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The Progress., 1898-04-16

We're to delay Hoods march northw arc
SO us to allow Thomas time to concen
trate an army at Nashville for decisive
battle. One of the controversies over the
campaign, emphasized by Schofield,
deals with this order. It is said that
Thomas should have concentrated on
Duck river and fought Hood there.
Thomas said he would have done SO ten
days later-that is, Dec. S to 1O-but
that his troops were too far away when
Hood appeared at the end Of November.
Schofeld claims to have saved Thorn
as one days grace. He admits having
risked the life of his army to do it and
| that he nearly lost it, but holds that
! the result justified the risk. Opdycke
| thinks not. With his army on Duck
river at Columbia, ~ miles south of
Franklin and Al from Nashville, Scho-
field learned on Nov. 80 that Hood had
crossed his army over the Duck five
miles above Columbia and was striking
out for Spring Hill, H. miles in his
(Schofeld's) rear and on the pike be-
tween Columbia and Franklin. Scho-
field sent Stanley, with Wagner's divi.
sion, to seize Spring Hill, keeping three
out of his five divisions at Columbia
and sending another off at tangent to
observe Hood s march. Meanwhile Hood
threw half his force upon Spring Hill.
Stanley was able to bluff his foes until
night. when they went into bivouac all
around him with pickets along but not
across the pike.
Sehofeld moved his army back that
night through Spring Hill. reaching
Franklin early, on the 3Oth He would
haye sGrossed the Harpeth at once, but
the bridges had been burned That aft
ernoon Hood reached franklin ready for
battle. Opdycke says that Schofield
gained. no time,e in fact, and risked his
army for nothing. He charges him with
inaction, torpor and want of ability
Instead Of stringing his troops over a
road ~ miles long. only to be spared |
by the enemy's laxity. he should have
concentrated in front Of Hood after he |
had crossed Duck river and Unanswered |
all day the 29th without fighting, but
covering the pike for the removal Of |
his trains past Spring Hill. Then in |
the night he could have retired on
franklin.
In view Of his many dispatches from !
Thomas to hold ON at the Duck, to post |
q strong force at Spring Hill and detain |
Hood while the main army was getting |
into position for battle at franklin, OPP |
dycke says that Schofield should have |
used the natural advantages of the /
ground. to delay Hood He cites the |
case Of Lee with q relatively inferior
force delaying Grant for weeks In front
Of the James and Johnston delaying t
Sherman between Dalton and Atlanta.
In Short he asserts that Schofield was
and. outgeneraled.
With reference to the disposition of
Wagner s. division for the delay Of Hood
after the bulk of the Federal army had
passed beyond Spring Hill Opdycke is |
explicit. His brigade was last to leave
Spring Hill, where it warded off an at
Jack early in the day. About noon he II
the rest Of Wagner's division
IN a ridge in sight of Franklin. wag-
Ter. with the brigades Of Conrad and
lane, had halted there under Schofield's
'rders to delay Hood. Later under or
lers direct or implied from the same
ouroe. Wagner moved Conrad and Lane
The Progress., 1898-04-16

IN lMSSho by recent writ
.HAyJNE VI ers. In fact, it is
)0IIS P~T(1. matter for re-
| greet that General
< j. M. Schofeld,
commander of the Federal forces en-
gagged on that field, does not more fully
treat the battle and the Tennessee cam.
palgUof which it was the climax in his
new memoirs, :Forty-six Years In the
army His chapters on the events be.
tween Duck river, where his opponent,
Hood. began to push things, and the
Harpeth, where Hood was virtually de-
4eated for good. are defensive in tone
An instance Of General Schofield's
habit throughout this period of passing
lightly over important issues is found
" hts curt remarks upon the one Incl
dent upon which the venture turned
finally, one where aps untoward result
would. have ruined all and placed the
1efaon's cause in extreme jeopardy
That u In the handling Of Wagner's di-
v4kton In the crisis at Franklin The
0aeaster to Wagner and what it involved
nave BEEN set down in all accounts as
the direct result Of q blunder in general
nip 6chof1eld says that but for that
DISASTER defeat Of his fiery adversary at
4kAnkAn would have been easy and sure. j
4et he has nevef been able to FIX in his
own mind the responsibility FOR it. It
Would only have been cleared up, he
0yS, BY court martial Further, the
8pilty party should have been shot.
rTAss matter Of Wagner's conduct is
e '.sai,s ca many incidents Of that three
d. campaign from the Duck to the
Hrspeth which led to controversies be-
tween the chief actors and their parti-
sans. =. 881 General Emerson Opdycke
pgtn. account Of the campaign and |
hnttle which, whether original or not,
s6fnains to be answered by the Schofield |
party. Opdycke commanded one Of |
Wagner's brigades. When disaster fell |
upon tho other two brigades under Wag-
ner and breach occurred in the center |
oH the. Federal line at Franklin, Op- |
dNcko, with promptness and judg- |
ment to have been expected from him, |
~ too rarely shown by others III many |
stnilar crises. charged and retook the |
A4e and guns. saving the day. It was |
OWING fo direct disobedience Of orders /
that Opdycke was able to perform this |
service. an act justified by ALI his supe-
xlora Including Schofield. It has been
assumed that Opdycke took the fate of
his brigade into his own hands because |
Wagner, his division commander But
In Opdycke's story there is conclusive
evidence that his want Of faith related
to- commander higher up.
gOpdycke treats the entire interval of
Schofield's leadership not as campaign
Of positive nature and results, but as
lucky escape from peril. He says, '.That
ne (Schofield) was not utterly destroyed
was due to two causes-first, the want
Of little sustained energy on the part
81 his adversary, and, second, the con-
1uct of his official subordinates unin-
duenced by himself &
Opdycke's criticisms begin with the
irst step taken by Schofeld when Hood,
With $4,000 Confederates, confronted
lima on Duck river. Schofield had there
SANKEY'S Fourth corps, his own Twen-
y-thlrd corps and Wilson's cavalry, ,
hont 30. 600 men. The orders to Scho-
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DIR. Beard Persisted in Snow.

Seattle, Wash, July ii News of
the tragic death of DIR William
Beard, the noted mining expert of
Philadelphia, near the Valdes Ola
cier, Alaska, last May, has been
received here. 1t came 10 letter
from II. c. Watkins, formerly of
New York, who was with DR.. Beard
Watkins barely escaped with his
own life. According to Watkins
Letters, they were caught in snow
slide just after crossing the glacier
They started back to the timber lice
A small snoweliIe came down aad
buried Beard Watkins escaped aud
for ten days he struggled through
snow, day and night, subsisting On
raw rice and rolled oats Finally b.
succeeded in reaching Valdes
From another source it Is learned
that Boards body was recovered.
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Colon May BE Saved.

OFF Santiago de Cuba, July -
Per the Associated Press dispatch
boat Cynthia II , via Port Antonio,
Jameics, July 5 During the pur
suit of the Spanish fleet en- Monday
the Brooklyn was struck half dozen
times, but no injury was done to
any of the other American ships.
The Spanish flag Yves hauled down
from the Infanta Maria Teresa while
the VizcaYa's men were swimming
ashore at Acerradero. After the flag
had been hauled down, Cuban SOL
diers concealed in the bush fired at
the Spaniards, arousing the indigna
ton OF The American sailors who
witnessed the act.
The Crissobal Colon's crew were
taken aboard the Oregon. Several
hours after the Colon went ashore
head on, she hoated, and WAS begin
ming TO sink, and the New York then
rammed her several times, using
Tenders; and pushed her up on the
beach without injury to either ves-
sci. It is hoped she will be saved
to become part OF the United
States navy.
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No "PriVateer.'

Chamberlain, s. ID, July LIT
is now practically certain that the
steamer Saga, belonging to syndi
cate of South Dakota capitalists,
WAS the mysterious craft, which gave
rise few days ago to reports from
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A Tragedy on the Palace Steps

From the Warrington Poet.
HavaGa-The following is sn ex-
tract from the diary kept by Span.
lord OF eveats in Havana during the
blockade:
"As civilian was going out OF
the palace last night another civilian
tried TO murder him, shooting at
him thrice with revolver. 1 is
rumored that the motive was per
sonal difference Generals Parade,
Paudo aud Sol4uo, who were con
versing upstairs with General BlaE &C
and they rushed down TO see what
had happened Major Carlos More
IA, the press cersor, who was leav
ing the palace at the time disarmed
the would be assassin, who will be
tried by military court martial, at
the place where he made the at
tempt was the residence of the cap
tain general. The name of the
aggressor Is Antonio Mieo and the
victim is Sebastian SureGa. OF the
three shots fired, only one touched
Sureda, the bullet entering at the
shoulder and going out at the chest
Sureda fell on one CT the benches
that are in the lower floor of the
palace for the volunteers, who are
all the time on guard at the palace
entrance"
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Strange Actions OF the Spanish Navy

Strange Actions OF the Spanish Navy,
Washington, July The move
ments of the Cadiz feet are very
puzzling to our experts here Weak.
ened, as 1t Is, by the sending back
of the torpedo boat destroyers, the
Spanish squadron, bound for the
Philippines, seems destined to go 10
as sure destruction as did Cervera 8
unlucky ships when they headed
westward from the Cape Verde
Islands. The Spaniards are, without
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the ships IRE actually bound for the
Philippines. This belief stimulates
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Notice OF Change OF Name.

STATE OF MISSOURI, -
County of Bates.
Be it remembered, That heretofore. to- wit at a
regular term of the circuit court of Bates
county, Missouri, begun and held at the
court house in the city of Butler, on the first
Tuesday after the second Monday in June,
1S9s, and afterwards on the 18th day of June,
1s9S, the same being the second judicial da Y
OF said term, among other, the following
proceedings were bad to-wlt: James Elmer
Sears, parte.
Now at this day ths application verified by
affidayit of james Elmer Sears, heretofore filed
and presented to this court praying TO have his
name changed to James Elmer Hope, coming
for hearing, the same is taken up and heard
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that such change of name would not be detrl-
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is therefore. ordered, adj judged and decreed by
this court that the application of the said james
Elmer Sears, be granted, and that his name be
changed from James Elmer Sears 10 that OF
james Elmer Hope, and that this order aad de-
cree be spread upon the records of this court.
STATE OF MISSOURI, s..
County of Bates,
l, Stewart Atcheson, clerk Of the circuit
court within and for the county of Bates, in the
state OF Missouri, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is full true and complete copy OF
the original order and decree an the case Of
James Elmer Sears, ex parte, a. fully a. the
same appears of record in my office.
In witness whereof have hereunt0
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seal OF said court Done at once in
the city of Butler, this the 18th day
of June. IS9s-
STEW ART ATCHESOS, Circuit Clerk.
S-3t ByJ. W. TAYLOR, Deputy Clerk
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Trustees sale

whereas Lucius Newton and Julia Newton,
his wife by their deed Of trust dated June 10Th
1886 and recorded in the Recorders once within
and for Bates county, Missouri, in book No IL
page SIS. conveyed TO the undersi gned trustee
Inc following described real estate lying and
being situate in the County OF Bates and state
Of Missouri, tO-wit:
The south half Of the north west quarter OF
section fourteen n4 township fOrty-tTO t42l,
Of range twenty-nine 90, also the northeast
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f4zl, range tWenty-Dine ~ lying south OF
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es=t front door Of the court house IN the city 81
Butler. county 81 Bates and state u Missouri,
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Whereas, Stella Martin, by her deed of
trust dated June -. lS95. ana recorded in the
office OF the recorder of dee6s in Bates county
Missouri, in book No l5s a. page 49,. convey
ed to the undersigned trustee the fOIlewin z
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Lots three 81, four a. and five 81 in Baker s
addition to the city of Butler. Missouri 9.
which conveyance was made in trust
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Friday, July 18th, zsSS.
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Pull.c Administrator : N.t-ce

Notice = hereby given. That b. yirtue of 81
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Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice Is hereby given 20 all creditors. AMI
sH others interested il the estate % L II .
MurDh7 deceased. thss !. W :. Madj, sd-
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