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The record-union., 1898-08-31

rest was the old story of thirtysiS
| years ago. In the Antietam campaign
of September 1862, a'Brigadier Gen
eral hurried back from the front with
a force to rescue a wagon train of hos
pital supplies which had been am
buscaded and shelled by the enemy
| To his surprise he found the teamsters
mending their harness, rearranging
| their broken teams, and getting ready
| to move on. The train had been at
| tackled, but had not stampeded as
usual under such circumstances. The
| Brigadier surveyed the scene of order
and discipline with amazement He
turned on the presiding genius, and
asked:
How in the world did you keep these
men from running away?"
| They stayed because 1 did," Miss
Barton replied simply.
| She wore boots and her skirts were
| tucked up in wet-weather fashion. She
| had been out in the storms and the
mud for ten days in the Maryland
mountains. What a sight she was!
This was the first time a nurse corps
| had gone into the field with a Union
army ready to work among the
| wounded as soon as the fighting be-
gan. The idea was Miss Barton's. She
had been in the Peninsula campaign,
and had seen the need. When the
army started to head off Lee on his
Maryland raid, Miss Barton got a de-
tail of wagons from Assistant Quarter
master General Rucker, filled them
with supplies which she had collected,
but not from the Government, and
started after the army She Travelled
so vigorously and kept so close to the
fighting end of the army that the
prudent mule drivers became alarmed
for their precious skins. One night
they revolted against petticoat gener-
alship Under the leadership of u
stalwart teamster they resolved as they
sat around the campfire that they
would refuse to drive forward in the
morning News of the crisis reached
Miss Barton when the hour came to
start. She climbed down out of the
wagon. where she had slept and went
to the campfire, around which the
mutineers were clustered. She laid her
hand on the arm of the big conspira-
tor, and asked him if he wasn't going
to hitch up and start forward.
Il don't know about that" ne
yrowled. with a scowl on his face, and
a shake of his head.
"Yes, you do KNOW" she said. You
will obey, because I give the orders
Ten minutes later every man was
hitching up his mules, and in half an
hour the nurse corps train was on its
way to the front. Until this time the
Sanitary Commission had limited its
relief work to camps and hospitals.
Clara Barton, at Antietam. carried the
work upon the battlefield. That was
where Sergeant William Mckinley
drove a mule team, with wagonlcad
of hot coffee, along the firing line. To
the poor shattered soldier on his cot she
showed the tender heart of woman;
she was Angel Barton" The mutinous
mule drivers who set her wishes at de-
fiance discovered that those boots and
tucked-up skirts went with mind
born to command. = st. Louis Globe
Democrat. .--A-------
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How He Received the News.

General Blanco sat alone in his cur
tanned office. His eye was hazy, and
his chine dropped against his uniform
| ed chest
Suddenly wild Gathering was heard
on the outside. The general reused up.
He looked toward the door. A dust be-
| grimed cavalryman burst into the
| apartment.
General" he gasped, Il am the
| bearer Of bad news
| Blanco paled.
Speak up" he stammered; tell me
| the worst"
"Santiago"-the cavalryman paused.
mo, no." cried the General; don't
say that
Santiago has fallen"
II must" said the cavalryman
"Ffallen?" groaned the General.
'Stormed and captured?"
No General; surrendered!''
With low moan the stricken Blanco
slipped down in his chair. His hands
clutched wildly at nothing.
Help, help!" shrieked the messenger,
and a moment later the apartment was
filled with attendants.
Take that razor away from him.
iOoitb OH o4u- ilC 10 II yiliS " cut Ills
throat"
It's only the strop,' said the valet
Hes frothing at the mouth gasp
ed another aid.
He has been eating the SOAP" said
the valet.
He will hang himself with the cur
tain cord" cried a third aid
1T is rotten" said the valet
'See!" cried still another; 'he has
gashed himself; he is bleeding."
He has tipped over the red ink,
said the valet
At this moment the General opened
his eyes and looked about him.
Then it is no& a dream" he groaned
He rose from his chair. He glared
around. Sanchez he said to his
trusty valet, lock up all the pie in the
palace cupboard; sequestrate the boiled
ham in the royal refrigerator; don't let
that last batch of oyster crackers get
out of your sight We are going to
have hard summer, and don't you
forget it,
And he strode haughtily into the
typewriting lobby.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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The Convention Assembled at Man.
aqua, Nicaragua.
Agrees Upon a Number Of Articles For the
New Constitution.
The New Confederacy to Be Known
as the Omitted States Of Cen.
trail America"-No State Will
Be Allowed to Cede Any Of It's
Territory.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
MANAGUA (Nicaragua), Aug. IS
The convention at Managua to form a
constitution for confederacy to con-
sist of the States of Honduras, Saliva
DOR and Nicaragua, has agreed upon
~ Of the 149 articles. 1t has been
agreed that the name of the confeder-
acy shall be The United States of Cen
trail America"
The decisions arrived at are as to
what the people and the States shall
do, not what the people have conceded
to the Government of the United States
Of Central America. They declare that
there chall be no death penalty en-
forced by any State, and that no State
shall cede any of it's territory. They
bride the liberty of the press and of
public declarations of opinions adverse
TO the Government
The work will not be completed until
November 1st
The Diet of the Greater Republic Of
Central America has asked the Govern
ment Of Nicaragua for all the docu-
ments in its archives relating to the
construction of an inter-oceanic canal
across Nicaragua for the purpose. as
lei Liberal" Government daily news
paper says, of investigating the rea-
sons why the United States of North
America appears to have decided to
construct the canal"
The Nicaraguan Government recently
imprisoned several persons from Leon
and Granda, suspected of opposing the
Government. The authorities appear to
be in constant apprehension of revolu-
tions. Only a few days ago. according
TO "El Liberal of July Both, several
young men from this city were called
before the inquisition on suspicion of
plotting revolution, and some of them
were sentenced to the penitentiary
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How Afridis Fight.

In any account of the ways the Afrl-
dis fight, it is necessary to include ~
the description the military characte-
istics of the frontier natives without
regard to differences of tribe.
Their style of fighting is specially
adapted to the geographical conditions
of the country. Both at Fort Sarag-
hari and at Fort Cavagnari I had an
opportunity, with other officers, OF
learning the peculiar fighting ways .
the Afridis. Every race, OF course, mas
its own method of combat, and the Al
ridis conduct their operations against
an enemy in a manner altogether tnelt
own. It is as shifty as it IS effective
Few civilians can realize how deadly II
may become.
1t is bad enough when an enemy,
creeping slowly up hillside, lodges IL
self in sections behind huge powders,
and, under cover of these, pours volley
after yolley at the human tarSets-2s
those engaged in, the task of guarding
the summit become. Watching the ad-
vancement of foe is not at any time
an inspiriting occupation; it is worse
to see the half-naked Afri6is creeping
slowly and slowly from bowlder to bowl
der. This is what takes place in broad
daylight, but even then the cunning
Afridi can circumvent nature. Take, as
an illustration Of this, the way in which
Fort Saraghari fell. 1t occurred in
broad daylight and within sight of the
neighboring fort of Cavagnari, where
the stealthy operations of the tribes
men We're observed by the irnperia,
troops. Attempts were made by means
of signals to warn the defenders of the
British flag of their danger, but to no
avail.
Although considered impregnab!e,
Fort Saraghari, built of square stone
with two bastions at opposite angles.
was fatally defective in design. 1t had
a dead point underneath each bas-
tom. e., a point from which an enc
my could be neither seen nor hit by the
defenders. The result was that while
the contending forces We're firing
against each other-the defenders in the
forts and the assailants behind stone
breastworks and within ten yards OF
each other "a few native-born "engi-
neers'' among the Afridis who had
crept up to the dead point we're min
ing a breach in one Of the bastions. Be
fore this was made sufficiently large to
admit the savage tribesmen to make
their deadly rush into the fort, the un-
dermining operations were seen by the
small force holding Fort Cavagnari.
These signaled to their brothers in arms
the danger awaiting them, but the lat
ter were too busily employed in repell-
ing the onslaughts of the enemy TO ben
eft by the telescope observations of
their comrades. And so every one Of
the twenty-one Sikhs guarding Sarag-
hari died at his post.
All this took place on the afternoon
of September 18th. If the Afridi were
crafty in daylight, his cunning at night
became superhuman. Many sentry
has fallen silently and mysteriously in
the Indian night. A naked form. NOV
ing stealthily in the dark as the sentry
PAGES backward and forward, getting
almost motionless as the sentry draws
nigh; an sudden bound followed by a
dagger thrust; this is the end of many
an Indian soldier, and the secret of
many a tribal victory.-"An officer In
London Telegraph.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY's LIVER.
AS Result of an Operation He
Has Only Part Of One.

| There are a few officers of the navy
| who can recall when Rear Admiral
George Dewey once before faced DEATH
and an occasion when that officer didn' I
have half a chance; but it was an
| occasion that he did not wish to have
made public at the time nor for some
time afterward. Perhaps some will be
prompted when they meet him after his
return from the Philippines, to say to
him, We'll. you had a liver" But
that is just what Admiral George Dew
ey hasn't, nor has he had one for sew
eral years. Now a good, whole liver is
regarded as indispensable to keep a
man going, but Dewey has shown to
the world what he can do with only a
part of liver.
1t was when Dewey was a Captain
only that he underwent terrible oper-
alton under an Italian surgeons knife
and hazarded a possible chance of life,
and for a long time afterward he suf-
fered intensely from the effects of the
marvellous excision. He was com
manding officer of the sloop-of-war Pen
sacola on the European squadron at
the time, and he had become desperate
ly i'll from what mariners are frequent
other words, what is more commonly
spoken of as baked liver" or trop-
ical liver ailment, which is as much
more severe than yellow jaundice as all
tropical diseases are more virulent
than the corresponding types in tenn
perate zones. On two occasions Medi-
cal Director Hoehling expressed alarm
as 10 the result unless some relief was
brought to hand.
Finally, at Malta, a consultation was
held between Surgeon Hoehling and his
assistant and an Italian specialist of
Southern Italy, who belonged to the
class that make themselves familiar
with these troubles, because in the eli
mate of the Mediterranean they are an
indigenous product The trouble was
soon diagnosed, and it was suggested
that the only relief was to remove that
part of the liver that had become hard
ened. 1t was also recognized that the
operation would be hazardous one.
When spoken to about it Captain Dew
ey asked what was the chance of max
ing the operation successful. The ItaI-
ian expert responded: There's only one
chance in ten of your living through
it." To this the officer replied that he
would take that chance and for the
surgeons to go to work as soon as they
wished The patient was put under the
influence of anaestheties, his stomach
was cut into and the diseased end Of
the liver drawn out and inspected and
then cut off, The remaining part was
treated to prevent hemorrhage and then
put back in place, and the lips made
by the surgeons knife were sewed up.
The recovery was a slow process, but
1t was successful operation, and he
is as able to do duty to-day as if no
operation had ever been necessary But
his most intimate acquaintance say
that the operation worked a change in
his temperament-New York Tribune.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The State
Department has not yet been officially
advised Of the reported death of King
Malietoa of Samoa, and in all Likelihood
must remain in official ignorance OF the
event for some time to come owing to
the slow means Of communication at
the disposal of the department. 1t is
the general impression here that the
death of the King will result in the
overthrow of the present form of gov
ernment.
Official reports to the State Depart
ment show that this Government is the
most expensive and unsatisfactory OF
any in the world, having regard to the
population of the Samoan group. In
the Capital city, Apia, there is main
tanned a tripartite municipal govern
ment at vast proportional expense, while
the reports show that thirty-two rate
payers are obliged to bear the entire
cost.
For years the existing arrangement
for the government of the Samoan
group has been satisfactory to none OF
the three Governments. There is now
indications that at least one Of the
parties is coming around to what was
favorite plan Of settlement OF the
State Department, namely, dlsrup-
ton of the present tripartite Govern
ment, and an absolute division of the
islands of the group between the UNI
ted States, Great Britain and Germany.
The particular object of our Govern
ment has been to retain possession OF a
coaling or full naval station in the
islands, so as to afford a. base for naval
operations in the vicinity of Australasia
as we'll as to insure an open port for our
steamers on the long voyage from san
Francisco to Australia The United
States now hold title to some ground for
a coaling station at Pago-Pago, on the
island of Tutuila. This island is the
least in size of any OF the group, but it
is large enough to support naval sta
ton, so that ii has been the plan of the
State Department to acquire it as a
whole in the event of the dissolution Of
the tripartite agreement.
Basing the division Of the existing in
terests of the three nations, Germany,
holding the largest interest, would take
the island second in size, possessing the
Capital, Apia, while Great Britain
would secure the largest of the group,
but the second in commercial import
ance.
1t is probable that among the first
duties falling to Mr.. Hay when he as
sumes the office of Secretary of State
will be the consideration of some plan
to tide over the crisis expected to follow
the death of the King.
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San Joaquin Valley Road.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.-Chief
Engineer Storey of the Valley Rail
road reports that the work on the
Franklin tunnel is progressing rapidly.
Up to date 491 feet have been exca-
waited on the east and $50 feet on the
west end. Along the line six and seven
miles east and west of the tunnel work
is progressing rapidly. Four dredgers
are in daily use on the marsh. Con-
tracts have been let for trestle work,
5000 feet, between Middle and Old
Rivers, and the grading Of the reclaim
ed land between the tules and Stock
ton is moving along at a steady rate.
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pany." 1t is hard to convince the aver
defense a corporation may present, and
because of this we'll known and well
grounded feeling, it has been the policy
of the railroads to compromise every
action possible
1t is not our purpose to take up the
cause of the railroads as against the
people, only so far as justice and mu-
tual interest goes, but the News" be-
lieves that the change Of sentiment
which is rapidly coming, giving the
railroads the same consideration and
the same chance that is accorded pri-
vate individuals, will be beneficial to
the people and to the country, as we'll
as to the corporations.
No community can thrive without
railroad facilities, and the greater these
facilities, the better the opportunities
for thrift Every town may be bcne-
flied by cultivating the acquaintance
of the railroad people, and getting them
interested in the local progress. This
is not difficult matter, for the rail-
road men know that whatever goes TO
build up the towns on their lines, helps
their company also, and in nearly every
instance are ready and willing to do
more than their share in cooperation
with the people. They should be known
personally by the business men of the
different towns, for personal ac-
quaintance has much to do with foster
ing good feeling. The ambition of the
towns in the way of public improve
ments should be made known to them,
and in nine cases out of ten the rail-
roads will aid and encourage the peo-
pie.
In short the railroads and the COM
munities should get closer together. and
work for mutual good, rather than
along the old lines of antagonism-
Brandon CMiss.) News, June %. 1898.
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A Volunteer Kills Himself.

/ SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.-David
Coblentz, aged q years, a member OF
the Volunteer Field Hospital Corps,
jumped from a window tonight, while
delirious from typhoid fever, and killed
himself He was the son of a wealthy
liquor merchant, and was removed from
the field hospital to his parents home,
at Page and Broderick streets, on Sun
day. He was in a delirium all day
and at about II p. M, after a severe
struggle with his nurse, managed 10
leap to the street, a distance Of thirty
feet, fracturing his skull. He died al
most instantly.
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Suicide Of a Los Angeles Jewe1er.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30-E. Ber-
man, the pioneer jeweler of this city,
committed suicide this morning at his
place of business on Spring street. He
shot himself four times. one shot en-
tering his right breast. He had just
moved his stock into a new store, which
was not entirely completed. He had
been in the place all night refusing to
allow anyone else to guard the place.
He had been in ill-health, and was de-
spondent He was divorced from his
wife a year ago. His financial affairs
were in good shape
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Railroads Are Not Enemies.

The old feeling that anything you
can get out of a railroad company, is
so much gain.' is dying out, and peo-
pie are learning that the railroads are
the best friends any community can
have. In years gone by it has been
the custom to bring suit against .rbe
railroad company, on every occasion
where a suit would stand, no matter
how trivial the amount involved, and
it is an old saying that mo jury ever
returned verdict in favor Of the COM
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Rates on Hops Reduced.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30-The
Southern Pacific announces a reduc-
ton of rates on hops from California
and Oregon points to Missouri River
and Eastern points. The former rate
was 81 per 100, which will be lessened
to $50. This new rate will go into
effect in two weeks. The hop season
will begin just about the time the re-
duction becomes effective
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Woodmen Of the World.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 3O-The
entire session of the Head Camp Of
Woodmen Of the World, Pacific Coast
jurisdiction, was taken up to-day in
the discussion Of several pans proposed
for the creation of a reserve fund
which it was decided to have for the
benefit of the membership. No deci
sion was reached.
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Lady Yarde-Buller.

OAKLAND, Aug. 3O.-Lady Yarde
Butler, who escaped from a Partisan
asylum, and is now in Oakland, called
on the Chief of Police tonight and
asked him to let some officers watch
the Kirkham property, which was once
her home. Chief Fletcher says her
mind is affected. 1t is probable that
her relatives will have her arrested and
examined for insanity
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Crushed Under a Watering Cart.

OAKLAND, Aug. 3O.-Emmet. Kel-
Ter, the 1S-year-old son Of Deputy
Sheriff p. j. Keller, was crushed under
a loaded watering cart on Linda Vista
terrace this afternoon and fatally in
jured. He was temporarily driving
the cart, when the horses started to
run away. He fell from the seat and
one wheel passed over his chest. He
died this evening
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Good Roads League.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3O.-The
California Good Roads League to-day
selected committee to frame several
bills to be presented to the next Leg
islature. The committee will work in
conjunction with the State Depart
ment of Highways. There are III
branches of the League in the State.
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that the goods he offers for sale are
not pure. Louis Fusier, a grocer,
was convicted in the lower court for
selling adultArated goods, and appealed
the case. and the decision Of the Su-
perior Court is based on the appeal.
and makes the employe as we'll as the
employer responsible for the disposition
Of adulterated food to unsuspecting
BUYERS
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Vendors of AduIterated Goods.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30-Super-
ior Judges Wallace. Cook and Borden
who sat in bank recently to hear some
of the pure food cases appealed from
the Police Court filed an opinion to-day
in which they hold that the vendor
of adulterated food is liable to prose-
cution. even where he does not know
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Angel Barton.

Angel Barton" the soldiers in the
hospitals OF lS61-65 called her. His
tory is repeating itself in this womaa's
life. Clara Barton saw little that was
new to her before Santiago, if. only
the starving refugees be excepted The
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Inspiration.

Miss Gushington-How do you write
such lovely poetry. Mr.. Stanza? Do
you have to wait until the spirit moves
you?
Mr.. Stanza-Er-yes the landlord
threatens to.-Brooklyn Life.
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LosT-FoUND.

LOST-At Weinstock s Lubin's, or going
purse containing quantity OF green
backs. Finder will please return to this
Office and be very literally rewarded. No
questions asked. 1tf
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The Chief Reason.

81 am beginning to see why July was
named as it is" said the philosopher.
TT was done in a jocular Spirit. The
intense heat made it an appropriate
month to name after julius Sizzer''-
Harper's Bazar-
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Downey Knocked Out.

VANCOUVER (B. c., Aug. 30-Jack
Green of Seattle knocked out Jack
Downey of Brooklyn, n. Y, tonight
in the seventh round.
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The DEATH OF !.
KING MAL|ET0A.
General Impression That the De-
mise Of Sampa's Ruler
VIII Result In the Overthrow Of the Pres.
ent Form Of Government.

For Years the Existing Arrange
ments For Governing the Group
Of Islands Has Been Sattsfac-
tory to None Of the Parties to
the Agreement-A Division OF
the Islands Suggested.
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Some people are kind enough to tell
US how We'll something we did was
done, but spoil it by adding that we
could have done better.-Kansas City
World.
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NO CURE-UO PAY.

That il the way all druggists sell GROVES
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC for Nalaria, Chflls
and Fever. It is simply Iron and Quinine in {
tasteless form. Children love 1t. Adults prefer Il
70 bitter. nauseatinx T0nica. Price. SEQ
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Diagonal Serges,
soc ward.

There seems to be a strong
tendency this season towards
plain goods, although fancies
are still in great prominence
and take the lead, and as it
is always our aim to show ex-
.ccptional values at q popu-
lar price, we select this plain
line, and Justly claim for it
the best value for the money
ever produced. The weave is
Of pure wool and 1uster mo-
hair wool, giving it a rich
silk effect usually found only
in the higher grades. The col
orings comprise all the new
shades for Fall. The width 40
inches, and price SOC the
yard.
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BrOadClOthS.

Tailor-made costumes are
always favorites with correct
dressers and there is a beauty
in the quiet, neat, unostenta-
tious richness Of a well-made
Broadc1oth Suit which would
suggest an inspection of our
new line of this handsome
weave, which we are now pre-
pared to show in all the new
shades for Autumn, as well as
the more conventional ones
SO inches wide, all wool, and
81 the yard.