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Show AFFAIRS IN SOUTHERN VETERANS. CUBA. Awful Do tltutlon 1'revulU and Suffarlni, Istieueral. Makes it Less Effective as a Port of Refuge. Bombardment Was Brtef liBt Effective Md Ut t la Sustained by tka Float Fran tic hp.aUrdi Flia BavoUan at tha Float. Du( Washington, May IB. The navy de- partment is in receipt of dispatches from Admirsl 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 shots which scarcely made an impression. Sampson and Fighting Bob while standing on the bridge of ihe Iowa, came near being injured by Dying splinters. The heat was terrific,and 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 fired revolvers at we 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 firing ceased. Sampson's intention, it was was to render the forts pracuseless to the Spanish fleet, if tically it should put into that port. Bur-mise- New York, May 1G. Aiming the Cuban refugees on board the British steamship Htrathdee. which has arrived here from Sagua, Cuba, was a former suigeon 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 lie left a mother and sister in Havana, he does not, for obvious reasons, wish to have his name mentioned in connection with a story giving informstion of the condition of the Spanish lines. Tha refugees left Cuba thirteen dnys ago. At that time there were 20.0t'0 Spanish soldiers and 40,000 volunteers in Havana. The fortifications were being strengthened by additions of stone, rock, etc., in which cannon have been mounted which, it is clsimed, have a range of twelve miles Fortifications have been raised to repel a land as well as a sea attack. All the hospitals anil 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 hss the keys of the storehouses, but the soldiers broke the doors ssd seized whst they liked, generally respecting anything marked red cross. While yellow fever is prevalent, it is not so much so as slodismo, a Cuban malarial fever. The orphanage in Havana known as the General Lee orphanage asylum and sanitarium, enJ 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 tbe authorities. Clara Barton's home in Havana is protected by troops. At Matanzss the refugees learned that a few soldiers bad been killed by the bombardment, but that the de- fenses suffered little damage and have , been repaired. The Montzefrat landed at Cienfugos 1,000 men, several searchlights, much artillery and 500,000 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 victory. NEARLY ALL THE STATES PROVIDE FOR SOLDIERS. Kentucky la aud Homo aad Their tier Public til Exception Tension Arranged for tha Soldiers Widow Louisiana Gives Lands. Q The great interest which Is 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. 13, 1891, amenued by a subsequent act of Feb. 18, 1895, any soldier or sailor, being a resident of the state, Is entitled to receive a pension, if he has lost an arm or leg or received such wound In the service of the confederate Mates as to render him unable physically to procure a livelihood by labor, or from any other cause, 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 and collected as other taxes, and the total amount thus collected is prorated among the total number of applicants passed upon, and $1,200 of the tax Is eel apart for blind pensioners. For the year 1892, 4,956 soldiers and widows received $26.50 each per annum, and thirty-eigblind, 31.57 each. In 1893 there were 5,201 pensioners, including widows. In 1898 the number had increased to 8,969. For Arkansas the provisions are very similar to those of Alabama and there are now 1,130 pensioners on the list, including widows. On the death of a pensioner the widow succeeds to the pension during her widowhood. The amount of pensions ranges from $25 to $100 per month per annum, according to the disability. .Arkansas also has a home tor 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 thiity-fiv- e Is law very similar to that of pension Arkansas. In 1897 there were 3,381 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. Florida gives pensions, averaging about $100 per annum, to 683 persons and also has a horns at Jacksonville, supported by the slate, 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 furnishes no pension, gives cial limbs and pays for their repair, and has a home at New Orleans, which Is supported by the stats, whloh now has 130 inmates. The state also dosection of her public nates lands to any soldier making application, or to the widow of a soldier, If she be unmarried. Maryland grants no pensions, but has a home at Plkesvllle, supported by the state In part 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 4,400 pensioners, for whom $75,000 was appropriated. Missouri gives no pensions, but has a home at Hlgglneville, tor the support of which the Mats grants $12,000 per annum. It now has North Carolina gives 158 inmates. pensions, ranging from $25 to $100 per annum, to confederate soldiers and their widows, end there are now on the rolls 5,420 flames, and the total disbursements tor pensions since 1879 have been $336,836.05. There is also a horns at Raleigh, to which the state contributes $8,000 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 purpoee of the home 475 sores of land and grants $8,500 per annum tor Its support There tie now 106 inmates of tho home. The constitution of the etate of Texas prohibits the legislature from granting pensions, but there was established by private subscription a home at Austin in 1884, but in 1881 the legislature assumed control ht $190,-00- SAN JUAN BAT. SHOWING FORTIF1 CATIONS. HORRORS AT HAVANA. ftreoneentradoe Carted Through tha Lines far Bussards Food. West, Key Fla., May 18. A tale of great suffering in llavana 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, lie may proceed to Tampa after conferring with Commodore Watson. Major Lima says the uprising in the vicinity of Havana has brought about frightful conditions of starvation. He adds that cartloads of reconcentrados who have died from lack of food are taken daily through the Spanish lines. The bodies are thrown together in piles, without any form of burial, for the buzzards to feed upon. Major Lima asserts that the Cubans around Havana are gathering strength every day, but he explains that they are in need of supplies. PROLONGING THE WAR. Feeling In Spain Bald to be Strong In Favor of It. The Temps publishes Paris, May 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 Kan Juan de Porto Kleo have strengthened the feeling here in prolonging the war in the Antilles and Philippines. It is believed Admiral Cervera's squadron will also soon as it has picked up its dispatch boats and torpedo boats off Martinique, pursue a cruise into Cuban waters and perhaps even further. IB INVASION OF CUBA POSTPONED. Fremse of Spanish Fleet Causes Change of Finns. Waahinhton, May 16. The proposed gnovement of troops to Cuba has been postponed as a result of tbe arrival of the Spanish fleet within striking of onr 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 under the protection of a stronger fleet than is now available for the It is. not doubted that the purpose. squadron, under command of Admirsl 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 temporarily. The concentration of troops, however, will not be Interfered with, and they will be massed at Tampa and Chickamauga ready to move on short notice. The volunteers will be quartered and drilled at Chickamauga. The delay will add to their efficiency. The regulars are ready to move at any time. Additional transports have been secured and will be held in readiness, which would indicate that the authorities do not consider the delay will be dis-tan- oe of long duration. CERVERAS PLANS CHANGED. Intended to Bombard Our Whole nt tntll lie 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 colliers awaited the fleet there where sealed orders were received. Ilia instructions up to that time were to bombard Portland, n and Newport, and if Admiral Sampson bombarded Havana to draw him off. He was next to deooy Sampson to Porto Rico, then sail rapidly to Havana, destroy tbe few ships there and raise the blockade. Ile would then dodge the two American fleets and bombard Charleston. f-r- Hob-to- one-quart- er and has since made liberal provision fur the home. It now has 185 inmates. Virginia provides liberal pensions tor her indigent confederate soldiers and their widows and has a fine home at Richmond under control of Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, with 242 it will he seen that all of the southern states provide either penal oca or homes (and some both) tor their soldiers, except the state of Kentucky. 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 moat of the states the work Is done by members of the confederate societies, without compensation and without tha intervention of pension attorneys. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. How tha Farpot r a tors of a Robbery Won Discovered. "There was a warm week In Independence, lows, some years ago, said the rounder, "and a novel case of diamond cut diamond came off during a race meet there. The races drew as fine a lot of strong arm men, thieves, g pickpdhkets, and gamblers as ever congregated in one municipality. A straight gambling outfit could not b 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 alley. This place was selected by the dealer because the dealer sat with his back to a window that opened on tbe alley and tbe drawer containing the bank roll was easily within reach. A ladder was secured by the trio engaged In the Job and one cf the men climbed in and deftly skeaked the bank roll about $200, kept merely as a bluff, as there was no chance for any man beating the game. The dealer saw the thiefs hand as he drew it. back, but made no outcry. The matter was reported to tbe 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 a much larger sum than that obtained. Two days afterward one of the men approached and, after condoling with him upon his loss, casually Inquired how much money had been taken. "A mere trifle," was the response; "about $700 was all the thieves secured. The inquisitive man went away and a couple of houra later d there was as pretty a fight as one would wish to see In 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?" sure-thin- three-hande- A PROMOTER OF PROFANITY. 'Phono Subscriber Gould Stead Anything bnt This Talking Machine. A wholly unexpected difficulty attends the use of an Invention which, was adopted with enthusiasm in the San Francisco telephone office recently. It consists In applying an automatic phonograph to a telephone switchboard, so that If the line was In nse 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 complained or demanded an explanation the answer came in the even, indifferent tone, and in precisely the same words. Abuse and threats had no effect After the wildest reproaches the voice from the operators room merely said, "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 remarks over the wire: "That is one of the drawbacks of this invention. It excites profane men unduly, and It might lead to violence." It does not apposr 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 tbe public were once made to trader stand that It is not an insolent human being, but an innocent machine. Just as passlonl mi as It sounds, the whole difAnyway, ficulty might be removed. there should be nothing that adds to tbs irritation inevitably eousod at times to telephone subscribers who are In a hurry. Their esse Is pitiable enough now. Hartford Times. blood-thirs- ty Woman fin Brigade. The little town of Nssso, In Sweden, has a female oontlngent, 150 strong, in Us lire brigade. Tho water supply of tbe village consists of four great tubs, and it is the duty of the women "firemen" to keep those full In oase of fire. They stand in two continuous lines from the tubs to the lake come dlttaboe away, one line passing the full buckets and the other sending them baek. iiiiniME The late President Brigham Young is represented by one son, five grandsons, and two nephews who have volunteered for service in the Mar. Elder Andrew Smith Jr., President of the Australian Mission, has been suffering from dengue fever, but at latest advices, April 9th, baa entirely recovered. Elders John Clawson and Horace W. Barton have been released from tailoring in the Australian Mission, to sail on their way home from (Sydney on April S3rd. Elder George C. Carpenter formerly of the Deseret News Office, has been called from London to Liverpool to assist in the editorial duties of the Milennial Star Office. The following Elders who have been laboring in Great Britain sail for home on May 14th: Geo. M. Meadows, James C. loultou, Nathan Hawks, Fredlc. Langton, and William Stonetnan. Annual Sunday School Conferences will be held iu the following Stakes during the month of June: Utah Stake, at Provo, Jnnellth and 12th; Wasatch, June 18th and 19th; Mai ad, June 25th and 20th. Among the young men who have enlisted as a part of Utah's quota are a son of President Joseph F. Smith, two grandsons of President Lorenzo Snow, and three sons of Apostle Brigham Young. Elder C. N. Lund, of Mount Pleasant President of the Scandinavian Mission has been honorably released to return home at an early date. He will be suceeeded by Elder George Christensen also of Mount Pleasant The first dnly accredited lady missionaries to a foreign land Miss Lucy Jane Brimhall and Miss Inez Knight, both of Provo, reached Liverpool April 21st and were assigned by tbe Presidency of the British Mission to labor in the Cheltenham Conference. In the minutes of tbe conference held at Manchester, England, on Sunday April 24th, there appears the names of four ladies who addressed the congregation: Sisters Sarah Noall and Caroline Smith, in the afternoon, and Sisters Lucy Jane Brimhall and Inez Knight in the evenig. The next missionaries for Samoa will sail from San Francisco June 15, those for the Society Islands will leave the same port on July 1, others for the Sandwich Islands will sail from Vancouver on June 2, and yet others for New Zealand from the same place on the 30th of the month. Among the recent dead is Mrs. Lizzie (Mary Elizabeth) Fenton Young, wife of Elder Brigham Young of the Twelve Apostles, who departed this life in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 11, at the age of 56, after a lingering sickness of Bright's disease. Sister Young is so widely known that her departure will cause sorrow in many a home. The new ward on White River, Nevada, over which Elder Thomas Judd has been appointed to preside, will for the present, be included in the Millard Stake of Zion. Three towns, to be known as Lund, Preston, and Georgetown have been laid out within the territorial limits embraced ward. These in the ecclesiastical miles towns are situatednlnety-fiv- e in a north of lioche, valley nearly seventy, five miles long. Advices from Asia Minor give interesting accounts of the visits of Elders A. H. Lund and F. F. Hlntze 27th, there. On Sunday Mthe first conference o th Turkish Mission was held at A... from Zara, Aleppo and Aintab branches were present. The first Sunday School in the Mission was then organized, possibly the first Sunday School of tlie Saints organized in Asia. During the first week the brethern were at Aintab seventeen were baptized, they and five others previously baptized and confirmed, and children blessed; eight twenty-thre- e others were buptized a few days later. The two permanent missionaries in that field are Elders Philip S. May cook, of Salt Luke City, and Andrew L. Larson, of Ephraim. A few weeks ago the five elders laboring in Hamburg, Germany, were hours to leave town. given twenty-fou- r The officials refused to state the cause of their action, claiming that - Repre-resentativ- es according to their laws they had a right to banish foreigners without making the cause known to them. lYesident Peter Lou ten sock, of tbe German Mission, was also notified to leave, but he obtained more time to arrange his business, and having engaged the services of an able lawyer, has received permission to remain for the present; and it is thought that that permission will be made permanent. |