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mate of Gems. Early, Mackall, Bragg,
Pemberton. Elzey, w. H. T. Walker,
and Chiffon, of the c. S. A, and Hook
err Sedgwick, Benham and French of
the U. S. A. He left a name and a
fame too noble to fill a suicides grave
Veteran M. r. Tunno writes me a
very readable letter about the criti-
cisms, by u. S. NJ" of Gen. Gordon's
book. I quite agree with him as to
the majority of his statements, but
there are many reasons why we should
still hold them as our private opinions
not publicly expressed. Vete-
ran 7. B. Catherwood of Lake Mary,
Fla, passing through Maitland a few
days ago, made pop CALI at my
den, which / greatly enjoyed. He looks
like one of the grim "Old Guard" Of
Napoleon, one of the kind that is
ready to die in the last ditch for his
flag and his country. June is a
remarkable month in our naval his
tory. Robert W. Neeser, in the June
issue of the Navy League Journal of
New York, gives a list of naval battles
and engagements in June, from 1875
to 1904, numbering thirty. He errs,
however, as to the name of Capt. j.
Blakeley" of the u. S. S. Wasp, as his
name was Capt. Johnston Blakely.
The War of 1872, between the United
States and Great Britain, was declared
in June of that year, and the U. S. S.
Kearsarge destroyed the c. S. S. Ala
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of Maitland, Fla, special aide for the
state, has sent out the appeal with his
official Endorsement. The re-
cess promotions of retired army officers
have struck a snag. Col. Charles III.
Whipple. u. S. A, disbursing paymas-
ter in Washington, declines TO pay the
amounts of increased pay until the SEN
ate confirms the promotions. and in
this decision he is fully sustained by
the higher authorities. So the officers
promoted will get no increased pay UNI
til the Senate meets in December and
confirms their promotions.
Capt. Julian r Lindsey. Of the Fiji
teenth U. s. Cavalry, at Fort Ethan
Allen, up in Vermont has a three
months leave. of absence. as he was
married in New York city last Tues
day to Miss Harriet p. Broester. Capt.
Lindsey graduated at West Point in
1892, and has made an excellent army
record. He is, l think, son of Georgfa's
popular Pension Commissioner, and
his old friends in Georgia will shower
him with hearty congratulations.
= The Army and Navy Register
states that Mr.. Frederic T. Walker.
a candidate for midshipman at the
Naval Academy, and brother of Mid
shipman Hugh MacLean Walker, u.
Hauton in Washington, D. c., on June
l. The Walkers are from Georgia.
The class standing of the sec
ond and third classes at the Naval
Academy is announced. and the Geor-
gia midshipmen rank as follows: John
A. Vaudeville, 81; Gordon w. Haines,
"a; John F. Atkinson 95; Third-class
standing: John H. Towers, 4S;
Chas S. McWhorter, 81; VIM. F. New
ton, Jr., lis. In the second class. Isaac
w. Haynes, of S. c.. is Az, and Ham
ilton F. Glover is SO. In third class,
Arthur l.. Bristol. Jr., is 80 and Nor
man M. Smith is Al. In second class,
VIM. L. Calhoun, of Fla, is II, and in
third class Peterson B. Marzoni is rs.
Standing of fourth class not yet es-
tablished as there are 300 members.
Old Confederate soldiers seem to fare
we'll out in California. At the
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Washington, June 11.-Representa-
tive Robert r. Hits friends are count
ing it among the possibilities that he
may be writing Vice President along
with his name in the course of the
next few months. Mount Morris, the
little hamlet among the hills of North
ern Illinois, is already getting ready
to bid for fame. 1t is there that Rep
resentative Hit is now spending his
early summer days planning for the
coming campaign.
Mount Morris is a quaint, old-fash-
toned town, that still bears the inn
press of the pioneer. It is innocent Of
brick sidewalks. Nearly all of the
business is on one side of the main
street, which leads direct from the
railroad station to the village inn. The
livery stable, a feed store and a hard
ware emporium have challenged fate
by smuggling themselves on the other
side of the street. Ask the first towns
man you see what the population is
and he will say; There are thirteen
hundred people in this place We're
not very big, but it is a nice place to
live"
In Washington where Mr.. Hits off,
cial life is spent, promenaders in the
neighborhood of Fifteenth and K
streets are paying particular attention
10 his Washington residence. 1t is
one OF the old-fashioned and commo-
dious double houses. and has a draw
ing room that covers the entire west
half of the main floor. The library,
staircase and dining room are on the
east. Representative and Mrs. Hit
have lived in it many years, and the
mansion has been the scene of much
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bama on June 10, 1864. off Cherbourl
coast of France.

bama on June 10, 1864. off Cherbourg,
coast of France.
First Sergeant w. H. Andrews, of
Company M, First Regiment Georgia
Regulars, from his home at Sugar Val
ley, Ga, gives the Atlanta Journal
Of June 4, a long and graphic mar
rative of that command and many of
its officers and men. l notice that he
is careless in names; for example,
Lieut.. Geo. T. Harrison should be Geo.
P. Harrison, Jr.; Capt. Louis Kennon,
should be Lewis H. Kenan; Capt. Mil
Ter Graves, should be Miller Greve
Lieut.. S. Benning should be Seaborn
Jones Benning; Capt. John M. Patton
should be John G. Patten; Lieut.. Dam
cey ought to be Dancy; Lieut.. Charley
WILEY should be, think. Capt. Charles
l.. Wylly; Capt. w. w. Payne ought
to be Paine; "Seamore's advance cav
airy" should be Seymour's. Sergt. An
drews calls several of the field officers
West Pointers. but while giving high
praise to Col. Chas. ]. Williams as of
fine soldierly bearing and an accom-
plished officer, he fails to state that
Col. w. went to West Point in 1887,
but did not graduate. Lieut.. G.. B.
Lamar, who later was promoted captain
on Gen. McLaws staff, is given high
praise for his gallantry in leading his
company successfully against the en-
envy at Sharpsburg.
The Chicago Tribune speaks of Capt.
r. P. Hobson, ~. S. N. retired" Well
hardly. 1t is a short editorial memory
that loses sight of the prolonged and
strenuous, but unsuccessful, efforts of
Capt. Hobson to be placed on the re
tired" list. Failing in this he resign
ed his commission. : = The late
Mrs. Sarah Catherine McKenna of At
lanta, willed to her son a medal said
to have been given to her by Presi-
dent Lincoln. in 1861. at which time
her father, Capt" Ford, was an Of
ficer in the regular army" l don't
know, about the medal, but there was
no Capt. Ford" in the regular army
in 1861 Attorney Corrigan-My old
friend Tom-tells a very peculiar story
in connection with this medal, it hav-
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elegant entertaining. The Hits are
never in a hurry to leave Washington
in summertime. Their window boxes
along the front are filled with pink
hydrangeas and trailing vines, giving
a festive touch to the place, with its
smooth, green lawn and the fine trees
that arch over the sidewalk. Their
side porch has warm weather furnish
ings, screens all around it, wicker
chairs, rockers and tables.
Mrs Hit has been in mourning for
several years for her mother, Mrs.
Reynolds of Illinois, who died abroad
and therefore she has taken little part
in social affairs outside of her own
home. She inherited a large fortune
from her mother, and another from
her fathers estate She has one sister
who lives abroad whose husband is
a foreigner, and whose fortune is equal
with hers. Few women dress with
better taste and with more elegance
when the occasion demands it than
Mrs. Hit She has splendid Jewels
of great variety and value, and the ap-
pointments of her home display the
most refined taste. She is highly ac-
complished, speaks French like a ma
tive, and has considerable acquaint-
ance with other languages.
While Representative Hit has pass
ed his list birthday, his wife has the
stylish figure and graceful movements
of a woman of forty. her SNOWY white
hair only adding another charm to
pretty features and sparkling eyes.
AS a Mrs. Vice President" she would
surely be a brilliant success. They
have two sons. Mr.. Robert Hit, at
tached to the American embassy at
Berlin and Mr.. William F. Hit, who
divides his time between this city and
New York.
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Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 11.-After five
years of hard, sturdy and constant ex-
pertinent a priest of this city has Just
completed a wireless telegraph system
which he believes will supersede
Marconi and revolutionize the whole
system of telegraphy. He expects to
increase ten-fold the speed by which
messages may be sent or received and
TO provide system so simple and ac-
curate that IL will be in universal use.
HIS working models have given the
results that he claims, he has received
patents and is now negotiating with
a company for putting his invention
on the market.
The inventor is Father Joseph Muir.
gas, pastor Of the Slovak Catholic
Church, graduate OF some OF the best
universities OF Europe, a member OF the
SOciete Electrotechnlque OF Vienna ana
man recognized by the foremost cleo
trieians OF Europe as a deep student
and thinker.
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ing been told him some years ago by
Mrs. McKenna. who was his client.
1t seems that even prominent Co
lonial Danes and d. A. r. officials fall
into ridiculous errors sometimes. The
accomplished wife of Maj. J. B. Cum
ming of Augusta. Ca, gave the D. A.
r. chapter of that city a very inter-
esting and graphic account of her at
tendance upon the National D. A r.
Convention in Washington, and among
other things, said: Mrs. Dennis Ea-
gan of Florida made some stir when
she reported that her chapter had
found the grave of Dorothy Walton,
Revolutionary dame, the wife of
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence from Georgia, and that she died
in 1878, and that they had marked her
grave with suitable inscription.
Thereupon a number were on their feet,
proclaiming their knowledge of history
by stating that as the Revolution was
not declared till 1916, Mrs. Walton could
not be a Revolutionary dame. Mrs.
Eagan sat down abashed, trying to say
that there must have been some con-
fusion in the transcribing of dates"
Mrs. Cumming said the recording Off
Ger objected to keeping a roll of all
the members, simply recording the
names of officers. She complained that
so many members marr1ed-4OO the past
year!!-she could hardly keep up with
the changes in names. But the con-
vention failed to give her any relief
in the manner suggested.
Our young naval heroes, dead and
alive, are not forgotten in the distribu-
ton of honors. A section of the United
States Navy League has been organ
lied at Bogota, in Colombia, and nam
ed the Worth Bagley Section, No. a."
in honor of North Cardinals heroic
young son who fell in the Spanish
American War. The latest
button-hole emblem is that of the
United States Navy League of New
York, a button of silver, gold and
enamel, with white letters-U. S. N. L.,
divided by an anchor in gold. The de-
sign is beautiful and appropriate, and
greatly admired by the members Of the
rapidly growing league. Gen.
Allan c. Blackwell of New York, chief
special aide in charge of patriotic in
struction in schools, for the G.. A. r.,
has issued an earnest appeal for the
observance of Flag Day" on June Il.
a day now observed in all parts of
the country. Gen. S. Herbert Lancey
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PECULIAR COLLEGE CUSTOMS.
BARRIERS Day. "PIug Ugly" Time and
the Hobo Convention.
From the Philadelphia Record.


From the Philadelphia Record.
There are certain college customs
which are universal, but each univer-
sity has certain institutions peculiar
to itself, and among the great Western
universities of the United States there
have grown up some that are absolute
ly unique. One of the most surprising
is the BARRIERS Day of the University
of Michigan. Some years ago the soph-
IGNORES, before Easter, caught a few
freshmen and gave them haircuts. The
freshmen paid back in kind, and there
grew up an annual festival of week.
when the two lower classes go about
with shears to remove the locks of
their rivals. The week is celebrated
Just before Easter holidays, and most
of the members of the two lower class
es leave for home looking like convicts.
This year there were twenty men out
of the two classes that escaped the
operation, which iG performed with
more zeal than skill
Far out at Leland Stanford, in Cali
fornta, they have what is called a
"plug-ugly." On a night in the spring
all the men come out with ancient TOP
hats on, and then begins battle royal
with the object of breaking as many Of
the hats as possible. The battered
stovepipes are kept by the students as
souvenirs, and in every room in the
university can be found the remains of
what was once a tile.
A club recently formed at the Uni
versity of Missouri is, however, the
strangest of all collegiate organiza-
tions. 1t is called the Hobo Club
and its avowed purpose is the encour-
agement of the state of hoboism The
first convention was held three weeks
ago in a little town some fifty miles
distant from the university, and each
member came on foot or by freight at
tired in nondescript garments, like
true follower of the road. 1t is speci-
fled in the constitution that a member
will be expelled if he spends any money
on the way to the convention. and dur
ing the week all the students become
tramps in every sense of the word The
club now has a membership of 200 and
the novelty is so taking that there is
talk of forming other chapters at 9TH
er universities and holding each year
a hobo convention.
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NEW Y0RK'S HEALTH
COMMISSIONER A
GOOD STORY TELLER

New York. June 11.-Dr. Thomas
Darlington, commissioner of health of
New York, has the grace of being a
good story-teller, as we'll as knowing
how to keep New York clean in health.
His stories don't lose in point because
that point is directed against himself
now and then.
Here is one that he told last week:
"Once upon a time" said he, II was
made commissioner of health of the
thriving town of Bisbee, Ariz. Up to
the time l achieved the position there
hadn't been any commissioner of
health. The first thing 1 found out
was that the place had no cemetery.
The people used to inter their dead
friends, relatives and acquaintance
promiscuously in back yards, gardens,
and in the surrounding scenery gen
orally, more according to their indi-
vidual fancy than to any system. So
the first improvement that 1 made
was to buy a section of land outside
of the town and make a cemetery out
of it.
Fit tickled the town people i'm
mensely. To this day they are SO proud
of it that whenever they get hold of
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dred per cent. higher than they had
paid the year before. Argument and
the quoting of precedent made no diff.
ference in his attitude. and his would
be patrons we're obliged to go away
much cast down in spirit
There is a brighter side to the story
from their point of view, though not
from his. It is furnished by the wealth
err, which much of the time since their
interview with him has been cold. raw
and wet. ImDelled by the foreboding
that the season may be a poor one
for resorts. the hotel proprietor has
been busy the last few days writing
to his would-be patrons cutting down
his terms quite one-third. AS it stands
now, they are all holding off with the
notion that perhaps a continuance Of
bad weather may induce him to come
down to the terms of last year.
Duane
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of hundreds of inspectors: the minute
care required to protect the water sup
ply; the fierce battle against New
York's plague. tuberculosis: the con-
| slant attacks on the ocean door by
the hundreds of thousands of immi-
| grants from every unsanitary spot on
the globe; the war against the mos
quito over all the hundreds of square
miles of marsh land and meadow
which are also comprised in this strGd-
dle-bug of a town; these, which are
only the most apparent duties of the
| health officer, are enough to explain
why the position has not gone to a
politician. 1t wasn't exactly the kind
of thing that is known as a "cinch."
had occasion to take trip around
the harbor on tugboat during the
week. and the "old man" welcomed
the chance for a growl.
TITS a mighty bad business nova
days. said he. splitting vindictively
out of the window of the pilot-house.
The big lines get it all, what with
telephones and other inventions to
help 'em, while we hang around pick
| ing up odd Jobs. And it costs money
to run an old tub like this, too. Why.
even If 1 had a good season all sum-
mer l couldn't get back the money
! that the ice cost me this winter.
picked UP three hundred dollars one
| day busting ice around a warehouse
dock that had been tied up for three
! days, but I knocked a hole into the
bottom of my boat. and it cost me a
hundred and fifty to patch her up.
Counting the time l lost in dry dock,
figure that just broke even. Then
lost my propeller, too, in the
ice. But, say, l only lost one. Do
you know how many wheels the ice
took off the New York Centrals tug
fleet Well, sir. it was about as ex-
pensive a winter as they'll ever want
to see, I guess. Their tugs in New
York harbor alone lost 1876 propellers."
Certain New Workers who have
made it their practice to spend a cou-
pie of months each summer at a GER
| tain very delightful, but very quiet.
seaside resort, have had to endure a
good deal Of a jar within the last
week or two.
Despite the delightful nature of the
resort in question and the fact that it
was always we'll patronized, it has
been known for some years that it was
conducted at very small margin Of
profit.
For this reason it has not been well
kept of late, and last year. the season
being cold and wet and the patron
age smaller than usual, it was allowed
to fall into state approaching dlapi-
dalton.
This made the patrons indignant,
and near the close of the season they
protested in body, the result being
somewhat strained relations between
them and the proprietor. Something
like two months ago the news was
given ont that f0p Dlapa had haoY, co1d
and was to be thoroughly renovated
and made equal to resorts that have
been much higher in price Of course,
the old patrons all felt glad that there
was prospect that the place would
be improved; at the same time they
could not help wondering whether
there would be a ruinous raise in rates
About fortnight ago several of them,
who had received no notice of the
change in management, as they ev-
pected. went down to see the reno
waited resort and it's new manager.
He received them courteously enough,
but his rates were more than hun
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very careful in their statements. These
letters are wholly designed to correct
current errors on this plan. While II
requires large fund of general in
formation (often reading back for a
century,, and much labor sometimes to
confirm ones own knowledge as to
facts, it pays in the end TO know
that you are right, like Henry Clay,
rather than be President of the United
States. But I don't know everything,
nor can it be said of me, as of Prof
Jewet, or Ballsil College: Whatever is
known, he knows it. And what he don't
know isn't knowledge"
Sidney Herbert
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visitor they take him to the ceme-
terry, point to it full of feeling, and say
maj estically:
This fine cemetery, sir is the
work of our first health commissioner,
DR.. Thomas Darlington"
Shortly after DR.. Darlington had be-
gun his labors in the town an under
taker, the first one, appeared there.
Until then" says the doctor, they
used to knock a box together for the
departed out of any odd materials that
were on hand, mark the new owner
initials on them with a red-hot nail,
and carry the outfit to the burial place
in a cart. But now this undertaken
had come to do things in style. He
opened his establishment across the
way from mine, and. put out hand
bills announcing that he was prepared
to bury all and sundry in the best of
style; satisfaction guaranteed to the
most critical. And the hand-bill wound
up with this statement:
My luxurious undertaking parlors
are most conveniently located, being
just across the street from the office
of DR.. Darlington
The Health Commissioners stories
are somewhat breathless these days,
for the job of being custodian of the
public health is not even distantly re-
lated to a joke in a town that has
grown so huge that it would be quite
impossible to drive in a single day
from one extreme end of the city
limits to the other without running the
horse. Projects for building an i'm
mense hospital, which is sadly needed,
for the ancient city hospital belongs
to the dark ages of the medicine of
twenty-five years age; the guarding
of the milk supply to the town, itself
a task that requires twenty-four hours
of incessant watchfulness on the part
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His wife is an ardent Temperance
worker, isn't she?" Yes; she won't
travel in the West because she heard
that the climate is stimulating -
Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1904-10-05
ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE.
President In His Letter Speaks For
Himself and Party.

[From the New York Globe, Rep.l
He speaks for himself and party. and
there is neither uncertainty nor timid-
lty nor shadow Of evasion in a single
sentence Of his letter. "a party AZ to
govern" he says. "must have convic.
tions," and he leaves no opportunity
for any one TO deny that he has both
convictions and the courage to main
tain them. Whether men agree with
him or not they cannot fail to grasp his
meaning and cannot accuse him Of
shufiiing or equlvocation.
II is not in any sense defensive
document. but rather a defiant accept
.ance OF the Democratic challenge 70
show why a change Is not desirable
Every point IN the Democratic indlct-
ment Is met. and many points not men
toned publicly in that Indictment are
stated and answered The Panama ca.
nal policy, the coal strike settlement
the Northern Securities suit. the pen.
sion order. are all treated I'm the same
frank and fearless fashion. though thu
Democrats have either not ventrrel {.
mention them at all or have ex
pressed their disapproval in veilel ant
guarded terms
Those advocates OF Judge parkc
who have been beseeching him to utte
"clarion note" will find that mucl
desired thing I'm the presidents letter
for 1t sounds through every part Of Il
Evening journal., 1904-10-05
a STRONG DOCUMENT.
Even HIS Opponents say It IL
Mnnter1y.


TFrom the New York World. Dem.l
President Roosevelt's letter OF ac-
ceptance gives further and stronger
proof Of his ability, astuteness and ca
pacity for party leadership. II justi-
fies the words used In the Worlds first
open letter, which even some OF his
supporters thought were exaggerated
II reveals Mr.. Roosevelt far more than
did his colOrless speech Of acceptance
as a ''strong. able. ambitious, resource
ful, militant, passionate personality"
The president shows equal acumen
and cleverness I'm emphasizing the
strong points in the Republican posi-
tion and the weak points In the Demo
cratic record. Putting aside the ques-
tion of sincerity and Of strict accuracy
and making allowance for the heat and
exigency of partisan combat. the letter
is extremely clever and likely to prove
effective unless corrected and exposed
Comment upon other portions Of Mr.
Roosevelts letter is reserved for othel
occasions. IL should be said at once
however. that he is entitled TO credit
for frankly giving the voters due no
tice that ia case Of his election "w,
intend in the future TO carry on the
government In the same way that W.
have carried II on in the past"