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. THE FALL OF MANILA—THE SATTACK. ON FORT: SAN ANTONIO ABAD. FROM HARPER’S WEEKLY.
AFTER A DRAWING or T. DE THULSTRUP.
The Capture ‘of Fort San Antonio Abad.
“First Company, Colorado, For ward !’ ’
With a cheer the men went‘ over. the
trenches, and we after them. At 100
yards from our works the company
halted and lay down in the swamp.
From the water our fleet continued to l inch guns.
pound the Spanish fort and trenches.
' After a-time our signal station "notified
them to stop fire. Colonel Hale and
Lieutenant-McCoy, First Colorado,
joined the one company in the swamp.
“Up and on!” shouted the colonel.
Before the fort could be reached there
was a stream to ford. The men went
up to their chests in water, holding
their rifles well over their heads to
keep them dry. Our illustration, taken
I. from Harper’s Weekly depicts the vol-
unteers at this critical moment. Were
the Spaniards’waiting to annihilate this
handful olmen? Odour right, in the
direction of the First Brigade, there
At 100 yards from
the fort the company knelt and fired.
Just then the magizine in the fort blew
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luuj lmmmmss CASE.
Judge Shiras handed down an opin-
ion in the United States circuit court
of appeals in Philadelphia yesterday,
reversing the decision of the United
States circuit court in the customs duty
case of the importing of Meyer & Dick-
inson against the government, the suit
being commonly known as the hat
trimmings case. The decision of Judge
Shiras isagainst the government.
The firm in 1884, 1885 and 1886 im-
ported merchandise Which it claimed
was subject to a duty of 20 per cent. as
trimmings. Ex-Collector of Customs
John Cadwalader exacted a duty of 50
per cent. under paragraph 383 of the act
of March 3, 1883, which readsf “All
goods, wares and merchandise not spec-
ially enumerated or provided for in
this act made of silk or of which silk is
the component material of chief value,
50 per centum ad valorem. ”
As requiredby the acts of Congress,
the importers paid to the collector the
full amount claimed, and brought suit
in compliance-withthe acts of Congress
to recover the difference between the
amount of duty which they claimed
should be exacted and the amount ac-
tually collected, namely, 30 per cent.
The suit was brought in 1886, but it was
not tried until eleven years afterward.
This was not throngvh any fault of the
complainants, but because in the mean-
time the,question as to the proper inter-
pretation of these;.jt_wo claims and of
the tariff act of least-ad been the sub-
ject of litigatiOn,-5'and {had been car-
ried by the government three times to
the supremeicourtof the United States,
' l in ”‘eTIin a, decision in
. *zi’l‘hese cases sét-
With the law .ap-
5rd, to the par-
_-_act"and the.
Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.
{up with a flash and a puff of smoke.
Another series of s‘iort rushes, and the
I company was within twenty-five yards
' of the fort. '
1‘ At that moment the flag-ship Olympia
about three thousand yards from shore,
i sent a single shell from one of her 8
It was a splendid shot; it
out along the back of the Spanish wall
which ran from the sea to the fort, and
drove out any Spaniards that were left
there. Then there was a dashjor the
wall and a scramble to get the door of
l the fort. Outside lay a wounded soldier
on a stretcher, abandoned by his com-
panions in their haste. Inside the fort
no one stopped to notice the few dead
but climbed over the debris to get the
Spanish flag. To Lieutenant-Colonel
McCoy belongs the honor of pulling it
down, and up went the stars and stripes
Suddenly.from our left, the Spaniards
opened a brisk fire, and our men took
refuge behind garden walls as best they
could. Stray shots came from houses
where Spanish sharp-shooters
ecreted themselves. Reinforcements
‘particular class of merchandise in-l Rewarded “71th a Flag.
volved, the Meyer St Dickinson suit
came on to be tried. ‘ ,
The trial lasted fifteen days. The
jury found for the defendant and Meyer
& Dickinson appealed, assigning for
error the instructions of J udge Dallas
in the circuit court on the question of
chief use. -,
Under the opinion rendered the ex-
ceptions to Judge Dallas’s charge were
sustained, the judgment of the circuit
court reversed and the case remanded
to that court with directions to award a
new trial. _ ' l
. .- _ .-
The Rev. Howard S. Clapp died at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah M.,
widow of the late Caleb Clapp, No. 24
Lewis street, Hartford Sunday morning
aged 47 years. He was a native of
Hartford and a graduate of Yale Uni-
versity in the class of 1872. He after-
wards studied at the Berkeley Divinity
School in Middletown and took orders
1n the Episcopal Church. He held
several important rectogates and was
for sometime rector of St. Paul’s Epis-
copal Church in this city. He had
recently been living ingPhiladelphia,
but was taken ill while on a visit to his
old home in Hartford. He leaves a
wife, who was the daughter of nthe
late Senator William H. Barnum of
Lime Rock, in Litchfield county. She
arrived at the home where her husband
died Sunday evening. He leaves also
two br0thers‘, Allen C. Clapp and
Arthur C. . ‘
L The funeral was held at Trinity
church,Wethersfield, this morning, and
the burial was at Lime Rock.
v7
Frank A. Brown,‘ of Norwalk, and
Miss Anna Smith, daughter of Charles
Smith, of East Norwalk, will be mar.-
ried at the bride’s home, Wednesday,
Ag.- n ’1
October 26. ‘ j '. , ‘ ~ '
Reproduced from Haaper’s Weekly. By Permission.
kept corning up. Down the long street
leading to the walls of Manila we could
see the Spanish soldiers retreating.
General Green and staff, at the head
of the Second Brigade, came up.
Gallopers came and went, carryiing
the general’s orders. . This wadl a,
dangerous occupation. for the Spanish
sharp-shooters were still at Work.
The rumor spread that the white flag
had been raised on the walls of Manila
and, sure enough,as the advanced regi-
ments broke into the open before the
city walls, there on one corner a white
flag streamed to the wind. Cheer after
cheer rose from our men.
All honor to our generals! all honor
to our soldiers! all honor to our coun-
try! Such a thing has never hap-
pened before in the history of wars."
One hour after the city was taken the
tram-cars were driving about and
women were walking unmolested in
the streets. As I write, our men—wet,
tired and hungry—lie about the streets
had ' in the rain as a safeguard to the prop-
erty and lives of our conquered enemy.
A delegation from Buckingham Post,
No. 12, G. A. 3., yesterday presented
to the Center school of Norwalk, a
beautiful silk flag, in consideration of
the fact that the scholars of this school
for the last three or four years, have
made the largest contributions of flow-
ers upon Memorial Day, that have been
made by any school in Norwalk.
The presentation speech was made by
the Rev. Dr. Noble in his usual happy
way, and the flag was received by the
teachers and pupils, who, rising, gave
the customary salute, with the pledge
of allegiance. A number of patriotic
selections were sung by the school,
among which. were, “The American
Flag,” “Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean,” and “The Heroes’ Greeting.”
It is interesting, in this connection,
to observe that the Center school pu-
pils, before any state law or secret or-
der had furnished a flag and Staff for
the building, had raised the staff from
their own subscriptions and solicited
the money for the flag. That flag was
the first to wave over any school
building in Norwalk.
Principal Tucker received the gift
and made a pretty little speech in be-
half of the school.
The following members of the Post
were present: Rev. "T. K. Noble, Com-
mander E. E. Pelton, C. F. Loomis, W.
A. Kellogg, George WuRaymond, Jar-
vis Kellogg, George A. White, Thomas
Bradley, A. H. Taylor and Charles
White. .
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Recent Births.
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. G. Fred
Austin, of River street.
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Beagan, 'of Henry street. I
A son to Mr.'.and_Mrs. Morris Sloan.
A son to.°Mr. and
Sterling.
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Mrs. Charles 1;" _
Odd Fellows.’
The fifty-sixth annual session of the
grand'encampment, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of Connecticut was held
in Odd Fellows’ hall in New Haven on
Tuesday, Arthur C. Wheeler, of Nor-
walk, the grand patriarch presiding.
The encampment was opened at 10
o’clock with the roll call. Prayer was
offered by Grand High Priest G. F.
Barnes of Waterbury, after which the
business session was opened.
The most important report was that
of Grand Scribe Friderick Botsford, of
New Haven. Following is an abstract
of this report.
Statistical portion of the report
shows: '
Total number of encampments June
38,1897, 31. Added during year one.
Total number of encampments June 30,
1898, 32.
Total membership July 1, 1897,3,639;
initiated, 227; admitted by card, 7; re-
instated, 4. Total, 3,877.
From which deduct: Expelled, 1; sus-
pended, 107; withdrawn, 29; died, 50.
Total,187, making the total member-
shipJuly 1, 1898, 3,690.
The loss of membership from suspen-
sion for noanayment of dues is 18 less
that in 1897. The loss from death has
increased 30 per cent.
The finances of the subordinate lodg-
es show a total fund July 1, 1897, of
$38,858.05: The receipts for the year
were $14,352.97. The year’s expenses
Were $7,316.91. For relief $5,968.11 was
expended making the total fund of
subordinate lodges July 1, 1898 $39,-
927.10.
Recapitulation:
Net gain in membership 51; net gain
in funds, $1,068.97; net gain in funds
per capita, 29 cents; the per capita ex-
pense $2; the per capita relief $1.62.
Total disbursements, per capita, $3.62.
The total receipts of the grand en-
campment, for the fiscal year ending
Oct. 1, 1898, were $809.07}
This report, with that of Grand Pa:
triarch A. C. Wheeler and other offi-
cers. were referred to the proper com-
mittees.
Grand Patriarch Arthur C. Wheeler
of Norwalk, in his annual rsport told
of his work during the year in the
official visits to the different encamp-
ments. He concluded with these re-
marks:
In my visits to the various encamp-
mentsI was astonished to find upon
axamination of the books, the large
number of members who were 'in ar-
rears and I think there is hardly an en-
campment in this jurisdiction that is
not violating its by-laws in retaining
upon its roll of membership many‘
names of members that are in arrears
beyond the limit allowed by their by-
laws, and in very many instances I
was informed that they were well able
to meet the obligations. It seems to
me that much of the trouble occurs
in the over anxiety to increase our
membership, for while it is important
to add to our membership, I would
urge the still greater importance of
seeing to it that no unworthy appli-
cant gains admission.
In a short time I shall transfer the
mantle of authority to my successor
and vacate this honorable position, and
stepdown and out as the youngest Past
Grand Patriarch, and take my place
with those who have gone this way be-
fore. Beforc doing so, I wish to thank
my associate grand officers who have
so ably and faithfully aided me in the
performance of my duties, and have
My bl‘illl‘-
ers. the associations with you in the
made my labors pleasant.
bright spotin my life as an Old Fel-
low. I desire to thank every member
of our subordinate Encampments for
their many kind wishes and expression
ofesteem always manif ested whenever
and wherever it has been my pleasure
to meet them, and I bespeik for my
successor that same cordial and frater-
nal feeling which has been entended to
me.
May, God, the Giver of all good, con-
tinue to smile upon us as an Order,and
preserve you all in health and strength
during another year.
The following officers were elected
at the afternoon session:
Grand Patriach, G. F. Barnes, of
Waterbury; grand high priest, H. E.
Thatcher, of Hartford; grand senior
warden, W. Burgess, of Stamford;
New Haven; grand treasurer, J. E.
Camp, of Bridgeport;__ grand junior
warden, W. E. Parker, of Bridgeport;
grand representative, ”,Arthur C,
Wheeler, of Norwalk. The. officers
will be installed latér. . . ~ ‘
in .
past years will ever remain as the
grand scribe, Fréderick’ Bbtsford, of.
l The mystery of the disappearance of
Mrs. Oscar Schreiber, J r;, a nineteen-
year-old wife, of Bethel, who dropped
out of sight 9. week ago, has not been
who boarded at the Schreibers’ house
and left there abruptly on the day that
Mrs. Schreiber disappeared, was ar-
raigned before a justice in Bethel on
Tuesday. He returned to town Monday
and was arrested.
Although the Schreibers had been
looking for him with the hope that he
would explain the young woman’s ab-
since he left Bethel and. contradicted
the stories that he was seen “in a rail-
way station in Danbury in her coms
pany. The heart-broken husband is&
daily caller upon the authorities of
Danbury or Bethel to urge them to
He
believes that she is being concealed
greater efforts to find his wife.
somewhere in Danbury.
HOW——
Army Payin‘aslers Accounts.
Washington, Oct. 17.—-Paymaster
Stanton says that there is no truth
in the report that certain p‘aymasters
have got into difficulty because of mis-
takes in payments of salaries to offi-
cers promoted in the field.
“There has been no hitch of any se-
rious character," said General Stan-
ton, “and with the exception of one or
two cases where a clerical error has
occurred in the accounts of a paymas-
ter, everything has gone smoothly
ahead. The law specifically provides
for an increase in salary for an officer
promoted in rank by brevet or by com-
manding generals in the field. A num—
ber of officers were promoted on recom-
mendation of General Shafter, and
their pay was advanced at the same
time. This is all provided for by law
and there has been no trouble at all
in such cases.”
Major Seaman Back from Washington
New York, Oct. 17.——Major Louis Liv-
Ingston Seaman, chief surgeon of the
First volunteer engineer regiment, ar-
rived here from Washington Saturday
and called at the Army building.
Major Seaman declined to discuss his
experience before the war investigat—
ing commission at Washington. Re-
garding his future plans he said that
he had lost forty pounds while serving
In Porto Rico, and if he could recruit
his strength by a short stay here, he
would do so, if no other orders came.
He said that he did not intend return-
lng to Washington, but that he might
do so.
First New York in Fine Trim.
'Albany, Oct. 7.—Concerning the con—-
dition of the First volunteer regiment
from this state, which is stationed at
Honolulu, Adjutant General Tilling-
hast has received this telegram from
Colonel Barber:
“Condition of First regiment excel-
lent. Men well rationed and clothed.
Fifty-seven on sick list report to-day.
No critical illness. Have lost two
men by disease since entry into ser-
vice. '
London, Oct. 17.—The Vienna corre~
spondent of the Observer reports that
anti-Semitic riots have occurred at
Kossow, in Austrian Galicia, on Friday
night, when a number of peasants at-
tacked and plundered the Jewish quar-
ter, killing ten persons and wounding
many others.
The movement is said to be spread—
ing. Troops have been dispatched to
the scene.
Lokoja Comes in Leaking.
St. Johns, N. F., Oct. 17.-Tho British
steamer Lokoja, Captain Lander, from
London thirteen days, for Montreal,
with a general cargo, has arrived here
leaking badly and with twelve feet of
water In her hold.
The leak was discovered on Wednes-
day night last and occasioned consid~
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