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1t is ten feet in length, with high wood
en- sides and canvas top, like an ice
wagon. Its wood work is painted
black; the canvas slate color. The bot
tom of the wagon is double, and in the
space between the floors are 81 bat
terry cells to furnish current for the
operation Of the proposed lines.
Steps at the back of the battery
wagon give access to the interior,
which is rudely equipped as a tele-
graph Office. Two drop shelves at the
sides are divided by low partitions,
forming desks for the instruments of
four operators if occasion demand so
many. A shelf across the front may be
used for additional battery cells, if
needed. Folding chairs for operators
complete the furniture. A seat for the
driver is at the front.
Complementary to the battery wagon
are the wire wagon and the lance
truck. The first named is similar in
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WORK OF A FlEND.
He Kills His BeMefactor and Shoots
Three Other Persons.

He kills His BeMefactor and Shoots
Three Other Persons.
Milwaukee,, May 7.-What may yet
prove quadruple murder occurred at
the farm home of Alexander Harris,
about five miles south of Waukesha,
early Friday morning, the victims be-
ing Mr.. Harris, his wife, hired girl and
hired man: The crime was committed,
it is supposed, by farm hand named
William Pouch, who had been sheltered
by the farmer over night. The dead and
wounded are: Alexander Harris. aged
about As years, killed outright; Mrs.
Harris. aged A years, may recover;
Helen Vesbach, fatally wounded; Nell
son McHolt, probably fatally wounded.
It transpires that after shooting his
victims, Pouch went upstairs and robbed
the house. This is the only known mo-
tive of the crime.
Mr.. Harris was one of the best-known
farmers in the county and was quite
well-to-do. He had resided on the farm
where the murder occurred for the past
~ years and had always been on the
best of terms with his neighbors.
Pouch had worked for him some time
during the summer of 1895 and nothing
occurred so far as known to cause any
enmity between them.
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this purpose is at Fort Sheridan, the
military post near Chicago. At an
hours notice it could be sent to the
scene of war, and, once on the ground,
the general in command would be able
to throw line of telegraph from one
division of his army to another, or be-
tween different parts of battlefield,
with a speed undreamed of in even the
civil war.
Military telegraphing in the army IS
under the direction of the signal corps.
That part of the telegraph equipment at
Fort Sheridan was designed by Lieut..
j. f. Maxfeld, signal officer at Chicago,
and is in his charge. 1t forms one Sec
ton of a military telegraph train, of
which the remaining sections in the de-
partment of the Missouri are at Fort
Riley and Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Each of these sections comprises
three wagons, reels of wire, poles, axes,
crowbars and other tools. First in i'm
portance comes the ''battery wagon"
in which the battery and instruments
IRE carried. In actual warfare, it's
place is near the tent of the command
ing general and it becomes the main
Office of one or more lines of telegraph.
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WILL GIVE UP CRETE.
Greece Decides to withdraw He
Troops from the Island.

Greece Decides to withdraw Her
Troops from the Island.
Athens, May 10.Col. Vassos has arr
rived from Crete. It is believed that an
armist;ce of fortnight between Greece
and Turkey will be agreed upon. The.
government has informed the ministers
Of the powers verbally that following
the recall from Crete of Col. Vassos, 25
officers and two companies of sappers,s
the gradual withdrawal Of troops from
the island will take place. After brief
delay the powers will offer to mediate
between Greece and Turkey. The pow
ere insist, however, that Greece shall
confde her interest unreservedly to
their hands. Negotiations have begun
and mediation is regarded as imminent.
It is understood that Greece agrees
to con1ide her interests to the powers
in the peace negotiations. a
Constantinople, May Turkey will
certainly claim fair allowance of the!
rights of victor, and in this claim she
will be supported by Russia and Ger
many. +. IL
London, May 1O.--A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Constantinople says
it is probable that Turkey will demand
a war indemnity of over 6 100000.
,Vo!o, May l0.-The Greeks. have COM
| pletely evacuated Volo and the Turkish
advance guard occupied the town Sat-
urday morning.
London. May 1o.--A dispatch to the
Observer from Athens says that the of
ficials and consuls of Salonica report
that the Turkish losses in killed,
wounded and sick during the recent
campaign will reach $4,000.
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ready to execute his command. The
battery wagon Stands near the tent OF
the general. Near by are the wire
wagon and the lance truck, each drawn
by four horses. A mounted captain or
two or three sergeants,
drivers and a squad of As enlisted men
await orders. With two markers, the
mounted officer goes ahead to mark Off
with flags the general course to be fol-
lowed, which, of course, will depend
upon the topography of the battlefield.
Close behind them come the pinmen,
who plants small stakes at the points
where poles for the support Of the
poles supporting the wire are to be set.
They are followed by the wire wagon
flying over the ground and leaving be-
hind it slender iron trail. The wire
wagon is followed by the lance truck,
on which are piled the slender shafts
of dry cypress, three inches in diameter
and fifteen feet in length, on which the
support of the wire depends. AS the
"lanceman" on the truck throws off the
lances at the places indicated, they fit
AS fast as the lances are scattered,
they are set in place by the squad of
'barmen," who follow close upon their
heels, with heavy crowbars. They sink
holes in the earth, string the lances
upon the wire, set them in position and
lamp down the earth. At every third
or fourth lance a clamp insulator holds
the wire taut.>> When the end of the line
has been reached the barmen return
to strengthen the line, and to watch it
for accidents. q On reaching the wire
wagon, the wire is attached to the op-
orators Instruments on the shelf in the
wagon, the ground circuit completed,
and the line is ready for the transmits
sion of the generals orders.
All of this has been accomplished
much more rapidly than the description
would Indicate. In practical drills,
from mile to mile and a half an hour
of this line has been erected.
The line described may be. left for
days or weeks. 1t may be used with
either telephone or telegraph. When
temporary communication only is re-
quired it may be secured at a much
more rapid rate. The wire used in the
manner ustdescribedis uninsulated, land
it must be carefully protected at every
point of contact. For more rapid work
an insulated wire is required. Forstil]
more rapid communications for ex-
ample when battle is in progress, a
smaller wire may be unreeled from a
hand cart, which is much in appearance
like barrel cart, and left upon the
ground. The cart may be pushed by
a telegraph operator, who carries in a
knapsack battery cell, telegraph and
telephone instruments. Arrived at his
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average, and on enlisting as u privat,
for service at the front, added one more
to that immense array of thinking
bayonets" which opened the eyes Of
the world to the real power of tho
American republic.
The center of the capitol building,
with an unsightly excuse for a dome,
had long been completed and occupied;
but the beautiful marble wings for the
senate and house of representatives ex-
listed merely on the paper plans of the
architect. A great civil war was in
progress when President Lincoln cleo
trifed the country by expressing the
desire that 1.-The capitol should he COM
pleted at once, giving the whole world
the spectacle of nation fighting sue
cessful fight with rebellion and at the
same time setting the seal on it's sue
cess by fixing the emblem of liberty on
the pinnacle of it's capitol"
The wish of the president was graft
fed, and congress made liberal annual
appropriations for the purpose. In
1864 the building was completed, the
magnificent dome was crowned with
the Goddess of Liberty and the two
houses of congress took possession of
their new legislative halls.
The first chronicler of the fate Of
Wentworth learned from his comrades
that, in common with all others who
then first saw the national capital, the
Young soldier felt an intellipent anC!
absorbing interest in the public build
ings of the city. and his feeling for the
capitol amounted almost to reverence,
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BICYCLE WIRE REEL.

appearance and arrangement to the
battery wagon. Inside the wagon are
four brackets on which are hung spools
containing enough wire for three miles
of telegraph line. In operation, spool
aang at the rear of the wagon pays out
the wire. Besides carrying wire this
wagon has another important use.
After the construction of the line, it
becomes an operators: station at the
farther end, and for this purpose It'll
fitted with shelf for instruments
across the front end. It carries also IL
auxiliary battery cells. The lance wag-
on, Is feet in length, carries the poles or
"lances," on which the wire is carried,
and the tools of the linemen.
With a complete trasn, it is possible
to construct four lines of telegraph OF
a length of three miles each from CEN
trail point. LetIns suppose we are with
the general of an army on the battle
field. he has ordered a line of the fly-
ing telegraph to be thrown to another
division Of his army. The officers and
men q the flying telegraph train are
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IN MEMORY OF HARVEY B. WENT
WORTH


one of the labyrinthine corridors down
deep in the endorsement of the capitol
building. which was then being pushed
to completion. He says that it was in
July. 1862. during one of the hottest
periods of that momentous summer,
and when, in the minds of many. the
fate of the republic hung in the bal
ance, that the Nineteenth New Hamp-
shire regiment marched up Pennsyl-
vania avenue from the Baltimore & Ohio
depot, having but just arrived from the
Granite hills. fresh in military harness
and eager for the fray. Continuing the
route usually followed by the incoming
soldiers, the regiment. about 4: 30 p. M,
arrived at the farther or Virginia end
of the old Aqueduct bridge, and en-
camped for the night on the sloping
hills lying between Fort Corcoran and
the Potomac. the venerable pile Of
Georgetown college showing its twink
ling lights directly opposite as dark
ness fell.
Through the exigencies of the serv-
ice. and under orders from the military
authorities in Washington, the regi-
ment remained in camp during all the
month Of July and well into August,
finally being assigned to the corps COM
,nanded by Brig. Gen. Rosecrans.
Harvey B. Wentworth was hardly 81
at the date of his enlistment, and had
been born and reared not far from the
town Of Suncook; and up to the out
break Of the rebellion had worked there
with his father aud one brother, after
the manner Of New England farmer
bows, attending school during the win
ter, but acquiring his education as
much from the newspa pers and maya
zines a. from the textbooks OF the
district school. In this way young
wentworth had become possessed st
al education considerably above the
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STRANGE WAR MYSTERY.
The Unaccountable Disappearance
OF Harvey B. Wentworth.
he Was Probably Lost and Buried in
~ one Of the Labyrtnthine CORR.
doris In the Basement OF
the CAPITOL.
Especial Washinston Letter

Especial Washington Letter.l
There is nothing more mysterious in
fiction than the sudden and unaccount-
able disappearance of Harvey B. Went
worth. IN. ..s.
he enlisted and was enrolled in COM
pany D. Nineteenth New Hampshire
volunteer vow infantry, in May, 1862, at Sun
COOK, N. H.. and went to the front with
MS regiment. He was typical farmer
Lad OF the Granite state, and was only
20 years of age.
During the entire period of the civil
war all the troops from the common
wealths along the Atlantic coast passed
through Washington city. on their way
&c the armies in the field. Consequently
the national capital was always full OF
soldiers, continually changing kalei-
doscope of uniformed humanity.
Every morning. after reveille, the SER
geant of each company made a report
showing that the members of the COM
Pany were "all present or accounted
Tor. But on the morning of July %,
1862, the sergeant of company D, Nine
tenth New Hampshire, re ported Pri-
vate Harvey B. Wentworth mot pres
ent;' and his name was thus borne on
the rolls of the company until the close
OF the war. when the regiment was mus
tered out of service. Then, opposite his
name, the entry was made: "Mysteri-
ously disappeared"
In those days many soldiers were
wounded. killed, died in hospital, de-
serted or otherwise left the service
daily, but they were usually borne on
the rolls "accounted for" in some way.
How Harvey B. w entworth disappeared
nobody has ever definitely ascertained.
Within year of his disappearance his
mother died. and in the following year
his father passed away. In the little
cemetery near Suncook. n H.. three
gravestones bear the following inscrip-
tons:
Sacred to the memory of Martha Went
worth, daughter of Emory L. HILL and
wife OF Nathan w. Wentworth. Died All
gust u, 1863.
The second stone bears the legend:
Here lies the body Of Nathan W. Went
worth, who departed this life October /.
1864. aged 81 years and months.
The third headstone contains the fol-
lowing:
Erected to the memory of Harvey B.
Wentworth, private in company D, Nine
teenth New Hampshire volunteers, who
mysteriously disappeared from the knowl-
edge of men at Washington, D. c.. in July,
1862.
No doubt was ever cast upon the
character or honor of the lost soldier.
On the contrary, court of inquiry
placed upon record the conclusion that
''Harvey B. Wentworth, of the Nine
tcerth New Hampshire volunteers, did,
on Or about the 21st day of July, 1862,
disappear from mortal ken; but in view
of his character and antecedents we
clear him from the charge of desertion,
and recommend that his military record
be regarded as without stain.'
The history of the mystery was once
prepared by Fl. Webster, of the navy,
who closely investigated the circum-
tances; and he reached the conclusion
that Wentworth was lost and died in
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MILITARY TELEGRAPH.
Lines Can Be Constructed in an
Incredibly Short Time.
The System Has Already Proved Of
Great Advantage to the Troops
ON the Frontier-Bicycle
Wire Reels. E
Especial Chicago letter.

F. Especial Chicago letter.
When, if ever, the time comes that
the war department shall be called
upon to put to practical use the war
like appliances invented and perfected
in times of peace, great things are ex-
pected of the appliances for the con-
struction of the flying telegraph lines.
A section of one of the trains built for
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Planted u Tree.

New York, May S.-As a tribute to the
memory of Gen. Grant, Yang Yu, for
mer minister from China to the United
States, planted tree in the ground
under which the casket of Gen. Grant
lay for IL years.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

Standing Of Baseball Clubs for the
Week Ended May >.
The following tables show the num-
Der of games won and lost and the per-
centage of the clubs Of the leading base
ball organizations. National league:
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Managua, Nicaragua, May lO.-Presi-
dent Zelaya has signed the law abolish
ing capital punishment from and after
July / next
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Game Lava.

Hunters and fishermen will get all
the information about the opening and
closing Of the seasons for the different
kinds Of game from the following
statement which has been prepared
by the state agent of the game and
fish commission, s, F. Fullerton:
/ Hunting Upland plover. golden or
prairie plover, July to Oct. 81. j.
Prairie chickens. white breasted or
sharp tailed grouse; woodcock and
snipe, Sept. to Nov. l.
Quail, partrldges or rufled grouse,
Oct. to Dec. l. The sale of cartridges
prohibited at any time.
Ducks, geese, brants or any aquatic
fowl, Sept. to April Is. s--. :
Deer, Oct. Is to Nov. Is. It shall be
unlawful to ship venison at any time
unless the owner accompanies it. u
Moose, having horns, may be shot
from Nov. to Nov. only.
Fishing Bass of any variety, May
Is to March 1. '.1 !
Brook trout, including rainbow, loch
loman. German brown spotted and all
varieties found in the waters of Min
nesota. from May to Sept. 1.
All other food fish, May to March l.
It is unlawful to sell or expose for
sale at any time any brook trout or
black bass in any place in Minnesota.
Pickerel may not be speared during
March and April.
Appointments.
Gov. Clough has made the following
appointments:
John Neal, of Minneapolis. to repre-
sent the colored interests of Minnesota
at the Nashville exposition.
Commissioners for Cass county: T. J.
Mary, Walker; P: II. McDerry, Walker,
James F. Middleton, Lothrop; George
q. French, Cohasset; o. T. Wilson, Cass.
+ s. S. Brown, reappointed surveyor
general of logs for the Minneapolis dis
trict.
William Getty, reappointed surveyor
general for the Duluth district.
F. E. Hertz, new appolntee for sur
veyor general for the Crookston dis
trict.
James C. Tarbox, of Monticello,
Wright county, to the position of Judge
Of the district court of the new 18th
judicial district, recently formed by
the legislature, and consisting of
| Wright Anolxa, Sherburne and Isanti
| counties.
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poured over MIN: before ne COulO Oe
extricated he was dead. He leaves
wife and two children.
News In Bret:
w. F. Bickel, vice president of the
Minnesota Savings bank, of St. Paul,
was arrested and being unable to OBJ
tain bail at once, was confined over
night in the Ramsey county Jail. The
complainant is E. J. Lucius, depositor
of the bank. who charges Bickel with
stealing $4,000 from the bank. The
missing money was deposited several
months ago by Mr.. Lucius, who &C
copied Bickeps note for the amount.
A joint stock company, capitalized at
$50, 600, was organized at Crookston to
manufacture the recently invented
elastic horseshoe of E. C. Davis. This
horseshoe has been given some severe
tests and is conceded to be the only
shoe of its kind ever invented that has
been able to perform it's duties with
complete satisfaction.
Mrs. Ellen Spaulding, of Maine Prai-
rie. committed suicide while laboring
under a fit of temporary insanity.
The jury in the case of Alderman
Francis G.. Drew, of. Minneapolis. who
was charged with bribery, brought in
a verdict of not guilty. ~
G. w. RowelI has been appointed
| postmaster at North Branch, Chisago
county, vice M. F. Vaughn, removed,
In the French salon of this year will
be hung a picture by Cadwallader
Washburn, son of ex-senator Wash
burn. At present young Washburn is
in Spain with his master, William M.
Chase, and fellow artists.
Gov. Clough has issued proclama.
ton calling upon the citizens Of the
state to lay aside their, respective EN-.
Payments May goth. and join the
Grand Army posts in fttingly observ-
ing Memorial day. .:=#
Mabel Wiggen, of Minneapolis, aged
years, died from an liberated tooth.
Fire originating in the linotype room
of the Duluth Evening Herald building
ruined the plant of linotype machines
and accomplished sac, 600 damage, prac-
tically all Of which is covered by in.
surance. The Herald's loss is $50, 600,
insured for 500, 900. The paper will
continue its regular issues, using the
News Tribune plant temporarily. Elec.
trio wires are believed to have caused
the fire.
Two United States prisoners from
Sitka, Alaska, occupied quarters in the
Ramsey county jail over night, enroute
to Washington, %. G. The men IRE in.
sane and will be confined in the goy.
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SnnOthered to Death.

Martin Welcb, residing on the Ger
man road near Inver Grove, st. Paul,
was smothered to death. He was driv-
ing to his home with a load of wet
screenings, when his wagon over
turned. The wagon box fell across
Welch's chest and the screenings
poured over him: Before he could be
extricated he was dead. He leaves
wife and two children.
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Will Make Sugar.

The Minnesota Beet Sugar company
is the title of concern that has been
formed in Minneapolis, and which is
looking for location to erect it's fac
tory buildings. The company has a
capital of $3.50. 600, and among the in
:orporators are Senator G. Theden, of
Minneapolis; Senator Keller, of Sank
Center; Timothy Foley, of St. Paul;
James Doran, of St. Paul; Judge Lusk,
Of st. Paul, and other men of money
with faith in the industry.
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Arrested.

H. II. Harmon, university student,
was arrested at Minneapolis upon the
charge of forgery and for tampering
with the mails. He opened letter ad-
dressed to Harry Morcon, a fellow stu
aend, and finding a postal money order
attempted to have the same cashed at
drug store. The clerk in the store
was a personal friend of young Maroon
and he Immediately had Harmon placed
under arrest. Morcon refused to pros
ecute and Harmon was released.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-11
STOCK NOTES.

Ernest Bloom Is down In Arizona buying
cattle again.
H. e. Ellinwood is a new sheep-buyer to
arrive in town.
The price of young lambs, In this vicini-
ty, has jumped up to 1925, and it may 60
higher.
W. j. Farr came Ia from the north, last
evening, looking after his large sheep In
t~erests.
Bert Rood and H. W. Foster, stockmen
from abroad, reached the city Of large dis
~tances, last evening.
Max Goldenberg is en- route to the city
from the Puerto de Luna country, with two
large fiocks of sheep.
j. A. Stinson is up from Albuquerque to
receive eighteen cars of sheep which he
will turn over to Union, Iowa, feeders.
R. T. Collins. a Greeley, Colo, sheep
man, departed this morning for the outly-
ing districts 10 quest Of iescy bargains.
T. G. Harriott, CT the Bell ranch, who
has been quoted on stock matters by the
Denver papers. reached Springer, yester-
day, accompanied by A. G.. Castillo
There were 36,46b head Of cattle shipped
into the state OF Kansas from the Kansas
City stock yards during the month Of Sep
tember, of which the Atchison carried
5, $50.
The Carrizozo trail outfit passed through
Whita Oaks On THAR raturu trim from
Clayton, Kansas, where they delivered
1000 head of cattle. The boys were on the
road forty-two days.
Capt. w. 81. Jack, president OF the New
Mexico cattle sanitary board, who had
been visiting his ranch near Folsom, up
the country. was a ao~wn-country passen-
ger for Silver City, Saturday evening.