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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23

tenant John c.. colwell. whose brilliant
services In England before and during the
late Spanish war, in buying warships,
guns and ammllnit ton. and z in looking
/ after our military interests generally. will
be recalled ); and our military attaches at
London and Paris Is Brigadier General
Alfred e. Bates who likewise rendered
valuable service to our government in the
Spanish war. lieutenant w. s. Slime is
our naval attache at Paris and st. Peters
burg. and Commander II. M. Barber at
Berlin, Vienna and Rome. Major James
NJ Wheelan is our military attache at
Berlin and The Hague. and Lieutenant
while Lieutenant Albert L. Keys as
Ssignment as naval attache covers both
China and Japan ti ss3 sss
3 BY permission gained through the au-
thorized diplomatic channels and in con-
sformity with the rifles Of official ETH
quette established In the foreign country
the -attache visits he usually can inspect
gun plants. factories, navy yards, ar
senels, and even fortresses In a general
way. He can witness manoeuvers, and,
upon request, can obtain a large amount
OF technical information and printed lit
serature whose distribution is not spe-.
scially prohibited. His legitimate studies
may range all the way from the training
of dogs and carrier pigeons to practice,
mobilization and the evolutions Of rmies
and fleets. He is expected, IN e word tG
keep abreast Of all the new developments
In mill taTy or naval science.
He can note wha. systems o. theories
are introduced and followed IN the naval
and military schools. He may inform
himself as to changes in the adjustment
and equipment OF the infantry cavalry,
artillery and eng fneer arms OF the serv-
Ice. He may examine improved drill reg
5ulations, and may continue his studies
in the field of strategy and tactics He
should be up on the latest experiments
looms and on tests OF arm ST and of guns.
He should give attention to new types OF
wearc-ssssr..d rev 6e-,nvf = Ss.s,-Iene
(COntjnuo2 - 1eeo0A Eago.l
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23
elusive weapon, that saves or wins on the
fateful day of battle. 9Ess3s+ @

fateful day of battle. .
Military and naval attaches have been
stationed regularly in this country by the
principal European powers for observa-
ton duty, since shortly after the close of
cur Civil war. France, Russia and Spain
were. the first to send them. For several
years the attaches were located in New
York instead of Washington. In many in
stances single military or naval attache
only is assigned for this duty but such an
officer naturally keeps an eye on mill
,tary ,aaffirs in the broad sense, embrace,
Ing naval as well as army features. Gu
riously, Spain was the first power to 'es-
ablish such attaches here, and her leSa-
ton at Washington has always been
equippad heavily, not only with a-much
larger staff of secretaries and civilian at
taches than other legations, but with
military and naval attaches at the same
time. AS far back as 1871 the Republic
Of Peru kept a regularly accredited naval
attache posted at New York. =,
2 Great Britains naval attache, here now
Is Captain Alfred W. Paget, r. N; Ger
many's is Lieutenant Commander Won
Rebeur PaschWitz, and Russia's agent is
General Mertvago. Frances military at
ttache is Commandant Clement de Gran
prey. Italy's is Lieutenant Ferruccio
Vitale, and her naval attache is Lieu
tenant Carlo de Llca Kennedy Japan's
Martha Argentina's military attache is
Colonel Ricardo A.. Day, and Turkeys is
Aziz Bey, captain and aide de camp to
his majesty Abdul Hamid.
On our side we have had regularly COM
missioned military and naval attaches
stationed at our legations in foreign cap
itals only since 1885, at the beginning of
President Cleveland's second admtnistra-
ton, when Secretary Lamont and Secre-
tary Herbert in their zeal for the long
neglected Improvement and upbuilding
Of our army and navy, assigned officers
for ohserva ton dutylat Vienna. Brussels,
Paris, London and Berlin. Before that
occasionally an army or naval officer was
detailed informally for temporary duty
at certain OF the foreign capitals in times
of exceptional activity, but the practice
was not regarded as regularly estab-
lished. - }ss1-z..a
At London our naval attache is Lieu
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23

a. Il I.Tt h Z 81 tsa
po11cy, wn1cn makes It 1ess important TOR
foreign nations to watch us closely.
Still there Is no doubt that all the prin-
scipal European powers are to-day in pos
session of complete and correct informa-
ton as to. our military and naval equip
mert. including pretty accurate plans OF
our coast defenses and a fair knowledge
of our gun and ammunition plants, ship
yards, navy yards, docks, armories and
arsenals-infor ton much more COM
prehensive than is possessed by any spe-
ctal set Of our own army or naval officers,
This, though disQuieting, Is not neces-
sarily alarming. Probably our. War and
Navy departments In turn possess as
much information about the military and
naval resources of each of the European
powers as any one of them possesses
respecting ours. 3 liz "a y
Such Information is obtained chiefly BY
military and naval attached. It Is not se-
cured by the wholesale or III the lump.
but IS usually got piecemeal, In little bits
and fragments-some OF it legitimately
and without trouble or concealment and
some Of it under difficulties. and some
times under circumsta nces that will not
bear atnvestigatiOn--and afterWard woven
together and added to. little by little, as
the years go by It has often been re-
marked. and with justfce, that our gov
eminent is not sufficiently reticent about
what it has and what It Is dong or con-
templating about things military. Our
newspapers and magazines constantly
print facts about our military and naval
advancement, which, anywhere 81 else,
would carefully be withheld from the
public. Were the surrounding condi ttons
here the same as In Continental Europe,
NO doubt our government would be more
eecretivel As II. is, our people, consider
themselves, in q sense, the government,
and they like to discuss everything per-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23

Military or naval attaches, commits,
stoned by one government to make their
headquarters at its legation or embassy
at the capital Of another, are expected
to act as the expert eye and ear Of their
home government with respect to Mill
tary matters coming legitimately under
their observation in the 'foreigI, country;
and to keep their government constantly
advised as to military progress therein
In continental Europe, where cOnti,uou
nations are so many hostile camps, this
function. is perverted into a legitimi2ed
spy system superior to all others, b tro-
cious in method and exasperating IN its
effects, against which there is no .ffectual:
remedy and no means of redress short Of
war. a .s;7
d A spy, pure and simple, Is spy the
world over when his. character is known,
and he is dealt with sunmarily every;
where when detected and captured Yet.
military or naval attache may be in
truth just as much of spy, and of the
most dangerous kind, because of his SUI
iperior. opportunities and surroundings,
and still under International usage he IS
not liable to capture or amenable to rlln-
ishment, but is specially guarded by the
aesis that protects the embassy or Legal
ton which he uses as his base of opera
tons. Military espionage in one form or
another has been practiced, ever since
ARMIES We're organized, says the Wash
sinHton correspondent OF the New e ork
Iress, but with us Its practice through.
the agency Of the military attache Is
somewhat new, and even with some ma
tons long accustomed to 1t 1t often proves
Sintolerably CALLING. ..45s5 s
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used in fighting Indians were able to,
turn the. tide Of the battle, and repulsedss
the Spaniards don't think 1t an ex-
aggeratiOn to say that but for the timely
aid ?ofathe Tenth cavalry the rough riders.
would have been exterminated; this is
the opinion freely and openly expressed
by the men of that regiment themselves :;
81 Were you in the fight of July 1?'' he
was asked.
'Yes;t that is where I received my
wounds We were under fire in that fight
forty-eight hours or more, without food
and with but little water. We had been
cut or from our pack train, as the Span
ish sharpshooters shot our mules as soon.
as they came anywhere near the lines,
and 1t was impossible to move supplies
Very soon after the firing began our
colonel was killed and most of our other;
officers were killed or wounded, so that
the greater part Of that desperate bat,
tie was fought by the Ninth and Tenth
cavalry without officers; or at least If
there were any officers around, we Meth
er saw them nor heard their commands.
The last command we heard our captain
give - .7s azi.tI.a
J !" Boys. when you hear me whistle, lie
down fiat on the ground III.
Whether he ever whistled or not I
don't know. The next move we made was
when with. a terrific yell we charged up
to the. Spanish trenches and were bayo-
netting and clubbing them in their faces:
Some of the men in one Of the colored reg
>iments say the last command they heard
was To the rear but this command they
entirely disregarded and charged to the
front until the day was won and the
Spanish, those who were not left dead
in the trenches. fed back to the city,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23

4 Remarkable Book by Negro Sol
dters Telling of Their ValOr in
Battle-The Claim Is Made That
the Black Fighters Saved the Day
at San Juan Personal Expert
ences of Some Of These Heroes
y Military History of the Negro for
} n Century. r., Is,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17
THE CONTRAST.

1t must have been a happy moment
to Senator Stewart yesterday when he
saw the Legislature organized with 2
clear working majority IN his interest
IN both branches of the Legislature
On the other hand there must have
been dependency III the enemv's
camp ana down deep in the heart Of
Francis c. Newlands there must have
e a twlnge of remorse.
10 the II it meant the reward of a
long and honorable life passed in the
service of his country.
10 the other it meant the DISGRACE
that must follow the breaking of a
pledge to his party and to his friend
1t meant that he should be pointed to
as one who had not kept his word of
ho1or. 1t meant that he should be
scorned by Nevada people as one who
e~ndeavored to betray the State
INTO the hands of the gold standard
party. 1t meant dishonor.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

informed OF the fact? Is this the
reason why the former have let up on
that talk about a vigilance committee
TO run Maggie out of the State? Have
they adopted the same tactics of the
San Francisco Call that threatened TO
publish certain letters in the cast in
MI Newlands' own handwriting?
was 1t Mr.. Newlands that callel off
the dogs?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17
WHO CALLED OFF THE DOCso

When the Reno Journal and The
Carson News published the fake tina,
Se"ato Stewart had engaged a gang
OF Eun-hghters, murderers, pugilists
aad thugs to ]terrorize the Legislature
INTO submission to his will" they
houed it might find lodgment IN
feeble minds or serve as an excuse for
those who were looking fondlv to.
W""d NeWlands' millions. The fraud
was so transparent that none of the
tltnds of Stewart were deceived
However there seems to be a religious
element III the State that gives such
1ullors the benefit of the doubt, over
LOCKING the fact that the burden Of
proof should rest with the other side
no with Stewart.
lev. NJ S. Riddle, Of the Elko
Things, is the representative of this
cla.s, and his indignation is aroused
against Stewart at the bare allegation
that he had imported "murderers" to
assist him in his fight. He saws to
the members of the Legislature that
II they do find that Stewart brought
mu'derers into the State, then if IS
"their sacred duty to vote against him
Tor United States Senator" The lid.
ing4 might have gone further and
said that if they found Stewart had
committed murder he should be hung.
Fat admit that the Things should
he Eunored. Every fried Of Stewart
will submit to the conditions. All
Will agree that, if he brought muir
dercrs into the State, Newlands can
have his seat i'll the Senate. Stewart
ha some pride left. Why he would
not even be found associating with
such gentlemen as Jim. Dennis. Then
talk about his hiring murderers.
But why does the News and the
Journal and the Tidings call Dave
Na8le a murderer? Mr.. NagIe has
been considered a high-minded fellow
and he might take oRense at such
language. Some one may have to
around with a handsome apology
or produce another twenty-five thou ,
sand.
Nagle only killed Judge Terry
to protect Mr.. Justice Field" the
of Mr.. NewIands. ,
Il is true that Judge Terry was EN- .
lssing the Sharon estate, but that =,
lad nothing to do with his being put E
IF the way. 1t all am about in ::
L pc rfectly legal manner.
NJ II eve insinuated that Mr..
Ne" lands was a party to his being =.
emoved. 1t is true that Mr.. New :
and5 said in the Stockton Convention '
I am the friend of Mr.. Justice
and was Missed by the crowd. b
that was because they didn't like O.
'leil, not because they had anything p
ga asst Terry. .
II is also true that Terry had de, @,
bounced Field, the friend Of New h
and', as the most corrupt man on the st
encl, and had published a list ofIthe L
't!bcs that he had taken.
However, that was no reflection on
)ave Nagle. Maggie is a mar that c,
tell everything he knows. He P
ore the reputation of a gentleman. Sc
nt1l they called him a murderer. and =
7as also the friend of Mr.. Newlands. nj
lave the News and Journal found pl
his out, and will the Tidings also be
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

y new fad has struck Carson. Every
BOY ma girl is making a collection Of the
cartoons appearing in the APPEAL and
FASTING them in their scrap-hookS. one
or two business men are serjousIv think
ing Oh giving a premium for the largest
COLLECTION. Not Since the button craze
mas anything taken hold Of the young
SVers minds so fast IS have these car
toDuE
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

The Silver State says that it is
intimately that Stewart put up the
money for Wren to make his CAM
paign, and then asks, "How is that
~treachery:? Since when is a mere
lntlmation a proof of guilt?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

J. KLEIN
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

Whatever You may say about the
Examiner it tries to give the news.
When 1t finds that it has been bun
coed by It's Carson correspondent. as
shown i'll Sundays paper, NewIands
may lose his contract for a column
space during the campaign.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

1t was a ringing letter that Charles
d, Aane wrote from Angels Camp.
He like Mr.. Newlands, recognizes
the fact that the defeat of Senator
Stewart for reelection would be a
National calamity,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

Chas, d, Lane, who spoke so kindly
tor Senator Stewart, received last Sat-
urday the complimentary vote for
United States Senator of the Demo-
Gratis in the California legislature
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

ne following pledgeI was publicly
taken by MIR. Newlands in order to Sc
cure the Silver party nomination for
Congress-:
we earnestly recommend the r~e-elec-
ti"h OF VIM. NJ. Stewart to the Senate of
u" United States, and pledge the Silver
party and the nominees oft h convention
To ais support tor that office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

NeWIandS was a brave man to enter
the fight with two men named Dennis
working for him. But that is the only
brave thing that he has done.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

Over in Churchill county there is
a small precinct called Newlands. It
cast only nine votes, all for NewIands.
0adIer got one and the other eight
went to Mcmillan.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

II am a Republican when I am
sober but a Democrat when I am
drunk. '-Newlands at Eureka.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-17

Newlands does not Seem to realize
that his leg is being pnlled, not one
OF them, but both of them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-23
Marriage Annulled.

Bristol, Tenn, March 17.-Mr. r. @.
Sale, of Danburg, who married his
sons widow, has had the marriage an
nulled. Immediately after the mar
riage, which occurred about two weeks
ago, Mr.. Sale heard that he and his
wife would be reported to the grand
jury, and learned that the penalty of
their crime was from one to three years
at hard work on the chain-gan
Last week Justice E. d. Beard, who
performed the ceremony, wrote to Mr.
Sale and advised him to leave the coun-
ty. Becoming alarmed, Mr.. Sale went
to Washington and requested the or
dinary not to record the license for a
few days. He then consulted Justice
Beard, who pronounced the marriage
null and void. This marriage has
caused considerable comment on the
part Of law-abiding people. Mr.. Sale
has been considered a prominent farm
er of that section. He belongs to the
Masonic order, and it is said that he
will be suspended. He is also a lead.
ing member of the Fishing Greek Bap.
tist church. 1t is not known what &C.
tion this body will take regarding Bro.
Sale.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-23

parabole to an ellipse, and it then re-
mains a captive in the solar system,
performing its elliptic orbit about the
sun. Thus the trail that produces the
shower of November 10 has been iden-
tilted with the comet known as Tum.
pel's comet. The shower of the 27th
of November has been identified with
Biela's comet, and the more scattered
shower of about the first part of Au-
gust agrees in position and orbit with
Tuttle's comet. So, while very much
sensation has been stirred up about the
probability of the earth's colliding with
a comet, and consequent dire results,
it is, in the opinion of recent authority
thought that this fear is groundless,
for we have probably enjoyed that thrill.
ling experience many times. The light,
of course, produced by the meteor is
the result of friction in the earth's at
mosphere Of the meteor, moving at the
rate of about thirty miles second.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-23
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld ILL.,,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on he lungs; she
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was hopeless victim Of con-
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption
she bought bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited from first dose.
She continued it's use and after taking
six bottles, found herself sound and
well; now does her own housework, and
is as we'll as she ever was. Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at Cy
H. Lyle's, large bottles SOC. and $1.00
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-23
Interesting Little Items.

Sixteen ounces of gold are sufficient
to gild wire that would encircle the
earth.
A body weighing 10000 pounds at
the equator would weigh 10, ,031 pounds
in London.
One-half of the land in the city of
Boston is unoccupied.
The British dam on the Nile is eighty
feet thick and eighty feet high.
The Brooklyn bridge has contracted
149 feet since it was opened to the
public.
Some royal crowns are merily silk
wadded caps ornamented with jewels
and pendants
A mans clothing usually has the
buttons on the right side woman's
on the left.
In Italy there are more theatres in
proportion to its population than IN
any other country.
Scientists say that butter is the most
nutritious of all articles of diet, with
bacon a good second.
Signals used by ships at sea date
from 1865. They were invented by the
Duke of York, afterward James II.
Aluminium is found combined with
1875 other minerals, and hence consti-
tutes large part of the crust of the
earth.
One of the latest achievements in
chemical science is pellet containing
the concentrated elements of coffee,
sugar and milk.
The thinnest tissue paper runs !, 200
sheets to the inch. Iron can be rolled Sc
thin that it will take 1900 sheets tC
make an inch.
Electric light has been used to stim
ulate the growth of plants, and, coupled
with other means of forcing a continu
al period of growth secured, thereby oh
tanning earlier maturity than woul(
have been the case under ordinary
circumstances.
The richest deposit OF aluminium IL
the world has justbeen discovered nea
Bowling Green, Ky. An analysis of tn
clay by the Government assayist at st
Louis, Mo-, showed the proportion o
aluminium contained therein to b
so per cent.
Rudolph Falb, the Austrian astrono
mer, names Nov. IA, 1899, as the dat
on which the world will come to an en-
by violent contact with Bielas comet
the same body which, accordin to pre-
diction, was to have annihilated us i
r 1882 If this last prediction and calcr
lation comes true, great deal of bus
ness connected with the late war, th
beef contracts and Senor Aguinald
will have to remain unfinished.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-23
ELIZABETH ROBINS.

merised. The novel which has created
such literary sensation on both sides
of the Atlantic is called ga Tale of
Two Temperaments," and is q study of
an American family that has degene-
rated through long continued inter-
marriage and inherited disease. This
family II the Ganos - were prominent
Southern people and were reduced to
poverty by the war, after which they
removed to small town somewhere
in the Middle States, where the greater
part Of the scene is laid. Ethan Gano
the hero of the story, was brought up
by his maternal grandfather in Boston,
and Val Gano, the heroine, with Mrs.
Gano in the country town in the Mid
die States.
The first half of the book describes
the youth of each. Ethan has inher-
tied q great fortune from his grand
father, while Val, his first cousin, is
almost in poverty. Matters are at such
stage when Lthan, after years of Eu-
ropean life, comes back to Mrs. Gano
and Val. 1t is the first time Val has
seen him. She has heard much about
him, has written to him, and has also
dreamed of seeing him. She falls in
love with him at first sight, and he re-
turns her love- Outlined briefly, the
points of the tragedy that follows are
these: They have decided to marry,
when Ethan has a long conversation
with Val's father, who knows nothing
of his daughters love for Ethan. Va
overhears this conversation, in which
John Gano points cut the curse thai
intermarrying has brought upon the
Gano family, the fact that consump
ton is hereditary on both sides of the
house, and expresses the opinion tha
it would be criminal for a Gano to per
petuate the race. In spite of all that
Val and Ethan make their compact t.
marry, and determine to have one yea
of perfect happiness and they decid,
if new life announces Its coming tt
commit suicide together, They enjoy
their year Of perfect happiness, anC
then, as child is about to be born
they fulfill their compact. In littl
sail-boat they sail away into the sunse
out through the Golden Gate, and tn
story ends there. There are in realit,
two open questions One is, whethe
it is right for physically unfit men ant
and women to perpetuate theil race
and the other whether suffering me-
and women arc justified in opening fo
themselves the gates of death. TIL
book is suggestive merely, 1t simpl
states the questions and makes no al
tempt to answer them. The TRACED
is made more powerful by the fact tha
Val and Ethan combine in themselve
the very highest intellectual powers
and are both in the best of physics
health when the compact is carried ou
It is the fear of what may come-wh'
is almost sure to come-that makes
wrong for them to do otherwise.