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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

battle 81 Saini-Gu.niin. which so crlppsed
a1aheroe that tho campzlgn Of the
French in the north was at end. We re-
turned 70 the somme. and creased II 20
have look At my old quartsgA OF the
chateau and the villages not a trace The
Inhabitants had disappeared as II tho
earth had sNaliowed them up. Les cam
arslTs the E~asantz told me. had been
tnsre. and nov all wRs ruin and se.ola.
ilon- soon there came the arrnlNtie~ the
h@FoingeF % peace. I wrote several ie,
trrs % Lacsehne. some to Lille. som. "a
an address In Paris shs TAD given me. I
resolved no reply. After being uaFsad IN
review b the Crown Prince Freaertes
We marched back to Germany 10 receive
the NaFmcrt welcome from those wboue
homes We bad helped 20 defend Though
al nrst ] grteved for loss Of my love
was FeTy young, and time did ltx uork
2" mat tn couple OF years the recolia~,
tlon 81 her was q pleasure. and not 4 air
never mentioned the subject 10 my fath-
err why should, 7? Ny castles ln sosIn
had erumoled, and could never be re-
Ten years after the war VIZ. N q.
xAlAxAasxx. Where maze the sSaunlr,.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

the two "Zuge' In Magny half the men
were missing.
We wcrc row hundred sAhers strong.
and as SeckendoTf told as the infantry
from Fleurus Was on the march 70 join
u.s. we formed tn tine and advanced AZ a
walk ln the direction o. the rsvine. Here
we made some men dismount, who open
"a IRE from their caynines on the French.
but the latter wege in force. and their
cover vas too good for US to do them
much .njlry. Il WAS far us = losing game
and we were glad 10 leave g. The In
fantry from 4geurus now came Up as well
rs another body 81 Infantry from vii
iages 20 our left These deployed IN the
FIELDS on both sides 81 Magny. and tbs
attack bt gan IA earnest while We waited
Until the French should BE- driven 20 the
open 90 order 20 try a charge. A tre-
mend0us rgmbling on our right caused
Us 90 glance Ia that direction. and We saw
rapidly approaching across the fields a
section * horse artillery. the animals at
a tearing gallop. the guns ieaping and
bounding over the frozen mounds as II
they were alive In an instant the sec
ton halted. and the guns were unlimbered
al about ~ ysTes frSa Aaxlx1 u an
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

other instant glare was followed by
de2feulns report, and ne heard the whiz
Of a she'll that buried itself In the wali
Of a house. and, exploding scattered the
debris IN every direction. After half a
Dozen shots the IRE % the French slack
ensd in the village and became more
active lower doWu the raVtne. They were
In fun retreat We formed IN column II
-Zage" and circllng around the village,
sw5oped down on a small detachment
separated from the rest, who make no re-
Sistance Our prisoners numbered three
officers and nfty-Eeven men. We had
trouble 20 keep the hussars from kabering
them ln revenge Tor TIE massacre 0f their
comrades We rode through the street
at Magny. and a horrid sight /; was. in
numbered with the dead bodies o. sixty
or seventy men and horses We hung On
the rear ~ the French TN they reached
their lines. when cavalry and artillery
came out to their support and We had
u give q up.
We id NOT return to the chateau but
crossed the Somue. 70 find quarters In the
villages beyond. That night We we're
alarmed" and marched day and night
GAx Liza IsxS I'VE aAxA Then cana he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

anee Of the French military A''.1 :
81 Ds BrgsEonvlIle. VINO hsa go. /.
the campaign ~ 1870 IS sids-Ae.eA Z
FniaheTb4. We took a strers -
each other. and one DAY Is ooesn s..sxs.
"a ask him II be knrw amn. ~ ~ -
The marquiseY be inquired. VIA
sr queer i0ok.
Yea" -
he walked 20 the piano. epensa = ~
struck tho opening chords 81 ~
ees AGleUx Turning. he nrsa ~
q Questioning eye -
''You know f. see. so yos
Of the happy oues7"
How dare your kegan- -
Ny face flushed. and the tears sSs
my eyes.
How dare your began -
To my surprise. he burst 0aI y ~,
Mon ami. she was no more s'.gxs
quisa than / am. She was IN me
des informations n our army ? 49,, 49,
you care 20 put Il that way. ~
had high opinion Of her cievefnsss -
fellows were a mine n !nfornstioAss. -
If she made some sacrifices 20 ops. .s.sr
well. you know. patriotism IL hks -
- 4soYsss q n4titu6s ri sizA1 80
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HEN the Franco
prussian war broke
out IN 1870 my faith
err was a major
general in com
mand OF n cavalry
brigade In West
phalia, and I a stu
dent at Bonn. 1
was barely II, but
determined TO take
.a~f a.. tho ram
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

THE offer of the Sultan to pay us the
800, 900 by ordering a war-ship built here,
and adding that sum to the contract price,
is natural development OF the tortuous
policy of Europe and the Far East. He
does not want to pay the money outright,
because that would be a signal for other
Nations who have like claims to swoop
down onhim. Besides, twill be less hurtful
to his pride TO pay the money indirectly.
and it is a customary thing TO stick all
sorts Of jobs into contract. But we have
declined the offer. Our rules are plain,
straight business, all the time-buy your
ships at the naval counter, pay your bills
at the cashiers desk. Doing a large
business, We can not mix deals, and confuse
She bookkeeping. Besides, we have said
that we would collect the money, and we
must do it. The eyes of Europe are on us.
1t would set bad example, after making
the demand, to apparently let the matter
drop, and hurt us in business circles
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

Least unhappy OF prison experiences. He
felt then, as all prisoners did. that II he
could only get back to his company and
regiment. there would never more be a
mtIrmHr from his lips over anything that
might come to him. He would be the
most contented, obedient, and uncom-
planning soldier that ever lived.
He was startled by hearing a pack of
dogs coming toward the island, with a
rush, led by deep-baying hounds and
encouraged by the shouts of a couple OF
men following on horseback.
81 made move to awaken his COM
panions.
"H-i-s-h," Cape Boneset called to him,
in penetrating whisper. ST looked in
that direction.
Not arter we'uns," said Boneset. Keep
quiet. They 'uns s chaSin' fox. HEah
he comeS."
The animal dashed by, flash Of red
d1sh-brown, to his covert somewhere on the
island. The hounds came baying onward.
Gabe and Hez each swiftly tore from the
thorny locust tree under which they were
lying Il limb filled with long, cruel thorns,
and crawled over to within reach of the
course the fox had made through the brush
and weeds. They stretched themselves
out and waited for the dogs. The fore
most hound, with the scent warm in his
nostrils, and thunder on his tongue, rushed
forward into reach. Boneset brought
the thorns sharply up under his belly.
His ringing bay turned to yell of anguish,
as he turned and bolted back. His i'm
mediate follower was served the same way
by HeZ Grubwood and thorn pierced his
slender, delicate forefoot. Other dogs
followed, to receive similar treatment, and
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
PERSONAL.

Serg't J. A. Tivy, 6O3 18th street, De-
troit, Mich, has published a very hand
some little souvenir of his old regiment,
the gallant 7th Mich, and one Of the very
best regiments in the Second Corps, which
is saying great deal.
A crushing affliction befell Maj.-Gen.
Jas. H. Wilson, Military Governor of
Matanzas-Santa Clara, at Habana, April
49, His wife, who was out driving with
her daughter, trod upon a match in step
ping. from her carriage and was instantly
enveloped in flames. She was so terribly
burned that she died few hours later.
She was sthe daughter of Col. John Andrews.
of Wilmington, Del, who commanded the
1st Del. in the rebellion, and was married
to Gen. Wilson in 1866. She left three
daughters. She joined Gen. Wilson in
Cuba lust November.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

were suffering from grass and weeds, on
account of the excessive rainfall of the
season. Then it developed further that
the Judge was coming from Macon, where
he had been sitting in chambers. and that
Maj. Norbury was going thither TO make
some important settlements with the AS
sistant uartermaster-General, for sup
plies furnished. This accounted for their
being on the road in the heat of that broil-
ing day. Then, answering the Major 8
anxious inquiries as to the news from the
front, the Judge informed him that for the
purpose Of concentrating his own army,
and drawing Sherman still farther into a
trap from which he could not eXTicate
himself, Johnston had fallen back across
the Chattahoochee, and was now IN the
works around Atlanta, where he was pre-
pairing to certainly annihilate the Yankees,
and every man available in the country
was being hurried for ward TO him, so as TO
give him a force which would be simply
overpowering, crush Sherman, and not
allow a man of his army to escape TO the
Ohio River. Maj. Norbury ventned the
remark that that was what he had been
earnestly hoping for every day for the last
three months, and he prayed that 1t might
be now accomplished. This was all very
interesting TO ST and Shorty, who had no"
been without news from the army for a Lion long
time, and naturally very sollcltous. lhey
took great encouragement from IL. -,
Got youah papehs all right, Mayahi
inquired the Judge. "If not, you'd bettah
do so, sab, at once, and it'll save you O
heap of trouble. They're mons'ous strict
and particular about passports just now,
in Macon and all around, owing to tins
necessity of getting every man TO the front,
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
(To be continued.)
LORD RoBERTs,s long rest

LORD RoBERTS'S long rest Of two
months of fine Fall weather at Bloemfon-
tein, to rest and refit' his troops, after only
about a week Of tolerably sharp campaigns
ing and fighting, stands out in very Jn-
favorable comparison with the way that
Grant and Sherman worked their troops
after they began with the first days of May,
1854. Though Grant fought battles some
times every day, in which his loss was
greater than the entire loss of the British
since their war began, he gave his army
substantially no rest until Appomattox.
There was precious little resting or re-
fitting for Sherman's army from the time
it started out from Chattanooga, in May,
1864, until Johnston surrendered at Dur
ham Station, within few days of year
LATER In that time it marched over 1000
miles, fought any number of terrific battles,
and when it was not fighting was swimming
rivers, building breastworks, or founder
ing through Unreasonable swamps in the
middle of Winter. Either the British
soldier is far less capable Of endurance
than the American volunteer, or else the
British officer does not know how to use
him to the best advantage.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

SECRETARY ROOT has answered the
Senate inquiry, by reporting that there
was allowed out of the revenues of Cuba
$500 year to the Military Governor of
Cuba; 5000 to the Military Governor of
Habana; 81 800 TO the Collector of Customs,
and 81 800 to the Treasurer Of the Island of
Cuba. These were in addition to the army
pay Of those officers, and were diminished
May 1 by the abolition of the Office of
Governor of Habana. The aggregate has
been s17,441, ,e6. During the time the
officers have been receiving these allow
ances, they have collected s21, ,O26, ,572. .7e,
and have disbursed SIS, So,512.21. 1t
would thus seem that the Cubans are
getting an enormous amount of very val,,-
able work done for them at ridiculous
small cost. The Secretary thinks that the
allowances were just and necessary, and
most people will agree with him.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

PAST CoaIMANDERS-N-CH ROB-
ert B. Beath and 8. S. Burdett met in this
city last week to pass upon the new statue
of Gen. Grant by Franklin Simmons. 1t
will be remembered that many years ago
the GAR. raised a fund for statue Of
"Comrade" U. S. Grant, to be placed in the
rotunda of the Capitol. A contract was
entered into with Mr.. Simmons, and he
made a statue which proved to be unsatis-
factory to the GAR. Committee, the Joint
Library Committee of Congress, and to
the family and friends Of Gen. Grant. He
undertook to make new one, and it is now
in place in the rotunda. 1t fine likeness
of the General, in face and pose, and a real
work Of art. 1t has been accepted.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
THE SPANISH WAR VETERANS TOO.

A society was organized recently at the
residence of Mrs. Daniel Lamont, in New
York, and entitled the National Society
for the Relief Of Dependent Widows and
Enlisted Men of the Regular Army of the
United States" Hon. Levi P. Morton ana
Daniel S. Lamont and many distinguished
men and women have become actively
interested in the work, and joined the
society. In the circular sent out by the
society and signed by a number of women
of prominence and social standing, it is
said:
"T'he great need of this society, and the
fund which 1t proposes to raise and ad-
minister has been brought home to many
bg the long delay IN the payment Of Gorcr1t-
meat pensions, which are, in especially
the cases of officers, so very inadequate.
instances are many where the widows
and orphans of officers and enlisted men
who fell at Santiago in July, 1898, have not.
as yet, received one penny OF the pension
due them"
Mr.. Evans can not dispose of these
ladies by denouncing them as pension
sharks" yet what excuse can he oppose to
the startling charge that they make against
him? There certainly can be no trouble
about the proof that the men were actually
killed at Santiago. The fact is too recent,
too well-known to a cloud of witnesses, and
the records are too full and voluminous to
admit his use of this well-worn preteXt.
The ladies charge that there is a long
delay, amounting TO even virtual denial
in all pensions due the dependent ones of
men. who served in the Regular Army. If
this be true of the Regular Army, what
must it be with regard to the volunteers?
Again we remind Mr.. Evans that he can
not dispose of this ugly accusation by call
ing Mesdames A. i. Mills, of West Point;
Louise NJ. Maus, of Ft. Hamilton; Jas. b.
Burbank. of Fort Hancock; Chas. L. Roe,
81 East 35th street, New York; Grace Bige-
low, p Gramercy Park, New York; Daniel
S. Lamont, West SD street, New York,
and Jas. Parker. Ft Slocum, "claim agents"
and pension sharks" Nor can he brand
them as he does the Tennessee Republi-
cans who voted against him, "perjurers
and corruptionists. He must get up new
devices and sophistries.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

THERE will be an unusual interest
taken in the proceedings of Memorial Day
at Battle Ground National Cemetery this
year, owing to the effort that is being made
to have Congress establish National Park
at Fort Stevens, where Early was turned
back from his raid on Washington. and
"the only place where a President of the
United States was present with his troops
In battle" Among other speakers will be
Comrade H. NJ. Nevius, Past Department
Commander of New Jersey, and now a
Judge on the New Jersey bench. Com
rade Nevius was First Sergeant of Co. A.
25th N. Y. Cav, and lost his arm in the
battle in front of Fort Stevens, July IL,
1864. He was promoted to Lieuteanmmm
1854. He was promoted to Lieutenant in
his regiment.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

MEADE POST, Annapolis, Nd, has
secured Hon. W. A. Calderhead, Repre-
sentative from Kansas, and one of the most
eloquent men in Congress, to deliver the
Memorial Day address. Judge Calder
head, who served In the 126th Ohio, and is
an active and unfinching friend Of the
veterans, has a soldier-brother buried at
Annapolis, so that there Is strong ap-
propriateness shout the selection, and
Meade Post is to be congratulated.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

A HUMOROUS feature Is introduced
into hepension situation by the necessity
which has come upon Commissioner Evans
of investigating the Special Examiners
whom he has had investigating the PEN
sioners at Columbus, Milwaukee, Chicago,
etc. He has not paraded this fact through
the newspapers, with his usual fiuency,
nor has he claimed that pension sharks
are at the bottom of it. These Special
Examiners are his particular favorites,
whom he promotes for their activity and
ingenuity in discovering reasons why
claimant should be denied his pension.
Yet he finds they need investigating worse
than the pensioners.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

In sharp contrast with Henry Clay
Evans's determination to disrupt or at
least greatly damage the Republican party,
in order to advertise himself, take ex-
Senator Quay's manly words:
This is no time for revenge, as some
people are suggesting. We have Ma
uonal campaign before lis, and there is
much at stake. If there is any spirit OF
revenge, it is on the other side. The Re
publican party of Pennsylvania cannot be
poses by such experiences as we have had
in the Senate.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

THE Puerto Ricans were surprised that
their new Governor appeared among them
wearing straw hat and very plain cltohes.
1t was so different from the parade and
f1ummery of Spain. But the Puerto
Ricans have d great deal to learn Of Ameri-
can wayS,
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
once: sss Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.

AT the close of business, March 81, 1900,
there were 5,196 appeals and motions for
reconsideration pending before the Board
of Pension Appeals.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

THE question is being asked by many
of our correspondents why Gems. Fitz-
Hugh Lee, Wilson and Wheeler should be
singled out to be put on the retired list at a
big salary for the rest of their lives, and
nothing done for other staff and line Off
GERS, who served in two wars, in the volun-
teers, and were promptly discharged when
peace was declared. Also. why this liber-
ality toward general officers, contrasted
with the illiberaiity of the Pension Bureau
toward private soldiers and officers of
lower grade? We simply don't know.
We can not undertake 10 explain every
thing.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
FARMUNGT.

PENNINGTON, Me-, Dec. 81, 1899.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The flag
came to hand in time, and it gave COM
pleased with it, and we recommend other
schools to get up club.
ELLEN S. BEAN.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

At last Gen. Roberts seems to be ready
for his movement, and is attempting to
clean out the Beers from his right flank,
where they menace his communications.
His failure to do this long ago recalls Nc
Clellan's months of inactivity, when he
tortifications around Washington, and
interfere with the navigation of the Poto-
mac. The Beers got themselves in easy
striking distance of Roberts's only rail-
road nearly month ago. Why they did
not strike is as inexplicable as why Roberts
allowed them to remain there. The plea
is now put up that the heavy rains interfere
with movements, but as the London Times
pertinently remarks, it does not seem 10
interfere with the Beers moving and bring
ing up very heavy guns. This recalls
Lincoln's pithy reminder to Mcclellan,
which we have before quoted, that he re-
versed the Biblical rule, for the rain seemed
to fall only on the just.
It is now toward the end Of the second
month Of Spring with us, and consequently
must be toward the end of the second month
of Fall in South Africa. The climate there
is very like the climate here. Our armies
did world of rapid marching and some
very hard fighting in October.
Having given the Beers over a month to
concentrate, Roberts naturally finds them
in strong force on his flank, and his columns
have met with sharp resistance attempting
to clear his right flank. But q study of the
map would seem to indicate that he has
the advantages mainly on his side They
are trying to hold a very long line, which
must be thin in places, and they are farther
from their communications than he is.
Then he has the inside of the circle, while
they have the outside, and he ought to be
able to oppose his masses to their fractions" :"
or in other words. 10 move much stronger
force upon any point than they can quickly
gather to oppose it. He is in much the
relative position that the rebels occupied al
fredericksburg and Orange Court House
toward the Army OF the Potomac, or at
Mmfreesboro and Chattanooga toward the
Army OF the Cumberland. He has his
option of striking at the center or on either
flank of a very long line.
Though he has driven in their outlying
posts in several instances, Lord Roberts
has not repeated his mastery stroke upon
Cronje, nor come anywhere near it. The
Beers have generally retired in good order.
| and taken their cannon and supplies with
them. He has not captured any prisoners
| to speak of, nor hurt the enemy seriously.
In the meanwhile, Butler continues his
mastery inactivity" at Ladysmith, and
the Beers show astonishing incapacity for
real siege operations, by failing to capture
the little garrison at Mafeking. "Ameri-
can ideas" are not manifesting themselves
as strongly in South Africa as we had
expected. Neither side seems very earn
est Or capable in playing the great game Of
war.
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

ANOTHER man, who has tried almost as
hard as Henry Clay Evans to iniure the
Republican party, has been turned down
by the people of his State. The Republi-
can Convention of the Fourth Congress
sional District of Massachusetts sat down
very heavily on Senator Hoar. VIII he
initiate Eyans's example and denounce
them as g pack of ballot-box suffers and
perjuTers 2"
The National tribune., 1900-05-03

THE moment that the editors Of the Nc
kinney and Bryan newspapers can decide
which candidate is most likely to be hurt
by Admiral Dewey's candidacy, we shall
have the battle of Manila fought over again
with number Of surprising revelations. !"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-22
PERTINENT OR PARTLY so.

The antiquities Of Charleston, S. c.,
the sewers Friday, and yesterday the
sewer departnaents was besieged with ap-
plications for employment.
If it is .tlAe HAT the emperor of China
has embraked Christianity, ethical lee
turer and aipIehat WI Ting Fang will
doubtless be feealled and have his head
cropped clasa,zto the collar bone.
A prisoner arrested here spells Illinois
with smaa1SSi That was enough in
itself to CONDEMN him in the eyes OF the
Chicago man Who swore out the. COM
plant. SIS
A Baltimore firm claims to have cor
nered the turkey market, but the Elks
and Paladin -commandery propose to go
ahead with their turkey feasts next Tues
day, anyway.
There are only two conclusions Young
Cudahy was not worth $4,000 to his cap
tors, and John Townley's dog must be
worth more than $50 to whoever has him.
One more week like this and the St.
Paul Curling club will have to go into
the hands of a receiver.
Chemical science must have made vast
strides to invent .'knock out drops that
would put a quietus on an advance agent
The chief of police of Omaha needs a
lantern more than the abductors of young
Cadahy did. He has to pinch himself to
see if he is awake or asleep.