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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1897)
I - .... .- .. - . t i nri i i iiiiiiiiisjiih mmrM'rftTymMnmm,'-mmiaMmm-mr--tkrtrnrmr' - ....... - - . - - - "- - . , ' - - - --- - rx. ' ! '4 I f 1 I I SOLDIERS' STORIES. ENTERTAINING REMINICENCtS OF THE WR. Graphic Account of Mlrrlna: fceorm Wimcatrd un the liatt lefield ari l in (amp- Vctcrana of the Ketirllion Ke el te Kxperitaceiuf Thrilling Nature. 1 1 Prloon. Comrade M-ade. of Ai tier Post. St. Paul. Mii.ri.. at a b-.e meeting to!. I the following remarkable experience of mi otliecr of our army known to lilm wlile a prisoner iu Libby prison. H" said: "About a month after the o!lice; cap tUP'il at tin- battle nf Chicaimiuga In September, lllld lll'CU placed lu Libby prison, there arrived at tlx- pris on one day a young man, pale and ema ciated, who appeared to In' in great ilfTering nod evidently mar Ills giave. Up chovc a place upon the Hour among lut. mill passe I hLs weary day an beat he could. It was learned that In- had been captured at that battle. I ;d. inf ill).' to an Indiana regiment, which win In the thickest of the light, and on the second day, when the enemy were presning hard ngu'mut the heroic front of our men, whose ranks had been thinned by the terrific tiring of the rclicls, the retreat was ordered. Tliit young oltlccr with tlie remnant of his company were obeying the order, anil holding buck the Im reusing force of the enemy, when a cannot shot from the enemy parsed between hi arm and iMidy. The force of the lull felled him to the ground, breaking h! arm and causing tlif blood to How from bin month and tnwtrilH in law quantities. The foe was soon up and beyond his prostrate form. Tliere lie lay unatt nd ed all nighi, the star Kh ; it i itx diiwu upon his i:t: iiriii-il face and insensible Co the gro.-i in of the woti:i led a ml d lag around bim. The mm ne the next morning and im hi came, and no one appeared to notice him. I.ate In the afternoon the enemy began to move the wounded on this field In a place for treatment. As the rebels paed hint he beard them nay not to remove him, as he would soon be out of hi pain In another world. Later he called for a drink of water, which was given him. and lie revived, and afterwards was taken care of. and I: was found that the wlnd.i-re of the ball bad bruised the body and broken the arm and Internal ly Injured this gallant oflh er, but th ball had not touched hini. After a mouth's can1 he w;ih tarried to I.ibby prison, and became stronger, and was Imprisoned In variou.s places, dually es caping from Coliimbiu In January, and found, his way through the woods ami swamps of the Car .d:nnsaii I Tennessee, and reached our army at Klloxvillo, Tel. II. "That brave ollicer you have to-nlghr mustered into this p.t. lie Is now before me, and his name l.s ( apt. Lben--er ( jordon. 1 1 . heroic sofT -rings w ill always entitle him to be remembered by hi comrades." A terrible Ordeal. The following is a I " nil iu Oiloml's ; Hory of ihe battle at New 1 lope Church. May i!7, INO'l: "It was the most severe ; ordeal which my nervous system halt j ever undergone. When we benn to ad vallei; we tint III ally c.Vpectcd that the I artillery would open upon us ns hooii us Wf ot within nuu;c, and that, hav i llitf Hwept forward until we were In reach of thi' lire of musketry, that ; Would Ih-kIii to open upon lis also. I had Is-eii ttiroiixit so much of this that : I bad cea.si-d to fear It. and always re- lieil on the excitement of the occasion j carrying me forward: but here we ran j for 8oiiie mi iiunorcii miles or more, and there was not a ennnon shot. Au; other KM) yards and still no explosion of ls)tiibsh lis or unylhinx of the kind.' I now been n to feel a little Kt ranee. An other li) yards, and still no n!i;u of life, and my iiervotiMiesn bej,'ati to jf I vt jdaci- to a desire to halt. Another KM) yards, and we were certainly wllhln mtiKe of musketry; but still there was twit one n!n of life ill the entrench mcnts lu front of us; nothing to (,'lve cause for apprehension, apparently, ex cept the waving of the Confederate tlitvtH nlsive the works as n llht wind blew. Now over me" bewail to come a mortal foclinc of dread, a feeling which I never fell before, and which 1 can Kcrccly describe. I would have turned ntnl lleil liut for the fear of dise-CP. which was stronger even than the hor ror of death. But I knew what wa,s coiiilni;. and determined by my ex ample to Inspire my no r to brave It, no matter bow terrible It whs. At length we were wllhln wiircol.v morp than 20 yanls of the lutrenchments. when from All nlotiK the line protruded forth, 1' lieath tlie head los, wcoritt and hiin dredM of niuskels. I could see them as I grave ft iuh k cltuice down the whole front, and thow Imimslintcly lefore hip particularly seemed slightly waving ifrom wide to Hide. There wa no ruin ' 'akliiB It. I knew that every bidder of n musket wax phkliiK out bin man. Thi contlliii'il for but a few tnoments, twhen alsivp nil other Hounds, distinct and clttr, I heard the command tflven, .'Now, men, flrel' InMtautly from alonK tlie pntlrc line there geeined, like a Jitfhtnlni? flush, (o burttt forth a Bheet of flaine and wnoke. I wa atruck, and jfcll sciiwdcss for an Instant, but when I ncovere() inywdf and tunned to lotik. there eemed to lie scarcely aeven men of my entire regiment on thIr feet. Then the fury of the combat inw alK)ve every other Hlht or wititid. The whole fonut and mountain (teemed to e on fire. There In no army In the world that could have atood ln-fore It." Heated Hancock. After a hard march one utorniy day In the fall of 1812, the eond corps halted near the Blue Hldgc. It wm cold and the wind wm blowing; th mow about In a very uncomfortbl way. There were fw tenta In the wtrpa tbfl and wlut ftw booaa war In reach were appropriated ,t quart r-r for the uiirht f sm h cent rals a ?r i lllcky eUOIIKh lo Uct piwscssloll. I A p.mr little (lest ricij cabin of only one room stixnl midway between the first (llimcock'si and ecoud i Howard') tlivisl-His of tlie corps. A captain of the Tammany ( IJd N. Y. ('regiment, be longing to the second tin isioii. had pre empted the shanty for himself and had left his servant to make a shake-down there for lilm for the night, while he went of a moment to attend to bis com pany. In his absence an ollicer of Cca. Hancock's staff rode up and ordered the servant out. Intending to Uikc pos session for tlie general. The captain, who was afterward killed In the bloody salient at Spottsylvanla, was an eccen tric character, though a brave and in telligent otticer. He was mi Irishman wlili a brogue of extraordinary thick ness, and In addition was a terrible stutterer. He returned Just as bis serv ant had been expelled, ami his ire was aroused. It was dusk and in the shanty quite dark. icn. Hancock him self rode up, dismounted and entered. The language he beard bet ween the two olliccrs was fiery and explosive, and he instantly took part with an abil ity which all veterans of the second eorm will concede was a gift enjoyed lu a high degree by "tin- Superb." This addition to the dispute lu the darkness out the captain Itcshle himself with r'li'n mill l,e nl mice turned on the gen eral Hut the fearful combination of I a Cork brogue, a siammering tongue, : and a powerful nalr of lungs was tiHi ' much for the genenil, who withdrew. taking his staff and leaving Tammany master of the house. Hie Ir ah Hrirrutt: at l a rOn'ia. I believe that while it lasted the firing at Fair Oaks was unsurpassed lu the campaigns of Virginia. The battery was not actively engaged until the close of the light and then one section was sent forward to rhcll the retreating I'tieiny-btit w as held lu readiness . about one mile In the rear of the actual cotililot, which was hidden from vii-vv ; by a thick but narrow bell: of woods. ; We could folio the fluctiiat nig for-tutii-M of the day by the way the tire iiilvanced and retired, accompanied by the solid cheers of the men, and tin sharp, continuous yell of the enemy. I-resciiily the lire came nearer, and with an Increased crash on the other side and a perceptible slackening on ours. In a few minutes slragglers and wounded men la-gun to emerge from the timber. The first brigade id our division was being driven in. Cell. Sumner scut In the next brigade, How ard's, and with this fresh force the fire again resumed Its full volume, reach ing the climax of this battle. A nearer approach of the flic, another lull lu our direction, meant a second repub a ml wild yells , and now we saw (Jencral Sumner ri'b- up to the Irlsh brigade but a bare quarter or a mile to our right frc-nt. We saw ids hat go off and bis gray locks bared as lie evidently made short speech, probably th" only one of the old hero's life. We learned after- ward that, he told them they were hi last hope; if they failed him till was lost; but said be, "I'll go my stars on you," pointing to his shoulder-straps. "I waul to see how Irishmen light, and when you run I'll run too." A In arty cheer gps'ted his last words, and the brigade moved illlo the woods, with the air of men who are going to stay. A fresh crash showed when they struck the enemy. For a few minutes the lir lug was deafening, then It began to re tire. The yells gave way to coiitinuniiH chis'is; an aid gallopiil up to order a section of tile artillery ro ioiiow our. advancing line, ami the battle of Fair daks wax won. it was an inspiring opening of a heroic history, and from that day Jem-mi Sunnier swore by the Irish Brigade. -Captain Ldward Field, Fourth Artillery. 1 he lit u I of the M'nr. Keports .show that the Northern nnd Southern armies met In over 2,ixit) skirmishes and buttles. In HS of these eioiflieis the loss on the Federal -ti-lc wa.s over ."ihi men, and In at least ten simmona be will not meet anybody, battle over bUMXI men were reporled j Jim baa an offer to manage ft big th lost on each side. The appended fable leticclub in Now York at a magnified. tJ ehows tint the combined losses of the ' nalarv. Should bis show prove a failure Federal and Confederate fore ces hi kill - tin - follow - ed. wounded and missing In the lug engagements were; hhiloli, ji.i'ihi; Aiillctain, :!S.ihki; Slum- River, IIT.IMM); Chaiiccilorsvllle, 2S,(l(i; Gettysburg, r.l.tKK); Chlckamauga. ."Il.tt'in; Merid ian's Peninsula campaign. oil.iniO; Grant' Peninsula campaign. lKii,i-m); and Sherman' campaign. PJ.'.iKio. (Hilda I statistics show that of the :j,(Mitl.(Ksi men enlisted there were: Killed in battle H.'JV.S Hits) of wounds P.I.'J'i.o Hied of disease ISlt.'.'UI Died of unknown causes 2L1SI Total .'iOo.SI.'I This Include only those w hone death while lu the army tins been actually proven. To this number should lie add ed, first. 2i,IMH) men who are known to Nive died while In the hands of the enemy as prisoners of war, and many others In the same manner whose deaths are to-day unrecorded; second, a fall- percentage of the 2lfi.7!)4 men who are put down on the official re ports as diticrters and missing in ac tion, for those who participated In the war know that men frequently disap peared who It wns certain had not de serted, yet could not be otherwise of ficially accounted for; third, thousands who are burled In private cemeteries all over the North who died while at home on furlough. The soclalUU of Leek, SUffordahlre, England, have purchamtl an old quaker iiieetlnfchoiiKc and turned It Into a labor church. The edlflcs la two eenturle old, and stand In a well-tufted ln closure, surrounded by tail old tra, where open air taeetlofa will be bM U cammer. TO UN A DO'S DEED Wrecki a Ceoria Cci.o ! Euildbj Iujutei Otcu;Lts. and 100 PUPILS KILLED AND INJURED A rVarftll I atrt-r Vlsl t Sehool Where lliiiclrril i.jr-ami 'lrl e stunyluj ftuitt' 1 t-apti liijurf. Atlanta, da., March L'.'J A diopat-h to tlie Kveuinjr Coiinii,ution frotn Ar lington, (ia , fayj: A tornado struck this town yesterday am) left behind it a trail t f death and disaster. Tlie high ecliool building was blown to pi-'ceH and from tlie wreck nearly a hundred dead, dying and in jmed peop'e have abea ly been taken. Among the dead are : Ollie Pan a more, school girl. C harlie Roberta, chuol boy. Alice I'utmao, pchool girl. AIIU liuUor, act tool b y. Willie M'Murra, u liod liny. Kenneth liovnton, Kchool boy. Maude JubllS'lll, BclllHil eifl. Mary Weilonp, school girl. Not h sintde one in tne big bulldinn ee.aped injurv. HAD I.ITTI.E WARNING. There was a lull in the high winds wl'ich oa.l prevaiie giving some prom- tae of a clear tiay. rnnessor v ov in.-ion, going out to logk around, behold a dark cloud, well dinged with electricity, moving rapidly in the tl.rec'ion of the pchool. Hi trained oye at once told bini there was danger. Hurrying tlie children into the building for safety, the roaring of the coming tornado wan upon them befoie they had time to think. Tlie storm increase ! in strength and velocity, and the building liegan to shake and careen, as it rocked in the Brm8 (,f a ni gh'y force. The building wag wrenched into fr.iguiei.ts, o that tlJf.,.,.H f,.i iriwiirt), an t ntii ni the first ,rlI,.k Wl.rt! 1 Ko! er a nd Alice I'utniati, w ho . ) knocked into tho in sensibility of .1,- ,i ii at the first blow. Little Wi.lie Mi'Murra had been ; caught under the he.ivy timlier and the iife was cru-died out of him. Kenneth I !' u ton was the next who was Been I V-tin'y endeavoring to escajie from the death trip, lint too late, for the fatal blow had lieen struck, j rrofess'irs Cov ngton and Waiker Isilh worked hard to n-anie the little ones, . . . . . i - - i notwrhstaniling ttu-ir serious wounus. The place was soon aurrounde 1 by the parent-of the children. This aibt of eiidit little ones already (lead and oi ten others crushed and ' rui-e I and bieed- in all the pims.-a of t'-rtriH was t-i.oiigti to wring th" stoniest, heart. Among ' wounded quite a nnin'i- r are not expect- (d t i live, and it is more than likely th;t j the list of dead will b- doubled. This fa the most, shocking d s.-ster which baa ' ever occurred in this -e 'lion, j '-'"' " Ii i hIiiiiik n't ' S" v t'inc;st o, M-ircli L'ii Koliert f .i.'- 'ciiious kru'c! cd ont an Knglish traveler tiano d Campm !! in the Hald i win hotel bat room early yesterday morning. A'ter hisexl. l-itton at a local re-ort Sunday eight the champion, Martin Jiibnn and W. A. Brady, Cor i beti - tea u r plumed lathe lintel and a I if i t i- c ;'it disci: -ting a return i match arid drinking F' .siiomona pay in: attention to the t r. Along to I wards morning t ampla I drifted up to the bar iimi udilcssing tl.o t orni.-limun ; aaid the CarHon idi'tir was not a tiuo ought battle and that th - beat man did not win. Kit, iiii.'iioiia jumpi-d towards tbe strangi r and swung his left with terrilic force, knocking the intruder (low II. Corls-tt was at the Baldwin early yes terday watching for Ins conqueror. He wanted an in'erview, but was not favor ed. When told Cnri cit was in qui at i bim the champion dodged out of the door and down the street Corhett eaya if be t an not. fvh' I'itz- 1 he is liable to take thi job, but he Ina 1 made up bis mind to go back to th stage for a while. Ilia friends are im- , porturiing him to go direct to New York at once and commence an engagement. t.rrw....... It. nm n. ut a Wreck NewYoKK, March 2:i,-The Cromwell line reamer Creole, Captain Gag,-r, from New Orleans, arrived at her dock at 11 o'clock yeaiei day morning, bring. ing additional news from the ill-fated support furnished bim by the govern Bteamer St. Nazaite, ment is hi attempts to crush the re Captain Gager reports that on March j,. , , , , , Thfi nmllinatiJ 21, be passed a boat full of water. Short- ly after noon be decided to ascertain, if General Primo de Rivera as his sue posBible, what it was and turned about ceesor has created a bad impression, as lor an investigation. On reaching the be is regarded as wanting in energy. boat he found it contained six dead bodies, one of whom was supposed to he , Montreal shaken. that of a woman. A hook was made Montrkai.. March 24. A heavy Bhock fast to the boat's bow and when she was pullod up the bodies washe l out into IX EsWthe seat'; IVZTZ they were crowded under them. It was noticed that two of the passengers o( the boat were colored. In the boat waa found a woman's slipper, child's sock, some clothing, nut-sing bottle and sever- a bott cs of fresh water, which wai found to be in good condition. There waa also found a small quantity of brea 1. Nobleman Kill fJlmaair. New Orleans, March 23. Word was received bera late laat night from Meri- dan. a itnall town in the northern part of the state, that Baron Blanther, the Austrian nobleman who shot and killed M.Philipa Langfakit, In San Fran- citco laat May, committed suicide in tha Jail at that plaoa Sunday. Blanthar waa arreted last Friday and waa held awaiting order, from California. Tha detail of the aet ere meagre. tit i ' Propf rly . Is I f Ot lit 9 M fil Tiaffla H ill !..). d i- Sioi'i Citv. M trcli :4.-H'a' b cians v lio have is-en stioiiii ng ujj liie dumiig i j dune by the r efill flood- in this part ol ti e n- r-bwest ate api.;ll i'l by the allow ing. A I biriiH in tin vailcv-b " f thu ; Kiovd, Ilig Sioux, Ittle Si' im, Kk, J in, Vermi lion a-i 1 Klkliorn river and I'rair e :.a 1 Kronen Kettle cretkii were j i mi b r water, as were most of those out tlie vari ms nn ill creeks and dry ruin j thron-iiio-it ttiis territory. There is no ; loss of life reporte I, but much live stock ', was ilr vn; 1 and great lama 'e done to; .'.inn ' nil ting-t and grain a-id b ly. The I va.b-y" are a I traversed by rail ay l'mea j an 1 tb.-ee s'.ilf red be ivily. liridg s ar ! almost all gn-). Within a radius of j fifty mile of Sioux City the town v here ', it the grcat '-t damage was done are Sioux City, Hiuton, Merriil, James, I.a Mare, liock Itapi la, Wet Fi-ld, Venuilliou, Kik 1'oin-, HawaribMi, Akron, C rret: tionvilie and the Sioux City aubu bs of Leeds. Lynn, SpringiUIe and Riverside. While ei.d avoring to escape through the wa er which surrounded her bou-e I'.eile Maxlev, re-iding on a farm on tlie liig Sioux lietwteu here and iV'e-t Field, fell from a boat and an droAiied. From C inton to S.oiix City the river ia falling la t. At C n on tin-re is a bi.: gorge, a-nl a fresh rise may be expected when it goeso.it. Visi ors to the citv frjui the Bi! Sioux valley say the half has not bei-n told of the damage done during tie-tlo d. The Missouri is still falling here. The gorge t the llag gina bend, below Yankton, still holds and is gnwmg worse. If warm we .tber 8 -ts in alio.- a general overflow will be inevitable, Mid hi.li water is sure here wi en 'he gr,r ,e goes out. Tne Jim river is reported rising, but o il weather is deriving the thaw at present. In this city a np-c .il conned Bessioa was held yeste'day to ar'ango for reoairs to nu'ilic. buildiiu'-i -.vhi- h hive been injured by toe fresiie-u. The J condi'i i i of the railroa Is h improving, but still very bid. The Sioux City A; Nor h'-rn will b- unable t-i g-t trains j int Sio'i'c lity b-f ire Ttitirs lay. Tne Mil aukee. the b avieet lo-er, is niiiKis ten hrd-'fon the Sio ix Falls line and two o-i the Mitohi-ll division, j At F.N I'oint, S. I) , the Sioux river i is falling Thousands of bogs and many ' tittle have bueii tlrowue I. The Mir-souri at tliat poin. is stati uiery and the flood a ar.; ;s about over. Mlil W.'txt Sal Amy. 'ni!Foi.K-, Va , Morch 21 Will Wood, wan'ed for e m, d. city in the i-iurder of l'earl I'.ryau, a' in this city about four days aco. He an be accurati ly located, f,r bis d3ui:uiort Wood appeared in Phi is Montevideo, alelphia about Fcbniary lo, and the 17th he enl sted j on br urd the receiving ship Richmond Bt the League Island navy yard as a landsman, for three years' service. No the lath day of March he was trsn-dcrrc'l to the receiving ship Frank l.n, at the navy yard here, and under orlciH troui the navv tlepartment was transferred to the United States ship (Vtine. March 17, for pa-sage to the " South Atlantic station, where be is to lie tr.ms 'erred to the United Slatea abip . i i i lliliia: inriiiiy un a jniiii.ni, a i ' position. The Castine left Newport . News March 17, and is now on her way to South America. w mpi r Men Nt-n Washington, March McKllilry. 24 President McKinley informally received the Wash- ington correspondents, and local news paper nun yesterday afterncon. The pns dent'B memory for faces and names was teste 1 to the utmost, but he proved well bis reputation in that regard. Tim president also received the ten members of the See Yups, who came from Sn FranciBt-o to present their grevanc's to Yang-Yu, the Chinese minister. That they were thoroughly conversant with democratic ideas was shown by '.heir manner of shaking ham's wi b the president, a decided contrast to the protrate attitude in wbich they lay for two hours ye ilt the house o( Yang-Yu. aterday Ni w foiiirnaniler fur Np n Lomiom, March 24. A dispatch from Madrid to the Central News says that (ieneral Primo de Kivera, captain - gen - eral f)f Madrid, has been appointed to B1,ccet-d General Polavieja, captain-gen- r,il of the Phillniine islands General ivUvieja is disgusted with the lack of nf earthnuake shook the centre of this ., ve,tpr,iav evening and caused great consternation Large buildings shook like reeds and there was a gene.al rush of the inmates for the doors. So fat no damage has been reported. Dispatches from yariouB points in thiB rovince and f Ontario report some places ,rjulc" , . , 1 ,i, in upper Canada shaken, without dam- age ol consequence. Wlpcd off the Karlh by Klra. BoscoBi.it, Wia., March 24 The pros perous little villrge of Bloomington, Grant county, was almoBt swept off the e.rh bv fire yesterday morning. The fire started In a saloon building at 1 a. m. and with a high northeast wind swept through nineteen business build- logs In a short time. The village haa no Are protection and tba Are had lta own sway. The total lots will reach 60,000, with an Insurance of only 5,000. ACT OK J1NUOES Se-j.tu'j Aotioii on Arbitration Treaty not Pieasicg. ENGliSH DO NOT LIKETHEIR ATTIfUDE Ifiitih Iha: -n.tor are lli.iclle t . V.r. btutl ud That 1 ! I ipr-. iiiinof Jn- K iliui ait) ltin- fur Sf ii.utucial (T I t. Lonixin, Mirch 25. A bigb goverr, mei.t i Ilicial expressed to a reporter oi o: ttie I iiiteil A-s.x-iated preBWB yester day an opinion that tlie .I'liited SiaUE senate had taken ail the meanirg out oi the arbitration treaty and aseert-d bid belief that the British government would be extremely unlikely to accept We have d uie without an arbitation trta'y It r tofoie," h" ad 'ed, "and i w ill not make much difference if we con tinue to do bo for the piesent." It is learned at t e foreign office that diplomatic r latio.ia between Great Hritain and Venezuela have not been resumed and that the question of their resumption ia not likely to be discussed until the Venezuelan arbitral tribunal lias fini-bed its work. Ir. J.mn Pietrie, the present Venezuelan minister to (ermanv and Spain, the foreign offi cials nav. ha-? not been accedded to Great I'.nt.aiii ng ha-i been aaseried. The Wt stniinster Gazette thinks the seriatii's action a very dia.iipointing ami disconcerting result of all the efforts of Secret ry Gluey and Iird Salisbury. Tlie iinli-F.nglisb feeling underlying the action of the senate, the paper adds, is the most uii leasant aispect of the mat ter. The Pall Mall Gazette cays that, live ly to please H'-iifational jingoism and ae f iuipor'ance a promising plan has been wrerk'd. Li concluding the Gazette aaya: "We firmly believe the Ameri cana genera ly will be more thoroughly a-bat i of their senate than they or- dinarilv are, which is saying a good deal." " Spii'Cii tl Win Ntimet.iing Havanv, Ma'ch Genera! Linares reports lhat. his command of l,(i(iO men, coinp'isin.' intantry, cavalry and artill ery, ieflOn.'i, in tlie )i ovince of Santi ago 1h Cuba, and at LuSal ranch en countered seve-al parties of rebels under the leadership of Cebreco, with whom they had a ainira engagement. Tlin rebels were fin illy forced to retire from the, r positions, which were occupied by the Spanish trn pH. It ia reputed that the camp of Calixto Garcia's coiumn baa been catiture 1 by tlie Spaniards after a severe fight, at the conclusion i f which the insurgents were found lo have left sixteen of U.eir number dead on the field. The capture of the camp1. was effected by a. dashing cavalry i (barge. The rebels were reinforced by j 'tlie band under Ilibi and awaited the i troops at Rairre Arabari, but was oh- ' liged to retire fo a point in sight of ; ! JicuarJ, In the con.-se of jo-irneys and i the engagements the. rebels lost twenty- ' seven men killed. The Spaniards bad one lieutenant, and four private-! 1 wounded. I I Ky order of Gene-al Weyler Isabella! Rafael P. uirke, an cingli-b prisoner, j i w ho bus b.-en for soni time detained at 1 CienfucgoB, was released. j Atlt-r a Convict Chicago. III., March 25. Through a letter received by the police from Mary Knright of New York City, Chicago de tectives have a chance to arrest James Blaine, the notorious burglar who es caned from S m Sing prison laat week. Blaine ia know n to be in Cbicago.hav- no light, on the origin of I he lire, ing been traced here after bis escape. , , . i , i : I Newn from t ri'lan War The police could not get any clue to bis . location until the letter from the woman Constan tinoi-i.k, March 2l..--Tt is whom be is said to have jilted after his stated here that in the event of a block escape was received. a' f ;'"'k porta by the warships of In it is Mated that. Blaine was stay- the powers the admiral commanding ;,, the Albemarle hotel, a Clark the British tquadron is under mstruc- street lodging house. Detectives searche 1 the hotel and were told by the p.oprir- i,.,ii,nii nmn answeriiiL' the descri n- ! tion of Blaine bad left the hotel Sunday having stayed there aeveral nights. j The proprietor said the man had spoken frequently of going west, and be probably started for Denver. ?otwit ti stan ling this, the detectives still think the man is in Chicago. . i l . 1 I The woman in tne letter Bays sue arm a guard aided Blaine in bis escape, but since that time he had quarrelled with i her and she had deemed to get revenge by giving the police a clue. A efloit will lie mane o uienuiy "Mrv F.nriL'ht" and the New York po- lice have been notilied of the receipt of the letter. l ulelll. nut H 'I'dlVM I Nkw Youk, Marc, 25. -A special to the Herald from Havana via Tampa B.'iys: j Tim insurgents I ave captured Holguin in Santiago de Cubn. The town is a very important one, and the news of its loss baa ca"t great gloom over official circles. It is renorted that the victorious in surgent forces were thofle under the command of Calixto Garcia, who hai been operating with great vigor in east ern Cuba. liaaccratetl (Iraiit'a Grae. New York, March 25. Some vandal nnrflv destroyed what will be the laat reatinir nlace of General Grant on Monday, by chipping a quanity of stone allocution of the pon at the coming con front the upper surface of one of the sistory, hit holiness will refer lo the granite pillow blocks of the great tar-1 mission of Monsiegnor Merry del Val, cophagut. From all appearancei it was ' the papal delegate to the Catholic church the work of an eipert stone cutter. The In Canada. If hit mission it concluded pillow blockt are of a deep reddish in time, Monsiegnor del Va I will nrob brown granite, the tame at the tarco- ably represent the pope at the celeora. phagutitaelf. In placet frag menu had tlon In Jone of the completion ol the been broken out to a depth of at least fiftieth year of the reign of Queen an Inch and a half. Victoria. tlilt-agu IS. a l ..f I allot- go f,rr Kail r aii It ftiu 1 ut ib.itea. CniCAoo, March -ti The Chicago Isiaid of trad - w ill, on the first of next mcnth, begin an investigat on of alleged extensive railroad rate-cutting on ((.rain going east fr -ni this c.ty, ar.d it is re ported that the sjs-cial committees whici. have oet-n appoinlt tl' will have the assistance of the interstate eoin uerce conim.tsiou and the United States grand jury. The plan ia for the commission and the board of trade in vestigators to meet at the same time and pursue a policy of mutual help, with the object of presenting to the grand jury any evideMe of the violation of the commerce law. If the develop meats of the dual investigation war rants audi ai-iiii a ipecal fedtral grand jmy will be cilled to consider tlie indictment of ofleuding shipper and railroad men. The board of trade directors ordered an investigation after they bad received for weeks vigorous complaints from shippers of grain w ho ab -je that they In ve been shut out and bt ei: unable to move their giain owing to m-ee favor able rates of transportation being given to their cometitors by railroads. Lasier Hooper & Co., and Carrington, Ilanna A Co. are said to be two of the aggrieved shippers, and wil'.iiig wit nesses are said to lie on hand to testify before any tribunal. Tlie rate-cut ling is said to have been done for more than two months by half a dozen of the ten eaatbotind lines from Chicago. On corn for export the rate has been 2 to 3 cents a hundred pounds, on all oilier grains h cents; on domestic corn 5 cents and 2! to 5 cents on all other domestic grain. The roads are also accused of manipulating rati.a by absorbing transfer and switching charges. The federal officials hope that the inquiry will disclose criminating evidence against the alleged beef tiust and its railroad accomplices. The ef fect, of the grain rate discrimination has been to concentrate the grain-shipping business here practically in the. hands of their firms and permitting two or thr e others to handle a small share of the business. Five rjhililrrn I'erUh in 1- l.-tninn, Ottlmw a, la , March 2b.--Five chil dren of Frank Penrod, at Laddsdale, a little mining town on the Wapello and Davis county line, Here burned todea'h Wednesday n'g'it.. Three were cre mated and two died a few hour later, They are : Harry Pen rod, aged ten years. John Penrod. aged eight, years. Minerva Penrod, aged six years. Rosa Penrod, aged four years. B'aine Peniod, aged three. The parents of tne children took the oldest chi d of the family, a eon aged twelve years and a baby in the a. ins of its mother and went to a religma meet ing, having first put the other five chil dren to bed. The school house where the services were held waa only a hun dred feet from the Penrod house. About 9 o'clock an alarm was given and Penrod, " itb the other occupants of the school house, rushed out, to find his house in II, noes. It was impossible to enter the build ing, as it was crumbling when Penrod reached it. The children's bed was by the window, however, and Penrod burst the window ripen and succeeded in pull ing the eight an 1 foui years old boys out, horribly burning himself in the ; act. The two never regained conscious ness and died in a abort time. The others were burned until only a few bones were found in the debris of the bouse. The coroner's impieti! threw j tions to ac. ish fleet w , blockade. but the Brit- lake no part, in the actual lt i" reported that the Turkiah squad ron which tailed from Gallipolis, osten sibly for Smyrna and Salonieo, had ' been onlered to cruise the Aegean sea. I Casea, March 2(1. The Austrian cruiser Satellite has arrived in Suda I bay, having in custody a Greek ateamer ...111. eolniiiiiara nri KKll"I and a won r,.y Greek sa.luig vessel with ammunition , intended .or the Cretan insurgents. . i n veoar.m - elide while tney were aiiempting w run me i -nmre. I Xkw Yokk. March 20 A special cable dispatch lo the Herald from St. Petersburg says: Advices received here show that Colonel Vassoa is now busy reading a report among toe Cretan insurant- I ha the powers wnsl. to d . liver Llieill nun i iiaimo im uic The Grecka themielvcs openly declare that their aim is to set Kurope by the cara, but that is well known here, and is being thoroughly checkmated. If the Greeks continue lo prove stub born they will probably receive a no- , tification that iu case situation by compelling they force the the Turks to an attack they need expect neither Help nor sympathy. HiiDon Catholle London, March 26. The Standard to day published a dispatch from .ts cor- respondent in Ro-ne stating that in the ST' 4