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lit Clark street, not much more than a
far cry from the Glen Ridge IN. J..
station ON the Montclair branch of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. The boys are exceedingly
proud of their father, and both have
long understood the nature and impor-
lance of his position quite as well as
any one.
Mrs. SIMPSONS sympathy with her
boys is as pronounced as the ad1niral's,
and their regard for her is chivalrous in
the extreme. In turn she enters fully
into their sports and devotes much time
to the direction of their studies. In
school the boys are known as among the
brightest of all the pupils, and though
not exactly of the goody -goody type
their class standing is high. This they
delight in as sincerely as they do in any
of their sports, and their ambition is to
stand as high at Annapolis by and by as
their father did before them. To do this
each must be the best in his class in all
lines, since their father was a ''four
striper' at graduation, which means
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well and sympathizes thoroughly with
it, and the relations existing between
himself and his sons are of the chum-
miest sort that can be imagined. When
ever he has shore leave, where they can
get together, the veteran naval hero
that is and his juvenile replicas that
hope to keep the name in the service for
many years to come are almost insep-
arabic companions. And whenever his
ship has been stationed within reach of
the family the boys have been frequent
visitors on its decks, where they have
always made themselves pets with the
men and favorites with the officers in
spite of certain boyish tendencies to ex-
plore all sorts of forbidden hooks and
corners and to find out things by asking
questions that no one can answer.
In private life, like SO many distin-
guished personages, he is noted for sim
plicity, candor and a total absence of af-
fectateon. His is not the greatness that
awes those who come in contact with
him, and though a thorough discipline
rian and rigorous in the execution Of
his commands there is nothing domineer-
ing or naughty i'll his manner.
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fair to assume that the chances are alto
gether in favor of its success, as it was
adopted only after long argument and
careful study of all the points that are
involved To prepare a plan that has
met the objections of experts as we'll as
this plan did was an achievement in it
SELF and it would speak we'll for the
ability of the new commander if he had
done nothing else to prove it.
Since the formation of the new navy
he has commanded the cruiser San Fran
cisco and the battleship iowa. He was
the first man to command the latter ship,
and on her he had the opportunity of
satisfying fully his desire to study great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-30

Admiral Sampson, now commanding
che finest and most formidable naval
armament ever controlled by an Ameri-
can naval officer, has arisen from
humble place in the social scale to his
present exalted position. Like so many
in all countries who have attained emf
hence notwithstanding the adverse cir
cumstances attending their birth and
their upward progress, Admiral Samp
son owes nothing to those adventitiOus
aids. wealth and social position, to
which SO many, even under our free in
situations, owe their start in life and
their subsequent advancement. His sue
less has been due to merit, indomitable
courage, perseverance and to the posses
sion of those other qualities that COM
mand success.
I'M Admiral Sampson was born in Pal
kmyra, Wayne county, n. Y, Feb 8,
y1S40. He is four months younger to the
~ than Commodore Winfield Scott
Aley, who has been assigned to the
important naval command on the
tic coast, the flying squadron
Re Sch1ey, the new commander
If of the north Atlantic station
i come of distinguished naval
aor, in fact, of a prominent
e is the first of his line to at
kction. George Sampson, his
kas day laborer, and the early
william, his son, was not the
s9santest and easiest. Frequently ne
Bcompanied his father on the tramps
Om one farmhouse to another in Wayne
N Bunty, helping to split and pile wood
N bid do other hard work. In his spare
noments he studied the few textbooks
at his command and managed to attend
the public schools in the county at in
tervals. Old Squire William H South
wick of Palmyra liked young Sampson
for his energy and ambition The squire
was friend OF E. B. Morgan, who rep
resented in congress the district which
includes Wayne county. Representative
Morgan had the right to appoint mid
shipman to the United States Naval
1ademy, and when Squire Southwick
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SIMPSONS STRONG FLEET
Ships of the Squadron and Their Brave
and Brainy Commanders.


and Brainy Commanders.
The feet under the command Of Ad-
miral Sampson comprises the New York
(hagship), Captain F. E. Chadwick;
Iowa, Captain r. D. Evans; Indi-
ana, Captain H. G. Taylor; Montgom-
cry, Commander G. A. Converse; Mar
blehead, Commander B. H. McCalla;
Monitor Terror, Captain N. Ludlow;
Monitor Puritan, Captain P. T. Har-
rington; Monitor Amphitrite, Captain
G. ]. Barclay; Cincinnati, Captain G.
NJ. Chester; Helena, Commander w T.
Swinburne; Detroit, Commander J. H.
Dayton; Nashville, Commander W.
Maynard; Castine, Commander R. M.
Berry, and half a dozen vessels of
smaller dimensions. The torpedo hotilla
is under the immediate command of
Lieutenant Commander W. W. Kim
ball. The f1otilla consists of the torpedo
boats Foote, commanded by Lieutenant
W. L. Rogers; the Gushing, by Lieu
tenant A Gleaves; the Ericsson, by
Lieutenant n. R. Usher; the Winslow,
by Lieutenant J. B. Bernadou; the Por-
ter, by Lieutenant ]. 9. Fremont. son
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q. p. OFFICIALS.
w. d. Cornish to Be Vice President of
the New Company.

Omaha Neb. June 30.-It was ANNOUNCED
at Union Pacific headquarters here today
that William d. Cornish of St Paul viii
be first vice president of the reorganized
company after July l. His headquarters
will be in New York. During the four
years of the receiVerShip of the Union
Pacific he was master in chancery in
charge of all receivership cases He VIII
succeed Oliver w. Mink. who was elect
ed in January last, but never accepted
Howard S. Abbott of Minneapolis has
been appointed mastery in chancery in
place of Cornish. General Thomas p. Will
son of ST. Paul and Oliver w. Mink Will
act as successory receivers for the branch
lines of the system which are still in the
hands of receivers. William r. Kelly Of
Omaha will be the general solicitor of the
Union Pacific and G.. NJ. LambertSon OF
Lincoln. Neb., attorney for the success
orN receivers.
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1869 and was attached to the torpedo
seruice in 1901

1869 and was attached to the torpedo
service in 1907.
Captain Ludlow and the Terror.
Double turret monitor Terror, Cap
tain Nicoll Ludlow, is a modern coast
defense vessel of 5, 900 tons displace-
ment, has a speed of 10 knots and cost
So, 178, DAG. Her four big 10 inch guns
are carried two in each turret, and she
has eight smaller guns. In action she
can sink so that her upper deck is flush
with the water. and her curved deck
and revolving turrets are alone present
ed as target.
Captain Ludlow was born in New
York and attended the Naval academy
1859-63. He was promoted ensign in
1868 and was attached to the steam
sloop Wachusett, Brazil squadron,
1865. He was promoted master in
1866, lieutenant in 1867 and was COM
missioned as lieutenant commander in
1868. He was attached to the Naval
academy 1902, the Monongahela
1928, the Brooklyn 1876, was on tor
pedo duty 1857, and the Trenton alag
ship, European station, 16778.
The cruiser Detroit, Captain James
H Dayton, has displacement Of 2, 089
tons, can steam 1871 knots an hour, has
1927 horsepower and cost $612, 500.
She carries nine 8 inch rapid fire guns,
six Founders, two Founders and one
Calling gun.
Captain Dayton was born in Indiana,
entered the Naval academy in 1862 and
graduated in 1865. He became ensign
in 1868, master in 1866 and the same
year was commissioned as lieutenant.
He was attached to the Naval academy
1857.
Captain Harrington and the Puritan.
The monitor Puritan, Captain Pur-
nell F. Harrington, is the most power
full fighting machine in Uncle Sam s
navy. She is superior to others of her
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class from the fact that her armament
consists Of no less than four 10 inch
rifles, besides a number of smaller guns.
Captain Harrington is a native of
Delaware and was appointed to the
Naval academy from that state in 1861.
He graduated in 1868, was promoted
ensign in 1868, took part in the battle
of Mobile bay in 1864 and in all the
operation against the rebel defenses at
the entrance of that bay. He was pro-
NOTED master in 1866, lieutenant in
1867 and was commissioned heuten-
ant commander in 1868. He was in
structor of mathematics in the Naval
academy 1s68-7O, was attached to the
academy 1876 and was on the Hart
ford, flagship, north American station,
1S76-S.
The Marblehead, another member Of
Admiral Sampson feet, is commanded
by Bowman II. McCalla. Captain Nc
Gala, who is a Jerseyman, was appoint
ed from that state to the Naval academy
in 1851 and graduated in 1864. He was
promoted master in 1866, lieutenant in
1868, was commissioned as lieutenant
commander the same year and was at
tached to the Naval academy 1858.
In 1890, while in command of the
U. S. S. Enterprise, Captain McCalls
was the defendant in a naval court mar
tiaL. The charge, which was partially
sustained, was striking and cutting Sea
man Walker with his sword, putting
other men in irons and threatening to
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kill So aman Meyer. The sentence Of
the court was that he should be given a
furlough for three years ON half pay.
The court martial recommended that
even this sentence should be mitigated,
but the secretary of the navy would not
consent to this. There was, of course,
the plea of great provocatiop to consid-
er in awarding sentence, which other
wise would be much more severe. Many
clanored at the Tina for his dismissal
from the navy, which, Lad it taken place,
would have deprived the naval service
of most capable officer.
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SIMPSONS
SQUADRON.
|Tbe Plucky Adn0iral, His Fleet
apd the Officers Who
Fight With FlirD.

bridge, and as soon as the ironc1ad got
within range a torrent of fire fell upon
her. Despite the terrific onslaught, the
little ship bravely steamed ahead Con-
federate sharpshooters lined the hills
and bullets swept over the deck like
hail driven by furious wind. Sampson
ordered the marines and sailors below
to hide behind the iron protection,
while he alone remained on deck. All
at once the firing ceased with i'll boding
suddenness. The next instant the iron
clad went up into the air, split into
fragments by an enormous torpedo
Along with the ship was blown Lieu
tenant Sampson, only to be thrown back
into the water 100 feet away. Others
struggled near hir- in the trough. More
than 20 of his men had been torn to
pieces. The castaways were picked up,
and the next day Sampson was ready
for duty, as serene and unconcerned as
if he had not the day before emerged
from the portals of certain death.
In 1866, while on the Colorado, Ad-
miral Sampson received his commission
as commander. From 1868 to 1871 no
was at the Naval academy, and in 1872
and the following year was in Europe
and elsewhere on the Congress. His
first command was the Alert, to which
he was assigned just after he attained
the grade of commander in 1874. From
1876 to 1878 he was again at the Naval
academy. Ten years later be became su-
perintendent of the academy and served
for four years.
A Naval Genius.
He is considered an authority on the
subjects of armor, ordnance and tor
pedoes. With Lieutenant Joseph Strauss
he designed the novel double turret sys-
tenn which has been adopted for the
new battleships Kearsarge and Ken
lucky. Its purpose is to avoid the diff
Guilty in the way of concentrating the
fire of the heavy guns, which is trou-
bling problem on the Indiana The SUI
perimposed or double story turret was
designed to solve the question, and
while it has not been tried as yet it is
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The cruiser Montgomery, Captain

The cruiser Montgomery, Captain
George A. Converse, is an unprotected
cruiser of 2,O8O tons displacement and
cost $612, 500. She can attain speed
of 1916 knots an hour, carries nine
inch rapid fire guns and ten smaller
guns
Captain Converse was born in Yer
mont and was appointed an acting mid
shipnlan at the Naval academy in 1851
and graduated in 1865. He served on
the steam sloop Canandaigua, European
squadron. 1869, was promoted ensign
in 1866, master in 1868. lieutenant in
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Attempt to Gust Joe Wheeler.

Montgomery, Ala, June 30..-Papers
were filed with Governor Johnson
some time ago asking for special cleo
ton in the Eighth district of Alabama,
now represented by Major General
Wheeler. The ground on which the ap-
plication was based was vacancy of Of
flee because of the holding by General
Wheeler of a position in the army and
that the acceptance of the latter vacat-
ed the congressional office. Governor
johnson has concluded not to issue the
order for a special election.
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this he exerted himself in young
Au's behalf.

this he exerted himself in young
N s behalf
lie Enters the Navy.
1857, and Sampson went
September of that year
Enatty uniform of mid
$500 8rs later, less than year
before the beginning of the civil war,
he was graduated at the head of the
class The opening of hostilities found
him on the frigate Potomac, with the
rank of master. Captain Sampson was
too young a man to get command DUR
ing the war; but he conducted himself
in a manner that won him promotion
as lieutenant in July, 1862, and while
holding that commission he served on
the practice ship John Adams at the
Naval academy, on the irOnclad Pataps-
kco of the south Atlantic blockading
uadron and ON the steam frigate Col
ado, the flagship of the European
quadron.
Admiral Sampson, then a lieutenant
RTas the executive officer ON the iron
had Patapsco ON Jan 16, 1865. His
pat was a part of the blockading fleet
fore Charleston. The rebels knew
II sooner or later the boats of the
on feet which were doing blockads
aMM1ld seek to enter the harbor and
surrender of the city or re-
Dm6Qr days they spent all
submarine mines and
pry to giving the I'm
Jon that they would
morning of the 10th
f1eet decided that the
70 get into the harbor.
expected that the place
aes and torpedoes, and he
to get rid of them in some way.
selected the Patapsco 60 do the
ork. She was ordered to enter the har-
n and search for the hidden enemies
Id to pick them up or destroy them
hen she found them
Blown Up With His Ship.
Lieutenant Sampson was ON the
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Hobson Wires Home.

Birmingham, Ala, June 30.-The Age
Herald prints a special dispatch from
Greensboro, the home of Judge Hobsoni
father of the hero of the Merrimac ad y
venture at Santiago, giving cablegra1nl
received from his son at Santiago. The
cablegram reads:
Santiago, de Cuba, June 2S.-My
health continues good; feel no uneast
ness about me-"
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that he was No. in everything. He
wore four stripes ON his left sleeve all
through the last year of his course in
consequence. Ralph, the elder of the
two boys, has a great head for figures
and excels in everything mathematical.
Admiral Sampson was SO on Feb. 9
Of this year, but he knows boy nature
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guns in action. He knows more about
modern rified ordnance than most naval
officers, as he was inspector of ordnance
at the Washington navy yard for three
years He helped in the installment Of
the present fine gun factory there, and
from 1898 to 1897 he was chief of the
bureau of naval ordnance.
His being appointed president of the
board Of inquiry regarding the Maine
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Ralph Sampson is IL and his broth
er, Harold, is 8. They are now living
with their mother and two sisters in
a tastefp1ly modest brown cottage at
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-11

The Washington correspondent OF the
Minneapolis journal teiegraphs that pa
per under date of March 10, as follows:
Senator Pettigrew wins out in the Nc
Coy case and the kittredge-kyle com.
bine receives its first setback. The sen
ate committee on Indian affairs to-day
unanimously reported IN favor Ut the
confirmation Of Charles L. Mccoy for
Intian agent at the Cheyenne River
Agency, even Senator Platt, who has
heretofore prevented a report on this
nomination, voting IN the affirmative.
Tue fact was explained to the committee
that kittredge had endorsed Mccoy for
a much higher position, that Ut territori.
al judge, aud that if be was good enough
for that place he was competent TO ill
the comparatively unlmportaut place tt
which be had been appointed. 1t is un'
at the first executive session of the sen
ate. The fight over South Dakota pat
rona-e has now narrowed to the contest
between Kyle and Pettigrew over the
confirmation of Williams, nominated fol
postmaster at Aberdeen. The senate
committee 90 postottices voted to con
firm him, but Pettigrew was able to pre-
vent a report being made to the senate
Mr.. Pettigrew is said to have more inlu'
ence among the republican silver men
democrats and populists 0: the senate
than Kyle, and 1t is now believed he vii
be able 70 defeat Williams confirmation
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In a recent interview, Railroad Com
missioner La Toilette of this state says
that the recent decision of the United
States supreme court in the Nebraska
maximum rate case may result in the
suspension OF the further prosecution Of
the South Dakota cases as the questions
involved are the same. The South Da-
kot, cases have been in the U. S. courts
for the past six months and an lnvesti-
CATION Of the business of the companies is
being made IN Chicago at the head
offices Of the companies that IS furnish
ing a mass of good evidence on the ques.
tions Of cost of construction expense Of
operation, etc, which would 90 far to
prove the unreasonableness of freight
rates now charged. While the supreme
court has held that the railway CON-.
panies may court all the watered stock
they can pile on their lines as part cost
OF construction, it denies the COM
missioners of a state to reckon the earn
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

George Muller, the London philan.
thropist, is lad.
The nomination Of T. G Mccoy to be
Indian agent at the Cheyenne river
agency. S. D., has been confirmed.
Senator Chandler has introduced a
bill providing for remission of duties
on war materials that may be imported.
The monitor Miantonomah and the
ram katahdin, have been placed i'll
commission at the League Island navy
yard.
The senate has confirmed the nom.
ination II William j. Calhoun of Iii.
nois, to be interstate commerce commi.
sioner.
The dowager countess Of Elgin,
mother OF the viceroy of India, is dead.
She was the daughter of the first earl
of Durham.
Elk. President Cleveland has accepted
the invitation of the Iroquois club to
deliver an address at the Auditorium,
Chicago, on the afternoon of April %.
Five students, the ringleaders in a
recent class riot at the Missouri state
university, were dismissed. Twenty
two others were suspended for periods
ranging from one week to three months,
Mrs. John Wilmerding, the hand.
some great granddaughter of old Com.
modore Vanderbilt. is an insane patient
at the Bloomingdale IN. w. asylum.
She was sent home from Europe four
weeks ago.
The Baldwin locomotive works Of
Philadelphia has booked an order for
Is locomotives for the Egyptian state
railway. They are to be heavy mogul
freight engines and will be shipped
early in May.
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ipgs from interstate traffic through that
state as part Of the company's earnings.
In this way it is easy for the court to
hold that railway companies from the
receipts IN a single state are not making
more than a reasonable profit on their
investment, and hence commissioners are
debarred from demanding a reduction of
rates. 1t does look, in the face of such a
decision, a little discouraginR for our
railroad commissioners to fight the COM
panies further, and yet we believe they
ought to persevere in pushing the cases,
if for nothing more than by their defeat
to make the injustice more prominent in
the eyes of the people, and a remedy will
the sooner be found, even if nothing
short Of government ownership should
be the outcome.
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We are living too fast. Fast as LIGHT
ming" expresses it, for we talk BY cleo
trieity, cook by electricity. travel bv
electricity and 50 on.
Its a hurry, hurry, hurry from the cradle
to the grave.
We crowd too much, crowd our work.
crowd our eating, crowd u pleasure,
erowd our sleeping.
breaking down Of the nervous svs-
tenn" Is the way Of expressing the result.
1t means a depicting Of the nerves in
duced BY prolonged strain, o~vertaxinp Of
me nsrvods systemj = product Of over
hurry and hustle.
II affects all people in all walks of lie.
II oaifles physicians of all schools.
no n knows the horrors Of such a
eonoiion better than Rev. J. N. Nc
Cready, Of Elkton, Mich. For wears +.
iaoored faithfully and well. He was pro-
gfessive and aggressive; a leader amono
men, a deep thinker and a hard worker.
In his zeaL he overworked; overtaxei
MS mental and physical strength.
ne outlook was dark, with health shat
'erea INA recovery apparently hocelsss.
Many means tor a cure were tried, with
r1nally ne took DR.. Williams Pink Pills
'o1 raie People and was restored TO health.
in April, 1896, the physician, said
ny! SO? preaching or die.
had overtaxed myself and was suf-
.el,ng from a complete breaking down OF
ny nefvov system and a persistent storn-
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Old PeODle

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
tind the true remedy III Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whisky nor other intoxi-
cant but acts as a tonic and Alternative.
1t acts mildly on the stomach and bow
els adding strength and giving tone to
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance Of the functions. Electric
bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old people will find it just ex-
a city what they need. Price fifty cents
and leo per bottle at c. H. Woods
drug.