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BE , BRAVE. Poor holplcM lioart. thy 8ljhn wcro vain , Thv hidden tears , thy bitter pain Not thcso , nor all thy ploadin * prayers. Can bring the joy of vanished years. Smile , then , and lot the world HO by , Unheeded all , unheard thy nUh , For lnow that half the passlnz throng Arc nad ixa thou and Homo If all the garnered trust of years And holy love and mother's tears Cannot l-rlni back the priceless boon lie bravo , for thou Bhult find' It soon. If Justice , truth and risht are naught , And creed of venconco 111 hath wrought , In God's oun tltno tliu lUht miy bring Some good from every ovll thin ? . " Ho travo : the cycling year revolves With steady stroke , life's problem solves : If time despoils thy heart , Its hoallni ; power May bring tbco greater good some future hour. Uesslo Beech. PERCY ANDTHE PROPHET. 1IY WIJ..KII5 COLLINS. CHAPTER IX COXTIKIJED. For an hour , and moro than an hour , no event of any sort ocourred. Mr. Uowmore stulkod up and down the parlor meditatingAt intervals , idous of flight presented themselves uttraotivoly to his mind. At in tervals , ideas of the speech that ho had prepared for the public mooting on the next day took their pluco. "II I lly to-night , " he v/iscly observed , "what will become of my speech ? I will not fly to-night ! Lot them pul me in prison the people shall hcui mo ! " Ho sat down and crossed his arms fiercely. As ho looked at his wife , to sec what ollcet In had produced on her , the sound of heavy carriage wheels and the trampling of horses penetrated to the parlor from the garden gate. Mr. tioivmoro started to his foot with every appearance of having suddenly.altorod his mind on the question of flight Just as he reached the hall Percy's voice wa.e hoard ut the front door. "Lot mo in. Instantly ! Instantly ! ' ' Mrs. Jiowmoro drew back the bolts before the servants could help her. "Whoro is Charlotte ? " she cried , seeing Percy ulone on the doorstop. v "Gone ! " Percy answered , furiously. * " -loped to Paris with Captain Bervio ! I d her own confession. They wore jiis. ' sending a mossongcr with if when I reached the house. " Ho handed a note to Mrs. Bow- moro , and turned aside to speak tc her husband while she road it. Charlotte - lotto wrote to her mother briefly : "DEAUE3T MOTHEK I have loft J'OU for a few days. Pray don't be alarmed about mo , and pray don'1 think ill of me. Evoi-y thing shall be explained on my return. I am undei the most careful protection and ] have a lady for my companion on the journey. I will write again from Paris. Your loving daughter , "ClIAKLOTTE. " Percy took Mr. Bovmoro by the arm , and pointed to a carriage and four horses waiting at the garden gato.Do you como with mo , and back mo with your authority as "her father ? " he asked , briefly and stern ly. "Or do you Icavo mo to go alone ? " Mr. Bowmoro was famous among his admirers for his happy replies. He made one now. "I am not Brutus , " ho said. " ] am only Bowmore. My daughter before fore everything. Fetch my traveling- bag. " While the travelers' bags wore being - ing placed in the chaise , Mr. Bow moro was struck by an idea. He produced from his pocket a roll of many papers , thickly covered with writing. On the blank loaf in which they were tied up ho wrote , in the largest letters : "Frightful domestic calamity ! Vice-president Bowraoro obliged to leave England ! Welfare of a beloved daughter ! His speech will bo read at the mooting by Presi dent Joskin of the club. ( Private to Joskin : Have these lines printed , and posted everywhere ; and for God's sake , don't drop your voice at the end of sentences. ) " Ho threw down the pen , and em braced Mrs. Bowmoro in the most summary manner. The poor woman was ordered to send the roll of paper to the club , without a word to com fort or sustain her from her hus band's lips. Percy spoke to her hopefully and kindly as he kissed her check at parting. In another moment lover and father had started on the first stage from Dartford to Dover. CHAPTER X. Pursuit and Discovery. Feeling himself hurried away from all possible pursuit as fast as four horses could carry him , Mr. Bowmore had leisure to criticise Percy's con duct from his own purely selfish point of view. If you had listened to my advice , " ho said , "or if you had only suffered yourself to be persuaded by my daughter , who inherits my unerring instincts , you would have treated that man Borvio like a hypocrite , and villain that ho is. But no. you trust to your own crude impressions. Hav ing given him your hand after the duel ( I would have given him the contents of my pistol ! ) you hesitated to withdraw it again when that slanderer appealed to your friend ship not to cast him off. Now you see the consequence ! " "Wait till wo got to Paris. " All the ingenuity of Percy's traveling1 companion failed to extract from him any other answer than that. Foiled" so far , Mr. Bowmore began to start difficulties next Had they money enough for the journey ? Percy touched his pocket , and answered , shortly , "Plenty. " Had they passports ? Percy sullenly showed a letter. "There is the Lecessary voucher from a magistrate , " he said. "The consul at Dover will give us our passports ports- Mind this ! " ho added , in warning tones : "I have pledged my word of honor to Justice Berviec that tre have no political object in view in traveling in France. Keep your politics to yourself on the other side of the channel. " Mr. Bowmore listened in blank amazement. Charlotte's lover was appearing in a now character the character of a man who was actually losing his respect for Charlotte' * father ! It was useless to talk to him. He deliberately checked any further at tempts at conversation by leaning buck in the carriage and closing : his eyes. The truth is , Mr. Bowmoro'a own language and conduct wore in sensibly producing the salutary im pression on Percy's mind which Bor vie had vainly tried to convoy under the disadvantage of having Char lotte's influence against him. Throughout the journey Percy did exactly what Borvie had once en treated him to do ho kept Mr. Bowmoro at a distance. At every stage , they inquired after the fugitives. At every stage , ' they wcro answered by a more or loss in telligible description of Borvie and Charlotte , and of the lady who ac companied thorn. No disguise had boon attempted ; no person had in any case been bribed to conceal the truth. When the first tumult of his emotions hal in some , degree sub sided , this strange circumstance associated itself in Percy's mind with the equally unaccountable conduct of Justice Bervio on his arrival at the Manor house. The old gentle man met his visitor in the hall , with out expressing , and apparently with out feeling , any indignation at his son's conduct It was even useless to appeal to him for information. He only said , "I am not in Arthur's confidence ; ho is of age , and ray daughter is of age I have no claim to control them. I believe they have taken Miss Bowmoro to Paris ; and that is all I know about it. " Ho had shown the same dense insensibility in giving his official voucher for the passports. Percy had only to satisfy him or. the question of politics , and the document was drawn out as a matter of course. Such had been the father's behavior ; and the conduct of thn son now exhibited < he same shameless composure. T.O what con clusion did this discovery point ? Cher and over again Percy asked himself that question , and over and over aga'n ho abandoned the attempt to answer it in despair. They reached Dover toward two o'clock in the morning- . At the pier-hoad they found a coast-guardsman on duty , and more information. In 1317 the communi cation with France was still by sail ing vessels. Arriving long after the departure of the regular packet , Bervio had hired a lugger , and had sailed with the two ladies for Calais , having a fresh breeze in his favor. Percy's first angry im pulse was to follow h-m instantly. The next moment ho remembered the insurmouutablo obstacle o the passports. The consul would certqinly not grant those essentially necessary documents at two in the morning ! The only al ternative was to wait for the regular packet , which sailed some hours later between 8 and I ) o'clock in the forenoon. In this case , they might apply for their passports before their regular office hours , if they explained the circumstances , backed by the authority of the magistrate's letter. Mr. Bowmoro followed Percy to the nearest inn that was open , with sublime indifference to the delays and difficulties of the journey. He ordered refreshments with the air of a man who was performing a melan choly duty to himself in the name of humanity. "When I think of my speech , " ho said , at supper , "my heart bleeds for the people. In a few hours more they will assemble in their thousands eager to hear me. And what will they see ? Joskin in my place ! Joskin with a manuscript in his hand ! Joskin who drops his voice at the end of his sentences ! 1 will never forgive Charlotte. Waiter , another of . " glass brandy-and-water. Having succeeded In obtaining their passports , the travelers were troubled by no further difficulties. After an unusually quick passage across the channel they continued their journey by post as far as Amiens and reached that city in time to take their places by the diligence to Paris. "Arriving in Paris on the 3d of April , they encountered another in comprehensible proceeding on the part of Captain Bervie. Among the persons assembled in the yard to see the arrival of the diligence was a man with a morsel of paper in his hand , evidently on the lookout for some person whom he expected to discover among the travelers. After consulting his bit of paper , ho looked with steady at tention at Percy and Mr. Bowmore , and s'uddenly approached them. "If you wish to see the captain , " ho said , in broken English , "you will find him at that hotel. " Ho handed a printed card to Percy , and dis appeared among the crowd before it was possible to question him. Even Mr. Bowmore gave way to human weakness , and condescended to feel astonished in the face of such an event as this. "What next'he exclaimed. "Wait till we get to the hotel , " said Percy. In half an hour more they had got to the hotel. Percy pushed aside the waiter , as soon as he saw the door before him , and burst into the room. The captain was alone , sitting at the window , reading a newspaper. Before the first furious words had escaped Percy's lips , Bervio silenced him by pointing to a closed door on the right of the fire-place. "She is there , " ho said ; "speak quietly , or you may frighten her. I know what you are goins to say , " he added , as Percy stopped near to him , deter mined to bo heard. Will you give mo a minute to speak in my defense and then decide whether I am the greatest scoundrel living , or the best friend you over had ? " Ho put the question earnestly anil kindly , with something that was a. ' once grave and tender in his lool and manner. The extraordinary composure with which ho acted ant spoke had its tranquiliziiu ; influence over Percy. For the moment , ai least , ho felt himself surprised intc giving Bervio a hearing. "I will tell you first what ] have done , " Bervio nrocecdod ; "ant noxt. why I did it. For reason : presently to bo mentioned , I hav ( taken it on myself , Mr. Linwood , t ( make an alteration in your wedding arrangements. Instead of being married at Dartford church , j-ou wil bo married , if you see no objection , at the chapel of the embassy ir Paris , by my old college friend , th ( chaplain. " f This was too much for Percy's self control. "Your audacity is beyond belief ! " ho broke out. "Even grant ing that you speak the truth , how dare you interfere in ray affairs without permission ? " Bervie. held up his hand for silence. "Ono minute's hearing isn't much tc ask , " he said. "Take that cane in the corner , and treat mo as yoc would treat a dog that had bitter you. if I don't raako you alter youi opinion of me in one minute moro bv the clock ! " Percy hesitated. Mr. Bowmore seized the opportunity of making himself heard. "This is all very well , Captain Bervie , " ho began. "But I. for one , object under any circumstances , tc be made the victim of a trick. " "You are the victim of your owr obstinate refusal to profit by a plair warning , " Bervio rejoined. "At the eleventh hour I entreated you , and ] entreated Mr. Linwood , to provide for your own safety and I spoke in vain. " Percy's patience crave way once more. "Your minute by the clock is pas-ing he interposed ; "and you have said nothing to justify yourself yet" Very well put ! " Mr. Bowmore chimed in. "Corns to the point , sir ! My daughter's reputation is in ques tion. " "Miss Bowmorc's reputation is not in question for a single instant , " Bervie answered. "My sister has been the companion of the journey from first tojast. " "Journey ? " Mr. Bowmore repeated , indignantly. "I want to know , sir , what the journey moans ? As an outraged father , I ask one plain question. Why did you run away with my daughter ? " Instead of answering the "out raged father , " Bervio took two slipa of paper from his pocket , and handed them to Percy with a smile. "I ran away with the bride , " ho said coolly , "in the certain knowl edge that you and Mr. Bowmore would run after me. If I had not forced you both to follow rae out of 'England on the 1st of April , you would have boon made state prison ers on the 2d. Thojo slips of paper are copies of the warrants which my father's duty compelled him to is sue for 'the arrest of Percy Linwood and Orlando Bowmoro ! ' I may di vulge the secret noiv warrants are waste paper here. Don't speak , Percy ! the minute isn't quite at an end yet Answer me one question , and 1 have done. I vowed I would be worthy of your generosity on the day when you spared my life. Have I kept my word ? " For once there was an Englishman who was not contented to express the noblest emotions that humanity can feel by the commonplace cere mony of shaking hands. Percy's heart overflowed. In an ou&bursi of unutterable gratitude , ho threw himself on Borvie's breast As brothers the two men embraced. As brothers they loved and trusted one another from that day forth. The door of the room on the right was softly opened from within. A charming face the dark eyes bright with happy tears , the rosy lips just opening into a smile peeped into the room. A low , sweet voice , with an undor-note of trembling in it , made this modest protest in the form of an inquiry : "When you have quite done with him , Percy , perhaps you will have something to say to ME ? " THE EXD. Woman's Trim. Venice , the bride of the sea , slum bered. In the moonlight a youth pleaded with his inamorata to fly wit'i him. "Let in us away my gondola dola ! " ho exclaimed passionately. She gazed into his love-warm eyes. "Yea , " she suddenly cried , "Iam forced to trust thee ! You " The last battlement of doubt before the citadel of her heart had been scaled. " won't wobble the boat , will you , dearest ? " She paused not for a reply , but stepped aboard the grace ful craft Puck. 1 he , T.'TT < In Germany. There has been a relative decrease of the Jewish contingent in , Germany in recent years. According to the latest statistical year book of the German empire , there are now 6,277 Protestants , 3,576 Catholics , 29 other Christians , 115 Jews and 27 other religionists in every lO.OuO inhab itants. Ten years ago the proportions tions were .6,263 Protestants , 8,589 Catholics , 17 other Christians , 124 Jews and 56.8 adherents of other religions. Millionin It. If the money spent every year in this country on drink were given tea a person in $5 gold pieces , he might walk anund the world at the equa tor and drop three at every step , and then only just exhaust the supply. PERSPECTIVE OP SANTIAGO DE CUBA. [ From the Kansas City Journal. ] 1 Morro castle. - La Soeapa. 3 Smith Island. 1 Xlspcro bay. 5-Carivlwi. (5 ( PoIntOordn. 7 Cabanltas bay. -Cajuma bay. 9 Katones Island. ID- Julian , li-Point Yarey. 1-J- Point La Cruz. 13-Cubcra. 11 Aguada river. 15 Point Portiiloza. lt > Point Hlauca. 17-Oacon river. IS Caimanes river. 19 Point Duan. 'JO MIradero bay. 21Minnie ro. 1'aradas. -Point Sal. 21-Cinco Kcalcs. WASHINGTON- , May 30. The land locked bay of Santiago de Cuba , when the Spanish ileet is now harbored , it known among coast traders as indis cernible at any distance. It is yet big enough to afford anchorage even to a large fleet of warships. The entrance to the harbor Is narrow and pro ceeds for a distance between hlvh hills thai tower above the bay seeming almost to toucl : each other unless viewed from a point Immedi ately opposite the opening. The bay itself i.- from flve to six miles from end to end and Iti width varies from two to two and ouc-hall miles. Inside the entrance the bay spreads oul into a broad sheet of water that was described by the American consul in 1895 as "ample foi commerce , being well protected by the hillt against the severest storm. " The consul con tinues : "A little dredging would enable the largest vessels to come to its wharves. " The most formidable fortification to be en countered by the American fleet , should it at tempt to enter the harbor , Is Moro castle , whiei stands high on the hill to the right of the en trance. The castle is an ancient , piled up fort ress , built in 1WO. Just what late addition * have been made to its armament is known onlj to the Spanish government , but the castle hah been noted in years past more for its ancient , picturesque appearance than for the destruct- ivcness of its guns. The old fort is piled up with many turrets and endless stairways thai climb from the water's edge to a huge battle door. A deep moat surrounds the castle and across it is a drawbridge that has not been raised in centuries. In 1895 , when the Arnerlcar consul wandered through the narrow passage * of the harbor guard he reported that it would offer ineffectual resistance to modern method * of warfare. La Butteria , a little star shaped fort , adjoins Morro castle at the entrance and mounts guns of a more modern type than those of its neigh bor. A little inside the entrance i-i Cayo Smith , a small island which oners opportunity for de fense against a fleet that might pass Moro wvstlo. On this island i * built a government magazine , where Spanish men-of-war and troops in the island are furnished with arms and ammunition. All explosives imported into the island are required by the government to be de posited in the magazine , and it is possible that the Spanish licet landed there a fresh supplj for the soldiers on the island. On the shore to the left of the magazine i i Puerta de Sal , a castle that has been in ruins for years. Two rivers , El Caimanes and El Parades , flow into the bay from the mountains , where are lo cated the Cuban armies. The rivers are not larger than what are commonly called creeks in America , and are noted for their shady recesses and smooth water. On the right side of the bay , near the mouth , SsCinco Realcs ( lifty cents ) , a coaling station , and between it and the lower end of the city are several villas belonging to wealthy merchants of the city. The most notable is La Cruz , which is occupied by Charles II. Zicgenfuss , manager of the Subbanilla y Maroto , the prin cipal railroad of the province. Near the boat landing of La Cruz the huge iron pier of the Jurugua company stretches out into the water. The pier cost S'X-0,000 and the ore which is loaded at its side is of the richest description , being from C5 to 08 per cent pure. Some of this ore found its way into the plate of our Ameri can cruisers , and some of the 53,000,000 armor plates of the Itussian government were manu factured from it. The only other port in the bay is Punta Blanca , which lies between La Cruz and the city. The fort is said to be well manned , and is built on a bank of white sand. The city of Santiago was once the island's capital. It is situated in a natural amphithea ter , with a background of mountains. Crum bling walls , turrets and towers , houses with pillored balconies , open courts , wide corridors and big , heavily barred windows combine to make it one of the most picturesque citjes of the West Indies. At the back , the gray walls of the city abattoir are ever present reminders to all Americans of the fate of the Virginius , for there it was that fifty-three of her officers and crew were shot in 1873. The city was founded by Velasquez in 1514 and is perhaps the oldest city of the hemisphere. It has seen wars and earthquakes , butcheries and conquests. From there Cortez started to conquer the Aztecs of Mexico. The city itself has no fortifications , but depends on Moro cas tle and its adjuncts for protection. The nar row entrance to the harbor is favorable to the defense of the city by submarine mines , and the shallowness of the harbor would make the man euvering of deep draught battle ships ex tremely difficult. The population in 1895 was 59.011. The mean temperature in summer is SS degrees ; in win ter , 82 degrees. It is regarded as very un healthy , yellow fever being prevalent through out the year , and smallpox epidemic at certain times. These conditions are dde to the lack of sanitary and hygienic measures ; all refuse mat ter , as well as dead dogs , eats , chickens , etc. . being thrown into the streets to decay and fill the air with disease germs. A railroad called the Sabanllla & Maroted runs from the city to San Luis , twenty-five miles distant , with a branch to Alto Songo. twelve miles in length. It is largely owned and controlled by citizens of Spain Asks for a Joint Protest. LONDON , May 27. The Koine corre spondent of the Daily Mail says : "Spain recently sent a note inviting the powers to protest" jointly against the blockade of Cuba. The powers decided to take no action and no replies have been received at Madrid. " Kentucky to Furnish a Xcpro Regiment. FKAXKFOF.T. Ky. . May -7. Governor Bradley has announced that unless otherwise instructed by the President one of Kentucky's regiments on the second call will consist of negroes. the United States. Santiago Is the headquar ters for three large mining plants owned by United States citizens , viz : The Jurugua , the Spanish-American and the Sigua , together rep resenting the investment of about ? 8AA ( > ,000 ; the last named arc not in operation. Santiago is the capital of the province and Oriental region. There are a number of tobacco factories , but the chief business Is the exportation of raw ma terials and the Importation of manufactured goods and provisions. Sugar , iron ore , manga nese , mahogany , hides , wax , cedar and tobacco are exported to the United States. Senor Enrique Caprlles , governor of Santiago de Cuba , in an interview printed In La Handera- Enpanalo of May 18 , is quoted us saying ; ' Spain has 200,000 regular troops and volun teers in Cuba , and we light on our .soil. Those of us who are from Spain are acclimated , and we are entrenched. Therefore , one of us is equal to two invaders , yes , to three invaders. ' We hoar America proposes to assail us with 100,000 men. Some reports say 150,000 and raw ley-ics. We invite four times that number to enrich our fields with their carcasses. The greater the number the greater the glory. Let us keep our hearts elevated by patriotism and thoughts of our wrongs. Our flag has been called the 'golden and bloody flag of Spain. ' In our hands it may indeed win that name. " The feeling against Americans in Santiago de Cuba is most bitter. The Spaniards threaten to confiscate plantations owned by Americans. NO LONGER "INSURGENTS. " Gomez Siys Ills men Are Soldiers of the Keptilillc First Xo\v of Manila. NEW YOIIK , May 27. Tomas Estrada Palma , the representative of the Cuban republic in New York , has just re ceived the first copy of Las Villas , the war bulletin which is published by au thority of General Gomez at the head quarters of the Cuban army. It con tains the oilicial news and movements of the army of liberation and is an in teresting publication. Printed , of course , in Spanish , it comprises three columns on two sides of a sheet about 10x14 inches. The paper has a green ish tint , and the type is set up and printed at General Gomez's headquar ters under his direction. The first mimber , under date of May 10 , is des ignated as ' Supplement AA. " and con tains a half column account of the bat tle of Manila , which conveyed for the first time to the soldiers of the Cuban army the facts concerning Hear Ad miral Dewey's victory in the Philip pines. Ecsidcs the official notices and orders issued to the army , the paper contains a long address issued to the Cuban army and people by General Gomez , in which he says : ' I , Maximo Gomez , commander-in-chier of the Cuban army , take this opportunity , through the medium of Las Villas , which hsreaf tcr will be published once each week at the headquar ters of the army of liberation , to communicate with those of my command and our people. In view of the adoption of the constitution of the republic of Cuba and the armed intervention of the United States in our behalf to aid us in ob taining our independence , which soon will be recognized by all the -world , I desire to make known that our soldiers no longer shall be known as insurgents , but as soldiers of the regular armv of the republic. ' I take this occasion to remind each Cuban in service that he now has a country recognized , for which he must fight with all honor and glory. He is now a Cuban soldier and not an insurgent , and will respect the rules of civilized warfare. I will order punished any chief officer or private who fails to respect the rights of our prisoners of war , and such prisoners will bo treated with respect to their ranks _ and accord ing to the rules of civilized countries and the constitutional army. "Our soldiers will conduct themselves in such a manner as to gam for themselves the good of fices of our brethcrn of the United States , and for this reason it is my wish that the army of Cuba may exhibit model disiepline. I desire to impress upon you that we will not continue this war , which so gallantly has been kept up for the last three years , with the idea of re venge. We are lighting for liberty and inde pendence and not for revenge , and I would call your attention to the fact that the history of the world shows that loss of blood ha- > always been the _ price of liberty. "Spanish soldiers have never been known to die for honor except when they were opposed as ten to one. Their idea of honor has been to assassinate defenseless women and children whose protectors are now fighting for freedom in our army. Their idea of honor has been to rob , to plunder. They die for honor drinking , gambling and committing crimes against hu manity and against society , but now they will die before American and Cuban arms. "I take this opportunity to speak thus to our people and our army .that they may be encour aged and know that we now have noble allies who will aid us in our fight for freedom , which long has been deserved and which we can now see will be a reality at no distant day. I shall also from time to time , in Las Villas , communi cate with you in the same manner. " Troopers to Join the Cubans. CHICAGO , May 27. A troop of fifty- seven cavalrymen , equipped at private expense , left Chicago for Cuba yester day , under the command of Major Hig- gins. All lUt nine of the men have served in the regular army. South Carolina Xaval Keserves on Duty. CIIAKLKSTOX , S. C. . May : > 7. Eighty- five members of the Charleston naval reserves left here to-day for New York. They have been ordered there to man the Celtic King with naval reserves from New York. President McKinley Makes the Kansan - san a General of Volunteers , * BIG BATCH OF NAMES SENT IN , Ono of tlio low Appointment * From Civil I.lfe Colonel Lloyd " \Vhcnton and Col onel YVullnco F. Itundolph I'romotctl Tivo Grades Otlicr No WASHINGTON , May 23. The Presi- llent to-ilay sent these nominations to the Senate : To be brigadier generals Colonel Robert IT. Hall , Fourth United States infantry ; Colonel Edwin V. Suinner , Seventh United States cav alry ; Colonel Peter C. Ilaines , corps of engineers ; Colonel George tiillcspie , corps of engineers ; Colonel Marcus 1 * . Miller , Third United States artillery ; Colonel Jacob Kline , Twenty-first United States infantry ; Lieutenant Col onel Osward Ernst , corps of engineers ; Lieutenant Colonel Loyd Wheaton , Twentieth United States infantry ; Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Mac- Arthur , assistant adjutant gen eral ; Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Hasbrook , Fourth United States artillery ; Lieutenant John C. Gil- niorc , assistant adjutant general ; Lieutenant Colonel Wallace F. Ran dolph , Third United States artillery ; Major Joseph 1' . Sanger , inspector gen eral ; Frederick I ) . Grant of New York , One Hundred and forty-fourth New York volunteer infantry ; Harrison Gray Otis of California , Henry M. luf- field of Michigan , Charles King of Wis consin , Lucius F. Hubbard of Minnesota seta , George A. Garrison of Ohio , Will iam W. Gordon of Georgia , John A. Wiley of Pennsylvania , William A. Bancroft of Massachusetts , William J. MeKce of Indiana , Francis V. Greene of Seventy-iirst New York volunteer infaiitrj' ; Charles Fitzsimmons of Illi nois , Joseph K. Hudson of Kansas , Jo seph Rush Lincoln of Iowa. These oilicers will rank in the order their names were sent to the Senate. Among the appointments from the army are Colonel Lloyd Wheatou and Colonel Wallace F. Randolph. Colonel Wheaton was second in command in the Twentieth infantry , Fort Leaven- worth , under Colonel Hawkins , who has been made brigadier. Colonel Ran dolph was stationed at Fort Riley for several years , where he was next in rank to Colonel Arnold , now IJrigadier General Arnold. Of those appointed probably the best known in the West i.s General Hudson. He saw four years of hard service in the civil war. He enlisted as a private in Company C. Third regiment , at Fort Leavenworth , July 30 , 1801 , and two months later received a commission as second lieutenant from Governor Rob inson. When the Third ar'l Fourth Kansas regiments consolidated as the Tenth , a year later , Hudson was commissioned iirst lieutenant of the new regiment. A month later he was detailed us act ing regimental r'ljutant. In June , 18G3 , he was appointed aide on the stall'of Brigadier General Thomas A. Davics , and the next month was as signed to the same position on the staff of Major General Schofiuld. In Decem ber of the same year he was commis sioned by the President as major of the Sixty-second United States infantry. General Hudson was in the skirm ishes and engagements of the army of the frontier from its organization at Fort Scott , Kan , , in August , 1801. to July , 1803. in the campaigns in Mis souri , Indinn territory and Arkansas , including the engagements at Dry Wood , Newtonia , Old Fort Wayne , Cane Hill , Van IJurcn and Prairie Grove under the various commands of Generals Fremont , Hunter , Blunt , Herron , and Schofield. At the time he was promoted to be major his regiment was ordered down the Mississippi to join Banks on the Red river. It saw service at Morganzia Bend , Baton Rogue and Port Hudson on the Mississippi river and at Boca Chica Pass , Brownsville and Ringgold barracks. Hudson was in command of the regiment for some time on Brazes , Santiago island and had a detached service commanding six companies of infantry and one of cavalry at Ringgold Barracks. lie participated in the bat tles of Palmetta ranch on the Rio Grande river May 11 which was the last engagement of the war. Charles King of Wisconsin is known as the writer of army stories. He has served in the regular army , having been retired as a captain. WELCOME TO THE OREGON , News of the Uattleshlp's Arrival Arouses KnthuHlahiii in tbo Elockadc. KEV WEST , Fla. , May 2S. News of the arrival of the battleship Oregon at Key West reached the blockading squadron early to-day and was signaled to all the vessels , creating intense en thusiasm. The Baltimore Not Disabled. LOXDO v , May 23. The stories circu lated at Madrid and elsewhere regard ing the serious disablement of the 15al- timore , are evidently groundless. The Rainy Season Keglna In Cuba. KEV WEST , Fla. , May 23. The rainy season is just beginning in Cuba and the fleet of warships and newspaper dispatch boats have experienced bail weather during the last week , with requent violent rainstorms. Off the ? uban coast to-day the weather is pleasant. Nearly 45.OOO at Chlckaniuuga. CHATTAXOOOA , Tciin. , May 23. The volunteer army at Chickainauga now numbers nearly -J5.000 men and it con- .inues . to grow.
