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The evening times., 1898-06-11
FLAGS REsroRED.
Gaidons Captured Given Back to tho
sixth New York VOlunfcers

Gaid0ps Captured Given Back to the
sixth New York Volunteers.
Hagerstown, Md, June 11.-Col. w.
A. Morgan. OF. SheperdstOwn. w. Va.
pursuant to an appointment. drove to
the Antietam battlefield a few days
ago and met representatives Of the
Sixth New York Regiment Of Volun-
teers. to whom he presented two guild
ons captured by him from the Sixth
New York Regiment.
1t was in the battle Of Todd's Tav-
ern. about May /. 1868. that the first
Virginia Cavalry was engaged In a
midnight encounter with the enemy.
Under cover of darkness. things Were,
much mixed and when the fight was
over Col. Morgan was in possession or
three silk Buidons. one OF which he
presented to the adjutant general.
George Phreaner, afterward killed, and
the other two he carried home, where
he used them to drape the walls OF his
hallway for thirty-five years.
A few years ago Charles M. Smith,
of Worcester, Mass. called at Col. Nor
gan's home and recognized the guidons
as belonging to-. the Sixth New York
Regiment. Arrangements were at once
made for Col, Morgan to go to New
York and present the flags to the sur
vivers of the sixth. but Col. Morgan
modestly declined. He preferred to
quietly meet the commander.
1t was finally arranged that the re-
turn of the RELICS should be made on
the Antietam battlefield. SO commit
tee of the Fifth. composed Of Col. East
on. of Massachusetts,. Major Hewitt.
of Missouri. and Major Roster, Of Bos-
ton, met Col. Morgan and his daugh-
ter Mrs. Getzendanner. at Antietam.
Mrs. Gatzendanner took the guidons
from the wrappers. and when exposed
to view before the committee from the
Sixth they recognized their old guild
ons Col. Easton, In an eloquent speech,
assepted the flags
Col Morgan then showed the veter-
ans canteen he carried during the
war, on which he kept a diary Of ali
the battles and skirmishes in which
his command participated. numbering
13-
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Eu1oe1zEs HoBsoN.
bishop RandOlph's Tribute, to the
brave Naval Omcer.s

bishop RandO1ph's Tribute to the
brave Naval Omcer.
Staunton. Va. June u-At the second
days session Of the Episcopal Council
of Southern Virginia yesterday. Bishop
Randolph delivered his annual address
to the council. 1t was a magnificent eff
fort. and was listened to with the closest
attention. His report showed that S47
persons had been confirmed the past
year.
Touching upon the war and Lieut. Hob
sons bravery. he said: 'War is an evil
and a bitterness, but God sometimes
teaches great lessons Of self-abnegation
thereby, and through such tribulations
nations are made one. A sublime picture
was that, when in the gray dawn, that
young officer. with face of daring lit
by smile. stood on deck and steamed
into very hell Of shot and she'll"
The order Of the day was the election
Of a standing committee of three clergy
men and three laymen. These were.
clergy. Rev. Messrs. Lloyd. Mcbride and
Carson: laity. Messrs. Biackford, Kean
and Burks. The delegates elected to the
general convention, which meets in Oc-
tober, were Rev. r. ]. Mcbride, DID,; !;
Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, DID,: Rev. John
]. Lloyd, DID,, and Rev. Mercer Logan,
DID,. Of the clergy. and Messrs. w. w.
Old. w. d. Martin. Charles D. Blackford
and Col r. E. Withers, of the laity.
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THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
Fifty-One Steamers So Far Charter
ed by the Government.

Fifty-One Steamers So Far Charter.
ed by the Government.
Up to date the Quartermaster Generals
Department has chartered for transport
service. etc. fifty-one steamers, with
gross tonnage of about 15e 00o: five water
steamers tank tugs, water barges and
three lighters. OF the steamers. forty
one were for use on the Atlantic Coast
and ten for the Manila expedition.
The official list was given out to the
press by Assistant Secretary of War
Meiklejohn as follows yesterday:
Chartered by Quartermaster's Depart
ment for transport service, etc.
New York and Texas Steamship Com
pany-San Marcos. 2s37 tons: Concho.
3.7o4 tons: Comal. 293i tons; Rio Grande.
2.566 tons: Leona, 3,29 tons. and Alamo.
2.9i3 tons.
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
Observation-Disclosures. Ais tons: Sergu-
ranca, AIS tons; Orizaba. 3.i97 tons; Yu-
catan. 3.525 tons: Seneca. 2.729 tons: Sara
toga. ESQ tons; Santiago. 2.359 tons: City
of Washington, 2,6Si tons. and the Man.
too. $50 tons.
Morgan Steamship Line-Gussie. s9s
tons; Whitney. 1.3s7 tons: Morgan, ssi
tons: Aransas. 1.15s tons; Clinton. LIST
tons.
Merchants & Miners Transportation
Company-Allegeny. 2O14 tons: Berkshire.
2.O14 tons: d. H. Miller. 2.29s tons.
Plant Investment Company-F1orida.
1.7ss tons; Olivette. 1.s1l tens
William p Clyde & Co.-Cherokee. 2.557
tons; Iroquois. 29i4 tons: Comanche, so.
tons.
Miami Steamship Company-Matteawan,
500 tons; Miami. 1850 tons.
Cromwell Steamship Company-Kniek-
erbocker, 1642 tons; Louisiana, zS49 tons;
Hudson, 1.S00 tons.
New Orleans. Belize. Royal Mail Steam
ship Observation-Disclosures, LOGS tons;
Saltwater, 1.0l9 tons.
Angler Line-Unionist, 2.15s net tons:
Specialist. 2,S02 tons.
Ocean Steamship Company-Gate City.
1.e97 tons: City of Macon. 2.09S tons.
Tweedie Trading Company-Catanla.
3.7OO tons.
New York and Porto Rico Steamship
Company-Arkadia. 2.s17 tons.
The following will be used as water
steamers. tank tugs and water barges:
John A. Donald-Kanawha.
Standard on Company-Maverick:b barge
49, o. Co.. of N. Y, No. N" Anne E.
Stevens and another tug; no name.
The following will be used as lighters:
Galveston Steamship and L. Company.
Bessie. Laura
Cumberland Steamship Company. Cum
berland-
western Union Telegraph Company.
Adria, for use of the Signal Corps.
Chartered by the War Department to be
used to transport troops, ETC., to Manila:
Pacific Mail Steamship Company-City
of Sydney. 5000 tons: Colon, 2,6S5.75 tons:
China, 5000 tons: City of Para, 3,5s2 tons.
Oceanic Steampship Company-Austra-
liza, 2.755 tons: Zealandia, 2.755 tons
Empire Steamship Company-Ohio, $500
tons: Indiana, 3.157 tons.
johnson Locke Mercantile Company
Morgan City, 2.2Se tons.
Pacific Coast Steamship Company-Sen-
ator, $500 tons.
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Mr.. Aleer.. auond.n Partner.

R. K. Hawley. who died Wednesday in
Cleveland. Ohio, at one time was in part
nership with Secretary Alger. He also
was one of Baltimore's most substantial
citizens. During the period when he con-
Quoted an extensive lumber business there
he was recognized as being one Of the
most influential of the leading figures in
the financial circle. Mr.. Hawley was born
at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. in 1871 and
his business career was begun In Mary
land. He was only sixteen years old when
he undertook to carve out his own success
His initial efforts were made on the Sus-
duehanna River While thus in his youth
he personally labored in the task OF raft
Ing logs. floating them down on the cur
rent Of the river, disposing Of his stock at
Port Deposit His enterprise prospered
DO encouragingly that few years later
he established retail iumber yard at
Wr.ghtsyille. Pa
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WANTS TO BE DISCHARGED.
Earnest Rcquest sent to Reprcsn-
intivc McIntire by q Constituent.

s"sAsc Ny n
Representative McIntire. of Balti-
more. has received a letter from one
Of his constituents. who is with the
Army at Chickamauga. earnestly re-
charged from the service. 1t was with
some difficulty that Mr.. McIntire Sc
cured his admittance to one of the
special branches of the Army. Now he
is as anxious to get out of the service
as he was to get into 1t. His letter is
to you if you will intercede for me and
get me an honorable discharge. for the
following reasons:
First am being starved. getting
one and half slices of bread, piece of
bacon no larger than a silver dollar,
and a cup of coffee. without milk or
sugar. for a meal. 1 am all but a total
wreck since l got here. The idea of a
strong. healthy man getting only one
and a half slices of bread for a meal,
which is hardly enough for a chicken.
''Second-I am worked more than a
convict: l have to take a pick and a
shovel and dig up roots. stumps. etc.
for three or four hours in the hot sun,
with the thermometer at liz degrees.
''Third-We are bossed around like
a lot of dogs by militia stewards. which,
in my opinion, is not right
'' Fourth have not had bath since
1 arrived. not even getting my face
washed. There is no water on the place
and we are not allowed to go outside
the line to get it.
'Fifth-we are NOT allowed to go
anywhere at all without permission.
and permission is extraordinarily hard
to get l would rather be a substitute
letter carrier than be in my present
predicament. The Cubans are not treat
ed worse than I am. hope you
will attend to this matter at once"
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A PLAYHOUSE BLAZE. . !.
Fire DestIOys Painted Rock. md
Stage PrOpertfes

Fire Destroys Painted Rock. and
stage Properties.
New York, June n.-Koster & Biars
Music Hall. in West Thirty-fourth Street,
had very narrow escape from destruc-
ton by fire last evening. -
Workmen had been busy all day getting
the roof garden in readiness for opening.
and just as they were leaving, about $50
O'Clock, one of them noticed some smoke
issuing from a small frame shed at the
Thirty-fifth Street end of the building
used for the storage of stage properties
He investigated. and to his CONSERVATION
discovered that the interior of the shed
was a mass of flames
The alarm spread quickly and in a few
minutes Thirty-ffth Street was full of
pufhng fire engines and hurrying firemen
By this time the flames had burst out of
the shed and were leaping fifteen feet
into the air. plainly visible to the crowd
below. Every moment there was danger
that they would eat their way through
the roof to the scenery in the flies, Just
beneath. and then the whole building
would be doomed. !.-
The firemen recognized the danger, and
not moment was lost A line of hose
100 feet long was quickly stretched down
the side of the building from the roof to
the fire hydrants in the street. and in a
short time tne fire was out. heap of
debris, of what had once been giided lions
and papier mache rocks and stacks Of
battle axes and spears. was all tina. was
left last night to show where the fire had
been, and very few persons in. the big au-
dience that assembled to witness the per-
formance down stairs knew how near
they had come to being deprived Of their
evenings entertainment.
1t was estimated that the loss In prop
erty destroyed and damage to the roof
would not amount to more than $500 1t
is supposed that the fire was started by
an electric light wire.
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The Position of the President,

While remembering that the present
Administration has been precipitated
into war, with all its blunders. mort
cages and evil influences behind it, We
must still admit that, in some direc-
tions. the President has shown a dispo-
sition to forget the past and to stand
out as the patriotic leader of the peo-
pie. His tendency to assume this at
titude has been notable in connection
with Hawaiian annexation, as to which
he has the whole nation at his back,
and he has displayed an individual in
tention to register the decree Of the
people that the Philippines and Porto
Rico shall be added to the American
domain.
We are especially earnest in our sup
port of the Executive against Tories
and traitors who would shackle ma
tional interests and expansion for the
sake of a soulless monopoly. We are
heartily with him in what We believe
to be the grand American program to
which he is committed. 1t is the firm
holding of the Philippines, the annexa-
tion OF Hawaii, the possession of Porto
Rico. and the establishment of a naval
and coaling base on the Island of Cuba
which shall afford us that control of
our own American trans-isthmian
canal that We demand and must have
Parties and members of parties,
whether the latter occupy position as
leaders or followers, must distinctly
understand that this prospectus is that
of American purpose and destiny, and
that anybody who gets in the way of
the car of progress will be crushed by
it. We are Indifferent to any fact of
past domestic politics or policy which
may be cited in obstruction to the
movement. Certainly the Democracy
of the country, which acquired Loui-
siana, Florida, Texas and California,
with all the imperial area included
within those terms. would make itself
ridiculous If it should oppose any other
desirable national expansion.
Although The Times distinctly laid
down its partisanship from the mo-
ment war was declared, 1t does not
wish to see the prominent men who,
on questions of domestic policy, are
Democrats, and its associates, make
fools of themselves, and offer an ex-
hibition of unpatriotism. Some of
them are doing so and will. thereby.
dig their political graves. We are re-
signed to that. because most of that
sort, In the past. have shown them
MI
and the sugar interest. and will stay
home in future in consequence.
To revert to the original proposition:
The position of the President is that
OF the people. 1t would be Grass idiocy.
while be holds 1t honestly. earnestly
and aggressiveiy. to oppose either him
or them. It makes a great difference
whether q question Of internal policy
OF one oz national and International
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Hardly any attempt is being made at
Madrid to conceal the desperation of Au-
susti's position at Manila, or that he must
shortly surrender to escape destruction.
since 1t is impossible to send him any re-
lief. The efforts of the Sagasta ministry
are now devoted to preparing the country
for depressing news from the Philippines
and Santiago. Our leisurely manner Of
following UP Simpsons bombardment of
the latter is helpful to the Spanish gov
ernment for the moment. as 1t affords a
possible chance to get the Spanish mind
in a condition Of resignation to the in
evitable. Still, II Is doubtful IL the next
disaster does not bring the expected
crash.
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s, Yesterday the New York Herald printed
a telegram from F. w. Ramsden. British
consul at Santiago. stating that Lieut..
Hobson and the crew Of the Merrimac
were well and were being kindly treated
by their captors. The message was dated
June 10. The sender had just been to see
the young hero. In this connection we
may be permitted to express mild de-
gree of surprise that dispatches pass be-
tween Santiago. Havana and the outside
world generally Notwithstanding Gen.
Greely's reported belief that all the ca
b.es have been cut. Hr-
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II Secretary Gage totes fair" and we
must say for him that he promises to,
the syndicates will get very little of the
first issue of war bonds. It is announced
that the small BIDS which are coming in
by thousands will have attention before
those for large amounts. The general
opinion is that the earliest ISSUE which
will probably be $lo0.eoo.ooo, will be SUBJ
scribed two or three times over. 1t is not
doubted that the people of this country
would have snapped up popular loan of
500, 100000 at once without any recourse
to the great financiers. domestic or for
eign.
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coloael Fit.xeraId Dead.

Richmond. Va, June n--Coionel ]. p.
Fitzgerald. one of the mast widely-known
citizens of Virginia, died yesterday at his
home in Farmville. He was an able law
yer. and was past grand master of the
Grand Lodge Of Virginia Masons. He
fought with Stonewall jackson In the VAL
ley, and. as lieutenant colonel was cap
tured and confined at Fort Delaware.
From there he was sent with the famous
fifty to m island in Charleston harbor
and put under the fire. Of Confederate
guns. -
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Late advices from Havana do not seem
to indicate that BlancO has much to de-
pend upon in case of a serious American
movement against him. OF the 10000
troops at his disposal only 5000 are
regulars and guerrillas. The remainder
are volunteers. force always considered
unreliable in Cuba 1t Is said that the
captain general f.==-s they would not put
up much Of a fish, before quitting. II
these stories are true. the problem Of re-
ducing Havana may not be such a serious
one after all.
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A Hero Of pickett. Charge.

Richmond. Va. June 11.-Captain E. P.
Reeve died yesterday in this city. He was
a prominent druggist and took active in
terest in municipal affairs. He retired
from the candidacy for mayor just be-
fore his last Illness. because of his failing
health. He participated in nearly every
big battle of the civil war, was several
times wounded and captured. AS captain
of Company D. he was the only commits
stoned officer Of the First Virginia Regi-
ment who came out alive from Pickett s
charge at Gettysburg, and he was severe
ly wounded. His wife and three daugh-
tiers survive him..
The evening times., 1898-06-11
Maryland Fircmen's Association.

Salisbury, Md, June 1.-THE closing
exercises of the Firemen's Association
took place yesterday. There were nose
and hook and ladder contests. In the hose
race were entered the Rescue Hose Com
pany, and Independent Fire Company, No.
2, Of Annapolis, and Independent Com
pany. No. !, of Frederick. The run vas
200 yards, and was won by the Frederick
company in forty-five seconds. The w.n-
ners got $75.
The hook and ladder race was won by
the Frederick company. also. the Water
Witch Company, of Annapolis. which had
entered, refusing to race. The prize was
$50. Time, sixty-four seconds.
The evening times., 1898-06-11

The impression at the Navy Depart
ment is that. by this time. Capt. Glass
has stopped on his way to Manila with
the Charleston, and taken in the Ladrone
Islands. which are fifteen hundred miles
east of the Philippines. This group is
understood to be fertile and useful al
though it has never paid any revenue to
SPAIN 1t is just as well to have It, how
ever. and the same may be said OF the
Caroline Islands which are of more i'm
portance '"-'-'N t-''- q.
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Life-sa.er. OF Duty

Asbury Park, N. J., Juns I.-All the life
savers Of the forty-odd stations along the
New Jersey coast have gone on duty
They return to their posts August l. The
life-saving stations will be kept open. but
according to the annual custom the cap
tain of each crew will patrol the beach
and look out for vessels in distress. In
case of a shipwreck volunteer crew viii
be organized.
The evening times., 1898-06-11

The responsibilities of neutrality seem to
sit lightly on the shoulders OF France. 1t
is reported that large consignments OF
ammunition are being received at Cadiz
from that friendly country. AT the prop
or moment 1t may be In order for the
President to ask his great and good friend
NJ. Faure what this lapse from interna-
tional virtue means.
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Love. E,raticICourre

Middletown. Md. June 1f.-victor Alex
ander, young man of this place, who,
in December last. eloped with and married
Rosa Toms. a fifteen-year-old girl yet in
short dresses. soon tired of married life.
and has gone to Cumberland. where he
Is at work. The girl, who remains here.
in order to escape from the home OF her
married sister, leaped from window. and
fled across the fields. where she met Alex
ander. They drove to Frederick and
were married. Her sister has consented
to give her a home again. provided she
will have nothing more to do with her
husband.
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Firing ON Daisuiri.

Havana. Cuba. June n-There was no
further bombardment of Santiago de Gu
ba yesterday, but some of the American
ships fred several shots on Daiquiri,
about thirty miles from Santiago de Cuba,
where there are some mines owned by
Americans Col. Aldea, who has been op-
Grating in the province of Santiago de
Cuba. routed the insurgents In a battle
at Montreal The bodies of fourteen in
surgents were left on the field.
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ueIa for M.p.l.uxhter.

Marion, Ind. June 1.-THE grand jury
found indictments against William john
son, the Rev. George R. Archer. and the
latters wife, upon a charge of man.
slaughter. All are prisoners in the coun-
ty jail. They are believers in the faith
cure for disease. Mrs. johnson. the wife
of one Of the prisoners. died it Is claimed.
for want Of medical attention The coro-
ner's jury held the prisoners responsible.
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out permission, and label itra SCOOP
and issue extras on the strength Of 1t.
And some day. perhaps in not quite
30 picturesque a fashion. the fate OF
the World will overtake these lesser
chicken.thieves.
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Murdered III. .Mother-in-Law.

Charlottesville. Va. June 1.-THE trial
of James Terrell. colored. for the mur-
der of his mother-i4rlaw. Maiinda Brown.
near Earlysville. this county, on the 23d
of May. was concluded yesterday in the
county court, with q verdict of guilty of
murder In the first degree. The prisoner
was forthwith sentenced by Judge Wright
to be hanged of Friday. August 4.
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BODY OF A MURDERED MAN.

Found Floating In the East River
Hound With Ropes.
New York, June 1.-THE body Of a man
whose face and body bore marks Of
bruises and cuts. and whose arms and
legs were tightly bound with ropes. was
picked up in the East River this morning.
The police say 1t Is case of murder
and think the body may be that of John
Britz. a milkman, of Brooklyn. who dis
appeared June l. Britz had 5000 with him
when last seen.
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Mnrderedl, I;ia Wife.

Kalamazoo. Mich, June 11.-Charles
Langtry. aged twenty-four. shot and kill
ed his wife. aged forty. and then made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide. at their
home last eveninseri Jealousy was the
cause. They had bien married only three
weeks.
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French aunner. for the spaniard

French GunneEs for the Spantards.
Key West. June ia Cuban scout just
from Havana brings the information that
Gen. Blanco has advised Linares that 100
French artillerymen, field guns. and a
large supply of ammunition will reach
Cuba within week on vessel flying the
French flag.
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student Herm.ny Drowned.

Troy, N. Y. June n.-Edward Adams
Hermany, Of Louisville, KY, a Junior at
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute. was
drowned in the Hudson River this morn
ing at o'clock. while bathing. Hermany
was very popular and his friends cannot
understand why he bathed in the river at
such an hour. The body was recovered.
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.Baa Bill. Killed By Lixhtninx.

Danville, KY, June n-At Pittsburg
yesterday William Stringer. ex-deputy U.
s. Marshal. was instantly killed by light
ming. Stringer was known throughout
Eastern Kentucky as Bad Bill Stringer.
the moonshine catcher