FOR THE BRAVE
i HERE ar> blossoms
ln the clover.
, there is music ln
I Ancl a wealth of
buds Is falling
y J And the muffled
■ V\ « drum is beating,
\ and one flag in
glory waves
Where the sunshine robes ln Splendor's
garb a multitude of graves;
To the music of the river as it flows un
vexed and free.
Bearing outward to the nations Freedom's
latest prophecy,
March a people. Fame's descendants, with
the summer's sweetest bloom.
Which the dew shall crown with glory on
the hero's silent tomb.
In the sunburst of the morning, every
loyal heart to thrill.
Come the echoes of the muskets that were
heard at Bunker Hill;
And the roses and the lilies in the shadow
and the shine
1.,! eon the breasts of those who stood one
day at Brandywlne;
'Neath the hemlocks and the cedars, 'neath
the vines that greet the sun,
The Continentals sleep beside the Men of
'6l;
And the country, reunited by a love that
can't be told,
Sees the modest flower blooming in the
cannon ruts of old.
Down the street, beloved by thousands,
march the vet'rans, old and gray—
The comrades of the brave who rest this
fair Memorial day,
Ar.d they bring May's sweetest blossoms to
the boys who with thorn stood.
Where often raged the battle fierce deep
ln the Southern wood;
No more the ringing bugle blast, no more
the cannon's roar,
No more the gloomy picket post along the
ghostly shore;
But side by side this sacred day beneath
the spreading tree,
With elbows touching, silent stand the
men of Grant and Lee.
Columbia walks the guarded aisles with
soft and holy tri ad
Where fall the shades of Arlington above
her hero dead;
Not long ago she stood and heard the
dirge's mournful strain
O'er those who came in martial shrouds
from Cuba's gun-kiss'd plain;
Ar.d from hr hands the bright, -t bloom
that decks the lit Id and wold
Falls gently on the bosoms of the tender
and the bold;
And silent tears are falling from the far
thest nor'.hern pina •
To where the solden orange hangs above
the ocean's line.
Bring the fairest of the blossoms to re
crown the hero's tomb!
for this kind nature proudly yields the
splendor of her bloom;
The skies are bright above us and the river
sings its lay,
One Flag, one Country ar.d one Love the
Nation knows to-day;
We crown the humblest and the great,
alike the flowers fall
With prayer and love ar.d gratitude upon
the breasts of all;
Ah, me! The drums are beating, for the
flowers have been spread,
And we march to newer grandeur from
the bivouac of our dend.
—T. C. Harbaugli, In Ledger Monthly.
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SURFIU« ERI
Stary of ttiefilue and it?e Gray,
W/V surdly unreason
]j fatln •r, whoadored
her, was forced to
Fi •ances used to shake her der.r, white
head, and sigh mildly. "The child has
«tayed abroad too long," she would
say. "Her brain is tilled with old
world notions. Conditions have
■changed, and America has grown too
fast for her."
Hut when they attempted to re
monstrate with Clarissa, that im
perious young person would get into
a towering rage
"Then there is no such thing as
principle?" she would inquire, with
■withering sarcasm. "You didn't lose
most of your property to the ma
rauding northerners! You weren't
forced to come from your own dear
Maryland to this cold, bleak New
England! You didn't bring your
slaves along, after you had freed them
of your own accord! Although most
of them insisted upon remaining with
you—to their credit. You're not my
Grandfather Colonel because of your
bravery at Antietam! You didn't sac
rifice your only son, my father, to
"the lost cause! His death didn't kill
my grandmother and my mother! Oh,
*10! I must have dreamed it all!"
"My dear! my dear!" grandfather
"would remonstrate, sadly. "(iod
knows I acted as 1 thought best; per
haps I was mistaken. Hut.conditions
are changed, and it is the part of wis
dow to conform to them."
"But the principle remains the
•same, grandfather!" would be the
proud response; and Clarissa would
weep a few obstinate tears upon the
silky hair of Fifine, the French
poodle which she had brought from
abroad, and which, all told, was a
most detestable little beast. "Fifine,
•darling, we belong to the Owings fam
ily, of Maryland, don't we, pet? And
what do we think of the star-span
gled banner?" and then Fifine would
snarl and whine viciously, while Her
pretty mistress caressed and en
couraged her.
Grandfather was distressed, but he
was forced to smile at the absurdity
of it all. "To be a rebel has gone out
112 fashion, my dear," he would say,
.eprecatingly; but Clarissa continued
to regard herself as an alien, to heap
fresh flowers daily Defore the pic
ture of her beloved Winnie Davis, as
before a shrine; to quote Father
Hyan's stanzas upon the lost cause,
and to deify the Lees and other he
roes of the confederacy.
She was 23 11 ow, aud she had been
at schools in France find England
since she was 12, shortly after her
father's death, and that of her moth
er, which quickly followed. As Aunt
Frances said, America had grown too
fast ■for her.
There had been many changes in
the neighborhood during her ab
sence. On what had been Grand
mother Owings' old-fashioned flower
garden a handsome modern dwelling
had been erected, and the two fam
ilies used the dividing driveway in
common. Down this driveway, sev
eral times each day, an athletic young
man was wont togo, laden with golf
sticks, riding a wheel, armed with gun
or fishing tackle, or erect upon the
back of a spirited black horse, which
from the first had been Fit)tie's es
pecial detestation. As in another
celebrated and classical case, the
neighborhood caused their acquaint
ance in the Tirst steps of love. Even
England and France could produce
no more splendid specimen of man
hood than was Robert ilale, as Clar
issa was forced to admit to her un
willing self.
Perhaps that was why the winter
which followed her home-coming
A FLAG, WHICH HE PROCEEDED TO RUN UP THE STAFF.
proved such a pleasant one. As the
weeks went by there was joy in both
households over the very evident in
terest which the young 1 people took
in each other. They were not aware
of the plans for their future which
Aunt Frances so frequently discussed
with Robert's widowed mother. In
fact, they were not conscious of much
beyond the joy of living, of propin
quity, of the sympathy and under
standing which existed between them,
of a community of tastes and inter
ests. Together they marveled at the
miracle of life through death, ia
opening bud, and leaf, and flower;
but so far no word of love had been
spoken between them. They were
young; there was no need of haste.
It was the springtide of life, as well
as the springtide of the year. But—
Hard if these
Found not a way to show their secret each
to each;
And so they did;
And one heart's llower-dust into the other
slid.
That Clarissa, imperious and exact
ing with all others, should be sweetly
submissive to him, was, in itself, the
most subtle flattery. When Kobert
Hale heard her opinions and comments
upon the causes of a contest which was
fast becoming merely a tradition, he
only smiled indulgently, lenient to
'.hem, as he would have been lenient
to any whimsical fancies on the part
of the woman whom he loved.
The first clashing of their wills came
late in the spring, when Kobert was
offered and accepted the office of cap
tain of the newly-organized company
of SODS of Veterans. He was surprised
and amused at the imperiousness with
which Clarissa drew herself up, proud
as another Juno, and condemned his
act.
"Xo man could' offer me a more dead
ly hurt!" she announced, tragically.
"My father was wounded at the battle
of lielmont. Those wounds ultimate
ly caused his death. Who knows that
your very father wasn't the northern
er who shot him!"
"And my father was wounded at
Petersburg 1 ," was the solemn response.
"For the rest of his life he went around
with only one arm. It seems like your
father might have fired the shot which
deformed one of the handsomest men
that ever lived."
She knew that he was purposely
mimicking her affected use of the
southern like; but she would not tin
bend. He leaned his arm over l'lack
Don's glossy neck, and regarded her
mischievously.
"What an irony of fate, Clarissa!"
he said, teasingly, as he stood gazing
at her with a fondness which she
haughtily ignored. "How ever did it
happen that you should have the blue
eyes, while mine should be the gray?"
As Memorial day approached, how
ever, the breach between them grew
undeniably serious. The older mem
bers of both households smiled, and
shook their heads knowingly, and
moralized on the inevitableness of
lovers' quarrels. Aunt Frances rash
ly took it upon herself to remonstrate
wit h her niece, for liobert was her spe
cial favorite, and she could l not bear
to have him made unhappy by Claris
sa's caprices. She was unprepared,
however, for the rebuff which she met.
"Please don't ever mention Mr.
Hale's name to me again, Aunt
Frances. I have found him out —an
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1901.
advantage which I appreciate. Better
to know his faults now than when it
might be too late!"
But Clarissa was by no means happy
in what she glorified as her adherence
to principle. She was fearfully and
pathetically lonely, utul she tried not
to hear when the black horse and liit
rider dashed down the driveway on
their way to the drills and parades,
which became so frequent with the
nearness of Memorial day.
The misunderstanding had deepened
now; for there had been other and hit
ter words, and each studiously avoided
looking in the direction oV the other
when they met, which was but rarely.
Fair as a garden of the Lord was the
countryside upon the morning of
Memorial day; but Clarissa could see
no beauties in nature as she moped in
the sewing-room which overlooked the
driveway, confiding her unliappiness
to petted, snarling Kifitie.
Out at the stable the groom was put
ting the saddle on Black Don—for the
coming parade, she knew; and pres
ently Robert appeared at the side door
carrying a flag, which he proceeded to
run up the staff on the lawn.
"How handsome he looks in his uni-
form;" the girl meditated with bitter
ness, as she peered through the sash
curtains in jealous inspection of his
every movement. "Horrid 1 thing! It
wouldn't hurt him to at least glance
in this direction!"
But Robert was evidently too busy;
and it irritated the watcher as he be
gan to whistle softly, and then to
sing in an absent-minded fashion, as
he bent over a knot in the halyards:
"There's just one girl in the world forme!"
Oh, was she the girl? Clarissa
asked herself feverishly; but there
was no one to answer the ques
tion only Fifine, who yawned lazily and
snapped at the lace upon her mistress'
sleeves.
"I could be happy forever with just one
girl!"
Robert kept on singing with
cruel unction as he stood back and
watched the folds of Old 1 Glory un
furl, as they blew out from the mast
head, catching the soft May breeze.
Then Clarissa could bear it no longer.
She buried her face in the couch cush
ions and found refuge in that relief
for all feminine woes—a good cry;
while Eifine, disturbed in her morning
nap, whined dismally.
Such an exasperating day as it
proved! There were bands and mili
tary companies, mid everywhere the
stars and stripes were flying. Grand
father was in bed, suffering from a
new ache in his wounded shoulder—a
memory of Antietam; and this fur
nished the girl a pretext for keeping
all the shutters closed and making
theirs the only dismal house along the
avenue as the parade went by. With
white face and set lips she hid behind
the blind, and sadly followed with
tearful eyes the erect figure of Capt.
Hale as lie rode past at the head of his
company.
"Oh, Eifine!" she murmured, sor
rowfully. "1 always knew that he
was proud. But at least he might
have glanced at the house, if not at
me!"
It was evening when she heard him
return. Black Don was proud,
though weary after the heat and con»
fusion of the day, and turned slowly
in between the high stone gate post«s
of the driveway—and then, well, Clar
issa never knew exactly how it hap
pened; but of a sudden tlier; was a
mad rush of a little white bundle of
silky hair from the porch, the de
fiant yaps and snarls of Fifine as
she snapped at the black horse's feet,
and Capt. Hale, caught off his guard,
had been thrown by the shying horse,
striking his head against the ( ruel
edge of the big stone post. That
was the last of which Clarissa was
conscious. Then, for the first time in
her 23 healthy years, she fainted.
That fact remains yet her own in
violable secret; for nobody remem
bered her during the excitement
which followed. After a time she
"came to,"and, athletic golf girl
that she was, felt properly ashamed
of her own weakness. Then it was
that she learned the worst. Malicious
Fifine had frightened Black Don, and
('apt Hale was ingloriously lyirg on
the library couch, with his right arm
in splints, and an ugly gash upon his
right temple.
"He must not die until he has for
given me!" Clarissa cried hysterically
to Aunt Frances, as she unceremo
niously bundled her willing relative
across the intervening driveway and
the ia'.vns to the Hale mansion, where
all was sorrow at the mWiap which
had followed the glorious beginning
of the day.
Clarissa expected reproaches from
Robert Hale's mother, but. instead she
received a tender kiss and a caress,
and the two elder women consider
ately remained in the reception hall,
while the penitent girl went half-re
luctant !y into the library, where, in
the subdued light, she discerned the
stricken hero propped up among sofa
pillows on the couch—it must be con
fessed more prone to be profane,
with all a strong man's impatience of
pain, than to feel complacent over
any hero-worship which might fall
to his lot.
But when lie recognized Clarissa—
ah, that was another story! And he
was craftily moved to magnify his
hurt, and to work upon her tender
sympathies, until—well, in a lovers'
quarrel the angle of reflection is al
ways equal to the angle of incidence.
In an incredibly short time that
wicked Robert had become surpris
ingly cheerful, especially since Clar
issa's face was somehow very near
his own, and his heart was melting
tr> feel her tears upon his cheek, and
she was softly calling him "dear,"
and whispering out her penitence.
He was amazed to hear her con
fess, sorrowfully: "I have been a
wicked and an unreasonable girl!
And to prove how repentant I am,
Robert, I am—just—going—to—make
—the supreme sacrifice for you!"
"Sweetheart! What?" he inquired
in wonder.
"I—am—going—to—give Eifine—
away! That is, when 1 can find a good
home for her, you know!"
('apt Hale laughed, but only men
tally.
"Not a bit of it, dearest!" he de
clared. "Why, I owe that little beast
an unbounded debt of gratitude! She's
brought about a victory bigger than
—than —(■ ell ysl >u rg, Clarissa!"
This was a mischievous thrust, but
the girl was too much in earnest to
notice or resent it.
"A victory won by force of arms—
or rather of an arm," the malicious
fellow continued, doing yeoman serv
ice with the uninjured member. "You
are mine, aren't you, you little
rebel?"
Her tears had suddenly ceased to
flow now, and she was smiling,
though somewhat pathetically, and
unlike the familiar, proud Clarissa.
"I suppose I must acknowledge my
self vanquished," she sighed, "as my
ancestors did! And that 1 must sur
render!" she added, with no par
ticular evidence of resentment or re
jret.
"Unconditional surrender?" he
questioned, half believing her admis
sion too good to be true.
"Unconditional surrender, Capt.
Hale!" she replied, submissively.—
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
HONOR THE HEROES.
It I* Fitting That Wo Should Cher
imh tho Memory of ThoMe Who
Died for Their Caune.
If Egypt built pyramids to honor
the memory of her tyrannical kings,
it is fitting that America should keep
green the memory of those who died
in defense of the liberty our ancestors
won by battling against a king. What
other nation has such good cause for
honoring its heroes as America?
We would have our children learn
the lesson of patriotism which comes
from the bivouac, the tedious march
nnd the battlefield. We would have
them emulate the self-sacrifice of
those men who so cheerfully left the
office, the shop, the counting-room or
the plow to show their loyalty by
fighting, if need be, dying, for their
country. Whether they fought be
neath the stars and stripes or beneath
the southern cross, they fought for
what they conceived to be the
right, and sealed their loyalty with
their blood.
The destinies of nations are shaped
by those who fight and die at their
country's call. History is written in
the blood of the brave and the true.
But the manhood of a nation is formed
by the hand that rocks the cradle. So
long as American mothers teach their
sons that the greatest possible priv
ilege and the highest honor is to fight
forcountry, its safety and its honor, so
long shall we have a nation in which
honor, chivalry, glory and patriotism
shall dominate. Would we check the
greed for wealth and power and stop
the mad career.>f a mammon worship,
let us encourage the cultivation of
high ideals and lofty ambitions. Let
us cherish the memory of our dead
heroes, and while we minister to the
necessities of the living let us not for
get the dead, but as each recurring
Memorial day rolls round let us scat
ter flowers above the sacred dust and
renew our tributes of admiration and
gratitude.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler, in
Detroit Free Press.
Ilonorlne tlie Soldier Dend.
The heroism of those whose graves
we decorate, whether they be "The
boys of '01" or the "Boys of '9S," is one
of the bright jewels in the diadem that
crowns the brow of American liberty.
It is part of the heritage of every child
born beneath our Hag. Therefore, in
honoring the men who died for the
flag we add to the inheritance of the
millions yet to come, for in giving tes
timony to the courage and loyalty of
the men who sleep in soldiers'graves,
we enhance the nation's glory and
render the name of American citizen
of still more priceless value.—Detroit
Free Press.
Kirst Observed Memorial Day.
Alabama was the first state to inau
gurate the annual custom of observ
ing a day as sacred to the memory of
their dead heroes. .
Life is a lamp flame before a wind.
SHALL WE REVISE THt CREED?
Debate on Tills t(uostlon Hr;ln« In
the Presbyterian (General Assembly.
Philadelphia, May 24. —With elo
quence borne of the solemn import
ance of the question, commissioners
to the Presbyterian general assembly
yesterday began the debate on the
revision of the confession of faith,
brilliant leaders of the church ad
vanced their views in a calm, dispas
sionate manner and the entire discus
sion was void of acrimony. With a
full realization of the great import
ance of the subject the assembly pro
ceeded to consider thoroughly every
detail of the proposed changes in the
creed.
Calvary church was not. large
enough to accommodate the throngs
who clamored for admission. Many
of the spectators did not leave the
church during the noon recess. Al
though frequently requested to
avoid demonstrations, the audience
repeatedly applauded the speakers.
Among the spectators were many
clergymen of other denominations.
The great question came before the
assembly with the reading of the re
port of the committee on revision by
Rev. Charles A. Dickey, chairman.
This was followed by the minority re
port read by Hev. William McKibben,
of Cincinnati.
A rule of the assembly gives chair
men the right to speak on their re
ports after they have been received,
hue before Mr. Dickey could secure
recognition Jtev. Dr. Samuel .1. Nich
ols moved fhe adoption of the first
recommendation in both reports.
Rev. James 1). Moffatt made a substi
tute motion to adopt the majority
report and an amendment was of
fered substituting the minority.
lie v. Dr. George I!. Maker presented
as amendment a resolution to the
effect that as the vote of the pres
byteries indicated a lack of unanim
ity, the entire subject be dismissed.
Dr. Dickey secured the floor on this
amendment and made a stirring ad
dress supporting the old confession.
Rev. Derrick Johnson and Rev.
Samuel J. Niccols aroused the un
bounded enthusiasm of the audience
by the brilliant presentations of the
revision faction's reasons for desir
ing a change.
Rev. George T. Purvis spoke against
revision, as did Rev. (icorge I). Baker.
There are 250 commissioners com
mitted to dismissal, but they have
expressed themselves as open to con
viction.
DOWIE IN HIDING.
A Notorious Cliieagoan and Two of
■lt* Followers are Itlimilu£ Held
Itesponslblo lor a Woman's Death.
Chicago.May 24.—The coroner's jury
which for two days has listened to
the evidence in the case of Mrs. Em
ma Jndd, wife of one of the men in
John Alexander Dowie's /ion, last
night returned a verdict holding
Dowie, H. W. Judd, husband of the
woman, Mrs. Sprecher and Mrs.
liratsch to await the action of the
grand jury.
The two women named in the ver
dict were in attendance upon Mrs.
Judd prior to her death. The charge
against them is "criminal responsibil
ity" for the death of Mrs. Judd. The
evidence given at the inquest by
some of the leading physicians of the
city, who had examined Mrs. Judd's
body after it had been exhumed, was
to the effect that the most simple
surgical care would have prevented
the woman's death. They testified
that she was allowed to die when the
slightest attempt to save her life
would have been successful.
Papers were at once made out and
officers sent to arrest Dowie, Judd
and the two women. When the offi
cers arrived at Zion, Dowie was not
to be found. Mrs. Bratsch was ar
rested in the building and was sent
to the county jail, but H. W. Judd
and Mrs. Sprecher were not found.
It was announced by the police that
the search would be kept up until
the three missing people shall be
taken into custody. It _ was the
opinion of the officers that Dowie had
gone into hiding for the night, know
ing that he would not be able to fur
nish bonds in time to prevent a night
in jail. It is expected that he will
appear to-day to give bail for his
three companions.
TOO MUCH RED TAPE.
Work of the Cuban ('ourls Is Delayed
-Cell. Wood's "Hurry I |>" Order.
Havana, May 24.—Gen. Wood yes
terday issued orders to the judges
and post office inspectors that all
.rases must immediately be brought
to trial, beginning not later than the
middle of June. The complicated
methods of Cuban courts, combined
with the red tape in the post office
department, has caused many cases
to drag on without a sign of their
ever coming to trial. It is estimat
ed that over $60,000 has already been
spent in securing testimony and
stenographers and translators have
work ahead for months to come.
Regarding th > case of E. (.. Ruth
bone, it is common talk among at
torneys and court officials that there
is not the least evidence against
him, and that Rathbone would have
been discharged long ago but for the
persistency with which inspectors are
bringing in new but unimportant tes
timony which the court must record
and translate. This nractice often
results in sending out additional in
terrogatories, which adds to the de
lay. The case of Rathbone is still in
the court of first instance, and while
it remains there the attorneys cannot
ask for a trial.
Tunnel Builders Strike.
New York, May 24.—One thousand
men employed on the Rapid Transit
tunnel went out on strike yesterday
and about 3,000 more will strike to
day. All underground work prac
tically will lie suspended except on
three.".actions in Broadway. Some
dirt shovelers and general workmen
may remain with the bosses, but all
the skilled mechanics in the sections
between the city hall and One Hun
d'.ed and Eighth street will strike.
Trouble is feared, as the sub-contrac
tors say they vviii employ non-union
me n. '
A SALUTARY LESSON.
Five Cadpld arc I>lHml»c<-d Croni We*.
I'oliit .Tlllitury Aodoniy und Mx
Kii>|>en<li'd, llmimr of Ituudylitm.
Washington, May 23,—The names
of the cadets who have been dismissed
from the military academy as the re
sult of recent disturbances there are
as follows: Henry L. Hoi by, John
A. Cleveland, Trangett F. Teller, Kay
inond A. Linton, Birchie O. Mahaffey.
All these cadets are of the second
class.
The following' cadets have been
(Man C. Ayleshire, lili
nois; Benjamin F. McClellan, Missis
sippi; James A. Shannon, Minnesota;
Charles Telford, Utah, all of the sec
ond class. Also Thomas N. Giinper
ling, Ohio, and Harry Hawley, Xew
York, of the thinl class. These ca
dets are suspended without pay until
April 1, 1902.
The following - is the report of Col.
Mills, superintendent of the military
academy, upon which was based the
action of the secretary of war dis
missing' the five cadets and suspend
ingl six others for u year. Col. Mills
says:
"1 have the honor to report that
on the evening of April 16, 1901, a
large number of cadets engaged in
an insubordinate demonstration di
rected at the superintendent of the
military academy. The demonstra
tion took place in the main sallyport
of the barracks; then in the area of
the barracks; on the plain north of
the barracks and finally in front of
the superintendent's quarters. It
consisted of cheers, ending with the
names of two recently punished ca
dets; several profane yells directed
at the superintendent, and the mov
ing of the gun from its accustomed
place to a position on the plain in
front of the superintendent's quar
ters, at the door of which the muzzle
was pointed.
"The pretext for this demonstration
was a punishment awarded Cadet
Robert I*. ltalston, second class, in
orders published at parade that even
ing. The actual cause, as established
by the testimony of cadets under
oath, taken by a board of
convened the following morning, and
which made a long investigation, was
the resentment of a group of insubor
dinate cadets of the second class at.
measures taken by the superintendent
to enforce the law forbidding hazing.
On March 27, 1901, Cadet Myron S.
tlrissy, second class, was punished
for ' bracing" fourth class men.
"The evidence taken before the
board shows that the group of cadets
referred to, resenting the above pun
ishments, engaged in secret meetings
In which the superintendent's action
was condemned, and ugly terms were
applied to him before other cadets.
"I have read all the evidence taken
by the board of investigation. It
shows that considerable yet has to
be accomplished to implant in cadets
the essentials of good discipline."
West Point, X. Y., May 2.1. —The five
cadets who were dismissed from the
military academy and those who
were suspended have all departed for
their respective homes. There is not
likely to be an uprising among the
cadets, as was anticipated from some
sources. There is a distinction be
tween dismissal and discharge from
the academy. When a cadet is dis
missed it is final and he can be rein
stated only by a special aet of con
gress. He also forfeits his travel
pay. In the case of a discharge a
•cadet may re-enter the academy by
a reappointment and the approval of
the academy board.
Xew York, May 23.—The five dis
missed West Point cadets came di
rectly to this city and last night gave
out the following signed statements:
"First —We are surprised at the>
severe punishment we have received
for what we have never considered a.
vry serious offense.
"Second—The manner in which we
were dismissed from our cherished
institution after years of labor was
more surprising to us.
"Third —We have not the slightest
knowledge of the evidence that has
been obtained against us, nor the
names of the witnesses, for we
have not had an open trial such as is
known to military custom. We would
not feel dissatisfied if it had been by
the decision of a court-martial."
A TRAGEDY AT ERIE, PA.
A Contractor Slioot» und Kill* a Tlan
—Trouble (irfn Out of" u Strike on
tlir Itocks.
Erie, Pa., May 23. —"Are you going
after fish for your scabs'.'" asked Wil
liam Harrington of Contractor John
Kane JII the hill leading down to the
Anchor line docks last night. Kane
says Harrington threatened him. At
all events, he pulled his gun and fired,
the bullet passing through Harring
ton's body. He died while being
taken to the hospital. There has been
trouble at the Anchor line docks ever
since the season opened, the Long
shoremen's union objecting to the
contract system and the men refusing
togo to work. A contract to supply
the labor for handling package
freight was let by the Anchor line to
John Kane and Frank P. Coyle.
Twice, gangs of 75 to 100 men were
brought here from Buffalo, but after
being interviewed by the longshore
men's pickets they declined togo to
work for Kane ifc Coyie, and their
fares were paid to their homes by
the freight handlers. The feeling
has grown more bitter every day and
last night, when Kane was taken to
the police station, a crowd of nearly
1,000 men surrounded the place. The
aspect was so threatening for the life
of the prisoner that the police trans
ferred him to the county jail. He is
charged with murder.
'•Toddj" < lirl»teii» a I'apooae.
Buffalo, X. V.. Alay 24.—The Pan-
American exposition was yesterday
visited by three distinguished men,
Vice President Koosevelt, Jules Caiu
bon, ambassador from France, and
Gov. Durbin, of Indiana. The vice
president and Gov. Durbin went to
the fair together. With them were
President John C. Milburn. They
went to the midway, saw the Hough
Itiders and a sham battle by the In
dians, and the vice president christ
ened an Indian baby that was born
in t.he camp about a week ago. Tha
papoose was named Paa-Anna Ett
tieed a.
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