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The Omaha Daily Bee.
The Bee's Sunday Magazine
Features Out-top Those of
All Competitors.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1371.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1903.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
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ART WEDDING GIFTS gfiffi1??
World's greatest modern Madonna, In oval black
frame, for Saturday only, a I2.UO value,
yours for
Bame Madonna In 10-ln. frame, a H.00 1 2
value; Saturday only, yours for ""U
Very acceptable Wedding Gifis.
IG.on Aurora, size o J10.00 Pastels, fj 70
22X36 O.O b. Chandler. M,10
$10.00 Carbons, selected Q fill
subjects ,
$3.ou Photogravures of masterpieces, framed In the
best of hardwood moulding, a great f fn
bargain, at i.w
Other suitable selection from $. 85C
VkAM i N i VV E DO 'LOTS ' OK ' ' IT.' ' ' LET U3
HAVE YOLK WORK SATl'RDAV SURE.
SECO.NL FLOOR.
SATURDAY IN THE DR.Y GOODS
Ladies' Neckwear fit Very t ow Prices
All lace and fancy einhroulercd stocks, fancy enihroUlcrert turu overs, white
duck and Swiss stocks with or without tubs, values iu this lot 2 iC
worth up to 5c, Saturday's special, each JVi
50 dozen new Swiss and NiUusooenftn dered Chemisettes, trimmed In
dainty lnce. values worth up to ?2.(M) each, Saturday each. .1.2T, C
$1.00, 75c. fJOc and
Silk Gloves itu . , . -
Ivanhoe and Kayser's all silk gloves, all colors, with warranted Sfln
double linger tips, Saturday, pair fi
Kayser's extra quality line lisle Gloves, with double finger tips, 'iP
all colois, Saturday, pair 0
Ladies' Handkerchief Sale
200 dozen extra fine all linen and Swiss embroidered, and hemstitched 1
edges with embroidered corners, worth up to 23c, Saturday, each. . . Ivt
For The Little Ones, 3 wv
Children's hats, white corded pique, buttoued tops edged with Slip
rlckrack, sale JUC
Children's Piqne Coats
Little ones from 1 to 4 years, former price $2.00 to ?4.00, QKf
all now .. JSJ
SPUN GLASS rETTI COATS with 0-inch accordion pleated flounce,
regular U8c value, sale Saturday, only tJ
CHILDREN'S CORDED SILK HATS, fancy trimmed, pink, navy, Aft
red and white, values up to $:i.50, two lots, Use and 7tJ
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SUN BONNETS, in ginghams, 1C.
percales, and chambrays, nicely made, all colors Jt
OUR STARTLING SALE OF LADIES' WASH WAISTS, COMMENCED
FRIDAY MORNING, WILL BE CONTINUED ALL DAY SATURDAY.
New Wash Waists, sold from 7oc to $1.00, at 48o
Exclusive "Sinclair" Millinery
For Saturday.
Smart, New and Exclusive Lines
for Street Wear.
A very clever polo-turban of transparent
silk braid, folded and twisted into clever
tailor effect and trimmed with real
pigeon wings, hat in champagne body
with the wings harmonizing, an exclu
sive "Sinclair" hat cut gives you a fair
idea of its dash and eclat; an
astonishing millinery bargaii
Saturday for
Lingerie Hats. Lingerie Hats.
The ideal mid-summer hat in all colors and white, dainty em
broidered linen with facings of Valenciennes lace shirred
mousseline open work straw, shell shapes, finished in dainty
wreaths and ribbon bows; lingerie hats in their very appear
ance are suggestive of coolness and comfort; they are sensible
for hot weather wear, and they match perfectly 4Q
with linen suits, $1.00 values for tJTJ
Sailors. Sailors. Sailors.
Roll-brims and flats; duck and pique finished with velvet
ribbon and ornament trimming ponpom or duck, CIS
or Alsatian bows, $1.'0 value, for JJ
lfr
3 tou a fair
;..$5
Lingerie Hats.
THE DINNERWARE SALE
A Rousing Whole Week's Success
9.98
SfECIAL TRICES PREVAIL, AND DOUBLE GREEN TRADING
STAMPS SATURDAY.
See our set
at ,
33 1-3 PER CENT OFF CUT GLASS. NO SECONDS, NO CHIPPED
riECES. NO FLAWS ALL PERFECT GOODS AND 331-3 TER CENT
OFF OUR USUAL LOW PRICES SATURDAY.
Beautiful Thin China Berry Set pretty decorations, gold stippled $12
7 pieces Of C
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Thin Blown Table Tumblers a hummer for Saturday,
e for -
No deliveries on this.
HAVILAND CHINA some patterns at one-half other prices, at one
third Bennett's former prices
SECOND FLOOR.
25c
Hardware Specials
for Saturday Only
Thirty ($3.00) Green ' Trading 8tamps with
any painted Screen Door, complete
with hinges and trimmings uw"
Bring your correct measures.
Double Green Trading Stamps on all
Paints Saturday.
Ready Mixed Paint, per gallon, Qfir
1.3u and f ow
- - Fure lead and oils.
Forty (M.00) Green Trading Stamps with
any Gasoline Oven, 2.18, I1.79 Q5C
DoubieGreen'TradYng Stamps on all f QW
Gasoline Stoves, i.88. $2.98 and
Double Green Trading Stamps on all Ice
Cream Freezers, White Mountain, 1 A 4
Arctlo or Wonder, prices un from.. ""
Twenty (12.00) Green Trading Stamps with
Child's 8-plece Garden Bet, 25c, 1()c
16c and : "
Ten (tl) Green Trading Stamps with Ifin.
Ice Pick or Chisel, 24c. 14c, 12o and...,v,w
Ten ($1.0tl) Green Trading Stamps with set
White Metal Tea Spoons, whut . Ifin
you want for camping
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with set
White Metal Table Spoons, what Oflc
you want for camping w
Twentv ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
Galvanized Refrigerator Pans ...Boc and 38c
Double Green Trading Stamps on Rubber
Hose In 60-foot lengths, at $i.60 4,50
and ,
Double Green Trading Stamps on nicely
Japanned, Galvanized Lined, Charcoal
Filled Water Coolers, from 3 gallons un
to 10 gallons, $4.60, $3.50, $2.60, f BC
$2.10 and
BASEMENT.
The "Midget" Sewing
Machine
Cleverest little piece
of mechanism you
, . ever saw.
One free with every
Sewing ?7 50
Machine.. i,U
Big Cut on Stock
RUGS
Room Size Pieces of Linoleum
and Remnants of Matting
Room size pieces, and smaller rem
nants of best surface Uneoleum,
worth 65c yard, 39c
Room size pieces of Inlaid, worth $1.40,
$1.50 and $1.75 per square ()Ur
yard, at VOW
Brussels Rugs, 9x12, worth $20ft OR
and $21. at
Good Velvet Rugs. 8-3x11, at 12.9S
Good Velvet Rugs, 8-3x12-8, at.... 14.48
Good Axmlnlster, 10-6x11-9, at 21.98
Remnants of Mattings, worth 25c, 30o
and 35c, at 12o
THIRD FLOOR.
75c
Saturday Shoe Sale
Ladles' White Canvas Oxfords, all
sizes, all widths, tip and PA
plain toes, at from $2.50 tcl.JU
Misses' White Canvas Oxfords and
three-button ties,. 90 C
Child's .White Canvas Oxfords and
three-button ties, .
at
Misses' Linen Oxfords, developer
last, whlto kid lined, J)()c
Men's Canvas Oxfords and Prt
and Balmorals, at 1U
Men's Canvas Oxfords and f TfC
and Balmorals, at IttLD
Boys' Canvas Oxfords and 1 ff
and Balmorals, at l.UU
G.000 pairs of Dorothy Dodd Ox
fords, Gibson Ties and Pumps,
made In all leathers.
Double Green Trading Stamps on
all purchases In Shoe section until
noon.
Barefoot Sandals by the AO
hundred, at JOC
Twenty Green Trading Stamps.
Bennett's Great Meat Market
THE MARKET THAT LEADS
Best quality Lowest prices.
SPRING CHICKENS!
Strictly fresh dressed Springs.jQ
All fresh dressed Hens, Hlr
pound 1 1 w
All fresh dressed Young Ul r
Roosters, pound
Mmm
a".iMt
BENNETTS BIG GROCERY
A Splendid list of Money Pavings
for Saturday's Bin Business.
Six Hundred and Five t$60.50) Green
Trading Stamps with the whole purchase
of list every Item on separate sale.
tot Ay t orty t$4.i) ureen Trading
y r Stamps with two-lb. can
liennetta Breakfast . fkj,-.
Coffee OC
Thirty ($3.00) Ureen Trading
Stumps with pound Wr
Tea (any kind) UCJC
Forty ($4.00) Uteen Trading
Stamps with sack Pride of
Pcnnett's t
Flour Of
Twenty ($2) Green Trading
Stamps with can OMn
Diamond "8" Fruits Olr
Twenty ($2) Green Trading
Stamps with three-nound
z"k catl Burnham'B Olr
.-," Clam Chowder AVJfc
tive-pound can Bennett's Capitol (1(1
Bakiiig Powder I.UU
Fifty ($.i.0u) Ureen Trading Stamps lip
with live pounds Tapioca Cf iJW
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps with
ten pound box delicious Call- Rr'
fornla Prunes JtJ
Twenty ($2.uo Gieen Trading Stamps with
?ound California Sultana en
taislns lOW
Ten (l.UO) Green Trading Stamps with
package Monsoon Seeded Raisins
Ten ($1."j0) Green Trading Stamps with
3 packages Swan's Down Codfish....
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
dozen large Dill Pickles
Ten ($1.00) Ureen Trading Stamps with
quart sour Pickles
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pint large Imported Olives
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps :
with frame Colorado Honey
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps Oflr
with pound full Cream Cheese iVW
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound full Cream Brick O fir
Cheese Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps wlthOJ.e
Jar McLaren's Cheese 'W
Five (50c) Green Trading Stamps f Hp
with Jar McLaren's Cheese a-V
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps OOo
with pound Mulnsler Cheese "UW
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
gound can Diamond "S"
almon
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps 01-
with can Oav's Island Clams
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three cans Rocky Mountain Oc
Cream 45 OC
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
package Gusto Breakfast Food, 12C
with cup or saucer
10c
25c
12c
10c
23c
Clothing Section
BUTTER BUTTER BUTTER
RECEIVED EVERY DAY FROM
FINEST DAIRIES.
Bennett's Capitol Creamery, best pro
duced, pound brick, 'yKc
(full weight)
Fresh Country Butter, fC
pound
FRESH EGGS RECEIVED DAILY.
FREE. FREE. FREE.
Ice-cold Buttermilk free to every
oneserved at Butter counter.
Pork Shoulder Roast, . ..... f3-
pound ,..Uifc
Choice No. 1 Sirloin Steaks of l')!.,
native steers, at pound IJW
Leaf Lard, 14 pounds 1 00
HAMS! HAMS!
4,000 pounds of choice Otoe, brand regu
lar hams, average 10 to 12 pounds,
every one guaranteed, on 1H-i
sale at, pound
Thirty (W.ui) Green Trading Stamps
with each ham.
Morrell's la. Pride California Hams,
8 pounds average, at, ft Im
pound IU4C
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps
with each ham.
HERRING! HERRING!
New Holland Herring In kegs, ail
milchers, guaranteed, at, rTR-.
per keg A uC
Fifty ($6.00) green trading stampb
with euch keg.
GOOD THINGS AT THE DELICA
TESSEN COUNTER.
Fresh shipments dally from Welsel
& Co., Milwaukee.
Pure Pork Breakfast Sausage, Ham
burger, Link Pork Sausage, Bulk Pork
Sausage, etc., etc., our own make,
BASEMENT.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three large cans Omar Baked Beans... 27c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pint bottle Snlder'B Salad Dressing..,. 2oc
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pint bottle Snlder's Chill Sauce 2oO
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
qt. can Llbby-McNell's Soups, asstd...20o
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
quart can Huckln's Soup, assorted. . .30c
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
quart can Armour's Soups, asstd 24c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three-pound can Table Syrup 120
I Tomatoes, 3-lb can 7c
dozen cans 75c
Corn, 2-lb. can.... 6c
dozen cans 56c
Early June Peas, 2-
lo. cans tc
FREE
Diamond "C" Soap,
ten bars 25c
Rex Lye, can 6o
Washing Powder,
package 2'jc
Ahamo Soap, cake oc
Expert demonstrators serving
good things to eat and drink.
Extra Clerks to Avoid Waiting.
BEXKETT'S CAXDV SECTION.
Marshmallows, vanilla flavored, most de
licious, 25 In sack 5c
Per pound 15c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pkg Old Fashioned Molasses Candy... 5c
A Ciar Opportunity
On Saturday morning we place on sale
a genuine clear Havana Cigar Wind
sor House Boquet three-for-a- K
quarter size each
F,0tr'..ln..b?x. 2.00
Ten cent size.
each
Windsor House Rothschild, QQ0
four for OL.
Fifty In box Q OPi
for d,CO
Our stock in this brand Is limited, so.
do not fail to get In on this price.
Get a Hammock. Bi Green Trading Stamp Sensation Saturday
Larpe Mexican Sea Grass Hammocks, open mesh, very durable, will Qfip
stand the suu aud rain, regular $1,113 kind at OC
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Heavy Woven Hammocks with pillow and valance, all colors and va
rieties our assortment is the best In the city.
Saturday we give Fiftr ($3."i) Green Trading Stamps with every Oflr
Hammock sold for $2.48, fl.fls, $1.50, $1.'J5 aud JOG
Ail our heavy double woven Hammocks, extra large, beautiful de- Jt QU
signs, Oriental and Indian patterns regular $0 and $7 kinds, at. .T.0
One hundred $10.(X)) Green Trading Stamps.
Roller Skates! Roller Skates!
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with Boys' or Girls' Skates
up from
25 per cent off on all our Base Ball Gloves and Mitts Saturday
SPORTING GOODS DEPT.
40c
GREAT SALE STATIONERY
1,000 assorted boxes fine writing paper and envelopes, latest shapes
and delicate shades.
Best grades bond and linen fabric finish paper, sell regularly at
35c aud 4Sc box, special 1C
"The rictorial Review", the best fashion magazine for women,
July Number, regular 15c, at
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps. Book Stalls, Malu Floor.
9c
A Prices 1
Cii
1 For You
Sale
Outing Suits, Norfolks, Single
and Double Breasted,
Sailors, Russian Blouse
All the Latest Styles aid
Goods. 2l2 to 16 Years
Sold up to $7.50
All 0ie Price
E
One Hundred ($10.00)
Green Trading Stamps
UXCLE SAJl'S NEGRO TROOPS
Organisation and Achievements of Colored
Soldiers la the Army.
LU UrrltLKa vr int nnjuni.ii j
Successful Careers of Four 1 Colored
OOlcers Sow 8rvlns; In the
Army Colored Chaplains
for Colored Troops.
There have long been colored men in the
navy. There were colored volunteers In
both the union and confederate armies; In
the former more than 150,000; in the latter
only a few thousand, the last months of
the war, but there has never been a col
ored commissioned officer In the navy.
There were ro colored officers with the
union or confederate colored volunteers In
the civil war. Soon after the war there
were organised four colored regiments for
the regular army, two of cavalry and two
Of Infantry, all the ofllcers being white.
The Ninth cavalry was created under the
act of July 2S, 1.SH6. Its first colonel was
Edward Hatch, un Iowa volunteer captain
In 1361 and a brevet major general at the
close of the war. The first lieutenant colo
nel was the present Major General Wesley
Merrltt, retired. The first majors were
James T. Wade, son of Senator Ben Wade,
of Ohio, now a major general; Colonel
Geoige A. Forsythe and General A. F.
Morrow. Other officers who have served
In the Ninth cavalry are Lieutenant Gen
eral Adna R. Chaffee, Brigadier General A.
B. Weils, Francis Moore and L. H. Rucker.
The present colonel is E. 8. Godfrey, a
civil war soldier; the lieutenant colonel E.
A. Godwin, and the majors C. A. Varnum,
J. B. Erwin ard George H. Morgan.
Lswtoa In the Heglment.
The Tenth cavalry was organized at
about the same time; Its first colonel was
Benjamin H. Orierson. the Illinois volun
teer who became a major general In the
civil war. He was colonel of the Tenth
or twenty-four years. Others who have
Her and the late Generals Guy V. Henry
served with the regiment In various other
positions are Generals U. G. Huntt, T. A.
Baldwin. J. Forsythe. Anson Mills, T. J.
Wlnt and R. II. Pratt, and Colonels W.
8. Edgerley, M. B. Hughes, and E. D. Plin
moi'k. The colored regiments not only
in lu.t nralse for their aiiMterlv ntmllriet
ng inaian campaigns, out mey were
mid to no troops In tlielr bravery and
. lency la Cuba In 1S&S. A part of two
laments and all of the other regiments
were on duty In the Philippines.
Ibe Twnty-X"urth was erganlstd ea No
vember 11. 1SC9. Its first colonel was R. S.
MacKenzle, who made a famous record In
the civil war, beginning as a second lieu
tenant Just from West Point and finding
himself a major general at the end of the
war. Ho was one of the youngeBt colonels
the regular army ever had. He died a
brigadier general many years ago. Another
of the colonels of the Twenty-fourth was
Abner Doubleday, who was a captain of
artillery at Fort Sumter und surrendered
with Major Anderson at the beginning of
the war. He, too, became a major general
of volunteers and commanded a corps for
some time. He assumed command of the
First corps at Gettysburg when General
Reynolds, Its regular commander, was
killed. Other colonels were the present
Oonerals Z. R. Bliss. J. F. Kent, H. 13.
Freeman and Chambers McKibbon. Others
who have served In subordinate positions
with the Twenty-fourth colored infantry
are Major General W. R. Bhafter, Major
General H. C. Merrlam. Brigadier General
Jacob Kline, J. M. Thompson and Colonels
A. C. Markley, now commander of, the
Thirteenth Infantry, and Henry Wygant,
now commander of the Twenty-second In
fantry. Another officer In the Twenty
fourth, and who made a great name, was
the late Major General Henry W. Lawtun.
killed in the Philippines In 1SH9.
The Twenty-fifth infantry was organized
April 20, 1SC9, Its first colonel being gallant
old J. A. Mower, who had been a major
general of volunteers and commander of
an army corps In the civil war. Other
colonels of the regiment were Generals J.
J. Reynolds, O. I Andrews, Andrew Burt
and A. H. Bowman. The present com
mander of the regiment Is Ralph W. Hoyt.
Other well known officers who have at vari
ous times held subordinate positions In the
Twenty-fifth are Generals H. W. Hlncks,
A. 8. Daggett, Evan Miles, Mat Hooton and
D. J. Crngle, and Colonel Phil Reads and
Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Brush.
I give as an excuse for naming so many
who have served with these colored regi
ments 'my desire to have the public know
that many of the best officers of the I'nlted
States army have served with the colored
troops. If there be those who have any
doubts as to the bravery and efficiency of
colored men as soldiers, I suggest that they
Interview officers who have commanded or
served with the two cavalry and the two
infantry regiments referred to. It is a
noiuble fact that a great many of the
southern officers, young men as well as
older ones, have chosen to serve with the
colored regiments. That may seem a little
strange to the average northerner. 1
thought It remarkable and investigated.
When aked why they have said, among
other things. "We understand the colored
character. We know the ways of thee
people. They know us and our ways. We
have confidence In them and they respect
us. They are good soldiers." Colonel Mark
ley of the Thirteenth Infantry served with
the Twenty-fourth un to hi proosoUon to
the rank of lieutenant coloned. In 1S90,
when he was assigned to another regiment.
As soon as possible he went back to his
own regiment and served with It until he
was made colonel.
Many Southern Officers.
The Tenth cavalry, whose present colonel
Is Jacob A. Augur, a son of the late Mayor
General C. C. Augur, who commanded an
army corps In the civil war, has fifteen or
twenty southerners among Its present offi
cers, and a number of them are the sons or
grandsons of confederate generals and offi
cers of lower rank. Among them Is Cap
tain R. G. I'axton, son of the confederate
General Paxton of Virginia. One of the
captains of the Tenth is a native Virginian,
who, as a boy of 11, shouldered a musket
and fought for the confederacy. C. P.
Johnson, who Joined the regular army as a,
private many years ago and by his deeds of
daring and rare soldiership won a com
mission, He Is the oldest captain In the
regular army.
When the Twenty-fourth Infantry went to
the Philippines it was sent some distance
from Manila to relieve a white regiment of
volunteers. On the way to their new sta
tion they met a regiment going to Manila
to start for the states. One of the white
soldiers called out: "Hello, Sambo, what
are you doing over here?" A tall, graceful
negro sergeant, assuming that he had been
addressed, deliberately glanced up and
down the line of the white regiment, and
said: "We came over here, sir, to "bear the
white man's burden.' " There were no more
questions. ,
There are more old men among the col
ored troops than among the white troops.
This la explained on the ground that greater
numbers of them re-enllst. They like and
stay with the army. Because of the army
schools and the pains taken to educate the
soldiers, both white and black. It Is an un
usual thing to find a colored soldier who
does not read and write and do It well.
Another striking feature In these colored
regiments Is the entire absence of what Is
designated as "darky talk." They are edu
cated to talk as white people talk, and the
American colored soldiers have come to
take great pride In speaking as good En
glish as their white brothers.
Noted Colored Officers.
So far In this sketch I have spoken only
of the rank and file of the colored people
in the United States army. There are some
colored officers. There is one graduate of
West Point Captain Charles Young, a na
tive of Kentucky, born In 1SG4. He was
sent to West Point In 151, was gradu
ated five years later and was made a sec
ond lieutenant of the Tenth cavalry. He
also served with the Twenty-fifth infantry,
the Ninth cavalry and for a short time with
the Seventh cavalry, the latter a white
regiment. He reached the grade of first
lieutenant In 1SH6 and was made a captain
in 1901. When the Spanish war began he
was appointed major of the Ninth Ohio
volunteers. He served nearly two years In
the Philippines, and Is now on duty as an
attache at Port au Prince, Haytl. Cap
tain Young is a full-blooded negro, a thor
orough and a brave Boldler, a fine musician
and in all ways a worthy man. Since he
became captain whlto lieutenants have
served In his company and they have got
along pleasantly, to the credit of both the
captain and the lieutenants. While he has
invitations to social functions, he never
accepts them, and his brother officers
know that he will not. In due time he
will receive promotion, when many white
officers will be his subordinates. How will
it be then, and when he is a colonel and
has a regiment and a brigadier general and
has a brigade? Wait with patience for the
answer.
Another colored man, also a captain, but
who during the Spanish war was a major
of volunteers, is John R. Lynch, of the
pay department. Major Lynch served three
terms In congress from a Mississippi dis
trict and was so able and faithful In that
service that he won the respect of both
democrats and republicans, and when he
left congress It was with the good will of
all classes. Previous to that he had served
in the Mississippi assembly, one term as
speaker. He was auditor In the Treasury
department under President Harrison, and
The Railroads And The People
A SERIES of timely articles on the pending railroad problem, written by Edward
Rosewater, editor of The Bee, embodying the facta gathered and conclusions
reached in a third of a century's study of the question is now running in The Sun
day Bee. The topics treated are:
t. Railroad, a. Public Hlgtaw.y
r 2. Overcapitalization and Stock Waterlog
3. Credit Mobiller Construction
4. Consolidation and Pooling
5. Rebate, and Discrimination.
6. Railroad Domination, Stat, and National
7. Railroad Legislation, 5tat. and National
8. Railroad Supervision or Government O oerah!t
These articles are written in popular form to be readily understood by the or
dinary reader. They give a general survey of the railroad situation from the
standpoint of the people, pointing out abuses and suggesting rational remedies.
Every one who wants to be thoroughly informed on this uppermost of current
issues should read each one of these, articles.
Seventh of Series in The Sunday Bee.
for some time he practiced law In Wash
ington. At the opening of the Spanish
American war President McKinley mada
him a major and paymaster of volunteers.
When the volunteers were mustered out
the same president appointed him a cap
tain and paymaster In the regular army,
and in the course of two or three years he
will reach the rank of major in his de
partment. From first to last he has been
an excellent paymaster. He is a man of
more than ordinary ability, a fine public
speaker, a good writer, a dignified, manly
man. He is writing a book that will at
tract wide attention.
The late Senator Hoar, In his "Memoirs,"
made the following interesting reference to
Major Lynch: "Perhaps, on the whole,
the ablest of the colored men who served
with me in congress, althought each of
the gentlemen I have named deserves high
commendation, was John R. Lynch of Mis
sissippi. I had a pleasant acquaintance
with htm when he was in the house. He
was afterward fourth auditor of the treas
ury. I was the means of procuring for
him a national distinction which much
gratified the men of his color throughout
the country. The supporters of Mr. Blaine
In the national convention of 1S81 had a
candidate of their own for temporary pre
siding officer. I think It was Mr. Clayton
of Arkansas. It was desired to get a
southern man for that purpose. The oppo
nents of Mr. Blaine also desired to have a
candidate of their own from the south.
"The colored southern men were gene.--ally
Blaine men. I advised them to nomi
nate Lynch, urging that it would be im
possible for the southern colored people,
whatever their preference might be as a
candidate for the presidency, to vote
against one of their own color. Lynch
was nominated by Henry Cabot Lodge,
afterward my colleague in the senate, and
seconded by Theodore Roosevelt and
George William Curtis. Lynch presided
over the convention during the whole of
the first day and a part of the second. He
made an admirable presiding officer."
In July, ISM, Benjamin O. Davis, a colored
man, was appointed first lieutenant of a
colored volunteer regiment which went to
Cuba. At the expiration of his term he en
listed In the Ninth cavalry and won his
way from private to squadron sergeant ma
jor. He applied for an opportunity to be
examined for a commission. The examina
tion showed him so thoroughly qualified
that he was recommended for and appointed
a second lieutenant In the Tenty cavalry,
early In 1901 Within six months he was
in command of his troop, then stationed on
the island of Panay. He was sent to a
troublesome community, and while there
was attacked several times, but handled
his soldiers with such skll and bravery that
the enemy was thoroughly subdued. Lieu
tenant Davis, like Captain Young, Is mod
est, manly, competent and always courte
ous, and has the respect not only of his
troop, but of the officers with whom he
serve li u recently advanced to first
lieutenant. There is another colored lieu
tenant In the regular army, John E. Green
of the Twenty-fifth infantry. In 1898 lie en
listed in the Twenty-fourth Infantry. In
1901 he was made a second lleutenunt and
assigned to the Twenty-fifth.
Served In It event VVnrN
There were colored regiments of volun
teers In the Spanish-American war from
Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, New England and
several of the southern state, and in 1899
two colored regiments of volunteers wero
sent to tho Philippines. The latter had for
field officers regular army captains and
lieutenants, und many of the company olfi.
cers were taken from tho sergeants and
corporals of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry
and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-firth
Infantry, colored regulars, and they made
good officers. Recently tho president ap
pointed George S. Thompson, a noncommis
sioned officer of the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
and educated, thoroughly disciplined soldier,
a lieutenant in tho Philippine scouts, and
he has been ordered to duty In tho far
away IslandH. So it will be seen that the
doors of promotion have not been closed
against the colored soldiers, who have many
times risked their lives in defense of their
country and its flag.
Tho custom for a long time has been to
have a colored minister for chaplain in each
of the four colorud regiment.!. Three of
the present chaplains aro college graduates
and all are thoroughly well informed, force
ful publla speakers, exerting a wholesome
Influence in their respective commands and
reflecting honor upon their race. In spenk
Ing of ono of these chaplains a captain of
one of the colored regiments said: "Yes, ho
Is a colored man, but he Is the ablest writer
In 'tills regiment." That particular chaplain
has written for the best magazines in tho
country. Rev. Allen Allensworth of the
Twenty-fourth infantry was appointed In
1RS6, and last year, under a new law, by
virtue of long service, he was promoted to
the rank of major. The other three have
the rank of captain. Rev. T. G. Steward,
Twenty-fifth Infantry, was appointed In
1891; Rev. G. W. Proleau, Ninth cavalry, in
18S5: Rev. W. T. Anderson, Tenty cavalry.
In 1897. Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Watrous
Fresh Air Treatment.
Remarkable results In curing children of
tuberculosis are being obtained by the
fresh air treatment at Coney Island, ac
cording to Health Commissioner Thomas
Darlington of New York. The treatment
at Sea Breeze, West Coney Island, Is the
modern hygienic one fresh air, sunshine,
rest and good food. The children are kept
in open pavilions or tents and scon show
improvement. Tho Association for Improve
lng the Condition of the X'oor Is in charge.
The activity of the society is not conllnefl
to tuberculosis. It has to provide at Sea
Breeze for a large number of convalescent
women, children and babies.
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