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' "HE great battle of Torgau was at its
II I height. The air was thick with hot,
stifling smoke, and the cannonade made
the very earth tremble, as column after
eblumn of blue-coated Prussian soldiers
’ came sweeping forth from the .wood
that sheltered them to the assault of
the Austrian position, regardless of the
death that awaited them from I the
flaming mouths of 400 cannon which
thundered incessantly against the wood
held by the Prussians and against
every living thing that issued from it.
Twice the assailants had forced their
way through the pelting shot, and
twice they hadbeen driven back with
severe loss after a desperate conflict.
In the mad. burly-burly and confusion
of thatterrible struggle the two armies
ha so completely. .mingled together
that not a few Pmssimi and Austrian
regiments had fairly changed. places,
and when the third attack began it was
no easy matter for the Prussian col-
umn of assault (to make out where the
key of the enemy’s position lay or
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strike it. . -. »
But just then appeared out of the
thick of the smoke a» small, lean, sick-
ly looking old 'man, in a soiled and
threadbare uniform, at the sight of
whom 'and at the :sound of the ' few
short, -' clear orders that he uttered,
everything seemed to arrange itself at
once as if_by.magjie. Andwell might
it be so; for this queer little fellow was
no other. thanthe king of Prussia. him
‘ 1y. jealous .of everyone whom.the king
. opened his uniform to adjust'his chain
self,- Frederiokthe-Great, Who had ~al- ,
ready sent his name throughoutthe
whole world as the greatest soldier of
his/time.
trian grenadiers .showed themselves
through- the rolling-smoke at a very
short distance and began to pour .a
heavy fire of musketry upon the Pros-
sians .and their leader. Two men fell
wounded beside the king, and his own
sleeve was torn by a bullet.
"Year majesty is in danger here,"
said ,a Prussian ofiicer, saluting him re-
spethully; “will you not be pleasedto
move farther back?” _ . _ '
Frederick was just ,aboutto refuse,
for he cared little what risk he ran pro-
vided his presence could do anything to
turn; the fortune of the battle. But
before he had time to speak the officer
(who had placed himself in front Pf the
king, (apparently to-shield him from
the flying bullets with his own body)
fell, to the ground as if struck by light—
ning. , .
Frederick stooped over him with I
look of concern, for he saw that the
breast of the fallen man‘s uniform had
been pierced by a bullet, :and naturally
concluded that he must be either killed
or mortally wounded. But, to his no
small amazement, the supposed dead
man suddenly rose from the earth, to
all appearances quite uninjured, and ;
took out of his clothes a flattened mus-
ket ‘bzgll,..which had been stopped by
the metal cover of a miniature that he
wore in his breast. . ' . . '
“I shall keep this,” he said, holding.
outitbe shapeless piece of lead, “in re-
membrance of your majesty.” '
“You shall have something better
than that to remember me by, my brave
fellow.” answered the king, kindly.
“You have saved my life, and you shall
not find me ungrateful. What is your
name ‘3"
The officer told it. Frederick repeat-r.
ed it twice to himself, as if to fix it
more surely in his memory, and then
he said: .
“Very good—I will not forget you.
If we both live through this night’s ,
work you shall be promoted. And now
let each of us go to his duty.”
And on the following morning, when
the battle was won and the Austrian .
army in full retreat, King Frederick
made good his promise.
But, unhappily, the brave officer's
good fortune went no further than this.
Two years later the war came to an end,
and Frederick, with his treasury empty
and his whole kingdom lying wasted
and ruined around him, was fain to de-
vote every penny that he could raise to
the putting of- matters to rights again.
As a. matter of course, every branch
of public expenditure had to be cut
down to the very lowest point. Among
other economics, the army was re-
duced by a good many thousand men,
and the sudden disbanding of so many
regiments at once was a heavy blow to
hundreds of officers, who unexpectedly
found themselves cast upon the world
in their old age‘ with no occupation, no
money in their pockets, and no visible
way of getting any.
Among the countless sufferers by this
measure was poor Maj. Tapfermann,
the hero of Torgau, who, with three
wounds, chronic rheumatism, and al-
most as little money as he had ten
years before, found it no easy matter
to “make both ends meet.”
One by one he had to part with all the
little knick-knacks which he had treas-
ured up so long—the silver-mounted
pistols presented to him by junior offi-
cers of his regiment, the fieldglass
which he had used during his. last cam-
paign, and the ivory-handled hunting
knife which had been given to him by
an Austrian prisoner to whom he had
shown some kindness. Even his watch.
had to be sold at last; but, although in;
thief-lore strait, he could not bring him-‘
self to part with the chain, which had
been agifttohim from his wife not long
before her death.
There was Itill, however, one hope
left for the poor old man. King Fred-
erick was .now back-again in hispalace
at; Pctsdam, near Berlin; and, having
by. this time begun to get the-affine!
his kingdorninto some sort of order
again, he‘was not so overwhelmingly
. busy as he had been before. ._ Perhaps
Ionic "help mightier sot. ,fimn him, 81nd.
at ‘1‘. events. it was worthwhile may.
TI fiermann’s frst idea was to draw
up a memorial stz. ting his case and send
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it to Frederick himself; but he then re-
membered . that it would have to pass.
through several hands before reaching
the king, andmight possibly never I
reach him at all. In any case he could ’
not afford to wait long for an answer, ‘
being almost down to his last penny as
it was, so he finally determined to pre- .
sent himself in person, and see what
would come of it. 4
The very next morning, accordingly,
the-major smartened up his worn and
faded uniform as well as he could, and
concealed the absence of his watch by
fixing the chain in its usual place and
keeping it there by attaching to one .
end of it the memorable “flattened bul- I
let” of Torgau, which he had preserved I
as a. souvenir ever since. Then, taking
his stick in his hand, he set out for I
Potsdam. 3 : ' ’ ' . I
He had to .do the whole nine miles on I
foot», the hire of a horse being far be- I
yond, his means, poor fellow; and when
he reached. the ,pal'aoe‘he, was heated
and covered with dust and altogether'a
very strange figure to appear at a king’s
levee, as the scornful glances of the *
smart officials plainly told him.
Among these there was one mean and »
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malicious fellow, Hugo ,von Wakenitz 2
by name, who held the pos’t of cham-
berlain of the palace, and, being mortal- I
seemed inclinedto favor, and more es-
pecially of. Frederick’s old officers, al-
ways did his best to keep them away
from the royal presence. It happened ,
by ill‘luck thatjust as Maj. Tapfermann »
(which he, had ,got.out of place in the 2
course of this long march), the cham-
berlain, looking down from one of the .
windows, saw what he. was about. _
The courtier’s quick eye detected at
a glance thatthe (Shain had a bullet in- I
stead of a watch attached toit, and, far '
Just then however a body of Aus- I from pity ing the Old “'mior’s 130‘?“th
as' any true man would have done, this
"spiteful rogue at once resolved to get "
rid of him by putting him to Open'
shame before the whole assembled com-
pany. ’ .
And it really seemed as if circum- '
stances themselves had conspired to aid.
his and project, for when the king
made his appearancehis first remark
was: , '
“Mywatch must surely be wrong, for
I had no idea. that it was anywhere near
my hour for receiving visitors. Wake-
nitz, what says your watch ?”
“Most unfortunately, your majesty,
mine has just stopped,” answered the
run slour'or Trinrnxrrnunn BUL-
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chamberlain; “but I see this worthy
officer here (glancing at Maj. Tapfer—
mann) has brought his along with him,
and he will doubtless be able to tell
your majesty the true hour.”‘
The spiteful tone and look of the
speaker did not escape the shrewd king;
but, before he could make any com-
ment, the stout old major, drawing him-
! self up proudly, answered Frederick’s
inquiring glance by holding up the use-
less watch chain and the flattened mus-
ket ball which hung to it, so that every-
one could see them. .
At the sight of the flattened bullet f
and the sound of the old warrior’s voice I
the recollection of his rescuer on the I
field of Torgau flashed back upon the
king’s memory. in a moment, and one
glance at the brave old man’s thread- '
. their joint, deliberation. .
I’handliug the crisis. .I,Nor is ,it by any
I means 'e'értnin that the. cabinet council
the government; is. interpreted not only
I ceive the Boers.
' it will replace the First Border regiment,
- tal.
. merited upon by, persons familiar with
I the old time Vanderbilt policy of succes-
‘ bilt.
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bare dress, and at the malicious grin
upon the face of the chamber—lain suf-
ficed to tell him the whole story.
“Here is a watch for you, my'old oom-
rade, which will .tcll you the right
time,” said Frederick, taking ofl his
own watch and handing it to the ma-
jor; “and that you may have a chance
of using it in my service I give you a
place in my household from this day
forth;' and as for you, you rascal,” he.
added, casting a terrible look at the dis-
comfited Chamberlain, “since you are
mean enough to insult an old man who
has fought bravely for his king and
country, get out of my sight, andncvcr
Show your face here again! "—From the
German. '
She Might Have Known.
Mr. Peck—I see there’s a judge in St.
Louis who says there are times when
a man is justified in slapping his wife.
Mrs. Peck—Yes, and I" suppose? you
agree with him, don’t you if;
“I should say not! If I held such a
view as that do you suppose you would
have escaped up to this-”
His last words were drowned by the
"noise he made while tumbling down the
stairs leading to the street entrance.-
Chicago Evening News.
No Skull for an Irish Full.
In Ireland, recently a quarrel had
being, sentenced for manslaughter.
The doctor, hdwever, had, "given evi-
was abnormally thin. The prisoner, on
but I. w’buld ask was theta skull for
”canon to go to I fair wid remaking-o
Chronicle. '
taken .place at a fair and a culprit was
deuce to show that the victim’s skull"
beingasked if he. had anything to say»
aforlhimselfpreplied: “No, yer honor, '
'tell.whether the Ramapo stockholders
moors ON'THE MOVE
England Harries Men' and
Ships to South Africa.
A CABINET COUNCIL SUMMONED
Little Excitement, In London—Preto-
ria Press Believes a Joint Gom-
mlnsion Will. Yet Be Held—The
Volksraml In Secret Session.
LONDON, Sept. 2O.—SummonIes were
issued late yesterday for a cabinet coun-
cil, which, it is understood, will be held
Friday. This is regarded as the result of
the visit of the premier, Lord Salisbury,
to London, whence. he came in the after.-
noon, remaining at the foreign office from
4:30 p. m‘. .to 6:30 p. m. Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, the secretary of state for
the colonies, was present in the, building
at the same time, and, as a, private door-
way connects the offices, it is presumed
that the summonses were the result 01
The lack of all excitement in omcial
circles bears evidence of the deliberate
manner in Which the highest officials are
willsdopte'xitrem'e measures, inspite of
the uncompromifiillg, nature ofthe Boer
reply. This deliberation .on the, part of
inl~London butinother Europeancapitals
as a desire on the 'partof Great; Britain
to gain time. while the transports are
hurrying to Cape Colony. .
. _'_‘b_e Berliner Nuestenachrichten, com-
menting on this, says: , . ,
“The present calm? is only meant to de
. When England feels
equal to the task offacing the Boers.
this'peaceful calm will give way to a;
blatant cry for war.” .
Even rumors of a movement of the B0
are across the Natal border~ apparently,
fail to excite the military authorities I
here, who profess .at least, not to fear-
such a contingency for the present.
In't'he meantime the movement. oil
troops proceeds. The Royal West Sussex
regiment left yesterday for Malta, where
which goes by the same steamer to Na- .
It is announced that theBriti'sh first
class protected cruisers Terrible and
Powerful have both been ordered to the
Cape. They have reliefs on board capa I
ble of forming a naval brigadeof 1,000
men.
The steamer Jelunga will take 50!. j
troops. bound for Natal today, and she
will embark a rifle brigade at the island
of Crete for the Cape.
According to a dispatch from Durham.
Natal, the premier ofuthe colony says.
that the alarm of the people of Natal at l
the unprotected condition .of the border"
towns is quite unwarranted, and that
all efforts to incite the Zulus have failed ~
Joint Commission May Yet Be Helcl.‘
PRETORIA, Sept. 20.—The reply of
the government to, the latest British note
is variously commented upon, but the
Pretoria Press, printed in Englishrand
Dutch, and other papers profess to be!
lieve that a joint commission will yet be
held and that there is still a possibility of I
an understanding being reached.
The Volkstein declares that in. the event
of war Holland will send an ambulance.
corps to the Transvaal.
The volksraad, as a matter of urgency, ,
yesterday referred the new draft law I
providing for the confiscation of the
property of persons found guilty of tree-
son and 1929 majesty to a special com-
mittee for consideration and report.
At the request of President Kruger tht
chamber then went into secret session
William Ii. Vanderbilt at the Bend.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.——The Times
today says: “Thefailure to place young
Cornelius Vanderbilt in. the directorates
of the New York Central and the Harlem
roads in place of his father was com-
sion. There was a belief that if the
present Cornelius was to succeed his fa-
ther in the possession and management
of the bulk of the vast estate held by that
branch of the family he would be given
a place in the board of directory even it
in consequence of his youth and inexpe
rience he was not trusted with official
responsibility. The action taken yester’
day, however, was indicative of the as-
sumption by William K. Vanderbilt of
general control of all the Vanderbilt rail-
road interests. There is good ground f01
the assertion that this policy was favored
and provided for by.Co,rnelius Vander-
Tlie entry 'of William Rockefeller
into the New York Central directory has
a deeper significance than appears on the
surface.”
Mueters Gain’ Little.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-—Edward Lau-
terbach, counsel. for _ the Ramapo com—
pany, was on the stand yesterday before
the Mazet committee. He was asked to
had decided to submit a list of their
names. v-Mr, La-uxterbach stated that he
had, been instmctod‘not to submit the
list on any other terms than those pre—
viously "named, which were that the
names should not be made public. Mini
Lautcrbach. and. Mr. Moss had sevci-alg
wordy rows during the examination. The ‘
witness said he would much rather see a
Tammany maxi elected mayor than a
man ~who“belonged. to no organization.
There was nothingloff importance to be
learned from..Mr.;-Lauterbach.
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'F‘orent Fire: In NgIItjl'e‘rlI New York. I
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out from routinually fighting fire.
away with Steve O’Donnell in the arena
' Formal announcement of his retirement.
MALONE, N. Y., Sept. 19.4mm con-I
.tinued drought “has“alléwed the forest .
fire. in the Adirondacks to become re—'
kindled, and in several localities it is
again a menace to timbered forest lands
and to private property. At Topper lake i
the situation is alarming, and the people
in that sectionaige.discouraged and worn
The ,
air is heavy and oppressive with smoke.
McCoy ’1th»- O'Donn'oll. .
. NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-—Cbarles (Kid)
McCoy had very little difliculo inxgettinc
of the Broadway Athletic "club last ni t-
For some years there has been a
in existence between the two pugiliItI u
to which was the better man. O’Donnell
is a clever boxer, but McCoy is equal],
clever, and, in addition, he is a fighter.
Alger, “win Withdraw. .
' CHICAGO, Sept. lS.——A dispatch from
Detroit says: “That General Russell A.
Alger has decidedltawithdraw from no
senatorial race ‘thcre is now no doubt.
it is predicted, will be made this
probably tomorrow.”
week.
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CA FAMOUS GEM.
Boston Becomes Possessor of “Cupid
and Psyche.”
BOSTON, Sept. 19.-—The Marlborough
.gems and jewelry, including the Marl-
borough cameos, purchased by the Bos-
ton Museum of' Fine Arts at the request
of the late Henry L. Pierce, have arriv-
ed and have been placed on exhibition.
There are 13 of them here, with six more
to come. Among those received is the f -'
mous cameo entitled “The Marriage 0
Cupid and Psyche,” for which $10,000
was paid. It was well known throughout
the civilized world before the Christian
era began. For 20 centuries it‘ has been
in the greatest art galleries of Europe, _
. Students of art and mythology are fa~
miliur, through engravings, with the de-
sign of this particular cameo. It humor-
ously represents the wedding procession
of Cupid and Psyche. In form it is an
oval, measuring 1 7-16 by 1% inches. The
relief is in flesh color upon a background
of black. The name of the designer, Tri-
phen, is cut in the cameo. '
, The Marlborough jewels for yearswere
c'ons‘idpred of almost priceless value by
the family- till necessity made their 'sale
imperative. ‘They- were sold to David
Brownlo-w of Bat-terson'f Park, Be'dfo'rd:
shire, in, 1874 for $175,000 and have been.
buried from sight until the present sale
at Christie’sgin London,
-' _ . Clyd'evpLin'er Ashore.
PASQUE ISLAND, Mass, Sept. 20.—
The Clyde line, steamer Cherokee, Caps.
tnin McKee, bound from Jacksonville,
Fla, for?" Boston with a large cargo of
miscellaneous freight 'and- six passengers,
wentas'hore.‘ on— the southeast end- of-
Naushon ' island, in Vineyard sound,
shortly after noon yesterday in a dense
fog, staying a large hole in the forward-
partof her. hull. Her No. 2 hold is full
of: water, but the full extent of her dam-
age cannot be , ascertained until 7 she is
dented. Hernfter compartments remain
free from water, owing to the tight bulk-
heads, and her engines remain in good-
wo'rking.-order. The Vessel is nearly on
an even keel, heading eastward, and per-
fectlv easy. It is thought that With- fa-
vorable winds she can'be floated.
Erie County Quarantined.
ALBANY, Sept. 20.—State Commie.
sioner of Agriculture Wieting has placed
Erie county in its entirety under quaran-
tine, where the disease known as rabies
has been rampant for some time. In the
quarantine notice the commissioner
warns all persons to seclude in or on the
premises Where they are kept all dogs
I and other domestic animals that are sus-
ceptible to said disease and that have in
any way been exposed thereto within the
county of Erie. Suchanimals must be
kept in an inclosure for a space of 60
days.
Fire In :1 Coal Mine.
SHAMOKIN, Pa.., Sept. 19.——Fire of
unknown origin started yesterday in the
Burnside mine slope. Six hundred men'
I in that slope and the Sterling, which is
connected, were obliged to stop work.
The burning section will be boxed up
and slashed with culm.
Boston Gives Liberally.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The secre-
tary of war has been informed that the
Porto Rican relief committee of Boston,
of which Mayor Quincy is chairman, has
raised $26,000 for- the benefit of the sot-~-
ferers and that additional contributions
are expected.
A Rembrandt Painting Found.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 19.——Dr. Bredins
has discovered an unknown Rembrandt,
in a Baptist church at Amsterdam. It is
the portrait of a handsome youth of 20,
dressed in black, with a white collar and
large hat. Its probable date is 1632.
Ryan Defeats Craig.
NEW’ YORK, Sept. 19.—-T0mmy Ry-
an, the Syracuse middleweight pugilist,
gave Frank Craig, the “Harlem Coffee
Cooler,” a terrible drubbing before 7,000
persons at the Coney Island Sporting
club last night.
Ex-Spenker Reed In New York.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19.-Ex-Speaker
Thomas B. Reed of the house of repre-
sentatives yesterday began active prac-
t.ce as a member of the law firm of Reed,
Simpson, Thacher A: Barnum of this
city.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
KEY \VEST. Sept. 19.--Fifty-fonr
new cases of yellow fever have been re-
ported in the past 48 hours and three
deaths, making a total number of cases
to date of 302 and 17 deaths.
,The Plague In Paraguay.
BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 19.——The bu-
bonic plague has broken out at Asuncion, . ~
capital of Paraguay. 1
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A Pie Thirst.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-—The World
today says: “The American Pastry and
Manufacturing company yesterday open-
ed its doors and announced that it con-
trolled 19 out of 21 pie bakeries in this
section. All the small pie bakeries in
New York have entered save two, the
New York Pie Baking company of Man-
hattan and the Albaum Pie company of
Brooklyn. The 19 in the combination un-
io'n will stop baking pics in 19 different
places, and their orders will be filled
from the great ovens on Eleventh ave-
nae.”
Operation For a. Broken Neck.
NE‘V YORK, Sept. 19.-—'Waltcr Dur-
yea of Glen Cove, whose neck was br‘o-
ken by a dive into shallow water on Aug.
7, was operated on yesterday at Roose-
velt hospital. The broken parts of ver-
tebrae, that. were pressing on his spinal
cord were removed, and last-night he was
reported doing well indeed, though it was
too early to say what are the prospects
of his recovery. He refused to take
other, and he was conscious all through
the operation. The operation. took place
shortly after 3, o’clock".
, A LoIIAnUg‘Ie'l‘es illlake. _ _
,LOS .ANGELES, Sept. 19.—-Fire yes-
1' ten-day destroyed an entire block in the
business portion of. the town, doing dam-
age that will amount toover' $200,000.
One. man was fatally injured.- The fire
started in the varnish room of a carriage
factory and spread rapidly, destroying
the plants of the Farming and Milling
company, the Perry Lumber. company
and a number of small stores and lodg-
ing houses. .
. Strike occurred on.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Sept. 19.—At a
joint conference of ‘repreSentatives ofthe
operators and striking miners of the Chi-
cago and Alton subdistrict and state ofii-
cials of the United Mine Workers yester-
day an. agreement was reached, and'the
strike,. which" has afiected over 1,000
men since April 1 last, is declared off.
The agreement isin the nature of a com-
promise. ~
. Indian Outbreak'll‘cared.
DENVER, Sept. 18.-—News‘ hasreaché
ed Governor Thomas that a'band'of Uin-
tah Indians has left” the reservation in
Utah without permission" to-h'unt in Colo-
rado in'violation of the state game laws.
It‘ is feared the Uintahs will be joined by
the Ourays and Uncompaghres and later
will take vengeance on the settlers for
the killing of three of their tribe in a bat-
tle with game wardens two years ago.
The governor has appealed to \Vashing-
ton for United States troops. .
Tried toffee-(l Guerin.
I'ARIS, Sept. lit—Saturday night the
police surprised an attempt to provision
M. Jules Guerinand his anti-Seniite oom-
panions at the headquarters of the Anti-
Scmite league in the Rue de Chain-0L
Four revolver shots Were fired, it is un-
known by whom, and two arrests were
made yesterday in connection with the
incident. Both the arrested persons were
liberated. They de lare that some of
their party were shfit and wounded by
the police: .
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A Mississippi" Shooting.
MACON, Miss, Sept. 20.——Puu~l John-
ston, a merchant and director of the
Bank of Macon, and Ed Tripplett, a ne-
gro, who. was riding with him, were shot
and killed by unknown parties while en
route from Macon to Singleton, Miss.
The murder was evidently not committed
for the purpose ofrobbery, as money was
found on the persons of the dead men.
There is no claw to the murderers.
Tic 'GI‘iILLIm Culbfi'ubVEJf
LONDON,. K, ., Sept.’ 18.-—The twa‘
Grifins have bc: :1 moved. from London
to Barbourville, Kym, and from there, un-
der escort of the state guards, they were
taken, to Manchester. There were no
demonstrations.- The guards, in accord-
ance with Governor Bradley’s orders,
will stay at Manchester until further or-
ders. .
A Strum—[e Russian Decree.
- LONDON, Sept. 19.-—-The Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch from Co-
penhagen: “Emperor Nicholas has signed
a ukase decreeing that when the middle
Europe canal and the Siberian railway
are completed in 1901 all important Rus-
sian ports on the Pacific, Baltic and the
Black sea shall be closed forever to any
but Russian ships.”
W
flew Yorker Gets the Contract.
WASHINGTON, Sept. >20.—-The navy
department had awarded the contract for
building the Portsmouth dock, one of the
la est structures of its kind, to John
Peirce of New York at 81.089.000.
McKinle'y'PreIentéd. With a Gavel.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-—G. W..
Baird, superintendent of the state, war'
and navy building, yesterday presented
President McKinley a gavel of historic
interest. It was presumed that the pres- .
ident might use it on the occasion of the-
laying of the cornerstone of the new pub-'
lic building at Chicago, Oct. 9, but the» .
president will have no need to use it.
Secretary Gage will preside, and he may
wield it. The gavel was made from iron--
wood from the timbers of the old Spanish
fort at Playa del Este, Guantanamo bay,
where the first fight betheen. our force .
and those of Spain occurred on SpInis
soil. ‘ In the'fight there Dr. Gibbs an.
several marines were killed. Near‘thi:
point the first Masonic lodge ever held i1!
Cuba met. The gavel was made by GM-
diner C. Lewis, chief engineer of the-
Vulcan.
. Prize Fight Stopped.
SCBAN TON , Pa., . Sept. 19'.~'—'At the in-
stance of' the Christian Endeavor union;
Sherifi Ryan stopped the 20 round fight
between Jimmie Judge and “Australian
Peddy"_ Gorman, which v‘Vas ' scheduled to.
fake place at the _G_aiety theater‘li'ét
night. Tilers was a special act ‘pasiédfin
1866 prohibiting all manner of' public
sparring exhibitions in' the? anthracite-
coal regions. The Endeavorers called the
sheriff’s attention to the act and the an- _
nouncemcnti of the fight. The Sheri!
served notice on the theater people not to
attempt to pull 05 the fight, and they
obeyed him. . _
. Ruin In"IndIa. .
LONDON, Sept. 18.—'—Lord Canon of
KedlestOn, viceroy of India, telegraphed
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state
forlndis, that a fairly general rain had
materially improved crop prospects in
Hyderabad, Madras, Mysore, Bombay
and Deccan, but-that prospects in the
central provinces are gloomy, While more
rain is urgently needed in the uorthweIt
provinces for winter sowings.
Sponsor For, the Craven.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ISL-Miss Amy
Craven, granddaughter of Captain T. A.
. M. Craven, has been named as-sponsor
J
for the torpedo boat Craven, which is to
be launched at the Bath Iron works next
Saturday. Captain Craven was in com-
n-und of the Tecumseh when she was
blown up by a torpedo and lost his life
while running the New Orleans forts
with Farragut because he insisted upon
the pilot preceding himin the effort to
escape from the conning tower.
Venezuelan Insurgents Advancing“.
CARACAS. Venezuela, via Haiti,‘Sept.
19.—President Andrade has returned to
this city after his disastrous defeat at
the hands of the revolutionary army un-
der Cipriano Castro. The latter contin-
ues his victorious advance and has reach-
ed llIaracay. The cabinet is doing every-
thing possiblc to prevent bloodshed in
Caracas. There is great excitement. The
English, French and American ministers
have asked their respective governments
for war vessels.
Destltntion Among Strikers.
XVILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 19.—
Much destitution is said to exist among
the families of the striking anthracite
coal miners in Nanticoke. An appeal has
been issued for food supplies. Local mer-
chants have contributed flour, pctatoes
and meal. The number of men on strike
is close on to 3,500, and they have been
out now over two months.
Two Holidays Proclaimed.
ALBANY, Sept. 19.-—Governor Roose
velt has issued“ a proclamation setting
apart Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and
30, as holidays 0 be observed throughout
the state as 85s of general thanksgiv~
ing in honor f the return of Admiral
GeOrge Dewey to the United States.
A Village Destroyed by Fire.
FARNHAM, N. Y., Sept. 19.—--Almost
the entire business section of this village
was wiped out of existence by a fire
which started in Louis Schwarts’ barn
yesterday. A conservative estimate places
the loss at between $200,000 and $250;
000.
Provisions For Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The com-
missary department will receive 350 tons
of contributed provisions for Porto Rico
this week and will purchase enough to
make 1,000 tons to ship on the transport
leaving tomorrow.
Mr. Flawer’s Personal EItate.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 19.—The
appraiIIl of the personal property of the
late Roswell P. Flower puts its value at
$3,731,969.42 on the basis of what ItockI
were worth May 12 last. _
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