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VOLUME XCIV— NO. 78.
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
When General Stewart was here seven
teen years ago he was assistant adjutant
general of the Department of Pennsylva
nia. At that time, he says, there were 3S0
men in line He declares that there will
be almost as many in the parade on Wed
nesday 'and the survivors will carry thir
ty-six battle flags, which have been plant
ed in victory .'In many of the great battles
of the • Civil v War. These precious relics
of a once great conflict are treasured by
the Pennsylvanlans and they will certain-
BATTLE FLAGS IN PARADE.
Those with General Stewart are: Quar
termaster General Charles Burrows and
wife and two daughters; Inspector Gen
eral Colonel F. A. Walsh and wife; Advo
cate General Alfred Burs, Chief of Staff
J. Corey Wlnans; W. H. Armstrong,
executive council; Thomas G. Sample, ex
ecutive council and wife; A. A. Taylor,
executive council, and wife; Thomas
Scott, executive council, and wife; Ad
jutant General Schall; Mr. Cummlngs,
executive council; Chaplain in Chief
Shuey, Surgeon General Alex W. Ache
son, Senior Vice Commander William Olin
and Junior Vice Commander James
AverilL
General Stewart was loth to be Inter
viewed: He was unable to say who his
successor would be, and he declined to tell
-what his report to the national conven
tion would contain. This is the third time
he has been In this State. Seventeen years
ago he attended the annual encampment
here, and he notes with pleasure the im
provements that have been wrought In
that time. He was here last February to
complete arrangements for the encamp
ment that opens to-day. He stopped at
Sacramento and addressed the members
of the Legislature, and his reception was
a notable one. Both houses of the Legis
lature extended him marked courtesies.
He "delivered two splendid speeches, and
it was* then that the lawmakers.discov
ered that the general was as great en
orator as he is a soldier:
GENERAL'S PARTY.
Adjutant General George Stone, Major
General William R. Shatter and General
Saulman were the first to welcome the
distinguished visitor. Past Department
Commanders Wilson, Aitken, Klnne" and
Cahen were presented to him, as were
also Major E. W. Woodward, Judges Van
Fleet and Hunt, Lieutenant Colonels G.
H. Pippy and Hendy. represented the
Governor and' were in full uniform. Com
mander Whiteslde of the Naval Veterans
and Maior Joseph Louck of the executive
committee were also in the party.
Carriages conveyed the party to the
Palace, where the general and his family
will be quartered. The rooms of the com
mander in chief were beautifully deco
rated with flowers. The general was de
lighted at the warmth of his reception
and expressed his pleasure on being here
again.
and was welcomed by a distin
guished gathering of soldiers and civil
ians. When the train containing his spe
cial car arrived at Third and Townsend
streets the party mounted the steps and
greeted the famous veteran.
*~\ ENERAL THOMAS J. STEW
g ART, commander in chief of the
H JT Grand Army of the Republic.
V^ arrived in this city last'nlght
Commander in Chief
Escorted to
Hotel.
"It Is said in extenuation of lynching in
case of assault that it is an additional
cruelty to the unfortunate victim to com
pel her to go upon a witness stand and
in the presence of a mixed audience tell
the story of her wrongs, especially when
she may be subjected to cross-examina
tion by over-zealous counsel. I do not
believe this matter, but it znust be re
membered that often the unfortunate vic
tim never lives to tell the story of her
wrongs, and If she does survive she must
tell it to some, and the whole community
knows the fact Even In the courtroom
any hlchmir.ded Judge will stay counsel
from any unnecessary cross-examination,
and, finally. If any lawyer should attempt
it the community may treat him as an
outcast. I can but think that if the com
munity felt that the criminal would cer
tainly receive the punishment he deserves
and receive It soon the eagerness for
lynching would disappear and mobs,
whose gatherings too often mean not
merely the destruction of jails and other
property but also the loss of Innocent
lives would greatly diminish In number.
"One thing is certain, the tendency of
lynching Is to undermine respect for the
law, and unless it Is checked we need net
be astonished If It be resorted to for all
kinds of offenses and oftentimes Innocent
men suffer for wrongs committed by
others." -
CRUELTY TO WITNESS.
"What can be done to stay this epidemic
of lynching? One thing is the estab
lishment of a greater confidence In the
summary and certain punishment of the
criminal. Men . are afraid of the law's
delays and the uncertainty of its results.
Not that they doubt the Integrity of the
Judges, but they know that the law
abounds with technical rules and that ap
pellate : courts will often reverse a Judg
ment or conviction for a disregard of such
rules, notwithstanding a full belief in the
guilt of the accused. If all were certain
that the guilty ones would be promptly
tried and punished, the inducement to
lynch would be . largely taken away. In
an address which I delivered before the
American Bar Association at Detroit
some years since, I advocated doing away
with appeals in criminal -cases.
"It did not meet the favor of the asso
ciation, but I still believe In Its W3dom.
For nearly a hundred years there was no
appeal from the Judgment of convction of
criminal cases in our Federal courts and
no review except in a few cases in which
two Judges sitting, a difference of opinion
on a queston of law was certified to {he
Supreme Court. In England the rule haa
been that there will be no appeal In crim
inal cases, although \a question of doubt
might be reserved by the presiding Judge
for the consideration of his brethren. Hon.
E. J. Phelps, who was Minister to Eng
land during Mr. Cleveland's first admin
istration, once told me that while he was
there only two cases were so reversed.
Does any one doubt that justice was fully
administered by the English courts?
•at Is well to look the matter fairly in
the face. Many good men Join in these
uprisings, horrified at the atrocity of the
crime and eager for swift and summary
punishment. Of course, they violate the
law themselves, but r«;ly on the public
sentiment" behind them ; for escape from
punishment. Many of these lynchings are
accompanied by the horrible barbarities
of savage torture, and all that can be said
in palliation is the atrocity of the of
fenses which led up to them. For a time
they were confined largely to the South,
but that section of the country no longer
has the monopoly. The chief offense
which causes these lynchinga has been
the assault of white women by colored
men. No words can be found to de
scribe the atrocity of such a crime. It Is
no wonder that the community Is excited.
Men would disgrace their manhood if
they were not. And if a few lynchings
had put a stop to the offense society
might have condoned such breaches of its
laws, but the fact is, If we may credit
reports, the black beast (for only a beast
would be guilty of such an offense) seems
to be not deterred thereby.
SWIFT JUSTICE NEEDED.
"Our Government recently forwarded to
Russia a petition in respect to alleged
atrocities committed upon the Jews. That
Government, as might have been ex
pected, unwilling to have' Its Internal af
fairs a matter of consideration by other
Governments, declined to receive the peti
tion. If, Instead of so doing it had re
plied that it would put a stop to all such
atrocities when this Government put a
stop to lynchings, what could we hav*
said?
NEW YORK. Aug. IS.— Associate Justlca
David J. Brewer of the Supreme Court
of the United States has contributed to
Leslie's Weekly an article on the crime
of lynching, in the course of which ha
says:
Noted Jurist Believes Thi3
Would Put End to
Lynchings.
Urges Prompt Punish
ment of Convicted
Criminals.
Justice Brewer De
plores Law's
Delays.
WOULD TAKE
AWAY RIGHT
OF APPEAL
and I don't think it would be right for a
man to say what" he would do if it Is of
fered to him. .; I am not a candidate : for
the . post > of commander . In '¦ chief, ' which
Is an honored! position. and one that Ge"n
eral Black Is .most ; deserving of. V This'
sentiment;^undoubtedly" is .¦¦ very strong
among the delegates to the encampment.";
> : General Miles spoke of the cordial greet
ings that he had received on the way/out
to the : coast and of the many kind |j things"
that had:;been? said gof thim>. in the « few'
hours after his retirement from the army
in .which' he had servedtho better part or
his life. * 'WSSBM&g*
pated it and remarked:
"Now, you' want to know whether • 1
am a candidate : for the highest position
in the gift of these old veterans. It is
a rather delicate question, '- and one to
which my answer might be misunder
stood. The advocacy, of my candidacy
began among my. friends' on .the eve, of
my departure for the West, and en route
we heard -a great deal about it. I am
afraid I cannot say anything on that
topic that will be of public interest Cer
tainly ¦ a man cannot accept * or refuse
such a position until it ia offered him.
ONE OF PEGRAM'S BRIGADE » MADE CAPTIVE BY UNION SOLDIERS.
BUGLER WITH A WAR RECORD AND , A NURSE /WHO GAVE SUC-.
V COR TO MANY WOUNDED DURING BLOODY STRIFE. . ':¦
BUTTE, Aug. 6.— On the strength of a
sensational signed statement made by
Edward Dorval, chief operator of the
Western Union Telegraph Company here,
to the effect that he was an eye-witness
to a terrible beating administered to
Frank Ortoff, the Wyoming stage robber
who led the jail break several days ago.
Coroner Egan has ordered that an
autopsy be performed on Ortoff's body.
Dorval alleges he saw Ortoff kicked in
the stomach repeatedly in an effort to
make him divulge the name of the person
giving him the gun used in the Jail break,
until the man's groans and frantic cries
lor mercy were hushed by insensibility.
Ortoffs body was found hanging In his
cell yesterday morning and it is alleged
the prisoner was driven to suicide by the
terrible treatment at the 1 hands of the
jailors. The case has caused the greatest
kind of a sensation j
KICK HIM ON THE BODY
TO MAKE HIM CONFESS
¦;. She "is ."a: member of : the Ladles _ of the
Grand' Army of the • Republic and also of
the 'Women's,: Relief /Corps. She » Is still
a .-.very * handsome woman =, and . will ¦ - no
doubt,' be; quite; a^central figure in the!
National : Encampment.
Mrs. Reynolds was married just before
the Civil War broke out. Her husband
was appointed adjutant of the Seven
teenth. Illinois Infantry, . and for • - three
years in r camp and • upon the battlefields
Mrs. • Reynolds j never left the regiment.
She was not an accredited government
nurse,. but nevertheless she relieved many
a soldier's suffering and assisted In every
way possible in alleviating the distressed.
She : , tells ; a . graphic story of • the fearful
battle of Shiloh and was . on the ground
through the entire engagement.
Mrs. : Dr. Reynolds . went to the Philip
pines "when i the Spanish war began and
spent 1 much j time giving the nurses . valu
able information in , caring , for the sick
and /wounded, and -also instructed the
army ,nurses, while in Manila, on Red.
Cross work., : . ... .... .
;. • .who is registered at t the Palace.
She has , the proud distinction of being
an | honorary • major, the title being be
stowed, upon her by Governor Yatea of
Illinois "for meritorious service in camp
and on the bloody battlefield of Pittsburg
Landing."
among the women
. M'<% who arrived yesterday to attend
'¦' r^ the G.*A; R. reunion Is Mrs. Dr.
A Belle Reynolds of Santa Barbara.
Mrs. Reynolds Bears
the Rank of a
The Invitations requested the guests to
come to the theater entrance of the
Casino, and after laying off their wraps
they passed to the lawn and into a large
marque arranged with a veranda. There
Mr. and Mrs. Martin received and at half
past eight the company adjourned to the
upper piazza, where a pagoda-like apart
ment had been arranged. The walls were
hung with rare Japanese tapestries and
the ceiling: was festooned with a Japanese
arparagus vine, with here and there bril
liantly glowing Japanese lanterns of odd
design. The floral decorations consisted
of scores of beautiful Egyptian . lotus
flowers floating on the surface of a minia
ture lake. Around the pagoda were
orange trees, in the foliage of which
G'.owed tiny electric lights in the form of
ttars.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 16.— In a Japan
ese pagoda that, though improvised, wa3
nearly perfect in its bamboo fittings. Its
m«re of gorgeous lanterns and brilliant
hangings. Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Martin
entertained a dinner company numbering
ninety at Casino this evening. It was one
of the most elaborate affairs of the kind
this season and was especially notable as
being the first large entertainment that
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who are very popu
lar here, have given since their marriage
here a year ago last July.
PETER MARTIN ENTERTAINS
ELABORATELY IN NEWPORT
Diaes Ninety Guests in a Brightly
Decorated Japanese Pagoda
at the Casino.
When his interviewer began to maneu
ver in the direction of a talk on his candi
dacy for the commander in chief of. the
Grand Army the general quickly antici-
"I am determined not to discuss poli
tics and am sorry to see that some pa
pers have been accrediting me with the
statements on political lines that have
no authorization. I have made no state
ments that might have a political con
struction and all that have appeared in
print are absolutely false. As to matters
of the army, I am cut «-f that now— I
have retired. I have no word to say
about President Roosr-clt or concerning
those who are identified with the mill
t- - forces of the country. Of course I
have gone on record as opposed to the
staff plan of the army, but I do not think
It proper to enter into a discussion of the
subject, for I have nothing further to
do with such matters. I opposed it when
I was In a position to do so, but that Is
neither here nor there."
NOT DISCUSSING POLITICS.
As a rule General Miles is retiring in
nature. Yesterday, however, he freely
mingled among the old soldiers, bowing
and shaking hands in response to their
greetings and entering interestingly into
their discussions of wartime incidents. He
smiled as one old veteran referred to the
battle of Fair Oaks, which marked the
beginning of the general's active military
career, and stood patiently before another
who was anxious to remind him that he
remembered the general at the final
skirmishes with WIlcox's and Heth's di
visions at Southerland Station, when
Miles, then a colonel serving under Gen
eral Grant, distinguished himself by put
ting to rout the Southerners after captur
ing 1000 of their number. He spent' an
interesting hour among the bluecoated
veterans and then turned himself over to
the newspaper reporters.
"Strange, isn't it, that I can never es
cape the newspaper men?" he remarked
as a sort of preface to the inquiries that
he anticipated. "Well, I will state for
your information that I am simply here
to have a good time with the soldier boys
and I intend to have It. As to my future
movements I am not yet ready to say
Just what they may be, for as a matter
of fact I have not had time to arrange
my plans. It Is possible that I may do a
little traveling.
ended at the Oakland mole at an
early hour yesterday morning, spent the
Sabbath day quietly In San Francisco.
Crossing the bay early in the forenoon,
the general and the members of his party.
Colonel Nathan Church of Ithaca, Mich.,
General John S. McEwen of Albany, N.
Y., Major Alexander Sweeney of Steuben
ville, Ohio. Major John D. Black o'f Val
ley City, N. D., General George W. Baird,
U. S. A., of Connecticut and Colonel H.
H. Adams of New York went immediately
to the Palace, where they later appeared
in the big court and received quite an
ovation from the congregating veterans,
who readily recognized in the manly form
of the late commanding general of the
army an old comrade of the bloody war
which made history for the world.
GREETS OLD SOLDIERS.
ZIEUTENANT GENERAL, NED
SON A. MILES, somewhat re
freshed by a good night's sleep af
ter his long overland journey, -which
Glory of Old Flag
Is Comforting
to Miles.
Opposed to this theory is the fact that
the child had been mistreated by the ab
ductor before the murder was commit
ted.
Yesterday Jackson returned alosa to
town and he was at once arrested on sus
picion, but refused to talk except to deny
that he had seen the boy. The police
have one theory— that the boy was kid
raped by mistake and was killed by the
kidnaper after he had discovered his er
ror. It is advanced as part of this theory*
that the intention was to abduct the son
of a divorced woman whose former hus
band hsd long threatened to get the
child, which had been awarded to her by
the court; that the husband employed
Ecme desperate character to abduct the
child for him and that the tragedy re
tulted.
companied an elder brother on an errand
to a. neighbor's house and waited for him
:n the road near the house. When the
cider brother returned the little one was
missing. All that couJd be learned of
!:im after that was that he had been seen
v.alkirg with a stranger some distance
along the road, and he was heard by a
passerby to protest to the man that they
were going in the wrong direction. Later,
ecccrS'.r.g to the testimony of several
women, the boy was seen in a buggy
with Harry Jackson and was crying.
They were driving away from Stevens
vine.
BtTTTE. Mont., Aug. 16.— With his head
crushed and marks of fingers on his
throat the body of 6-year-old Fonnie Buck,
vho was lured from his home at Ste
vensville on Thursday evening, was to
day found in the brush of the Bitter Root
Xliver, near that town- The entire vailey
is wrought up, and Harry Jackson, who
is held under suspicion, had to be re
rnoved to Hamilton lor safe keeping.
Since the boy disappeared hundreds of
men and women have been searching for
him day and night.
Last Thursday afternoon the child ac-
£l*ci«j DI*r&tch to The Call.
Montana Citizens Threaten
Vengeance Against a
Suspect.
Searchers Find Miss
ing Boy's Body in
Brush.
Wanton Murder of
Six-Year-Old
Infant.
CHILD DIES
AT HANDS OF
ABDUCTOR
MIGHTY ARRA Y OF GRAND ARMY HEROES ARRIVES
AND WORK OF THE ENCAMPMENT BEGINS TO-DAY
1 ' J '7 777/ the arrival to-day of special trains tiventy thousand
\J±y ' Veterans and visitors to the Thirty-seventh Annual £n
campment of the Grand Army of the Republic ivill be in
The momentous event in the history. of the men who fought
for the Union commences this morning. The various National
and State headquarters of the G. R. R. and the affiliated organi
sations will open and the' day ivill be spent in receptions and re
unions. \
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