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,Fitzhugh Lee.
OUR ERRING BROTHER VVHOPR If:
HIMSELF THE MAN OF THE H OUR
Educated at West Point He Left the
Army When Virginia Soccded, and
Joined the Confederacy—Gen. Leena
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The Report Will Not Be Given to
Congress Before Monday.
Been on Invaluable Government Officm CABINET TO SEE IT FRIDAY
Thackeray says somewhere that
whenever you find a man whose friends
all call him by his first name that man
is very apt to be a good fellow.
were. ever slgnally illustrated by any
one, it has been in the case of Fitzhugh
Lee. Every man who knows him is his
friend, and all call him “Fitz.” '
Sidney Smith Lee, the father of
Fitzhugh, was the fleet capfain of Com—
modore Perry’s squadron when it
opened Japan to the world and western
Icivilization. When the war began Capt.
Lee, of the United States Navy, re-
signed about the same time his brother,
Robert 13., his junior in age by two
years, quitted the United States
Army. It was a terrible blow to Capt.
Smith Lee, as it was to his brother.
to leave the service of the United
States, in which he had passed forty
years of his life and won honor and
rank. But there was no other course,
from his point of View.~ Capt. Smith
Lee’s first son was in the United States
Navy when the war began. He’ was
afterward a, lieutenant on the famous}
confederate cruiser Shenandoah, Capt.
VVaddell, the finest and swiftest fight-
ing ship the conféderacy eve1 owned.
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But “Fitz,” the second of the famous
sons of Capt. Smith Lee, would go into
the army. He had inherited the cavalry
spirit of his grandsire, and when he
was fourteen could ride like a C0-
manche. So, in 1852, the lad, then sev-
enteen, was sent to our military school
on theHudson, which his grandfather,
Light Horse Harry,” had helped
Washington to found. You cannot al-
ways tell what a man’s future will be
from his standing at school. Robert
E. Lee was second in the class of 1829
at West Point, a class whose members
in after years were among the most
brilliant men of their time in our milit-
ary service. “Fitz” 'Lee ' graduated
third, “if you begin counting the class
from the bottom,” as he always says.
The truth was—and still is—Lce was a
man of action rather than a student.
It was to the Second United States
Cavalry that Lieut. Fitzhugh Lee went,
after his graduating leave in 1856. His
active service commenced at once. The
Indians were much excited at the
crossing by emigrants or their lands
and hunting g1'0-.unls. With his usual
energy Lieut. Lee dz: tinouished him-
self in every fight with the Comanche-5
in which he took pal t. Ho “ladsome
close calls.
In one Indian fight a warrior, dash-
ing up close to him, shot Lee with an
arrow. It would have killed him had
not the point turned 011 a rib. As it
was it penetrated several inches, and
Lee had to ride about and command
his men with the feather end of the
arrow sticking out of his breast. It
began to be painful, and lying down on
his side, Lee called a friend and said:
‘-‘Jack, pull this devilish thing out.”
The friend gave a. tug. The arrow did
not move. “Put your foot against my
side and try it again.” The other did
so. The pain must have been horrible,
for Lee’s face turned very white.
Finally, out came the shaft of the mis-
sile, leaving the steel head four or five
inches deep in the young .lieutcnant’s
breast. It was a severe wound, for the
heavy steel head could not be reached
by the surgeon. But the wound healed
over, and the steel happened to bewnew
and clean, and therefore did not 1r 'iuce
blood-poisoning. For some yea; 4 it
troubled Lieut. Lee, but was finally
absorbed and passed into the blood.
Ther were five of the Lees of Vir—
ginia wearing the United States uni-
form when South Carolina fired
Sumter. They all waited and watched
the trend and course of events. The
Lees would follow Virginia alone. 2: 11d
they waited for her word. ‘When it
came, first Sidney Smith, then Hohciz-t, ,
G. NV. Custis, Sidney Smith. J11, of the
navy, finafiy and last Fitzhugh, all
quilted the service of. the country
whose foundations their fathers and
grandfathers had helped ‘to lay. Of
the awful pain and regret all felt (er—
pecially the seniors) at the dissolution
of the Union as they deemed it, there
is ample evidence extant. But go they
must. Virginia had at last spoken. She
was their cherishing mother. - Her
word must be obeyed, and it was.
As a soldier, Fitzhugh Lee was ammg
the very first of that gallant lot of
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young general officers who helped to
make “Stuart’s Cavalry” the famous
corps it became, under its brilliant
young Virginia Chieftain and 119211111115
a leader Fitzhugh Lee was, per: zaps,
the most popular officer in the corps
after Stuart himself.’ Stuart is in [evi-
dence in oft-repeated words, showing
his appreciation of his young lieuten-
ant. It is, indeed, high praise when ,
Stuart- commends an office-1 as he does
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If this '
‘ is approved thereafter
The President liIust Have Time for Con-
sideration of the Report After Its Re-
ceipt—A Feeling in \Vashington That
the Country is Drifting Toward War.
Washington, March 23.—The report of
the court of inquiry on the Maine ex-
plosion will be here some time to-mor-
rowrow and ‘the President will have
had a. chance to read it before he lays
it before the Cabinet on Friday. But
even then acccording to an authorita-
tive statement, the President will take
a. day or two longer to consider it and
prepare it for Congress. It is, there-
fore, not likely that it will be made
public before the meeting of Congress
on Monday.
The recent conference between the
President and Speaker Reed smoothed
matters as to the 00- use of Congress,
and there is a. perfect understanding
between the President and the Speaker
as to what will be done. As stated au-
thoritatively and exhaustively in these
dispatches yesterday the President will
notify Spain of the verdict and ask
for an explanation, but before any de-
mand is made upon that country the
report will be laid before Congress and
the policy to be pursued will be one
agreed upon by legislative, as well as
the executive branch of the Govern—
'ment.
The report will be sent in duplicate
to the Senate and the House, and al-
ready there is an immense amount of
excitement among members of both
branches in anticipation of coming
events. In View of the approach of the
time when the report is to be made
public it is but natural that there
should be a more acute feeling in offi-
cial circles as to the result.
M War More Probably.
Within the last twenty—four hours
there has undoubtedly been an increase
in the feeling that there will be open
hostilities between the two countries,
and even a. Cabinet officer, who has
had much to do with the developments,
remarked to his friends that it looked
as if we were drifting toward war.
The attitude of Congress in refusing
to listen to anything like-arbitration
of the Maine explosion or further trial
of autonomy for Cuba has caused the
administration to consider the subject
of intervention, a policy the President
has always had in mind, and which
was so ably stated by him in the clos-
ing paragraph on the Cuban situation
in his annual message. This policy
has never been changed, and it may
be well at this time to repeat the Pres-
ident’s words in his message:
“The near future will demonstrate
whether the indispensable condition of
a righteous peace, just alike to the Cu-
bans and to Spain, as well as equitable
to all our interests so intimately in-
volved in the welfare of Cuba, is likely
to be attained. If not, the exigency of
further and otheraction by the United
States will remain to be taken. When
that time comes, that action will be
determined in the line of indisputable
right and duty. It will be faced with-
out misgiving or hesitancy in the light
of the obligation this Government owes
to itself, to the people who have con—
fided to it the protection of their in-
terests and honor, and to humanity.
Sure of the right, keeping free from
all offense ourselves, actuated only by
upright and patriotic considerations,
moved neither by passion nor selfish-
ness, the Government will confine its
watchful care over the rights and prop:
erty of American citizens, and will
abate none of its efforts to bring about
by peaceful agencies a. peace which
shall be honorable and endurable. If
it shall hereafter appear to be, a duty
imposed by our obligations to our-
selves, to civilization and humanity to
intervene with force, it shall be without
fault on our part, andonly because the
necessity for such action will be so
clear as to command the support and
approval of the civilized world.”
If, when the report arrives, the Pres-
ident and Congress see that it is their
duty to intervene, the President will
do so. There is a. feeling among many
of the members of Congress that when
the report is sent to that body there
will be a. stampede for hasty action.
Against this the administration and
the leaders on both sides are trying to
0"211 d It is the one desire of the Pres-
ent that Congress shall act deliber-
ately and slowly in this matter, and for
this reason he" has been preparing the
leaders for devolopments to come.
While there is some talk of trying to
force immediate action in the Senate,
it is felt to-day that a. calm and con-
servative course may ,, be expected
from that branch, and in the House
the conferences between the President
and the Speaker and the leaders there
have been productive of an assurance
that nothing precipitate may be feared.
In all probability the Senate will ad-
journ from Friday until Monday, and
as only one branch of Congress will
be in session when the report is re-
ceived it cannot be sent to Congress
until Monday.
It is expected that no matter what
the nature of the report may be. when
it is received in the lower branch of
Congress there will be a disposition to
discuss it, but it is the present inten-
tion of the Speaker to let it pursue the
egula1 coulse of such documents and
refer to the Committee on Feleign tf-
fairs.
The Democratic Progrmnmn.
Mr. Bailey, in speaking about the po-
'~sltl«)11 of the Deniocrats on this ques-
tion, said:
. ‘If the Speaker should lefuse to en—
te1.a1n a lepeal from his decision the
Democrats w ill see to it that no journal
xccpt upon a
roll call. We will emphasize our po—
sition by every right that is accorded
t0 the minority until the Committee 011
. Foreign Affairs brings in some resolu—
tion. We are afraid that as soon as the
documents are sent to the con11n;lt:--.-
they will be pigeon—holed there and the
House will not be given an opportunity
for their consideration.”
The question of Spain's action in
matter will not come before Cong.“ ".1;
at the time the report is submitted ‘- ,
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cause the President will not wait for
Spain’ s answer before he makes the 1,:-
port public, and therefore there \\ 171 be
no queSticn as to arbitration or set-
-t_1ez_nent tobe decided, at once.“
. land as executive.
While
It is true that Congress may therefore
not have occasion to deal with the
question of the destruction of the
Maine, it is more than probable that
the greater question of the indepen-
dence of Cuba. will come up for a
discussion and excitement over this
greater proposition the Maine explo-v
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.sion will become but a mere incident.
THE CABINET MEETING.
The llIembers Informed That the lieport
W'ill Arrive To—liIorrow.
Washington, March 23.—The Presi-
dent informed the Cabinet at the meet-
ing yesterday that the report of the
Court of Inquiry would arrive here to-
morrow. He stated that he did not ex-
pect to send it to Congress until the
first of next week, perhaps on Mon-
day, maybe not until a day or so later.
It all depended upon the character of
the report, and the effect it would have
upon his future policy.
The Cabinet was in session for an
hour and a quarter, and when the Cab-
inet members left the White House
they stated that there was nothing new
except the fact of the announcement
of the arrival of the report to-morrow.
The general Cuban question was dis-
cusssed, as well as the feeling in Con-
gress, and the disposition of the report
after it was received. The expenditiure
of the $50,000,000 appropriation made so
far were gone over, but the question of
purchasing new s..ips was not dis-
cussed.
The President! is determined to take
two or three days to consider the re-
port after it reaches his hands, pre-
pare his note to Spain and his mes-
sage, which will accompany the re«
port to Congress. In this message the
President will state the facts as to the
sending of the Maine to Havana, the
explosion, the ordering of the Court of
Inqiury, its meetings, its testimony and
final report. He will also mention his
having informed Spain 0f the verdict
and having asked for an explanation.
He will lay the facts before Congress
and await its action. As a Cabinet
member said if there is to be in—
tervention,' Congress will be the one
to decide how to outline the course
to be taken.
An Official Statement.
Ila shin gton, March 23. —Aftcr the
Cabinet meeting yesterday the follow-
ing Statement‘was given out from an
official source:
“It was understood at the Cabinet
meeting to—day that the report of the
Court of Inquiry probably would be
here Thursday 01' Friday; that it is a
very voluminous document; that prob-
ably it will not be given to the press
and to Congress before Monday; that
the President will require that much
time for its proper consideration."
ARMY TO MOVE AT SHORT NOTICE.
Orders All Ready for Transmission for
the Blobilization of Troops.
NVashingtOn, March 23.——-From all
over the country come indications of
the quiet preparations for war which
are making by the War and Navy De—
partments, and of their evident inten—
tion to be found ready, however quick—
ly the call may come.
Orders have been prepared for trans-
mission from the headquarters of the
Major-General commanding the army,
providing for the movement of all in-
fantry and cavalry troops In the coun-
try to stations on the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.
The heads of military departments
were instructed, about ten days ago,
to makefall necessary preparations to
move troops to the Atlantic seaboard
on the receipt of orders to that effect.
This was almost simultaneous with
the reorganization of the military de-
partments of the country, making two
divisions of the original Department of
the East, and giving much importance
to the Southern division, the new De-
partment of the Gulf.
It is not unlikely that these orders
for the general movement of the
troops may be transmitted very soon.
It is expected that the greater part of
the country’s force will be ordered to
the Department of the Gulf.
Headquarters have opened in Atlan—
ta, and Gen. Graham, the Department
Commander, is getting his staff to—
gether.
A fact which points to the determin-
ation of the Government to be prepared
for immediate war, if it comes, is the
collection by the Bureau of Military
Information of the most complete in—
formation regarding thc geography of
Cuba and the outlying islands and of
the Philippines.
This information is obtained from
every source possible. whether public
or private. and is at once put into form
for transmission to heads of military
departments.
THE DOLPHIN READY FOR SEA.
Dispatch Boa-t to Go Into Commission at
the Navy Yard.
Brooklyn, March 23.—The work on
the dispatch boat Dolphin has been go—
ing on for the past two weeks and she
is: now ready to go into commission.
The Dolphin has been thoroughly
overhauled, and is as spiel-2 and span
as a brand new boat. One hundred and
fifty men have been at work on fitting
her up. Commodore Lyons will to-
morrow hoist" his fiag, placing her in
commission. She has been refitted with
new engines, boilers, deck and spars.
The Dolphin will carry her old guns.
She has a displacement of 1,486 tons
and is able to make 15.5 knots per hour.
She will likely leave here for “Tasiling:
ton after she has been placed in com-
mission, where she will be held subject
to the Secretary’s orders.
Commander Lyons will take chargr
of the ship with Lieutenant South?-
Her other cheers
will be those attached to her 1-. 11:11 9hr
w cut out of commission.
No Prearranged Plan to Adjourn.
Washington, March 23.——If the Senate
and House adjourn over until Monday
from Friday, as has been suggested. it
will be only because the status of busi—
ness warrants it, and not bore—11:11:) of
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any prearranged programme.
ate has adjourned frequently of
because there was no pressing business
on its calendars.
French Troops Defeated.
Paris, March 23.»--The Siecle says a
French expedition sent against Bos-
sirlers, in the 151.1111 of Madagascar,
has met With a serious reverse, six
officers and one hundred men being
killed. The insurgents, it is Si.f.l€(l,
also captured a number of rifles and
125, 000 cartridges. ",3... ,
JACKSON"?
Colored Pugiliot
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san Francisco, '11:” ‘ h 23. —In one of,
the fastest and fiercest battles Witness-
ed in this city in years, Jim Jeffries, of
California young and brawny, last
night knocked out Peter Jackson, col-
Dred, of Australia. The knockout blow
was delivered in the third round.
That the end did- not comeI earlier
was surprising to the wildly excited
and enthusiastic spectators of the ,bat-
tle. From the opening of the first
round until the instant the decisive
blow was delivered the men fougffi
with the energy of despair, each bal-
tling as fast, as fiercely and as W11
as he knew how.
The men met in Woodward’s pavil—
ion. The immense building was crowd-
ed to the doors, fully 8,000 persons being
present when the men advanced :2 fine
centle of the ring and shook handa‘w
Jeffries, young, tall, brawny, was the
favorite in the betting, his admirers
laying odds of 10 to 8 and 10 to 6 that
he would win, but if popularity might
be measured by the cheers which greet-
ed the men, Jackson was the more pop~
ular 0f the two. It was his first ap-
pearance in this city since his battle
with Corbett, and the sporting men,
who crowded the pavilion, gave him a
royal welcome. .
Jeffries’ advantages were manifest
when the men came together in the
centre of the ring to receive the ref-
eree’s instructions, and his clear, white
body was thrown out in strong contrast
to that of the ebony-skinned Austral—
ian. Jeffries stood 6 feet 11-2 inches,
or an inch and .a half taller than his
opponent, and his weight of 215 pounds
gave him an advantage of fifteen
pounds in this regard.
Confidence was written in every line
of his face, while Jackson wore the air
of a man who has a hard job ahead of
him, and wonders how he is going to
get through with it.
That confidence never deserted Jef-
fries. The burly- black tried to keep
him at a distance and make it a box-
ing match 1"1 ther than a fight, but Jef—
fries would not have it. He bored right
in and, punishing his man unmerci-
fully about the body in the first two
rounds, had him at his mercy in the
third, when he put him out.
Jeffries was the first to enter the
ring. He was follow ed by his seconds.
Billy Dela 119:1, DeW‘itt \ancourt and
“Spider” Kelly His appearance was
cheered, but three minutes later, when
Peter Jackson stepped into the ring,
followed by Patsy Corrigan, Vincent
White and Young Mitchell, the house
went wild. At 9.09 Referee Jim Mc-
Donald, the National League baseball
umpire, summoned the men to the cen-
tre of the ring and gave them the
usual instructions.
At 9.10 the gong sounded and the
men came up quickly with Jackson on
the aggressive. Jeffries led. with left,
but fell short. Then he rushed and
again led with .a left, which Peter
ducked. Jeffries landed lightly on the
body. with his right, receiving a sim-
1lar blow in return. Jeffries missed a.
left swing for the body. but landed
lightly on Jackson’s head. Peter put
a straight left on Jeffries’ body, follow—
ing rapidly with a right 011 the body, a.
left on the face and a right near the
heart. Then Jackson jabbed Jeffries
hard in the face. receiving a hard left
on the body in return, but concluded
the round with two good rights on Jef—
flies’ body.
In the second round Jeff1ies missed
a hard swing and was jabbed in the
face with the left. Jeffries then put a
good left on Jackson’s head and
clinched, Peter coming in close put in
a short right over Jeffiies’ heart and
jabbed him hard 011 the mouth wigh his
left drawing blood. Jeffries then rush-
ed, but Peter cleverly evaded his
swings. Jeffries swung his left on Jack-
son’s jaw, knocking Peter down. Jack-
clambered to his feet, but went
SO)!
down again from a left swing just as
the gong sounded.
In the third round Peter came up
fresh. considering the conclusion of
the preceding round. .Ieffl'ies landed
left and right on the head, and fol-
lowed the blows with a right on Jack—
son’s jaw. Peter went groggy. Jeffrics
knocked Peter against the ropes,
swinging his left on the jaw. and Peter
fell helplessly against the ropes
Jeffries stepped back awaiting
recovery of his opponent, but as Peter
plainly was out the referee stepped be-
tween them and declined ch" flies the
winner.
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Pngilist Brown Dead.
Trenton, N. J., March 23.—Henry
Brown. the local pugilist, who was in—
jured in a boxing bout with Jack
Smith at the Passaic Sporting Club
Monday night, died yesterday at St.
Francis Hospital. The post mortem ex-
amination yesterday afternoon showed
that death resulted from a hemorrhage
of the brain. County Physician Rogers,
who conducted the examinatiin, said
that death might have been produced
either by a blow or a fall.
charge of manslaughter has been made
against Smith. The hearing of Smith
and of Skelly and Austin, which was
to have been held last night, was post—
poned until Thursday night. Senator
Daly has been engaged to defend the
men.
Smith is beside himself with grief,
and swears that he was so weak from
his hard fighting in the first few rounds
that he could not have killed Brown.
The Ministerial Union of Trenton.
which has tried unsuccessfully for a
yea1 to have boxing matches stopped.
will prosecute the prisoners vigorous—
ly. It is the general opinion in 'l‘ron—
ton that Brown’s death has “filled pub—
lic boxing.
Brown is the thirty-seventh man to
die from the effects of a prize fight.
Lavigno Wants Another Fight " 3111 Daly.
Cleveland, 0., March 23.—ln view of
the statements which are being pub-
lished regarding the match i':t.. -1211
Kid Lavigne and Jack Laly '
last Thursday night. Lav
ager has announced that lac
to put up any sum from $5.:1T-‘Lu -.1,-. .1..-
in Cleveland or New "-011: in: 1. .'_,'..'-'.t
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allowed his v civilt (f last
night, which ‘aw 5 four pounds 21'.
than 11211; of LaVlgne.
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Pi tt ~b111g, Pa, Man -‘-
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near Monongahela L‘.
Two persons were killzd.
and from fifteen to
entombed in the, mine. but
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