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THE PHILIPPINES.
INTERNAL RESOURCES AND THE
CONDITION O THE ISLANDS.
itecent Information Which Will be Found
of Value at the Present JunctureBratal
and Incompetent Government of the
Spaniards Bearing its Natural Fruit.
There are two sources, of compara
tively recent information in regard to
the internal condition and resources of
the Philippine islands. Both are in
French, one being the Bulletin de la Sa
clete de Geographie Commerciale, Paris,
1897, Vol. XIX., No. 4, and the other a
monograph on "The Insurrection of the
Philippines," by Kdward Plauchut. Ac
cording to the former authority, says the
v^New York Times.--W^-totcrr-poTTOlamTcrjSC
the islands is 8,000,000, the number of
European residents being about twenty^
.five thousand, not counting the troops? of
"whom some 12,000, were in garrison In
Manila at the date of the report. The
trade is In the hands of English, Spanish,
and German houses, who advance money
to the natives on their crops, taking
their profits, which are said to be im
mense, after the product is marketed.
The land is fertile and productive, and
lacks only intelligent cultivation. One
of the chief sources of the wealth of
the archipelago is abaca (Manila hemp),
which is grown to the same perfection
nowhere else in the world. The culture
of the sugar cane has not of late yielded
-satisfactory returns, partly owing to the
competition of beet sugar, but partly,
also, to the Ignorance of the planters.
The average annual sugar production of
the Islands Is 175,187 tons, being not more
than one-fourth of the production of
Cuba under peaceful conditions. The cul
tivation of tobacco Is capable of muoh
greater development, though It is al
ready an important branch of production.
The latest annual returns show a tobacco
export equal to 119,977 tons, in addition
to 140,080,000 cigars. The native coffee
is chiefly used dn Spain, and is said to
be of fine quality. There is an abund
ance of cocoa trees, from whose fruit.Is
obtained the oil used for lighting houses
and streets. The high quality of the na
tive indigo Is recognized throughout the
world. Among the few industries of the
Islands are cotton spinning and bamboo
work.
M. Plauchut's analysis of the causes of
the lnsurrectior is full of interesting
matter. He says that in regard to these
there has been a conspiracy of silence
between the Spanish civil authorities and
tha religious corporations which, though
not tolerated in Spain, swarm in her col
onies. Having lived in the islands for
ten years, both among the aborigines and
the Spanish settlements, he is able to
throw some clear light on the affairs of
a country which for centuries governors,
alcaldes and monastic orders -have, for
their cwn profit, enveloped In the dark
less of ignorance and of absolutism.
Rendering a passing tribute of admira
tion to the heroic efforts whi-Jh Spaiu
has made to preserve the two most beau
tiful and the last jewels of her colonial
oown, M. Plauchet proceeds to give his
impressions of the causes and conduct
of the insurrection. Briefly, enumerated,
these causes re, first, oppression second,
greed third, clerical immorality, and
fourth, the crushing rate of taxation. As
to the first, the liberty of the indis'idual
is absolutely unknown in the Philippines.
Hundreds of persons have been sent to
penal sattlements with hardly the shadow
of a trial, and for no worse offense than
being members of a Masonic lodge. To
such an extent has the power of arrest
and imprisonment been abused by the
colonial authorities, thsf it was deemed
a striking concession on their part fo an
nounce that any prisoner whose guilt
was not established after forty-eight
Jiours of detention should be set at lib
erty.
The rapacity of Spanish officials is an
old story in the Philippines, as in Cuba.
It has long been notorious in Spain that
one needed enly to become a troublesome
and dangerous critic of a personal favor
ite of some of the ministers to be sent to
the colonies to make or mend his fortune.
If the appointee returned to his native
land the possessor of riches out of ail pro
portion to any income he could honestly
earn, nobody asked any Indiscreet ques
tions. One ministry might succeed an
other, but this system of levying spoils
on the colonies was common to them all.
Every change of the dominant party at
Madrid excited terror in the Philippines
because it was known that the only re
sult would be the liberation of a new
flight of birds of prey whose appetites the
islanders had to satisfy. Thus it has
happened that from century to century
the hatred of the natives of the Philip
pines toward every Spanaird charged
with any official duty whatever has gone
on increasing. This hatred is the more
natural and explicable that every kind of
government employment on the islands
is reserved for appointees of the ministry
or court.
M. Plauchut brings a very serious in
dictment aaginst the members of the re
ligious orders, who have long enjoyed an
unusual amount of wealth and power in
the Philippines. He says that they are in
possession of immense haciendas or
farms, which yield them handsome reve
nues in sugar and rice. Added to these
ere fees and perquisites on a scale far
exceeding that known to the richest .par
ishes of Europe. In certain provinces of'
the archipelago there are Dominican,
Augustine, Franciscan and Jesuit monks
whose annual personal Income reaches
$10,000. Here the priest not only lives by
the altar, but he carefully lays away the
treasures whish it yields him. These
reverend fathers, it seems, have the best
of everything, the best of horses, the
finest "wines, the choicest cigars, the
largest and the most airy of dwellings.
If the disillusionment of the natives -of
the Philippines as to the character of
their religious teachers has largely con
tributed to the transformation of the do
cile convent into a spoiler of sanctuaries
and an li cendiary of convents, the brutal
harshness of the Spanish system of tax
ation has finished the process. Not all of
the native tribes, by any.means, pay the
poll tax, but those who do are bound to
pay for every female, without property or
occupation, the annual sum of $2. The
poll tax on every male native is the same,
but he must pay S7 more If he cannot
or will not work fifteen days each year
at roadnraklns. There Is a supplemen
tary tax on every manor woman having
any kind of handicraft, profession, or
business, and a business is liberally con
strued to include the sale of a few betel
nuts, a bunch of bananas, or a basket
of mangoes. Country people who come
to town to sell poultry, fish, or any. arti
cle of food whatever have also to pay an
extra tax. The native farmer, whether
he awrs a rice field, a few acres of sugar
oane.-or raises any ojthar kind of agricul
tural product, sells his crop as it stands
to some half-breed Chinaman, who in
turn sells It to the representative of one
of the European houses who handle the
commerce of the islands. From the prod
uct of the fields the native retains little
more than is necessary for a bare Sub
sistence what little superfluity he may
have is employed in satisfying his passion
for cock fights, and his fondness for pa
rading, candle in hand, in religious pro
cessions.
The organization of the Philippine in
surrection is a very curious study. It
began with the Masonic lodges which
were introduced into the islands by the
socialists who
wereacuannagena,
after
banished to
Manile after the outweoK vnesa 7^^"^rzZZ\.
exiles,the at first kep their Mason^ broth*A ZSSS^t!^gX!
er&ood to themselves. Jmt ja^^M^Mfil W
oulWestkt'at^Ctfrlffiageria.'
The se
tne nair-noree'us of the archipelago hav
ing manifested a desire to be affiliated
with them, were Anally initiated. The
latter quickly organized lodges of their
own, and a few years the roll of Free
masons was swelled to from 25,000 to
30.00Q members. Thus it came about
Anally that men of pure Malay blood had
their secret assemblies, as well as the
Spanish and Chinese half-breeds. All
over the islands there were formed lodges
known In the native tongue as Karlpu
nan. Considering the influence exercised
on the simple minds of the islanders of
Oceania by all that appears to thean mys
terious, symbolic or enveloped in a highly
imaginative ritual, the extraordinary de
velopment of these secret societies cannot
be called surprising. The philosophic or
socialistic ideas that may have found,
root in the parent lodges of Europe found
no place in the- Philippines. The native,
became a Freemanson simply that hel
might pass through an ordeal which he
regarded as out of the common. Every
adept was required to make an Incision
hiB*-=&r-attr^tnMb "WWw
proceeded from it to mix:
membj|ftywho initiated him. thus taking
oath- tb "devote himself till death to the
secret" society which he had joined. This
practice' had some terrible consequences.
Every man having a scar on his arm
became, from, that very fact, suspected
by the Spanish authorities sometimes
the cut on the arm/was all the evidence
needed to send'a man to prison.
What may be called, however, the re
termining cause of the multiplication of
Masonic lodges in the Philippine Archi
pelago was that the natives were able
by this means to express behind closed
doors their grievances, their hatreds, and
their aspirations for liberty. In a coun
try wh-jre the Inquisition of Philip II.
has still its nominal representative,
where the civil censorship is exercised
with a rigor and unscrupulousness with
out equal elsewhere, one may imagine
with what Joy entire populations sought
entrance to the ranks of Freemasonry.
The native lodges of Manila and Its sub
urbs, In fellowship with the Great Eastern
of the peninsula, numbered sixteen when
the Insurrection broke out, in July, 1896.
In each. of the provinces of, Cslve. Bfe-
tangas., Bulacan, and the'PampaTiga there
were i&rom ten to twenty lodges. There
was at least one in each of the other
provinces. The clerical authorities, with
an instinct of self-preservation, perceived
the danger of the Masonic brotherhoods
and implored Gen. Blanco, who was then
governor, to arrest the rising flood of the
secret society. Blanco refused to trouble
himself about Freemasonry till a dis
patch from Spain conveyed to him the
order to act with promptitude. As a re
sult of this, 400 native and half-breed
Freemasons were sent to prison. Blanco
was. nevertheless, accused by the clergy
of being incapable, and of treating the
insurgents with too much indulgence. A
merciless regime of banishment and cap
ital punishment seemed to be the favorite
clerical remedy for the rebellion.
Blanco was succeeded as commandant
in the Philippines by Polaviega, and he,
in turn, by Primo de Rivera. The first
was relifeved-of his duties because he was
detested by the monks, the second was
stricken by ^ever and a liver complaint
contracted in Cuba, the third, who had
before been governor of the Philippines
and who is believed to have made a for
ti,i out* of gambling. licenses, adopted
the policy of the monastic orders.
Against the success of this there was
rianged the bitter enmity^ of the Masonic,
lodges toward the Island olergy, as well
as the influence of young men born In
the Philippines who are sent to Madrid
to receive a. liberal education. These
Creoles, with their quick intelligence and
openness of mind, bring back to the
islands a much more revolutionary tem
per than that which they took with them.
Not only has the mother country no em
ployment to spare for them in their na
tive land, but they freedom of speech
which they enjoyed In Madrid is absolute
ly forbidden lr. Manila. It Is this' element
of discontent which has formed the brain
of the separatist movement in the Phil
will probably be^found
"with the represehta-
to, corOnSrate
tiyes of oy^W" /vernment in recasting the
civil org?' Zj lion of the islands.
7 Jfrv
M& A- Great Array.
Milwa 9 Medical Journal: Among the
numer/ herapeuitlc candidates for pro
fessioC^,Recognitio none comes wtih a
greater "array of sponsors of recognized
ability in the profession than does Apen
ta Water.
When such men as Professors Liebrelch,
Gerhardt, Lielbermann, Pouchet, Bogo
slowsky, Tichborrie and Althaus, as well as
many men of standing In our own coun
try, bear testimony to its constant value in
diseases associated with portal congestion
there must be something in this water
which makes it worthy of our careful con
sideration.
These Apenta springs, which are situ
ated near Buda-Pest, on the left bank of.
the Danube, have a.constant composition,
an advantage for administration not pos
sessed by all other natural waters.
.Their therapeutic value depends upon
the presence of sulphate of magnesium,,
of lithla. vfcj,.
make an incision tn presence of sulphate of magnesium received his colonelciS is so little known
the-blood 3Khtoh-^sulphate-of aodium^-of. which.-the -former,^ -..,__, W$.
the blood of the is greatly in excess, and a small -tmmtm. U
U. GRANT.
CONTINUED FE0M SIXTH 00LUMN. *JK
iii{j a pipe ana looKing mmosi tne pieuuc
of despair. The gayly dressed young
soldiere brushed by, some of them turning
for aa instant to glance at this man who
seemed almost like an outcast, so strong was
the contrast between' his appearance ami
theirs, Capt. Chetlain recognized him, al
though he had not seen hiin for a tlav or
two, and going up to bini said. "Why,
captain, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I am trying to get my letter of
introduction to Gov. Yates, and I have
been waiting-so long that I don't know as
it will be of any use. However, I am go
ing to stay here until the building closes."
Cant. Chetlain saw that Grant was a lit
tle despondent, and suggested to-bim that
the governor was very busy but that h
rront. He knew McClellan slightly and
was certain that McClellan knew of him.
But In Cincinnati he faced the same indif
ference and bad luck. McClellan had Just
gone to Washington, but his brilliantly uni
formed staff were in and about the hotel
and there was no offer of comradeship when
Capt. Grant timidly introduced himself to
two, or .three Of th&m. There waa natblna
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to co 'Duf. to return to Springtieui, ana on
his way thither he stopped over for a day
in Indianapolis, thinking that perhaps his
services might be accepted by Gov. Morton.
A few hours there showed him plainly that
the political colonels and political Influ
ences were quite as strong in Indiana as
they were in Illinois. Then 'his mind was
made up. He went to Springfield, bade
Capt. Chetlain good-bye, and then returned
a despondent man to his home in Galena, be
lieving that for the time at least there was
no chance for an obscure military man,
since the politicians were making the of
ficers for the regiments and brigades.
The opportunity came more quickly than
he expected. He had sown good seed at
Mattoon. The ability, energy and thor
ough understapdlng of himself and his
duties which he displayed when mustering
in the Twenty-fist regiment of Illinois vol
unteers made a deep impression upon some
of the officers and many of the men. For
some reason the first appointed colonel of
that regiment resigned, aiid at that time
the officers of a regiment had the privilege
of designating by vote their wishes as to
the colonelcy. These officers met, and
among them was a Capt. Patterson, who
afterwards was an able judge in one of
.the Illinois districts. During the discussion
Oapt. Patterson suggested that they vote for
the election of that Oapt. Grant who had
mustered the regiment in, and the idea was
received with instant favor. A vote was
taken,and the^propositlon was carried, and
a petition setting forth these facts was
sent to Gov. Yates.
ui
A
aays later Capt. Grant, sitting in ew
his father's leather store, received a tele
gram from Gov. Yates asking him if he
Would accept an appointment as colonel of
the Twenty-first regiment. Accept the ap
pointment! Would an eagle fly if he bad a
chance? Grant telegraphed back instantly
that he would gladly command the regi
ment._and as soori as possible went again to
Springfield. He received his commission and
joined the regiment, 'and the firm impulse of
his discipline was immediately made appar
ent. Yet Grant was not freed from humili
ation. He had been unable to procure any
better clothes than those wlili-h he wore
when She first went to Springfield and while
thoso served hln well enotehittoft^^nk^
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U.S.'GIANT.
CHAPTER INTHEilFE O GRANT
O MARKED INTEREST.
This Commander of a the Armies Began
His War Service jeetty ClerkIn
Four States he Begg for Military Em
ployment Only to be Refused, I
fCopyright, 1895, by S.
We know with a
the story of Grant's
time of Belmont to
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HOW OUR NEW NAVY WILL COMPARE WITH OUR PRESENT NAVY AND WITH OTHER NAVIES.
that all that can be said of it by almost
everyone is that.it was-a period of trial,
of hard luck and at times almost of de
spair. It Is possible, however, now to give
something of detailed narrative of that time
because one who was near Grant In Galena,
wlio saw ihim in the tanner's store many
times, who went with him 'to the meeting
called-by the citizens of,.Galena.-', in answer:/
to Lincoln's proclamation, jWho^hi*$$&
as a companion from Gale^at^
capitol and was his room-mate while Grant
was there desperately struggling to -gain-.
an entrance into the service, is now liv
ing, and can recall those times with vivid
ness. He is. Gen. Augustus' L. Chetlain,
now living in Chicago, known to every
member 6f the Loyal Legion of the United
S(tates not only as a fighter who knew no
fear although In many battles and as the
man who was the Intimate o Grant in
the days when he had few intimates. Gen.
Chetlaln's ability to speak with truth of
Grant in those early times in maintained
by Col. Fred D.' Grant, who said in answer
to a question, "Ob, yes, I know Gen. Chet
lain very well, and he was the intimate
and truthful friend of my father in the
early dayef of the war."
It is from Gen. Chetlain in the main that
this narrative has heen obtained, although
his precise language is not followed and
some of the Incidents narrated were col-,
lected from other sources of information.
Capt. Grant went to Galena to serve his
father as a clerk in the. leather store and
tannery of J. -Grant & Co. He gladly
accepted such employment., a: year-or two
before the outbreak of the war. He re
ceived at first forty dollars a month, and
his pay was afterwards raised to seventy
five. He hired a little cottage, still stand
ing, and paid twelve dollars a month rent,
.leaving a sum upon which he could Support
his family only by scrimping and the
hardest sort of economy.
Upon stormy days or times when cus
/tamers were few- and idle moments plenty,
^tb* young men.'used' to. go. into the'.tan-
ker's, store, and- there they often found
SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898.
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pod deal of detail
(successes from the
day when ho de
llvered over the WhlfeJ House- to his sue
cessor. But the part tof his career, which
was uneventually coji|ained" hi the few
months prior to the Mtqrea'k of the civil
war and a. few weekCafter, or until lie
young capt. Grant seated upon the counter
sometimes, with an old gray coat that cost
five Collars on his shoulders, a very rusty
felt hat upon his head, and a short pipe
in his mouth. He was known also as a
clerk who had no special fondness for'
the counter or for hides, but who would
rather sit and chat than sell goods or take
in money.
When Lincoln's'proclamation calling for
seventy-five thousand volunteers was pub
lished he presided at a public meeting in
Galena and was the most important mau
in the enlistment of a company of volunteers
there. It was the general desire to make
him captain of the company, but this he
declined, and Mr. OhethUn was chosen cap
tain Instead. In conversation with Capt.
Chetlain, just after the company was or
ganized, Capt. Grant said: "I don't want
to over-estimate my abilities, and I don't
think I do when I say that I feel that
my education at West Point and my service
in the array have qualified me to take the
colonelcy of a regiment. I feel pretty sure
that I could command a regiment creditably
enough, and I suppose that I have a share
of military pride which causes me to feel
justified in asking the governor to give me
a regiment, and I'm going to do it.-"
On the day that the Galena company
was to depart for the state capital pa
triotic enthusiasm was most gloriously
stirred lh that town The company in its
new uniform paraded the principal streets
and then turned toward the railway sta
tion. As it was passing the leather store
Of J. D. Grant & Co., Capt. Chetlain saw
standing in the doorway a short, slender
young man, with a rusty five-dollar over
coat concealing his well-worn and coarse
suit of clothes. Upon his head was the
familiar and faded soft felt hat in his
mouth was a short pipe, from whloh at
frequent intervals great puffs of smoke
were fiercely blown. The captain's eye fell
upon an old-fashioned traveling bag made
of carpet, one of those^ which .-astified the
early name of carpet-bag, a well-known and
ancient relic of domestic service, and this,
the man who stood in the doorway of J.
D. Grant's leather shop was carrying. Capt.
would sooner or later be sure to receive
anyone who bore a letter from Oorgress
man Washburne. Two or three hours later
Capt. Grant was able to find Kama, oaa
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ROWING-
COMpfcOATlVt CRE**J
Sast
wno 'conaescenaea to take the letter of in
troduction from 'Mr. Washburne to tne gov
ernor, and after a while this messenger
returned saying that the governor would
see Capt. Grant as soon as be had leisure.
Ttye governor must have been very busy,
for leisure did not come until another hour
or two had passed. Grant went into the
governor's room with what seemed to be
-almost a timid manner,- and the governor,
casting a quick glance at him and per
celvwg that -he was coarsely dressed and
alsoJShy, clearly made up his mind* that he
would make the interview a ihort oi.e. So
beAsatd: "An, you are Capt. Grant. What
can I do for you?"
f'Well, governor, I have come to see If I
can be of any service to you, and I hope
that by and by you will be able to give
me a commission." He added that he was i recognition
willing to do anything that would help the
governor.in those trying times, and then
very briefly alluded to his experience as an
officer In the regular army.
When he had finished Gov. xiites said.
"Well, I don't know that there is any
thing you could do. You might sr?y around
for a day or two, or perhaps the adirtant
general may have something tl at he can
give you to do. Supposing you see him."
Upon him the adjutant general also put
the critical eye. and seemed like all the
others to be disposed to measure this un
assuming man by his clothes rather than
by his record and his Intelligence. He, too,
said to Capt. Grant: "Well, I don't know
as there is anything yon can do to help us.
We are pretty well organized.' Hold on.
you must know how to rule blanks for the
making out of such reports as we make np
you certainly learned how to do that when
you were in the army."
"Oh, yes," replied Capt. Grant. "I know
bow those blanks should be ruled.'!
"Well, yon see," continued the adjutant
general, "we are rather short of these
blanks. The department at Washington
annot forward us the printed blangs as
as we need them because the demand
fs very great. I guess Til set yon to work
ruling blanks. You may come around, to
morrow."
The next day Oapt. Grant called at the
adjutantV general'O
office and
Se,
paper,
ink and
EL** V1UVV OUU |VFC* VUA auu
en with, ruler, were'given to John. But ftni4-rf A*, in. n,^i ^^.%t.-"^-,.i,f^
was nor permttte* to baV^a desk toj f^^L L SOS&JSn
the great room where.4he.-subordinates
of the adjutant general's office jrorked
WTofuyoseouiewealtn
in that room were handsome (TesKs. con
venient furniture, comfortable carpet, and.
in fact, it was a well appointed ofllce. Just
outside of it was a lltte ante-room. The
floor was bare. Its furniture was a plain
table' and a hard bottomed chair. ThM-e
they put Capt. Grant and set him to work
ruling blanks, and thus In that almost
menial work of ruling blanks he who was
a few years later to rule the nation began
his formal service iai the war. A dav or
two later Capt. Chetlin had occasion to KC\
to the adjutant general's ofllce, and to jr=i
there he anust needs pass, as everyone
through the little ante-room. He saw what
he thougiht was a familiar figure.
"What.are you doing, captain?" said Chet
lain.
"Oh, I'm ruling blanks and some other
work upon miaior reports such as any cl=r
can do. I can't do it.any longer. There's
no place for me here, no chance, and I'm
going back to Galena."
"Xo, I would not do that, captain," cried
Chetlain "be patient. Everything is in
turmoil here. Even if you give up th!s
work, don't go back to Galena. I am sun
some reliance will -oui for you very soon."
Saying nothing, Grant turned back to his
work. That evening lie met Capt. Chetlain
and told him that he had decided to re
main in Springfield a little while longer,
hut that he had got to practice the strict
est economy in order to support himself.
Then he made a suggestion. Said he:
"I can't live at the hotel any longer it
costs too much. But I have found a room
right across the street. It Is of good size
and has a double bed In it. The price Is
.$3 a week. Now, if you will come and
share the room, it will cost us only $l.r
a week apiece, and we can get our meals
where we can find them."
Capt. Chetlain agreed to this proposition,
and that evening he became Capt. Grant's
roommate, and remained with him until
the company was mustered into the service
and joined its regiment. Capt. Grant must
have lived very plainly at that time. He
did not complain, but there is some reason
to believe that he now and then skipped a
meal, and when he did eat he bought the
plainest food. He went to the state capi
tal ^every day and returned every evening,
more and more despondent. Twice he de
cided to go to Galena. Once he deteruilnel
to go by the next train, and it was only
after the most urgent pleading of Chetlain
that he changed his mind and decided to re
main a few days longer.
At last one day he came to Capt. Chet
lain in camp and said to him:
"They have asked me to go down to
Mattoon and look after a regiment, which
is going into camp mere, aim men ue
also confessed that his money had so com
pletely given out that he would be unable
to take the trip unless some friend would
advance him no more than fl5. That little
sunt was found, and Grant went down to
Mattoon and spent a day or two with the
new regiment, giving its officers such ad
vantage as his own experience enabled him
to do. He returned to Springfield, and again
there was a time of delay. But after a lit
tle, owing to some disappointment or in
efficiency somewhere,- it was found neces
sary to send some one competent to do the
work to Mattoon again, to muster that
regiment In, and Oapt. Grant was sent upon
that service. He came back'from Mattoon
feeling somewhat encouraged, but found
that his service had entitled him to no
Thinking that there might be an oppor
tunity In St. Louis he went there, and,, al
though he met one or two old army com
rades and even rode with them when they
set out to disperse a hostile demonstration,
nevertheless he found no encouragement
that Missouri would accept his services.
Returning to Springfield and again almost
determined to go to his home, he happened
to think of MgQeHan, who was then
In Cincinnati preparing to. leave for the
Chetlain nodded and received in reply a
recognition which was half military sa'rte
and half a friendly Sign. When the com
pany had passed the young man stepped
from the doorway, tell In behi.id, und
marched almost like a servant sit'^ue.rear
of the company, bearing his faded ev: pet
bag and still smoking his pipe.
Oapt. Grant carried with him to Spring
field nothing excepting .the change' of linen
which was contained in the old carpet-bag
and a letter of introduction to Gov. Yates,
written by Ellhu D. Washburne, then, a
member of congress from the Galena dis
trict. The capital was In turmoil. Goyly
uniformed volunteer officers were proud to
display their buttons and their activity.
Two or three days after the Galena com
pany reached Springfield Capt. Chetlain
had some business which called him to the
he saw a man Bitting upon a bench^LJ?r smok
COKTINUKD IN THIRD COLUMN
OULD you obtain, my tom i*!'
To -which |ome folks steal?
can obtain it honestly, too,
I adyetise i THE APPEAL.
$2,40 PEE YEAR.
SAVE CAM EBOMFEKE
AFRO-AMERICAN TROOPS PROVE
THEMSELVES HEROES.
Ninth Cavalry Fights Flam- Sweeping on
ThemMany are Burned aod Nearly
Overcome, But not Man of the 900
Flinches, They Show Their Mettle.
TAMPA, Flai, May 15.The bitter 3enti
ment that exists here against treating the
negro on anything like an equality with the
-white man has been shown in all its strength
in the dealings of the people of the state of
Florida with the black troops of Uncle Sam's
army, notwithstanding remonstrances from
General Wade that these men were United
States soldiers, and wore a uniform tuat
should entitle them to respect.
The citizens of Tampa have gone out of
their way to cast slights of all kinds upon
them. The Ninth cavalry has come in par
ticularly for this kind of treatment, and mem
bers of its rank and file have chafed for sev
eral days at being relegated to "negro bars,"
"negro cars," and "negro eating-houses."
Today, however, the Fifth had an opportu
nity to show that it was entitled to better
treatment than this, and the whole regiment,
working till every man was almost ready to
drop, forestalled a calamity that would have
caused the destruction of thousands of tents
and many tons of army stores and ammuni
tion.
At 11 o'clock this morning big clouds of
smoke were seen rolling along the Port Tampa
peninsula, where several regiments of
cavalry, artillery, and infantry are en
camped, the dense forest and thick growth
of shrub palmettos was on fire, and after the
absence of rain for several months it was al
most as dry as tinder, making the easiest
kind of fuel for the flames. Very little at
tention was at first paid to the fire, as the
wind wa3 driving it toward the gulf and away
from the camps.
A sudden change, however, came about
and before the soldiers could realize what had
happened the whole mass of flame, three
quarters of a mile wide, was sweeping rapidly
toward them. The Ninth was camped nearest
to the blaze, and an order was given the
buglers to sound the fire call. This was done
find the regiment, though totally unprepared
for an order of the kind, made a magnificent
showing.
Nine hundred men, with wet blankets
bundled on their horses' necks, were in the
saddle and ready for the command to leave
inside of two minutes from the first call.
This feat was accomplished, too, in the face
of the fact that when the fire call was sounded
not a.single horse was within fifty yards of
the camp, and every blanket was rolled and
strapped inside the tents. Captain Powell
gave the "forward" command and the regi
ment started out at a quick trot in two per
fect lines, though the ground over which
they were passing was uneven and badly
broken up.
As they approached the rapidly advancing
flames the heat became terrific, but they
kept on as" far- as- it was posaible-togo^ and^^^?,^^^^^
then, rapidly dismounting, took out their
Eabern and began to tear up a strip of ground
a mile long and twenty feet wide, clearing it
rapidly of all vegetation and leaving only
upturned sod for the fire to feed on.
The flames quickly reached the place,
scorching and badly blistering the faces of
many of the men, but neither they nor their
horses retreated an inch. The heat grew so
great that the blankets were thoroughly dried
out before they had been working more than
a few minutes, and half the regiment was
sent back to camp at full speed to soak them
over again. A quick gallop brought them
quickly to the fire lines once more, and the'
flames met the patch of earth and burned a
little more slowly, enabling the whole 90i
to beat it out,with blankets.
After working nearly an hour, with. th
perspiration streaming down their face3, and
many of them burned and in pain from terri
ble heat, they subdued the fire, saving the
camp from what looked like certain destruc
tion.
The whole scene was a wonderful exhibition
of pluck and steadiness, and showed to what
proficiency these troops, black tliough they
be, have been brought. The commanding gen
eral tonight personally thanked the officers
for the service rendered, and expressed his
great appreciation of the action of the regi
ment.
Nearly all the men were outfitted v/lth new
blankets tonight by the quartermaster's de
partment, most of those used in putting out
the fire having been burned through.
CONTINUED FROM THIRD COL UKN
cne siioumers or his coat the straps which
were the only indications of his uuthorltr.
when he was drilling the regiment, yet of
course ha could not appear upon dress
parade unless* In full. uniform, and lit did
not possess the money to buy a uniform, a i
sword or a horse. Therefore for more than i
two weeks he left to Lieut. Col. Alexander
the duty of appearing upon dress parade, no 1
man in that regiment then knowing that the 'jj
only reason why he himself did not take
command was because his clothing would
not permit him to do so. ^iA
In that emergency Col. Grant wrote hs
father and asked for the loan of $400, the
money to be used in buying uniform, sword \A
and horse. Col. Grant's father did not see
his way clear to advance hjm this money,
but "Ulys's," as h* was always known in
the store, had a good friend In the jnnlor
partner of the house, Mr. Collins. He knew
of this request for a loan, and he procured
the money at the bank, sent It to Col.
Grant, not indicating at the time that it was
sent by the junior. partner and not by the
father. In the enclosure containing the draft
for $400 was a promissory note put in out
of motives of delicacy so that Col. Grant
would feel that he had borrowed the money,
whereas Mr. Collins looked upon that sum
as a contribution to the cause of the Union.
With part of the money Col. Grant bought
the famous yellow horse which became
afterward known as "Old Clnyback," and ax
soon as he could have the uniform made he
appeared upon dress parade.
Pro"*, discovered by Dr. Cal
Alcohol Made Cheap.
a 2T
mette of Lille, France, ordinary starch flour
may be converted into alcohol direct without
fotng through any sugar stage, thus getting tid
rt the malting operation. The yield of alcohol
much greater by this process, being one im
perial gallon of alcohol to 100 degrees per 29
pounds of corn. This process has been in'us*
the north of France on a very large seals
rfnee May last, and the French government has
aken it up for use lc the colonies-
Bicycle Dog*.
New Orleans 'Picayune: Belgium lias ad
vanced the idea of using canine traction, for
neck and collar work in drawing the bicycle
up hill, and at Btrasburs the strong mastiff
may be seen performing the same service for
the tricycle. As to the Belgian dog, when
'he has done hi*"work he receives his reward.
He Jumps up behind like a smart groom and
hares with his master the Joys of the de
cent. Not o the StrartMirg- (hourd: he In
always on duty he ie harnessed behind the
machine, but his face Is toward the guiding 4
wheel and he does not gybe. He cannot go X'-
tn front for he would interfere with the steer
ing, but the trjteyclijrt declares he rejoices
to pun behind, fa ^%iJ:i
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Another Colfax In the Field.
Schuyler Colfax, son of the late vice pres
ident, was elected mayor of South Bend, Ind.
yesterday. To conduct the affairs of a wide
awake, prosperous municipality like South.
Bend,is a better lob, any day, in the week, than
to be vice pwsia^t ot'theTJnlted States and
president of lbs sanate.
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