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New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
MONUMENT ON BATTLEFIELD WHERE
FETTERMAN'S FIGHTERS FELL.

General Darlington found bodies strung along the
road to the western end of the trail furthest from
the fort. The two civilians who had accompanied
Fetterman were found behind couple of rocks.
! BY the side of one were found fifty shells, and
nearly as many at the side of the other, showing
that they had made q desperate fight. Wheatley
had no less than los arrows in Inn.
Lieutenant Grummond found distance
from the others behind a pile of rock. with every
evidence of terrible struggle having taken place
on the scene The bodies of the remaining soldiers,
which were stripped of clothing. were taken back
to the
The weather was almost insufferable and
and were forced to clothe themselves in
furs made from skins of wolves. AS pos
sible relief sent TO the fort.
General Darlington relieved of command
pending investigation. but eventually he was alb
solved from blame, it proved that he had
given Fetterman distinct orders not venture into
the trap which Red Cloud had sprung
cessfully. The government finally decided TO
abandon Fort Phil Kearney. and the
post was vacated the Sioux swept down upon it
and burned il TO the ground. To-day little
nothing remains the site Of the old fort. Only
the embankment which the walls were placed
remains. The bodies Of FettermaTl's men remained
I'm the burying ground the site of the fort
until few years when they were taken up
and reburied Custer battlefield
General Darlington deeply interested In
going the of his early experiences. 1t
planned have him meet his old foeman
Red cloud, proDabIy the greatest cnle1 the SIOUX
ever knew. but the old warrior too feeble to
be there.
Just before the abandonment of Fort Phil Kear-
ney Red Cloud received ample punishment for
the Fettermsn slaughter. Captain James Powell
who had been detailed TO guard the timber
al the fort, repulsed Red Cloud and his
riors in what known the Wagon Box
fight short distance from the Red Cloud
had assembled about 1900 warriors, and determined
make direct assault on the fort AS u pre-
his wood guards. No less than 500 Indians made
attack on the wood train, but Powell promptly
corralled the wagons. and behind this fertilization
he and his thirty-one men defended themselves.
Unknown TO the Indians. the soldiers were armed
with a new rife of the rapid-hre type. There were
plenty Of these guns. and one frontersman, q
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
HE DESERVED IT

The London newspapers used to make a dstinc-
tlon between 4 simple notice. of d DEATH for which
they charged five shngs and a brief obituary for
which they demanded seven-an and-sxpence. One day
Dr. Thomas Hume called the office of morn
Ing journal and silently placed upon the counter the
announcement of the death Of friend. together
with five shillings. The clerk glanced at the paper
tossed it to side. and said gruf1y
Seven -and-slx"
/ have frequently answered Hume, had occa-
sion TO publish these simple notices. and I have
never before been charged than Ave shillings
Simple ~ releated the clerk without looking up
there's an added line. universally beloved and
deeply regretted isn't there? Seven-and-sx"
Hume produced the additional half-crown and
laid 1t deliberately BY the others. observing in his
most solemn tone:
Congratulate yourself. sir, that this is an ex-
pense which your executors will never be put tn"-
illustrated Bits
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
" ROMANTIC PARIS
Life from 1880 to 1913 Depicted an
Municipal Library Exhibition.

Paris, August 4.
i American visitors to Paris will find in the
! annex to the Carnavalet Museum. in the house
/ built by lie Peletier de Saint-Fargeau the IA
nous ''conventionnel," at No. % Rue de Sevigne,
very interesting exhibition of Paris during the
| romantic period from 1880 to 1S4S. This is
the second exhibition organized by the directors
of the Municipal Library of Paris since its his
toric section established in 1906 1t has
| been arranged with great success by NJ Marcel
! P0ete, inspector of historical investigation and
curator of the Municipal Library. One finds
| complete reconstruction" of Paris by means Of
| maps prints, sketches, costumes, models of pub
| lie carriages theatres restaurants and places of
| public resort. There excellent engravings
| of the different phases of the revolutions of
| 1880 and 1S4S.
There panoramic views in colors taken
| from the Buttes Cnaumont and from the Square
Tower OF Saint -Gervais. The fashionable gath
erings In the galleries of the Palais Royal,
smart restaurants such as the Trois Freres
Provencaux, and the Rocher de Cancale, fire.
quented by Balzac, GaVarnf Victor Hugo, Alex
andre Dumas and Lamartne, are presented in
prints, pamphlets and journals There are re-
| markable collections of fashion prints and por-
traits of hundreds of and women who were
foremost in art letters politics bohemianism.
One sees Nine. de Stael, with her famous tur-
silk cravat. and Theophile Gautier with his
memorable red waistcoat. The theatres make a
fine show. The ''maquettes.' or miniature models
OF the stage and auditorium are highly amusing
One finds numerous portraits Of the leading
stars, among which Frederick Lernatre,
Dejazet Malibran, Julia Grtsi, Mile Mars Mile.
Georges, Nine. Dorval and the marvellous tight
rope dancer, Nine. Saqui
Partisan gallantry is represented by portraits
of the most attractive "grsettes, "lorettes" and
'lionnes," who turned the heads and lightened
the purses of magnificent. multi-colcred dandes
Of the period. Street hawkers. policemen Chin
ney sweeps, cab drivers, street sweepers cooks
footmen, majestic coachmen and the public let
ter writer's for those who never learned to
write are all represented in the exhibition
There are colored engravings of the luxurious
vehicles then in vogue, such the cabriolet |
the tilbury and the stanhope. and also of the
hlrondelle omnibus and the quaint coucou.
dozen caricatures, drawn by the English
artist Rowlandson, show what the French
racecourses and bouevards were and reveal
the elaborate attire of leaders of the fashion
able movement of the day. Pleasure parties are
depicted seated in the shrubbery of the Champs
Elysees, slipping wine and nibbling at cold
fried potatoes. The exhibition will remain open
until October, and is well worth a visit
c. 1. B.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
VISIT SCENE OF
INDIAN FIGHT
WHERE RED CLOUD WIPED
OUT SS HEN.
General CaTingtoR, Who Coanselled
Young Officer against Pur-
suit, Rene1cs Memories.

General Henry b. Darlington and a few other
SURVIVORS of old Fort Phil Kearny recently revis-
.ted the scene Of the Fetterman massacre in
wyoming and took part n exercises commemorate
inc the slaughter Of eiEllty-three by Red
Clouds Sioux in 1856. AS in the Custer battle,
there survivors te tell the story of Fetter
mans annhilation. The bodies of the who
were led into trap rest on the brow of Gus
Ter Hill which has been converted into a national
cemetery The government has erected impress
sjre monument of powders where Fetterman and
his men fell. and there is q bronze shield thereon,
telling OF the tragedy in few simple words.
The Fetterman monument is top of what is
known as Massacre Hill, between Sheridan and
Buffalo. Wyo-. a few miles north of the site OF
old Fort Phil Kearny, which was the first out
post Of civilization in that part of the West and
where General Darlington practically besieged
for two years by the great chief, Red Cloud. who
Is now near death from old age on a Dakota res
ervstion. Fort Phil kearny established
fl,e old Bozeman trail. which many pioneers
we're pushing their way westward in the COS.
Travel over this trail was very dangerous, and
hardly wagon train passed through the hunt
When the fort was established Red Cloud and his
uarIike braves were furious and renewed their at
tacks on the white men with redoubled vigor. Cen
eral Darlington himself superintended the building
OF the fort. he made a strong stockade, which
surrounded the buildings and parade ground and
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
TRIAL Dams At G4TUN.
T1co Constructed to Test Plans for
Great Work.

Possibly one Of the features of the canal con-
struction at the Isthmus of Panama which attracts
more than average attention from the visitor is the
experimental dam al Gatun Hear the Caribbean
side. The great dam Gatun which is now under
!. course OF construction and adjacent to which are
the three great GatUn locks which will raise and
lower vessels eighty-fve feet is one of the prob
lens of the stupendous enterprise of the American
government.
The first experimental dam which served its mr.,
pose for tests has haeu suppant4d by second
cam According to The Canal Record the official
publication of the Isthmian Canal Commission the
new dam is built scale of to T. identical with
IT'S predecessor In the first dam the material was
pumped in from the downstream toe with the
result that the fine particles of earth material
most 1mpervious to water deposited along the
upstream face. head of water eighty-five inches
deep IN the experimental dam, representing eighty
five feet in actual depth was applied 10 the nm
stream face of the original dam on May H. and The
experiments continued until a constant rate of
seepage had been maintained for a week All the
information needed from the first dam was OBJ
tanned with results satisfactory beyond the expec-
tation of the engineers in charge
Inc material is sandy clay, deposit of which
was found on the Chagres River in an area dis
tant from the axis of the Gatun dam from three
quarters of mile to a mile and half and in
sufficient quantity TO construct the dam
In the construction of the first experimental dam
much OF the finer impervious material was lost in
the water which drained off but Notwithstanding
ule utposlt On IIle upstream race exceedingly
watertight The remainder of the material ar
ranged itself in such way that although Offering
great resistance to percolation any water which
penetrated the upstream face drained off readily
and the line of saturation kept unusually low
At the grade of eighty-five. which corresponds to
the proposed height of the water in Gatun Lake
the water held week
AS some question might arise in the lay mind
whether the action Of the water against dam one
twelfth the size of the proposed dam would be the
same as in the of the big dam level of the
water was dropped to grade 45 and held there for a
week The results of tn experiments indicated
that the relations between water at grade s. and
grade 45 similar.
The material of the dam will pumped into
the tank from downstream and upstream faces.
that more of the finer material may be deposited
as an impervous in the centre of the dam
The test pit on Gatun Island June II was 81
feet deep and still in impervious clay. On the
same date the test pit in the spway at Gatun was
90 feet deep and the material encountered was
hard brown conglomera;e
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
PROPOSALS.

SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS WILL,
be received by the Board OF Water Sup
ply in the offics Of the Board No n99
broadway New York. Room 9IO ninth
floor, until II A. M. on Tuesday. August
o3. 1908. for furnishing and delivering any
one or more of the following classes OF
supplies: Glass A-Engineerlng supplies
Grass B-Stationery supplies: Glass C
Printed forms: Class D-Ha-dware. At the
above piace ana time the bids will be pub
Tcly opened and read. The award OF the
contracts. IL awarded. will be made as soon
thereafter as practicable. Pamphlets CON
tanning information for bidders. form ~,
contract specifications. etc. can be OBJ
taiued at Room 1915 at the above address
upon application in person or by mail For
firtAer particular see City Record. JOHN
4 RENSEI. President; CHARLES y
CHADWICK CHARLES y SHAW. com
nlissioners Of the Board of Water Supply
7 WALDO SMITH. Chief Engineer
THOMAS HASSETT. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
FEARED ATTACK ON FORT.

The weather bitter cold. as it late in
December. and there telling when the Ind
ians. encouraged by their success, would make
determined assault the fort. But the next day
General Darlington went in person to the scene
of that battle with force of eighty men. after
leaving strict instructions as to signals be
fired from the fort in of attack The
men and children had been placed in the magazine,
and officer was left in charge of them pledged
not TO let the women be taken alive if the general
did return and the Indians captured the fort.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
Curtains, Bed Sets, ETC.

August Sale Values and Clesrancs
lots make this great department. q
perfect Wonderland of Values
You'll not only find the following
but scores of others equally at
tractive valueS-Comei
LACE AND NET CURTAINS
81 so Rufied French Net
Curtaias-hns lace ard inserts I I I
Novelty Applique Net 2. .49: worth 1888
Finer to 9. 90: worth 5000
French Net Renaissance
Inserting and corners 2 90. worth $40
Finer to 9.9S: worth s15-9s-
CIuny Edge and Inserting
2 .98: worta sass
Marie Anroinette--
very elaborate borders 5. SO: worth s7-9s
Finer to { 90: worth S21-oo-
Two ToneI F'lorentine- q. SS. worth sf1-ss
Nottingham Iace-eIose. firm wsaves-
novelty borders-wOrth 81 60. ---.-- .SS
Plain Net and h'd centrss-Ia,est
designs including FiIet and Marie
Antctnette-wcrth s. 2-25- ----------f -
Including Curtains u 70 6O inches wide
Beautiful brussels effects. also dotted
centre-horai borders-wOrth 500 I %
Rich C;ufryrc E5n-ire and Marie
Antolrettt eTesss-extra wide borders
worth "a 20 a-d $500 -----.----2 -
50 ct sash - Importers lots
Irish Point Tamhour. cushion Spot
and Figure and Panel designs
% to Sc inches wide. e.----,-------- 81
Curtain Grenadines- Colonial. Mottlcd
and OrientaI-4O inch
instead OF % to 80 49.--.-.------.- I -
st9s Gobelin Tapestry Table
Covers-2 yds. square -----.-.-.- p %
All. SILK DAN4SE PORTIFF,r-S-
Only one or TWO pairs of a -tyie
Therefore.
Were sa3 os L Q2 Were ST. 9s = %
We're s1T9s I { .o2 Were 81. > 9S
Were s15.9s 9.9S We're sos. 3 %
FRENCH NET BED SETS
Slightly soiled-
Were So. 7.nS fO. 02 Were sIG@S- pS
Were So s. 4. .9S Were $14as- 9 d
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

crack shot, had eight loaded weapons at his elbow
He kept these eight guns busy for three hours
The first charge repulsed the Indians falling
In great numbers. -Four times the Indians charged,
only to be moved down by the ''bad medicine
guns. Finally Red Cloud made a last charge. but
1t was only for the purpose of getting the bodies
of these who had fallen. Red Cloud himself after
ward said he lost 500 followers in that fight. The
defeat dsheartened the Sioux and caused Red
Cloud to lose the prestige he had gained In his
defeat of Fettcrman.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

refuge behind some huge rocks and the forty-nne
men he had brought back found in space
about six feet square They had been shot full
arrows. scalped and mutated. Captain Fetterman
and Captain Frederick Brown, the post quarter
master, were found side by side. each with
bullet wound in his temple Evidently they had
stood face to face and each had shot the other
dead rather than be taken alive by the Indians
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

constituted an irnpregnable defence. Red Cloud
too crafty to try to assault the fort, but he
laid siege IT. and nobody dared venture
beyond the stockade without a heavy guard of sol
ders In the first six months after the establish
ent Of the fort the Indians killed 154 persons in
Guiding citizens and soldiers There fifty-one
demonstrations the fort. and every train that
passed on the trail was attacked
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

Hemstitched Pillow Cases. cents more
per size
! H s Sheets cents more per size
No mail or Telephone Orders
Standard makes-no nameless goods. As
| others try to match our prices by oflerlns
| untlcketed and inferior qualities. insist upon
seeing name tickets-they show quality
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
AUCTIONEERS. A

ATWOOD g. PATTEE. Auctioreers. Ap-
praisers.-High class sales conducted
Furniture. paintings. art objects, merchan-
disc bought. Prompt settlement. Local
references. lao Nassau st. Tel GsII-
BsexanAn.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
FURNISHED ROOMS 20 LET.

WAVERLY PLACE. 1903 Beautifully
furnished: one room, with private bath:
SO peT week
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
Special Purchase
Bigelow's
Administer Rugs
At Half Price

The famous Arlington grade
Dropped patterns-that's the reasont
Two tened crimson and green. ~ic1
Daghestans and Florals AS We bought
81 we'll sell Therefore,
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
If you want to buy
SO Cent Dress Fabrics
At 10 Cents

Come morrow.
A widely advertised silk mixed
fabric. restricted 10 sell az
50 cents; our price while
iot IdStS-
Fine quality. more than halt siik-latest
colors-plain and dotted also black-anG-
white stripes.
Were we privileged to give trads
name .the lot would 90 in a day,
FOREIGN LAWN SECTION-BAsE sEMENT.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
AN1flCE>.

@[EMRW " WgOG,
Genuine antique furniture. etc. No repro
eGetions. CHS Lexington ave, cor bTth At
AT EBLE'S ART GALLERY. los Ves.
i2d st. near 9th aVe--Antiques C.tIrios
old jewels. silverware. rare fans paintings,
miniatures and weapons. Old gold troushr
SEBASTIANO GRASSl K son. fine c,,bi-
netmaking. upholstsring: antique furni
ture sold repaired: French polishing 3f4
Main and South broadway Ycnker-
BRlC-A- HRAC ard Art Treasure Repair-
ing Co.-China and glass neatly rtyeted
800 Amsterdam ave. near 18th
Di SALEO BRU--Antlque furniture
brtc-a-brac Sheffield and sotf5 xtt,.r
SsS ith ave. 21th st. Tel 22<6-Mad So.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
BOARD WANTED.

GENTLEMAN desires board and room IN
refined. strictly private family, near Park
or Riverside: $i2 Address r.. l., Boz %
Tyibuns OfacA
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
HATS.

EXCLUSIVE French Millinery. also ladies.
ano sshueinen felt and straw hats of
every description renovated claened. bIocked
Ike new. French Millinery Co. 100 West
l04th 81.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
.Flannels-August Sal.

Plain Emb'd-Vhite and Colors-l~rgths
Of !. to 3 yards-FAR BELOW COST
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
F1ore Wonders in
Con9fortables & Quilts

Please notice that sale values
are not limited to a few low priced
items. but include the finer and
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
The Latest Paris Dress Goods Craze


fabric called plse alter
mating
pleated s decidedly
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-12
FOREIGN ECHOES

Singapore, May l1-Sir Robert Hart, who for many years was director sen- eral of the Chinese maritime customs, arrived here to-day from Shanghai l., homeward bound on board the German steamship Yorck.
 Picking, May 11.-News was received here to-day of the progress of the rev. olutionist outbreak in Yunnan pro- vince. Three thousand rebels in two columns were marching on Meng- tsze. a treaty port at the head of naviga- ton of the SongkoI river.
 Lispon, May liking Manuel visited the Pantheon to-day and prayed over the bodies of his father, King Carlos, and his brother, bulz. who were assas- sinated in this city in February. He drove from the Necessldades palace ac- companed by a number of court oiil- cials.
 rifis. May l1,--The division of fell artillery attached Co the Caucasian ar my corps, which usually maneuvers during the summer in the northern Cau. casus. has received special orders tn proceed 10 Kars and various batteries with their baggage already are on their way south toward the Turkish from tier.
 Berlin, May l1.--The envoys sent tc Berlin by Mulai Hshd, the usurplne Sultan of Morocco, were to have beer received al the foreign of1lce to-day by Langwerth von Simmern, secretary o the German legation al Tangier, whr chances al present to be in Berlin, The reception, however had to be postpon. ed because the Moroccans this morn. ing sent to Chancellor von Buelow q long communication in Arabic. which k now In the hands of Oriental scholars for translation
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-12
REV. I. C. MEsERvE COMING.
Former New Haven Pastor to Stop
 Here on His Way to Scotland.

The Rev. I. C. Mcserve, Mrs. Me- serve and their son are now on their way from San Francisco, Cal, to this city. Mir. Meserve will be remember ed as a former pastor of the Daven- port Congregational church They are expected to arrive here on May ls and will stay in New Haven for some weeks, before leaving to attend the International Congregational con- ference to be held in Edinburgh, Scot land early in July.
 Mir Meserve Is delegate to the con- ference from the church in San Fran cisco of which he has been pastor since 1903 This church the Plymouth Con gregational, while injured by the great earthquake of 1906, was not destroyed by the ensuing fire, but many of its member were made homeless and were scattered. thus making the work of maintaining the church, very labori- ous and exac.lng. This is the first va cation pr. Meserve has been able to take since the great catastrophe.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-12
TRAVELLERS GUIDE. U----~~~N~-~-~-oS>.~e~~-~ New York
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FEBRUARY e 1908,

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