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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
WHISKY FOR ALASKA.
Large Qualities Being Smugglcd into
That Country.

Tacoma, May 27.-Ncws comes from
Alaska that liquor Of doubtful quality
is being smuggled into the territory in
large quantities. The shipment Of l!q-
uor there is unlawful, except where
special permits are granted, but many
saloons receive fresh consignments by
every steamer, though liquor is never
entered on the steamers manifest The
latest ruse for getting quantities Of
whisky into the interior is to take 1t
through Alaska in bond for British ter
ritory beyond. Being prohibited there,
n bond is given British customs officers
to take It ont in a specified time. Means
are found for taking It across the line
into Alaska at some point not watched
by the American authorities
II Is asserted that in this way 1900 gal
Ions OF high proof spirits were distributed
among the Yukon mining camps last sea-
son. BY dnuting the quantity was in
creased to 200 gallons, which sold for
S95 per gallon, netting a profit to the
smugglers OF $4,000. Similar though
smaller shipments are being made this
year,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
RAILWAY CHANGES
IN THE WEST
Hill at the Head Of Three Trans
Continental Roads.
GOOD TINES FOR OREGON
Magnificent Crops rfomi,ed-Thirty Fer
Ctnt More Wool 20 Ship Observations
b, Nsssrs harder and rersse.

Better unrs have come TO Oregon, and
l,n.y b,y, com. TO stay
a.. u.-,.. ...,,..,
agent oi %" "''"i No''h''' ''''''"'
/ Portland. visited the city. with MIN Nas
Afr John u p,rsss tho leading mer,
-...,- ,..,.- ~, ,t. v.r,,,.., ,.,,t.
~
'''}' "''' '''''''' -" Wv
| clrrk at NinnlpcF, Manitoba. IN con
Iycrrn,iou with an A-,orian reporter. alr.
tt..-.,.- .,,,,J ,bst b. hnl ,uat ni,1s i.
..,,,...
/ newer "''' "''''' ''' '''' ''''''
r.aly ,he Wholesaler $50 Portland have
/ more business than thoy .an attend TO-
There has h,cn % wonderful eAn"Ec Tor
thr better al along the lHe Va iac la'i
.rw Nn,k. The W"o' trop tH.s year Wll
nsurc up -1~"v'' pounds. or 81 per cont
more than last yenr.- crop rhrr" are
40 buyers iur wool srh ou account of
the delay to the pinElry bin IN congress,
Tho wool b. stacked up IN tht warehouses
awaiting shipment AZ Hrppn"r onr man
alone has l,wuun1 pounds stored,
''rho crops around Dmnull', heppnet
and Arlington never looked better ANA
II the weather continues favorable Tor
tho next month there VIII be a 'rcmcn-
dous wheat crop. Fruit Is hne through
out the state
what DO you think, Mr.. Harder. OF the
reported changes IN railroad management
In the Northwest"
so far as / am able 70 learn, the re-
ports are correct Mr.. ilill no DOUBT las
control OF the Great Northcrn. Northern
Pacific and O. Il, Il y. You can see his
hand. as was stated In tho Astorinn, in
the appointment OF \. L. Mohl,r as vice
president and general manager OF the
o. r. & y. | expect TO see Mr. Dan La
mont appointed financial agent OF the
three systems IN New York, reporting d.
rect to Mr., ilill The completion of your
road to Astoria will make "a great chang
In business here. and your people will
no doubt bo prepared FOR &c. Il the line
Is to be used Jointly as terminal line
by all the trnnscontincntal roads, the
traffic here will simply he enormous
Mr.. W l.. Benham, general western
freight agent Of the Great Northerr,
with headquarters at Seattle, arrived In
Portland last night and VIII probably vis-
IL Astoria tomorrow with Mr. Harder.
Mr.. Rcnham is one of the brightest
freight men on the Pacific coast and
while here will familiarize himself with
the situation at the mouth OF the Co
umbla.
Before leaving for san Francisco Mr..
Pcrsse said that he was greatly surprised
ana pleased with what he had seen in
Astoria. He was particularly Interested
In the great canncries when asked
about business East, he said: business
with us Is good. and constantly growing.
Winnipeg is growing. and so Is the
Northwest. have just come through
the mining districts about Rosslani and
SLOGAN There is life for you. Nelson,
Rossland Spokane and Kaslo are boom.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
q
PRoREss ON TARIFF BILL.

Washington, May 27.-The senate made
good progress on the tariff bill today,
disposng of about 10 pages. Several
votes were taken, the finance committee
being sustained in each case by major
tiles varying from to 16 The drug
schedule was under discussion and the
debate was largely technical. Occasion
ally, however, it branched Off to Gem
eraI phases of the tariff, though at no
time during the day was there a speech
of more than five minutes duration.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
is THIS VIA KEY WFSTc
Extraordinary Steps to Protect McKin-
ley's Cuban Commissioner.

Havana, May s7-Havana's new gov
crnor, the Marquis de Palmerola, is de-
termined that no harm shall come to Nc
kinley's commissioner. As 4 precauton,
Police Inspector Escanta and half doE-
en- secret service men in citizens clothes
dog Calhoun's footsteps all day long and
watch his hotel at night. People seen
talking with him are likewise spotted,
their names obtained, and the gist Of
their conversation, II these government
spies be able to catch it. reported at once
to the palace. Many members OF this
detective force understand English, and
they appear specially alert when any Gu
ban resident or American newspaper COR
respondent is seen TO approach Calhoun.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
RATE WAR GETTING LIVELY.
Southern Pacific win Meet o. p. & n
Figures.

san Francisco. May Z7.-The rate war
between the Southern Pacific and the O.
r. Il y. Co. is approaching a crisis. At
ter the departure OF the steamship STATE
OF California tomorrow morning. and an
excursion train OF the Southern Pacific
in the evening. there will be another big
reduction in passenger rates. and II Is
the opinion OF the officials OF both lines
that rates will drop. before another
steamer day arrives, to the level they
reached during the most heated period
Of the rate war last year
Whatever rates the steamship line puts
INTO effect will be promptly met by the
Southern Pacific At least that is given
out as the present intention Of the com
pany.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
PROMINENT KENTUCKY SUICIDE.
Judge Buford Of Lexington, browns
Himself

Lexington. KY, May 2L-Judge Henry
NJ. Buford, city solicitor committed sui
eide by drowning in a pond near the
home of Matt Simpson. this county. He
was 80 years old and unmarried. He was
one Of the leading lawyers Of Kentucky.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
JOIN THE ASSOCIATION.

Chicago, May 27.-The Union Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande and Rio Grande
Western railways agreed today to join
the Western Passenger Association. This
puts all the roads between Chicago and
Salt Lake and Ogden in the association.
The Progress., 1897-07-24
THE PROGRESS.

hess and confusion Homaston, the eagle
bearer, rushing to keep mt the head OF the
t.ori.,aii.. central i'll the regiment, ;Iccl-
tienta!ly stepped on slippery canebrake
md fell. when, in an instant, the eagle,
shocked doubtless by bullet that glanced
with a uuivering pressure on his breast,
mounted; up with desperate spring 1or u
fight but the bearer held fast to the
perch, while A be, at the other end OF the
cord having gained great speed, lifted
him from the ground, dragging him Tor
ward with such an impetus that 1t brought
him abreast against rough log, jerking
back The bird and hurting them both to-
pether into the brush on the other SIDE
The blow stunned Homaston and nearly
knocked the breath from his body, for he
lay there apparently dead for few min
utes. Whether we call 1t Irovldence or
not, that eagles flight saved the life OF his
bearer.
Had he not fallen at that instant, the
we'll aimed shot of the enemy at those con-
spicpous standards pouring right there In
the waves of fire would have killed HON.
aston and thrown the company into con-
fusion. Lieutenant Thomas Is. Butler,
calamity commanding, had in the outset
given Sergeant Adolph Pitwch special in
struction to watch the fate of Homaston,'
and if he got wounded or killed, TO be
sure and secure the eagle. Seeing him
fall and noting the few moments Of sns-
The Progress., 1897-07-24

-
contest opened at Nicssburs. 1t took part
in the desperate charges of the l9th ana
21st Of May. At one time during scar
CITY of supplies these soldiers srbslsten 10
DAYS upon the allowance of four days IA
tons. They were chiefly employed there as
sharpshooters. After serving three years
and re-en1isting the regiment took part IN
the heavy battle at Nashville Upon It's
banner was inscribed al the close OF the
war 90 engagements and IS skir.nishes.
1t campaigned in II different states ana
Travelled over ), 900 miles.
The fortunes of the regiment and its re
markable bird We're so closely identified
in campaign. battle and siege that's sketch
of its career would be Incomplete without
the full story of '-Old Abe. -
A Chippewa Indian named Chief Sky
captured the easle on Flainbeau river In
the spring of 1861, and some of the In
dams traded him upon one of their expedi-
tions for a bushel of corn. His purchaser
offered to sell him to the First Wisconsin
The Progress., 1897-07-24

rense the sergeant rushed toward him
jast as he revived, and finding him not
killed returned to his duty.
"Placing the eagle upon his perch
again, Homaston hurried forward to his
post on the left of the regimental colors
borne then by Sergeant Myron Briggs,
and with him Lieutenant Butler and 9TH
Crs stood under large tree in front and
in plain sight of the rebel batteries not a
hundred rods distant Evidently espying
the eagle and colors, the rebels poured a
special fire of grape upon the daring group
rnd sent a we'll aimed shell, which, hitting
he top of the tree, cut it off, crashing to
the ground. 1t burst with horrid scat
tcring. the pieces of which tore many
l.oles in the flag and killed several, among
whom were Lieutenant w. ID. Chapman
cf Company F and Captain Stephen Estee
If Company H. The eagle sprang for q
light again, but was held fast, and both
Eo and his bearer escaped unframed
Lowering the colors and eagle, they
lay down under that shivered tree expect
iag humiliation, but, resolving to die at
| the best price, continued to fire upon the
nemy, when an adjutant rode briskly to
| the spot and announced the order to go
forward into the ravine and az void the use
l,ss slaughter The regiment recoiled
o7er swaths of the slain, but Butler and
LIS company in the dire confusion that
followed, finding perfect jam Of men,
Intercepted n passage to the right swung
over an ahatis hugely piled up in sharp,
threatening sGoints, and on this they re-
treated a third of a mile in full sight and
| range of the enemy in front, firing inces-
| sanity Mt the dauntless boys, who moved
with the utmost difficulty and peril, carry
ing their eagle with them safely to the
| ravine below.
As the crowd gathered in the rayine a
soldier, ohuckling over his trophy and
| running with the rest in high elee.
brought in his hand a live rabbit which
| he caught in the bushes, when the whole
company, forgetful e self. exclaimed.
The Progress., 1897-07-24

let's have hi:.. Tor frns,t' Hers, Abe
said the sweat: =. soldier 10y, you've Well
earned this fcllow,' AM! threw it I" the
perch, the eagle catchins: it in his CLAW :,
end there in the raging bittle. as Shell aud
cannon were playing freely overhead, lie
devoured his p: y, needless of noise and
excitement How much like IA soldier!''
The eagle "Old Abe" was celebrated
feature Of veteran gatherings, fairs and
reunions for many years after the war.
The sale of photographs of him Melted
800 OOO He died in March, 1881, from
the effects OF partial suffocation some time
before during IA C:e in his quarters in The
capitol building at Madison
GEORGE L. kILMEP
The Progress., 1897-07-24

hat offer was declined, but the next ut
tempt was more successful. for some resi-
dent of Eau Claire bought the young eagle
and presented him to Company C.. In due
time he was sworn into the service of the
United States by putting around his neck
red, white and blue ribbons and on his
breast rosette of the same colors.
The first time the regiment was in line
in camp the eagle had his perch upon top
of the flagstaff The band struck up
Yankee Doodle" and the eagle seized
one end of the streaming flag in his bcak
and spread his wings with n Tapping ND
ton, a sort of spontaneous acceptance of
his mission. The eau Claire Badgers
then changed their name to the Eau
Claire Eagles, p" and the regiment adopted
the title, the "Eagle" regiment. A perch
was constructed for the eagle in the shape
of shield. Upon the shield was crossed
bar, for the eagles resting place, and on
each end of it were three arrows pointing
outward, as in the great seal of the United
States. This shield was provided with u
staff and carried by "a soldier like the bat
tleflag and was always borne on the left
of the regimental colors. The Eau Claire
Eagles formed the color company.
AS a matter of course the eagle received
great deal of attention, and endless
rhapsodieS were made over him in news
paper puffs and in speeches, but he was
worthy of 1t all, for he went through every
battle of the regiment, suffered hunger
and wounds, tapped his wings over many
a small victory and over the great one at
the end. In tho history of the regiment
there is description of him in the charge
at Nickshurg, and that is an example of
how he bore himself in every battle. Writ
ing of the men in their grand rush for
ward, with cold Abe in the lead, the his
torian says:
lone hour-two hours walking over
heaps of accommodating dead and dying,
and yet they struggle on. They roach the
ditch. They pass it. They scale the ram
parts They plant there the Union flag
A shout goes up, but in an instant it is
hushed In the throttle of death, when fresh
troops come on to swell the slaughter. and
yet the main works of those southernors
SO worthy of our steel, yield not an inch.
Meanwhile the eagle clinched his claws
fast to tho grooves of his perch, and,
standing under the proud colors, bent his
head soldierlike on listening angle, his
fierce eyes rcileCsine the glare of the hattie
his wings outstretcfied, his vci !, J., ;.id, ! :
oft before, cheering his corn. ariiots 10 tlie
shock for conquest. In the g, ncral wild
The Progress., 1897-07-24

=
themselves upon
the battlefield. The term "Bucktails''
was applied to the Thirteenth Pennsyl
yania reserves because the men wore as
badges of their origin a bucktail on their
caps The Eagle regiment. the Eighth
Wisconsin. was so christened after 1t had
adopted q live eagle as protecting aegis for
its valOr.
The Eighth was organized In 1861 from
companies many Of which had their own
nicknaines. Company 6, from GAINESVILLE,
was known as the GAINESVILLE Guard"
Company c, from Eau Claire, both as the
Eau Claire Eagles and the Eau Claire
Badgers" and then there were the :" Fox
Lake Rifles" the "Sugnr River Rifles"
and the Trough and Ready Guards from
Titchburg.
The Eagle" celebrated in history a.
"Old Abe" was recruited by Company c,
"Eau Claire Badgers." The first hard
fighting Of the Eighth was at Corinth,
Miss. There 1t was In the defenses for
Battery Robinett. The battle at that
point, on the Sd and 4th OF October, 1869,
was fierce In the extreme. and the regi-
ment lost 81 killed and SO wounded. The
young commander, Colonel g. W. Rob
bins, WAS among the wounded.
Captain William J. Dawer of Company
ID, Eighth regiment, wounded Oct. in
showing the part played by sold Abe in
battle: Generals Price and Van Dorm
were driving us toward Corinth. while
we, under Rosecrans, were making a stub
born resistance, contesting every inch Of
our retreat. The object Of our general was
to tole them under the big siege guns of
Fort Robinett and Williams. By n sud-
den movement OF the enemy they got an
enfllading fire upon our regiment which
H. or
which I took in I lost IA killed and
wounded, and other companies lost in like
proportion. Our field officers were all
wounded. The general commanding the
brigade, General Mower, had his horse
killed the moment fell, and his adjutant
general, Temple Clark, was shot through
the body. The same volley that did this
mischief cut the cord Of old Abe who
sat on his perch viewing this scene and
he slowly raised himself on his broad pin
rms and loatcd of over the rebel lines till
last sight of him. I WAS gathered up In
a lankct and carried from the field, hard
~ In wing which most to deplore, our
0efe..t, my own disaster or the loss of our
guardian ;cg!s Our broken regiment
now fell hack and passed me as I was car
ried slos l.: ;.loag, and as the colors of the
regiment swept by raised my head to
salute them, and there in his proper place
SUIT our bird, having returned from his re-
conn.i>sance and taken his own stand.
What joy thrilled my heart! And 1t was q
sure omen of tho terrible slaughter made
among the rebels the next day, completely
destroying their army. Our eagle usually
accompanied us On the bloody field, and I
heard prisoners say they would have given
moro to capture the eagle of the Eighth
Wisconsin than to take whole brigade of
men.
Many sharp skirmishes. some OF til I'm
battles. fell to tho lot of the Eighth In the
war along the Mississipni before tho great
The Progress., 1897-07-24
YNONYMS

INON \ Ms OF
regiments were
generally arbi-
trary and meant
nothing unless the
soldiers gave them
Significance by
making the titles
good upon the bat
1leield. The Iron
Brigade" got its
name by accident
and kept it be-
en- use 1t WAS u
good fit. The
IronsideS, the
"R o u Il d heads, -
the ellsworth
A vengers' gave
a good account of
thenls selves upon
The Progress., 1897-07-24

A life of goddess pleasure and sensu-
atty is called living gay life"
Drunkenness is an unfortunate habit
Blasphemy is an 'ungentlelnanly haS
it." Fraud and dishonest speculation
and gambling, ii successful. are ''shrewd
business methods: Rev. Samuel j.
Nicolls, Music Hall. st. Louis.
How Public Opinion Is Formed.
The most powerful law i'll America,
the force that makes and unmakes, ex-
ecutes or multi. 5 laws, is pub!ic opin
ion. This you a. I are constantly form
ing This we shape and into this we
infuse life. By our own conduct, hv cur
own habits, we will do not little &c
build up right business and to secure
justice-Rev. II. D. Jenkins. Presby
terrain, Kansas City.
The Power Of Life.
The rock is a dead thing, but the
lichen that covers it, the eagle that
builds its nest there and the man that
blasts it for its gold. they grow while
it remains the same forever. Great is
the power of life. Fungi beneath
heavy paving stone will lift it. An in
visible speck of protoplasm that no eye
can see will hold up at last the majesty
odist, Philadelphia.
Two Perpetual Rights.
Out of our constitutional and ever act.
ing impulses and prospects of the future
spring to every member of our race two
perpetual rights-the right of knowing
the right of imparting knowledge, the
right to learn and the right to teach
and there is but one process by which
81 l. Al
is the process of thinking. Whoever
fails to think annuls his birtnright and
remains a beggared fool. And SO what
ever means can be used to promote
thinking must be fostere l.-Rev. By
ron Sunderland, Presbyterian, Wash
ington.
BENJAMIN Franklin.
There is no more remarkable charac-
ter in American history than Benjamin
Franklin. Some eminent men in Europe
called him the American Socrates"
and others the "Solon of America.
At one period in his diplomatic career
it was said of him by President Adams
that there was 40 other man in the
world with as wide reputation as
Franklin. The French people showered
honors upon him. They loved and re-
teemed in the highest political circles
of England, although he was one Of the
signers of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence and one Of the foremost spirits in
paving the way to American freedom.
Rev. Charles 81. Eaton, Universalist,
New York
Confidence.
One of the foundations of all friend
ship and the cornerstone of love is conf
dence. Jean Paul Richter says 1--WE are
all better, franker, warmer friends than
we know and show, only let the right
spirit meet you, and such a one as thirst
Ing love ever demands-pure, large,
clear and tender and warm, and You
give him everything and love him with
out measure because he is without
fault. -
In love, IL love be love, if love be ours,
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers.
The Progress., 1897-07-24
AN EAGLE REGIMENT.
THE EIGHTH WISCONSIN AND ITS
NOTED BIRD "OlD ABE"

Recruited In the Forest Region. 1t Adopt
ed q Live Eagle For \ Protecting -Tgis-
Campaigns, Battles and SieGes In the
W~st-The Eagle Under Fire
[Copvright, 1897 by American Press Assoc
citation
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-30
CORBETT ASLEEP
Fitzsimmons Does Him
After Long Battle.
Referee SiIer Says it Was Straight
Fight-Result Not Salts
factory.

Edward Delehanty, a passenger by
the bark Robert Elssmere, which ar
rived late last night, II days from San
Diego, brings news of the result of the
great -Fitzsimmons fight at
Carson City on March II. Mr.. Dele
hanty describes the fight as he read it
in the Sun, of San Diego:
1t is estimated that 10000 people
were present to witness the great bat
tie The fight was called for Il o'clock
noon. but two hours before the time set
a rumor was circulated that Lanky
Bob objected to the enforcement of
that part of the Queensbury rules
which forbid punching at the break
away Intense excitement followed,
and the great crowd surged around
George Siler, the referee.
1T was decided to have him visit
Shaw's Springs, bring the fighters to-
gether and see what could be done.
This was done. and the two gladiators
met face to face for the first time in
weeks Their eyes flashed, and Corbett,
dressed in a pair of neat trunks, was
ready to do battle there.
He side-stepped around the red
haired Australian, who Immediately
took a position on the defensive.
You never did want to fight me-
hissed Corbett.
''Fitz led with his left and yelled
back: You're another Gentleman
Jim ducked and lead again for FitZ-
simmons jaw. The Australian coun-
tered with his right and caught Jim
fairly with the remark:
You're doing il for advertising
purposes. an there's no fight in you
Corbett showed signs of weakening.
and F'itzsimmons' seconds encouraged
their favOrite with frequent draughts
from a black bottle, alternated with
hypodermic injections of wind.
The fight continued in this way for
Is rounds, during which Stuart and
Julian were frequently called upon by
Referee Siler for assistance. In the
last half of the round the mouthy
fighters went at it hammer and ton
CUES. Fitz Kissed at Corbett: You're
afraid of spelling your face The blow
was well aimed. and the pOmpadOur
youth went down, he glared at Fitz
and murmured under his breath: Who
licked Jim Hall?' It was too much for
the Australian, and he went to sleep.
''Thus ended the great fight, which
began more than year ago. The
American and the Cornishman talked
themselves out"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-30
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