The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-18
C1ty OF 81. LOUIE.
Corrected daily by Guy p. Billion. No. 307 Olive
efreef.
SHORT TALKS WITH
GUESTS At HOTELS.

S. Fl. HedriX OF Allerton. Ia, ]. NJ. An
derson OF De Soto and ]. A. Brener of
Des Moines are at the Laclede Hotel on
their way. home. having returned from a
trip to the old Shiloh battlefield at Pitts
burg Landing. They were members of the
Twenty-third Missouri Infantry, which took
part in that famous battle, under
OF Colonel ]. T. Tindal. They spent several
days there locating the graves of their
former comrades who were killed. or the
GOO In the Twenty-third Missouri. thirty
were killed; 10 wounded and 40 captured.
Colonel Tindal was killed shortly after the
cnarge was made In which Albert Sidney
oonhs.on lost his life; In speaking Of his
visit MI. HedriX said:
1t may sound outside the bounds OF
reason. but 1t is q fact tina. can be easily
nhstant.Lted that the trenches dug BY
stu visible, Notwithstanding thirty-nine
years have elapsed since that time. We
went over the ground carefully, every inch
OF Il; and actually saw these things.
Illinois has erected monuments over the
graves OF the Illinois troops and Iowa is
preparing to do the same. Missouri, so far.
mas made no provision to mark the spot
'ment will place markers above the graves.
The park Itself is maintained in the same
condition 1t was at the time of the battle.
brush is left growing in the same spots
and the timber that was standing at the
time Of the battle is left growing. New
trees have been planted. but there are old
ones which still show evidences of the raw
ages OF the bullets. The tree under which
Johnston was riding at the time he was
shot is still there. It is a massive oak and
Is flied by scars left by bullets and cannon
balls. My friends and l gathered many bull
let's and balls off the ground in the park.
At one place came across an old stump.
/ thought may be it might contain some
bullets heinY right nm tho firing ,fna Tf
was very rotten and when l pulled a piece
Of the bark away several minie-balls fell
out. We picked up several fragments OF
cannon balls.
The keeper of the park declared that we
were the first members of the Missouri
troops who had visited the park in years.
should erect a monument over the spot
where fell the gallant Colone, Tindal."
II notice by The Republic that Miss Par
kinson. a Kansas City young lady. has made
a hit In Paris with her singing and will
shortly appear in London" said r. H. Kin
mean; a lumberman from Topeka. who is at
credited with being a resident Of Kansas
City. She removed there. but she was
raised In the town Of Butler. about seventy
were prominent residents of Butler |
for years. Judge Parkinson. who Is prac- !
ticing law In Kansas City now. removed to |
Butler ten or fifteen years age with his
family. Miss Bess was one of the popular
girls In the community. and with her Sis
ter, Miss Mary Parkinson. was mixed up in
all the. local entertainments. When she
was only a small girl she showed evidence
of having a fine voice. Her mother was a
singer of great ability. and l presume that
great interest is felt in her achievements. !
After the family removed to Kansas City a
few years ago the young songstress visited
frequently and sang in the choir at |
the Presbyterian Church. Her voice was
one of the sweetest and purest I ever had
the pleasure of bearing. 1t was not strong
at that time. She went to Paris about
three years ago with her sister to study
under Nine. Marchesi.
1.-The people of Kansas City will no doubt
in her success. At a benefit ten
dered her just before her departure, all the
society people Of the city turned out in
force. She was given a grand send-on, and
[ suppose she will get a most joyous vel ]
on her return. !
There is no doubt that she is the coming
prima donna, and will rank as high az
Nine. Melba in time. She is a Missouri
and. of course. you Missourians will ali
very proud Of her-at least you should
Visitors at st. Louis.
j. F. Peters of Stockton. Cal, is at the