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.
