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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30


country again to Stony Creek valley,
when Hogan took occasion to observe,
with considerable severity:
"See here, Morgan! The next time you
feel so blessed good over something
that you want some Johnny to shoot
you don't want you to invite him
again to do it in my company"
why can't you cuss fellow at once.
Jim, and be done with it? Did you
ever hear of anybody doing such fool.
ish thing in all your born days?'
Cant say ! did. But never mind,
old fel. It's thing you're not at all
subject to. and all we've got to do is
look out for the result. There'll be no
more stop for us till we see a blue over
coat with musket sticking to It."
About midnight they struck the Pc
tersburg and Roanoke railroad at Stony
Greek Station, just over the line In
Sussex county. Here they stopped a
few moments to let the horses rest,
while they tried to pump what they
could out Of the lonely Confederate
guard walking up and down on the lit
tie platform. He didn't have much to
tell, but when they informed him In
confidence that they had Just come
down from Hampton's headquarters at
Reams and were looking out for q
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30

and discussed the political situation,
he asking many questions regarding
sections of the state and other states
through which had recently travelled.
told the major | did not want the
show to conflict with the exercises at
the cemetery or with his address and
volunteered the services of the band to
join the procession to the cemetery.
This seemed TO please him very much
| also caused the performance to be de-
layed an hour and, with the manager
of the show, whom introduced to the
major, Joined in the procession. The
line of march. as | remember, was up
a rather sharp incline and through
large vacant yard to the cemetery.
rough platform had been improvised,
and from this Major Mckinley made
one Of the strongest speeches ] ever
listened to. The audience was not
one that would tend to inspirit, scarcely
thousand persons being present. but
It was the beautiful ceremony Of deck.
ing with flowers and firing volley over
the grave of each dead soldier that
aroused him to such eloquence.
Well. to make long story short, the
delaying Of the performance and the
appearance of the show people at the
exercises were an advertisement, and
the canvas was packed both afternoon
and evening. Several times afterward
when we met Major Mckinley recalled
that pleasant summer day in 1886
While returning from the Minneapolis
convention In 1892 he jokingly told a
coterie Of friends on the train how
had used his speech as an advertise
ment for q circus, and there was much
laughter at my expense.-Philadelphia
Times.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30

Again. again Lees forces charge
against that living wall.
But bayonet Is met by fire. and men by
thousands fall;
Again, again. with frenzied zeal the lines
together come,
But neither wins the victory though TEL
thousand lips are dumb.
AT last a furious onslaught drives the
Yankees back q rod,
And your grandpa sees amidst the rebs
his flag-almost his god!
Did he pause. child? Never; but with a
ringing shout
He leapt into their midst and dragged the
coors out
"a dozen bayonets pierced him. but the
battleilag was saved:
1t will be in the parade today-those rags
his dear blood laved.
1 do not weep for him today. my brave
young soldier lad;
Why should /. child. when he wrought
deeds that make my old heart
glad""
Then the veterans smiled upon the child
and they felt that 1t was well
AS they turned to decorate the graves Of
other boys" who fell.
Oh. the day is past for weeping for the
soldiers brave who died.
The heroes of the sixties. the nations
holest pride!
New York Herald
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
FEEDING CONFEDERATES.
Lees Soldiers Drew Three Days Ra-
tiOns From Sheridan.


lions From Sheridan.
There having been some controversy
as to the incidents connected with Gen
eral Grants issue of rations to Lees
troops at Appomattox, General Michae
r. Morgan writes to the Washington
Post as follows:
l was General Grants chief commits
sary and was present in the room dur
Ing the interview between him ant
General Lee After the terms of the
surrender had been agreed upon, Gen
eral Lee said to General Grant:
General, would like my army fed
General Grant turned to me, as hi,
chief commissary, and said:
Colonel, feed the Confederate army
l asked, How many men are thereT
General Grant asked, "How many
men have you, General Lee?"
General Lee replied: "Our books are
lost; our organizations are broken up
the companies are mostly commanded
by noncommissioned officers; we have
nothing but what we have on oui
Backs
lnterrupting him in this train OF
thought. | suggested interrogatively
Say $4,000 men?"
He replied, Yes, say $4,000 men,"
started to withdraw for the pur
pose of giving the necessary orders ant
at the door met Colonel Kellogg, the
chief cOmmissary Of General Sheridan's
command. asked him If he could feet
the Army of Northern Virginia. He ex
pressed his inability, having something
very important to do for General Sher
idan.
then found Colonel NJ. p. Small, the
chief commissary Of General Ord's ar
my. and asked him. as had asked Gen
eral Sheridan's chief commssary, If he
could feed the Army of Northern Vir
GINA. He replied with considerable
degree of confidence, II guess So"
then told him to do it and directed
him to give the men three days IA
tions Of fresh beef, salt. hard bread
coffee and sugar. He mounted his horse
Immediately and proceeded to carry
out his order.
Both Colonies Kellogg and Small are
now dead.
That we had any rations on the spO,
TO spare may be wondered at when the
swiftness and extent of the pursuit are
considered, but we had, and we sooi
found sufficient to supply the famish
ing army.
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the country villages or ONO Me-
mortal day, or Decoration day, as
q 1t is more often ca led, is the big
III gest day Of the year, said an old
newspaper correspondent. Months
In advance, sometimes a year. prom
ises are exacted from leading speakers,
who are usually referred to by the
country folk as big guns. 1t is not
an uncommon thing for the governor
of the state to make Memorial day
address in a town of q few hundred
inhabitants. The towns that are so
fortunate as to get a senator or con.
gresham to address their people nat
urally look with naughty disdain on
sister towns that are compelled to put
up with judge, editor. lawyer or the
village preacher.
The summer Of 1886 found Major
William Mckinley back at his home
in Ohio from Washington, looking aft
er his interests for return to con-
gress. To use an expression now CON-
mon and which originated with his
venerable. premier, John Sherman, he
was fixing up his fences. The same
summer found me press agent for a
tented exhibition, and made 1t point
to be at least three weeks ahead Of the
show, and now and then during the
season. when l could gain q day or
two. l would take jump back for a
day with the show and a conference
with the manager.
Recalling that the show was billed
for Cuyahoga Falls on Memorial day,
decided to join the show there and at
the same time pay few hours visit
to my home, which was in an adjon.
ing district. Soon after my arrival
there q procession Of old soldiers and
citizens, headed by the village band.
passed the hotel where was sitting
on the veranda and marched over to-
ward the depot. In a little while back
came the procession, and at its head,
with reception committee. | recog.
nized Major Mckinley. He shook my
hand cordially and wanted to know
what was doing there. should add
that | had met the major number of
times before In conventions and confer.
ences of Republicans, particularly dur
ing one year when near relative of
mine was chairman of the Republican
state committee in Ohio and was his
private secretary. The village recep-
ton committee just then engrossed the
majors attention, and he did not catch
my answer to his question.
Cuyahoga Falls is the second town
Of Importance in Summit county Ak.
ron, the county seat. hustlng city, is
only few miles distant. The major
had come over from Canton to meet
his constituents and to address them.
In order that he might get good train
connections home it was arranged that
the exercises should be held at 1890
p. IN. This made an early luncheon
necessary. We sat at the same table
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
BOOK THAT SAVED A LIFE.
Affecting Meeting Between Two Old
Union Soldiers.

When Andrew French was q mere
youth. he resolved to become 4 soldier
In the Union army. He thought that
mayhap, as he was only nineteen, the
parental authority might intervene,
and so. in common with thousands of
others, as it has turned out, he went
in under another name. that of An
drew Page. He enlisted in Company
u, Third Maryland infantry, and prov.
ed himself gallant soldier, says the
Baltimore American. He was wound.
ed at Charlottesville on May 3, 1863,
and subsequently received an honora-
BILE discharge Some time after the
war he applied for and secured a pen
sion of So month, and under. Of
course, his army name. The special
pension examiners found, among other
things, that no one knew of any An
drew Page at the address given, but
did know Andrew French. The "alias"
made an Identification requisite under
the rules of the department, and
French was identified as Page by Colo
mel ]. NJ. Ludsburg and two comrades.
Here Is where a story comes in.
Previous to Charlottesville Page, or
French, had given q comrade named
George Wannall diary, and. as 1t
turned out. it was lucky gift for
George. At Charlottesville Wannall
had the book In a side pocket, and
stuffed in with it was towel. A
Confederate bullet struck him in the
breast and penetrated through eight
thicknesses of the towel and part way
through the diary and then stopped.
When French wanted witnesses to the
fact that he was Page In the army, he
hunted up William III. Walter. whom
he knew as q comrade. and the latter
brought with him Mr.. Wannall also,
whom French had not seen since the
war. French didn't recognize Wannall
until the latter called to mind the diary
given him and which had saved his
life. Then the meeting became affect
ing between the two old soldiers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30

federacy. but who seemed to care more
for their morning snifter of corn whis.
ky and molasses than they did for the
strangers.
The officer merely paused In his drink
to ask the usual question, "Wha air
you uns gwine?" and was perfectly
contented with Morgan's "Down on the
right, yander," as he observed: Sorry
I'm a-gwine t'other way. All day to
you"
AS soon as the horses were refreshed
they started again into Dinwiddle coun
ty, crossing the Southside railroad al
Ford's. then down the Stony Creek val.
ley to Dinwiddie Court House. 1t was
near the middle of the afternoon. and
they put up again, and as there was nc
scarcity of people about, both Confed
crate soldiers and citizens, they put or
all the cheek of which they were capa
BILE, coolly disarming suspicion by ar
assumption of authority and knowl
edge that left no room for question.
Hogans story was that he had been
on q message over to General Early
and was going to report to Genera
Hampton. somewhere about Stony
Creek Station, OH the Petersburg and
Roanoke road, If he hadn't moved. He
was incidentally mentioning this to ar
infantry captain who sat alongside OF
him at the supper table, when a Con
federate cavalryman farther up the ia
bic, with his mouth full of hoecake
mumbled out:
"Hampton's somers up about Reams
Station"
"Since how long?" asked Hogan. with
some show of indignation.
"More'n week, guess"
That's all right. then. He's moved
since left"
"Yes, reckon he have; leastways
he's thar now. anyway. COS | saw him
this mornin'. BE you a-gwne over thar
tonight?"
"Yes. How far Is it?'
"WaaI. reckon faint more'n eight or
nine miles in daylight. but you'll find
it's right peart jog in the dark"
1t was quite dark when they got out
their horses and prepared for the next
start. Hogan was already in the sad
die and Morgan had his foot in the
stirrup when something moved him tc
remark as he looked up at his com
panion:
We'll. she goes along right lively SC
far"
There We're half dozen people stand
ing around. and Hogan glared at him
as though he would like TO chew his
head off. at the same time growing
out:
Don't be in such laundering hurry
to hurrah."
This apparently attracted tho atten
ton of the Confederate captaiI. who
was leaning against the side of tn
house. and moved him to inquire:
What regiment did you uns say y
was FROM
Morgan. already worried over his in
advertcnt expression. was just enough
stampeded to make another and blurt-
ed out:
Eighth Illnois--Sixth Virginia"
sixth thunder! Look hyar. stran-
ger, that air don't sound squar'. be.
long to the Fourth Florida, do, an |
hain't got no trouble recollectin' it
neyther. I've 1t darn good notion you
fellars amt all whiter'
Morgan grinned in his face and
shouted: That's all right! Wen see
you about it in the morning"
Both men put spurs to their horses
and were out of range in few sec
onds. but not until the irate Florida
man had yelled:
Eyes. an eff ! don't send somebody
for you to explain to afore mornin
you may shoot me for nigger"'
After riding up the Petersburg road
about a mile they struck across the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
Our HerOeA.

Mid clash of steel and bugle call
And splendid wrath of fighting men,
What hero fears in death to fall?
What coward dares be coward then?
But In the hour of storm and stress,
When flames confront or tempest,
break
Shall We account his courage less
Who dies for simple duty's sake?
Samoa's day of danger found
No coward quail, no braggert boast.
The silken thread of honor bound
The dying sailor to his post.
No oriflamb of battle leads
The city's soldier to the breech;
No laurel chaplet crowns his deeds,
Nor cross nor star Is In his reach.
But duty's pathway bravely trod
Leads up to loftier heights of fame;
Our hero's souls have gone to God
In Gods own chariot of flame.
James Jeffrey Roche.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
Decoration.

STOPPING here perchance to place
Flowers above a hero's face,
Pause and let thy roses fair
Lie amid the grasses there.
But retain a blossom sweet
For the silent one whose feet
From her hearthstone never strayed.
Stayed she there and. silent, prayed.
While the loved ones gone afar
Did the bloody work OF war.
Place thy bloom and say a prayer
Ger the silent sleeper there,
For her work was nobly done,
Many battles fought-and won.
-HousekeepsP.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
A Corr. Commando at rwenty-nve.

When the civil war opened, Nelson A.
Miles was clerk In Boston. He vol
unteered and rose so rapidly that he
temporarily commanded corps at
twenty-five. The close Of the war
found him a major general Of volun-
teers, and he Is now lieutenant general
Of the regular army.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30

| A..
| GRANDPA'S
Day Poem

MAIDEN of the modern time to
"A the cemetery went
IA When the hills were like the rain.
IN bow with mingled colors blent
Va She bore a little basket filled with
n plants all blossoming
And knelt beside a tlmeworn
grave and straight began to sing
With her little trowel, digging. she up.
turned the sandy mound
That was fashioned over grandpa's grave
he so long lain under ground.
The withered plants gave place, to new
and the tiny stick and rag
or last years planting were replaced by
brand new little flag.
And when the comrades came that way
with their wagon load of flowers
To deck the graves of those who fell
when the bullets flew I'm showers
They found one grave rejoicing In the
symbols of the day.
While the maiden smiled upon them as
she said in gleeful way: =
Eyes. this is grandpas grave; we're very
proud of him.
See. here's his name upon the stone. I'll
spell II out
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
The Field Flowers.

Yes, bring the fairest roses
Carnations white and red
And pansies, royal blossoms,
To deck each soldiers bed;
But bring the dainty field flowers, too
Daisies and violets white and blue.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30

my grandma told the story to me last
night, you see:
Your grandpa was hero:' that's what
she said to me.
And on that awful day of blood wher
men by thousands fell
His kind they stood like adamant 'gainst
bayonet and shell
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
Memorial Day
With
NJ KINLEY

n the country villages Of Ohio Me-
mortal day, or Decoration day, as
1t is more often Gu !led, is the big
gest day of the year, said an old
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-30
SHERIDAN'S
SPIES
A War Story
A War Story

HE winter of 1864 65 in the Army
of the Potomac was not mark
ed by any particular liveli-
ness, and the soldiers, suffer-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29
STATE MINING LAW.

On account OF the activity OF mining
in this section, the following law re-
garding stalking out and holding a
claim is published:
Chapter NCIII.-An act to amend
section one OF an Act entitled: can
Act amendatory Of and supplemental
to AN Act relating to the location, re-
location, manner OF recording lode
and placer claims, mill sites, tunnel
rights, amount OF work necessary to
hold possession of mining claims and
the right OF co-owners therein, approx
ed March 16, 1897" approved March
II, 1850, approved March 20, 1901.
Section 1. Section one Of the above
entitled Act is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Section one. Section two of the
above named Act is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Section two. Before the expiration
Of ninety days from the time Of post
ing notice upon the claim the locator
must sink discovery shaft upon the
claim to the depth Of at least ten fee.
} from the lowest part Of the rim OF
such shaft at the surface or deeper il
necessary to show by such work a
lode deposit of mineral in place. A
!, crosscut, or tunnel, which cuts the lode
at depth Of ten feet, or an open cut
along the ledge or lode equivalent to a
shaft four feet by six feet BY ten fee,
is equivalent to discovery shaft. Tn.
locator must define the boundaries o
his claim by marking a tree or rocl
! i'll place or by setting post or stone
,, one at each corner and one at the cen
ter Of each side line When a post i
used it must be at least four niche
square, by four feet six inches i,
length, set one foot in the ground witt
a mound of stone or earth four fee
in diameter by two feet in heigh
around the post When it is practical
ly impossible on account of bedroc
or precipitous ground to sink such
posts, they may be placed in a pile {
stones; or where the proper placin
OF such posts or monuments of ston
is impracticable or dangerous to lii
N and limb, it shall be lawful to plac
IL such post or monument of stone {
a the nearest point properly marked t
y designate its right place. When
en- stone is used, not rock in place
must be at least six inches square an
1t eighteen inches in length, set two
81 thirds OF its length in the groun
- which trees, stakes or monumen
must be so marked as to designa'
the corners OF the claim located
" Section 2 This Act shall take {
at feet on the first day OF July, 1901.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29
Seeds! Seeds!

In order to facilitate the delivery Of
seeds, Mr.. Newlands requests all those
desiring a quota of seeds next spring,
to send in their applications at the pre-
livery than would otherwise be posi-
sent time, thus assuring an earlier de-
BILE Address all applications to Fran
els G. Newlands, House of Represen-
tatives, Washington, D. c.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29
The Newspaper Law

I. All subscribers who do not give
express notice to the Contrary are con-
sidered wishing to continue their sub
scriptions
T. If subscribers order the discon-
t1,nuance of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until all
arrearages are paid.
;. II subscribers refuse or neglect to
take their periodicals from the Office to
which they are directed they are res
ponsible until they have settled their
bills and ordered them discontinued.
a. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the publisher
and the papers are sent to the former
address, they are held responsible.
$. The courts have decided that re-
fusing to take periodicals from the Of
fee or removing and leaving them I'M
| called for. is prima facie evidence Of
| intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance they
+; are bound to give notice at the end OF
the time they do not wish to continue
taking it, and the subscriber will be
responsible until nutil an express no.
tice with all arrearages are sent to the
publisher
7. The latest postal laws are sucl
that newspaper publishers can arres
any one who takes paper and refuse
to pay for it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29
COUNTY DIRECTORY:

Sheriff WIN. Kinney
Deputy Sheriff. ........F. Kneblock
County Clerk. 800. Geo. w. Cowing
County Recorder. -. A. Wall
District Attorney. e. E Roberts
State Senator. ........ "A. Livingston
Ct. J. Heidenreich,
Assemblymen. .(..... james Sweeney
E.. 80. Samuel Plat.
Cemmissioners-J. P. Woodbury.. {. E
Bray and r. S. Daugherty.
Justice Of the Peace--.-.--W. II. Stone
Constable "A. Grant.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29
STATE INSTITUTIONS

STATE INSTITUTIONS
L. o. Henderson. Warden State Prison
Jos. e. Stubs, President State University
Dr.. Patterson, Supt. Hosp Mental Discs
Jos. Josephs, Supt, Of Orphans Home
PLACES OF INTEREST
NEAR CARSON CITY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29

Railway Depot L. S. Mint, Government
Building, Post Office and State Capitol
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-29

JUSTICES SUPREME COURT:
w. A. Massey, c. P. c. H. Belknap,
A. L. Fitzgerald.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

sailor shapes shown by these people,
in bright red brush felt. are very
charming Scarfs of white or red Lib
trim these effectively the scarf ends
sometimes punching under the back
brim. but never falling in the long ends
seen elsewhere. Indeed. this back cas-
cadfng of hat trimmings is everywhere
on the wane. having been done to death
oy exaggerations carried beyond points
of reason or beauty.
Noticeable garments among first au-
tumn fineries are the long coats stylish
women are wearing for railway and
sea travelling. Made of brilliantine.
gloria and taffeta, these long. loose
wraps entirely cover the costume, sup
plying in themselves a toilet as elegant
as dashing. Two lately turned out by
d New York faiseuse of modish Glen
telle for Lenox beauty embodied
points the seeker after travelling coats
would do well to consider. "Duster"
vas the homely and familiar name
given tn one. This was of dull red
brilliantine. with black stitchings.
black and red bone buttons. and black
satin facings for ornament. The satin
took the shape of a narrow rolling COL
lar running down in facings for the
fronts: the bottoms of the wide sleeves.
with oddly shaped bishop puffs at the
inner arm, and flowed plain at the
hack. were also faced with this and
turned over. Stitched epaulette bands,
held down by the buttons. crossed the
shoulders, two shorter ones. with the