Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-04-20
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mustered 10LO C00 SllenC dIuly Cud
sleeps in the last bivouac of the brave
The spot selected is in the new add
tion to the cemetery looking out OF
the broad sweeping Potomac. In thi
burial lot, which cover two acres il
extent, in parallel rows, the woodeI
boxes containing the caskets wer'
ranged, separated by great mounds o
earth. Over each box an American
flag was draped. There was no par
ticular order in the disposition of th
remains, though an exception wa
made in the case of the officers.
Washington. April 13.-An order hal
been issued by the War Departm EN-
mastering out a number of genera
officers, and mong them are Majol
Generals Fitzhugh Lee and JOSEPH
Wheeler The officers are mustered
out to enable them to accept commits
sion as general officers of volunteers
under the act of March 2, 1899.
Charlotte, N. c., April 13.-Robert
Love, the 12-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Love. of Paw Creek, hung
himself Saturday afternoon. The facts
were these:
The boy had ha6 chicken-pox and
had not entirely recovered from the
disease. A number of boys who were
going fishing came by for him Satur-
day afternoon, but his mother refused
to let him go an account of his not be-
ing well. The refusal angered the boy,
and be left the house and went to an
old work shop. where he was seen sit
ting, pouting, on the work bench. His
mother paid no attention to his ab-
sence, knowing he was in the work
shop. After an hour or more had gone
by and he did not come in, Mrs. Love
went to the shop, and, opening the
door, called him. To her horror she
saw his body dangling from the end of
q rope, which he had tied over the
rafter. She ran to him and held the
body up to relieve the weight On the
neck. At. the same time she screamed
for help. A man who was passing ran
IN. He cut the rope and then Went as
quickly as possible for q doctor. While
le was gone the mother and father
used every restorative possible, but to
40 purpose. When the doctor arrived
le said life had been extinct for an
hour.
Manila, April 14.-At O'Clock this
morning small body of insurgents
attacked the camp of the Third Artil-
Iery from the swamp near Paombon,
mile and a half west of Malolos. Two
privates were killed and a lieutenant
and two others were wounded. With
the coming of daylight the American
forces secured the district driving the
insurgents northward and killing sew
eral of them. A private soldier of the
Montana regiment was wounded.
Manila, April 14.-Franclsco Reyes,
,he man who recently purchased the
Spanish gunboats at ZambOanga, Island
Of Mindanao, has received advices to
The effect that the fleet sailed for Ma
nila and returned few days later
with the vessels stripped of their guns
and ammunition. The purchasers
agents and native crews for the YES
sells, were conveyed to Zamboanga by
She United States cruiser Boston and
were instructed to wait for the arrival
there of the United States gunboat
Petrol. Instead of so doing, after the
Boston sailed from ZambOanga, the
Spaniards transferred the gunboats to
The agents of Reyes and the fleet left
They soon retured and
reported having been boarded by reb-
els who removed the gunboats' arma-
nents. If the instructions of the
naval commander had been
Dbeyed their capture would have been
Zomboanga is fortified
and still garrisoned by Spaniards and
the affair is regarded as suspicious.
London, April 14.-Dispatches from
The East show that the plague has
spread throughout Asia. 1t is raging
with renewed virulence in the Pun
jaub. In Hong Kong there have been
43 deaths from the plague. and every
precaution is being taken to prevent
it spl eading by vessels to Manila.
Washington, April 14.-In acknowl-
edgement of the good Offices of the
Ere nch government in bringing about
peace, the President has written tie
following letter: Emil Loubert.
President French Republic, Paris. On
this auspicious occasion of the consnm-
nation of peace between the United
States and Spain, l beg in the name Of
this Government and people and in my
own to express my high appreciation
of the part filled by the representative
of France in the promotion of this
happy result. In this kind Office so
performed my countrymen will see
another link in the amity that joins
the two nations. VIM. MCKINLEY"
Paris, April 15.-To His Excellency
William Mckinley, President of the
United States: II am deeply touched
by the sentiments which Your Excel
lency was pleased to express toward,
me on the occasion of the signing ot
| the ratification of the treaty of peac,
between the United Statessand Spain
and heartily thank you therefor.
especially desire to assure Your Excel
lency of the sincere desire of the Gov
ernment of the Republic and its Presi
dent constantly to draw closer tn
bonds of traditional friendship whicl
have SO long united the two great re
publics. EMIL LoUBERT. ="