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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20

manufacture of vitri6ed paving brick
on Magnolia avenue between Nintl
and Tenth. In this enterprise h,
formed stock company called the Ken
lucky Vitrifed Pssiag Brick company
Mr.. Bannon is president of the com
pany. He and his son, Mr.. M. J. Ban
non, own the controlling stock. They
have invested 500, 200 in this plant.
While Mr.. Bannon does large bus
mess in the manufacture of sewer pipe
and paving bricks. Only FIVE per cent
Of the output is sold in Louisville. The
other ninety-ive per cent. is sold prin
cipally in the south, though fair pro
portion goes north of the Ohio river
His vitrified brick has been used in paw.
ing several streets in Louisville, but
more has been used in Nashville, Tenn,
Frankfort, Lexington and Lawrenceburg,
KY.
Mr.. Bannon has always taken an act.
i've interest in local politics. He never
votes anything except the straight Dem.
ocratic ticket. He served several terms
as member of the council and was
president of that nbard in 1868. Mr..
Bannon has never forgotten Ireland nor
Irish affairs. He has made two trips to
his native land since.he came to Louis
vile. At various times he has heen a
member of the Sons of Erin, Clan-na
Gael and other Irish societies. He is
always charitable and has always given
handsomely for charitable purposes.
In 1860 Mr. Bannon married Miss
Louisa Smith, a daughter of Mr.. Early
Smith, of Jefferson county. Mrs. Ban.
non died in 1873, leaving family OF
seven children. They were: Mr.. NJ. ].
Bannon, Mr.. Richard Bannon, MIR. Pat.
rick Bannon, Jr., and Mrs. John Jacque-
min, now dead, Mrs. Ed O'Connor, Mrs.
Robert, l.. Burrell and Miss Lille Ban.
non. " QL-A
Several years after the death of his
first wife Mr.. Bannon married Mrs. Susail
Brackhsimer. TAd Q/NG1
Mr.. Bannon and his family live in a
handsome residence at 1907 Rowan
street. Besides the two corporations
mentioned above Mr.. Bannon owns stock
in various other enterprises in the city
Taking him all and all, he is a man that
Kentucky Irish-Americans have cause tc
feel proud of. Although he is now in
his seventy fifth year he is as active and
as attentive to business as man of fifty
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Charles F. Madden, of New
Albany, With the Twenty
Second Nebraska.

Charles f. Madden, of New Albany,
now serving in Company c, Twenty
second Nebraska Infantry, in letter to
relatives, writes of the situation in the
Philippines:
Company G landed in Manila March 4
and was Immediately ordered to the
front. The first battle lasted four days,
with loss of about fifty killed and
wounded. while the Filipinos numbered
their victims by the hundreds.
The insurgents are proud, stubborn
fighters, but the Americans were equal.to
the occasion. They went on bravely and
fearlessly, taking the towns, destroying
them as they passed through. The only
inconvenience we experienced while on
the march was the intense heat and
scarcity of water, many times being sta
toned eight or ten miles from water OIL
shade and then the suferings were almost
unbearable. While in the towns our
soldiers Jared we'll, and every man acted
as his own cook. Their bill of fare con-
sisted of pigs, chickens and ducks, which
were killed and eaten by the thousands.
Company G fought four long battles,
the last one of which occupied ten days,
during which time they succeeded in
taking the stronghold. Our loss, as
usual, was slight--twenty men killed and
forty wounded-while that of the Filipi-
nos at this time numbered about two
hundred. A very sickening scene was
presented by the many bodies lying
about and bursting in the sun.
The Catholic churches are numerous
in the Philippines. The exterior of the
buildings have the appearance of old
mills. but on entering one is struck by
the beauty and grandeur of the interior
the costly affairs, statues and large pipe
organs. many of them surprising those
in the United States.
The insurgents took refuge in some Of
the churches and opened fire on the
Americans from within, but the heavy
artillery of the latter demolished the
buildings and all their contents. When
United States volunteers enter. town
they take everything they can lay theil
hands on and carry it away in wagon
loads. but the regulars have not the time
or the opportunity of taking anything.
Company G is now stationed at Manila
TO await further orders. The members
are all in good health. and to use Their
own words, "Would rather be out fight
ing, as they like to hear the guns firing.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20

Funston clambered down into it the
other filibusters decided that landing
place did not suit.
1t suited Funston, for he went ashore
alone and made his way to Garcia's head
quarters, where he was a given COM
mission in the mambi army. He served
with the mambises for eighteen months.
He was wounded by Mauser ball, which
pierced his breast. He recovered from
the wound and was again seriously hurt
by having his horse fall on him. He was
captured by the Spaniards as he was
leaving the insurgents. He threw away
his insurgent passport and declared him.
self pacifco. The Spaniards detained
him i'll camp few days and sent him to
Havana, where he was enabled to find a
ship for the United States.
On his return to Kansas again he be-
came lecturer. His adventures in Cuba
were the theme of his second lecture.
His efforts to find success this time were
successful. Everybody was talking of
Cuba when he began this lecture tour.
His adventures were of such picturesque
character and his information was so
full, and all of it got at first hand, that he
was flooded with offers of engagements.
He was receiving 500 for each lecture.
While reaping profits from his talks came
the opportunity for more adventure.
War with Spain came on and he was
offered a commission as Colonel of a
Kansas regiment.
Everybody in lola turned out to see
the appearance of Col. Fred Funston in
his new uniform the first day he got into
it and went into town. 1t was the first
time he had ever been in the uniform of
a United States soldier. He had never
been a member of militia company.
He had often wished to be a soldier, but
the opportunity had never come till then.
He had studied tactics and he had sought
admission to the academy at West Point.
When his father was in Congress vacan-
cy at West Point was to be filled from
that district. His father, instead of recon-
mending his son, who was eager for it,
had competitive examination of appli-
cants to select the one standing highest.
Fred Funston studied TO be ready for the
examination, and when the time came he
was away ahead of the other candidates
for the appointment, but he was so small
that his average was reduced in the score,
and big, numbering farm boy from down
the creek got the place.
At last he was a soldier, and he was
showing his friends at lola what a volun-
tcer Colonel looked like. He was aware
that his small figure was not particularly
a military one, and that folks were not
likely to be dazzled by his appearance,
but he was still. proud of his uniform.
"How does it feel to wear uniform
like thatl' one friend asked.
81 don't know how it feels to others,
but feel-awkward in it,"
"Do you feel you can fight in it?"
'Well, if can't, can take it off and
do some fighting"
He has done some fighting, and is now
the brightest figure in the Philippine
war, and the hero of every engagement
around Manila.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20

May he continue to enjoy life, health.
peace and prosperity for many years to
come
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20
LACE CURTAIN LAUNDRY.

We lead and never follow.
Our work In laundering lace
curtains at zoe a pair gives en-.
tire satisfaction. Work called
for and delivered. Flrst-cIass
serlce. MAD. BABEY, 625 Sec.
ond st. Telephone 1851.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-20

BUSINESS MEN in need Of
competent Book-keepers, Stenog
raphers, Bill OF Shipping Clerks,
or any other Office help, can be
supplied without charge to EN-
ployer or employees, by writing or
telephoning to the BRYANT q
STATION BUSINESS COL
LEGB, Third and Jefferson Sts'
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
BUT A
Newspapers Take a Gloomy View o
the Transvaal situation.

Neyyspapers Take a Gloomy View of
the T~ransvaal Situation.
johannesburg, Aug. 16.-The Stand
ard and Diggers News says:
The Beers are convinced that there
is nothing for it but the resort to war.
All sorts Of rumors are in circulation.
1t is alleged that the field comets have
received orders to supply all unarmed
burghcrs with rifles gratuit0rsly and
to substitute Mausers for Martini
Henris wherever the latter are still in
use.
Kruser's Reply to Chamberlain.
London, Aug. 16.-President Kruger,
according to a dispatch from johannes
burg, has sent a reply accepting the
proposal of the secretary Of state for
the colonies, Joseph. Chamberlain, to
submit the franchise controversy to q
joint commission Of inquiry on ,ondi-
ton that the independence of the
Transvaal shall not be impugned.
Dom Pau Wecps.
London, Aug. 16.-The johannesburg
correspondent of the Post says: Pres
ident Kruger, owing to advancing
years. has become physically and men,
tally incapable of dealing with the
situation. Often at the meetings Of
the executive he weeps, but possibly
he is shaming incapacity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The ready wit for which our present
ambassador to the court Of st. James
was noted in America, and which has
widened the circle Of his friends in
England, was also characteristic Of
Rufus Choate, an earlier member Of the
family, and one of the greatest lawyers
America has yet produced. Rufus
Choate's thrusts were. however, not al
ways go good-natured as are usually
those of the modern representative Of
the family. In describing a party to q
suit in which he was counsel, he once
said, why does he not pay back the
money he has SO i'll got? He Is such q
villain that he wouldn't II he could,
and SO much of a bankrupt that he
couldn't II he would" Mr.. Choa&e
also once remarked Of a woman: "she
is a sinner-no, not a sinner, for she ID
our client; but she is a very disagree
able saint"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

It Is now more than half a century
since Japan was forcibly ,":opened" to
intercourse with the world ct large.
During the latter half Of that period
her progress in the arts OF civilization
has been marvellous, 30 that now she
is entitled to a place among the most
enlightened nations Of the world. She
has not yet, however, been treated as
an equal by America and the European
powers. The old treaties, imposed
upon her at the lannon's mouth, are
still to some extent in force; but their
day has reached its end. On July II
they lapsed,, and new ones went into
effect, under which she will be. in in
ternational law, the full equal Of any
power in the world. The incident will
be Of some diplomatic interest. It will
also be Of, much historic interest, a.
marking the completion Of what has
probably been the most rapid and
marked national development on rec
ord.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

War correspondents at Manila are
much puzzled over the movements OF
Senator Albert ]. Beverage, the In
diana statesman, who has been bob
bling hither and thither about the
islands of Luzon and Sulu in a most
astounding fashion. Senator Bever-
idge, it is reported, has travelled 1000
miles by water, ridden 600 miles on
horseback, visited the natives in their
huts, made a call upon the sultan Of
Sulu, voyaged on top Of iron-roofed
railroad carr and mingled in the front
Of battle half a dozen times. A possi-
BILE explanation of the senator's .activ-
ity may be that he really wants to see
what our new possessions look like
and to know how things are going on.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The system of organized charity now
in operation in most of the large cit
les Of the country is not right. The
stress on organized charity is another
example of the sophistries which the
scholar needs to expose. I am in favor
of real charity, but that charity Is mis-
named which compels a man to turn
his soul inside out to charity officials
before he car get a crust of bread; that
charity is misnamed which forces a
woman to give her history before she
can get a garment to clothe her naked
child. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
Accidental Happenings.

W. r. Dunkinson, operator Of the AS
sociated Press on the Galveston (Tex.)
News, was drowned while in bathing.
Twenty people were drowned by the
breaking Of a gang plank at the Mt.
Desert CMe.) dock.
A trolley car runs off a trestle near
Bridgeport, Conn.,, and fails forty feet.
Thirty-nine people are killed and many
others hurt.
During a heavy electrical storm at
Philadelphia the flint glass works Of
John Murray g. Co., were struck by
lightning and destroyed. The loss is
estimated ut S125, 600.
The Chattanooga Furniture compa-
ny's factory, warehouse and lumber
yards at Chattanooga, Tenn, were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
surance. $4,000.
1iscount Castlereagh. eldest son Of
the marquis of Londonderry, while
riding at Wynard Park, Stockton-on-
Tees, met with an accident, causing
conclusion of the brain, which will
necess:tate his keeping in bed for some
time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
GOMEZ TAKES A HAND.

Said to BE Directing q Filibustering
Expedition to Santo domingo.
Santiago, Cuba, Aug. 16.-The mill
tary authorities here have almost
positive information that the Santo
Domingo revolutlonists, through their
agents, are organizing expeditions in
this province. Some expeditions, It is
confidently asserted, have already left
with a large amount of military sup
Plies. Gen. Gomez lis reported to he
directing the organization of. the fli-
busters. Gen. Wood, the military gov
ernor. has sent the gunboat Baracoa,
formerly Spanish, and an armed tug to
patrol the north coast.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
CRUISER SAFE.

Gratifying News Received by the
Navy Department.
Washington. Aug. 18.-Ishe navy de-
partment has been greatly relieved by
a dispatch from Capt. Longnecker,
who commands the cruiser New Or
leans, now ut San Domingo, referring
TO his vessel and the Machias. The
dispatch gives definite assurance that
all is well with. the two ships. It also
states that quiet prevails in San Do
can 1alf s. reached ca .hed' BY " the teo war rIiIss rs Mn the.
Machias has been %patrolling along the.
shore for some distance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
REBELS SCATTERED
FORCE UNDER RIO DEL Pillar Sc.
vERELY PUNISHED.
states Troops Encounter a
Force of Filipinos Wear Malalos
and an Engagement Ensues-One
American Killed Insurgents
Were About to Tear Up the Rail-
way-Gen. wheaton Has Brush
with the Enemy Near Angeles
and silences Their Fire After q
short Engagement.

Manila, Aug. ia force of United
States troops from Quinga, four miles
east of Malolos, and from :Baligua,
near Bustas, about six miles northeast
of Quinga, encountered a body Of in
surgents. estimated at about SOD, half
way between Bustas and Q:inga. In
the engagement that ensued the Fill
pinos were severely punished and
scattered. The Americans lost n
man killed.
The insurgent force is believed to
have been under the command of Gen.
Pic del Pillar, and to have had in view
tearing up the railway at Bocava and
Riga, about three miles northeast of
Bulcan.. A battalion OF. the. Twenty
first infantry went to the point with
instructions to strengthen the railway
guards and reconnoiter the country in
the direction of Norzgara and on the
Rustas road. Gen. Wheaton, with the
troops at Caluut, made a reconnais-
sance on Angeles, about four miles to
the northwest, where he found 500 Of
the enemy. He silenced their fire and
then returned to Caluut.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
RUSSIA WILL ARB1TRATE.
seixure. of American Vessels ON IL
siberian Coast.

siberian Coast.
New York, Aug. ia special to the
Herald from Washington says: Am
bassador Tower has notified the state
department that the Russian govern
ment has agreed to arbitrate the
claims Of the American citizens
against it growing out Of the seizure
of their vessels of the Siberian coast.
These claims amount to 100000, and
Russia's willingness to arbitrate them
is the best evidence, state department
officials say, of their validity. The
claims are due to the seizure of Ameri-
can sealing ships in 1892 and the mall
treatment Of some Of their crews.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
EXPLAINS.
He Again Tells the "Real TRUTH Re
Earding the Bordereau.

He Again Tells the "kte0I VFuth" he.
Earding the Bordereau.
London, Aug. 16. In the Evening
News Yesterday Maj. Count Esterhazy
again tells the real truth" in regard
to the bordcreau in the Dreyfus case,
saying that he wrote it. The docu-
ment, he alleges, was intended to serve
as a substantial basis for an accusation
against Dreyfus, who had been sus-
pended a long time and against whom
there had already existed a number Of
grave proofs Of guilt, which, however,
could not be used without compromis-
ing certain personages whom it was
imperatively necessar yto keep in the
background altogether. r
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The displacement of Harry Doolittle
and the appointment of Willie Work
as postmaster at Lafayette, Ind, may
have been the work of busybodies just
the same.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

A New York woman has been
awarded $50 for the loss Of a tailless
cat from a show. What she would
have received had the missing member
been present is merely a matter of con-
lecture.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

VIII He DockeA for Repairs.
Falmouth, Eng; Aug. l8--TheA Amer
lean line steamer Paris, recently pulled
off the rocks near Coverack, left here
under her own steam, aided by sew
eral tugs. She will be docked for re-
pairs at Milford Haven.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The Kansas City Journal speaks of
Senator Hanna's absence in Europe"
Careful investigation will disclose the
fact that he left his absence behind
him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

Should the palace a companies
really be bent on establishing colleges
In which to educate their employees In
their duties. It is hard to 9 how the
porters can be brought into the scheme.
They are already past masters in the
matter Of duties, especially those they
levy on the passengers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
sLdYerx Rarn Eire,

Ames, Iowa, Aug. 18.-Nre OF un--s
known origin destroyed theSlarge liv-
cry stable OF Nichols Brothers. burn
ing thirteen horses and the entire sup
ply Of furnishings. The loss ~ about
$2.4O0::; insurance, $500.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The administration appears to have
as much of a penchant for foreign en-
tanglements as prediction for do
nestle scandals.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The automobile is evidently a
naughty carriage-judging from the
price thereof. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

The mar who uses religion as Q
crutch should not complain If he falls
in the mud.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
The egotist is always the first
complain Of egotism.

No man knows the right way so
we'll as the man who has once been
misled. .@...
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
Criminal Record.

An Ohio woman kills her husband,
child and herself.
Attempts were made to blow up the
Milwaukee court house.
Ben Thompson, colored, aged twenty,
was lynched at Alexandria, Va, for an
assault IN an eight-year-old girl.
An American citizen (colored) was
badly beaten, and without cause, by
police at johannesburg, Transvaal.
At Pittsburg, DR.. ]. A. Doyle, at the
point of a pistol, forced forty people
to submit to vaccination. Vaccination
was opposed. 4
President Rich, of the Southern Nor
mon mission, has offered $500 reward
for the capture of the leaders of the
mob in Georgia which ran two Nor
mon elders out of Jasper county.
Albert Beers shot and killed Albert
Lininger at Toledo, Ohio. while the
latter was in company with Beers
wife. There had been bad blood be-
tween the two for some time and
Lininger had been warned to stay
away from Beers house.
Manzano, a Spanish police inspector,
Turing the recent war@in Cuba, on his
| :eturn to Havana was recognized by q
Cuban whom he had sent to the Isle
If Pines, and was only saved from
ynching at the hands Of the Cuban's
| friends by the interference Of the p0-
ice. '
Ruth Swartz aged eighteen was
killed with a razor by her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Wise, at Canton, Ohio. The
n%urderess then went a mile and q half
ind threw herself into a pool Of water
n m abandoned stone. quarry. Her
body was recovered the next day. The
inquest brought out the fact that the
ioung girl had been indiscreet, and
that the distracted mother had de.
| .lared she would find some way to
ave her daughter.
Personal.
The Persian minister of foreign af-
fairs died suddenly while passing
through Paris.
Leonard Gould Of Chicago dropped
dead on the Spring house piazza at
Block Island, r. l., of heart trouble.
Herr Vonderlasa,. a German diplo-
matist and celebrated chess player, il
dead.
Inc ~. ~. AlOyu, IOFlleTly UI6u-
op Of Bangor, is dead. he resigned
his see recently owing to i'll health.
Robert Porter Field, we'll known
shipping master, died in Brooklyn, aged
:ighty-six years.
John B. Russell, a well known man
-ufacturing pharmacist, is dead in New
FORK, aged thirty-two years.
TNaYs ELTml4 - .r-8--5-
Andrew Carnegie has given 10000
TO found.a public library at Keighley,
Yorkshire, England.
Mrs. Benjamin Grosscup. mother Of
Judge p. s. Grosscup of Chicago, died
ut Ashland, Ohio. She was seventy
eight years Of age and had been mar
sied f~fty-seyen years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
Washington Talk.


Gen. Brooke has appointed super.
visors for the Cuban census.
Gen. Brooke was given instructions
to prevent at all hazards any ihbus-
tering expedition in Jiminez's inter.
ests leaving Cuba.
The following fourth-clnss postof.
fees have been raised to the presi-
dental rank, effective Oct. 1: Camden
Place and Dawson. Mimi; Lake Pres
ton and Clarke, S. D.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden has decided upon a plan for
the registration Of valuable mail mat
ter by letter carriers in the residence
section of large cities.
The cavalry regiment being raised in
the Philippines, commanded by Col
Luckett, has been designated the Elev-
enth United States Volunteer cavalry.
No other cavalry regiment will be
raised at present.
During a period of time in which
there were returned to Spain from
Havana accounts of revenue aggre-
gating $4,000. 600, the United States au-
tlorities have collected nor than
$29,OOO,0OO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

1t is about time for the sultan to re-
turn to the verge of paying those Ame-
rican claims. He is several weeks over
due.