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A NEW JUSTICE
Olivor Wondoll Holmos Namod
for Supreme Court
HE WILL SUCCEED JUSTICE GRAY
Aged .turlnl Tender Iteiilgiiat lein to I lie
I're-ldent Ill-Health Make- Itetlro-
iiHMil Neeentnry - Now Appointee
of Muntluirtt Court
President Roosrvpll Mondny an
nounced that lip li.'iil appointed Hon.
Oliver Wendell HoIiiioh, clilel' Justice
of the Hiiprenip poiirt of Massachusetts,
to he an associate Justice of the su
Iireme court of the United States, vice
Mr. Justice Gray, resigned.
Tho rcHlRiiutlon of JiihIIpp Gray was
tluo to Ill-health. Several months ago
lie suffered a stioko of apoplexy, which
Homo time later wa followed hy an
other. He Iihh not appeared on tho
bench since he was Rtilcleu the II est
time. His ndvauced uge sevnty-four
yearR told against IiIh recovery with
serious force. With the exception of
Mr. Justice Harlan, lie served on the
bench of the United States supremo
court longer than any of Ills present
colleagues. He was appointed an as
sociate Justice by Piesldent Arthur on
December 10. 1881, his service extend
ing therefore through a period of near
ly twenty-one years.
Judge Holmes, whom the president
has selected as Mr Justice Cray's suc
cessor. Is one of the most distinguished
lawyers and Jurists of Massachusetts.
Ho Is a son of the late Dr. Holmes, the
poet and essayist.
HORROR OF HUNGER
Wire nml Children of Minor (lather
About Tent anil He; fur Scrap.
A Shenandoah. Pa., dispatch says:
Despite the denials of the leaders,
many strikers here nre suffering for
want of food, and women and children
surround the soldiers' mess tents at
meal time, waiting for scraps of food
left from the tables. An order to tho
troops by commanding officers has
been issued that all food not needed by
them be set aside In clean receptacles
for the use of unfortunate strikers.
The expense to the state of main
taining I.'JOO soldiers here continues
and practically theie Is no change in
the miners' strike situation. The men
entered the fourteenth week of sus
pension t io in woik in a quiet manner.
They are more confident than ever.
The distribution of relief Is progress
ing satisfactorily. About $100,000 has
.bo far been expended.
Peace seems to have settled down
over this ottl community and the au
thorities are hopeful that the danger
of a further outbreak Is very remote.
"The milttaiy force In to be i educed
Thursday, according to rumor, by one
regiment.
Tho talk of reopening the mines Im
mediately after a settlement of tho
strike is all nonsense. When the
strikers forced the pumpmen and en
gineers out they effectually put them
selves out of employment for months.
Non-union men have been working In
tholr plates, but their inexperience
lias been costly nml the mines are
llooded. Your correspondent descend
ed Into colliery No. I yesterday and
found the water up to the tlfth level,
which means 230 feet of water in the
mine. The miners say a similar con
dition exists In all the other mines
In this and other towns.
HAVANA HAS BAD FIRE
ItUaHlrum lllae In Cuban City nml I. on
of Life Itrnlt-
The most disastrous tire In years oc
vurred nt Havana. Cuba. Monday night,
resulting In the death of three people
and the loss of several hundred thous
and dollars. Fire broke out In a big
silk house near Central park nml
spread rapidly, destroying, besides the
silk works, a number of other vnluable
buildings.
Arlstldes Porn, the famous artist,
and Pablo I.opi '. Quintnnn, who were
Bleeping In an upper story of ono of
tho burned buildings, were burned to
death. They were cut off on one side
by tire and on the other by iron bare
which grated tho windows. No ono
could help them. Crlstoba Lopez, a
tl reman, was killed by a falling wall.
The lieutenant of police, seven tire
men and five citizens were partially
HtifTocated or Injured during the pro
gress of the tlrv.
Illiiniler Caue Wrui-k
Near Genoa station, W. Vn on the
Norfolk & Western, a head-end col
lision of freights occurred Monday
morning, noth engines nml eighteen
cars wore totally demolished. Fisher
rorgtiRon, a section foreman, who was
ildlng to work, waa Instantly killed.
J'nglneor Osborn nntl Fireman Little
ere badly cut and bruised and their
leoovery Is doubtful. Two or three
others were hurt, but not seriously.
The failure of the operator to deliver
an order is said to have been the
cause.
France Hemiluc Speed Dead
Mrs. Frances Hennlng Speed, the
widow of Joshua Speed, who wns one
of Ahrnhnm Lincoln's closest iorsonnl
friends, Is tlend at the age of eighty
two years at her homo on tho Chero
kee road, near Louisville, Ky.
Elk at Salt Lake City
A Salt Lake City, August 11, dis
patch says: It Is estimated that fully
12,000 Elks are hero to attend tho
grand lodgo meeting which will begin
tomorrow. Tho city Is beautifully
decorated, the electric effects at night
being particularly brilliant. Thousands
of Incandescent lights In the colore of
tho order span tho streets and hang
In festoons nt different comers. Gov
ernor Wells will deliver the address of
welcome. Grand Exalted Ruler Pick
ett will respond and deliver his annual
address.
MUST NOT USE PALM OIL
Killing Mint ! AruIii'I Manufacturer of
Oleomargarine,
Mr. Yerkes, the commissioner of In
ternal revenue, has made a decision on
the question of whether palm oil in
very small quantities may he urciI In
the manufacture of oleomargarine.
The commissioner holds In tho nega
tive. 1'ollowlng, In pait. Is tho deci
sion: "The office rules that where so
minute and Infinitesimal a quantity of
a vegetable oil Is used In the ninnufac
turo of oleomargarine, as Is proposed
to bo used of palm oil, and through
its tise the finished product looks liko
butter of any shade of yellow, It can
not be considered that tho oil Is used
with the purpose or Intention of be
ing a bona tide constituent, part or ele
ment or tho product, but M used sole
ly for the purpose of producing or ini
paitlng a yellow olor to the oleomar
garine and. therefore, thut tho oleo
margarine so colored Is not free from
nitlllclal coloration and becomes sub
ject to the tax of 10 cents per pound."
MILLIONS OF SHEEP DYING
Terrible llrotilli HetastatltiR Now South
Wale
"Advices received by tho steamer
Mlowera fiom Australia tell of ter
rible drouth In New South Wales and
Queensland which has devastated the
sheep ranches of that section of the
southern colony. Millions of sheep
hao tiled and men formerly consid
ered wealthy have been compelled to
seek employment.
The work of exterminating the na
tives of the South Sea Islands con
tinues. If the reports In the Australian
papers aie to be relied upon. The pa
pers give an account of one expedi
tion by Germans to the New Hebrides
to avenge tho murder of Mrs. Wolff.
This exepdltlon completely wiped out
a village, natives from which had com
mitted the murder. One hundred and
thirty persons were killed. Including
the native who had led the expedition
to the village. A combined Germau
ami British expedition ban started for
Dabulo, Western British North Guinea,
to punish tho natives for the murder
of seven Britishers.
Molt KIiik ! Hrr Hand
A Corfeen, III.. August 11, dispatch
says: In a thunder storm heie yes
terday, lightning struck Mrs. Frank
Neller. of St. Louis, melted a gold
watch chain which was about her neck
anil also four gold rings on her left
hand. The rings run together Into ono
piece. In her hand was an umbrella
with a steel rod, and the rod waa
twisted out of shape. Her left shoo
was torn off. She was rendered un
conscious for an hour, but has fully
recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Neller had stepped Into
a church doorway during the storm.
The spire was struck, and running
down, the bolt stunned Mrs. Neller.
Mr. Neller was also severely shocked.
Kicked by Vankee Voutli
While Count Metrosem, of St. Peters
burg, was walking nlong the hoard
walk at Atlantic City. N. J . Sunday,
wearing u large Panama hat with a
velvet hand and bright summer
clothes, ho wns approached from be
hind by L. II. Galbralth. a college stu
dent from Baltimore. Galbralth, with
out a word, deliberately kicked tho
count while thousands of people
looked on. Tho student was arrested.
He said he did not like the count's way
of. dressing.
A Mlnllt-rlnl litnry
A Copenhagen, Denmark, dispatch
states: The landsthlng elections in tho
Faroe Islands resulted in a complete
ministerial victory. The campaign
turned on the sale of the Danish Went
Indies to tho United States and the
government captured all opposition
wards. Other wants will hold elec
tions next month A good ministerial
mnjorlty Is confidently expected. Tho
treaty will he taken up soon after tho
opening of tno rlgstiag in tJctouer.
Mut Buffer for HhIiii;
It Is reported that two officers on
tho Second Life guards have been or
dered to resign becnuse they were con
cerned In tho hazing of a more studi
ous fellow officer recently at Windsor.
England. Aristocratic connections of.
tho officers, It Is said, have petitioned
tho king to pardon tho officers, but his
majesty hoa emphatically refused to
do so.
Child Killed by Llt;lituln-;
The residence of Jlmmio Nelson, who
realties southeast of Mason City, Neb.,
was struck by lightning, killing an
eight-year-old child and stunning the
other members of the family The
surviving members of the family were
so soverely shocked that they did not
regain consciousness for two hours
after tho bolt struck and It was then
tho dlsiovory of the death of the child
was made.
Church lilt Hy Lightning
The Baptist church nt Leslie, Ga
was struck by lightning while services
were going on. The building was
crowded. Richard Dodson was instant
ly killed. Forty other persons were
hcrlously injured, though It Is not
thought any will die. The building
was badly damaged uud set on Are,
but a haul rain put out the (lames.
Queen of HelgUu lletter
Mario Henrlette, queen of the Bel
gians, had a good night and waa ablo
to leave her bed for breakfast.
Wilt Search the Iliiln
A fund has been raised with which
to search the debris of tho Hotel Lan
don, at San Angelo, Tex,, which waa
burned early Sunday morning, to seo
If thero nro any bodies In tho ruins.
There are still three guests missing,
according to the count of tho clerk.
Tho glazing department of Ijifian &
Rand's powder mill at Wnnaque, olght
miles from aPterson, N. J., blew up at
8 o'clock Monday morning. No one
was in tho building ut the time. Three
workmen on the grounds were Injured.
The Bbock waa felt at Patersou.
TO ACT ON TREATY
President May Convene Congress
in Exta Sossion
EARLY IN NOVEMBER PROBABLE TIME
Necc"ary to lime Action on Cnlian
Treaty .Month of September l-'lrnt
Cnimldercil. lint llctlri' Itr-nlU
i:tpcetcil If Held Later
Advices received nt Washington In
dicate that President Roosevelt will
call the sennte In extraordinary ses
sion early In November to act on n
reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
No dellnlte date, it Is understood,
has been llxetl. but that It will be soon
after tho elections Is reasonably cer
tain. The president. It Is Bald, hopes
to have the reclprocitj question cleared
away entirely before the regular ses
sion of congress.
Ever since it became evident that
nothing would be accomplished ns to
reciprocity with Culm at the recent
session of congress rumors of a more
or less definite nnture have been In
circulation that the president would
call an extia session either or the en
tire congress to enact Cuban reciproc
ity legislation, or of the senate to
ratify. If possible, a reciprocity treaty
with Cuba.
During tne past week It lias been
stated that it nas the purpose of Presi
dent Koosevrlt to call a special meet
ing of the Ru.nte In September. It can
be ptnted by authority that he has no
such Intention. His time and that of
many members of both political par
ties will be occupied during September
and October.
It Is understood to be the belief of
tho president that a session of the
Rtnato held for tho purpose of ratify
ing a reciprocity treuty with Cuba
would be much more likely to be fruit
ful of results If held nfter the Novem
ber tleitlons than If held before. It
Is assured that the question of the re
It., ions o the United States with Cuba
will enter largely Into the approach
ing campaign nnd It is stnted that the
p-isldent feels the democrats would
be less likely to offer serious opposi
tion to a reciprocity treaty after the
election than they would before.
A treaty with Cuba will probably
bo prcpircd. It requires only the fin
ishing touches a nil the signatures of
Minister Quesada and Secretary of
State Hay to make It ready for pre
sentation to the senate.
CORN CROP ALL O. K.
r-t Week Him Helped to IMuie It Far
tliar A nay I'roui Danger
The lack of rain during the past
week has had no effect on the corn
crop, and every report brings tnles of
great yields nntl of a crop that has al
most passed the point of possible dam
age. A little rain wouldn't hurt in the
southeastern pntt of the state, but the
absence of It hns permitted the farmers
to finish up their small grain cutting
antl to Indulge in some threshing. The
weokly crop bulletin of the Nebraska
Rortlon. G. A. Lovelnnd. observer. Is
sued Tuesday, gives the following
summary of condition:
"The past week wns cool, with suffi
cient rain for cood crowtii Tho Hniw-
mean temperature has averaged four
degrees below normal.
"Tho rainfall exceeded an Inch In
the central and a few noithern coun
ties, antl wns light, generally less than
hnlf an Inch, In southern and western
counties.
"Tho past week was very favorable
for stacking, threshing and haying ex
cept on Friday nnd Saturday, when
showers occurred quite generally which
somewhat Interfered with the work.
Small grain Is now about all cut and
threshing Is In progress In the north
ern counties; onts nre a good crop, but
spring wheat Is rather a light crop In
most, of tho northern counties. Corn
hns grown well antl continues to prom
ise a very largo crop; in several of
the southern counties more rain would
bo beneficial to corn, but In only a very
small area In tho southwestern portion
of the state has tho crop been damaged
by lack of rain."
POLICEMEN SHOT DOWN
llurgliir, Caught at Work, Kill I'untiilng
Offlrerj
Two policemen were shot down at
Chicago, both dying within a few
minutes, shortly before four o'clock
Tuesday morning. Their nssallants
were two burglars, caught In an at
tempt to rob tho houso of Dr. Hany
Shaw, In Ashland boulevard. Both
escaped. The policemen were Timothy
Dovlne, aged forty, shot through the
heart antl Charles Pennell, nged thirty
five, shot through tho abdomen, nnd
who died In the county hospital.
The policemen detected the robbers
ns they stood a tthe entrance to an
alley. The robbers took alarm antl
rushed by the policemen. As they did
ho shots were exchanged by each side.
Both of tho blue coats fell mortally
wounded, each by a single shot. Tho
robbeis turned to the west and were
soon lost to sight. A general alarm
was sent out nnd Arthur John. Sam
Dillon. Jerry Hnwley ami George
O'Brien were among those arrested on
suspicion nntl who are known to have
had a hostile feeling toward Officer
Devlne.
Aniaiiln After Itu-nlan Prince
An nttempt on tho life of Prince
O'Bolnnskl, governor of the province
of Kharkow, was made on the main
avenue of the Tlvoll gardens in the
capital of tho province. The prince
attended a performance at the gardens.
During the entre act a man fired four
shots at tho prince, one of the bullets
inflicting a contused wound on tho
prince's neck. Another of the bullets
went through tho foot of Chief or
Police Bessenoff. The assailant was
arrested. His Identity has not been established.
CHICKEN THIEVES LYNCHED
They Commit Murder nml Heroine Vie
tlm of Mob Vengeneo
At 1 .10 Tuesday morning n mob
numbering two or three hundred
masked men bntteied down the door
of the Jail located In the court yard
at Lexington, Mo., nntl secured Charles
Salers, white, anil Harry Gates, col
ored, who a week ago murdered Geo.
Johnson, nnd hanged them to a treo
o short distance from town. The
lynchers wore properly officered, each
man doing his work effectively nnd
efficiently. Gntcs was found to be
shot In the right hip. showing that
Johnson's shot had sttuck him. Snl
yeis In n statement to the tuoh said
Gates had done the murder, having
tired three shots.
Johnson had gone to a chicken house
on hearing a noise nntl discovered two
men robbing his henroost nnd opened
fire, being killed by the Intruders.
The bodies were cut down at day
light. A coroncr',8 Jury will bring In
a verdict of "death at the hands of un
known parties." There Is absolutely
no popular sentiment here for the dis
covery of the Identity of the mob. Tho
guurds at the Jail, knowing that re
sistance to the mob was useless, of
fered none.
SENDS A GUNBOAT
Criil-nr Cincinnati Sent to VciienelHn
Waters to Itolnforrei Tupokn
A Washington, August 12, dispatch
says: The government evidently re
gards the situation In eVneueln as
most serious. At the request of the
stnte department, the navy department
today sent tho cruiser Cincinnati, Com
mander McLean, from Curacao to
Puerto Cabello, which plate Is being
threatened hy revolutionists. The Cin
cinnati will reinforce the Topeka In
the work of protecting American and
other foreign Interests. It Is believed
tho presence of two American vessels
at that port will have a restraining
effect on tho revolutionists and that It
will not be necessary to employ force.
At the first demonstration, however,
marines will he landed with Instruc
tions to shoot If need he. There are
KCNernl American business firms in
Puerto Cabello, besides American Con
sul Ellsworth.
I'ope Send Present
Among the passengers who nrrlvetl
at New York August 12 on the steamer
Hohenollern from Naples was Bishop
Thomas O'Gorman. He said that ho
brought a letter from Cardinal Rnm
polla to Secretary Hay. anil also a let
ter and present from the pontiff to
Roosevelt. He probably will go to
Oyster Bay to see the president and
then to Washington to see Hay.
Daubs Through Draw
A freight train on the Long Branch
division of the New Jersey Central
dashed Into an open draw of the Eliza
beth river at Elizabeth, N. J. Two
men. William Webster, fireman, and
Patrick Mansfield were killed. Boats
had Just passed through. The signal
was up, but the engineer lost control
of the train anil the engine and eight
cars went Into the river.
(llant Steamer Launched
The Kaiser Wllhelm De Zwelte was
launched at Stettin, Germany. It is
tho biggest vessel In the world, being
707 feet long. The engines are 38,000
horse-power, with a speed of twenty
tlve knots, enabling her to cross tho
Atlantic In five days. The kaiser was
present at the launching.
Ki pelted From Hoard
Lewln A. Wood, of the firm or Ed
wards, Wood & Co., of St. Paul, charged
with reporting fictitious trades, wns
expelled from tho Chicago board of
trade by tho directors. Transactions
In grain tarried through a Milwaukee
house and neglected to make the re
quired clearances formed the ground
for the charges.
Steyn I Improving
Former President Kruger of tho
Transvaal lepubllc left Schevenlngen
August IIS after a cordial farewell to
former President Steyn of the Orange
Free Stnte. Mr. Steyn Is Improving In
health.
Hoycott American Lard
A recent Prussian army order for
bids the use of American lard In army
kitchens nntl directs that hams must
be bought of domestic slaughter
houses.
liner rrMoner ICettirnliig Homo
The stenmshlp City of Vienna sailed
August 13 for Capetown with the sec
ond batch of Boer prisoners, number
lug 1,090, on board.
HERE AND THERE
Announcement has been made that
the American Can company has de
cided to erect a ninmmoth Industry In
Jollet, III., for the manufacture of tin
cans. Twelve ncres have been bought
near the Rockdale mills of the Amer
ican Steel and Wire company, nntl
plnns are ready for the erection of tho
llrsl building.
Robert Klrby, n retired merchant of
Kearney, Net)., on his wny to Chicago,
has disappeared, and so far the police
have been unnblo to get any tiacn of
htm. Mr. Klrby, who Is seventy-two
years old, was accompanied by his sis
ter, Mrs. Tucker, r29 Center avenue,
Chicago, anil they were traveling over
the Northwestern road. She missed
him at Geneva, Wis.
Sheriff Solon, of Woodland. Wis.,
placed under arrest Albert Ullman, the
father of Ida Ullman, who was nhot
from ambush on August 3, near Neo
sho. He at onco confessed that he did
the shooting,
The Illinois auxiliary of the McKln
ley memorial association has reported
that the fund of $50,000 asked of the
people of Illinois had been raised. Tho
fund consists of over fifty thousand
subscriptions und, counting tho Intll
fldual school children who sent their
pennies in through schools, the ron
tilbutions in Illinois run Into the hun
dreds of thousands.
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
COMMAND NOT NEW TO QOBIN
Soldier Has Many Times Been Sent
to Awe Strikers
Gen. John P. S. Gobln, who Is In
command of the militia sent to quell
tho rioting nntl keep tho peace among
tho striking miners nt Shenandoah,
Pa., has been prominent ns a lender In
tho stnto guard for many years nnd
is himself an old soldier and pnst com
mander in chief of tho Grand Army
of tho Republic. Gen. Gobln was com
mander of a brigade during the war
with Spain nnd was elected lieutenant
governor of Pennsylvania In 1S98. He
has the full confidence of Gov. Stono
and has had experience In preserving
peace In the mining districts In the
time of strikes.
HAD TO SEE THE RING.
Indian Soldiers Visiting England
Make a Request.
A striking nnd hitherto unreported
Incident occurred nt tho reception of
the Indian officers given by Lord
George Hamilton.
When tho visitors hnd been present
ed they doffed their turbans and with
grent solemnity laid them nt Lord
George Hamilton's feet, while ono of
their number In the name of all prayed
that the secretary for India would
allow the Indian troops to remain In
England until they had an opportuni
ty of seeing their emperor the King
lace to face.
Tim I.uiM) Indians who are in Hump
ton court say they would willingly
forego every penny of their pay for
tho next two months if they were per
mitted to stay until the king is able
to review them.
"But If wo tlo not see the emperor, '
paid a native officer yesterday, "we
shall be disgraced. Every one In In
dia will laugh at us anil scorn us as
tho men who were not allowed to
see the empeior. Yes. we will slay
for the coronation If it can bo in Sep
tember: but, nt any rate, we must stay
until wo see the king." -London Mall.
TO WED A MILLIONAIRE.
Pretty Telephone Girl Wins Heart of
Albert Edward Tower.
Although tho date for the wedding
has not yet been fixed, preparations
aro already under way for the mar
riage" of Miss Mary Bogardus, a tele
phono girl of Poughkcepsie, N. Y to
Albert Edward Tower, millionaire pro
prietor of the Poughkeepslo Iron
Works. Miss Bogardus has resigned
her position in the telephone office and
with her sister is visiting iclatives in
tho country.
If tho wedding takes place enrly In
the fall, which is the anangement at
present, it will occur little more than
six months nfter tho wife of Mr. Tower
fatally shot her 11-yenr-oltl son nnd
killed herself In the palatial Tower
home In Poughkeepsle.
Tho acquaintance of Miss Bogardus
and Mr. Tower begnn when the manu
facturer's telephone became one of
m. v
l v.cY -
those which Miss Bognrdus answored
In her work-. Mr. Tower was charmed
by her voice, bought an introduction,
and proposed mnrrlnge. The engage
ment was to have been kept a secrot
owing to the recent tlenth of Mrs.
Tower, but now that it is out tho
pteparntlons for thu wedding aro in
pi ogress.
The Home of England's Wealth.
Tho Bank of England generally con
tains sufficient gold, In lfilb. bore, to
mako 20,000,000 sovereigns. Tho Dank,
which stands in three parishes, covers
three acres of ground, and, as tho
current price of lnnil In tho vicinity
works out nt JC 1,000,000 an aero, It
Is easy to form an Idea of the money
value of the homo of England's
wealth. Tho rntablo vnluo Is about
1,000 a week, tho Bank omploys
nbout 1,000 people, pays a quarter
of a million a year In wnges, and
35,000 a year In pensions. Thero
ore 23,000,000 worth of notes In cir
culation which hnvo been hmwlnd
over tho Bank's counter.
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DEATH OF VETERAN SAILOR
Commodore Montgomery, Ex-Confederate,
Passes Away at Chicago.
Commodore Joseph E. Montgomery
of tho old confederate navy died at
the home of his son, Dr. James Mont
gomery, 1S3 Cnss street. Jtfileago, at
tho age of S5 years, Hcs buried
at New Albany, Intl., In mo fanil
vault. Ills wife was hurled there six
teen years ago. The commodore U
survived by his son, Dr. James Mont
gomery, a daughter, Mrs. C. M. White,
and six grandchildren,
Commodore Montgomery was born
In Cnrrollton, Ky., elghty-flve years
ngo. After receiving his enrly educa
tion he showed a fondness Tor naviga
tion and tho earlier years of tits life
were spent In this pursuit on tho
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In 18(51
ho offered his services to Jefferson
Davis, of whom he was a warm per
sonal friend, nnd he entered tho seA
Ice under the command of Gen. Leonl
tlas Polk. Owing to his perfect knowl
edge of the country he wns placed
at tho head of a band of scouts and
gained his first marked distinction at
the battle of Belmont, whore he at
tempted to capture Gen. Grant. Tho
latter escaped, hut without his horse.
Deeauso of his bravery shown In this
fight Montgomery was commissioned
hy Jefferson Davis to construct a fleet
for the protection of tho Mississippi
river. He fought as commodore of
tho Hoot In engagements nt Fort Pil
low, Now Orleans and Memphis. After
the last named battle ho went to Mont
gomery and superintended the con
struction of the gunboat Nashville and
took It down tho Alabama river to,-
Mobile, whoro ho sank seven of Ad'
mlral Karragut's federal boats on
mines laid in Mobile Bay. After this
ho made nn attempt to cross overland
to Texas, but was taken by the north
ern troops. At the conclusion of tho1
war ho was pardoned by President
Johnson.
THE ANGEL OF THE TOMBS.
Remarkable Woman Who Recently
Died In New York.
A few weeks ago a woman died in
New York, und at the hour of herf
funeral nearly all the courts in that
great city suspended und many of tint
judges and officers attended. It wa-i
a singular tribute, not paralleled, per
haps, in history. This woman's nnnio
was Rebecca Salome Foster, and ot
her one of the Judges snltl: "Her name
wns strange In the social life of New
York. She founded no societies; sho
left no monuments in tirt or litei attire,
yet her death will bo mourned by
thousands of those sho hnd comfort
ed In New York nntl all over the land, M
by men In all walks of life, and espe
cially those of the criminal bar, who
hud dally been In contact with this
gentle, unobtrusive woman." She was
tho "Angel of tho Tombs," and had
dovoted herself to tho prisoners. It
was a tribute, to simple and self-forgetful
goodness which distinguished
judges and officers nntl condemned
criminals Joined In paying.
WILL ESTABLISH NAVAL SCHOOL.
Rear Admiral Taylor to Select Site on
the Great Lakes.
Rear Admiral Taylor, who Is at the
hoad of tho commission to Investigate
9 jg fg $
the shores of tho great lakes to soloct )
tho best slto for a naval school and
training station, Is chief of tho bureau
of navigation, and ono of tho most
scholarly mon In tho navy. Prior to
laiung cnargo of tho bureau of navi
gation ho wns tho moving spirit at tho
naval School at Nmvnnrt Ml la whnt
might ho called tho chief staff of
tho secrotary of tho navy, and has full
charge of tho personnel of tho navy
Ho was In commnnd of tho battleship i
Indiana in tho hattlo with the Spanish "
fleet at Santiago.
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