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The National tribune., 1907-03-14
THE BROWNSVILLE
MATTER.
The Committee Resumes Its Inyestiea.
lions With Lessened Interest in the
Result But Little Of Consequence
Developt So Far.

The Brownsville committee of the
| Senate Is sitting again. It's members.
who are members of the Senate Com
| mittee on Military Affairs, take up the
| task anew with considerable reluctance.
Tbat Is because scores of witnesses have
already been examined and practically
| to no purpose. The committee ia I'm
possession of no more inf or nation now
as to who shot up the town of Browns
vile, killed barkeep and wounded the
| Chief of Police than it was when the
| hearing began.
| Army officers saw the Senator's are
| having n better success with the negro
witnesses than the inspection officers
| had. The negro witnesses have not
especially imprest anyone with their
credibility. There are many evidences
that they have been carefully coached.
and that they stick to their stories tena-
ciously. Senator Foraker is their spe-
cial counsel, confers with them in the
corridor before they are admitted -
the room to testify and leads them along
gently. He. OF course, is not averse to
showing that there is no evidence i'm
plicating the former soldiers in the
shooting up Of Brownsville.
The negroes, however, have changed
the tenor Of their testimony somewhat
They were all inclined to believe that
the town shot itself up. when negroes
of the Constitutional League visited them
in Texas soon after the battalion was
discharged 10 Now they are yeerinp
aror:&1 to the idea that Mexicans sbot
up the town, and every possible Bit Of
evidence to prove that is being adduced
The hearing.twiIl probably be long
drawn out.f II looks as thu a subcom-
mittee would have to visit BrownsviIIe
eventually safteg more witnesses have
been heard here. There will be lIttIe
disposition to hasten, because all the
Summer and Autumn is ahead. and
nothing can be done about the matter
till Congress- naests again. The affair
will undoubtedly figure in the debates
of the next Sesslo IN and Of the POLITICAL
debates, whatever the conclusions of the |
committee may be.
Senator Lodge, the Presidents cham
pion in this case. wants to avoid the
hearings. He does not
like to devote his Summer to that kind
OF work. Moreover, he is a member of
the Immigration Commission, recently
authorized to study immigration aues-
tions. 1t Is likely that the Commission
ers will take a trip to Europe, and il
SO Mr.. Lodge will go with them. What
ever the Commission does or the Mill
tary Affairs Committee does, Mr.. Lodge
intends to 60 to Europe before the
Summer is over. ana he will MT allow
to interfere with his
European vacation. t--
If "Bill' Macdonald, Texan Ranger.
would come to Washington to testify
the interest in the Brownsville proceed
lngs would be quickened. ,9ut the Sem
afe Committee shows little disp ,sitionl
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
By JOHN McELROY.

ex-senator Wigfall, Of Texas. visited
the fort. 1t came the turn of one of
the guns on the left face of the work
to ffre-we were now firing once in five
| ninuteS-and as the cannoneer ap-
preached for the purpose of loading.
he discovered a man looking in at the
embrasure. The man must have raised
himself to the level of the embrasure
by grasping the sill with his hands. A
short but lively alteration ensued be-
tween the man and the cannoneer, the
man pleading to be taken in lest he
should be killed with his own shot and
shell. He was hauled in, Thompson,
the cannoneer, first receiving his
sword, to the point Of which white
handkerchief was attached, not by way
of surrender, but for convenience.
Once inside, the bearer asked to see
Maj. Anderson. The Major was soon
on the spot, and opened the conversa-
ton by asking: ITO what am I indebt-
ed for this visit?'' The visitor re.
piled: "T am Col Wfgfall. of Gen. Beau
regards staff. For Gods sake, Major,
let this thing stop. There has been
enough bloodshed already"
To which the Major replied: There
has been none on my side. and, besides,
your batteries are still firing upon me-"
At which Wigfall exclaimed, "Trl
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

burning in the neighborhood of the
magazine. Capt. Foster said that If
the men had had plenty of cartridges
and provisions they could have held out
several days longer, since the fort could
have been made as strong as ever
against assault, and it would have taken
the nearest battery, that on Cumming $
Point, at least week or 10 days TO
have preached the WALL
Evacuatlng the Fort
An agreement was reached that the
fort should be evacuated on Sunday
morning. April IA. Maj Anderson was
to salute his flag before he lowered it
with 100 guns. The parapet guns that
still remained in position were to be
used. and the cartridges for the salute
were piled near them on a mass of
bricks, stones, slate and lead. The wind
was blowing stifiiy in from the sea and
directly into the muzzles of the guns.
and an !gnited fragment of one of the
cartridge bags was blown back and
lighted up the pile Of cartridges A
terrible explosion took place, in which
Private David Hough was instantly
killed, Edward Galloway mortally
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
The 9th U. s. G. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a sketch of the 9Th L. S. C. Cav.-Silas
Lamb, National Military Home, Ohio.
The 9Th U. S. C. Cav. was organized
at Camp Nelson, KY. from November,
1864, and was mustered out April Is,
1866. 1t was commanded by CY.. las
F. Wade, of the Regular Army, who
was brevetted Brigadier-General Feb
13, 1865. 1t took part III the battles of
SaItville, Marion and Smithfield, with a
total loss of IL killed and Al missing
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
The Goth Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please Civ
a short history of the Goth III. wou,d
like to hear from some of the old boys
thru The National Tribune.-Hugh
French. Co. B. Goth ILL.,, Danville Sol
diers' Home, Ill.
The Goth Ill. was organized at Chi
was mustered out June 6. 1865, those
members whose term of service had not
expired being transferred to the 4Sth
Ill. 1t was commanded by Col. Timothy
O'Meara, who died of wounds received
in action Nov. 81, 1868. Lieut.-Co1
Owen Stuart then took command. which
he retained until the regiment was mus
tered out. 1t belonged 10 w. S. Smith 8
Division Sixteenth Corps. and lost so
killed and sS from disease. etc.-Editor
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
on tho 11th. ana also by Col. Wisfall,
and which were now accepted"
A Sari0.C Comic InclAsnf

on tho 11th. ana also by Col. wigfall,
and which were now accepted"
Serio-Comic Incident.
Surgeon Crawford tells this story of
an incident which occurred during the
progress OF the negotiations:
An incident now occurred which
might have had a serious ending, The
Aids of the Confederate General had
been introduced into the only gun
casemato which. was habitabie, and
which was occupied as quarters by
Capt. Foster and the Surgeon Of tho
fort. Col. Roger A. Pryor, one of the
Aids. had taken his seat near table at
the head Of the camp bed occupied by
the Surgeon The latter had been seri-
ously Ill. and was under the course of a
strong medicine that stood in a large
bottle upon the table. Without reflec-
ton Col. Pryor poured out a large por-
ton of the medicine and drank it. Dis
covering his mistake, he appealed at
once to Maj. Anderson, who, in an angle
Of the casemate, was writing down the
terms upon which he would agree to
evacuate the work. The Surgeon was
at once sent for, when Col. Pryor rap
idly recounted the circumstances, when
the Surgeon said to him. IF You have
taken the amount of that solution you
think you have, you have likely poison,
Doctor. right off, said he, for I would
not have anything happen to me in this
fort for any consideration The Sur
geon took him to his improvised dis
pensary down the line of classmates,
where he was shortly afterward re-
lfeved and returned to the city,
The Condition of the Fort.
Beauregard reported to Montgomery
and received his instructions. and it
was late in the afternoon before the |
terms were finally settled upon. Dur
ing the cessation of the firing the gar
rison naturally took a careful survey of
the damage that had been done. Fort
was regarded as one of the tri-
umphs OF the engineers art, and as
good an example as could be found IN
the way of the old-style masonry forti-
fcations. but it was not built with the
idea of being assailed from the rear
The gorge, which was the weakest por-
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
CHAPTER X.

SURRENDER OF FORT SUMTER.
The Second Days Bombnrdment-Burn.
ing Barracks and Distress of the Gar
rfsOn-Anders0n Obtains Honorable
Terms-Evncuates With Flag Flying
md Drums Beating-No Help From the
Fleet.
The Workmen Take a Hand.
During the day the officers heard a
gun fire from part of the fort at
which no men had been stationed, and
going thither found that the Baltimore
workmen had become so Interested in
the fight that they could not abide by
their determination to take no part in
1t. After watching the motions of the
soldiers for little while, they readily
got on to the drill and began working
one of the guns, keeping it up during
the rest of the fight. When nightfall
came on, Maj. Anderson ordered the
firing to cease, and the embrasures to
be closed up, so that the men could get
the benefit of rest; also, he wanted to
save his scanty stock of ammunition.
The Arrival of the Fleet.
The relief expedition, which had
sailed from New York, consisted of the
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
The Flag shot Away.
Ex-senator wisfaII'. Visit.

Sergeant James Chester gives this
account of the visit of a messenger
from Beauregard:
ut was during this excitement that
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

to summon Bill. notwithstanding his
eagerness to get into the Brownsville
spotlight
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
THE PEOPLES INNINGS,

oregops senators and representa-
tives In washington have united in a
WELL iigested purpose to demand the
Intervention of the federal government
In forcing the Central Union and
southern Pacific railways. to open up
the lands with which they were en-
dowed in the SOS and compel their
sale 10 the people at the then contract
ed price of $s,5o per acre, This is
splendid task and It has the endorse
ment OF the people at large and will,
IL successful. rebound to the glory Of
old Oregon as has nothing in years
past,
The railways have arbitrarily kept
these untold millions OF acres away
from the people for years, despite the
plain and simple text Of the agree
ment under watch the lands wsre
turned over to them by Uncle Sam,
and it any are sold, 1t is at figures for
beyond the sum named In the original
contract under which they acquired
them. The title did not actually pass
with the lands, except in hypothea-
cal sense. They were given to the
companies in lieu OF cash grants
which the government at that time
was not able TO make, with the distinct
and recorded understanding, that they
were TO be sold, later to actual home
steaders at the maximum price OF $3.50
an acre, the revenue 10 accrue to the
companies in lieu Of the money grant
then denied them by the government
We hope to see the issue forced 10
its last consideration and the people
given a chance to utilize them on the
basic terms provided. The time Is OPP
perfume and the weight Of justice lies
with the people. The lands were in
tended for them and only the hoggish
policyq OF the companies mas kept them
back from use and occupancy, Good
cess to the hands and brains Of the
men OF oregon who have determined
to retrieve this monumental wrong,
and to their eonferes in Congress.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
GOOD OLD SUMNER TIME"

The lovliest season Of the year is
about due at Astoria. The beauty of
the seaside summer is being strong
ly hinted at In these perfect spring
days and it is time for all Astoria to
in harness for exploiting her myriad
advantages and for passing the word
out to the world, that she is in her
best mood and style to receive them
and make life pleasant and profitable
for them, no matter whence they shall
come
There is no more ideal summer sea-
son in the world than pervades this
section of this prosperous land, and
year by year the shifting, visiting
touring world is becoming familiar
with the fact. We must not be idle
nor Indifferent, but get to work on all
sides and do and dig ana develope and
draw.
There should be ten thousand more
people here this summer than last, anj
there probably will be; and with suct
an access it were folly to dawdle ant
procrastinate; and the sum of wisdom
to put our best energies at work an(
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
RIGHT BREATHING
CURES CATARRH
Simple Way to Kill Catarrah
Germs in Nose, Throat
and Lungs.

II you cut your finger, you don't at
tempt to heal it by swallowing a pill
or dose Of medicine.
1t is just as foolish to try and cure
catarrh Of the nose and throat with
pills and stomach dosing. for catarrh
is a local disease, and needs special
local healing treatment.
The only natural and common sense
method known for the cure OF catarrh-
al troubles Is Hy-o-mei. II Is breath
ed through an ingenious pocket In
haler, so that It's medicated air reaches
the most remote air-cells Of the nose,
throat and lungs, killing all catarrhal
germs, soothing the irritated mucous
membranes, and restoring a healthy
condition.
II you suffer from catarrhal rou-
bles, such as offensive breath, raising
Of mucous, frequent gneezing, husky
voice, discharge from the nose, drop
pings In the throat, loss OF strength
spasmodic coughing, Or a feeling o.
tightness across the upper part OF th'
chest, you should begin to use Hy-o'
mel at once. It will destroy all disease
germs in the nose, throat and lungs
and provide the blood with additiona
ozone.
The complete Hy-o-mei outfit witt
inhaler costs but $1.eO. So strong u
r. f. Laurin's faith in the power o
Hy-o-mei to cure all catarrhal trou
bles that with every dollar outfit h
gives an iron-clad guarantee to re
fund the money unless the remed
gives satisfaction.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
AT THE TOWNS HEART.

The Chamber Of Commerce Of this,
or of any other, city, should be, and
usually is. the heart of the town, in
business way, and should be 50 located
as 10 be next and nearest TO the real
activities OF the place it represents.
Wherefore, when the Astoria cham
Der is relocated. as 1t is now intended
10 be. it is essential that 1t get in on
the ground floor in the very thick OF
the commercial life of the city. Its
habitat must be made conspicuous and
easily found by tthe stranger, and the
stranger must be made 10 feel at home
as soon as he gets into the rooms.
sOnce there he will be in quicker and
fuller touch with what he is after,
than days and weeks frittered away
in hotel Hobbies and on the desultory
sidewalks with no one to talk to nor to
interest him and answer his eager
questions.
Astoria has everything usable in the
way of a Chamber Of Commerce ex-
cept tthe supreme advantage of loca-
tion, and when it attains to that, the
fine work that Mr.. Wnyte is doing will
be made far more manifest and less
difficult. Put the chamber on the ba-
sis of a club, as Portland, Spokane,
Seattle, Tacoma and all the cities of
the northwest are doing, and bring the
business men in intimate and frequent
touch with the strangers, and the re-
suits will be infinitely more far reach
ing and prompt than in any other
fashion.
If necessary, establish commercial
lunch for business men and make it a
matter of expediency, as to time and
cost, for the merchant, clerk, factor
and millman, and all who will, to get
together once a day and swap the
essential items of commerce that all
should know. This will do the work
Of making all things current, and Of
available use to the whole city, and
will be wrought without loss Of time
Of money with all concerned, The
main thing Is to get the visitor into
immediate touch with Astoria and hel
people, and to show them that ".
appreciate their presence and interest
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
A%~% %4
Q EDITORIAL SALAD. .
A%%%&A% . . . . . 80 Ae%

The Passage of the law removing
the internal revenue tax ftrom de-
natural alcohol has started the
amature poets going. John W. Yer
kes, the commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, has been called upon to de-
eide who is the poet laureate Of Ken
lucky, as a result Of his activity In
enforceing the provisions Of tne de-
natured alcohol act Here Is a part
of one of the poems that was submit
ted for his consideration:
I'm not afraid of chemists,
However skilled they be,
I'm tanked on good old bourbon,
You can't denature me-"
Another Kentucky poet who was
evidently confused as to the uses tc
which denatured alcohol is put, sci
his thoughts to music. The words oi
the song, or part Of them, follow.
"A julep's tang.
Will diminish the pang
OF an old mans dream Of yore,
When meadows were green
And the brook flowed between
The hills he shall climb no more;
But the drink of luck
For a youth Of good pluck
Who can gaze In the eye Of fate,
Is the good. old whisky Of Kentuck
And you always drink It straight.
Chorus
Old Straight whisky, that Is the drinl
Of life---
Consolation, family, friends AM
wife.
Made your glasses ready,
Pour three fingers steady!
Drink good luck to Kentucky's oil
whiskey straight"
Commissioner Yerkes will witnhol
for the present his decision as to VIII
is the champion poet Of Kentucky
He Is of the opinion that there wi
arise other aspirants for the honor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
Why

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bottles of Herbine am well and heal
thy" Sold by Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16

"Battleships are cheaper than bat
ties" said Admiral Lord Charles Ber-
esford. That is a good way to put 1t.
The ships cost, but they conserve the
peace, whereas If nations went to war
they would waste many times the
price 0 ia squadron.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16

If Mrs. Won Claussen Is not present
ed forthwith at the court Of Sweden
this government will have to take the
consequences. We will be shaken as
If by an earthquake. The lady says
so. What are these trifes occpying
the time Of our President, while the
important matters Of life are brushed
aside as If Of no consequence. The
nations are warned
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16

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box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills"
writes Ella Slayton. Of N"lani. ARK
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16
Don't Put OF.

For tomorrow what you can do to
day. If you put off buying bottle Of
Ballard's Snow Liniment, wnen that
pain comes you won't have any, buy
bottle today. A positive cure. for
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16

garner the fruitage within our reach,
To do this effectively, we must set un~
Der the lee OF the Chamber OF Conn
merce and boost. boost, boost.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-16

Rheumatism. Burns, Cuts, Sprains,
Contracted Muscles. etc. T. S. Gra-
ham, Prairie Grove, Ark, writes:
II wish to thank you for the good
results l received from Snow Liniment
It positively cured me OF Rheumatism
after others had failed" Sold by
Harris Drug Store.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28
CHAPTER ".
THOU ALSO FALSE.

Dundee was a man of many trials.
and one on whom fortune seldom
smiled: but the most crue! days OF his
life We're the ride from Inverness by
the Pass of Corryarrack to Blair Athole,
and from Blair Athoe by Perth TO Dun
dee. He learned then. as many men
have done in times Of their distress,
the horror of the night time and the
blessing of the light. Had his mind
not been affected by the universal
treachery of the time. and the disap-
pointments he had met on every side.
till 1t seemed that every man except
himself was hunting after his own in
terest, and no one, high or low, could
be trusted, he had from the beginning
treated Grlmond's story with contempt
and made it subject of jest. He
would no more have doubted Jeans
honor than that of his mother He
would have known that Grimond never
lied, and that he did not often drink.
but he also would have Dccn sure that
even If 1t was Jean who met Living
stone. that there was some good cxpla-
nation, and he never would nave allow
ed his thoughts to dwell upon the mat
ter. II Jean had been told that Gra-
ham had been seen with lady OF the
Court at Whitehall. she would have
scorned to question him, and indeed she
had often laughed at the snares certain
frail beauties of that day had laid for
him in London. For she knew him. and
lie also know her. But he was sorely
tried in spirit and driven half crazy
by the disloyalty of his friends. and it
is in those circumstances of morbid,
unhealthy feeling that the seeds of
suspicion find a root and grow, as the
microbes settle upon susceptible and
S disordercd organs of the body.
AS it was, he was divided in his mind,
and it was the alienation of dark and
bright moods which made his agony.
Spring had only reached the Highlands
as he rode southwards, but It's first
touches had made everything winsome
and beautiful While patches Of snow.
fingered on the higher hills and gilt
tered in the sunlight, the grass in the
holows between the heather was put
ting on the first grcenness of the sea-
son, and the heather was sproutng
braVely; the burns were full-bolied