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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-11
NELSON 4. MILES.

NEISON y. MI llES,
Lieutenant General.
The heroic incident to which General
Miles refers occurred in September.
1874. Chapman and small party OF
men were sent as bearers of dispatches
from the camp OF a command on Nc
Clellan Greek. Texas. to Camp Supply.
Indian Territory. When approaching
the Washita River, they were sur
rounded by Il band OF 12J KiOwas and
Comanches, who had recently left their
agency, and at the first attack all were
struck. some mOrtally and others seri-
ously wounded. Although tnclosed OH
all sides. and by overwhelming mum
bcrs, one OF the party succeeded, while
under Il severe fire ut short range, and
while the others with their rifles were
keeping the Indians at bay, in digging
with his knife and hands n slight cover.
After this had been secured. they
placed themselves within II. the
wounded walking with brave and pain
ful efforts, and one soldier. though he
had received a mortal wound, sitting
upright within the trench, to conceal
the crippled condition Of their party
from the Indians.
From early morning until dark, out
numbered twenty-five to one, under an
almost constant fire. and at such short
range that they sometimes used their
pistols, retaining the last charge to
prevent capture and torture, this little
party Of five defended their lives and
the person Of their dead comradc. with
out food, and their only driak the rain
water that collected in a pool mingled
with their own blood, There is no
doubt but that they killed more than
double their number, beside those that
were wounded The Indians finally
abandoned the attack.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-11

g Ei facts in the career Of the
old scout. Amos Chapman,
H4-I who now lives in Woods
ILlsu lgI County. says the Kansas
City Journal. the editor OF
the Carmen Headlight wrote a letter
TO General Nelson 4. Miles and re-
ceived this reply:
The Headlight. Carmen, O. T:
Dear Slrs-Your letter Of August %.
1908. inclosing extract from the ST.
Louis Star. came duly. but arrived in
my absence Respecting Scout Amos
Chapman, / inclose you copy OF a
letter that sent in 1874 relating 10 the
very heroic conduct Of him and others.
[ have reason to believe. and do be-
lieve. that Chapman was the member
OF the party who went outside Of the
slight defense that the party erected
and brought in Private George w
Smith. Troop ", Sixth Cavalry, who
had been fatally wounded. and while
doing so was very seriously wounded.
There could be, am sure. only the
most generous rivalry between Chap
man and any other member OF the
heroic little group that made such a
splendid fight, every one OF whom was
worthy Of a special Recommendation.
Referring TO the other newspaper
clipping that you sent TO me- I never
heard and have no reason 10 believe
that Chapman was even engaged in
any unlawful acts OF violence. I have
understood that as an officer Of the
law he was very efficient in guarding
Indian reservations and preventing un-
lawful traffic. He possibly may have
incurred enmities while thus employed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-11
P'luck and @ o
O @ Rdventure.
DEFENSE AGAINST INDIANS.

\ order 10 substantiate some
facts in the career OF the
old scout. Amos Chapman,
who now lives in Woods
County. says the Kansas
City Journal. the editor OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
IOWA NEWSPAPERS.
IMPROVEMENT.
MASON City Times Herald.

AldSO1l My
The Village Improvement Association
has taken up it's work again, and will
use it's efforts in cleaning and beau
tifying the streets. It is IN organiza-
ton composed of ladies of h city.
They were organized a yea ago, and
last year the effects of their work We're
noticeable. 1t is simply organized SEN
timent and action against uncleanliness
in this city. II n city could afford to
do without 1t Mason City could. But
there are always opportunities for m
provement. The Village Improvement
committee is anxious to see beautiful
lawns, handsome parkings, clean alleys.
sidewalk free from saliva, better known
as spit. They want garbage baskets
placed conviently for those who have
waste paper. etc, to put them into,
they would even encourage the city
council in erecting hog troughs for to-
bacco spitters, believing that in The
trough the slime is a little less naus-
seating than when plastered on the
sidewalks. They want a beautiful park
free from professional buns. They
want the alleys kept healthy and pure
in fact, want to plant flowers instead
of tares. The people of h city. hun-
dreds OF them know that this Is a good
movement, therefore they are in hearty
sympathy, and they will help the cause
along. Here's to the noble women, the
best part of all creation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

|opment. 1t is impossible to receive Mr..
ing the iron worker and the dignity of
toll. His money is grimy with the smoke
of his furnaces and the hands that dis
tribute it have beer SCARED with cal
louses. The world, in acknowledging
the gift, will not receive 1t as the n
faction of a multi millionaire. 1t will
be recognized as the offering of peace
full industry in the temple of tranquil-
ity. The new peace forum is plainly q
palimpsest of toll.
Mr.. Carnegie is a great His wise
use of his opportunities o V this. He
is a notable exception among million
aires. However mixed his motives ma
appear, his utility to ths world at large
is apparent. To do greet good there
must exist a motive toward good. With
out doubt such an incentive lies behind
the public benefactions of Mr.. Carnegie.
He has gotten his MONEYS worth in his
latest gratuity. His library donations
have been worth all he has paid for
them. Still, the ancient Iroverb relat-
ing to the gift horse holds good in Mr..
Carnegie's case as in others. If he
gains qualification and wide satisfaction
as a donor the public as we'll receives
large profit as a beneficiary. 1t is a
pity, not that we have not more million
aires, but that more mili!onaires are not
like Mr.. Carnegie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

silver issue was becoming more and
more accute, he wrote another letter
letter denouncing free coinage In the
most emphatic manner. 1t was pre-
dicted then that he would lose the
nomination because of that letter, but
it helped him to win 1t and it helped
him to be elected.
AS for the platform upon which he
was elected, in 1892, it was indeed a
Janus-faced affair. but it demanded the
repeal of the Sherman act, and declared
that parity between the two metals
should be maintained. 1t was taken,
all in all. a better plank than the repub-
lican party presented that year.
Cleveland was then elected to do two
things, primarily, to repeal the Sher-
man act, and to establish free trade,
The first he accomplished with the re-
publican help. A majority of the DEM
|~ocratic representatives and senators
|bolted their platform. so far as it relat-
ed to the repeal of the Sherman act, and
they voted directly against repeal.
When it came to the tariff, Cleveland
tried hard enough to get a tariff for
revenue only bill thru, but his party
deserted him. On this, of course, he
got no republican help, and the measure
finally passed was very distasteful TO
him. 1t was bad enough however. 1t
was near enough free trade to cause
our mills to shut down, and our fur
naces to become idle. 1t sent workmen
to the streets to beg, and curtailed
our home markets to such an extent
that the farmers got nothing for their
crops. But that work was the work OF
the democratic party, not the work OF
Cleveland primarily; it would have
been worse if his policy had prevailed.
The charge of treason cannot be todg-
ed against him. The platform declared
for just exactly what he fought Tor.
The only way in which Mr.. Bryan can
sustain the charge of treason against
Mr.. Cleveland is to set up the claim
that it constituted party treason not to
support him in 1896. 1t is probably true
that Mr.. Cleveland did not support MIN.
Bryan's charge is that Cleveland was
a traitor to the party while in office.
There is nothing in the records to sub
stantiate this charge. He was true 70
his convictions and he sought to carry
out the letter of his party PLATFORM.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
The Stars on the Flag.

AEEM
Count the stars on the flag as 1t passes
by,
And then number the stars in yon dis
tant sky,
The number would be the brave hearts
that would die
For the stars on the flag.
the stripes on the hag-we weave
into one,
The tears and the signs for the lives
that are done,
But out of the shadows Of each setting
sun
Shine the stars on the flag.
Count the tears for the. flag! Were
they shed in vain?
What now seemeth loss, even yet will
seem gain,
For the nations great heart will suffer
no stain
On the stars Of the flag.
Hats off to the flag! For its life breathe
a pray'r.
That brave hearts and brave hands Its
lov,d folds may bear,
Till the stars in their course their
glory shall share
With the stars on the flag.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

collections per day are made from the
boxes, street cars may run every five
minutes.
Mrs. Waggles-How romantic! So
she's a woman who has loved and
lost?
waggles-Yes. She married a fellow
who spent all her money.-New York
Sun.
During the hearing of a police court
case recently a small boy was called
as a witness, upon which the lawyer
for the defence promptly objected:
He doesn't know the nature of an
oath" Then to the boy: DO you go
to Sunday school, my lad?'
"Yes,' said the lad. Il go to -
Sunday school'-naming a district in
which the legal gentleman was a prom
inent resident.
ly into his seat, but the other solicitor.
taking in the situation, said:
And who is your teacher?"
Him" replied the boy, pointing to
the discounted one.
And when the laughter in court had
at length subsidized he vas duly sworn
Fun.
If you could tell $4,000 people that
>our farm is for sale some n of them
would Inv IT. The T.-R. will tell them
h story for Is cents invested in a Fer
Sale" ad.
The common observation-disclosures once
so common and easily obtained In
northern Iowa, are said to be growing
hard to obtain. so many having been
used as building material. They cost
now nearly or quite as much as brick
or limestone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
a Great sensation.

There was a big sensation In Lees.
vile, Ind, when w. II. Brown, of that
place, who was expected to die. had his
life saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption. He writes: 7 en-
dured insufferable agonies from asthma
but your New Discovery gave me Inn
mediate relief and soon thereafter eff
fected a complete cure" Similar cures
of consumption. pneumonia, bronchitis
and grip are numerous. It's the peer
less remedy for all throat and lung
troubles. Price so cents and 500.
Guaranteed by George p. Powers. Drug
gist. Trial battles free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
Mr.. cARnreIs,s cRownIne GIFT.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has found his
opportunity. He has finally achieved a
coup in money giving that assures him
a permanent paragraph in the history
of the world. Mr.. Carnegie is an ambi-
tious man. He aspires to greatness.
Not q narrow, plutocratic prominence,
but the eminence that makes for re-
membrance. Simply a great business
man and organizer, the fields of liter
allure and art were closed against him
standing as the head of great manu-
Featuring interests and chief magnate
OF trusts shut him from the higher hon
ors OF political preferment. He might
advise and threaten from his vantage
ground of affluence and thus influence
legislation, but could never ave suc-
ceeded in a personal contest for place.
The power and plentitude of his inn
mense wealth, in all likelihood his per-
scnal inclination, but most of all his
ambition to remain a part of history,
lOTCeu MI. SdIIleSic 10 DcsOIIe d puildll-
thropist. History has a page for the
phiIanthrope where it reserves a line
for the millionaire. Mr.. Carnegie de-
sired not to die as the cog dieth. Thru
his be~nefactions he has made his name
a household word on two continents
and his libraries scattered broadcast
over the United States have assured
him popular remembrance as lasting as
the granite Of their walls. The accu-
mutation of Mr.. Carnegie's wealth gave
him present prominence. Its humane
distribution has made him a historical
parsonage both conspicuous and endur-
ing. Now his gift to Holland OF $780,
900 to be used In the erection of an
edifice where The Hague tribunal may
hold It's sessions has written Carnegie"
acyosa Q page of the record of civiliza-
ton,
iHhere b q wide recognition of labor
IN the acceptance by Holland Of Mr.,
Catnegies muniacence. That an iron
monger shculd bring from his sooty cof-
fsAssthe money still redolent of the
sutat OF labor to build a meeting place
/ f6S sthe greatest tribunal of the world
- illustrative Of the social changes that
! have been forced by industrial devel-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
LITTLE Stories Of Bio Men.

When William A. PETER was senator
from Kansas he met Car Reed one
day, and in course of conversation COM
planned of having a headache. Il don't
understand it, said the senator. L
guess / will have to see {. doctor A
doctor for trouble with your head?"
retorted Mr.. Reed. No. no! You'd
better see a wheelwright."
The blade of the sword which he
people of Oregon will soon present to
Admiral Clark reached Portland last
week and was accepted by the commit
tee in charge. 1t is of Damascus steel,
etched in gold. the presentation inscrip-
ton on one side and a complete scene
of the battle of Santiago on the reverse.
The positions and names of the vessels
are given and the picture is historical
iy correct. The hilt of the sword is OF
solid gold, beautifully ornamented.
The handle is covered with sharkskin
and entwined with the golden stars OF
the thirteen original states. The in
sigma of the navy is on the back of the
handle near the knob, OIL which is the
state seal of Oregon. A long golden
tassel completes the sword proper. The
scabbard is of solid silver, with gold
concentrations in oak caves Inc
&C. e. Co." bear the top, Is
set in diamonds. rubies and sapphires.
A regulation belt with Il navy buckle
in solid gold and solid Communications
completes the sword. The case IS OF
curly maple, cut from a single tree near
Corvallis. 1t is polished TO a glass fin
ish and is a most beautiful piece OF
wood. The mann of Admiral Clark
will be engraved upon he silver shield
of the case.
II. o. Havemeyer, who, it is reported
will retire from the presidency OF the
sugar trust 500 on account OF MS poor
health, is at times extremely nervous
so that the least noise hrs him.
Mr.. Havemeyer's butler. while serv-
ing dinner one evening not long ago, let
fall a tray of crockery. "A tremendous
crash, of course, ensued.
II suppose you have broken all the
plates" said Mr.. Havemeyer.
mo sir, not one sir" replied the but
Ter.
"Then you have made all that noise
for nothing, eh?" said testify, the sugar
magnate.
Eugene A. Philbin, of New York, has
a poor opinion Of jurors. grand and
petty, in thai city. In an address at
Columbia university on The District
Attorneys Office he referred as fol-
lows to the compatibility of Jurors:
There are men on grand juries in
New York whose first object is to pro-
tect the political party to which they
belong. One Jury recently refused to
issue a presentment because the per-
son affected was a good political work.
er in the district on one of the jurors.
The grand jury not infrequently stands
between the criminal and the just PEN
atty OF his crime. The district attor-
ney is confronted with the necessity
of attacking police corruption which
so clearly exists, but he finds it almost
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
Good for Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure Gives immed-
late relief in all cases Of Cough, Group
and LaGrippe. because it does not pass
Immediately into the stomach, but
takes effect right at the seat OF the
trouble. It draws out the Inflammation,
heals and soothes and cures perman-
emily by enabling the lungs to distrib.
ute pure, life-giving and life-sustain-
ing oxygen to the blood and tissues.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
the STATISTICS OF LyNcH,NG.

+. QeIdEltIiGilt VI alCs udo hoa
q study of lynchings aud spoke upon
the subject recently from the stand
point of a political economist. His sta
tistics are interesting and show that
lynching is not indigenous in the south
and the negro not the only victim Of
popular rage. A table of persons
lynched in the United States the last
twenty-one years gives a total of 1888
up to Jan. 1, 1903. In the twenty-one
years 1872 negroes have been lynched.
an average of eighty-nine and one-half
q year In that period 1856 whites have
been lynched, an average of fifty-nine
q year. There have been ~sixty-one
women lynched in that period, thirty
eight. colored and twenty-three white,
nine of them for murder, OF the GLE
white men who were lynched in the
twenty-one years, los were for criminal
assault. In the south 100, negroes were
lynched and 593 whites. Statistics can
not be made to show more than SO per
cent of negroes lynched for.criminal as
sault.
In the west 623 were lynched in the
t~wenty-one years, about 43 per cent for
murder.
OF this period the years 1854 and 1892
were the largest for lynclings. In the
former year the vigilantes in Colorado
and Montana were responsible for the
largest number. The victims were
largely white men and they were
lynched for depredations on property.
In 1892 the l%ynchings were in the south,
the victims were largely egroes and
they were lynched for crimes against
the person and thru race prejudice.
The number of lynchings varies no.
ticeably with the seasons in h south.
Fewest lynchings occur in January,
February. August and November. In
August the negroes are at campmeeting
and lynchings are few and far between.
During the other months mentioned
they are mostly busily employed. Work
and religion thus seem the negroes best
protection. In the west there is small
variation according to the eason Of the
year. Horse stealing, cattle rustling and
p~remeditated murder, the common capt.
tai crimes OF the frontier, seem rather
equally distributed month by month.
The steady decrease in the number of
mob executions since 1892. which Is
noted by Mr.. Cutler, is gratifying both
O. showing a %decadence Of lynch law
and indicating a more complete organ
1xation OF society. Lynching fiourishes
In new countries where law lacks the
machinery to enforce itself and in igno-
rant communities wanting in knowi-
edge and self-restraint, where en-
geance is construed to mean justice.
The wild west, where the vigtlante
forced partial order and respect to life
and property rights with an iron hand.
has gone. Its COW camps and miners
villages have become cities and law has
organized society. When the southern
white shall nave been educated to nave
respect for the laws delav and the me-
gro have acquired the rights and senti-
ments of civilized life perhaps the stat
istician of mob violence shall have lost
his occupation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
Patent Leather.

Patent leather shoes require care to
look well. They should be wiped with
a damp sponge and afterward with a
soft, dry cloth ard occasionally with a
cloth dampened with a little sweet oil,
or apply some u of the prepared
pastes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
Eurmtnn Finps- 7rpmhira, 9aarsha1tuuum auua, Tlundan Apri1 ~. 1904

from deep wells. Mayor Edwards
claims that the water thu secured is
the best in the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27
schooldays.

SchOOldays.
Lord, let me make this rule:
To think OF life as schoo
And try my best
To stand each test
And do my work
And nothing shirk.
Some day the bell will sound.
Some day my heart will hound.
AS with a shout
That school is out
And lessons done
! homeward run.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

bribery owing to the character VI LILY
witnesses. l nave seen cases Where
the moral evidence vas complete that
certain jurors were corrupted, and n
has confessed to me-"
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph l.. Bristow, who unearthed the
frauds in the postoffice department
leading to the suspension of MI. Tynef,
is an expert in such matters. 1t was
Mr.. Bristow who went to Cuba to report
on the postal frauds there and he is
usually chosen when there is any I'M
pleasant Investigations to be done. The
excuse for giving him the assignment
is the fact hat he has under him a
division of inspection which practically
amounts to a secret service. The rea!
reason for his selection is that the pres
.ident considers him absolutely honest.
No social, political or other consider
ations have any weight with him, Off
cial influence and position count for
naught. Mr.. Bristow is a Kansas pol
itician and editor. He is cordially hat
ed by Senator Burton, the Junior from
Kansas. He is a Kentucky product,
"a relation of the late Benjamin II.
Bristow, secretary of the treasury dur
ing General Grants last term.
Brooks statue OF Gladstone has been
placed in Westminster abbey near that
of Beaconsfiled. The great common
err of the end of the nineteenth CEN
fury is shown in the ordinary dress
of men of his time, while Beaconsfield
aDpears in his robes of state. The
sculptor has intended to mark the diff
ference between these w statesmen.
on of whom always refused titles while
dispensing them to others, while the
other used all the heans at his COM
mand to impress the public with pa
|geantry and whatever else might tend
to British admiration for the
throne and the privileged classes. There
were no ceremonies at the unVelling.
On the occasion while Senator Cor
man was speechmakfng in Maryland
he met a lady who told him how dis
appointed she had beer the week pre-
yious, when the crowd was so great
that she could not get near enough to
hear what he said.
."The truth Isl" complained h fair
admirer, Il drove fourteen miles to
hear you speak, but I was SO complete
ly wedged in by negroes l could not
move a STEP"
Madam" answered the senator with
a gallant how, Il am sorry for your
disappointment, but you must remem-
Der you are not the first jewel which
has been set in jet"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

impossible to secure a conviction for
bribery owing to the character of the
witnesses. l have seen cases where
the moral evidence vas complete that
certain jurors were corrupted, and one
has confessed to me-"