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Show LOGAN WAS CONVERTED. hisi r.d What Caused the Great Illinois Soldier to Forget Party Prejudices. The attitude of Ge. John A. Logan In the exciting days Immediately following the first election of Lincoln and the outbreak of the civil war has been the subject of a good deal of discussion, to which a writer for the Illinois State Register of Springfield, 111., has lust contributed an interesting chapter. According to "Appleton's Encyclopedia of American Uiography" Gen. Logan was from the first an ardent supporter of Lincoln and the Union. It and during the war of 1812. The Iran, pi res In the Madison ie.iiue iu Washington, and the second takes M:n!iLii to the Whit o lluimc us the first lady of the land. There. o:i the evening of a state function iu honor of the French minister, she takes u hand in a government affair of great delicacy, and by her woman's wit and tact clears up a situation which had seemed hopeless to her husband, the president, and to the French diplomats. The concluding acts occur during uud after the of the burning by Washington British Madison troops. Dolly successfully escapes from the city with papers that are of vital importance to the go eminent, and to her husband, and the denouement, which hinges upon ine preservation of these documents. occurs in the attic of an old Virginia mansion. R-r- e upon which the party slept that night The party consisted of CoL Richardson, Col. John A. McClernand, congressman from Springfield; John A. Logan, the Hon. Hurt Cook, CoL R. EL Goddcll and one other to be remembered. The party were soundly sleepbeds when ths ing in their sound of a cannon was beard and Gen. McClernand exclaimed: My God. boys, it is the beginning of the Get up and let us hurry to the front.' They went without their breakfast fays: On the first intimation of coming and were as hungry as bears, but still trouble from the South lie (Logan) de- anxious to see the fight. They pushed clared that in the event of the election of Abraham Linoaln he would shoulder his musket to have him inaugurated." Further on the encyclopedia says: In July, 1861, during the extra session of congress called by President Lincoln he (Logan) left his seat in congress that he might overtake the troops that were marching out of Washington to meet the enemy, and fought in the ranks of Col. Richardson's regiment in the battle of Dull Run. With both these statements the writer in the Illinois State Register takes Issue. Describing himself as a warm friend and admirer of Gen. Logan, be avers that Logan did not sympathize with Lincoln at the start and was not fax ruble to the cause of the Union when the war began. Ho further says that while Logan's patriot ia was tired by the roar of Sir.' .lolin A. I.ogun. ll:e Dull l.'uu miik. the story that lie until lluy began to meet stragleft bi.5 in congrers to overtake along glers coming toward them, running at and light li tin: ranks of the Union arbest. speed. Tlu-cann thicker my tit Dull i.u:i is erroneous, lie says: their and faster, and then they were met Tbs hi; lory of Geti. John A. Lothree men carrying muskets. gan is a family one, and the object of by"John A. Logan jumped toward them the writer is to correct that history and asked: with no intuit or aim to pluck from 'What is the matter? Where and the brow of one of America's bravest a single laurel to which be is entitled what are you running for? One of the men replied: There's or to wrong bis memory in the slightest degree. Hut the truth, the whble a liell of a fight and the rebels are givus hell and we are trying to get truth and nothing but the truth, as ing of out their reach. the oath goes, is this: John A. Logan then grabbed one "John A. lsigan was not favorable to the Union side when the war of the of the muskets and exclaimed: 'There rebellion commenced, and those who is but one Bide to take In this fight claim that he was not only do him but and I am going to take the Union side. themselves a great wrong. With that his friends cheered him, On the contrary, John A. Logan he had been still finding fault with for denounced the war as a 'damned Abowar and saying sharp things the lition scheme to free the nigger, and went so far in his denunciation of the against the leaders of his own party Lincoln party, as he termed It, as to for helping Lincoln and his party.' denounce Douglas and many of his McClernand at once said: He has been converted,' and conwarmest friends In Springfield and at him on his change of gratulated his home. On the train upon which front wife were and his to Douglas going And according to the writer Chicago, he declared in the hearing of In the this, Illinois State Register, Is the hundreds of people: true history of how John A. Logan, Douglas has sold out the Demofor once and for all, threw aside his cratic party, but I'll be damned if he Southern sympathies and enlisted, can deliver the goods.' heart and soul. In the war from the "He was so enraged at Douglas he in which he made so splendid a would not go to Douglas room in the Union as a brave and loyal soldier. American House In Springfield, al- record though Douglas implored him by sayEXCUSED FROM THE JURY. ing: John, come up to my room and let After Having Naively Turned m Good us talk this thing over. 'Oh, talk the devil, said Logan, Laugh on the Judge. A young man whose features and 'Ive talked with you and been led by you, until you have led the Democratic flashing eyes betokened great earnestparty into ruin! I'll be damned if ness was summoned before Judge McCarthy of the city court the other day you lead me any more! He would not listen to the speeches fur jury duty. He Immediately asked made by Douglas at Bloomington, Pon- - to be excused. When the judge asked him what excuse he had for not serving he replied: I believe it is a rule of the court that tin jury is the sole Judge of the facts and the court of the law; that the juror should only weigh the facts as presented by the evidence, not taking into consideration any of the rules of law governing the case; wherefore all lawyers arc exempt from Jury duty. liut are you a lawyer? asked oat-she- af A noted eastern photographer, who caters to the theatrical profession, said "It seems u In a recent interview: me that stage struck glris who think life behind the footlights is one roirnl of pleasure, might learn somethin; from studying the photographs of actresses. tug-of-w- i M-- The actresses who are always smiling and looking f Ivo- lous in their pictures are almost in- variably of minor important e. Even ldllian Russell, who has fur years posed as a professional beauty, is I'.ilward R. Willard. seldom photographed smiling. There, Mr. Willard's first appearance on the is a sadness in the expressions of stage was made at Weymouth, Engmost of the great actresses that even land, in lstl'J, and bis rise in the prothe camera cannot overcome. Duse, fession was slow. His first real suc-c- e Hcrnhardt and Ellcp Terry, to mention ; was made in IjoiuIou in 1S75, in three foreign artists from three different countries, are never smiling in i j j their photographs. Julia Marlowe wears a perpetual frown, and Fanny Davenport's mouth had a droop that suggested weariness and care. I might also mention Ada Rehan, Annie Russell, Julia Arthur, Minnie Maddern Fiske and a host of others to illustrate my point that the famous women of the stage look far from being happy. Wit of Utur( Ail. George Ade, who will soon as a comic opera librettist, heard mining into thcatilcal attention very much as the date draws near tor tm- production of lids new work, Tiie of SuLi." A story is told oil the humorist that shows him nt liis ir si Iturui.; manlehears;!.-- : then, her day the ager nti.ii Mr. Ade to make son.; alteration.- iu his book, !imi. drawing an himself up haughtily and "How dare injured air, he replied: Jfin, the Penman." Mr. Willard lias you ask me to trifle with a classic?" mails several tours of the fulled State-!- , meeting with much success, Clever Cecilia I.oftu. "TIi? Middleman" and "The ProfesCecilia Ixiflus promises to outdo sor's Love Story are the plays which clever Ethel liarrymore in the mar- have met with the most fax or. Mr. Willard is now- - touring the riage rumor market If the paragraph-er- a on some of the newspapers keep United States. His address is Players' it up. The latest rumors have had the Club, New York. handsome English lady engaged to George Ade, the famous author of Doing of tli LbiiiIm Club. "Fables in Slang. Miss Loft us, meanMembers of I lie Lambs club had a while is playing with Mr. Sothern, and series of taken, which when she comes back here after a are now moving pictures locked up in the carefully London season with Sir Henry Irving club's safe, and which will only be is mentioned a probable star. exhibited upon an especial occasion to a select few. One series of films Mmi. JaniiiRrtik shows Nat Goodwin just returned e theater-goer- s will rememfrom England. Fellow members of ber with pleasure the work of this the club are seated about the table as celebrated actress, although to tha Nat enters, and he is greeted heartily. present generation her name may nut Invited to take a seat and more resound so familiar, line. Janauschek freshments ordered. Nat teBs his latwas born in Prague, Bohemia, and was est story while the members are all ata celebrated actress In her own coun- tention, nudging each other as the Then try before she came to the United several details are unfolded. StateB in 1867. the climax is reached, and all are exAmong the roles which she made hibiting the various degrees of laughfamous may be mentioned Seborah, ter, as the story ends. Another series Bianca. Mary Stuart, Queen Elrzabeth, shows a dinner of the Lambs, with bo i.--. - j V Old-tim- OUR TROPICAL TIi ADE IMMENSE W I on lla Well Drrl!w(t til lifualil Which Are W'llliin Our Keurh Island of Cuba I thu Moat FruwUlug Field. Gen. James H. Wilson in an address ou "Our Trade Relations With the Tropics" recently delivered at Boston, gives an exhaustive review of the future pussibliiii s iu our dealings with Cuba, Porto Rim. and other tropical countriis. lie favors an American Customs P iiiaii with all ths countries south of us. In ginning with Cuba, and us the benefits are received and felt in our vulurgid commerce, ex tending the Union to other nations, lie considers Cuba the niuai valuable field for commencing the work, it has about 43,000 to 46.HW square miles, or 27.50U.uou acres ut the least, mostly suitable for raising sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits and cattle. Of this acreage nearly 13,000,000 acres are uncleared forest. These vast forests consist of mahogany and other hard woods, all valuable for manufactures, cabinet work and shipbuilding. The fruits ol Cuba are manifold, and have been articles of staple consumption in ths United Stales for generations. Tin altitudes of Cuba vary, one qlevalion being 7.G70 feet above the sea. These high ranges make the interior of Cuba balmy, or to quote Gen. Wilsous words, it is. indeed, one of thu most beautiful, licalihltil, and inviting islands under th mm: ami while it lies just wit lii a tiie tn:iics, it cau hardly it.-- el mate is cvety-be called In re mitigated by tin- trade winds and the balmy air of the sun.en.diuj shoeS anfrli authority tln over the island ceased, sanitary conditions have In 'ii cu.iuced. and the yellow fever has disappeared. In Natural linunrrt. Ill In Geu. Wilson regards Cuua as a promising field, provided the United States will enter into reciprocal trade relations with it, as the island cuunot lie annexed because of the joint resolution of congress. As annexation is out of the question fur the present and until the Cubans so desire, voluntarily other arrangements for mutual Ha prosperous trade must be made. regards Porto Rico as a limited field for American enterprise and emigration. The population is dense and the land almost entirely occupied. As to Cuba, millions of Its acres are untouched, its annual sugar capacity is about 3,000,000 tons, its tobacco is the beBt in the world for cigars, coffee grows nearly everywhere in the island, and its pastures and grass lands will easily support several million head of cattle, or as many as Iowa and Texas. Minerals, such as iron and copper, are plenty. As the general says, The island is a natural garden. The climate and temperature of Cuba and Porto Rico are at all times better and more equable than in any of our states in the Mississippi Valley south of the Ohio and Missouri rivers." As to the population, the whites outnumber the colored two to one, while in the Philippines there is one white to fifty of the colored races. llsneau That Would Ihm With the inflow of capital and emigration to Cuba all of the nations of Central and South America will be the recipients of the same benefits, and in Gen. Wilson's opinion, these countries "lie clearly within our rightful theater of inierest or influence, and in the direction of our true trade expansion. We shall much more surely gain supremacy in trade with our nearby neighbors, than with those that lie beyond the sea, and the wider we make our reciprocity with those we have undertaken to defend, the more growth in wealth, rapid will lie tlu-lpower and civilization. i - Itli-l- i Great National l I gt 1 - of tiie nations, and in Ibis connection the conception f "The Overland Ron to by Abraham appears now in all its gianucur. Senator Benton urged and later tin Mr. Lincoln selected the Union Pacific as tin- natural route on whYh the m.ghly nif'ror vvo'id Streams of western la lioine. and now the Isthmian cs.r.il 1.5 to be built, th'1 waters uf the two oceans mingled, China. Japan, tbo I'hiiippim s ;in l the Anti'.bs. to throw s. nff the sloth an.! opprev-iiiof it wii! give to lie United Prates the licli markets of tiie Orient, whose wares and people i iii- pa s over the Union laiifie as the favorite rente to Europe. Canada. Cuba. Mexico, Ccivral Do Wolf Hopper presiding and singing and South America anil the roaJt of the dubs nuthem. while hi- - associates Northern ami Western Africa. They in will send their products to applaud. Another scries introduces return fnr tlm-- v of the na'ions. wh:!i every member of note, who enter one a:nl South. Mast and West the 'orth lings iu the gril ly one. exchange gre room, and finally Sine up at the club's of the United States will pour their inuutifuriureK. ne ats, fru ts and grain!:, bar. into tiie pons of every Island and ev(rovnriiniii ery continent, receiving their products Mrs. Annie Ycauu us will go into in return over the Union Pacific as tho vauueville in a few weiks. great rail mad that lias brought the It is again !.:; lay Templet in wot Id together nnd made our country xvi'.! go first among the nations. i fic Dm,'' continued tile young man with . tbo color mounting groat fiirm I am sure, if your to bis temples. honor knew as much law as I do. your conscience would not allow you to serve on a jury. After tin; bench and liar had recovered from this naive outburst the judge toll! the young man that if it was a matter which affected his so deeply lie would excuse him, and a very much alushed youth left tin? courtroom. New York Times. Idm-iV- con-sclcn- ce tiac and r.T gan on to t 1: following. John A. Logan lull been elected to congiv.is as lia l old Col. 'Di'Sk' Richardson. as everybody called Pint. Col. Richardson on the day before the battle of Dull Dun made up a party of six, four to go In a carriage and two oil hoi.si back, to witness tfs battle. They arrived near there on !hu evening before the battle and tnuld get no place to sleep, until nut of tbo party, Col. It. E. GoddcM of Denver, Colo., improvised a camp Iff taking sheaves of oats from a field sear by, lllghnny. In tin development, o: these numerous rerourciB. there mu.-- b some national highwny for Iho travel amt traf- stui-ss- l.ngxn, t . at wl.icli last place Lo: intrain ami Douglas went when- - he died tin June w - r No. but I have been a close student of the law fur many years." 1 am afraid that I cannot excuse you if you are not a lawyer," said the court, smiling. A POSSIBILITIES Gn. Jtinm II. Judge McCarthy. John BUSINESS ARE OPENED UP. U ern-lurie- t -: Kiirnl Delivery In Frnm-v- . Inhabitants of tin' rural districts of France may now obtain from the post- men on their rounds postal orders, etc., nnd may hand them money fur deposit in the savin,;- banks, thus avoiding the trouble of going to the nearest pustotlice fur these purposes. Iady Macbeth ami Mg Merilips. Mm-- . Jnnnuschcli Isas retired from the stage. Her home is in Brook! vu. - Amount of Until Coin. amount of gold coin in aetnal circulation In the world is estimated by I In Dank of England officials to b about S65 tons. Tin1 Jut lit Murtuwe' Flay. Julia Marlow imuonmcd in Chicago that (he next play six' will produce Ni-- will be "Dolly Madison." written by a Chicago newspaper man. whose name she refuses to divulge. The plot In laid in Wash.m'.ton. and in a court house in Virginia.! he pe:!o.l being a ".rifle bc- - re |