ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS. vasion Familiarly Known as “Teddy's Terrors.” HEIR feet in the stirrup and hands on the rope, Right into the round-up the cow-punchers lope. Like the dust clouds that ride on Dakota's wild breeze, The kings of the grassland are swarming like bees. One peal from the toesin at Fargo was rung, And into the line every brave cowboy swung: “Our cattle are safe on their own native plain, Come on, every cowboy—light out after Spain.” Who cares for all Europe with thesein the van? Make way for the monarchs—the men from Mandan. Let the Regulars watch the accoutrements shine, As the Dandies of Deadwood fall into the line, 3 With a rope on his pommel, : 3% Oh! El Toro may bellow; we're into the ring; See the Gold Bugs of Grand Forks the lar- iat swing! ° We have heard of the Maine; how she lies ‘neath the wave; We have heard, too, of Cuba, we gallop to! save, “There canters John Harvard, there rides 7 Xa % The Tiger of Princeton comes down on the ale At the ol of Ted Rooseveit—no tender- foot he— We will carry to Cuba the flag of the free.” With the Devil's Lake Imps at his left and his right, Our Teddy will be in the thick of the fight Then out with your guns, boys, and let the air ring, ‘Hip, hurrah for Ted Roosevelt, the cow- punchers’ king! : a gun in his hand, Make way for the cowboy; he’s chock full of sand; The Spirit of Freedom flies on in his train, And echoes his war cry, “Remember the Maine!” FACT which none will dispute is that so far, the most picturesque development of the war is Theo- dore Roosevelt's regiment of rough riders, commonly known as ‘‘'Ted- dy’s Terrors.” Theodore Roose- velt is one of the few figures in our latter-day life that seems to have the romance and bril- liancy of the past allied to the nervous energy of the present. His mother was a Virginian, and gave to him some of that cavalier spirit which was supposed to be theheritage of the sons of the greatest of the Southern States. The rough riders have as inter- esting a personnel as any regiment that ever was organized. The punch- ers and Dbronco-busters from Ari- zona, the mining-men from Cripple Creek, the plain every-day cowboys most intense excitement by taking his valet with him. Some of the swell Rough Riders are inured to outdoor life by years spent in hunting big game in odd corners of the world. Others have simply tired of the dissipations of the town and have turned. to the stern life of camps to try something new. It is said that what are roughly known as gentlemen stand the rigors of a severe campaign better than those who have been habituated to hard- ships by an agricultural and out- door existence. Those who know say Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel Wood must look for their hardest task in the conirolling of this force of more. or less lawless mén. How the wild spirits from the Mexican border, and the fiety, untamed cow- boys from Texas will stand the re- straints of military discipline is the serious question. Accustomed to life in the saddle, trained to shoot quickly and accurate- ly, hardy, athletic, and fitted to en- for a seat and witout a “boiled shirt” in the tent, as when discussing a metropolitan dinner at Sherry’s or a supper at the Union League Club, in Antonio, Texas, were given an exhibi- tion of Western horsemanship which opened the eyes of those accustomed to following the hounds on thorough. AEE OFFICERS’ MESS—AT DINNER. (At the time the photograph was taken, Hamilton Fish, Jr.. killed in Dbattie at La Quasina, was at the extreme left. Colonel Wood and Lieutenant-Colonel Roose- velt are shown side by side in the centre.) New York. Others are new to West- ern life. These include polo, football and baseball experts, thoroughbred horsemen and golfers. They are up- to-date Americans—many-of them, like Roosevelt, wealthy, and more than one a millionaire. Some of the best known are Craig Wadsworth, noted cross-country rider; Hamilton Fish, Jr., polo player; William Tif- fany, a New York society lead- er; Horace Devereux, the ride of Princeton’s football team; and Ronalds, Yale’s great half-back. A number of Chicagoans, prominent in social and athletic circles, are also enrolled as troopers. The others may be called plainsmen, coming from a section where you see a Winchester or shotgun back of the counter in every country store, and where the saddle takes the place of the buggy. Tall, muscular, wiry, straight as ar- rows, with cheeks bronzed by ex- posure to the weather, eyesight which promises a deadly aim, muscles like steel and nerves like iron; they have been toughened by lives of constant peril and hardship. They areas much at home on horseback as afoot, and it is a part of their lives—even of those who sell anything, from pins to pork, at their little country stores—to ‘“‘“draw a bead” on rough or half- PRIVATE LEVI JONES, ull Blooded. CHOCTAW A OR { 11 6 ge R T) AM a ¢ (BUSTIN Q BRONCO’ I] A pr eS oV pf A » }) EDTA TYPICAL SCENES IN THE CAMP OF ROOSEVELT’S ROUGH RIDERS. from the Texas prairies, and the club- men and high-class sports from New York, make a combination that even ‘‘Ounida,” has never outdone. What one might call for waat of a better name ‘‘the gentlemen adventurers’ from the East include some of the most prominent society men of the day. Woodbury Kane, the brother of Colonel Delancey Kane, has for years been a typical New Yori man-about- town. When last heard of he was hewing wood and drawing water with the cowboys and the bronco-busters. LIECUTENANT-COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND COLONEL WOOD. Craig. Wadsworth is another man of wealth and position, who created a — dure hardships that would speedily prostrate a city-bred man, these rough riders will make ideal cavalrymen for service in Cuba. The greater number of the Arizona recruits have a conversational knowl- edge of Spanish. The people of the East believe the Arizona cowboy to be a combination of horse and alligator, fond of the ardent and utterly lawless. As far as the Arizona recruits of the flying cavalry are concerned this will be found incorrect. The greater number of the men are quiet, sober fellows, who will be found at all times keeping strictly along the line of their duties. The First United States Volunteer Cavalry, as tho troop of rough riders is termed on the muster-roll, is made up of picked wen. It is not com- posed entirely of cowboys, or of ‘rough riders,” or of fox hunters, or of heavy ‘‘swells.” Men of all classes who fill the requirements have been enrolled. These requirements are perfect physical condition, skill in the saddle and at swordsmanship, and fa- miliarity with rifle and revolver. Not many cowboys are in the ranks. Ranch owners, superintendents and foremen, hunters, guides and many of the storekeepers and traders of the Territories comprise the greater part of the regiment. From the East have come about fifty adventurous spirits, most of whom are college graduates and athletes. Some are men who have seen the rough side of lifein dif- ferent parts of the world, and who can feel as much at home eating fried bacon scraps, with a rubber blanket the sheriff. The equipment is suited to the com- mand. The men carry breech-loading carbines with telescopic sights, which will send bullets through three inches of oak at two thousand yards. The carbines are slung across their backs. A forty-four-caliber revolveris in each man’s holster ou the saddle. At their belts are regular Cuban machetes, while behind, on the horn of the high Western saddles, hang the lassos. Heavy cotton duck, dyed a dull russet tint, fastened by strong laces running through eyelets, is the material for the uniforms. Attached to the coat is the cartridge belt. The trousers extend to the ankles, and from the ankles to the knees the legs are inclosed in the regulation military leggings. The familiar dun-color&l slouch hat is worn by all alike, from commander to private. The officers are distin- guished only by their shoulder-straps and the symbols on their hats. . The quality and design of their dress are similar to that of the privates. . No gorgeous plumes—no glistening hel- mets—no gold lace—no glitter of any kind is to be seen, except that of cold steel. The horses selected are a cross be- tween the Mexico bronco and horses bred in the Indian Territory and adja- cent regions. They are of about the size of the regular cavalry horse, but will endure more fatigue. Most of the animals when purchased had never been broken to the saddle, and the Eastern recruits at the camp at San bred jumpers. In the West, ‘‘break- ing’’ a horse 1s putting the saddle on him once. He is supposed to be ready for useafter that. Several of the nov- ices thought differently after the lit- tle brutes had ‘bucked’ and thrown them over their heads. The drill of the volunteers includes all of the regular. cavalry movements and some special maneuvers. These comprise handling the lasso, skirmish fire with carbines while riding at full speed, shooting from horseback objects thrown in the air, and jumping ditches and other obstructions. Every man is obliged to care for his animal, and is responsible for its condition. He must feed and water it, rub it down, iandle the bedding, saddle and un- saddle; and special instruction has been given in picketing them, in bivouacking without tents,and in other features of outdoor life. For many weeks the troops were put through hours of drilling and other evolutions daily, until now the regiment is pro- ficient in marching, trotting and wheeling company front, platoons, files of fours, etc., while each man is able to hit a Spaniard at a half mile, whether from the back of his horse,ly- ing behind it, or as a dismounted skirmisher. Colonel Leonard Wood, in command, was for ten years under General Miles and other noted commanders in Indian campaigns. Although a surgeon by profession, he is also a thorough soldier and tactician, end his experience has furnished many valuable hints in the preparation of the men for Cuba. Ma- jor Brodie is also a veteran cavalry officer. Roosevelt's rough riders have had a curious effect on the styles. The sombrero hat of the Western plains is all the fashion in New York. It is the favorite outing hat of the Fifth avenue girl. And also of her brother, whether he has gone off to the war with Colonel Theodore Roose- velt’s band of rough riders or whether he plans to be among the chosen few at the summer resorts. Fashion has sanctioned the sombre- ro, hence the most up-to-date young persons in town are wearing it. It is big and dashing and Western-like, but not becoming until the modern girl has given it an indefinable touch all her own. Then it is the most pie- turesque thing in town. The sobrero is carrying off all the laurels as the correct hat for outdoor sports. The bicycle hat, the golf cap and the long- drunken Indians, or shut up shop and Ji chase a murderer or horse thief with }- popular soft felt Alpine are losing their popularity. And then the Fifth avenue hat is trimmed in its own individual way. A band of finely striped ribbon en- circles the crown, generally in the Roman shades. At the left side a single quill” is caught with a silver buckle, and the stem of the quill to be absolutely correct must not only be thrust through the buckle, but the end of it must be bent up. The hats come in cream color, gray, black and a dun shade. Many of them are sold with just a plain leather =U A VL 3 ‘DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT." strap around the crown fastening st the side with a small buckle. The more the hats suggest the genuine cowboy the more they are to be de- sired. Such are fashion’s eccentric- ities. A Preference. House Holder—*‘I am looking for a couple of domestics to serve in my family.” Employment Agent—*‘‘I guess we can supply you, sir; your name, please.” House Fish : Employment Agent—‘‘Ah! Then, of course, you would prefer a couple Holder — ““My is 1" name of Finns.”—Richmond Dispatch. . ment offered by Mr. White (Cal.), CONGRESS. SENATE. By a vote of 29 nays to 19 yeas the senate Thursday declined to take up for consideration the bill limiting to eight hours daily the services of labor: ers, workmen and mechanics on gov- ernment works or on work done for the United States by private firms. This is ‘a decided defeat for the labor organiza- tions, as they were almost a unit urg- ing its passage. The annexation of Hawaii is now ac- complished, so far as the legislative branch of the government is concerned. The resolutions providing for the an- nexation of the islands were brought to a vote in the Senate Thursday after- noon, and they were passed by the de- cisive vote of. 42 to 21. The test vote cane up on an amend- to change the title of the resolutions. It was offered wilh no expectation that it would be adopted, but merely to place the ideas and opinions of the op- ponents of annexation on record. 1t was rejected by a vote of 40 to 20, indi- cating that the annexationists were strongly in the majority. Amendment after amendment was offered, but the advocates of the reso- lutions stood solidly together, gaining rather than losing strength on the suc- cessive voting. Finally, at 5.30 p. m., the resolutions themselves, in precisely the form in which they were received from the House of Representatives, were re- ported to the Senate and the roll call _began. In a manner so simple as to be al- most perfunctory the Senate at 2.06 Friday adjourned without “day. For nearly an hour previous to adjourn- men President McKinley and all the members of his cabinet, except Secre- taries Day and l.ong, were in the President's room, adjoining thle Senate chamber, During that time the presi- dent signed a large number of éngross- ed bills, many of waich would have failed had it been necessary to send them to the executive mansion for his ! signature. Mr. Morgen (Ala.) opposed the pro- posed adjournment, maintaining gress to take a recess till Monday in September. In response to a question by Mr. Al- the len as to whether it was not likely that | peace negotiations, in view of the dis- patches published this morning, might not require the attention of Congress soon, Mr. Morgan said the suggestion was correct and apt. Mr. Gallagher said there were just 110 general and 30 odd pension bills left over, a number fewer than had been on the calendar at adjournment at any time during the past 20 years. At 1.05 p. nm. the Senate went into executive session. It was just one minute of 2 o'clock when the executive session end- ed. The clock by which the Senate re- gulates its business had been turned back five minutes in order that the ex- tra time might be gained. HOUBE. Representative Berry of Kentucky, a member of the house committee on foreign affairs, Tuesday introduced the following joint resolution: ‘Joint resolution tendering the thanks of con- gress to Commodore Schley, UU. S. N., and the officers and men under his command. “Resolved, That the thanks of con- gress and of the American people are hereby tendered to Commodore Schley, 1.”S. N., and the officers and men un- der his command for their heroic and distinguished conduct in destroying the Spanish fleet in (‘uban waters on the third of July last.” Both Houses of Congress agreed Thursday to adjourn sine die on Friday. After the resolution was agreed to in the House there was a clamor charac- | teristic of the closing days of a session, | members in large numbers being con- stantly upon their feet, appealing for recognition and consideration of their local measures, The bill to incorporate the Interna- tional American Bank was called up, but by unanimous consent it went over to the first Wednesday after Congress shall meet in December. The Senate resolutions thanks and directing the giving of medals to Lieutenant IF. H. Newcomb and the officers and men of the Hudson in the fight at Cardenas, and directing the retirement upon full pay of Captain Daniel B. Hodgson, of the Mc('ulloch, in the Manilla battle, were laid before the House. Mr. Hepburn asked con- sent for its consideration, but Mr. Ber- ry (Dem., Ky.), objected unless the Schley resolutions should be taken up with them. This condition was not conceded and the Senate resolutions went over. The Fifty-fourth extending Congress passed out of existence Friday by the adjourn-- ment sine die of both Houses. The end of this session in the Lower House was marked by a notable inci- dent. It was sensationally partisan, well nigh resulting in ‘personal con- flict on the floor of the House. The scene followed a motion of Mr. Handy (Dem., Del.) to strike from the Record portions of partisan remarks of Mr. Ray (Rep.,, N. Y.) in a speech made Thursday. Handy contended that Ray had not made the remarks which ap- peared on the Record. Ray, in reply, declared he had uttered every word. Members clung to the hope of getting their bills through in the remaining hour of the session, and desired to have the Ray-Handy incident closed. The House became excited, and Cannon (Rep., 11.) denounced the Democrats for delaying legislation. A vote was taken and the House declined to strike out the speech. Handy then called for a division and demanded tellers. Cannon stepped in- to the aisle and again declared the Democrats were deliberately obstruct- ing business. Ball (Dem., Tex,), ad- dressing the Republican side, declared: “The Record is false, and you know it was false when you voted against correcting it.” “That Is a lie!” cried Mr. Cannon, and in an instant the belligerent mem- bers were struggling to reach each other, while many others were pulling and struggling to control them. The rollcall upon Mr. Handy’s motion Ie strike out, resulted, yeas, 50; nays, 106. Later in the session Mr. Cannon ex- plained that Mr. Ball had addressed his remarks not to him personally, and, therefore, he desired to withdraw his offensive statement. Then amid the singing of patriotic songs in which the galleries joined, and with cheers for the president, the speakers and the heroes of the present war the house adjourned. TERMS OF PEACE. It is Rumored That 8pain is Drawing Up Coaditison to Present to the United Btates. A dispatch from Berlin says feelers have been put out from Spanish quar- ters with a view to ascertaining how the powers and the United States are likely to regard the terms of peace that Spain is willing to propose. These are said to be: : First, independence of Cuba; second, that €uba pay a tribute to Spain for 20 years; third, that Spain keep a small garrison at a small port during that period; fourth, TeZ that | it would be far more desirable for (on- | first | WHEAT—No. 2 red MARKETS PITTSBURG, Grain, Fiour and Feed WHEAT—No. 1red 8 No 2 red . : CORN—No. 2 yellow, ear...;.. . No. 2 yellow, shelled Mixed ear HAY—No. 1 timothy Clover, No. 1 Hay, from wagons FEED—No. 1 White Md, ton.. Brown middlings Bran, bulk STRAW—Wheat ... Oat SEEDS--Ciover, 60 Ibs Timothy, prime Dairy Products. BUTTER—EIgin Creamery....$ Ohio creamery Fancy country roli CHEEBE—--Ohio, new New York, new. Fruits and Vegetables. BEANS—Green, 8 bu POTATOES—White, per bbi, .. CABBAGE--Per ¢rato ONI1ONS—New Southern. bbl. Poultry, Etc CHICKENS, #¥ pair smail TURKEYS, ¢ 1b EGGS—VYa.and Ono, fresn. CINCINNATI FLOUR WHEAT—No. 2 red......... . RYE—No. 2..... CORN—Mixed OA'LS EGGS BUTTER—OulLio creamery fia PHILADELPHIA. WHEAT—No. 2red -.... CORN—No. 2 mixed. OATS—No. 2 white JTTER—Creamery, extra... . EGGS—Pa. firsts : NEW YORK FLOUR—Patents. ... CORN—No. 2 13 12 BUTTER— Creamery EGGB—State of Penn LIVE STOCK. CENTRAL BTOCK YARDS, EAST LIBERTY, CATTLE. Prime, 1,300 to 1,4001bs...,.... $ 4 80@ Good, 1,200 to 1,300 ths 470 Tidy, 1,000 to 1,150 ths 4 60 Fair ligut steers, 900 to 1000 tha. 30 Common, 700 to S00 ibs v8 90 4 90 4 80 4 70 4 70 4 10 4 10 3 95 8 40 Prime, 95 to 105 Ibs, wethers. . .8 Good, 85 to 90 Ibs Fair, 70 to 80 Ibs 55@ 4 60 445 450 425 3 70 3 57 475 Fair to good Jlumbs............ TRADE REVIEW. War Titus Far Has Not Affected Business Much Iren Being Consumed. — R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade reports as follows for last week: The usual half yearly statement of failures by branches of business is pe- culiarly interesting because it shows that war and fears of war have not caused increase in commercial disas- ters. The surprisingly large and gen- eral decrease in trading defaults would without doubt be accompanied by cor- responding returns as to manufactur- ing, but for excessive expansion in some lines and the helpless condition reached by a few large firms in other branches. Failures during the second quarter have been smaller than in the same quarter of the past four years in trading, and in manufacturing smaller than in the same quarter of any year excepting 1894. The fiscal year has ended with financ- ial results a shade beyond general ex- pectation, and the new war tax begins to increase revenue, not seriously dis- turbing ‘business in any line. No reason yet appears to apprehend that the war revenue bill will fall below ex- pectations. The cotten crop looks better and the prospect is reflected in a decline of «a sixteenth in the spot price. The manu- facturing works at the north are quite well employed, much more than usual during the vacation season, and the de- mand for goods is somewhat improv- ing. Abroad the state of the manufac- ture does not encourage hopes of an extraordinary: demand for the raw material, while the stocks held by mil- lers are known to be unusually large. The south is Increasing the manufac- ture rapidly; and not entirely in place of northern mills. There is no dis- heartenment in other textile manu- factures, and business is good and growing in silks, bagging, hemp pro- ducts and linen. The manufacture of wool hesitates, although a distinctly better demand has appeared during the past ten days, because prices at which western wool is held are too high for eastern markets and apparently too high for profitable manufacture. Sales for the week at the three chief markets have been only 3,200,000 pounds, of which 2,290,500 were domestic, against 14,120,500 last year, of which 6,989,500 were domestic, and 6,119,350 pounds€ in the same week of 1892, of which 3,651,600 were domestic. The markets are all dull, in spite of a fairly large demand for territory and manufacturers are very cautious in purchasing, although there is every evidence of a great consuming demand for goods which the American manu- facturer, with reasonably cheap ma- terial,. can supply. It is for them an open question whether they can meet it if they have to pay such piices as are asked by western holders. It is not enough to dismiss the iron industry with the bold statement that it is using up more iron, even at the slowest point of the year, than ever before. It is getting bigger domestic contracts for agricultural implements and car materials, and also for struc- tural work, than in any previous year, but but especially for plates, the de- mand for which overruns the capacity of all the works, and not mainly on governiment account. Nevertheless the demand has pushed prices of material upward, for this is the waiting and fighting period, and the producers of pig and of billets have yet some prob- lems to settle between themselves. Meanwhile no fall in prices appears, but a better demand for products, with every expectation that within two weeks the producing capacity of the works will be much more fully employ- ed than it has been for six months. Failures for the werfk have been 229 in the United Stated, against 206 last year: and 17 in G2hada, against 30 last year. . # Augusti’s Family Escapes. The Spafish consul at Singapore wirds the/following message from Gen. Augusti, ‘captain general of the Philip- bine: . “The situation is unchanged. My family has succeeded in miraculously escfiping fromm Macabora in a boat and, haying passed through the American vesyels, all arrived safely at Manila. {
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