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The National tribune., 1898-07-14
A STORY OF GRANT.
Abused by Private Who Did Not Realize
What the General Was About

Abused by Private Who Did Not Realize
What the General Was About.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In letter
from Comrade Emmett F. Hill, of McAllis-
tiers battery, he cOrrects me iii my letter to
you, IN which l said that we surrounded
Nlcksburg June 10, etc. He is right. 1t
was May 10. But what l bring my rail TO
| the campfire for is for q higher purpose than
merely to make correction. / wish to place
on record an incident in the army life of Gen.
Grant that l think has never been published,
and that illustrates in 4 remarkable degree
the motives and belief that guided him ut all
times-the motive to do everything that he
did to the best of his ability, and the belief
that divine power protected him while
doing it.
Comrade Hill in his letter to me speaks oil
their placing a part of their battery at q
ctr.ain angle between the White House and
Fort Hill. 1t was at this place during the
| siege that two comrades and were stationed
as sharpshooters, firing at anything that
showed itself above the breastworks.
We had headlogs along this line to shoot
through, while our artillery kept their earth
works clear of such things, and they had to
resort to other contrivances, the most i'm
portant Of which was a piece of artillery
on circular track over in front OF Ransom's
Brigade. This annoyed our officers very
much, even up to Gen. Grant himself; and
this day that [ speak of the General came
along to inspect the matter himself When
he got to this point he got up and looked
through the headlogs, and, not beirg salts
fed with the view, got up higher and looked
over the top of the log as long as he wished.
While there, one of my comrades could
not stand the suspense any longer, and called
out to him to % Get down from there you old
fool you; you will get your head blown off y
After the General had found out what he
could, he got down and turning to this man
he said, Il guess not" and walked away
The third man asked the speaker if he know
he was talking to Gen. Grant, but he said ii
made no difference; he would tell any fool
| the same thing.
The result of Gen. Grants visit was that q
part OF McAllister's battery was placed there,
and they did their best to silence the gun,
| but in vain; it remained n torment all through
the siege, and after the surrender we went
to see how its projections were constructed.
| 1 do not remember now who those two
comrades were, but if they are still living
would like to correspond with them
| Is it not q shame and disgrace to any
Government that the bOy5 who passed
| through such scenes to save our country
whole Nation should have to beg for thu
pittance that they get?-FRANK S. WELLS
| Co. III, 4oth Ill, Bruning Neb.
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CHAPTER XIX.

AFTER THE BATTLE-DREAO DISEASE
ATTACKS THE AgMY-THE CAIRO
DESIGNATING ABOUT FIRE
ARMS.
Measnreless WEAKNESS and prostitution al
ways follow battle, and especially the first
one inswhich men are engaged. As III these
combais one lives years In an hour, and in
the same space Of time performs the labor ol
days. extreme -iassitude and depression that
ensue are equal TO the mental and physical
sxaltatjon Of the moments Of conflict.
For days that ran into weeks after the bat
tie of Belmont, the boys moved about, acted
and thought rs if slowly recovering FROM
come great strain Of body and mind, which
was indeed the case Drill, guard mount
ing, reviews and dress parade were gone
through with in a languid, periunctory man
ner, that contrasted strongly with the sharp
ness and exactitude Of previous days The
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The collection OF shells given in the
above illustration has many points OF
interest about it. The monster prOjec-
tile in the right background is Il 13-inch
shell, which weighs 1 100 pounds and may
be shot from a gun whose length is 40 feet
and whose weight is go tons. 1t takes a
firing charge of $50 pounds OF brown pris-
matte powder or about half as much
smo1eless powder. All the shells con-
tain exploding charges OF wet gun cotton.
The Indiana has four of the guns that
take such shells, and the Massachusetts
and the Oregon each also four.
The next smaller shell shown is -
inch, whose weight is $50 pounds and
may be shot from a gun weighing ID tons
and 81 feet in length. 1t takes. 425 pounds
of brown powder to fire it. The Iowa has
four Pinch guns, the Texas two, Puritan
four and Monterey two.
The 1O-inch shell weighs 500 pounds, and
is fired by 240 pounds of brown powder.
The gun which fires it must be 81 feet long
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| weaker did not recover at all from the strain,
but yielded to some disease to which they
We're constitutionally disposed, and finally
the measles came on and thinned out the
ranks woefully.
At the first announcement Of measles in
the camp everyone remembering the I'M
alarming disease of their infancy-smiled
gaily and TESTED. But the smile and jest
disappeared as one after another went to the
hospital with n slight fever and reddening,
watery eyes, and in few days were carried
out and laid TO rest in the rapidly-populating
cemetery.
The Orderly-SerGeants calling the roll with
the unthinking glibness OF long habit. would
fail to remember that Some of those whose
names still fingered, in the old alphabetical
order in their memories, were sleeping that
sleep which knows no waking-that mortal
reveille could never disturb. and >oald call
them rs If still among the living, when Il
painful shudder would run through the
ranks.
So the days wore on. The succession OF the
seasons did not render life in Cairo any more
agreeable. If July and August brought
more torments than charms TO the existence
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and weigh % tons. and of such 10-inch
guns the Amphitrte and Miantonomoh
| Terror and Monadncck have each four
and the Monterey two.
Such vessels as the Indiana, Massa-
chusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Brooklyn, and, in
! fact, nearly all the best ships, carry s.
inch guns, the shells corresponding to
which, like the one shown in the left
background, weigh $50 pounds and take a
brown powder charge OF rs pounds
The 6-i4lch is carried by Il great many OF
our vessels, and the shells they project
weigh 100 pounds, and take charge OF
hall as much weight. The gun is II feet
long and weighs six tons. The 5-inch
shell weighs 80 pounds and takes 10
pound charge, and is the largest used on
many gunboats, and may be fred from
gun II feet long and weighing three
and one-third tons. The A-inch shell
is fired from gun IA feet long and weigh.
ing one and one-half tons; the shell
weighs 33 pounds and takes charge OF
ii pounds.
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Walter Armitage, a youth. Is employed
as a compassion on Chicago newspaper
The country being on the eve OF the cIvl
war. news of the bombardment OF Fort
Sumter creates much excitement. fight
between David Bronson. n UnlonISt, and
Dick Morgan SeceSsionIst, both COM
positoTs. results in victory for the 1orme'.
Walter. whose ideas of the situation are
vet uniformed. has a discussion with Bron-
son, who sets forth legally the conditions
that confront the Government.
While the two arc watching the news
bulletins down town, they hear Seces-
sionists. denizens of Chicago'S Sums, AR
their opinions of loyal citizens ana eX-
press desires that some OF them VIII a.
ford an opportunity for an encounter: An
Sergeant OF Regulars, Patrick q Neii
confronts them, and his wariikc attitude
ard desire for a fight effectuaily qulets
the boosters. .
The tcleerams announce the result OF
the attack on Fort Sumter. waiter, DroH-
son. O'Neil, and Il German, Kari brent
man, enlist, stirred to p7ompjleSS ~ d
monster mass-meetinG, at when keV.
Aaron Narbrett. Methodist preacher,
was the principal speaker Some OF the
before-nentioned SeceSSionIstS. among
them one "Peory," a tough, also enlist,
The regiment is ordered to caro-, Ill,
and with others takes possession: me
regiment has its first fight and suffers It's
first losses. ''Peory' ard his companions
fail to turn up for their share OF me
fighting. A signal victory for Co a by sur
prisinr a Confederate cavalry detachment
partly consoles the men for the losses oil a
few nights befoTe.
Stock. the most phlecmatic and appar-
emily stupid man of the regiment, breaks
the chuck -a-luck hank of Peory ana
his crowd. and severely beats one
after another Of them when they assault
him in consequence. The regiment with
others participates in the battle OF
Belmont. Tie army, victorious, becomes
somewhat disordered, and the rebels rene"
the fighting.
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EDITORIAL NOTE.-The Immediately sue
ceeding installments will include a realistic
description of the movement against Fort
Henry, in which the File of Infantrymen
participated and had personal adventures
OF an intensely interesting nature.
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The Dewey style.
D,aS

The officers of the May should adopt the
Dewey style of constructing official reports.
The public will supply the trimmings
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4 FILE OF IuFHNTRYMEp.
For Three Years. During the War'At Home in Shelter
Tent and Abroad with Three Days Ratons
and Forty Rounds of Ammunition
BY JOHN McELROY.

Copyright, publishers of
The Globe-republican., 1898-09-22
DEATH or cApTAIN @cApRoN.

- ------.. 49,
HIs 81. KfIed It santlAse and He Coz
f. = tf.cted Disease There.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Captain AL
lyn Capron. First artillery, died at his
home near Fort Myer, Va, yesterday.
Captain Capron was one of the best
known officers in the regular army.
He had devoted himself particularly
to the artillery branch Of the service,
having. been an honor graduate of the
artillery school in 1879, and was re
garded as an authority on artillery
tactics. When General Skaters cor ps
went to Santiago Captain, Capron ac-
companied it. and his battery did
notably fine work in the battle of San
tiago.
During the first days fight before
the city Captain Capron's son, Captain
Allyn X. Capron of the rough riders,
was killed. The death of his son
preyed upon the fathers mind, but he
never swerved for an instant from his
duty during the terrible days that fol-
lowed. The seeds of disease were
sown in his system during the Cuban
campaign, and he returned to his
home at Fort Meyer, near this city,
only to be stricken down with typhoid
fever
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NOT UNH[ ABOUT MARCH,.
II Will Take That Long for the
Spanish to Evacuate Cuba
100000 TROOPS TO BE MOVED i D
Delay VIM Be AdvantaseouS To fsoeh
Goa atrfes-It 10 Proposed That Troops
Shall Take Arms, Anmunitioo.= Mate
rial and Equipment With Them.

HAVANA, Sept. +19.-The official
| statement of the number of Spanish
soldiers in the island is said to place
the aggregate at 1GO 600, and it is un-
derstood that it is proposed that. the
men shall carry with them their arms,
ammunition, material and equipments.
1t is estimated that the end of Febru-
airy will have come before the evacua-
ton OF, the island is completed, as the
soldiers must embark in. Spanish YES
sells. 1t is suggested that this will be
an advantage to both countries, the
United States having an; opportunity
to acclimstize its men during the
winter months, as it is proposed that
the American government shall land
troops to occupy each post stimuli
taneously with its evacuation, not
leaving any post unguayded at any
time.
At the Tacon theater Saturday night
there was produced play based upon
the Dreyfus trial, in which Dreyfus
was portrayed throughout as an inno-
cent victim of conspiracy in the French
army. From the start the sympathy
of the audience for Dreyfus was plainly
manifested. Four, Frenchmen, one of
whom is supposed to have been an off,
Ger of the French gunboat Fulton, now
lying in the harbor, occupied box in
the FIRST tier. All of them carried
boatswains' whistles, and at the first
insinuation against the honesty of the
trial they began to blow the whistles
and to hiss the players. A scene of
indescri ba BILE tumult followed, the en-
tire audience rising in defense of
Dreyfus, - 1888 :--'s. q s.as'.f
The Frenchmen were forcibly eject
ed and the performance was continued
without further interruption. One of
the Frenchmen, he who was thought
to be an officer of the Fulton, refused
to give his name at the station house,
to which the party was taken after be-
ing ejetted from the theater, and was
locked up over night.
OGeneral Blanco has prohibited the
future production of the play in Ha-
vana.
"A difference of opinion between Gu
bans and Spanish officers in promi-
nent cafe here resulted in an exchange
of abusive language and free fight.
The disturbance was promptly quelled
by the police and the ringleaders were
arrested. The disorder is said to have
been provoked by the Cubans.
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MISSOURI TRAGEDY,
German Farmer Cuts Robbers Throat
and Is Shot Dead by Another. b..

German Farmer Cuts q Robbers Throat
and Is Shot Dead by Another. b..
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. Sept. l9.-Two
masked robbers went to the home of
Charles Duffner, wealthy farmer liv-
ing in Dallas county, twenty miles
north of Springfield. at 6 o'clock last
evening and dem! nded his money. The
farmer, and his wife and grown son
were in the yard when the robbers
came up to the house
Mrs. Duffner tore off the mask of one
of the men. and the robber drew a
pistol and fired at the woman, the bull
let grazing the side OF her head. Duff
ner then seized the robber and began
to cut him with pocket knife: One
slash cut the robbers throat.
Otto Duffner. the farmers son, had
hold of the other robber, and was
keeping him from shooting. After
killing one. man. the father ran to the
sons assistance, when third robber
rushed up from the road, where he had
been concealed, and shot the elder
Duffner in the back.
The two surviving robbers then fed,
leaving the dead comrade behind in
the yard. The dead robber has not
been identified.
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A BIG RAILROAD DEAL,
jim HIN. Armour and Others Control
- :.e5-...i -. the r. q o. go, -:

jim Nm. Armour and Others Contro,
49, ;.s5-:..i ts.i the r. q O. So. -
CHIcAa0.i Sept, 19.-Philip D. Ar
mour, Marshall Field and Norman B.
Ream have secured control of the Bal
timore 4 Ohio. railroad. They have
made James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railway, the dominat-
ing factor In the reorganization of the
stem, and have gained for Chicago
and the Northwest what is practically
a trunk line from ocean to ocean con-
trolled by Chicago capital
Mr.. Resm engineered the deal by
which his wealth, that of Mr.. Hill and
Messrs. Armour and Field gained a
controlling interes: in the Baltimore
& Ohio. which hereafteris to be Chi
cago enterprise, fed and sustained in
transcontinental affairs by the i'm
mense mileage of the Great Northern
railway. If any road completes the
gap between the terminus of the Great
Northern railway in St. Paul and the
terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio in
Chicago it will be the Chicago Great
Western railway, but that is a matter
for the future.
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physicians of Mrs. Davis report that
she is holding up with great calmness
in her affection, and no fears are at
present entertained. of her health
yielding to the strain.
Miss Winnie Davis the Daughter
of the Confederacy," was born in the
Confederate executive mansion at
Richmond. Va, in 1863. She was edu-
Gated principally at home, owing to
the troubles surrounding her father.
and the publicity which attended. all
movements of the Davis family. Mss
Davis attained her majority at Beau
voir, Miss. Here she assisted her.
mother in various ways and took her
place in the many social functions of
the place.
She was her fathers constant COM
panion She assisted him in all his
work, and much of the information
which was required by Mr.. Davis in
his writings was secured for him by
his daughter. Her strong character
was marked from youth. She was en-
gagged to Mr.. Wilkerson of Syracuse,
N. ", but shortly after her fathers
death the engagement was broken off.
While no public explanation of the
rupture was given, it is well known
that it was for the purpose of main
tanning her fathers name.
She received the name Daughter of
the Confederacy" in 1856, when her
father made his famous trip through
the South. Mr.. Davis being unable to
appear. Miss Winnie was brought be-
fore the thousands at the different
points along the route and introduced
as the daughter of the Confederacy.
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PEACE COM MISSION SAILS.
Members With Relatives and Clerks
Left on the Campania. $500.


New YORK, Sept. 19.-The United
States commissioners to conclude the
terms of peace with Spain sailed Satur-
day on board the Cunard line steamer
Campania, on the way to Paris. The
commission consists of former Secre.
tary of State William r. Day. United
States Senators William p. Frye,
Cushman K. Davis, George Gray and
Whitelaw Reid. Each commissioner
is accompanied upon the trip by his
wife or other mem bers of his family.
In the party also are j. Il. Moore, sec
rotary and counsel to the commission;
John r. Macarthur, assistant secretary,
and wife; Frank Branigan, disbursing
clerk, and Mrs Branigan; Miss Atkin-
son and Miss McNaughton, stem
ographers, and Edward Savoy and
Henry Freeman, confidential messen-
gers.
Prior to going on board the steamer
Judge Day said to a reporter: Eve
had a conference with the cabinet be-
fore leaving Washington; at least all
of us except Senator Gray. All under
stand the wishes of the cabinet with
reference to the terms of the treaty,
and believe that there will be prac-
tically no change after our conference
with the Spanish commissioners.
"Do you expect much opposition to
the terms from the Spanish commits
sioners?"
Il think that Americas terms will
be regarded as reasonable, and there
fore believe the work of the commits
sioners will not be impeded by useless
discussion,
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GIRL CAME BACK.

Found Her Grave Dug and . Comm Ready
for Her-Mystery Deeper Than Ever.
MIDpLEBoRo, Mass, Sept. 19.-The
supposed victim of the Bridgeport,
Conn, murder, Miss Marian Grace
Perkins, arrived at her home Saturday
afternoon in the best of health, to the
great joy of the family and the un-
bounded establishment of the entire
community.
Her father was not in town, for at
the time of his daughters arrival he
was on his way back from Bridgeport
with the gruesome remains which he
had identified as those of Grace, and
for which the funeral arrangements,
including the digging of the grave,
had already been completed.
Miss Perkins came from Providence,
R. l., and was accompanied by her
lover, Charles Bourne, and at first it
was stated that the couple had been
married. This was afterwards denied
by young Bourne's uncle.
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-FOUR PEACE INSTRUCTIONS.
State Department Gives Out
Statement Concerning Them.
SPAIN MUST TOE THE MARK.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE state
department last night gave out the
following statement, concerning the
| discussion between the members of
the cabinet and the peace commission
yesterday: s-:a -sv to-i;.l3E Z
''Whiie for obvious reasons it was
determined that the nature of the in
structiOns as to the negotiations about
to be entered upon should for the
present be kept secret and made known
only after definite results shall have
been reached, it is possible to state
authoritatively that the commits
| sion goes to Paris fully prepared to
follow course of action mapped out for
it as the result of the consultation of
the last two days.
AT the very outset it win be made
clear to the Spanish commissioners
that, as in the case of the preliminary
protocol, there can be no deviation
from or modification Of the demands
made by the United Ssates. p. ~
''The decision arrived at by the Pres
ident after full consultation with
the. members of the commission sub
sequently: received the cordial and
unanimous approval of the cabinet, at.
a meeting held this afternoon.
: There is scarcely any doubt that the
island of Luzon will remain under the
stars and stripes. The United States:
will consent to no cession of the other
islands to Spain except upon guaran-
tees fully recognizing the paramount
interest of this country in the Philip
pine group. The commissioners will
be Instructed that under the laws of
nations America can demand from
Spain a money indemnity amounting
to hundreds of millions. and that will
be made a basis OF computation, elm
mating Cuba, but including Porto Rico
and the Oriental islands. The indcm-
nifty to be assessed will be both actual
and punitive, and, as Spain is bank
rupt, it will have to be paid in terri
tory.
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TYPHOID EPIDEMIC AT DAWSON
Returning Miners Bring News OF Serious
: Conditions in the Gold Fields:

Returning Miners Bring News Of Serious
I: Conditions in the Gold Fields:
E SEATTLE, Wash. Sept 10. Two
hundred miners who left Dawson Sep
TENDER / have arrived, with S11n 600
in gold dust. They report typhoid
epidemic prevailing because of the :un-
sanitary condition Of last winter Hun
dreds are i'll. deaths averaging ten or
twelve daily There were seventeen
funerals in one day. The body: of
Captain Edward Darlington, was
brought here. -:
The latest gold discovery was made
in a creek just below Dominion: by
Flank. SlaVin's. party.sTFor several
years the creek was unsuccessfully
prospected from end to, end. Slavin
tapped the benches. finding gold pten-
tiful. iii
Consul McCook has advised the
Americans at Dawson that he has no
funds with. which to furnish them
transportation out of the country.
Many were expecting to get out: by
this means. They are advised to GO to
st. Michaei's in small boats and report
to Colonel Anderson. commanding the
United States troops there.-'-Consul
McCook has arranged for their passage
to Seattle. on the gun boat Wheeling
and the revenue cutters of the sound
fleet. He advises an-wno have no
prospects for the winter TO leave at
once before tho ,.iyar ShutS off tho
outlet via St. Miehaei's.3 :; :: J =. :; .;
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COM MISSIONS WORK ENDED.

Preparations for the Evacuation of Porto
Rico Are Practically Complete.
SAN JUAN, Sept. 19.-The work of
the military commission is practically
over, all arrangements for the evacua-
ton by the Spanish troops and the re-
ceipt of government property having
been determined upon. Admiral Schley
says that if there were transports here
for the cmbarkation of the troops the
commission could leave for nome with
in q week.
The attitude of the American COM
mission has offended some Porto
Ricans, who think the Americans have
not demanded enough. They have in
sisted they should claim the sum of
100000 alleged to be in the bank here
belonging to the government.
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SULTAN HAS YIELDED.

Orders DjCvad Pasha, Commander In
- =.
Crete. to Comply with Ultimatum.
GAMBIA, Island of Crete. Sept. 10
The sultan has ordered D;evad Pasha,
the military commander in Crete, to
accede to the demand of the British
admiral. Gerard Henry Noel. for dis
armament, thus complying with the
whole uitimatum of the admiral A
British military detachment to-day
occupied the entrance to the fort and
it is rumored that the Ottoman troops
will be withdrawn and British force
will occupy the town.
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Spain Wants PHILIPPINES.

LONDON, Sept. 19.-The Daily Nails
Madrid correspondent says long con-
ference was held between Senior Sa-
gasta, the premier, and Senior Montero
Rios, the president of the Spanish
peace commission, to-day, which re-
suited in the decision that the peace
commission shall strenuously defend
the retention At the Philippine islands
by Spain.
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WINNIE DAVIS IS DEAD:
The daughter Of the Confed-
eracy" Passes Away. -
CRITICALLY i'll FOR WEEKS.
Suffered From AfaIarial Gastritis-Her
Mother Watched Unremlttinxly ut Her
side-Born In the Executive Mansion
ut Richmond, Va.

NARRAaANsETr PIER. r. l., Sept. 10.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
jefferson Davis, died at noon yester-
day at the Rockingham hotel, to which
place she came as a guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks, and a
fortnight ago her ailment was dag
nosed as malarial gastritis. -
Mrs. Davis has watched unremitt-
ingiy at her daughters bedside, and
she is now bowed with sorrow. The