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The Job department of the Ptutss la complete and affords facilities fur doing the best class of Work. PIKTICIIUIt ATTENTION PAID To LAW PItINTINU. No paper will be disenntinued until arrear ages are paid, except »t the option of the pub lisher. Paperß sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance. A recent remarkable illustration of the influence of railway transporta tion on commerce is given by the open ing of the western section of the Transsiberian railway. There were only 140 dairies in Siberia in IS9B, which produced for export about 5,- 000,000 pounds of butter. In 1902 there were 2,500 dairies, producing up ward of 90,000,000 pounds. William Smith, one of the oldest soldiers in the United States, died at his home in Communipaw avenue, Ho boken. He had been in the army over 50 years, serving in the Florida war, the Creek war In Georgia, the Mexi can and the civil war. For several years he had been blind, but in ot'ier respects his health was good until a few days before his death. The number of Europeans who speak English has doubled in a cen tury, so that 27 per cent, of the popu lation of Europe is English-speaking. There are far more English-speaking people outside England—riu the Unit ed States, Canada and Australia — than in England; and now that Eng lish has been made compulsory in In dia, about 300,000,000 have been, ejr are in process of being, added. An important change is the great Improvement in the flashlight from Lizard Point, which was putin oper ation the other day. As all American travelers know, the Lizard light is the first they see from the ship in ap proaching the English coast. For more than 150 years the familiar double lights have been shown from this promontory, but henceforth only one electric light will irradiate the eea. The light exhibits a flash every five seconds. Rosy-cheeked girls as emissaries to educate the people of the southwest to the use of beet sugar instead of cane is the scheme of Henry T. Ox nard, lie California ;-%gar king, and he started a dozen of them out tlu other day. In Southern California, the heart of the beet sugar industry, a thousand pounds of the cane product to a hundred of the beet is used, and Air. Oxnard proposes by his unique plan to change radically this state of affairs. A house-to-house canvass w"ill be made. Parisians have become tired of tho Eiffel tower, once their pride and the grand attraction of the exposition of 1889, and are clamoring for its re moval. Experts have been called upon to say how long the tower, if left to Itself, will stand, and, with the usual diversity of opinion that characterizes experts In all lines, they fix the time at from 50 to 200 hundred years. In order to gain time anel (juiet clamor upon the matter the authorities have extended the concession ejf the com pany that owns it ten years. Decidedly queer objects have le,l London "hired girls" to rob thei? mistresses of late, the quaintest being that of a damsel of 18, who stole $2.50 in order to get a Bible. The girl had "gone in"for the Bible, which was an especially luxurious one, is sued by a Ixindon publisher on the in stallment plan. She was to pay $2.50 a month and hael done so twice. When the time came to pay the thlrel Installment, however, the slavey founel herself short, so, rather then lose the Book of Holy Writ, she stale half of a sovereign out of her mistress' desk. Public patience was rewarded the other day by the death mask of the late President McKinley being placed on exhibition at the National muse um, Washington. For over a year hundreds of inquiries daily have been made of the men in charge of the hall of American history, where the relics of other presidents repose, for some memento of President McKinley. The mask was taken off President McKin ley at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, September 15, by E. L. A. Pausch at the home of John Milburn. It was finished in Buffalo. One of the most picturesque char acters in Europe is the Countess Schimmelmann, of Denmark. She de votes her life to missionary work. For eight years she has traveled extensive ly in heathen lands. She sold nearly all her property and with the proceeds bought the Pigeon, a vessel with which she visited 57 cities in 15 coun tries, preaching the gospel to sailors and the poor. She has founded relig ious journals in England and America. A Cernian publisher gave her 50,000 marks for her memoirs. She is not on ucod terms with her relatives. ALLISON FOR THE TARIFF. lunn Sennlor Dri'lnrm Tlint I'rnlcp. ti - ** Cannot II«- 4*linrK'<Ml nlth l'uaieriui; TruaU. At Clinton, la., October 10, Senator William li. Allison spoke upon the tariff and tr is-a, arguing strongly In support of high tariff taxes and declaring the same to be irresponsible for trust evils. The senator said: "It la conceded that the protection pol icy Is tl.i- bn?!s of w Mat an- known as trust combinations In our country, und that If these are to be crippled or destroyed the most effective weapon is free trade In trust made jiooils—that Is to say, that goods pro duced in other countries of character and quality similar to those produced by a trust in this country shall be placed on tho free list. The offer-* of this, of course, would lie to place all xoods of this charac ter imported on the five list, whether com petitive goods were made by a trust com bination or by Independent factories com peting with the trust, thus allowing world wide competition in this class of goods. "The plan is impossible of execution even I if otherwise effective, ns l! would lead to i endless contests and ccnlllcts on the <iues | tion of what are trust-made goods and \ what are goods of like character produced hero and also produced abroad. Tariff ,\ot the fnuse. "The basis of this proposal is a false one. The tariff Is no; the foundation of | these combinations, nor does it promote • them In any material degree. Whatever ; their origin, it cannot be tound In our tar : Iff laws. If It w< re so found then these | combinations would be confined to those manufacturers benefited by the tariff. Hut | it so happens that many of these combina tions, and the largest of them, have no re j lation whatever to the tariff, but have | grown up without tariff protection, a«d wholly outside ot It. j "The Standard Of trust Is a conspicuous example of this. There is not now and l never has be-i 11 any duly on Its product. 1 It Is laid there- is a beef combination that is able to control prices and limit pro duction because of th< tariff. There Is a ; duty upon live cattle Imported. The repeal of this duty would help rather than injure ; this combination. ! "Trusts or combinations In our country have largely Increased within the laft few years, not because of our tariff policy, but rather because they are part of the eco nomic evolution taking place in the world's I production. They > xl.st in all countries having protective tariffs, and they exi-| as well ill free trade England. Many evils have resulted from them, but these evils cannot be traced to our tariff policy nor are they confined tei our country. They are teen 011 the continent and in Great Britain as well. "Effective control of trusts must be had through national and utate regulation in cooperation. Our greatest lawyer* believe the > can be- so The laws upon our federal statute books providing a na tional control have been placed there by the republican party, including the . ffective statute passed by the last congress. "It is said that our currency system is defective in the respect that it does not have that elasticity in volume required bv the commercial activities of our country at various seasons and periods of the year. This is measurably true, but there Is elas ticity arising from the character of our gold circulation, as. if more- money is needed or 'he transaction of business, gold flows in: if !es» money is required, and gold is mor" valuable elsewhere. It flows out And experience- shows that national banks ex pand their circulation, though net largely, to meet the varying wants of currency cir culation and our credit money, through bank deposits, gives elasticity to that class of circulating money or credit. "This subject may be considered by the congress soon to convene, but I am sure that no change will receive the sanction of a republican congress that will so revo lutionize our sy stem as to deprive the gov ernment itself of the substantial control that it now has and exercises over brink circulation as well as over other forms of paper ijione*. nor will any modification be made that will not provide absolute se curity of the notes Issued by or under the authority of the government anel their con vertibility at the will of the holder into toid." FACTS ABOUT WAGES. Avern«:e Mnt*li Higher l it«l*r ri'-iec tion in America Tlmn in Free Trade lOurups. The statement in the recent British blue book showing that English ex ports to the United States declined from $145,000,000 in 1890 to $97,500,000 in 1802, is nejt the chief tribute which is paid te> the value oi' the policy cf protec- j tion. Nor is the most, significant evi- ' dence of the failure of free trade found j in the statement that the imports from j the United States have increased from $485,000,000 to $035,000,000 during the same period. The increase of this country's ex ports. in the face of the decline in Brit- ! ish exports, is truly marvelous, says the Cleveland Leader. What the blue book has to say about wages is, however, the thing of most vital interest. "The aver- • age level of wages in the United States," I it is declared, "is one and one-twelfth I times greater than in the United King dom. while in Germany wages are only two-thirds and in France three-fourths of the aversge prevailing in the United Kingdom. The percentage of family in comes is, furthermore, estimated at 100 per cent, in England, 123 per cent in the United States. 83 per cent, in France, and 69 per cent, in Germany." Would anybody in this country will ingly advocate or favor a change Th the policy which has brought about such a condition of affairs in the United States? Thoughtless politicians often appeal to the voters to destroy the sys tem of protection and to adopt free trade in its stead. But the people of the United States have followed the ad vice. "Let well enough alone," in the past, and they are likely to favor no change in the direction of free trade in the fiscal policy of the United States government. The cable dispatches are teaching the peopie of the United States a valuable lesson these days. Ilryiin May Bolt. That, little effort reported at Lin coln to draw Mr. Bryan out on the sub ject of bolting will probably fail. He knows a thing or two about polities, and altogether too much to commit himself at this time. He may bolt- There are many who believe, and some who openly predict, that he will. But as yet Mr. Bryan is making his last fight within his party, and even the most guarded threat by him of an in tention not to abide by the decision of tiie AC.:--sal convention if antagonis tic to his w'ows would injure him very inateriaJly. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903. LIKELY DEMOCRATS. Name* Melnu Mentioned for the Kirn! I'lace on th«- National Ticket. It is stated that, after all, the demo crats of Massachusetts at their coming state convention will not indorse Rich ard Olney for the presidency. Many of hia admirers desire such aotion, and haveorgani/.edijuiteasentiment in favor of it, hut the weight of opinion is against it. The Boston Herald regrets the deci sion, and gives some excellent reason? why Mr. Olney should thus be compli mented by his party friends. Mr. Ol ney's attitude in the case is not indi cated. He may not care for that sort of thing. He is not a politician, and the ways of politicians may not always be acceptable to him, says the Washington Star. There will be, then, this year no name formally presented for the democracy's great prize. The <( ;mocratsof New York hold no state convention, and hence the question as to whether Mr. Hill wants instructions for himself, or is willing that Judge Parker shall receive them, remains undecided. Neither will there be occasion for the democrats of New | Jersey to express themselves as to Mr. i Cleveland. Mr. Gorman could easily ! have secured instructions for himself in I Maryland, but evidently thought it host ! not to introduce that issue into the state ! campaign. In Ohio Tom Johnson got | everything lie wanted, but as he was up j for gubernatorial honors, he could not, of course, ask for presidential instruc i lions also. i Nevertheless, the country is not left I in the dark on this subject. The names ! of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Olney, Mr. Gor man, Mr. Hill and Judge Parker will continue to figure in the presidential J speculation, and democrats here and ; there will carefully study their strong points. They possess strong points. Judge Parker is little known, but. he is well vouched for. The others are men ! of experience, and have made their m,irk in large affairs. Two of them, Mr. Hill | and Mr. Gorman, aie organizers and i strategists of high order, and the nom j ination of either one would insure a con | test of very great interest. The candi date would in large measure direct his I own campaign, and that would mean | strenuosity after Mr. Roosevelt's own j pattern. But it may be a n#w man. So much i fighting has disturbed the democratic 1 household in the past ten years, and par | ticularly in the past seven, that every j prominent member of it has been more |or less disfigured. Ii may he necessary 1 to promote somf private from the ranks | in order to present an attractive appear ance to the public. SHAW TO HANNA'S AID. Secretary of (he Trcnmiry Make* Tell ing; Argument In Favor of the Tariff. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treas ury, entered the battle for the protective tariff in Ohio at Akron, citing the Cham berlain struggle in England as proof that the United States could not prosper under free trade. He used sarcasm and argument in his efforts to aid Senator ilanna and to show that the democratic position was wrong. It was the opening of the republican campaign for the state ticket, and inci dentally for the reelection of Senator Hanna, in that county, Mr. Shaw making his maiden speech in the contest, in the course of which he said: "One of the most important problems before the American people is that of markets. In this all parties agree. Hut, while the parties agree upon the impor tance of the ultimate act, they do not agree upon the methods to he pursued in the accomplishment of the desired end. "The plan proposed by the minority party is to throw our commercial doors wide open for the free importation of the products of foreign labor. "The logic of the opinion is, if we give away what we have we will then have an abundance. England has had free goods for half a century, but she has never had free trade. She has run against the tariff at the entrance of every country she has attempted to invade, and now her colonies, having become vigorous, are begging to duties upon her products, and Mr. Chamberlain resigns his position in the cabinet and at the time of life when most men are about to retire to the quiet of their homes, goes out to make the fight of his life in behalf of protection. There is great difference between free trade goods from foreign countries and free trade in foreign countries." rrTh? republican party admits that, controlling the administration, it Is j charged with probing the postal scan- i dais and doing its utmost to punish the ! guilty. It does not plead the baby act and try to shift the duty on the minor ity in the Missouri ringster style.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CT'Mr. Bryan's wealth of $250,000 is a standing rebuke to Tom Johnson, for the Peerless Orator pays his taxes on it like a man. Likawise—and like Clarke—Billy doesn't hoard it up in 'stoen to one dollars.—Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune. to think that Col. Bryan's son-in-law comes not only from New port, but does not believe in the sa cred ratio!—Des Moines Register and Leader. tcrPerhaps Mr. Bryan hopes to save enough money to enable him to »peak from experience in denouncing mil lionaires, as Mr. Tom Johnson does.— Washington Star. CSays Premier Balfour: "The de velopments of the last century have made free traoe an empty name and a vain force." What does Mr. Sullivan say fo Uwt?— Des Moin«* Register snd Leader, LANI) CI!ANT RING. Said to Include Some State 01- lici.ils in the West. An Kilenalvn 4'oimplracy I'lieartlied— Xhoiiaand* ol Acre* ol tin- I'nhltc It'iiiiain Have Keen Secured by tile Sclicmcr* at a Nominal I'rlce. Portland, Ore., Oct. 22.—The Ore gonian says the government lias un earthed a stupendous land grant "graft" ring that has been carrying on a business on every well timbered area on the Pacific coast. The ring has not only acquired land by "dum mies" and other fraudulent means; it has debauched state land officials, ! making them hirelings or partners; it j lias maintained in the general land ! office at Washington agents, whose duties were to "leak information i about proposed reserves and other | profitable matter; and by use of j money has influenced the placing of reserve boundaries to its own inter ests." The central figures of this con j spiraey are said to be in San Frun ; cisco. Washington, Oct. 22.—0n1y general I confirmation can be secured here of I the report of extensive fraudulent j practices in the securing of public i lands on the Pacific coast. The in terior department officials have been convinced for over a year that thore were various combinations of specula- I tors seeking control of public lands ' for their own purposes, and recently a number of special agentc have been working in the field to secure evi dence of the frauds. Assistant At ! torney I'ugh, of Ihe office of the as i distant attorney geenral for the in terior department, was sent to the coast to assist with his legal knowl ! edge. A great, number of land entries in all three of the coast states have ! been held up for investigation, but so far no test ease has been brought. The methods of the speculators are | varied, but the most common pro : ceeding is to secure patented lands j within forest reservations and then exchange them for more valuable j lands on the outside. Persons living on the western slope have charged that some forest reservations have ; been created with this end in view, the landholders within them being responsible for creating the senti- I nient which led to their establish ment. This charge is among those now being investigated. Many entries of land under the timber and stone act. are regarded with suspicion, the officials believing ! that the entry men have taken the lands for speculative purposes rather than for "their own use and benefit," as the law requires, ft is generally believed that many thousands of J acres of the public domain have thus fallen into the hands of speculators. I and charges of conspiracy are freely ! made, yet so far no definite effort at j prosecution lias been undertaken. I A common plan of operation 011 the 1 part of the speculators is to buy state J lands inclosed in areas which are ! liable to become parts of forest reser j vations. These, it is said, they often secure for one or two dollars an acre, whereas when the reservations are j created the value is increased to $5 or $6 per acre. Gov. Chamberlain, of j Oregon, is now in Washington confer ring with the secretary of the inter • ior concerning these land transfers. He claims that the state has lost a | considerable sum in this way and is I endeavoring to secure a settlement 1 which will reimburse the state. DEATH WON. A Foolhall I»lajer IMe« Itu rl ti;j a t on test oil tlie Gridiron. Annapolis, Md., Oct. 22.—1n the game yesterday between the Navy and Baltimore Medical College death won in the last five minutes of the ! first half. Robert E. Lewin, of Plain | field, N. 11., second year classman of the Baltimore Medical College, was killed in the fierce struggle between I the opposing teams. The tragedy was unexpected and came like a thunderbolt to the 2,000 or more spectators who had gathered to witness the game. The opposing i teams had swayed back and forth ; over the field, as two evenly balanced giants as ever met on the girdiron. Navy by hard line bucking had pushed the ball to within ten yards of the visitors' goal when the latter by herculean efforts hurled the mid shipmen back. The medics made trains j of three and five yards and had just lined up for another effort, when Lewin, right guard for the Balti inoreans, fell to the ground. His limbs immediately became rigid, lie j was carried from the field and five minutes later was pronounced dead j by the attending physician. The j cause of death is given out as cardiac ' syncope. Hr.van Will Not Accept tlie Heqtieal. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 22 —As a I climax of yesterday's hearing 011 the ! application for the probating of the j will of the late I'hilo S. Bennett, ac- j companying which was a sealed letter j which William J. Bryan testified *as j a request tuat he accept $50,000, Judge ! Stoddard, who represents Mrs. Ben nett, declared that if Mr. Bryan iu- i sisted upon receiving the fund she j would contest the will. Mr. Bryan in ! reply said that not one cent of tlie money would he allow either his wife ' or his children to receive unless Mrs. ! Bennett were willing, lie, however, | did intend to ask the court to decide j the validity of the bequest, so that' in case it was declared legal he could j distribute the money among educa-' tioual ami charitable institutions. ICxptonlon Camed Four Death*. Elkins, W. Ya., Oct. 22.—Four per- ! sons were killed and several others) hurt by tlie explosion of the boiler of a West Virginia Central railroad I freight locomotive in the yards here, j The dead: William 11. Little, en- | gineer. Henry L. C'ollett. fireman, j J. T. Harper, machinist. Mrs. Kate ' Babbett. John Dougherty, a brake- j man, and an unknown Italian were ' perhaps fatally injured. Mrs. Bab bett was in her home 500 feet from the scene of the explosion. A piece of flying iron struck her. The bodies of the dead workmen were hurled man; feet SHIPBUILDING CASE. To Save tlie Combine, Mum lixllllri, Sell wall Would >iot Allow uu j|HhrN%* incut to lie Hailc Ki'liw»b<» llrfrixr. New York, Ort. 23. —Lewis Nixon oc cupied tin* witness chair again yester day at the h< iring before an exam iner of the United States Shipbuild ing ease and gave much valuable tes timony covering the finances and gen eral affairs of the corporation. He testified that he had opposed the Sheldon reorganization plan and had as a counter proposition urged that the stock be assessed in order to raiso the amount necessary to save the combination from default and bank ruptcy. His plan of assessment was opposed by Charles M. Schwab, hold er at that time of $20,000,000 of the stock, who, according to Mr. Nixon, declared that the stockholders would not pay the assessment. Mr. Schwab, so Mr. Nixon swore, de clined to put up any more money un less the liethlehem bonds were given preference as a lien upon the ship building plants to the first mortgage bonds. Mr. Nixon's testimony also de veloped the fact that there was a wide discrepancy as to estimated earnings in letters written by Treas urer Gary to members of the reor ganization committee and Samuel Un termyer, counsel for the bondholders, asked if it did not show lliat, there had been an attempt to minimize the value of the shipyards and magnify the value of the Bethlehem plant, but the witness would not say so. New York, Oct. 24. —The nature of the defense which ('. M. Schwab will make against the charges that have been made against him in connection I with the financial affairs of the wrecked I'nited States Shipbuilding (o. was sharply outlined yesterday during the latter part of the hearing before Examiner Oliphant. Lewis Nixon was still on the stand and, un der cross-examination by W. I). Guth rie, counsel for Mr. Schwab, there was an effort to show that the corpor ation would not have succeeded if the $-.000,000 promised under the Sheldon plan of reorganization had been made available, and that it could not have continued its existence even if it had received the much sought for $900,000 which it is alleged was wrongfully withheld by the Bethlehem Co. The mystery surrounding the pur pose and destination of the check for $250,000 which has figured in the in vestigation of the affairs of the I nited States Shipbuilding Co. was partially explained Friday by a for mer official of the Trust Company of tile Itcpublic. He said that the check was drawn to cover a payment 011 one of the shipyard properties and that after it had been made out it was found necessary to cut the sum into a couple of smaller checks, it was one of a series of numbered eh ks and rather than destroy it, it \v. put through the bank by the trust jm pany itself. The money called foi by the check was not withdrawn from the bank. AN ARMY OF IMMIGRANTS. C'ommlftftloiier ticiieml Sar^eiit 1 ! lie, port Sliow« tlittt Foreigners Landed on Our Shore* During (lie Pant Year, Washington. Oct. 24.—The annual report of Commissioner General Frank I'. Sargent, of the bureau of immigration, shows a large increase of steerage immigration over that of tiie preceding year, the aggregate for the fiscal year of 1003 being 557.040. an excess over that of last year of 208,3011, or 32 per cent. The statistics show an increase in immigration from all foreign sources, suggesting as the chief cause of the influx of aliens into the I'nited States during the year the inducements offered to settlers here, rather than any special causes of dis content in their own countries. Of the total steerage immigration, there came from Europe 814,507, from Asia 29,5)ti(i. and from all other sources 12,573. If these figures are added to those representing the total arrivals of alien cabin passengers, (14,269, tin? result will show that the total immi gration of aliens to the United States during the year aggregated 921,315, or 105,043 more than the greatest nuin- 1 ber heretofore reported for anv one year. The greatest number of inuni- ! grants, 230,622, came from Italy, an increase of 52,247 over last year; ! while Austria-Hungary furnished | 206,011, au increase of 34.022; Russia, j 136.093, an increase of 28,746; Ger- j many, 40.086, an increase of 11,782; { Sweden. 4(5,028, an increase of 15,134; I Ireland. 35,310, an increase of 6.172; and England 26.21'.), nn increase of 12,- j 644. Of the Oriental countries Japan | was foremost with 19,968, an increase of 5,698; while China contributed 2,- | ~'.i, an increase of 560 over last year, j Of the total number of steerage j aliens 613,146 were males and 243,900 j were females. There were of these 3,341 who could read, but could not j write, and 185,667 who could neither read nor write, leaving a balance able j both to read and to write of 668,038. j The total amount of money brought j by them into the United States was j $16,117,513. Exclusive of tlio&e denied admission i at the land boundaries of the United j States. 8.769 alien immigrants were | rejected for various causes, the num- ! ber of rejections being nearly double those of the preceding year. Of these 5,812 were paupers and 1,351 were contract laborers. The commissioner refers to the grave danger to the country found in the colonizing of alien communities in our great cities. "Such colonics," says he. "are a menace to the people and the social, moral anil political se curity of the country." IleelHlon In a Funiaiio 'lining Suit, Butte, Mont., Oct. 23.—Judge Clancy, in the district court here Thursday, decided the famous Minnie 1-lealey mining suit in f&.vor of Augus tus Heinze, whose claims to the mine have been oppostvl by the Boston and i Montana Mining Co., one of the Ainal- j gamated copper corporations. The | value of the mine is $10,000,000. The j case previously was decided in favor of Heinze by Judge Harney, of ButtiS, ' but was sent back by the supreme I court for trial. Judge Clancy's tie- | eision is not regarded as final. The j case, it is said, will be fought through the highest courts in the land IIOXOKS WERE EVEN Aii Exciting Pitched Battle Oc curred at Fort Riley. A lmo»t Likn Benl War A Battery W»* ruptured wltli 11 Itiiali by (HValry, but Soon Afler Be taken by a Brilliant Ne (jro Infaiilry < liarjjc. Fort Riley, Kan., Oct. 24.—There was a pitched battle Friday seven miles northeast of the maneuver cam;) and it came about as close to tne real thing as Is possible with blank cartridges. It was good to look upon, better to be 111 and full of in fantry dash and the touch and goof cavalry work. The llrowns, under (Jen. Barry, represented a force advancing from the north. The Hlues, under Gen. Hell, having been pushed out on a reeonnoisance were attacked at once J by the I'rowns and the resultant Tnix j up eoiy'rituted a "contact of opposing j force/ of all arms." (Jen. Harry's | forcr which marched out Thursday j evening and endured a chilly bivouac, j was forbidden by the conditions of I the problem to march forward before j l(i:2U a. in. Gen. Hell left his camp |at ?:.50 a. m.and by the. time (Jen. I Harry was privileged to start was slose upon him and ready for opera ! tions. As soon as the I'rowns moved out 1 Col. Duncan, leading the Sixth infan try, the advance of Gen. Bell's force, charged home on their left flank, roll ing it up and driving it back toward | the center. Two troops of cavalry ' were quickly put out of action by Col. Duncan, who then swung in close up jan the rear of the I'rowns and cap tured their entire baggage train. So far the battle was all for the Hlues, but (Jen. Harry's turn was coming, ind his right came down on the Hlue I left 111 a fashion to make the latter gentlemen wonder why they had ever j gone into the war business. I While his infantry poured in a ! heavy tire from the ridges, a squadron af the Tenth cavalry moved up a ra vine close to the left of Gen. Hell's 1 position and then, climbing a hill and peering over the crest ('apt. Johnson beheld Gen. Hell and his entire staff riding but a short distance away. : Lien. Harry, who was close up, order ed ('apt. Johnson to charge and cap ture (ten. Hell, and if possible the j Twentieth Held battery, which was just in front. Johnson ordered the charge and in an instant he and his colored troopers were over the sum ! Mit of the battery. The guns turned loose for a few shots that would have laid out many of Johnson's men and then it was all over. On a dead run ('apt. Johnson with his troopers j was in among the guns, and the bat : tery was captured. Without halting after dashing through the battery (apt. Johnson tore on after (Jen. Bell, but here he failed and lost his life for the day. I Between him and the prize he sought j was a rank of men of the same color ! lis his own, the boys of the Twenty lit tli infantry. Just as Johnson seem ed to be swinging in 011 his prize, a line of dark faces rose in front and volley after volley was poured almost into him and his men. The Twenty-fifth then rushed for ward to a counter charge, recaptur ing the battery and then, coining down 011 the fur side of the crest, they j carried at the point of the bayonet the Nineteenth battery of Gen. Har ry's force that had just come up. The guns were wheeled like lightning on the Twenty-fifth, but the colored men with loud cheers and firing with won derful rapidity, charged along the hill and there was nothing that could j stop them. The battery was theirs and they held it. While this charge | was taking place Col. Lincoln's Fifty first lowa, which is in all things high ly praised by the military critic, came forward 011 a ridge parallel to that along which the Twenty-fifth was charging and became hotly engaged with the support of the battery that had been taken by the Twenty-fifth. There is a grim earnestness in the fighting of the lowa regiment that makes it an important factor no mat ter what the opponent pitted against it. They came plunging down the hill, crossed a ravine and ascended the hill on the farther side just in time to meet an attack that Gen. Harry was sending in upon the Blue center. It was hot enough for anybody and the lowa boys were given all they could do. A part of the Twenty-fifth came out to aid them, but Gen. Harry had the preponderance of force and made a vicious battle. lowa was soon overmatched, al though she still hung 011 and the Ne braska and Missouri regiments sent up aid. Gen Harry was not to be de nied. however, and liis men came on steadily, pouring in a fearful file iire tuat would have been woefully de structive of life in an actual fight. The fight was at its hottest and the men were pressing closer when Col. Wagner, the senior umpire, sounded the recall and the battle closed. A Baltic lu a Tunnel, Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 24. —One man is dead, one is dying and three others seriously wounded as the result of a clash between officers and a mob of angry negro laborers and foreigners at Flushing. O. The battle took place in the tunnel of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Flushing, shortly after 10 o'clock last night, u'he dead: John G. Elliott marshal of Flushing. Fa tally wounded: William Smith, col ored, shot through head. Seriously wounded: I'd. Smith, Frank Williams, Edward Young, all colored. Three of the gang are surrounded in a cabin by a posse of citizens. Both (iavo if 1,000 Rail. Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 24.—Arthur Carpenter and Fred Avery, the two New York Central trainmen who were arrested at Albany on the charge of assault ing Express Messenger Thomas W. Wallace on the Montreal express near this city with the intention of robbing the express safe, were ar raigned here Friday. The men plead ed not guilty and the case was ad journed till November 5. Hotli were admitted to bail in the sum of SI,OOO. developments indicate that the attack was the result of a personal quarrel between Wallace and Avery.
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