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Wfl AM old anil I am
yfg i MIHHr I weary, and my
'EI marching days
I can hoar the misty
W. J jfl'MJO-'' river, breaking
on Its ghostly
S/\ " shore;
At the window, with my crutches, as the
daylight fades away,
I sit and watch the shadows 'neath the
hoary maples play:
It Is then I hear the music of a bugle loud
sr.d shrill.
And the long roll In the twilight seems to
come from yonder hill;
But awake or dreaming ever 1 can see the
old blue lines.
And again the army marches—marches
underneath the pines.
With a tread that echoes ever In the vet
eran's heart to-day,
Marches still that grand old army, 'mong
the trees so far away;
And I its banners floating proudly
'gainst the azure sky.
Just as though beneath my window it to
day were passing by;
I can recognize the comrades touching el
bows as of yore.
With a beautiful devotion that will live
forever more;
And the sun in cloudless heavens upon
blade and bay'net shines.
And the breezes stir the pennons of the
army in the pines.
Sitting here 1 count the marches one can
never more forget,
1 can see the gleaming camp-tires when
the stars their natch have set;
Yonder rides the graybeard colonel, with
a comrade's smile for all,
That morning In the wilderness, he- was
the first to fall;
I remember how we laid him 'neath the
dark green branches low,
And turned to meet the charges of the ever
valiant foe;
I seem to hear war's thunder as it rolled
along our lines,
Waking not the dear old colonel, sleeping
sweetly 'neath the pines.
But my crutches oft remind me that our
battle flags are furl'd.
That where we fought the angel Peace pro
claims to all the world
That love cements the sections ar.d that,
brothers true to-day.
Beneath the starry banner fair stand both
the Blue and Gray;
The roses bloom in beauty where we heard
the mad shells scream,
And southern lilies grow beside the squad
ron guarded stream,
And everywhere, this sacred day, love
gratefully entwines
A fragrant wreath in memory of the army
in the pines.
The sound of music thrills me; they are
coming down the street,
I plainly hear upon the wind the tramp
of many feet:
With nature's treasures beautiful they
march again to keep
Memorial day and crown the boys where
side by side they sleep;
They see me at the window and salute me
as they pass.
I lift my hand and smile on them, but very
soon they pass,
jwy old, old eyes grow misty and 1 cannot
see the lines.
Though I seem to hear the army once again
among the pines.
There's another army marching 'neath
the heavens soft and blue.
Its leaders are not many now, Its privates,
too, are few;
One by one they cross the river to the camp
where all Is still,
Where drums to battle never beat and
bugles never thrill:
Memorial day grows sweeter as the long
years glide away,
And loving nature yields her gifts alike for
Blue and Gray;
And soon where the last veteran sleeps
will creep the summer vines,
And evermore will silent be the camps
among the pines.
--T. C. Harbaugh, in Ohio Farmer.
AT A BROTHER'S*
vH* "* - vou ,!Vt>r goiu'
i-rcl to quit law in'over
V that shoatV Von
*1 I nn "J os ''have both
worth fifty times
A'over, an'it ain't no
// !|[ A \ nearersettled than
» 4 I J i it was five year ago.
No I won't give my
:onsent to spendin' another nickel in
lawin'," and "Ma" Walker gave her foot
a determined stamp on the polished
kitchen lloor to signify that she meant
all she said.
To those who knew ".Ma" Walker the
stamp she gave meant much. Her
mind was made up, and no amount of
coaxing and argument could change it.
She didn't intend to throw good money
after bad in a vain endeavor to get pay
ment for a four-dollar shoat for which
they had already mortgaged the farm
for more than they could pay in the
next five years.
"Hut, "Ala,* the lawyer says he can git
a judgment in the next court, an' then
I want to teach Josh that he can't have
everything his own way. The lawyer
says he'll only need SSO more."
"Hiram Walker, you might just as
well quit talkin', for 1 tell you 1 won't
consent to spendin' another cent. 1 de
clare to goodness, it's a downright
shame that two brothers can't get along
without spendin' all they make in law
in'! It's bad enough for Josh, and for
you, what's got a family to care for,
it's still worse. Vou had just better
spend that SSO in buyin' mean' the girls
some new clothes, (ioodness knows, we
*.eed 'em bad enough; 1 haven't had a
jew dress since this lawin' businessbe
-an, five year ago; neither has the
,irls."
Again tlu- fi*>t of "Ma" Walker struck
the floor with a thump that was certain
ly impressive, and her husband, finding
that he could accomplish nothing bv
argument, left the house. If iij s wife
wouldn't consent he had no thought of
doing what he wished against her
wishes, and, besides that, the money
that he wanted was her own, there-
ceipts from her butter and egg sale*.
Xo, Uie case would i.ave togo
awhile, but he wouldn't give it up, he
would teach Ihn contrary brother the
needed lesson in time.
11l the dark days of 'Ol three brothers
responded to President Lincoln's call
for troops. They came from a quiet
farm home in one of the northern coun
ties of Indiana. All of them left home
for the battlelields with a mother's
blessingon their he-ids, but the mother's
heart went out especially to the young
est, "her baby." lie was but a boy of 1!)
tow hom the hard work of the farm had
always been more of a burden than his
frail body could bear, and for that rea
son he was made much of by the other
members of the family. Hut men were
needed, her sons thought it their place
togo, and it was not her part to stand
in the way of their duty to their coun
try.
Month after month wore away. The
mother watched anxiously for each
mail, and was occasionally rewarded
with a letter, always from "her baby."
lie told her of his brothers, of the army,
of their camp life, of their inarches and
their battles, but of himself he told her
little except that he was as well as usual.
Hut the mother read between the lines.
The hardships of campaigning was
wearing away "her baby's" health, and
how she longed for him.
And then one day a letter came from
Hiram. His brother, the mother's
"baby," was ill, and they would send
him home to her. She could feel al
THK BROTHERS SIEHT.
most glad that lie *as sick for it would
bring him back. llow carefully she
would nurse him, and by the time the
war was over lie should be well again.
Hut the mother's hopes were not to lie
realized, "ller baby" came hofne to her
only to be taken away again forever.
Hhe watched beside his bedside; she did
all the many lititle things that only a
mother knows how to do, but without
success. Long before the war was over
they had laid him in the little cemetery,
and his furlough was extended into
eternity.
When the old folks died the farm of
more than 200 acres was left to Hiram
and Josiah Walker, to be divided equal
ly or worked together, as the brothers
might choose. For several years they
farmed their land together, and then
Hiram married. After that the land
was divided, Hiram taking the part on
which the home stood for himself and
his bride, and Josiah was to make his
home with them.
Added to the ties of blood were the
ties of comradeship on the battlefields
of the south, and they seemed insepar
able. Nothing, it seemed, cotdd come
between them. They assisted each oth
er in their work, they shared each oth
er's earnings; they made it a point tj)
plant at the same time; they reaped
their crops at the same time, and they
sold the products of their farms to the
same men. Their lives were the happy
ones of peace and good w ill.
And then came a time of doubt, of
hard words, and all the comradeship of
the past was forgotten.
It was in the winter time, and both
brothers were fattening hogs for mar
ket. The pens in which their hogs were
kept adjoined, and day after day they
had stood together and remarked about
the condition of the stock. One morn
ing as Josiah came out to the barnyard
lie found his brother counting his hogs,
and as he reached his side Iliram turned
to him and said:
"Josh, there's a board loose and one
of my shoats has worked its way into
your pen. I think it's the spotted one
in the corner there."
"Guess you're mistaken, Iliram;
that's my pig; this old sow here is his
mother. You'll have to look again, Hi
ram, to find your shoat."
"But I guess I know my slioaf when
I see it. Josh, and 1 tell you that spot
ted pig's mine. I'll git in an' catch it
and put it back in my pen."
"You'll do notliin' of the kind. That
spotted pig's mine. I tell you, an'you'll
let it alone where it is. I don't believe
you've lost a shoat. any way."
And so the quarrel started. A pig
that either would have gladly given the
other had he asked it was to come be
tween them.
At his first opportunity Hiram car
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY a 6, 1898.
ried out his intention of putting the pig
into his own pen, and in le*>s than 24
hours afterwards he was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by his brother.
The case went through the justice
court with a decision forJosiah; when
appealed to the grand jury the decision
was the other way. At a retrial the de
cision was again reversed, and then it
went to the state courts, where it was
tried time after time, until now it had
reached the supreme court, and Hiram
hoped to have the last decision against
him reversed.
During the progress of the case both
brothers had become heavily involved
in raising the money needed to pay
court and attorneys' fees. Hiram's
farm had been mortgaged, his crops
sold to pay the same kind of bills. The
needs of his family had counted for
naught against this legal monster. 1' *
boy had left, school that he might * ne
the place of a hired man and so save
that expense, as well as that incurred
by his schooling. The daughters had
done without the clothes the} - were ac
customed to. They anil their mother
hail worked over their old ones until
they would bear no more, and then
came this plea for just SSO more. Every
plea of this kind had promised to be
the last one since the case was first
started, and".Ma" Walker had finaliy
re belled.
"I tell you, g:rl<=, something's got to
be done so's your father and Uncle
.losh'll make up this senseless quarrel
of theirs. I can't, for the life of me,
think how we're goin' to do it, but do
it we must. Can't one .)f you think out
some plan?"
A little conference of mother anil
daughters was being held in the kitch
en. They wanted clothes, and that
soon. Here was summer coming on and
all of their thin clothing was worn out
long before the last summer was over.
Something must be done to stop this
ravenous legal monster that was de
vouring them.
"I don't know as it'll work," replied
Mary, the youngest, "but anyway we
might try it —"
"Try what?" cried "Ma" Walker.
"You know, ma, pa and Uncle Josh
always goto the cemetery Decoration
day to fix up Uncle Charley's grave.
That's one of the last requests Grand
ma Walker made before she died. She
said Charley was 'her baby,' and she
wanted his grave always kept nice.
ISefore this lawsuit pa and Uncle Josh
always went together on Decoration
day to trim the bushes and fix the sod
and-put on the flowers, but now they go
by themselves. I'a always goes in the
afternoon and Uncle Josh in ;he morn
ing, and each take* care of one side of
the grave. Maybe if we could get them
togo at the same time, and have them
meet there without knowing it the re
membrances might cause them to make
up again."
"I just believe it would, Mary, if we
could only do it, but your pa's so set in
his ways that he wouldn't go at any
time he thought Uncle Josh would be
there, and Uncle Josh wouldn't go if
he thought he'd meet your pa. 1 don't
see how we could work it, Mary, they're
both that contrary," and "Ma" Walker
shook her head over the problem.
"Hut, ma, couldn't we make Uncle
Josh believe pa was going in the morn
ing, or make pa believe Uncle Josh was
going in the afternoon," putin Jane.
"Now I never thought of that," and
"Ma" Walker beamed on hertwodaugh
ters. "It takes young heads for new
ideas, don't it. I'll just leave it for you
two girls to fix up. You've got a way
ol gettin' round them two men I never
could get."
The morning of May .00 was as bright
and clear os anyone could a-k. The
country people in the part of the eonin
tv where the Walkers lived always mad*'
the day a holiday—a day devoted to the
memories of the brave men who fell in
the civil war. Many of them had friends
and relatives buried on the battlefields
of the south, but there were but few
soldier graves in the little churchyard
cemetery at home. What few there
were, however, received the offerings
of the entire community.
As Hiram Walker came in from the
barn after doing the chores of the morn
ing his wife asked how soon after din-
ner he was going to the cemetery, say
ing she believed r>he would go with him.
"I guess I'll go this morning," he re
plied. "The girls tell me Josh has took
a notion to annoy me by goin' in tht
afternoon, an' 1 guess I'll let him have
his own way."
After the quarrel of five years before
Josiah had built himself a house »i
--fur from that t-f his brother as pos
sible, and at his place there was no sigr
of his intention of varying his usua
custom of ' isiting the cemetery in tin
morning The girls had worked theii
plans} dite successfully, and the
chime . were the brothers would meet
at u place where, for a time at least,
the must drop their quarrel over a
s' jtted pig.
Josiah Walker was kneeling beside
the little marble monument clipping
the dead branches out of a rose bush
over his brother's grave, when he be
came aware that some one was ap
proaching the grave from the other side
of the bush. Glancing around he saw
it was his brother. As he rose from
his position beside the bush Iliram
paused at the side of the grave opposite
li i in.
"Why do you come here at this time?"
demanded Josiah, thoroughly incensed
at what he considered an imposition.
"And why did you tell my girls that
you was corain' in the afternoon," an
swered Iliram. "1 came this morning
because you told them that."
"1 never told the girls nothing of the
kind, and you know it. You come here
at this time to spite me."
The whole scheme that the girls and
their mother had worked came to Ili
ram in a minute, and stepping a little
nearer he said:
"Josiah, the girls told me that, nnd
now I k*iow why. They can't see any
ser.se in this quarrel of ours, and want
us to forget it. They thought here at
Charley's grave would be a good place
for us to meet. Don't you think it is?"
Without a word of reply Josiah ex
tended his hand across the grave, where
it met that of his brother.
"Iliram," he said, "we have quarreled
for many years. I thought I would
never again speak a kind word to you,
but beside the grave where our brother
and comrade sleeps our quarrel should
be forgotten for the time at least. Shall
it be?"
"Why not let it be forgotten for all
time, Josiah? Is a spotted pig worth
fite amount of happiness it has cost
us?"
"It was my pig, Iliram."
"Xo. it was mine, Josiah."
"Let's call it our pig, Hiram, as it
really was?"
"That's best, Josiah. Now let's fix
up Charley's and mother's graves, and
then you must go home to dinner with
me, for I suspect 'ma' and the girls will
be expecting you."
The lawsuit was settled out of court.
"Ma" Walker and the girls got their
summer dresses, and abundant supply,
for they came from both farms, and Jo
siah is back at the old home again to
live.
V.-RIOIIT A. PATTERSON.
A GREAT BOOK THIEF.
StraiiK<* and liit« k rt»*tlnst History of
Count Lil»ri*a Acquired
liil»ru ry.
Probably the most audacious and
successful book thief that ever lived
was Count Libri of Florence, who, emi
grating to France, became in Isj~ sec
retary of a government commission to
examine and catalogue the books and
manuscripts in the many communal
libraries of the country. Availing him
self of his opportunities, of the care
lessness and ignorance of the custodi
ans, and a consummate knowledge of
th" treasures unveiled to him, he quiet
ly and leisurely despoiled the libraries
of hundreds of their choicest manu
scripts and most precious heirlooms,
carefully obliterating afterward all
signs that might lead to their identifica
tion.
How the collection thus acquired
catne into the possession of the late
Lord Athburnham; by what means
Libri's robberies were afterwards dis
j covered and traced back to him; to
[ gather with the recent saleof the library
at a stupendous increase of price, and
tin' methods by which the French gov
ernment finally recovered a portion of
their long-lost treasures, form a most
remarkable and romantic chapter in lit
erary history.
THE NAMELESS DEAD.
w. : v
To deck, with flowers, the lonely spot of
earth
That holds the dust of heroes—nameless
dead—
Columbia comes; nor aslca the place of
birth;
They were her sons. In grief she bows her
head,
While from her heart she breathes to
Heaven the prayer
That all are joined in love fraternal there.
—Ham's Horn.
>iiili<iKfln> , t
Mahogany is new very generally sub
stituted for hickory in themanufacture
of wagon wheels in France, it being
found cheaper and quite as durable.
ARMY AND NAVY WIVES.
Women lio I'nnilucl TliemiM'l vfl
ilrnvel)* nm Tlielr llunbundM
(•<> lu (In- Front.
A Chicago woman who was in Wash
ington when Cu]>t. Sigsbee, formerly
of the warship Maine, left to take com
mand of the St. Paul, happened to be at
the railroad depot when he took the
train. The captain was accompanied
by the members ol his family and when
seen by the peoplt at the station was
given a hearty cheer. The captain
kissed the women of his family affec
tionately before lie passed through the
gate for his train, but they made no
tearful demonstration. They looked
thoughtful, but apparently had them
selves under perfect control and re
frained from making even the slightest
suggestion of a scene. The Chicago
woman and some female friends who
were with her marveled at the quiet
parting 1 and could not help commenting
011 the scene.
"How can they let him go at all?"
they inquired of each other. "After
what he has been through, saved from
death only by a miracle less than two
months ago. now can they see him de
parting to face more danger without be
ing simply out of their minds'? If he
were my husband he shouldn't wo!"
The women who made these com
ments did not bear in mind the fact that
this sort of self-restraint, which ap
peared so strange to them, is as a rule
the fruit of years of trainingon the part
of women whose male relatives are at
tached to the land or the sea forces of
the government. Self-control is bred in
the bone of army and navy women. In
no country in fl# - world is there so
much "service" intermarrying as there
is in the United States. There are ex
traordinary ramifications of relation
ship by marriage in the American army
and navy. The result of this is that
most of the women whose husbands, fa
thers and brothers are now likely to
mix in the thick of the impending war
are thoroughly imbued with that spirit
of abnegation rhat animates the men.
They are subscribers to a code of nerve
of their own, and the very first clause of
this unwritten but all -pervasive code is
that it would be quite as weak-kneed
and cowardly for tliem to wilt in the
face of trouble as it would be for their
men to show the yellow. There is, of
course, no lack of womanly feeling on
the part of the feminine members of the
households of American army and navy
officers, but their whole environment is
such as to bring out the strongest com
mon sense of which human beings are
capable when the danger to their men
becomes most imminent. Their spirit
is such that they would take shame
unto themselves if they interjected any
whimperings into the preparations for
departure of their men. Chicago
Chronicle.
GUNS SAVED FROM EROSION.
An Inipe "**nt Invention In tin- I.lne
or <.:.u Shell* liti* lleen Suc
<'«'»«(ll iI > Tested.
An official trial of a specially pre
pared shot from Vickers" Sons and Max
im's six-inch quick-firing gun was suc
cessfully carried out at Kw.mley on
March -'s. The trial was of consider
able interest, as it is well known tha*
after a gun has fired many hundreds
of rounds the velocities fall off to some
i xtent, due to erosion and other causes.
The point of difference whereby this
projectile differed from of hers was that
an arrangement was screwed on the
base of the shell by which a specially
prepared ring was made to expand in
the eroded portion of the bore, so as
io overcome the injurious effect of ero
sion. caused by smokeless powders, as
•well as io prevent the shot being over
rammed should the bore be worn by
tiiis or other causes.
The general principle of the gas
check dept nds upon the compression of
this specially constructed ring by an
annular copper ring, which conveys
pressure to the specifically construct
ed ring in such a manner that the spe
cially constructed ring makes a per
fectly metallic seal against the bore,
arid completely prevents any gas at a
high temperature and pressure pass
ing the base of the shot, and lienc
does away with tho principal cause of
erosion in guns.
Four rounds were fired with tlii>
specially banded shot, and four with the
ordinary device shot, and it was found
that the whole of the energy of the
charge was utilized after upward of 250
rounds had been previously fired. The
actual ballistics obtained were ",!)<;t
feet a second for a pressure of 13 tons
with a 25-poll ml charge of cordite. lsy
increasing the charge by a moderate
amount and slightly increasing the in
itial chamber pressure a velocity of
2,!)()0 feet a second could reasonably bj
expected.
It is claimed that this simple device
is capable of being applied to almost
any design of shell at n very moderate
cost, and by its application it is confi
dently expected that guns after firing
many hundreds of rounds will be
equally efficient, as far as energy is
concerned, as a new gun.—London .En
gineering.
ted Aluminum.
A (iernian engineer has recently suc
ceeded in plating aluminum with cop
per by a welding process, and makes
the combined materials in such forms
that they may be soldered, rolled,
drawn ar.d plated. If this process is
successful on a commercial scale it
would seem as if the increased useful
ness of aluminum is to become prac
tically unlimited, as the copper coating
would remove all obstacles to its use
where it must be in contact with fluids,
soldered and painted or plated.—Chica
go Chronicle.
V.'lint Spain S;)rnt In Culm.
Two hundred and eighty millions of
dollars have already been expended by
Spain in trying to keep Cuba—besides
soldiers, officers and what little self-re
ipict she still had remaining.
DOORS CLOSED TO SCRIBES.
The Navy l)e<iMrtnifiit hnuwn an Order*
( urt.iiluiK llif Supply of Information
Washington, May IT. —An order post
ed Monday and signed by Secretary
Long relative to the publication of
news emanating from the navy depart
ment had the effect of considerably
curtailing the supply of information
that heretofore has been rather freely
given out. The secretary's order was
•iirected to ('apt. Crowninshield, chief
of the navigation bureau, and he in
turn gave it effect by making an order
in his own name that no person con
nected with his bureau in any capacity
should have any conversation whatever
upon subjects in any way pertaining
to the navy with representatives of the
press. As an offset it was ordered that
bulletins of such facts as have actually
occurred and are proper for publica
tion and arc not connected with exist
ing or projected movements, shall bo
posted on the bulletin board.
The sum total of the information
published yesterday under this rule
was a notice of the intention to start
the Philippine relief expedition and of
the permission given to some foreign
neutral vessels to pass the blockade at
Havana. In explanation of the issue
of this order the naval authorities say
that some of the leading American
newspapers have been so far lacking
in patriotism as to print plans of cam
paign and projected movements of na
val ships, with tin? result that the war
board lias been obliged to completely
revise its plans, knowing that the
Spaniards had promptly taken notice
of the publications and were prepared
to profit by them. Complaint was
tna<»e to Secretary Long that the news
papers were working injury to the gov
ernment in such cases.
The opening of the blockade at Ha
vana to certain vessels is rather a curi
ous proceeding that may lead to con
siderable widening of the blockade
itself, so that in the end neutral ves
sels not loaded with contraband or
supplies, the carrying of which into
Havana would interfere with the naval
and military operations laid down by
the I'nited States, may be allowed t-J
inter the port.
THEY WERE IN HIS SHIRT.
Hew a Scientist Carried IMHIH of the For
tification* anil Harbor of Manila to Ad
miral Dewey.
Cincinnati, May IS.—William Do
herty, an ornithologist and entomolo
gist who. in the interest of science, has
traversed the four quarters of the
globe and has achieved a reputation
as far reaching as his travels, has just
returned from the Philippine islands
via I long Kong and San Francisco, to
rest a year with his parents in this
city. His latest distinction was in
successfully passing the Spanish cus
toms officers at Manila with complete
plans of the city, the harbor, the for
tifications and minute details of their
armament, from Consul General Wil
liams to Admiral Dewey. It was a
dangerous proceeding, but Mr. Dolierty
carried it to a successful accomplish
ment.
The plans and drawings were con
cealed in a newly laundricd shirt,
which was folded, pinned up and
banded in the usual style and put with
other clothing in his trunk. Arriving
at Hong Kong early in April he deliv
ered the important papers to Admiral
Dewey on the Olympia.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
A Messenger from tioineis i* I'urtiiind by «.
Sp:inirtli tillnhoat lli'fore Deing; lCeseued
by an Aiuerlcui Ship.
Key West. May 18.—Another com
missioner from (Jen. dome/., the insur
gent commander-in-chief, arrived here
Tuesday. John I'. .Jova. the former
I'nited Stntes vice consul at Sagua La
tirande. who was landed by an Ameri
can gunboat on the coast of Cuba about
ten days ago. was picked up Monday
afternoon after ail exciting experience
with a Spanish gunboat which the
American gunboat chased into her
harbor. Mr. .lova succeeded in reach
ing the camp of (lomez and has brought
back dispatches from I lomez to Com
modore Watson, lie reports that <!o
--mez and his troops are in the best o5
spirits.
Mr. Jova reports that Spanish troops
are moving westward, keeping in the
cities. He made part of the journey
along the coast in a small boat and
was being chased by a Spanish gun
boat when the American gunboat hove
in sight. The Spaniard fired a num
ber of shots at the American vessel.
The latter picked up Mr. Jova and his
two companions, and then chased the
Spanish gunboat into port.
Spain's S™ Cabinet.
Madrid, May I!».—The new Spanish
cabinet has been formed as follows:
President of the council of ministers,
Senor Sagasta: minister of foreign af
fairs. Leon y Castillo; minister of war,
(Jen. Corroa: minister of marine, Senor
Auium; minister of finance, Lopez
Puigeerver: minister of public instruc
tion. Senor (iamazo. No political pro
gramme has been formed by the cabi
net. The cabinet undoubtedly will be
short lived. With the exception of Sa-«
gasta and (iamazo it is not composed ot
eminent men.
Dons Demand Reprisal*.
Madrid, May 18. The newspapers
here assert that letters for Spain, even
letters containing checks and other
valuables, have been stopped at New
York ami destroyed. The papers de-r
maud that the government make re-<
p Uals upon Americans in Spain, espe->
ctally in tiie ease of the correspond
ence of American newspapers.
llalftead'u Sentence.
Havana, May 18. —News from Porte
Rico confirms the report that Freeman
llalstiud. the American newspaper
eorresp ndent. has been sentenced by
court-mu«tial at San Juan to nine
years' imi v::iOnment, after having been
convicted of taking pictures of the
forts.
Inrtur£«'iitH Will Attack Manila.
New orK, May 18. —A dispatch from
Ilong Kong says tluit Consul Wildman
has returned tnere from Kowloon bay,
where lie took ( Jen. Aguinaldo, the in
surgent leader, and his cabinet on ths
McCullofh. An arrangement w«>s made
for the insurgents to storm Manila.
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