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The times., 1898-09-26
AN HONORABLE ACQUITTAL.
Gen. Corbin's Comment on the At
tack Made Against Him.


''It is the greatest piece of brutality
and cowardice I ever heard Of"
This comment was made by Adjt Gen
Henry C. Corbin to a Times reporter yes
terday on the story published In a New
York paper, which stated that Gen. Cor
bin had been court-martialed for cow
ardice during the Civil War.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin most positively re-
fused TO discuss the matter, but when
pressed 10 make some statement in addi-
tion to the caustic comment already
quoted. he said, with marked emphasis:
"A soldier who will discuss his valor is
like a woman who will discuss her vir-
tue He has none"
Gen. Corbin admitted, however, that
he had been court-martialed after the
battle of Nashville, at which time he was
in command of the Fourteenth United
States Colored Infantry He would not
listen to any reference to the alleged
statement made by Col. Thomas j. Nor
gan, who was his brigade commander, in
the latter officers report of the battle,
one sentence of which is said to read:
not possess the courage to command
brave men,"
Nor would Gen. Corbin make any state
ment regarding his relations with Col.
Morgan or discuss the battle or the part
he took in ii. He said that he did not
propose to be drawn into a controversy to
oblige any newspaper or persons.
AS to the court-martial, he said the rec
ords are not in the possession of his de-
partment, but are in charge of Col. Fred
erick C. Ainsworth, chief of the record
pension division. Gen Corbin said that
any person who desired to look over the
proceedings could probably have their Gu
worth, but that he had no control over
the papers.
He said that while it has been a long
time since he had seen the papers in the
case, he yet remembered distinctly the
concluding paragraph of the decision of
the court, after it had carefully summed
up the evidence, and had fully discussed
the case. Gen. Corbin then drew a sheet
of paper toward him and wrote these
words:
And the court does, therefore, most
honorably acquit Lieut.. Col. Corbin of
every charge and specification
When he had penned the line the gen.
eral leaned back in his chair and said:
You will find those words in the report
verbatim, and j don't think the idea is
conveyed by them that / was guilty of
the alleged baseness which, it is said, is
charged against me by the New York pa
per. / have not read the article referred
TO, nor do ] intend to read IT,"
The times., 1898-09-26
A RIVAL TO KRUPP.
Gun Making Plant Contemplated by
the Carnegie Company.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept 25.-H. c. Frick
states that it is contemplated by the Car
negie Company to establish a gunmaking
plant here which will prove a formidable
rival TO the Krupp works at Essen. in
Germany. 1t is proposed to locate the
works at Homestead. and a plot of thir-
ty-seven acres has been purchased for the
purpose at a cost of $4,000.
1t will comprise four huge buildings ca
pable Of giving employment to 8 600 work
men The fact that this plant is to be
located at Homestead, the scene of the
disastrous riot of six years ago, demon
strates the truthfulness of the report that
the Carnegie Company has come TO
clear understanding with its employees.
and has cause to believe that pleasant
relations now existing win not be dis
turbed for many years at least.
1t is also reported that the Illinois Steel
Company Will soon enter the field as a
manufacturer Of guns, ranging from the
small rapid-fire arm TO the largest disap-
pearing rife used in coast defense. but
this report cannot be positively affirmed
The times., 1898-09-26

They would have been under the fire OF
the American fleet
But they had field pieces and It would
not require very heavy projectiles to
pierce the American ships?"
"Oh. yes they had field pieces, but they
were worthless. In fact, they had Moth
ing to speak of. Disorder was every
where; the insurgents surrounded the
town on all sides and only watched their
chance to capture It, The Spaniards
found themselves threatened by every
body, both in the town and outside OF it.
Now that the Spaniards are beaten they
are busy with problem which, with their
temperament, it will be difficult for them
TO solve. They want to find out the
cause of their defeat and they seek for
it everywhere except in themselves. And
yet that is just where 1t is.''
The times., 1898-09-26
A CRITICAL TIME
During the Battle
Of Santiago.
SICK OR WELL. A RUSH
NIGHT AND DAY.
The Packers at the Battle of Santi-
ago de Cuba Were All Heroes
Ammunition and Rations to the
Front Saved the Cay.

P E. Butler, of pack train No. 3. writ
ing from Santiago de Cuba. on July "a
eavs: we all had diarrhea in more or
lees violent form, and when we landed we
mad no time TO see a doctor, for il was a
Sc of rush and rush night and dav to
keen the troops supplied with ammuni
.ion and rations. but. thanks to Chamber
ieFn's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Rem
edv. we were able to keep at work and
teeu our health; in fact, / sincerely be-
lIeve that at one critical time this medi-
cine was the indirect savior of our ar
nv for II the packers had been unable
"a work there would have been no way
of getting supplies TO the front. There
we're no roads that a wagon train could
use. My comrade and myself had the
GOOD fortune TO lay in a supply OF this
medicine for our pack train before we left
tampa, and / know in four cases it alb
solutely saved life"
The above letter was written TO the
manufacturers of this medicine, the
Chamberlain Medicine Co.. Des Moines,
Ia For sale by Henry Evans. wholesale
and retail druggist, 93S F Street north
west, and Conn. Av. and ST. n. W., and
lz2s Nd Av. N. E.
The times., 1898-09-26

and sixteen Mexicans were killed, and
80 wounded, among whom were several
officers. Santa Teresa escaped during
the engagement Several weeks elapsed
before quiet was finally secured in Chi
huahua. but to this day there are suIlen
looks and defiant words seen and heard
when ''the uprising of the Timoches" is
spoken Of The church has been rebuilt
and is at present well attended by the
to the section.
The times., 1898-09-26

recruits. 1857 were under II years of age.
1S9 of II and under IS 1858 of IS years
and under 10 years. and 7,405 of 20 years
and under 21.
In the year 1854 men were transferred
from the regular army 10 the first-eiass
army reserve. The number of deseruons
was 1924, a percentage of net loss 10 re-
cruits of 55. of the entire army 239 men
we're tried by court-martial Tor various
offenses. In the first class of the army
reserve on January l there were S2,0c5'
men, 2,o05 in excess OF the establishment;
in the second class. which has an estab-
lishment of 100 only, there were IS men;
the militia comprised 114.55S men, or 49,
sf4 less than the authorized strength. Tho
militia reserve stood at S1.049 men. an ex-
cess over the establishment of 1.0i9.
The times., 1898-09-26
NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.
Col. Hay VIII Assume Charge ol
Thursday

Thursday.
Col. John Hay, the new Secretary of
State, is now at his country place in
New Hampshire.
He has informed the State Department
that he viii assume the duties of Secre-
tary of State on Thursday next, and
official notice to that effect is being pre-
pared in Col Hays name for transmits
sion 10 the members OF the diplomatic
corps.
On next Saturday the new Secretary
will receive the members of the dipIo-
matte corps at the State Department
The times., 1898-09-26

Merit wins distinction. sHeurich's stands
upon its merits and wins distinction. Or
der case by 'phoning 654, Arlington Bot
Ting Co.
The times., 1898-09-26
JOHN HAZEN Is DEAD.

His Skull Fractured by Fall From
Horse on Staten Island.
New York, Sept 25.-John Hazen, son of
the late Gen. w. B. Hazen, of Washing
ton, d. c., who was injured on Friday af-
ternoon while riding horseback in Rich
mond turnpike, Tompkinsville S. l., died
this afternoon at the Smith Infirmary,
New Brighton. His skull was fractured
The body win be taken to Washington,
where the funeral will be held.
The times., 1898-09-26
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The times., 1898-09-26
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The record-union., 1898-03-29

equal competition. 1t is obvious that
if this charter had been formulated by
the Market-street Railroad Company
this feature could not have suited the
monopolizing instincts of that corpora
tion more completely than it does. Per-
haps a better provision would have
been to permit franchises to be granted
on equal conditions with those already
in existence until the close of the char
ter term of the Market-street system
and its allied corporations.
The provisions of the charter certain
~ create a very peculiar condition of
affairs. The Market-street company
will enjoy franchises for the next thi.-
ty-five years divested of the onerous
conditions on which new franchises are
to be granted. After the adoption OF
the charter it's monopoly will have been
confirmed by the action Of the city it
self
The record-union., 1898-03-29
DECAY OF sUNDAY-sCHOOL.
An Average Sunday-Schoo1 Is a
Rebuke to Intelligence.

In the Ladies' Home Journal" Ed
ward Box writes on ''The Decay of the
Sunday-School," and points out the
reasons therefor Il have in mind" +"
he says, mot less than twelve different
men who are acting as superintendent
of our Sunday-schools. Not one OF
these men has even suggestion OF
force: not a spark of personal mag
netism, not personal possession which
goes to draw children to him or to the
school over which he presides. In five
of these cases the men have been ut
ter failures in business; by men in the
outer world they are passed over, and
yet the church places them in positions
which cali pre-eminently for every ele-
ment which they so distinctly lack. To
be a successful head of a Sunday-schoo
calls for a man with the instincts of
leadership: a man who will infuse life
into the school: hope and courage into
his teachers: who is fertile of mind
and infinite in capacity: who can draw
children to him and retain their inter
est Not only must he elevate his chill
dren in spiritual sense, but lessons of
the highest morality must be taught:
an influence refining to mind and ma
ture must be exhaled, and all the time
the interest of the children must be ar
rested and held. The young quickly
tire of anything which long remains
the same, and that is why they are tir
ing of the Sunday-school. 1t has toe
long remained the same. 1t has fallen
into rut, and the fault lies, between
the presiding spirits of the school who
have no ability for their positions, and
the chuches who have placed them
there or allowed them so remain" Mr..
Box concludes his discussion with the
assertion that "the average Sunday
school of to-day is a rebuke to intelli
gence and discredit to the church"
The record-union., 1898-03-29
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS,
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from q mothers Ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suffer, y
and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address Is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letterfrom Miss MARIE
f. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pipkham helped her:
''My health became so poor that 1
had to leave school. was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. l was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as 1
ever was. | have gained flesh and have
a good color. l am completely cured of
irregularity."
The record-union., 1898-03-29
SCHEMING FOR DELAY.

The policy of Spain would appear
to be much like that of the average.
San Francisco lawyer, anything for
delay" The latest proposition to come
from the monarchy is a request to the
United States Government to await
pacification of Cuba. It is not stated
what the proposition will be in de-
tail, but Minister Bernabe is said to
have communicated to the State De-
partment that Spain is willing to free
Cuba to the extent of giving her abso-
lutte home rule. but that the Spanish
flag must continue to fly over the is
land and the allegiance of the Cubans
be due to the crown.
1t is possible that some such an ar
rangement might be made to bring the
deplorable conditions now obtaining TO
a close, but the proposition comes at
very late day. If Spain contemriates
such a proposition the mind naturally
inquiries why not make it at once? But
this could hardly be done, because the
temper of the Spanish people must be
first adjusted to the new thought of
their Government, and we can under
stand that this may be very difficult
task.
However. this is no reason whatever
for continuance of the existing con-
ditions. At least there might be
truce, a cessation of hostilities on the
island and immediate relief by Spain
of the unhappy reconcentrados. But
we have very little faith in anything
of the kind being done. Spain is
maneuvering for delay. That is about
the lernth and the hraadtl, of
The record-union., 1898-03-29
Origin of Liquors.

Professor Arnoldus Villanova. in the
fourteenth century, made a panacea
of the water of life which was said
to have the virtue of giving sweet
breath fortifying the memory, besides
being good for sore eyes, the toothacha,
gout," etc.
Distilled spirits came into use in Lon
don in 1850 and had to be prohibited
in 1894 Michael Savonarola produced
a treatise on the making of water of
life'' in the fifteenth century, which
became a standard authority on the
subject and was followed by the work
of Matthioli of Sienna These books
gave an impetus to brandy making in
Italy, whence the trade extended to
France
Strong liquors are of modern inyen-
ton. for the ancients knew of nothing
more powerful than lightly fermented
wines, and they have left many warn
ings of the abuse of them. Alcohol was
not discovered until the seventh CEN
tury and the distillation of spirit from
wine was not discovered until the
twelfth century, while spirits did not
come into common use until the fif-
teenth, sixteenth and seventeenh cen
turies
About 1920 the Irish usquebaugh be-
gan to acquire reputation in England.
Before 1901 brand wine" had begun
to be distilled in the low countries from
apples, pears and malt; and in that
year an ordinance was passed at Tour
nay forbidding the sale of the liquor
except by apothecaries. partly be-
cause of the dearness of corn and part
~ because of the drunkenness which
this cheap brand wine caused to the
great prejudice not only of homes and
lives, but to the extreme danger to the
souls of its. drinkers, many of whom
had died without confession"
TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
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n IN
The record-union., 1898-03-29
THE COWS LIKED TO LOOK.
She Was No Longer Sensitive
About Her Large Feet.

They were in a st. Louis shoe store
the other day, says the Sunday Re-
public" and this is what was over
heard The speaker was an elegantly
dressed woman with a smiling face
She was a large woman and the shoe
clerk was looking for a comfortable
shoe for her.
You know 1 have such long feet,
she said to her friend 1.-The size Of
my feet was a great trial to me. The
children at home always teased me,
and l often cried because they We're sc
ugly. At IA my feet were as large as
they are now.
An old neighbor of ours, who lived
on an adjoining farm, was something
of wag. He was more of a hunter
than farmer: and he often teased us
children. He would rather talk to as
than to our elders.
"One day he said to me: The cows
are glad when they see you walking
round, Molly
Why?' said /.
Because when they look at your
feet they know their hide will never
have to be cut. 1t will take a whole
hide to make a shoe for you"
The record-union., 1898-03-29
ONLY A GUESSING CONTEST.

The saffron press is now busily and
a doubling world that after all its re-
peated statements about the destruc-
ton of the Maine being due to exterior
force have been verified by the official
are vulgarly offensive in charging that
the decent press has maligned them by
denying their reports all along when
it is claimed it turns out that they
were correct in all their declarations
and news dispatches.
Let US see about that. The yellow
press repeatedly and over and over
again declared that the report of the
board of inquiry had been forwarded
and was in the possession of the Presi-
dent, when in fact it was not sent until
last week. 1t repeatedly and constant
ly asserted that the divers explorations
had demonstrated from the condition
of the wreck that the explosion was
from exterior force. The fact is that
the board of inquiry declares in its re-
port chat it cannot make any finding as
to the condition of the wreck from the
testimony of me divers. The yellow
press repeatedly declared that the tes-
timony showed that none Of the Names
magazines We're exploded. The report
were exploded within the ship by rea-
son of the outside assault.
The yellow kid press day after day
declared that it had inside information
that the report of the board of inquiry
showed that there was positive testi-
mony fixing the responsibility for the
exterior assault. The board finds that
there is nothing before it by which it
can fix the responsibility. The yellow
press repeatedly stated that war had
been declared, over and over again
charged that secret and night meetings
of the Cabinet were held for the pur
pose OF formulating declaration of
war to be submitted to Congress when
there were no such sessions.
One of these sheets in New York went
so far as to publish an edition, declar-
ing that war had been declared and
that our officials in Havana and Mad
rid were ordered home. This edition was
stopped on the streets, and so far as
possible was recovered, it being discov-
cred that the managing editor of the
concerning had gone raving mad and
It'll
ton, such had been the tension of lying
in that Office.
The yellow press repeatedly stated
that it had positive evidence that a
mine beneath the Maine with the shore
had been found. But the board of in
Quiry makes no such finding, and bases
it's conclusions wholly upon the exterior
and visible condition of the wreekage
of the ship, and the fact that there
were no conditions within the ship to
cause an exI losion, or render suspicion
of such a cause tenable. The fact is
that the yellow press had no more in
formation than any other outsider dur
ing the progress of the inquiry.
The board did not violate its oath;
no member of it made revelation of its
findings or of the testimony given be-
fore it. The yellow press guessed
thousands Of times; it speculated and
conjectured day by day without any
basis Of truth to found speculation
upon. That it should in so much of
romancing hit fairly near to what
proves to be the verdict of the board
in one or two respects is not at all sur
prising. But it was not news, nor was
it news gathering. 1t was fake jour
ualism
The record-union., 1898-03-29
HOWARD GOULD.
The Third and Most Popular Son
of the Late jaw Gould.

Probably the most popular OF the
sons of the late Jay Gould is Howard,
who is the third son of the cool-headed
man of millions. Shortly after his
fathers death, Howard Gould decided
to leave his studies at Columbia Col
lege and assist in the. management OF
the affairs of the family as well as his
own six to ten millions Since the first
day he entered the Gould offices he has
made reputation for himself which
leads those who know him best to
class him as the wearer of the mantle
of his father
The record-union., 1898-03-29
100 Singer Sewing Flachines
Given Away"

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING
Company has removed from 1O01 ] street
and fitted new Office at 9lS Eighth
street, where you will find the improved
Singer machines, vibrating shuttle oscil-
ating shuttle, double lock stitch and fhe
automatic chain stitch. Machines sold
on easy payments. Liberal discounts for
cash. Needles, oil and parts always on
hand. One hundred new, improved. lat
est style machines given away. Call nj
the office, 91S Eighth street, for particl1-
lars THE SINGER MFG -CO
TuSu Sacramento City