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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-07

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-ESTA
of John Reed, deceased. Creditors will
present claims with vouchers to the I'M
dersigned at the Office of Thos- Adams
and l. NJ. Waddell. AIS Mccormick block,
corner of Main and First South streets.
Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the
18th day Of December. A. ID. 1899.
MARGARET REED,
Administrator of the Estate of John
Reed. Deceased.
A d. 1899.
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since the Tullyhomy campaign. Come,
Pete, lay down here with me, and git what
rest you kin. You'll need it about clock
tomorrow morning, when wei be called up
for an early visit acrost the way"
Again he was disappointed. The dawn
showed the works in front entirely tenant
less. their occupants having retired to the
Stlll stronger works on the froWning slopes
OF keneSaw Mountain.
This sort o. thing can't go on much
longer" ST reasoned to Shorty. as they lay
and rested during the day, the first respite
from goadfng effort that they had had for
many weeks. The rebels amt gon' to be
allowed TO fall back over the whole o. Geor-
gla without a big fight. l feel it in my
bones that this is only the calm before big
storm like that of Chickamaugy. Sher-
man amt wastin' a fine day like this for
nothin'. Wen have it red-hot before many
days, or I'm no prophet"
The way the army's massing up around
us looks like it." acceded Shorty. "You
kin see they're pilin' in men from every
direction. and as we seem to re in tie
center we're likely to have a front seat in
the show"
81 certainly hope they've found that
weak spot in Johnston's lines that we've
hin huntir for so long," returned 81. But
the appearances in the front don't indi-
cate it. I've bin talllin' with several boys
who've bin o"t there where they could git
4 purity good sight o. the works. They say
they're strongest we've come agin yit-
banks eight or nine feet high, and lookin'
very thick, with deep bitches, and 200 or
300 feet o abatis in front, and all sort o.
entauglements. Some prisoners said that
Joh1Ston had 1000 niggcrs workin' for
months on the Notifications, and'd bin
calCulatin' ever since he left Dalton to give
us orr big fight here"
Well" said Shorty philosophically,
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and Capt McGnliculdy. encouraging and
praising them and cheering forward those
behind. Hallway through the abatis the
Colonel dropped with a gentle 2roan, heard
above the vicious whistle of the canister.
Si turned and sprang toward him.
TO on, go on commanded the Colonel
with wave of his hand. Don't mind me.
Capt. McGillicuddy's in command now.
Follow him"
There was another awful rod Of struggle
through the abatiS. and ST and Shorty be-
came dimly conscious that the crowd be-
hnd them was desperately thinning. But
Basil Peters and several OF the Tennes-
seeans, and as near as they could notice, all
OF their own boys We're still with them,
working like demons to get through.
They were IN sight of the sharp spikes OF
the chevauX-dC-friSe, at the further edge of
the abatis. when blood spurted from Capt.
McGillicuddy's breast and he recled and
fell.
Go on, go on. Lead the men ON, Ser
geant. Don't check for a minute. You
can come back for me after you've got
through"
Where's the ORDERLY" said ST. looking
around for an instant. in moments lull.
He's in command now"
30. the Orderly was killed while vou and
Shorty were lifting that big tree back there"
answered Harry ,,Iosiyn. Shot square
Forward. boys shouted 81. "One
more long pull and Wen lie through. For
wand, Forward.'
He and Shorty made one more supreme
effort. and were through the aiat:5 and
struggling with the cheTGUL-2e-fTiSe when
4 new regiment arriving in the reDcl works
fired solid, blinding voiley, which swept
everything around them with the Eesom Of
destruction. They We're so near the works
that they could feel in their faces the hot
| flash Of the guns. When the smoke lifted,
II only saw near him Shorty and several of
| ms squad, and only Basil Peters, Of the
| Iennesseeans. y swift glance to the rear
IShowed not man standing erect in all the
wide tangle of abatis. Back beyond it
were men running 10 seek the shelter Of the
| works in the rear.
| shorty, the charge has failed" said ST,
with sinking heart.
SO 1t seems" and we're in for it," ar
swered Shorty, compOsedly loading his
musket, which he had neglected for the
work on the abatis.
Say, Yanks." called a voice from the
works "Drap yorr, guns and surrender.
You're goners. We've got you dead"
Il guess we've got TO, Shorty" said 81.
It'd be murder and not right to the other
boys to try TO Git away. They'd git us all
before we could go five steps"
You're right" said Shorty, holding up
his hands. "We surrender"
"Pu never surrender ter no internal rebel
alive" said Basil Peters, taking deliberate
aim at a head appearing above the works
which he recognized. an die right here,
but I'll take You along with me, Bill Per-
kins, yo' varmiut."
tie fired and was instantly shot down
himself
Now the rest o you all come right along
the edge o the ditch thar to that ere log that
lays acrost the ditch, and come inside"
commanded the voice inside, and the COM
mand was o1eyed.
Go be continued.)
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PERSONAL.

Gen. Jasper Packard, Commandant Of
the State Soldiers Home at Lafayette,
Ind, and prominent Indianian, died at
that place Dec. 13 after brief illness.
County, o., Feb. 1, 1892. He entered the
army in 1862 as a Lieutenant in the 4Sth
Ind, became Leutenant-Colonelo of the
12Sth Ind, then Colonel, and Brevet Briga-
dier-General. He served in the Legisia-
ture and three terms in Congress.
Gen. VIM. F. Rogers, successfully Aud
itor, Comptroller, and Mayor Of Buffalo,
died in that city Dee. IS. aged 20 wears.
Gen. Rogers went out in 1861 as a Captain
regiment. and Breyet Brigadier-General.
From 1867 to 1891 he was Governor of the
Soldiers Home at Bath, n. Y.
1t has been discovered that Mrs Charity
Rusk Craig, daughter of the late Secretary
Rusk, and Past National President OF the
W.R.C., is the Treasurer, resident director,
and owner of the controlling interest in the
Independent Telephone Company. of Ashe-
vile, \. C. She went to AsheviIle some
three years ago with her husband. hopirg
to restore his health. But he died. and
she having gained considerable knowledge
of the telephone service, joined with her
friends in establishing an independent
service, and finally became its controlling
spirit. Up to that time she had no practical
experience in telephone affairs She has
had to acquire the necessary kuowlod@e,
and it has been gained according 10 the
Froebelian principle of learning through
doing" She spends a part OF every day
at the Office, keeps the books, pays the bills,
and signs all checks and receipts Her
practical knowledge has been gained r"rtly
visits to plants in other sections II
the country, aad partly through the a SO
she has given TO the development.
step by step, of the Asheyille plant. It is
hardly necessary TO add that all of it has
been accomplished without rubbing off a
bit of the bloom of a very charming per-
About $50 phones are operated
by the company in or near Asher.!Ia
Ten thousand calls We're registered at the
exchange one morning last week
Department News.
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now it's going to come to me in a heap
| don't want either of you TO breathe n
word of this 10 any one. Here's my moth
er's picture, and n young iady's. 81, ]
want you to take them and send them back
to the addresses You find, with letter
telling them the news. Now. let's talk no
more about this. There's other things
more important. The orders are for rev.
ellie at o'clock tomorrow morning, break
fast, and Immediately form in line, with
guns and cartridge-boXes only, the reel-
ment in close column by division, the 20Oth
Ind. in front, the rest Of the brigade behind
The whole corps will be massed up solid,
and with all the artillery in action that
can be brought to bear, and if mortal men
can burst through those lines it will be
done. There will be a hell opened up
there which will make anything that we
have seen before seem like only Fourth
of-July celebration. You fellows who live
through tomorrow will have something
to remember as long as you live. Now,
we mustn't say anything to discourage
the boys. Pm going to tell them that We
are sure to capture the works, and ! know
You viii do the same. Let's get supper,
and to bed as soon as possible, for we'll
need ali our strength tomorrow"
ST and Shorty ClumSily tried to diSsipate
the Order!y'S premonitiOnS as to his f2te.
but he would not hear any more on the sub
Jet, and directed them, in his old tones
OF command, to get things in shape for the
night and readiness for the morrow-iill up
the cartridgc-boXes, and prepare rationS
for n big breakfast early in the morning,
which would be the last opportunity to eat
until after the momentOuS struggle.
In this work ST and Shorty soon forgot
all about the Orderly's forebodings, and
when they had finished lay down on their
blankets. and were soon fast asleep.
The fateiui morning of June y, 1864,
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
cuBA's NEW GovERNon-GESERAL.

Gen. Leonard b. Wood has been pro-
NOTED 10 the rank of Major-General of
Volunteers, and appointed Governor-Gen en-
cral Of Cuba. This means a good deal for
Cuba and Our future relations to the island.
Gen. Wood has at once the highest Amerj-
canism, with intelligence, tact and force
enough 10 carry out his ideas. He an
nounces that his policy will be 10 give the
island peace and security, with good roads,
good schools, and good churches. This is
all that is desired, and the future of the
island is secure. With a strong, infIex;bly
Just Government, administered with patient
consideration for the peculiarties of the
people; with good roads 10 give them free
communication, and admit outsiders 70
every part Of the island; with good schools
for the rising generation, and good, free
churches for everybody, we can safely trust
10 time to make the Cubans all that we
would have them be, and 10 years from now
people familiar with the old condition of
things would not recognize the happy,
prosperous country. This is what Ameri-
can freedom viii do, and Gen. Wood is the
fittest man TO carry out our ideas The best
thing is for Congress to hamper him as
little as possible. and leave him free to work
out-the problem according To his own good
sense
There will be now, no doubt, large
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
"coMBINIxG DI<.BILIrIES.r q

Before the Senate Committee on Pensions
Commissioner Evans repeated his astonish-
ing statement that the practice of his Bu-
Eau was to combine different disabilities. so
as 10 give pen5ionable rating. This was
the same statement which 50 startled the
Commander-in-Chiefa and National G AR.
Committee on Pensions at their visit to
Washington last month. and upon which
Gen. Sickles subjected him to n severe cross
examination as 30 why he claimed 10 be
doing something which al the previous
visit OF the Committee in July, he had
strenuously claimed that the law would not
allow him to do, that he had persistentlv
told the country he was unable to do. which
is in fact the essence Of the difference be-
tween Orders No. 1854 and 225. and why he
had never made any reply to the innumer-
able complaints which came from all parts
of the country that he would not do it?
Making an entirely unexpected visit TO
the Pension Bureau the next morning. and
calling for the last 30 cases rejected the day
before, the Committee found, in the second
case that they examined. that the Bureau
had not been combining disabilities. In
that case man who had been rated nine
eighteenths for a broken arm, the bones Of
which had never reunited, and given ratings
for other disabilities which aggregated
about 3O-eighteenths, had been rejected as
non-pensionable. This was the case which
the Committee carried to the President.
An army of witnesses-probablv the
larger part Of the l07, 800 rejected last year.
could be brought to contradict the Com
mlssoners statement by personal evidence
to the contrary.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSOR.

The death of Vice-President Hobart only
changes Senator Frye's status TO the extent
of making him the regular President of TIE
Senate until the end of President McKin-
ley's term, unless the Senate should choose
to depose him and elect another President
in the meanwhile.
Under the law passed several years ago,
if President Mckinley should die, resign,
or be removed. he would be succeeded by the
Secretary of State; he by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Then, in order of slccessic,-
come the Secretary of War, the Attorney
General, the ePostmaster-General,S Secretary
of the Interior, and Secretary of Agricul
ture. they taking rank in the order of the
da tes of creation of their several Depart
mentS
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
GUESSING CONTEST.

On page s will he found the details Of g
competition by the terms OF which we pro,
pose TO distribute $500 in cash. divided into
seven prizes, as an extra premium for club
raisers.
1t will be observed that this contest is
open to all and that this money will be Civ
en- TO those who succeed in making the near
est guess as to the amount of money received
at the United States Treasury on Wednes-
day, January 81 next There are sevefi
prizes, ranging from $500 to s25, in the or
der of correctness of the guesses. Club
raisers are allowed one guess for each sub
scription sent in, and it is not necessary for
the winners TO guess the amount exactly.
All guesses must be in by January %.
In order to give contestants some idea of
the probable amount of the receipts we print
below the receipts for each day last week,
and we shall continue to do this from time
to time.
Last weeks receipts were: Monday, Dec.
II, s2.272, ia; Tuesday, S1.274.4 .45S;
Wednesday, 81, .eO7; Thursday, sl,s55-
4S4; Friday, s., ,020,696; Saturday, S1,573,-
$40.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

TUTUILA, our new island possession. is
not much bigger than some of the outlying
wards of Chicago but it is a very valuable
acquisition. all the same. 1t has only 81
square miles of area, and 1000 people, but
it has the harbor of Pago-Pago. which all
travellers agree is the very best in the whole
Pacific, with that at Honolulu coming
second. 1t can hold an immense fleet, is
thoroughly land-locked and secure. and
can be easily defended. It's possession is
the key to the whole Polynesian group.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

THIRTy-FOUR years after Appomattox
with 100000 rejections by the Pension
Bureau last year, and probably 100000
men unable TO get their rights under the
law. with about SSOO.OOO spent annually
useless. and 100000 year squandered on
inquisirorial Special Examiners are over
whelming arguments in favor of a Service
Pension of Sl2 month to every houoiably-
discharged veteran and his wioow
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

EMMA GOLDMAN, the apostle of anarchy.
has gone back to Europe. utterly disguised
with her failure to find disciples and con-
verts here She says of her class in the
United States:
.'They are worse and more contemplate
tnan the most brutal policeman. There
are. perhaps. two dozen men and women
in this country who deserve the name Of
anarchists, the rest of them are either
towards or hypocrites. many of them down
right ScoundrelS.
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' dItIlU
S. 1873.
A BILL,

To repeal so much of the act of June 7,
1888, making appropriations for the
payment of invalid and other pensions
Of the United States for the fiscal wear
ending June 30, 1889, and for other pur-
poses, as relates to the commencement
of pension to widows under the acts of
July IA, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
BE IL enacted by tie .Sen1Lc aud House of
Representatives. Of the UHitcd Siates OF
A merjca an Congress assembled, That from
and after the passage of this at all pen-
sions which may be granted under the acls
of july ii, 1852, and March 3, 1879. Ia
widows IN consequence of death occurring
from a cause which originated in the serv.
ice of the United States since March 4,
1851, shall commence from the date of the
fling of the declarations then on file, OF
which may hereafter be filed.
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movement of Americans TO Cuba, TO de-
the number will rapidly increase, as the
chances for fortune there become more ap-
parent under good Government. The in
fiuence of these, in connection with the
schools. will rapidly Americanize the island.
and make it one of the favored spots of the
earth
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

THERE is something in fraternity
Senator Hanna and Gov-elect Nash
Were comrades in the same 1O0-days'
regiment, AM stool together in the fortif-
cations at the time that Early raided Wash
ington. Nash managed the campaign
which elected Hanna Senator. and Hanna.
in turn, managed that which elected Nash
Governor.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

AWHILE ago we said that only phenome-
nal blundering on the part of the British
would save the Beers. a titled blunderer
has put his heavy guns at the head of his
column and run directly into a trap spread
almost in his sight by the Beers. He
not only lost his guns but LOO valuable
men by generalship which would have dis
graeed an American Corporal
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

TIE main excitement caused by Senator
Billy Mason's Boer speech was in the
Uranium OF the orator delivering it.
THE Beers seem to have thoroughly
learned n. B. Forests maxim that the way
to win is "to git the most men thar fust, and
git the bulge"
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
THREE NEW BILLS.

Senator Gallinger, from the Senate
Committee on Pensions, has introduced the
following bills. which it will be seen by
their calendar numbers, are among the
very earliest on the calendar. and con-
sequently will come up for action quite
early in the session.
That proposing amendments to the act of
June 27, 1890, was prepared by the GAR.
National Pension Committee, and is in
tended to place the construction of the law
beyond perversion by the Commissioner Of
tensions. Y4e amendments compel the
combining II disabilities, and raises the
limits of WIDOWS income to $3.50.
The f.l relating to the commencement
of widows pensions is another of Mr.
Evans's devices for saving" money.
The bill providing for commission to
codify the pension laws we have character
lied elsewhere as a device to stave off any
re%' action on the pension laws.
The bills are as follows:
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

SECRETARY GAGE has been "antici-
pating" some more interest to the bond
holders in order to ease the money market" "
He will pay out S5.O7G,SS6 in anticipation
of the interest due in January. The
money market would have been made a
great deal easier if Commissioner Evans
had paid the veterans what is due them.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21

SOMEHOW, there is not such a rush
of the European powers to secure "coaling
stations" in the Chinese Empire since the
United States secured the commanding
position of the Philippines.
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:. 1I!i.
s BILL


Creating a commission to revise and codify
the pension laws of the United States.
BE II enacted by the Senate and House on
Representatives. Of the Uniicd .SfGCs Of
4mCyiCu in Congress assembled. That the
President. with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint q non-partsan
commission OF three members, at least one
Of whom shall belong 10 the organization
known as the Grand Army OF the Republic,
whose duty il shall be- under the direction
Df the Secretary Of the Interior. To revise and
cOdify the pension laws of the United
States.
Sec. .. That they shall proceed with their
work as rapidly as may be consistent with
thorougneSs, and report the result of their
iabors to the Secretary of the Interior at the
earliest practicable day, to be by him laid
before Congress. They shall also max
such other reports during the progress of
their work as they-shall see fit TO the Secre-
tary of the Interior, TO be laid before Con-
gress at his discretion
Sec. 3. That their report shall be so
made as to indicate any proposed change
III the substance of existing law, and shall
be accompanied by notes, which shall
briefly and clearly state the reasons for
such proposed change
Sec. 4. That each of said commissioners
shall receive salary at the rate of 81, 900
a year, which. as also n sum sufficient TO
pay the expenses of the commissioners, TO
be approved and certified by the Secretary
OF the Interior, is hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
The National tribune., 1899-12-21
THE following dispatch from Nasbvjl
may interest our readers:

commissioner of Pensions H. CLAY
Evans, in an interview to-day, eulphatically
denied that he will be a candidate for Vice
PRESIDENT before the next Republican Ma
tional Convention"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-26
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

J.B. Jackson was in the village last
Friday.
Mrs. Yates spent Sunday at Salem
with Gene Bacon. While there she had
the privilege of hearing the Shick
Twins.
s. Mason, our blacksmith is not able
to be at his place of business. He has
the grippe.
Frank McNiel, our butcher, is again
able to be around after having had his
siege with the grip.
Ell. Gamble and wife have had their
share of sickness, the two at the same
time being taken ill. Mrs. Gamble,
however, is able to be around again
and Mr.. Gamble is on sthe gain.
Their son Ralph is down now with
the grip.
Notice has been served on Mr.. Grow
by the Powderville people to vacate
the boarding house by March 1st.
Alice Bacon, of Salem, spent Sunday
with Edna Yates.
Thos. Yates is unable to attend to
his duties at the station owing to sick
ness.
The ladies are preparing fine pro-
gram, we are told, for the next social.
Edna Yates is reported on the sick
list.
M, E. Rockwell is papering for Mr..
Crow.
We will gladly report any item of
interest to our town if left at the store
of F. S. SymmOnds on or before We'd
nesday morning.
Your correspondent has been sound
ing the feeling of some of the voters of
Pleasant Prairie aud Bristol in regard
to the action of the county board in
voting against the appropriation to
furnish one half of the price of the Fisk
property for the purpose of erecting a
monument as was offered by 4. G..
Simmons, and, without an exception,
finds them very indignant. The ex-
pressions of some are so strong that
should the opposing supervisors hear
them there ears would Jingle. The
Bristol voters especially are very indig-
nant and the strongest expressions of
disapproval come from them. Well
they might use strong terms of con-
demnation. 1t was our intention to
publish some of these expressions,
but withhold them for prudent reasons.
We would suggest that the Bristol
voters publicly express their indigna-
ton and disapproval.