Evening gazette, Tuesday, September 13, 1898 · page 5

 

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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.

Mr. and Mrs-J. L. McCormick, of
Brooklyn, were guests of Miss Kate
Pomeroy, of Academy street, over Sun-
day. -

 

JOSeph E. McCarthy, of Plattsvillel

avenue, and Miss Margaret Mahoney

.3, Were married by Rev. J. T. Winters at

.. St. Joseph’s church Monday morning.

 

The town assessors will commence
their labors on Friday, October 14th.

 

Attorney T. F. Burke has returned
to his home in Wyoming,r after a sever-
al day?s visit with relatives inJSouth
Norwalk. ‘

The Ellis Musical club will enjoy a
trolley ride to Seaside Park, Bridge-
port, Wednesday afternoon, starting
from South Main street 3.30 o’clock.

 

 

John and Richard Simpson were
taken to the County Children’s Home

-by order of the Town Court this

morning.
Hugh McAdams, of M iddletown, is
in town to-day. He will be remembered
as‘being connected with the Electric
Light COmpany.

 

For the first time in two years Mrs.
J. F. Lovejoy was yesterdaynenabled to
leave her home and visit her friends.

 

~Advertlse in THE GAZETTE.

THE OREGON AND IOWA 1‘3

 

To Be Accompanied by Colliers on The"
'~: ' Long‘ Cruise.
"Washington, Sept. 13,—The navy .de-
partment is shifting some of the'ofll-
«cers of the battleships Oregon and Iowa

preparatory to. their departure “from.
New York on their long cruise to 'San ‘

Francisco, by way of the straits of
Magellan. .

The department 'has
from among the fleet of colliers acquir-

.,ved. during the war, four of. the best

and largest to accompany the.battle—
ships on their long run. These are the
Cassius, the Scandia, the Alexander
and the Aberendia, and their .coal ca<
pacity is sufficient to insure a full sup.
ply for the big battleships as well as
for themselves, without subjecting the

, fleet to the danger of refusal of any of

Or as.

the South American republics to allow
them to take on coal, on account of the
technical existence of the state‘ of war
between the United States and'Spaln.
No attempt is to be made to drive the
big ships so as to equal the famous
run of the Oregon coming eastward,
the need for the ships on the Pacific

"'side not being so pressing as to war-

rant incurringthe' risk of injuring th‘é
boilers or machinery by keeping up

‘ . full speed.

It is expected that the battleships,
with their colliers, will be able to
start from New York about the end
of this month. -

It is now known, although no official
instructions have yet been received in
the Brooklyn navy yard, that the bat-
tleships Iowa and Oregon are to go to
Honolulu as soon as the repairs to
both vessels are completed, and are
there to await orders in case there is
any trouble in the Philippines which
might require their presence there.

—————.———v— . a,
Camp Thomas is Deserted.

National Military Park, Chickama'u-
ga, Sept. 13.—The Ninth New‘York Was
paid yesterday. The regiment has
packed all its effects and is expected
to leave for home early to-day.

The Second Kentucky is also in rea-
diness to move, and is expected to get
away before to-night. The departure
of these regiments will leave only about
1,800 men at Chickamauga. these com-
prising one regiment and 50 men in
the hospitals.

The midway at Lytle, which has been
the scene of so much turmoil during
the summer, is now a thing of the
past. The last of the small shops Were
closed yesterday the majority of the

. shopmen going to other camps.

 

The Naval 'Altuc‘he at Tokio.

Washington, Sept. 13.-——The navy for
the first time in its history, will soon
be represented at Oriental courts. The
selection of Lieutenant A. L. Key of
the Naval Academy for duty as naval
attache at Tokio and Pekin, gives that
officer one of the most attractive bil-
lets of the service, and places him in
a position where he can be of great
value to this government in view of
the development and extension of Am-
erican interests in Asia. ‘

 

Don’t Want to Give Up Fashoda.

Paris, Sept. 13.——The Eclair says that
France might justly claim rights in
the Nile valley, being its first occu-
pant. .

The Gaulois says that'France won
the race to Fashoda and England had
better think twice before trying to dis-
place her. .

 

No Room for Them.

New York, Sept. 13.——All the public
schools of this city Were opened yes-
terday, and several thousand children
In Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn'
were unable to gain admission, owing
to lack of accommOdations.. .. '

GEN. JOE WHEELER.

FRESH HONORS FOR THE MAN WHO
SOUGHT TO RESCUE DAVIS.

 

 

A Unique vector in History—From a
Ileaderlp the Rebel Cause He Retires
to His Edi-5g. Later to be Called to Rep-

’ r'esent His People at Washington.

A correspondent of the Washington
Capital writes: - General Wheeler is
one of the few men who have come out
of this war without anything but
glory in their records. His life has
been a somewhat curious mixture of
the most dashing and picturesque ad-
- venture and the most uninteresting of

just entering upbh his military c ' r
at the beginning of the civil war, he
unhesitatlngly devoted his heart and
his hand to the fortunes of the Con-
federacy and became the most daring
and successful cavalry leader of the
South. possibly of the whole country.

 

- cue Davis.

just selected '

Wheeler’s 93219331935195 those four
‘ years were .told'with glee by the Con-
federates and with a mlxtue of admi-
ration and gnashing of teeth by the
Union officers whom he circumvented.
When Lee surrendered and Jefferson
Davis was a prisoner, Wheeler, loyal
as ever to the cause for which he had
fought for four long years, risked his
life and freedom in an attempt to res-
It failed, and when the
turmoil of war had a little subsided
and the knights of the Lost Cause
gathered themselves together to face
the future, Wheeler, practical, plucky,
and uncomplaining as ever, was to be
found grubbing a living out of his farm

professor of philosophy in the Louis-
iana State Seminary, but he declined
that offer and kept on practicing law
and agriculture with equauimity and
success.

The Forty-seventh Congress saw
ing except a war would have dislodged
him from his seat. Whenever'diere
has 'been any development which look-
ed like war he has always been the
first to tender his services to the gov-
ernment. For the last thirty years he

tay career when he had a chance. It
is my belief that if we had an admin-
}istratlon foolish and obstinate enough
to refuse him a commission he would
have shouldered a rifle and gone to
the front as a private, and the would.
have inevitably come out of the fight
weaning shoulder straps. He as not
the kind of man to be ignored.

The stories which have clustered
about Wheeler’s career in this war
would‘make an interesting book all
by themselves. He not only climbed a

 

—-and it wasn’t a cactus or a cocbanut
palm, as some of the enterprising art-_
i ists tried to make us believe—but ,it'is
reported that he climbed the tree un-
der which the capitulatlon was-signed
at Santiago, and sent a leaf thereof'to
each of his constituents. I am inclln-
ed to doubt this yarn. Of course it is
a picturesque thing to think of—the
slender, active little general Sitting in
the crotch-cf a limb- busily picking
leaves enough to fill barrels. and leav-
. lug the tree as barejas a barber's pole,
' but it is my belief that if there really
‘was a. barrelful of leaves picked off
, that tree, Wheeler sent some small Cu-
iban boy up to do it. He never does
inn odd thing for the sake of being
odd. It is certain, however, that he
ldld send a good many of his friends
leaves from.“that there tree," and that
_, they prize them most highly.
Wheeler’s behavior at. Santiago has
[furnTshed the subject for almost the
. only real war poem which has appear-
' ed during the war. You have all read
it. Itis called “Wheeler at Santiago,"
' and is by James Lindsay Gordon. The
poem has been copied all over the Uni-
ted States, and the story of that day
has been told everywhere, but i am
'going to tell it over again. Wheeler.
,ncvt being .any more acclimated than
,the rest of the army, was, like his
men, attacked by the fever of the coun-
itry, and was not able to lift his head
for several days. He Was carried here
1 and there and directed operations from
! his cot, but when the time came to at-
itack Santiago he was so ill that it
.was. not thought best to inform him
‘ just when the attack would take place.
'But he heard the roar of guns from
afar and he was not to be let or hin-
gdered. _ He told them to put him into
’an ambulance and take him 'to the
lfront, and there is more power in the
‘little major general’s say so, even
when he is helpless with fever, than
there is in the blatant roaring of a big
_ six-foot bully. They put him into that
'ambulance and started for the front.
On the way they met the litters with
!the wounded, and the newspaper cor-
; respondents bear witness as to the mis-
erable inadequacy with which these
unfortunates were provided for.
tWheeler was out of that ambulance
and in the saddle in about a minute
and a half, and though almost any man
. in his army could have picked him up
and carried him, .nobody ventured to
ioppose his determination to go to the
3' front. And then he rode to the front,
; and the sight of him put new life into
I{the whole army. Gordon tells it in
,words which thrill one like the sound
'of drum and fife.
There is nothing in the whole his-
tory of warfare more dramatic than
_tlmt incident. It will live as long as
= there is an American to be thrilled by
the sight of the starry flag. It will be
a bond of'unio-n forever between North
‘ and South-that day at Santiago.

 

:From Machine bay to Puget sound,‘

from Rangeley lake and the Adiron-
ducks to Key Westwand then again
Ifrm'fn Manila and Honolulu round the
Iv "ml-J to Porto Rico. Wherever Amer-

icons live and die under the flag. no-
body wlll refuse to cheer the name of
Joseph Wheeler.

‘ fl
——_—,

L

.ize that the United States the chief

drudgery: _ A AW 951‘ ...R.w.§£32% '

in Alabama. They wanted him to be
him in the House, and after that noth- .

has had what one might call a stand~__
. lng determination to continue his mili-'

tree to reconnoiter the enemy's camp. .1'5 is sold inthevmarkets,

’dulged in as to its size and quality.

 

 

I
I
I

BRAZIL'S COMMERCE. ' '

 

The Average Alnehican Overlooks the 0p-
portuuities That ‘Lie at His Threshold. .
. While seeking in the Far East for
consumers ‘of liis' surplus products of l
farm and factory, the average Ameri-
can overlooks the opportunities ‘open
to his enterprise and Sagacity in a
continent which lies, comparatively
speaking, at the threshold of his fac-
tory and the gateway of his farm. At
the same time, he fails utterly to real-

consumer of South American products
is paying, by way of exchange, a vast
tribute to Europe, not merly on what
is taken from her nearest and most

1
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_._————

THE UNITED STATES MAKES A REC-
0RD FOR HUMANITY.

Diplomacy of the Highest Order Hal
Marked the Acts of This Government.
As Soon as the Enemy Were Disarmed
They Became Our Ward ~‘.

The New York Mail and Express '

Jl-‘Stly says that the War with Spain is
unique in the scrupulousness with
which the United States has observed
not onlythe rules but also what might
be called the amenities of modern
war. It will be remembered that at
the outbreak of the war grave fears
were expressed that complications

 

natural market fOr- her own products,
but on all she sells there.
gently utilized, not only would the
semi-home marketsof South America
save to the American censumer what
he now pays in exchange to his more
enterprising European competitor.
who has forestalled him in the explor-
ation and 'deVelopment of the vast re-
sources of the southern republics, but
they would in time turn the'ovcr-
whelmingly adverse balance of trade
to the credit of the United States.

To-day the leading commercial city
of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, with a pop-
ulation of nearly 750,000 souls, con-
tains but one strictly American mer-
cantile house supported by any con-
siderableIamount of capital. In the
entire republic, with a population Of
16,000,000, only two such houses exist.
The American colony, registered, num-
bers probably 1,500, embracing a few
coffee buyers, agents only, farmers,
clerks, mechanicspdentists, and other
professional men scattered over the
country; while the British, French,
German, Portugese and Spanish colo-
nies number respectively, in the order
named, many thousand inhabitants,
representing hundreds 'of millions of
dollars placed in mercantile, banking.
mining, transportation, and other pur-
suits, which yield remunerative divi-
dends.

It is obvious that a large number of
energetic and intelligent Americans
engaged in industrial pursuits-in Bra-
zil would have an enormous influence
in developing the natural resources,
and, consequently, in increasing the
purchasing power of the country.

 

HOW MICK IS OBTAINED.

The-Process is Described as the Poetry of
Mining.

The mica trade is controlled practi-
cally by three'or four large concerns
in New York, Chicago and Boston.
These houses have an agent who buys
for cash whatever mica is brought ‘in
by the miners. They control the mar-
ket and fix the prices to bepaid to, the
miner, as well as the prices for which

Mica, 'it‘needghardly ibe sald.c is a,
very valuable, almost precioushfrmin;
eral,‘as‘ those who are obliged to buy:
a small strip for their-stove doorswill'
testify. ' A package'iworth hundr’eds‘
of dollars can be carried in a basket"
slung over the arm, or in a pair of. sad-
dlebags on horseback; When prepared
for the market the. solidblock, as taken
from the mine, .is split into sheets.~
These are cut into squares or rectan-
gles of almost every possible size, from
2x2 inches up to 8x10 inches. and
sometimes evenlarger. There are 'no
less than 183 regular sizes kept in
stock by dealers. . .. . .,

The mining of mica is the poetry of

If intelli- ,

With neutral natiogs would inevitably
arise and. the commerce of the world
be seriously disturbed. Neither the
United States nor Spain was a party
signatory to the declaration of Paris,
and foreign journals predicted trouble
from the exercise of the right of
search, the possible issue of letters of
marque and the endless disputation
over what- articles may be contraband
Of war. .

entirely superfluous. One of President
McKinley’s first acts after a state of
war was officially recognized war to
promulgate a code to govern the con-
duct of the war, which went far be-
yond the Paris agreement in the con-
sideration manifested for neutral in-
terests. There has been no privateer—
ing and no searching. The commerce
,of the world-has gone on almost as in
times. of profound peace. Prizes have
been captured and condemned, but so
c'zirefulha's the administration been
to avoid any controversy with a neu-
tral nation, that whenever there was
the slightest question as to the own-
ership of vessel or cargo, or as to the
propriety of the capture, the prize has
been promptly released. So far as our
recollection serves, not one protest has
been lodged with the state department
on the part of any foreign power based
upon the capture of prizes by our,»
navy. .-

Our relations with European nations,
in spite of the ominous rumblings in
foreign courts at the outbreak of hos-
tilities, have been perceptibly improv-
ed rather than. imperilled. Great Bri—
tain has lost no opportunity to’display
her friendship, and its apparent dis-
interestedness‘ has done much to allay
the sentimentsvof suspicion which ‘werc
almost traditional on this side‘of the

pains to officially repudiate. the expi‘es-
sions of ill will voiced by the French
press in_the early weeks'of the war.‘
and" the services" of her distinguished

" ambassador. M. Cambon, undoubtedly
jade-much; to bring Spain.to re-aliizéfthd,

,futili‘ty of a prOlOngatlon' of the strugj

good-Italy was the firstto congratulate
,us on ourviactory, Germany'alone. has.
all through the war, maintained an at-
titude of surliness and shown an ap-
parentdesire to derive some benefit or
other from the contest, but so far as
known her curious actions at different
“stages ha’veevo‘ked no formal protest
or demand for explanations. Probably
"a. charitable construction has been put

' upon all Germany s churlish perform-

ances because of 'her' lack "Of national

 

mining. It is impossible to conceive
of a more exciting ~and{fascinating
employment. The win of mica-bear-
ing quartz, lying between rocks of
d-ifierent formation, has been found.
The cap rock has been blasted away.
Little i“nigger—heads”—-small lumps of
crumbling mica mixed with slate and
other rock—are growing plentiful. The
rock is carefully examined by the ex-
perienced miner, and all indications
are that mica will soon be found. -A
blast is made. The rock and debris
are cleared away, and there in the
bottom is a block of the precious stuff.
a ragged corner showing itself black
and glittering in the white quartz in
which it is imbedded. With the tips
of, the fingers the miner gently and
affectionately brushes away the dirt
and small stones which partly covers
it. Its thickness is carefully noted,
its position in the rock is- learnedly
discussed, and many a speculation in-

The- hole is quickly drilled, the small
blast is made,_ just loosening the rock,
and all eagerly crowd around as one
of the men with his pick pulls away
the broken stone. There it lies, a
black, glittering mass, nine or ten
inches across its face, three or four
inches thick, and irregular in shape.
as all blocks of mica are. A good-'
sized block, and, if solid and of a per-
fect cleavage, will be worth several.
dollars. The excitement is not allayed,
however, and will not be until the
block is split open and we know how
it looks on the inside. It is a very bad
thing to split open a block at the mine.
and contrary to all rules, for there is
danger that the fine, polished faces
will. be scratched.-Goodey’s Maga-
zme.

' The Usual Progress. .

Wheeler—I wonder what has be
come of Walker; I haven’t seen him
for a week.

Ryder—I saw his wife yesterday.
She said he was learning to ride a
wheel.

Wheeler—How’s be getting along?

Ryder—On crutches, I believe—Chi-
cago News.

 

A New Kind of Trolley. -
Who would have thought, ten years

ago that the following little "conversal' .

tion would occur in 1898?

“Mama, Mama,” said four-ye-ar-old
Dotty, as a tired pair of horses lazily
dragged a street car along an unfa-
miliar avenue, “there’s a new kind of‘
twollie car as have to have horses.”-

. .u- ..

good breeding and a defective appre-
,hens_ion of the delicate duties which
modern international law makes it in-

struggle between nations to scrupu-
lously observe. ' -

A new standard, too, has been set in
i the methods of waging and of conclud-
I ing a war. Not only has there been
. no deviation on the part of the United
I States from the best usages of civil-
' lzed warfare, but our soldiers and sail.
ors "have “fought fair,”---and there have
been 'no crueltics practiced upon the
enemy. Unnecessary bloodshed has
been avoided, and prisoners have been
treated with unvarying kindness and
consideration. On both sides there
has been an ungrudging recognition of
the gallantry of the enemy, and a-due
observance of the courtesies which
brave men always respect and observe.
Nor, we believe, does there exist that
national rancor between the belliger-
ents which a long and fierce contest
between hereditary enemies so often
engenders, emblttering their mutual re-
lations for years to come. France will
never forget Sedan, nor Ireland the
Boyne. It took a generation and the
unifying force of this war itself to
completely erase the Mason and Dixon
line from our home map. But," on the
part of this nation, at least, there is no
bitterness of enmity harbored against
Spain, and when the treaty is signed

’ we believe Minister Woodford will be

received at Madrid with every mani-
festation of friendliness just as Spain’s
new representative will be welcomed
at Washington. ‘

Not only has the soldiery of the re
public shown a humanity and courtesy
hitherto unknown in warfare. but in
gathering, the legitimate fruits .pf vic-
tory there has been nothing ”of the
ruthless demand for the pound of
flesh. “Vac victls" has lost its efficacy
as a proverb. There 'has been no’sacka
ing of cities, no needless destruction of
property, no cruclties or tortures for
the captured and no exaction of a cash
indemnity. When in future days the
philosophical student of history stud-
ies the inception. progress and settle-
ment of the war of 1898, Grotlus and
Vattel will appear to him almost in. the
light of barbarians.

Didn’t Expect a Short War.
“Of course George will be home in
a few weeks."
“Yes, I suppose he will. And, dear,
dearyl hadso confidently counted on
a two years' engagementl"-—Cleveland

 

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AMENITIES OF WAR.

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Atlantic. 1 France has‘ taken. great

' g1¢.;_.tr“or making-"impossible demands"
__iniherpleaaof peace:~ Russia basistrictm .
1y maintained a friendly neutrality;

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