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THK MORNING ASTOiUAK SUNDAY AtOlSI' 5, IU00. BTORa CLOSES AT T P. TODAY LADIES' Worth 12 J cents. They are low neck and sleeveless, or willi Headquarters for Dry Good SEVENTY-FIRST NOT COWARDS Officer of That Regiment Tells the Facts. THEY WERE NOT RUN OYER VMJ Account of Asrentof Sin Joan B!ll-Cowarlice Confined to a Few Officers. An Astorlan representative had an interview yesterday afternoon with an x-offlcer of the Seventy-First X. Y., late V. S. V., who ts spending a few days here on a vis!'.; for reasons of his own he desires that his name may not be mentioned. His remarks all trend one way. as in a spirit of remin iscence, he recalled how, Just two years ago, his regiment was leaving the Cuban coast for Montauk. point and home. "It Is circulated and bruited about this western country that the Ninth regular cavalry, the negro regiment, ran over you peop'e whlle yu were ly" Ing on the slope of San Juan hill, refus ing to advance. Is this true? " was one of the Questions asked him. This was indignantly denied In the following words: "Early on the morning of the fight, we were moved along the trail to the front. Just as the first four (we were in column of four), reaching the edge of the clearing, started to deploy as skirmisher, three out of the first five men. Including one commissioned ofllcer, were shot, and ,feU backward on the four behind them. There had been no smoke, no flame, no noise, and the bullets were as a bolt of lightning from a clear sky. Naturally enough the men were a little demoralized. I have never seen a man who was at that fight, and who Is not either an habitual liar or braggart, who did not confess to a feel ing of trepidation or fear. I do not mean to say that they showed this, for, on the contrary, the more frightertd the men seemed to get the more stead ily did they pour In their fire and hold to their posts. Old soldlera, men train ed to the noises and mortality of war, regular army officers, nurtured, one might say, in the cradle of death, all said that It seemed as If there was a vole within each one of them whis pering 'duck and run or else they were too nervous to do anything .ex cept automatically. "How then are you going to blame a brand new regiment, composed of men who had nothing in common, who had never lived together before, some of whom had never met. previous to their enlistment, the men now standing at their shoulders? As a poet put it. They were only raw troops, an undis ciplined mob. And old world officers sneered again, Ti think of their undertaking the Job, Of facing the seas'ned soldiers of Spain. They had never been taught to cringe, you see. To a padded, beer-drinking German brute. Or little swaigi!ring French chimpanzee. They merely were men who could fight and shoot. They hadn't enlisted to sport gold lace And Jingling spurs in a coffee-room, Their only pride was the pride of race, Not scarlet tmii". or snowy plume. And they hadn't gone to the war for fun. It Isn't romantic not a bit. . To march In the swooning tropical sun. Or steam In a sweltering rifle-pit. When first under fire and called on to face The tune of the deadly Mauser's cack. Old 'ight have faltered 'twere not rtii"gra!i(. For many sprang forward who never cam back. But over the trenches they charged on a run, Through that storm of bullets and hall of lead And the withering flame of the Ilotch klHs gun. Till the hill-side was strewn wlttf their dying and dead. Tn nn alien land and unmarked grave, They rlnep In the rest of eternity, ythoie lh feathery palms and tree- ferns wave. To wake at the last Reveille. An! rhn we have come to the end of our race. And rr.nt veisht in at last; when from thn pofit we've been sent. May I'f have such a chance for the heavenly place. As the men of the 71st Regiment. "fter deploying, we lay at the edge of the t.ovIh, firing In volleys so steady thn? It seemed as If It was only tar sal practice after all. and not real war. Wis vere commended for this In general orders the next .lay. At first, the only ttt.i t!!nqrv-discernible to the eye ac ru.:tometf"to the half-l!frht of the trail were the top of the hill and the block boue perched thereon. After the men had become usad to the glaring light we could distinguish the position of the enemy by the Are from his guns, and so deadly was our aim that we M. EXCEPT SATURDAY. it VESTS white, fine ribbed white wing sleeves 9e ea on the Lower Columbia. found sixty-seven dead Spaniards In the north corner of the trench with 45-calibre Springfield bullets Inside of them. As we were the only regiment on the field using that sited ammuni tion and that class of arm, we are pretty sura of the rectitude of our claim. 'I may mention another difficulty with which my regiment had to con tend. The clouds of smoke arising from the muzzles of our guns after every volley quickly revealed our position to the foe. and men were hit on the aver age of five a minute. We were com pelled by the brigade commander to cease firing because of this black pow der, so that we had to He there under a heavy Are. unable to return it, and our men being winged or killed every Instant, all because of neglect In fur nishing us proper equipment. When the order to cease firing came, it was promptly obeyed: and when the charge was ordered by the major commanding my battalion, if Indeed the charge was ordered by anybody at all, most of the men misunderstood It for com mence firing.' and immediately re-op ened. It was very desultory shoot ing, however, as no sooner did the men of one company see the members of another co.npany fling off everything but their cartridge belts, than they too started in that pell-mell, chaotic, spas modic rush to the top of San Juan Hill. Lack of order was the most glar ing feature of this attempt, for the charge was an Involuntary, automatic effort to change the existent conditions and tactics. Richard Harding Davis in his book on The War In Cuba,' says: It looked to me as If It was the mostJ fool-hardy thing that I had ever sen attempted. The line struggling up the incline was so pitiably thin and looked so terribly weak that I caught myself wondering several times, as did the Spaniards, whether this were not after all merely the skirmish line, instead of the whole of that little army of seven thousand men.' No regiment as a regiment ever reached the summit of th- hill; some of my men were mix ed up In the First Volunteer cavalry and the Third Regulars, and we had some of their men with us. As we climbed those heights, we saw the plans for hasty evacuation used momentarily by the enemy, and thslr fire slackened perceptibly when we were within a hundred yards. When we were only a hundred feet from their entrench ments, they broke and ran like a lot of sheep. We captured one staff officer, and w ben he bad been taken back from the tiring line he gave vent to his feel ing in saying, 'You don't know how to nght, you try to catch us with your hands. The more we fire, the further you come; that is jot right, that is no way to fight.' And his expression you try to catch us with your hands Just about expressss the way we went at It that hot July morning. To pro ceed. Captain Rafferty of my regiment and company was the first line otr.cer in the Fifth Army Corps to reach the block-house, and he was accompanied by all that waa left of my company, composed of elghty-nlna men when we went Into the fight, now decimated three times over; yet I nave heard It said that we quailed. "In Justice to oursilves and to the regiment's enemies. It may be wise for a moment to digress. Three of our highest officers, that regimental of flce.rs, proved themselves Ignominious cowards. When the time for action came each of these pseudo-fighters had business elsewhere, and stomach-trouble was prevalent among them. For this thy have been punished, having been dismissed, the regiment and the New York national guard, because of 'extreme cowardice under fire.' One escaped this sentence by resigning im mediately upon our reaching New York City. But If you are going to castigate the regiment because of three of Its offloers being taken with what hs ben called 'cold feet. you mlrht as well do the same to every other regiment encaged In the fight at San Juan Hill, for without exception thp mnjority of the regiments had a streak of yellow In th3m somewhere. "Brig.vlier-Oeneral Randall, now In command of the denartmr-nt of Alaska, Personally told me that, had thse of ficers In my reeiment not behaved so badly, no talk detrimental to the regi ment would ever have occurred. In his own words. 'I do not believe that you can take a thousand New York city-nrerl-fMlow. the majority of them with a good education, and Ind more than one per cent of them cowards; and I really think that this figure is very tronerous.' Major Van Alsdale, of the Seventh United States Infantry, said that 'your regiment had In It the stuff of which heroes and warriors are made. Tt needed only competent officers to bring out these two lualitles. "And the story of the negro regi ment running over us is a pure In vention on the part of some newspa per man or some one who had a grudge niralnst the regiment which he was de sirous of serving nut. I have met many of the Ninth cavalry men. and none of them, when I asked them how much truth there was in that assertion, ever corroborated it In th slightest degree, althouch I spoke o them as a civilian nn1 not as an offlc-r of the Seventy First. Many of them Indignantly deny the rumor, nnd stick un for the regi ment In unalloyed terms. It Is yellow inurnat tnlk. and I believe that suit Is row pending over this matter, and tit a prominent New York paper Is d(f"Tdant In a case of libel on this ac count. ".in Vow York City the Seventy-First never needed defense for any of Its nations. dop not now, and never will. In this country, where we are unknown, nt-d everything metropolitan Is put '1ovn at io good anyhow, these few remarks may trend to a more honest and fair-minded Interpretation than the unsslp of oily and lying tongues. To close. I brand any man who says that the neg-o reeiment ran over us as an unqualified liar." "Let never a tear their memory stain, Give their ashes never a sigh; Those who perished not in vain, A type of our chivalry." PARLIAMENT EXCITED. Boer War Causes Controversy More Exciting Than the Military : Operations, NEW TORK, Aug. 4.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says; War news from South Africa remains Indecisive, with the general trend In the direction of a speedy close of hos tilities. Th mustor of Central Hun ter's prisoners Is still Incomplete, but It will appro-ten four thousand, with out doubt. x Lord Kitchener Is In charge- of the operations agal'ist General IV Wet's commando, and the Roor division at Frederlckstad has been easily checked. The seri.Hisness of the Investment of General lUden-Rowell at Ruxtenhurg la shown by the rapid march of Gen eral Hamilton's column for his relief, although Lord Methuen had previously bevn reported as having undertaktn the sitnie mission. Th story of the war Is now so badly told In piv.s dispatches that Its po litical iequel excites more Interest than the campaign Itself. There were two of these episodes In parliament yes terday. One was the spirited reply by the Marrj'ils of Lan isdow ne to Lord Riwbery's charge that Lord Wolseley had nt stood up as an expert to de clare that he approved of the plans of the war office, and the other was the reference by Mr. Chamberlain to letter from two members of parliament found among the secret correspondence captured at Rloemfonteln. There have been many rumors about this corres pondence and It was expected that there would be a llv-ely scene when Mr. Chamberlain referred to It, but the op position bench was deserted, ami the liberals could not be entrapped Into any discussion of the matter. LATEST FROM NOME. Boundary Commissioners Return, Hav ing Finished the Work. VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. t- The steamer Queen arrived tonight from Alaska with ISO passengers, including Foundnry Commissioners W. F. King, the Rrltlsh commissioner; O. T. Till man, the Amerlcan commissioner, and O. B. French, assistant. They have concluded their work on White, Chll koot and Chlloat passes. Another pas senger wai W. G. Matthews, who Is accused of the embezilement of 15,0ft) at Savannah. Ga., and Is being tnken there for trial. George Metcalf, whose body was found nine miles from Haines, is reported to have been killed by Indians. There is much mystery about his death. His partner, named Nelson, Is also missing. The stewarj of the steamer Florence S.. who was drowtied In Thirty-Mile river, was Walter M.mvstes of Skag way, not McCabe, as heretofore report ed. He died heroically while trying to save the passengrs. The hero of the disaster was Charley Sinclair, who sav ed most of the passengers. O'Brien, the alleged murderer of Clayton, 0!?son and Relfe, Is now on trial at Dawson. LARGE SUGAR IMPORTATIONS. Russian Sugar Now Cheaper In New York Market Than the Domestic Sugar. the NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Sugar Importa tions at the port of New York for the first month of the fiscal year end ing July 31. were 16,500,000. Assistant Appraiser Nathan, of the sugar division at the appraiser's stores, said . last night: "This shows an Increase In the neigh borhood of $2,000,000 over the previous vear. It Is probably on account of the prices of the refined product In this country. The importations of refined sugars from Holland and Russia have Increased greatly, the reajon being? I think, the suspension by the govern ment of the benefication tax paid by the Russian government. Russian re fined sugars can now be sold in this market below the cost of the present trice of the domestic refined sugar." DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN. Senator Gorman Will Do Active Work In the East. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Announcement Is made at the Democratic state head quarters in this city that It has been practically decided to have the eastern branch offices of national headquarters In this city. It is also said that Sen ator A. P. Gorman will share offices with Chairman Jones. Senator Jones will be In and out of the New York branch of national headquarters.but It is understood, says the Journal and Ad vertiser, that the management of the campaign wll be entirely In the hands of Senator Gorman. Senator Gorman will go to Saratoga today, where he will remain for considerable time. He expects to begin active campaign work In Maryland early In September, and to keep at It continuously until election. MIVTO BOUND FOR DAWSON. Governor-General of Canada Sailed Yesterday. VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 4. Lord Mln to, governor-general of Canada, will sail for Skagway today en route to Dawson, where he will spend a week or o In a personal Investigation of con ditions In that remote portion of Her Malesty's domain. PUT DYNAMITE- IN HIS MOUTH. Horrible Suicide of a Miner at Wallace Idaho. WALLACE. Ida., Aug. 4. A miner named McCracken suicided today by exploding a stick of dynamite In his mouth. IMPROVED SERVICE AND EQUIP MENT. The new schedule of the O. R. & N. which went Into effect April 22nd, shortened the time to Chicago 12 hours, and gives a double dally service be tween Portland and Chicago, Train No. 2, leaving Portland at 9:16 a. m. Is known as the "Chicago-Portland Special." Its equipment is new throughout, making it fully the equal of any train now in service from the Pacific coast to the East. The "Overland Express' leaves Port land at 6:20 p. m. and furnishes com plete service both via Huntington anJ Spokane to the East, together with the best of service to all local points on the O. P.. & N. lines. (SERVES DESTROYED BY CATARRH. mm. Vr. Robert B. Mantell, Dr.Bartman.Colnmbns, Ohlot Dear Sir The bottle of Fs-ro-na at hand. It U splendid and most lnvig; orating t refreshing to the nerves and brain. It is one of ths best tonics I hats ver osed. 1 1 makes ms feel like anew man. Tonrt sincerely, IL B. Mantell. Catarrh U one of the ways In which a depressed condition of the nervous sys tem, shows Itself. Catarrhal people are toon made nervous. Any remedy toeffoct a radical core of ohronlo catarrh most psraU dlmtly Uurongn In Mm la fltoratlag BOXERS BREAK CANAL BANKS ! (Continued from pane one.) sailfd for China carrying T3 men and I'll officers, conveyed 60 days' rations for ttv se tntps. tt"J 'bis supply will be greatly auKtnenied. General Weston h is in contemplation the simplification of the commissary supplies sent to Ta ku. He has called .itt -ntlon to the In ndvlsablllty of sending canned oysters, lobsters, mushrooms, peaches. penr, sardines, etc.. to China, and If his wish es are carried out the supplies will be limited to wholmome rations of the army with a few extras for sa'e to the officers and men d-slrlng to purchase them. This Is a list of the articles se lected at random from the list detail ing the supplies carried by the Hun cock: Bacon. I1.T5 pounds. Corned beef, canned, t.700 pounds. Flour. 18.D0O pounds. Hard bread. 23.700 pounds. Beans. 5.40 pounds. Rice. S00 pounds. Hominy, 500 pounds. Potatoes, fresh. 7.70 pounds. Potatoes, desslcated. 1.700 pounds. Potatoes, sliced. 1.700 pounds. Onions. WOO pounds. Milk, canned. 7.SO0 pounds. Macaroni. 1.700 pounds. Sugar. 5.JO0 pounds. Butter. I"i0 pounds. Corn. In cans, 4.SO0 pounds. Tomatoes. In cans. 12.000 nounds. In addition to thes articles were apples, apricots, cheese, chocolate, crabs, prunes, preserves. Jellies, olives, pickles, etc. Gentral Weston holds that In' view of the dlficn'tles In the way of prompt transportation It Is Inadvisable to send so many articles which nre sold to offi cers and men. and he favors limiting the number of articles as much as pos slhle. PERSON'AfXT TONDf CTFD WEEK LY EXCURSIONS. .An experienced excursion conductor I whose duties nre to look after tne wants and welfare of pasenirers will be In charge of Tourist sleeping car to ChleaRo via Union Pacific. This car leaves Portland on "The Portland-Chicago .Special" at 9:15 a. m., making close connections at Chicago with similar service to Poston and New York. El derly oeopte and ladles traveling alone or with children will And this service very convenient and satisfactory. For tickets, berth reservations and full information, call on " G. W. LOL'NSBERRY. General Agent, O. R. & N. Co. Or Astoria. Oregon. J. H. LOTHROP. General Agent. 133 Third St.. Portland. Oregon. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Odd Fellows' Land & Build ing Association will be held at Odd Fellows' hall on Thursday, August 23, 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors, and such other business as may lawfully come before the meeting. G. REED, A. J. MEGLER, President. Secretary. Astoria, Or.. July 22. 1900, TO CARRY EXHIBITS FREE, Southern Pacific's Ganerous Offer to State Fair. , The Southern Pacific Company set a mark for liberality on progressive lines when It offered to carry all exhibits to and from the state fair free. This ac tion of the company places every county on Its line in easy reach of the state fair this year, and will mable the South ern portion of the state to exhibit her famous fruits, vegetables and grains at a small expense. The following letter Is so plain and to the point that It needs no further comment other than to say It Is up to the people now to ensure a successful fair: Portland, July 26. Mr. M. D, Wisdom, Secretary State Board of Agriculture, Portland, Or. Dear Sir: In order to encourage exhibitors and attendance at the state fair this company will trans port exhibit originating at points on its lines within the confines of the state to Salem and return to point of origin free of charge. Exhibitors will be re quired to par the charges on shipments to Salem, whh charges will be refund ed wh'm goods are delivered to the company's agent for reshlpment to point of origin. Yours truly, C. II. MARKHAM-, General Freight and Passenger Agent. i A the Great Romantic Actor. Mrs. C. C. Filler, of 134 H South Fourtl street, Columbus, O., wrltest "For ten or fifteen years I hars ben subject to nervous dynpepda. I would have spells of quivering in my stomach, with smoth ering feelings. I was suffering from what is called nervous prontratlon. I consulted several physicians, who treated me without doing ineany good. I had almoft given up in despair when I heard of l'e-ru-ua. I found It an im mediate relief to all my dlsapreeaui symptoms." lr. Dartman's latest boa GO EAST VIA SHORTEST ANDQUICKESTLINE TO St.Paul, Dalutb, Minneapolis, I'hicap and All Polns East DAILT TRAINS; FAST TIME: PER . VICE AND SCENERY UN EQUALED. Through I-! snil Toarlat Meenart Dining slid lluffrt Mniklif Library Car Tlrbafa ffn n.,tnfa Pn.f via Porf1nnA and the Great Northern Ky., on aale ;at O. K. A X. Tlclct OfTlce. Astoria, I or Great Northern Ticket Oftlcs , ! 20S M0KKIS0X STREET, i PORTLAND. For rates, folders and full Informa tion regarding- Eastern trip, call on or address. A. B. C. 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