The Washington times., 1906-11-04
FrenZied Journalism
C. STEWART in the RossvlIs

Y Reporter;
was generated IN town last sat
urday night by a squad Of hilarious sol
diers who attempted to take the VIII
lage by storm.
The band concert had attracted an
unusually large crowd OF civilians and
this was augmented by the Eleventh
snd Sixteenth siege batteries that had
camped here o.. their way from Forl
Riley 10 LeavenWorth After the con-
cert. many OF the soldier BOYS appear
ed 20 be under the benign influence Of
the spirits OF horse liniment' seaur-
ed through the agency of the Ross
vile bootegging relief corps Anyhow.
the soldiers began to talk IN an exceed
ingly loud and offensive manner and
paraded Main street daring any civil
ian to attempt the erection of lar-s
galvanized ear upon their persons
A small squad OF the Eleventh Bait
terry wandered 70 the railroad windmill
where several members Of the railroad
bridge gang were reminiscent OF happy
days agone by the light OF the moon.
Here the soldiers stopped and asked
some man to stand up and give tEeu a
chance 20 knock him down and uurs
~ AlAN SAbNAAh win ms remains
no attention was paid 70 their request
q soldier deliberately drew back and
biffed a bridge man IN the eve. This
started the exercises and for several
minutes there was a miniature funnel
shaped cyclone at the base OF the wind
mill from which fragments or karE
uniforms. wads OF hair and pErices at
profanity we're thrown OF at an anz.s
OF ninety degrees Fahrenheit One big
swede OF the bridge gang Who has an
arm with hair on Il Ike an elephants
hind leg. corded UP seven OF the sole
dlers with right and left bifs il less
time than Il takes 10 tell t. Marshal
Heslet appeared upon the scene az this
juncture and didn't have much trouble
In influencing the soldiers 20 retreat
toward camp.
A few minutes after this scrImmar z
the war broke out on upper Main stree
in front Of Sauer & Modes store. He
a dozen or more soldiers were knott,
together, all talking al once telling hr
each one single handed had whuT <
an entire hostile township Of c-y.l-a
from the map back East
that 4 behooved the onlookers 10
for the tall grass or else suffer nre
ture and untimely death. One .tue
tam. with his pores oozing liquor, Dor
loose from the knot and wand
through the crowd frothing al the mC
calling loudly for somebody to hold
lest he paralyze the entire town. At
instant Marshal HesIet appeared.
grabbing the dangerous little fello.
the breath. nearly pulled his sto
out as he whispered IN his ear to
quiet or he would be under the .
necessity OF sweeping his renal
on a dustpan and sending them 10
in a tin cup. Thereupon anoth
soldier jumped upon the back
marshal and attempted To bite
mementO from the back OF his ne
his teeth. The marshal objected
and in the mixup that followed
dier ran his head inJo the n
club with such force as 10 81
billy from end 10 end. Hes.et
hesitate. however. He saw the
fleeing down the 81 roeI and imn
" fed in persuit Likewise the
more soldiers fed after the M
yelling Wen Kill him. and
their revolvers they gave a fus.
shots The marshal and his msn Css80-
peared in a moment or two. but the mar
shsl sped on down IL alley and I'D
not come back until he had armed him.
self with self-cocking edition of Smith
& WessOn's' celebrated s4-calibre blood
purifier ana liver regulator. The sole
dier who ran into the marshal 3 c.ID
kept yelling that he was shot. and a
local physician was summoned. who
after an examination. diagnosed the case
only half shot
BY this time the officers at the camp.
hearing the firing. were up town. and
soon had the scrappy priVates on The
way to camp
This ended the battle OF "Rossv lie
Run" Some OF the civilians VINO were
al the firing line when the shooting be-
gan were seen TO scatter if a-E asE-e-
tons. They afterward said that tEe
thought instantly suggested itself %
them that their friends should Doe ap-
prised OF the battle and they hurr "a
TO inform them. Some of Their fr .nis
lived a long ways out. and thty were
bllsters on their feet in their eIgrr.I-ss
TO reach them before il was to4 90.
Hence they seriously think OF appis &
for a pension.
Move her d 1905