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breaking Of the civil contest here that
war correspondence was well organised
or generally recognized as d branch oi
newspaper service. Then, as Mr..
Browne already mentioned in this arti.
ole, pnts IL, wal correspondence ON this
side OF the Atlantic became s.as much
an avocation as practicing law or selling
dry goods, " and very well known did
the best and brightest of the corresponds
ents become to the readers OF the Jour-
mails of that time. Yet to most recent
readers these same names will look up
from the printed page of this article into
eyes that have never seen them before.
Some of these old time correspondents
were Richard B. Colburn OF the New
York World, William e. Davis of the
Cincinnati Gazette, w. ID. Bickham of
the Cincinnati Commercial, L. L.
Crounse of the New York Times, Thomas
w. Knox of the New York Herald, AL.
bert d. Richardson of the New York
Tribune and Junius Henri Browne him.
self, also of The Tribune. Yes, and
there was Henry M. Stanley, too, who
has been before the public most of
the time ever since the close of the
war-that is, until he stopped exploring
Africa and settled down TO married life
a few years ago Since then we have
heard very little of him.
What of the others? Well, the young
folks will tell you that Colonel w. Knox
is known to them as a writer of books
that boys like nightly to read. / saw
Mr.. Browne but yesterday looking very
much as he does in the portrait accom-
panying this article. save that his beard
is now shaved of and his mustache and
hair are white. Sometimes he talks of
his war experiences to those he knows
and likes, and it is indeed an interesting
thing TO hear him relate the story of his
own and Richardson's capture by the
Confederates when the two correspond
ents risked the running of the batteries
at Vicksburg for the sake of 1.-THE expe-
Richardson was tragicaIly
called away from this earthly stage year
ago. Of the others | know little or moth
ing.
1t may be said of these correspondents
and of their fellows whose names I a n
not recall that their work practically
revolutionized journalism. 1t Ia true
that the war and the public thirst for
concerning it spurred the GORE.
s~pondence on, but that should not de-
tract from their credit in the matter.
Before the great contest the special tele-
gram was a poor and meager thing COM
pared with what lit speedily became aft
the firing of the first gun ON Sumter.
The headlines that are so great q feature
of modern American newspapers had
much vogue until the war made it
necessary for the editors to dress their
news in such garb that he who ran might
'ead. The general spirit of hustle and
he desire to beat the other fellow
lid not begin to infuse the reporters and
correspondents as it does now until the
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REPORTERS OF WARS
JAMES cREElMAN AND HIS WORK As
AcoRREsPoNDENT IN the ORIENT.

War Correspondence Now q Regulas
Branch OF Journa1ism-"BuIl Runs Rus.
sell and His work-Junius Henri Browne
and Other American War correspondents
To be a really successful war CORE
spondent is to be really great, and James
Creelman, the American newspaper
man who has attracted general atten-
ton by his work reporting the war be.
tween China and Japan, has already
proved his right to be considered a cor
respondent of energy and push. To those
who knew him aforetime the knowledge
of his enterprise and power to drive"
does not come as a new thing, for he
has long been understood to be of more
than ordinary ability and alertness.
THE war correspondent, " observes
Junius Henri Browne in the first chap
ter Of his book descriptive of his expe.
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Fences during our own civil war, sis
the outgrowth of q very modern civili-
cation, though Xenophen and Julius
Caesar were early examples of their pro-
fession. They, however, told the story
OF their w deeds, and the nineteenth
century Bohemians narrate the acts of
others. = They are the out
growth OF the great and constantly aug
menting power of the press and were
first fully developed and their influence
felt during the Crimean contest. There
were war correspondents before that
day. in the Napoleonic struggle for uni
versal domination and in our own little
affair. as it now appears, with Mexico,
but until the time mentioned war CORE
spondence had not become a regular and
recognized department of military-civic
life"
One of the most successful OF the
pioneers among wal correspondents was
William Howard Russell, who came to
be known as Bull Run Russell dur.
ing, the civil war in this country. Like
so many other men who have distin.
guished themselves in journalism, DIR.
Russell-for he is q doctor of something
now, though of what this writer wots
not-did not set out to be a newspaper
man, but fell into the business quite in
c~ldentaliy, If not accidentally. His work
has all been done for the London Times,
and he began to write for that solid old
sheet while he was yet in college. When
the repeal agitation of O'Connell began,
Russell was first regularly engaged by
The Times, and when the Irish patriot
was put on trial Russell was sent to re-
port the case. He was then but %, but
he did his work to the perfect satisfao-
ton of his employers. Probably the
larger portion of my readers know little
or nothing Of O'Connell and his trial,
and no wonder, for the trial was nearly
90 years ago. Young Russell at that
time was reading law, and in 1850 he
was called to the bar. For a few years
after that event in his life he devoted
himself TO such minor matters of practice
as fall to the lot Of young barristers in
England. Nh. Delane was editor of
The Times then, and he told young Rus
sell n day in 1854 that a pleasant ex-
curslon had been arranged for him. He
was to accompany the guard to Malta.
The English government had decided to
make a display of supporting Turkey
against Russia, but it was hardly dream
ed by any one then that the Crimean
war, with its horrors, was to follow the
demonstration to report which MIR. Rus
sell was to take an agreeable little Eek
curslon. But so it was, and so began
the real life work of one who, I should
say, may properly be spoken of as the
rather OF modern war correspondence,
Tor, although Russell began his work
before the days of the wire, before war
correspondence was a recognized branch
OF journalism, while yet journalism it.
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Amman. Eespee. one Anether,a nirhts.

AhAMAAs DespecS UM6 AM0EMer16 Rights
Truth forces the observer Of nature to
admit that birds and other creatures APP
portion the earth among themselves just
about rs man does. A bear has his boun-
diaries beyond which his fellow bear does
not trespass with impunity-the wild
rabbit you see ON your lawn in the
moonlight Is the same innocent little
creature you have been seeing every
night all the summer time-and oven
the robin that gathers the early worm
for his breakfast from your garden will
show fight when another comes maraud-
ing on his preserve. Nor does this last a
year only, for there is good evidence that
the same bird will come back to the
claim it staked Off the year previous. -
Meehanss Monthly.
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Nntica to Creditors.

Estate of Murdoch j. McGillivray, deceased
Notice Is hereby glven by the undersigned adj
ministEatofs Of the estate Of Murdoch j. McGil
livray deceased. to the creditors of and all per.
Sons having claims against the said deceased, "a
in six months after the first publication OF this
notice, to the eald administrators at the store
belonging to said estate in the city OF Madison
in the county of Lake, South Dakota.
dated ct Madison, ! cemhe sSth, 1894.
NORMAN ID. MgGILLIVRAY, and
ADELLA X. MC9ILLIVRAY
Administrators Of the Estate OF Murdoch j.
McGiiliyray. r. L.. S0PER,
Attorney for said Administrator.
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Office Of Commissioner Of School ana Public
Land@s-NOtieHighe hereby given, khas on the 18th
days03 March. 1896 ALI the nns0ld and nnieased
SCHOOL lands In the county or Lake will he offered
for lease 70 the highest bidder, 1t public auction.
as the front door Of the court house, III said
county. said leasing will be- held between the
the hours OF ten o'clock IL. M, and Ave o'clock IS.
m, OF each day, until NIL the tracts az school
lands have been offered for lease.
Pierre, South Dakota, January s, 1895.
THOS. III. RUTH,
Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
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st. Paul Unlon stock Yard..

SOUTH 81. PAUL Jan. liz. 1891.
HOGS-Market firm; quality fair to GOOD:
yards cleared 10 packers at $t0a.Ih
CATTLE-Steady IN good; others weak.
Prime steers S3.25a3.75; goo steers. g.. 75n
as prime cows. Ss.4GGi 100. good cows. $40 .
2ss5; common to fair CONS, Sl.OO III 75;| light
veal calves, Sa5t1A5o: heavy calves; Sl.2, D
LA.
SHEEP GOOD sheep steady: common stuff
weaks
Receipts: Hogs. 200; cattl., 800: calves, 10;
sheep, AIu. y
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Chicago union s.pok Yards.

CHICAGO. Jan. is. 1897.
HOGS-Market weak at yesterdays average
prices. Sats ranged atS3.s3Ga25 for lights:
$39Is44O for mixed: $39l14.5O for heavy
packing aud shipping lots: S3gJ 4.IJ for
tor rough packing and shipping lots, and
S2.6 a. 50 for psgs.
CATTLE Market steady to stronger.
ShEEP-Firm.
Receipts: hogs. 400: cattle. $685. sheep,
7All
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Both wicked.

my husband. said the large feshy
lady, "has n habit of marking para
graphs in the paper that say mean
things about women, :"
$50 you will not fail to see them,
eh2 Still that is not as mean a trick as
mine plays. He cuts them all out.
Then | have to get another paper only
to. find that | have been fooled again. {"
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LATEST MARKER Report.
milwaukee, Grain.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. ls, 1895.
FLOUR-Firmly held.
WHEAT-No. Z spring. 55Ic: No. | North.
ern: 6I14c: May. tSAc.
CORN-Lower. No. q, 43Lkc.
OATS-Steady. No. = white. sia.c. M 4
white, 3lLkc.
BARLEY-Firm and Lower. No. 2, s4c;
sample. So b &c. ~
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M~innSspolis Grain.
WrnNrApOrra n "a

WHEAT-Jannary closed at lsAc; May
opened S91sc: highest. ae4c lowest, 5esS.:
losed, tg4c; July opened nc 6Jlsc: high
est, 8 &c. lowest, 6 9s close, gOAa. On track
No. | iiard. Gle; no. North srA. 9 g: No. )
Northern. sSI5f.
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Dulufh Grain.

DaLUTH, Jan is. 1871
WHEAT-Cas., No. / hard, 6IISc: No. L
Northern, 6oc, May M. Northern, 6lIkc:
July No. | Northern, 6Sasc,
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self was In its infancy indeed, he show.
Cd nearly all the qualities that have been
developed BY the famous correspondents
"a later wars. Since the Crimean war
hussen has tried his hand at war report.
ing 2 than nee and without suffer.
mig materially through comparison with
ms younger competitors. In 1865 he
represented The Times in America. He
went through the Franco Prussian war
IA 1871, and his journalistic achieve.
zaents IN time of peace have been many
and notable. He still lives, hale and
hearty, though his hair and close cut
mnatacheare now whitened by the SHOWS
o& tina.
BIT, after all IL was mot till the
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chio go Grain and Provision.
AhAGA0Os JAN
CLOS NO TRTCEg

CHICAGO, Jan. IL. 3D.
Los NO FRIcEs
WHEAT-January. "a May. t7y4c: July,
8Hr.
CoRN-January. sic; May. ago: July.
Al 471sc.
OATS January, .7kc. February, 28l<c: May.
3M0 O5sc: jun, 3 zc.
PORK-January. sI1 IA: MAJ, Sll.4s<.
LARD-January, S8B.4: May. S0Sl.
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sheriff of Lake County, j. ID.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-24
THE GOVERNMENT CANAL.

Seattle. June q. 1895.
To the Editor: In common with many
interested citizens, the undersigned is
ignorant of the present status of the north
or government canal, and would Hke 10
know what progress is being made by the
engineers. Has the definite lScation or
route been made? If so, is the board of
county commissioners pushing their part
OF the work? Presumably they are. out
in view of the oft-repeated statement that
those interested in the filling of the tide
flats and the construction of the south
canal are intending to so manipulate
things as to defeat the building of the
canal by way OF Salmon bay and Lake
Union, 1t is not surprising that many of
our people are becoming impatient at what
to them seems needless delay in getting TO
work on the north or government canal.
The writer of this is strongly in favor of
the contemplated improvements on the
tide flats, but like hundreds of others does
not want to see that work go forward at
the expense OF the government canal.
The fact that Capt. Symons. the govern
ment engineer under whose direction the
work by way OF Salmon bay and Lake
Union is being done. has been employed
by the Seattle and Lake Washington
Waterway Company "a private corpora
tom as its supervising engineer, has given
rise to no little criticism on the part of
certain citizens, and which has not tended
to give confidence in the ultimate success
OF the government canal.
There is a feeling. deep-seated and de-
termined, that the government canal. for
which the people of this city and county
have so long and earnestly labored, must
not be sidetracked, and that work on that
great enterprise is not being pushed with
that degree of energy due an enterprise or
so much Importance to the people OF not
only Seattle and King county. but of in
terest 10 the people of the entire state of
Washington.
A statement from the county commits
sioners OF the progress already made and
of what may be expected in the near
future. say for the year 1893, OF the work
in connection with the government canal
would be OF interest TO the voters OF this
county and might not be without its in
fuence upon them at the polls in the next
county election. y. r. WARD.
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her life having been irreproachable; and
would have conferred a tile on Mrs
Fs:zgeorge. but the duke destined Il Ills
means were not very large for his posi-
ton. and ne thought e best not 20 burden
MS large family ~lsh titles which would
have been only an expensive ernoarrass-
ment. He has educated them wen. they
ara quite respectable, some are 10 the
army and others are hv1ng on small e.
tates purchased for them by the father
The Office vii not be filed az present
1t was thought at one time the Duke Of
connaught. one OF the queens sons, woald
succeed him. but this IS improbable, as
public continent IL against Il. In the
event OF the death Of the queen. the Prince
o. Wales would become commandment
chief in his capacity as king. 50 rhat there
is no immediate need for arousing antag-
onism by an unpopular appointment
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-24
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Jimmy Hope. the reformed bank burg
lar and the most famous criminal out or
jail. is in the green goods business III
New Jersey.
The widow of Col. James Fisk. jr., who
was reputed TO have died worth $Z,oVu,-
600. is living in a Boston tenement house
on an income of $50 month from prop
erty owned by her family in Vermont
Jay Gould gobbbled the Fisk estate.
Mile. Gluc6, the reat-granddaughter OF
police court recently Of stealing Jacket
from a concierge who had sheltered her,
She is a school teacher, and unable TO
find work. She was sentenced to TWO
months Imprisonment, but as it was a
first offense, under the Ber1nger law the
sentence was not enforced.
The Evangelismos hospital at Athens
Is a charitable institution, founded and
managed by the queen OF Greece herself.
The first stone of the new building was
laid by the king in 1854. Although all the
nurses belong TO the Greek church, no
PROSECUTING is allowed, and ministers or
all denominations are admitted into the
wards Every contribution TO the funds
of the hospital, however insignificant.
passes directly through the hands of the
queen herself.
Hialmar Branting. the leader of the
Swedish Socialists, has been condemned
TO three months Imprisonment for lese
majestic DRAWINGS offence was COM
mitted on May day, when. in the course
of a speech, he referred to the fact that
the Conservative press were urging the
king TO send troops to Norway. In his
denunciation of such a course he asked:
who will guarantee that nobody Will
rise and with one bullet prevent one man
from ordering thousands Of bullets fired
at our brethren
Lavoisier, the chemist, is TO have
statue I'm Paris the Institute OF France
having started an international subScrip
ton for the purpose. It was n hundred
years ago last year that the revolution
ary tribunal sent him to the Scaffold, re-
fusing his request for a delay until he
had completed his experiments Fouauer
Tfriville then declared that the republic
had no need OF learned men.
Guerrita- the bun fighter. established
record for a days work recently. He be-
gan at o'clock at San Fernando. near
CadZ killing three bulls and putting the
banderilas in tina other three. He then
took a train to Here's and did the Same
thing there between II and 3. and wound
up the day by reaching Seville in time
for another fight at half past D. In this
last fight the bulls were unusually fierce,
killing nineteen horses before they were
dfsDatEhed.
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The delay in settling the franchise Of
the Consolidated street car lines IS an in
jury 10 the public and is likely 20 work
exceptionally harsh results TO many citi-
gems who have demonstrated their faith
in Seattle by investing their money in a
local enterprise. The difficulty seems to he
that the city council IS tending toward
overlooking the franchise with a mass Of
conditions, many OF them proper enough
in their way. but not OF sufficient conse-
ouence TO work a forfeiture. A notable
instance is the requirement that the COM
pany shall cut its wires in order 20 allow
a house TO be moved across its track. 1t
Is desirable 10 secure TO the city that
right, but the failure Of the company 10
DO It within twenty-four hours would not
justify forfeiture Of the franchise.
The council is entitled to credit for its
efforts to secure the interests OF the city
as a corporation and of the public, but
the city las certain fundamental rights
guaranteed to IL by charter and these can
not be abrogated, nor need they be recited
at length in the franchise in order 10 pre-
serve their integrity. Our city charter
itself is an illustration of the mistake OF
overburdening a measure with detail. The
franchise gives the right TO the company
to lay tracks and run cars over certain
streets for a specified period at certain in
tervals. In return the city acquires GER
tain rights and emoluments. Failure TO
comply with these essential conditions, the
franchise should be forfeitable. Beyond
these there are certain general rights
which the city has by virtue of corporate
powers and these need only be alluded to
in general terms, leaving their execution
to general ordinances. For instance. the
city has the charter power to regulate
the speed at which cars shall be run, and
TO impose penalty for violation. 1t is
superfuous to tack that on to specific
franchise. because all franchises can only
be granted and must be accepted subject
to those general laws.
A clear distinction should be made be-
tween provisions for the benefit of the pub
lie and those which might restrict the
right of contract between the railroad and
others. An instance of this is the require
ment that other lines shall be permitted
10 run on the tracks of the enfranchised
road. The object of that is not to benefit
another car line but to give the public
the benefit Of another system without hav-
ing to give up more roadway for other
tracks.
No diversity Of opinion seems TO exist as
TO the main conditions, and the time is
being frittered away upon minor details
which serve only to cucumber the fran
chise without adding anything TO the city's
advantage.
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DID NOT AssAm PREDECESSORS.

Port Townsend, Wash. June Il. 1905.
To the Editor: Sir-On my return last
evening from attendance upon our late
department encampment Of The G. a r.
held at Spokane ! had my attention called
20 a paragraph of the Geographic report
Of the proceedings Of the encampment.
which appeared in SSur issue OF the 18th
inst, representing me in my address as
denartrent commander as severely criti-
cising former administrations for lack OF
business methods and negligence. In
Justice TO myself. the department ana Tor
rner administrations. / desire TO broadly
and specifically deny the correctness OF
this statement. My address. which was
nlaced at the command of the press. and
was published practically In full in the
Spokane Spokesman-Review OF the
18th inst. and is still at your
command If desired dealt solely with
my own administration OF the
past year and made but one allusion TO
former administrations. and that only TO
the last previous one in a particular which
bore upon my own. To show the improo-
ability OF the truthfUlness OF the state
nent referred to, the address was favor
ably reported on by the committee 70
whom II was referred Of which past de-
partment commander was chairman.
trust have a better appreciation OF my
duties and the dictates Of good taste than
10 make such an indiscriminate onslaught
upon the work OF my predecessors as
represented IN your publication referred
70. I hope you will give this disclaimer
place in your columns. Respectfully,
J. y. SCOTT.
Pas. Department Commander, G. A Il.