The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 23, 1898, Page 3

Sayed Gen andy Station former, Nominated to of Volunteers Friday, atthe Head of the Fifth V alry Had C Mercy, but Rememt at his Me His Pledge. Washingtos, D. C., Jung Gen. Thomas L Rosser, of Chsr-| Jottesville, Va, who was yesterday | nominated to be Brig er General | of Volunteers, has an unusually di- yersified history. He was nominated to West Point from Texas ig 1857, | and would | with the dass commissioned June 24, ve graduated ser resigned from the academy and | started for Richmond. A. Wise and so when | brigadier general, | of Gov. Henry Wise was mad he took youn as ordinance officer When the cavalry of Lee's | army was reor yanized in ik Rosser was made Rosser on his stall} Gen in June, 18¢ eolonel of the 5th While a cadet Rosser, best horseman in his tailed as bis assistant to the cayairy instructor. Oue of those who profit ed by Rogser’s teaching waa George A. Custer, and the two then forme dj afriendsbip that lasted until Cus-| ter’s tragic death. When Rosser left the military he said to Custer. | “George, this will be a great war. | Let us promise each other that our old friendship shall not be interrupt- ed by anything, and if we meet on the field it will be as friends.” Custer readily agreed. Oa June 9, 1863, the only really great cavalry fight of the war oc- curred at Brandy station in Virgina, or fleetwood, as the confederates called it. Custer was then captain and aid-de camp en the staff of Gen- eral Pleasanton, who was then com- manding the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. Stuart was covering Gen. Lee’s movement into Maryland, the beginning of the Gettysburg cam- paign. There were about 12,600 hersemen on each side of Brandy Station. It was the first time the cavalry of the two armies had ever met supported by infantry. The fight lasted all day. In the thickest of it, as he always was, Custer was almost surrounded by the 5th Vir- ginia. At first he had not observed who was leading it, but in a moment | he saw his old room mate and friend Rosser. The recognized each other about the same time. “Hello, Virginia was de- two George,” said the crack of Virginia's he dropped his saber young Colo regiment, as point in salute How ure y¢ Rosser,” replied the other. “Let that cfiicer go,” ¢ were ser to the men who Custer about to cut him dow ngly. “You did very right,’ Stuart, when Rosser told story after the fight. soften the barbaritie measure. After the nothing to do not care to struck out for a year or two disappeared. Northern Pacific railroad was bei built at that Gen. Custer, | then lieutenant colonel of th cavalry, with eight full troops of } obeyed won said Gen.-} the him surrender for the time. regiment, was guarding the w ing parties against the Sioux, wl Were away out near what is now Ft. ‘| Buford. One day as Custer was riding idly | along the leng line of excavation he} was struck by the pbysique of a section boss, a tall picturesque yonse | fellow, whose heavy beard broad brimmed hat rendered further | Fecognition rather diflicult. zee and | t fellow’s where,” said Custer to his brother} Tom. “I can see it in every move | he makes. I'l find out.” “Helios, my man,” called Guster | to the brawny Irish boss of a gang, jup herself, has proven that she is one} |the Pa “who is that with a red flannel shirt} ef the most effective of modern] authority to be simply e desi and broad-brimmed hat who is boss- ing this section?” | kept cn wi 11.—j = 1861, | put when Texas left the Union lios-| ‘ Rosser s | father was a Virginian and a kinsman | jnight among the horses | r \teers. Tho car other, “‘an’ Id be a terrible At th menthe r | the big man’s née Haven't you 6 taken p his working parties 2 aod Sans Are, in securit I Gen. R chief engineer of the entire y just where the road would run, he ine vested his wages so prudenily that in a few years he had $500,000. He invested it carefully, and now lives near Charlottsville on the finest es- tate of the whole country side. Why he quit all this and his charming wife to put on the blue no one but himself can tell. Gen. Fitzbugh Lee, one of whore brigades, and af- terward a division, Rosser command- ed, asked for his appointment and gotit. Rosser will go io Generai Lee's corps, the 7th. came line. Know Give The Children a Drink ealled Grain-O. It is delicious, appetizing, nourishing food drink to take ‘the piace of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who use it because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but is free from ailite injurious properties. GRAIN-O. aida digestion and stimulates the nerves. It is not 8 stimulant but a health builder, and children as Well as adults can drink it with great ben- efit. costs about 1-4 as much as coffee, I5c and 25¢. WILD STAMPEDE AT TAMPA. Three Thousand Horses and Mules Run Amuck and Destroy Camp. Tampa, Fla, June 16.—A disas- trous stampede occurred here to- end une tall! broken mules belonging to tho army | st d kept in corral near the jthe 2nd Now h ud Ist Distric son reservation and near part of the 1 the sta jlearned. 17 land the camp was ness confusion, cor ficult to determin stampede More tt 3,000 2 ade a wild dash, sg of their corral a gh the camy men were in bed, an ee had received the slightest re under ths feet of the ani oe so) nmpe Many e by firing a volley only made matters The ups of several regiments v, lator and many of the men saved themselves from death by climbing tree: JTTON DONS’ FORTS VESUVIUS GUNCO ha Terrible Re of Red Earth ae t man was driying his fores of 250 | Off Santiago, June 14.—By New en with tremendous vim and | York Sun dispatch boat at Kingston |Jamacia.—The dynamite eruieer been a soldier some | |! Vesuvius which has heretofore been! |a doubtful quantity in Uncle Sam's nayy, and has even been the butt of | are treated as j much ridicule from persons who! ed that she could only blow! Diedrichs, the eee | fighting machines. Monday night under cover warn- ers attempted to} of | Dewey's equadron for naval reas “Sure, Gineral,” responded the | darkness, she crept into the entrance [pet with any political object. Wie SA SAY SAY SAL El 7 ae 7 eT ee ae 7 PALL Bri p44 eee “EXPERIENCE tos = [N Tailoring. . vz WATE ATS ANS roe’: to = bre at Chicago Mer atTa lore 32 \ 32 Ne ca ON i Clot ini Ng House i abot 8 ap woUtsi Cor ca p- RK ' D ° | given by the r June 15.--Richard Foles yout! Catarrh euff members of the from Blis , and Frank- ber that Ely’s m took the Merr eutrance | lin Ed only catarrh remedy wh of Santiago 1d cank her | farmer st one and thoroughly absorbe accoes the < tien dha , | pear oz van eased membrane It does not dry pei EE — oo ee a ies ae Mi re up the cecretions, but changes them sre les of the si \cish gune een eee toa limpid and odorless condition, Yesterday official recognition was deserters. About « and finally to a natural and healthy taken of their valor when Secretary they disappeared, + cordance condition. : Long signed the orders to Admiral | with re; ions th reported The Balm can be found at any Sampson directing the promotion of to-day as deserters lescrip drugstore. or by sending 50 cents . ccs Save bane ‘ to Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., N. ali the members of the crew. Hob ~~ mare een Turk po spi Y., it will be mailed. son's reward will come later through | Olliciais, and if captured they will Full directions with each package. congress. They still linger in a/|be returned here for cor artial Cream Balm opens and cleanses the Spanish prison,but when they return Young Foley i pposed to bea a ellays ee again to their ships their promotions | cousin to Will Fo! the Clay coun ane Mes eesteste | the baile ese will be awaiting them ty wurderer of bis motber and sister. and restores the senses of smell and The orders sent to Admiral Samp- | This Foley was restless and dissat taste. The Balm is applied directly son to-night direct the promotion of isfied under the vigorous restraint into the nostrils. the men as follows: of military regulations, and he em =: e Sais Daniel Montague, master at arms, braced the first opportunity to AQ EIETEO ET oe to be a boatswain, from 50a month escape. It is thought here that FF, Foley will return home a few © $1,300 a year. George Charette, guoner’s mate, to be a gunner. from $50 a month to £1,400 8 year. Rudolph Clausen, Osborn Deignan Fifty Thousand to Fill Out Fut! Strength of the Army. Washington, D. C., June 16.—Re- ports received at the adjutant gen- Recruits eral’s office show that practically and Murphy, coxswains, to be all the regiments now in the field chief boatswains’ mates incrense avd which ere to be to their +20 a month. num strength i call itine st rent and terri-|! not be permitted | under the second | ta is ‘ae Ops eady | abans bring Spanish declare ro qua ners taken given and no pr Women Cut Inte Pieces Md., 2alt alt case he will probably 5th bas bad days, ia which be arrested. So far the but three desertions since it was mustered into the United States volunteer army The 6 6eeL t too muck r t ana bhi afternoon four mu Acging a heavy iz fro tk i t tern tion Lit I ? t bie ‘ advantage. d from Internat usies reports that while she was ta’ 2D that Ame ot be tro her cargo, a vessel arrived from any interf apr is Cuba with ct ninety passengers This is the opinion in bigh aboard, most of them women and a children. They were fleeing from , =? | tions of the atrocious cruelty of the Spanish | ; soldiers. Defenseless women and children were mur shameful manner, they de women being cut to p | machetes, whilst the children were The arrival c, is said on the re te | witness the operations of Admiral then seized and the _— to the ground. sces with | | thrown into the air and shot. Every | is tranportable object of any value was | ° ouse wae =