Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1898, Page 11

a THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1898-24 PAGES. : it EXPERIENCE. abcut 900 yards south and right in the front of the now famouSan Juan ‘hill. The order was then, “Third B¥igade (9th, 3d and eases become chronic and nature gives up the fight, then all the CORPORAL CONN’S DESCRIPTION skili and knowledge of the medical profession is brought to bear. Medical treatment at any price is expensive if it fails to cure. But fe Cuban | 24th Infantry), forward.” \Y A G t Cc d t J Kk B oe is ioe oe ae ee oe pe Set rea rowd a ACKSON DOs. mpaign. and lie down.” With a lagt) look to our ° Grand Fall Opening. j to be able to obtain the most modern and scientific medication, that Gallant Charge Which Drove Span- cures 80 per cent of all cases accepted for treatment, for $3 a month arms and ammunition? Ydsjanc a little prayer—we started, and suf a volley as We are glad to see that we have won the public confidence. We have honestly endeavored to deserve it, and it is gratifying to know that our statements are believed, and that when we publish is an opportunity not to be overlooked, especially as the time is limited. Sn ne hh ee ee eee Cash Only and the Narrowest Margin of Profit. Ses “Watch us Grow! Watch us Grow! peoconieahere When strong it was when I tefl:you it bad five to nine wires strung on ph the posts set from two and a half fet apart. How or by what means ,it was de- stroyed no one scarcely «knows, but destroyed it surely was, and in that angry mob, nearly all their officers having been disabled, there was no orgyization. recog- nized. Men were crazy. :Sdéme one said they sent into us!’ It was then that Ser- geant Brown was shot almost at the river bank. We had to cut and destroy a barbed special values the public is aware that it means an honest opportunity to make money by saving. We have been extremely busy since we announced the special values in honor of our fall opening, and we are glad of it. We have the facilities now for doing a big busin and an_ establishment wire fence. You may form an idca of how iards From Trenches. and stock to be proud of. Our new carpet Department has been receiving a great deal of praise. rz = = F RESPONSE TO BUGLE CALL| “Let us charge,” and gome one sounded { Ladies’ Writing Desk, large size, excel A Rare Case Yields to Science. | aoa charge” on a Bud. When that lently made of finely finished $98 | pack of demons swept forward the Span- D 2: stipe rarities ards stood as long as mortals could stand, poe ee ee se of Mr. William M. Skillman of 700 Corp. John R. Conn cf Company H, 24th | then quit their trenches and retreated to N.B. were sor el ey S od = — n = erry to disappoint some Ae ee ae ee United States Regular Infantry, recently | the trenches around weentiage. When people by ‘running abort of these handsnue t rplipabip ss CS ce neo talall iettect iraniith eacamon cr theer cee y n full retreat, desks. We hurried up another shipment and our army just occupied their trenches and commenced to get even. Multitude ef Dead Men. It seems now almost jmposstbie that civilized men could so retklessly destroy each other as they did that day. All the crest of the hill, in their trenches and have now a good stock of them. We wish it understood that we always Ive 1 to our advertisements, and if we run short of anything we will procure more and sell at advertised prices, even though we lose | money by it. the Treasury Departm a fai govertiment for the past five rs ago.” says Mr. Skillman, “I I fell, injuring my spine so severely 2 at Twas confined to my bed for abo I noticed for the ging sound in my ears; but there ment in Cuba -to his sister, Mrs. J. W. Cromwell, in this city, giving details, from his point of observation, of the career of the regiment from the date of its landing in Cuba to the fall of Santiago. The letter is as follows: b> al serieusly t B-plecs Bed Room Suite, finely carved, four weeks. oak, burem has large bevel $12 85 was no deafness. Very shortly after this, how- SEB ONES PE CURA August 20pm) aliens (thepmainiroad athurcuwesetsilen tor oy ise . Lnotteod that my hearing was becoming de You request in your letter that I write | gcad and wounded Spaniards. In the eon. boners = » ‘This condition gradoally grew worse and you an account of my daily life here. There fusion I was seperated from my command S-plecs Parlor Suite, handsomely carved, White Enamel Tron Beds, with deaf in the il finally I beeame total! is so much confusion that I do not know aucivent eth Seeman paTeTe hE <u Sse Sia: Dears pons, all strs. A cham: $1} 8 eld, hear abwclately”nottny. to how to commence. We came ashore from | of the block house, supporting a piece of 2 ae Ae vate, S 85 | ton targain me $1 -85 me also = source of an transports here at Siboney June 25, the | aftillery, and there I stayed until I was s s it nee i itated my having | cral thnes, which proved very myself and troublesome to my next day after the Rough Riders had their famous battle; and here let me tell you Mr. William M. Skillman, the real truth of the case: Five or six reg- | 700 4th Street N. E., Cured iments disembarked on the 21st or 22d--I ordered to the rear with a man wi shot In the head. It was, about 3: p.m., and the firing was terrible and con- tinuedfrom both sides both with smail arms and artillery. The piece of artillery A .(uagnificent | Oak deboard, _ richly carved, with shaped bevele French plate mirror. a #20 1 2-85 value... White Enamel Bed, with cast brass trim- mings, extended foot rafl, four ar ago I almost lest my Ife from as T was rou over by an smbulance Te BN es se ee Ee Ee eee ee a ee hE ie : conta of reel enamel. A $6 $2-98 speed. It threw me down, passed of Deafness. am uncertain which date—at a point about a Ten one wae forced ne peas) and z Bete Fees Sep a eee pales even then I did not bear it. | maaleri E pa | | twelve miles east of here, and started west | Wo, Wore remorced by part of the 7ist, and | special an ae 1 dad never taken anything like regular treat- toward Santiago and met with little or no | De Small party, tt then numbered less’ than | + SiS ent for this 2 one phystclan a : : st | & Leder ipa thr pe ages “gee beer be a perfect norm The least that I | resistance until they had advanced this far. | “fty men, was withdrawn below the crest | % uuinstances would be to highly ; of the hill. It was then I was sent to the them, as “y did not appeal to my judgment . in beautl- DOe. ‘ aa ¥ > ee Smyrna Ma‘ " The morning of June 24 there were three ‘. A splendid Hall Rack—solid oak, with ful colorings sete Very tall White Enamel Iron ey Sadgment end Doctor Cowden'a treatment In cas>s | 2 ¢{ rear. aa : E cicoeeh he Oy Sea eanmintee seen ces fiegt MY cam ant my graerat GooeTCavalry (itouh Riders), going over’ | , Ws, had Deen on the hilt shen aout ehnee | Die nM ahicaMEe! St G4. OB | ane wringwd snproe Hoes, Gq go | Betbeunls tm wih bor 3-75 ‘ vad, this friend Srcetie harrow bridie path om the ee cen cro | hours, and my gun was almost red hot. 1| 7p Dusfe,mirrur. raising bor seat; cholce designs ......--......-5 . A magnificent $7.50 value... the Doctor for treatment, 8 a us vas. so | had fired about 175 rounds of ammunition, | % mR AS Ce mguntalmywmere (the underbrush! (was) aD) |/2an ae soeue 1s rounda of ammunition |) od tiouldes thee other | $3 Rate Ends October 1. | thick ic was impossipie to walk only In the actalt Sortie Hill waEe are ieee t able to hear sermons, . single file; next, the Ist United States Reg- | * ae : z 4 Great Cash 915-917 sae poltag ta aT Let this notice be understonl as defntt ular Cavulry, going over a very rough and | “@ had been shooting at nothing for auout ¥ ve Do sort of bet tative end final. ‘This is the offer: A) egular a an hour. What a sight was presented as - ME ae ing themselves under the professiyaal eare of Doc- | regular wagon acen qiunnine upetne at Pechoused te fet tu Godt den reas oF = Furniture Houses, og 919-921 ° iso very greatly with | tor Cowden at Lis office during the month of Sep- | Para : f Maik A telerd, The waciety: | tember will be treated UNTIL CURED at the uml: | Riders, the two roads making a junction | San Juan. The dead and wounded soldiers! the worry ss of pleasure, all these fell | form rate of $3 a month. to my lot on account of my deafness. Consultation Free. “Since .aking Doctor Cowden’s treatment an about four and one-half miles west of here, Se Ss It is indescribable. One would have to see nee Hote LL OOO OAD OLA DOOM datntdnindpdteite and the third column, the 10th United it to know what it was like, and having =< once seen it I truly hope J may never see My associate hezr sermons, ordin my business fa be t miraculous change has taken place in m. I can now practically heai notice the change. held close to my ear. the noises of the streets I have no trouble in and, furthermore, my general health Fy conversation than it has been for some time; it has Dr. J. M. Cowden, Specialist in All Diseases of Mucous Membranes, States Regular Cavalry, taking a route about a mile or more still farther north, where there was no road at all. It was intended that the three commands should move as nearly abreast as possible, but the difficulties the 10th Cavalry had to contend with in advancing were not taken into con- sideration, so they were about twenty to thirty minutes behind on getting into ac- it again. Slight Supply of Rations. When I returned from the hospital, five miles to the rear of our position, it was dark, and as I passed our pile of rolls re- turning I teok what rations I could find—a NEW YORK GOSSIP Why There Are So Many Scholars tion, on the princtple, most kely, that half an education is better than no education at all. Maybe it is, but there was a very wise old contemporary of Shakespeare, one Ben Jonson, if memory serves, who re- marked that “a little learning is a danger- ous thing.” Anyhow, they're figuring on adopting the Copenhagen educational sys- the best horses in training. He lenged by the great Tod Sloan's horse at the stretch turn, but Sloan's horse couldn't turn the trick. Moody, two lengths ahead on the plug Ten Spot in the stretch, turned around on his horse, and, putting his diminutive fingers at his nose, gave “the * ih eS To ats = ae oth to Sloan—who had, however, impre aterfully, and I scarcely know wheu T few hardtack and a very little raw bacon— * em here in New York. Is a good open- | ready won two very valuable stake events Bate Suit on well aT tovl Sow. It secu te mas 715 13th Street Northwest. tion, See eee RR eTSEa Sana ase OE eS Without Enough Schools. linpwocine tases sean: that me ba dens treatment and has res UNIVERSITY NOTES| Georgetown. Wednesday last the fall term of the col- iate department pened at the © streets. returned and s hool nth an dents have of new ones have The att hing that I could bave done could possibly € been of more benefit to me than Doctor ¢ bas corrected my deafness, red my strength to what I bel Office hours—9 a.m. to 12 m.; 2 to 5 p.m; 7 + Sundays and holidays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. preparatory university building, Most of the old stu- large number been enrolled. s fair to be larger th The other depari- following order ever before. will Law, Wednesday, ot entrance new president ker of foot ball, ‘h will make a who are candi- | critical condition since her return from Colu Hospital Patrick Fl | good hand again. serves as pri me of them they burg, who 1s’ a lab which, it is expected, will be ready for oc- curancy by that time. The Columbian Athletic Association will, it Is understood, be organized on new and better lines than ever heretofore, and the men who are at the head of the scheme hepe to have stronger teams in all lines of sport than ever before. es RIVERDALE. Mrs. Howard Walker and Miss Margaret Brown- ing have returned from a visit to Mrs. Ardwick, at Kinsale. Mr. and Mrs. James Bains returned Monday from their visit to Ontarlo, Canada. Mr. Wm. Burehtleld has bought the brick house recently buflt and occupled by Mr. Wilson, in Enst Riverdale. Mrs. Thompson of Kentucky and her son have leased the place near Riverdale, owned by Mrs. Berebard, Dr. MeMillan fs making further improvements in his house by building # conservatory on the south side of 1 byterlan Sunday school fs inc 1 in interest under the supervis n of Berwyn. ‘ayman and his famfly go to Washington ner for the winter. phn Stephen is spending bis vacation at the p mansion, with bis sister, Mrs. Jules borg, Baukhages Is again in a of Mrs. White has ceased to suffer pain from her preken wrist and the physician promises her a - of the Riverdale volunteers has yet re ed, Mr. Leighton Baxter writes of his hoy Speedy from Chickamapga, where he ate secretary to Major French. Mrs. J. C. Weldon, with ber son, left Riverdale dey for her home, in Mosherville, Mich. | Mr. n will Join her in October. ner and Master Warren have re- from a visit to Virginia an Coxen, a well kucwn character of Rladens- ron the Baltimore and Ohfo Cautious Advance. They all took up the march as above, advancing as cautiously as a blind man weuld, feeling and cutting their way through the dense underbrush, where it was, at times, impossible to see more than ten feet from you, and difficult at any tim: to see more than fifty to seventy-five yards in any direction. he first column, the Rough Riders, was the first to strike the enemy in ambush about 500 yards 2ast of the junction of the two roads mentioned, receiving a volley that would have routed anybody but an American. The first regu- lars, hearing the music, as they called it, kerrizd forward to join in the dance, and awoke a hornet’s nest of Spaniards on the left, north of the party engaging the Rough Riders, and had more music than they could furnish dancers for. But, to the credit of the uniform and the flag, ther2 is no account of either column giving an inch. They advanced sufficiently to come into line, and holding their ground until the much abused and poorly appreciated sens of Ham burst through the unc brush, delivered several volleys, and ye! ing only colored throats can yell, ad- vanced on a run. Their position being still further to the north and opposite the L-ft tiank of the Spaniards, they (the Spaniards) could not stand it any longer, but broke and ran and did not make a decided stand until they faced us at San Juan Hill July 1. When the battle clos:d June 24 there were nineteen or twenty killed, but only one of them was colored. The First Greetings. The first thing that greeted us as we came ashore was an exaggerated account of the battle of the day before. The killed and the wounded, as rumor had it, was something like 200, and in evidence was a column of littars coming down the hill. I counted ten or twelve, and they were ccming, and I think I was scared It took us about three hours to dis and we marched about half a mil geing into camp in a beautiful cocoanut company, which I found busy throwing up entrenchments. We swapped stories of our experiences, and I divided my scanty fare. We could not make any fire, so we ate and returned to*work, remaining until about 2 am. July 2, when we lay down in the ditches to get what sleep -we could before daylight, as we knew we would have to t to hold our own. ok was awakened at daybreak by the crack of small arms. It was the Spaniards driving in our pickets. In a short time our whole line was awake, replying to them, and before sunrise the battle was raging furiously. It lasted all day, with no inter- mission, until dark. Everybody being his own cook, and not having anything to cook, I had a very simple diet that day. Almost all the army hai thé” same—break- fast, canteen haif full of water; dinner, full canteen of water; supper,'tte empty can- teen. We were relieved after dark by a part of the 71st and took’ to ghe rear to get some sleep and rest. eta In about one or two, hours, at S or 9 o'clock, the Spanish army made an assault on our position, which ‘was fepulsed with terrible losses to them. z Lows of Six Hundred. The casualties were Very ‘light on our side, but we learn since that it cost the Spaniards more than 600;men in attempting to drive us from San Juap,. They found the Yankee wide-awake and not giving an inch. The attack lasted alieyt forty-five min- utes, and while it was Bpinon it seemed ten times worse than the battle of the day before. We were. tinally:.allawed, to. zeturn to our position in the reserve and go to sleep. The morning of July, 3 we were issued some rations, which I Will asstfre you we-e more than Welcome, and our simple fare of broiled bacon, hot, stromgr coffee brewed in our tin cups, minus sugar, plus appetite, was more wholesome than any fare I ever tasted in my life. Just as soon as we could swallow some breakfast we were returned to the trenches, and at noon July 3 the first truce was established and the sword rested WAGNER TETRALOGY BY WHOLESALE A Precocious Youth Who Made a Phenomenal Success. STORY OF HIS DOWNFALL ee Special Correspondenc2 of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Sepember 16, 1898. After the summer vacation the young ones over here are again attending school —that is, all but 30,000 of them. For these 30,000 there is no room in the schools. Last year only 24,000 and odd were denied that essentially American gift to the youth- ful—a public school education. But the barge office hopper has been operating right along. The steerages of transatlantic ships have brought in thousands of Euro- pean youngsters of the school age. The native young ones have continued their habit of arriving at the school age, rather inconsiderately taking no account what- ever of the lack of school accommodation. But New York’s board of education or New York's beard of estimate and apportionment or whatever municipal outfit is responsible for these 30,000 human mavericks—it is no eesy matter to ascertain where the blame rests, so deftiy and unanimously do the concerned and cornered gentlemen of the municipality point their fingers at each other—does not make a specialty of statis- tics. The municipal governm of New York is too busily engaged in figuring on the puissant generation that is and the Meanwhile, also, New York is running decidedly shy in the matter of room in the reform ools for youthful criminals, as a direct result of the enormous lack of pub- lic school accommodation. The situation could hardly be otherwise, with 30,000 youngsters, most of them with exceedingly inferior home surroundings, running loose, maverick-wise. The lads are taken in hand by the latter-day Fagins, tn whom this admirable city abounds, and the little girls become entangled in the meshes of a vicious padrone system, well understood by the New York police, but only languidly com- bated by them. Bayreuth in Gotham. Bayreuth is to be transported to New York bodily and in entirety. That is to say, the Wagnor tetralogy Is to be given here in all of its completeness, and the b2rformances are to begin at 5 or 6 o'clock in the afternoon—the exact hour has not yet been decided upon. Then, after an hour or so of the chanting and anvil-hammering and dragon-bawling and dwarf-howling the audiences are to be given a much-n2eded recess for feeding purposes. At 8 o'clock or half after 8 they are to round themselves up in the Metropolitan Opera Hous? again and pretend to rhapsodize and swoon with delight until midnight or thereabouts. Nothing in the original Wagner scores is to be “cut out.” It will be worth while, when this enterprise is und2r way, for peo- ple from other cities to come on here and attend a performance or two, just for the fun of watching a New York audience en- gaged in th> act of pretending to absorb and assimilate and suck in and masticate the complete, uncut, unlopped score of a Wagnerian tetralogical opera. A few up- pright citizens who charter boxes at the Metropolitan Opera House 2very season have humbly asked the nagement to give "em a little Lohengrin and Tannhaus- er—they haven't dared to ask for Rigoletto or Aida—to sort of offset the crushing, grueling, merciless eff2ct of the trilogy or tetralogy. Would Prefer Music. during the afternoon. Ten Spot won, galloping. The small boy tout with the diamond rings had $50 in his Pocket that he had extracted from women clients to bet on Ten Spot at 100 to 1—a lt- tle matter of $5,000 which he was dus to make good immediately. Instead of mak- ing good, h» made for the fence. His wo- men clients saw him going. They scream- ed. The track detectives gathered the boy in, He took it all cheerfully, “Well, wot de h—1,” he said, when he was baing questioned. “All 0’ us sports is got v git U de end o’ our strings some time or udder. I'll feel all de better after I do me trick over de road an’ git back wit’ de gang. I've had me fun. Dere's a sucker born av’ry minnit, an’ dey never croak— needer do dey ever eat.” Even precocity has its distinct philoso- phy, over here. cL.c —__——__. LAUREL, MD. - William J. Durant of Dorchester, who ree cently purchased the property of Mr. William F Gilbert, on Washington avenue extended, bys moved his family from the eastern shore and is now occupying his new home Miss Rose Bond gave a "bus party one night last week In honor of her guests. Among those preseut were Misses Alice and Marge Jemison, Nellte Hayes and Messrs, Join Coder and Henry Byrnes of Washington, Miss Rose Bond and Messrs, Will fam Bond, Fred Plester, jr., Stewart Bevaus, Ross Baldwin and Clarence McCullough of Laa-el ntractor Calvin W. Donaldson has com; large building on Ist street The committee appointed by Maser Kdward Phelps to organize a fire department for Laurel met at the city hall, recent organization by electing Mr president and Mr. Edward M. Flannery secretary. There was not a full attendance, and ufter in. structing the secretary to ascertat the cogt.of the various s ed a Diven Mary's the Inst rites the man killed as received the fullowiug Baker, secretary of the here the day « letter from € Bev: ve] 0 e c e c] “9 * 7 . board of fi Ps of Deltinor “The h railroad, fell Tuesday and sprained bis back ge. | S'0Ve, Where we r2mained three nights, the pen fought for the next seven oor Hic ateaine eens peltvent eas If it's to be all Wagner, won't you, | beard of fi ers desire te extend to you I r verely. “He ts in a very critical condition. living almost entirely on cocoanut milk come. Her-in 1s no “knock” at either or | Please. give us a little Wagner with some {heir thanks for your Kindly aministrations to the : Mr. Howard Duckett has returned from Santiago | and native fruits. Here is the first plac» ‘ ae the political parties that has had munici- | Music in it?” they prayed of the manage- | [ate, lenis C. Franke a hee oe ger is now | Kok ds Ps cn oe ee reported to be | we were issued raw rations, and everybody HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. ‘a s as 3 — 2 heir hall ut 10:30 o'clock a.m “ a “Uitlander” the New York man will shut | 0¥t elimination, elision or deletion. od S ef of which Mr_ C. Miller of Washington fell from one of | one sermoon, wren a general call was | the representative local societies vied with | yy jive a clam. If he undertakes any de-| And yet, why is it that three-tourths of | bedy Se cticsem actioceed em sgptyenete is the lay a mew mosaic foundation in | ye Brightwood cars between Chesapenke and Dea | Sounded In Our headquarters and we struck | each other to give expression of their | {nse whatever he in Uber nse: an audience of New Yorkers 2merging from * ganize its m that z base at ¢ Mr. Free to the f suth, which | jo over ury that may benelit” the Riverdale Presbyterian Church. night class will graduate this year s unusual nstitution has ever had. dings during t Me up un Henry to Dahlgren, who ear course at and while it was antici- pite ton of the Ist Cavalry and Mr. the Ist Distrlet of ¢ the attendance ations the atte jaw department as as- | cast und west in th r departments will © department while the out- r departments {ts encourag- ry state and iation has not yet or- pected that ven and a good am will be put out. r in all departments opens ctober 4, and a largely increased r Monday, October at SIS 13th street northwest; erick L. Siddons has been added ¥ as professor of the law of Lieut. King of the District National Guard has ed his wife at the Holmes mansion, at Land- The Young People’s Soclety have in its treas- 27, to be applled to any xpproved purpose f health, after x painful slege of appendicitis idence’ Hospital ‘The public school of Riverdale promises to be ly well attended this winter. —_— BRIGHTWOOD. ines streets ‘Tu day evening. He was picked nsclous and removed to the office of Dr. vling, where his injuries were attended nm sent to his home. ‘htwood's returned solder boys are Mr. Phil- Bri f the 5th Maryland Volunteers, Mr. Joe Hous- Henry Darling of lumbla Volunteers, to have the alley running Dlock between Flint and h street and Brightwood led and repaired. With every heavy alley becomes Impaswabl The little daughter of Postmaster Vanhorn was An ort is being ins Johesiee streets and ue x taken suddenly ill last Sunday, but is now greatly proved d dog caused considerable excitement in Atwood Park Monday morning, but did no ter harm than frighten a number of women and 0. — A Harvest Festival. What ts practically the Salvation Army's thanksgiving celebration begins this even- ing and continues until Tuesday evening. ‘The event is known as the harvest festival, No. 920 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, throughout the celebration, and on Tuesday evening they are sold at auction, the pro- ceeds being devoted to the work of the army in this city and in other citles where the social and other branches of the opera- tions of the organization are conducted. These donations are made as an indication of the gratitude of the giver for blessings during the year, and already business men and other persons have responded heartily. Adjutant Owens and Captain Bell, who are in charge of the work in this city, are making every effort to insure the success of the celebration. The services are held at 8 p.m. during the festival. . Tomorrow Ensign Dearing and Lieuten- ant Lonsdale will be present at the ser- vices, which will be held as follows: Hoii- hess meeting, 11 am.; Christians’ praise service, 3 p.m.; salvation meeting, 8 p.m. had to cook for himself. As I can scarcely ecok plain water without burning it, I was not benefl much in the change of cooks. We camped here three days, while dif- ferent parts of the army were marching ground made almost sacred by the blood of the Rough Riders, where we also stayed in camp three days. June the army was again put in motion, and all day long there Was almost a continual column of soldiers passing our camp until about 4 o'clock in tents and took our final position in the line. We advanced about four miles further west, but the road was so densely choked with soldiers that it was 10 o'clock before we Went in camp, and everybody knew what to expect in the morning. I slept very soundly that night and was awake very early next morning. We were issued rations fer three days, and I had just started to eat breakfast when the first gun was fired, at o'clock. Very soon the Spaniards began replying and the navy began firing, and in a very short time there Was a reai and terrible duel with modern arms going on. The navy, as it was situ- ated, could render no assistance, and the Spanish guns, by using smokeless powder and being posted in such well-masked posi- tions, soon forced our artillery to change from one position to another, to their very great disadvantage, but they ‘still could ad- Vance, and did advance. I still think the Spaniards had a little the best of it with the artillery the first day. Forward Move. About 8 o'clock a.m. we started forward, our right, I since learn, was hotly engaged, taking a small town called El Caney, on the right of our position. ‘Phere is where the th Infantry distinguished itself. As we advanced we could hear the small arms more and more distinctly. After we had advanced about a mile we began to meet the wounded coming to the rear, and thought seriously of the situation, and then in a short time the road was almost choked entirely with the wounded and stragglers. Our progress was very slow, so when we got into the zone of the small arms firing it was about 11:30 o'clock. It was terrible. There were wounded and dead men lying all along, beside and in the road, and the air seemed alive with bullets and’ shells of all descriptions and caliber. You could not tell from what direction they were coming; all that we could understand was we were needed further in front, and we could not A Tribute to John Hitz by His Swiss Compatriots. Mr. John Hitz, formerly consul general for Switzerland and at present director of city by Alexander and Graham Bell, cele- brated Wednesday, the 14th instant, th seventieth anniversary of his birth. ‘To demonstrate the love and gratitude the Swiss have for their venerable compatriot feelings on the oceasion. Letters of con- gratulation, with large bouquets of flow- ers, as well as many other tokens of their affection, were sent to his residence. For nearly half a century Mr. Hitz has worked in an unceasing and most disinter- ested manner for the welfare of the Sw at the capital. He may justly be consid ered the founder of the three principal as- sociations, all of which have in view the benevolent assistance, in word and deed, of the needy, and the fostering of a mu- tual attachment among all of Swiss de- scent or relationship. The demonstration in honor of Mr. Hitz Was spontaneous and general, and the ex- pressions of good wishes were numerous and sincere. A surprise party was arranged for him at Arion Hall in the evening, which was graced by the presence of the Swiss min-" ister, J. B. Pioda: the new secretary of the legation, Mr. Deucher, and the chan- cellor, Mr. Huegli. The ‘societies repre- sented were: The Grutli Verein, founded about forty years ago, of which Mr. Domi- Mrs. Eliza Holer. Minister Pioda, volving the ‘sentiment of: all, addressed Mr. Hitz, extolling his worth as a Swiss representa- tive and as a man,-who had devoted his life and manifold talents In. behalf of his adopted country. He compared Mr. ditas character and deeds witk'the'volor und fra- grance of the flowers that graced the ban- queting hall. seed) Various papers were read, sent by par- ties who had not the opportdnity of beng present in person. Mr. Heéhry Hurter read a letter sent by Mr. Gebier of New York, who had been Mr. Hitz'$ s@creiary while consul general, in which afi the good deeds of his former chief were reviéwed In a most pleasing manner. An ofiginal pocm, writ- ten by Mrs. Rose A. Br: nal was another tribute. Mr. Emli Wellduer,’in behalf of the Grutli Verein, exprdsseq his graveful- ness for the many beneftts’ society has pal control of New York within the past tew years. It is an indictment of both par- ties that speaks for itself. Twenty-four thousand mavericks Jast year under re- publican municipal administration, 30,000 mavericks this year under democratic mu- nicipal administration; the difference is a this turning into the streets of the metrop- olis of almost as many young ones as join- ed the children's crusade to the Holy Land back in the dark ages. It is the one criti- cism of the town and the management thereof, upon the presentation of which by A Common Argument. “Why the dickens should the taxpayers of New York be asked to build and maintain public schools for slews of thousands of youngsters who have been brought here in their mothers’ arms from the other side-- kids who have to unlearn the jargon of their native countries, the jargon that 1s still spoken here in New York by preference by their parents, before they can make any headway in English? D'ye know that more than half the young ones in the public schools of New York are of foreign birth or parentage? Take the annual list of graduates from the city high school that is published in some of the newspapers; I'll bet you a hat you can't read and pronounce two out of five of the names of the gradu- ates. Moreover, d'ye know that the for- eign youngsters are crowding the native- born children, the American children, out of the schools of New York? Fully one- half of the 30,000 children who are shut out of the schools this year are dyed-in-the- necks throwing school buildings together for the perpetuation 6f such a system as this? D'ye think we've got a contract to undertake the education of all of the off- spring, legitimate and illegitimate, of the continent of Europe? Not much. This ergument, so far as it goes, is neith- er untrue nor much beside the mark. But it has its manifest weakness. “Oh, the system, then, is at fault,” you say to the New York man. “Well, who's responsible for the system? Who, or what specific combination of whos, enjoys the distinction of shutting out 30,000 children, one-half of them Americans, from the pul lic schools of New York?” I dunno,” is the reply. “Give us a “And it being ascertained that the chil- dren of foreign birth or parentage,” you pursue, “are getting much the better of the ment, in terms to that general effect. “There's a tune or two in Lohengrin and Tannhauser, you know. Can't we have a tune or two?” They were scroonched and regarded with wrath and suspicion, these bes2echers. If shouts on one note, drowning the clatter of the “L” trains, in a language thoy don’t understand even when it’s spoken, they don’t need to subscribe, that's all. “There are plenty of eager, clamorous people here who want the whol2 “Byroit” outfit, with- a performance of Siegfried, say, ium the Miserere from I] Trovatore as they make for their cabs or cars? Is it to quiet their nerves? Or do they really like Music, with an upper case M? A Precocious Youth, Precocity is in the air over here. Infant prodigies develop in all thé walks of life. A twelve-year-old race track tout was rounded up at Sheepshead Bay on th: closing day of the race meeting last week. He was gotten up in swagger Style, and he was “dead goime.” He admitted, with a good deal of sang froid, that he had b>en working his game for a couple of years with simply prodigious success, without tting nabbed at it before. Ji’s method ating wassimple. Women het opsnly on the races at the racing courses here- abouts—and they don’t bet gloves or candy, either. This small, weazen-faced boy, with his quite dazzling array of diamond Tings, pins and link cuff buttons, and his man’s digious opinion of the knowingness of stabl> boys on how races are to result. The boy would get his women clients to bet on “long shots”—horses that went to the post at 50 or 100 to 1, and that had not a ghost of a chance to win. The boy would pockez the money, and not go near the betting ring. On his own confession, he has work- ed the game for two years, making from $30 to $50 a day at it, and he has had such luck that not a single lons-shot horse upon which he Induced his foolish women clients to bet has come in abead. Th> kid had a plausible way about him, and, after the Taces were run, he’d appear in the grand stand with a “Better luck next time,” and induce the same women to “bit2” over and over again. On Saturday last, the closing day of the Sheepshead Bay race meezing, this sweet- scented little scheesix circulat:d among his women patrons in the grand stand and told The grand jury of Howard the charge against Justice J connection with the Hensan The regular monthly m+ # disuiswed Melvin, iv council K. Ww. rown and T. M. Baldwip—heing pres Routine business was transacted. Mr 5 5 z Webb asked that a bourd walk be put Miss Lottle Mangum of Riverdale was of those | Past us taking their places in columns be-| the Volta Bureau, an international institu- mere matter of a year’s amplification in | they don’t care to watch a puffy, fat blonde | street. "His request was deferred for fh . should be the Spee ygutered for the civil service examination | tween us and ee last our corn tion and repository of information rela- | fur it is a sore old subject with the ean pe peciatnsg ao Et pint ates aes xis ovement A carton rap rena oe ae one y 8 vision—to move 4 feet : papier mac! ¥ e 0 ee on law - Me"itendoiph Kietner ta tn hls normal eonat- | fame st Brigade, in camp on the same| tive to the deaf and dumb, founded in this | defender of New York and her institutions, 5 The public schouls of Laurel were reopened Tharsday morning. Quite a iarge number of puplis were enrolled. Beacon Council, > American Mechanics, Sunduy to listen to’ the unm order. The members of the course. r Past Councilor J. W. Fairall rece! ed the members at the church aud provided en with a seat. Mr. W. H. Scott was in charge the musical part of the pr Beall presided at the organ. America also attended. The Rev. C. Wilbur Shipley attended the meet- ing of the Maryland presb; which met at Bethesda Church, Montgomery Testa, ‘The Laurel church was represented ‘by El George B. McGaughey Rev. F. P. Mackall of St. Mary's Catholle Church Mill celebrate at 11 o'clock tomorrow a mass thanksgiving for the safe return to thelr fanili of these young men who enlisted in the Sth M land Regiment wnd the Ist District of Colum Volunteers Among those who went from Laurel to see the Vistriet Volunteers retarn from the war were Miss- es Lena Little, Gertrude Baidwin, Mamie Ellis, Willie ter, Claren Livingston. . Gorman and Mrs, Gorman and daughter, Miss Hattie, left Tuesday for a trip to New York. Mr. Edward M. Flannery bas returned from a vis- Gcean City. stone Work on the brid of Mayor Edward ituated near the belps 1s Low com- ubers of the Ist Dist ri fine tailor-made clothing in miniature, | ment who have returned are Privates Dy P : en a e ar| Mick Rickenbacher is the president; the | Wool American children, whose people have | Urey, j | Harry Slater, Grant Connolly, Eugene Litt! and it is made an occasion when donations | and we were then almost the extreme rear | Mick Rick ‘Association, of which Mr. The- | becn Americans for generations beck. ‘Phe Seat sspter eee tee Les Srane | tis Sects, Achar Withien, es OL Maleer One me: Sa earn tend | Arc meds to the army, to; asaiat in tev work: | 0fithe army and{ebout four/milesitrom to li Cacretgi ma yerlisifhia;ieanecntthetCadtes’ board of education's fgures show this. | Women who wee nm the races haves OOy: | gar Wickert. They all showed theveffects of the ry geet wag | These are displayed effectively in the hall, | front, or firing line. Almost immediately | Stauffacherin Society, presided over by |D'¥e suppose we're golng to break buy Soe pen ctr carn dade Sie hardship indured. ‘Those of the 5th Maryland Regi- ment who have returned bome are Privaies Roy Roseberry, Sydney Brashears and Clayton 0. Curtis. Street Supervisor Wotts is clearing the gutters and putting the roadbed in shape on a number of the streets. The roadbed on a smail portion of Montgomery street, from 24 street to the railroad, is being raised, and Contractor Bond will lay a brick sidewalk On the south side of it. Messrs William Snowden and G. Addison C. Hodges of Laurel, Julius ©. Snowden of New York end George de Lannoy of Chester, Pa., accompan- fed by Mrs. George de Lannoy and Misses Sophia and Nettie Snowden of Laurel, went on a fishlag and crabbing trip to the Chesapeake bay, at the mouth of the Severa river, Monday. They report having caught four bushels of crabs and 13% fish, ‘The Washington and Chesapeake railwey is run- ning trains over its pew road. "Blood is Life, received e ‘ ; distribution of seats in New York's public | ¥°% . srg negotiable Instruments, torts and criminal | The meetings in the tent have keen “ic, | SH00t, for we could not see anything to riba sbemnd Pee tobias Seen schools, your scheme now fs to sulk over | them that the usual _igood thing” of “aot v; Mr. S 0 ced - Fest . te > tap Cart Gt apueulnaie tas carers | oe < sused ky oueldivision commenter tere erat ae aera en eae of Schack atcomerong | last race. A horse named Ten Spot would | But without good blood you can- been Henry P. medical department, building. The coll Belentific s Btudies will each hold its first session next Wednesday; the Law School, the Medic: Behool and the Dental School open on Mon- day, October 3, and the School of Compara- Jurisprudence and Diplomacy will open ta Novernber 18) ‘The delay in the open- that capacity of the medical department k p.m. orthwest »logical Society of the univer- Scott is secretary, meets once each month In the university h Dr. C. W. Columbian. department, the Corcoran chool and the School of Graduate | held Thursday at his late home, and in- Death of a Prominent Farmer. Mr. C. W. Hazen, one of the best known farmers of Fauquier county, died at his in the new building at 1328] heme at Catletts, Va., Wednesda: The dental department, Bape htet nducted in conjunction with the will open the same in the seventieth year of his age. With him at his death were his wife and daugh- ter; the latter’s husband, Mr. F. B. Smith; his son, Melvin C. Hazen of the engineer department, Washington, D. C., and his wife, A. N. Hazen of Washington, D. C., a brother, and his sisters, Miss Nelite Hazen and Mrs. Hattie Burdge and her husband of Manassas, Va. Funeral services were terment was made in Hartfort cemetery, aj | Prince William county. The funeral was the largest ever witnessed in the neighbor- hood, and fully attested the esteem in which deceased was held. Beata The trouble with mast of us fs that when Ing of this department fs to allow the com- | we're old enough to know better We're too pletion of the new building on H street, | old to want to.—Puck. mettle was abcut to be tested; that he was depending on his boys of the 24th to make history, and that the fate of his record and possibly of the nation depended on the quality of the mettle mentioned. Chaplain’s Message. We piled up all our extra baggage and our blanket rolls, nothing but our arms, ammunition and canteens being needed, and, fully stripped for fighting, we ad- vanced with our regimental chaplain’s last words to us ringii in our ears: “Quit yourselves like men, and fight." We were right in it then, in good shape—lots of music and very few drums. From appear- ances we passed two or three regiments lying in the read, so that we had to stum- ble over them and pick our way through them to advance. Our colonel took the situation in at a glance and led the regi- ment down into the bed of San Juan river until we were in the desired position, and there it was terrible—just one continual roar of small arms and cannon anc burst- Music and songs altetHated during the evening. A solo in SwiS$dJalect, by Mr. Emil Holer, and another song, also in dia- lect, sung by Miss Holj rs. Khyner, Minister Pioda and Mr. Holer, were encored. . Under the direction of Minister Pioda, who always succeeds in making his com- Patriots feel at homie jn his presence on Such occasions, this birthday celebration took on the character of an intimate fam- fly affair. All were eager to show their ‘affection to Mr. Hitz, as if he were their father, and the minister himself was glad to cede for the time being sucn a positicn he himself so rightfully deserves in the hearts of the Swiss of Washington. The wishes of all were .tinally very hu- morously expressed, “that all present may celebrate their own seventieth birthday arid each have Mr. Hitz as his guest of honor; that he may have again and again ‘@ fit occasion to trim his venerable beard.” —— A small deposit will reserve anything in Heeke’s Clearing Sale.—Advt. provision in the way of school accommoda- tion Whats9e\ er, cither for foreign or Amer- ican children, but just to let all of ‘em to come hereafter educate themselves?” “I am tired,” replies the New York man. Considering New Schemes. Meanwhile, various schemes are being put forward to the end that a few thousands of the 30,000 outcasts from school privileges shall have at least a little dabble in the fields of learning. The New York board of education is thinking of adopting the “Co- penhagen system” of stuffing learning into the minds of the children. Copenhagen is a crowded town, and a long while ago it was found that there weren't enough schools for the children. So some colossal Danish intellect suggested that one-half of the yourg ones of the school age should be sent to school in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. In other words, Co- penhagen split her educational facilities In- to two watches, and utilized them thus, in order that all of the Copenhagen young- sters should have at least half an educa- go to the post with odds of 100 to 1 against him, and he was bound to win by eight city blocks. The boy had hsard So-and-So, the owner of the horse, say this and that, ete., and so on. Of course, the lad was lying. He had heard nothing whatever, but he simply picked out the longest shot in the race as the one most lik:ly to afford him a chance to pocket the commissions of the women who permitted him to do their betting. But Ten Spot Won. Sure enough, the horse named Ten Spot did go to tke post with odds of 100 to 1 against him. Th2 favorite in the race was to be ridden by Tod Sloan, the famous jockey who departed from these shores for England on Tuesday last—and his price was even money. A little apprentice jockey, a stable lad named Moody, had the mount on Ten § not enjoy life—or good health. In bad blood lies danger. If you wish to have rich, healthy blood take Jo- hann Hoff’s Malt Extract. Taken with meals it assists digestion and helps to rapidly increase the forma- tion of red blood corpuscles. 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