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fa ,ed to Tei Yuen Fu. in the province of
!*van Si, from which point they went to
ril.in Fu. There U no governor."
DISPOSING OF TANARUS TROOPS.
Cell. Gnselee Sent Hi* War Office In
formation.
London, Aug. 24.—Gen. Gaselee, the
commander of the British forces at Pe
kin, telegraphing from that place, Aug.
16, via Che Foo, Aug. 23, gives details
of how he is disposing of his troops there.
He says the British losses were extreme
ly small; announces that he is very short
,f food; thni he was arranging for con
\ ys and that he hoped to assault the
imperial city that day when the men had
, cn fed. The general also says the good
spirits and endurance of the troops have
... n beyond praise, and refers to the ex
romely arduous march, owing to the
beat and heavy mins.
SM IRCHING FOR TUAN.
lteport Tlint He Had Been in the
Chinese Capital.
Copyright, 1900, the Associated Fress.
Pekin. Aug. 17, via Che Foo, Aug. 23.
The Japanese command the gates to the
Forbidden City and are awaiting instruc
tions as to whether to hold them or de
stroy them. Prince Tuan, leader of the
insurrection, is reported to have been
- , n here, and a search is being made for
him.
Chinese eafairy are operating in squads
rear Tung C'how; and a squadron of Sikhs
nnd American cavalry has been sent in
pursuit of them. It i believed that the
Kinpress Dowager has established her
court at Sian Fu, the ancient capital.
AID FROM THIS VIC EROVS.
They Have Agreed to Help In Res
toring Peace.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The first assur
a: es reached here to-day that the pow
erful Chinese viceroys were disposed to
a ept the new condition of affairs in
China and would assist in the mainte
nance of peace. The information came in
a dispatch through diplomatic channels,
and stated that one of the foreign offices
hal received a telegram from two of the
r, ?t powerful central viceroys, stating
that they intended to give their best ef
forts to maintain quiet throughout the
central portions of China.
A REPORT FROM FOWLER.
.Add I limit! I Information Retiring I'p
on Pekin Event*.
Washington, Aug. 24 —Bulletin. Acting
Secretary Ache to-night made public the
foiiowing dispatch frem Consul Fowler
at Che Foo, giving additional informa
ion beating on events in Pekin;
‘ Che Foo, (undated) received Aug. 23,
midnight.—To Secretary of State, Wash
!i g on.—Twenty-third. Japanese report
K tiperor (and) Empress left Pekin 14th,
r* ted at Wau Shou Shan, supposed des
ti :otion Tal Yuan Fu (Tai Yuen Fu?),
Stun Si. Prince Ching believed in Pekin.
Li Ping Heng died. Half population left.
Fowler."
CABLE NOW OPEN TO TAKE.
Ht-iney Reports All Troops From the
Ilancoek Ln*,led.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The following
cablegram was received to-day at the
Navy Dejvartment from Admiral Remey:
“Taku. Aug. 22.—Bureau of Navigation,
W. a.gton: Cable open now Taku. All
troops from Hancock landed. Marines
g i.c Tien Tsln. Private Arthur A. Woods,
in line corps, accidentally drowned, Tong
Ku, night 21st. Remey.”
Bl RXED JAPANESE TEMPLE.
Uisputcli Sliotvn Disturbance* at
Amoy, China.
Washington, Aug. 24.—United State?
Consul Johnson, at Amoy, cables
ihe State Department, under date of to
day, that a mob burned the Japanese tem
l > at that place, to-day. Marines were
landed to protect the Japanese officials
hi are restoring peace and order.
The marines alluded to must belong to
some other nation than the United States,
a? the United States has no warship at
Amoy.
Iliirued Near Amoy.
Berlin, Aug. 24.—1 tis announced in o
dispatch from Amoy, dated Aug. 24. that
many more American end British missions
in the neighborhood of Amoy have recent
ly been looted, and burned by mobs, and
thot last night a Japanese temple w;c*
burned.
GermunN Arrived.
Berlin. Aug. 24.—An official dispatch
from Tien Tsln, dated Aug. 21. saj’s the
German naval detachment arrived at Pe
kin Aug. 18. and that the marine battalion
reached Ho Si Wu Aug. 20.
PI CMC AT ST. SIMONS.
Excnrsino Given by the Hilton anti
Dodgre Company.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 24.—The Hilton anti
Dodge IvuYnbor Company yesterday gave
to the company's employes at Darien and
their friends an excursion to St. Simons.
About fifty persona, besides the employes
of the Darien office, accepted the com
pany’s Invitation, and left the city on the
Rteamer Passport, at 9 o'clock in the
morning, arriving home again at 10:30
o'clock at night.
The day was spent in the usual picnic
style, including a big basket dinner, danc
ln# and surf bathing. One of the most
pleasing diversions was a delightful cake
walk, by little Misses Long and Smith,
who so pleased the crowd that they were
' ailed upon to repeat the performance on
board the boat coming back to town.
The Hilton & Dodge Company and em
ployes are the toast of the town to-day.
The excursion was given on the twenty
third anniversary of General Manager H.
H. Knox's connection with the company,
and to him the day was a-doubly pleasant
one.
LEFT 9100,000 111 TRUST.
M’lll ||. lTa<> ( | far Negro Eiiaeatiansl
Purposes.
Norwich, Conn., Aug. 24 —The will of
Moses Pierce, the late cotton manufac
turer, probated to-day, leaves a trust fund
of SIOO,OOO to the American Missionary So
ciety of New York city to be known is
the Edwin Milmari Pierce fund, the in
come to be used for educating teachers
for common schools among the colored
population In the South.
HE WET TOOK TO THE HILL*.
Report That He Win Cat Off by lla
tlen-Fovvell.
I.'ifidon. Aug, 25.—Gen. Baden-Powell,
according io a dispatch lo the Standard
from Pretorts, dated Aug. 23, headed off
Gen DaWet, preventing hia Junction with
the main body of the enemy. DeWet
abandoned his transport and took lo the
hills, bis commando dispersing, some going
south. Lord Kitchener baa relumed to
Preterit
NEGROES MADE SPEECHES.
Emery Advised Those In Boston to
Come South.
Boston, Aug. 21.—The session of the
Aegro National Business League was re
sumed at Parker Memorial Hall at 10
o ciock to-day. Among the speakers was
W'. O. Emery of Macon, Ga. He advised
the colored people of Boston to remove
to the South and go into business. He
said there were many more business op
portunities for them there, and that the
South was the land of the negro.
Williams of Omaha, spoke for
the colored people of his state. He told
of successful negro formers in Nebraska,
and urged that many more go there. He
thought the. people, white and black,
should get back to the soil. R. J. Pal
mer of Columbia, S. C., who followed,
said thot negro masons were employed
on the Masonic Temple now being built in
his city. He asked if negro workmen In
Boston were allowed os good a chance
in the field of labor.
Albert -Moore Smith of Chicago, the or
ganizer and president of the Chicago Col
ored Women’s Business Club, was also
among the speakers to-day.
Among the other speakers were T. H.
Thomas of Johnston, Tex.; T. Thomas
Fortune of New York, G. C. Jones of I-iitle
Rock, Ark.; A. F. Crawford of Meridian,
Conn,; D. J. Cunningham of Pensacola;
Eugene R. Boose of Clarksdaie, Miss.; J.
F. Fowlkes of Evlngton, Va., and G. W.
Franklin of Chattanooga.
Resolutions and recommendations fof
the formation of a permanent organiza
tion were presented to the conference and
were adopted. Till* following were rec
ommendel for officers:
For president, Booker T. Washington of
Alabama; vice president, Giles B. Jackson
of Virginia; vice president. Alberta Moore
smith of lilinois; for treasurer, Gilbert C.
Harris of Massachusetts.
APPROPRIATED HORSES.
Florida Towns Despoiled of Live
Stock ly a Young- Cowboy.
Orlando, Fla., Aug. 24.—Several days
ago a boyish-looking cowboy, who hailed
from Osceola county, rode in here on a
horse and was leading another. He sold
one of the animals to Liveryman J. B.
Magruder, and then set out for Sanford.
He sported a large revolver and a belt
well-filled with cartridges, and bore him
self as one who imagined himself tough
enough to command respect.
At Sanford he sold his other horse and
then went out to Fort Reed, about three
miles distant, where he stole a horse.
From there he went to Longwood and
helped himself to a buggy and harness.
Mr. D. A. McDonald, file loser of the
harness, trailed him in a westerly course
from town for a few miles, when the
troll turned in a southerly course, Mc-
Donald returned to town and set the
wires a work.
The young man was apprehended at
Lakeland and was arrested by the mar
shal of that place. Day before yester
day he passed through here on his re
turn to Sanford in charge of Deputy Sher
iff Hand.
About this time a man from Osceola
county arrived here in search of him. He
was the owner of the horse sold in San
ford. The animal had been stolen from
him. He w<nt on to Sanford and recov
ered the horse.
Yesterday the young man had a prelim
inary hearing and was placed under
bend. His father, one pf the substantial
citizens of Osceola county, had followed
t'he erring boy when he was in charge
of the officer on the return from lake
land. He procured the necessary bond,
and took the boy home last night. It is
said that, aside from these cases, there
are two or three other charges against
him in Osceola county. The boy is only
about 18 years old.
TOD SLOW WILL RIDE.
Rich Futurity Will Be Ridden To
day nt Slierpnhend.
New York, Aug. 24.—The racing season
in the metropolitan district will be taken
up again after a lapse of tw’O weeks, to
give Saratoga a chance at clear dates,
and from now until the snow falis the
tracks will be busy. The fall meeting
of the Sheepshead Bay track begins to
morrow with a fine card, on which Is the
rich Futurity for 2-year-olds at a little
less than three-quarters of a mile, and
all the pick of the youngsters in training
are engaged, with one exception. A full
list of the entries is qs follows:
Tommy Atkins, 129; Blues. 126; Elkhorn,
126; Golden Age, Kenilworth, All Green,
122; Cap and Bell, Sweet Lavender, 119;
Lady of the Valley, 116; Olympia, Bally
Ho Bey, Six Shooter, Belving, Longshore
man, Smile, 112.
W. C. Whitney will depend upon Bally
Ho Bey for victors', and so much does
he think of the colt he has sent all the
way to England to get Tod Sloan to ride
him. Bally Ho Bey and Olympian, one
of the Keene string, are strong favor
ites.
lIATTALJOX Mill. CAMP.
Order firantlng Permission Issneil
by the Adjntnnt General.
Tallahassee, Fla.. Aug. 24.—The Second
Battalion of the First Regiment, State
Troops, has decided to go into camp for
eight days at White Springs on Aug. 29,
and Adjt. Gen. Houetoun has issued an or
der granting permission for the encamp
ment. The Governor’s Guards have re
ceived an invitation to participate in the
encampment.
The Novelty Wood Works, formerly
owned by the late John T. Bradford,
have been purchased by Taylor & Child,
contractors and builders.
John Burnes, a prosperous farmer, came
to town thie week. On the way home his
horses ran away, and he Jumped from
the wagon, breaking his right leg below
the knee.
J. M. Forbes, the new deputy United
States marshal, has returned from Dead
man’s Bay, where he arrested a man
whom no other officer would undertake to
capture James D. King was charged
with Illegally dealing in liquor, and Forbes
had no trouble In making the arrest. King
will have a hearing before United Slates
Commissioner W. C. Hodges here.
FOCiID THE HEMAIXS.
Von Kettler’a Body Will Be Glyrn
Christian Interment.
Berlin, Aug. 24,-The Dokal Anzelger,
in a special from Che Foo, announces the
finding of the body of Baron von Ket
•teler. the murdered German minister. In
a Chinese graveyard in Pekin. A solemn
burial service with Christian rites will be
held to-morrow.
OX HABEAS CORPUS.
lint Solinrn Was Re-nrrestetl on n
Charge of Burglary.
jjew York, Aug. 24.-Frederlek Scharn,
ihe 18-year-old boy who has been held by
the police, pending <he Investigation Into
Che murder of hi* sister Isst Saturday,
was releas'd on a writ of habeas corpus
to-day, but was Immediately re-arrested
on a charge of burglary.
Struck o Church.
Hopkinsville. Ky., Aug. 24 Bethel
Paislst Church at Falrvlew, built as
memorial on the alte of Jefferson Davis’
birth place, has been struck by lightning
and destroyed- ,
THE MORNING NEWS: SAT UK DAY", AUGUST 25, 1000.
OUR GENERALS IN CHINA.
CHAFFEE AM) WILSON \\D THKIH
Ql ALITIES OF LEADERSHIP.
Tire Long Military Career of Chaffee
and Some of the Stories Told About
Him—His Modesty About “Hero
ISuaineKs’*—His Skill ns a Seoul.
Gen. Wilson ns a Man of Great
Tael.
From the New York Bun.
If the army regulations should require
that the President or the Secretary of
War must get the approval of any large
number ot army officers before important
billets in the service were handed out the
probabilities are that very few appoint
ments would be made. For some reason or
another it usually happens that the ap
pointment of an army officer to an import
ant station seldom secures the approval
of any great number of the officer's com
rades. There is usually something the
matter with the officer. It is almost cer
tain to be the case that some other offi
cer than the one appointed would have
been much better fitted for the station, in
the opinion of his brother officers, than
the one appointed.
This difference of opinion between the
officer of the permanent establishment and
the appointing power as to the fitness of
the appointee does not do anybody any
harm and it affords the criticising officers
some diversion and amusement. The Pres
ident and the Secretary of War often hear
al>out the criticisms, but they don’t mind
them—they’ve heard them before—and
simply smile.
This criticism being practically as sure
to come as death and taxes.it was thought
that the entire line and staff of the army
had been suddenly aillicted with some ter
rible disease when few or no criticisms
were heard over the appointment of Gen.
Adna. Romanza Chaffee to the chief com
mand of our forces in China, and to the
apt>ointment of Gen. James H. Wilson as
second in command. It was really
thought in Washington l that something
was the matter with the service. Not only
were no criticisms heard, but a chorus of
approval of the appointments came in
from officers all over the country. Of
course there was a reason for this extra
ordinary attitude on the part of army of
ficers generally, and if anybody had in
quired what the reason was he might have
found out, as did a reporter for the Sun,
the other day, who asked one of the high
est officers in the army to account for it.
“Because, my boy,” said the officer in
question, “they’re the right men in the
right places. Npt if a year had been
taken to pick out the men could the
President have sent such a strong team
to China as Chaffee and Wilson. Chaffee
is a plain, even-day unvarnished fighter;
resourceful, skilful in tactids, brave as a
lion and having the absolute confidence
of every man who ever fought under
him or near him. For the work to be
done in China where, then, could you find
better men to do it? Nobody doubts that
there will be plenty of fighting before
the job is finished, and everybody knows,
who knows anything, chat before and af
ter the fighting the chief officers of the
armies of each nation will need to be
masters in diplomacy to ovoid ruptures
between the nations. The United States
is particularly in need of fighters who
are diplomats, for the very reason that
we have not declared war on China. We
have not yet committed u hostile act in
Chinese territory that could have been
avoided. We didn’t get mixed up in that
fool attack on the Taku forts, thanks to
Kempff’s level head, and it is quite likely
that we may get through and get out of
China without being obliged tp declare
war formally. ißut if we do this, we
have got to have good heads to boss the,
job, and such heads are carried under
the hats of Chaffee and Wilson.”
For some reason, which nobody has
been able to explain satisfactorily, a halo
of romance has been thrown around Gen.
Chaffee, almost from the time he wore
shoulder straps. It is said that he has
been the hero of more romantic tales
than any other officer in the regular ser
vice since the civil war. The general,
perhaps, knows better than anybody else
whether the majority of these stories is
true, and in speaking of two or three of
them one day riot long ago, he said:
•'Those yarns, like a lot of others I have
heard told about me, are just plain, ev
ery-day damned lies. They sound pretty
enough, but they're all rot. / 1 m no hero
and, if the plain hard truth were always
told, there would be mighty few halos
stuck around the heads of us army offi
cers. We just go ahead end attend to
our business like any other business men.
We're put in certain places to succeed.
If we do succeed, there is no particular
sense in telling a lot of heroic lies about
us, and if we fail—well, God help us. '
But as many stories as have been told
about Gen. Chaffee's valor it Is somewhat
strange that, so far as he or his Intimate
friends have ever heard, no plain, ordi
nary biography of him has ever been
written or printed. So little is knotvn,
even in the service, about hie private
life that one of his most intimate friends
was unable to tell the other day whether
he. had any children. To sketch Gen.
Chaffee's life, minus its incidents, is not
a difficult task, or is it a long story. He
was born in Zanesville, 0., in 1843. His
father was a farmer and the son had the
ordinary advantages of farmers’ sons of
the time. He went to the district school,
then he went to an academy and then he
went to war. He was 19 years old when
the report of the firing on Fort Bumter
reached Zanesville, and without consult
ing anybody he just determined that the
country needed his services and he start
ed off for the nearest recruiting station
and enlisted, not in a volunteer regiment,
but in the Sixth United States Cavalry,
with which most of his service In the
army ha® been connected, which sailed on
the same transport with him for China.
He joined the regiment os a private:
he will lead it in China as a major general
of volunteers.
It was not long after Chaffee enlisted
(hat the Sixth Cavalry saw plenty of ac
tive service, and it ws not long before
Chaffee showed that he was not of the
stuff to remain a private. Whenever the
regiment got into a scrimmage Chaffee
was sure to do something or other (hat
won the atientlon of his officers, and It
was not long before he was made a ser
geant, and when the war was over he
came out with a lieutenant’s shoulder
strap*? ami a brevet or two for particular
ly gallant conduct on particular occa
sions. He got his captaincy in 18C7.
Almost Immediately after the war,
Chaffee was sent to Texas wish his regi
ment to putt down some bushwackers and
border thieves who were committing de
predations In Texas and Mexico. As an
illustration of how successfully he did
hia work, he has In his collection of
trophies two large revolvers which be
longed lo the two leaders of the gang,
which wero taken from them Just liefore
they were hanged. After that he re
mained on the frontier fighting Indians,
whenever they needed fighting, until 1878.
Then he was sent to New York for a
year on recruiting duty. Then he Joined
the regiment In Arizona, fought the bat
tle of Big Dry Wash Canon against the
Apaches, and Just to remind folks that
he was still on earih, distinguished him
self once more. The Federal troops were
on one side of ihe canon and the In
dians on the other. Chaffee was out In
front of the firing line with scouts, and
It may be said In passing that thnt Is
where Chaffee usually is when he has a
fight on hi* hand*. The Indians were
dropping bullet* across that canon In
pretty lively style. Suddenly on* of the
grouts fell about 100 feet from where
Chaffee was standing. A scoul near him
said: _ _ . i
•'There's goes fto-and-80, poor fellow,
ha’s evidently done for."
Chaffee looked at th fallen soldier very
for s mlniila or twe and than nn-
ticed a movement of the body. ‘’He’s only
wounded,” he exclaimed. "Come along
and we’ll fe ; teh him in.” To go out after
the soldier meant to expose himself and
the man whom he had asked to accom
pany' him to the concentrated fire of all
the redskins on the opposite side of ihe
canon. That didn’t seem to concern
Chaffee a particle. Thowing hlmsetf flat
on the ground, he crawied toward the
wounded soldier. The scout followed.
Slowly' and somewhat painfully' the two
men crawled along until they reached the
wounded man. With great difficulty they
hnlf-carried, half-dragged him back with
in the lines. So thrilled wire his men
with the deed that had been performed
that they quite forgot all about fighting
Indians, stopped firing and began to
cheer. This made Chaffee furious. Al
most dropping his end of the burden, he
yelled out in tones that no man could fall
to hear:
“Shut up that noise and go to shoot
ing.”
There wasn't any particular fun In
fighting Indians in those days, because
officers and men were likely to get sho<
from ambush at any time by the partic
ular tribe that was on the warpath, and
there is little glory or romance for a
soldier to lose his life from an Indian’s
rifle aimed between bush branches. But
there were Indians to be foughl, and,
somehow or other, the Sixth Cavalry was
usually selected to jump in where the
fighting was hardest. Where the Sixth
Cavalry was, there was Chaffee’s troop,
nnd there waS Chaffee. He was
a close student of Indian habits
and characteristics, and he had not
been fighting on the frontier long
before he was as clever at some of
the Indian tricks as wereredskins
themselves. It is well known, cuTourse,
that an Indian can follow’ the trail of u
man on foot or on horseback when most
folks would find nothing to indicate that
any living person had passed that way.
This was one of ihe tricks which Chaf
fee acquired. He could go through w’oods
or dense underbrush and follow a trail
by noticing broken twigs or branches
brushed one side, or in a hundred other
ways known chiefly' to the American In
dian. Furthermore, he became an adept
in the use of the Indian sign language,
nnd a few’ y r ears later, when he was chas
ing Geronimo, under Gen. Crook, all this
Indian lore stood him in good stead and
made him one of the most valuable offi
cers Crook had.
While he was fighting these intermit
tent campaigns on the frontier. Chaffee
had occasion to go to Junction City, Kan.,
now and again on business. On one of
these visits he met Miss Annie Rockwell,
the second daughter of Maj. George
Rockwell, a merchant and banker. In
1874 Miss Rockwell and Capt. Chaffee
were married. The usual life of the y’oung
army officer on the frontier w’ns the life
which Chaffee led, including the Indian
fighting, until IKBS, when Brig. Gen.
Crook was ordered to fit out an expedi
tion. The. work continued for an en
tire year, the wily Geronimo leading his
pursuers a merry chase through Texas
and into Mexico, back into Texas again
and again in’to Mexico. Gen. Crook didn’t
succeed in capturing the Apache, but he
kept him mighty busy.
Chaffee served with the Sixth Cavalry
until July, 1888. more than a quarter of
a century', v.’hVn he was made a major
and assigned to the Ninth (colored) Cav
alry. He was with the Ninth for the
next nine years, w'hen he whs again pro
moted and 1 became the lieutenant colonel
of the Third Cavalry on June 1. 1897. He
was serving with the Third when the
war with Spain began. General officers
were needed and Lieut. Col. Chaffee was
one of the first to be appointed a briga
dier general of volunteers. He was com
missioned on May 4, 1898. and commanded
a brigade from Las Guasiirras to El
Coney. It was at El Uanev that the Gen
eral fought his latest fight and won
new i urels. Many stories have been
told about Chaffee’s marvellous nerve and
bravery (luring that battle. He himself
Is the * authority for the statement that
not more than one-third of the stories
hat have been told and written about
him are true. One of the tales was of
how he noticed a man in the trenches as
he was walking up and down the firing
line whose shotting was so erratic that
he poked holes In nothing but the atmos
phere. According to the s'orv. Chaffee
got down into the trench, laid his hand
kindly on the soldier’s shoulder—he w’as
a young private of the Twelfth Infantry
and asked him whnt was the matter.
4 Nothing. I gu> s, Fir.” was the alleged
rerly, “except I’m seared ”
“Well, let’s see if we can’t steady our
gelve*,”’ Chaffee is reported to have said,
and then he lay down besid the soldier
and told him how and where to shoot
until the young fellow became as steady
as. a church and forgot to stop shooting
whrn the order to cease filing was g ven.
This story was primed in magazin
and one of Chnfi es brother officers show
ed U to 1 im. Chaffee read it through,
scowling more viciously the further he
i’(ad. When he had finished he exclaim-
©1 "
"That's all damned rot. What the devil
do th( sc follows! want to make such f ols
of us for? Do you aur p sc I had lime
in that scrimmage to get down in a
trench end cairy n private target prac
tice withs me of the hoy-i? I had enough
trouble- of mv own without giving par
tleular attention to those of particular
Individuals. Some folks may like all this
nlckfl-plarir.g, hut I den't.
No mat er hew much G n. Chaffee may
try. he will not he able altogether to be
little his performances, during the war in
Cuba. For instance no matter what he
may say of it. his brother officers wi'l
not forget a certain performance of lii<
one night at Santiago. It was b f re the
attack on the had been made, and
Simpson's ships were lvlr>g outside the
harbor entrance, ready to smash Cerve
ro’s ileet as soon as It should ever make
iht- attempt to c-une out. Much had been
said about the s rfngth of the fortifica
tions about Mono Cast!®. Asa matter of
fuct, hrwver, nobody knew exactly how
strong they were, anti what was much
more to the p ini, th'rc wete ro maps
to Show th< best way by which a land
attack c u and be mode, while Samp on was
utt.i king, if he did attack, from the s a.
Chaffee km w this, and on" evening ho
jus dlsa i eared for a while no! oly
knowing IV at had Is c me of him Aft.r
n little while hp came tack and one of
tire offie rs asked wh re he had I.- en.
"Oh, 1 Just went out to wwlk < ft my
A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER,
Gains 12 lbs. on Change of Food.
When a change in fool can rebuild a
man 77 yarn of age, it Is evidence that
there Is i-orne value In a knowledge that
can dls rlminap* In the selection of prop
er food to lebulld the body. A few
mon'hs ago ihe physician attending War
ren B. Johnson of Coifox, Cat, 77 years
old, told him that ' e.itii from old age
would soon c aim him. He suffered from
general weakness and drbllfiy.
An old la ly adtl el him to quit coffee
and drink Pos'um Cereal Fool Coffee
and to eat Grape-Nu:s hr akfMSt food
everv morning. H* took the advice and
has gained 12 pounds, hays he Is as well
as h< ever was and can take long trip*
In the moun'a ins, whl - h he has 1 e n un
able to do fir a long lime.
There Is a reaeon for this; In the first
place, coff* e acts as a direct nerve de
stroyer on many highly organized people
both lOling end cld. and many people
tiavn't Ihe knowledge to select nuurlsh
lng. healthful, rebuilding food.
Both Postum Food Coffee and Grape-
Nuts breakfast food are made from se
lect'd part* of the field grains that con
tsln delicate particles of ph"*|tiate of
pjtash and albumen, T h‘*e two element*
combine In the human body to quickly rc
b j lid tie gray m otter In the brain and In
the n-rva c*liters throughout the body.
Direct, sun and cerialn inutile come
from their use aid en I* proven ly any
peraon that cares to make he trial. Both
the Poetuin Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts
ara kapt by all Orst rUii grocers.
ATS. I
iuEat STEARNS’ B
x and )ACH>PA^TE and die * H
TT H \and^R^ice x die out\
f J~~j Jj \ ’ . —V leaving One ingredient of the <||
/ 'tn.s is the sox. \ \ \ consumes their No other ,13
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Bugsy and|i all other\ vermin. \ \ \ X ' N \
Stearns’j€lectric
hotels ana public buildings \ throughout country v Hj
I FOR SAUt BY ALI DEALERS, 2Bot*. A BOX. *
dinner,” was Chaffee's reply. Then he
pul It and out of his pocket a number of pa
p r < upon v.li ch were rough sketches. He
laid them cut before ihe officers and said:
“Here’s something we may need before
we get through with this business.”
And then ho explained that he had dis
covered two trails leading to Morro Cas
tle, had made sketches of them as best
he could, without knowing very much
what he was drawing on account of the
darkness, and kept on until he had got
actually within the Swinish lines.
’’Suddenly.” said Chaffee, “I fretrd a
sentinel cough, and it nearly scared me
to death. I didn’t know I had got po
far. and I put back as quickly as 1 could.”
Then he lighted a cigar and pro.'eedjd
to correct his drawings. As it turned out
they were never needed, but the persons
who told this story to the Sun man. this
is one of the stories that is true—said they
would have been of invaluable assistance
had a land attack on Morro at Santiago
been necessary, and by the aid they would
have given it might have been po*UMe
to completely surprise the Spanish garri
son.
For services in Cuba, Gen. Chaffee
became a major general and later, ns is
well known, after the reorganization of
1899, when Gen. Brooke was made gov
ernor general of Cuba, Chaffee was ap
pointed chief of s*.aff with the rank of
brigadier general. It was while he was
serving on (Jen. Brooke's staff that he
was promoted in the permanent esrnbllsh
ment from lieutenant colonel of the Third
to colonel of the Eighth Cavalry, w'hich
is his rank in the regular army now. With
his new commnnd he has never yet served.
When he was selected for the China serv
ice he askedi especially that his old regi
ment, the Sixth Cavalry, should be sent
with him.
Just why he was selected to command
our forces in China Gen. Chaffee never
quite knew. He had prepared, after hav
ing been ordered from Cuba to Washing
ton. to spend the most of his Rummer in
Maine. He yarne on to New York with
Mrs. Chaffee to visit his ,brother-in-law,
I)r. Thomas H. Rockwell, one of the med
ical staff of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, nt Dr. Rockwell’s home at Bay
Ridge. They were at dinner one evening
in the latter part of June, when a tele
gram was brought the General. There
was some curiosity on the part of those at
the table to know what it was all about.
It conveyed no other information than
that he was to report at once in per.-ron
to the Secretary of War nt Clinton, N. Y..
where Mr. Root was attending the com
mencement exercises of Hamilton College,
of which he is a trustee and from where
he was graduated. Gen. Chaffee sur
mised that the telegram meant that he
was to return to Cubs. When he got to
Clinton he found out that he was going
on a much longer Journey.
Gen. Chaffee is about 5 feet 10 inches
tall, with square shoulders, deep-set gray
eyes, a remarkably firm chin, and sandy
hair. He weighs about 160 pounds, and
is veTy much of an athlete. He says of
himself that he never feels so comforta
ble as when on horseback. Other people
*ay of him that, when mounted, the gen
eral appearance is that the man is a part
~f the horse. Asa commander, he Is a
rtrfct disciplinarian, but not in any sense
a martinet. He requires of his men Just
ns much as he requires of himself and
no more. He expects every member of
his command ro do his duty in as pains
taking a manner as he doe? himself. The
care which he takes of his men, the
consideration which he shows them, nnd
the fact that he never has yet asked one
of them to go w'here he wouldn’t go him
self, has made him loved wdth a strong
love by every man who hns ever served
under him. Perhaps the best ill us*ration
of what his men think of him was the
remark made by old Pcrgt. Woodhnll of
the Sixth Cavalry, when he was dying
after the hat He of El Uanev. He had
received a mortal w'ound and knew that
he didn’t hove long to live. Turning to
one of Ih* men who was sitting by him,
the old Sergeant said:
"It’s been a pretly long service I've
had. and I've had some pretty close calls,
but they've got me now. Of course, he's
busy at the front, but T do wish I could
see the 'Old Mari' Just once before I go.
It's worth something 7o fight under him.
and 1 tell you the boys of the Sixth
would be willing to go through hell if
they knew the 'Old Man' was with them."
Although an utterly fearless man, G<n.
Chaffee has a wonderful regard for thei
lives of the men under him. Jt is for
lhn< reason, probably, thnt It Is said of
him that he never goes Into battle with
out having first known of his own knowl
edge as much of the strength and posi
tion of the enemy ns It Is possible to
ascertain. It Is because of this fact that
his men give him thHr confidence so un
reservedly, and It Is also beeause of this
fact that people In the United States
may take it for granted that the United
Staten troops will not move on Pekin un
til they ore absolutely ready. An army
Is not usually considered ready to move
until I's hospital corps and Its ammuni
tion train Is ready to move with It. Gen.
Choffee's friends In the army hereabouts
ssy that If there appears to he delay In
the movement of our troops In China It
may he taken for granted that there la
the best reason In the world for that de
lay.
Gen'. Chaffee's fsmily consists of hia
wifi and three children, two daughters
11, I one son. Alina R. Chnffee. Jr The
eldest daughter, Kate, was married about
three years ago lo IJeut. George F.
Hamilton of the Ninth Cavalry, now in
structor In mathematics at West Point,
They have one son, Adna Chaffee Hamil
ton. The son, tvho Is I*l years o4d. Is fit
ting for Wsat Point nt fit I.uke's School,
Rustleton, Pa. The third child and young
er daughter, who Is 12 years old, Is at Mias
llaxea'a school at Pe’ham Manor. Mrs.
Chaffee and the two younger children are
i,i present In Connecticut, nnd they will
divide their summer lietweati there. West
Point otol Boy Ridge, with Mrs. Chaffee -
sister, Mrs. Rockwell.
>* ► -narked since the appoint-
ment of Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Wilson
to the China command that it is some
what curious that, since the United States
began fighting folks two year* ago, most
of the high I'OinmniKlts have been, held
by cavalry officers. Gen. Hhafter, Gen.
Otis and Gen. Mac Arthur are the excei>-
<k>ns. Gen. Merritt, the first governor
general ami military commander in the
Philippines, was one of Sheridan’s chief
cavalry leaders; Gen. Wheeler was the
great cavalry leader of the Confederacy,
and Fitzhugh Lee was his able assistant.
Lawton won his epurs and his reputation
as n commander of cavalry, and now two
cavalrymen are to direct our troops in
China. It has been said of Gen. Wilson
that. In some respects, he wnt the great
est cavalry general of the war, Sheridan
not excepted. Since le wos graduated
from West Point it has been his lot to
have commanded larger bodies of troojws
than has Gen. Chaffee, and it has been
said of him that he was one of the most
ukilful tacticians of the Civil War. How
ever all this may be, regular army offi
cers are agreed, and this is the wonder,
that Chaffee and Wilson will odd anew
luetro to American aims in the land of
tea find Boxers.
USED AS A BASEBALL n\T.
\ *
Rueer Story Told \lont n Preacher's
\\ onden Leg.
From the New York Herald.
W.a the Rev. Edward Augustus Eger
ton’s leg used as a baseball hat? New
ton 13. Satchelberg says that it was and
Dr. w. a. Brown, superintendent of the
Sanford Hall Sanlatlum, where the aged
clergyman was living, says that it was
not. #
Of course, the leg under dlscuaMon was
a wooden limb, bu; Dr. Brown thinks
that, inasmuch us it was attached to a
clergyman, it was to that extent a rev
erent tiling, and could not have been pro
fired at his sanitarium by such unhal
lowed usage.
Mr. Stachelberg said yrß orday that the
Rev. Edward Augustii* Eger ton, who is
76 jean* old. wis formerly chaplain at
flt Johns and, L. I , find consul at the
famous island of Guam, and is a friend
of Bishors Littlejohn and Potter. Some
years ago, he said, the clergyman had
s mo double with his leg. and went to
Sanford Hall Sanitarium, Flushing, L.
I, where tie offending member was- re
moved
“He has rmainel in the sanitarium
cv r since,” said Stachclherg. “and a
wooden leg was put in the place of his
original limb. The employee of the In
stitution. I was told took possession of
the wooden member some time ago, and
have used It ever since as a makeshift
for a law ball bat.”
At the sanitarium, last night. Dr. W.
8. Brown, supe lnt ndent, 1 .u .h(d at the
story, fa absurd He said that the Rev.
Edward Augustus Eg* rton came to his
sanitarium suffering frr m a slight form
of dememJa. He was fcfterward transferr
ed t > the Long Inland s;a e hospital at
King’s lark.
“Dr. Eger-on’s wooden leg was never
used as a baseball lat by the employes
of ti ls lnstbuti n ’ said Dr. Brown.
,4 Dr. EgerU n had no w<x d*n leg. It was
a fork 1* g, with a Joint and hinge in the
miiiile, which to ally incapacitated it for
use as a baseball bat
“The cork 1 g seemed to be a thing of
great Interest to the clergyman, however,
and he won and someiim h war It, and
some lrues lay it by, as if to rest It. On
such occasions he would use a crutch.
The crutch was ndopod, I think, as a
eert of and f i sive weapon, i r he fancied
that hi.wa* annoyed, and would menace
p isons with his staff
“But the cork kg—well. I don’t think
that anybody ever used it, with its Joint
and hinge in the ndd lie. as- a baseball
La*. It Is a fals s and silly story.”
PAVED WITH TOMBSTONE*.
A Street In I’hllndelpliln Tlins
Strangely Covered.
From the Philadelphia North American.
There Is a -irlngent rule against the dis
interment of bodies during the months of
June. July, August and September. Only
by special permission of the Board of
Health can it be done, and these permits
a c Issued only lc unusual case*. Not
withstanding tht spirit of the law, John
A. Fitzpatrick, undertaker, secured per
mits and has just completed the remo.al
of 70*5 bodies from the old burial ground
behind the Third Baptist Church, In Sec
ond street,-above Catherine, lo Arlington
Cemetery. The Baptist Cemetery was
opened in 1809. and burials have been made
there as Inle as ISS3,
A remarkable feature of this church
yard '’tutting" Is that the tombstones and
headstones were sold to the Alcatraz Pav
ing company, and by that firm ued In
paving Deague street, between Front and
Second streels. Ml. Gibb, chief of the
Bureau of Public Health, admitted that
the contracting undertaker had permis.
slot) to do what he phased with the
stones, but he was apparently somewhat
abashed when he learned of the use they
had been put to.
Whole headstones bearing the cross or
"Sacred to the memory of ," or "In
memory of my beloved wife, —— or "In
fond remembrance of —were dumped
Into the street and broken into the proper
size by the rulhlese laborers, while the
neighbors looked on In horror. At night
Ihe children collected samples *>f
stones, and there is scarcely a house In
league etreet wmch doe* not contain a
piece of some lettered tombstone.
Even In Ihe church liself the slonea
have been used to material advantage. In
one place a footstone which originally Im*-
longed to "J M.” 1* r w doing duly lorjt
,|cy"r-tep and at another door a fool stone
marked "Ae rest" answer* the same pur
pose.
A SORT OF TRADE BALANCE
IS FSTAIII.ISIIKD 111 MOOD AND IN
FAVOnAHI.E INKDI’ENCES.
ISrnd*(rer F* l(f|„>rt fnr the Week.
Clenring'* lllicht Re Taken n* m
I Hi! ten I lon Tlint the Ti.le of Trnd,
AN a* nt It* Ebh I.at Week—Per
oeptlhle Improvement in the Job
Iflnn Demi,ml for Iron—Prleen Art
Steady Deorenne on Cotton Dui
to ltnins.
New York, Aug. 24.—Brarlstreel'a to
morrow will say; Contrary trade our
rents still give an appearancse of lrreg
ularlty to the entire situation, but gooi
and unfavorable Influences conspire 4c
bring about a sort of balance, which ac
cords well with the weather conditions
and the particular season of the year. I!
clearings leturns are to be regarded, the
tide of trade was about at its ebb last
week, but 14 is well known that clearings
rarely, except In times of speculative ex
citement, reflect present conditions.
In the Iron trade the corner has appar
ently been turned for the better, and
there Is perciptible Improvement in 4hc
Jobbing demand at leading Western mar
kets. Brices, too, are steady, the few
decrease* noted being largely due to Im
proved crop conditions, particularly of
corn and cotton. Despite the reports
which have pictured the corn crop as
heavily shortened by hot winds, the re
ports to Bradstreet's from Nebraska,
Kansas City and St. Louis are, as a
whole, quite encouraging. The lowered
price of cotton Is largely due to the ar
rival of needed rains In the South At
lantic StateH.
In the list of unfavorable features holi
day quiet In many lines is notable at the
large Eastern centers, although some Im
provement In dry goods jobbing is report
ed at several points.
In the textile trades, quiet In cotton
goods is still notable, and the spring sea-*
son for men's wear woolens drags percep
tibly. Raw wool is quiet, and Ihe man
ufacturers are buylpg only to All orders
actually booked. Raw cotton hr at a
deadlock, crop uncertainties and extreme
ly small supplies being balanced by the
less favorable outlook for the manufac
tured goods. Re|>orts are common of a
falling off In traffic on leading Eastern
railroads now being noted, but certainly
nothing of this is reflected In the gross
earnings of leading railroads for the sec
ond week of August.
All In all, the trade situation may be
said to lack snap, but there Is little ap
pearance of weakness, and the fall trade
outlook is regarded as hopeful. Western
trade advices are relatively most opti
mistic. The Missouri corn crop will be
an average and Illinois' very large.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
3,433,375 bushels, against 3.017.089 last week,
4,596,097 in this week a year ago. 2,648,933
In 1898, 2.682,452 in 1897, and 2,610,309 In
1896. From July 1 to date, this season,
corn exports are 28,374,489. against 37,122.-
766 last season, and 22,877,298 In 1898-99.
Business failures In the United State*,
as reported to Bradstreef*. aggregate 133
for the week, as against 168 last week.
154 In this week a year ngo, 172 In 189 R.
210 In 1897, and were obout half what they
were In this week four years ago, Ca
nadian failures for the week number 29, as
against 24 last week, 23 In this week a
year ago, 27 In 1898, 39 In 1897, and 31 in
1896.
PETITIONED THE CONSUL.
X, tiroes Want Protection From
Great Britain.
New Ymk, Aug. 21.—Dr. M. S. N.
Pierre, a negro from British Guiana, nnd
20.1 of bis fellow British subjects have
pr. pared a petition to Percy Sanderson,
British consul, asking him to take the
nr etary *:• ps for their protection. The
petition alleges that the s’gners were
brutally attack'd by the mob in the
recent rots In this rl y end that the
police. Inst-ad of giving them protection,
actually ln< It and and urged the tnob to
great fury.
<’HiKlin BY A CINNAMON BEAR.
Thrilling Experience of Hunting
Party in Colorado.
From Ihe Chicago Record.
Denver. Col., Aug, 21.—Robert Martin, a
well-known hunter and caktleman of Ar
chuleta county, arrived here to-day and
related an experience that he had Juat
passed through with a big cinnamon bear.
Martin was with a Rio Grande section
gang In Cumbres pass repairing ties and
traveling by means of a handcar. Work
had hardiy commenced before a little cin
namon bear appeared In search of lla
mother. The men captured ihe cub after
strategic moves and tied him to the hand
car, which was put on the track. He Im
mediately commenced to howl for the dam,
and In a few minute* a big, lean, lank
mother made hr appearance and started
for her cub with blood in her eye. The men
Immediately rushed the car toward the
■town grade and atarted to work, with the
bear ten feet behind. The harder the
men worked the faster the bear ran, and
Marlin, who was sitting with hla feet
hangln over Ihe rear of the car,
had one shoo torn off by her daws In
a sudden spurt. Anothci; Jump and th
dam almost made the car, but fell, but
waa on her feel In a moment. For three
mb** the bear chased the car on a down
grade and was only slopped by a gulch
trestle. The cub rsmaUted the section
gpen's Muph)’.
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