Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1898, Page 11

— = THE EVENING STAR. ied PUBLISHED DAILY CEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR SUILDINGS, by 1161 Pennsylvaniz Aver, Cor. 11ta Sb, The Evening Star Newspaper Compuny, $B KAUFFMANN, Pres. seer geen eet Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star ts served to’ subscribers 1 the eity by carriers, on their own azcount, at 10 cents per week. o- 44 certs per monts. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents ff menth. M'Gaturday Qrintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.08. Y Gatered at the Post’ Oifice at Washington, D. C., ‘85 second-cla. + mall matter.) 57 All mail sutectiptions must be patd fn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. rece Che Fpening Star. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. HE LED A BUSY LIFE Sketch of the Career of Wm. Ewart Gladstone. — + —— STATESMAN, SCHOLAR AND PATRIOT Regarded as the Foremost English- man of His Day. —_— -+-—__ GREAT CAPACITY FOR WORK William Ewart Gladstone, who died this Morning, was born mber 2, N00. He was sent to Eton when twelve years of age, at Christ Church with the that the © - could be- ing at ford, graduate honors After rad took rst class in 1831, i he cont 1 Newark for the conser won an for that body until 184 age of twenty-five years Sir Robe pointed him to a junior lordship of the treasury. Three months later he became urder secretary for the colonics, whi pest he held until Sir Robert went out of office in April, 1835. When Sir Robert Peel returned to power in 1841 he appointed Mr. Gladstone to the post of vice president of the council and er of the mint. For two years he this position, when in 1843 he suc- ceeded the Earl of Ripon as president of the of trade, giving up the former took ‘he secretaryship for the He in Ist, succeeding the Earl of | y. He did noi hold this office long, however, but resigned and remained out of parliament unti! 1847, when he was = or the University of Oxford. Leaves the Conservative Party. It was in 1851 that Mr. Gladstone realized he was opposed to his colleagues on the subjects of removing Jewish disabil- ities and of university reform, so he con- e himself from the con- servative party. In the general clection of the same y e came very near being defeated on unt of his change. Iz December, 1852, he joined the “coalition” inistry of Lord Aberdeen as the quer, at i Palmerstc of i8sd came ed by the Uni- © chosen by e. When the governme on the reform in colleagues resigned. cashire in the ction: 1868, but was returned awich by a large majority. Mr. Disraeli's min resign as premier. rious n Univer- to reconstruct the the chancellor: tion to the offic Sho adston f the con: suezeeded by the Mar- ation he devoted much of re, and by a number of Kk an active part in of the The by him in and + between the states of Romen Catholic Church ‘Their Bearing on i found a wide ed his famou. Horrors n of until ail In e began to tell on 1 in other Ways m ‘or him to ab- sent m sittings of would E » pub- did on M 1804. His Last Peblic re from the however, stone made one last effort to carry wish of his and what the will of the peor - made a spe ch om and not the He DB stro seri illness or con- r decay until the th year. On No- lated In Le lown startlingly possibility of of a sudden reminded the w removal. In to be hi dent con layed the time from A fears. ‘s mind was as keen as © was more feeble on ac- in company with Miss Gladstone and Mr. Gladstone November 26, breaking at Folkestone and Paris. The n felt no il effects from the that the n troubled at Cannes for two months and varying reports from time was quiet, to time left the general impression that the former premier was benefiting. Great was the surprise, therefore, when on Jan- uary 20 it was announced that Mr. Glad- stone's condition was causing grave anxie- ty, and that his sojourn had not had desired effect. Walked to the Boat. The former premier returned on’ Febru- ary 19, and, although arrangements were mage at Calais for two men to carry him from the train to the boat, he insisted on is the d of about thi His changed and tottering appearance was the subject of remark on all hands. Arrived at Charing Cross, many of his iends awaited him, and he was driven to Carlton House Terrace, his son’s residence. After remaining i Gon a few days he was medicaily advised to go to Bourne mouth, and Lord Vernon placed his beauti- ful re: at Mr. Gladstone's disposal. No benefit accrued. On March 6 he stop- ped all work, and henceforward his friends read or played to him. He was taken home on Maret Later it was announced that he was ed to undergo an opera- tion for necrosis of the bone of the nose, from which he had been suffering. Day by day he got weaker and weaker, and in the early part of April took to his aed. At times during the month he suffer- ed violent twinges of neuralgic pain, but in the early days of May a general renewal of strength and freque s of mor- phine under the tongue relieved him. Later he relapsed into a semi-comatose state be- tokening the end. Marriage to Miss Glynne. In 1839 Mr. Gladstone married Catherine, the eldest daughter of Sir Stephen nne, baron2t, of Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. At the death of Sir Stephen Glynne his estate became the property of Mr. Glad- stone’s eldest son. Of Mr. Gladstone's children, Mr. William Henry Gladstone, eldest son, was born in 1840. In 1865, at the age of twenty-five, he was elecied to parliament from Chester, and in 1s6S and 1X74 for Whitby. In 1880 selected for east Worcestershire. From 1869 to 1874 Mr. William H. Giad- stone was a lord of the treasury. Another sen, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, was born in 1854. He was a lecturer on history at Keble Colleg chosen by his Oxford, and was in 1880 father as private secretary. In the same year he was elected to the house of commons for the borough of Leeds. The second son, the Rey. Stephen Edward Gladstone, is rector of Hawarden. A daughter of Mr. Gladstone is the wife cf the Rev. E. C. Wickham, head master of Wellington College. Mr. Gladstone's oldest lrothes, Sir Thomas Glacstone, baronet, was lord Heutenant for Kincardenshire and a member of parliament for Que borough and other places up to 1842. So it can be seen that in his distinguished life he has been surrounded by a family the male pertion of ich have been in a measure equally distirguished as states- men. At the time of his death Mr. Gladstone Was as firm in his convictions as he bad been in fighting for them during his long life in the politics of the mother country. H. W. Lucy's Recollections. Henry W. Lucy contributes th per- senal recollections of Gladstone to the New York ‘Tribune: The last time I was in Mr. Gladstone's company was on Monday, June 24, 1896. ‘The circumstance were pecuilar, sharply illustrating one of the phases of his mar- velous career. On the prev Friday the government of Lord R. to whom he nad handed the scepter iberal pre- miership, had been unexpe defea by a snap vote on a question of was face to face with a min- bly lead mu bery, ning throught six would have been the foremost figure lity upon whom all On this June driving through the crow among the busy throng ds to regard him. Three r, had he chanced to make the journey, his carriage would have been wed by an d crowd, to political ed along, only hei by recognized the famil raised his hat in r There was passing through of the city not the strenuous man round whom for more than fifty years turmoil @f political warfare had raged. It was merely his ghost, a wraith, that had nothing to do with political con- tests nor with majorities in the house of commons and polling booths. had just landed from the sont opening of the Kiel canal. td been crowded with Interest, culminat- shed to Gothenburg on turday morning that the government had There were several mem- f on board, What adopt? Would nh or carry on, ignoring on a side issue? tudied Indifference, adstone doubtless felt profoundly by the turn events had taken. When, ten days earlier, the Tantallon ¢ there was no portent in 1 happened. It bery’s min- through the session, ing February. Sud- bolt had fallen out of the blue. stone, though formally self-exiled from the pc world, could not be in- ferent to the fortunes of the liberal party the fate of ministers who had long his colleagues. Whatever he may e thought, he said nothing. His studied indifference was stretched a further point when the big Castle liner anchored off Grayesend on t Monday morning. A bundle of London papers was brought aboard and beside Sir Donald Curri at the bre t table. There was a des- perate dash for them by members of both hou th the guests. Only Mr. Gl nmoved, looking rather r Donald Currie pr noice of a paper. ¥ out of the heap @ co; y News, put it under his arm and walk- off slowly to hise state room on deck. ws about such an immaterial thing as a ministerial crisis and possible general elec- keep. Before he had reach. is former private secretary, Sir West, breaking away from’ the excited crowd in the saloon, rushed after him with the news that the government had resigned, ~ very serious,” said Mr. Gladstone, se p tones which marked his when strongly moved. But he said nd pursued his way to his cabin. be p interesting to w what he thou; At the time of hi ation of the premiership there was current in inner circles of the house of comm circumstantial story pointing to some of his hing rather own ¢ dropping ike hustling him out an to the effect as his frequent t the time, into talk of “my time of and the imth ce of unbuckling his ing down his lance, his faith- 1 affectio: colleagues, with one assumed that this was a formal and 1 ct of resignation. They accept- lit forthwith, preventing further explana- tion by the clamor of their regret. Powers of Reenperation, When Mr. Gladstone came on board the ‘antalion Castle he was recovering from an attack of bronchitis, which at one time threatened abandonment of the scheme of the voyage. His marvelous powers of re- cuperation were speedily asserted. One day when we had been a week out I chanced to look astern from the bow of the ship and saw two figures walking briskly along the quarterdeck. One was Lord Ren- that del. By his side strode a man in a curious cape, whose cut suggested that it had been made by a village tailor. It was not easy to think this was the broken-down old man who had wearily walked aboard at Grave- send. Yet it was Mr. Gladstone, striding along ‘at a pace that evidently ‘tried his companion, talking the while with animat- ed gestures. Bound for Denmark, the first thing that occurred to him was the necessity of learn- ing the language. He accordingly brought on board with him a Danish distionary and one or two other books in that language. He spent the whole of the morning in his state room cabin studying Danish, and be- fore we returned to the Thames he had made such way that he was able to follow the course of his book. At Coppenhagen the King and Queen of (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) THE SIXTH AT TAMPA Camp of the Cavalry on the Shores of the Gulf. THE TRIP FROM CHICKAMAUGA Enthusiastic Greeting Along the Way ESCAPES FROM DISASTERS —— Special Correspondence of The Eveuing Star. CAMP OF THE U. 8S. TROOPS, TAMPA, Fla., May 16, 1898. ,The United States troops at the Chicka- msuga Park suddenly “folded their tents like the Arabs and silently stole awa ‘The orders to repair to points of rendezvous along the southern coast came in the na- ture of a surprise. Rumors of changes had been so common that the troops had become accustomed to regard them with incre- dulity. The first troops to get away from mp Thomas were the 3d and 6th Cay- alry, which have been brigaded, under com- mand of Gen. S. 5. Sumner. The former were transported south over the Southern railway, the latter over the Western and Atlanta and the Plant system. The Star correspondent had never had the experience of traveling with a military stcck train, so that after traversing the nine miles which separated Camp Thomas from Ringgold, Ga., the embarking point, I boarded the first section of the transpor- tation of the 6th Cavairy, and was soon cff for the south. The train consisted of fif- teen stock cars loaded with horses, cne box car loaded with forage and a tourist sleeper for the guard and an officer and twenty-five men. The cars had previous'y been quickly filled with the animals at numerous roughly constructed chutes, each ar containing about tw one unhappy horses. The men's travel rations had been hurried up from the wagon trains in the rear, ard everything was in fine shape for the long and tiresome journey. Rumors were afloat of possible attempis of Spanish spies to wreck, Uncle Sam's trains, and as this was the fitst train from Camp Thomas there was some speculation among the soldier boys as to whether they would be given a chance to “fight fair.” But all thoughts of this character speedily driven away by the novelties of the journey. At nearly every station the Georgia people were assembled to give the big train of cavalry horses “the rebel yell,” and the waving campaign hats of the boys in blue gave evidence of a friendlier feeling were than when Sherman’s men laid waste the eorgia plantations, in the dark days of the civil war. A Pleasant Incident. At a small station, Adairsville, where the train slowed up, a lady school teacher with a host of little girls waved the stars and stripes, while a huge box of flowers was hastily thrust into the hands of a long-armed cavalryman, and the train rushed on. In the center of the flowers was a tiny flag, with a piece of paper, on one side of which wars inscrib the names of the teacher and_schola On the reverse side was, “From the Busy Bee School. God bless our soldiers.” The cav- alrymen were greatly pleased at this unex- pected presentation, and bore the flowers in triumph to “the lieutenant’s’’ seat, where they reposed during the remainder of the journey. At At nta the hors forage down s were fed by pour- through the trap s into the troughs in front of the ani- . Some of the cars were old-fashioned, nd down in the darkness a trooper had to grope his way, and fill the troughs from a bucket. To engineer one's way about in a car load of nervous horses is rather a deli- cate operation, and one t requires con- siderable knowledge of horse nature. A re- cruit would not do it for a year’s pay, but an old suldier, with a soothing word here, and a pat of the hand there, will move about as unconcernedly as if in a palace car. The hungry horses munch the oats, and the long train moves out for Macon. In the dim light bold troopers walk the length of the train and peep in at their favorites through the trap doors in the roof, risking th dozen times in so doing. acon the train goes, and the t there may be other ‘accidents of the batuefield was aply irst, one of the immense driving wheels of the big locomotive broke while the train was rushing along at a rate of fifty miles an hour. A snap of the driving rod, a grating sound, the rolliag of the wheel into the ditch, and the train is brought to a stop without a jar, It was @ marvelous pe to both soldiers and hors engine, hurrying down to our ass collided with a caboose, and both were wrecked. These accidents were supplemented the next day by the extinguishing of a small fire from a wisp of hay protruding from a trap in the roof of one of the cars. The horses had been fed hay, and nothirg but the vigilance of one of the troopers saved the car load of horses from a ho: Down into Ficrida the train sped, the Georgia crackers were left behind,’ and those of the Florida pine belt came into view. The latter evidently subsisted on lumber and turpentine, for no other means of sustaining life was visible. At one Ht- tle station a gray-haired veteran, a trooper of “Jo Wheeler's” cavalry corps, boarded the train and besovght the lieutenant to enlist him for the Cuban campaign. He was directed to one of the trains of vol- vunteers and left the train with a whoop of enthusiasm, which was re-echoed by the crowd of country peoplé at the door of the village store. s At Waycross, a small station on the Plant system, @ veteran regular soldier, who was one of Stoneman’s scouts, begged a ride to the front, and was accommodated with seat in the box car. He was a pensioner, 1a fine little farm and a snug sum laid y, but, as he almost tearfully expressed it, “I just couldn't stand the trainloads of soldiers passing my house all day long.” At Port Tampa. Far into the middle of the second night the train ran through Tampa, and out toward the wharves of Port Tampa, nine miles beyond. The grim-looking transport ships Iined the wharves, and at the gang- ways were sentries with rifles on shoulder, ready to stop the inquisitiv ness of any Spanish spies who might wis. to examine the interior workings of the ships. On the face cf it, it appeared as thovgh the caval- ry horses were about to be loaded aboard ship for transportation to Caba, but the train order to take us to Port Tampa prov- ed a mistake, and the train was slowly backed to Tampa. Now, alongside the raflroad tracks the white tents of the regular infantry and cay- alry cover the sandy ground in every direc- tion. Tall pines lend a little shade to the parched ground, and a little shub palm, which covers the ground in every direction, gives a tropical air to the scene. But, al- though the sun is scorching, a breeze is felt almost any hour in the day, and the sol- diers who have served in Arizona and Mon- tana and Texas say that if Cuba fs no hot- ter than this the weather problem will be. “dead easy.” Nothing, they say, can approx- imate to the blistering heat of the Apache campaigns. The Cubans here say that yel- low fever is not to be feared before the first of July, and that smallpox is now the epidemic to be dreaded. ing the doc n M n the illustrated. n And so the soldiers dream the hours away, heping to be called upon to “turn the ras- cals out." But their dreams are not alone of war. A tiny kitten which had attached itself to one of the cavalry troops crawled over the face of one of the sleeping soldiers the ether night and the ‘gallant warrior awoke with a start, protesting to his won- dering comrades that he had been attacked by a vicious alligator. Training Horses to Swim. The cavalry soldiers here are bound to get to Cuba, if they and their horses have to swim. As a preliminary to this interest- ing event the cavalrymen have been prac- ticing their horses swimming in Tampa bay. About a mile from the camp, through the pines, fs a beautiful beach, and here the entire regiment of the 6th was march- ed. Men threw off their clothing and un- saddle] their horses, and then, quickly mounting, like so many Sioux Indians, they. plunged into the salt water of the bay, and ferced the horses out toward deep water. Scme of the thirstier animals experimented cautiously with the briny; others seemed to enter into the spirit of the scene, like so many boys, and jumped and tossed their while the troopers cheered and s 4d Water to their hearts’ content. Out in the deeper water, the bolder riders rode their swimming eds around in circles, new and then slipping off into the water and clinging to the mane, while keeping 4 light hand on the reins. Jupiter with his sea chargers could not have held a candle to these bold troopers, who, fresh from the arid deserts of the frontier, seemed never to get enough of the refreshing salt water. General Kilpatrick, the famous Union cavalry leader, once sa ‘Cavalry can fight anywhere, exc It may be that in the Cuban campaign even this as- sertion may be disproved. -— RE-ESTABLISHING NATIONAL GUARD. A Caution Sent Out by War Depart- ment Officials. Many applications have been received at the adjutant general's office for copies of muster rolls with which to form the nu- cleus of National Guard organizations in the various states, to take the places of those which have been absorbed by the re- cruiting in the volunteer army. These ap- plications come from persons whose inten- tions, the department officials say, may be all right, but who apparently fail to com- prehend the provision in the volunteer act bearing on the subject of the admission of y organizations into the army Section 7 of the act provides that the or- ganizations of the volunteers shall be so recruited as to Maintain them as near to their maximum strength as the President may deem necessary, and no new organiza- tion is to be accepted into service from any state unless the organizations already in service from such state are as near to their maximum strength of officers and enlisted men as the President decides shall be the case. This provision, it is explained, is in- tended to prevent a condition of affairs similar to that which existed in the war of the rebellion, when the veteran regiments, depleted by active service on the field, were not recruited again to their full strength, but new regiments were constantly added to the army. This jatter practice was reprehensible in that it thrust raw and undisctplined men forward into new organizations instead of recruiting them to the older and establish- ed veteran. regiments. It is pointed out that few, if any, of the regiments of the volunteer army are recruited to their maxi- mum strength, and that if additional volun- teers are called for they will be used first of all to bring these regiments up to the le- gal number provided by law. Many of the regiments contain less than 1,000 men, whereas their maximum strength is, in the ce of the infantry, over 1,300 men. For these reasons the officials of the War Department desire to discourage the idea of the formation of new organizations if it is contemplated that they are to enter the service as such, although there is no rea- son why they should not be organized with a view to disciplining the men for any ser- vice that might hereafter be required of them in the event that additional volun- teers are called for. Another bad feature of the admission into the volunteer army of the new organizations is that it results in a proportion of officers to soldiers much larger than is contemplated by law, which will not occur if the men are recruited into the: older regiments. —_—____+-e-_______ CUBA AND PORTO RICO. Interesting Information Drawn From Consular Reports, In response to the demand for informa- tion in regard to Cuba and Porto Rico, the bureau of foreign commerce, Depariment of State, has issued a bulletin containing much interesting information, drawn from consular reports and other official data, concerning the geography, com- merce, railways, debt, islands. It includes also detailed descrip- tions of all the large cit out that if all the land growth of sugar cane w industry Cuba might su n hemisphere with ly has produced in port 1,009,000 tons, a been only in the’ e: though settled more t the United Stat acres of primeval for hogany, redwood, ebony valuable woods. In a report from Consul Hyatt ness of the mineral dep de Cuba is pointed out. panies, with a combined capital of over $5,000,000, now operate mines in this v! cinity and employ from 800 to 1,400 men, shipping to the United States from 3,000 to 50,000 tons of iron ore per month, most of it going to Bethlehem, Steelton, Spar- row’s Point and Pittsburg. These iron ores are said to be among the richest in the world. Mr. Hyatt believes that the old copper mines in the same vicinity, which used to turn out $3,000,000 worth of cepper ore an- nually for use in the United States, could be worked with profit. The extent of the tobacco and sugar in- dustries is given in detail, although these have suffered seriously as a result of the last three years of warfare. About 80,000 of the inhabitants are ordinarily engaged in the cultivation of tobacco. The Cuban debt is placed at $295,000,000, or about $979 per inhabitant. The description of Porto Rico is especially interesting in the account of San Juan har- bor. It states that thg entrance to the har- bor is one of difficulty and danger, particu- larly when a norther is blowing. The “bo- ca,” or entrance to the harbor, is a mass of seething, foaming water and’ presents an imposing spectacle. To see steamers of from sixtcen to eighteen feet draft enter through this seething “boca” is a sight to be remembered, as ‘the great waves lft them up and seem about to hurl them for- ward to destruction. San Juan is described as a perfect specimen of a walled town, with rooat, gates and battlements. The des-ription of the various cities, both in Cuba and Porto Rico, shows that yel- low fever and smallpox’ are everywhere prevalent, that the streets reek with filth, that the water supply is poor and usually polluted and that modern sanitary methods are unknown. —— Associated Press Meeting. The annual meeting of the Associated Press began yesterday in Chicago, 125 of the 178 stockholders being present. Vice President Horace White of the New York Evening Post presided. The annual report of the general man- ager showed that the receipts’ last year Were $1,605,866, and the expenses $1,520,545. ‘The present membership is 700, and about 2,500 daily and weekly papers are served through minor ms. The following directors were elected: Arthur Jenkins, Syracuse Herald; M. H. De Young, aa oe -Chranisles Victor F. Sea » the Chicago Record ally News; Charles W. Knapp, St. touts Republic. to the o that 5 uding and many other the rich- its about Santiago American com- To Return the Flags. Representative Bromwell of Ohio has in- troduced a joint resolution authorizing the return of captured confederate flags on ap- plications overnors of states whose troops carried the flags. £ THE ROUGH RIDERS A Most Variegated Assortment of Fighting Men, SOME OF THE GILDED YOUTHS They Are Getting Down to Real Army Business. DISTINGUISHED BAD MEN ee From the New York Journz The mest variegated assortment of fight- ing men ever gathered together in modern times is the Ist United States Regiment of Cavalry, pcpularly known as “the Rough Riders. It 1s now drilling at San Antonio. Every day brings new and valuable additions, Leonard Wood is colonel and Theodore Roosevelt lieutenant colonel. ‘The number of enlisted men has reached 780. The previous occupations of some of the men are: Dancer, fcot ball player, steeple- chaser, golfer, pol player, gourmet, oar: man, old soldier, fireman, policeman, cow bey and bad man. Cowboys predominate. Here is the roll of honor of gilded youths who have left the clubs and haunts of luxury in New York and the east to fight for their country: Hamilton Fish, jr., Craig Wadsworth, Woodbury Kene, Willie Tiffany, Reginald Ronalds, Roland G. Fortescue, Henry W. Sharp, James B. Tailer, Henry W. Bull, Kenneth Robinson, Joseph J. Steven: Henry H. Thorp, J. William Tudor, Sumner Kemble Gerard, H. Sybrant Van ‘Schaick, Percival Ga tt, Guy H. M. Ferguson, 1 an, George Kemp, William Quaid, jr., Hamilton Scull, Dudiey Dean, R. Henry W. Sharp, Guy Mi ie, H. K. Devereux, Guy Hollister, J. R. Mossie and I. Townsend Burden. Here is a specimen of the enlistment cer- ticate signed by every one of the Rough Riders. “I, Hamilton h, jr., born in Berlin, German, aged twenty-four years and eleven <nths, and by occupation a rai read man, do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted, this 5th day of May, 1808, as a soldier in the army of ihe United States of America, for the period of two years, unless sooner discharged by prop authority, and do also agree to accept from the United States such bounties, pay, rations and clothing as are or may be c tablished by law. And I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and’ faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the Pres’ dent of the United States, and the orde of the officers appointed over me, accord- ing to the rules and articles of war.” On each paper of this sort i was cert fied by the recruiting and examining office that “the zbove named man was free from all bodily defects and mental infirm: ity,” and that he was “entirely sober whe enlisted.” ‘The last mentioned specification is peculiarly desirable in the case of Mr. Fish. ‘The young men from New York and the evst underwent their phys in Washington before pr Antonio. ceeding to an They were an exceptionally well set-up lot of men. . Their uniform is very turesque. becoming and ple- It is rade of a gray grass cloth, light in texture and very cool. The hat is of the sombrero pattern~turned up on one de and fastenéd with a roseate. Every man has enlisted as a plain troop- er at $13 a month, with allowances for ra- ticns and clothes. The food allowance is eighteen cents, and the diet will be v. different from that supplicd at Deimonic The swells provided their own hors: d equipment. Every man is a first-class rider and marksman. One of the commissione officers is to be George Dunn, who was lt year mester of the hounds in the Chev Chase hunt at Washington. ach man will be armed with a Krag- gensen carbine, two revolvers, and a in place of a sword. ‘The ‘troopers operate as mounted infantry, one man in each four holding the horses while the others formerly in the regular although a surgeon, did fierce t the Indians. He is an all c Among his officers*are Maj. Kerscy, adjutant general of New Mexica, and “Alec” Brodie, one of the most deeply respected citizens of Arizona. words about the distinguished Woodb: is young only in He is a cousin of John Jacob Astor a polo player, a ‘cross country rider and a yachtsman. Willie Tiffany is noted as a leader of cotillons and for his taste in fine raiment. He is a grand nephew of mmodore Perry of Lake Erie, and a sin of the Belmonts. The Harvard ‘contingent is very large. Dedley Dean is a noted quarter back, Hen- ry W. Bull an oarsman, Guy Hollister a speedy half-miler and Guy Munchie a foot- ball coach. I. Townsend Burden, jr., is a foot ball player, and a son of a great New York millionaire. Craig) Wadsworth is one of the best- known ‘cross country riders in this vicinity Percival Gassett of Boston, a crack pol: player, is a grandson of Commodore “Mad Jack" Percival, who commanded the Con- stitution in the war of 1812. Kenneth Robinson is a young Scotchman living in New York, and a great golf play- er. Sumner K. Gerard, son of James W. Gerard of New York, is also a champion golfer. “Reggie” Ronalds is a son of Mrs. P. Lorillard Ronalds, who lives in London and enjoys the friendship of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Ronald’ was a quarter back on a Yale team. Hamilton Fish is a young man of great strength and misguided energies. He has hitherto distinguished himself by fighting with policemen and causing trouble in pub- lic. He once threw an ottoman at a music hall singer as a mark of his esteem. A favorite sport of his was to ride furiously on the back of a cab horse. At last he is turning his attention to a worthier object. H. K. Devereux was a great end rush at Princeton about 1880. He played foot bail exceptionelly well with his head cut open. Afterward he went west and became an expert pistol shot. Three trocpers who are expected to do file service are New York policemen, Henry H. Haywood, Henry Ebermann and William Breen. Ebermann was formerly in the 6th Cavalry and took part in the terrible fight at Pine Ridge. He has a medal for gallant conduct in action. All three are men of splendid physique, and one can easily imagine them dispersing a whole regiment of Spaniards with night clubs. The swells show themselves obedient to discipline. A pleasing incident occurred when the troopers were leaving Washing- ton. A well-known New York club man had engaged an entire section of a sleeper and ordered the porter to take his things in. Sergeant Thaddeus Higgins, an old Unitea States cavalryman, who had charge of the party, tapped him on the shoulder: “Take those things back there,” he sald, jerking his thumb in the ion of the ordinary day coaches provided by the gov- ernment for the troopers. ‘The club man looked up in mild surprise. “That's where you belong,” said the ser- geant, stHl pointing with his thumb. The club man saw the point and obeyed. The club men and college athletes are getting along famously with their cowboy comrades. The respect the east- erners’ athictic bulld, and the other fellows ponte the cowboys’ way with the bucking cho. A good sprinkling of veteran regular cavalrymen server to keep them in | provisions.” The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. ill At Hahn & Co.’s Three Stores. Of Shoe “Remnants” DAY. Tomorrow—Friday — ! will be an unusually at- ii} tractive day for all eco- | nomically inclined. We two to four times as much. shall include on the tables of which we have all sizes Ladies’ & Men’s. Ladies’ $3 and $4 Fine Hand-sewed Weit and Turned Kid Shoes. Sizes 2 to 3 only. Friday... 9OCe Ladies’, $2.50 ard $3 Tan and Black Kid and Patent Leather Oxford Ties and Juliets, mostly small sizes. Priday “95c. While we shall start the are not large, so cannot tell i broken. Come early. Misses’ $1.50 Black Vici Kid But- ton Shoes, kid tipped. Fri- QS ¢ day. Boys’ and Youths’ $1.25 Russet and Black Dressy and Serviceable Dress Shoes and Oxford Ties. Ft-O5c, ends” tables with “broken lots” of Fine Reliable Shoes | at 95c. a pair, some of which have been selling from Hi i because we need the shelf room they occupy. Below we { i , but which we are closing out | | give a few of the broken lots and full line | | All sizes of these at 95c. Hi WI. HAHN & COS 2s RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, shall fill our “odds and In addition to th e we at 95c. a number of lines Ladies’ $1.50 to $2.50 Hand-made White Linen Duck Oxford Ties, slightly sofled, broken sizes. das. ee Men's $2 and $3 Black Kangaroo and |] Soft Calf and Black and Tan Viel Kid || Hand and Machine-sewed Oxford Ties, in broken sizes. Prigay '95c. Men's $2 to $2.50 Black and Russet sis 5, 5%, WOK, day with all sizes, these lots how soon they may be Hil Ladies’ $1.50 grade of splendid Black Vicl Kid Lace and Button Boots, in several desirable styles. Fri- ine ‘95c. | Ladies’ §2 Kid La T, on only. Chocolate Viet |] toe, sizes 3 to |||) widths OS, Hl Friday. 233 Pa. ave. s.e. order. Altogether the “Rough Rider: promise to be the finest volunteer organi- zation raised in the present war. A dispatch from San Antonio, Tex., saj The troopers of the 1st United’ States Vol- unteer Cavalry, or Rough Riders, that have been throngitig into this city during the past week are a wild and picturesque lot. In the western element of this motley crowd of troopers there are as noted char- acters as among the dude millionaire con- tingent from New York. ‘There is “Rocky Mountain Bill” Jenkins, from Montana, who has been on many & bear hunting trip with Mr. Roosevelt in times of so-called peace. A piece of ‘his left ear is gone, there is a long, deep scar over his right eye where an animal's claw has struck in. “Rocky Mountain Bill's” whole appearance is that of being constant- ly loaded for bear, with hilts of knives and butts of revolvers sticking out of every pocket and from every angle of his anai- omy. But Bill says he hasn't got his war armament on yet. Then there is “Broncho George” Brown, from Arizona, who lives in Skull Valle: He has a record of five men to his creuit. This means that he has “dropped” that many in righteous causes, for cattle steal- ing, cheating at cards, incivility to women, ete. “Broncho George's” patriotism is un- doubted. When the stage driver brought him word a fortnight ago that Roosevelt had issued a cail for troopers he got up from his dinner, jumped on his wildest broncho and set off, bareback, through Devil's Gate and Dead Man’s Gulch and f over the Parieta Mountains for the nearest recruiting station, Whipple Barracks, at Prescott. Broncho George is believed to be the wildest rider of the west. He owns a herd of a thousand wild horses, and it is his | boast that h2 never mounts a horse that has ever been ridden before. He rarely uses either saddle or bridle. A noose thrown over an animal's neck and then twisted around the jaw is his sol2 riding equipment, except when going on particu- larly long jaunts. Brorcho George nas a slight cast in his off eye, which to a stranger gives him a fierce aspect, and his habit of resting his right hand on the handie of his Colt in his hip pocket heightens this effect. Then there is “Dead Shot” Jim Simpson | from Albuquerque, M., who has the reputation of outshooting all the dead shots of the range. He can put a rifle bullet through a jack rabbit's eye at a distance of | a thousand yards while riding a wild hors: He can bring down Indians at every crack | when they are so far off that most people ! can’t sce them, and he has scouted all through the Navajo country for the troops at Santa Fe. “Lariat Ned” Perkins from Trinidad, Col., | has a faculty of twisting a rope at long | rang? around a fleeing steer’s horns or legs | with as much accuracy as Jim Simpson can | shoot a rife. In fact, his lariat is almost | as deadly a weapon in his hand& as a gun. | He proposes to take his rope along to Cube | and pull some of the Spaniards out of the | parapets of Havana's fortifications. | The short, slim, quiet-looking fellow with high-heeled boots from Wyoming is Robert Wilson, but nobody ever catls him by a nama except “Fighting Bob.” He ha persed a score of gangs of cattle thie He doesn't expect this Cuban propositio: will be half so exciting as keeping the “rustlers” off his range, but he’s in it be- cause Roos:velt and his country call him. From surrounding parts of Texas squads of cowboys nave been coming into San An- tonio all the week. They come mounted, booted, spurred and armed. As each com pany dashes with a mighty dust and ji of bit chains into the camp on the sandy cutskirts of the town, it “unlimbers” with | the quickness of an artillery company and / is bivouacked tn five minutes. The different contingents of cowboys, plainsmer. and mountaineers from widely separated sections of the great west are of course, wholly unacquainted with one another. But the air of comradeship at the camp is something delightful. It is lice the meeting of delegations of politicians from distant states at a big convention. The common object makes a theme for conver- sation and a tie of good fellowship. It is so infectious that even the “dudes” from New York fecl at home. These famous ciub men are rally trying to adapt themselves to their surroundings. The cowboys tolerate them good naturedly, but it is plain to be seen that the mention of the fact that they are multi-millionaires simply causes the cowboys to curl their lips in disdain. Brawn and daring are th? only qualities that claim respect in this military camp. Japan’s Attitude is Friendly. LONDON, May 19.—The Tien-Tsin corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph says: “Mr. Chamberlain's utterance has made a deep and favorable impression here. It is universally understood to refer to a pos- sible alliance which will include Japan. I am enabled to state that Japan is ready to join Eagland in an active and determined policy calculated to control the govern- ment of Peking, to reform the Chinese ad- ministration, to check Russia and to save China from anarchy or complete absorp- tion.” 0 Blanco Says Food is Plenty. An official dispatch from Havana to the MMMM AEE ALANNA GS -BERG, the reliable jew | eler, now at 1103 Pa. Ave., will re- move to 935 Pa. Ave. May 23d. Un- til then a discount of 20 per cent is allowed on all Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. POPS : HOME DYEING | : | | | A Pleasure at Last. No Muss. MAY POLE SOAP No Trouble. 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