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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
A HISTORIC, SHOT

| AT Saratoga, the turning point of the
| American Revolution, the marksman-
| ship of Morgan's rhemen virtually de-
cided the battle Several times during
this engagement Colonel Morgan had
, noticed a noble looking officer of the
| enemy mounted upon a splendid gray
horse, dashing from one end of the line
to the other encouraging his troops.
Morgan recognized the brave fellow as
an officer whose conduct he had admir-
ed in the battle of the 10Th of Septem-
Der. 1t was General Fraser, who was
considered by the Americans a more
skilful and dangerous leader than
Bursoyne and Morgan himself regard
ed the issue Of the contest doubtful as
long as Fraser remained in the saddle
Soon after the action commenced, Cen
eral Arnold who well knew Frasers
ability, sought out Morgan and said:
THAT officer upon the gray horse is
host in himself. He must be disposed
of. Direct the attention of some Of
your sharpshooters to him. Mergans
generous instincts rebelled but he saw
the necessity of performing the cruel
duty. War" as Macaulay says, lis
never lenient but where it is wanton."
Selecting twelve of his best marksmen,
he posted them in a suitable position,
and pointing out the doomed warrior,
said to his men, He Is a brave fellow,
but he must die" Some of the riflemen
climbed into trees to get better sight.
Among them was Tim Murphy, a re-
nowned scout from Northumberland
county, Pennsylvania, who by means
of a double barrelled rifle, then a nov
city, had been uncommonly successful
in the Indian wars. The shot was very
difficult for the distance was nearly
a quarter of a mile, and the backwoods
rifles had no elevating sights. The rifle
men rested their long pieces on the
forks of limbs and began firing. In a
moment the crupper of the gray horse
was cut by bullet. The next minute
another ball passed through the horses
name. An aide remarked to Fraser:
Sir it is evident that you are marked
out for particular aim. Would it not
be prudent for you to retire from this
placer" Fraser replied, MY duty for
bids me to fly from danger The next
instant bullet from Murphy's rifle
struck him through the body and he
was carried MORALLY wounded from the
field-Harper's Magazine.
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STEPHEN CRANE AS A CORRE.
PONDENT.

Near the close of the war, a group of
out list of the events which, in their
| opinion, were of the greatest news val
lie during the campaign, and a list Of
the correspondents. with the events
| each had witnessed credited to his
name. Judged from this basis, Mr.
Crane easily led oil the rest OF his
| power to make the public see what he
sees it would be impertinent to speak
| His story of Nolan, the regular, bleed
| ing to death on the San Juan hills Is,
SO far as / have heard. the most valua-
| BILE contribution to literature that the
war has produced. 1t is only necessary
| to imagine how other writer's would
| have handled it, to appreciate that it
could not have been better done. His
story of the marine at Guantanamo,
who stood on the crest of the hill to
"Wigwag" to the warships, and so ex
posed himself to the fire of the entire
Spanish force, is also particularly in
teresting, as it illustrates that in his de-
votion to duty and also in his readi-
ness at the exciting moments of life,
Crane is quite as much of a soldier as
the man whose courage he described.
He tells how the marine stood erect,
staring through the dusk with alf-clos-
ed eyes, and with his lips moving as he
counted the answers from the war
ships, while innumerable bullets splash
ed the sand about him. But it never
occurs to Crane that to sit at the mans
feet, as he did, close enough to watch
his lips move and to be able to make
LOT a, firth Pa tp he
marines scorn of fear, was equally de-
serving of praise
Crane was the coolest man, whether
army officer or civilian, that / saw UNI
der fire at any time during the war
He was most annoyingly cool, with the
assurance of a fatalist. When the San
Juan hills were taken, he came up
them with James Hare, of Golfers. He
was walking leisurely, and though the
bullets passed continuously he never
once ducked his head. He wore long
rain-coat, and he stood peering over
the edge of the hill with his hands in
his pockets and smoking his pipe, he
was an unconcerned as though he were
gazing at the cinematograph
The fire from the enemy was so hea
Wy that only one troop along the entire
line of the hills was returning it, and
all the rest of our men were lying down,
General Wood, who was then colonel of
the Rough Riders, and [ were lying on
our elbows at Cranes feet, and Wood
ordered him also to lie down. Crane
pretended not to hear, and moved
farther away, still peering over the hill
with the same interested expression.
Wood told him for the second time
that If he did not lie down he would be
killed, but Crane paid no attention. So,
in order to make him take shelter, I |
told him he was trying to impress us
with his courage, and that if he
thought he was making me feel badly |
by walking about, he might as well sit !
down. AS soon as / told him he was |
trying to impress us with his courage, |
he dropped on his knees, as 7 had hop
ed he would, and we breathed again
Richard Harding Davis, in Harper's
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and women seemed to me to be stiff,
awkward and spiritless, but as the floor
was crowded they had little room for
| free movement, and their stiffness and
| solemnity may have been due to their eff
forts to keep out of one another's way.
At the end of the waltz there was an
other grand walk-around, after which
the guitar, the kettle-drum, the gourd
| rattle and the scratch-gourd struck up
the queer, barbaric music of the Cuban
"dauzon'-a round dance something like
waltz, but with greater irregularity of
movement and with a peculiar, voluptu
GUS sWaying of the body suggestive of
the "hoochee- coochee' and other Orien-
tai dances of the Midway Plaisance,
AS sometimes executed, this Cuban
''dauzon" is immodest, not to say indie
cent, and at balls in the largest Cuban
towns it is often danced in way thac
would be startling, if not shocking, to
the most hardened frequenter of the an
nual French balls in New York; but in
Baracoa l saw nothing about it that
was particularly objectional. 1t seemed
to be nothing more than an awkward,
irregular tWostep waltz to the accom-
paniment of extremely wild and pecu-
liar music. Both in the music and in the
movements of the damon" it is easy to
trace the influence that the negro in
Cuba has had over the Spaniard. The
music especially, with it's queer, broken
time, the throbbing of its deep-toned
guitar and the rolling, muffled, inter-
mittent thunder of its drum, is as I'M
mistakably African as anything to be
heard on the npper Nile or in a jungle
on the banks of the Congo. Why the
damon should be preferred to the
waltz, as it everywhere is in Cuba, I do
not know, unless it be for the reason
that he music is more wild and pas
sionate, and the dance itself mo e in har-
mony with the ardent, sensual nature of
the half-Spanish, half-negro population.
After having satisfied my curiosity, I
left the house of the priest about twelve
o'clock and went home, but dancing
continued there all the afternoon and
evening, and the last sounds | heard be-
fore | went to sleep that night were the
peculiar click of the scratch gourd and
the faint, distant rumble of the drum
George KEENAN, in the outlook.
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MORGAN'S RIFIEMEN

The rifle corps which Morgan formed
from marksmen from the whole army
is usually referred to as "Morgan's Vir-
ginians," but, as matter of fact, two
thirds of them were Pennsylvanians,
including a considerable number of
Pennsylvania Germans. One of the lat
ter. a Mr.. Lauk, who was with Morgan
from the beginning to the end of the
war. was the last survivor of the corps
Once, when Morgan was asked which
race of those composing the American
armies made the best soldiers, he re-
piled. CAS- for the fighting part of the
matter, the men of all races are pretty
much alike; they fight as much as they
find necessary, and no more. But, sir,
for the grand essential in the compost
ton of a good soldier, give me the
'Dutchman' starVes well."-Har-
per's Magazine.
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$4,000

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The capital stock of four dollars will
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You are invited to subscribe.-Jasper
in Leslias Weekly
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THE EARLIEST RECORD OF COLI

THE EARLIEST RECORD OF GOLF.
The earliest representation of authen-
tic golf yet discovered is in the Flem-
ish miniature G500-151O) reproduced in
the Illustrated London News of June 8,
1894, and described by Mr. Mayhem.
The course is a field surrounded by
palings There are three players, each
having only one club. One player has
teed and is addressing" his ball, but
from his stayed" grip and the look of
his club he does not seem to be medi-
tating q full drive One of the other
players is "holing out" The attitude of
the latter may be recommended to the
notice of a distinguished golfer and au-
thor, whose grip of the putter seems to
get lower and lower, becoming more
and more deadly as it descends. ETY.
mological speculation is as it unsafe as
it is fascinating, but ii may be of sig
nificance that the Dutch word for a
hole is put" which used to be pro-
nounced "poot. "-Harper's Weekly.
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This product can be sold in the market
certainly at five cents each, giving a
gross income in three years of SIS, 1922, 1856,
to be deducted from which are the fol-
lowing expenses:
Rent of land, per annum. "a 900 $12, 900
superintendent, per annum 1000 5000
Feed (estimated) per annum 1000 5000
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The fact that during the last eighteen
months industrial enterprises have been
put upon the market with an amazing
aggregate of capital Of over four billion
dollars, leads an appreciatve reader,
who foresees very serious condition of
affairs ahead of us within a few years,
to send us a take-off on some of the in
dustrial prospectuses of the day. AS a
matter of amusement and interest I
print the document. Here it Is
Rabbit Farm Prospectus
Rabbits commence breeding at six
months and have drops of eight every
three months. 1t is proposed that we
commence with twenty pairs, ten, males
and ten females, which, exclusive of
land, will call for an investment of four
dollars, resulting in the following pro-
duct:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
BISHOP HURST.
His Great Work i'm Establishing the
University Recommended BY
George Washington.

When Bishop McCabe left Ell Faso it
was to go to the assistance of Bishop
Hurst, who was at ST. Louis laboring
for the American University
Bishop Hurst, whose head
quarters are at Washing ton
d. c., is making the building Cf the
American University the great object
of his life. Within twenty minutes
ride of the capitol he has nineJy-fve
acres of and, which was purchased at
the price of 100000. 1t Is
all paid for, and Congress
has opened up Massachusetts avenue.
one of the finest residenc9 streets in the
capital, 10 this tract of land. and is also
building a bridge across Rock Creek,
which will cost $3.50, 600. This bridge
will be lined on either side with the
statutes of the great men of our ma
tional history and will be
one of the great sights of Washington.
Congress mas also passed bill, giving
the entire national library, museum,
and laboratories over TO the use of the
students of this University. There
are S55 900, 900, of these and it costs
So, 600, OOOanuually 10 take care OF them.
Bisnop Hurst has already built and
paid for one building which cost SlI5,-
600. has S25O,O0o endow-
nent, and is now trying to
build 40 more buildings There will
be twenty-one buildings in all, which
will be constructed OF marble and
of the most beautiful architecture.
The University will be only for
postgraduate work. No student will
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
NARROW GAUGE
RAIL ROAD
To Connect Casas Grandes
With the Yaqui County
BEYOND CASAS GRANDES
Two Parties of Surveyors Will Be
Organized Here And Start Stimuli
taneously From Opposite Ends of
the Proposed Route.

The exclusive announcement in yes
terday's HERALD that j. Fewson
Smith, chief engineer of the Sierra
Madre railway had arrived in the city
to begin in the preliminary survey OF
the new n arrow gauge extension from
Casas Grandes to the timber and min
eral regions of the Sierra Madre noun
taius, created considerable comment
Chief Engineer Smith returned to Ell
Paso last fall from New York, where,
after d prolonged GO sultstiOn, with A.
Foster Higgins and other stockholders
it was decided by them to tap the rich
mineral and timber region beyond
Casas Grsudes with narrow gauge
railroad
The intervening time since then has
been expended 10 procuring the neces-
sary concessions from the Mexican
government and now everything is in
readiness to proceed with the actual
work of construction.
Yesterday Engineer Smith announ-
ced in the HERALD that he would re-
quire two parties of surveyors to run
the preliminary line for the new road
and that he would employ the requisite
number of young men In Ell Paso to
form the parties. Since the announce
Giants.
NARROW GAUGE.
The reason a narrow gauge was Sc
lected for the new road was on account
of the roughness of the country to be
traversed by the line and the many
narrow defiles in tne mountains
through which it will pass.
The new railway will take western
direction from Casas yrandes for
short distance and will follow the
course of the Pied as Verdes river into
the mountains. 1t will run westsrd
only eight or ten miles and then veer
north ward for some distance; then it
will run west again and finally swing
round toward the south. Altogether
the new branch line will be about
eighty miles in length from Casas
Graudes to the terminus.
"The terminus of the new branch
line,'' said Chief Engineer Smith, has
not yet been Sc ected. Its location will
depend largely upon the route and
subsequent developments. Our object
is to reach the tim Der country"
The new railway will open up to
commerce one of the richest mineral
and timber regions in the world 1t
will tap the heart of the celebrated
Yaqui country and traverse q region
where already many valuable silver
mines are being worked.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
INTERESTING DATA.
A Series of Interesting Articles to
be Contributed to the Herald on
the Casas Grandes Country.

Through the intercessioa of Mr.. J.
T. Logan, traffic manager OF the Sierra
Madre hallway, the HERALD will be
favored, in the near future with q
number of articles from Senior Geno-
vevo Portillo, of Casas Grandes.
Mr., PortillO, in promising us these
articles apologies for the fact that he
is not a ready writer, but states that TO
please his friend, Mr.. Logan, he will
undertake the task to convey to the
many readers of the HERALD de-
scription of the country down there.
These articles will deal chiefly with
the primitive settlement Of the Casas
priests, as far as known; it's re-
settlement later on. by what was
then called Los II AtrevidOs" (the
bold twelve), who afterward made
Casas Grandes their home; its struggle
for life during the long and bloody
Apache Indian war; it's agricultural,
cattle raising; commercial, mineral.
industrial, and financial resources; its
gradual development in ;every one of
these branches and finally it's present
coalition.
While the articles will appear Sc
parately in the DAILY HERALD the
WEEKLY HERALD will contain what
ever articles Mr.. Portillo has contri-
bu,ed during the previous week. 1t
will be we'll for the readers of the
HERALD to follow these articles close
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
PRICE BROS.
=GROCERS.=

be admitted who does not bring q d1-
ploma from some university.
The Bishop has secured the original
letter that George Washington wrote,
recommending to congress the estab-
lishment of such a university. The
genuineness of the letter is known be-
cause it has the water mark
&C. Washington" in the paper
on which it is written. In that letter,
the "father of his country" gives as
his principal reason for the estab lish-
ment Of snch University, desire to
educate our young men under republ-
lean influences.
At last the dream of George Wash
ington is about to be fulfilled. This
great school will not be a methodist
Institution. The Board of Trustees
will be chosen from members of all de-
nominations. The design of the pro-
jectors of it is to make it ultimately
the greatest University in all the
world.
Bishop McCabe will assist Bishop
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

GAME the First American bauk of
Hawaii, TO be located in Honolulu. Mr..
Heath was the first person to put in an
application for the esta blishment of a
national bank in Hawaii, but can not
receive the authority to do so until
the United States laws are extended to
that territory. However, his applica-
ton stands first on the list, and he will
undoubtedly receive the charter when
one can be issued. The bank which
will be established by the Anglo
California and the Selie N ans will be
operated as private bank until Mr..
Heath gets his charter, when it will
be incorporated as the First National
Bank of Hawaii"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
Birthday Party.

Florence and Willie Klein celebrat-
ed their birthdays on Saturday after
noon by entertaining, their little
friends. to slime luncheon. Mrs. Kline
was ably assisted by Mrs. Paul Miss
Early Barlow and Miss Birdie Paul.
Those present were: Laura Armstrong,
Vera Chenoweth, Genevieve O'Mara.
Hazel Henderson, Della Kiefer, Rachel
Levy, Francis Carr, Cereal Christie,
Amy Schultz. Mary Stolsroff, Annie
Stolaroff, Florence Klein, Eddie
Howlv, Tommy Howly. Joe Hide,
Arthur Watson, Harry D. Carr, Glenn
Bell, Waite Bell, Stanley Good. Herbert
Kerr, Roy Hagan, Johnny Andrews.
Russell RoKahr, Menna Schwartz u.
John Klein, Ike Klein.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

ly, as Mr.. Portillo's knowledge of that
country will give them a better idea OF
It's history aud advantages, than can be
obtained from any other source.
The Cassas Grandes and White Oaks
country are of of great Importance to
Ell Paso and the HERALD will leave
nothing undone within the bounds OF
reason to place the merits of these
countries before it's readers. The
great improvement in Ell PasO in the
past two years is largely owing to the
building of the Sierra Madre and the
White Oaks roads, and the benefits re-
sulting to US are still in their infancy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
Another Costly Building

The D. r. Francis hotel is TIC be en-
lsrged TO twice its original size.
Work on the addition was com menc-
ed this morning and alf dozen teams
and a number of men commenced
breaking dirt. The new building will
be At the west side of the present hotel
or apartment house and will cost about
S25, 600 when complete. The contract
was let to different parties.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
OF Local Interest.

The following dispatch from Wash
ington is of considerable local interest
as Hon. Perry Heath has many friends
in Ell Paso:
sF'irst Assistant Postmaster Sen
eral Heath has made arrangements
with the Anglo California Bank and
the Seligmans, of New York, to or
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

Hurst in this great work for some time
to come, he having no other work in
his lire as Bishop, until the assemb-
io O of the conference of Northern New
York at Camden, in the las. week OF
nrjI
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

PROPOSALS FOR FUEL Office of
Chief Quartermaster, Atlanta, Ca,
March 18th, 1899. Sealed proposals, in
triplicate, for furnishing Fuel during
fiscal year commencing July l, 1899, At
posts in the Department of the Gulf,
will be received until IL o'clock NJ,
April 18th. 1899 aud then opened.
Proposals. will be received at same time
b Quartermaster at each post for furn-
ishing Fuel required by that post only.
U. >. reserves right to accept or reject
any or all proposals or any part there
of. Information furnished on applica-
ton here, or to Quartermaster ~ var
ious posts. Envelopes containing pro
posals should be marked: "Proposa
for Fuel ATT" and addressed to
undersigned, or 10 respective poat
Quasrtermsster. JOHN SIMPSON,
d. Q. NJ. G., u. :. A, G. q. M.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21


to vieit her rnothe in
Commodore Theodore
LOUISE ammer
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and in she MARI
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qniuine Ia
b .et-. Ali druggists refund mouev II
fails 20 cure, 25c. the genuine has
[. +. @ on each tablet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

ArmOur's gold band ham, gold band
bacon, white label leaf lard, just re-
ceived by the Ell Paso Grocery Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

The Ell Paso Grocery Co. is now SELL
ing two dozen fresh eggs for % cents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

At the season of the year when
pneumonia, IA grippe, sore throat,
coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis end
lung troubles are 10 be guarded
against, nothing sis fine substitute, +"
will ANSWER the purpose" or is just
IS good" as One Minute Cough Cure.
That is the one infsllible remedy for
all lung, throat or bronchial troubles.
Insist vigorously upon having it if
something else'' is offered you. Fred
Schaefer, Druggist.
Sick Headache absolutely and per-
manently cured by using Moki Tea,
A pleasant herb drink. Cures consti-
patton and Indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep, work AID happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. p cts. and
80 cts. NJ. II. Webb druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
Gnn.rrrn NJ n11f7s A Popular Grocery

that deals in nothing but high grade food
Supplies is always kept busy filling and De
Hyeripg orders but we always send your
orders promptly and fill them with satis as4s
canned smoked and salt fish, and del1cac1es
of all kinds, but we have provided every
thing that heart could wish for variety DUR
ing the fasting season.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
Gilt Edge

Gilt Edge
Is our Shalam Butter. Fragrant as
a fresh bouquet.
THE PIONEER GROCERY Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

Two nice building sites Oh NJ Santa
Fee street for $500 each; easy terms.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

One of the finest and largest resi-
dences in the city, fronting Helen Gould
Square, cost $1S, 900, will now be sold
Tor SIC, 900; one-half cash, balance in
yearly instalments at per cent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

43t feet on FL Paso street, two story
| brick building stores on lower floor, 10
rooms above. Rents for 81 ,020 per ear.
Price, $4,000: each, balance long time
per cent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

New 6-rnom brick on North Florence
street, lot 39x120. Price, So, 600; 81, 900
cash, balance in three years at 8 per
cent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

Two-story brick on North Stanton
rtreet, rooms. Price, 81. 300; terms
| to suit
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

Unsold portion of Satterthwsite's
addition. embracing over l, 300 lots, in
GLIDING Mesa Garden and all the high
ground in the northwest part of the
city.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21

Careful attention given to renting
property.