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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
ADVOCATING ARBITRATION.

Madrid, July 26.-The city is flooded with
dodgers advocating that the peace negotiations
be submitted to arbitration, seeing that neither
Spain nor the United States is willing 10 take
the initiative" and adding that Cuba must De-
long either to Spain or to America. as ITS lnde-
penderce would be tantamount to anarchy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
TO TAKE PRISONERS HOME.

Madrid. via Paris. July 26.-The transatlantic
fleet to bring home the Santiago prisoners will
sail tomorrow.
Captain Aunon Minister OF Marine. says Ad-
mira Cerveras officers will not return with the
Santiago prisoners. but that their return will be
negotiated with the United States Government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
TALK OF PEACE IN MADRID

PREMIER SAGASTA DENIES THE EAiSl-
ENCE OF OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS.
Madrid, via Paris, July 26.-The Government
denies that the Cabinet Council to-day occupied
itself with the question Of peace. although Sehor
Gamazo Minister of Public instruction and PUB
lie Works, made long speech on the subject
Senior Sagasta denies the existence OF ofhciai
roooe neeotiations but Duke Almodovar de
Rio Minister Of Foreign Affairs says negotia-
tions Of a private character have been opened
due 10 private initiative.
The Council discussed the American landing
in Porto Rico and it's consequences. Nothing
new was announced with reference to the situa-
ton in Cuba or the Philippines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
TO OPPOSE ANNEXATION.

London. July 27--The Madrid correspondent
OF The Daily Mail" says:
The result Of protracted negotiations initi-
ated by Germany is that the Powers have ar
rived at a formal agreement to oppose an Amer
lean annexation Of the Philippines. which must
remain Spanish"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
M LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR.

Berlin, July 2G-It is semi-oficially announced
that there is no foundation for the report thal
DIR. Won Holeben. the German Amoassador al
Washington. has presented TO PRESIDENT Mckin-
ley a personal letter from Emperor william.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
GERMAN CRUISER FOR CAROLINEs.

London, July pa dispatch from Nagasakl.
Japan. says that the German third-class cruiser
Arcona. with supplies for three months has
sailed for the Caroline Islands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
MILES REPORTS THE LANDING.
INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY RAPIDLY GOING ASHORE IN
PORTO RICO.


Washington 2Te War Department 13O o'clock onght made
obc the following dispatch General Miles, telling the landing OF Amer
Thomas, July 26, 1898, 935 p. m.
Secretary of War Washington d. c.
deemed advisable harbor
Ponce which successfully accomplished
between davEgh and II o'clock Spaniards surprised
Th Gloucester Wainwright first entered the hbor met
with slight resistance All the transports the ha
bor and infantry and artillery rapidly going ashore
This habo Water sufficiently deep for all transports
hundred yards of shore.
The flag lowered and the American flag raised at II o'clock
dv Capn Hiegnson fleet, has rendered
"roons in good health and best of spirits. No casualties.
MILES, Major General Commanding Army
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27

CHAUTAUQUA EXCURSION.
$40 90 round trip by Erie Railroad. July 20 Tickets
rood until Aug N--Advt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
The First Parade.

From the time of the issue of Gen
eral Logan's order, it has been OBJ
SERVED by the Grand Army veterans,
but up to 1882 there is no record of
any general parade. The various posts
dubbed together and paraded pretty
much as they pleased, while others
paraded singly or in pairs. At the
close of this impromptu parade the
posts divided and marched directly to
some cemetery, where the graves were
decorated. At that time but little or
nothing was done in the way of deco
rations on the Sunday previous, as is
the case now. This mode of decorat-
ing enables the veterans to devote
their time and strength to the day
proper, which is always May 80, ex-
cept when that date falls on Sunday.
The first general parade of which
there is any official record obtainablc
was in New York in 1882. General
Henry A. Barnum was chairman ofthe
Memorial Committee and Captain Ed
ward Brown was grand marshal.
Nearly every post. the National Guard
and many veteran organizations united
in the parade. which was very success
full,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

stronger, tried to help her. And she
liked him. She knew nothing of his
soldier career and, of course, nothing
of the adverse sentiment against him
before his days of battle. She did
much to help him back to healthful-
ness. There was comradeship be-
tween them. Something in tine SOL
dier contact which had Injured him
beyond the stage of mourning fitted
with her nature, not touched by this
woe of suffering but unknown ma
tion. A sympathy born of that fellow
ship which was almost indifference to
our common griefs made them the best
of friends.
Along late in October came letter
signed Absalom Fox. I remember we
were digging potatoes one day, and
the work was cruelty hard, when Bob
came home from town in o neighbor's s
wagon and handed the yellow envel-
ope to mother. She gave it to me
while she read the letter. It had a
red flag and blue crossed cannon
printed in the corner. Mother had
sat down at the edge OF the field and
was trembling. I did not LOOK at her,
for 1 knew she was crying and hur-
rying along the lily written lines.
Suddenly she made an odd little
sound and bowed her head forward.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
Tie Grand Army Button.

have heard, writes George +. Stone,
of Chicago, that our Lords prayer has
been inscribed ON disc the size of n
dime, but on that Grand Army button
is recorded in inetiaceable and living
characters the history of Grant and
Sherman and Lincoln; of Sheridan and
Thomas and Logan and Custer and
Meade; of Farragut and Porter; the
history of the campaign of the army OF
the Potomac, of the Cumberland and
of the west; of the march to the sea;
of Shiloh, of Vicksburg; of Forts Henry
and Donaldson; of Atlanta; of the
Wilderness; of Winchester; of Fishers
Hill and Cedar Greek; of sieges and
battles and skirmish lines; of days
of danger and nights of waking;' OF
weary marches by day and by night,
in cold and storm and heat; OF parting
of lovers and maidens; of farewells OF
husbands and wives; of prayers and
blessings from freside and camp
ascending on high as divine incense;
of agony and death in prison and in
hospital; of great captains and heroic
soldiers; of valor on sea and on land;
of the proclamation of Abraham Lin
coin giving freedom to our millions OF
prosecuted race and wiping forever
from the national escntcheon, human
slavery; of Getty sburg and Appomat-
tox; of the downfall of rebellion; OF
reunited country and of the perpet-
uity of the Union with its countless
and unspeakaole and eternal blessing
"a priceless gift from the great Dis.
penser of good things unto men!
This record shall never fade away;
it shall grow brighter and brighter as
the years go by, scattering sparks OF
inspiration among the generations as
they come and go! And when time
shall be no more, when all things tran
STORY shall have passed away, when
all the sounds of earth have been
stilled, then the bells of heaven shall
ring in commemoration of American
patriotism, and the undying fame OF
the American soldier!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
There was never shot that screamed ant
The National Cemeteries.

The Government has expended &c.
600, 900 on the eighty-three national
cemeteries, in which are buried $780,,
700 honored dead. The most of these
cemeteries are situated on battlefields
of the war, amid beautiful scenery.
The establishment of this system was
begun in the second year of the war.
when orders were issued to the army
requiring accurate records to be kept
of all deceased soldiers and their
places of burial, and President Lin.
coin was authorized by Congress to
purchase grounds and have them pre-
pared for use as cemeteries for sol.
diers dying in defense of the country.
On the battlefields where the Union
armies won, the interments were so
conscientiously made that over ninety
per cent. of the dead were afterward
identified. Where time permitted,
the Confederate dead were also scrup-
ulously buried and their graves
marked, In most of the Southern
prisons the Union dead were buried,
and their names recorded by their
living comrades, often under adverse
and trying circumstances, and in
Northern prisons, as at Camp Doug.
las, Chicago; at Elmira, N. Y, and at
johnson Island, Ohio, interments of
deceased Confederates were carefully
made and the graves noted for future
Identification. In 1863 the first ma
tional cemeterie were established at
Chattanooga, Stone River and Gettys.
burg, and the one in Arlington was
founded in 1864, and the one at An
tietam in 1865. The most beautiful OF
all the national cemeteries, and the
greatest as regards the number of
identified dead, is that on Arlington
Heights, overlooking Washington. 1t
contains 1886 interments-12, PIG
known and 4349 unknown. OF the
national cemeteries at Shiloh and Get
tysburg, the Shiloh metropolis con-
tains 1897 tablets and that at Gettys.
burg just five less. The biggest ma
tional cemetery in point of population
is the Vicksburg, where 1868 heroes
sleeD
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

The snow came early, and it grew
deeper till midwinter. The cold in
creased till warmth twas near impos-
sible. Christmas was so severe it
drove all merriment away. Stock
shivered at the point of starvation, and
fires seemed to have lost their powers
of heating.
We had heard no more from the
South, but we watched the papers
whenever those lists of exchanges ap-
peared. And at last we saw, while
evergreens were marking yule in
happy homes, that ours-still happier
would soon be blest.
Holiday week was the lowest deep
of cold. We watched through frost
coated windows day after day the
snow -choked road to the town. But
the year went out and our shadow had
not lifted.
Just at midnight I heard voices in
the house. Mother aud Sin were up
and dressing hurriedly. Bob stumped
down and shouted as he closed the
door. Above my excitement remem-
bered I was cold. Sin heaped wood
on the fire and then followed mother
to the road.
The night was very still and I could
hear them presently. There were words
of encouragement, sounds of weeping.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

SINS shrill falsetto and Bob's loud
laugh of cheer.
They came through the awful cold at
last-our people and two strange men.
And they propped them about the fire
and warmed them with food and
brought us children out-and the
strangest man there was our father!
And the other was Absalom Fox.
How he managed to quit his service
Inever knew; but quit it he did. And
he brought his prisoner home through
that polar cold, keeping him, encour-
aging him, lying to him thousand
times to fill the failing limbs with
strength. And then, when his task
was done, he showed how utterly it
had spent him.
Native of a warmer cline, grateful
to my father for service before cap.
tivity began, he had braved the winter
to pay his debt. And with it he paid
his debt to nature. For, rs the
spring came, he turned his face to the
wall and ceased his breathing.
They made him a grave in the ma
pie woods, where winters chill and
springs most generous warming met
in tide like his noble service, and
placed at his head stone which told
his soldier record.
Sin has the farm now-Sin and Bob
Elliott, and every year they decorate
that grave and send us reminders of
the swinging seasons. We are scat
tered these years. Father has gone
to m army which always claimed him,
fighting his way through foe that
could not frighten him, and on those
better heights his life is ioined-eter-
nally, as I believe-with that of the
woman who bore her burdens and his
while war was raging.
We are scattered, but never May
has passed but we meet there at the
farmhouse and place wreath on the
stone-gray now as it's soldiers uni
form-of the man who brought sun
shine into the midst of our dismal
| winter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
Origin of the Day.

The origin of Memorial Day lies
with the origin of the Grand Army of
the Republic, in 1866, the year fol-
lowing the close of the war. The first
post thereof was organized at Decatur.
ILL.,, April 6, 1866. In May of that
year the ceremony of decorating the
graves of the soldier dead was carried
ont to limited extent, but the move
ment was not given full force until the
meeting of the first national encamp-
ment at Indianapolis, November 90.
1866. Here Memorial Day may he
said to have been really given birth.
Observed in a small way at first, it
has gradually grown in extent and
honor until now there is but one day
in the calendar which it ranks equally
with in patriotic minds-July 4.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
THE SOLDIERS RETURN.


They accepted his enlistment with
small promise of forgiveness. But
when Captain Kendall wrote home
that Bob Elliott fought like tiger at
Shiloh and defended a gun all alone at
Donelson and slashed his way with
the flag wrapped about him through
line of confederates at Kenesaw
there wasn't man in my whole coun-
try who could remember anything
bad about him. And now that he
came home wounded, silent as to the
past-not boastful, simply quiet-he
had welcome everywhere.
He was at our house a good deal,
for he had soldlered with father, and
it was something to have him explain
the possibilities that life and not
death might still be his portion. Sit
ting there, often in pain, he watch ed
Sin at her work, and, as he grew
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
A VIVID REPRESENTATION.
Buffalo Bill and His Rough Riders
in RHstOn.

BOSTON. Mass. May A-One Of the
events Of the year, and one which seems
nevert to pail in popularity and consequently
In its drawing power. is" Buffalo Bills show,
the doughty old scout himself being the first
attraction, his rough riders from all over the
world being close second. Incidentally
there are host Of minor attractions
which would loo major ones but for
the briiliancy Of the heai of the aggregation.
There is the most marvellous horsemanship,
and such rs no circus pretends 20 offer. for
it covers every style OF every nation. from
cowboys to Cossncks, illustrated by men OF
the nation or style represented. There are
genuine bucking bronchos that will buck
everything Off but their hides and threat
en- even this. In the charges Of the
nation to see great body Of
men sweep by in battle array Is an
education in itself. There is shooting
with all kinds OF weapons and at all kinds
Of things A genuine old-time stage coach is
attacked in genuine old-time style, and to cap
all is n most vi,il representation OF Clusters
last battle. when, ,as in the real battle, Buffalo
b II and his cohorts came on .he scene but
too late to be of service. The show will be
on the spacious Huntington avenue grounds
from May 80 to Juao 4 inclusive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
KNIcKERBoCKER,

Joseph II. Irwin, Of Allegheny City,
Pa. comes TO the front with the some.
what unique suggestion that the present
cities of New York. Philadelphia and
Chicago he converted into separate mu
nlcipal commOnwealths. In support OF
this suggestion. Mr.. Irwin observes
that when Our simple fOrefathers fran
ell the Constitution Of the United
States they never dreamed that within
one hundred years from that time cities
would spring up in this country with
100000 inhabitants; else they would
have made some provision for convert
ing them into States. Before convert
ing these cities into States. Mr.. lrwin's
idea is to annex to each Of them enough
surrounding territory to give them re
spectacle areas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
His Liii. Mas Held EnrlEif

Paducha. Ky. May 2i.-Joe Mitchell
colorcd, an Illinois Central brakeman.
who lived here. was hanged by mob at
RiVes, Tenn. Mitchell had shoven
white boy tramp off Il moving train at
Rives. and the boy fell ON the track, hav-
ing both legs cut OFF at the knees. He
lived long enough To tell that Mitchell
was his assailant. The brakeman was
arrested. and. while being held at the
depot TO be taken To Jail at Union City.
Tenn. u crowd gathered and hanged
him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

lad q lett er
from Sin the
other day, ask
ing me on the
30th to help
decorate the
grave of Absa.
lonl Fox.
Maybe I better
tell you some
thing about Sin,
and Alb SALON.,
and how his
grave, all alone
out there among
the sugar trees,
comes to be dec
GRATED.
Nearly NIL nv
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
e. A. SPEAR,
uQDER Q HRlQG
AND
Embalming,
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
Bill to Protect the Flag ing
for ,Duukpt,

for Junket.
Boston, May 26.--The bill to prohibit
the desccratiOn of the liag of the United
States by names of organizations or
other lettering came up as unfinished
business i'm the senate. and all amend
,ntnts offered were withdrawn. Senator
Chamberln of Plymouth then moved
an amendment to exempt only the mi
li;ia and organizations of veterans of
the war OF the rebellion from the pro-
hibition as to printing names of organi-
cations on the flag The amendment
was adopted and the bill ordered 10 4
third reading.
The hottest fight the lower branch of
the LEGISLATURE has had this session took
place yesterday on the resolve for rep
resentatiun of the state government at
the trans Mississippi exposition at
omaha the advocates winning, 81 to so.
When that familiar friend the bin to
prevent the purchase or sale of stocks.
etc., on margins, came up, number Of
amendments We're offered. and in order
that the senators might have time to
read and understand the amendments
suggested, the bill was laid over until
next Wednesday.
Add Chron.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
pected, and our day of jubilee might
eOnn hn ,,romiao1

How we blessed the name of Absa-
lom Fox. Mother was sick, for the
first time since father went away, and
we boys dug potatoes till it was too
dark to see. was so tired that after
supper 1 lay down on the floor behind
the stove and went to sleep. Late in
the night Sin took me up in her round,
strong arms and carried me to bed,
singing Swedish song of happiness.
That was our cold winter, you know.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

1t is an evidence Of the change which
has come over the public mind In the
South within the last thirty years to see
Julia Ward Howe's magnificent Battle
Hymn Of the Republic" which stirred
so many hearts during the war Of the
rebellion. finding publication in the col
umns of the Southern press In these
days
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
Momentous G aestion to Decide.

New York, May Ex-Governor Black
has returned to his home in Troy ana is
now in a position to give due attention
to any charges against Mayor Van Wyck
that may be laid before him. That he
fully appreciates the Importance OF the
matter is shown by what he said to u
reporter: This question is a moment
Gus one and is second in Importance only
to that of the war" The governor SAYS
he will act If charges are laid before
him, but he will not now forecast what
his action may be.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
She gathered mp her apron and COW
cred her face. Hooked at her, chok-

She gathered mp her apron and COW
cred her face. Hooked at her, chok-
ing.
SIN came over, stopped down and
put her arms about her. Bob's
crutches stumbled on the potato hills,
but he turned and hurried away. He
had almost reached the house when
Sin screamed.
"Aliver' she cried. "Where?"
ooh, can't see," moaned mother.
Sin tried to read the letter but could
not, and she waved it at Bob, calling
him back. I can see him now-run-
ming as he called it-hopping with
that one foot whenever it touched the
ground.
He read the letter. Father was alive
and in prison. Absalom Fox was :"
rebel guard, but he had written to tell
us that much. An exchange was ex-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

Alaskan demand has caused dealers
in evaporated fruit and vegetables at
Portland, Oregon, to double their
plants and the number of their em'
ployes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28
WOODSTOCK, W.. SATURDAY. MAY %. 1S9
The Rugle.

lHe Isuktes
In sitterine glory OF diamond dew,
Where the tall white headstones CLEAN In
row,
By the ivied church. Memorial Day,
With sheafS Of lilies the mourners go.
All but one. and she sits alone.
A sad-eyed woman with locks Of gray,
And keeps tryst of he vanished years
With the dear, dead lover who marched
away.
Her whitened tresses were brown and bright,
Her cheek was pink as damask rose,
When he clasped her close in Il last embrace
While about them iuttcrcd the orchards
SHOWS.
The bugle called I'm the sunlit morn,
Bayonets glistened, and flags were gay,
He turned to wave her II loud adieu-
The brave young lover WHO marched
away.
To the silent city above the town.
With garlands laden. yet still they pass,
But she seeth only curly head
And broken sword in the trampled grass.
She weaveth II wreath Of heliotrope,
And heareth even the bugle play
That is mute with rust in tt e m odered hand
OF the gallant lover who marched away.
The flowers have fallen about her feet,
Her lips are pale, and her fingers chill,
Far above the blue of the crystal sky
Her spirit follows the bugle still.
Its silvery melody leads her on
It'll fur in Il world of fadeless May,
She pights the troth Of her youth again
With the handsome lover who marched
away.
There was never a shot that screamed and
fell
And never n bay thrust went through
The dauntlcss breast of Il soldier boy
But it pierced the heart OF Il woman, too
From end to end of the land they sit
BY desolate hearths, alone and gray,
And wait for the ghastly bugle-call
And the soldier lover who marched away
--AIiuna Irving,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

The wheels Of municipal business may
begin to move once more here. Since
Comptroller Coler issued his manifesto
which showed the city to have exceeded
the debt limit by q little matter Of $780,
100000 there has been stagnation and
CONSERVATION. He was the evil en-
chanter that arrested life and progress,
and the man who has removed the spell
is one Of Tammany's instruments. Cor
poration Counsel Whalen. He has not
performed this duty with any enthusiasm
and has been an unnecessarily long time
about it. But he has a professional rep
utation at stake as well as political
obligation to discharge, and perhaps he
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

Ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle and his
son, william NJ. Carlisle. have been ad.
mitted to the bar of the supreme court
in this state, and will become regular
practitioners at the metropolis. The
former Democratic leader has evidently
quit politics and Kentucky for good.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-28

Her whitened trcSseS were brown and bright,
Her cheek was pink as n damask rose,
When he clasped her close in II last embrace
While about them futtcred the orchards