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Happenings of the Week in. the Capitol Building and Throughout the State Reported for
Our Readers in Fulton County and Elsewhere.
OLD DOBBIN" TO
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Sanitation and Germ Wave Ex
tended to the Horse.
PROF. FERNOLDTOGOABROAD
(Harrlsburg Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg. The sanitation and
germ wave lias been extended to the
bona kingdom and according to the
latest decree from the State Live Stock
6anltary Board and the Women's So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, "Old Dobbin" will be obliged
this summer to carry bis drinking
backet with him or run the rlHk of
not quenching his thirst at public
drinking fountains. The animal wel
fare experts are opposed to the com
mon drinking bucket for the tame rea
son which led to the abolition of the
common drlklng cup, the common
towel, etc. Unless thcrs Is a sudden
rush Into the bucket market It might
prove a case of "water, water every
where, but not a drop to drink," for
the water committee of the cruelty
society has decided to remove the
buckets from their watering stations.
Rome of the public drinking fountains
for horses which were clogged with
dirt are also receiving a thorough
cleansing.
Building Trades Council.
The Building Trades Council of
Pennsylvania closed Its convention
here by adopting resolutions asking
the next Legislature to pass a work
men's compensation act, condemning
the action of the Colorado State mi
litia in the coal strike and requesting
President Wilson to use his good of
fices toward rellevlpg the situation.
These officers were chosen: Presi
dent, Leonard Kraft, Philadelphia;
vice-president. D. S. Lelghty, Beaver;
R. P. Idall. New Brighton; M. J. Mc
Dermott, Philadelphia; Edward Mc
Mahon, Philadelphia, and Joseph
Walsh, Erie; secretary and treasurer,
Edward F. Walsh, Pittsburgh. Scran
ton was selected for the next place
of meeting.
Ready For The Call.
State officials are awaiting develop
ments In the Mexican situation which
might necessitate calling out the Na
tional Guard. Activity Is displayed at
the State arsenal and about the Capti
tol. Numerous letters have been sent
to commanders giving advice on mat
ters, and Adjutant General Stewart
studied the provisions of the new vol
unteer bill, while attaches of his office
prepared forms which would be re
quired In case of entry Into the Fed
eral service and consequent transfer
of equipment. Colonel Harry C. Tex
ler, quartermaster general of the Na
tional Guard, conferred with General
Stewart. The Pennsylvania Railroad
liegan assembling passengner cars and
one hundred are on siding here ready
to be sent to any point. At the State
arsenal tents and camp equipage is
ready to move at a moment's notice.
Fernald To Go Abroad.
Professor Robert H. Fernald, of the
engineering department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, was commis
sioned by Secretary of the Interior
Lane to study Improvements In the
utilization of low-grade fuels In Eng
land, France, Germany, Belgium,
Spain, Italy, Sweden and Russia as
consulting engineer to the Bureau of
Mines. The work awaits an appropria
tion from Congress. The purpose Is
to have Professor Fernald see how the
European countries make use of low-
ratio fuels and how they utilize by
products of those fuels. The scarcity
of anthracite and bituminous coal In
these, countries has necesfltated the
using of brown coal similar to lignite
and peat with most successful results.
Trofessor Fernald succeeded Dr. Henry
W. Spangler as professor of engineer
ing at the University of Pennsylvania
two years ago. Previous to that he
was assistant professor In the Case
School of Applied Sciences at Cleve
land, and from 1902 to 1T07 was pro
fessor of mechanical engineering In
Washington University.
The congregation of the Church of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at Little
Itnly, Is erecting a $2,000 parsonage
adjoining the church. Rev. Louis La
belles Is the pastor.
The proposition of the Industrial
Commission to have Council bond the
borough of Bethlehem for the perman
ent Improvement of streets was turned
down by the Councllmen.
The old Bangor State quarry, one
of the oldest In that vicinity, closed
for an Indefinite period, throwing Idle
a large number of men. The closing
Is due to the approaching expiration
of a lease.
INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL
Now Jersey factories employ more
than 823,000 workers.
In 1913 American libraries received
gifts aggregating $4,500,000 in cash.
The railroads of this country will
collect about 110,000,000 this year be
cause of the extra business resulting
from the parcel poBt.
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TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Little Girl Falls Down a Thirty-Five-Foot
Well and is Rescued Jack
Swelgert Prevents Jail Deliv
ery at Bloomsburg.
Seven persons received diplomas at
the high school at Quarryville.
Elmer Krah, fourteen years old, frac
tured his skull when he Jumped off a
trolley car at Centralla.
At the commencement exercises of
the high school at Uillsburg eight per
sons were graduated.
John W. Heller has been elected
president of the Slatlngton Hose Com
pany. Chester Jlouck, of Chester, Is a gun
ner on the scout crulHer Chester, which
took part In the capture of Vera Cruz.
While playing near the Lakawanna
River at Honesdale several boys
found the body of an Infant with a
strap about Its neck.
The box attached to a telephone In
a booth at the Washington Hotel,
Chester, was rilled by a sneak thief,
who obtained about twelve dollars.
Mary, little daughter of Thomas
Fisher, a farmer of Stiltz, York coun
ty, fell down a thirty-five-foot well and
was- rescued with difficulty by her fa
ther. A district convention of the Knights
of the Golden Eagle, of Northampton
County, was held In Center Valley,
with President Herbert Ciess In
charge.
Professor Harold Barnes addressed
the Parent-Teachers' Association of
the Franklin Grammar School on "The
Success of the Public Schools and the
Failure of the Community."
Thomas E. Slattery, of White Haven,
former superintendent of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, was
sentenced to four years at hard labor
In the county Jail for embezzlement.
Game Warden James Geary, of Slat
lngton, with Game Warden William
Aneman, of Scranton, have arrested
several persons charged with violating
game laws.
Washington Camp, No. 817, V. O. S.
A., of West Chester, has elected these
officers: Master of Forms, John E.
Howe, Sr., trustee, James Day, and
Archie J. Battln.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Daniel P. Desmond, a past
exalted ruler of the Chester Ixtdge of
Flks, and Mrs. Margaret Schlvert, of
Hanover.
Trof. W. A. Kreider, for the last
three years principal of the Birdsboro
schools, wbb elected principal of the
Darby, Delaware County, schools on a
contract for four years.
County Agriculturist Charles S.
Adams formed a corn club at Bethel
with seven girls and two boys, from
twelve to eighteen years old, as charter
members.
Mrs. Esther Lonn celebrated her
eighty-ninth birthday anniversary at
Shamokln. She la the oldest resident.
She came from England In 1830 and
settled here with her husband when
the site of the town was a wilderness.
Frank Dewsnap put four turtle eggs
In his hunting coat pocket while on a
gunning trip several months ago.
When he again put on the coat recent
ly he found four little turtles which
had been hatched from the eggs.
Members of the Eighteenth Regi
ment, P. O. S. of A. Reserves, In the
convention at Lansford. passed a res
olution pledging the service of the
1,500 members If volunteers are need
ed In Mexico.
Jack Swelgert, an attendant at the
Columbia County Jail, prevented a
lall delivery at Bloomsburg when he
found two prisoners sawing the bars
In the Jnil bathroom. He waited until
they were locked in their cells, and
then forced them to surrender their
saw.
The West Chester school board has
appointed the following new teachers:
Carroll Edgar, of Baltimore, manual
training department; Elizabeth M.
Hause, of West Chester, high school
assistant; Sara Anderson, assistant in
the colored school; Violet Findlay,
Blddle Street school.
The Jury In a damage case betweon
two farmers, Charles George and O. P.
Kern, of Lower Towamenslng Town
ship, Carbon county, rendered a ver
dict In favor of Mr. George, the plain
tiff, giving him five dollars damages.
The trial took six days and the prop
erty iuvolved was less than one-fourth
of an acre of uncultivated land, val
ued at less than five dollars.
SHORT
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YLVANIA
1DERS
THE MR SPIRIT
IN SCHUYLKILL
Iron
Ore is- Found in the
Saucon Valley.
ATHLETE KILLED BY FALL
Baptist Conference Ends Machinist
Kills Himself Boy Charged With
Robbery $100,000 Silk
Mills 6old.
War Spirit In Schuylkill.
Pottsvlhe. Patriotism and war spir
it are abroad In Schuylkill County. At
Shenandoah, within an hour, twenty
recruits for the army and navy were
accepted and volunteer captains are
"sounding" menders of organizations
which could be made ready for equip
ment within a few hours after a call
for volunteers was Issued, should an
emergency require It. The American
Hose Company of the Pottsvllle Fire
Department, among whose members
are Spanish-American War Veterans,
Is ready to respond immediately for
service In Mexico.
Baptist Conference Ends.
Pottsvllle. After a session of two
days the annual conference of the
Reading Baptist Association, at St.
Clair, adjourned. Rev. J. G. Pierre,
of Reading, was moderator. Rev. W.
G. Russell, of Philadelphia, of the
Seminary of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, spoke. The
following new pastors were welcomed
by the conference: T. Franklin Cropp,
of Reading; I. M. Thompson, of Min
ersvllle, and Maple M. Lewis, of Haz
leton. Arrest May Lead To Capture of Coiners
York. By the arrest of Lawrence
Topper, of York, who Is charged with
circulating counterfeit coins. Chief of
Detectives Charles S. White believes1
he will be able to And a band of coun
terfeiters. Topper's arrest comes1
after a month's work on the part of
Detective White, who was notified by
A. P. Ahrens, United States Secret
Service agent, of Scranton, that coun
terfeit coins were being circulated in
York County.
Company May Spend $100,000.
Pottsvllle. Captain W. B. Rockwell,
general manager of the Eastern Penn
sylvaia Electric Llght.'Heat and Pow
er Company, has asked Council for
permission to erect poles and wires
for a high tension current from the
power house to distributing stations
outside the city. If this Is granted, the
company will at once start Improve
ments which will cost nearly $100,000.
Council Is now framing an ordinance
granting the permission.
Boys Charged With Robbery.
Shamokln. Joseph Konetsky and
Adam Racusky, boys, after being re
leased from the Glen Mills Reforma
tory, were arrested by a policeman
who saw them leaving the confection1
ery store of J. C. Moore, which had
been robbed. Several missing articles
are said to have been found when the
boys were searched. They were locked
up while an effort was made to find
persons thought to have planned the
robbery.
Iron Ore In Saucon Valley.
South Bethlehem. Important dis
coveries of iron ore are being made
in the Saucon Valley by prospectors
employed by C. M. Schwab, and if suc
cess continues It is likely that the
steel magnate will be able to mine
here much of the ore necessary for
his plant, thus doing away with the
cost of transporting ores from Swe
den, Chile and Cuba.
$100,000 Silk Mills Sold.
Columbia. A. real estate deal involv
ing more than $100,000 was consum
mated here when the Schmarzenbach,
Huber Co., of New York, purchased
the Ashley & Bailey silk mills which
hnd been dosed for three months. The)
new Arm has resumed operations and
In a short time will give employment
to more than 1,000 persons.
Retiring Postmaster Suspends Clerk.
Bangor. R. F. SchnefTer, who re
tired as postmaster of Bangor, on
Thursday, two years before the expir
ation of his term, created a stir by
suspending indefinitely H. L. Stelmetz,
wh7 for sixteen years has been assist
ant postmaster and clerk. Stelmetz
says he does ot know w hat the charges
are against him.
Advertising Distributers Fined.
Chester. Edward Pew, a clerk in
a grocery store, and John Oglesby,
were fined $5 for distributing adver
tisements under the guise of a news
paper. City Solicitor Cochran said the
publication was only an advertising
scheme and could not be called a
newspaper.
Machinist Kills Himself.
South Bethlehem. Charles Apple
green, In a fit of melancholia follow-
) ing the loss of his position as a ma
chinist at the Bethlehem Steel Works,
committed suicide by inhaling gas.
He was fifty years old and unmarried.
A brother-in-law, W. II. Jenkins, of
Philadelphia, survives.
U. S. TROOPS IN FIRST
CLASH WITH MEXICANS
Mexicans Demand Possession of the Water Works, but
Retire When Funston Hurries Reinforcements to
the Outpost-The Mexicans Holding
a Position Beyond the Vera
Cruz Water Plant.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Officials of the War Department discussed last night dispatches from Gen
eral Funston concerning the hostile attitude of the Mexican army about Vera
Cruz, In view of which the General asked for instructions.
Huerta's race seems to be nearly run. Leading Mexicans in Vera Cruz
say he is willing to retire from the provisional presidency if assured safe con
duct to a port and placed upon a foreign warship.
The feeling against the Hucrta government is increasing in Mexico City
and the dictator is becoming apprehensive for his personal safety.
While forces of Huerta's troops continue in the vicinity of Vera Cruz and
snatch every opportunity to prevent food supplies getting into the American
occupied city the strictest orders were issued yesterday to the American sol
diers to remain in the same positions and not to advance or bring on an en
counter with the Mexicans.
Refugees from Mexico City at Vera Cruz assert that the Mexican resi
dents at the capital fear the coming of the bandit chief, Villa, with bis army
more than they do the Americans.
It is generally accepted that the United Statei government will select
someone outside of the official circle to be its dele gate to advise with the
South American mediators.
United States Consul Stadders arrived at Sai Diego, Cal., from Manza
nlllo and reported to the Stato Department that Mexicans burned the flags of
the consulate and gave him and his 209 American fellow-refugees forty-tight
hours to leave the country.
General Carranza has written a letter to the mediators, formally declining
to agree to an armistice, which he says wouli be convenient to the rebel
cause and to the advantage of Huerta.
OFFICIALS ARE
Renewal of Mexican Attack
Seems Probable.
TROOPS ARE ON GUARD.
The Mexican Commander, Under a
Flag Of Truce, Demanded the
Surrender Of the Water
works. Washington. D. C A detachment of
several hundred Mexican Federal sol
diers advanced on the waterworks out
Bide Vera Cruz and made an attempt to
destroy the water supply of the city.
A report from General Funston saiu
a few scattered shots had been fired at
the American troops guarding the
waterworks outside era truz, dui no
one was killed or injured. Reinforce
ments reached the scene, but were not
needed and later returned to Vera
Cruz.
Secretary Garrison made public the
dispatch from General Funston, which
said the Mexican Federals at El Tejar
had demanded the surrender of the
waterworks at Vera Cruz.
The works were protected by two
companies of American marines and,
the dispatch stated, a detachment of
Mexicans about BOO strong appeared
under a flag of truce and warned the
American forces to withdraw and sur
render their position within 10 min
utes. An appeal for reinforcements imme
diately was made to General Funston
and additional troops were sent to pro
tect the works. In the meantime, how
ever, a few scattering shots were fired
by the Mexicans, who retreated and
disappeared when the reinforcements
arrived.
General Funston, in a second dis
patch, advised Secretary Garrison that
the Mexican troops were no longer in
sight and that the reinforcements sent
out were returning, with the exception
of two companies which were left tit
the pumping station and another
which was ordered to guard a railway
bridge.
When Colonel Van Vilet and Col
onel Lejeune, with their supports, ar
rived at the waterworks station Major
Russell and his men were not at all
bard pressed.
The Mexicans had contented them
selves with a scattering fire, consist
ing of not more than four or five shots
at a range of about 1,600 yards.
From Major Russell's lines only one
shot was fired.
General orders had been given for
the Ameiicnn troops not to assume the
offensive and not to fire at all unless
attacked.
While no fear is felt by the army
authorities in Vera Cruz that the Mexi
can troops will make a serious nttark.
it is realized that considerable incon
venience soon will be created unless
something is done to open the roads
into-those districts where garden and
dairy products come from,
FEW REFUGEES IN MONTEREY.
Not 25 Americans Remain There,
Brownsville Hears.
Brownsville, Texas. Fewer than 25
Americans remain in Monterey, ac
cording to refugees who arrived here.
Many other foreigners, Including Ger
mans and Spanish, are coming out.
The Constitutionalists, it is reported,
have levied against Monterey interests
to the amount ot 5,000,000 pesos for
war purposes.
SOLO AIDS JAILBREAKERS.
One Plays Clarinet While Others Saw
Bars.
Robinson, 111. For three nights John
Griffin, a prisoner in the county jail
here, played a clarinet with much
gusto until midnight. Saturday night
the concert stopped about 11 o'clock
and Sunday it was learned that Griffin
and two olhet; prisoners had escaped
from the jail by sawing through the
jail bars. The sawing is said to have
been done while Griffin drowned the
noUe with his clarinet solos. i
APPREHENSIVE
WOULD 50L1E
WHOLE
PROBLEM
Mediators Propose to Try to
Pacify All Mexico.
TALK Or A NEW PRESIDENT
Diplomats In Washington Relieve
That Huerta Intends Taking a
More Direct Hand In Media
tion Matter,
Washington, D. C The three South
American envoys who have undertaken
the task of pacifying Mexico by diplo
macy made another decisive move in
their plan by requesting the United
States Government, General Huerta
and General Carranza to appoint rep
resentatives to confer with them in
Washington.
Ambassador de Gama, of Brazil, and
Ministers Naon and Suarez, of Argen
tina and Chile, respectively, called on
Secretary Bryan asking him to des
ignate the United States representa
tive to attend conferences of the
mediators. At the same time they tele
graphed the bead of the Government
in Mexico City, as well as the Consti
tutionalist chief, to the same effect.
No announcement of the subjects to
be considered by the representatives
of the three parties to the mediation
or of the powers or functions of the
new envoys was made, except for the
following brief statement, which was
Issued through the State Department
on the authority of the three diplo
mats: "The mediators have delivered to
this Government and are sending out
to General Huerta and General Car
ranza requ"sts that representatives be
appointed to confer with the media
tors." While It is realized that the repre
sentatives of all parties probably
would not bo given authority finally to
pass on points brought up in the dis
cussion with the mediators they would
be able to sound out their superiors so
that before formal proposals actually
were made tho mediators would have
an idea of their probable reception.
By sending representatives here, It
is pointed out, such difficulties would
be bridged over, for In an Informal
conference with the mediators every
thing pertaining to Mexico could be
discussed and even Informally sub
mitted before the stage of formal pro
posals was reached.
Incidentally it is known that the
mediators Intend to concentrate their
attention on the broad subject of
pacifying Mexico, hoping that the dif
ferences which arose between the
Huerta Government and tho United
States might become secondary in view
of the solution of the entire Mexican
problem.
Names of persons who might be ac
ceptable to all factions In Mexico for
the position of Provisional President
pending a rehabilitating of tho nation
al Government; in case the negotiations
reach that stago are being suggested
to the mediators.
STRIKE AT CONNELLSVILLE.
Miners and Cokeworkers Objept To
Wage Cut.
Connellsville, Ta. Two hundred
miners and cokeworkers at the Herbert
plant of the Connellsville Central Coke
Company struck, when notices were
posted announcing a reduction of 25
cents a day for drivers and cokework
ers and 10 per cent, for miners. The
men refused the reduction on the
ground that wages had not been- re
duced by other employes.
RECEIVE MANY FINE GIFTS.
Vegetables, Machines, Etc., Sent To
Next White House Bride.
Washington, D. C Many hundred!
of valuable gifts were received at the
White House on the return ot Miss
Eleanor Wilson from New York. While
the "freak gifts' did not start to come
en masse until this week, they now fill
one of the smaller rooms In the base
ment ot the White House and include
barrels of apples, turnips, pop-corn,
washing machines, sewing machines,
cooking utensils and canned goods.
SOME SIDELIGHTS Of! THE MEXICAN WAR
By A VETERAN.
The fever-nort of Vera Cruz had
been captured four time before Uncle
Bam seized It on April 21. Once it fell
to Gen. Winfleld Scott, once to the
allied forces of France, England and
Spain, and twice to the buccaneer of
the Spanish Main.
I know several men today who were
present at the siege of 1847. It is
probable none of these veterans of the
first Mexican struggle will see service
fhi time. althouKh I have just seen
a letter from Brig. Gen. Horatio G.
Gibson, U. S. A., retired, elghty-eeven
years old, in which the venerable
fighter offers bis sword to me stars
and stripes and refers to Major Gen.
Leonard Wood as sponsor for his
physical and mental ability. General
Gibson served through the Mexican,
Civil and several Indian wars.
It was March 7, 1847, when the fleet
bearing General Scott and hie little
army appeared off Mexico's principal
seaport. The troops landed without
much trouble after the city had been
bombarded, but it took a sanguinary
siege of thirteen days to capture the
defenses. Trenches were dug and reg
ular operations conducted.
So our troops this time can com
mence their march toward the capital
with much less of a handicap than
General Scott's.
Whllo the troubles of the United
Btatcs which culminated In the Civil
war were brewing Mexico grew arro
gant to this country and to Europeans.
The crowning Insult wae President
Mlramon's seizure of JC30,0001n specie
from the BritlBh ' consulate. Great
Britain, France, Spain and Prussia de
cided to move. Meantime the great
Benito Juarez, the General Washing
ton of. Mexico, was conducting a ro
volt In the North. He overthrew Mlra
mon, but the foreign troops kept on
their way. On December 14, 1801,
Vera Cruz was seized by a Spanish
force under General Prim. The result
was the elevation of Maximilian to the
throne and, after the European troops
had been withdrawn, the unfortunate
Austrian's execution.
The pirates, with force egual to a
respectable army, captured Vera Cruz
In 1683. They burned, slew and
robbed for many days before they
were driven to their ships. In 1712
the notorious buccaneer kings, Lau
rent and Van Horn, seized the port
and held it ten days. They killed hun
dreds of Mexicans, carried away wom
en captive and. did an immense
amount of damage.
To this day the nurse girl of Vera
Cruz, seeking to still the fretful child,
says: "Be quiet or I will give you to
Van Horn."
Reparation for One Insult.
I was much amused by the ill
informed if well-meaning persons who
cried out that Dictator Huerta had
given sufficient reparation for the in
sult to the flag at Tamplco by bis
meager and half-hearted apology.
From the files of the navy depart
ment I have dug up a report from
Commander J. Blakely Crelghton, U.
S. N., commanding the Oneida, who
witnessed Japan's atonement for an
offense against our bluejackets. It
reads:
"Hlogo, Japan, March 14, 1868.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the
United. States Navy, Washington,
D. C Sir: I have the honor to com
municate the particulars of the execu
tion of the Japanese official Tati Zan
tutaro, retainer of the Matsdalra BI
zen, No Kami, who ordered bis troops
to fire on the foreigners at this place
on the fourth ultimo.
"This execution was witnessed by
me at the request of our minister, Gen.
R. B. Van Valkenburgh, and was as
follows:
I left the legation at about 9:00
p. m. in company with the officers at
tached to the foreign legations and
proceeded to Hlogo, where we were
met by a guard, who escorted us to
the temple where 'the execution was
to take place.
"There wae a large number of
people on each side of the street lead
ing to the temple, and quite a num
ber of sodllers drawn up inside and
about the temple. We were shown
Into a room adjoining the Japanese
officials, where we were asked if we
wished to question the person about
to be executed, to which we answered
in the negative. They also took the
names of every official present.
"After waiting about half an hour
we were conducted by the Japanese
officials Into what appeared to be the
principal room of the temple, which
was lighted with candles, and in
front of the altar was raised a plat
form of about a foot In height, which
extended across the room and which
was placed on the right ot the altar,
within a few feet of where the execu
tion was to take place, with the Japan
ese officials on the left.
"In front of the altar was a green
cloth and In front of that a red one.
We were Informed that the execution
would take place on the red cloth.
Seating ourselves upon the mats on
AMERICAN INTERVENTION
IS WHAT MEXICO NEEDS
American intervention is what Mex
ico most needs to fully develop her
wonderful mineral and agricultural re
sources, is the declaration of scores
of the moat prominent foreigners who
have arrived In Vera Cruz from In
terior points to And safety with the
American troops. The entire country,
they declare, Is paralyzed as a result
of the inactivity in mining and agri
culture caused by the three years' war,
CAU6ES WHICH LED TO
MEXICAN WAR OF 1845
The annexation of Texas was not the
only cause of the rupture between the
United States and Mexico, 70 years
ago. Ever since the establishment of
republican government In Mexico, in
1824, that country had proved an un
just neighbor to us. Impoverished- by
civil war, it had not hesitated to re
plenish Its treasury by plundering Uni
ted States vessels in tho Gulf of Mex
ico, and by confiscating the property
ot United States citizens trading with-
the platform, we awaited the eiccg.
tlon.
"In a few moments the prisoner
came In, dressed In the usual Japnnei
dress of a person of rank, accoinpa.
nled by the executioner, who was hts
pupil and most Intimate friend, n,
walked with a steady, firm step ,
front of the altar, where he knelt U
prayef. He then arose and went io
the red cloth, where he knelt and
made the confession that 'he was the
officer that ordered his troops to fin
upon the foreigners and also to fin
upon them when they were trying i0
escape," and that 'he was sorry f0f
what he had done.'
"He then disrobed himself to hli
waist and reached out for a knife that
was near him, which be thrust into
his bowels and drawing It toward hit
tight side, and leaning forward at tfc
same time the executioner, with oni
blow from his sword, severed his head
from his body. This occurred u
about 10:30 p. m.
"The Japanese then bowed to th
floor, on which we all did the sami
We were then asked If we were satis,
fled with what we had witnessed, when
we replied In the affirmative.
"After the lapse of a few momenta
we were Informed that all whs over,
when we arose and took our departure
The whole scene was one of gnat tol
emnlty and very Impressive.
"Very respectfully,
"Your obedient servant,
"J. BLAKELEY CREIGIITON,
"Comiiiuiiilcr."
Let us hope we will have peace
again soon. The jingoes are not found
among the veterans. War I worn
than Sherman said It wae. This d
scrlptlon, which I copy from the In
dependent, Is all too true:
No more thunder of artillery, to
more blare of trumpets, no more tea:
of drums; only the low moan of pali
and the rattle of death. In tht
trampled ground some redly-glimmering
pools, lukes of blood; all the cropi
destroyed, only here and there a pi
of land left untouched, and still cot
ered with stubble; the smiling village)
of yesterday turned Into ruins ate
rubbish. The trees burned and backed
in the forests, the hedge torn witi
grapeshot. And on this battle prour.i
ftimiannrla nnrl thnuanliHs nf mr
dead and dying lying without aid. Nc
blossoms of flowers are to be seen oi
wayside or mendow; but sabers, baje
nets, knapsacks, cloaks, overturns
ammunition wagons, powder wapon!
blown into the air, cannon wltb broke
carriages. Near the cannon, whow
muzzles are black with smoke, th
ground Is bloodiest. There the !
est number and the most mangled t!
A I I Y. .. 1 .1 .. .. .1 ...... II,
ueuu uuu iiuu-ueuu nieu am iiiugiii
erally torn to pieces with shot; ttt
the dead horses and the half-deif
which raise themselves on their feet
such as they have left them to ital
again; then raise themselves up one
more and fall down again, till the'
only raise their heads to shriek oa
their pain-luden death-cries. There ii
. ....... .,U RWnA nrnu.
trodden Into the mire. The poor crei
tures had taken refuge there, no do:l
to get cover, but a battery hud drl:
over them, and. they have been cruiW
htf tha tinman hnnfa ond tint whetil
Many of them are still alive a pulpr
bleeding mass, but "still alhe."
Tt I. (mnnunlkt in ,lnt,l,.t It Iff
ratelv. Flies were feeding on the"
open wounds, which were covered itt
IUDIU, IUCI1 u3, UtmiHg "till -
wandered about asking anil seekiu
for some heln for refreshment, ft
water and bread! Coat, shirt, H
auu UIUUU lUUIIttU 1U nit? lU1
of them one repulsive mass. Wort'
were Beginning 10 geiieraiu w
mass and to feed on them. A horrit'
odor filled every' place. All these
dlors were lying on the bare K',"isl
only a few had got a little straw c
n-Mih lhav fmil.l raniwa their lTjiM
UUIU UUVii I U, Ul 111.. .,u ......
uniler them tint plnve.v. iwtt'
ground had half-sunk Into tho mud
formed they hnd not Jhe s:r,:ngtt .
get out of It.
In Masloved, a place of nbout (
houses, there were lying, eight &
nftor Ilia hnttlo nhnnf 701) WOuni'
It was not so much their shr!eki!
agony as their abandonment w"1'-
intlnvt u-ltlnh nnnfakd 1
M i J vuimuiuiiuii nimu fi
t - . ! t'l.
neaven. in one smgie oaru muuo--of
these poor wretches were cro-
T7 - m .1 l i., liar flflj
nally been severs, but they h"1
U .. ,1 I. .a nf tl(
unassisted condition, and their
rf mirntni, nnA fAallncr' rt 1 IllOSt
J . UUIOIIIQ UI1U IbBUll.np
iiofa nnronr.Ma Timlin erUibed '
nhnr fnrnifiil nnw mpra hetlPB ' r
trefylng flesh, facee a niero m'
coagulated blood, covered with 1'
In which the mouth was repre
by a shapeless black opening.
which frightful groans kept
out. The progress of tno putrei-
t , tin .J IV
tr
separated wnoie morimeu --
hlo tr.,1loQ Tim living "
lying close to dead bodies whlcl l
beeun to fall Into nutrofnctloi '
for which the worms were 8et '
ready.
which has devasted all parts of
public. .
..... . . I.,,.,, l
MOYirn inn crAnrenr nr ui
ver In the, wnrlrt. U rlrh In all l,w'
IIIIUCiUID, niiu iMiuuie, - I
that radium will he found In the
tains of the Pacific coust and th
of Coahulla.
"All that la romilpoit to deVfW
,1.1a wiunttf
wnnnprTiii raiiniirr.RH ill Linn
noaa anrt tiaarto will navm vv
... print
- .-kit-
It and made Investments anil
safe," It was declared.
. rv'M
In Us borders.
Clnlna enudin
Tn v.ln did th l' J
fnvarnmont rnniOllfl''
BWTUI IMIIVIIk - V
years; In vain was a treat
a promise of redress given 1" ' (
robberies continued and, W
aggregate value or propers
a i .ui..u been " J
prlated by the Mexicans, '"01"'
more than $0,000,000. ,
President James K.
annual message, under dAte. 0 J
ber 8. 1846. contains a M" rA
of the grievances of thb L'n"e
against Mexico.