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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
THE BATTLE OF TALLADEeA.
A Monument to Dead Soldiers to he
Erected.

Monument to Dead Soldiers to he
Erected.
The Committee on Military Affairs of
the Senate has favorably reported the joint
resolution for erecting a monument to the
soldiers who fell in the battle OF Talladega,
Ala, on the 9Th day OF November. 1913.
Gen. Andrew Jackson and his army were,
on November Z, 1913. busily erecting
fertilization on the bank of the Coosa
River. called Fort Strother. about thirty
miles from Talladega The supply of food
was almost exhausted. That evening
friendly Creek Indian, who had escaped
from the fort at Talladega, came to
General Jackson and reported that the fort
at Talladega, then garrisoned by 154
friendly Creek Indians, was surrounded
by about 1000 hostile warriors and that
the garrison had no water.
About sunrise on the morning OF Novem-
Der 8, General Jackson, with his army had
crossed the Coosa River and started on a
forced march for Talladega through a
wooded wilderness, and at sunset the army
was within six miles of Taliadega and
went into camp. AT sunrise on the 9Th
Of November. 1913. General Jackson COM
menced the attack with a curved line. SO
as to surround the Indians investing the
fort.
The attack was so rapid and so deter
mined that it was of short duration. Gen.
eral Coffee reports:
We had nearly surrounded the Indians
when they br"ke through an opening in
the lines that had not been closed, through
winch many of them escaped. We
nave counted 299 Indians dead on the
ground. and 1t is believed that many have
not been found that were killed. In the
engagement We lost Is killed and 81
wounded; two OF them have since died.
General Jackson left Fort Strother
with only provisions for little more than
one day. The troops marched back To
Fort Strother the day after the battle
They arrived tired and hungry, yet fondly
hoping that in their absence some supplies
had been collected. Not peck of meal
not pound of flesh had reached the fort:
and they found their sick and wounded
comrades as hungry as themselves
The report of the committee recites:
The suffering and the endurance of
such men should be remembered and
honored. The commander before this hat
tie was known In Tennessee as a leader
of men. This battle o. Talladega made
him known to our whole country. And
soon after the battle OF New Orleans made
Andrew Jackson known TO the world as
one of its greatest military commanders
The committee recommended that the bill
be passed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
THE ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.
Favorable Report to BE Made ON the
Lane Bill.

The House special committee on the eel
ebration of the centennial of the Louisiana
Purchase practically agreed at yesterdays
session TO report favorably the bill appro-
priating s., 0o0, 600 for the st. Louis World
Fair. The report will be made May y,
al. important sections Of the bill having
been approved by the committee
Yesterday mornings session was mainly
devoted to discussing the appropriation
feature. In the Lane bill there was no
provision which would ensure the Govern
ment any participation in the proceeds oil
the fair The total amount to be raised
for starting the fair, as provided in the
bill, was SIS, 000. 600. This sum was to be
made up from three sources, one-third by
popular subscription, one-third by the Is
sue of city bonds, and one-third TO be sup
piled by the Federal Government. Under
the provisions of the bill the net proceeds
of the fair, if any, were TO be divided
equally between the subscribers and the
city treasury of ST. Louis. The committee
thought that as the Federal Government
was upon an equality with the subscribers
ind the municipal corporation OF st. LOUIS
SO far as contributions were concerned, II
should share equally in the net profits OF
the exposition. A subcommittee of five
was appointed to redraft section IL. which
is the section in question, so as 10 have it
conform to this view. This committee
was instructed 10 report substitute at
the next meeting of the committee.
Section 10, which provides for imports
of foreign exhibits free Of duty, was re-
ferred 10 a sub committee, with instruc-
toms to refer 1t at once TO Secretary Gage
for his cooperation in rewriting it. Sec
,ions Is and l6 were also referred to Sec
rotary Gage. Section %, relating to the
detail for special duty of such officers of
the Army as may be required, was refer
red to Secretary Root. Section il will be
referred TO the Secretary of Agriculture
and the head of the Smithsonian institu-
ton.
With these precautions. the members OF
the committee feel that the bill, when
finally prepared for report. viii be so
drawn that no valid objections can be
raised TO IL. and no delay need follow in its
passage.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

royalties. and II this is refused the Gov
errment shall at once erect its own armor
plate plant, the amendment carrying an
appropriation of 100000 for this pur-
pose. was then voted on and was de-
feated by like vote of "a to %.
Mr.. Tillman then changed his amend
ment so as to make it read $3.50 per ton, IN
place of $500. The amendment was de-
feated by vote Of % to 90
Mr.. Tillman again changed his amend
ment to read $500 per ton in place of $3.50.
The amendment was defeated by a vote
of 20 to Il.
Mr.. Tiilman made third change so as
to read $545 per ton in place of $500. The
amendment was defeated without division.
A question was asked by Mr.. Teller
whether, when the bill was reported to
the Senate tit being now in Committee OF
the whole, the armor plate amendments
could be renewed.
Mr.. Hale replied. somewhat obviously,
that they could not be.
.'Why?' Mr.. Teller asked
Technically. suppose they can be-"
Mr.. Hale said, but l would not have
asked unanimous consent to have the vote
taken at 3 O'Clock today If l had not
thought it would be final
And L. broke in Mr.. Chandler, would
not have given my consent If l supposed
we could not have n vote again in the
Senate
Mr.. Chandler then offered an amend
ment similar to those Of Mr.. Tillman.
only fixing the limit at si25. The vote
upon it was is to 49, less than quorum.
Mr.. Hale moved a call OF the Senate,
with an air Of dissatisfaction. and with
the remark that he had nothing more to
say.
And If you have" Mr.. Chandler re-
Joined in defiant manner, Il will have
something to say to it.
The call Of the roll was answered by
forty five Senators and the vote was again
taken on Mr.. Chambers amendment
Again there was no quorum and Mr.. Hale.
recognizing the impossibility OF reaching
final action on the question, moved an
adjournment. The Senate then, at ALB,
adjourned until tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
RELIEF FOR SICK OFFICERS.
Senator Platt's Bill Providing fOl
Mileage Rcimbursemcnts.

Mr. Plat of New York has introduced
bill in the Senate for the relief Of sick
and wounded officers of the United States
Army, which provides that payments of
mileage made to sick and wounded officers
OF the Army OF the United States, fer
journeys performed prior TO March 3. 1899.
under verbal or written orders of the gen.
eral commanding in the field, or OF sur
geons in charge Of hospitals, which jour-
neys we're subsequently approved by tie
Secretary of War as necessary for the
public service, shall be passed by the ac-
counting officers of the Treasury to the
credit of the disbursing officers who made
the payments; and where such mileage
accounts have been disallowed by the ac-
counting officers Of the Treasury. and the
amount disallowed has been refunded by
any officer he shall be reimbursed for the
same, on presentation of his claim to the
proper accounting officers OF the Treas
ury,"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
TROOPS GUARDING THE JAIL.
A Mob Organized to Lynch an Al
legged AssaiIant.

RICHMOND, Va, May 12--Troops sur
rounded the Henry county Jail all night
last night 20 save Charles c. Hairston
from mob organized to lynch him.
The Governor. on request of the sheriff,
ordered out the Martinsville Company.
and held the Roanoke Company at its
armory with orders to go to the scene IL
needed.
Hairston assaulted the eighteen year-old
daughter Of Robert Gauldin, a white man,
near Martinsville. The military is still in
charge of the jail and will continue On
duty tonight
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
The Quito on for Bombay.

Judge Advocate General Lemly was adj
vised yesterday by Pay Director Denniston.
at New York. that the steamer Quito, char
tered b. the Navy Department to take re-
lief supplies to India. including 5000 tons
of corn. had sailed from that port for Bonn
bay Thursday evening.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
THE LAFAYETTE STATUE.
The SENATE Adopts Resolutions OF
the SchOoIchildrcn's Offering.

oueF1hs.
The Senate yesterday adopted the follow
ing resolution respecting the unwilling of
the Lafayette statue at Paris. July 4. 1900:
Whereas. The schoolchildren Of the
United States have, by their contributions
Of the sum of $4,000. provided a statue of
Lafayette. which. with the approval OF
the French Government, is TO be unveiled
at Paris, France, on July 4. 1900: and
whereas the United States, by an act of
Congress approved March g. 1899. appro-
priated the sum of 10000 silver dollars Of
the United States for the purpose of aid
Ing in defraying the cost of a pedestal TO
said statue:
Resolved. That the people of the United
States anticipate and appreciate this cere-
mony with feelings OF the greatest salts
faction and regard the statue as express
ing the honor and gratitude with which
they cherish the memory OF Lafayette and
those Of bis countrymen, who. by their
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
Nominated hy the President.

The President yesterday sent nominal
tions as follows to the Senate: Charles S.
Winans. of Michigan, to be Consul of the
United States at Iquique, Chile; Joseph
C. Bonner. of Ohio, to be Collector of Gus
toms for the District Of Miami. in the
State of Ohio. For appointment in the
volunteer army of the United States: Ken
sey ]. Hampton, OF Kentucky, to be as
sistant quartermaster, with the rank OF
captain; First Sergt. Thomas Carl Com
pany A, Forty-second Infantry, U. S. ".
to be second lieutenant. Howard X. San
derson to be postmaster at Lynn, Mass.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
S1z. SIS, and $40 suits, $3.50.

arms and counsel, assisted in securing the
independence of the United States.
Resolved further That the President of
the United States is hereby requested to
transmit copy of these resolutions TO
the Government of France
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
AGAINST An ARuOR PLANT
The Senate Votes to Give Con-
tracts to Private Firms.

The Pettus and TilImnn Amendments
TO the Nuvnl Appropriation dill
Providing for Government Sheath
ing Factories Rejected. - to q
The Minority to Renew the Fight.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
SPANISH WAR CLAIMS.
A Bill Affecting Damage Done in the
United states.

Secretary Root has transmitted to the
Senate the draft Of a bill for the payment
OF claims arising from damages to private
property used or destroyed by United
States troops within the limits of the
United States during the war with Spain,
with the explanation that no law exists
under which these claims can be paid
The claims already filed number $50.
amounting TO S142555
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

''Thev are never alone that accompanied
with noble til, lights" II you think of Heurieh's
Maerzen, Senate. or Lager, and drink these pure
beers, you Nll never he alene. Phone 63I, Arl-
ington Bottling Co., for case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

The work Of removing the defective pier
under the Aqueduct Bridge will probably
be begun this month by the Central Con-
tracing Company, Of New York. They
have nearly completed the repairs to the
old cofferdam, and have machinery in place
to prosecute the work. The stone to be
used is also Quarried and ready.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
ct the Extra F furniture Here on Credit.
Sideboards, e..

Your dining-room ought y ( s.
tain pretty Sideboard-and c ~
as well as not-whenever you s.
the word. We offer you W
mense variety of styles tt So 4
from-all beautifully mirrored AID
carved. Prices begin lover lhan
you imagine.
Our stock of Extension Tables y
complete and includes all sizes
both round and square corners. All
surfaces highly polished. Like ev-
erything else We sell them on easy
payments
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

Order case of Heurich's Maerzen, Senate, or
Lager by 'phoning eS4.
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

When you buy Mattings here-you
need ask no question about the
quality. We sell only such grades
as are known to be reliable. The
newest and handsomest patterns in
Chinese Jointless and Japanese Cot
ton Warp Mattings are here in the
greatest profusion. We cut them
fit them to your floor. and tack them
down free. Our present stock con-
sists of more than thousand rolls
all on credit.
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

PAUL REVERE

Who made his famous ride April 1s l775-
A hurry Of hoofs in village street,
A shape in the moonlight, bulk in
the dark.
And beneath, from the pebbles, in
passing, spark
Struck out by steed flying fearless
and fleet;
That was all! And yet through the
gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that
night;
And the spark struck out by the steed
in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its
heat.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry
of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, knock at the
door,
And word that shall echo forever
more!
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

trousseau to the groom's house in ad-
vance of the wedding to make as good
showing as possible. Meanwhile fes-
tivities are going ON ait each home. All
the time the groom has never seen the
bride.
On the sixth day the bride is brought
10 the home of the groom veiled where
he stands at the door to receive her
She enters and he drawing his sword
slits her veil, and thus catches h'ie
first glimpse of his future wife.
The Kurds betroth a girl before she
is born, but when the marriage morn
actually arrives, if the bride does not
like the groom she lis given a chance
to rid herself of him by being allowed
to run away at full speed, pursued by
the bridegroom, who, to possess her
must capture and bring her back
Very rarely can a kirghese girl be
overtaken unless she so Wills it.
Up in the mountains of northern
India there is a powerful tribe whose
Women choose their own husbands
The smitten maiden makes known heI
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

ehey are complicated they puzzle the
wits of the most intelligent balrlster
to understand.
In my course of reading I have often
found sketches of these peculiar mar
Tiage customs of foreign countries and
they seem so simple, peculiar or
absurd that I have compiled them for
my own information and now for the
first time hand them to the world
The simplest and most expressive
form of marriage is that of the Chero-
lee Indians. After the lover has wooed
mis- dusky mate they simply join hands
over running stream and the cere-
mony is complete. The running stream
is emblematic that they wish that
their future lives shall flow on in the
same channel forever. These people
know nothing of divorces.
The Esquimaux youth is qualified to
marry when he has succeeded in kill
ing a polar bear unaided.
This is to show that he is capable
of providing for the need of his family.
AT night he starts out to secure a wife
which he does by seizing the first girl
he can surprise unawares OF course
she screams and hallooes, this draws
all the people of the village about her,
and they, by throwing seal skins upon
Hhe shoulders of the would-be husband
aid the maiden in escaping. Still he
t.1,o bo -
bhird time and held by her pursuer, she
ait once accepts her fate and becomes
the young mans wife. A matrimonial
agent is found and the wedding takes
place the same day the proposal is
made.
In Norway the bride is dressed in
her wedding garments and placed in
the centre of the room, and surround
ed by circle of bright candles. Then
the town folks enter and comment up
on her appearance, character and pros
poets. Some will speak as follows:
We'll, she's to be married at last
think it's about time. It's the first offe
she's had since I Tilted her."
Another says: "I pity the man who
gets her. She don't look old enough, .
etc. All this continues for fully am
hour. But it all is borne patiently by
the bride. Finally, every one is ORDER
ed out of the room and the wedding
ceremony is performed When it is
finished a tin plate is given the bride
and she collects what is known as
''cradle-tax" e., the father puts a
bank note and two silver spoons in the
dish, then the guests contribute money
or silver gifts. The procession forms
which escorts the bride and groom to
their future home.
Marriage festivities in Finland are
often prolonged for several days even
among the poor class of people. The
Aspiring youth never ''pops THE ques-
tion" himself to the girl of his choice
The proposal is made Through third
person called the talman, ito whom the
happy couple give present when his
mediation ends in wedding. Very
often their gift is a pair of stockings
while the Clergyman, who ties the
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11
POETRY AND LOVE TAPS.
Well-Known Statesmen Have a.
Few Drives at Each Other.

Well-Known Statesmen Have a..
Few Drives at Each Other.
Speaker Henderson and Representa-
tive Lanham of Texas, recently had a
little poeuieal correspondence during
proceedings of the House. They enter
tive Lanham Of Texas, recently had a
ed Congress together, and have long
been very close personal friends. They
were also for long time members of
the Judiciary Committee together.
Judge Lanham had bill that he wish
el to call up under unanimous consent,
and had approached the speaker two or
three times regarding it. One day not
long ago the House was considering
bills by unanimous consent, and Judge
Lanham sent the following, written on
a scrap of paper, to the Speaker, Repre-
sentative Adamson, of Georgia, hand
ing it up at the desk:
Behold member at your door!
He gently knocks; has knocked be-
fore;
Has waited long; is waiting still,
Will you treat this member ill?
Yours for recognition,
To the Speaker.
On the back of the paper on which
this was written Speaker Henderson
inscribed:
My dearest L. can go to HI.
He knows I always treat him well.
Judge Lanham was forthwith recog-
nized by the Speaker to bring up his
pet bill, but Representative Payne Of
New York, objected after quite long
debate. Some days afterward the
Texan once more appealed for an OPP
portunity to bring up his measures in
these lines:
To get up my little bill again
Would make me feel exceedingly we'll
But alasl alasl Serene Payne
Still tells me can Ego to HI"
Speaker Henderson again returned a
poetic answer to Judge Lanham's ap-
peal, Tt read
You may think I'll tell you no;
But quick I say that you may Ego"
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

women raise the, brides arms until
they are on level with her eyes, and
support her while she makes a pro-
found bow. She repeats this three
times, and the groom does likewise.
Both are made to sit down at opposite
ends of the mat. Then the goose is
laid between the bride and groom, and
the red skein is removed from its bill.
An old woman feeds the bird with
some soft pulpy mess. and then feeds
herself from what is left. This being
over the wedding is completed.
Many of the Berber tribes hold
yearly marriage markets to which all
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

Young men and maidens will court
and marry as long as the world exists.
1t is useless to endeavor to put a
quietus ON such proceedings as long
as there are suitors to WOO and sweet
hearts to be won. Universal man is
endowed with the popularity of desir-
ing companionship, and no matter
where he be found, whether in the
palaces of splendor or the jungles of
India, there is found that element of
association predominating above all
other. The grandest book of all the
ages says in it's opening chapters
that cit is not good for man to be
alone, and God said, / will make a
helpmete for him" This being done,
man is left to find this helpmete
among the millions of female sex. But
i'm order to assist him In this stupend-
GUS undertaking, writers say that there
lis an imaginary little wight, most
capricious and ficl1le, called Cupid, ="
that imposes upon each devotee num-
erous customs and varied modes to
bring about an amicable alliance
The manners and forms of marriage
are as multitudinous as the sand upon
The seashore. In no two lands do we
lind the same customs used. Just in
proportion to the intellectual status
of a land will its marriage forms be
simple or complicated. When these
are simple they are extremely so;when
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11
Germania Bicycle Comply

Headquarters for high grade Bicycles
for 6, s, 10, IL year old boys and girls.
Price $40. Send order giving age of
child. Money back for asking.
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

In modern Greece when man
wishes to marry he makes known his
wish to his oldest female relative, and
together they discuss all the suitable
maids in the neighborhood. Then
these girls are visited, looked over, and
silently praised. They all receive the
old woman politely, but i'm no case ask
any questions whatever concerning her
errand As soon as the visitors have
made choice the prospective groom
dispatches his relative to the maiden
home With instructions to ask her
hand in marriage.
The Delawarean., 1900-08-11

Old maids are unknown in Turkey.
There everybody marries young. And
the men when they can afford it marry
quite often. All Turkish girls are
married between the ages of twelve
and thirteen years. The grooms
mother always selects the bride, and
on her return says to her son, "Allah
(God) has revealed for you wife, a
black-eyed hovri, lovely as the peris
i'm the garden of Mohammed." This
satisfies the son, and the mother at
once proceeds to give him description
of the maiden. The festivities ait once
begin and last several days. Relatives
of the bride bring all her bulky