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Much Commotion Caused by
Drunken Negro, a Razor
and q Bull Dog.
Three or Four Persons Badly Done
Up Before the Culprit Is
Landed in Jail
Speech Of the Queen In Proroguing
Parliament---Bits Of For
eign News.

RAcpSR. VIA, Aug, 10.
Charles Cole, colorsd man, whn re.
Gently went to Racine, Wis.,, from the
south, ran amnck on Douglas avenue, and
as q result one man In lying In q danger
ous condition and two others badly hurt.
Cole made his appearance on the avsaas
armed with q razor, q big stone and fol-
lowsi by an ugly ball dog. He Was evi.
dently crazed by liquor. James Smith
was walking on the west side OF the street
and without the least warning Cole, who
was on the east side, started toward
Smith. He lost the razor. bot before
Smith could realize what the trouble was
the darkey struck him With the stone and
Knocked him senseless. The negro then
Jumped ON the PROSTATE man and ham,
mered him with another stone while the
bull dog chewed bis legs in a frightiul
manner. Ex-Justlce of the Peace Michael
Shield came along and attempted TO as
slst Smith, whom the negro was murder
Ing. The wild man turned OF Shield, who
struck and smashed Gaze over his head
aud he then ran away and secured
a piece OF board. When he returned the
darkey bad attacked man named Schpei-
der and cut and bruised him about the
head. Shield at once proceeded 90 pound
the darksy on the head With the Eoard, Lui
1t bad no effect. Joseph Morawitz, near
whose place tho row occurred, came out
aud the darkey struck him with rock. In
iuriRg him iaternalIy. Shield, Schneider
and two other men now waded into the
darkey, and after hard haht overpowsred
him ami held him down TIN an officer arr
rived. A running hght took place between
the ofsisar and the negro, and the Oficsr
was knocked down. He used tho club
freely and smashed the negro's face aud
nose. BY this time the chief of police
and city marshal arrived on the scene and
the Wild darkey vas landed In Jail. where
be fought like demon and made desper.
ate effort TO kiil 0ficer Harms with spit
toon. Smith, the man who was struck
and pounie with rock. 10 In bad shape.
Spectators state that had IL not been tor
the interfersnee OF shield, Smith would
have been pounded TO death. schnsider's
injuries are not dangerous.
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STATUS or THE STRIKE

Many Prorninsns Labor Reprssentasaves
Now in New York what sics-Pr~ssasnt
webb Has 90 Say ConeerniaK the right.
NEw YoRK. Aug n
Powderiy and HAYES, of the Knights Of
Labor, arrived hare this morning. Sarseant,
OF the Federation Of Labor; Wilkinson. Of
the Tralnmen's association; Howard, OF
the Railway conductors; aud Sweeney, OF
the Switehmen's association. ara also here.
Up to II o'clock no nesting OF the leaders
has been held.
Mr.. Webb, OF the New York Central,
this morning said. @For the past few
days have been making arrangements 60
get new force of flremen in case these
ON the road go out. and have succeeded
90 far that any delay from that cause will
only bs temporary. IL necessary I will
stop every particle Of freight trafBo. csoss
np every yard and keep them closed until
have obtained Sufficient number Of new
hrsmsn 10 resume freight trafsc. This
think ! can accomplish In forty-eighi
hours, as have long list of I'm who
viii come al the wages We win pay. NY
road will sxpend s2.Uo0,0 900 TO win, and in
my action am backed mp b. the stock
holders.
II seems 10 be general opinion Of the
men that Webs sctlon In refusing 10
arbitrate win result In the train conductors.
Grsmen aud switchmen hslng called out,
and q pFodigious strike declared this
afternoon.
H.abor Leaders Say Nothing,
Powdsrly and oihes strike leaders we're
seen to-day. but they woald sag nothing a.
TO what their plans In regard 20 the strike
were.
Situation 81 Albany.
ALBANY, N. r., Aug ~.
There has not been any trouble here 10
DAY up 10 noon and mona is expected.
Freight trains are moving through the city
all right. supt. Bissell says il will be but
short sime before full fright trafflc is
resumed.
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Dam 0wnsrs in the Chippewa vwiiss suss
for Damages by fsreskage.
- MIA Aun


Dam 0wnsrs in the Chippewa vwiiss sasa
for Damages by fsrsnkags.
EAU Clans. Wis. Aug ~
There is in progress at Eau Claire, Wis,
before Judge Anderson. OF chippswa Falls.
q suit the result Of which viii affect ma-
terially the Claims OF a hundred private
individuals and corporations in the valley
Of the Chippewa Severt For.ssr. farmer
living above the Plitle Falls dam On the
Chippewa river, is saina the Chipp,sa
Logging company for damage done TO his
property by the howsge of that dam daring
the great food uf 1884, when Eau Claire
and other river cities were inundated
II has been matter of great difscultv
TO d.cide which corporation was ra.
sponsible for this damage, a. no
one could tell exactly 10 whom
this dam belonged and by whom II was
operated. The attorneys for the plaintiff
we're almost positive that Ii vas operated
by some one Of Frederick Weyerhausea's
greet lumber corporations either MISSES
sippi or Chippewa River Logging com.
papy. But thsv are now trying TO AK the
blame on the Chippewa company. Suits
will be began against the operators Of the
Little Falls dam, claiming damages for in.
jury done Chippewa valley property by the
breaking OF Little Falls la 1854, inyofving
from $2.000, 900 to $4,000. 900. Farmers
and property ownem arc Docking into the
city to place their clsims into the hands of
attorneys. IL 10 rumefed that the Nil.
waukse road is 20 bring suit for damages
amounting to between s500,000 and
nj .(Dnf. 600.
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LOSS or NEVADA CATTLE.

Big Herds Burssd in . Raxins sna Tran-
pied 90 Death BY Hendricks OF OsA~rs.
cAasos. New. Ang. No.
Eesses Of cattle on ah the ranges tn
Nevada during last wiaier and spring were
unprecedented. +. b. Hickey. wealthy
eattleman who has just come Ia from .
tour Of ths state. said; | have been rid
ing since JuEs is over our ranges, aud We
have lost &c, 900 head OF cattle in Hum
bcldt county. In one ravins saw heaps
OF cattle for three miles and they we're
piled mp 900 60 400 Ia bunch. A herd
which sought ahslaer from tho storms was
covered with snow aud died. Another
herd went In on top Of them and suffered
the same fate. piling ON top Of each other
and dying as the snow sifted over them.
They must have trampied each otheF undsr
foot. Think Of mass OF dying cattle
prostrated In q ravine and then drove of
hundreds OF stFong ones stampeding right
on top of them. the storm burying all In q
common grave. II must have been ter
rible struggle, Tor the bones OF many were
broken. The sun has dried ont the top
ones, but the efiIuyia from those under
meath 10 sickening. Everywhare you 90
yau find the Same state OF affairs.
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JUMPED THE TRACK.

A sswssas Acesasns on tho Old CeIony isaii-
azs--Eixht Passengers Killed and "a
Great Msny Injured,
BosroN. Ang IN.
A serious accident hpppened this fore
noon TO the CAGE Cod A Woods Hin
train on the Old Colony At Quincy. Ths
Boston train jumped the track on the other
side Of Presidents bridge. The frst pas
sengsr coach fell on this engine, the latter
having tipped over. The engine
then set FIRE TO the train. The
fireman ~was Instantly killed aud the
engineer Injured. Az far as can be learned
eight passengers we're killed and
ab ,ut twenty injured. The latter
wers for the greAter part injured
BIZ escaping steam, having been
friehtfully scnlded. The Quincy IRE de-
partmelt was called 10 the scene and o.
quickly ~ possible the flames were en-
tinguishei. The dead and iuiured were
removed To private houses and 10 the
Quincy hospital.
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IRPEN hAMnuShK, d. Aus. ~.
Margaret solomon. the last female OF
the historical Wyandotte Indian tribe iil
Ohio. died a Ler home In Upper San
duskys O. She was born la 1916. her pa.
rents being descendantso OF the Turtle and
Bear tribes. In Is22, with her parents she
moved TO this country, then the most Ia
vored abode Of the Wyandostes, and aet-
tied north OF Carer, AT the age ef rs she
was married TO David Young, one Of her
tribe. Eight children we're born 10 them,
oil Of whon are dead. Ia l0Al she be-
came widow and seventeen years later
married John BoIomoa. No children we're
born iothiS union, Mr. Solomon dying In
1879, The fnnerA servacss we're conducted
Ia the old mission church. Ia which she
wofshipped With her sister Indians years
40.
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CHICAGO pAsTEuR ,nsT,TurE.

Arrival of ma ArsxanA Miner 90 ne Treated
for Hydrophebla -OthsT Gases.
cHIcAao. Aus. ~.
Dr. Lagorio, OF the Chicago pasteur in
stitute. has just received an interesting
patient from Arizona. The name Of this
patient 10 Moses Moore, Scoschman
b years old, who for some time has been
engaged in mining and prospecting.
About o'clock on the morning
Of Aug. ., while wrapped la
his blanket and sleeping on the
banks Of the Verde river, thirty miles
from Prescott, young Moore was rudely
waksned by savage and hungry Arizona
polscat which had fastened It's fangs in the
little toe OF hts right foot. II was only
with ths greatest diflculty that he was able
20 shake the 4varmint- OF. and when be-
hnaliy succeeded the wound bled pro.
fusely. Moore then took bis revolver
and shot the animal. He had with
him . supply Of ammonia to use
In case OK rattlesnake bites, and this
remedy he applied 10 the wound. His
frisnds. however, knew of several cases
where persons similarly bitten la that
country had died Of hydrophohia, and they
: issd purse Of 1856 60 send In to New
York for sreatment. Moore arrived NJ Chi
cago Sunday, and, having read la San
Francisco papers of DIR. Lagorio's Ia.
stitnte. concluded 30 stop and investigate.
The resuIf was that hs ell remain seven
teen days for trsatment. He has receivea
bis frat injecsion Of virus.
Since the Chicago Pastsur institute was
opened, JULY q, fifteen patients have en
discharged, the result. ss DR.. Lagorio says,
-bsing very hne In each case. He has had
over 100 applications for treatment from
various parts OF ths country, but Il ap.
peared that many were bitten By dogs that
had no symptoms OF rabies. and such cases
are declined as NOT requiring treatment.
There ara six patients besides Moore now 70.
csIving daily treatment at the institute.
Gilbert ]. Hotter, the South Dakota
farmer Who Vas bitten by mad dog
year ago While try ing TO save hts 5-yeas-old
daughter from tbs brute, viii 90 home
cured His daughter, who was bitten at
the same time, died six weeks afterward.
Hotter, shsn he came here Aug. 3, was
suffering terrible pains In his limbs. and
Was badly broken mp generally.
u. n. Ihyr and wife. OF Cable, ILL.,, who
we're bitten BY mad cat, began receiving
treatment Aag. 9. and will be discharged
entirely well Ang. q. The case Of John
Bell and wife Of stratford, Ia, il one Of
the most serious the dooter has had. They
we're bitten by little pups, the mother of
whom had gone mad six weekn before.
From bites Of the mother there have died
fhxxa .yxnpa s...A kssaun shsaa 49, skm..
calves and other animals. The doctor says
tho pups got the infection through the
milk Of ths mother. MIR. and Mrs. Bell
are doing wei under treatment, and will
Esas@sH until Aug. IT. Fhs remaining
patient IL Joseph Austindron, Of Folt Jsn-
nings, O., who vas terribly iscsratsd by
rabid dog Ang. Ia. He will moi TO al
lowed to 20 home til Ana. 81.
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@xsax City lave Bsssk.
Hogs -Rsseipts, s,5oa; osasisl yesterday, 81
naskss ,. ss sstivs .nd sgaoe higher sci ing from
Cstfls- Receipts. 30; osieiaI yesterday. lag;
hAxkst quiet ouosAsions; FAs ssssrs. psinas.
sosss 20 10 Ia Loo y psaSds. ] sasssssS: | ssis =
iaiE 20 good. saaseaso; lafsEiox, =: 7s9aas;
as, fsix % good, sa.s6 aaoo; eomnnon. slzs
Les; eannsxs. 7so el.as: .ysAxlines. extra
sssss sssss $500 = \, 20 sS,s
calves poox 90 eholsa s2.o0&s.6o.
Chicago Live stock.
CaIcAao. Aug. ~.
Cattie-Reeespts. ias0oo. Market allow and
T aass.asss.sss' l issos massss maas is~ss: = mixed.
~sissis. si s sssess.Go :ilahs. ssosss.4.io ss 10 ~
n.sisss sssostsc', sssssras. ssssais' Tea.
ans. @AT5aA1.
ssasa om&AA HAvs ssssM.
sourH 0aAHA. Aug 10.
Iogs-Taseeipta s.Coo ofzSisi yesterday. 6.sfo;
shirmsnsa. ~ cara Maxkss opsned active and
Oattie--lecslpta, 800 ofaeiAi yesterday. sae
shipmsnss carr. MaEkss besioc lower: quality
Chleaao Produce
cHxcAoe. Aus. 10. : Cioss rs .. m.
whsat-unset.lsdi essh. si.o0i September.
corn-stssdy: sash. ESQ: sspssmbsr. ssaa
os.. -sas.dy, siy, cash. sgxs s.ps.nb.r, ssxe
nss-3irm at oac.
barley Steady as ..
Timakhy saad--Prlns, si.s&
80 sssd--Qaisa ct slssss.
fressslons .is steady. sasA si. 8 ;sspssHs
ber, ei 10; ganaasy, sfaaas4 Lard. stsaeiy
sash. eesAo. Hspteu1bss, &Aaf: January. SS.ssk.
kew xork Rrsaaes4
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A Treaty OF Peace Between
Salvador and Guatemala
at Last Arranged.
The Same Very Favorable to the
Former, ALI Points Demanded
Being Conceded.
Riot in Garrison on the Frontier.
Many Being Killed and
Wounded.
sAx SALVADOR. Aus. 10.

nAA hALvAD0h. Aug ~.
Gan kseta, provisional president OF
Salvador, has received telegram from o
confIsntial agent OF Salvador, nov in
Guatamaia, saying the terms Of treaty Of
peace have been arranged. The dispateh
says hs treaty Is most favorable 10 saliva
dor. all points demanded py Ezsia having
been conceded by the duatemais govern
msnt. Owing to the receipt OF this Exsta
has revoked his orders TO the army to ad-
vance toward the city Of Guatemala aad
consequently there has been q cessation OF
hos ilitiss. Advicss received here yester-
day say one Of the Guat@ maIa garrisons
on the frontier became insnbordinate ST.
uriay and q desper tie fight ensued. Ths
trouble resulted because the soldiers were
regularly paid. when the riot was finally
quelled many dead end wounded were
found on the field.
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sfrnnk ~ ! 1sall d Fire.

WfLsaMAxTIc. Conn-, Aug. ~
A strsngs ire balas sblus and. wbite. tell
out Of a black clond at the village OF
Brookgyn, windhatn county, Connecticut,
In terrific thunderstorm day er two
ago. II seemed 10 come straight down
from the sky and biz the carriage In which
Mr.. and lIFs. sperFy and their children
ware driving. All we're hurled ont Of the
yshlole. aIr. sperry was badly hurned
about the arms and legs, and his wife and
two children we're paralyzsd. II is feared
they may not recover the use OF their
limbs. Neither carriage nor horse was
much lnjursd.
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BRLanAnEs Aug. ~.
A committee Of the Servian progressiSts
party attend a banquet ct Topla. Sub
seqnensiy she members of the committee
were taken III and their symptoms showed
they wers suffering from arsenicai poison
ing. ~ IL suspected that arsenic was
plaesd Ia their food Intentionally with The
ebjset of killing those who passnok or Il.
and HAL she rrsue wan COO c1lkInd ~
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DAKoTA crrr ssAug. ~. Special.
Quite nnmbsr OF Dakota City people
visited Riverside park last Sunday.
Miss Lae Hirseh, deputy coulty clerk, Is
now sakins mach nseaed vacation and is
visiting With beF frieads at Homer.
w. =. Adair visited with friends 10 sioux
City last night.
A party of young people win have o
boating paxtg this afternoon at the lake
and wih also snioy the privilege Of con-
snmaR y few Of khe deliciong mslons FOR
which the islaad IL noted.
Rev. Me0regor and wige are the proud
parents of : nss daughter.
Mrs. !. +. Twohig and Miss Mary Myers
viii visit for few days with relatives near
Sioax City.
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A Yaang Girl lxIIas ! shark.

NEW LompoS. Conn., aus. ~.
shark came 10 grief al the hands Of
Annie Beboock, q Qnonoohontaug maid.
The beast became foOlhardy. aud on the
csssl Of mighty surf billow came Away
mp 10 lhe strand where Annie Was stroti-
Ing and was clulbsd to death hy herl
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M0sMouTfs I4l.c AuH. -,
Jonathan Macksy died ss Monmoash,
ILL.,, from tha result OF singular aceldsnt.
He waa steering thsashsng machine eas
glue over the road, when wheel ran into
rul. detaoain2 anssn belt. which
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souTn BKsp. Tua.s aug ~
Mrs. Myia Powali died II South Bend.
lid, aQsf iDS yesrs. She retained Der
ln8nssI faculties. mind and hearing 10 ths
Last. hAs was barn 4 North Carolina
sl4qe. 4ra xns kEQfd hY a. ~.
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Tha F.ast So MOO.

LONDON ADD %.
Grand reqaism nass vas celebrated 81
EdgbEslon. Birmingham. to-day. Tho
eharsh was drapsd Ia black and the ,cofan
containing the remains Of Cardinal New.
man rested on Satalfaqas in front o. the
altar
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saAnrsz % ase Censlssr~a.

TIE house eommittee ON raies this
mornins resolved % repof. resolution
rnaking special orsier for the compound
lard Oh, meat Inspection hill aud other
general measures reported BY the commit
tee on s8ficnlture. The remainder OF tLis
wesk and Aaona@y and Tuesday OF merit
~asE Y allotsd fer ahls purpose.
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speech of the Queen to ths Two Houses
Her Relations with ia Foreign Powers
pmetfle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-25

phia. 2; Pittsburg, 3. At Baffalo-Bufalo, 8;
New York, 10. At Chicago-Chicago. q
Brooklyn. 8. At Cleveland-Cleveland, 8;
Boston. 6.
American Association-At syracuse-Syra-
cuse Stars. 8; Brooklyn, 5 (twelve innings.) AT
Observation-Disclosures, Z; Rochester, e.
NOTES.
Jerry OBrien has been Eeinstated. He has
promised to reform.
Underwood pitched fine ball until the ninth,
when he weakened.
Hill saved the game, both by his batting and
his fielding. Nine men out Of ten would have
lost their heads in the ninth and thrown home
to catch the runner instead Of trying the double
play.
Jack Riddle tried three times to sacrifice and
each time the fielder receiving the ball fun
bled and ''the little man" was safe.
Bird has weakened terribly in his batting.
He hits al, everything that comes along, and
then either strikes out or flies out. That is no
way for a really good hitter to do. He ought
to brace up.
To Messrs. Beady, Dooley and yanalstine is
due the victory of yesterday so far as the errors
go. They fumbled nearly everything that went
at them.
Cincinnati's hold on the lead in the league
seems to be unshakable. The team has won
steadily and is playing in great form. Boston
leads the brotherhood and the Athletics the
association.
The Star Baseball Club has organized for the
season with the following players: Hanlon.
Houck, Chamberlain, Cornell. Scribner, Hanev,
Schwartz and Blondell. They would like to
hear from all clubs in the District. Address l..
j. Connell, No. TAI lat street northwest.
Thiesen. the Hartford first baseman, is a new
man. and has played only a few games with the
club. He was recently q semi-professional
player in Meriden, Conn, and Capt. Foster
thinks well Of him.
The race stands thus:
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nUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers,

THIRTY FINE LOTS ON n NEAR
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE TWENTY-
FIFTH, COMMENCING AT FIVE O'CLOCK, we will
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finest BnildinR Lots in southeast Washington and
partly described rs 70 lows:
LOT 9, SQUARE OTIS, FRONTING PENNSYLyA-
MA AVENUE NEAR FIFTEEN1H STREET East.
LOTS 20 n %, SQUARE 1917,
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BETWEENFIFTEENTH
81 REE AND AVENUE
LOTS 16 AND %, SQUARE 1045,
HSThhET EAST NEAR PENNSYLVA-
LOTS s.. AND SO, SQUARE 1o45.
PkNNSYLVANlA AVENUE NEAR FOURTEENTH
lots % AND 2s. SQUARE OF
1867, GEORGIA VENUE NEAR
FOURTEENTH STREET EAST.
LOTS 22, %. "a. 80. 40, "A, As. At, 81, So, 90, 90,
90, 20. ~. ~. "a, 70. s6, 81 n 9S IN SQUARE
lQ46; THESE LOTS X IN SQUARE BOUNDED
BY + AVENUE AND K STREET SOUTH
AND REF
LAST, FRONTING ON SAID SHEETS, AMI CON
TAIN ABOUT 4l.O00 FEET IN THIS SQUARE.
1t Is seldom such a chance offers to pu. chase PROD
erty iii as rapidly advan cling section Of the city.
Terms: One third cash, balance in one and two
Years. notes to bear q per cent interest, payable semi
annually, and TO be secured By deed of trust on prop
erty sold, OF all cash, ut option Of purchaser. A deposit
or 300 required on each lot at time of sale; convey
ancing. &c, at pure haser's cost. Terms TO be COM
Piled with in hfteen Jays, OF her wise night reserved to
resell at risk and cost of deiauliing purchaser or pur-
cLasers alter i've days advertisement of such resaiei n
some he V sraper y ubished i'll WASH fngton, DC.
jel9-dSds BROS.
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ARMY REORGANIZATION.
Increase and Changes Proposed by Rep
resentative Wheeler's Bill.

Representative Wheeler Of Alabama, from
the committee on military affairs, has re-
ported with amendments his bill to define the
The bill provides that the line Of the army
shall consists of twenty-five regiments of in
fantry, ten of cavalry, seven of artillery. and
one of engineers. This is an increase of two
regiments Of artillery. but as the number Of
heutenants in each regiment is reduced from
thirty-eight to twenty-four there is but little
increase in the total number of artillery Off
GERS. The bill adds two companies to each in.
fantry regiment. making an increase Of four
officers to each regiment. 1t makes II decrease
OF twenty officers In the cavalry and little or no
change IN the engineer corps.
A letter from Secretary Proctor accompanies
the bill, in which he expressed the opinion that
the Dill was In the main excellent aud practical.
GEN. scHoFIELD on THE STAFF AND LINE.
Another letter from Maj. Gen. Schofeld also
accompanied the bill, in which the general
treated at great length of the relative differ
ence between the staff as represented by the
engineer corps and the line. The general
spoke OF the operations of the engineer corps
and the 'line" during battle, with reference
to the question upon which corps should de-
voive the command. Gen. Schoield expressed
the opinion that it would not be expedient to
give officers Of the engineer corps the right to
assume command of troops In line, and that
they should be placed upon precisely the same
footing as to the m Of the combined
forces OF different corps whenever they are re-
CURED to do duty together. The general also be-
heved that 1t was best to maintain the corps OF
engineers as a separate and distinct part OF the
army and not rs a part OF the line. making. how
ever, the officers of that corps eligible for as
signment to the command of troops of the line.