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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,
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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,
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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
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