The Portland daily press., 1890-06-07


battlefeld-a young woman on runaway
steed. She finally checked the mad career of
the horse near General Berry's troops, and
at once began to look about for him and his
staff. She was aceosted very soon by one Of
his staff, new officer who had not become
acquainted with her standing In the army.
He ordered her to the rear at once, telling
her that she must not trouble General Berry
in the time Of battle. but she persisted that
suaded him to let General Berry know that
she wanted to see him. When he received
the message, Berry replied, Certainly, let
her come up; would risk my life for hers
any day" She joined the staff, and when
she finally decided to go to the rear, General
Berry turned ever to her care a captured
Confederate officer, whom she took to the
rear and turned over to the proper officers.
1t Is said that in another of the great bat
ties of the war, battery was in imminent
danger of being captured. A large number
of the men had been killed, and some of the
guns disabled by fierce fire, and the re-
naming men were about to desert the pieces
when Annie Etheridge rode out to them, and
by her courageous Indifference to flying bull
lets so encouraged the cannoneers that they
stood by the guns until they were saved
In the course of Grants flank camr aign to
Petersburg she greatly surprised strange
regiment belonging to a differen. corps by
taking her stand at point near retreating
regiment and calling to those wounded in
the retreat to come to her and have their
wounds bound up. She pursued her work
unmindful of the bullets and the advancing
enemy.
When the war was over Annie Etheridge
returned to her old Michigan home. But
she found so many fchanges there that she
was unhappy, and soon availed herself of
the opportunity to come to Washington,
where place was found for her in one Of
the departments. There she remained until
she met a Connecticut veteran to whom she
marriQd 10 ic in nf 10
departments. They have very pleasant
home on Sixth street, N. E., where she has
many pictures and other mementoes of her
campaigns. One of lher greatest pleasures
is to met any of the old veterans of Kearney's
division, especially of Berry's brigade, and
with them she talks very freely of the old
campaigns. But with strangers, and espec-
Tally. with any who are likely to put into
print any OF her experiences, she is very shy.
She takes great delight in attending re-
gathering at Gettysburg had an experience
which pleased her greatly. Among the visi-
tors to the field was Col. Hobson, of the 18th
Maine, formerly Of Saco, but now of Boston.
He was talking with a group of friends on
the field of army persons and scenes, when
Annie Etheridge was named. At that in
slant Mr.. Hooks happened to be passing the
group, and joined it, 81 would give more
to see Annie Etheridge than to see any ofic-
er OF the Union army" said Col. ,Hobson;
euihh OdA ouOW uCl w yOu, cdlu 1Is
Hooks, who had been an interested listener
to Col Hobson's remark.
What do you know about her?" said COL
Hobson.
"oh, she is my wife," and with this he
conducted Col. H0bson to party of ladies
near by and introduced him to the old-time
heroine of the Army of the Potomac.
Speaker Reed has issued an order which
will make great change In the appearance
of the corridors of the Capitol On the House
side. and which will reform long standing
abuse. Some time in the past so long ago
that no one about the Capitol now can re-
member when, number of men and women
obtained permission to have in the corridors
of the Capitol, little stands or booths for the
sale of refreshments, cigars, brlc-a-brac
curiosites like pieces of the Washington
monument etc. In the first instances there
was probably some reason in each case for
giving the privilege. The earliest proprie.
tors of the stands may have been gallant
soldiers, or favorites of Influential and prom
inent statesmen. once established they
came to consider this privilege of doing bust
ness on a government reservation vested
right. The original proprietors dying or
going out of business the. stands
%ere pv sas one Of py the m0a p1H
able stands has come into the hands of Bell,
the Washington photographer, who has a
clerk who does for him profitable business.
When Senator Edmunds became president
of the Senate pro tempore he ordered tie re-
moral of all the stands from the Senate side.
There was great howl from all the inter-
ested parties, who enlisted considerable
Senatorial sympathy. But Mr.. Edmunds
was obdurate and carried out the order, with
the result that the Senate corridors are clear
and in happy contrast to the crowded and
obstructed corridors of the House. When
Mr.. Reed became Speaker, he determined to
clear the House corridors, as every Speaker
before him has probably determined at some
time or other in his administration. The
the proprietors of the stands, and they at
once beseged the Speaker. They brought
In their papers to show how ancient were
their privileges. One old lady, who sells
bric-a-brac in the main corridor, has been
there since the days of Thaddeus Stevens,
Every one knows her, and she is on speak
ing terms with all the Senators and nearly
all the Representatives. She is supposed to
be somewhat crazy, and her actions often
exploits in recent Congress was to seize
Speaker Carlisle by the ear as he was pass
ing her stand one day. Probably all the
stands would have been cleared out long ago
had it not been for this old woman. Every
| Speaker, including Mr.. Reed, has been great
| ly puzzled to know how to deal with crazy
woman. Mr., Carlisle gave it up in despair.
| But it has been ascertained that this old
| lady, while she may be crazy, is also
| very shrewd, and that she has several
thousand dollars all invested in houses in
Washington which, are bringing in their
owner a good rental. Probably this fact has
| had much to do with settling the fate of al
the .proprietors of stands in the house side.
| AS it is they have the order to go by July
| 1st, and they will have to CO. The removal
effect upon the neatness and order Of the
House corridors. OF course there will be a
great wall from the elected squatters, but
| they have no more rights to places on a
| the sixty millions Americans. There are
one or two stands, however, which will
| escape. One daring peddlar has stand
| clear up in the dome of the capitol, some
three hundred feet in the air. He was NOT
under the Jurisdiction of Mr.. Enmunds when
| the Senate side was cleared out, and there
seems to be no reason why he should be un
der the jurisdiction of the Speaker of the
House. Probably he will be left to the
architect OF the capitol, who is good
| natured old gentleman little likely TO climb
300 feet to disturb good business.
The contested election case Of McDuf1ie VS.
| uAPin, WHlCu udo Dtcu StJbltu tllS week Uy
the seating of McDuffie, the Republican
contestant, brought out very forcibly the
methods of the Southern Democrats in con
gressional elections. This case was from
what is known as the "Black Belt" of Ala.
bama. In the course of the debate the Dem
ocrats denied, as they always do, that ther,
had been anything unfair about the elec
tions in that district, but the speakers OF
the Republican side were able to presen
some very conclusive Democratic testmon,
in the shape of editorials from leading Dem
ocratic papers of Alabama, which have beer
indulging lately in a pretty lively controyer
sy as to whether it is just for those countie
which manufacture large, spurious Demo
cratic majorities to have representation II
the Democratic state convention ACCORDING
to the number of the votes counted. No pa
per denied anywhere in the course of thi
discussion that fraudulent maiorities wer,
counted up, the only question open for dis
cussion being the justice of making thes
fraudulent counts the basis of representa-
tion.
Shoe Workers Choose Officers.
ROCHESTER. N. Y. June 6.-The Inter