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SHILOH battlefield.
Third Annual Reunion to Be Held
May 20 and 80.
Many Prominent Men Wn Deliver Ad-
dresses-Mouument to BE Dedicated
by the Ninth Illinois Vete-
rams Association.
Especial Correspondence-l

Especial Correspondence.
The first monument to be erected on
the Shiloh battlefield has been erected
by the Ninth Illinois Veterans asso-
citation and will be unveiled during
the annual reunion on May 20 and 30.
The monument is made of Barre (Ver-
p,ont) granite and is feet long at the
base, 3 feet 6 inches thick. The second
base is 5 feet by 2 feet 6 inches. The die
is feet inches wide. feet inches
thick, feet inches high The cap is
4 feet 10 inches long, 2 feet inches
wide and 1 foot s inches thick, making
the monument feet inches high and
weighing 10000 pounds. The cost was
$1,000. 1t is beautiful structure. On
the cap is knapsack, crossed guns and
u military cap with olive branch and
oak leaves. On the front the monument
is inscribed as follows: Ninth Illinois
Infantry Volunteers" On the reverse:
april 6, 1S62-Present for duty, SIS
men; killed and died of wounds, 1O3;
wounded, 263; total killed and wound
ed, 366." This was the heaviest loss sus-
tanned by any regiment in this or any
other single battle of the war, accord
ing to the number engaged. Gen. Jesse
!. Phillips, the first colonel of the reg
iment, and now one of the supreme
.
tion at the unwilling. Many other prom
inent men will be present and deliver
addresses during the two days reunion.
The comrades living in the south will
send 10000 White Cape jessamine flow
ers to place on the graves of 1000 heroes
who sleep on the Shiloh battlefield. One
hundred young ladies. so from the
north and so from the south, will place
these flowers on the graves and plant a
flag at each grave.
Senator 1sham G. Harris of Tennes-
see, who was on the staff of Gen. AL
bert Sidney Johnston, the commander
of the confederate army at the battle
of Shiloh, when Gen. Johnston was
killed at two p. m. Sunday, April 6.
1862, has located the correct place
where Johnston was wounded and
where he died. The location of the
place has been in dispute ever since
the battle. Senator Harris was at that
time governor of Tennessee and was
a personal aid to the confederate COM
mander. He says Gen. Johnston led
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crept the gray pallor in which is i'm
pressed deeply upon human faces the
mystic seal of DEATH
Into this maelstrom of conflict swept
the regiment to which Capt. Falconer
belonged, carrying itself bravely, cross
ing steel with steel at the trenches,
inding these foemen worthy of it's
;nettle, hurled back again and again.
but returning with thinner lines and
more heroic endeavors, until its part
and parcel of that red field was won-
When evening came there was crimson
in the sky mingled with gray, crimson
marks on the earth, spOtting blue and
gray uniforms, crimson in the hos
pital tents. where surgeons, employed
as merciful butchers, pruned men as
though they were trees placed ready
Cor their knives and saws-all part of
that stern discipline through which
north and south became better ac-
quainted. first as foes. later as conquer
urs and conquered, later still as friends.
And out of this furnace emerged truth
triumphant, union forged and annealed
under the hot hammers of war, flag
made sacred forever by the conflict
through which the cause it represented
bore a charmed life, though thousands
IF its brave defenders fell
In this and many succeeding bat
lies Frank Falconer bore himself
nobly, and then one day when the war
ncared its end he fell and was taken,
wounded. into the camp of the enemy
He was reported killed, and there was
mourning among his comrades and at
home He had won promotion, too.
and was colonel of the regiment when
he met with this mishap- Tried in the
heated crucibles of conflict, his man
hood had stood the test, and his tails
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man in every emergency had been the
miniature of his fiancee near his heart,
her better defined image in his soul,
and the letters breathing love and devo-
ton which she never failed to send
with faithful regularity. When news
of his death arrived, the gentle girl who
had -~ept at his departure and in many
lonely hours since shed not single
tear now. With quiet energy she start
ed to the front, secured passes through
the lines, and one day there came soft
iy to the side of Col. Falconer's cot in
the roughly improvised hospital lit
tie figure in silver gray costume, with
rhe same loyal blue eyes, from which
shone immeasurable, unfathomable af-
lection. There was glad and joyful
meeting in the soft twilight shadows,
n meeting once more of blue and gray.
Men saw the happy look which trans
figured the pale face on the cot and
the angel face bending DER it, but
God alone saw the TRANSPORTATION in
each loving soul, where the azure light
of hope replaced those gray shadows
of grief wherein the death angels
W ing had come between the tired spirit
and the trust which aids the angel of
healing in turning such sad cases from
the verge of the dark valley. The
gentle girl, watchful ever of her lovers
needs, was thoughtful, too, of others.
and in few days eyes all along those
shattered lines frightened at her COM
ing, while rough voices softened as
they blessed her. Then came Lettie
Falconer, the coloners pretty sister,
whose presence soon became as welcome
as that of the other ministering spirit,
whose superior faith and intuition had
led the way. And so the days passed
by with these shattered hulks in dry
dock, as it We're, and the great struggle
at the front drawing to close. Next
10 Col. Falconer's cot was that of Col.
Poindexter, of the confederate army.
also severely wounded, and between
these two men of opposite views, but
kindred courage and devotion, grew up
deep and lasting friendship. Such
friendships were neither few nor far
between in those days, and, thank God.
they have multiplied like white roses
and gold-heart daisies since then, until
now they dot the fields with peaceful
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q charge at about two p. m. just south
of the Purdy and Hamburg road, south
of the peach orchard at the Bell house.
Johnston sent Harris to lead the Forty
fifth Tennessee regiment in the charge
When he returned he met Johnston
on the ridge just southeast of the Bell
house. He rode up to him and saw he
looked pale. He said to him: General,
aren't you wounded?" He said: Yes,
and fear seriously" He saw Johnston
reel in his saddle. When ne rode up
to him. he took his bride reins. placed
one arm around Johnston to steady
him and rode with him back to deep
rayine, when he helped him off his
horse and laid him down under a tree.
He called to passing confederate sol
where they were fighting. and ask the
officers for flask of whisky and bring
it to him at once This the soldier
did, and he gave Gen. Johnston a drink.
which he swallowed. He gave him a
second drink. but he could not swallow
1T. and turned his head to one side and
let it run out of his mouth. Just then
Col. William Preston, of Kentucky.
brotber-in-law of Cen Johnston, rode
up and, jumping off his horse, ran to
him, placing his arm under his head, and
impiored him to say something to him.
but all he could DO was to open his eyes
and recognize him. He died in few
minutes They were alone with the
dead commander, and the battle was
going on
Johnston's horse had died from the
ys.unds he had received at the time of
the charge and Harris horse had run
away. 1t was agreed that Harris should
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est battles of the war will be made a ma
tiOnal memorial park. Its affairs arc
administered by commission appoint
ed by the president, and consisting Of
Col Cornelius Cadle, Gen. ID. G.. Buell..
Maj. ID. w. Reed and Col. F. l. Loviley.
Col E. Z. Lee. of Monticello, ILL.,. sec
retary of the Shiloh Battlefield asso-
ciation, was the organizer and Original
tor of the movement to make the Shiloh
battlefield a national memorial park
He enlisted in the army in July, 1861.
and served over four years IN the For
ty-first Illinois infantry, participating
in all the battles and marches in hicil
his regiment took part. including Fort
Henry, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh. both
days battles, Corinth. Hatchie river.
Nickesburg. jackson, Miss. the march
to the sea and through the CaroIinas.
He entered the service in his 10th year.
He was wounded in his right hand and
shoulder in the terrible charge at the
second battle at jackson, Miss. on July
1s, 1868, when Pugh's brigade was al
most annihilated. He has made study
and is familiar with all the details os
that terrible conflict. During the last
two years he has devoted almost his en-
tire time and energies to the organiza-
ton of the Shiloh Battlefield associa-
ton and the work of securing from
congress the passage of the bill for the
purchase of the Shiloh battle-field for
national memorial park. which has
now been accomplished. and this fa-
NOUS battle-fieId will be preserved as
the memorial for the survivors of fhs
army of the Tennessee, the Chic and
the Mississippi
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EIGHTEENTH YEAR.

fields in which blue violets grew, slopes
covered with rank foliage and forest
glades. Reaching for long distances
here and there long lines of blue in
motion, undulating like sinuous ser
pents, their scales the guns and hayonets
which glistened in the summer sun.
Above them here and there the glorious
flag upon which stars of promise shone
in a small armament of blue, as the
larger stars shine and smile in the
azure sky.
Not far off, along the opposite slopes,
long lines in gray, some sheltered be-
hind low earthworks, some moving
along in sinuous lines, along which glis-
tened the same sinister steel scales
which made menacing crest for the
lines in blue. On the mountain side
not far away wells of gray mist just ris-
ing toward the higher submits like
curtains rising upon gigantic drama
soon to be enacted amid the matchless
scenic accessories of this mighty stage.
And just now the hush of eNpectation.in in
which loud voices We're stilled and the
most conspicuous sounds were the
tread of armies, the rafting of cannon
wheels and accoutrements, the clear
voices of command. Something of the
gray tint appeared at times in human
faces. a pale gray which told of grave
thoughts and dire possibilities.
And then the tempest. Gray smoke
rising from cannons which flashed
lightning athwart the clouds and shook
the earth with thunder. The rattle
OF musketry, the whistling of bullets,
the shrek of the larger messengers of
death, which cannon belched from fu-
rious throats, the rush Of cavalry, the
Inassing and melting of the blue lines
here and there, the charges and counter
charges in which blue and gray mixed
and intermingled like blotches of color
upon mighty palette, with which su-
pernatural artists were painting his
toric scenes. And soon there was
crimson, wet and warm, in great
b1otches upon the palette, and shrieks
i,unctuated the silences left occasionally
by the guns as they took breath for
loud defiances constantly renewed.
Here and there men in blue and gray
fell writhing upon the earth, or moved
no more, and into the faces of these
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NUMBER 13.

go and notify Beauregard of Iohnsson's
death. and Col. Preston would remain
with the body and have it taken back
to Shiloh church, which was done, and
from there it was taken to Corlnth,
Miss, and to New Orleans, La. where
the remains are buried in the beautiful
vault of the monument of the Southern
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
The federal troops against which
Gen. Johnston led the charge were the
Ninth Illinois, Forty-frst Illinois and
Thirty-second Illinois infantry, who SO
stubbornly held the position south OF
the Hamburg road on April 6, 1862
The Shiloh Battlefield association
was organized April 10, 1898. by the
survivors of the battle on the occasion
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grass, beautifying the gardens, scent
ing, in happy unison with other bios
SONS, the air. Blue also was the uniform
of the young officer standing at the ga-e
leading from comfortable mansion to
the garden, and bluer still the trustful
eyes of a gentle maiden encircled by
his stalwart arm and leaning her
golden head upon his manly bosom.
The sun was setting, the blue of the
western sky became blue and gold set
with garnet and pearl, and the golden
hair turned richer and deeper in tint
as the other sunbeams from above
mingled fraternal1y with its shining
strands and kindled red fires which
burned like embers in those tresses of
changeful hue.
1t was their parting, for the regiment
was off for the war, and Capt Falconer
was one of its officers. He was young
man full of bright ambitions, prompt
to obey the call of duty, holding within
his stalwart form and active brain
those possibilities which, in our coun-
try, make every man possible hero,
every heart an altar upon which may
kindle and burn brightly martial ardor
and the sacred patriotic flame. There
Were millions of them in 1861, there are
millions more now.
Ruth Pritchard was the judges
only daughter, unspoiled by her ia
theirs wealth, unhurt by the insidious
follies and gayeties which destroy the
.vomanliness of so many in her class
Her deep, true nature did not take kind
ly to batteries, the buzz of insects. the.
glitter of butterfly wings and ways.
Therefore she was still the child of ma
true, unspoiled by the thin veneers and
mere varnish of bright life. Of medium
size, well rounded in form, with fea-
lures regular and attractive and soul
which had not forgotten how to LOOK
forth from the blue, the celestial blue,
of her eyes, she was sweetheart of
whom the young officer might we'll be
proud.
And upon this evening as they talked
sadly of the possibilities before the de-
parting soldier, not then so well COM
pretended as later, when taught by
stern experience, the blue skies faded
to gray, the west to deep blood red
paling later into the prevailing twilight
hue; the blue uniform of the man and
the blue dress of the maiden seemed
to fade into the same tint as darkness
-sleepened, and to harmonize the picture
gray mists arose into which the soldier
vanished when he at last kissed her
velvet lips and bade her farewell. The
troops were to start by the night train
from the nearest railroad station
several miles away, and as her hero
rode into the gray mist and the dark
mess, two blue eyes left behind becam..
impearled with tears and there arose
from the depths of a tired and saddened
heart an eloquent prayer in his behalf
a little later the grays again faded ou:
of the upper sky,which changed to the
IL,
against the soft background like dia-
monds upon cushions of velvet. They
-shone upon the young and untrietl
soldier riding thoughtfully along.
=shone upon the upturned face of the
girl he left, kneeling white-robed be
side her snowy couch ere she retired to
think of him. perhaps to kiss him low
ingly in her dreams.
Blue skies again-this time arched
over southern landscape, beautiful
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rough and weary and the mystic shad-
ows fall;
But the hearts that beat so bravely in the
battles fierce affray
VIII not falter at the summons, nor the
dangers of the way
They are marching down the valley. Hark!
the sound of tranping feeti
They go through summers sunshine
they go on through winters sleet;
Banners wave, and arms a-SlitteT, and the
music's throbbing breath
Echoes in the solemn valley, that we name
the vale of death.
They are marching down the valley. and
follow gladly on,
For the music sweet and eery tells the way
that they have gone;
And Wen find them camped in meadows
where the waters Silly flow,
Where the Sward is soft and verdant and
the flowers of Heaven grow
-Ed1ah C. Hawks, in Springfield (Mass
Republican
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Blue skies again-this time arched
over a southern landscape, beautiful
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lOriginal.1
L U E w e re the
skies w h i C j
arched above i
northern village in
1861, and blue
were the eyes
of the pimpernels
a n d forget-me-
nots dotting the
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The prince of Wales, since his mar
riaye IS years ago, has spent fortune.
it is said, amounting at its very lowest
figure to at least S50, coo, coo, for which he
has practically nothing to show except
his estate and country seat OF Sand
bingham, which are valued at s.. Zoo. ooo-
II is also estimated that the princes
debts amount to nesrly $50. 900. coo at
the very Least. the executors of the late
Baron Hirroh holding In their hands
notes for at least ss.eeo. GOO of that
ssms while 1t Is we'll known that the
indebtedness ct his royal highnszs to-
ward the RotharEi!ds Is even still more
sspsiasrshia..
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UNITED STATES PRISON.

Report of the Warden of the Lesvenworth
Institution-Number of Prisoners. 5e5-
LEAyESwoRrH, Kan, Oct 26.-Ward-
en- French has fled with the attor-
ney general the first annual report of
the United States penitentiary. The
penitentiary was organized as civil
institution January !, 1895, and the old
military prison ceased to exist on the
same dasc- There were 6eO convicts
received at the prison during the year
There were 95 discharged, and the
number remaining at the end of the
year was SIS. OF the inmates, 100 are
under 90 years, 5o5 are under 30 years,
lO4 under 40 years, and 30 from 40 to SO
years OF age. OF the number commit
ted. 457 can read and write, 30 read
on1v, and 1874 are iiliterate- Those
born in the United States number 5s7,
and SO were foreign born. OF this-num-
Der 41e are white, 127 colored, Ga 1ndi-
ans, Chinese and Mexicans In
their conjuga1 relations 81 are mar
ried, 25 widowers and 564 single
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BUY BRITISH ROADS.
Americans Get Control of London's Under
ground Street Railway Lines.

Americans Get Control of London's Under
ground Street Railway Lines.
ST. LOUIS, Oct GA stupendous
deal, involving a radical change in the
proprietorship and system of operation
of one of the most extensive street
railway properties in the world, has
been practically completed. An Amer
lean syndicate has, it is said, secured
control of the famous underground
railways of London, Eng The syndicate
was formed in Toronto, Can, and Ross
Mackenzie is at the head of it. Cap
italists from New York, Philadelphia
and other cities are also interested
and one of the heaviest investors is
stated to be well known st. Louis
man, whose name fer the present is
withheld Unlike this country, Great
Britain ha I, for years been at a stand
still as regards means of rapid transit
in cities There are not a dozen cleo
trio railroads in the country, not a sim
gle BILE road, and the highest achieve
ment in street cars is, as a rule, the
horse tramway.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

fEhSoNAL Anu I'oLlTICAl.
A SPECIAL from Washington to the
General Wilson for the vacancy created
by the death of Chief Justice Richard
son, of the court of claims.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his wife
attended the sesqui-centennial at
Princeton On. j. college on the 21st
Much excitement was created at
Jacksonville, Fla, by the announce
ment that the United States steamship
Raleigh had captured the alleged fill
clustering tugs Dauntless and R. L.
Mabey. Cubans were greatly excited
over the matter, as it was common
rumor that they had an immense
amount of munitions of all kinds
cached at the key below New Smyrna
for the tugs to take on for Cuba
Hon. JUSTIN MORRILL, has been re-
elected to the United States senate by
both houses of the Vermont legisla-
ture in joint session.
SECRETARY CARLISLE spoke at Cow
ington, KY, on the 22d. The meeting
was very disorderly, many in the crowd
cheering for Bryan. The secretary
was interrupted continually in his
speech and eggs were thrown about
the hall At the close Mr.. Carlisle was
escorted to where he was stopping by
20 policemen Many insulting remarks
were made by hoodlums gathered
about the exit of the hall.
THE house of bishops of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church of the United
States, in session at New York, elected
Rev. John D: Morrison, of Ogdensburg,
n. Y, TO be bishop of the newly
created diocese of Duluth, Mipn.
COLUMBUS DELANo, who was secre-
of ha int 10 ~
Grant, died at his home near Mount
Vernon, o., on the Esd, aged 81.
BY a vote of fifteen to eight the Pres.
byterian synod of Illinois has expelle ed
Rev. Frank B. Vrooman, of Chicago,
for heterodoxv.
CHARLES f. CRISP, ex-speaker of con-
gress, died at Atlanta, Ga, on the 23d.
He had long been troubled with heart
disease and had recently been in had
health and his death was not alto
gether unexpected He was born in
Sheffield, Eng, January 90, 1S45.
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PLUMBER LEFT WITH PRIESTS
fifteen Hundred Dollars Stolen from an
Express Ccmpa Returned.

fifteen Hundred Dollars stolen from an
Express Company Returned.
WAHPEToN, N. D., Oct GA week
ago the Great Northern express was
robbed of 81, 500, the money being
taken from the agents safe while he
was on his way to the post Office with
a remittance. Detectives were sent
for from St Paul and every effort was
made to get some trace of the cash,
but entirely without avail, and the
money was given up for lost by the
local officials Five days later the
priests of st. James Catholic church
here sent word to the company that
they had the full amount in their pos
session and were ready to turn it over
to its owners. 1t has now been taken
by the express company. 1t is not
probable that any action to discover
the robbers will be taken. The priests
say the discovery was made in the con-
nj