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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-12
Ii. G.. OTIS TRIBUTE TO HIS MEN
Reports His Casualties Since Beginnin.
of Hostilitics at 2S5 Men.

Washington. May 11.-Adjutant Gen
eral Corbn made rihlic touav The re-
port of General Harrison Gray Otis.
commanding the First brigade, Second
division, Eighth army corps, giving ihe
details of operations in the Philippines
from the first to the thirty first Of March.
The brigade participated in the move
mellt against Malolos, which occupied
several days of fighting. In concluding
the report. General Otis says.
Thus after an arduous and brilliant
campaign by the Second division sup
ported by other troops, lasting se'en
days and involving frequent coiniats,
numerous casualties among our iroops
and heavy. losses by the cneny. Mairios,
the recent capital of the 50 GATED ri.i-
pino Revolutionary Government fell he
fore the American
1T is my grateful privilege to again
highly commend the conduct of the Off
GERS and men of my command through
ont the campaign. They have shown in
an eminent degree the qualities of
good soldiers s;-obedience discipline, en-
durance, courage. steadiness, PATRIOTISM
and the most magnificent ardor i'll battle
The regmental commanders, Colonel
Harry c. Kessler. First Montana nfan
try: Colonel Frederick Funston, Twen-
tieth Kansas infantry, and Ma jor w. A.
Kobbe commanding the two battalions
of the Third United States artillery
(serving as infantry have again proved
in actual field service their capacity and
fitness for their responsible posts, ana
their skill and galawry under fire.
again recommend them. and each Of
them, for such special mark of diStinc-
ton as the commanding general and
the War Department may be pleased to
confer upon them. on their merits.
1T is my grevious task to have to re-
port that the casualties of the brigade
during the seven days operations parti-
cuurly described in this report aggre-
gate 1876 killed ami wounded. thus swell
ing the brigades total casualties in bat
tie since the outbreak of the rebellion
to 80, or considerably more than 10
per cent of the average effective strength
of the command actually engaged in the
campaign from first to last.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
THIRTY -SIN SEPARATE, DIS
TINCT CONCERNS ABSORBED.
NEGOTIATIONS PENDING With OTHERS
The Trust Launches Out With an Increase n
Wages 1t Claim S there Will be no
Advance in the Price Of
Goods.

New York. May 1.-THE organization
of the Republic Iron and Steel Company
was perfected today when final details
were conn !eted and directors and Off
GERS elected The board of directors Is
composed of August Belmont, Myron {.
Wick. President of the Union Iron ana
Steel Company, of Youngstown, Ohio
Grant b. Schley, of the banking firm
of Moore and Schlcy, of this caty; Ran
dolph :. Warner, formerly of the King
Gilbert Company, Of Columbus, ONO;
George f. Sheldon. banker of thl5
city. who was active in underwriting
the stock of the company; j. q. Cald-
well. of the Birmingham. Alabama Roll
Ilng Mills: &. Watson French, of the Syl-
van Steel Company, Moline, ILL.,: Alexis
w. Thompson, of the Atlantic iron ana
Steel Company. Newcastle Pa: John
+. Taylor. of the Brown Bonnel Com
lmny Youngstown, Ohio: L. "A. Mcy-
senburg. of the Tudor Iron Works, st.
Louis: l.. T.. Cochran. of the Andrews
Brothers Company, Youngstown, OHIO:
James &. Corns, of the CornS Iron ami
Steel Company, Massillon, Ohio; III. W.
Hassinger, of the Alabama Rolling Mill
Company, Birmingham, Ala: i. L
Kimberly, of Newcastle Pa: George NJ.
Bard, of the Indiana Iron Company,
Muncie, Ind; Samuel Thomas. of bhc
Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Com
rany, Birmingham. Ala; :. J. Llewllyn
of the Inland Iron and Forge Company.
Chicago, and Harry Rubens, of the law
firm of Rubels, Dupuy and Fischer,
of Chicago.
Altogether about So separate and dis
tinct concerns have been absorbed and
negotiations are pending with several
others in the West and Southwest. The
directors met today and elected the fol
lowing officers:
President-Randolph $. Warner.
| First Vice l'resident-George ID.
Wicke.
Second Vice-President-Sa Samuel Thom-
as.
Third Vice President James c. Corns.
Fourth -PreSident-George NJ.
Bard
Secretary-Silas j. Lleweliyn.
! Treasurer-.John f. Taylor
| General Counsel-Harry Rubcns.
| Executive Committee-Myron G.
Wicke Alexis w. Thompson. j. Taylor,
T. A. MeySenburg. &. Watson French.
George ID. Wicke. Harry Rubens, :. J.
Llewellyn and Ransolph s. Warner.
| On recommendation of the Executive
Committee it was decided to grant an
advance in ages Of zoe per ton for pud-
ding and Il corresponding advance for
! finished material. 1t was said that there
will be no advance in the price of goods.
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Ethrusiasm. Advancing to the front of
the platform General GORDON held up
his hand and absolute silence fell
upon the vast audience as he said:
Comrades, | have here a real treat
for YOU. If | should tell this cOnven-
ton there is here the hero of San
tiago-." General Gordon could
get no further. A wild burst of APP
pause thundered forth, Rebel yells
split the air, and hats, canes and
handkerchiefs were waved as the
great audience rose to its feet. Final
Iy securing quiet General Gordon
spoke of General Wheeler as "the
man who at Santiago held to the
front place the army and flag OF
America" Again the applause thun-
dered out, and rising the assemblage
continued cheering until the scene
was one of the widest that has ever
marked a reunion. Proceeding Gen
eral uordon described Wheeler as one
of the 'wiliest wizards of the Confed-
eracy." and then repeated the apoch-
ryphal story of the famous little cav
alryman when at Santiago he eNclaim-
ed as the Spanish lines broke, For
ward, boys, the Yankees are running,
and again the applause broke out.
The audience rose as General Wheel
er steppedy forward, apparently much
affected. He spoke deliberately, calm
ly and clearly. the audience giving
him close attention. lbs reference to
the general sorrow caused by the
death of Winnie Davie affected many
to tears. He closed amid much ap-
plause. and the orchestra played
''America.''
General Gordon then advanced to
the front of the stage, followed by
General Wade Hampton. escorted by
Colonel Holmes and Ma iOr Barker,
Continued on Second Pageg)
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DEWEY COMES EARLY IN JULY.

Washington, May 11.-Secretary Long
to-day said that the Navy Department
would not seek to influence Admiral
Dewey in any way in the selection of
the route by which he will return to the
United States. BY in old custom of the
Department. an Admiral is allowed to
return to the United States at the end
of his tour of service on foreign sta
ton i'll his own flagship. and in the
present case Admiral Dewey may choose
his own course; coming either by way of
SueZ or directly across the Pacific. The
Department now expects that he will
reach this country early in July, though
it is stated that he will not leave
Manila until he has completed his func-
ton as one of the Philippine Commits
sion, at least to the extent of terminal
ing hostilitics.
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Kills Wife. Uncle. Grandmother, Baby
and Father-in-Iaw.

Howard City. Mich, May 11.-Jos-
eph Harvey last night killed his wife
his uncle, Robert Pierson. and lis
grandmother. He also fatally wound
ed his three-months-old baby and his
father-in-law, John Loganslayer, and
finally shot himself, infiicting a
wound which is expected to prove ia
tai.
Harvey is only 90 years Of age. The
cause of his terrible acts has not
been determined.
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SOUTHERN = SIOCKHOLDER
Approve Execution of Leases of Three
Lines.

Richmond. Va. May 11.-A general
meeting of the stockholders of the South
ern Railway Company was held at the
general offices of the company in Rich
mond AT II O'Clock today. The stocI
holders approved the execution of leases
by the Southern Railway Company Of
the property and franchises of the fol-
lowing companies:
Mobile and Birmingham Railroad Com
pany.
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
Company and Richmond and Mecken-
burg Railroad Company.
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UNITED STATES MARSHAL SHOT

Montgomery. Ala. May 11.-At Ed
wardsville. this State. d. Y. Burgess,
former deputy United States mar
shal. was shot and instantly killed by
Town Marshal Sarrels today over
money matters. At last report Sar-
rells was in the court house and the
building was surrounded. Both men
were popular and have many friends
and trouble is expected
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TO BRING DREYFUS TO FRANCE.

Paris. May 1.-THE Petit Bleu says
today that ten members of the Repub-
lican Guard and four gendarmes left
st. NaZaire, France. on board the
steamer Lafayette last Tuesday. to
form an escort to bring Dreyfus to
France, and that his return may be
expected by the end of June.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-12
LEADS Ml MMRTM GARA DAllE@ I'M NEWS AND GDRGl TD0M

among the probabilities, the present
stage of experiment does not justify its
positive prediction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01
GAMBLERS DEPART
FROM NARRAGANSETT
One Proprietor of Gambling Place
at the Pier Said to Have
Cleared 100000.

crusade OF the clergy and the cottaseis
and the deal was declared on.
THE ludicrous feature of the i%r
Gambling scandal is this: The district
council with great surprise, so thes
declared. learned that there were ser
eral gambling places open. They ulun ,
know that any were in existence anu
ordered the chief of police TO elose
them. The chief declared that ofhclaliy
ha didn't know there were any JOINTS
~ tha pier and then proposed that ne
sbould notify the owners 10 close up
ia Oct out of the Pier, rather than 10
1,n env risk of costs OF prosecution:
This met with the Views OF the couhcii
"a forthwith the chief proceeded 10
dnd the sporting places.
+, WAS not a difficult task. for they
we're all running wide open ana hhu
hoan doing so for months, and the pro-
nrietors were told 10 quit the faer on
This order was farcical for the sports
had arranged TO leave on the 18th Tor
iack ~ business. This week Wednes-
dav the gambling saloons were closed
and Yesterday all lle apparatus was
noclxed and shipped out OF town, the
owners saving the police the disagree
ahIe task OF seizing and condemning H.
Tbere Is n rumor current thar the
New York gambling promoter VIII IN
wade Block Island next year and that
no will push himself and he's heelers in
10 the Pier also, despite tf.s authorities
and the protests of property owners.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01

The efforts OF the Narragansett Pier
police force 10 get rid OF the New York
gamblers have been crowned with sue
cess There is no contention but that
that coterie OF sports found the Pier
and it's frequenters a soft mark. One of
the dealers admitted that in the first
two weeks a gambling house proprietor
from New York did a losing business
That was to be expected for the Teas, D.
that the bloods who buck the tiger had
not arrived in sufficient numbers TO
give any excuse for high rolling. After
that brief season of losses the promo
ters OF the game got to work. the wheel
revolved, the little ball rolled fast and
II was a common thing for man to
risk 500 on the turn of card or the
dropping of the sphere into one of the
little compartments. The proprietor's
profits. for practically four weeks work
are alleged TO be in excess of 100000.
SO great were his gains that he pro-
posed TO purchase piece of property
adjoining Parks stable. on the Kings
ton road. upon which he intended TO
erect a swell gambling saloon, close
copy in every respect of the gilded halls
of Saratoga. An option was actually
obtained upon this estate and a forfeit
put up; but at this juncture came the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01

The inquest which Coroner Burns be-
sipie, the cause OF the death OF Frank
A. Shaw of Brooklyn, whose body was
round on Scarboro Beach early in Au-
gust. while 1t has not for sufficient rea-
sons been concluded. has progressed
suinciently TO disprove many OF the
tpings which were said Immediately
after the discovery of the tragedy.
Among the other assertions was one
to the effect that there had been a
drunken quarrel which mad resulted in
Shaw's death. According TO the evil
dence OF the medical examiner the au-
topsy revealed that there was not
uave OF liquor In either the stomach
or the intestines.
The question Of suicide had been rails
ed and there had been the contention
tnat s>aw had first tied his hands To
his thighs and then leaped overheard.
The examiner deposed that 1t might
have been possible for Shaw to have SO
tied HIMSELF but not before the wounds
were inflicted. That is TO say, had
there been no wounds, such as were
found, Shaw could have tied his hands
ana legs in the. manner in which they
were FOUND fastened. But those wounds
were necessarily fatal and after their
infiiction Shaw would have been ply
sically incapable of performing any act
whatever. The autopsy disclosed that
Shaw was dead before his body was
placed In the Water; therefore he was
dead when his hands and thighs were
tied. and being dead some other person
must have fastened the ropes. The
wounds not being self-infiicted. the
ropes not having been tied by Shaw.
the lungs NOT having any water in them
which proved that death had ensued
before the body was placed in the wa
ter death had resulted from violence
and therefore there had been murder
committed.
The allegation that Shaw had been in
one of Pier gambling resorts was
not in any wise sustained by the in
quest; on the contrary. there was proof
submitted that Shaw was not a gam
bier and that he had no occasion TO
visit one of the dens.
There was also the contention that
Shaw must have been aboard yacht
and that his body must have been cast
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01
KNIGHTS OF SHERWOOD FOREST.
Proposition 10 With lraw FIon Crdsr Of FOIesters
l,tsasi- The 0ffIcers cd

Worcester, Sept. 1.-The national con-
vention OF the Knights of Sherwood
Forest closed yesterday. A part of the
day was taken up in discussing an
amendment providing that the knights
withdraw from the order OF Foresters
and become an independent body. 1t
was defeated by almost a unanimous
VCte, although al was championed by
Past Supreme Commander A. Brown.
Several minor changes were made IN
the constitution.
The election OF officers resulted as fol-
lows: Supreme commander, Joseph
Mason of Paterson, ~. j.: supreme ad-
jutant general John ii. Heard Of con-
clave AZ Harlem, n. Y; supreme in
spector general. John IL. Finn, conclave
103, Providence, X. L.; first assistant in
spector general, Charles Il. Kenney.
conclave Pride of Massachusetts, ia.
Boston; second assistant inspector gen.
eral. Edward Quinn, conclave 81, Wor-
cester. supreme paymaster general,
Patrick II. Condor, conclave 39. New
port, surgeon general. DIR. Bernard f..
McDermott. conclave, 103, Providence.
r.. l.; supreme assist surgean gen.
eral, DR.. Boucher. conclave 120, Brock
ton; supreme quartermaster general, L.
Nolan. conclave IL, Brockton; supreme
llTsl oliIcef OF lne Budfu, JOHH J. fituly
conclave 119, White Plains; supreme
second officer of the guard. Donate
Russell, eenelaye ~. Newport; supreme
trustees. Joseph Normand, conclave 100
Providence; James Melvin. conclave 39
Newport: William III. Chandler, con-
clave 80. Newport; past supreme adju-
tant general. J. j. McDermott of EN-
plre conclave z. New York; past su-
preme commander, A. j. Humphreys. OF
Empire conclave z. New York
The election was a surprise. as n
was expected that Hugh A. Mcclellan
OF Boston had the lead for supreme
commander. He withdrew, however
before the balloting and the votes
which would have been thrown for him
were given TO John j. Kavanagh of
Taunton.
The new commander Joseph Mason,
who was elected by n vote of % to %.
is past supreme inspector general OF
the Knights OF Sherwood Forest and
was supreme paymaster. He has held
many of the most important positions
In the order and fs a man OF great per-
sonal influence. He was supported by
all the delegates from New York and
New Jersey against the united support
OF the New England delegates.
The place for holding the next con-
vention was left to the executive com
mittee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01

Annual Reunion al Rehoboth Village a
Big Success.
Officers Elected al Business Meeting.
Winners In Prize Contests.

The 10Th annual reunion of the de-
scendants of Capt. and Mrs. Shubael
Goff was held yesterday at Rehoboth.
at the home of Ira winsor Carpenter.
The Goff family is the leading family
in the place, and at one time was about
the only one. or the 10 children born
TO the captain and his wife there are
now living Miss Sally B. Goff, 92 years
old; Miss j. Maria Goff, so years old:
Andrew Jackson Goff,s4 years old; Mrs.
Loyicia Goff. rs years old; Mrs. Harriet
Peck, 6S years old, and Mrs. Almedia
Pierce, SS years old.
Up to a few years ago the members
of the family who came from a distance
Were obliged to come in their own con-
veyances. but the Introduction OF the
electric road made Ii possible for the
family to take advantage or the new
method of travelling, and the number of
carriages and teams at this years re-
union was not as great as in the past.
The grounds presented an inspiring
appearance In the morning when the
members OF the family from all sections
assembled. The young people frolicke
about the lawn and under the shade OF
magnificent trees; the older people
chatted pleasantly.
ing of Peleg +. Francis, Leroy Bowen
and Ira Winsor Carpenter. had made
every arrangement that could tend TO
promote the success of the gathering.
The principal feature of the reunion
was the bake, and there was consider
able interest in its preparation under
the supervision of Pres. Con. AT
O'Clock the bake was served ana loo
guests partook. At o'clock there was
an entertainment, furn shed under the
direction of the committee. Henry N.
Pervear. Nellie Il. Carpenter and Ell
mie G. Goff.
AT the business meeting Of the family
association Pres. Bradford G. Con pre-
s'de1 The report OF the treasurer
showed s209. .36 in the treasury The prize
for the youngest person present was
awarded to Mildred Francis Chase.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fran
els Chase. The election of officers re-
suItes as follows: Bradford G. Goff,
president: Andrew Jackson Gor first
vice president: Simeon a. Wheeler.
second vice pres dent, Oscar A. Carle-
ton. secretary: James VI. Gof. treas
urer: Frederick r. Burlingame. Cyrus
| r.. Goff and Henry n. Pervear, trustees
| FOR one, two and three years respec-
| tivIy.
bradford O.. Coff. Ira Winsor Goff
| and Judge Fred n. Goff were appointed
| a committee to arrange for the outing
/ of next year. The entertainment pro-
| gram will be arranged bv John b
| Goff. Alice G. Cioff and Sadie +. Kent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01
ON A SCIENTIFIC BASIS.


The state commissioners OF shell fish
cries met yesterday afternoon at the
office of Secretary James Collins and
completed arrangements for holding
their annual outing down the bay Sep
tember 20. Each year this affair Is
held, and It's results are usually of a
most interesting nature, and consid-
cradle knowledge of the conditions OF
the oyster, clam and scallop fields are
CLEANED.
IL was decided that the trip this year
shall be conducted wholly on sclen-
tific basis, and none but the members
of the commission and the newspaper
men attend. Ii is proposed to use a
small steamer. and TO go direct to the
various fields in Narragansett bay,
Greenwich and Mount Hope bays. make
tests OF various kinds. and get "A gen.
eral idea OF the fishing conditions as
they prevail az this time
AT midnight last night the law on
scallops was of and the open season
ushered In. ON September Is the open
season for oysters begins. Quite n large
fleet OF fishermen left East Greenwich
hast evening, and got TO work at the
earliest moment on the tOothsome BIZ
valves.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01
PAWTuCKET ENGINE SMASHED.
Head Of The Cy iutsr al No. Pumping Station
Blown Out Damage $1,000.

A bad accident occurred last night
at No. l pumping station of the Paw
tucket water department. and it Will
require $1,000 to repair the damage
With loud bang the cylinder head
was blown from the big Corliss engine,
the accident being due TO the breaking
of the crosshead. The mammoth por-
tlon blown off weighed 5000 pounds. and
it narrowly escaped going through the
side of the wall and into the boiler
room.
The engine room filed with steam,
and somebody sent in an alarm of fire.
In the meantime, Michael Kennedy. the
engineer. finding he could nor shut on
the steam from within the stihlng
room, leaped out of a window and en-
tering the boiler room climbed TO the
top OF the boiler and closed the valve.
His hands were badly burned and the
engine room was considerably damaged
by the huge volume OF escaping steam
Ten days will require to complete the
repairs, and in the meantime the supply
OF water will be kept by pressing th'
No. 9 station into night duty. The en-
gine Is fhe only one Of its kind. which
viii make repairing all the more diff
| cIlt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-01
WORK OF ANTl.SALo0N LEAGUE.


The Anti-saloon league had a drawn
battle yesterday In the court house at
Harrisville. which was we'll filled with
citizens. who gathered to hear the cases
Of the league against the liquor deal
ers OF Burrillville
In the cases against Patrick Smith.
Mayor George NJ. Greene of Woonsock-
OF for the defendant. stated that the
respondenr admitted sufficient evidence
10 convict In the two cases. and Smith
was ordered 10 pay fine OF $40 and
costs and sentenced TO 10 days In the
Providence county jail In each case. He
appealed and was placed I'm $500 bonds.
When the case or the league against
John III. McCabe was called IL was ad-
mittcd that the place was In Burrillville
and licensed I'm his name. Merrill >.
T,ouks OF Central Falls and Frank Bea-
venor. the leagues detectives. gave
their testimony. and after the prosecu-
tIon rested. Mr.. Greene reviewed the
evidence and stated that " had been
shown that liquor was sold TO some
nersons ut the RESPONDENTS place OF
business but Il had not been shown
that ~ was by the defendants consent
or even knowledge. and therefore ne
should be acquitted. 40,
He quoted several cases ana MT NC
cebe wns found not guilty. ana us
charged.