Show v AFFAIRS IN SOUTHERN VETERANS CUBA Awfat Da tltutlon Prevails and Suffering la General i Makes it Less Effective as a Port of Refuge Bombardment Wat Brief Bat Effective nd Little Demsg e Sustained by the Fleet—Frsntlo Spaniard Fire Revolver! at the Fleet —The Washington May 10 partment is in navy de- receipt of dispatches from Admiral Sampson announcing the bombardment of San Juan The bombardment was undertaken to render the forts less effective in case the Spanish fleet seeks the protection of that port The bombardment was brief but effective The squadron suffered little damage being struck by only a few i phots which scarcely made an impression Sampson and “Fighting Bob” Evans while standing on the bridge of jibe Iowa came near being injured by flying splinters The heat wasterrlflcand several men were prostrated during the cannonading but they stood at their posts eager for the fray Several hundred shots were fired by the forts The Spaniards were wildly excited and shook their fists and flred revolvers at the squadron which was hardly in striking distance of their long range guns There were but two men killed and seven wounded Of the latter only one is considered serious The Spaniards stood pluckily by their guns and returned the fire but their shooting was wild The Amphitrite did not see the signal to retire and for half an hour fought a splendid duel with the forts Shot and shell rained around her but she was uninjured The guns were not silenced but the forts looked like a sieve when the fir- ing ceased Sampson’s intention it was surmised was to render the forts practically useless to the Spanish fleet if it should put into that port New York May 16— Among the Cuban refugees on board the British steamship Strathdee which has arrived here from Sagua Cuba w&s a former surgeon in the Spanish army of Cuban birth who with his fellow Cubans was compelled to resign from the army at the beginning of the war As he left a mother and sister in Havana he does not for obvious reasons wish to hnre his name mentioned in connection with a story giving information of the condition of the Spanish lines The refugees left Cuba thirteen days ago At that time there were 20000 Spanish soldiers and 40000 volunteers in Havana The fortifications were NEARLY ALL THE STATES PROVIDE FOR SOLDIERS Kentucky It and Homes and Their Her Publle the Exception — Feneione Arranged for the Soldiers Widows — Louisiana Gives Lands ! ' g The great interest which 1b now existing in regard to the pension list of the government may lead to a desire to know what the former confederate states are doing for the support of their indigent soldiers and their widows I will take the southern states in alphabetical order and give briefly an account of the provisions made by each for Its soldiers says Gen Marcus G Wright in the Nashville Banner By an act of the legislature of Alabama of Feb 18 1891 amended by a subsequent act of Feb 18 1895 any soldier or sailor being a resident of the stats is entitled to receive a pension if he has lost an arm or leg or received such wound in the service of the confederate states as to render him unable physically to procure a livelihood by labor or from any other causa such as protracted illness or old age is rendered unable to make a living Proof of service and inability is made before the probate judge Of- - the county in which the applicant resides A widow also may receive a pension whose husband was killed or died of disease during the war or within 'five years after the close of the war provided she has not since remarried Those owning property exceeding the value of $500 or an income of that amount or wives having a separate estate of $500 are not entitled to receive pensions To carry out the provisions of the law a of 1 mill on each dolspecial tax of lar of taxable property Is assessed end collected as other ’taxes and the total amount thus collected to prorated among the total number of applicants passed upon and $1200 of the tax is set apart for blind pensioners For the year 1892 4956 soldiers and widows received $2650 each per annum and thirty-eigblind 8167 each In 1893 there were 6201 pensioners Including widows In 1898 the number “had inFor Arkansas the creased to 8969 provisions are very similar to those of Alabama and there are now 1130 pensioners on the list including widows On the death of a peqe'f he widow additions of being strengthened stoue rock etc in which cannon have been mounted which it is" claimed have a range of twelve miles Fortifications have been raised to repel a land as well as a sea attack All the hospitals and the asylums as well are crowded with Spanish sick The food and the medicines left by the Americans for the reconcentrados have been seized by the Spaniards The English consul has the keys of the the storehouses but the soldiers doors and seized what they liked generally respecting anything marked red cross While yellow fever is prevalent it is not so much so as alodismo a Cuban malarial fever The orphanage in Havana known as the General Lee orphanage asylum and sanitarium and some other asylums for children have had protection and supplies for four months General Lee’s name had to be removed from the door of the asylum by order of the authorities Clara Barton’s home in Havana is protected by troops At Matanzas the refugees learned that a few soldiers had been killed by the bombardment but that the defenses suffered little damage and have been repaired The Montzerrat landed at Cienfugos 1000 men several searchlights much artillery and 500000 pesetas in silver It was not until the refugees arrived here that they learned the truth about Manila as the Havana papers have published the engagement as a Spanish succeeds to the petfoVi-'f- V her widI nanalAna owhood victory The ranges from $26 to $100 per month per annum according to the disability Arkansas also has a home for indigent and disabled confederate soldiers which is located at Little Rock It is supported by the state and has now in soldiers The Georgia it thirty-fiv- e pension law is very similar to that of Arkansas In 1897 there were 3381 0 names on the roll and the sum of was paid for pensions and artificial limbs The laws relating to widows are similar to those of Arkansas Florby bj-ok- e ht $190-00- SAN HORRORS AT JUAN BAY SHOWING FORTIFICATIONS HAVANA INVASION OF CUBA POSTPONED Reconcentrados Carted Through the Lines for Buzzard's Food West Fla May 16 — A tale of Key Presence of Spanish Fleet Canges Change of Flans May 16 — The proposed Washinhton jnovement of troops to Cuba has been postponed as a result of the arrival of the Spanish fleet within striking distance of our coast It is deemed by the department to be the part of wisdom not to risk the landing of troops on Cuban soil until the landing can be effected u nd er the protection of a stronger fleet than is now available for the It is not doubted that the purpose squadron under command of Admiral Sampson will seek an engagement with the Spanish fleet at once and it is with the idea of awaiting the result of that conflict that the movement of the land forces is held in abeyance nferring with Commodore Watson The concentration of Major Lima says the uprising in the temporarily however will not be interfered about troops has Havana vicinity of brought with and they will be massed at TamHe of conditions starvation frightful and Chickamaiiga ready to move on adds that cartloads of reconcentrados pa short notice The volunteers will be who have died from lack of food are quartered and drilled at Chickamauga taken daily through the Spanish lines The delay will add to their efficiency The regulars are ready to move at any The bodies are thrown together in time Additional have been 'form of burial for secured and will betransports piles without any held in readiness which would indicate that the authorthe buzzards to feed upon do not consider the delay will be Major Lima asserts that the Cubans ities of long duration are around Havana gathering strength great suffering in Havana was brought here by Major Lima inspector of the northern coast of Cuba of the Cuban army under General Alexander Rodriguez who is here with four officers of his staff Major Lima was taken off the coast of Cuba between Del Norte and Cojimar by a United States gunboat and was transferred to a torpedo boat which vessel brought him here The major is the bearer of dispatches for the United States military authorof the ities asking for the latter and seeking arms and supplies He may proceed to Tampa after co- every day but he explains are in need of supplies PROLONGING THE that they WAR Feeling In Spain Said to be Strong In Favor of It Paris May 16 — The Temps publishes the following dispatch from Madrid: “The successes achieved by the Spanish troops against the American landing parties in Cuba and the insignificant result of the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico have strengthened the feeling here in prolonging the war It is in the Antilles and Philippines believed Admiral Cervera’s squadron will also soon as It has picked up its dispatch boats and torpedo boats of! CuMartinique pursue a cruise into ban water and perhaps even further' CERVERA’S PLANS CHANGED Intended to Bombard Oar Whole Coast Until He Heard From Manila Paris May 16 — A Madrid dispatch throws interesting light on Admiral Cevera’s movements since he left Cape Verde islands It appears that he headed for the coast of Newfoundland where sealed instructions awaited him Three oolliers awaited the fleet there where sealed orders were reHis instructions up to that ceived time were to bombard Portland Boston and Newport and if Admiral Sampson bombarded Havana to draw him off He was next to decoy Sampson to Porto Rico then sail rapidly to Havana destroy the few ships there and raise the blockade He would than dodge the two American fleets and bombard Charleston ida gives pensions averaging about $100 per annum to 583 persons and also has a home at Jacksonville supported by the state an allowance of $100 each The being given to each occupant widows of confederate soldiers get $150 per annum while the widow of a pensioner receives the sum to which the Louisiana pensioner was entitled artifibut no furnishes gives pension cial limbs and pays for their repair and a home at New Orleans which is supported by the state which now has 130 inmates The state also dosection of her public nates lands to any soldier making applicat© the widow of a soldier if tion she be unmarried Maryland grants no pensions but has 4 hWe at Plkeeville supported by the stat&'ln put and also "The home by private contributions now has 101 Inmates Mississippi pensions her confederate soldiers and their widows and indigent servants of soldiers For 1897 there were on the list 4400 pensioners for whom $75000 was Missouri gives no penappropriated sions but has a home at Hlgglnsville for the support of which the state grants $12000 per annum It now has 158 inmates North Carolina gives pensions ranging from $25 to $100 per annum to confederate soldiers and their widows end there are now on the rolls 5420 names and the total disbursements for pensions since 1879 have been $83683605 There is also a horns at Raleigh to which the state contributes $8000 per annum and the present number of inmates is ninety-on- e The legislature of South Carolina grants pensions to Indigent soldiers and their widows and publishes yearly a list of the names residences and amount received and reason for grantIndigent confederate ing pensions soldiers and their widows receive pensions in Tennessee and there Is a soldiers’ home on the Hermitage lands the former residence of Gen Andrew Jackson The legislature granted for the purpose of the home 476 acres of land and grants ?SE00 per annum for Its support There are now 108 inmates of tho home The constitution of the state of Texes prohibits the legislature from granting pensions but there was established by private subscription & home at Austin in 1884 but In 1861 the legislature assumed control one-quart- er w and has since made liberal provision for the home It now has 186 inmates Virginia provides liberal pensions for her Indigent confederate soldiers and their widows and has a fine home at Richmond under control of Lee Camp Confederate Veterans with 242 tar mates It will be seen that all of the southern states provide either pensions or homes (and some both) for their soldiers except the state of Kenluoky As a general rule the' execution of the pension business Is left to the county officers and there is very small expense incurred in salaries In fact In most of the states the work is dons by members of the confederate societies without compensation and without the intervention of pension attorneys -- DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND the Perpetrators ot How Robbery Were Dlinovored “There was a warm week in Independence Iowa some years ago” said the rounder "and a novel case of diamond cut diamond came off during a race meet there The races draw as fine a lot of strong arm men thieves pickpockets and sui'e-thin- g gamblers as ever congregated in one municipalA straight gambling outfit could ity not be found with a microscope Some of the more daring of the crooks determined to make a haul and resolved to rob one of the faro banks One of the establishments occupied a room above a store running through to an This place was selected by tha alley dealer because the dealer sat with his back to a window that opened on the allay and the drawer containing the bank roll was easily within reach A ladder was secured by the trio engaged ta the job and one of the men ollmbed in and deftly skeaked the bank roll eon-contaln-lng kept merely as a as there was no chance for any man beating the game The dealer saw the thief's hand as he drew It back but made no outcry The matter was reported to the owner of the game He was a wise man and said nothing He simply waited He was practically certain of the identity of the men engaged in the robbery and knew that they expected & much larger sum than Two days afterward that obtained one of the men approached and after condoling with him upon his loss casually Inquired how much money had “A mere trifle" was th been taken “about $700 was all the response thieves secured" The inquisitive man went away and a couple of hours later d there was as pretty a see la would one as to wish fight progress on the main street The inquisitive man had become satisfied that the thief who had done the work had held out $500 told the other man about it and the two promptly proceeded to beat up their companion in crime in a shocking way for not splitting up the amount taken in proper proportions His protests were of no avail for had not the actual loser admitted that $700 had been taken?” about $200 bluff three-hande- A PROMOTER OF MEXICO'S NEW FAMOUS SHOOTING STREAM How It Got Its Name— Traverses a Region Celebrated for the Vlolousnese of Its Black Bears— Killing a Grlaaly N Not Pleasant 8port (Special Letter) URGATORY river or Le Purgatoire in New Mexico is known to fron- tiersmen and trap-peby the name of “Picketwire” In “The Old Santa Fe Trail" Colonel Inman tells how the original name became corrupted When Spain owned the vast region of the Mississippi valley the command- ing officer at Santa Fe was ordered to open communication with Florida In the spring the colonel marched an infantry regiment down the stream which flows for many miles through a grand canyon Not one of the regiment was ever heard of again The stream was then called “El Rio de las Animas Perdltas" (The River of Lost Souls) Years after French trappers gave It the more concise name of “Le Purgatoire" (Purgatory) Years after that the great American bullwhacker entered the country Unable to twist his tongue to pronounce the French name he called the stream "Picket-wire- ” rs This river was the scene of an Interesting encounter between two hunters and a grizzly bear A trapping party under the lead of Kit Carson had camped near the Picketwire to trap beaver One of the party named McIntyre who had killed an elk the evening before but had not brought in the carcass said to another trapper Hobbes the next morning that there was a good chance of finding a grizzly by the elk Hobbes offered to help bring in the “meat” On arriving at the ravine where the elk was Hobbes told McIntyre who was a green man in the mountains to cross over to the other side and climb Hobbes then went to the the hill bank of the stream when he saw a large grizzly bear making his breakfast off the dead animal The bear was in thick scrubby oak brush and HobbeB making his dog lie down crawled behind a rock and shot at the beast The bear snarling at the wound went tearing through the Hobbes reloaded but when brush ready for another shot he saw to his amazement the bear chasing McIntyre who was ten feet In advance and bellowing like a mad bull down the ravine Hobbes sendlpg bis dog ahead started to the rescue Just as the dog reached the bear McIntyre darted be- - PROFANITY Stand Anything bat Thta Talking Maohlne A wholly unexpected difficulty attends the use of an invention which was- - adopted with enthusiasm in tha San Francisco telephone office recently It consists in applying an automatic phonograph to a telephone switchboard so that if the line was la ass the phonograph answered “Busy now call up later” The difficulty developed in practice was that people who called up several times in a few minutes on a busy wire found the monotonous tone and form of the reply intensely irritating They did not know that the answer was given by a machine As often as they oomplalned or demanded an explanation the answer came in the even indifferent tone and Abuse in precisely the same words and threats had no effect After the wildest reproaches the voice from the operators’ room merely sold “Busy now call up later" Subscribers became so angry that the managers were afraid to continue the use of the invention One of them remarked to a visitor who had listened to blood-thirs- ty remarkB over the wire: “That is one of the drawbacks ot this invention It excites profane men unduly and it might lead to violence" It does not appear that the apparatus has been withdrawn yet but it is likely to be if there is much more trouble Yet it is a useful thing In Itself and if the public were once made to understand that it is not an insolent human being but an Innocent machine just as passionless as it sounds the whole difAnyway ficulty might be removed there should be nothing that adds to the irritation inevitably caused at timea to telephone subscribers whe are in a hurry Their case Is pitiable enough now —Hartford Tpiea 'Phone 0NPURGAT0RY RIVER Subscribers Could Women Five Brigade The little town of Nasso in Sweden has a female contingent 160 strong in its fire brigade The water supply of the village consists of four great tubs and it is the duty of the women “firemen" to keep those full in case of fire They stand in two continuous lines from the tubs to the lake some dixtahes away one line passing the full buckets and tho other sending them book AN EXCITING MOMENT hind a tree flung his hat in the bear’s face and stuck out his rifle toward ths beast The grizzly seized the muzzle of the gun in his teeth Being loaded and cocked it went off blew the bear's head open Just as the dog fastened on Hobbes found his his comrade sitting down a few rods away his face as white as a sheet McIntyre after that fright would cook or do any chore but he declared that was not in his line hind-quarte- rs bear-hunti- One Way of Preserving Roads To protect and preserve the highways by withdrawing them from public use at times when they are likely to be Injured by heavy travel is certainly a unique method of providing for ths public welfare but this is what the Kentucky statutes say: "Any corporation company or individual who may by unusual use of a road materially damage the same shall repair all damages caused by the use of such road oi roads The supervisor or overseer ol roads shall at any time when necessary notify said corporations companies or individuals of their duty as provided in this section and should the said parties so notified fail in a reasonable length of time to be filed In the notice to make such repairs such parties shall be deemed guilty of obstructing the public roads and shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding $100 to be applied to road purposes” Womanlike Nell — “Which is your favorite pet among animals?” Belle (enthusiastically)— “Man”— Tit-Bi- ts |