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lARCE ARMY OF SCRIBES WAR CORRESPONDENTS BY THE HUNDREDS They Find Great l)lin«uli> In Secur ing rernilsnlon to Join the Army in the Field Regulations Gov ' .■niiin CotrrcMiioiiilonlM Very Strict They Vary Widely in the Various Military Nation*. Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, | Corcoran Building^ \ Special to The St. Paul Globe. WASHINGTON. May 14.— The num i Ver of war correspondents who have pone to the front bearing the so-called i"pa^s" from the war department has now :t-ached very nearly 200. It is no easy task for a stranger to obtain this courtesy. Be must be Introduced prop erly. Identified by some one known to {he department, and have with him a credential of some sort from the pa per he proposes to serve. These preliminaries are no mere emp ty form, as the correspondent will dis cover who comes into Washington from the North on one train. Intending 10 leave for the South, on the next; for his papers must be scrutinized, and the assistant secretary of war must' satis ) fy himself positively that the man is a proper person in be intrusted with a • paper from the department* and then the tilled-in blank iiiust take its place in tbie oiMst of the pile submitted for signature at the same hour in the afternoon with the mass of daily mail. SLb a coi sequence, the time consumed in t;t tiiiiK one of these documents is rarely lesi than twenty-four hours. N( iN-COMMITAL PASS. Win -,i obtained, the "pass" proves to c**' nothing more than a stereotyped letter of Introduction to the commu.ua r ing ollicer at the point to which the correspondent is directing his steps. It cannot be used at that place, even to Insure free ingress and egress of this military lines, until it has been eoun- Ituisigned by some officer designated Iby the commander. Asctet thai, it gives *the correspondent no assurance that he ■will be permitted to accompany the army when it moves. In response to a suggestion that the correspondents' corps with the army of invasion would goon be large enough to be armed and equipped and turned to martial use as in independent battalion, a prominent fc officer of the war department said to iday: "That would be true, if they were all to go with the army; but only a handful of them will be taken. The letter of introduction we give is guard ed only by our presumption, from what we can see and learn of the man here, that he is worthy of courteous treat ment. "It is practically nothing but such a note as you might give to a casual acquaintance about to travel, intro ducing him to the proprietor of a hotel, i'ou take no responsibility for his abil ty to pay hia bills, but you would not rive the note, if you did not have rea son to assume that he would be willing, it least, to pay them. THE SIFTING OUT. "When the time comes for the army o move, these men will have become somewhat 'seasoned,' and will have shown, under tests of one sort and an >ther, of how good material they are nade. There will then be a rigid pro cess of sifting out. That will be done jy the general commanding the expedi :lon. Oi the many who have been HE OF THE "STAY-AT-HOMES" OF THE DONS' SAW. WHICH GUARD THEIR SEAPORTS. ■•called, few will be chosen, and the | Teartbu: nings of those loft behind will .liiul'tl' -^ be intense." Some of the correspondents who are * r.oving to the front now have seen service in. former wars. Not a few of ;hose who come from abroad were with ■ Mther the Turkish or the Greek army n Crfto. One of these, speaking of the precautions observed in Washington in Dnectlon with the present war, said: _'This is very different from my last ex perience. With the Greek army anybody •ould do anything:. No papers or passes AT-re required; you could go where you pleased, inside or outside of the lines; ,-ou were held to no account for what v -■ .i! said or for what you wrote, but you \vere at liberty to walk up to the next I 'vauletted dignitary you met and ask Knlm in your heartiest manner what. he Rivas doing there, and what the next ' The United States Government Has, as Told In News Dispatches, Received an Offer of a Number of Trained War Elephant* for Service in Calm. The Above Picture Is Front A Photograph of British Army Elephant.** Employed In the Indian Campaign, and Shows the Kind Tendered to Uncle Sam. move of his brigade would be. The memory of those days is amusing by way of contrast with the very strict observances enforced here." REGULATIONS DIFFER. Nations differ In their treatment of war correspondents perhaps as widely as in any other particular. The most enterprising correspondents in the Dutch East Indies during the insurrec tion of 1894 were obliged to aecommo- date themselves to the customs of the country as the alternative of getting into very serious trouble. No news un favorable to the government was al lowed to appear in any of the local newspapers, and the correspondents soon learned that what was not* toler ated in the journalism of the neighbor hood would receive even scantier shrift if perpetrated by foreigners. In a town not 200 miles from a forti fied place where a Dutch garrison of 300 officers and men had been massa cred, not a line was permitted to ap pear in print, and the telegraph censor ship was so severe that all informa tion about the incident had to be smug gled out of the country under cover, and from some frontier post forwarded to England. In the London papers the news of course found its way back in time to the town where it had been smothered with such assiduity. IN JAPANESE WAR. During the war between Japan and China the correspondents who accom panied the Japanese army were fur- .__ "- TWO OP THE IHSW CiIMMKRCfS BESTBOVER* I.TING IN MIDSTREAM AW A111M; THEIR ARMAMENT AT NEW YORK. nished with a long catalogue of condi tions under which exclusively they would be permitted to perform their duties. Certain officers were designated to prescribe the piace* «»hich corre spondents were allowed to visit, as well a* the time when they might do so. Cor respondents were required always to carry "in the hand" their tickets of permission. A3 to their letters and dis patches, they must in all coses be laid before the comptrolling 1 officers for ex amination at a certain fixed time. Their PROTECTING SPAIN'S COAST. remarks, moreover, must be limited strictly to past events; they must not mention in any ease the strength or dis tribution of the Japanese forces, or on any account state the place or time at which the letters were sent out. CHANGE IN NEWS METHODS. The change in the methods of trans mitting news of great battles, within the last egihty years, has been vital. In the early part of the century the newspapers used to get their informa tion about such matters from the busi ness community — precisely the reverse to the present condition of things. The bankers and speculators thjn employed special correspondents, instead of the journal.?. In June, 1815, all the bourses of Europe were in a state of wild ex citement over the chances of a great TRAINED WAR ELEPHANTS TO CRUSH THE SPANIARDS. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE— SUNDAY MAY 15, 1893. battle between Napoleon and the Al lies. The Goldsmldts and the Roths childs w«re rivals in the matter of ob taining war news for London. The Goldsmidta stole a march, aa they thought, upon the Rothschilds by send in? their agents to Waterloo to watch the fight for which the armies were then lining up. It did not take him long to be smitten with a panic, in the midst of which he made his fastest time to Brussels and sent a messenger to London to tell hla employers that all was lost. , The correspondent of tha Rothschilds, on the other hand, went to Ghent, where Louis XVIII. was stopping, act ing on the assumption that in this cooler atmosphere he would be less liable to be carried off hia feet by con fi sing rumors, and that the first posi tive information would undoubtedly be conveyed to the king. It so happened that the king breakfasted, on the morn ing- after the battle, in a public place, where the agent of the Rothschilds could watch him. In the midst of the meal came an interruption. A horse man, covered with dirt, and bearing murks of haid riding, appeared in the courtyard of the inn, and was ushered at once to the presence of the king, to whom he presented a sealed package. The agent watched the king break the seal and read the contents, and then, to his amazement, saw his majesty rush toward the courier, embrace him, and kiss him on both cheeks. The agent waited to see no more; but hast ened to Ostend, hired a fishing boat, and reached London before any post conveyance could possibly have done so. He announced to his employers that the battle had g-one agair.at Na poleon; the £ J ock ll win 9m f at once stif fened on the news, and the Rotna el'.lds, who hsd been lrv- stir.gr heavl'y for their- cua omers, leaped a large for tune by their correspondent's enter prise. CONTRAST OP A GENERATION. This was a lorg 1 time ego. But w'.iat s!;all we say of the contrast presented within a single generation? he othar day we received news from Manl:a up to the time of the cutting of the cable. It took only a few hours for a corres pondent in those distant Asiatic seas to tell the people in the streets of Washington and New Tork, what had happened and was happening. In 1565, when President Lincoln died, a ship was about starting for England, and an enterprising news agent hired a swift tug and followed the vesssl down New York bay till he was near enough t) toss aboard a tin canister contain ing a scrap of paper with the an nouncement of the president's death scrawled upon it in pencil. This was the vehicle by which England obtained its news of the tragedy about ten clays after it occurred. "FOUL," WHINE THE DONS THEY CRY "PETRQJiEJJM BOMBS did ijr | Some I'ointH • ••'• the Sn:i>iim-ils to Hear In Mind War Sh N<>ceN»nr_ ily Rnrbitroun, and Kven if tlie I nited States Shl»« Had Fired Petroleum Boinba, Which They Did Tiot, It Goei. Correspondence The St. Paul Globe. NEW YORK, May 12.— "F0u1," cries the defeated one. It was ever thus. Not having any other excuse ready for being crusthing-Iy dkjfea'tedj t)he Span lards whine about unfair fighting. "They bombarded ua with petroleum bombs," say the Spanish dispatches from Manila to Madrid. What petrol eum bombs are the dispatches do not explain, but the beaten Dons seek to convey the Impression that foul fig-ht ing beat them. Aa a matter of fact, aJI the world knows that tlhey were beaten fairly and squarely, but even if new and terrible munitions of war had been introduced by the Americans the Dona would have to bear in mind that "all's fair in love and war," and Uw* vanquished ones do not arouse any sentiment but contempt by squealing after the blow. AH war is barl arou3, but the civiliz ed netioas have no<t yet found any other way of c ctHng their differences. The powers cf Europe, in their keen rivalry, a^rce not to use exploave bul lets; they are interdicted. With, the adoption by the British of, line Dum- Dura builet an interesting question has arisen whether the new bullet is an explosive bullet. In the bouse of com mons recently the secretary of state for India was quite' indignant because the Dum-Dum bullet was referred to as an explosive bullet. Strictly speak ing, this bullet may not come under the ban of the international law and the customs of war, but the line vi de marcation is more academic than real. If the Dum-Dum bullet is p?rmisEible, why should we raise our hands in holy horror at the suggestion of an ex plosive bullet or a petroleum Lamb. Dnm-Dnui Bullet. An explosive bullet expkdas. A Dura- Dum bullet consists cf so!!d lead tn casid in a cr,p of r.ickl. The differenci between it and the Lee-Meti'ord bullet is that the bullet is mc-ased all over with lihe nickel, while in a Dum-Duni bullet has the lead uncovered at the point. It is con.ir.on knowledge that the Lee-Motford wtlfw^a oiUn punc tures men without d.sabiin^ them, at any rate, at the time. The bullet has been found to pass tfrroi?! an ensmy, and leave hitn to ali iii'.enis and pur poses little the worse, unls;s a vital part has been hit. The D.um-Dum bul let, on the other hand. vpiineturcS tha fit.eh, and immediately^ lahe lead t.p "mushrooms," making u'nasty jacked wound, which :s far n.ore ffective ;ha.n the mere '-dnylig'ht" ho:e tc:as.on;d by a Lee-Metford bu'.lrt. In extenuation of the injury done by this new Dum-Bum bullet? named, by the way, after the town in India where it was first made by Capt. Bertie Clay — it is claimed that it is not so bar barous as the bullet that was used with the old Snider rifle, which was hallow, and, therefore, spread and mads a ghastly wound. Only a trained casuist could see the difference between an ex plosive bullet and this new Dum-Dum bullet, which the Brit'sh troops beicn. forth from their rifles while yet a great distance from the enemy. An explosive bullet would carry as far, and would almost certainly kill on striking a body. The Durn-Dum bullet strikes an enemy, "mushro-oms out" in his body, and inflicts a horrible ivound, which probably means a linsefins death in stead of a quick dispatch. The distinc tion between these two bullets appears a email matter. Yet the refinement which veneers civilized nations sanc tions the Dum-Dum bullet, while it re fuses to permit the use of its explosive rival. Wars's HorriMe Object. But, after all, is not th's discussion of the relative killing merits of these bul lets uncalled for, and' is there any jus tification for the armeda- nations of Europe objecting to the use^of explosive projectiles? The object of war la to kill, and the more effectual the means the more pleased are those who have the direction of operations. Inventive genius has provided the navy with the torpedo and with submerged mines. Such an explosion as wrecked the Maine may in time of war be caused by a torpedo or by a submerged mm«. By the use of these agencies hundreds of officers and men, and a vessel worth it may be as much as five million dol lars, would in the twinkling of an eye be sent to the bottom of the sea. This method of warfare has received the sanction of all the nations of the world; it has been reduced to a more or less exact science. It Is difficult to see where the differ ence lies between killing a single man with an explosive bullet and slaughter- Ing a whole ship's company by sub merged mines. As a matter of fact, in the consideration of methods of war fare there is no room for sentiment. Any soldier who uses a bayonet merely to pierce an antagonist, and does not drive home his advantage by twisting and twirling the weapon, would prob ably not live to tell the tale of his hu manity, ft is when we carefully ex amine the methods of warfare that logic totters, and we find it Impossible to draw the line between one method and another — to label one as humane, and the other as not in keeping with the traditions of civilized nations. A<t present war is a necessity, and we may as well make up our minds to dis cuss once and forever any attempt to make it appear humane. It has been, it is now, and will be for all time, bar barous. It makes little difference to the soldier or sailor whether he becomes the billet of a Remington ball or a Dum-Dum bullet, each of which in flicts a gaping, ragged wound; whether he is laid low with a bullet which ex plodes and kills him instantly, and robs him of lingering, painful death, or whether, without a signal or warning, the ship on which he is serving strikes a submerged mine or is attacked by a torpedo and so sunk. In either case the ultimate result is the same, and all at tempts on the part of the super-sen sitive to draw hairbreadth distinctions are foolish and vain. EXFORTS AND IMPORTS. Comparative Movement of Gold, Sil- ver njtrt Mcychanillse. NEW YORK, May 14.— The export of gold during April last amounted to $1,319,384 and the imports $32,788,674. The exports of silver during April aggro rrsted $4,010,031 and the Imports amounted to $044,092. For the ten months ending with April there was an increase of $124,920,202 in the exports of domestic merchandise, as company with April, 1897, and a loss of $89,008,058 in the imports of free and dutiable. In the exports of gold there was a losb of $8,185,820, and a gain of $19,123,977 in the imports. In thp movement of silver there was a de crase of $5,005,311 in the exportation of sil ver and an increase of $612,819 in the im portations. I ffl NATURE JUDGMENT ( I Jh| A ND CAREFUL | ft) of our prices with others will compel you to decide in our favor. flf. g QUALITY CONSIDERED, you will find our prices far lower than 7i ai any other firm offers. (B Gl Men's Black or _jK C Ladies' Black or Tan Vici Kid Tan Lace, latest * m «, Shoes, Coin or University Toe, for style toes, for ''»*<§w>t?!a 9a $$1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.75, $2, ]m ''» 8 $2.50 and $3.00. $2.50 and J&'\ . : '' ft? S Ladies' Black or Tan Oxfords, $3.00. ■- 'M^ j4J 69c, 85c, $1.25, $1.48, 'f if 9> i.TSr, $2 & $2.50. « 0k Men's Black or Tan Low Shoes, sll ihe 7L m Misses' Tan Shoes for 85c leHdin K s '.vle9. for JE Jj and $1,50. $1 50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3. / 8 Children's Tan Shoes, 59c, B T' '^"f ° 63 *° T $1 ' M > *'•"»»'« *»■ 3 » 75c, 85c and $1.25. ' #I°A lh^ r ;5.^ oeß for * lo °' $tts ' 8 | Look for the Light in Our Windows. !' ROOSEVELT'S MUCH RIDERS STATEMENT WRITTEN BY OR DER OF COL. BRODIE Not Roynterliif; Bailies, but Q.ulet, Determined, Quick-Shooting Ath letes Who Will Make Ideal Home men for Cnban Services Men Who Are Likely to Be Heard Prom In the Antilles Roosevelt's Rough Riders will be a com bination of fighters that the Spaniards will learn to fear. There is an allitera tive belligerency about the very title that bristles with suggestiveness of hard knocks for any enemy that confronts the Rough Riders. Of all the regtmenta forming to attack the Dons none has aroused greater enthusiasm than this cow boy band. While various items have ap peared in print descriptive of the work in ( i recruiting the band, nothing has been said > of the quality of the recruits. It will be I 1 gratifying to newspaper readers, therefore, i 1 to know that the following article has i 1 been prepared by James H. McClintock, i at the especial order of Col. A. O. Brodie, l who has command of one of the squadrons i, of the new troop. Correspondence The St. Paul Globe. PHOENIX, Ariz., May 12.— The First regiment of Arizona cavalry has dwin dled to two troops In the Flying cav alry, officered by Dr. Wood, colonel, and the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, lieuten ant colonel. The Arizona companies THE ALFONSO XII. Cpinish Warship Lying at Anchor In Havana Harbor. are being recruited today, 170 strong, from the enrollment of about 1,000 names listed In the expectation of se curing a full Arizona regiment. The companies, therefore, will com prise the pick of the rough riders of Arizona, the cream of the many good men who have already enlisted. The greater number will be men familiar with every phase of frontier life, at home in the saddle and skilled in the use of arms, men who have met danger in the past and are fearless of it in the future. There will be no fear of a stampede by these men when they face hostile weapons in Spanish hands. The un accountable panic that sometimes seizes the best of raw troops will have no place in the war work of the Roose velt Rough Riders. They have faced death too often to be afraid of him in any shape. Accustomed to life in the saddle, trained to shoot quickly and accurate ly, hardy athletic and fitted to endure hardships that would speedily prostrate a city bred man, these rough riders will make Ideal cavalrymen for service in Cuba. The greater number or the Arizona recruits have a conversational knowl edge of Spanish. The people of the East believe the Arizona cowboy to be a combination of horse and alligator, fond of the ardent and utterly lawless. As far as the Arizona recruits of the flying cavalry are concerned, this will be found incorrect. The greater number of the men are quiet, sober fellows, who will be found at all times keeping strictly along the line of their duties. The men are being picked in all parts of the territory. The largest squads, thirty-eight and thirty respectively, will come from Phoenix and Prescott. The two troops will rendezvous at Fort Whipple, near Prescott. where they will select their company officers and will be mustered in by a regular army officer detailed for the purpose. Col. A. O. Brodie, upon the recom mendation of Gov. M. H. McCord, has been named as major of one of the squadrons, and has accepted the ap pointment. He was to have been colonel of the Arizona regiment orig inally projected. He is a graduate of West Point, of the class of 1872, and was adjutant of the First cavalry when 9 he resigned from the service. Since that time he has been a civil and mining engineer in north central Arizona, where he is now manager and part owner of the rich Crown Point mine. FOE WAYLAND COLLEGE. John D. Rockefeller Maken a I'm vlalonnl Endowment. BEAVER DAM, Wis., May 14.— J.,hn E\ Rockefeller has promised an en dowment fund of $7,200 to Waylantf academy, providing $25,000 be given by other friends of the school to carry out the present plan fjr the enlargement of college hall. Wayland is affiliated with Chicago university, and President Harper r.nd the authorities have used their In fluence to secure it assistance SAW MILL EXPLOSION. Two Men Killed nml Twelve See rlimcly Injured. PETOSKEY, Mich., May 14.— J. S. McFarland's saw mill at Conway was bl wn up at noon today, two men being kl'Ud and twelve Injured. Two of the injurtd are not expected to live. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS. )t«.-;>o*«m1 Home fur Their Sui>critn« ii u •»<<• el Member*. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. May 14.— The bennlal con vention of locomotive engineers held in ex ecutive session tcday, but adjourned at n:oa to take part in the Dewfy crletration. It has been decided to accept ihe offer of a special train to Mattoon. 111., ofTr-d ty the Dig Four railroad, for the pu-poae of in- specting the brotherhood's property there, with a view ot locating a home rcr super* animated engineers on tho grounds. REFINEMENT Cannot Hide Catarrh, But Pe-ru-na Cures Catarrh Wherever Located. Coughing, sneezing-, hawking, spit ting, -wheezing, blowing, Ras?.lng — all these disagreeable sounds are made more or less continuously by the vic tim of catarrh. She would not do It If she could help it. No refinement can hide catarrh. No caution one. als its symptoms. There is only unn \vis« thing to do. Find a cure. Nut a tein- porary relief, but a perma nent cure. Mrs. J. W. Reyn Is, Elkton, 0.. Box 46, says she has suffered with congestion of the lungß, ca tarrh of the head and was troubled with a bad couph. She had tried a number of phy sicians, but they all failed to cure her. She was imlured to try Pe-ru-na, and Immediately a marked change took place. Afu-r us ing Pe-ru-na the cough oeased, and in a short time her other ailments were cured. Shj is now compS t •;>■ restored to health and gives all the credit to Pe-ru-na. Elizabeth Gran, Xew Athens, 111., says: "For two years I had catarrh of the nose x^ry bad. Sometimes it was so bad that I rnu'd not sleep at nis'ht. I doctored with two physicians, but they did rot hi. lp m •. I road about Pe-ru-na in the paper a-i I " ;rot a bottle of It. I thin wrote t •• Dr. Hartman and he said I should con tinue to take It. I took it until I wa3 entirely well. Whosoever follows Dr. Hartman's advice will get well." Send to Dr. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio, for his latest book on the ca tarrh al diseases of women entitled,, "Health and Beauty."