The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 11, 1898, Page 2

aS cba co einapens taints eller aabtis ctr sore an cnn nanan tepsesinntveneeinrensaans AFTER THE BATTLE. | Talk of The Wounded From Santiago at Ft. McPher- son. Bravery of Mrj. Wessels—The Reagh) Riders—High Balls—A Fight Ete, Fort MePherson, Ga., The wards in the hospitals where 600 sick and wounded men— soldiers from the front— are being | nursed back to health and strength, are broad end clean rooms, with plenty of air and light. Papers and magazines lie strewn over the gray army blankets on the iron cots; now and then freshly gathered iowers color the somber table, but the weeks pass slowly to the sick men, the hours halt slong. From the windows of the upper ward of hos- pital Ba vast stretch of cool forest rolls in green mist off to the south. It is bere in thess various wards that Santiago is fought again. Here the tribunal of the common soldier hold court and praises or site in judgement on those at the front— that is, when no strangers are at hand. To hear these men, black and white, tell of the war umong themselves is an experience. A one-armed 10th Cavalry man breaks in, the whites of his eyes shining: ‘I say, did you see Maj. Wessels take the colors away from the standard bearer when he fell an’ wrap ‘em aroun’ hisself an’ stan’ out thar on the bill a tarjit fo’ all them ing Parson, | a} Aug, here, | le mind to kick; | keen left. j}ond night, when the Spsinards tried | | to break our lines to get bullets? Tell yo’ he didn’ keep his self back.” “Yes,” went ona Corporal with his head tied up, ‘and did you see him pick up that shell befo’ it bust an’ say with his head kin’ of to one side, ‘thought I saw somthin’ lyin’ in the grass there.” “Ab, man, the biavest man in the 10th Cavalry was Capt. Ayers,” in terrupted avotber. “I was standin’ by him when that ehell that did part of me up, bust, and I looked up an’ seen him safe an’ smilin.”’ ‘That was pretty slick, he says.” “But Lieot. Miller was the war dog for you,” said a Sergeant filling his pipe. ‘He never lay down nor dodged nothin.” Miller is an cfiicer of Troop I, of the 10th. “Did you see old Gen. Wheeler walking around about there as easy as you please, his hat off and smok ing of ceegare?”’ asked a “noenom” from the 13tb Infantry of another. “No, but I saw Young walking up and down the firing line, the bullets flying, his clothes shot clean full of holes, and not minding any more than if they was snow drops.” “There's no use talking,’ boys,” broke in another Sergeant of the 3d Cavalry, ‘‘war is hell, and ther’s no gettin’ out of it. It took right strong nerve to stand them shells.” “We didn’t know what they was till we tried ‘em,’ said a fellow with his leg shot off. “You remem ber when we were on the way, aa’ first seen the shells a whistlin’ high above our heads, an’ we all laughed, an’ said there comes a high ball—an’ we watched to see how high it would go. Then when it screamed into the block house there an’ scat- tered them —— Cubans, it wasn't so much fun. Um, when them balls commenced to bust in among ouselves it wasn’so much fun neither. We didn’t laugh an’ snicker an’ say look at them high balls any more, did we Jake?” “Inthe southeast corner of the room some it was all action. | There never was sueb a battle in the | history of the world We thought, we would havea snap; we did not | know the Spaniards till we fought) | them.” | “If they had been Americans, | | with Americans, instead of Spanieh |. said a 3a Calvary man stroll | would have ; the sec |aim, ing up, “not one of ue - | You remember water, we/| lay there and said. “Let the little pigs come on and get their medicine.’ We did not know how hard the med. | icine was to give, nor how much we} would get, too,” “Wern't they hard to hit, by George?” cried Haws. ‘Trees hang ing with them. The palms grew Spaniards instead ef cocoanuts. “That was very fine country, though,” said Wilson: “like pictures. All fuil of mountains and hollows and timber. That part was all right You could wash your head in the clonds when you were up high, an’ the bills peeped over you when you was in the valleys. You could hard- ly see the sun for them. Close up it was rough traveling.” “Wasn't Roosevelt pleasant aod sociable all through? He led use straight path, too I tell you the rough riders took a path the Oubans have not been able tu make head way in for three years,’ continued Haws. “We burrahed and went forward. Those Cubans are a greaser lot, stealing our rations and baggage. They are like greaser Indians out in Arizona; lying. thieving lot. I didn’t go tbere to fight for them; I went to fight for the Maine.” “That's what we all went for.” “There was one man who beat us clean through—all of us,” remarked acavalry noncom. The other men looked up all attention “He was the fighting parson.” The group burst into loud laughter. “The fightiog parson? Ob, Lord, he was a fighter, sure. How many life preservers did he have on that night, Bob?” The men laughed louder * He belonged to the ry, didn’t he Bob? His something like Gallope, and he gal- loped sure enovgh He was from New Jersey, and it won't be his fault if he ain’t back there by now. It was when we were aboard our trans port being carried back. Just sick and wouuded aboard. Our fighting parson had been a prayiog with us all day and tellin’ us to stand up and face that devilish pain like. men, and not duck at danger and all that. Lord, when those shells eame all of a sudden at dead «f night we thought it wes Spaniards’ ghosts dead ships come to life agai. When the second one struck us we gave up for gone sure, and so did our little parson. He was tremblin’ like a dog that crept in between my knees at Santiago. He did not stop todoany praying to the Lord: he hunted for life preservere He bumped into the sick manand got 9th Tafant- pame was Then he strapped them on, big ones, allon himself. He was a sight. Then he went dancing about the deck. Though we thought we was goin’ down every second, we had to laugh.” The soldier took his pipe from his mouth. “Laugh? Lord. we just roared.” Joins the Democracy. hold of three preservers somehow. | | SECRETARY ALGER REBUKED COL. THEODORE ROOSVEL The Rough Riders’ Leader Said his Men Were Three Times as Good as Any State Troops. | Cottonwood. T, | City Saturday and heard Jobn A. He reached Junction | | Anderson preach in aeorncrib. He | was much dissatistied with the price acknowledgment to | per day asked for the use of a horse | | by liverymen He concluded to buy a | pony from a bunch offered fer sale on Letter from Schley, Columbus, O., August 3—Com- modore Schley has sent a letter of ths Columbus | top. I sell the best Dispatch, which, right after the bat-| p peal >< Oo e] jtle of July 3, sent him a street Buggy I aint on | badge extolling the victory. Besides We reset tires ana Washington, Aug. 4 —The follow-| wy ashington St. He madea bid on’ other things, this was on the badge: ing correspondence has passed be | tary Alger: “Santiago, | Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing! |General Wheeler. We earnestly hope that you will! at least, the cavalry division, includ-| ing the rough riders, who is as good | good as any state troops—to Porto Rico. There are 1,806 effective men in this division. If those who were left behind were joined to them we could land at Porto Rico in this cav alry division clcee to 4,000 men, who would be worth easily any 10,- @00 National Guards armed with black powder, Springfields or other archaic weapons. *~ * * Very respectfully, (Signed) Tuzovore Rooszvert The following reply was cabled to Colonel Roosevelt to day: “Your letter of 234 is received. The regular army, the volunteer army and the rough riders have done well, but I suggest that, unless you want to spoil tho effects and glory of your victory, you make no invidious comparisons The rough riders are ne better than otber volunteers. They had an advantage io their arms, for which they ought to be very » rateful. R. A. Aveen, Secretary of War. — -a | Ground for a Plea of Guilty. | Av Iowa judge was telling stories in a hotel lobby, and he related an amusing incident that bad occured in his court when a colored min was brought up for some petty offense. The charge was read, and as the statement, “The State of Iowa against John Jones,’ was read ina loud voice, the colored man’s eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets, and ha semed with terror and thing to say, or pleaded guilty, or not guilty, he gasped ou': “Well, yo’ honah, ef de whole State o’ Iowa is agin this one pore niggah, Ise gwinto give up right now.” Not ones out of a bKundred times can an old colored man tell you bis age, and even ifbe knew, be would bs more than apt to make himself much older than he is. After mid dle life they sli seem to feel that it adds dignity and very much increas- es their merits and value to be con- sidered extremely old. The absurb ity as to statements of length ef years lived never strikes them In @ eouthern family which always spends its winters in Washiogton lives an old man named Jeff, who has been with them and the previous gemeration for more years than they can remember. He is certainly pretty old bimself, so his mistress perfectly overcome | astovishment } When he was ssked if he bad any- | July 23, 1898.—My/j danger. ae any regulars, and three times a8/ .4 ¢,, buy one were stolen from the ‘neighborhood where he visited to jas that he lives—LeRoy Reporter. | lions of pativ-s | hava been squeezed by the manda- jan extent that nothing is one of them and he immedately saw | tween Colonel Roosevelt and Secre-|, man on the opposite side of the | He chased ‘em, and placed ‘em, crowd give the Odd Fellow sign of He moved around and ask- | ed the man what he meant and the | with the knowledge and approval of | | stranger making the sign somatbed not want of ticeat The Ohio man returned to i*You do avy horses.” send us—most of the regulars, a0d/ +. Jivery stable, hired a horse and | proceeded on his journey. He learned that the horses of which he propos inspect land and he arrived there in| time to see all the excitement of that raid. Heis as confident that the Odd Fellow’s sign saved him from an accidental and disgraceful death Outbreak Feared in China. San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 4.— News of an impending revolution in China is furnished by G. E. Sevey, | me more honor than I deser:e, |} can only accept the kind words you president of the American Steam Navigation eompany, who arrived on the steamer Dorie. He fears violent outbreak among the hordes of Chines ia both the northern and central provinces and believes that great loss of life and destruction of property will result. The mission- aries scattered threughout the coun- try, he thinks will be great sufferers. Io an interview he says: “Owing to the effects of the drouth, destitu tion is eertainly impending for mil- The poorer classes rins and Chinese governors to such left for them now but mere existence. This year there will ba nothing for the | governors to draw out of the peo-/ ple. “There are several thousand Amer ican missionaries working in north ern and central China and when the as I think it will uprising comes, | for the famine stricken Chinese will fight for food, they will be first to suffer. The American missionaries are well treated in China, especially by the poorer classes, when a Chiness population becomes mad in their rage for food they level all dis- tinctions and set about sweeping everything before them. In Wubu an outbreak was threatened recently but the English governor acting for the Chinese goyernment. dared the mob He furnished his troops with rifles and is waiting for any attack that might come. He in turn tbreat- ened utter destruction to the Chinese malcontents if they attempt- ed violence The Correct Sentiment. Jefferson City, Mo, Aug. 3.—Secre- Hurrah for Schley, And waited ‘round to beste ‘em, And shot ‘em, And gut’em, And sent ‘em to the bottom The Commodore's letter Flagship Brooklyn, Cuba, July 26,1898 —My Dear Sir |} I thank you for your nots and the inclosed badge, but I think you do andl follows Guantanamo, offer to share them with my brave, comrades, who did so much more! thanIto make July 3, 1898, 80| memorable in our history. The sweetest assurance of all comes in the fact that the conduct of all on that day won the admira- tion and love of eur splendid people, for whose cause they stan4, no mat- ter at what cost to themselves, aod this garland belongs as well to the humblest in our number as to the highest in command. God bless our native land. Very sincerely youre, W. S. Scarer. Whe can fail to take advantage of this offer. Send 10 cents tous for a generous trial siza or ask your druggist. Ask for Ely’s Cream Balm, the most positive catarrh cure. Full size 50 cents. I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind ever since I was a bey, I never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that Many acquaintances have used it with excellent results.—Oscar Os rum, 45 Warren Ave, sors 5 HOMODOPATHIL Mints of India to Reopen, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Denver, Col., Aug. 4—A epecial | Office, front room over MeKibt from Washington, D.C, says: In- nh All callanswered at office dayo) 3 right. formation has been received from London through private channels to the effect that the Indian mints are to be reopened to free coinage and the assertion is mads that this will occur at an unexpectedly early date. The report of the Indian commis sion is to be published b-fore Sep- tember 1, and this is expectei to throw come lizbt upon the details of the matter. The announcement that the im- portant step of reopening the mints will take piace comes from a source which is usually reliable. There is a strong effort to bave the :atio changed from 16 to 1 to 22 to 1, and it is aeserted that willicgness to as- sent to this change las been evine- ed by both the Unied States and France The estatlishment of a ratio of 22t» 1 wou!d have the effect f increasing the present price of silver, but would, on the otber hand, ‘probably preveat forever the restor- ation of the ratie of 16 to 1. There is some disposition te doubt the accuracy of the information, but! doubt appears to arise largely from tary of State Lesueur gave out the following statement to the press correspondents to night: “A correct table has been kept in the office of the Secretary ef State of the instruetions given and pref- erences expressed for candidates for Supreme Judge. These votes, in- ; Was rather surprised this winter | “Yes'em,” he replied, “‘yes’em, my aunt must be pretty ole now—she's Chicago, lll, Aug. 4 —Stephen A. Douglas, son of the statesman, whe was Lincoln’s opponent for the Pres- idency in 1860, and sinca jone of the fighting members of the} Republican party aod at times a part of the Republican machine, be- of the rough riders were among them James Cock, L. and L. A. Hawes, of | gathered, of Comp Company H. A Gth Infantry man, W. M. Wilson. from Kentucky, who! lying inthe ditches off Santiago, chilled by night, burned up by day, and passed through a siege of ty phoid, wa against the cot where Ha ying ‘Yes “fell lows dropped their broad when they got with us all rig] aid Haws: “used as bad talk a rest of us. They were des e fighters, toc, fora ¥ got left behind a little. jared eame as we did. 2 we were in Texas they bought white t Cuba the; ~ to get that. but after we got to ook hard tack, and were Ther was no time! ee a Democrat to-day. {and offically he joined and pledged himself to become a member of the organization and to ido whatever wo rk for the party he is called upon to no Mr. Douglas bases his cb in party tics solely oa the ies aacGee He leaves the R he says, because they are and protecters of the —— of the ae as e friends corporate in Democracy “ileiier he the party written a | follows: “All my life my sympathies have been with the people, having been taught this by the two men I honor above all others—my father and Mr. Lincoln— and te day I believe my proper place is in the Democratic) of the people for Kicking then, if anybody had had/ party and there I shall abide.” boyhood | now. “A hundred and five years,” ex claimed the lady, “why when he asked to have a few days | | off to go, as he put it, “up to de ole} State of New Haven,” to see his! aunt. | “Why, Jeif.” said the lady, -your jaunt must be pretty old, ien’t she?” about abundred and five years ole| cluding the city of St. Louis, are as follows: For Valiant, 194 For Marsball, 144 For Ramey, 120 For Givan, 65 Fer Halliburton, 52 “In about 50 counties no instruc tions were given, and their prefer ences have not been made _| hence they are not included. 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