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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

Francisco the contents Of the circular
were well known. and the general opin-
ion prevailed that the time had come
for this nation 10 cease It's persecution
OF another nation. They claimed that
the movement was entirely peaceful
and the effort would be to show by ar
guments 10 the members OF congress
that a great injustice was being done
To the subjects of "A friendly nation.
All denied that they had become mem
bers OF the society. but all conceded
that ii was a good thing and should be
helped by all who were loyal To the
home government. AS i'm all matters
pertaining 10 their race, they were very
secretive and would give little or no
information regarding the men who
were at the head o. the society.
Four special agents Of the society have
been sent 20 San Francisco and are still
there working i'm the interests OF the
cause. Wong Chin Foo the man whose
name is signed 10 the circular is said to
be a very influential merchant Of Chi
cago and a man we'll known among the
Chinese all over the United States II
Is said by merchants who know him
that ne is high i'm favor with the gov
ernment at China, and this gives color
to the report that Minister Woo is back
ing IL. Among those who have watched
the Chinese closely for years IL is be-
lieved that this attempt Will be made
only after il is known that enough votes
are certain i'm congress 10 repeal the
law. and nothing will be made public by
the Chinese until they are certain Of
success
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
RICHARD MANSFIELD
AS AN AUTHOR.

Mansfield
written book which Here what the actor author says
Uf
Il the book three while travelling through the south Ny
a
playing the evening and Of times my life "ne
the
odd mind read what had written I
Jessie The done purely the time and to entertain
II
continued writing longer than expected when started
a a
ks day hunted the manuscript
fa,oaby received So tho book "
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
BABOON
PEST IN
AFRICA.

The South African Colonists have got
rid of their lions and elephants. but they
have not yet been able 10 get the better
of the balloons A babOon, although
.umeWhat like a dog. has all the mis-
rhiayousness of a man. He is the ugli-
, ST animal in all creation. The Beers cali
rim Adonis and never designate him
under the official name that has been
civen to him by science
Now this creature is the curse Of the
cape Colony. He commits deprcdations
for the love of the thing. Any impru-
dent tomcat that ventures too far away
from home is sure TO be captured and
strangled for fun by q baboon. Nearly
all the Angoras. The choicest and most
costly animals imported 10y the Colonists,
have been destroyed by these huge mon
keys. Even the dogs share the same
fate. The bravest and most pugnacious
of the English canine breeds are unable
TO cope with adversares armed with
Just as powerful jaws and with the inn
mense advantage of having four hands
instead of four paws. With deXterity
that conspicuously exhibits his surgical
ATTITUDE the baboon bleeds his enemy in
the throat, and in less than a minute
tha duel ends in the death of the dog.
one of the principal amusements OF
these big monkeys is TO gambol around
the wire fences that protect the tame
ostrirhes just 90 tcrrify thcUl. The
panic among them IS so great that they
often break their legs i'm their wild
rushce This is a pastimc which the
monkeys seem to enjoy hugely
broken les for an ostrich means death
sentence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
DEER HUNTING In VERMONT.

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
A BATTLE WITH SAWFlSH.

jacksonville Fla. thrilling cpl
sodco OF
Naduro the huge FISH
flash the
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called Purcell the
overheard, together y
conved make the end
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

/ have been dead for years, / suppose.
1t was like leaving Ireland, when /
first went away. for me TO leave Green
island. The people there think a great
deal of me. / hold the next highest
position 10 the king, that of chief war
rior and chief of the council. or sooiah.
When | got 10 San Francisco, | bought
the heaviest clothes / could find. We
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

enough TO disturb the equilibrium OF
most any one.
Mr. OLeary wore earrings OF large
and grcWsome pattern when ne first ar
rived i'm this country, but the gibes OF
the small boy soon compelled him 10 re-
move them. and he now carries his ear
rings i'm his gripsack.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

head of tho society. He has sent out
circulars and agents 60 all the cities OF
the country where there are numbers Of
Chinese and calls upon all faithful SUBJ
tects of the emperor 10 join Ina having
the obnoxious law repealed. The circu-
lar is very v0luminous and recifes the
many objects of the society, which is
ostensibly for the purpose OF bettering
the condition Of the Chinese, but which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

seas. As a matter of fact Mr.. OLeary
has been so long away from civiliZy ton
that the improvements and new inven-
tions he finds In the American cities
make him act like a schOolboy out for
his summer vacation To take a man
who has lived on south sea island the
most ~ his life and drop him down i'm
the w9daiu~ thrung az Broadway IL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

After struggling for years to evade
,he exclusion act. which prohibits Chi
nese immigration. the subjects of the
Celestial emperor in this country, aided
~ high officials I'm the Flowery King
dom, have decided that the time has
come 10 make a concerted movement
looking TO the repeal of the act which
Siscrlminates against the people Of one
nation and denies to them Ihe privileges
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
LARGEST CROSS IN THE WORLD.

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Ion hn I G Some year ago e seq u tern % r
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
MINISTER TO SIAN.

Alexander oarov ~lussan New York since 1856
Ia
with yellow musahe and gold
a York
the
bmed forth
a residence and twice
receptions at the
a roller
OF
to he kngdom of an
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03
UNITED WORkM EN-.
Work of the Various Members of the
Lodge-workshop Gossip.

Work of tho Various Members Of the
Lodgo-workshop Gossip.
The old member tells OF what he has
done for his lodge; the new member tells
Of what he Is doing-bringing In new
members. The drone tells of what he Is
going to do, and the kicker objects to do.
ing anything. "A. o. U. W. Messenger.
Keep your certificates in force by paying
your assessments, under any and all cir
cumstances
There is strong feeling that the order
should do something about the suicide
question. Many think the order should re-
fuse to pay anything more than the sum
total of assessments paid.
The order pays to widows and orphans
Of It's deceased members nearly 81, 200
every hour.
California grand lodge at its late session
authorized the payment Of SO for each new
member, and In addition appropriated &c..
600 for propagation fund.
Grand Master Workman Bickel Of Penn
sylvania is putting forth most energetic
efforts to develop the order In the state.
The Oft repeated objection to life insur.
ance that n man has to die to win does not
apply TO the A. o. U. W.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03
Royal Arcanum.

The Royal Arcanum has 1870, 600 mem.
bcrs In tho United States, $4,000 in New
York state and $4,000 in New York city.
The total number Of applications pro-
scented nj the supreme sccretary's Office for
April was ,, g25, against 2, 1903 for the
Same month of 1895
a. q. Blnlock Is now grand regent of
Georgia and .. ). Connerat grand score
tary.
There are ahar 9, 00s Members of tho
Royal Aro&onn Ia Boston and $4,000
within 90 miles & Boston.
During ~ month of March s5Os, 1914
- wss pAN 10 beneflciaries Of 173 mem.
bsrA
Connecticut has membership OF about
1000 In SO councils.
The X. A. is on big boom In Nashville
this year, and by It's close 1000 are prom
ised for the city alone. Some Of the best
citizens not now In the ranks are making
application to become members without
solicitation.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03

Superior breakfast sausage is a
specially at the Central Market.
Ring up 1O4.
That picture in King Bros.
window which has attracted SO
much attention is not the portrait
Of anyone here. y
Mechanics Home, corner Hotel
and Nuuanu streets, lodging by
day, week or month. Terms: rs
and 90 cents per night. 81, and
81. 25 per week.
City Carriage Co., j. S. And.
rade, manager. If you want a
hack with good horse and care
ful driver ring up Telephone l13,
corner of Fort and Merchant
streets. Back at all hours. +
Kroeger Pianos, sweetest in tone,
Jas. w. Bergstrom, sole agent, cash
or installments. Warerooms at
G. Vests, Masonic Temple. Of
fee at Thrum's Book Store. Tun-
ing and repairing. Ia Tele-
phone BAT. 4"
February 6, an engineer of long
experience writes the Pacific
Hardware Co., as follows: 81
received your circulars concern
ing Vacuum Oil and as | have
used them since, having the power
OF selecting my own oil, | can
only echo the facts which they ex-
press" Il
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03

Hay, Oats, Bran, Mlddllngs. Chop Feed,
Oil Cake Meal, Rock Salt, Alfalfa Hay,
Flour, Rolled Barley, Rolled Oats, Cracked
Corn and Wheat. Oregon Burbank Potatoes
shipped from California and Oregon regularly,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03
MASONIC.



should The Secret Ballot he Aboiishedf
South, West and East.
There IL quiet movement working TO
do away with the secret ballot AMI the
sooner tho better. A contemporary calls
attention to the fact that In Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, Masons do not ballot
In secret Each brother holds up his bal.
lot In view Of the entire lodge before de-
posting IL In the box. This appears to
equal the rule in some jurisdictions, where
the roll Of the members present Is called,
and each, as his name il called, arises
and answers. And why not, say WEI The
man who Is afraid to tell how no votes In
Masonic lodge Is not fit to 60 to congress-
or oven TO caucus. Illinois Ercemason.
The Voice of Masonry says that more
than SO per cent OF tho nonofliliates are re-
gained and that at least 30 per cent ought
. 20 he.
Masonry requires the practice Of all the
duties man owes to God his neighbor, his
family and himself. 1t makes the holy
Bible the rule and guide Of faith and con-
duct, and thus requires every Mason to be
Just and upright before God and man.
The Eastern Star Is pure and exalted IN
its sentiments, elevating in Its instruo-
tions, founded upon and deduoed from the
noblest and purest characters which adorn
the pages of sacred history.-D. Ludlow.
Sir John @. Rhieldsffer is now grand
commander Of West Virginia Knights
Templars and Sir r. G. Darlington grand
recorder.
The Order Of the Eastern Star Is In q
prosperous and healthy condition, with q
total membership Of nearly 100000.
Tho elections in the grand lodge Of Eng.
land are for the offices Of grand master
and grand treasurer. The other officers
are appointed by the grand muster, and
these appointments are made for services
rendered to the craft, zeal In lodge work
and other Inerltorious actions, and arc al.
ways received by the brethren with salts.
faction.
Sir II. L. Douglass is now grand com.
mander Of knights Templars In Alabama
and Sir II. Clay Armstrong grand recorder.
Bro Theodore Masters Of St. Louis was
given the alternative Of giving up his
membership in the Masonic fraternity or
in the United Presbyterian church, and he
chose Masonry
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03

Subscription Price. $500 per Month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03

rs. Office: sos Fort street,
Spreckels' Block, Room 5.
Residence: Hawaiian Hotel.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-03
Real Estate Transactions.

Subscribers are furnished with from five
to six lists per week, giving an accurate
record of all deeds, mortgages, leases, re-
leases, powers of attorney, etc, etc., which
are placed on record. Also a list of all
district court judgments.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-10-21
BRIGADE Commanders.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of Oct Z was an article from Comrads
John d. Yautier, in which he calls attention
to the omission of the names of several
brigade commanders who were killed and
not reported in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
LIBRARY, Vol. l., No. 8. 1 find that the
comrade also fails to mention Col. I'll. Boyd
MeKeen, 81st Pa, who commanded brt-
gade and was killed at Cold Harbor, Va,
June 8, 1864, and Col. Richard Byrnes, 2Sth
Mass, who was also killed at Cold Harbor,
June 5, 1864. Col. Frank A. Haskell, 36th
Wis, succeeded to the command of the First
Brigade, Second Division, Second Corps, at
the death of Col. Byrnes. Col. Haskell vas
killed within a few moments after assuming
the command.
Col. Haskell was promoted from First
Lieutenant, Co. d, 9th Wis.,, to Colonel OF
the 36th Wis, in recognition of unusual
gallantry during Picketts charge at Gettys-
burg. He was member of the staff of Gen.
Hancock Indeed, the battle of Cold Hsr-
Dor was terrible fight, and the Second
Corps lost very many of its best and experi-
enced brigade commanders. Gen. Walker,
in his admirable history of the Second
Corps, says that at the battle of Cold Har-
Dor, Gibbons Division lost So officers and
1882 men killed and wounded.-MILToN
C. GUEST, Co. B, 36th Wis, Rock Elm, Wis
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-10-21
cHVALRY At CEDAR CREEK.
Lowelps Brigade the First to Oppose Early
in the Morning.

Lowelps Brigade the First to Oppose Early
in the Morning.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrads
John p. Beach, Trenton, N j., in q recent
issue, asks some comrade to name the regi-
ments that were the first to oppose Esrly's
troops on the morning of Oct 10, 1864, al
Cedar Creek.
Col. Chas. R. Lowell, with his brigade
Reserve Brigade)-eonsisting of the I'd
Mass Cav, 9th Pa. Cav, 9th U. s. Cav, and
New York regiment of cavalry 18th, /
think, was the first to oppose the adsanc-
ing forces of Early on that memorable
morning, covering the retreat of the Sixth
Corps, under Gen. Wright, after Early had
captured the camps of the Nineteenth Corps
and his men stopped to plunder il.
Col. Lowell's Brigade had been much
with the Sixth Corps Heretofore and fought
with them until there was a pretty good
understanding and confidence between
them; and when Gen. Wright, with his
corps, commenced the retreat, after the de-
moralization of She Nineteenth Corps, it was
Lowells Brigade which covered that retreat
until Sheridan arrived.
The Nineteenth Corps cannot be said to
have opposed the enemy, as their camps
were surprised in the early morning, those
toward Winchester.
The Sixth Corps was orderly in its retreat,
moving slowly, the cavalry not falling back,
but shifting position occasionally, while the
artillery of both sides played havoc with
what was in sight. Whsn Gen. Sheridan
came the Sixth Corps was faced about, and
after slight manuvering for position the
Sixth Corps, on the right of the Middletown
pike, facing the town, made the charge that
started the enemy 10 running, and at .
previously -agreed-upon cannon-shot from .
certain point Col. Lowell led the cavalry
charge through the town of AIiddletown that
utterly routed Early's army, and forever
expelled him from the Valley.
Lowell, in this charge, far ahead of his
men, was killed, being shot from the uppeI
story of a house in Middletown. Col. Lowell,
with his brigade of cavalry, WAS among the
first-as he always was when there was
fighting 10 do-if not the very first. who
opposed Early's advance after the rout OF
the Nineteenth Corps, rs mentioDed.-CHA5.
III. FLoURNoY, Co. e, I'd Mass. Cav, Knox
Vile Tenn.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-10-21
mand of Capt. Humphrey, with Jackson al
oil

maud of Capt. Humphrey, with Jackson at
New Orleans
Recently have had occasion to make q
special historical study OF the battle of New
Orie:ns, and among the things developed
by that study is the fact that Capt Stewart
knew the traditions of the old battery better
than i did, What is now Battery y Of the
4th Art. was then known as Humphreys
Battery" aud held that title from 1914 until
1882, when Capt. Washington succeeded
Humphrey and held the command up TO
and including the Mexieao war
In the roster Of Jaeksons force at New
Orleans, on page 257 of Walkers History, I
find: Humphrey, being the senior artil-
lery officer present, was made Chief OF
Artillery by Jackson. the command of his
battery devolving thereby on Lieut.. john
r. Spots. Humphreys Battery was posted
in the center during the action of Jan. J.,
1915, but on the sth, in the great battle. 10
held the extreme right of Jackson's limo
next to the levee 1t had four brass IL
FOUNDERS, but as there were only As Regu-
lar artillsrymen present for duty it WAS re-
intorced that day by about 20 sailors from
the gunboat Caroline"
Now, on page IL of "The Cannoneerv yon
will see that when the artillery was re-
organized in 1921, four batteries were equip
ped as light artillery: X of the 1s,, under
Capt. taterward General) Worth A Of the
I'd, under Capt. Tanning (afterwsrd killed
at GoliadJ; G. of the Sd, under A. G. Jones
which was afterwards Ringgold's and Bfagg's
battery in the Mexican war; and b of the
4th, under Capt. Humphrey. This was the
same Humphrey and the same battery thas
at New Orleans held the right Of Jackson's
line, next TO the levee or bank of the river.
i Twas led into theerrs By an old compila-
tion purporting to show the distribution Of
companies of the old "Corps of Artillery"
among the four regiments in the reorganiza.
tion of 1921. This compilation stated that
Co. c, Sd battalios. Corps of Artillery, be-
came Battery b of the 4th.
This was only in part true. Co. c of the
Sd battalion was simply merged in or con-
solidated with Humphreys Battery, which
had maintained its organization intact since
the creation of the original . Regiment Of
Light Artillery " in 1902 This Co. C served
at Platssburg.
1t is extremely difficult to trace the idsn-
tity of existing batteries in the four old rsgi-
ments through the reorganizations Of 1908,
1872, 1916 and 1821.-BUELL.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-10-21
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY OCTOBER a.

and trenches are dug Tor the dead. There
should be no real neglect of the dead,
because it has bad effect on the living
for each soldier values himself and COM
rade as highly as though he were living
in good house at ihome.
The Regimental' Chaplain, if any,
usually attends the bArials from the hos
pital, should make notes and commune
cate details to the o Captain of the COM
pany, and to the 9family at home. OF
course, it is usually impossible to mark
the grave with names, dates, ETC., and
consequently the names Of the Gun
known" in our National Cemeteries
equal about one-half of all the dead.
Very few Of the battles in which
have participated were fought as de-
scribed in European textbooks, viz, in
great masses, in perfect order, manuver-
ing by corps, divisions, and brigades.
We were generally in wooded country,
and, though our lines were deployed ac-
cording to tactics, the men generally
fought in strong skirmish-lines, taking
advantage of the shape Of ground and
OF every cover.
We were generally the assailants, and
in wooded and broken countries the
defensive /" had a positive advantage
over us, for they were always ready, had
cover, and always knew the ground to
their immediate front whereas we, their
assailants, had to grope our way over un-
known ground, and generally found a
cleared field or prepared entanglements
that held Us for time under close and
whitening fire.
Rarely did the opposing lines in COM
pact order come into actual contact, but
when, as at Peach Tree Creek and At
lanta, the lines did become commingled,
the men fought individuallyin every pos
sible style, more frequently with the mus
ket dubbed than with the bayonet, and
in some instances the men clinched like
wrestlers, and went to the ground to-
gether.
Europeans frequently criticised our
war, because we did not always take full
advantage of victory; the true reason
was that habitually the woods served as
a screen, and we often did not realize
the fact that our enemy had retreated
till he was already miles away and was
again intrenched, having left mere
skirmish-line to cover the movement, in
turn to fall back to the new position.
Our war was fought with the muzzle-
loading rifle. Toward the close had one
brigade (Walcutt's) armed with breech-
loading Spencers; the cavalry generally
had breech-loading carbines, Spencer's or
Sharps, both of which were good arms.
To be couti,aated1