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THURSDAY, MAY 20, ISOS.
A Need of Our Navy.
The statement is made by naval experts
that the ships of the Spanish squadron,
•which Admiral Sampson has been, and Is
still, trying to catch, are much swiffer
than the ships of his fleet. The four ships
of the Spanish squadron are highly pro
tected cruisers, carrying guns of a large
calibre, and they are capable of making at
least twenty knots an hour. We have
nothing like them in our navy. We have
much more powerful ships, and we have
ewifter ships, but our powerful ships are
much slower than these cruisers of the
Spanish squadron, while our swifter cruis
ers are not nearly so well protected and
their guns are smaller.
When we began building battleships it
•was said by the naval experts whose ad
vice was followed, that we would never
have need for ships of the type of those
of the Spanish squadron. There is quite
a strong impression now that they were
mistaken. We cannot force the Spanish
squadron into a fight. It has the ability
to run away from Admiral Sampson’s
fleet. We cannot risk sending our swift
est cruisers after it, because, as already
stated, our cruisers are not a match for
the Spanish cruisers. Our cruisers must
keep along with the battleships, and the
speed of our battleships, even when
doing their best, is considerably less
tluin that of the cruisers of the Spanish
squadron.
Admiral Hampson and Commodore
Bchiey together may force the Spanish ad
. jniral into close quarters and compel him
to fight, but the chances of their doing
that are not the best. It would not be a
matter of wonder therefore if, on account
of the superior swiftness of the Spanish
ships, the Spanish admiral should succeed
in keeping out of the reach of the guns of
our fleet.
It would seem that if our gunners are
generally as superior to the Spanish gun
ners as those of them at Manila proved
themselves to be we could risk sending
our swift cruisers after the Spanish squad
ron. Our cruisers at Manila are not pro
tected, and yet they not only destroyed
the Siainish fleet at that port, but they
slit need the gnus of the forts—some of the
guns being very large ones. They were
not injured at all. Their escape from in
jury was due almost wholly to the excel
lent marksmanship of our gunners. They
kept the Spanish ships under such a storm
of shot and shell that the gunners of those
ships were unable to handle their guns
tyith effect. From this it would appear
that good gunners are of greater value in
defending a ship than armor.
Our war with Spain thus far has dem
onstrated the very great value of good
gunners -accurate gunnery. It has also
shown us that the defect in our navy is
the lack of swift cruisers of the highly
protected type carrying guns of the larger
class.
Death of (lea. Jackson.
In the death of Gen. Henry R. Jack
son Savannah has lost one of her oldest
and tnost highly respected citizens. Geor
gia one of her most distinguished sons
and the United States one of their most
prominent men. Gen. Jackson possessed
conspicuous ability in several directions.
Ho won distinction us a lawyer, he was
known an a poet, a* a soldier he attained
high rank, as a diplomatist ho filled two
important posts and in politics he made
hie mark. He was a busy man all Ida
l\e. He always had a purpose nnd was
euryvst. active and enthusiastic in accom
plishing H. But he did not permit his bus
iness pursuits or his profession to occupy
a|l of his time. He gave considerable
attention to literature, he studied art and
ne found pleasure on the aocial side of
life.
He had a high sense of duty, a strong
dtsire to do what he thought to be right.
This characteristic tnay have given the
impression that he was a harsh man. but
hs was not. He was kind hearted, and
(INMM who had opportunities for knowing
hfm well admired him for many noble
qaalltte* of heart and mind. ,
He was a courageous man. He never
hesitated to go where he thought duty
called him or to do what he believed he
ought to do. At the breaking owi of the
war with Mexico, although far from poa
stwaing robust health, he was among tne
volunteers. Those who knew him then
never expected mat he would develop into
a strong man physically-that he would
have sufficient bodily strength to sustain
han through a long Ute and a notable ca
t»yr.
UsD. Jackson w»\n fame anti fortune. He
was aucerMful tn whatever he undertook.
Ha *'«• tti the front rank in civil and mil
itary Wc Ills acharwuicuta give h,ni a
place in the history of his country—a place
which will be permanent.
Impatient Volunteers.
The dispatches from Tampa represent
the 1 volunteers there and at Lakeland as
being extremely anxious to start for Cuba
arjd get through with the task of driving
the ‘Spaniards from the island as quickly
as possible. We have no doubt that these
dispatches state the feeling among the
volunteers correctly. They believe that
they ijan do as effective fighting now as
they '<vill be able to do after they have
been drilled, disciplined and seasoned.
They f<tel that they are Invincible and that
if they were given a chance at the Span
iards they would plant the Stars and
Stripes on Moro Castle in short order.
Their Impatience to begin the invasion
of Cuba at once is natural. The most of
them ha fe been accustomed to a life full
of Ln tore sit of one kind and another. Camp
life, theretfore, with its routine duties and
monotonous drilling has become dreadful
ly irksome to them. Their minfls being
Very little occupied they cannot help
thinking ctf their relatives and friends at
home, and they find it hard to keep back
a feeling of homesickness. If they were
in the enenjy’s country, expecting a battle
every day tlr having occasional skirmishes
their condition would be much more toler
able.
Their feelings and wishes, however, will
have little or no weight with the com
manding general. He will do what he be
lieves to be test for our cause, and he
will not sacrifice life unnecessarily, but
he will not miss an opportunity to gain
an important advantage because of the
probability that his army would suffer a
heavy loss.
The volunteers are not supposed to know
anything of the conditions with which
they would have to contend in Cuba; nor
are inany of them aware how important
it is that they shall be disciplined and sea
soned. If they think they are as good sol
diers now as they will be later on, es
pecially after they have been in two or
three engagements, they are greatly mis
taken. They will have an opportunity to
find out that they are far behind the reg
ulars in everything, except courage, which
pertains to soldiering.
They will not be sent to Cuba until they 1
are in shape to do effective work. There
fore, they might as well be content with
their lot and settle down to the hard work
of becoming thorough soldiers.
He Will Get the Troops-
While Gen. Merritt did not refuse to obey
the order which sends him to Manila un
less given 5,000 regular troops, It is proba
ble that he did comment on the folly of
sending him to a far distant and hostile
country to fight an army of 25,000 trained
and seasoned troops with only about 15,000
raw recruits.
It is said that he Is to be given the num
ber of regular troops he asks for, together
with about 10,000 volunteers. Even the
number of troops he is to have is not suffi
cient for the task to which he has been
assigned. Manila has a strong garrison.
Besides the regular troops ti)ere are many
thousands of volunteers. Admiral Dewey
says he can take Manila at any time.
That statement is doubtless true, but it
would be a more difficult matter to hold
it than it is to take it. The great major
ity of the citizens are in sympathy with
Spain. The soldiers which are there
would not surrender if it should become
necessary to haul down the Spanish flag.
They would retire to the country, and
would be held in readiness to attempt the
capture of the city as soon as a favorable
opportunity' presented itself. The sugges
tion made by Gen. iMerritt, therefore, that
it would be a great mistake to send only
5,000 volunteers to Manila was one that the
war department was quick to act upon.
In fact, it Is rather remarkable that any
one having authority should have proposed
to send only 5,000 volunteers to Manila. The
proposition to do such a thing causes a
feeling that there must be a lack of appre
ciation of the real situation on the part of
those who have the managcme'ht of the
war.
If Gen. iMerritt had gone to Manila with
only 5.000 volunteers, and had failed in the
mission entrusted to him, those responsible
for sending him with such a ridiculously
small force would have tried to place the
responsiblity for his failure on him. Hence
he wisely thought it advisable to call the
attention of the President and country to
the utter unwisdom of sending him to Ma
nila with a few thousand green troops.
The same spirit which has controlled
Congress In the matter of making appro
priations for coast defenses and for the
army nnd navy is showing itself in the
conducting of th*' war with Spain. Before
war was declared it was impossible to get
the army increased or a reform for the
improvement of the army adopted. A lit
tle money was given grudgingly for the
navy and coast defense; but as soon as war
with Spain was declared money for carry
ing on ti\e war was voted with a free
hand. To prepare for war after the war
began we shall spend more money than
we would have spent if war preparations
had been made in time of peace. And the
preparations we shall make now will not
be nearly as good as preparations made in
lime of peace would have been. There
fore, nothing has been saved by not pre
paring for war before the war began.
There is another point from which thia
matter may be viewed. It Is that if,we
had had an army of 40.000 or 50,(00 men.
ready to go to Cuba as soon as the diffi
culty between the United States and Spain
began, it would have been possible to
make a sudden attack on Havana—an at.
tack which might have resulted in the sur
render of that city and the ending of the
war. But we declared war without being
ready for it, nnd we are spending money
by the millions trying to get ready. We
have already said, and we repeat it, that it
would be the greatest possible blunder to
invade Cuba before we are ready to do so.
There is tu> doubt that our volunteers
would fight, but they must first be taught
how to tight before we shall have reason
to expect victories. The Spaniards fought
bravely at Manila, but they inflicted
scarcely any Injury upon our fleet. They
did not know how to fight—how to shoot—
and our men did. Hence the victory was
with our sMe. Before our volunteers are
sent to Cuba they should be taught how
to fight. We are. of course, worry for the
reconcentradoe. but the lives of our sol
diers ar»* fully ns valuable as those of
Cuba's people who are not fighting on eith
er side. Besides, in order that the inva
sion of Cub* shall be a success, our volun
teers should be prepared for the work they
will have to Jo
WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1898.
the
SOLDIER KILLED IN A WRECK.
MILITARY TRAIN CRASHED INTO BY
A FREIGHT NEAR BURROUGHS.
Private William M. Barbee of the
First Regiment North Carolina
Volunteers Almost Instantly Kill
ed and Private •!. 11. Colelough Se
riously, If Not Fatally Injured in
a Head-End Collision on the F. C.
and P. Railroad Eleven Miles
South of Savannah—Threats of Vio
lence Against the Engineer and
Conductor of the Colliding Train.
Responsibility for the Wreck Lies
Between the Conductors and Engi
neers of the Two Trains—An In
vestigation Begun.
In a head-end collision on the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad at 5:45
o’clock yesterday morning Private Wil
liam M. Barbee of Company I, First Regi
ment, North Carolina volunteer, United
States army, was killed, and private J. M.
Colelough of the came company was se
riously, if not fatally, injured. Several
other members of the company received
bruises or cuts, but not of any conse
quence.
The wreck took place about eleven miles
aouth of Savannah, near Burroughs Sta
tion. The North Carolina Regiment,
which has been in camp at Raleigh, left
that city Sunday morning. At Columbia,
S. C., the train became three sections
of passenger train No. 37, of the Florida
Central and Peninsular, running on regu
lar schedule time from that point to Jack
sonville, the first section being the regu
lar passenger train of the road. The four
sections were run thirty minutes apart.
Each of the three sections devoted to the
military carried a battalion of four com
panies. On the fourth section
Third battalion, Maj. Butler commanding,
composed of companies I, of Durham; M,
of Chralotte; K, of Raleigh and L, of Con
cord, with 312 men and officers.
This section reached the Savannah yard
at 4:20 a. tn. The train was made up of
three box cars, containing the .equipments
and supplies of the battalion, nine pas
senger coaches and one Pullman for the
officer. Engineer Garraux of Savannah
, was in the cab, and Conductor Williams,
also of Savannah, was in charge of the
train. Section three, with the Second BatA
taiion of troops, was equally as heavy a
train, with Engineer Green and Conductor
Seip, two experienced men, in charge.
Fourteen miles south of Savannah a
heavy extra freight train, north-bound
from Jacksonville, awaited on a siding
for the passing of train No. 37. After the
regular passenger train and the first two
military sections' had passed, Conductor
Mundy of the freight gave the order to
Engineer Nix to proceed, and the long
train of heavily leaded box cars drew out
on the main line, headed for Savannah,
and the unfortunate third military section.
The collision fcame within fifteen min
utes. The morning was somewhat foggy,
, and the trains were not far apart when
Engineer Garraux of the military section
saw the freight. Air brakes were thrown
on and the had been brought prac
tically to a standstill when the freight
crashed into it. Time was not given to
reverse. Fjnglneer Garraux and his fire
man remained at their posts until the en
gines met. The engineer and fireman of
the freight train jumped when their en
gine was about 360 feet from the military
train. After the crash the great driving
rod of the freight engine kept revolving.
Engineer Garraux crawled into the dam
aged cab and turned off the steam,
Warning had been given the soldiers in
the front cars of the approaching danger.
A negro attached to the battalion, who
was on one of the forward box cars, saw
the freight when it was several hundred
yards distant. Rushing into the first pas.
senger coach, he shouted: “Unload!
There's a freight coming," nnd ran on
through the car. In an Instant the sol
diers of Company I rushed for the doors.
Several jumped out of the windows, re
ceiving slight injuries In this way. The
coach waj cleared of all the soldiers but
two, Barbee and Colelough, when the col
lision came.
Private. Barbee, who had been
doing sentinel duty at the front door
of the coach, had his foot on the step
ready to jump when the box ear in front
crushed upon him, jamming him against
the front of the coach. Private Colelough,
who had been asleep when the warning
came, was behind him on the platform.
The force of the collision drove him
through the door. Its giving way under
the pressure saved his life.
The rebound after the collision threw
Barbee to-the ground, In an instant the
front wheel of the coach had passed over
his legs below the knees crushing both. If
life had been spaifed him, both legs would
have necessarily been amputated. Col
clough was thrown forward out of the
car at the same time.
So great was the force of the collision
that Barbee’s knapsack and haversack
were forced deep into the frame of the
box car. Help was at hand at once. Bar
bee lay dying. His face was clothed with
blood, which was oozing steadily from his
mouth. His chest was crushed in. He
was unconscious. Comrades placed a pil
low untier hi«' head; rough, but loving
hands, wiped away the blood and cleaned
away the sand that was massed upon his
face. Twenty minutes after the’ accident
he died. Colelough was tenderly cared for.
He was conscious but suffering intensely.
Every breath was great pain. Surgeon
Archoy attended to him and after ex
amination decided that.under proper care
he might recover.
In the other coaches the collision pre.
cipitated a panic. Capt. Chadwick of
Company M had arisen early and dressed.
He was in the smoking compartment when
Surgeon Archey rushed in.
’.‘There’s going to be a collision." cried
he.
"Brace yourself," edld the captain.
‘‘Jump," was the surgeon’s reply, and
following his example, the captain reached
the platform just as the crash came. In
an instant all was confusion among the
officers, nearly all of whom were asleep.
Some were thrown violently against the
ends of their’ berths, and experienced a
rude awakening. As quickly as possible
all dressed and went forward to the relief
of any soldiers who might have been in
juied.
In the coaches occupied by the pri
vates and non-commissioned officers con
siderable excitement prevailed for a min
ute or two, which deepened into an intense
feeling of hostility toward the crew of
the freight train when It became known
that Company I had lost two of its mem
bers. Talk of lynching the engineer and
conductor was indulge.! in, and if the an
gry soldiers from North Carolina could
have laid hands on Nix and Mundy they
would have at least suffered physically.
The engineer and conductor had speedily
realised the danger they would be in. and
leaving their train, made their way back
to Way's Station, where they telegraphed
to the train master at Savannah. Capt.
J. C. Michie, of Company I, atid other
officers stated that it would kave been dif
ficult to have protected the trainmen from
personal violence, so incensed were the
comrades of Barbee and Colelough
Both engines were badly damaged- the
box cars were somewhat broken up.’ and
the front end of the first passenger coach
was crushed in. None of the other cars
were damaged to any extent. An engine
and wrecking crew were sent out from Sa
iaxinab as soon news erf the accident
FACE
ON FIRE
I had Eczema of the scaly, itchy kind seven
years. I thought my face and arms were
afire. My face was full of large white scales,
and my head was full of sores. I was ashamed
to go in company. I took five bottles of Cuti
cura Resolvent, washed with Cuticura
Soap, put on Coticura (ointment), and found
great relief instantly, and got a clean face
again, thanks to Cuticura.
i VALENTINE EGNER,
March 7,1898. 108 Stagg St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sfebdt Curb Trxatment.—Warm baths with Cuti-
CVba Soap,gentleanointinca with Cuticura(ointment),
. purest of emollient skin cures, mild doses of Cuticura
Resolvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures.
Bold throughout the world. Potter Drug and Chum.
Corp.. Props., Boston. How to Cure Skin Diseases, fre»
was received, Acting Trainmaster Will
amson accompanying them. The military
train was brought back to the city, reach
ing here shortly before 9 o’clock. The body
of Barbee was turned over to Messrs. Fox
& Weeks to be prepared for shipment to
his home at Durham, and Private Col
clough was taken in the police ambulance
to the Savannah Hospital.
News of the accident brought many peo
ple to the vicinity of the Central Railroad
depot. As the wagon, bearing the body
of Barbee, passed along Liberty street, es
corted by the members of his company,
many women who has sons or brothers in
the army of volunteers, shed tears at the
sad spectacle, so dreadful a mirror of the
passible agony of sorrow war may bring
to many a household.
Capt. Michie of Company I assigned
Corp!. J. L. (Melvin and Privates C. K.
Redmond, T. C. Jenkins, L. D. Belvin, R.
W. B. Happer, J. J. Caudfe, G. M. Eu
banks and B. R. Tingen as an escort for
the body of Barbee, and Wagoner J. L.
Eubanks to accompany Colelough home.
Dr. William E. Fitch of Savannah ten
dered his services as professional escort for
the wounded man, and they were accepted.
The body of Barbee and Private Col
clough left with the escort on the noon
north-bound train over the Florida Central
and Peninsular. After the burial of Bar
bee the' escort will join their regiment at
Jacksonville, instructions having been re
ceived for it to camp there pending fur
ther orders.
A numbe? of ladies, hearing of the death
ofXßarbee, prepared exquisite floral de
signs, which, with loose cut flowers, cov
ered the coffin. The dead soldier was
dressed in his uniform, with a boutonniere
of dainty flowers on his coat, surmounting
a small American flag. Death had come
in the service of his country. He was a
man about 29 years old, of fine physique,
had been a member of Company I for
about three years, and was a well drilled
and popular soldier. He was a single man.
His aged parents live at Morrisville, near
Durham. His mother has been critically
• 11, and the death of her son may mean her
death. Soon after leaving Raleigh on
Sunday, Barbee said his only regret at
going to war was separation from her.
Colelough is a younger, single man.
The officials of the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad will hold an investi
gation to officially determine who is re
sponsible for the accident. Engineer Nix
and Conductor Mundy of the freight train,
it is stated, ciaim that when the third
section of train No. 37, or the'second mil
itary section, passed the sidinsr. it dis
played no lights and gave no signals to
indicate that therb was another section
following, tis the previous sections had
done. They accordingly pulled out. On
the other hand tlie conductor and engineer
of the third section assert that all rules
were followed by them, that the customary
two green lights were displayed and thq
two short and one long whistle required
were given. It is stated that the Savan
nah yard hands bear them out that the
proper lights were in position when that
section left Savannah to sho.w that anoth
er section was behind. The responsibility
for the accident will He between the con
ductor and engineer of the freight and the
conductor and engineer of the third sec
tion of train No. 37.
Coroner Goette began an Investigation
of the accident at once. He took briefly
the testimony of Capt. J. C. Michie of
Company I, Capt. H. S. Chadwick of Com
pany M, First Assistant Surgeon L. M.
Archey and Orderly Sergeant Hart. The
testimony of all was to the effect that the
engineer and fireman of the freight train
left their engine before the collision, while
those on the military train remained at
their duties until the last possible mo
ment. To-n<ght at 6 o’clock the coroner
will resume the taking of evidence and
will have the crews of the freight train
and of the last two sections of train No.
37 before the jury.
GLADSTONE’S REMAINS.
They Will Be Conveyed to London
Weduenday,
Hawarden, May 23.—The body of Mr.
Gladstone, uncoffined, is lying on K a couch
in the library in Hawarden Castle—the
room called the Temple of Peace.
To-morrow it will be viewed by the par
ishioners. The coffin will be placed in the
cetii»r of the nave of Hawarden Church
on Wednesday, and He there in state until
5 o’clock in the afternoon, when a proces
sion will be formed and the bier carried to
Broughton Railway station, where it will
be placed upon the train for London.
The family servants, friends, tenantry
and local officials will walk behind the
bier, which will be borne by relays of
colliers, workmen on the estate, tenants
and neighbors.
The rema.ns will arrive in London about
midnight, and will be Immediately con
veyed to Westminster hall to avoid the
crowds.
WAR REVENUE BILL DISCUSSED.
Five Hours of Its Consideration But
No Action Taken.
Washington. May 23.—For five hours to
day the Senate had the war revenue meas
ure under discussion. The entire time
was occupied by Mr. Chirlton, Dem., of
Texas. Mr. Lodge. Rep., of Massachusetts,
and Mr. Turley, Dem., of Tennessee.
While Mr. Lodge confined himself to a
discussion of the proposed tax on corpo
rations and bank deposits, strongly urging
that such taxes be not imposed, Mr. Chil
ton and Mr. Turley covered pretty fully
the general features of the bill. ThcJr
speeches dealt comprehensively with the
theories of taxation, and were, therefore,
in the very nature of things legal and
technical dissertations upon the subject.
No action of any kind was taken upon
the bill.
BIDS FOH TI BEE BARRACKS.
Opening Delayed at Atlanta Until
May 30.
Atlanta, Ga., May 23.—The bids for con
structing the barracks buildings at Tybee
were not opened at army headquarters to
day according to the original advertise
ments. The printing of the specifications
was delayed, so that all the contractors
who wished to bld on the work would not
have sufficient time to figure, and on this
account the letting of contracts was post
poned until May Bids will continue to
be received at the office of Col. John
Simpson, chief quartermaster of the de
partment of it a Gulf, up to that time
GEN. HENRY R. JACKSON DEAD.
RESULT OF HIS PARALYTIC STROKE
OF TEN DAYS AGO.
The Fnneral Will Take Place From
His Late Residence at 5 O’clock
Tills Afternoon—Was a Leader in
Two Wars and Famous as a Law
yer and a Diplomat—Minister to
Austria Under Pierce and to Mexi
co Under Cleveland—Why He De
clined the Chancellorship of the
State University—Versatile Also as
an Author.
Gen. Henry R. Jackson breathed his last
at his residence at 'Bull and Gaston streets
a few minutes before 6 o’clock yesterday
morning.
His death was a painless one, due to the
stroke of paralysis he received about ten
days ago, after an illness of two weeks or
more, which affected almost his entire left
side. From that time his death was ex
pected to follow soon, though during the
intervening time he rallied somewhat, and
at one time was thought to be considera
bly better. On Sunday, however, his con
dition took a turn for the worse, and he
sank gradually. Dr. George H. Stone was
summoned, and was with him until about
midnight. At that time Gen. Jackson had
rallied somewhat, but shortly afterward
began sinking again, until he died, about
5:45 o’clock in the morning. He was bare
ly conscious prior to his death, answering
yes and no to questions.
Gen. Henry Rootes Jackson, lawyer, sol
dier and diplomat, was born in Athens,
Ga., June 24, 1820. His father was Dr.
Henry Jackson, a native of England, and
his mother a S*iss Rootes of Virginia,
whence he derives bis m’ddle name. Dr*
Jackson was for quite a while a professor
at the University of Georgia in Athens,
and afterwards became secretary of lega
tion at Paris, when William H. Crawford
was minister to France. When Mr. Craw
ford came home to accept a position in the
cabinet. Dr. Jackson was left there as
charge d’affaires, and for a year or two
was practically American minister there.
Gen. Jackson was first sent to Princeton
College by his father, but he afterwards
went to Yale, where he graduated as one
of the highest honor men in 1839, and in
1840 he became a lawyer and settled in Sa
vannah. From that time Gen. Jackson’s
record as a soldier, as a lawyer and as a
diplomat is one series of successes, and his
career one of ability and honor.
In 1860 Gen. Jackson went as a delegate
to the historic Charleston convention,
where he was conspicuous in his efforts to
avert the impending ’catastrophe. He
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was afterwards art elector from the state
at large on the Breckenridge-Lane ticket,
and in was made Confederate judge
for Georgia.
Gen. Jackson's war record is an Inter
esting one. He was made brigadier gen
era) in the Confederate army in 1861, and
was in command of the forces in the
Greenbriar river fight in northwestern
Virginia shortly afterward, where
he gained a victory over the
Federal forces. . He was sub-
sequently appointed a major general of
Georgia state troops by Gov. Brown, in
1862, and was sent to Savannah to take
charge of the Georgia troops. After they
were mustered in he was reappointed
brigadier general in the Confederate army
and in ISSG4 was ordered to Rome to take
command of a bHgade there. Hon. Pope
Barrow was at that time made adjutant
general on his etaff. Sherman was then
coming down from Dalton on his famous
march to the sea. Gen. Jackson's com
mand after Sherman had passed, joined
Hood’s army in Western Tennessee and
at the battle of Nashville, Gen. Jackson
was taken prisoner. Me was sent in 1864
first to Johnston’s Island aifti afterwards to |
Fort Warren in Boston harbor, where
he remained a prisoner until peace was
declared. Gen. Jackson was then paroled
and came to Athens where he remained
until the summer of« 1865, and then came
to Savannah, and tock up the practice
of law.
Gen. Jackson's first wife was Miss Cor
nelia Augusta Davenport of Savannah.
His wife, who survives s him, was
Miss Florence King of St. Simons Island.
Gen. Jackson had four children by bis
first wife, two of whom are now living,
Mr. Howell Cobb Jackson of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Pope Barrow of this city. Davenport
Jackson, another son, died in Augusta in
18*4, and Capt. Harry Jackson of Atlanta,
the fourth son, died there In 1895. Gen.
Jackson’s father. Dr. Jackson, was a
younger brother of Gov. Jamies Jackson of
Georgia. Chief Justice Jackson of the
state Supreme Court was a grandson of
Gov. Jackson, and Gen. Jackson was a
nephew of the Governor.
In writing a brief account of the life of
Gen. Jackson, the late Col. Is W. Avery
said: Gen. Jackson has been signally suc
cessful and distinguished. His character
has been marked by a deep aversion to
office-seeking and to the personal rival
ries of politics, and he has repeatedly de
clined the highest political offices. He has
achieved the largest successes of his ca
reer in his profession of the law. While
his large practice has been interrupted by
long intervals of military and diplomatic
service, one in two great wars far apart,
and tha other in wiclely different epew-hc
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of national interest, embracing both his
young and matured manhood, and each
only an incident of his record, yet his
speeches in the court room and his tri-,
umphs in vast cases at the bar, make up
the best and the main part of his long and
eventful life. His effort in the famous
Wanderer slave ship prosecution over
thirty years ago, is to-day a liying mem
ory of the highest forensic eloquence, and
he conducted and gained some of the
heaviest litigations in the South', and earn
ed the largest fees known in that section,
realizing a fortune from them.
As a commander and organizer of troops
he won distinction in Mexico and on Con
federate battlegrounds in Georgia, North
western Virginia and Tennessee, becoming
a prisoner in the last fateful campaign of
the war. As a diplomatist he conducted
international negotiations with consum
mate tact and statesmanship. He had true
poetic genius, publishing a volume in 18.0
entitled, “Tallulah and Other Poems,” A
connoisseur in art and letters, genuinely
eloquent, of dauntless chivalry and immov
able convictions, a man of affairs, and
endowed with exalted home qualities, and
a prince of social entertainers, Gen. Jack
son is a type of our best American man
hood.
DRIVING HOD SN APPED IN TWO.
Locomotive of Central Freight Train
Disabled Near Bloomingdale.
An out-bound early morning freight
train on the Central met with a peculiar
accident yesterday. Soon after passing
Bloomingdale the axle of the driving rod
on the engine suddenly snapped, the six
inches or more of steel breaking as though
it were wood.
The great rod, flying violently through
the air, struck on the ties beyond the rail,
smashing them for a distance of two hun
dred feet or more before the engine came
to a standstill. The noise was terrific, and
the occupants of the cab were momentari
ly in danger of being struck by the rod,
results of that character having been
known in similar accidents.
The accident delated the shoo-fly train
about twenty minutes. In order to get the
freight off the main track a small pine
tree was chopped down, trimmed and the
end cut to a’rough triangle. This crude
coupler, probably twenty feet long, was
lifted into place between the engines of
the passenger ahd frelgtTt trains and the
latter was slowly pushed to the aiding
at Bloomingdale. The spectacle was a
unique one to the passengers, few having
ever seen or heard of a recourse to such
a simple but effective method.
HAVE POOR ACCOMMODATIONS.
Mr. J. S. Collins Thinks Georgia Vol
unteers Have Been Treated Badly.
t Mr. J. 8. Collins returned yesterday
morning from Griffin, where he went to
spend Sunday at Camp Northern Mr. Col
lins is not at all pleased with the predica
ment in which the volunteer soldiers there
find themselves.
“It is a shame,” he said, “the way those
men are treated. While the fare does not
amount to much, there is not ej much
complaint on that score as there ks on the
miserable arrangements for quartering the
men. They all have to huddle together
on a little fine rice straw with nothing to
throw over it. There has never been a
night but what the horse In my stable has
had a better bed to lie down on than those
men have been given. The government
has done nothing for them in the line of
clothes. I saw some men there on guard
duty with long coats that looked as if
they were left to them by their grand
fathers, and this was about all they had to
cover them. It looks as if the volunteera
have been treated disgracefully.”
HIGHT FROM SAMPSON’S FLEET.
Seamen Who Were in the Fight at
San Juan on Their Way North.
Several seamen who have already fig
ured prominently in the war with Spain
arrived in Savannah last night from Key
West on their way to New York. They
are Ehrat Lee, just from Admiral Samp
son’s cruiser, the Detroit; T. J. Grindlcr,
also of the Detroit, and Charles Berg
man, boatswain’s mate on the Maine when
she went down in Havana harbor. Berg,
man was rescued after having gone down
with the ship.
The first two men are apprentices, hav
ing been honorably discharged, after serv
ing their time, while the third was also
honors blv disc bar Their discharges.
signed bw Capt. Thornton of the Detroit,
state thcw can return to the ship within
three moiyhs, in which case they will be
entitled th the pay due them had they
remained. After visiting their families in
New York! and Philadelphia, the men say
it is their intention to return,believing they
Ccin accomplish more for themselves there
than elsewliere.
All were With Admiral Sampson’s fleet
when the fortifications at Saq Juan were
bombarded. T.-ee tells an interesting story
os the fleet after it left Key West, where
the ships coaldd, until the Detroit led the
way in the channel to Fort Moro. After
leaving Key West the Detroit was sig
nalled from thi flagship New York -to
follow the lowa. The cruiser steamed otit,
soon overhauling the Indiana, between
her and the lowa, and took her place. At
Cardenas they joined the Amphitrite, Ter
lor, Montgomery, iWter and the Niagara,
a coal collier. The ships all coaled at
Cape Haytien, after which they put out,
all the time hunting for the Spanish fleet.
The night before <he attack on Fort
Moro at San Juan, Admiral Sampson sig
naled the Detroit that .she was to lead in
the channel. Admiral Sampson had by
Jhis time removed his flpg to the lowa.
The Detroit was signaled' before daylight
the morning of the to steam ahead
I,<XX> yards. Everything in readiness
for fighting, all w'ood and other ignitible
things having been thrown overboard. The
lowa, just behind the Detroit, fired three
b-pounders into Moro to g,et the range.
The fire was at once returned from the *
fort, and then fighting began in earnest.
It seems to have been understood that
Admiral Sampson’s real tactics were to
arouse the Spanish fleets supposed to have
been in the harbor. Orders wzere given
that the fire should be concentrated on
the first Spanish warship sighbed in the
harbor. The warships did not appear,
though, and after'shelling the foit heavi
ly, the final shots being made as t\ie ships
circled around,’ each pouring shell Into the
fortifications, Admiral Sampson retired.
From the story given, however, the forti
fications were not reduced, and the last
shot was fired from the fort. Lee' said
there was some, disappointment by the
men that the Spanish ships did not appear
as expected.
During the three hours the bombardment
continued Lee said 175 5-inch shells, 124 fl
pounders and 19 1-pounders were fired from
the Detroit. The bombardment continued
about three hours, he states.
William Anthony, the orderly who gained
so much renown by advising Capt. Slgsi
bee that the ship had been blown up and
was sinking, is now on the Detroit. All the
men rescued from the battleship Maine
after recovering from their injuries in hos
pitals at Havana, were taken to Key West
and detailed to different ships. Nineteen
were detailed to the Deu-olt. **
Interesting accounts ai. given by thel
men of the anxiety the crews feel in]
hunting the Spanish fleet. They seem to'
regard the present maneuvering as a sort *"
of hide-and-seek, the Spanish fleet doing
the hiding;.
As soon as they visit their Fl.omes the
men will return to the Detroit, over
their honorable discharges, and Atart on
anqther hunt for the enemy’s fleet ix some
thing is not heard of it in the merfJilime.
They will then receive S3O a month instead*
of s2l and rank as third-class quarterrVias
ters. *
FLANAGAN FACING HIS FATEk
DE KALB’S DOUBLE MURDERER.
UNDERGOING HIS THIRD TRIAL.
HU Counsel Still Insists on the In
sanity Flett, But Jndge Candler
Thinks Him mi Sane as nt His For
mer Trial— No Evidence Introduced
Because of Absence of Witnesses.
Father Kennedy of Savannah an
Important Witness.
Atlanta, Ga., May 23.—Edwin C. Flana
gan, the DeKalb county double murderer,
was placed on trial for the third time for
his life at Decatur to-day, Judge John 3.
Candler presiding.
Flanagan’s victims were Miss Ruth
Slack and Mrs. Allen, the mother of George
W. Allen, at whose house Miss Slack was
stopping, and where Flanagan was a
boarder.
It is contended by his attorneys that
Flanagan is afflicted with form of insani
ty known as paranoia, and that this afflic
tion caused him to do the bloody deeds in
the Allen home, for which he is now fac
ing his fate.
Great interest has been felt in the case
from the first, on account of its many pe
culiar features.
There were loud threats of lynching
when Flanagan was placed on trial the
first time, and the military had to be call
ed out to guard him while the trial was Jn
progress. The issue of insanity was raised
at the outset, and has been persistently
urged by the prisoner’s counsel. To-day,
when the caste was called, another effort
was made to stay trial on account of the
alleged insanity of the prisoner, Flana
gan’s attorney moving the court to give
him the benefit of the common law cus
tom of inquiring into his mental condition
to see if he was in flt condition to be
tried. Judge Candler allowed this
motion and after clearing the court room
entered into an investigation of Flana
gan’s condition. After two hours’ work
with the assistance of experts, Judge
Candler announced that he was of the
opinion that the prisoner was mentally
competent to be placed on trial, and he
was accordingly araigned upon the indict
ment for murder. Judge Candler said
that he did not think that the prisoner’s
condition was any worse now than it was
in February, 1897, when he was first placed
on trial upon the plea Os insanity and the
plea defeated. >
In personal appearance Flanagan looks
very much like a wild man. He has an
abnormal growth of shaggy hair and
whiskers, though some weeks ago it was
announced at the jail that he had con
sented to have his hirsute trimmed. He
is paie and cadaverous, too, and looks like
a very good subject for the insanity dodge.
No evidence was introduced to-day, sev
eral of the principal witnesses not being
present. One of these abs nt witnesses is
Father Kennedy of Savannah, who was
telegraphed for. Flanagan paid Father
Kennedy several visits before the murders
were committed and told him some tales
about his infatuation for littid Viola Allen
and the fancied behavior of the family at
the Allen home. Mrs. George Allen, moth
er of this little girl, is also an important
witness, but she was not present, though
en route from Mcßae. It has been eigh
teen months since Flanagan’s crime was
committed