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ONE KILLED AT ASOMANTA.
SHELL HURSTS OVER PICKETS
KILLING COttl’L. SWANSON.
Enemy’* Bnttery Silenced—'Three
Men of fho Third WlMonnln
Wounded, Private Nonslit Sertons
|y _ Frederick Fermlierg Killed
Near Bormigueros, and Sixteen
Wounded rUyslclnn* Think. All
Exeeiit One Will Recover.
Washington. Aug. 13.—Adjt. Gen. Corbin
to-night received the following telegrams:
Ponce, Aug. 13.—Secretary of War,
Washington: Gen. Wilson reports Maj.
Lancaster with Potts - battery at 1:30 p.
m., 12th inst., quickly silenced enemy's
battery at Asonmanta, near Aibonito, and
drove him from his position and rifle pits;
no infantry Are on our part.
Lieut. John P. Haines. Fourth Artil
lery, struck by a stray Mauser bullet; not
perious.
A shell from# enemy's gun burst Just
over one of our pickets, killing Corpl.
Swansen. wounding Corple. Jenks, Com
pany L, Third Wisconsin, neck and arms;
Private Vought, same company, serious
ly wounded in abdomen; Private Bunce,
same company, in chest; not seriously.
Ponce, Aug. 13.—Secretary of War,
Washington: Following Is complete U*t
of casualties In the engagement near Hor
tnigucros, Aug. 10:
Killed—
FREDERICK FERMIBERG, Company
D, Eleventh Infantry.
Wounded—
FIRST El EI'TENANT JOSEPH C.
BYRON, Eighth Cavalry.
Following YY'ounded of Eleventh Infan-
try—
SERGT. WILLIAM S. WHEELER, se
riously.
CORPL. JOSEPH P. RYAN, Com
pany C.
Private WILLIAM ROISSITER, Com
pany G, serious.
Private ARTHUR SHAYS, Company C.
Private JOHN L. JOHNSON, Company
B.
Private A. SANDS, Company D.
Private PAUL I. IMILZKIE, Company
E.
Private HENRY GERRICK, Company
E.
(Private HARRY' E. ARRICK, Company
E.
Private SAMUEL COBB, Company I.
Corpl. JAMES WILKIE, Company E, se
rious.
Private DANIEL GRAY'ES, Company G,
•erlous. m
Corpl. JOHN PRUNING.
Private SAMUEL G. FRY.
Private G. CURTIS. Light Battery D,
Fifth Artillery.
“Doctor thinks all but one wounded
likely to recover. Miles.”
REVIEW AT CAMP THOMAS.
Ten Thousand Soldiers Included In
One Photograph.
Chickamauga National Park, Aug. 13.
The event of to-day at Camp Thomas was
an informal review of the Alexander field
of the Third division of the First corps by
Brid. Gen. Sanger, commander of the di
vision.
The folowing regiments participated In
the ceremony: Eighth Massachusetts,
Twelfth New York, Twenty-first Kansas,
Twelfth Minnesota, Fifth Pennsylvania,
Second Missouri and First New Hamp
shire.
At the conclusion of the cerefnony the
regiments lined up in column of masses
and were photographed. At least 10,000 sol
diers will be presented in the picture to
gether with the commanding and field of
ficers.
Gen. Breckinridge has made up his mind
to have the entire army at Camp Thomas
pass in review again before the Second
and Third division of the First corps go
to their new camp grounds at Knoxville
and Lexington.
EAGLE AND PIIE.VIX FEE CASES.
Special Master F. I). Peabody Makes
Awards Aggregating $106,000.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 13.—Special Master
F. D. Peabody this afternoon rendered
hissdecision in the Eagle and Phenix fee
cases not previously settled.
The decision awards G. Gunby Jordan
and J. W. English, receivers, for two
years service, full amount claimed, 150,000.
L. F. Garrard, local counsel for receiv
er’s, was awarded $625.
L. F. Garrard, counsel for trustee, was
awarded $12,500.
'American Trust and Banking Company,
trustee, was awarded $2,500.
J. A. Cotton and G. E. Thomas, Jr.,
counsel *jr individual depositors, were
held not to be entitled to any fees.
The cases decided by special master and
cases previously settled by agreement
make total $106,C00 expenses of litigation,
whereas $200,000 was amount claimed.
DESPERATE COMIIAT WITH NEGHO.
Attempting to Arrest on Ex-Convict,
Two Deputies Are Killed.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 13.—A dispatch Just
received from Yazoo City, gives an ac
count of a desperate combat between
eight deputy sheriffs and a negro ex-con
vict named Ed Crandiston, in which two
of the deputies, William Everitl and
James Stonestreet, were killed, and an
other, William Ward, seriously wounded.
The deputies sift-rounded a cabin in
which the negro had taken refuge. He
answered their call to surrender with a
load of buckshot. After firing several
more shots, he made his escape.
A mob is now in pursuit with a pack of
bloodhounds.
The negro will undoubtedly lie lynched
If caught. He is one of the most desper
ate characters in the state.
DR. JAEGEH’S TRIAL STILL ON.
Rev, NnrniHn 11. Harris the Only Wit
ness Examined Yesterday.
Lynchburg, Va„ Aug. 13.—Only one wit
ness, Rev. Norman B. Harris of Halifax
county, who was for some months con
nected with the colored orphan asylum
here, was examined In the trial of lr.
Jaeger to-day. The trial will be resumed
Monday.
TRAP-SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP.
R. C. Heikes Detents Fred Gilbert at
the Chicago Shoot.
Chicago, Aug. 13.—R. C. Heikes of Day
ton, 0., won the championship of Ameri
ca at trap shooting to-day. His competi
tor was Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, la.
The shooting was at clay pigeons, Heikes
making HO against 137 for Ullbert out of
a possible 150.
Mrs. Terriss Not Dead.
London, Aug. 13.-The reported death of
Mrs. Terries, widow of the actor, proved
to have been au error. Mrs. Terriss i
•seriously ilk * 18
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND.
Games Played Yesterday by the
National League.
New York, Aug. 13.— Yeager's * single
tied the score in the ninth, and Jones'
three-bagger and Alec Smith's timely sin
gle won to-day’s game in the tenth in
ning. Attendance 2,300. Score;
R.H.E.
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—2 11 1
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 o—l 8 2
Batteries—Yeager and Ryan and Grim;
Dammann and Reitz.
Philadelphia, Aug. 13.—1 t look eleven
innings to decide to-day's game, the home
team winning on a two-bagger, a sacri
fice and a single. Attendance 3,881. Score:
St. Louis 0 1 0 3000000 o—4 it 3
Philadelphia 0 022000000 I—s 10 3
Batteries—Hughey and Clements;-Dono
hue and McFarland.
Baltimore, Aug. 13.—The Orioles won
both games from the Pittsburgs to-day.
Both contests were close and exciting.
Atten.lance 3,389. Score:
First game— . R.H.E.
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x—3 6 0
Pittsburg 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 I—2 5 1
Batteries—McJames and Robinson; Tan
nehlll and Bowerman.
Second game— R.H.E.
Baltimore 0 2 1 0 00 3 0 x—6 8 3
Pittsburg 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 o—3 9 4
Batteries—Kitson and Clark: Gardner
and Bowerman.
New York, Aug. 13.—New York won the
game in the first inning by the bunching
of hits. Chicago's runs were the result
of errors. Dahlen kicked on a decision
by Hunt and was put off the grounds,
and Griffith, who wus to have pitched for
Chicago, protested and was treated like
wise. Attendance 9,000. Score: R.H.E.
New York ..4 210001 1 x—9 10 3
Chicago 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 o—2 8 6
Batteries—Meekin and Warner; Woods
and Donahue.
Boston, Aug. 13.—Boston's Infield did
great work to-day and Nichols’ splendid
pitching contributed largely to Cleve
land’s defeat. Attendance 6,000. Score:
R.H.E.
Boston 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 x—s 11 1
Cleveland ....0 1000000 I—2 7 3
Batteries—Nichols and Bergen; Cuppy
and O'Connor.
Washington, Aug. 13.—The Senators won
the first game by good playing. In the
second game they played poorly and were
at the mercy of Cunningham. Attendance
2,500. Score: R.H.E.
Washington .0 0200000 x—2 8 2
Louisville ....1 0000000 o—l 7 1
Batteries—VVeyhing and Farrell; Magee
and Kittridge.
Second game; R.H.E.
Washington .0 0100001 o—2 7 4
Louisville ....4 201 2000 o—9 111
Batteries —Mercer and Maguire; Cun
ningham and Powers.
REGRET THE DISCLOSURES.
Second North Carolina Officer* Indig
nant at Officer* Under Charge*.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 13.—Capt. Bell ot
Company B, Second North Carolina, spent
to-day in Brunswick, and from him the
Morning News correspondent secured an
interesting Interview. On the subject of
the court maitial proceedings now pend
ing, he is positive in the expressing the
indignation of the officers at the state
ments which were furnished the Morning
News by the officers resting under the
charges. He states that It is a source of
mortification and regret to the entire
camp that these statements should have
been furnished, and no one there hesitates
to express themselves strongly on the
subject. As to the future of the camp,
Capt. Bell presents some good news for
this section.
He says: “There is the best of feeling
prevalent among the officers and men to
wards the people of your city. We have
been treated with the utmost consideration
by everyone, and more especially by the
managers of your boat and street car lines.
The fact that they reduced the fares on
both, without solicitation op our part, and'
to such a figure that the poorest man can
now ride, is in striking contrast to the
way in which the car line at Camp Rus
sell, N. C„ did us. At that point we sent
guards in dally to patrol the city, yet
they had to pay full fare and no
amount of requests on our part
could secure n reduction In fares. I am
firmly of the opinion that the government
will recognize the advantages which your
island affords for camping purposes and es
tablish a permanent army post on it. This
"ill be made all the more probable after
next week when the draining of some ponds
near the camp ts finished. The County
Commissioners have agreed to send down
sixty convicts to go to work on these ponds
the first of next week. They are both near
King City. One covers a large area and
the other is but little smaller. When these
are drained there will be no need to fear
sickness from any source. At present the
camp is as healthy as one could wish for.
We have only a few cases of sickness in
the hospital and these are of a mild type.”
There are now in view other plans which
will make the camp practically perfect.”
Capt. Bell does not know anything bout
the Texas regiments which reports have it
are soon to come to St. Simons. He states
that Col. Burgwyn ts desirous of having
the other six companies of his regiment
Join him. but he does not know yet what
success-his efforts have yet met with.
As to the discipline of the camp Copt.
Bell S|>eaks In the highest terms. He hint
s'lf is an old soklier, and his praise of
Col. Burgwyn’s conduct of his command<is
marked. There has been only one man
in the guard house since they arrived,
and this was for a petty offense. Col’
Burgwyn Is an, excellent disciplinarian
and the men under him have the utmost
respect for his wishes.
THIRD VIRGINIA INVESTIGATION.
A Large Number of Witnesses Ex
amined Yesterday.
■Washington, Aug. 14.—The court of In
quiry Investigating the charges affecting
the Third Virginia Regiment continued its
sessions at Camp Alger to-day.
A large number of witnesses were exam
ined, but no new evidence of importance
was brought to light. They corroborated
the testimony heretofore given and brought
out a few new details of the disturbance
here and there. The witnesses Included
Capt. J. C. W. Brooks, chief quartermas
ter; MaJ. M. C. Butler, son of the division
eomrnund.r; Acting Assistant Surgeon
Butler, Lieut. James Smith of the First
Connecticut. Lieut. Col. Hammond of the
First Connecticut; Private Gordon of
Company K and Gill of Company M 0 f
the Third Virginia an.l F. J. 801 l the
keeper of a fruit stand. The latter said
the fight between the Virginia boys and
the colored ateamster occurred about tirtv
feel in the rear of his stand. He saw it
number of Virginia boys leaving camp in
a body, following the negro and -r>ln"
"Catch him,” "Hang him," "Lynch
him.”
Rrivato Gill testified that he had heard
Gen. Butler say he was getting tired of
the foolishness; that tho Third Virginia
gave him more trouble than any other ieg
imvnt and that he was going to stop it
right away.
American Slilp Ilurned.
Kobe, Aug. 13.—The American ship Lad
ing Brothers, which was yesterday report
ed on fire, was burned to the water s
edge. ,
THE MORNING NEWS; SUNDAY, AUGUST 14. 189S.
BICYCLE RECORDS BROKEN.
RACES THE LAST DAY
OF THE NATIONAL MEET.
McFarland Defent* Raid, Cooper and
Gardiner "Major'’ Taylor and
"Old KnintucW” Kimble Up Close
nt the Finish Kruemer NVtn* the
One and Two-Mile Championships,
Cutting the Record In the Latter,
ffnail Mile Iteeord Lowered—The
Eastern Wheelmen Bndly Beaten
hy the Western Men—Standing ot
Cireiiit Chasers.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. U.—The annual
meet of the National Leauge of American
Wheelmen was closed to-day, and the rac
ing was brilliant. It furnished more sur
prises and more broken records.
Eddie Bald was beaten out in the semi
final of the one-mile national professional
championship, as were Tom Cooper and Ar
thur Gardiner. F. A. MacFarland, the new
champion, won in record-breaking time,
lowering the one-mile single paced compe
tition mark from 2:01 to 1:58 2-5.
“Major” Taylor was but three Inches be
hind in the wonderful finish and “Old
Kaintuck” Kimble but a,tire’s width back
of the "Dark Secret.”
Frank L. Kraemer of Newark, N. J., put
a crimp Into Peabody, and won the one
mile national amateur championship. The
winners of the first and second semi-finals
were allowed to start and it gave a fast
field. Kraemer, however, had worlds of
speed and he dealt it out easily. In the
last quarter he pushed to the front and
pedalled in a manner down the back stretch
that Indicated he would win easily. He
crossed the tape a full length In front of
Earl Feabody, the Chicagoan. The time
was 2:05 3-5.
The two-mile amateur handicap event
saw another broken record, ahd Kraemer,
the one-mile national champion, registered
It. By the pluckiest kind of work he .sped
around the oval and, although he failed to
finish within the money, he cut the record
to 4:17.
The third record to go to smithereens was
that of n quad njile. In a trial against
time a team composed of Van Cott, Horton,
Lishner and Bennett cut the record from
1:47 to 1:45 3-5.
In the two-mile tandem professional race
James Bowler was substituted for Johnny
Johnson, whose Injuries received on the
previous night were too sewer* to permit of
Ills riding. Plucky "Plugger Bill” Martin
was out steering his mate, YV. E. Martens,
of Minneapolis, and the pair won the
event in 4:57 1-5, doing the last quarter In
24. Martin all but fainted after finishing,
and had to be carried from the track.
In the interstate pursuit race, teams en
tering from Illinois and Indiana in the
West and Connecticut and New York in
the East. The New York team won. The
distance completed was six miles and
three sixteenths, and the time 13:43 8-5.
The long-talked race of the East against
the West was well contested and the West
ern riders captured the event. The crack
ajacks of the meet were reprsseule J. Mc-
Farland was in the Western team oe was
Gardiner and Bald In the Eastern aggre
gtion. The West wiped up the Easterners.
Three of the Western team stayed to the
finish. Stevens was the only Westerner
to give up while all thoee from the East
quit except Martin. It required only four
and three-sixteenths miles for the West
erners to stop their Eastern rivals. The
time for five miles by McFarland, who
finished It out after passing Martin, was
10:23 1-5.
Chairman Mott to-night gave out the of
ficial standing of the riders in the national
championship races: Bald, 125 points; Mc-
Fgi laqd, 114; Major Taylor, 109; Kimble, 99;
Cooper, 85; Gardiner, 73; Freeman, 46;
Stevens, 41.
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BRUNSWICK HAPPENINGS.
Judge Crovntt Appointed Referee In
HnnUmpfcy fuses.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 13.—Judge Alfred
J. Crovatt has been appointed referee in
bankruptcy cases for the counties of Mc-
Intosh. Glynn, Charlton, Pierce, Ware,
Appling and Wayne. In making this ap
pointment Judge Speer took occasion to
make very complimentary and pleasant
references to Judge Crovatt and the rela
tions which has always existed between
him and the court.
Sergt. Crockett of the Third Georgia Is
In the city recruiting for Capt. Gilbert’s
company. He is accompanied by Corpl.
Lancaster, Creamer and other old Bruns
wick boys. They have no intimation as
yet that the Third Georgia will not be
mustered in, but on the contrary say that
the regiment has been informed from
headquarters that it will be taken In next
week as a regiment, and the chances are
that the troops will be sent to Jackson
ville on the march. To cover this dis
tance by foot will give the boys plenty of
hardening experience* and occupy many
days to reach their destination. The
Brunswickians bring down good news
from the camps at Griffin and state that
nil the South Georgia boys are in good
health and spirits.
Dr. W. B. Burroughs and Mr. J. H. Dill
worth, delegates to the State Agricultural
Society, have returned home. Dr. Bur
roughs was complimented by re-election
as one of the vice presidents. He is an
ardent and enthusiastic worker for tho de
velopment of Georgia, and the honor was
Justly conferred.
Mr. Arthur W. Pye has returned from
Asbury Park, where he attended the na
tional convention of stenographers. He
was chosen for re-election as general sec
retary of the association.
The evening edition of the Advertiser,
published by H. A. Wrench & Sons, sus
pended publication this afternoon, but the
paper will be continued as a weekly. This
change was made due to the pressure of
other business, and the fact that the field
for which the Advertiser was started, to
fill, has been wiped out. The Evening Ad
vertiser was born with the war, and fof
the announced purpose of giving the war
news. Now that the war is over it goes
back Into its weekly field, which it has
always filled very creditably.
HHOTHERS-IN-LAW FIGHT,
William E, Dickey nml Silas Allen
Engaged in n Cutting Affray.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 13.—William E.
Dickey and Silas Allen, brothers-in-law
and citizens of Wakulla county, had an
unpleasant interview Thursday afternoon.
That night they met at tho home of W.
C. Roure, and. It Is claimed, that Allen
assaulted Dickey with a club, delivering
a terrible blow on the back of his head
in the dark, following tho blow by an at
tack with a knife, making a cut several
inches long in the left side, two in the
1 etf arm. one of which is said to be thir
teen inches In length.
Dickey was also cut In the right side
and arms. He was brought hera on the
Carralielle, Tallahassee and Georgia train
yesterday, where he Is now under the
care of Dr. George H. Gwynn. While his
wounds are very painful and sore, they
are not regarded as necessarily fatal.
It appears that Mr. DlCkey was unhitch
ing his team in the dark when the as
sault was made. He succeeded in get
ting his knife out, and it is said that ho
made some severe cuts on Mr. AUeu, one
Jo the region ot the heart I
SISTERS’ SILVER JUBILEE.
Celebration jn Honor of Two Mem
bers of the Order of Mercy.
The Sisters of Mercy throughout Geor
gia will celebrate this week the silver Jubi
lee of Sister Mary Magdalen of St. Vin
cent’s convent in this city and of Sister
Mary Rose, mother superior of St, Mary’s
convent In Augusta.
Both ie members of Sava'nnah families.
Sister Rose is a sister of Rev. P. H. Mc-
Mahon, pastor of St. Patrick's Church in
Augt/Slh, and formerly pastor of St. Pat
rick's in Savannah, and of Mr. T. A. Mc-
Mahon.
Sister Mary Magdalen Is a daughter of
Mr. John Kennedy of this city. Both sis
ters entered St. Viacent's convent twenty
seven years ago. After two years as pos
tulants they were admitted as professed
sisters and for a quarter of a century have
been prominent in the order. Both were
received Into the sisterhood by Bishop
Persico, late cardinal.
The sisters of the order have been In
retreat during the last week. To-morrow
morning solemn high mass will be cele
brated In the convent chapel by Bishop
Becker ln*honor of the twenty-fifth anni
versary of the admission of the sisters to
the order. Afterward a banquet will be
served and the celebration will partake
more of a social character.
Rev. Father McMahon will arrive from
Augusta to-morrow morning to attend the
oelebration. Mother Genevieve, mother
superior of the convent here, has arranged
for the entertainment of the sisters and
the Jubilee will be a pleasing event in
the order. A high mass will be celebrated
at St. Mary’s convent ciuapel in Augusta
YY ednesday in honor of the occasion.
GEN'. SCHAYY N KNOWN HERE.
YY ell Remembered by n Number of
German Families.
Gen. Schwan. whose operations In Porto
Rico are being read with interest, is
known to a number of German people in
Savannah. Gen. Schwan is a native of
Wulsdorf near Bremerhaven. Mrs. F.
Feus, mother of Mr. F. C. Feus of this
city, knew him when he attended the
school at Wulsdorf.
A number of other German families liv
ing in Savannah came from near YVuls
dorf and Bremerhaven and remember
Gen. Schwan with rmich pleasure. He ob
tained his education in the public schools
of YY’ulsdorf and at the University in
Stade. In 1862 he joined the United States
Army as a private and has worked his
way up to his present rank.
Those who remember him in Germany
recall his combative disposition, his natur
al liking for a soldier's life and they are
not surprised at the rank he has taken in
military affairs in this country. His father
was a Lutheran minister, and one of his
brothers was an officer in the Prussian
army and was killed in 1871, being the only
soldier from Bremerhaven during the
Franco-Prussian war.'
REV. MAXWELL’S SUCCESSOR.
New Pastor Chosen for Contfregn
ttonnl Ulinreli.
Rev. John W. Whitaker of New Or
leans has been called to the pastorate of
the First Congregational Church, colored,
to succeed Rev. L. B. Maxwell, who Is
now In Europe in the interest of the In
ternational Sunday School Union. The
call has been accepted, and the new pas
tor will take charge of the church the
second Sunday in October.
Rev. Whitaker is a graduate of the At
lanta University and of the Hartford
Seminary at Hartford, Conn. He is a
classmate of the church's recent pastor
and is said to be a preacher of much force.
He was formerly pastor of the Talladega
Congregational Church, a position which
he filled for eight years.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. F. R. Clark of YVaycross was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. W. G. Keen of Fort Valley was
among the arrivals in Savannah yester
day.
Capt. George P. Walker of Battery B,
Georgia Artillery, is in the city for a
few days.
Mr. Leon Kahn, an extensive shoe dealer
of Dallas, was in the city, visiting, his
brother-in-law, Mr. B. Dub, at the
Screven.
Mayor Meldrim left yesterday for Sara
toga to attend the annual meeting of the
American Bar Association, which begins
there this week.
Miss Mary C. Jackson, after spending a
month in Savannah with relatives and
friends, will return to her home in
Charleston to-day on account cf her
mother's illness.
Death of n Colored Woman.
Susan Dilworth, who died after an ill
ness of five weeks from paralysis, was
burled Friday afternoon. The services
were conducted by Rev. A. Ellis. The
deceased was well known and had many
friends. An aged mother, a daughter
and five sons survive her.
TALLAHASSEE BUDGET.
A Blw Tree In the Yosemite Y'nlley
Nmned in Honor of Florida.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 13.—The board of
commissioners to manage the Y'osemite
Y'alley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, in
California, have notified Gov. Bloxham
that one of the big trees In said grove has
been named Florida in honor of his state.
Thomas J. Perkins of this city has been
appointed assistant cashier In the freight
office of the Florida, Central and Penin
sular System nt Jacksonville.
Track laying is progressing on the Talla
hassee Southeastern Railroad, ten miles
from the city.
Bradford Chaires yesterday killed a mon
ster rattlesnake a few miles east of Talla
hassee. He also killed twenty-three young
rattlers. Tho mother snake sported eleven
rattles and a button.
State Treasurer YY’hlfffleid has remitted
to the several counties their proportion of
the tax redemption fund for July, aggre
gating $2,235.42.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF llOIl.En.
James Cannon Killed nnd n Young
Man Seriously Injnrcd.
Douglas, Ga., Aug. 13.—The boiler ot the
saw mill of John McGovern, In the north
ern portion of the county, bursted on the
evening of the 11th Instant, instantly kill
ing John Cannon and a young son of W.
T. Hersey of Broxton, And seriously
If not fatally, scalding another man.
If the Morning News correspondent is
correctly informed, someone is criminally
liable for this sad affair. The boiler, it
is alleged, should have been condemned
long since. A hole was burned In the
crown sheet, which was kept plugged with
bsbbett metal, which answered as long as
kept covered with water. But through
ignorance or caie'.essness or both, it Ib
supposed the fireman let the water get
below the plug, which melted out.
THE MISSION OF GEN. LEE.
HE IS PHRPARIXG FOH IT AND WILL
EXECITE IT FAITHFULLY.
nrmerkt About Hattie Cries The
Heroic Fort Played By Some of the
Women Who Have Nursed the Siek
In the Hospitals—Other Matters of
General Interest.
Fernandina, Fla., Aug. IS.—I am glad to
see that the Morning News does not en
dorse Gen. Young’s rather strong criti
cisms on the Cubans. When the war first
started, Judging them by the general run
of cigar makers at Tampa, I had formed
a rather low estimate of the Cubans,
but not so low as that now held by Gen.
Young. After Gen. Fitzhugh Lee estab
lished his headquarters at the Tampa Bay
Hotel he was almost constantly surround
ed by the better class of Cuban refugees
from Havana. In the day time they were
mostly Cuban officers and soldiers and at
night the ladles and their civilian escorts
were present In large numbers. Among
all these I found a high state of refine
ment and practi'cal good sense. The la
dies were especially bright, and seemed
to have clear and patriotic ideas about
the war and its purposes. These people
I found as unlike the West Tampa and
Ybor City masses of Cubans as night is
different from day. In their hands any
form of government In Cuba would be
Judiciously and humanely administered.
But in the hands of the rabble that
swarmed around Santiago, and of which
Gen. Young saw so much that was dis
tasteful, no safe system of government
could be established.
And this brings me to speak of Gen.
Lee and his mission. Many people are
worrying because he has not been put in
the field to fight the Spaniards. This
worry is quite needless, as Gen. Leo,
knows what his mission is to be, and hei
is daily preparing himself and his splendid
corps for its accomplishment at the prop
er time, and in the way originally intend
ed. No man is more popular with all
classes, Cubans and Spaniards, In Ha
vana, than Gen. Lee. When he goes there
as temporary military governor with an
army of defense and not Invasion, he will
harmonize and “reunite the better classes
of Cubans and Spaniards, and establish
peaceful relations between them. His of
ficial conduct as consul general was most
discreet and humane, and he will go back
with hands unstained with the blood of
Spanish or Cuban foes, and be in a con
dition to do Justice to all classes in put
ting Cuba on the right track to secure a
peaceful and permanent form of govern
ment. In due time enough of the cultur
ed element will be found to assume full
control of governmental affairs.
People who object to the battle-cry of
"Remember the Maine,” by the avengers,
must bear In mind that battle-cries, like
this have prevailed in all wars, and many
times have stmiulated soldiers to deeds of
daring not otherwise attempted, and -to
victories not to be won without some such
sudden inspiration. The illustrious Gen.
Mlrabeau B. Lamar, of Georgia, whose
fame will be forever linked with the his
tory of the young Texas republic, realized
the value of such an inspiration, and w*en
at the head of his sixty horsemen. In the
battle of San Jacinto, he rose in his stir
rups, waved his sword above his head, and
cried out: "Remember, men, the Alamo!
Remember Goliad, Fannin, Bowie and
Travis! Charge, and strike in vengeance
for the murdered of our comrades.” The
troop swept down upon fated Santa Anna's
forces like a whirlwind, leaving dead and
maimed Mexican soldiers in Its track. There
are historians who claim that this gallant
charge led to the final capture of Gen.
Santa Anna .and part of his army, result
ing in the cessation of hostilities and the
establishment of the republic of Texas, of
which Gen. Lamar became an honored
president.
In my last letter I spoke of the heroic
women who go to the battle fields to
nurse the sick and wounded soldiers, I
should have added a word in praise of
wives, mothers and sisters of soldiers who
have done such noble service In the camps
here in Florida. Conspicuous among
these brave and patriotic women have
been Mrs. Gen. W. W. Gordon at Miami,
and Mrs. Col. Moulton at Jacksonville.
They have not been alone in their devo
tion to the sick and wounded soldiers.
When Mrs. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and her
daughter came to Jacksonville they at
once joined in the good work. Mrs. Dodge
of the Windsor Hotel at Jacksonville,
Mrs. Julia D. Little of the Hotel Miami,
at Miami, and Manager Thompson, s
daughter of the Strathmore Hotel, at
Fernandina, have also been conspicuous
workers. And into the hospitals and
camps at all these points has come a
steady stream of delicacies and needed
hospital appliances from the various la
dies' relief societies all over the country.
Many of the wealthiest and most cultur
ed ladies of the land have gone Into the
hospitals and nursed with their own
hands and their own supplies the sick sol
diers quartered therein. Like angels of
mercy they have helped thousands of our
scattered sick and wounded soldiers to
better bear the pain and suffering allot
ed them as heroes and patients.
Sidney Herbert.
Ware Comity'* Juries.
Waycross. Ga., Aug. 13.—The Jury Com
missioners for Ware county began revising
the Jury list on Wednesday and finished
on Thursday afternoon. The jurors for
the November term of court were drawn.
The revision of the lists gives 416 names to
the petit Jury box and 177 to the grand
Jury box.
MONEY IN BAYONETS.
lloiv n Blacksmith Turned Them Into
Onion Hoes.
From the Washington Star.
"I wish I could pick up the bayonets
that have been thrown away around San
tiago," said a blacksmith in one of Wash
ington's downtown shops yesterday.
“What earthly good would they do you?"
asked a bystander.
"I could make a small fortune out of
them,” replied the blacksmith, “just as
X did once before with the bayonets that
were picked up at Antietam and Harper's
Ferry.”
"How’s that?”
“Well, T don't know as It did me any
good—leastways It doesn’t now that I have
lost it all. Perhaps that is the reason
that I think I would like to try It again.
I was a young man when the war was
over, and was living up at a little out
of-the-way place In the mountains of
Maryland. 1 had learned my trade of my
father, who fell at Gettysburg, and the
world was before me. I settled down to
shoeing farm horses and mules, repairing
reapers and mowers, und doing add Jobs
of ail kinds. Prices were better then than
they are now, and the country had some
cash in It. 1 dal well and laid by a little
capital.
"One day an old fellow living ’way up
on the mountain came into my shop with
a bayonet in his hand. On the other arm
was a mile basket of nice white eggs.
" ‘Cap,’ he said, as he laid the bayonet
on the anvil, ‘my unyln patch Is all gorm
cd up with weeds and filth, an' ef you
could on’y Jest make me a leetle narrer
hoe outen this baynet fer this yere mess
o' eggs, I reckon I'd hev a right good
chance of unyins.’
"I took the bayonet and hit It a tap
against the anvil, and it rang like a bell.
FOUGHT WITH GREAT DISTINCTION AT
6UAYAMA, PORTICO RICO,
Heartily Endorses Pe-m-irs, the Great Nerve
Teaic and Catarrh flamody.
COL. A. :B COLT. WBOL.D THE ....BCE CHARGE ,TG„TUU
Commander A. B. Coit, Colonel of the Fourth Regiment (Infantry) Ohio Vol
unteers, has been a prominent figure in military circles for a number of years
in the State of Ohio. His regiment is considered one of the finest regiments
ever mustered into the United States service. In the recent victorious en
gagements at Guayama, Porto Rico, this regiment stood the brunt of the enemy's
attack. The Spaniards were* routed with considerable loss and the city cap
tured. In a recent letter from camp th considerable loss and the city cap
" Thanks for the case of your most excellent Pe-ru-na. It has been found In
valuable as a tonic in this ciimate and in the various sicknesses attending a
radical change in drinking water." In a prior letter this brave commander
states: "Pe-ru-na as a catarrh remedy has made several remarkable cures to
my knowledge. I desire to give the remedy my hearty endorsement.”
Not only Is Pe-ru-na a remedy suited
to the climatic vicissitudes and muscular
strain of the campaign and battle, and a
systematic tonic for the farmer, mechanic
and laborer, but it Is
equally efficient as a f Y
nerve and brain Jh
tonic to the over- javj
worked profes- “Klj ip l ,
sional. Rev. A. S. .’Jr Jk)} !
Vaughn, of Eureka ,■iMLA
Springs, Ark., says: WUjjßsT.i)
“I can testify to the ki|jpspiflU k
merits ol Pe-rusna Jw'y ■
as a nerve tonic. I
had been' prostrated - ;> ’^v
and almost dead. I %'
took Pe-ru-na and
I am now enJoylngA. S. Vaughn. D. D.
my usual health.
To all who suffer from debility of any
kind I recommend Pe-ru-na.”
Col. Peter Sells, of Columbus, Ohio,
business manager of
the great Sells and
f ’■) \ Forepaugh Conaoll
; m,-* dated Shows, is one
1/ wfiTv** \ of the hardest
4*jf worked men in
fjjmflL (ufs America. He says:
ZV 11 P e ' ru_na 311
jC admirable remedy
jL. for overwork. I
' would not be with
out Pe-ru-na In my
Colonel Peter Sells. trave . ,! ' ~ With
occasional use of
this remedy I find myself always in good
health and spirits.”
There was the best of steel In It, and I
knew I could make a first-class hoe out
of It. I had seen any number of bay
onets. Army muskets and swords kicking
around In that country, but I had never
thought of using them for anything be
fore. I stuck the bayonet into the fire,
and In a few minutes I made a very
pretty little onion hoe for the old man. 1
cut off about two-thirds of the steel, then
bent tho rest around nearly square with
the ferrule and flattened it out into a
nice sharp blade an inch wide. The fer
rule I left untouched, so that the hoe
handle could be put into It. There hap
pened to be an old handle standing in the
corner of the shop, and I put it in for the
old man. It hung just right, and made
the prettiest garden weapon you ever saw.
Tho old fellow was delighted. A few days
later he came in again and told me how
the hoe worked. He said it was so light,
so thin and so sharp and strong that it
was play to hoe onions, something that I
had always heard before this was the
hardest kind of work.
•"What he said set me to thinking. If a
bayonet made such a good onion hoe why
was there not a field for making them
on a large scale? The bayonets were to
be had In quantity, and there were people
enough raising opions. In a few days a
neighbor of the old man came
into the shop with a oay
onet and said he wanted a hoe made
out of It. Several others followed his
example in the next month or so and bay
onet hoes came to be known and general
ly used In that region. I put up a no
tice In several postoffloes around there
that I would pay 5 cents apiece for bay
onets. They came in by hundreds. In
Another busy man Is Mr. YV. T. Powell,
editor and publisher
of the Independent.
Clarington, O. He / yS
says he had tried v
many remedies ry r <?- Igs
without avail. After jM
taking three bottles
of Pe-ru-na he found Ekv,ViH§
himself entirely .
cured. "I have felt ' .t-if ■'*:<
better ever since
taking Pe-ru-na
y ‘££.. 1 had for Editor Powell.
The medical pro
fesslon also en-
Jl uA dorse Pe-ru-na.
;■***, Dr. D. P. Neihart,
of Nebraska City,
I /S ' Neb., is a physt
(i /ng cian of 68 years’
C/Sn Jgfc.i constant practice.
VwLggyMitlts He says: "I find
'Stefa* dat >y use for Pe "
\ ru-na In my prac
tice - 1 have never
S been disappointed
I' & in results with
this remedy. f
D. P. Neihart, M. D. use hundreds of
bottles of it.”
Prominent men of all professions,
trades and occupations, from the North,
South. East and West, praise Pe-ru-na.
Everybody .should have a copy of Dr.
Hartman's latest book. Sent free by The
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company,
Columbus, Ohio.
spare time I made them up Into hoes,
which I finished off as nicely as I knew
how. Then I put a little advertlsem'nt
In the county paper, and finally another
In an agricultural paper, and the orders
began to pour In on me. I charged 35
cents apiece for the hoes, and as it did
not take over five minutes to make one,
when I was making them in quantity, I
estimated that there was at least 23 cents
profit on each hoe. I had no discount to
make to the trade. I sold every hoe my
self, and got all the profits myself. The
trade increased until bayonets began to
get scarce, and I had to offer 7, 8 and fin
ally 10 cents for bayonets, and thes' were
slow to come in at that figure. But for
a year or two I sold the hoes by hundreds,
ami I got very well fixed financially. In
my advertisement, of course, I alluded to
the Biblical notion of beating swords Into
ploughshares, and shears Into pruning
hooka. This was very fetching with ail
sorts of good people, and a good many. I
suppose, bought my hoes not only because
they were a first-class article, but a*
relics of the war. Some of those bayon
ets had no doubt pierced some poor fel
low’s vitals, and let his life blood out
upon the green sward on the battlefields
of the South. It is good to think that
the use I put them to was more peaceful
and useful to mankind."
—Admiral Thomas Massie, who died In
London a few days ago, was known as
the'Tather of the British navy." He was
90 years old, having been born in 180 L
He entered the navy in ISIB and served
at Navftrina, Byerout, Sldon and St. Jean
d'Acre, and in China and the Blaok Sea.