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The sun., 1901-07-25
THE BATTLE LAUREATE.
Henry Howard Brownsii. Aide 20 Farrssus st
Mobile, and Poet Of war.

To THE EDITION OF TIE sUS-Sir; In your
Issue Of July q a correspondent asks which
Of the American poets sang OF war. inspired
by participation In batte1" and your answer
is Philip Freneau.' Freneau was for time
q prisoner Of war on British cruiser. but he
never participated In battle. The foremost
OF all our poets In that respect is Henry
Howard Brownell ue2o-is72. who was an
aide 10 Fsrraeut and was on the deck OF the
flagship In the bloody battle Of Mobile Bay.
which he describes In his fine poem. The
Bay Fight Oliver Wendell Holmes called
Brownell our Battle Laureate. and devoted
appeared in the Aaannc Monthly for May,
ana written during the tlyil War is s,,. in any
collected edition ot his poems was published
BY Ticknor 4 Fields In 1890 but II Is long since
out Of print. and the present generation OF
readers appear not to know that such writer
ever existed i can account for this only
by the conjecture that his patriotic poems
were too uncompronlisinRly. loyal 70 the
Union and freedom TO be palatable just after
the war. when nearly verybody at tho North
appeared to lie chershing the one Idea OF
conciliatins the Coniederates.
spirit Of Brownell's poems than these lines
from his "Suspiria Ensis;
The Mu,s would weep for the brave
But how shall she chant the wrong'
For q wayward weneh Is she
One that would rather walt
With old John Brown at tbs tree
Than Stonewall lying In state
when for the wrongs that were
Hath she lifted q single stave'
Know proud hearts, that with her
'f1s not enough 10 be brave.
But before he finishes the poem his broad
Americanism gets the better even OF that.
and he writes:
Yet never for thee. fair Song
The fallen brave 10 condemn
They died for mighty wrong
Bin their demon Died with them
Died by neld and by city.
I've thine on the day 10 dwell
When devs Of peacr and ot pity
SHAH fsll DER the fading hell:
And the dead shall smile IN heaven.
And tears that now may not rise,
or love and al-forgiveness,
Shall stream nom million eyes
10 ts not creditable TO those who profess
70 tea oh American literature IN our schools
and colleges that while they dwell minutely
upon certain writer's whose works might
have been written in any En- glish-speakinR
country. they ignore him whose poems more
than any others. present the very picture and
atmosphere Of the greatest epoch In the history
OF our Republic Many poets have described
battles, but Brownell stands almost alone
RI.
The sun., 1901-07-25
Mr.. Maoiay and "The Sun"

Three newspapers within our notice have
all eyed more or lees directly . connection
between the opinions Of Mr.. EDoAR
STANTON MAcIAY and the opinions Of The
Sun In regard to Rear Admiral SczLEr
and his conduct. We therefore think IL
proper to print what these journals say.
The first quotation is from the Daily
Advertiser. Of Elmira:
-Ths persistent hostility OF . certain New York
pApsr 70 Rear Admiral sCHLEy possibly b explained
By ths fac, that Historian MAcLAy was an editorial
writer therefor. subsequent to ises.-
Another propounder Of the same Wow
Is the Nsp York Timss:
He Mr. MAcLAyl was formerly an editorial wrftsr
on THE Sun. and was appointed 70 his present po-
si,lon on Aug. ~. 1900. having been transferred
from the Lighthouse Service. n 10 Gu
rious coincidence that THE SUN has given moss at
.en.ion 70 the case OF Admiral scHLsr ,hsn any
other newspaper
And the third IL the Observer. Of Char
lotte. North Carolina:
"NAcIAY. by the way. was formerly Q wri>sr on
rHs NEW YORK SUN That explains II
II the matter Ia Of any interest TO the
Eln,ira Advertiser, the Nev York Tnnes.
and the Charlotte Obserrer. we beg leave to
inform Brother CUNNINGHAM. Brother OCHs
and Brethren CALDWELL and ToMPKINs
that they have been misnformed Mr..
MACLAY has never been a member Of the
staff of this newspaper. Our recollection
Of him ia IA Of an outside contributor. Of
that useful variety Of occasional Journalist
known no doubt to the offices Of the EImra
Advertiser, the ker York Times and the
Charlotte Observer. Perhaps seven or eight
years ago he furnished to The SUN one or
more interesting articles on the political
career Of his grandfather-or great-grand-
father?-Senator WILLIAM MAcLAY OF Penn
OF six years ago. he contributed a series
OF paragraphs suitable to the anniversaries
of certain distinguished events in the early
history OF the American navy. Of the class
Of the fight between the Constitution and
the Guerriere. the engagement of the Bon
homme Richard and the Scraps. DECATUR s
immortal exploit in the harbor Of ,Trpoli.
and 40 forth,
To the best of our recollection and belief
that was the extent OF Mr.. MACIAY's writing
for The Sun in the ante-bellum period;
and since the blowing up Of the Maine
nothing whatever Of his composition or
suggestion, 80 far as We are aware. has
appeared in any part Of this paper. We
have not the honor Of personal acquaintance
with Mr.. MACLAY. We have had no knowl-
edge of his dongs or thoughts since 1893.
Certainly. his ideas and opinions have in
fuenced our own views on subjects Of con-
temporaneos human interest quite a.
little as they have affected the views OF
The sun., 1901-07-25
WAR CLAIMS PRESENTED.
List Of Tho.. Received and Granted by Auditor
for War Department.

wAsHIN oIoN. July 2-F. z. Rittmsn.
Auditor for the War Department, has sub
pnitted TO Secretary Gage his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 80. Speakin z
of tho work Of the Military Claims Division.
Mr. Rittmnn says that 1880 Civil War cl aims.
7,spi spanish war claims and 7iOs Regular
army claims were received during the past
year. brin ging the total of pending claims
growing out Of the civil War up to 2B,8ie.
Spanish war 1896. and Regular army claims,
y.5l3.
or these were allowed CiviWar claims. s,2is.
Spani-i war tlaims 9.52j: Regular armyc laims,
q. 4aB lea wing pending on June 80 1901 Ltvil
War claims, 5,i1i, spanish war claims, i,sSS,
and Regular army. l,3?3
The record Of deposits by enlisted men
of the army under tho act Of MAY Is, 1872.
shows that a.. AZ deposits we're made since the
that ~ 40 deposits have been Withdrawn.
amounting to Si,Sls,2l5S4. upon which the
depOstors received interest amounting to
a1D 2b1 50
The sun., 1901-07-25
ESCAPED Sun GODDESS CAUGHT.
Orders war on Andromeda and Ton Of Incense
Burned to Mark Her Return TO Asylum.

MonRIsrowS, n j. July a.-Elizabe'h
Msnsman. who imagines herself % be sun
goddess controlling the solar system and
who escaped from the State Hospital AZ
Morris Plains last week was found this NON
ing by the police In Paterson
She was overjoyed AZ getting back IN the
hospital, which has been her home for thirtr
wears. and her first act was to order her field
the constellation of Androrneda. the stars u
that group having been the cause Of her
Hbsence. as she expleired The high priest
the sun was next instructed to burn one
ton Of Incense in honor of her return. She
has also ordered a new temple TO tho sun
to he constructed and has In view ban
quet to her fellow gods
The sun., 1901-07-25

no< brook the coustruction Of such IN ron
road must b Inferred from rscsnt spssch
Of the Austro- Hungarian Minister for
Foreign Affairs. Count GoLUcuowsxI. who.
while disavowing any desire Of ssgrandiss-
ment. announced that his country would
not tolerate any encroachment on tho
part Of Others in the Balkan peninsula. In
commenting upon this speech. the Trs0S~a
Of Rome. which h the organ Of the Italian
Government. declared that any change
favorable to Austria in Albania would
represent for Italy not only . political
but an economic peril.
Such being the positions occupied BY
Italy and Austria with regard to Albania.
the present unsettled condition OF that
Turkish province seems not unlikely to
make IL the storm centre Of the Balkan
region. What the Albanians themselves
rofess to want Ia independence. but. a.
they are pronounced by all qualified OBJ
servers incapable Of self-government. We
must conclude that. In their case. inde-
pendence would be only the first step toward
absorption by one or the other Of the neigh
boring great Powers. That italians be-
lieve that they would be the gamers. 10
obvious from the unoflcial but widespread
agitation among them In favor Of hbsrating
Albania from the Ottoman yoke. The
movement IL furthered BY the pressncs Of
Albanian colonies In Italy. which date from
the fifteenth century. and which stall keep
the Albanian language. The descendants
Of Albanian immigrants now number some
eighty thousand. and have given to Italy
several conspicuous Statesmen. including
signor CRIspr himself.
In Albania at the present time. although
there il intestine war between the Mo-
hammedans and the Christians. both sls-
ments OF the population refuse to pay
taxes. and the Ottoman authorities are
afraid to employ coercion. inasmuoh a.
the inhabitants are known to be equipped
with firearms. A fresh consignment OF
rides was lately landed. and Italy 10 sus-
pscted Of having been the source Of supply.
In the course OF a recent debate In the
Italian Chamber Of Deputies. three lead
ing representatives OF the Left boldly
advocated the championship Of Albanian
independence by Italy. ana declared thas
they would never suffer the creation Of an
Austrian naval fortress at Avlona, or Dur
razzo. With distinct reference TO France
the speakers pointed out that Italy now
needed some other friend In the plaoe OF
England. which had sacrificed Italian In
terests by Lord SALIsBURrs recognition
OF the hinterlsnd Of Tripon as lying within
the French sphere OF influence.
II is manifest that while Italy will have
no chance Of acquiring Albania, and much
less Dalmatia. so long as she remains
a member Of the Triple Alliance. On the
other hand she might reasonably hope
TO see her aspirations fulfilled. both on the
eastern coast Of the Adristic and In Tripoh
should she join the Frsnco-Russian
League.
The sun., 1901-07-25
rrs sxrsr AxD COLA. sr.rrs.
Inssrvcsavs Letter vrsm wsvknss whom tAs
osrlkss Have Deprived of knpioynsas.

lnssructavs Letter vrsm wsvknsa whom ths
ssr1hsrs Have Deprived ef Enpioy.sss.
To rax EDrroR OF Tar suS-S6: Please
allow mo to state In your valuable paper
the facts a. to the strike now on In the Lions
division Of the United Shirt and Collar Com
pany Of this city IL seems there are about
twenty cutters employed by the company.
and they are paid about eis q week. IL Ii
claimed that the company take In appren tees.
paying these apprentices during their first
year soms % per week. the next year more.
and the third year more yet but never so
much by q considerable as 10 paid TO the
full-nedssd cutters: and that whenever the
work becomes slack through outside cir
cumstsnces the regular cutters are laid on
and the apprentices are kept at work. Now.
what the reg,llar cutters demand is that the
company shall not take In enough appren-
tices to endanssr the employment Of the
regular cutters. The company decline 10
acosds 70 thia demand: hence the Gutter
strike. The General CUTTER Union stand
BY the cutters Of the Lions factory and when
other shirt and DOLLAR factories In the city
undertake TO do the cutting for the Lon fac
tory the General Union call out the CUT
ters from SUCH factories thus suspending
Wen, the animus OF the whole demand 10
that the twenty men employed as cutters
pany but 70 the Hundred. OF others, mostly
demand thai We sh.ll have secured 70 Us % 70
s:s ses .s.S IA sY% as s per- v.ss
now, but We demand It shslr be always -
cured TO us 90 lons. - we choose 70 work for
Sssa S y x. uaSa Ana sss upon he A'
pSnf II Il does not comply with this demsndi
WY. tha. nSt only \. By. nobody PIE shall
cpas et ae Ss. or en-
saaiy cease 70 work. and there. are hundreds
e ;' q ;bs1 thu sos d s SS,h n sS
Of the work 10 done mostly BY women. These
women earn perhaps on an average per
week No that coming down down p 9 the potion ,Sn,
the women. working for the Lion factory at
% per. week. and their work never betns
assured to tn SO women for any definite
TO sit Idle. shall be subject to idleness until
they have secured to them their Sis per week
This 10 the true animus OF these poble cutters.
Just such an outrageous sense OF Justice.
There will be a difference. however. as 70
the success OF this prep9sterous demand
se% s and and Il the % former strits e Of the mouIders
OF Troy; they could hold out because the
women folks were enabled TO support The
sas Sy % hs or sh and oor
psniee. But now. when the women are also
deprived Of WORK. how are the families 70 live'
Hence Il doe: not look as u the strike ca, ca,
to the demands OF the strikers
Perhaps labor unions Will come some day
to dominate svsTSthn Snd thss
they are In India but We will venture 10 pre-,
dict that then Americans will have small
dinners and less liberty.
"a S9SsrANr khhDnn ,,. !, OF The BUN
The sun., 1901-07-25
DON'T WANT IMPORTED NE63oKs
An Appeal 70 ev. Ystss to Step . nsvs b,
an lllisets Steel Compsny.

CHICAGO. July "A big mass me~tfnr
was held in front OF Mclrose PARK vfllag. hal
last evening to protest against the eIpectad
importation OF negro labor by the ratrobe
Steel and Coupler Company Wan appeal TO
Gov Yates will he made to prevent the No
Rroes from remaining here on tho ground
that their presence In likely 10 lead to blood
shed Three hundred negro workmeu fron,
Alabama are expected to-day and more later
in the week
Dispatches from Birmingham. Ala. ssy
the agents who are engaging men 70 go north
have been arrested and the movement checkc,!
temporarily under an Alabama Law The
party Of thirty expected to-day win be accom-
panied by twenty-five women and three
preachers II was predicted AT the meet n ?
that they would not be allowed N remain
The meeting was attended by 5000 residents
OF haywood. Malrose Park and Bellwoo1
A COMMITTEES Of seven was appointed TO confer
with officers OF the Latrobe company and an
effort was made 20 confer with Gov Yates
by telephone 10 see II he could not tahe some
immed'ate action TO prevent the importation
OF the negroes
The sun., 1901-07-25
No More Of sam Dou uglass's Soap.
From me NashriRs Borrc-.

KNoyylL,E, July 10 Sam Douglass.
negro as wears old. who has for qusrte'
Of century been a familiar character IN tn.
city. died yesterday. and with him IA valuan.'
secret Douglass in slave day, worked in "
soap factory IN North Carolina and th"r
learned q recipe % make soap Of high grad.
II was used Tor general purposes. lie oH.
hp worked and would allow no one 9 V''.
with hlm He mad" much money. ARD Vh' .
h. died IL is said that b" lett largo sum hrh.u
but what h" did With n j. not known
He was NJ one time offered s3.un Tor p -
secret. hut h" would not take IT HIS sou
has been aualyzed several times, but iI
rec ipe cannot be follow ed properly Ai.
Douglass had q particular key 10 the MAX .
of the soap which he never divulged. u
supplied every grocery store IN hnoxyi.-
with his goods.
The sun., 1901-07-25
Bath House John % Cincinn stus.

The Hon. BATH Houss JoHx b. BY COM
mon consent. the most versatile. accom-
plished and original Of the Democratic
statesmen Of Chicago. He may have
rivals o. equals In this or that line Of talent.
The Hon. JOHN PowAns may b greater
nnanoisr. The Hon. CARTEn HARRIsoH
may bs more technically beautiful. The
Hon. BoBBY BUBKB may be subtler
diplomatist. The Hon. HNxY DIX may
be more ssntsntious and idiomatac. But
Mr.. JOHN takes the most points in the most
events. He ID pretty rich. pretty pretty.
pretty diplomatic. pretty sententious and
idiomatto He 10 also the beau Of the Cook
County Democracy. its leader In tho matter
Of splendid and surprising clothes. He 10
q poet Of much inspiration and suspiration.
and his Dear Midnight Of Love Ia familiar
to all those who are familiar with IL. He
10 also tiler Of the soil. doer OF chores.
q speeder Of the plough. Cincinnatus OF
the West. The buck and exquisite OF the
First ward is also q model buooho hired
man.
For more than four weeks Mr.. JOHN has
been working on a Colorado farm on the
banks OF Cheyenne Creek. The Dipp farm
Of Ave acres. small but intense and inten-
sive. Mr. JOHN weas . brown Norfolk
Jacket, brown overalls. pair Of neat cow
hide shoes, a brown Fedora hat from CAR
TER HARRIsoN's own block. He milks the
chickens, counts them before they are
hstched, shears the cows. sets the sheep
on the nest, leads the horss to water and
makes him drink. makes the goat browse
where 1t II tethered. gives anti-fat to the
stalled OK, says Boo! to the geese. buys
pigs In . poke makes hay while the sun
shines and catches weasels asleep. He
lives In clover, kills two birds with one
stone when he can't put salt on their tails.
makes two bites Of cherry. puts the cart
before the horse. goes all the way around
ROBIN HOOPS barn, acknowledges the
corn. feels his oats and knows beans.
He takes the bull by the horns, gives The
calf more rope and waits till the cows come
home. He lets the grass grow under his
feet, curries a short horse soon. let's the
cat out Of the bag and puts all his eggs In
one basket. In short there never was
moro practical and ingenious farmer than
this emigrant from Chicago's First ward.
CARrEn HARRIsoNs nose Is out Of joint.
A friend Of the producing classes
decoy for the agricultural vote. an inimi-
table combination Of the callous-palmed
Granger and the glittering D'ORsAY Of the
First ward, BATH House JOHN Is as far
beyond Young CARTER a. Colorado Springs
ID beyond Higganum. Conn.
The sun., 1901-07-25
ANTI.MOsQUITO PLATFORM
On which President Of Richmond Wants to
Run for Reelection.

While he was attending a meeting OF the
BOARD of Public Improvements yesterday
George Cromwell President OF the borough
of Richmond. was asked 10y one of his friends
N he would he "A candidate again for the
of1lCr neNt fall
am to be asked To run again ! have my
platform already prepared IL Ia Health
versus mosquitoes and death 10 the plaguey
thinv Dr Doty and are planning means
To- rid staten Island of the pest and would
like tO remain In ONCE II only 70 help DR.
DOty carry his work TO u success
The sun., 1901-07-25
DOLLY PRITcHETT MAY GET PARDON
Georgia Federation Of Women, Club, Promise,
TO Care for q Young Murderess.

ATLANTA. Ga. July "a Dolly Pritchstt
the young girl from Cherokee county. now
at the State prison farm under life sentence
for infanticide, will probably be pardon.d
An application for pardon was fled with the
commission this morning by Shepard Bryan.
v A. Bachelor and " A. Teasley. repre-
senting the Georgia Federation of Women a
Clubs The petition IA brought IN tls nGmr
OF Mrs J Lindsay Johnson. as President ot
the federation, and Mrs A. VI. McWilliams
as chairman OF the Reform Committee
The petition says that II the girl Is pardoned
the Geor gia Federation Of Womens Clubs
will furnish her with a home with good moral
surroundings and elevating influences The
petition also recites that the evidence on
which tho girl was convicted was wholly
circumstantial, that the girl was Of tender
age at the time Of her conviction and never
had the benefits Of a moral training The
petition is signed by the twelve Jurors who
convicted the girl, by the twenty-three mem
bers Of the Grand Jury which found the in
dictment, by the 400 citizens OF Cherokee
county who are on the Jury list and by the
Solicitor General who prosecuted her.
The sun., 1901-07-25
ASSISTANT FOR DIR. HILLS.
Rev. Mr.. Scovilie, MIR. Bcecher's son-in-Taw
Coming 10 PI,mouth Church.

The Rev Samuel sooyille, whose wife is
the only daughter Of the late Henry Ward
Beecher. has resigned as pastor Of the First
Congregational Church at Nineland. \, j.
to accept the call Of Plymouth Church in
BROOKLYN a. an assistant to the Rev. pr
Hills lie will begin work In Plymouth
Church on the fret sunday in September
The coll was given 70 the Rev, DR.. SCovlllc
when the Rev. Dr Horace Porter. Dr Hlll- e.
associate had to give up all ministerial wor h
oN ing to his protracted Illness
The sun., 1901-07-25
BROOKLYN's CARNEGIE LIBRARIES
She would like to Control Them Herself
Contracts Drawn.

Representatives OF the Brooklyn Public
Library met Comptroller Coler yesterday to
agree on the form Of contract under which
Brooklynand Queens may obtain quota Of tha
Carnegie libraries They are 70 have twentr-
three among them. The contract Is praCti-
caily Identical with that passed upon las
week 10y the representatives ~ this city ard
the New ork Public Library. II was sug-
gested by the delegates from across the river
that the boroughs would prefer 10 contro.
the libraries as their territories rather than
have them under the supervision Of tn"
authorities Of the greater city. Mr.. ColrI
said hewould lay the suggestion before Tie
Dr John 8, Pilinss librarian Of the New
York Public Library, will sail for scotland
next Wednesday TO submit the agreements
to Mr., Carnegie.
The sun., 1901-07-25
Dr. Caidas Of Brazil salts for Santiago De Las
Vegas.

Or. Filepe Caldaa. the Brasilien bscteri-
ologi-t. who has a yellow fever serum. sailed
yesterday for Cuba on the steamer Havsua
u. is accompanied nv DR.. Angel Bellinzaghi
his assistant, DR.. Calda- goes TO Cuba o.
direct eyperimsnts with his serum with a view
To stamping out the disease in the island
Santiag 90 de las Vegas, where the fever Is nov
prevalent, will be the first place visited. Tht
yellow fever experts have with them i.UuI
bottles Of the serum, with which successiu
work has been done in Brazil.
IL IL said that syndicate Of American
and Brazilians Is to be organized here witt
a capital Of $500. 900, 10 exploit the discover
OF Or. Caldas. Consul -Gcneral A. Fontour
Navipr said Yesterday that he knew nothing
OF this proposed enterprise.
The sun., 1901-07-25

The Drowned Bsy's Rssuscitatfon.
o.oRos scsAxrEa. the Brooklyn boy
who. to ell appearances. was drowned last
Tuesday evening. n now living witness Of
the fact that respiration may be Suspended
for half an hour before death really 80
cures it, victim. There arc other cases
IKE young ScHAsyxA's on record. and they
al 90 to provo that people should never
oome to hAsty conclusion regarding the
presence Of death. Indeed. some mate
rialists have indirectly brought up the
rather startling question. Can man who y
dead be, under certain circumstances. re-
stored to life, Some insist that he can.
provided no vital organ 10 absolutely do
stroysd. They seem to think that the
human machine 10 like an old clock that will
stop In Q cold room In winter. but can be
started again. without rewinding. whom
the room u heated. Their theory. how
ever. 10 attached by the doctors who hold
that respiration may often be 20 slight that
II oan be detected only by the skilful ply
siclan.
Persons Who havs bssn Knocked senss-
lsss bsfors falling ovwboard. nost on he
wstss With their bsads down. like drowned
dogs. and remain In that condition for .
long time bsfors thsy AnAlv die for good.
Ths rsscuss Of many Of them have aston
hhsd he dooton.
Al all events. ths phystoiaa who brought
young scuAun back 10 life shouh bs
congratulated
The sun., 1901-07-25
Morcm,nt, Of Goycrnment Vessel,

UAsHINGroN. July ?i-The battleships
Iowa Flagship and Wisconsin have arrived
at Bremcrton Wash. tho tender Potomac
at New London. the battle-hips Kenrsarge
iragship,, lapana and Massachusetts and
the traInlng ahip Fssey at Newport and
ship Mohioan has sailed from Port Townsend
fer Bfemerton