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CUBAN COMMISSIONERS.
They Will Have Many Important
Matters to Look Into.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-A Times
Washington special says:
Generals Butler and Wade. with Adj
miral Sampson, the Military Commits
sioners for Cuba, will be required to
meet in Havana before September 18th,
according to the terms of the protocol
of August 18th, to arrange for the time
and manner Of evacuation of the ISL
and. AS it has been agreed that Cen
eral Blanco and his troops may take
away with them the guns and arms in
the Notifications, the arrangements to
be effected will be largely such as the
United States Government feels obliged
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CUBAN COMMISSION.
Chas. w. Gould VIII Represent the
Department Of Justice.

WASHINGTON. Aug 19.-Charles
w. Gould of New York has accepted
the appointment of special representa-
tive of the Department of Justice on the
Cuban commission. Mr.. Gould is a
LAWYER of prominence, and is said to
have special qualifications for this I'M
portant service.
AS close student of history. he is
said to be familiar with the details of
many events that are more or less sim
liar to the prospective evacuation or
Cuba by the Spanish forces. This in
formation, together with his knowl-
edge of the Spanish laws and language,
will be of great assistance to the COM
mission.
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TROOPS ENOUGH.
No More Needed to Preserve Peace
at Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-General
Shafter has informed the War Depart
ment that after consulting with Cen
eral Lawton, commanding the Depart
fnent of Santiago, it has been conclud-
ed that it will not be necessary to send
any more troops to Santiago for the
preservation of peace and good order.
This statement is made with the un-
derstanding that the present military
force will shortly be reinforced by the
arrival of the Fifth regular infantry
and the Twenty-third Kansas Volun-
teerS
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GENERALS WADE AND BUTLER.
Relieved Of Their Commands to Act
as Peace Commissioners.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Major
General James f. Wade, formerly in
command Of the Third Army Corps at
Chickamauga and Major General NJ G.
Butler, in command of a division of the
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19-The Ma
val Reserves of Rhode Island left the
navy yard tas.day for Rhode Island.
They will be honorably discharged.
Arizona republican., 1898-09-23
|STONEWALL JACKSON'S SCOUT.

Major Lamar Fontaine, who arrived lin the city yesterday morning, is prob ably one of the most interesting veter- ans Of the confederacy. He is the only representative of Camp Sam Cammack Iof Koohoma county, Miss, and during his stay in the city will be the guest of Captain John Milledge on Trinity avenue.
 Major Fontaine has been a soldier nearly all his life, and the story of his adventures in all parts of the world sounds like fiction.
 He served in the Russian army dur ing the Crirlean war. and at the siege of Sebastopol was decorated by Czal Nicholas with the iron cross of honor for daring bravery during the battle. At the time of the memorable charge of the light brigade at Balakalava Ma jor Fontaine was sixteen miles away, but could hear the guns and see the smoke Of that famous battle.
 After leaving the Russian army he travelled about the world in company with an uncle, but was living in the south at the opening of the civil war and enlisted as private in the Tenth Mississippi rifles, but was later trans ferrod to company K, Eighteenth Mis- sissippi regiment in August, 1861, he wrote the well known poem "All Quiet Along the Potomac" which has since
Arizona republican., 1898-09-23
as Eton and Harrow, and are, in fact

as Eton and Harrow. and are, in fact. half English. 1 But the ordinary Italian nobleman is in no sense a desirable mate for high spirited, morally and physically healthy minded Anglo-Saxon girl. It. allan ideas on the subieel Of honor, chiValry, the treatment of women, cleanliness and good form, are too Latin-and decadent Latin at that-tO commend themselves to English or American minds.
 The American girl, who for the sake of an Italian title-and God only knows how tawdry, cheap and value less from a social point Of view they are, even when authentic-barters her self away, dooms herself to almost car- tain unhappiness.
 Italian titles are so despised in Eu- rope t.hat the really great Italian mo- bies, such as the Colonnas, the Orsi- his, the Massimos, the Cencis and the Dcrias, never make use Of the ducal or princely tittes, which they possess by the basketfui, and content them selves in their social intercourse With one another by using merely their Christian names with the prefix of don or donna
 cannot Iecail sihSie AHerlcan- Italian match that has turned out hap oily, and I can only commend to the young heiress in question a reply which I received from one of her tOwnswo- men, who in the desperation of too nla- ture spirsterhood had conceded her hand and her fortune to an Italian diplomat She was complaining about the difficulty of finding good servants.
 Why" I inquired, do you not fol- low the example Of so many Austrian, English and French diplomats and use italian servants?"
 Do you," she responded, with inde- scribable scorn in her voice, and in the hearing Of her Roman husband, i'm agine for one moment that l would have one of those dirty, nasty Italians about my house?"
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the north of Europe to the club dis

the north of Europe to the club dis hcnored, with an intimation that the amount to the credit of the young dip lomat at the institution in question did not exceed S4. When the club sought the count to get the check made good, it was found that he had vanished, in- ! yestigation leading to the discovery that he had turned his steps in the di- rection of the new world. This natur- ally had the result of the removal Of his name both from the list of the Hunt club at Rome and from the roster Of the diplomatic service.
 There was a queer epilOgue to this affair, which created no end of scan dal at the time, and which was widely discussed both in the Italian press and in the newspapers Of the capital in which he had been stationed as secra- tary Of embassy, and even as charge d'affaires.
 For as soon as ever the pawn brok- CTS in that northern metropolis were apprised of his disgrace, they iEnle- dlately proceeded to place on exhibi- tion in their shop windows all the trinkets which he had pawned, with cards indicating their origin, and the fact that they had been presented by sovereigns and annointed of the Lord to the father of the young man who had pledged them.
 Naturally they took i. for granted that there would be no question of his ever redeeming them. So great were the crowds attracted by this extraor- dinary exhibition that the police were obliged to interfere, and ultimately the emperor and king Humbert combined to redeem all the trinkets, and the show ceased.
 What the career of this young dip lomat has been since his arrival on this side of the Atlantic I am unable to say, and I do not like to speak with any certainty as to the identity of the eX-secretary of the Italian embassy, above described with the suitOr for the hand of the exceedingly pretty and rich girl to whom he is reported to be engaged.
 The name is certainly the same, and although through residence in the do- minions of King Humbert I am pretty well acquainted with the names of those who are entitled to figure in the Libro d'Oro of the Italian aristocracy, yet ! know of no other bearer of the name and title mentioned by my core spondents than the disgraceful diplo- mat above referred to.
 Taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, I cannot but think that the relatives and friends of the heiress would do well to investi- gate the antecedents Of the nObleman in question, and, if necessary, inquire at Rome. and, in fact, of any diploma tist about his history. It would be dis tinctly unpleasant for the poor girl il she were to become his wife, to discov- 1 CT tco late that she had become the mate of man with antecedents such as to subject him to social ostracism in the old world.
 l The heiress in question would, how ever, do infinitely better to wed one Of her countrymen, or failing that, aIi Englishnan, rather than an Italian. Italians, as a rule, do not make good husbands for American or English girls, unless, as in the case of Prince Doria, and few other Roman patric- ians Of great wealth and illustrious lineage, they have received their edu- cation at English public schools, such
Arizona republican., 1898-09-23
A NOBiEMAN
 FROM ITALY.

Several letters have reached me with in the last few days from readers ask ing me for information concerning an Italian nobleman who is reported to be engaged to a beautiful American heiress bearing a name famous in the naval annals of the United States and whom he wooed, and it is said has won, during the past summer season, at one of the most fashionable eastern seaside resorts, writes Marquise De Fontenoy in the Washington Post
 l am sorry to say that the young scion Of the Italian alistocracy men toned by the correspondent bears the same name and title as Q certain diplomat, who, cou- pie of years ago, came to grief both socially and officially ln connection with dishonored check, while attached to the embassy of his country as secretary in one of the northern capitais Of Europe.
 The son of a great dignitary of the household Of King Humbert and Queen Marguerite, he inherited from his faith CT nothing but expensive tastes and Q most extraordinary collection of jew elod snuff boxes, valuable rings, scarf pins adorned with royal and imperial monograms, and royal portraits set in ieweled frames, presented as a species of pourboire to the elder count by these foreign royalties who had visited the court of the Quirinal.
 For just in the same way that people of minor rank are expected to tip the servants on their departure from any country house where they may have been staying, so are crowned heads and princes and princesses of the blood, when visiting foreign court, expected to tip the dignitaries thereof with dec orations and trinkets.
 The young count, sorely disappoint- ed by the limited extent of his dead fathers estate, upon which he had based rosy expectations-expect on the strength of which he had ob- tained large loans from the cent per cent gentry of the capital in which he was acknowledgements to make the best of bad job by pawning all thes ! royal and imperial gifts bestowed upon his father.
 Inen finding that his creditors hay ing learned of his meager inheritance would no longer be put eff, and threat ened with scandal, he hurriedly left for Rome on the preteXt of urgent private business.
 His private business in question seems to have taken him to the Hunt club, an institution which in late years has achieved an exceedingly unpleas- ant notoriety in connection with its gambling scandals. Devoting himself to the baccarat table he proceeded to lose a sum of s3,000 at single sitting Without, however, being in the least disconcerted thereby, he coolly drew q check on 9 bank of that capital il which he had, until then, been sta tioned, for s5,0G0, and instructing the clubs secretary and card room super intendent to pay the s3,000 to the gen. tlemen to whom. he had lost, received in cash the balance Of S2,000.
 A week later a check returned from
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been widely copied all over the world
 He began his war work with the con- federate army as scout and courier for General StCnewall Jackson. He served in the same capacity with Generals Stuart and Johnson, and briefly with General Lee. He took part in twenty seven pitched battles, fifty-seven skir- mishes, and over hundred individual skirmishes in which blood was shed. Although he was but private in the ranks, he was at one time intrusted with carte blanche order on the treas ury Of the confederate states. He was known in all branches Of the confed- crate service as the best narksman with rifle CT revolver in either army He was wounded sixty-seven times, and thirteen times his lungs were pierced. Five times in the course Of the war he was reported as dead On two occasions he was able, with the aid of mirrors, to look into apertures i'll his flesh and watch the beating of his own heart
 Major Fontaine has kept completa diary for nearly forty years. and this in itself is an unusually interesting work, Omprisjng ! number of volumes and containing much valuable irf0rIla- tion. He also has many documents signed by prominent officers of the confederate, army bearing testimony to his remarkable craftsmanship.
 ''Yes,' said Major Fontaine last night, ''it would seem as though I had spent the most Of my life on the bat tletield. My life has been rather event. ful in a way, and I think that I have had a few interesting experiences
 These documents l have saved all through the war, and while they may be interesting and valuable, I care for them only fer the sake of my children. IL will be something to leave them when l am g0ne, and I have managed to preserve them in good condition Tor the last thirty years"
 Major EoNtaine is 2 man of distin- glished appearance and wears . con- plete uniform which was made cspec- ially for him to be worn at the reunion ! of veterans. He is g civil engineer by profession, and is engaged in business with his two sons at Lyons, Miss New Haven Register.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
TO THE BATTLE, COLUMBIA.

To the battle. Columbia! The enemy
comes
In martial array to the beat OF his drums
With floating flotilla, from far distant
shore,
Intent on expoundng the cannons grim
roar
To the battle, Columbia! BY sea and by
land
Wen meet our msulters and take firm
stand
with guns ever true and with standard
displayed
Wen uphold the foundations our fore
fathers laid,
To the battle, Columbia! What shall we
oppose
TO the cunning and shrewdness OF treach-
erous foes?
The God of our fathers; in Him be our
might,
Ills strong arm upholdeth tho cause OF
the right.
To the battle, Columbia! And ne'er be 1t
said
That in Liberty's cause we're indifferent
or dread.
We will fifht till the banner Of freedom
shall wave
Ger the fair isle Of Cuba, the home OF the
brave --E. X. Stone.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
MAKE BELIEVE BATTLE is FATAL.
Everett Patterson Is Killed by His
Brother at Come Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 26-Ev-
erett Patterson, one Of the high school
cadets of this city, was shot and in
stantly killed this Afternoon by his IA
year-old brother Louis while handling
a revolver and playing Spaniard and
American. Harry Patterson, an elder
brother of the victim, is a member or
the Dodge light guards, which has been
under arms since Saturday awaiting
orders to be called to Des Moines with
the rest Of the state militia. At noon
Patterson went to his home to dinner,
and laid aside his bayOnet and belt, to
which was attached his revolver.
While he was eating dinner his two
brothers secured possession of the
arms. Everett made a pass at his
younger brother with the bayonet, say
ing: This is what | would do to you
if you We're a Spaniard." The boy,
pointing the revolver at him, replied:
And this is what / would do to you
IL you were a Yank." He was not aware
that the gun was loaded, and pulled
the trigger. The ball struck Everett in
the neck, severing the jugular vein, and
the boy dropped dead. The mother,
when she realized what had happened,
became unconscious from the shock,
and grave fears are entertained that
she will not recover.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
EVIDENCE AGAINST SHAW.
The Commonwealth Presents "a
strong Chain OF circumstances.

Camden. N. j.. April 26.-The states
strongest evidence against Eli Shaw,
on trial for the murder of his mother
and grandmother, was presented to-
day. Officers Foster and Petit testi-
fled to the finding Of the revolver al
legged to have been used by Shaw in
committing the crime. This was found
at the bottom of the chimney of the
Shaw house. The only hole through
which the weapon could have been
placed in the chimney was in Shaw's
room. Mrs. Sarah Dunn, who lives
next door to the Shaw house testified
to hearing two pistol shots.
b. p. Cobb stated that Shaw told
him he heard only one shot and that
was when his mother was shot. At
this time his grandmother was in bed.
Mrs. Annie Knight testified that the
bed in the grandmother's room had not
been occupied. The statement made
by Shaw when he was arrested to the
effect that his grandmother was in
bed was offered.
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what. He put up a strong bluff to
Woodford about using IT, and the lat
ter finally said:
IF you won't show that paper in
court I'll plead guilty to burglary and
take my medicine"
SURE OF THE CASE.
He did so and was sent to Columbus
for four years. A short time after
wards officer Carew showed the paper
to Prosecuting Attorney Bird, of Ad-
rian, Mich. The similarity in detail of
the story and the incidents surround
Ing the mysterious Dadd murder at
once flashed into Birds mind. The Off
GERS then began to work together look
ing for further clues. They at last, a
few days ago, succeeded in finding a
man who will swear that he was APP
preached by Woodford on the evening
before the murder and asked to join
him in the robbery of that and another
house.
This was at first thought sufficient.
But the officers, on second thought,
knew that If he should be got out of
the penitentiary to be tried for murder
and should not be convicted, he could
not again be tried on the old burglary
charge. They worked away diligently
and have now secured positive evil
dence that Woodford committed an
other burglary and If he was to be
cleared on the charge of murder, he
could be convicted on similar charge
to that which sent him over the road
before. The attention of the governor
was called to the case, and a commu-
tation of sentence was obtained, so he
might be taken to Adrian for trial on
the charge of numbering Lafayette
Ladd on April II, 1896. He is now in
the county Jail in that city. The testi-
mony upon which conviction is antici-
pated will come from this city, Detroit,
Adrian and columbus.
Prosecutor Bird, referring to the
man, says: His name is John Hig-
gins. He has served a term at Ionia
for larceny and another of ten years
at Jackson for burglary. He is the
man who was arrested by the prison
authorities at Jackson after his term
had expired on the charge of assisting
the celebrated forger Stonewall De
France in his unsuccessful attempt to
escape. He is 80 years old and former
ly lived in Jackson. where his mother
and sister live, the latter being
teacher i'm the schools He is a grad
uate of Ann Arbor, refined in manner
and address and an exceedingly dan
gerous crook. He is by nature a Grim
inal He has several brothers who are
model members of society. He is
faultless dresser and popular with the
women"
The case will he bitterly contested,
and the story he had written will cut
a large figure, the prosecution counting
strongly thereon to make their case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
TARGET FOR SPAIN.
Schooner Burke Was Chased and
Shot At, But Escaped.

Savannah, Ga, April 26.-Captain
Mark Townsend, of the schooner
Chaunccy Z. Burke, which arrived at
quarantine last night, says that his
schooner was fired at repeatedly by a
Spanish vessel Friday last while off
the Florida coast. He was returning
here from Key West, where he had
been with a load of coal. The Span
lard was sighted at about 10 o'clock,
when she came up and began firing.
The Burke was hauled closer to
shore and for an hour the chase was
kept up. the Spaniard firing all the
while as rapidly as they could with one
muzzle-lOading gun. None of their
shots hit the Burke or came near her
The Americans taunted the Spaniards
by repeatedly dipping their ensign
when they saw how poor marksmen
they were
Seeing the smoke of steamer COM
ing south the Spaniard, after vainly
trying to close in with the Burke
turned about and went seaward under
full speed, followed by the cheers Of
the Americans. No name could be
seen on the Spanish vessel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
DAY IN CONGRESS.
senate Agrees to Conference Report
on the Army Reorganization Bill.
War Revenue Bill Reported.

Washington, April 25.-During the
two hours session of the senate today
the conference report on the army re-
organization bill was agreed to and
the measure engrossed and signed
The remainder of the session was de-
voted to the passage OF seventy four
private pension bills and numerous
measures from the general calendar.
The war revenue blll was reported to
the house today, and by an arrange
ment made. the debate will begin to-
morrow and continue at night sessions
until Friday. At 4 o'clock on that day
the vote will be taken.
The contested election case of Wise
VS.. Young from the Second Virginia
district was decided today in favor Of
the contestant, DR.. Wise. who is a Re
publican, by a party vote.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
ELK CCUNTY'S FIRST HANGING.
Fred Rockwell and Patsy Banya Per-
ish on the GaIIows.

Ridgway, Pa, April 26.--Fred. Rock
well and Patsy Banya were hanged in
the Elk county Jail at 10.4O o'clock to-
day, being the first persons hanged in
the history of the country.
The men both died from strangula-
tiOn.
Both Of the murderers confessed to
their spiritual advisers.
The crime for which Rockwell was
hanged was the murder on Dec. Il, 1896,
Of Lewis Haines. whom he wanted to
get rid Of in order that he might marry
the widow.
Banya murdered fellow-country-
man named Paretto Agusta at Dagus
mines, on July rs, 1897.
Both murders were committed with
out apparent provocation, and the trial
of Banya was one of the shortest on
record, only four hours elapsing from
the time the murderer was brought in
10 the court house until the jury de-
claTed that he was guilty OF murder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
SPAIN'S TROUBLE
in PHILIPPINES
Rebels Continue 10 Raid Towns In the
Island OF LuzOn.
BRITISH WILL PROTECT AMERICANS
Gun, Have Been Taken from spanish
ships to lie Used in tho Defense
of ManiIa-. The spanish Military
Force. Number 5000 Mon Bu, AM
munition 10 Scarce.

London, April 27.--The Times cores
pondent at Hong Kong, telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
"The Esmeralda brought six hundred
refugees, mostly Chinese, from Ma
nila. on Saturday (the 23d) the Amer
lean vessels in Philippine ports put to
sea, with one exception. The British
consul is protecting American inter
ests at Manila, and the Americans will
take refuge on, British vessels.
"The guns have been taken from the
Spanish ships TO assist in the defense
of Manila, where the fortifications are
useless, the guns obsolete, the torpedo
mines Of doubtful value and ammuni-
tion of all kinds scarce. The Spaniards
have an effective military force of 5000
men.
Despite official contradictions the
rebels continue raiding the towns in
the island of Luzon, and the appear
ance of the American squadron will
be the signal for a descent on Manila.
1t is expected that the Spaniards will
make but a feeble resistance"
London, April 27.-It is believed here
that the United states will gain little
by operations at the Philippines. Even
if the fleet secures Manila, the effect
would be only to lock up the squad
ron which could be more usefully en-
ployed elsewhere
Berlin, April 26.--The idea that
America may blockade the Philip
pines has caused great uneasiness at
Hamburg. where it is remarked that a
blockade would damage English and
German interests far more than Span
fish.
or the thirty-three great trading
houses at Manila, only five are Span
ish. fourteen being German and twelve
English. From February 16 to March
il, last, Of the seventy vessels that en-
tered Manila harbor only four We're
Spanish. The firms interested intend
TO appeal to the German government.