The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-11
WELL KNOWN HERE.
Dr. Young, Who Was Killed and Mu.
iilated by the fillpinos.
Lieut. Howard, Who Was In Battle Of
Manila Bay, Visits Brothers Here.

DIR. Harry A. Young, who was killed.
and whose body was horribly mutilat-
cd by the natives in the fighting around
Manila on Wednesday last was four
years ago an inferno in the Rhode Is
land hospital. Dr. Young came TO this
city from New York where he had just
graduated from the New York College
of Physicians and Surgeons. and after
leaving the hospital went TO his home
To Salt Lake city. Utah. where he
established profitable practice. At
the beginning of the war he abandoned
this To enlist in the Utah Light artil-
lery, where ne was a sergeant i'm Bat
terry A.
When the water works at Manila
were taken, in which engagement the
Utah Light artillery had performed
valiant work. the body OF Dr. Young
was found after the Filipinos had been
driven from their position. He had
been taken prisoner i'm the lighting,
having been cut off from n party and
was found with unmistakable evidence
that he had been fOully murdered. The
body was horribly mutilated, and It
was evident that the savages had
wreaked upon their prisoner their
wrath against the forces of Gen. Otis.
DR.. Young was a nephew of Brig
ham Young, the noted Norman leader,
and it was understood by DIR. Young
friends i'm this city that his father had
three wives. on May |, 1895, DR..
Young was admitted to the Rhode Is
land hospital for the two years course,
during which he served, as is usual, six
months as assistant and six months as
ambulance surgeon, responding with
the first or second ambulance TO all
calls for accidents. During that time he
created various impressions among
those who knew him. 4 hard, earnest
worker at the hospital, he abhorred
sham and was so straightforward HIM
self that he offended some who did not
appreciate his directness.
pr. Young came back to Providence
for visit after graduating from the
Rhode Island hospital, and before final
ly setting down 20 practice, but was a
poor correspondent and his letters TO
his friend. DR. MCGurk, ceased alto
gether something more than year ago.
The announcement of his horrible death
on the other side of the world came
with a shock To his friends in this city.
Who could hardly realize, at first, that
it was the companion they had known.
Lieut.. William l.. Howard, navigating
officer OF the United States cruiser Ros
ton, who took part in the battle OF
Manila bay on May /, 1898 was at the
NaTragansett hotel yesterday, having
come TO this city TO see his two broth
ers, who reside here. Lieut.. Howard,
who came direct from the east, and
shortly will go TO Washington TO re-
port to Secretary Long. and then to
Annapolis for examination. is "a native
OF Norwich. He Is 3S years old and has
seer service in every zone.
While he has participated i'm many
notable events, the most important
event of his career was the fight under
Admiral Dewey. Lieut.. Howard stood
at quarters for many hours without
food or drink. That duty did not ter
inmate until the first half of the bat
tle when the feet drew off for break
fast. Speaking of the fight. he says
IL was "a grand sight. Everything In
the fleet was ready, but the men were
n bit nervous before the opening. After
the crews warmed up to their duty he
says everything worked like clockwork.
There was no confusion. The men stood
at their guns and did things that all
the world has heard about.
Lieut.. Howard came here from Nor
wich and last evening left for New
Haven, where he was TO deliver a lee
ture before the Yale faculty last night
and second lecture tonight. The cold
has affected him badly. After three
years i'm a climate ranging In tempera-
ture from 80 To no. he comes here when
the thermometer Is below zero. The
change has been hard for him, but as
he Is q rugged man he expects TO get
used To the cold in time. Early next
week he will go To Washington for or
ders Lieut.. Howard's wife and child
live i'm New Haven.