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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
GOUNOD SOCIETY.

A full attendance of the choir is re- ouested at the rehearsal of the Gounod society tonight. The rehearsal will be held in the Y. M. R. c. hall, corner Crown and Temple street, beginning at 7:45. A few more bass tenors and altos may find positions in the chorus. All applicants are desired to be present at the hall at 7:15. Old and new members are reminded that those who join the society now may sing in "Arrninias' at the May festival without extra charge for membership fees
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
STOLE A PocKETBooK.

A man who gave his name as Frank Snowden and said he lived at P Wash ington avenue was arrested Saturday evening and charged with the theft of a pocketbook which Miss Charlotte Warner of Hamden left in the public library Saturday afternoon while she was looking up a reference. The police were notified of the loss and the man was apprehended as he was trying to cash a due bill at Howe & Stetson's. He surrendered the pocketbook saying he had found it at the public library, but could give no satisfactory reason why he had not returned it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
VIOLATION OF SUNDAY LAW
 CHARGED.

Sergeants Hayes and Doherty at 4:30 yesterday afternoon visited the saloon of James Terrill at 4S7 Grand avenue and found that liquor was being passed out a back door to a crowd at the rear of the saloon. The officers also found that the screens in the front part of the saloon had not been taken down, as the law requires them to be on Sunday. The facts in the case will be reported to the prosecuting attorney.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
Palace Market
SPECIAL BARGAINS.

Chickens Sc ID, Turkeys 12c ID, Choice Roast Beef Sc ib. good Pot Roast 6c 10, Sparerib Sc ID, Round Steak 10-12c ID, Rack Steak Sc 10. All kinds Game and Vegetables.
 FOR THANKSGIVING Will receive three carloads of choice Ohio and York State Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks and Geese, which will be sold at prices that will insure prompt sales.
 F. SCH0ENBERGER X JON, 92-96 George street, and 1-2-3 Central Mar
 ket, Congress avenue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
OTHER GAMES.

OTHER GAMES. Phillips-E Exeter 0. Phillips O. Chicago 6, Wisconsin 0. Dartmouth 10, Williams 6. University of Michigan 12, University of Illinois 5. University of Pennsylvania S5, Car lisle 5.
 Cornell 47, Lafayette o. Wesleyan 59, Rutgers O. Bowdoin IT, Colby 0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
HARVARD BEAT BROWN.

Harvard defeated Brown by the score of r to Saturday afternoon. Brown came dangerously near scoring a sec-
 ond time. The game was well played through and was witnessed by about 5000 people.
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he had brought with him. When one
Of our guns fired wide, Lieut.. Paget
would remark testify, too high! too
high! and proceed to make a note of
1t. Then when a shot went straight as
die for the Spanish lines, Paget's
voice would be heard, beautiful! beau
tiful! We left him to his note book
and sought safer place, where we
could sketch and write without the
distracting accomplishments Of flying
shot and bursting shells.
BULLET THROUGH A CAN.
II must not forget to relate a grim
incident that fits in well at this place.
I had with me as q baggage carrier an
Englishman, who had served in the
British navy. His distinguishing char
acteristfcs were goodnatured, willing
ness and an utter disregard for the let
ter H. Part of the baggage, Of which
he was particularly careful, was a
large tin of canned meat. When we
decided to have dinner on that eventful
LIST Of July, my Englishman produced
his precious can of meat and was about
to open it when he suddenly exclaimed,
'Blest If there amt a ole in this ERE
can, sir Sure enough, there was, and
an investigation showed that the Span
isll shell that first burst on the hill and
scattered us by scattering its contents
had sent a shrapnel bullet clean
through the can of meat that my Eng
ishman was carrying. The meat had
to be thrown away on the following
day, but the can is still in the Eng
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Painfully conscious of themselves
and their spectators, the picnickers
wandered ON. They halted first at the
far-faned spring, whose virtues lured
wealth and fashion to this out-of- the
way corner. The two Or three lolterers
drew aside q trif1e scornfully 1t is to
be feared, as the rustic procession filed
up and each member Of them, eyes set
in the cup, drained its contents.
Him." calculated Miss Ria, pursuing
distasteful bps, OTIS got a kinder queer
taste to vt. For all people talk SO
much about 1t, the water right there
ait our back door is better"
"Yes," said Miss Malvma, that's
prime water. Whew! how this does
smell!''
They strolled on till tennis game
gave them pause. There was a fas-
cdnation in the swift play of the balls,
but the phr7aseology Of the game was
sorely puzzling. did you ever hear
any thing Like the way they call each
'They can't be all married, neither
more engaged to each other; why It's
plum scan'lous the way they TALK" A
stray ball threatening Miss Rba's hat
urged them away, and they struggled
on behind them party, which was now
/ losing it's compactness. Two or three
young couples had strayed off to the
pubic privacy OF pencneS ON the lawn;
mothers had taken their children aside
to give them bread and butter; a crowd
of gdggling girls were making the
| rounds of the grounds; the older
| women settled themselves with their
| lunch baskets in the shade and gossip
| ped comfortably. And yet-the min
| utes were long, the hours were slow.
| On the air fell the sound of piano,
| the harmony OF violin, flute, cornet.
Nfd,cc DIDO hica al 1rva oil,l on, e.J
| The music was ais a cord drawing them
| to the ball room window. There they
stood and listened all entranced. Some
guests seated near discussed them In
| llrider'tones- mot ,lnkfndly, but merely
as a different order OF things. The Sis
| ters did not hear: If they had heard
they would bcarcedy have needed, Shut
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
AMID BULLET AND SHELL
BENGOUGH TELLS STORY OF HIS
CUBAN EXPERIENCES
Lieut.. Paset, of the British Navy,
and His Running Comments ON
the F1ghtfng-Bensou Din
ner Spoiled by n Bullet-sThere's
a 'OIe in the CAM Said His
English Baggage Carrier.
Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.

Correspondence The st. Paul Globe
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Gradually,
with the return Of the men who did
the fighting. the real behind the-scenes
story of the war Is being told. It is
not easy to get the returning braves
to talk Of their experiences in the in
ferno around Santiago. To some it
was so full of horrors that they would
prefer to forget 1t, while others seem
to regard the story as told when they
say I'VE charged up the hill at San
Juan and drove the Spaniards out"
What those who are lucky enough to
corral one Of the participants in or
spectators of the fighting are DESTROYS
Of obtaining Is minute description Of
the fighting, Its horrors and it's g1ories
The writer had the good fortune to be
the audience Of one when Artist Will
lam sBengougi, whose Leslie syndt-
Gates war illustrations made frequent
ly under the hottest fire. have been
printed in this newspaper, told some
thing of his experiences, in Cuba with
Gen. Skaters troops,
'Eo begin with any first start for
Cuba" said Mr.. 2Bengough, 81 left
Tampa on the Steamship Arkansas.
a small transport loaded with mules.
Have you ever been sRoardship nine
days with a cargo ofJmules? No!
Well, don't try the, experience If you
can avoid it. Those mules insisted on
our being aware ofstheir.presence from
the time we left TAMPA until our ar
rival at Daiquiri I'VE Handed on June
%, after waiting ewo nights and one
day for the Cubans to meet us. While
the warships pelted the coast with
missiles from big and little guns we
got ashore. Edward Marshall, the cor
respondent who was so seriously
wounded in the Rough Riders first
fight, accompanied mel We We're the
first newspaper men to land, and. came
near getting into serious trouble for
our pains, for we we1rS ashore against
orders. 1888 + fia sAi.'5i
The two mel drowned during the
landing Of the troops eould probably
have been saved, ,l.-u not the weight
OF their ammunition carried them
under water. One of the bodies was
recovered the next day, and allowed to
remain in the water under clrcum-
stances that caused NEST Of the soldiers
who saw It to wish themselves miles
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ALAMITY JAMES CAREER
UEER LIFE OF A MONTANA
CATTLE WOMAN

las Faced With Fortitude Every
Phase of Life in Early Montana
Days-The Strange and Thrilling
Career of n Missouri Woman in
the NOrthw ReguIa-
ton. Cowboy Attire.
CROW AGENCY, Mont, Aug. 49,
residing on a ranch near this little
ity. in close proximity to the historic
ulster battlefield, and not far distant
rom the Western home of w. F. Cody,
letter known as Buffalo Bill" there
ives a woman with an interesting his
ory, little known even here in Mon
ana.
If one were asked what woman in
he Western states had seen more hard
hips on the plains, run a ranch sue
,essfully, and, in fact. performed all
he necessary accomplishments suppos-
ID to be done only by the stronger sex
Whereby the result would be satisfac-
DRY financially, through the usual out
loor vocations, the invariable answer
would be Mamie L. Collins, Montana
cattle queen, with her immense bank
lccounts, thousands of acres of land
Northern Montana, well stocked with
battle and sheep, to say nothing of her
Ksried and remunerative mining inter-
asts.
That answer would be partially true;
entirely so as to the latter portion of
he question, but, as far as concerns
Z real life on the frontier such as a
government scout, driving a stage
coach, carrying United States mails
over practically unbroken trails,
shouldering a musket in the service
of the United States army under the
brave Custer, and, in fact, facing with
fortitude every phase Of life in those
early days when at times even cow
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for the deception, permitted her to re-
tain her assignment as a scout.
While the campaign was thrilling
one from start to finish, IN. Can
nary" as her name appeared on the
muster roll, fully bore her share OF the
hardshlps, and met with many adj
ventures In the sometimes dangerous
missions given her to be performed,
but these she always succeeded in ac-
complishing in safety. Only at one
time did she despair of her life, being
entrapped by two Indians, but her abil-
ity as a shot served her well, and at
ter wounding one of the Indians she
made her escape and, upon reporting
to Gen. Custer. was warmly praised.
The outbreak was duly quelled, and
upon returning to Fort Sanders, Wyo..
in 1872, it was reported that the Nursey
Pursey Indians, in the Musselshen
country where the warpath and an
expedition under Gen. Custer, Miles,
Terry and Crook was ordered there.
1t was during this campaign that she
received her cognomen Calamity
Jane Relating the circumstances
thereof, she said: 81 was serving under
Capt. Egan, and while near Goose
Creek the present City of Sheridan,
days skirmish, during which the COM
pany had six men killed and several
wounded, we were ambushed about a
mile from our destination. Capt. Egan
was one of the first to be shot during
the engag cement, and 1, happening to
be in close proximity to him, noticed
him reeling in his saddle, I was able
to reach his side in time to prevent
him from falling, and, getting him on
my horse, in front Of me, Acre him to
camp in safety. After he had recov-
cred, one day he laughingly christened
me Calamity Jane. the heroine of the
plains" and even to this day she has
borne that title among her more init
mate friends.
The Nursey Purseys were subdued IN
1873, and the early portion of 1874 was
spent in various minor engagements
in Montana and Wyoming, when, in
1875, under Gen. Crook, she was Or
dered to the Black Hills of South Da-
kota, to protect the miners and set
tiers in that section, as the country
was overrun and practically controlled
by the Sioux Indians. After a nomt-
nal campaign in that section lasting
until 1876, they were again ordered
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North to join Gems. Custer Miles and
Terry on the Big Horn river.
During this march Mrs, Burk was de-
tailed as the bearer Of important dis
patches, and although the trip was one
of ninety miles, the weather wet and
cold, and it necessitated swimming the
Platte river at Fort Fetterman, she
performed her duty willingly, but at
fearful cost, as she contracted pneu-
ncria, and was confined in a hospital
for three weeks, and being too i'll to
return to her company was granted
an indefinite furlough, which in all
probability saved her life, for the next
year witnessed that fearful massacre
in which Gen. Custer and his brave
men who were so wantonly butchered -
Calamity Jane" next found service
in the employ of the government car
rying the United States mail between
Deadwood and Custer, Mont, and, al
though the route was considered an ex-
tremely hazardous one, her reputation
as an unerring marksman was such
that not once did she have an oppor-
tunity to display her skill to either
the Sioux or highwaymen in behalf Of
Uncle Sam.
While thus engaged she was present
In Deadwood at the time william
Hickok wild BilD was assassinated
by Jack Mccall, a notorious desperado,
and was a member Of the posse that
arrested and confined in a log cabin,
she having the honor Of commanding
him to surrender, when cornered in
a butcher shop, with meat cleaver as
her weapon.
Her love for the army service was
SUCH however, that She again volun-
teered in the Seventh cavalry, and
helped build Fort Meade. S. D., but
this sort of work was not to her liking,
and in 1873 she was honorably dis
charged and took up a ranch on the
Yellowstone river, near Miles City,
Mont, which, however, was not bril-
liant success. In 1884, while visiting in
Ell Paso, Tex, she met Clinton Burk,
to whom she was subsequently mar
ried, and Of this marriage q daughter
was born. Her husband died in 1885,
since which time she has been quietly
ensconced on a ranch near here, living
a life of contentment so near the scene
of her earlier and more exciting esca-
pades. She was, however, sorely Tempt
ed to don her lighting clothes" last
fall when it was reported that the In
dams were on the warpath near Rose
bud, yet, she says her intuition told
her 1t was only a scare" and while
awaiting developments of more def
mite character, her insight was proven
true, and she did not go.
Mrs, Burk's voice CLOVIS in praise OF
Gen. Custer, whom she describes as an
absolutely fearless, tireless and brave
man, and over whose unttnely and sud
den end she has shed not q few tears,
From Eer front door may be seen the
tomb q Gen. Custer, and to this fact
may be ascribed tho principal reason
of her residence here
Leon Shaw,
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ardice was bravery, Mrs. Collins, with
out detracting in the least from her
noteworthy career, must yield the palm
TO Mrs. Martha Burk, probably better
known under the somewhat fastidious
title Of Calamity jane
a G ! o b representative had an in
terview with this exceedingly romantic
character, and, feeling that the story
or her life may prove interesting to its
multitude of readers, it is appended
herewith. as we'll as a photograph of
her in the garb of a frontiers woman,
obtained only after great solicitation,
for the reason. as she expressed 1t, her
dislike toward ''eXtolling her own ad
ventures
In the little town of Princeton, Mo,
there was born to Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Canary. a group of six children. the
eldest Of whom was Martha. When she
was thirteen years old, that is, in 1865,
excitement was rampant throughout
the United States, owing to the extern
sive gold discoveries in Montana. Mr..
Cai nary was not proof against the
fever" and with his family he started
overland for Virginia City, Mont, in
the famous Alder Gulch diggers. Five
mcHths were required to make the jour-
ney. while at present but two days are
requisite. The country traversed was
but sparsely settled, and for subsist-
ence the party was mainly dependent
upon, what game they could secure
with their rifles. On this long and te-
dious trip, Martha developed a love for
outdoor sport, which, by the time they
finally arrived in Montana, had rem
dered her a remarkably good shot and
a fearless rider for a girl of her age.
Shortly after reaching Montana the
mother died. and the father, who in
common with So per cent of the argo-
nauts, had failed to make strike"
determined to return to Missouri.
Reaching Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1867,
MIR. Canary also succumbed, and the
children were left to face the world as
best they could. Employment was
found for Martha on a ranch at Fort
Bridger, Wyo., and here she improved
her time. not in ''book learning" for
books were not to be had but at
shooting and riding, as the next best
accomplishment, and her reputation
in that line soon became widespread.
In 1870, learning that Gen. Custer
was at Fort Russell, Wye, she deter
mined to proceed thither. in high hope
that she might be able to induce him
campaign against the Apache Indians
in Arizona. UP to this time she had
always worn the dress of her sex, but,
fearing that Gen. Custer would be re-
luctant to permit her to enlist were he
aware of her SEX she, after much de-
liberation, dpnned the regulation cow
boy attire, and was promptly accepted
as arscout, being uniformed as a SOL
dier, and, although 1t was but a short
time before her identity was discov-
cred, her ability as a rider was rec
ognlzed to such Nam extent that Glen.
Custer, with only a slight reprimand
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away from the pornp of glorious war.
Whoever had found that body had not
taken the trouble to bring it ashore,
but had merely tied it to the pier by
a rope that went around the neck and
under the arms. Every time TIN sea
washed that way the body of the I'M
fortunate trooper would be smashed
against the pier; now the face, then
the skull would be sent forcibly against
the iron and wood until llte sight was
most demoralizing. Some of the SOL
diers looked at the battered body, and
remarked grimly, is that the treat
ment were going to get down flere?'
1T took about two days to land all
the troops at Daiquiri, and on the Sec
'ond day the Rough Riders started on
their fatal march into THE scrub.
and the other newspaper men who were
with me had secured a hut abandoned
by the miners, and here we slept in
hammocks. 1t is more correct to say
that we tried to sleep, for the frightful
plague Of feas in that hut was an eff
fectual banisher Of sleep. I wore an
abdominal band, and when I took it
off I was belted with a complete circle
of flea bites where the band had been.
There was no relief from them and we
couldn't seem to get hardened to it, so
the only thing to do was to do moth
Ing until tired nature gave way and we
l. y.
All the newspaper men were being
provided with rations from the COM
nissary stores Of the army, and with
some provender Of their own, managed
Ito do fairly well in the eating line.
FIRST TASTE OF WAR.
II made the acquaintance of the
voice Of the Mauser bullet soon after
landing, but these were wanderers from
the regular track and were too few to
attract much attention. 1t was on July
I that had my first taste of real war.
I had been sketehing war in it's merely
threatening stage up to this time. Now
was to see the fury Of battle and
sketch actual fighting, while not know
ing but that at any moment and my
drawing materials would be scattered
to the Cuban winds.
ION that eventful July selected a
spot near Grimes battery and waited
for the curtain to rise. Our guns had
been blazing away for some time, and,
with pencil and pad, we newspaper
men were improving the opportunity to
get in our finest work, when 'shrapnel,'
yelled some one, and down on the very
crest of the hill on which we had been
SO contentedly standing dropped shell
that burst with dire precision among
the artillerymen. The nom combatants
pedl ID lIfoSC olbul6 IGlTeSdt. Inc
Spaniards were slow in replying, but
when they did they showed they had
the range to a nicely.
lone man, who did not run when the
Spanish shells began to fall around
Crimes battery was Lieut.. Paget, of
the British navy Paget Is. a typical
Englishman, who was sent out by the
He did 80 most thoroughly and syste-
ma tically. All through the fight of
| July Lieut.. Paget stood on the brow
! of the hill on which our guns were
placed, making ruFning comments first
aloud and then in afhuge notebook that
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their favorite songs, "Good-by, My Low
er, Good-by," "Ole Black joe" "suwa-
nee River" until at last the red head
light famed down upon them.
It was in cropping darkness that the
sisters alighted and made their way
home. Few words were spoken, The
days dissipation had left them no sd
perfluops energy, As they made ready
for bed, Miss Ria broke the silence.
She sighed heavily.
well, twas pleasant day. Want
everything nice? DID you see that Mrs.
Barnes take two slices Of our black
berry cake? She told that lady sitting
next to try lit was mighty good"
did she?" said Miss. Malv1na, de-
Hghtedly. mo, I didn't hear. But
Mrs. Green told them young ladies
about our crocheting, and one of 'en2
asked to examine my collar, and she
said 1t was prettier than boughteil
ones she'd seen. o, yes! We had a
splendid time, and I'm mighty glad we
went" and she sighed YEARLY.
"And I'm mighty glad we're home
again." said Miss Ria.
And in a short space they were at
rest from their pleasure day.
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OUTING OF THE MISSES DUDD.

out as they were from tssa, World Of
fashion and so9sety,t TIE beautiful world
of music was open to trim, and there
they fingered, 1tapt. rejoicing, for an
hours space. But the last notes died
away and Miss Ria a.nds Miss Malvina
came back to consciousness of their
hands and feet. Again they wandered |;
tired, purposeless, still they wandered,
until noon.
Lunch spread In a secluded, shady
corner, being disposed of, the picnick-
ers lounged sleepily for a while till
they mustered energy to go again TO
the spring, to tennis court and t.3wling
alley, now deserted. and so on over the
old road, till the Welcome hour came
for departure. Down the dusty road
to the station they trudged, only to find
the train an hour behind time. Wear
lily they seated themselves on the rough
platform, and their voices, sczne sweet,
some harsh, all unframed, Joined in
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lishman's possession. He wouldn't part
with 1t for any money.
Il am not qualified to criticise MILL
tary movements, but if 1 may be allow
ed to do so, should say that the bat
tie of July l was won by men who had
the good sense to disobey orders Had
the original orders been carried out a
different story might have been told
When Shafter congratulated the men
on their magnificent conduct, it is a
fact that he was congratulating them
on disobeying his orders, a humorous
feature of the situation that the SOL
diers fully appreciated.
''Of the pitiful scenes that followed
the battle there has been enough said
7 have noticed, however, that any one
has remarked on a certain humorous
side. 1t was no unusual thing TO meet
q man being conducted to the rear who
did not seem to be terribly hurt, but
who had so many attendants that the
solicitude for his welfare was quite
touching. Two men would be assisting
the wounded one, while another car
ried his rifle, and still another his hat
or any part of his outfit that he could
be relieved of.
"The truth of the maxim that self
preservation is the first law of nature,
is very plainly brought out in war
times"
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