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The times., 1898-02-06
HE WASN'T WORTH MORE.
\ Chicago Boy Told Marshall Field
So and Got a Raise.

(From the Kansas City JournalD
1t is said that nerve and Chicago are
synonymous terms. Here is a story,
which has just reached New Orleans,
which proves the truth of the idea,
and which goes to show that Chica-
goan develops his nerve early:
Everybody knows Marshall Field, the
multi i-millionaire-the man who gave
$1,000.000 to a library. Everybody has
heard of his big store. In this store
there is cash boy who is making
more money than his confreres, and
the story tells how he earned the raise
The regular salary of a cash boy is So
week. The youngster in question
thought he was worth more and hunted.
up the manager to tell him so.
Il would like to get raise" said
the boy; II think ought to have it,"
My boy" said the manager, you
are making just what is given all the
cash boys, and l don't see how l can
accommodate you"
The boys assurance amused the
manager, who. jekingly, advised him
to see Mr. Field. Now. Mr.. Fields
visits to his. store are few and far be-
tween. He is rich enough to be above
the details of business, and when he
entered the store an hour or SO after
the conversation between manager and
cash boy, his coming was in the ma
ture of an event. The boy heard of
his arrival and at once headed for the
millionaire proprietor. Watching his
chance he slipped upon the magnate
and said:
Are you Mr.. F'ield?''
Il am, my son; what can I do for
you2"
You can raise my salary. please. 1
can't work any longer for So a week"
II don't attend to these matters. You
viii have to see the manager"
L have already seen the manager,
sir. and ne referred me to you"
The boys manner impressed the mill
ionaire. and he said MY boy, you
are making S3 a week. That is pretty
good salary for a youngster. 1t is more
than 1 was making when l was your
age"
'wen,'' said the boy, quick as
flash, maybe you weren't worth any
more.
Mr. Field laughed. Then he saw the
manager. THAT boy" he declared,
has too much pluck and wit to work
FOR So
The next week the Juvenile hero of
his tale drew 81, and promotion isn't
ar off.
The times., 1898-02-06

emotion was so great that he trembled
as he walked, with his saber Gathering
at his heels. When he reached our ta-
bic, he glared at me for a moment with
WIG yet lndecisiye eyes, and then rails
ed his hand to strike me. There was
hurried movement, an outcry, and
several of the soldiers around Ieaped
upon him and held his hand. He strug-
sled for moment, then was calm.
Still gazing at me, he said in choking
voice:
She is my mother
In a moment 1 realized the hideous
insult | had offered him | tingled
with shame What could have possess
ed me that morning / do not know.
No officer or gentlemen would ever
speak i'll of woman-least of all in
public.
Let him go,' 1 cried to the SOL
diers. L rose, removed my cap and,
bowling, said:
:. Sir, L place myself at your dispo-
sition'
AT this moment the whistle of the
approaching train was heard. My
friend grasped my arm and dragged
me to the station without where we
took the train for Lille.
As soon 1 could do so, l fastened
to the general commanding our divi-
sion. L told him all. As you may i'm
aglne, he reprimanded me severely.
What said he, an officer of your
rank TO babble thus in public. like a
raw boy just out of the military school?
1t is the fault of the war department
They should not promote men 50 young
as you to positions of Importance
Il privately thought that. if L had
been a general the affair would have
been the same. But 1 so richly merit
ed his severe language that did not
reply.
Well said he, finally, what do you
propose to do2' el%
There is but one course open to
me, general / replied. I have griev-
ousiy offended this young man. / have
therefore placed myself at his DISPOSE
ton. We must fight
A duel, You are madi A major
can not go upon the field with a pri-
vate soldier.
General. you must allow me to say
that there are certain insults so grave
that military usage must yield to
them. Grant me permission to do this
But / can not-I have no right to
do So
Then telegraph the minister of
war
He will refuse
We'll, if that be the case, shall no.
tify George de Ferisset, and we will
fight in Belgium
Then you desert"
"sYes. general, I will desert. and then
return for my punishment. / have once
dishonored myself in publicly insulting
woman; shall not again do so in re-
fusing satisfaction TO her SON
THE generals perp1exity and anger
began to pass away: he seemed moved |
He strobe up and down the room for
some moments, and finally, turning to
me. said:
BE it so. Do as you will. Bear in
mind. though, that l know nothing of |
this affair-this conversation has not |
taken place.
'I thanked him and repaired to my
quarters. That evening de Ferisset's |
seconds arrived. They were civilians, |
The times., 1898-02-06

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as were also the two friends whom 1
named to arrange matters with them.
Ine weapon chosen was the sword: the
hour, O'Clock the following morning;
the place, little village just within the
Belgian frontier. l put my affairs in
order that night, for / had determined
to offer but slight defense
AT the appointed hour. the next day
we were there 1t was raw. driZzIy
morning. and the mud was ankle deem
De Ferisset appeared in uniform. One
of my seconds remarked that he like
the rest of us, should have come as a
civilian. He replied that he had been
insulted as man and soldier. and that
reparatiOn was due to him as such. 1
made sign to my second, and he did
not insist
We took our places. 1t was q Gu
rious Spectacle private soldier in his
uniform facing his superior officer in
mufti.
The swords were crossed. The word
was given. L watched his face with a
feyerish curiosity. In his eyes there
was the same glare of the day before;
the same indecision Suddenly a
strange smile appeared upon his lips
the smile of a broken heart-a smile
shall never forget. though L live a hun
dred years. Quick as a flash, he aban-
doned his guard, and, grasping my
sword with his left hand, he hurled
himself upon it. 1t ran through the
body. Uttering a hoarse cry. he fell
backwards; a bloody foam tinged his
pale lips a convulsive shudder ran
over his body-another-then a groan
He was dead"
/ listened with horror to his story.
He noticed my looks, but went dog
gedly on:
''Of course, 1 had not killed him-I
had even resolved not to defend my
self, and I quilted the army But stin
/ feel like murderer; I feel as though
/ had committed a crime. When 1
think of that poor boy-loya1 TO his
mother, bad though she was-slain in
the first flush of youth. / feel like an
assassin. And think of that wretched
mother! How she must mourn her
brave boys fall!''
1t was growing late. The people were
pouring out of the cafes-concerts. Now
and then a passer-by would hum over
the latest comic song. Strange con-
trast, The follies OF the song mingled
with the words of the somber drama
just unrolled before me. Gustaye walk
ed on by my side. with bent head.
crushed by the weight of his tragic
story.
And still the Champs -Elysees swarm
ed with people. Around US was the in
tense life of a summer night in friv-
oIous Paris. On the avenue were in
carriages. and all around
gayly dressed loungers on the iron
chairs.
AS my eye roamed carelessly over
them I saw one group. the center Of
which was woman of forty-fve, but
still very beautiful. She was dressed
richly and tastefully. and bore in her
hand a bouquet which a snirking dan
dy had just presented to her. / could
not express an exclamation. Gustaye
my eyes.
What" I cried. cit cannot be she?''
'Yes." he answered. ''it is Nine. de
Adapted for the Argonaut
from the French Of Albert Delpit.
The times., 1898-02-06
mrs. sURRATT's SAD FATE
RailrOaded TO Death to Please
the Mob.
ECHOES OF A FAMOUS TRIAL

The Anna azing Injustice of the Mill
tary Court and the Supine Cow
ardice of Andrew Johnson-Old
Facts Consider ed in the Light of
Recent Evidence.
The times., 1898-10-01
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Major Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the
House of Representatives, arrived in the
city yesterday and registered at Willard s.
j. Lafayette Harrison. who has been
spending a few weeks at Deer Park, has
returned TO Washington.
Mrs. Jouett. wife of Rear Admiral
Jouett retired. has returned to Washing
ton. after a two weeks visit to Atlantic
City
Representative Joseph Cannon, of ILL.,
nois was at the War Department yes
terday. urging that the Third Illinois Reg
iment, now at Porto Rico, be recalled and
mustered out.
Assistant Secretary Allen left here yes
terday morning on the dispatch boat Dol
phin TO inspect the navy yards at Norfolk
and New York, and the naval station at
Newport. After these inspections he will
spend several days with his family at
Lowell Mass.
Louis Kempner. the postmaster of San
tiago, who has been making an inspec-
tion of the postoffice systems in towns
along the south coast of Cuba. is on his
way to Washington to present his report
TO the Postoffice Department
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will leave Washing
ton for New York today to visit his son.
Former Secretary of the Treasury John
G. Carlisle left yesterday afternoon for
New York
Mai Gen. Miles will be the guest of
honor tonight at a dinner given by the
Seawanhaka Yacht Club of New York.
He will make a speech.
The times., 1898-10-01
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The times., 1898-10-01
FOURTH IMMUNE REGIMENT.
CompRnies 4, II, c, ID and II Were
Recruited in Washington

Col. James s. Pettitt, coinmandant OF
the Fourth Regiment Unied States Vol
unteer Infantry, one of the Immune regi-
ments which has been ordered 10 Man
zanillo. Cuba. was at the War Depart
ment Yesterday in consultation with army
officers as to the time OF the departure
of his command.
The regiment is now at Jacksonville,
being part of the Seventh Army Corps
commanded by Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
The Fourth Regiment was practically
organized in Washington shortly after
the declaration of war with Spain, and
Col. Pettitt was detailed in charge of the
work Col. Pettitt was, at the time a
captain In the regular army, detached as
professor of military tactics at Yale Uni
veresity. He is the only regular army Of
ficer connected with the regiment.
Five OF the companies. A. B, c, d. and
F. were recruited in the District of Co.
lumbia, two in Maryland, and five in Vir-
ginia.
Company A was the first 10 be mustered
in on June 2, and its captain. George c..
Browne, received his commission on June
10, Within three weeks all of the COM
panies had been regularly mustered in
and the organization of the regiment COM
pleted.
The field and staff officers and the dates
of their commissions follow: Col. James
S. Pettitt. U. S. A. May 20, 1898; Lieut.
Col. George Cole Connecticut, May 81.
1895; majors, Henry II. Landon, New
York, and Theophilus Parker. Virginia,
June 10, 1898; Joseph II. Henry, major and
chief surgeon, Pennsylvania, May g. 1898
assistant surgeons, Patrick J. McGrath,
District of Columbia. and Clyde s. Ford,
West Virginia, May 81, 1898; chaplain.
Samuel f. Chapman, Virginia, June 10,
1898
The company officers are. as follows:
Company A. captain. George C. Browne;
Company B, captain, Charles P New
bury; Company D, captain, Joachim Jor-
gensen and Company F. captain, Adam
c. Carson, District of Columbia; Company
K, captain. John P. TreadweIl, and Com
The times., 1898-10-01
FALSE ALARMS CONTINUE.
The Police Are Unable to Appre-
iend the Offender.


The sum of $50 is at police headquarters
awaiting the amateur detective or enter
prising citizen or any member of the
Metropolitan police force who will catch
the person who has been sending in
false alarms of fire from boxes In various
parts of the city. A Greek, who gave his
name as John Brown, was arrested early
yesterday morning by Precinct Detective
Hartigan, of the Sixth Precinct, on sus-
picion of being the man, but after his in
carceration the false alarms continued,
and the police are inclined to doubt his
responsibility.
Yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock an
alarm was sounded from box 341, in the
Third Precinct, but when the department
responded there was no sign of fire.
The police were unable, either. to locate
the person responsible for the alarm.
At $3.50 o'clock last night second false
alarm was turned in from box 651, at the
corner of Twelfth and D Streets north
east AS before, there was no fire nor
any sign of the culprit. Last night Major
Sylvester detailed Detective Weldon to
visit the eastern precincts and instructed
the lieutenants of all the precincts to
take extra precautions to catch the man
who is causing so much trouble In COM
pliance with his orders, policemen We're
| detailed in citizens clothes to watch all
the boxes having glass covered cases on
them which contain the keys
Every time a false alarm is turned
/! in it costs the department from s35 to $50
A year in Jail is the maximum penalty
| which can be imposed on any person for
| such an offense but if the present of
| fender is caught he will doubtless receive
the extreme sentence.
The times., 1898-10-01
THE LEBANON HOSPITAL.
The Demand for Pay for Caring for
SOLDIERS Was Unauthorized.


Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 3o.-Mrs. Horace
Brock. president of the Womans Fed
GRAFTON of Pennsylvania, and prominent
figure in the Daughters of the Aemrican
Revolution, lost no time in getting to
Camp Meade this morning. She is presi-
dent OF the board of trustees Of the Good
Samaritan Hospital at lebanon, and the
story in the newspapers this morning.
telling how the hospital had made de-
mands upon the governors of Ohio, Michi-
gan, and Maryland for pay for the care
and treatment OF soldiers sent from
Camp Meade, was the cause of her hur-
ried visit
She at once proceeded TO the headquar-
ters Of Col. Girard, the chief medical Off
Ger. and when she and those who accom-
panied her left his tent the trouble had
been smoothed over satisfactorily to all
concerned. and Col. Girard wired Sur
geon General Sternberg to revoke the or
der issued yesterday prohibiting the send
ing Of any more sick soldiers to civil
hospitals.
1t seems that the demands upon the
three governors were made by a person
OF the name OF Duvall without authority
from the hospital people, and they were
quick TO see that such demand, after
the trustees had rendered the facilities
OF the hospital TO the Camp Meade medi-
cal authorities, would react most disas-
trousIy upon the institution. The demand
received by Governor Lowndes was refer
red TO Governor Hastings, who will make
an investigation TO fix the responsible
ity.
The times., 1898-10-01
AN ALLEGED INCENDIARY.
Eachariah Washington Is Under
Arrest NJ RncIkxiIIe.

Arrest at Rockville.
Rockville. Nd, Sept. 3l.-Late yesterday
evening Deputy Sheriff John A. Selby and
one of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
detectives. brought negro here and lodg
ed him in the jail, charged with attempt
ed incendiarism at Washington Grove,
this county He is known as Zachariah
Washington.
Twice within the past month attempts
have been made to destroy the large sta
tion at Washington Grove by fire AT an
early hour on Tuesday fire was discovered
IN the rear Of the general waiting shed,
and il was only after hard fight that
the fire was subdued and finally gotten
under control On the nth inst. a similar
attempt was made Suspicion rested upon
Washington prior TO the fire and the
knowledge Of the arrival of the detective
he had been constant loiterer around
the station after dusk, and was often
known 10 make the waiting shed his
resting place. but. it is understood, he
was driven away.
Sheriff Horton @. Thompson has return
ed from Philadelphia with William Camp
bell, coiOred, who has been wanted in
this county for the past fifteen months
FOR the robbery of the meat house of
John Allnutt.
w. d. Sales, contractor for the Rock
vile and Georgetown Turnpike, has filed
his bond with the county commissioners
for the construction of the turnpike. and
has sublet the contract 10 Richard Seek
Of Takoma Park. D. c. Worok will be be-
gun next Monday.
David J. Bready, tax collector of this
district, has purchased a handsome dwell
ing Of Mrs. Hobart Hutton. situated in
what is known as Rockville Park" for
s.. 300
The times., 1898-10-01
LAST DAYS SESSION.
installation of Officers by the East
ern Star Order.


ern Star Order.
The Order of the Eastern Star again
assembled yesterday morning in the
Masonic Temple for the last days session.
The business of the morning was chiefly
devoted 10 routine matters, and the in
stallation of two of the newly elected Of
ficers These were Mrs. n. A Gearhart as
most worthy grand matron, and Mrs. AL
mer A. Piper, as grand electa. These two
officers were compelled TO leave the city
on the afternoon train, which made 1t
necessary that they be Immediately in
stalled.
In the afternoon session the following
officers were installed: Mrs. Hattie +.
Ewing, most worthy grand matron: Mrs.
Laura B. Hart. right worthy grand as
sociate matron; Mr. L. Cabell Williamson,
right worthy grand associate patron; Mrs.
Lorraine j. Pittin, right worthy grand
secretary; Mrs. Harriette A Ercanbrack.
right worthy garnd treasurer; Mrs Mad
cline B. Conkling, worthy grand con-
ductress; Mrs. Ella +. Washburn, worthy
grand associate conduo;ress; Rev Alfred
+. Pinkham, worthy grand chaplain; Mrs.
Ida Z. Joslin, worthy grand marshall
Mrs. Mary E. Pierce, worthy grand Adah
Mrs. Augusta L. Wilson, worthy grand
Ruth; Mrs. Sarah B. Haggard, worthy
grand Esther Mrs. Imogene Williams.
worthy grand Martha; Mrs. Alma c.
Strong, worthy grand warder; Mr. Rob
ert F. Kerr. worthy grand sentinel; Mrs.
Florence G. Mclean, worthy grand or
ganist
After the installation there were many
compliments bestowed upon the newly
elected officers and others in the nature
OF presents of beautiful flowers and many
souvenirs.
There was little else than routine busi-
ness transacted during the day aside
from installations.
Mr.. Hill, of Massachusetts, offered a
resolution of thanks to the chapter of
the District of Columbia for the courte-
sizes extended to the General Grand Chap
ter and visitors, which was unanimously
adopted
The Rev. Mr.. Engle, of Indiana, offered
a resolution of special thanks to L. Cavel
Williams and Mrs. Alcina Lamond past
grand officers of the District.
Mrs. Conklin, chairman of the commit
tee on charters, submitted a report from
that committee.
Mrs. w. Frank Pierce, on the part of
the members of the California delegation
| presented to Mrs. Caroline A. Handy,
worthy grand matron of the District a
souvenir spoon of the Masonic Home for
the children and widows of Masons in
California.
Mr.. Blossom, of Massachusetts, sub
mitted the final report from the finance
committee.
Before the session concluded Mr.. Will
hanson made an announcement that ar
rangements would be made for delegates
and visitors to visit the Capitol building
and the Congressional Library today. II
was arranged that all persons desirous
of visiting these two buildings should
meet in the rotunda of the Capitol this
morning at 9 o'clock.
number of the delegates and visitors
will leave the city this afternoon for
their homes, but the majority of them
will remain over until tomorrow and per-
haps Monday.
The times., 1898-10-01

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