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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-25
DEMOCRATS STIRRED Up.
Senator German Says That Registra
fon Will BE More Active.

non Will BE More Active.
Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, September 25.-Sen-
ator German spent several hours here to-
day in conference with the local democratic
leaders on the registration of voters and
other features of campaign routine. After
some time spent at the state headquarters
the Senator, in company with Chairmen
Jones and Rusk, visited the city headqrar-
ters on East Baltimore street, where he
met Mr.. Rasin and the ward leaders. Here
the situation was discussed at length and
as result it was declared that systematic
efforts would be made to get the party vote
on the books during the remaining days Of
registration.
In speaking of the registration to The
Star correspondent Senator German said :
II don't think we will encounter further
difficulty in getting our vote registered.
look for decided contrast as far as the
democrats are concerned between the COM
ing registration days and those just past"
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FEELING AGAINST WOOD.
He introduced jackson Into Pearl
Dryan's Home.

INDIANAPOLIS. September 25.-Will
Wood. who introduced Scott Jackson into
the home of his cousin. Pearl Bryan. has
been trying to enter one Of the medical
colleges of Indianapolis. Young Wood and
his father. highly respected man. called
on DR.. carp, the dean of the Central Col
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons. DR.. carp
denied admission to the young man. On
Tuesday Wood applied to the Medical Col
lege of Indiana for admission. but he has
not yet matriculated. Fred. Bryan.
brother of the murdered Pearl Bryan. was
in Indianapolis yesterday, and stated that
Wood had attempted to get in a boarding
house on South Meridian street and had
failed.
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Wreck of the Steamer Hugo.

AMSTERDAM. September 25.-The steam
er blown ashore yesterday on Terschelling
Island. in the North sea, and reported to be
a North German-Lloyd liner, proves to be
the Spanish steamer Hugo. Her crew has
been landed on Ameland Island
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MORE TROOPS REACH CUBA.
ReinfOrcements for the Spanish Army
Arrive at Havana.

HAVANA. September 25-The local guer-
rilla force of Lajas. province of Santa Clara.
has captured the insurgent leader Aniceto
Hernandez.
The steamship Santiago arrived here to-
day from Spain. with 50 officers and 2O5O
soldiers to reinforce the Spanish army
here. There were several cases of small
pox on board the steamer. and she was fu-
migated before the troops landed.
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went to buy tobacco, penny might 90 in
the purchase of n weekly newspaper, a penny
would buy a pair of "whangs" (leather
laces) for his boots the penny remaining,
when all those luxuries had been honestly
paid for, would buy whole tumbler.ul of
| frothing porter. whole tumblerful At
the sight of it, with his minds eye, Tins
lips dried and his feet went quickly over the
cobblestones.
| Mans lips were tight, her bTows wrinkled.
She was figuring. 1t would take her to be
| powerful cute 10 fill her basket with the
value ofeighteenpence. Och the lot of things
she wanted; tea. sugar, bacon, herring
for the Sundays dinner, bit of white bread,
and-and supposng there were a penny or
two over with knowing bargaining there
might be, was it likely now that Mr.. Muir
ply, the draper, would let her have cheap
yard of narrow soiled lace to go around the
border of her nightcap? Twopence might
do, threepence would be sure to-aw, glory
to goodness! did nybody ever hear of such
romancin', such extravaganza; sure it was
running wild her wits were! Threepence
for lace. indeed!
A friend stepped from behind cart and
caught Nan by the arm. What, was il pass
a neighb0r like that Mrs. KERN would do :?
Pass her oldest friend Mrs Brady, rs if
she was a milestone and never pass he time
of day or tell how she sold her butter, or how
| the world was using herself!
"Och, och, Mrs. Kerin,n moaned Mrs
Brady, what have / done to ye, at all, at
all?n
| Nan stopped and put out her hand, then
volubly began explaining; sure, sorrow The
sight Of Mrs. Brady she had seen;
never passed a neighbor without
sure, twas walkin' along romano
fgurin' in her head, seeing how fal
make the few shillings 20. AN how =. 49,,
ma'am?" asked Nan, when full pardon .or
her oversight had been generously given
and gratefully received. "How are you an
all your csre?"
Swiftly the two old heads bobbed together; !;
ceaselessly their tongues began to wag !;
freely the full tide of their softly drawing
speech flowed gurgling round the little
| nothings of their little world.
Meanwhile, Tim, his sxpence hot in his
palm, had taken turn through the throng
of the streets, and questioned his neighbors
about sales and prices Gust as though lie
were man of stomach and capital), had
spelt out the time on the big market-house
clock as he stood by the town pump listen
ing TO the hoarse drone of ballad singer !;
and now, on the sidewalk of Main street.
stood dreamily looking through shop
window at pile Of newspapers, which stood
precariously among an array OF tobacco
pipes and sweet bottles. If he bought a
paper, Tim was thinking, lie would have a
whole weeks diversion O. nights; if he
did't buy IL he would save the price of
another tumblerful "a heavy hand fell
on his shoulder.
" Hello! Tim," said his neighbor, Shan
Grogan; having wee squint at the sugar
sticks, is it We are?"
Jaw ay," answered Tim, turning; saw
ay? was just iookin' at the papers there,
an wonderin' what an ojus lot o. news
they give rs nowadays for penny. Enough
TO keep one goin' for q week.
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Found in n Mine.

CoLLIERs, w. VA mystery of 80
wears standing has at last been cleared up
by the finding Of the remains Of four human
beings in an old abandoned coal mine one
mile east Of here
Two years ago David Snyder opened coal
bank on the north side of Whaleback Hill
Thursday afternoon large stream of water
came pouring in on the miners. Investiga-
tion showed they had struck one of the
rooms Of the old mine.
This old mine bad not been worked since
back in the Cos. Mr.. Snyder decided to ex-
plore il, and while doing SO discovered the
human bones. One Of the skeletons was
sitting upright against ledge. Beside this
skeleton was found flask containing a note
or memorandum that explains the mysteri-
Gus disappearance Of John Ewing, Ben
Ayers, Tom Ackelson, and Joe Obney 81
years ago. The note was written in pen
Gil, but well preserved. IL reads as follows:
"Nov. 9, 1s63.-Sbould this ever reach
the outside world let il be known that we
(giving names) are prisoners here, owing to
the caving in of the mine. We are desert
ers, and was here in hiding when the mine
caved in Food and water all gone. We
are doomed, rs no one outside is aware of
cur whereabouts. This is about the eighth
day imprisoned.
Nov. 4.-John Ewing and Tom Ackel-
son have Just killed Ben Ayers, and are eat
ing him. j have already eaten my bootleg.
The water in the mine is terrible TO drink.
Our oil is getting scarce, air becoming fosl.
/ only know the day OF the month by my
watch.
Nov. Giving has just killed Ackelson.
Cut of one of his feet and is eating il. and
dancing around and flourshing his dirk
knife like maniac.
Nov. IL am now alone with the dead.
] had 10 kill Ewing in self-defense. j have
Just eaten my other bootleg. Am sleepy.
Good-by. i inclose this note in this flask to
preserve it, if possible, SO that if ever found
our sad fate Will be known.
JOSEPH OBNEY.n
Several of the old residents hereabouts
well remember these men. 1t WAS generally
believed that they had been killed in battle
AS no relatives of the deceased men could
be f"und their remains were given in charge
Of Andy Lister for interment.
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BY SaAN ElBULL0cK

"Yis," said Shan, "it's a wonderful world.
But aisy, Tim; ha' ye been to the post
lately?"
NAV" said Tim.
"Well, look in there if you're passin', me
son. The lassie that sells the stamps asked
me TO tell We. Gwan quick mebbe she'll
give ye news for nothin,."
''Now, now" answered Tim; "I'm obliged
to We, Shan, Pm obliged to ye. Now, now"
he repeated to himself, as he shuffled off
along the pavement; now, now. Is Shan
havin' wee joke, / wonder?" he said, and,
coming to the postoffice, ,doubtfully sidled in.
I" Me name is KERN, Miss" he said TO the
clerk, very humbly, as to one of the repre-
sentatives of mighty Government itself.
"Tim, for Christian" an they tell me ye'd
mebbe be havin's somethin' for me?"
The girl handed him a letter bearing the
Chicago postmark, stamped in one of its
bottom corners, and carrying its address
thence right up to the top of the envelope.
Tim bore it tenderly to the door and care
full inspected it, then took it back to the
counter.
Whose countersign might that be, Miss,
if ye please" he asked, and placed his thumb
over the postmark. Humbly he asked !;
curtly he was answered.
"Chicago?" said Tim. Gay, ay! Pm
obliged TO ye, Miss-Im obliged toye. May
the Lord be good to ye, an send ye duke
for husband Good-day to ye, Miss" said
he, then stepped out into the street with his
hand deep in his pocket and the letter in
his hand, and went off in search of Nan.
:" It's from Padeen," he kept thinking to
himself, as he walked joy(ully along, his
feet Gathering loosely on the pavement, his
old face turning here and there, watching
for his wife; I" it's from Padeen, sure as ever
was!" Aw! but he was glad. Aw! but
Nan would be glad. So long it was,
ages and ages ago, since they heard from
him. 'Twasn't Padeen's handwrite-naw! !!
but sure it might have altered; everything
altered in the Big Country. Ay! twas
only poor ould Ireland that kept the same
never any worse, never any better. But
where was Nan? Sure, she ought to be in
the shops. He was dying to find her. Up
and down he went; at last, found her, still
bobbing heads at the top of Bridge street
with her friend Mrs. Brady.
saw, it's here ye are, Nan?" he said,
coming up. cam me huntin' the town for
We. It's yourself is we'll, Mrs. Brady, Pm
hopin'? That's right, that's right"
His voice came strangely broken and
shrilI; his eyes danced like chld's; still
his hand gripped the letter in his pocket.
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Church to Gen. Thomas's position at
RossviIle, where it arrived at / o'clock
D. M, and then took position in Chicka-
mauga Valley, east Of Mission Ridge.
On the morning of the 22d the bri-
gade dismounted, and occupied the adj
vanced lines at Rossville, the infantry
drawing out and retiring TO Chattanooga,
FIVE miles distant
A little after sunrise the
ENEMY PRESSED FORWARD,
the brigade fell back, mounted, and
fought them all the way back to Chatta-
nooga, where it arrived about l P. ~,
nine hours after the last of the infantry.
A part of the regiment, under
Maj. Gray, took part in the expedition
which destroyed stores and ammunition
at Cleveland, Tenn, and part under
Mai. Robbins was with the cavalry
under Col. Long which advanced to
Knoxville.
Mai. Horace Gray resigned Feb. p,
1864, and Capt. Grant, of Co. /, was
promoted Major.
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Bum Market was over its hurry and
haggle. In corners and quiet spots of the
big market yard you saw men and women
carefully counting their little stores Of sill
yer, testing the coins with their teeth, knot
ting them firmly in red pocket-handker-
chiefs, finally slowing them away in their
long, wide pockets as cautiously as though
every sixpence were diamond. In the
streets people were leisurely moving toward
the shops, where tills were rafting and
counters teeming, and trade for few hours
flourishing, after its whole six days of bliss
full stagnation.
A cart laden with butter, chiefly in firkins,
issued from the market-yard gate, man
between the shafts, one at either wheel, two
pulling behind, all noisily eDdeavoring to
keep the cart from running amuck down.
hill into the river. Close behind, like chief
mourners after hearse, one might fancy,
came Tim KERN and Nan, his wife-a bat
tered, slow-footed couple, heavily burdened
with the big load of their years, white
haired, both Of them. Heavily they
shuffled along in their clumsy boots;
the man with one arm across his back,
the other swinging Imply; the woman
holding up her skirt with one hand, and
gripping with the other the handle OF
big, empty basket; both looking n4euly
over the tail board of the cart ut the few
pounds of butter for which they had shaved
hard for weeks. and for which, after hours
of haggling, they had just received a few
most precious shillings. Fixedly they
watched it, and mournfnly, almost, as
though they were bidding it a last farewell.
They passed through the gale, struggled
across the footpath, and silently watched
the cart zigzag down the street, run present
ly along the curb, and amid great shouting
discharge its contents into the packing
house.
"Faith," said Tim, across his shoulder,
"'twas cleverly done. / wonder some day
they don't break their necks."
He wagged his head obviously; Nan
tucked up her skirt; the two turned their
faces uphill, and set out to share their
profits with the shops The butter was
gone, and sorrow go with it!-twas heart
break.
Tim Kerin's share of the profits was q
shining sixpence, reluctantly rendered to
him by Nan, his wife, who now walked a
couple of steps behind him with eighteen
pence shut tight in her hand and the re-
mainder OF the butter-money Lonly a shilling
or two) tied fast in a cotton bag and safely
slowed away in the neck of her linsey DOL
sey dress. Threepence of Tins sixpence
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She Won The Doctor.

DIR. Abernethy, the famous Scotch surgeon,
was a man of few words, but he once met his
match-in a woman. She called at his Office
in Edinburg one day and showed hand,
badly inilamed and swollen, when the follow
ing dialog, opened by the Doctor, took
place:
Burn? p"
"Bruise"
"poulticen
The next day the woman called again, and
the dialog was as follows:
Better"
Worse
More poultice."
Two days later the woman made another
call and this conversation occurred:
"Better?'
a. well. Fee?"
Nothing" exclaimed the Doctor. 'Most
sensible woman / ever met :"
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IN, WITH GROAN, ITS 100 DARK"
Whats the matter, Tim?" whispered
Nan. "Ha' ye heard news?"
"Ay, ay,n he said "COme away till l
tell ye; come away"
He turned, and, with Nan at his heels,
set off almost at run d0wnhill towards the
river. Aw, but his heart was thumpin'i
"Aisy, Tim," cried Nan, behind him; aisy,
man, or me breath-me breath -
Without answering or slackening his pace
Tim went on, turned through the butter.
market gate, crossed the empty yard, came
to the fnrthermost corner of one of the long,
low sheds, and there halted, with his face to
the wall. Aw, but his heart was thumpin'.
Presently, Nan came to him, painting and
fiurred.
What is it, Tim?" she asked "what is
it?n
Slowly Tim brought out his letter, and,
holding it by both hands, let his wife look
at it.
"It's-it's from Padeen!" cried she; it's
from Padeen!"
"Yis," said Tim. "It's not his hand
write, but it must be from him"
"Aw, glory be to God! !" cried Nan. "Glory
to God! Sure, it's ages since we heard from
the boy-ages!o
She put down her basket and, with her
head between Tins shoulder and the wall,
looked fixedly at the envelope. Aw! but
she was glad to sec it. Such a time it was
since they had heard from Padeen A
whole two years it was, come Christmas,
since the last letter came, with that money
order in it, an the beautiful picture Of
Padeen himself, dressed out in his grand
clothes, with gold chain across his waist
80 at and gold ring r.on his finger. A
whole two years, almost. And now, may
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During the Atlanta campaign the
regiment, with Its brigade and division,
covered the right of the Army of the Ten
nessee, Mai.-Gen. Mcpherson, and almost
daily distinguished itself in encounters
with the enemy; notably at Farmers
Bridge, on Arumchee Creek, when
making reconnaissance on Rome, Ga,
on the 18th of May, and at Woodlawn,
near Kingston, on the 18th, at which
place the regiment, single-handed, drove
Ferguson's Brigade for five miles, when
it ran against a division of infantry
(Jackson's), while the cavalry closed on
Its hanks and rear
Drawing sabers it literally hewed its
way through the enemy's cavalry, losing
three officers and 19 men killed and
wounded and one officer and nine men
taken prisoners on account Of their horses
being killed.
Near Dallas on May 27 the brigade
occupied the Villa Rica road in rear
of the enemy's left flank, driving the
brigades of Ross, Ferguson and j. T.
Morgan. The 4th Mich, with Griffin
section of the Chicago Board of Trade
Battery, pushed forward within easy
range of the Confederate lines, which
were then from the rear
VIGOROUSLY sBELLED.
That evening Col. Minty received a
note from Gen. Garrard, our division
commander, covering an extract from a
dispatch he had received from Gen. Nc
Pherson. This read as follows:
DALLAS, May "a; 7:3o p. N.
GENERAL: Your letter inclosing report OF
Col. Mnty is received. His brigade has done
good service to-day, and drew four regiments
of rebel infantry from in front of our right to
fight him.
Our encounters with the enemy were
almost daily. can refer only to few
of them.
At Big Shanty on June 8 the entire
division, under Gen. Garrard, engaged
the enemy aud carried three lines of
breastworks, taking us close up to the
foot Of Little Kennesaw.
At McAfee's Crossroads on June IL
the brigade met large force of the
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a force variously estimated at from 5000
to 5000 men, with several pieces of
artillery, attacked blockhouse on the
Nashville q Decatur Railroad, gar
lisoned by 23 men of the 4th Mich,
commanded by Corp'l Chaucla NJ. Bick-
ford. In the blockhouse there was plenty
of ammunition, but only IL carbines !;
the fight lasted several hours; the little
garrison made the rebel artillery change
position seven times; in one position it
was within 10 rods of-tbe blockhouse,
which was struck "a times by Confeder-
ate shells. At last, Gen. Wheeler had to
withdraw, with loss of nearly 20 men
killed or wounded.
For this gallant defense Corpl Bick-
ford was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
On Nov. 26 Lieut.. Col. Park resigned
on account of loss of sight from wounds
received in action.
Capt. Benjamin ID. Pritchard was
promoted to Leutenant-Colonel Majs.
Mix and Robbins were disabled by
wounds, and Maj. Grant was crippled
by rheumatism.
Dec. IL Maj. Grant resigned, and
Capt. Burns was promoted Major.
Dec. "a Maj. Mix resigned, and Capt.
Eldridge was promoted Major.
In the reorganization of the cavalry,
after the Atlanta campaign, the 4th
Mich. was assigned to the Second Bri-
gade, Second Division.
The brigade consisted Of the 4th
Mich, 9TH Pa, Sd and 4th Ohio; Col.
Minty, of the 4th Mich, commanding.
The 4th took part in the
ASSAULT OF SELMA,
Ala, where in 20 minutes the assault
ing force of 1888 men lost 324 killed
and wounded.
The day after the fall of Columbus,
Ga, on the night of April 9, the Second
Division, commanded by Col. Minty,
made forced march of 63 miles in 20
hours, with the object of saving the
Double Bridges" across Flint River,
on the Columbus and Macon road.
The 4th Mich, in advance, crossed
the first bridge on the gallop at day
break on the morning of April IL, cap
turing every man Of Howell Cobb's
rear-guard, numbering over 400, on the
island between the bridges, where they
had been left to cover the reteat of the
Confederates escaping from Columbus
This charge was led by Capt. Charles I.
Hudson, of Co. Z, for which he received
a well-earned brevet
This regiment closed its brilliant rec
ord with the capture of Jefferson Davis
near Irwinsville, Ga, on the morning of
May 10, 1865.
During Its three years service the
regiment bore on Its rolls SO commits
stoned officers and 2,124 enlisted men.
-Four officers and A enlisted men were
killed in action or died of wounds, and
one officer and 327 men died of disease;
making total loss of life of 376 men.
/ regret that / have not the data
from which to give the number Of
wounded.
On pages 6S5 and CSC of "Michigan
in the War" are given the names and
dates of 81 battles and skirmishes in
which the regiment participated. This
is 20 more than has been credited to
any other Michigan regiment. One
regiment, with four years service, has
been credited with ~.
Col. Minty was brevetted Maor-Gen-
eral, Lieut.-Col. Pritchard Brigadier-
General, and IL other officers received
brevets for gallant and distinguished
service"
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SERVICE PENSION,
Work Being Done Everywhere in lis
Favor.

At regular meeting Phil Sheridan Post
adopted unanimous resolution In favor OF
Service Pension to all honorably discharged
soldiers of the rebellion who followed the
flag for 80 days oil $12 per month.-W. L.
Gabbard, Alex. McNearth, Committee.
Commodore Foot Post, s4, Department of
Washington and Alaska, Sidney, Wash,
passed the following resolution:
Resotred That we are in favor of and heartily in
dorse The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Service Pension
Bill of S. per month for hl Ionorably- discharged
Union soldiers aud sailors who served not less
than 80 days in the late for the Union. and we
earnestly request Senators and Representatives
in Congress TO use their influence to- secure the
passage OF such "a bill.
Carried unanimously.-D. c. Bleam, Com
mander; w. j. Alexander, Adjutapt.
At regular meeting of Pacific Post, AZ,
Department of Washington and Alaska, q
resolution was passed heartily indorsing the
Service Pension Bill as now advocated by
your valuable paper / was instructed to
notify you of the action taken by my Post.
Yours, III F., G. and L.-P. w. Gallup, Adju-
tant, Port Angeles, Wash.
Lincoln Post, 1913, thinks that the Service
Pension Bill is the best, and ii it does pass
will do more good for old soldiers than any
others that have passed.-Amos Smedley,
Commander, Owensboro, Ky.
At a regular meeting of Geo. III. Stevens
Post, Wisconsin, the following was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolred That this Post cordially approves the
movement TO induce Congress to pass Service
Pension Bill granting IS per month to all honor
ably discharged soldiers or sailors who served at
least three months in the war of the rebellion.
At n meeting of Il. G. Shaw Post lS, De-
partment OF Louisiana and Mississippi, the
following was unanimously adopted:
Whereas THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, the true friend
Of the soldier, is making the fight for "A service
Pension Bill at the rate of IS per month; and
Whereas ninetenhs OF the comrades from this
section OF the country are not getting any pension
al n: Therefore, be 1t
heartily ndorse THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE the
soldiers champion.
Paul Bruce, Commander; I. j. Boswell,
Adjutant, New Orleans La.
The following resolutions were adopted by
Wisner Post, 127 GAR, Department OF
Iowa, at regular meeting of the Post:
Resolred That we favor pension Of s. per month
to encii honorably discharged soldier who served
moi less thnn 30 days in the war of the rebellion.
ReSofred, That favor n pension of Sl2 per
month To the widows of all honorably discharged
soldiers OF said war.
Resotred, That the Adjntant forward q copy of
these resolutions. under seal OF the Post, TO The
NATIoNAr. tribune, aud IL copy to the Committee
on Pensions of the G AR.
John w. Wilkon, Adjutant, Montezu-
ma, Iowa.
At stated meeting of George Goodwin
Post, 80, Department OF Maine, G.A.R., 1t