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ery-day privates, fighting for the Stars
and Stripes.
Thousands who fell in the civil war
earned the Medal of Honor. but Con-
'gress. cruel though it may seem, recog-
nized only the heroes who lived. In
Greater New York time has thinned the
ranks of the veterans of the civil war,
and now those who, by deeds of valor
and merit received the Medal of Honor
for services rendered the United States
are few and far between. Probably the
more conspicuous in civil life at the
present time in New York are three
mep-former Police Commissioner Muir
ply. former District Attorney Asa Bird
Gardiner, and President James r.
O'Beirne, of the Washington Savings
Bank. each of whom, by daring act. won
the medal Of honor from the nation.
The Honor Bowknot.
Simply severe as the Medal of Honor
is, it is seldom, IL ever, Worn except at
military functions. The heroes who have
achieved deeds that stir the blood of the
most phlegmatic and have added pages
of the most dramatic nature to the his
tory OF the United States are distin-
guished by simple bow OF red. white,
and blue ribon. worn unostentatiously
in the buttonhole.
Three very prominent New Workers.
who have recently passed away were
Amos ]. Cummings, Daniel Butterfield,
and Charles Fl. T. Coils.
Amos ]. Cummings.
: The late Amos j. Cummings, Repre-
sentative from the Tenth district Of
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given away under the fierce assaults o.
the enemy. :,
Thirty-five in District.

y
the enemy. ,,
Thirty-five in District.
Exclusive Of army officers temporarily
in the city and members OF Congress
there are thirty-five Medal Of Honor
men residing in the District. Prominent
among these is Col. William H. Carter
Assistant Adjutant General OF the
United States Army. Colonel Carter Sc
cured his decoration while he was serv.
ing as a lieutenant with the Sixth United
States Cavalry In Arizona.
His command had been In brush with
the Indians, and had been handled pretty
severely. The cavalrymen were eventu-
ally forced to retreat. leaving their
wounded behind. After his command had
| reached a position that could be de-
Tended, Colonel Carter called for volun-
teers. and in company with two privates
returned and rescued the wounded from
the battlefield This action was per-
formed in the face of heavy fire. by ac-
curate marksmen, and both the officer
and the men received decorations for
their gallantry
Col. NJ. Emmett Urell, OF the District
National Guard. is also possessor of
the much coveted honor. He is a ma
tive of New York state. a1d enlisted
in Company E Of the Eighty-sec-
ond New York Infantry. He secured
honorable mention in an engagement at
Bristoe Station, Va, on October Ia,
1863, for gallantry In action. and was
awarded the medal on May 27. 1870.
Led an Attack.
Gen. Absalom Baird, who was a briga-
dier in the volunteer service, secured
his for voluntarily leading detached
brigade In an assault upon the enemy's
works at Jonesboro. Ca: Capt. Llewellyn
G. Estes, OF 1910 T Street northwest,
voluntarily led troops in charge over
a burning bridge at Flint River, Ca
Mr.. Orlando e. Caruana, who is at
present employed in the War Depart
ment is another man who twice signal
ly distinguished himself in encounters
with the enemy. Mr.. Caruana was a
private in Company K, Fifty-iirst New
York Infantry. In an engagement at
Newburn. N. c.. on March Ia. 1862, MIR.
Caruana brought off the Hounicd color
sergeant and the coiors of his resi-
ment from the field of battle He was
exposed the entire time to a heavy
fire from the enemy, but escaped With
out injury. On September II 20. the
same year Mr.. Carrana again received
honorable mention.
Battle of South Mountain.
It was atNthe battle of South Noun
tain. Md, when. as one of parry of
four he charged voluntarily over stone
wall under a heavy fire by The enemy.
His action was an exhibition of great
bravery, and that the danger was ex-
tremely real is proved by the fact that
his three comrades were killed. Mr..
Caruana again escaped without Il wound
And so the tale unfolds. Each man
that wears one of the little bronze hts
is the hero of a tale upon whicn ro-
nance could be built with little diff
Guilty. while the bare statement of facts
are enough to prove that for gallantry
and individual daring the American
soldier Is second to none in the world.
Mr.. Holland was a sergeant major of
the Fifth United States Colored Troops.
and during the battle OF Chapin's Farm,
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n YEARLY 100000 men have sought
mi for. and less than 1000 men
have secured, the most coveted
prize offered by this great coun-
frv to the soldier and sailor-the Medal
NJ Honor. OF this number less than half
the number still live, and among those
receiving this medal ninety-six per cent
were privates, few commissiond omcers.
Not even a President, as commander-
in-chief, can win it The commanding
general of the army. Lieutenant General
Miles wears one. He received the deco
ration as colonel of the Sixty-irst New
York Infantry At Charlottesville. va,
on Nav 2 and 3, 1863, he was severely
wounded while holding with his COM
mand an advanced position against re-
peated assaults made by strong iorce
of the enemy, who were ultimately re-
pulsed.
The admiral of the navy, awarded. as
he was. distinction unstinted, saw the
coveted medal upon the breasts OF, sew
eral of his private sailors. and saluted
A. nj every review, but 1t was not for
him to receive the badge OF courage,
brave as he was.
The medal of honor is the highest
decoration for personal valor awarded
TO soldiers of the United States. 1t Is
to us what the Iron Cross OF Germany,
the Victoria Cross Of England. Or the
Cross of the Legion OF Honor OF France
are TO those countries. the reward OF
the highest and most self-sacrificing
haro,sm Every wearer of it is a hero
whose personal deeds in battle. by sea
or land, have been so conspicuous as
to merit the personal approval OF the
oficers of the War Department and OF
f,e President of the United States upon
those who staked their all for the sal
walton of the country.
What the Medal Is.
The medal is nve-pointed star. tip
ped with trefoil. each point containing
yictor's crown of oak and laurel. On Of
fetal occasions 1t is worn suspended
around the neck and under the center
line Of the chin by order of the War
Department BY order of the President
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of honor has been awarded. or may here
after be awarded, a rosette knot to be
worn in lieu of the medal and ribbon
to be worn with the medal.
In 1897 the President directed: In
order that the Congressional medal OF
honor. may be deserved service must
have been performed in action OF such
a conspicuous character as to clearly
distinguish the man for gallantry and
iltreridity above his comrades-seryice
that involved extreme jeopardy OF life
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burg voluntarily resumed duty and took
conspicuous part in that famous
charge on the heights. He was awarded
the medal on July 9. 1888.
Representative Henry H. Bingham
was captain of Company G. 10th Penn
sylvania Infantry. He was engaged with
his command in the battle of the VIII
derness, and secured honorable mention
for his heroism and personal bravery.
Mr.. Bingham rallied and led back into
action portion Of the troops which had
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q bowknot of ribbon is worn in the lape,
uf the coat in the absence of the media.
The greatest honor Which the Gov.
ernment can bestow upon its soldiers
and sailors. and which carries no pen
sion or other emolument with il was
first conferred for conspicuous gallan-
try during the civil war. by an act OF
Congress, passed on March g. 1853. Rec
ommendation for this decoration is re-
ferred to a special hoard of regular
army officers at Washington. This
board is appointed by the Secretary OF
War and approved by the President. for
the purpose of examining the official re-
ports. These are judged by a standard
OF extraordinary merit. and incontest-
able proof of the nature of the service
rendered is exacted The medal is not
granted on the application of the per-
son interested nor upon the recommen-
daticn and testimony Of his comrades
To obtain the medal man must have
splendid record as well as particular
Incident of conspicuous bravery.
There is no official ceremony in the
presentation of the American decoration.
The medal and certificate are sent
through the mails, and the wearer'A
name only appears in the Army Regis
ter when he is regular army officer.
The sum of 100000 was appropriated
to carry out the provisions of the law
of 1863. It was not then realized that
after a lapse of thirty mine years a less
number than 1000 medals would be
needed. If this fact had been realized.
doubtless smaller number OF greater
cost would have been struck off. Eight
hundred and sixty-four of these medals
were issued in bulk to the Twenty-sev-
enth Maine Infantry. in January 1865.
One Mistake Made.
The regiments term of service was
about to expire the command was or
dered to Arlington Heights. Va. where
1t arrived on June 25, 1868, preparat tory
to being sent home and mustered out.
While in camp there President Lincoln
requested the regiment to remain in the
service a short time longer, on account
OF General Lees invasion OF Pennsyl-
vania. About three hundred officers and
enlisted men volunteered to remain and
did remain. at Arlington Heights, until
the decisive battle OF Gettysburg. The
balance Of the regiment, 564 officers and
men, had been sent home on July ]. The
cfiicial records show that the intention
was to Issue medals only to those who
had volunteered to remain in the service.
but through some error the medals were
also issued to those who had refused
to serve longer and who had been sent
to their homes prior to the battle of
Gettysburg.
The Adoption of II.
In 1896 Congress adopted a joint reso
luton directing the eecretary of War
TO issue to any person to whom a medal |
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CONTINUED on Ninth Pase.)
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MOTHER CAN KEEP HER CHILD.
Law Passed by Last Legislature Held
to Be unconstitutional.

Law Passed BY Last Legislature Held
to Be Unconstitutional.
Keokuk, Ia, Aug. pa new law,
passed by the last legislature at the
instance Of sociologists, was declared
unconstitutional last evening In court
here at the end of the trial OF the first
case in Iowa, brought under 1t. The
new law provided for taking children
from incompetent mothers and placing
them in better homes. The court held
that the act has not the proper title
and does not give the right of trial by
jury, as proceedings may be brought
before the mayors of cities. who have
summary jurisdiction.
The case, which will go to the su.
sprerne court for final determination
of the constitutionality OF the law, in.
wolves a poor working woman with a
baby less than a year old which the
philanthropsc society and club women
and secretary of the Associated Char.
tiles attempted to put under better
auspices.
The new Iowa law was passed last
winter and is entirely new in Amer
lean jurisprudence relating to the fam
lily, and lawyers consider 1t very broad
and radical. .. s.
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ALL READY AT THE FORTS.
Army Of Defense Husiiy Engaged In
Preliminary Practice,

Newport. r. l., Aug. 27.-The warm
ing up exercises of the army of the
defense in this vicinity became quite
brisk yesterday. with almost contin.
uous target practice from daylight to
dark and a general alarm over an
imaginary foe last evening. No leave
was given to the mel from any one Of
the three forts defending the en-
trance to- Narragansett bay. Every
gun in Forts Greble and Wetherman,
as we'll as the mortars, was used.
Shortly after s o'clock came the roll
Of the drum and the scurry of troops
to the parapets. Almost a dozen
s~earchlights burst forth and began a
critical inspection of the channel,
while signal lights were used in addi-
tion to the telephone in communica-
ton between the two forts. AS only a
few belated fishermen were discov-
cred running in from sea, the game
did not seem worth the candle, and
the troops were recalled. Searchlight
practice. was kept up for some time
after. The little flying squadron of
torpedo boats have arrived.
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VICTIMS Of AUTOMOBILE
Two Killed and Three Injured
at Long Branch.
HURLED DOWN TO DISASTER,
Runaway Machine Piunges Over Side
Of Bridge and Owner is Crushed to
Death in the Wreck-Chauffeur Es-
eapes With Slight Injuries.

Death in the Wreck-chauffeur Es.
eapes With Slight Injuries.
Long Branch, N. j., Aug. 27.-Two
were killed and three injured in an
automobile accident at the Park ave-
u bridge over the New York and
Long Branch railroad tracks yester-
day, In trying to avoid running down
a. man, Frank j. Mathews, president
of the Realty Trust company Of Jersey
City, lost control of his machine and
1t plunged against the railing, broke
through and dropped to the rails, thir-
}ty-fve feet below. Mr.. Mathews was
instantly killed, the heavy machine
falling upon him. Mrs. J.. H. Cobb of
Richmond, Va, one of his guests, died
later at the Monmouth Memorial hos
pital and Mrs. Louis P%izzinni, her SIS
t%er-in-law. is believed to be dying.
Rev. Father Grant Of the Paulist
church, New York. suffers from shock
and bruises. The chauffeur, Rudolph
Meyer, escaped with slight injuries,
as he leaped to the bridge just as the
machine plunged over the side.
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PRESIDENT BURT ARRESTED.
Must Answer to Charge Of Falae i'm
prisonment. :.

MUST answer 10 Cndr9e OF atae lm.
prisonment. q.
Omaha, Aug. 27.-President Horace
G. Burt will appear before Judge
Berka in police court today to answer
to the charge of false imprisonment,
preferred against him by ten men
whom the Union Pacific imported into
Omaha from Indianapolis to become
employees in the shops in place of
strikers. The charge is brought on
the allegation that the men were
locked in the cars in which they were
being brought. to Omaha by the com.
pany's officials and were denied their
liberty for twenty-four hours.
l.. President Burt, accompanied by
two attorneys, walked into the police
station yesterday afternoon and gave
himself up, saying he understood q
warrant had been issued for him. He
listened at%tentively to the reading OF
the papers and then gave bonds OF
$1,000 for his appearance today.
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DIR. LEYDs is pEPosEp.
London Paper Asserts Boer Agent IL
Short Large Sum. .

London, Aug. 27.-In a dispatch
from The Hague the correspondent of
the Daily Mail declares DR.. Leyds,
who was the European representative
of the T%ransvaal republic, has been
deposed because he refused to account
for a large sum of money missing
from the Boer %exchequer. The Boer
cause, continues the correspondent,
will be agitated through the length
and breadth of South Africa on the
model of the home rule campaign in
Ireland, and this agitation will call
for all the foresight AID firmness Of
which British craftsmanship is capa-
bic. The first move in the game will
be the proposals the Boer generals
will ask Of the British government as
the price Of their assistance in the
reconciliation and settlement of
South Africa.
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TROOPS TO PROTECT Beers.
unarmed 6urghers at the Mercy OF
Armed Natives.

Armed Natives.
johannesburg, Aug. 27.-A strong
force Of British troops has been dis
patched to the western border of the
Transvaal,- ostensibly to relieve troops
ordered to India, but it is currently
reported that this step is taken owing
to disturbances among the natives.
Rumors are also current here of an In.
tention to annex or establish a pro-
t%ectorate in Swaziland, where q strong
force of constabulary is now posted.
A recent dispatch from London
quoted one of the foremost South AT.
rican authorities as follows: among
the immediate dangers in the Trans.
vaal, native attacks IN Beers return.
ing to their farms, and other assaults
are threatening to lead to serious con
ficts between Beers and blacks. A
great number of blacks in the country
have managed to secure arms. There
Is, therefore, the anomalous situation
Of unarmed whites and armed blacks
living in proximity on outlying farms
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HOT fighting N AAYI|
Fierce Battle Fought at Village
of Limbo.
MANY KILLED ON BOTH SIDES
Town is- Attacked and R%ecaptured
From the Firminites by Troops OF
the Provisional Government-8at-
tie at Marmelade.

tie at Marmelade.
Cape Haytien, Aug. 27.-The village
of Limbo, yeighty-two miles north Of
Port au Prince, has been attacked
and recaptured by the troops of the
provisional government. Limbo was
in the possession of Firminite soldiers
from the Artibonite district. The
fighting was severe and lasted from
midnight Monday to midday Tuesday.
Many me IN both sides were killed.
The town was destroyed by fire.
The defenders Of Limbo were rein
forced by marines landed from the
gunboat Crete-a-Peirrot, which is in
the Ffrminite service. General Alex
Nord has gone forward to take COM
mand of the troops of the provisional
government. A battle also took place
yesterday at Marmelade, but details
of this engagement are lacking. Cape
Haytien is calm. The United States
cruiser Cincinnati arrived here from
LaGuayra, Venezuela.
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Soldiers Prevent an Outbreak.

Summit Hill, Pa, Aug. %27.-Excite
ment prevails throughout the Panther
creek district. At daybreak the strik'
ers assembled to prevent nonunion
men from going to work. Anticipating
trouble, Major Gearhart sent two
com. anies of soldiers in trolley cars
from the camp in Manila park to this
place and their presence prevented a
possible. outbreak. Several %nonunion.
lists had been attacked and the town
was in a turmoil. The soldiers es.
corted the workmen through the mob
that had collected and placed them in
safety on the cars which carried them
to their work. ~,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
WOMAN DIES OF "LUMPY JAW"
Two Men Dangerously III With the
gg Same Disease.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. 27.-Mrs. Kimball
is dead from lumpy jaw, caught from
cattle, and Mr.. Cochrane OF the Pratt
Republican has been brought to a hos.
pital in this city dangerously afflicted
with the disease. Another man, whose
name has not been learned, has caugh,
the disease by chewing straw. Mr.
Cochrane caught the disease by lying
down in a pasture in which lumpy
jawed cattle grazed. The doctors here
say there are only six cases on rec
ord where human beings have caught
Iumpy jaw from cattle.
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Start Up With Negro Laborers.

g Lebanon, Pa, Aug, 27.-The Amer
lean Iron and Steel Manufacturing
company last night started a set Of
rolling mills with negro labo-ers, i'm
ported from Reading and other places.
The three plants have been idle since
May i, the company refusing to grant
an increase to the puddlers. One
thousand men struck and fully twice
that number were thrown out of work
by the shutdown of the mills. The
new men are being lodged and fed in
the mills. The strikers are greatly
aroused over the new turn of affairs.
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ex-governor HoadIy Dead.

Rochester, N. Y. Aug. PA spe.
cial dispatch from Watkins says that
Ex-Governor George Hoadly Of Ohio
died at that place, aged seventy-six.
He and his family had baen at Wat
kins for several weeks. The remains
will be taken to Cincinnati for inter.
ment. The ex-governor had been i'll
for some time and came. east for his
health. He grew worse day by day
and died last evening.
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Collision on Santa Ee.

Wellington, Kan, Aug. 27.-A west
bound passenger train on the Pan
handle division of the Santa Fe sys.
TEN crashed into a southbound freight
on the Rock Island system at the
junction here last night, piling up sew
eral freight care and partially wreck
ing the passenger engine, No one
was hurt, although the passengers In
the westbound train were shaken up
and thrown from their seats,
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supposed to have been kidnapped and
murdered by Charles %Fulkerson, a
horse trader, near this city Friday
night, discovered that the boy is alive.
He was seen in Bonnie Terre Saturday
Fulkerson, who, the boy said, owed
him money, took the boy to the woods
and beat him, telling him he would
kill him If he ever turned up again,
Fulkerson is in jail at Hillsboro.
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cluDAD BOLIVAR BoMsARDED.
Venezuelan Port is Still In the Hands
of ReyoIutionists. Ea&@@:

OF nS~SOtuttOHt61Hs
Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 27.-Ciu.
dad Bolivar has been bombarded by
Venezuelan government warships. but
Is still in the power Of the revolu-
tionists. The town was fred upon
day and night by the gunboats Bolivar
znd Restaurador, which attempted to
land forces to reoccupy the place.
About 600 shells were fired into the
city. When the ammunition OF the
Restaurador was exhausted she left
for LaGuayra to obtain additional sup,
plies. after which the bombardment
will be resumed. There are no for.
eign warships In the Orinoco river to
protect the interests Of the powers.
and the British government Is being
blamed In certain quarters for aban.
dontng the 5000 subjects of Great
Britain who reside n fha district of
Ciudad Bolivar.
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Captain Disappears at Sea.

New York, Aug. 27.-Captain G. W.
Phillips, commanding the Panama
Railroad -company's steamship AID
vance. disappeared at sea on Aug. 81.
during the voyage OF that vessel from
Colon to this port. He was sixty.
two years old and resided In Brook
Ign. It was thought on board that
while leaning over the rail he was
attacked with vertigo and fell into
the sea.
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Posse Hunting for Train Robbers.

Rathdrum. Ida, Aug. PA posse is
out hunting for the train robbers who
held up the Northern Pacific express
near Standpoint last night. 1t is be-
lieved the highwaymen are working
toward the Great Northern railway.
The nature of the country is such that
they may be able to conceal them
selves for several days. Two tramps,
who were. on the tender when the rob.
bers appeared, are being held to iden.
tify the robbers, If caught.