with nil on hoard. The vessel
strmk on Bed Island reef and found
ered. It is thought that the captain,
his pilot nnd twelve men were lost.
Half a dozen lives have been lost In
the wrecks of schooners during the
fall, but only four on board the dozen
steamers stranded were drowned.
MAY REPLACE FRISCO.
Thouaanda liave Flocked from
' Stricken ( II r Seattle.
Seattle is beginning to believe that 1
Is her destiny to become the greatest cltj
of the Pacific coast. After the destrue
tlon of San Francisco on invitation wai
extended to the stricken people to come
and make their homes hern until the de
stroyed city could be rebuilt. Transpor
tation and temporary homos were furnish
ed for those who desired to rome. Th
result is entirely unexmct.v). Instead
of making a temporary abiding place ol
Seattle, the California people have be
come enamored of thnt city and there
nro hundreds of them who ill never re
turn to San Francisco.
This has resulted in a great boom foi
Seattle. The population is growing wilt
wonderful strides anil the commercial
development la unprecedented. Many ol
the great shipping interests of San Fran
cisco have transferred their hcadiiuarteri
to Seattle and it is an actual fact that
the railroads, many of I hem, are quit!
unable to handle the great volume ol
business thnt has come to them.
The railroads arc realizing that Se
attlo has a great future and en cvidenel
of their faith is the big extensions that
are being made and the heavy purchasei
in tlie oiien market of the necessary laui
for terminal facilities.
Seattle people have had tlieir trouble!
with this unexpected boom. Hundred)
of the wealthy people of San Francisco,
who camo to Seattle after the earthquak
and lire, immediately set about procurinj
homes for themselves and they hav(
bought houses that were always used foi
reuting purposes and have practically
forced the natives to make exrraordinarj
eflorts to shift for themselves, lteuf
have almost duuhled und it is next U'
Impossible to secure a house at all.
Hume for Millions.
Farming opportunities nro still oper
to millions in the Southwest. For in
stance, Texas has 1T'J,0()(I,(SKI acres, whih
only 14.(HH.MHK acre nro under cultiva
tion. Of 20,MK,(00 acres of availahh
tannins land in the Indian Territory,
only 2,lHsl,(HS) nre under jnulvutlon.
Arkansas has .t S.( H H nces of farm
Ing laud, while only i,XM,(MM acres six
under cultivation.
Missouri, which was ndmitted to tin
Union nearly a century ago, still h.u
lt,tl)0,X)0 acres of .t nd In the south
western part of the Statu which is not
in cultivation, und which cau be pu?
cluisoil at a moderate price.
II. t iny Pierce Indlrled.
'Clio irrnntX tnrv nf tin. I1t.itl,.t rVttift
at Austin, Texas, returned un indictment
agaiu.st li. ( lay fierce or .sr. luis und
New York, president of tint Waters
Pierce Oil (Ympnny, on the charge that
he swore falstly when he made utfidavit
In 1 : m h I tin t i:one or tlie Wuters-I'iercf
slock w:ts owned or controlled hv the
Standard Oil Company. An effort will
Ik- made to have him extradited from Mis
souri.
WIUos Hotly liUinlcrrcd.
i lie ito.iy ol J aims Wilson, u signei
of the !( Inrntiou of ludeHuilenee anu
one of Die f miner of tlie federal const i
tut ion. aflnr ljiug for IDS years in t
cemetery nt Edeuton, N. C has been
placed oii-alte those of his wife in t lie
graveyard of Old Christ church, Phila
delphia. A wreath on the colliu was sent
by President Ito!scvclt. Among the speak
er) in connection with the ceremony were
Messrs. Andrew Curnrgie, !r. S. Weir
Mitchell, Alum B. Purser ami Attorney
'eneriil Moody.
M iiixra In Clerical Hanks.
lb -v. haulcl Steel, referring to tin
statistics published ill the Wesleyan
Alumni ItiKsiril, showing (lie gain lu tb
meinhership of all profession excepting
tlie ministers, proposes that the Method
ihf denomination hIihII have a ministry
recruiicd by ordained women. He ssyi
(lie bishops miiy he. authorized by general
conference to do st Lome what they al
ready do in tlie foreign missions, 1. e
appoint women lo the various fields of
Cliristiau labor. He would liuve tbe
s.her of dcacoiieatcs enlarged, so as to
iuclude pi'cnflihig aud pastoral care su4
the ailniinMrntioii of tbe sacraments.
BIO LINERS CRASH.
SEA CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS OP
COLLISION.
Kslatr Wllhclm ilrr (iroas It
Rammed lr the Orlnoc Sflei
I.rarlnur Hi' llorlor nt ( krrlioara
Panic on lloih caacla.
In n terrific collision off Cherbourg
France, Ix-tween two ocean liners late
Wednesday night thirteen lives were
lost and n uiuiiUr of passenger nnd
members of tlie crews were injured.
The crash, In which the North Herman
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Williclm der
Grosse wus struck by the British royal
.nail steamer Orinoco, disabled the for
mer vessel so that It hail to abandon
the voyage to New York.
The Kaiser Williclm der Crosse nnd
the Orinoco both were outward bound
from Southampton via Cherbourg, thf
me for New York and the other foi
A'oxt Indian ports. Tlie shock waf
cerrllic, causing a panic among tlie pas
sengers on Isiard the vessels, especially
iinong the emigrants, on the Orinoco
three men nnd :i woman were killed
mil six women and n man were In
jured, und five ihtsoiis were thrown
ivcrbourd and drowned. Of the twe
steamers the Kaiser Williclm dcrtiross
is Hiilil to luive sustained the grearei
latnnge, nnd has a hole in one side.
Four steerage passengers on the Knlsei
were killed nnd twelve injured. Th
damage to the Orinoco wus confined tc
tier bows.
Coins; Seventeen Knoll an, Hoar.
When tho collision occurred the Knis
r wns steaming nt the rate of seven
I ecu knots nn hour. The Orinoco wnf
liound for Cherbourg. The coniniandei
Df the Orinoco asserts that he signaled
That he wns going to starboard of th
North Gorman Lloyd vessel, but that
he latter held her course across the
Orinoco's bows and went to port of tb
Orinoco only when It was too lute. Tu
engine of tlie Orinoco, It Is said, wert
reversed ns soon ns it appeared that
in accident would occur, but sue crash
d into the starboard bow of the Kaisei
iVillielin der Orosse. making a breach
twelve feet wide. The stem of tu
Orinoco above the wnter-llne was car
ded nwiiy us the vessels cleured nftel
the collision. The shock threw uil thi
passengers on the Kniser from theli
feet. Tlie grinding of the Orinoco'!
bow into the steerage of tho German
vessel Instantly killed four persona
among them u girl 11 years old.
Panic on the Orinoco.
The captain of tlie Orinoco ordereO
boats to Iks cleared away, but the pnnl
on board was general. Some of th
crew Jumped Into und launched two ol
her bonts aud several frensded women
nttempted to get Into them ns they wert
being lowered over the side. One boal
was sw,iniN!d when it struck the wa
ter. A number of small boats from Cher
bourg put out to the scene of the col
lision aud rescued some of tbe sailor!
and passengers who were struggling Id
tho waves, but five of the crew of thf
Orinoco nre believed to have been
drowned.
The Kuiser Williclm der Grosse had
about "CiO first-class passengers, 1200 sec
ond-class nnd about 700 steeruge. The
Kaiser is a twin-screw schooner-rigged
vessel. Sho is of approximately 15,000
tons, d'2(t feet long, tiO feet beam nnd
30 feet depth of hold. She was built
at Stettin, Germany. In 1897. und la
commanded by Captain Engeibart.
The Orinoco, A. C. Farmer master, is
a screw steamship of 4,581 tons. She
Is 40t) feet 7 inches long, 45 feet beam
and 31$ feet 4 Indies depth of bold. She
wns built nt Grennock, Scotland, iu
1880.
Prises to lleduce llrath Hate.
Major Broadbent of Huddorsfield, Eng
land, who took office two years ago, of
fered to give parents living in a certain
district of the city $5 for every child
born during his term ofollice nnd which
lived to the age of one year. The result
of the experiment has Just been announc
ed on the second anniversary of its in
auguration. In tlie experimental area the
death rate of iutants had averaged 122
per l.tKKI for tho preceding ten years.
During the past two years the conditions
were unfortunate, owing to an epidemic
of whooping cough and me.islea. Notwith
standing, 105 babies have received tbe
prize offered by the Mayor. The average
mortality was 44 per 1,000, cr a decrease
of over half.
Seven (imri for Divorce.
The national divorce congress, which
began its sessions at Philadelphia the
other day with the object of initiating a
uniform national divorce law. had a mem
bership of 120 delegates from nearly ev
ery Stale. Seven causes of divorce to
be incorporated In the luw were agreed
upon adultery, bigamy, conviction and
sentence for crime followed by a con
tinuous imprisonment for at least two
years, extreme cruelty such ns to endan
ger life or health, habitual drunkenness
for two years and willful desertion for
the same length of time. Ou tie questioa
of age there was much discussion. Sev
eral men advocated the ages o ?1 and 18,
respeciively, for men and women, but
this wss opposed by two women dele
tates, who thought the age of matrimonial
Consent should be fixed at IS und 10.
From Far aud Near.
Harry Williams of St. Paul, Minn.,
the song writer, and Miss Caroline Deal
ing of Detroit were married in New York.
Judge Thayer Meivin, Circuit Court
judge in West Virginia almost continu
ously from 1 Hi II l, was stricken with paral
ysis. The effects of the San Francisco earth
quake on the Courted Metropolitan Opera
Company showed themselves at the an
nual meeting, whep it was decided by
the directors that no dividends for the
last year would be paid.
Newcombe Carlton, architect of the
Buffalo exposition buildings, wedded Mrs.
Josephine Winslow Smnih of New York,
widow of Clifford Smith, an Omaha mill
ionaire. Women ar.d girls to tbe number of 250
In a live-story brick bullJing lu the Wil
liamsburg section of Brooklyn escaped
by lire ladders when tlie building caught
fire. The loss is estimated at $50,000.
Four robbers am' three street car con
ductors engaged in a desperate battle at
midnight at Port laud. Me. Two ot the
conductors were fatally slashrd with ra
sors. A mob of 500 captured tw of the
bandits.
ITHIVEEKLY
"j.tfy
TffFFff
M'V ..k. 1
1003 San Diego Bay, Cat., discovered
nnd named by Schas'.ia.i Vizcaino.
1004 Trial of Sir Walter Raleigh for
treason.
1635 Thomas Parr, known as "Old
Parr," and said to be 152 years old,
iied near Shrewsbury, England.
1(15 Battle of Sheriffmuir.
1724 Jack Sheppard, famous English
higlwaymun, executed.
1703 French defeated Prussians at bat
tle of Sarbruck.
1S02 First melodrama produced at
Covent Garden theater ; called "The
Tale of Mystery."
1800 Discovery of Pike's Peak, Colo.
1838 -End of rebellion In Canada.
IS-ll! Tampico, Mexico, surrendered to
Commodore Connor of the Americnn
navy. .. .American force under Gen.
Worth took possession f Saltillo,
Mexico.
IStil I.'. S. frigate San Jacinto arrived
at Fortress Monroe with Messrs.
Mason nnd Siiilell. the Confederate
commissioners to Europe.
.SC4 Gen. Sherman left Atlanta and
began his march to the sra.
1805 Slavery abolished in the United
States.
ISO!! Formal opening of the Sues canal.
1871 Block and a half of buildings in
Chattanooga destroyed ny incendiary
fire.
187,'J "Boss" Tweed convicted of de
frauding the city treasury of New
York.
1880 Expedition went to relief of Capt.
Boycott -near Ballinrobe, Ireland.
1887 London's "Bloody Sunday."
1SR0 Opening of Catholic university of
America, at Washington, D. C...
Brazilian monarchy overthrown and
republic established.
1SIM) Capt. O'Shea divorced from his
wife, who had deserted b'm for Par-
nell.
1803 Trainmen of Lenrgh Valley rail
road went ou strike.
1804 Many lives lost by earthquake In
southern Italy and Sicily.
1807 Great fire In Cripplegate quarter
of I.ondon ; $10,000,000 property loss
....President McKinley signed the
treaty adopted by Universal Postal
Congress.
ISOS IJ. S. notified Spain that Cuba
must be evacuated by Jan. 1....
Court of Cassation ordered Dreyfus
to prepare his defense.
1890 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, surren
dered to Gen. Castro.
1900 Paris exposition closed ; CO.000,000
admissions. .. .United States cruiser
Yosemite wrecked at Guam by ty
phoon. .. .Women granted permis
sion to practice law in France.
1901 Liberals captured Colon, Colombia.
1902 Attempted assassination of King
Leopold of Belgium Ashes of
Christopher Columbus deposited in
mausoleum in Seville cathedral.
1903 House of Representatives passed
the Cuban bill Street railway
strike iu Chicago.
1904 Germany and the United States
signed arbitration treaty.
t905 Czar remitted $13,000,000 taxes
due from peasants.
Kdlaon'a Future Clr.
Considerable discussion his been arous
ed by a signed prophecy of Thomas A.
Edison, detailing what our large cities
will be like 100 yenrs hence. He says
they will be freo from smoke and steam,
and that the chimney will be a thing of
the past, while tbe waste of coal and oth
er fuel will be stopped through the use
of electricity, geuerated direct from the
fuel without tho aid of engine, boiler or
dynamo. In factories each machine will
have its individual motor. Houses will
be heated electrically, and most of the
cities' noises will cease. Skyscrapers will
be universal in the business section, and
the streets will be bridged oier at dif
ferent heights to facilitate transit from
one side to the other. He estimates that
buildings will then average thirty stories
In height, and the greater number will
be constructed of concrete and steel. Such
buildings, ho says, will stand a thousand
years or longer. His new battery will
make electricity portable for street ve
hicles or airships.
(iorkr Airs Ills Grouch.
Press dispatches from Milan, Italy,
tell of the publication of Maxim Gorky's
"Impressions of the United States." The
first part is devoted to the "City of the
Yellow I lemon," meaning, of course, the
money god, and referring to the city of
New York. Throughout the volume tho
Russian author vents his disl;ke of peo
ple and things American.
A Town of Fire Thonaand Dora.
The trustees of the Winona (Ind.) as
sembly announce that they have author
ised Judge William Brown of the Salt
I.ake Juvenile court. to organize a town
to be populated by 5,000 boys, policed by
boys and governed by boys and for boys'
pleasure and profit, a an attraction for
next year's ossembly. The boys will live
in tents, and in connection with the
scheme will be a school for officers of
the Y. M. C. A., Sunday schools, public
schools, juvenile judges and settlement
workers.
New Heuata ladlclmenls.
Fourteen indictments have been return
ed by the grand jury at Minneapolis
sgainat different railroads for giving re
bates and sguinst several grain Loubcs
for receiving them. In most instances the
railroads are accused ot absorbing ele
vator charges.
Tobacco Traat Loaea $4SO,000.
The American Tobacco Company has
had to pay British retailers $150,000 of
the bonuses which it promised to distrib
ute when it invaded the English market.
The distribution of this sum will end the
grat tobacco w
THE WASTE OF APPLES.
r.aosl Frnlt I.oat in the Market
Throaak Bad Shipping Sratem.
Though one would not know it from
market conditions, a Chicago correspond
ent says, it Is a fact that the apple crop
of the United States this year is 12.025,
O00 barrels greater than i.tst year or
30,120,000 barrels, all told. Where two
apples were available to delight the apple
lover last year there are three now. Bath
er, there should be three, but so great
has been the waste of apples which could
not find markets that the consumer will
not be able to benefit in nnything like
the proportion bo should.
Early in the season, when the fall
apples began to ripen, the woe of tlie
man with the 'big orchard was pitiable,
lie would see bis trees br-jnkirrrf down
under the weight of fruit, nnd know that
even if he hauled the nppl's miles to a
market town he could not gvi better than
20 ceuts a bushel for them, with a pos
sibility thnt the local dealers would re
fuse to take them nt any price. J hf
hogs were the main beneficiaries of th
crop.
When the winter apples ri.ened the sit
uation was no better. An observer at a
small town in central Illinois, from
which the apple product of nlsuit a
tiiird of a county was shipped, has re
ported tiiat there was n waste of 40,0(10
Iwrrels in that territory alone, or nbout
a quarter of the crop.
Consumers in tin cities haio benefited
despite the waste by being Hble to get
the poorer grades of apples ul very low
prices, but strange to say. the better
grades have sold nt retail for almost as
bigh prices as they have brought in re
cent yenrs of short crops. The quality
of tlie apples is a .little he'ter, and the
price n little lower, but the improvement
in both fuctors combined does not begin
to equal whnt would be expected from
the huge production.
Tlie causes of the waste have been the
high freight rates nnd u car service which
is not adequate for the emergency. With
out the cold storage warehouses nnd the
development of fruit transportation lines.
the situation would be worse than It is.
aud the country would have even lss
benefits from the bounty of nature. The
problem of organization to er.able the
country to get the best use of its re
sources is an enormous one and will re
main such so long as the population con
tinues to grow. It is one in which ev
ery citizen has an interest. To make
two apples grow where one grew before
is hardly more important slinn to make
the two apples, when nice they nre
grown, reach the mouths which wonl
them.
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Co area a to Be A a Veil to Appropri
ate 950,000,000 a Tear.
In a few years the United States will
have the finest waterway system in the
world if Congress should vote its ap
proval of the movement which looks fot
an annual appropriation of $50,000,000
for waterway improvement.
The United States has within its boun
daries, exclusive of seaboard, more than
43,000 miles of waters which, with proper
attention, should be navigable. On these
she has spent up to date $470,000,000. On
the other hand, the tiny kingdom of Hol
land, with only 2,000 miles of navigable
waterways, has already spent on them
more than $1.5tX),000,000. France, with
4,000 miles, has spent $1,120,000,00,
while Belgium, with less than 1,300 miles,
has since 1875 spent In excess of $80,
000,000. These large expenditures abroad
have made rates there very low, whereby
shippers In general have benefited.
The average appropriation in this coun
try for each of the last ten years for nil
the rivers and harbors has been about
$19,000,000. Germany, It is pointed out,
has spent about four times this sum on
the harbor of Hamburg alone. On the
hnrbor at Liverpool, England, $200,000,
000 has been spent. In fact, many a
harbor in foreign lands has been improv
ed and made more useful to both pro
ducer nnd shipper at a cost exceeding
the whole annual appropriation of the
United States.
The average cost of shipping one ton
of goods one mile by rail in the United
States is 7.79 cents. On tbe other hand,
the average ton mile cost in the Great
Lakes is only .92 of u cent; on the lower
Mississippi, one mill ; on the Ohio river
to Cincinnati, one-third of one mill, and
on the Erie canal, ns estimated for its
12-foot depth when completed, about hulf
a mill.
The most accurate returns obtainable
until the ofiioi.il count is made indicate
that Charles E. Hughes' plurality for
Governor of New York is C1.500 the
largest obtained in an "off year" since
Morton wus elected in 194.
The Nutionul Petroleum Association,
with headquarters ut Cleveland, Ohio,
has received written promises from the
Governors of Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota
Missouri and others, that they will do
all they can to obtain the enactment of
an nnti-rehate law, similar to those re
cently enacted in Iowa and Kansas.
Secretary of Navy Bonaparte has been
advocating a scheme for improving the
quality of candidates for public office.
It is to have each party tii.tliorlze an
individual to choose all candidates with
in a designated territory, thus doing de-
lilierately aud intelligently the work
which is now done so hastily and nusat
isfuctorily by nominating conventions.
Such u legalized boss ho would hove elect
ed annually by the voters of his party,
aud should be himself disqualified to hold
office.
United States Senator Dick of Ohio
remarked nt Cleveland that be had In
come convinced that the income tax was
tbe nearest .ve could come to an equit
able anil impartial system of taxation.
The report ot Treasurer Sheldon of the
New York Republican State committee
show t tin t $.'132.01 I'M wns spent in tlie
campaign which resulted in tlie election
of Hughes ns Governor. Of the total re
ceipts, $313.!)2:t were personal contrili i
tions. The largest eontriburors were J
P. Morgan & Co. and ex-Gov. Morton
each of whom give $20.01 N I. There were
3,".00 contributors.
In the Commoner, W. J. Bryan culls
upon the Democrats who believe in pro
gressive reforms to begin now the effort
.icccss.iry lo rvciipture the national and
State organizations, j that "the party
may no; be crippled by nn organization
out of harmony with Its puriose." pi
his oiiinion. llie parly took a backward
step in 1!to4, yielding to temptation held
mil by Wall street, which offered to help
"secure so;n? of its reforms if it would
abuudou others." He declares that there
will be no platform contest in the con
vention of V.SIS and that the party will
be drawn up solidly against ttfe en:
croaohtuents of predatory wealth.
niAi ,
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CIAL
Unseasonable weather
Intel ruptcd retail dealings
:i:id then- wns a smaller
Chicago.
ieinnnd tiisui tbe Jobbers for staple?
goods, but f.ii' imping of holiday spec
ialties maltitiiKis nn exceptional aggre
gate. No diminution appears In the
volume of production in iron and steel
ind other prominent industries, and a
teaiiv flow of new demands added ftrV-
Iier to the pressure upon iiininifactur
:ig capacity mill niainlaini'il firm msr-
cts for raw materials.
More congestion is noted in railroad
nu!vxrt:iti.'n nnd various business In
ercsts suffer severe drawbacks from
tck of cats. Advices from Interior
oilits continue cheerful ns to the ex
clleiit outlook Tor winter trnde, stocks
if merchandise undergoing timely re-
iuction, und mercantile collection at
estcru jsiints make u good showing.
Distribution of commodities Is swell
d beyond all previous magnitude,
iiuch of th" gain bctiiR ilu.? to unproce
cntod piantitics of heavy materials
or c trui-tion nnd isiwer. Earnings
if the Chicago railroads Increase large-
y lu gross over those of a year ago,
nd with the. liberal additions now be
ig tii.ide to equipment some relief smut
nay lie apparent where congestion is
leutosr.
Failures rcjKirtcd in the Chicago dls
rict numbered 20, against 27 last week
ind 21 :t year ago. Dun's Review of
Trade.
T " j Though checked Ik.
N6W YOrK. some sections by irregular
weather conditions, trade
s active its n whole. Holiday demand
s opening up earlier than usual. In
dustry In nearly all lines is still pushed
to the limit of production, and little
tdief from the prevailing car conges
tion is yet apparent, despite tho fact
that the movement of (pertain crops to
market Is smaller than usual nt this
season. Dtvpite the approncb of the
close of the season of outdoor activi
ties, there Is still general complaint of
tlie scarcity of labor, and railways,
mills, nnd factories arc conceding ad
vances In wages to hold their help,
without, however, entirely satisfying-
demands presented. A season of plen
teous production, ot Immense indus
trial activity, and of great flnauoiul
operations Is apparently closing, with
n record holiday trade beginning ear
lier than usual.
Jobbers have been working to fill re
orders for fall and whiter goods, while
wholesalers have been busy on spring
account. Taken ns :i whole, trade In
first and second bands Is at present
more active than usual nt this season.
wlille retail trade is heavy, demand
covering a wide range, nnd the Quality
of purchases exceptionally high. Brad-
street's Coniincrciul Ueport.
Chicnco Cattle, common to prime
$4.00 to $7.40; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
lo $0.40; sheep, fair to choice, $:J.0O
to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, 72c to T.'lc; com,
No. 2, 4.'5c to 4le: cats, :t.mdsr3, iS.fc to
35c; rye. No. 2. 07c to tiSc; hay, timo
thv, $10.00 to $17.50; prairie, $0.00 to
$14.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c to
:Sc; egn, fresh, 2ic lo o2c; potatoes,
30c lo 43c.
Indianapolis Cuttle, shipping, $3.00
to 80.50: hogs, choice heavy. $4.00 to
$0.32; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to
$4.50; wheat, No. 2, T2u to 74c; corn.
No. 2 white. 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2
white, 33c lo 35c.
Sr. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $7.00;
hog. $4.00 to $0.35; sheep, $3.50 to
$5.25; wheat. No. 2, 74c ta 75c; corn,
No. 2, 41c to 43c: oats, No. 2, 32c 'to
34c; rye, No. 2, Ote to 03c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.40;
hogs, $1.00 to $0.35; sheep, $3.00 to
$1.50; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 70c ; cors.
No. 2 mixed, 47c to 4Sc; oats, No. 1
mixed, 35c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 70c to
72c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.35; hoKs.
$4.00 to $15.05: sheep. $2.50 to $4.50:
wheat. No. 2, 70c to 7Sc; corn. No. $
yellow, 48c to 50c; outs. No. 3 white,
30c to 3Sc; rye. No. 2, 09c to 70c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
77c to 81c; corn. No. 3, 45c to 4)c;
oats, standard, 33c to 35c; rye, No. 1,
GSc to 09c; barley, standard, Mc to 55c;
pork, mess, $11.50.
'Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $0.00; hogs, fair to choice, $1.00
to $0.50 ; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $5.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.40.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $5.90;
hogs. $4.0" to $0.50; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.25; wheut. No. 2 red, 79e to SOc;
corn, No. 2, 53c to 54c; outs, natural
white. 3Sc to 40c; butter, creamery, 20c
to 27c ; esus. western, 27c to SOc.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 niiied, 74c to
70c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 17c to 4rte;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 34c to ."fie; rye, No.
'. 04e to 00c; clover seed, prime. $8.12.
Told la a Few l.inaa.
At the recent eh'ctori the vote of In
dian territory was 101,000 and that of
Oklahoma 94.000.
'I'li.i 1 T ii it ii.l vitAtfid 1 1.iiiAuliAni nr riiwri.
pany, capital $2,000,000, was incorpo
rated at Trenton, N. J.
The Hongkong legislative council has
voted a further installment of funds lo
the Canton Railway Company.
T. F. Clements, white, pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault and battery in con
nection with the Atlanta riots and was
fined $:.
At the meeting of the Methodist gen
eral missionary committee st Buffalo, N.
Y'., it was decided to meet at Seattle
next year.
Gov. Harris issued a proclamation to
the eople of Ohio calling upon them for
donations for the relief of the gulf cities
of Alabama.
A despcrule fi-lii took pl.ico in the cen
ter of Portland, Me., at midnight between
four higliwuymeu und three street railway
conductor.
The Great Northern railway announces
it will hereafter charge government em
ploye $155 from Manila to Tneoma and
full rail tuu east