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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

McKinley's call for 125.OOO volunteers
was wired over the land the First reg
iment. Montana national guard, rallied
In its armories and with one voice an
swered "Herew through 500 patriotic
t.sroats.
In two weeks time volunteers had
filed the regiment to II companies,
mastering over 1000 men,. Fighting
officers took the lead, for Colonel II. G.
Kessler was veteran of the civil war,
and so was Major James w. brennan.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bruce Wal
lace had seen service with the regulars
on the plains.
Although ready to go with the first
expedition to Manila. the regiment did
not reach there until the Spanish had
been vanquished. 1t was brigaded with
the Twentieth Kansas, Tenth Penn
sylvania and Third United States ar
tillery under command of the veteran
soldier, General Harrison Grey Otis.
On the 24th of December 1t was as
signed to duty in the trenches within
range of the insurgents. who were at
that time very troublesome and ag-
gressive. Two days before the out
break of Aguinaldo's men. the 4th of
February, the natives fired two shots
into the Montana line. but Major Dren-
nan, who was at the front would not
permit his men to shoot back. So all
was quiet for couple of days more.
but the incident put the Montanas on
their guard.
When the Filipinos rushed to the at
tack on the night of the 4th Of Febru-
ary, Corporal W. S. Lincoln, with q
squad of 12 pickets. was posted a
quarter of a mile from the main body.
The enemy tried to surround the post,
but the brave handful fought them off
and marched back to the line without
losing man.
At the time of the attack all but four
reserve companies Of the First were
scattered on the picket line. but they
were quickly drawn together around
and in rear Of the Chinese hospital
and cemetery. Two guns Of the Utah
battery were posted here. and the fight
Ing was kept up until daybreak. 1t
'c--+'~', cf f'rn for the regiment,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

were vicious from start to finish, and
the heat was overpowering. A line of
r trenches and two strong blockhouses
were cleared by the Montanas, but it
cost the lives of four men. and 16 more
were laid low by Mauser bullets. Next
day the regiment went into the .insur.
gent trenches. and on the 9th dur
ing a trench fight eight were wounded
The trenches at Tuliahan, with the
blockhOuses, made the sharpest resist
ance to the Montana boys in the at
tack of the 25th. A member Of the
regiment describes the general battle
as follows:
''Just before 6 o'clock our firing line,
already formed for attack. began to ad-
vance. with the second battalion on the
right. three companies Of the third bat
talon on the left and the first battalion
acting as the support. The firing to
the right continued with unabated en-
ergy. and our line had not left its
trenches 200 yards behind when the
enemy's outposts discovered us and
after sending few harmless shots In
our direction fell back to their trench
es. Then from their line of defenses.
which skirted the edge of dense bam-
boo jungle. came a series of well d.
rected volleys. blowing the dry, sun
baked dirt at our feet, and, worse yet,
at each one of them man or two
would fall, wounded or dead. With
these fellows there was little of that
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
Paid 1t In q Hurry.

Some years ago woman was re-
turning late at night from social
function down at the lower end of the
Old Colony railroad. She took to the
track as the shortest way home. but in
crossing a small treStle above the coun-
try road she made misstep and in
falling broke her neck. The next day
her husband called on the superin-
tendent. and while not appearing to be
very deeply grieved over his loss. yet
he felt that he was entitled to some
compensation for the untimely ending
Of his wife.
"She was trespassing." replied the
superintendent, (which relieves the
company from all responsibility"
81 know it." replied the man. "but
she was good woman about the
house. and l hardly know what l am
going to do without her."
well, on what basis will you set
tleY
"She fell how many feetT
"About IL should say"
"Do you think dollar foot is too
muchY
The superintendent nearly fell from
his seat. Upon recovering he paid the
man $12. which he charged to his own
account. as he felt that the experience
was well worth the price.-Bosson
Globe.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

but the men faced 1t without wavering.
During the morning Of the 9Th of Feb
ruary the line advanced to the heights
around La Iona church, taking the
position. but at the cost Of good
Montanians killed and wounded.
The regiment held the captured
trenches until the 10th Of February,
meeting with slight loss. On the 10th
the brigade captured Caloocan. The
Montanas were praised by General
Macarthur. for the gallantry of its
members in this attack. Privates
James Casey and William q. Edwards
raised the first American flag over
Caloocan. The brilliant exploit cost
the regiment 10 men and officers kill
ed and wounded, among the latter
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace.
After the fight the First went into
the trenches beyond Caloocan. in front
Of the Filipino stronghold at Malabon,
and in three weeks of bitter trench
warfare lost 20 men killed and wound
ed. The men on the outposts were
constantly exposed to Filipino fire
from all sides. While the regiment
participated in no grand charge like
San Juan Hill. It lost heavy dole of
men, and many Of the casualties occur
red in pitting man against man, as it
were, on the outposts.
While in front of Malabon the regi-
ment suffered one of those sad and
unprovoked tragedies which cast a
deeper gloom over brave fighting men
than the heaviest casualties of a fair
stand up battle. The Filipinos planned
an. uprising in Manila on the 23d of
February and attempted to cut off the
Americans in front Of Malabon from
the city. Company L was quickly LED
to the critical point by Major Mallory
Of MacArthur's staff. Lieutenant Eu-
gene S. French of Helena, in command
Of L, ,cornered band Of insurgents.
who instantly raised the white flag,
and the lieutenant ordered his men to
cease firing. He then spoke to the ma
tives in Spanish, telling them they
would not be harmed. This act of
kindness was rewarded by rifle shot
from a native clo.e at hand, which
pierced the heart of the gallant soldier.
During the month of March the cry,
Son to Malolosw had been raised along
the line, and on the Oath the troops
started forward. The Montanas mus
tered S3S fighting men, supplied with
200 rounds of cartridges and rations
for two days. The enemy's bullets
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
To Disprove Facts-It Is Decidedly
Easy to Verify Akron
Opinion.

Nothing by way of an introduction
could be added to the experience and
opinions given below, which could
increase their value. Akron people
can safely be left to draw their own
conclusions based on such convinc-
ing proof as this citizen offers. What
is their lacking in evidence like this
to satisfy q dyed in-the-wool doubt
ing Thomas?
Mrs. +. E. Fischnaller of $50 Per-
kins ST., says: "I suffered from
pains in nv back, from my kidneys
and the secretions from those organs
were in q dreadful state when I
commenced using Doan's Kidney
Pills. I was induced to procure
from Lamparter & Co.'s drug store
after reading accounts OF many cures
effected by them. Mornings was
completely fatigued and never
ceasing hackache was always pres
ent. Finding great relief from the
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills 1
sent for more and their use corrected
the Kidney secretions so that I had
no more annoyance from them. The
pain was removed from my back
and instead of remaining awake for
hours at night, could sleey. I am
posivive in saying that Doan's Kid
ney Pills are reliable and effective
medicine"
Doan,s Kidney Pills are sold for
30 cents per box, for sale by all deal
ers: or sent on receipt of price by
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sole agents for the u. s. Remember
the name Doan's and take no SUBJ
stitufa.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
A REASON FOR IT.
There Is Only One Pile Cure That
Has Reached a National Pop
uIarity and Reputation.

There are many popular medicines
that are known in every household
In America.
There are blood purifiers, nerve
tonics, headache remedies, dyspep-
sia cures, and cough cures, which
are sold in every drug store in the
nation and beyond.
But all of these must divide their
popularity with many rivals, no one
remedy has the field to itself, with
the exception of pile cures, for it is q
singular fact that there is but one
pile cure that can be considered as
having national reputation, with
out rival and the referred to is the
Pyramid Pile Cure which for seven
years has steadily worked into the
public favor by reason of its extra
ordinary merit. until it is known
from Maine to California, and from
Manitoba to the gulf.
1t Is true there are many pile rem
edies having a small local reputation
for q year or two, but the Pyramid
Pile Cure has rapidly supplanted
them all and really has the field to
itself when anything like national
popularity is considered.
The explanation is simple. 1t is
because piles is in no sense an imag-
mary trouble that bread pill or a
simple salve or ointment will cure,
but an obstinate, painful and often
dangeroug trouble and remedy to
give satisfaction must possess posi-
tive and very apparent merit. A per-
son suffering from piles will not ex-
pertinent for months with remedy;
1t must give relief and a cure in short
order or 1t is condemned.
The worst cases of piles are relived
on the first application of the Pyra-
mid and a cure will result in q rea-
sOnable time from its regular use.
Medical men use it in preference to
operations because it is safer, is per-
fectly painless and the cost to patient
is mere trifie as all druggists sell
the Pyramid Pile Cure at SOC, and as
tits used at night, it cures without
interfering with regular occupation.
If suffering from any form Of piles,
bleeding, itching or protruding, a
trial of the Pyramid will cure you
and add another to its thousands of
friends.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

week Of the Spauish-American conflict,
Not only did they hammer the British
Numerically in skirmish and battle,
but they seized OF captured strategic
points in British territory which ef-
fectually blocked for the time Eng
lands plan of striking for Pretoria.
With Laingsnek and Glencoe in their
hands the Beers can keep the enemy
out Of the Transvaal on the east, and
by controlling Colenso and Greytown
In the east and Colesburg In the west
they can force the British to attack
on ground Of their own choosing. 1t
is plain that the British prepared to
fight the Beers in their own way-that
is, by rough and tumble warfare. The
Beers. to the surprise of everybody,
pitched In in the usual British way, u.s.
Ing strategy, and won at every point.
On the very day when President
Kruger's ultimatum to England ex-
pired, and the hour was o'clock o. m.
at that, the Beers occupied Laingsnek.
At the same time the British hurried
troops toward the western, border of
the Transvaal, showing an intention to
invade territory where there are no
dangerous passes. But the next day
the Beers carried the war into Natal
by pushing columns through several
passes. They also destroyed a British
armored train which. was carrying
guns into Mafeking, in Rhodesia, on
the western border Of the Transyaal.
Daily thereafter until the troops
were brought to battle on British soil
the Beers gained important points. On
Oct. 13, the second day of hostilities,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
GENERAL cRoNJR

GENERAL JoUBERT. GENERAL CRoNJE
and from aid which should come from
that direction. Besides, the Beers had
advanced on the north to hill which,
lif manned by artillery, might enable
, them to shell the town and make his
| lines untenable. On the Both Of Octo-
ber he led out three brigades of troops,
with a heavy detachment of artillery,
to recapture the hill, but found that
the Beers had withdrawn. Although
these were the old tactics of the enc
my, White was deceived by them, and
in anticipation of heavy battle for
that hill he sent flank detachment.
consisting of ten companies of the
Gloucesters and the Royal Irish fu-
sileers, with the Tenth Mountain bat
terry, to protect the main column from
surprise and, if possible, turn the Boer
flank.
General Whites report stated that
his force engaged the Beers in an ar
tillery duel and retired with glory, but
it seems that but for the timely arrival
on the scene of naval detachment
Will SOhC guns thC oOClo
would have had the best of the engage
ment. Meanwhile the flank detach-
ment pushed on to seize point known
as Nicholson's mex. When within two
miles Of the mex. it is said, the Beers
stampeded the battery and ammuni-
tion mules. and the troops took shelter
on a hill. where they lay all night.
Early in the morning the Beers at
tackled, rushing to within short range.
Particulars Of this fight are lacking,
but it is known that the whole outfit
was captured and about $50 we're kill
ed and wounded. The loss in this dis
aster is estimated at 1000 at least.
Previous to this the British had suf-
fered a loss of DIG officers and men.
With Ladysmith invested, the Beers,
in spite of the hard fighting, pushed
vigorously across Natal in the British
rear. GEORGE L. KILMER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
He Wa. Used to It.

Burlington. our center rush, was In
bad elevator accident yesterday. The
car fell eight stories and was all smash
ed to pieces"
"That's too bad. Was he disabledY
mo; he came through all right. Aft
er they had dug him out of the wreck
he opened his eyes and said the fellows
on the other side hadn't tackled fair,
SO we hsye hopes that he will be able
to go In the game tomorrow jus.~ tba
same."-Chicago Times-Herald.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
a s1ortEased Bride.


When a Chinaman falls in love, he
can be just as sharp and full Of guile
as the "Melican man." Chow Sam
Lung, therefore, when he looked upon
little All Moy and saw chat she was
beautiful and young, at once fell down
and worshiped. figuratively speaking,
and began to investigate as to his
chances Of making her his wife.
Now, Chow Sam Lung was young
himself and very successful gambler
by profession, being the keeper Of
gambling house in San Francisco. But
the cruel parents Of All Moy had prom
ised her to old man Low How for his
fourth wife and would not retract their
promise. Did Chow Sam Lung sit down
and bewail his lot? Not at all. He at
once made her fathers acquaintance,
and. beguiling him into his gambling
place. proceeded to let him play and
win. Then he played and lost. And
Chow Sam Lung said: mo matter, you
are my friend. l will trust you"
After awhile the OLD man owed Chow
Sam Lung $1,4OO. Now. old man Low
How was to give All Moy's father
$1,000 on her wedding day, but when
New Years came, and every China
man must pay his debts before he can
paste his prayer in the josshouse, All
Moy's dad was short and failed to
raise the $1,4O0. So Chow Sam Lung,
who had previously taken mortgage
on the girl. promptly foreclosed it and
took her to his home in the very face
of old man Low How. And that's
what happened in San Francisco Chi
natown. And All Moy was very
muchee happy.-San Francisco Call.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

MAJOR MILLER MAJOR ADAMS
clump Of waving bamboo lay shattered
bodies in a pile, apparently carried
there by their comrades.
"Along our entire 'front.' extending
over half q mile, the scenes were the
same. l have heard men of every
company tell Of the terrible execution
the Montana regiment inflicted upon
the enemy in that conflict, which con-
tinued for more than an hour. Along
every company front were dead, dy-
ing and wounded. abandoned rifles and
clothing, blood despatched trenches
and all those things that combine to
make war terrible. Our own loss was
not small. Nearly every company suf-
fered one or more casualties. and .
chapter could be written Of the many
deeds of daring performed by our boys
in that days fighting. We only paus-
ed at the trenches long enough to al
low some pieces Of artillery which
had come up to pass US. Then the pur-
suit was resumed to the Tuliahan
river, where, after another short but
spirited engagement, we camped for
the night"
Probably the 26th and 27th Of April
will be counted as the liveliest In the
history of the Montanas. for then they
went against the main insurgent army,
at Calumpit and fought every step as
we'll as swan every stroke with the
famous Kansans. When the regiment
reached the Rio Grande. only the
frame of the steel bridge was stand
ing. The Filipino army lay in trench
es on the other side. and their Maxims
commanded the bridge. Crowding to
the bank. the Montanas and .Kansans
kept up q fusillade. After the Kan
sans put their raft across the Mon
tanas clambered over on the frame
work. carrying only rifles and ammu-
milton. A force Of Filipinos estimat-
ed at 1000 met the advance. but the
western boys drove them back.
On May 24th the Kansans and Mon
tanas fought side by side for San Fer
nando and carried the day. On the
18th Of June the insurgents tried to
spring an attack at San Fernando un-
der cover Of white flag. They were
repulsed in a sharp fight of half an
hour, the last battle of the Montanas.
In this affair the regiment lost one
killed and four wounded.
During the first TWO months of fight
ing the First was armed exclusively
with Springfelds. In April each COM
pany received 25 Mausers. which en-
abled them to better cope with the Fill
pinos. The following table of strength
and losses speaks for the Montana
boys:
Strength ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. l,O3s
hliieu ..'............s........ IL
Died OF wounds. .......................... II
Died OF disease. .......................... Is
Wounced ...-...................... los
Company G Of Butte heads the list
Of casualties. 1t lost 16 by wounds in
action. Company A Of Great Falls fol-
lows. with loss in action of 13, and &
Of Anaconda lost 12.
Many long service regiments in the
civil war suffered fewer battle cas-
ualties than did the First Montana
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

ONTANA lost
not a moment
getting into line
with her sister
states to remem-
ber the Maine.
One of the youn-
gest in the ranks
of full fedged
commonwealth,
she was also one
OF the readieSt
when the hour
for quick action
struck in 1898.
The very day
[ hat President
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

N t n q first
month Of the
W ar in South
Africa the foe
whom the Brit
ish affected to
despise and all
theoutside world
a d m ired for
Spartan ur-
age, while pity
ing their mate
rial weakness,
hit England AZ
hard as Dewey
did the Spanish
Il
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
AKRON DAlA1 ,EMoCRAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25

envy to attack and then withdrew, WIS.,
iting slaughter upon the enemy. Brit
ish accounts say that they withdrew
and the Beers did not follow up.
General Yule's retreating column was
followed closely by the Beers, for the
latter swept around south Of Lady
smith and pushed on to Colenso, the
key to the British rear. 1t was evi-
dent that General White was in dan
ger of being cut off from retreat south
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
Music at Home.

Music at Home.
''Do you play any instrument, Mr.
Jimp?"
Yes; I'm cornetist."
Sand your sister?"
"She's pianist"
''Does your mother play~
"She's a zitherist."
"And your father"
"He's pessimist. Chicago Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
BOERS HITTING HARD
HEAVY BLOWS DEALT The BRITISH
THE FIRST MONTH.

After seisinE Various Points Of VAN
fage They Forced the British to At
tack-EnGIand's Crack Troops Driv-
en-, with Awful Loss.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

Got what He Called For.
The barroom Of n well known hotel
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

Company G Of Butte heads the list
of casualties. 1t lost 16 by wounds in
action. Company A Of Great Falls fol-
lows. with loss in action of 13, and &
of Anaconda lost 10.
Many long service regiments in the
civil war suffered fewer battle cas-
ualties than did the First Montana
regiment in its five m ,nths of warfare.
GEO aaE L. KILMER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

copyright. 1880. by G. ]
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

While the fighting continued with
f1erceness north of Ladysmith for many
days. there We're reports from Kim
berley and Mafeking of British sorties
which routed and destroyed the Beers;
but, instead Of confirmation of the vic
tories claimed, there came intelligence
that the Beers were pressing the sieges
at both places, bringing artillery to
bear and using guns with precision, all
of which was contradictory of British
predictions. 1t has been seen that the
Boer artillery was effective In the bat
ties in Natal, and as the guns at other
points were handled by the same train
ed regular artillerists as those in Natal
it must be supposed that they gave a
good account of themselves.
In front Of Ladysmith the final re-
ports showed that the commander,
General White, was hard pressed. not
only to save the column under General
Yule which was retreating on Lady
smith from Glencoe, but had to fight to
keep the Beers at arms length from
the town itself. On the 25th Of Octo-
Der General White marched out of La
dysnfth to lend aid to Yule's retreat
ing column and found his road blocked
at Reitfontein, only seven miles from
the city. The British had their guns
along and charged with their usual
desperation, but the Beers had guns
and used them well. They were also
cool in action and evidently led the on
The Meeker herald., 1899-03-25
Call for Bids.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned Clerk Of the Board Of
Trustees of the town of Meeker, for the
following work to be done on the town
park: Flowing, discing, narrowing and
leveling. Plans and specifications as to
how the work shall be done can be seen
at the clerks Office. The committee on
park reserve the right to reject any or
all bids. Bids to be in by noon of April
LIST 1899 and marked IBID for work OH
park" BY order of the committee on
park. w. E. SALTMARsH.
Town Clerk.
The Meeker herald., 1899-03-25
FIRST ELEPHANT IN AMERICA.
Hsw Moses snith's Eccentric Notion
Made . Fortune for Al.
other Man.

1t is not generally known that a
former citizen of Owensboro brought
across the ocean the first elephant
that was ever in America. says the
Owensboro (Ky.) Inquirer. The name
of the gentleman was Moses Smith,
who at one time owned vast body of
land from the mouth of Panther creek
up the river, embracing nearly all the
present farms in the neighborhood of
Sorgho.
| Mr.. Smith was at Paris with his
brother and had more money than he
knew what to do with" He told his
brother that he intended taking some
thing 20 American that the people had
never seen. You had better buy an
elephant said the jocular brother and
that was what Moses did. He picked
out the biggest animal he could find
and paid an enormous price For it. He
brought it to New York. where i; WAS
nine days wonder, but the owner
soon found that he had something
worse than the proverbial white cle-
plant on his hands. He tried to sell
it, but could find no buyer and At last
undertook to give it away. in which he
was equally unsuccessful Finally he
found man who agreed to pay him
500 for it and this individual put it on
exhibition. He was 30 successful that
he went into the show business and
made fortune out of Mr.. Smiths fol-
ly. Col. Frank McKernan,of Adrian
vile, is grandson of Mr. Smith, who
lived to great age at his home in this
county.