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The herald., 1898-07-21
ALASKAN BY-PRoDUCTs

In the early stages of the Kiondike ex
citement and the unparalleled rusl
|of prospectors into the Yukoi
country, The Herald suggested that
whether the hopes of the multi
tude of finding gold galore were
half realized, the rush would result ir
collateral benefits quite as great. Ane
Its prophecy is already rapidly materializ-
ling. The production Of gold this season
| is likely to fall far short of conservative
estimates, but In the prospecting of the
mountains and valleys the existence OF
by-products of great value has been DEM
onstrated beyond a doubt.
Perhaps no section of the great north
west has been so disappointing as the
Copper river country, and the hardy pros
pectors who forced their way into the re-
gions of perpetual snow and ice in dead
of winter, in order to locate claims IN
advance of the greater rush expected to
follow, have returned in most forlorn
condition Of body and mind. But they
bring reports of the existence there of
enormous bodies Of copper ore-"moun-
ltains of it," as some are pleased to de-
scribe it-specimens brought back show
ing a larger percentage of pure copper
than has before been discovered on this
continent. Copper is base metal of
great and growing value, and the mining
of it In the United States has for a
number of years been more profitable
than the development Of gold and silver
properties.
But discovery of still greater impor-
lance is noted in our dispatches this morn
ing. This is an immense deposit of
coal, pronounced by experts quite equal
to the best Pennsylvania anthracite. The
location of this coal deposit is on tribu-
tary of the Yukon, said to be naviga-
BILE for the small draught steamers plying
in the inland waters of Alaska. The
discovery cannot but have an important
bearing upon the mining industry of the
northwest, and all collateral enterprises.
With an abundance of fuel, the problems
of milling, smelling and transportation
will all be solved; and, wholly independ-
ent of the extent or richness of the auri-
ferrous deposits, Alaska will be brought
into prominence by reason of her greater
resources in the base metals. At all
events, there will ever be a market on
the Pacific coast for an excellent quality
of coal, and IL the domestic consumption
should not equal the supply, the surplus
can doubtless be laid down at California
ports more cheaply than from Australia,
whence come considerable quantities
annually.
The herald., 1898-07-21
Kept From Church

The dissatisfaction in the Seventh Cali
fornia, which was noisily manifested on
Sunday evening, is not regarded as
serious matter by the officers of the regi-
ment They say there was no element of
mutiny or INSTRUMENTATION in it, though
the men who took part in the demonstra-
ton created some disturbance. Inquiry
among the men yesterday showed that
they considered the affair as in the nature
of lark" The chief cause of their
discomfort was the stringent order issued
by Brigadier General Otis in regard to
leave of absence from the regimental
quarters In his brigade. Some of the
men wanted to go to church on Sunday
evening, and some to go down town." but
no one was permitted to leave the camp
Examiner.
The herald., 1898-07-21
A N anne

1.-THE resolution for the annexation of Ha-
wall was introduced by the proper man."
remarked Mr.. Point Breeze to Mr.. Murray
Hill.
How was that?'
1T is fitting that a resolution which adds
new lands to the United States should be In
troduced by Representative Newlands"-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The herald., 1898-07-21
Japan,s Great Steel PLANT

Japan Is now building a great steel plant.
The works will cost $1,000 900 and will be
put into operation within three years. The
product of the plant for the first year will
be almost exclusively steel rails, and prob
ably some steel plates for ships. . Boiler
plates, bar steel and structural iron will
follow in order. This steel plant, which
will be situated at Yawatamura, a town Of
about 10000 inhabitants, is on the extreme
northern end of the island of Kushiu. This
island, according to reports, is rich In coal.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Those members of the Seventh who ia
vored Santa Monica for deep-sea har-
Dor can't quite understand why they
should suffer along with the misguided
champions of San Pedro. Alger probably
justifies himself on the ground that they
are in bad company.
The herald., 1898-07-21
THE GALLANT SEVENTH
Their RIGHTS

The Seventh California regiment should
be given chance to go to Manila. The
men are well drilled and well equipped.
and 1t is absurd and wasteful to bring
troops three thousand miles for duty in
the Philippines when their equals, II not
their superiors, are here on the ground.
The men of the Seventh volunteered for
active service, and no good reason has yet
been given why their desires should not
be gratif1ed-Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Alger is doing good missionary work
for the Democratic party in California
this year. He has taken a roundabout
course to punish few individuals in this
region, and 1t is likely good many Re
publicans will take round -about course
to punish him.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The Chicago platform was yesterday
reaffirmed by the Democrats Of Vermont
who also took grounds against the pro.
posed imperialistic policy. The Democ-
racy will take no backward steps on
the financial or economic questions that
unite them in one cohesive mass. from
Vermont to California.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The terrible Temerario is again afloat.
But it is not believed this will effect any
change in the plans for the sailing of
Watson's fleet tomorrow. the next day
or some time.
The herald., 1898-07-21
: Kindly Meant

you'll have fit when get through with
you," cried the first.
Just try it on promptly retorted the
other.
No. gentle reader, they were not QUARREL
Ing. The first speaker was a dressmaker
and the other her patron.-Philadelphia
Record.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Pay rolls make cities. When this fact
is fully appreciated, and every possible
encouragement is given to the establish
ment of productive industries here, then
will Los Angeles enter upon a new era
of assured prosperity.
The herald., 1898-07-21
An Incompetent Official

The Prairie Rose-Isn't todays mail in
yet?
The Postmaster-No, miss; donno what's
gettin' into the carrier. He wasted half an
hour yesterday shootin' up some road
agents when the Job ought to have been
done in five minutes.-Puck.
The herald., 1898-07-21

IL they change their residences from one
precinct to another during the thirty days
preceding an election they will not be
entitled to vote. either in the precinct
from which or into which they shall have
moved
The herald., 1898-07-21

Captain Clark doubtless knew what he
was about when he wired the navy de-
partment: Don't hamper me with in
structions. I'm not afarid of the whole
Spanish fleet"
The herald., 1898-07-21

Since the people learned that the South
aggregate $2O,0OO,o0o, they have aban-
doned all hope of a reduction in freight
rates, 1.-THE laborer Is worthy of his hire. u
The herald., 1898-07-21

The war department seems to have
fallen down again in the matter of de-
tails connected with the Quitting Of the
Miles expedition. The president, 1t is
hoped, will some time recognize the diff
Guilty Of boring an auger hole with a
gimlet
The herald., 1898-07-21
Roundabout Hint

II hear that you're going to move. neigh
bor."
"stun and nonsense! Nothing to 1t. Who
told you SOP"
"Your landlord" detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Schley and Hobson now think our YES
sells could have got into the harbor of
Santiago without suffering much damage.
But Sampson thought otherwise and he
had the last guess,
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After we have conquered Spain and
Garcia and Gomez and Aguinaldo, then
will we indeed have peace.
The herald., 1898-07-21
No Chance

"You called on Miss Spritely the other
evening. Didn't you find her charming in
conversation"
II found her charming in monologue. We
didn't succeed in holding any conversa-
ton. "-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-07-21

There will be no difficulty in raising an
army Of political immunes for service
in the prospective colonies
The herald., 1898-07-21

After all. what would Cervera. or any
other wise man, want to live at Tampa
for? The offer to him of a home there
smacks of a real estate lob.
The herald., 1898-07-21
Strung

No archer she, forsooth,
To bend the yew; but, oh,
With what dexterity, In truth,
She strings 9 beau!
Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The open offer Of az per cent premium
for the new per cent bonds would seem
to indicate that banks which require them
as a basis for additional circulation have
not as yet succeeded in absorbing very
large proportion of the issue. They will
doubtless get all they want, but they
will have to pay the upset premium of
per cent for them.
The herald., 1898-07-21

About the safest thing to do, II deter
mined to go abroad by the French line
Is to ship with the crew.
The herald., 1898-07-21

In the improbable event Of the nominal
ton of Henry Gage the Express may
secede from the Union. It Is becoming
quite hysterical over the subject.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The plea that we. can't let go our hold
Of the Philippines Is not wholly unan-
swerable. We may be assisted.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Why should not the Atlantic liners be
armor- clad, so as to avoid the possibility
of being rammed in mid-ocean during a
fog?
The herald., 1898-07-21

Mole st. Nicholas will go into history
as the most prolific soil for liars ever
discovered.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Pious Russians do not eat pigeons be-
cause Of the sanctity conferred on the dove
In the 9cripturek
The herald., 1898-07-21

The Seventh California threatens to be-
come national issue.
The herald., 1898-07-21

Chicago is the stronghold of the single
standard forces in the west, the home of
Gage and Of Eekels. 1t is not little
paradoxical, therefore, that its vast pub
lie school system should be placed In
charge Of E. Benjamin Andrews, who has
become persona non grata to the trustees
of Brown university because of his adj
vocacy Of free silver coinage.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The incipient revolt Of the Cuban in
surgents will give editors on the CONT
nent a fine field for comment and con-
lecture. Some of them will doubtless
recognize in 1t the hand of the American
politician, bent on stirring up strife
among the natives, to the end that the
United States may have warrant for set
ting them aside as unfit for self-govern-
ment and absorbing the island.
The herald., 1898-07-21
As One Prefer.

As One Prefers
Some folks have been a sayin'
We needed no Hawaiian
Islands;
While others have been sighin'
Lest we lose the Hawaiian
Islands.
Dayton (Ohio) Herald.
The herald., 1898-07-21

We're Giving Them That
The Spaniards have borrowed and bor-
rowed, until there is nothing left for them
to borrow but trouble.-Boston Courier.
The herald., 1898-07-21

The Importance Of the discovery Of ex-
tensive coal deposits In Alaska cannot
well be overestimated. Coal. we have
discovered. is the great factor in war as
in peace. Exhaustless supplies of an
thracite in Alaska mean much in the
future development of the coast states,
and to the government it will mean more
If, in the event of future foreign entangle-
ments, we shall be cut off from supplies
in British Columbia and Australia.
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travelling about 75 miles, we were recaptured
by citizens with bloodhounds and taken
back to Camp Sorghum. Paroles of honor
did not 60 after that time.
My next escape was made by bribing one
of the guards, q yonug lrishman, who had
been in this country about three months. |
gave him my watch, valued at that time at
500. to allow six of us TO pass the dead-line
That night we started After getting in
the woods we concluded to separate, three OF
the party belonging to the 10lst Pa striking
out for Sherman's army. They were re-
captured and had TO remain until 1860 for
exchange.
My two companions and | struck for the
Santee River. When we reached il we found
a small boat chained and locked to q tree.
We broke the chain. got in the boat and
pulled down the river. In the course of ii
days and nights we reached Santee Island,
at the coast, remaining there two days and
nights, when we were taken OFF by some sol
diers from Union gunboat doing blockade
duty near Georgetown, ). G..
A few days later supply-bo came along,
and we went to Hilton Head, : c., and re-
ported to Gen. Foster. His orders were for
us to 90 home by first boat, and report to the
War Department by letter stating our escape.
After arriving at home | received orders to
return TO my regiment, at Roanoke Island, y.
{. | joined my regiment, and there being
no Adjutant | was selected for that position
by the Colonel, and remained as such to the
cl Sc of the war. / arrived at home the
latter part of July 1865. - GEORGE ".
STOKE, Reynoldsville, Pa.
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RIGHT At THE FRONT.
What the 18th Mo. Cav. Ibid at the Battle of
the Osa.e.

What the 18th Mo. Cav. did at the Battle oi
the Osa.e.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Reading in
your paper u communication of Comrade p.
II. Steele, Co. *, Sd iowa Cav, in regard to
the battle OF the Osaa:,iD will say that Col.
Benteen 5 Brigade madea, famous charge, aud
captured Gems. Marmaduke and Cabell and
many prisoners
Gen. McNcil's BriEaae, which supported
Col Bentine's was Immediately ordered for.
ward across the field fmong the dead and
wounded, and drove the remaining part OF
Marmaduke's Division four miles on to the
main army of Price We fought the main
army for several houD, nntil nignt came
Conrade Steele says .tpe Sd and 4th Iowa
Cav, 10th and 4th Mo. Cav, and 9TH Ind.
Cav. did the fighting. i claim that McNeil's
Brigade, composed of tie 18th Mo Cav, 7th
Kan. Cav. Merrili's Idorse and the 9th Mo.
Cav did great deal ,sef hard fighting on that
day The 18th Mo, Cav. the day before the
battle made charge into the town of Inde.
pendence, Mo-, and captured two pieces OF
artillery and many prisoiers.-W III. SMITH,
First Lieutenant, CO. NJ, 18th Mo. Cav,
Parkplace, Ore.
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FIGHTING THEM OYER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.

THE Editor would. fbe glad to receive from
of from 800 to 1,OD0 werds written exclusively
for THE NATIONAL TkIBUNE. and for publica-
ton in the Fighting Them Over department.
The subject should be Of interest 10 veterans
in general, and treatet With special regard for
historical accuracy of statement. Narratives
of the behavior of s6tAb particular regiment.
di- tingushed itself. in some campaign in which
it took n prominent part. in some siege wherein
it acted Extensively or defensiyely; reminis-
ccnces of prison life, the march, the battle or
the camp-all such are solicited. The naval
veterans arc invited to give narratives of their
service in various enterprises. The Editor
especially desires for publication outside of the
Fighting Them Over columns dramatic sketches
of personal adventure. or of humorous Incl
will receive prompt consideration, and il avail
able be inserted. Stamps should be inclosed IL
it is desired that the manuscript be returned If
unavailabiel
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a Reminiscenco of shiloh.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE All vOur
readers must be interested IN Fighting Them
Over articles. Someone recently mentioned
the wonderful resources of Old Tennessee
its iron, stone, marble, timber, etc. | have
seen some valuable timber in my time, but
6 fine young oak at Shiloh, during that ter
riiic two-days' Strugglc, April 6 and :, 1862,
was the most valuable piece | ever saw.
/ was seized with that tired fe ling and
jumped behi d this tree, when sudden and
terrible crash came of musketry, grape, and
canister 1t was here | tell-that is, / fell
into line to assist in resisting a fearful on
slaught of Cleburne's Division. The tree
was hit by a cannOn-ball or shell about 10
feet from the ground. What tOols." |
thought. eff You wanted to kill me- why
didn't you aim lower, and you would have
done the work"
The woods were full of smoke and fame
for a time, and when the smoke of battle
cleared away the ground was strewn with the
dead on both sides There were not trees
enough for all. With many the cruel war
was over, and they would never draw rations
again.
The rebels were retreating in good order
while we were trying to wipe them OFF the
earth retreaeing army is often like the
business end of n crippled wasp. The
rebels turned suddenly on our advancing col
umns, and the assault was terrific They
were surprised and disappointed when they
found | was there, and later on retreated to
Cofinth. Had | not been there, at that par
ticuar spot, at that particular time. there is
no telling what may have been the fate of
the Union army. We might have been driven
into the Tennessee River, and the cruel war
carried on 10 years longer.
| visited this historic battlefield April 6
and Z. 1895, Just 33 years after that bloody
drama / had no difficulty i'll finding this
old giant of the forest so near one corner oil
the old ''Shiloh Church." About Is feet
from he ground facing southwest, the course
of the aSsaulting column, the scar or wound
may be seen.
We used to get into this old church-a lot
of Us boys-ths ancient house of worship and
needing not the sacred precincts, hallowed
memories, aud associations oi bye-gone years,
sing when this cruel war is over, we're
going home to Dinah Moore"
also visited the spot where went out the
life of Albert Sidney Johnston. He breathed
his last while the battle ragged, beneath the
broad spreading branches of IA giant oak,
which has since entirely disappeared, root and
branch. A beautiful cedar now marks the
spot. T.. BoYsELL, Co. /, 5Sth Ohio,
Lima, y.
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"Col WARNER, Inspectors General, d
Maj. aj.-Gen. SHERMAN's Staff
GEN, THOMAS.

GEN. ItloMSS.
Gen. Sherman has been censured for
not doing Gen. Thomas justice in. his
Memoirs" and particularly for speaking
of him as "slow." That Gen Sherman
is rapid and bold, and that Thomas was
slow and cautious, in thought and action,
in word and deed, in constitutional habit
OF mind, certainly no sane ANA honest
man acquainted with each will deny.
This Is certainly as we'll known as
that Gen. Grant was quicker and bolder
than Mcclellan, and Sheridan than
Buell.. Which was the better General,
on the whole, is question not here in
dispute. al
Ga the 9th of May, 1864, Gen.
Thomas came to Gen. Sherman's Head
quarters at Ringgold, Ga. | did not
then know him, bat asked Gen. Sher-
man if that were not Gen. Thomas lie
said, Yes" and | then asked him if
there was any truth in the rumor that
Thomas felt aggrieyed at havlng him
(Sherman) put IN command over him.
He replied:
"No, not a bit! 1t don't make much
difference which of us commands.
would obey Toms orders Tomorrow as
cheerfully as he obeys mine tp-day, but
| think ! can give an army little more
impetus than Tom can" Here was
the whole truth and difference in a nut
she'll
Their consultations were frequent,
frank, and free, and / never saw any
sign Of bad feeling between them Alter
the battle Of Nashville, Gen. Thomas
complained to me, as understood he
did to Others, that injustice was done him
in sending Gen. Logan to relieve hun of
command that those who gave and
allowed the order did not and could not
know the facts of his position, and that
results had justified and vindicated him.
After the war he complained to me
of the treatment Of President Grant.
! well remember his, grand old figure,
rs he leaned on the little marble pedestal
that used to stand III tie vestlbale OF
Wllard's Hotel, in Washington, At the
Fourteenth street entraice, and said
sadly: " | think that | have done the
country some service, and; something
toward the success Of the Republican
party, and the only thing I have asked
of this Administration Was the appoint
ment OF my Old Commissary, Paul, as
Postmaster at Nashville, and that was
refused, rs The place was needed forsome
politician. shall never ask for any
thing more"
WILLARD WARNER,
Late BrigadierGeneral Of Volunteers,
4 i ..
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MADE HIS ESCAPE.
At tho Second Attempt Lieut.. Stoke Got
Away from Camp Sorghum.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE. | enlisted
in August. 1861, my regiment, the 103d Pa,
being mustered III Sept % at Kittanning.
| was promoted Lieutenant. April TO- 1862
and after Fair Oaks took command of my
company (D). | was promoted Captain, to
command Go. Il, in November, 1868, but
was not mustered. WAS captured at Ply
mouth. n. c., April 20, 1864.
After making the round Of some of the
rebel prisons reached Columbia in October.
began TO think of making my escape so
Col. Steele, I'd Pa. Cav.-;l messmate of mine
and | ssed the guards by taking adyan-
ta.e of parole that some officer had given
to carry in wood for fuel to cook the mrsh.
After getting III the woods we hid ourselves
until dark, then pulled out for Sherman s
army, at that time near Atlanta.
From all accounts the woods must have
been full of Yanks that night At rOll-call
next morning the rebels were short 800 in
their count.
On the fourth night of our march, after
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The Ist California kegiment.

Michael c.. DAILY, Co. II, 32d n. Y, Ma
tional Soldiers Home Togus, Me-, writes:
-. III. H., Soldiers, Home Cal, is right
when he says that the I'D n. Y was known
as the 1st Cal and was commanded by Col.
Baker Roderick Mattheson succeeded Col.
Baker in May, 1851. AIaj Lemon died ol
wounds received at Champion Gap, Md,
Sept. IA, 1e62. Both Maiiheson and Lemon
We're California soldiers, brave and true men
! still have in my possession the wreatls and
figures worn on our hats"
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SIXTH CORPS MAN At cEDAR CREEK.

Does Not Engage in the Controversy, but
Tells His Own Experience.
. EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: A short
time before daylight on the morning of
Oct. 19, 1854, heard q volley on a far distant
part of the right wing. Soon after the first
volley | heard another on our extreme left,
the southeastern end apparently of our picket
line t.}se...
! shouted: Fall in, comrades. l believe
the army is being attacked" Some sleepy