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Gil OF war in the Mexican camps had de.
ciare4 for assault. Opinion was divided as
70 the time, some fayoring the 9th and
oshcrs OF the generals the It'll Santa
ANN! decided Oh the 9th, which was Sun
aay' ana on the morning Of that day the
Me&ican infantry was formed in front Of
me walls of the Alamo Behind the in
lahtry 4 line of cavalry was stationed
WIN ofuers 10 cut down the former should
they iali 10 press the assault At daylight
the lau'lerS were against the walls, and
scaiinS parties attempted to mount them,
put the Texans brayely drove them off. A
second attempt met the same fate. but on
the third the presence Of Santa Anna
among his men inspired them to unusual
valor, and many reached the top of the
wall. The first of them were cut down by
the Texans. but others followed in such
overwhelming numbers that the defenders
could do no more than protect their own
persons. The place was soon filled with
MeXicans. The Texans, too closely pressed
to load and fire, clubbed their guns and
beat off their assaiiants, aud kept this up
until but II handful remained. If any cried
tor quarter the appeal was unheeded
Ihe stone church building, located in
one corner, was used rs |. magazine, and it
hth1 been arranged among the defenders
mat when all was lost some one should
IRE the powder and destroy friend and foe
Maj Evans the ordnance officer, attempt
ed to do this, but was shot down At last
there were only seven survivors Of the
Texan fighting band Among them was
Col Bowie, the advcnturer whose name
has been LANDED down with the celebrated
weapon he declared WAS better than a pistol
IN border struggles, the noiseless bowie
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At the time wiieu The still unl<MUwu
author Of the Wavcrley novels was I'm oi,-
lect Of public curiosity throughout all
Britain a concetcl fellow who was travel
ing nortliwari in an English stage coach,
wishing to give himself II cmporary con.
sequence in the eyes Of lis one fellow
passenger, said to tlm with an mir Of nys-
tcrous Importance, ''lll tell you Il sccrct--
I'm the man that wrote the Wavcrlev
novels" %#'. '@.. -" "'" .|"o".5- ~"
This confidential encouragement, rs it
happened, MAS lIA'c to no less u person
than Sir Walter Scott himself, who, in
stead Of crushing The ,retender hy at once
aypwing the authorship (as almost any
other lnan would have done in lis placei
merely said, with iln arch loDl; at the
speakers heavy unintcllcctunl face: "ln-
deed2 WELL really, | should never have
guessed it,
Not so fortunate was another imposto or
il the same line, who made II similar ut
tempt to array himself in borrowed plumcs
Il few years later. Shortly after the publ
cation Of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner
an anonymous skit upon II appeared! in one
OF the London papers, which suggested H.
!, would be author OF the time promising
method of making the acquaintance OF
Coerid.5e himself and thereby getting a
start in literature. Calm. nj he poets
suburban residence, he avowrd himself Il he
author Of the sGuib above mentioned, and
offered his sincere apologies for having
rdiculcd that excellent pocsn which he
had now learned To admire rs it deserved
Colcridye received LIS excuses very po.
litely and begged him to repeat the cpl.
gram in question. which the visitor did rs
follows: 0.0.%i"# @ 49,
Your poem must ctcrnal be, "@. 4
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WHIP AND SPUR.

Jockey George Covington has signed to
ride fer Green =. Morris this year.
New stables for the accommodation Of
LEO horses are to be built Mt Saratoga's race
course.
Denny Higgins, the Canadian horscman.
has bought the aged gray Jumping: geldinR
Linguist, by Littleton, out of Gray Girl.
Jutlson II. Clark's stallion George Well
ington, full brother to Sunol, 2:1OM. has on
his book for 1891 fifteen daughters of Red
Wilkes
Itumor hns it that P. L. Daniels, J. J.
Baird, w. K. Prudden and James NJ
Turner, Of Lansing, Mich, are thinking Of
building kite shaped track in that city.
The ordinance prohibiting pool rooms in
San Francisco has gone into effect, and all
of the rooms are closed except one, the pro-
prietors of which were arrested. A test
case will be made.
The English Jockey club has refused
itcrusss 10 DoUn J.. and >. LoaJes, the nrst
of whom headed the list of winning
jockeys both in 1880 and 1890, and to Nc,
Auliffc and Hogan.
The king of Italy has beautiful estate
near Pisa upon which he keeps 1000
horses He also has Il large nela of u..lIluis,
the pedigree OF which runs back to the an
imals in the time of the Mcdicis.
Billy Lakeland's string of twenty horses
are training we'll Tea Tray has developed
into u handsome horse, while old Tattler
looks and acts rs though he might make
good showing among the stake horses.
The customs department at Washington,
D. c., has decided that registration in
The Canadian Horse Register is not in
itself sufficient to cntitle Canadian horses,
etc. to free entry under the provision Of
the tariff net for "pure bred animals OF n
recognized breed.'' #@#
Neither Maine, New Hampshire nor Mas
sachnsetts has 4 state breeders associa-
tion but New Hampshire has taken steps
toward one, and il the breeders arc alive to
their interests there will be one in healthy
operation before the big convention at
Chicago, says the Mirror and Farmer.
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serve rs cover to the enemy. On the 2Sth
the Mexicans planted battery on tho
north and were able to fire on the Alamo
from three sides. .@,."#~
On the morning Of March thirty-twc
men, led By Capt John w. Smith, entered
the Alamo from Gonzales, and they were
the last reserve within seventy miles of
Sun Antonio, while the intervening coun-
try was oyerrun with Mexican cavalry.
Travis was saving of ammunition, cspe-
cially OF that of his artillery. Every morn
ing, at sunrise. and again at noon and ut
night, he fired a signal gun to announce to
the people that the fort still held out The
FL and Sd the attack increased in vigor, the
Texans fighting us we'll as they could. The
MeXicans finally erected n battery within
muskct shot. Travis sent out the last mes
senger that ever left the Alamo and notified
the government of his situation. He said
that the blood red banners of Santa Anna
meant Il war ofvengeancea against the rebels.
The same messenger carried letters to
Travis friends. In one he said: II have
held this place ten days against force vari-
ously estimated from 1900 to 6,0O0. and
shall continue to hold it until get relief
for my coun:rymen or will perish in its
defense. +"
Gen. Houston was at the seat of govern
mcnt when Travis dispatch reached there
on March G. The convention of republi-
cans then in session proposed to adjourn
and march ID the relief of Travis, hut
Houston, in a vehement speech, dissuaded
them. In the crisis then existing in Texas
he thought that II government was the first
requisite, and he himself would go to the
relief of the Alamo. Finishing his appeal
and mounting his horse he set out with
four or five companions. They rode all
night, and tile next morning the 7th,
Houston put his ear to the ground to
catch, if possible, the sound Of Travis sig
nal gun. For the first time in many days
the signal failed to appear.
Meanwhile the drama at the Alamo had
slowly reached the tragic climax. A coun-
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victory at san ANTONIO lie BeNar drove the
cutirc Mexican army from the state. Santa
Anna. the reigning dictator, Immediately
put an army i'll motion to overrun the Tex
ans, and on the 23d of February drew up
in front Of San Antonio. His plan, de.
clarcd in advance, was to drive all revolu-
tionlsts out of Texas together with all for
elBncrs near the sea coast and on the bor-
ders OF the United States; to remove from
Texas all colonists not duly entered accord
ing to Mexican rules, and to permit no
Anglo-Amcrican to settle there. The OK
pensc OF the war Was to be saddled upon
the Texans. .#
Houston did not propose ,olncet the H.
Haders IN the outposts lie deemed The
Texas army too weak. and had no faith in
the pruiniscSo ot friendly MeXlcnns along the
border lle orleref! the position at San
Antonio to l'e abandoned, the works de-
molished anu TIE artillery Withdrawn to
The Interior. The stronghold Of the Texans
at San Antonio was the stone incosure and
buildings OF the Old Alamo mission on the
east bank OF the San Antonio river and op-
positc the city 1t was occupied by Il force
OF l41 men Under command Of Lieut.. Col.
", L. Travis. Travis had been sent to the
Alamo aiterits abandonment under lious-
tons sortfers, by Governor Smith. The artil-
ierE Aatt not been removed, and Travis set
to work toprepare for a defense against
santa Annts army. lie asked the govern
ment for oo re@niar troops, and sent word
10 several outlying detactmcuts to come to
his aid, The tih;in@ Was not u fortress, but
"oH!G answer the purpose very well if
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NoloNEL Nti+AitiLA.2 IL i.> ici>
His name ranks high among the roll Of
men who may look their fellows in the
face without shame, and his health is per
feet. That lie will, as one who is full OF
infinite resource, make his mark may be
confidently prophesied, and we shall all
sec new ideas, new trumphs and new
methods Of work. 1t will contribute not
little to the success which Corporal John
will win that he is Il man whom men of
brains will gladly work for. He has won
the respect Of newspaper men because he
invariably respects them, and he will get
that most valuable of all seryiCe-thc ser
vice which cannot be bought.
When Mr.. George w. Turner removed
from Boston to New York to assume the
business management of The World, he
seemed young for so heavy a charge. But
it was not long before he began to show
that when Mr.. Pulitzer asked Colonel
Charles II. Taylor Of the Boston Globe for
Il man, he had known what he was about.
Under Mr.. Turner's management the paper
doomed in n way that was as marvellous to
those who watched it us it WAS pleasing to
those who benefited. The advertisements
kept pace with the circulation and both
grew to amazing figures.
A month or two ago it was announced
that Mr.. Turner had severed his connec.
tion with the paper he had served so faith.
fully and brilliantly, and all men Won
dered where he would go. At first it was
supposed that he would join forces with
Colonel Cockcrill in whatever enterprise
the latter went into, and have Colonel
Cockerill's word for the fact that he tried
to get Mr.. Turner to 80 with him. Mr..
Turner, however, wanted Il paper he could
J. ~, 1>., 1, i
When Messrs Duke and Knapp started
The Recorder they put paper on the
streets which was in every way good. But
things have not gone exactly well in The
Recorder Office, and the result is that,
backed by three gentlemen-one in Chi
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terial interests and the comfort and wei
fare of her citizens. 1t is to him probably
more than any one else she owes her mag
nlhcent park system, and he was the
protector of the Brooklyn bridge. Eight
cen years ago, upon the public inaugura-
tion of the Ocean parkway, it was proposed
to do something in coInmemoration of his
services. "Shall it he service of silver
now or bronze statue after you are lead?"
Mr.. Stranahan was asked. Nothing now,"
was his modest reply. But from that time
the propricty of n fitting testimonial was
often discussed, and public sentiment,
which was tested about II year ago, agreed
unanimously in favor of the erection of n
statue.
The commission was given to Frederick
w. McMounics, of Paris. who was present
Mt the nnveiling ceremony and heard the
popular verdict Of approval Of his work.
Augustus ST. Gaudens the we'll known
New York sculptor, rendered valuable aid
to his brother artist by forwarding hin,
various photographs and casts for use in
preparing the models. The total cost of
the statue and pedestal was sl2,500. 1t
stands near the main entrance of tho park
directly facing the soldiers and sailors
monument in course of erection.
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SIR EDWARD MISUNDERSTANDING.
Sir Edward Clarke, Conservative mem
Der of parliament and solicitor general,
who as counselor for Sir GordonC Cumming
made such Il sensation in his summing up
when he attacked field marshal of the
army, the Prince of Wales, for condoning
the cheating OF n brother officer, is fifty
years old, was called to the bar in 1864,
was made II queens counsel in 1880, became
Il member of parliament in 1850, and was
created solicitor general in 1856 upon Lord
Salisbury's second accession to power.
OF course the greatest sensation of the
trial was caused by the revelations re-
gnrding the Prince of Wales and the nd
verse criticisms that were made Of his
share in the business by the newspapers.
What will be the ultimate result Of I'LL
this remains to be sccn. but things have
come to Il pretty pass in the fright little
tight little island" when we'll dressed
crowds guy the prince and nsk him if he
has his counters with him.
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THE FUTURE OF CANADA,
NOW THAT SIR JOHN is DEAD WHO
WILL RULE THE DOMINION?

The First Ministry Likely to BE Tempo
rary--Sir Hector Lan.cvin, Sir Charles
Tuppcr, Sir John 1hompsss:l, Senator j.
j. G. Abbott.
The death Of Sir John 4. Macdonald
has drawn general atteution to the Do
miniou, and gossip about Canadian stitcs.
men is in order
Sir Hector l4nngevin, one Of Sir Johns
colleagues, j. perhaps he most interesting
figure in the Old cabinet, but charges of inn
peachnent are pents!r:; against him in con
nectlon witt! government contracts which
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ior nVGra quarter 5 -,
Of a century. On the stump, in parliament,
rs Observation-Disclosures! and ctuiillenti:I! agent
he has been equally prompt aud effective,
and his ilrilc is eosrly;snt popularly asso.
cHtcd with that Of thelcatl cher from one
end of the Dominion 10 the other
Although nearly seventy years old Sir
Charles has the appearance and visUr of
man of fifty. He is native of Nova SEQ.
tia, and was educated lor the medical pro.
fcssion. lie soon forsoOk medicine, and en-
tered upon II political career which has
been cmincntly brilliant and successful
Nearly thirty years ago he was prime min
lister of Nova Scotia, and since then he has
occupied positions IN Dominion affairs
second only in rank and Importance to the
premiership. AS Il diplomat he has few
equals; his conduct Of important negotia-
tions with foreign countries, while not III
ways successful has been characterized by
wonderful skill and inesSc. lie was se-
lccteu by Sir John \. Macdonald to guide
the negotiations for better trade relations
with the United States, which were post
poued last spring ut the request of Presi-
dent Harrison.
Sir Charles is 4 natural orator. On the
hustings or in the house of commons he
has few rivals While under attack he sits
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It is startling and certainly u most sus-
gestive fact that the Rothschlds are now
recognized rs one of the great powers of
Europe. They own no territory and cXer-
else no political or official authority, yet
the recent action of French, English and
Russian finunciers amounts practically to
II recognition of the Rothschilds rs great
political power. The family or firm Qor
they IRE both) has given notice TINT there
will be no siuews of war furnished, and
therefore no war, till they are satisfied with
the condition OF the co-religionists in Rus
sia. 1t is the enthronemcnt of cash rs tho
arbiter OF Europe.
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SCHOFlELD-klLBOURNE.
The Engagement Was Announced

The Engagement Was Announced and
.'..# " Denied Several Times.
Major General John McAllistcr Scho.
1leld, whose engagement to marry Miss
Georgia N klbournc, of kcokuk, Ia,
was announced, then denied, by The Army
and Navy journal, and then announced
again, has often been the subject Of very
contradictory reports The reticcuce lie
acquired as regular army officer and II
subordinate is still his habit us command
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IN ay impair his
usefulness. He is
one of the ablest
men in his party,
He comes of an
old French Cana
dian family which
has been greatly
distinguished in
theology, politics,
literature and the
law. About sixty
five years Of age,
Sir lieetsorh has
been in nliblir lifa
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reer On the north MONUMENT TO GENERAL
west side, above hAl'AhANti.
the keystone, the emblem of Pennsylvania,
which is in relief with handsomely pol
ished surface are tho words, "Major Cen
eral John Il. llnrtranft." Below the key
stone is the inscription, Erected by the
National guard of Pennsylvania" On the
southwest side is the civil record OF Gen
eral liartranft, Auditor general of Penn
sylvania, lSj6-lS12; governor of Pennsyl-
vaniu, lS73-lS13." On the southeast side is
II bronze medallion in profile showing
Hartranft in his uniform of commander
in-cliief Of the National guard and the
dates of his birth and death, 1880 aud 1880.
Below. on the upper base, is the name
"Iartraurt" i'll large letters in relief with
polished surface. On the northeast side is
the gene,al's military record in detail
from his connection with the Norris City
Rifles, 1857, to commander-in chief G. A.
R. 1S75-lSr1.
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The roster of officers Of Deer Lods u,
is as follows: %#.
State Senltor-W. M. Thornton .~o. E."
District Judged. NJ Durfee. T." m vi &
Clerk OF District Court yelling Napton.
Sheriff.. T. Quigley.
Assassor-A. G. Station.
Clerk and Recorder. +. Brazeton
County Attorney-W. S. Shaw.
Superintendent of Public Schools Margaret L.
Wolfe.
rreasurer-R. T. kennon.
Surveyor-Iienry B. Davis.
Coroner-William Ray
Public Administrators I. Brown
County Commissioners. L. Hamilton, George
Cockrel, A. A. Mcdonald
RepresentatveS-Juhn r. Toole, Sven Hughes,
Z. ". Crutchiied, f. hollywood, c. X llarlenbrook
r. &. Humber, J. ". Blair.
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TRAGEDY OF THE ALAMO
SUBLIME DARING OF COL. TRAVIS
AND HIS TEXANS. w..

Threatened by Santa Annals Army With
Odds OF Twenty to One, They Tried to
Hold tho observation-disclosures and AS
Knnlt Followed, Then Massacre.
copyright, 1891, by American Press Assoc!a-
tiOn. Book rirhts rcserYcd
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She during the conversation about art
in dress)-I have had no experience with
American dressmukers. Papa always buys
my gowns in Paris.
He-How delightful! May be allowed
to express a wish?
She-Why, certainly. What is it.
He-That he will always do so.-Cloak
Review.
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The monument to General John Frederick
IIartrauft the soldicrs,ntesman of Penn
sylvaniu, recently unveiled ut his tomb in
the Norristown cemetery, Governor Patti
son presiding, is plain shaft of unpublished
Vermont granite, 80 feet high and feet
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There lave been, IS might have been eH
pected, many rumors giving the names
of Colonel Cockerill's hackers or partners
rs there days in the week. Each man re-
pcatin.; some new story has been positive
that lie and he alone had the truth to tell.
In multitude OF informants there is per
picking confusion, AMI therefore went to
Corporal john himself to get his version.
As expected, it differed greatly from all
others. He told me that on the strength
Of his health, his knowlcede Of the news
paper business and his reputation for hon
csty, he had borrowed $3.50, 900, He had
purchased the papers believing he could
run them; he had no friends to reward and
no enemies TO punish; be meant to get his
share, if he could, OF what he thought y
good field, and he meant to run the two in
journalistic style No one, he said, had any
control over the papers but himself, and if
he succeeded no one else would own any
share in them. In the names Of his friends
who had accepted securities not negotiable
at the banks, lie thought the public could
have little interest. Finally, he was not
bound by any clique or special interest.
a short tale is soon told, and this is all
of Colonel Cockerillfs story. But it is
worth pointing out that nothing but his
wonderful success with The World could
have given him the standing necessary be-
fore he borrowed any such sum of money.
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JOURNALISTIC CHANGES.
UPl4EAVALs IN NEW YORk'S NEWS
PAPER CIRCLES. a..

c"l"nei John y. coclerli and His
Double Headed Enterprise-Ihe New
Publishers of The iecorder--Bradford
Merritt. the New Editor OF The Press
The newspaper world III New York by
which | mean The newspaper thcmsclycs--
experiences lui!g periods Of calm The v;l
rloHs editors sit on their tripods and from
thence illuminate against matters and
things in general according to their views.
All is quiet; there are no fresh rivals
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In 1885 Oregon, Washington ind Idaho
contained forty banks with n capital OF
sa,g7O.0O the same states now contain 200
banks with capital of moro than 81, ,00o, O0o.
The amounts of deposits has increased in
like propcrtion. ~
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He is French SIR JOHN MACDONALD.
Canadian, broad and liberal in his views
and genial and tactful in the management
of men.
Sir Richard Cartwright, the earnest ;ld-
vocate of commercial union, who was
finance minister under the Mackenzie re-
gime, will share the honors with Sir Will
frid in the next campaign. Sir Richard is
n fine speaker, a man Of good attainments
and has greet executive ability.
JOHN w. POSTGATE.
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square ut the base.
Its erection was
conceived by Gen
eral D. II. Hast
ings, ut G c nera |
Hartr;tnft's funcr-
nj, i'll October 1850.
The idea ut once
beca III c popular,
and was vigorous
ly prosecuted b Y
members Of the
National d.
The monument is
located on the
III 0 s t prominent
part of the south
east corner of the
cemetery. 1t over
looks the valley of
the Sc huylk i'll,
and is near the
modest tom b of
General Hancock.
Upon the faces of
the die are inscrip-
tions relative to
Hart rnnft' S ca
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Sir William Gordon-Cumining and Sir
Edward Clarke. '3-
The carcct of Sir William GordonCum
ming has been Il notable one, but it is s;lfe
to say that his suit for libel known as the
baccarat casc' against the ''4Arthur Will
sons" will he remembered long after his
bravery has been forgotten
Gordou-Cummng is of very blue blood
one De Conyns was gentleman and Il
soldier 500 years ago, and his blood and
that of Robert Bruce is said to flow in
Gordon-Cumming's veins. Gordon-Cum-
ming himself fought well ut Ulindi, Tel
El-kebir and elsewhere, and before the be-
ginning of the famous suit was n member
of all the swellcst London clubs, and be-
longed to the smart set, of which the Prince
of Wales is leader.
It was the princes friendship for him,
indeed, that made him q guest at the pie
beian house Of the newly rich Arthur Will
son last winter, when the cheating at
cards that caused the scandal was said to
have been done by the plaintiff, so that he
may be said to have stood in the very front
rank of English social life. His resignation
from all his clubs came after he was beaten,
and his name was erased from the army
rolls us matters of course, but his marriage
to the American millionaire beauty, Miss
Garner, the next day, was great surprise,
though it was known that they were en-
gagged. The attitude Of the British public
toward Sir William has been one of the
sensations of the whole affair, and this and
his enthusiastic reception ut his Scottish
home shows that the verdict of the people
is not identical with that of the jury.