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”Only two newspaper mm. accompanied (‘01. Wood. The)‘. thereforp. must have been the men referred to by General tiger They were Edward Marshall of the Journal and m3‘sett. f-‘Whilo advancing on the firing line with Co). Wood Mr. Marshall was shot through the thigh. He was so severely wounded that his leg was afterward am- puuted. Ile dictatted his account 0! the battles while lying where he fell. During the first part or the fight I was with Troop 6. later with Tr00p I. With I rifle that I borrowed from a wounded up I advanced with the troop. firing when the orde; was given until the flaht rinsed. I then at once wrote my ac- count. lt was not an imaginary one.“ 1p have it doubted. ‘At Cuasi-mas he certainly did not run to the rear. After the fight. several correspondents, for all of whom I speak personally. caught up with (‘01. Wood‘s forces. They were Stephen Crane of the World. John Klein of the Herald. and J. P. Dunning of the Assm-iated Press. These ran for- ward asrsoon as they heard the’flring and joined the column. They certainly did not run away before they reached there as they were compelled to get reâ€" ports of the complete engagement, which {hey did. a photograph taken immediately after the'enghgement showing General Law ton.” Unions-l Wood, Colonel Roosevelt and Casper Whitney seated in tin-Span- ish camp jusr captured. Mn, Whitney has shown his courage too many times Inna: u.“ .-u- u... .7-..... "One at the men, who had bee}: most severely wounded was EdwardMu-shan. the correspondent and re shoxxed as much hemism as any soldier in the whole armyâ€"while be retained con- sciousness persisted in dictating the story of the fight: ' ‘ RichardVI-IardingDavis and Caspar Whitney have taken steps to vindicate their reputations and others will prob- ably do so. Although ex~Socretary Al- ger does not mention any names he has written spcfiflcaliy enough as to who his reflections were intended to injure for the mamm- to be entirely a. case of libel. according to the best authorities. , The paragraph in the book which hxs aroused the indignation of every legit- mote nowspa‘per man in the country is an Inflows: “Some timid newspaper; yuan accompanying General Young and (iolonei Woods Uecome alarmed at the first shot'iired at Las Guasimas. and rushed frantically back to Sibonoy, be- flm- the ongagvmant was over, and wrote from the (leaks (if the transports. where they took refuge, imaginary ac- counts or the fight." Concerning this attack Mr. Davis ’ Concerning this attack Mr. Davis 3133:! cannot speak from personal observation concerning the nowapaper men 3210 accompanied General Young. but I knmwfmm other: that Casper Whitnw, who was with General Young during the rdgagoment remain d at the hottest point of the firing line possess The statement or Mr. Davis is :0 inc“ and so rather ciinched by some passages: in Col.. now Preaidént Roow velt's book‘ "The Rough Riders" in which the following appears: “There were with us. at the head of the column. two men. who. though non-combatants ~newspaper correspondentswshowed I8 much gallantry as any soldier in the field. They wvro Edward Marsha}! and Richnhl Harding Davis. - \ , The reports of (‘01 Wood gnrther eon- firm this view of (:uasimas affair if fur- 1.}! r confirmation were. needed. “It was Richard Harding Davis who gave us our fir'st opportunitv to shoot back w an effect. He was behaving preâ€" cisely like my otfimrs. being on the (-x- acme front of “W lino.” New York ietter: Tine" newspaper- man is up in arms. He hasbeendubbed n cowax'd and slurred as to his accuracy by no 'k-ss a when than ex-Secretary at War, Gen. R. A. Alger, who, in his recent book has made a charge’ol so serious a nature against certain menr bers of the profession that they are ”hastening him with a suit for libel. This dignified stand bears out the vrum brrmheil in the stirring lines by Arthur Imlio upon the character of the newspaper man, which though wido- Iy known, I (11mm! refrain from quot- ing here, they being so apropos: Mr. Davis duos not seek any, cheap notoriety over the affair but. say: un- ioss General Alger withdraws the objec‘ “unable; paragraph he wm certainly take legal actlém. But why do we refer to the newspapc r man on me fix mg line alone as the one who exhibits bravery. Is there a day unruly passes In which he is not com- pelhd to not some nervy or courageous Bx-SECRETARY 01".WAE ALGEB SAYS THEY RAN AWAY. NEH SPAPER MEN HOT 1%. Davis and Others 11.: Sue for Libelâ€"Some of tha Brave and . .Cle'vqr Thing! They Done. He loves to write of others In whose 'valor he delights: He oftfimesrmakes them famous Twin darkness and daylight. He dies to serve his paper. His life's the price of news, There’s none to tell his story And few can fill his shoes. At the rear you'll never fr‘ndhim. , Where clash of arms sauna faint; He'll not. lei lips of others His own word pictures paint.- He's in‘tfm thick of lhé battle, He’s where the Strife ruua red; He's grinding out his story in that flying sleet or lead. s On the flaming cm“ of fame The way that t .y won glory But he never tells his name. He lows to 511?:de detail Hare often thunrnot it is thorax 3 Who expose? the. fradulent methods .by which unq1 dined lm igmnts were gallowed to in I at the on Barge once and were shl 3 ed to points inland by ; the railroad c ' monies working ln con- ? sort with the .eamship companies afâ€" .ter they had g n cleaned out of their ilast dollar? g Everyone h. h tried or pretended to [try to crush it this glaring evil but ' had failed. “dence could notrbe ob- itaiued agalns hem because the tmlns were locked and no one could leave { in'g aboard until landed them after xe arm the West. Ht fell. to the lot of a World report-3f to obtain the e\ldenco suméient to b: Igak up the notorious a) s- ;tem then in sue. It was Wilbur M. IBates who 6 I that clever and mm teen 01 has: ass. and when he had btnlned- all ‘t 0 details necmar) he humped out ( the window of one of (the. cars at '. thhestcr while the train was'goi: at full speed. took the next train baz'v; to New York. went to the omco .and' note his copy. his work accomplishln ii the reforms mnde in the barge o ‘ \ the public \yea 1" Is it the soldier. the policeman. the lpolltlclan, the lawyer? No. it is the pmeless, females: and fearless news}! “or mu. Glye him his assignment am :his roll of copy paper and he will tare; something worse than guns. There l:- unpcntlonable things that ‘newspaggg men have to doâ€" strange sacrlfltggjs they are called upon to make in onffr to get the news. Yet who ever been} or a common. everyday reporter funkizg at anythlns. He may be Called upon to ofler a de- liberate nffron,‘ ,to some important per- sonage who ill} misusing his power in that lt affects “public lnterestes. HP has been “18‘2““:th to see this man and put such‘vrjueations to him that he may be me, with the most inaolent tréatment and 'i;ven the most unpleas- ant physical at ijse. But he must cover his assignme: 1' and do it willing!» pleasantly and thoroughly. An hoapital Qcandnl may come up. Officials may I ”routing patients bru- tally. and pub} j: demands an exposure that will ensun ;he remedyng of hbnles. Who has to l ilng about the exposure that will rem? in all this benefit for An hoapital 0mm}: may I tally. and pub} that will ensun courage he 'isicalléd “pan to showâ€" a courage WM?!) is higher even than that displayed gidpon the battlefield. Who has to 1 that will man? the public wea policeman. the No it is the fearless newaxr Who exposeé! iHell‘s Kitchen. in New York and can 31 the police to wipe out one of the w rst. murder dent in the world? A re. mar whom I knew per- sonally. For *- eeks he ato. slept and drunk with ,\n Whose knives would have been in his throat the moment of first suspicjon. There nr'e brave men in all lines. and most men to succeed must be brave. ‘but the variety .0! courage a newspaper man is called‘vpon to display renders his profession me o! the most nerve racking in the world. > ' , When pretty Klan Clsnoros was held. captive in a Spanish dungeon in Cuba who rescued l‘nr? Certainly not sol- diers, nor stat -l 1011 nor during or clever men of other o 21:15. It was a newspaper mun. Carl De :cr. who showed more daring and l .‘nulty in effecting her rescue than only detectives would have done. There are r many cases of heroism and more t ‘x heroism on the part gent at Samoa. who, two most degtructlve storm destroyed the German ships in the. harbor at Apia, witho uniting tor telegraph But Mr. Wi' to New Yo: Either in 7“" think it was; lot of crimin; in the same the gallows prise. Pl ‘ be credited jour'nalist. It trnnspx‘es that the delegates from our new inland pomssion have primerfly coi in to page the we, for its admission, first an an orgyniud territory,a i‘then as a stlte.'1‘hiu will be the first of the greet prob- lems present... £1 by the acquintion of our new posse-omn- for us to de- termine. '1 ir M. Bates (litunotcome ’ ‘ make his reputation. is yington or Baltimore, 1 . e reported a notorious i‘ s by obtaining evidence )9 aner. sending thirteen io‘ ' the result of his enter- [ on such work has to «this nervy and clewr VPoRTo mco WANTS STATEHOOD- l Philadelphia mm: A )ittie mild- mnnnered man was finishing his mid- day reput with n piece of pumpkin pie in n Chutnut street light-lunch one yesterdny. As he lin‘crod our the Nut worse! he coughed npolocflcnlly ’to‘ attract the attention 0! the hnuxhty blonds. young woman behind the coun- ‘tcr. and. hnvlnx‘ aunt her on. he said: "i be. yourvpnnlon. but‘ you made in mistnke or 10 cents in my check yesterday, nndâ€"-" There was the have chap who at ,in the Associated Press oillce at Chi- lcasu during the you fire. ticking oi! the new: of the cits-"opus until the flames reached him at the desk nnd he had only time to tick the lat word. “dying" followed 5y an inning. “We don‘t correct mistakes.” she in- terrupted. punching 20 cents In a check and handing It to him. The youth with the Incipient mustache giggled Into his mper napkin. In view or the {an that about half a million postal cards are mulled every mt In Germany without any addreu. the authorities recommend flat the ad. area should alny: be wrmeu am. "Too kite now.“ mapped the blond young wanna, turning min to a pale youth with In Incipient mustache. with whom she Ind been holding m an!- mated couxHemtion The mud-mannered little man sighed and gulped down the last of hla coffee. “I was about to say." he remarked. as the blond young woman turned. “that the mistake I spokn of wasâ€"-â€"" “Yes We had a perfectly lovely than at the ball." remarked the waitress. again addressing the youth with the fuzz on his lip. “Listen here." Then she. leanml 'over and lowered her voice to 7! confidential tone. at a; B;;fi-'~"'m' W.rk';”th:;an;; m diuy existence he led might hnve again addressing the youth with the i canned "' but. somehow. 1"“ comm- m" on his "IL “Listen here." Then i rod to drum droning nod to see visions. aha leaned Over and lowered her voice : The chuiotn were ”4““ ”Y (“W W."- (o a confidential gone, 1 men. dainty nature: in white (rocks. The mild little man crumpled up his ' “0‘“‘7 trimmed ""3 "I" say fib‘m. ‘mpmn and a"... 'it “my, on "I, ' nho came with tho summer visitors. that. “A man can't‘be-hqnest. W“ it And Jim was always the knight. who he tries to he." he exclaimed. “l mn't "0““ some day nescm- them. when the overchgrgod yesterday. "y check w“ i ostrich should siren-h his long lea nnd ion rents imtthnn it should have inch. l‘i‘fl" from "'0 ulntiorm. 0" the “0"- and l was about to ask you to ndd it to ‘. clinching hin tui’ml tnii. should lu-nn this." 1 ‘utrnight over__the ltcntis _o! the naming nut tho haughty young blond ioman pretendml not to hmr. and the mild m- tlo man picked up his check and walked to the cashier‘s desk. Th9 old courthouse In Williamshurx. \‘a.. whore Patrick Henry made his {a- mous speochon the stamp not. In still in existence. It 13 used, for Judicial purâ€" pow. and every Saturday morning pot- ty oflondvrs are tried there. “l! you will listen to me for a mo- ment.“ said the little man. "I will exâ€" plain that the lamentsâ€"e" Such cases are almost numbefleu. It (s only a any or two ago that tour prominent journalists were Injured near New York In Henry Foumler'l auto while trying to force : tut me out of the machineâ€"tor the mo of science. They were: A. G. Batchelder. of the Journal. H. B. Fullerton. Henry Fournier. himself one o! the most pmmlnont French Soul-lulu", J. H. Gertie of the Hamid. H. E. C. . Prof. Horatio W. Perkor. o! Yale. has just won "19 $500 prise by Ignace .P. Pnderewakl for the but choral by a composer of Amerlmn blrth. The work ls called "A Star Song." being, I can- tata for solo; chorus’ and orchestra. If tho permisskm cf the Portuguese ' ovornmem can be obtained. It lim- of ilway «m be built from Dolgoc bay to Johannpsburx. It will shown me carriage or goods to Johannesburg so per rent, lines to be repaired, and In lnstrunem on- the beach connected it. with the cable and was ticking the new: uro- the ocean. But the naughty Wanton Would . Not remit It: Oorncticlt. IIBTAIE A CHICK. And so did Jim spring suddenly to the very limelight of Bergen Hills b- licny. Bulbs-e the first week had 'cd. be fitted into his nookunntun I: .u If he had been in the show I“ all his litm. He could Inn with my nonchhuce union the rods of (he mammal n it whirled round It I d latte. He had a name- ior every an I i m the circle. And his mother. 1! ‘ r-leaned “10 red and sol-l nnii‘urm lpoliuhed the buttons till they looked ! like new. Youth'l Companion: During tho-1 South African wlr Rudyard Klpllnx‘ discovered at Capo Town I human] without bandages and in desperate need 0! them. human-mach: when, , handgun were [or sale In nupy (hops. i He told III acquaintance that ho was going to meet that wunt. and the muoâ€" mn atone. olered to pay for all the human tilt Mr. Kipling would buy In! an to the Infinity. _ ‘ Way in Which Rudyard Kipling , lung“! to Get Around It. She penned eloquently. AI usual Jim had struck- the medium. Three cuts on his (we. a named Inger and ‘en ugly bruise on one knee completed his injuries. so u physician wu not called. and the new mum! remedies we" “ministered with «most obmmtlom to refrain from "bobblin" In use fumm. But when August came panting down It was not I muttu-r of fury prim. but just. one primes: who rule a "on every afternoon. with a watchml and mud In the chariot behind her. Jim felt that thelr positions should be no- versed. The colon-d mghl with n or turban and curring a spur should mount the lion. while the princess. all But I“ that: things bunched when Jim m young. very young. and before I party of «pull-ts til-corona that the an beyond Bergen will would make a chiming runner resort. With the city visitors come a moon- armâ€" ui; with superb lions. haughty ostrich- es Ind glittering chariots. Jim lost nil- hurt-ct in other nun“. and every more moment m spent in watching the giddy whirl- ot the merry-comm audit-pom ctlflming hi- tufted tail. should Imp stnlght over the Iloada of the gaping spectators. Jim would fly Inn them on his Aublnn manor. Then «me the My of dun. when the youth who clllected rues on the ar- rouse! announced (but be m urge of country life and vu was back to wacky. Dannyyupmoulhe he. of the wont-(nor of the m. but joy fine. the hurt of Jim. the mood by. watching the dull: with!" o! the golden chariots. And. but of all, It in nation “sou! "Yes. I've netted m‘m a her: pretty ate-fly. and l m 1! do If yourtolh no Inn“ and 't will you 0! to do jobs around :rllcnunltorm will 0: 31m pretty ll " Driving on I supply of latent ener- gy which he did not dream he pot-ul- ed. Jim amend tge proprietor.- "Say. it you nut A boy. I'd like that job. [an rub up the annals nnd fie chum. um collect the ticks“. and hog! on the- mac ones unt's aft-dd. “ ..___ . His mt of accomplish.“ to u: abrupt end. The Inn mated 1th shrewd but not unkindly rays: otmclmmdidheeurdmm a sickening thud to it: foot. A! NI teacher oxpreaaed it, he did bi. work Just aoout three-quarters. When “do den caatrophe forced his playmate! to accept him an a militate in the bale- bali line. he was the object of constant attention at tho hands oi the opiain. and olay as hard as he night that “chatty" individual was incessantly calling. “Piay bail, Jimmy: play ball!" Even when the biz bobIled went to Even when the Mg bowled weht to pieces bu Beener'e hill. end half the boy- vere taken tn the hoepfitnl, Jun trudged home float, and his mother excluned: "Well. thank mounts-.1! was 5d Jim! If it‘d neon Tim or Fred now he'd '3' broken a leg, knocked out MI teeth or had hbbock Minute (or Me. but Illa"â€" HAT In that airy one culled him There was nothing Its-Illa: about Jln. He loaned to reach In amour-culls medu- II III thlanmm nu family drdembm be was mm of ulna children, to the villa: sports, when be news: dimmed himself. ___ ____ ion. In “No chug!" or "I see that boy H. was not ml! for Ma use like 11-. his oldcu brother, who was and! I skilled uppmuco tn the biscunmh It Bergen Kills. not had he eve!) been such a jolly. moon-raced bmnie :3 Billy. whom the city talks alum MD- ped to null: upon with such expm- ion. a: "How isn't he the cum! little than!" or "Pnlmer‘ Cox out! really to At nebool Jln war of his clu- M did I: an m gulch-5 loaded, and then IILITAEY BED TAPE. (comma m. b! reached the lad {um undam- wu “Norma! that Inlet {army rules the boepmt ammu- muld not recs-five supplies {mm n M- éuu lud‘vldui. , "Wall.” said he. "I will dump it. pazknm on the paw-neat below CM Idam: and than Atoll than to cop. out Iand elem: up Ibo Inter. Perhap- “9y would tit moi in the. clan-hi. u. all the W ell shoot mice. ”Gwalior min uni-lei to be My for the an to em a my nomen- _ One tiny while hurrying he) to the WI from dinner he lad ”in! enthusiasm hinaeli to a line Michal _ over the (Irwin: situation film II. was ground from reveriee by tawn- al arm and the hooihelu‘dt nlloping home. He no ininzthe Out! street to bee I plunging bone. [hu- ‘ing on w the rein in the plum-:1.- .tho colored mid! The prime. -. not in be seen. WI! the gee crouching in term 'at the fleet other servant, Could he do it without. Tue Arabian Mr? Ali ai- "at fthrouxh biannual and. new :innant be was clinging to the W at 'lhe modelled horse a . ! When‘be woke. he val Ill-l II I amuse room with a vine ‘M 'nura- bending over_ him. She let: hie iorehmd with her «~00! Mail-Jul “v. him sometllnc to drink. machine cold and delicious. Next came the doc- tor, who asked him my m auctions, and his mocha. who cried a great deal end said Very “mania: pmceedin; puzzled Jun may. AM they had gone he and the tune nu fa long talk. and then he recalled it allâ€"â€" ‘the primes. the black servant and the ‘plunging home. And he understood better why his link gelled no. Somehow the‘ ache never mi man or any. end Jinn we: beanie: (a weary over it. One dey iu- Wh- cxi his mine by exclaiminx: , . "Say! I'm kind at sorry I patio up that play. i thought it would be .m- to ride the Arabian rhnnernnd love the princess. but in: list!" such I long time." (an get them into t!» lmlldtu In that way without maria: any red tape." He drove o! with the bananas. and Um. supplies 'were somehow naught! into the human. . ‘ Semi-Quay harried stay to FM «is u soon a vkeury wu mural. “I will fluke the “plum me" In the penis- win. 7 . Jim looted yoarnlngly (oval-0'“ window and lb» warn Souk-labor ’- uhino. He under“! now why III nurse had no Ikumllb' partied Q..- tlons on this subject. Then he w to the princess. 11mm war «In in her era. Could they be tor Mn? ll- pulled )1th another like a you soldier. and [roped for her land. "No. l shan‘t mind Itâ€"It all." Then the princess forgot how‘s” a Mary book prim-an mu he. “a target that her father "II quest-1m of a bank and that Jim's father was My a fireman in tho Borg-u mm. m dropped be? flown: and. heading out thv- cot. km Mm proudly. “You ain't going back to the m~ nlâ€"tor n “up. My pan to I“ totakeyoutomwnflthwfi- other Manual when they I” ”I ‘7qu hurt. lacks. Thor“ the In!!!“ dot-tor there. I know. him. a BI HI going so not your back in a 31*! parts one. and has mming to . 10‘: every duh.- day. It's right 0 to our homo." "I‘ll IA: luck to the annual my man. nun-k lheArablan'chmr.‘ "The 60110an M, but you In“! mind. will you. It I man every m d.) and bring you book: and m- and things? ’ You rot mum brav‘e prim-n. n.- In). and I'm glad I'm your prim ‘ndeed I am. At first the nurse lhouxhtjum delirious nah. but when she bu! I“ a few questions the undernoal It‘d“. Later in manyehe pad I with?” the superintendent of the hospital“ told him all about the pm. .m- 00th and an Arab!“ m The very next day the prince- .vllh her tube: came to the bound. he wu- a serious young maiden. (“chm wen, beau-e some day she mu)". 3 large estate to manage. She I“ very quietly wine the sum-3W. and menummked. Thai-Mal. as they mu- to hue up man: "New. remember. winner else you nylennunotknowwuvuofly the Inland girl he sued! think 8h- “ would hut his hurt.” flue prince-I nodded her head u“! know why the felt “to. crying. m that the but men mahhgjjke WI In the name's ens. an! even her “that Mum-nymhmoaoeortvko during me conference. ’ Jim had no“ strangely quiet. I“ now be tuned to her unfunny: 'l‘hv. prim took a trash my on to flower!- nhe nun held “WIN l have to may {htâ€"(ht! m wry much longer?" 0V5 him use ul 1 E. the. 2“ iii Ill"