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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-05-22
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
BATTLE OF STONE RIVER.

II. II. Jones. 25th ILL.,, Tuscola. ILL.,, dis
putes the claim made by Jas. IL. Powers,
of Shelbyvile. Ind, that Co. +, 18th Ind,
lost the first man killed at Stone River,
Tenn.-Geo. Holbeck, killed about sun
down, Dec. 80. Comrade Jones says that
the 25th Ill. lost several men wounded
and one or two killed on the skirmish line
as early as 800 in the afternoon. One Of
the killed he remembers well; he was enc
of the Hawk boys, of Co. X. COmrade
Jones believes that other regiments lost
men killed as early as o'clock i'll the af-
ternoon of Dec. 80. Continuing. Comrade
Jones says: We lay on our arms all night.
At daylight of Dec. 81 the rebels charged.
We were in position in a skirt of woods
behind rail fence, with 4 cornfeld in
front. Our position was strong one, and
could not have been taken by direct as
sault; but the Johnnies fanked us, and we
had to fall back. We soon rallied, and
drove the rebels from the woods, taking
our former position. We were not there
long before the Confederates again charg-
ed and we were driven back in con-
fusion The second time we rallied,
and succeeded in driving back the Con
federates. We held our position until the
troops on our right and on our left were
forced back. We then retreated TO the
cedar thicket where we We're relieved by
lost many good men and some officers, i'll
Guiding our Colonel, Williams. We be
longcd to Wolfords Brigade, Jeff. G.. Da-
vis's Division. McCook's CTwentieth)
Corps. The brigade was composed of the
25th and 35th H.. Sth Kan, 31st Ind,
and Sth Wis. Battery. In the action at
Stone River we lost all our knapsacks,
tents, blankets, etc. The Sth Wis. lost
two guns with horses. The Captain of
the battery was killed. Our corps provi-
sion train was burned. On the afternoon
of Jan. . our division was ordered to the
relief of Gen. Van Cleve, who was about
to be gobbled up by Breckinridge's Grand
Division. We marched at double-quick a
mile and a half or two miles down Stone
River wading the stream three times.
Amid a storm of shot and shell we formed
in line and charged up the hill and across
the battlefield, where dead and wounded
lay in heaps. We drove the rebels. Gen
Rosecrans said that Breckenridge lost 900
men in 40 minutes. Darkness brought the
fight TO close, and we lay down in the
open field. where we remained that night,
the next day and a greater part of the
second night. About o'clock the second
night we received orders to cross the river
The next morning the rebels had left our
front"
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eyewitness to the first assault. Gen. Glib
bon saw that more troops would be needed,
and ordered the second charge, in which
the seth n. Y. and 4Sth \. Y. participant
ed A hand-to-hand conflict occurred in
side the fort In this the S9th did its full
share. The S9th lost its Colonel and many
other officers. One officer was shot seven
times before he would leave the field. The
Colonel died almost instantly. His only
words after receiving the fatal shot were,
%, mother After the S9th gained en-
trance to the fort one of its members was
about to bayonet the rebel commander,
when Lieut.. Northrup ordered him to
STOP"
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The Way of the Beef Trust.
Hn,.,,,, D.,

1t has been said that the way to
mans heart is through his stomach" The
meat trust is demonstrating the painful
fact that the way to his pocketbook covers
the same route.
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81 AND SHORTY.

John W. Blume, Co. C. Goth Ind, 1905
Grandview avenue, Boulder, Colo, writes:
MY subscription does not expire until
Nov %, 1905. l hope you will retain 81
and Shorty in the army indefinitely, and
be sure and have both commissioned Off
GERS when mustered out. Give 'Pete's'
and .Sanay's' history"
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A PRIsoNER-oF-wAR's VIEWS.

VIM. Rice, Florence, Kan, opposes the
admission of CoBfederates TO National Sol
diers' Homes. Comrade Rice writes: I'VE
are under no obligations to take care OF
the rebel soldiers One of the comrades
favOring the admission of Confederate vet
Grams to National Homes says these vet
Grams did no more than their duty when
they answered the call of their respective
States and entered the Confederate army.
| say, let those States care for them now.
do not believe a single Union soldier who
was in Andersonvlle, Libby or Florence
will say, Admit the COnfederates to Ma
tional. Homes"
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SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE 10TH ILL.
CAV.

Capt. Edward r. Neal, National Sol
diers' Home, Va, sends the following ros-
ter of surviving officers of the 10th H.
Cav: Lieut.-Col. Thos. d. Fredenburgh,
Loami, H.; Maj. NJ. L. Stephenson, Hele-
ma, ARR; Capt. John G. Roberts, Spring
field, ILL.,; Capt. Thos O'Conner, Oldtown,
Me-; Capt. Ed. r. Neal, National Soldiers
Home, Va; Surg. VIM. E. Wilson, Den
yer, Colo; Lieut.. Chas. lilly, Champaign,
H.; Capt. VIM. Fl. Cofman, Champaign,
H.; Serg't-Maj. Chas. B. Dake, Newton,
Wis; Hospital Steward, Herman Hoffer-
kamp, Springfield, ILL.,. Serg't ]. A. Curry,
Cherokee Kan
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A PRECIOUS RELIC.

Comrade o. d. Evans, of Richmond,
Ind. has relic that he prizes very high
ly. 1t is piece of a flag of the 69th Ind.
This flag was carried by a soldier named
Altman, whd tore it from its staff when he
was. captured at Richmond, Ky, wrapped
it about his body, and later brought it
home with him when he was paroled. The
regiment again used the flag during the
Vicksburg campaign, and on the Black
River the staff was struck by lightning
and the flag torn to pieces. Comrade Ev-
ans secured small piece and some of the
fringe.
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TWO WAR SONGS.

]. V. Pownall, First Sergeant, Co. E,
Goth Ind, Fulton, Ind, requests that some
comrade send him a copy of two war
songs. The first runs something as fol-
lows: "On New Years Day we had fight
and then we fought right straight along
for three or four days more" The other
began: "Old Bragg, he thought the Dutch
man might be good to eat; but he couldn't
catch and cook him.
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COL. PRICE, C. S. A.

Charles E. Terrence, Co. D, 35th ILL.,,
that while in Springfield. Mo-, during the
Fall of 81, he met a Confederate Colonel
Price, nephew of Gen. Price. Col. Price
had been captured by the cavalry, and was
under guard in u vacant store on the main
street, running south through Springfield.
He was frequently visited by the volun-
teers, and always appeared glad to receive
visitors and acted very courteously toward
the Union soldiers. Comrade Terrence
would like to know something regarding
Col. Prices subsequent career.
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Henry Smithers, James 2. and VIM. Hamp-
ton, Jas. and Albert Kiddoo. Reuben and
Jacob Shields. Geo. Bartlett. Peter
Pierce, Albert Kiddoo and VIM. Hampton
were killed or died from wounds. Abe
Fuller, Jacob Shields, Allen Wilson, Jas.
Z. Hampton and Noah Spicher died of
disease, aud Elias Pierce was discharged
on account of wounds.
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
Comrade A. r. Hyatt. Stryker. O., re-
plying to the inquiry of John +. Wildmans
Tooth Ohio, MarshalltOwn, Iowa, regard
ing the mysterious soldier in Co. = who
took French leave" says: This soldier
belonged to my company Go. G, 3Sth
Ohio, md was enlisted at Dayton, Ohio,
by DR.. Halter. He gave the name Simon
Beecher Adams. He left our lines while
on picket duty at Ringgold, Ga. The next
day two women came into the camp to sell
pies, and inquired for Capt. Wagstaff. Of
our company. They told the Captain that
Adams had stayed all night at their house;
that his true name was Williams, and that
his home was near Jonesboro. He had
instructed the women to convey his thanks
to Capt. Wagstaff for the bounty, clothes
and transportation to a point near his
home. Comrade Wildman is mistaken in
the place where the non-vets stayed. They
were at Chattanooga while the veterans
were home on furlough. l enlisted as a
recruit, and joined the regiment when the
veterans returned"
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Feb. 2e.-On Feb. % we were at
st. Stevens depot, waiting transportation
across the Santee River. There was con-
siderable delay at this point, as 1t was
necessary to carry across the river large
number of wagons We finally boarded
the cars and followed the remainder OF
the command, which had preceded us. Feb.
% found us in Florence. We remained In
the cars all night. Today, at p M, we
again went on board the train and started
for Cheraw, S. G.
The citizens at Darlington c. III. fur
nished our regiment with refreshments as
we passed through their city. There was
such n scramble for these things that / did
not get any. / never was a success as
Crabher. We drew rations eff whisky at
Florence this morning. l poured mine on
the ground.
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March I.-Kesumed our march this
morning at o'clock, and after falling
back about four miles we took a road 10
Fayetteville, N. c., as the enemy are
working their way around our left flank
Rations plenty. More wagons and mules
giving out and the grub is being unloaded
On US. This is the land of hills and pine
trees. Turpentine farms as far as we can
see. They are all abandoned, aud in some
places where. the stills are near the road
the melted resin has hswed across and
along the road. The whole scene is a sug-
Festion Of dssolation.
The only living thing see left behind is
the razor-back hog, which is too poor
for food. Very few houses, and they are
small, crude affairs. Marched Is miles.
March s.-Went into camp at 8 o'clock
last night. Commenced to rain before
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CAPTURED BY WHEELER.

Ito be continued.)
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24
Notice of Forfeiture.

To H. w. kemper, H. F. Kemper. Charles Met
calfe, Andrew Suffer, or assigns:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned.
who is co-owner with you in the Surprise
mining claim, has expended one hundred uOOS)
dollars in labor and improvements for the year
1901 upon said mining claim in order 10 hold
said mining claim under the provisions and re-
quirement OF section 2994 Of the Revised Stat
utes OF the United States.
The said mining claim IS situated in Mime
sofa mining district, Mohave county Arizona
Territory and is duly recorded In the office Of
the County Recorder OF Mohave county. Ari-
zona, in book --, at page e., Of mining rec
ords
And you are further notified that II, at the
expiration OF ninety days from the last publ
cation Of this notice, you fail or refuse TO pay
your proportion OF the said expenditure. to-
gether with the cost OF the publication OF this
notice, your interest in the said mining claim
will be forfeited and become the property OF
the undersigned in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the law. ROBERT ROSCo.
First publication March 8, 1902.
Last publication June a. 1902
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24
Notice of Forfeiture.

To II. w kemper, II. f. Kemper Charles Met
calfe, Andrew Suffer, or assigns:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned
who is a co-owner with you in the Gerald min
ing claim has expended one hundred OOOS) dol
lars in labor and Improvements for the year
1901 upon said mining claim, in order % hold
said mining claim uncer the provisions and re.
quirements OF section 23?4 OF the Revised Stat
utes OF the United STATES
The said mining claim is situated in Mime
sofa mining district Mohave county, Arizona
Territory and is duly recorded in the ONCE of
the County Recorder OF Mohave county Ari.
zona in book -, at page ----. OF mining rec.
ords.
And you are further notified that II. at the
expiration ninety days from the last publica
tion Of this notice, you fail or refuse 20 pay
your proportion Of the said expenditure, TO.
gether with the cost Of the publication OF this
notice, your interest in the said mining claim
will be forfeited and become the property OF
the undersigned in accordance with the pro
visions OF the law. ROBERT RoSCo.
First publication March &, 1909.
Last publication June a. 1902.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The vastness of the deal at Gold
Road is impressing even the Colora
dams, people who have been used TO
dealing in immense bonanzas at start.
lingly large figures. The Colorado
Springs Mining Record says that the
Gold Road sale will be the largest in
the history Of the Pacific coast. That
the Blue Ridge mountains are the rich
est in gold of any In the whole inter.
mountain region the report on the
Gold Road aud Tom Reed group of
mines will fully bear out. Bes sides
these groups there are fully twenty
more groups of the same character
that are being exploited by the owners
as rapidly as men can be put 10 work.
Every one of the big veins cary value,
that will make them great producers
when sufficient water has been devel
oped in the district
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Among the democrats Mark Smith
Is the only nau that is spoken OF for
delegate to congress by the southern
papers As sure go. Mark has been an
active mem Der this session of congress,
but many people believe that he ha,
been in office long enough. If a Will
son candidate is forced on the demo
Gratis there will be bigger revolt this
year than two years ago. e. NJ. Doe Is
mentioned AS the republican nominee,
and be would make one of the best
delegates we have ever had. He is able
aud is attached to no click nor railroad
faction.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The question of the admis sion of the
territ ories To statehood is of vital i'm
portance to the future welfare of these
great political divisions of the United
States. There is not one valid reason
why we should be debarred from as.
suming the prerogatives and RESPONSE
bilities of statehood. Arizona has the
population, che wealth, the Intelligence
and every other requisite that state
hood demands. Nowhere on earth can
a more intelligent people be found
than in Arizona, nor can more mineral
wealth to the square foot be found in
any other place on earth
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Andrew Carnegie makes the state
ment that he is now and has long been
willing to reimburse the government
in The sum of 20,p00,0 lCS for the Philip.
pines, if the United States will call off
the dogs of war and allow the little
brown men their Independence. 1t is
not thought that the offer will be
seriously considered by the govern.
ment. Since the United States has
become world power the policy of
retaining the PHILIPPINES has become a
necessity. There is no doubt that the
Filipinos will be granted home rule,
under an American protectorate, but
there will never be complete indie
pendence of the islands of that Asistic
archipelago. To the big thinking
men of the United States our occupa.
tion of the islands has ever been mis-.
take that time will reveal, but to the
politician the islands offers advantages
that no other part of Uncle Sans do
main leaves open to them for the con.
tinuance of the system of spoils.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The consultations now being made
in the Cripple Creek district is having
a good effect on the stock market.
The camp has been made the victim of
all sorts of deals in which there has
been no basic foundations and now the
people engineering the deals are
anxious to get something to boulster
them up. As result there is a doub.
ling up of the properties on basis
that gives the shareholders something
for their money. If this continues the
big gold camp will be one of the best
in the United States from an invest.
ment standpoint.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

cloudburet at Covington, Ken.
tucky, destroyed large amount of
property and drowned several people.
Water to the depth of twenty feet ran
down the hillside and through popu-
lous portion Of the town. Cincinnati
was also visited by the storm and
much damage done. Arizona need 5
some water visitation at present, but
we do not desire it in such large quan
titles, although three or four inches
over the whole county would be about
right. The sooner it comes the better.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

newspaper recently published the
statement that sixty tons of silver ore
at Monterey, Mexico, was sold for So,
.O)as, and followed up With the state
ment that the ore was exceptionally
rich. No one would have believed that
sixty tons of silver ore can be taken
from the earth that is worth the
amount OF money for which this ore is
stated to have been sold. Silver in its
native state seldom if ever carries a
value in excess of 81 per cent, which
would give about 10000 ounces in
the sixty tons, and at the market value
of silver would be worth 650,00OS. Bot.
on the other hand, he chances are
that the ore was not worth over four
or five thousand dollars per ton, which
would be exceptionally rich silver.
Among all the silver veins of the great
west, land there has been many very
rich ones,) IL Is very seldom that the
ores have gone above lJ0JO ounces in
value. News papers get stuffed full
from prospectors and others, but the
exercise of little common sense
would obviate many of the mistakes
made by them. When the Klondike
boom was on San Francisco newspa
pers told of men tripping jauntily
down the gangplank from the steamer
with b l,OlJS or more ia gold dust in
their grips. 1t looks quite nice to see
such stories in print, but to the init.
lated it also looks very foolish.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24
Notice to Creditors.

Estate Of Du Bois Tool err deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator Of the estate Of Du Bois Toolxer,
deceased, to the creditors Of and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to ex.
hibit them, with the necessary vouchers, with
in ten months after the first publication OF this
notice to the said administrator, at Chloride.
Ariz., the same being the place for the trans
action Of the business OF said estate, in said
county Of Mohave.
w. c. FELLOWS.
Admir- Of the estate of
Du Bois Tooker, deceased.
Dated this 10th day OF April, 1902.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Quite nun Der Of oil we'll rigs have
been brought to the territory and are
soon to be ir operation in the various
fields. South of Tucson is said TO be
promising field, while the Kelvin
fields of Piral county show good in-
dications. In Lonesome Valley, Yav-
apai county, a rig is in readiness to
begin spudding in, but owing to the
olation OF that country it may be
some time before active operations are
begun. There is no doubt that oil ex.
lists in many parts of Arizona and the
sinking of test wells is necessary TO
determine the quantity and quality.
II oil in large quantities is struck it
will be worth millions of dollars to the
mining aud other interests of the peo-
pie.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The Southern Pacific railroad com
pany has placed the use of tobacco by
the passenger trainmen under the ban.
The employees at all depots are also to
foreswear the use Of tobacco while on
duty. While the use of tobacco, es-
pecially chewing. is not pleasant, we
cannot see that it is of nature that a
corporation should use such drastic
measures as the discharge of employees
to enforce its role against its use.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

A recent editorial in the MINER rela
tive to our northern strip, has been
much commented on by the press of
northern Arizona. The question of
parting with this large section of the
up by the public men of the territory
and protest against its cession to
Utah sent to our representative in
congress. The strip is a valuable one
aud becoming more valuable every
year. Now is the time to agitate the
matter and send in your protests 1t
will be everiastingly too late if the
matter is allowed to stand this session
of congress without protest.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The school census of the territory
now embraces all children between the
ages of six and twenty one. This will
enlarge the census of school children
quite materially, but it does not ap.
pear to us that it will improve the
service to any extent. \ person who
has reached the age of twenty years
ought to be in line for promotion to
college or normal school.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

The flag of the Cuban republic was
unfurled at Havana last Monday and
Thomas Estrada Palma was declared
its first president President Palma
had resided in the United States for
the past ten years and was close
student of the American plan of gov
ernment, which leads to the belief that
he will favor the annexation of the
Islands to the United States in the
near future. The people of Cuba are
very friendly to the Americans aud il
is believed that movement for an
nexstion would be very popular. An
alliance with great world power, like
the United States would give the peo-
pie of Cuba a great advantage in the
matter of commerce between Cuban
and old world ports, and at the same
time would give them the advantages
of relief from the operation of the
tariff restrictions now in force.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Greatest Volcanic Explosion,

The greatest volcanic explosion ever
known, says Professor Milne, the high
est authority in the world on volcanic
eruptions, was that of Krakatoa, on an
island ia the Strait of Sunda, between
Java and Sumatra. On May ~, 1883,
the eruption commenced, but the great
explosion did not come until August
26 of that year. The flames from the
crater could be seen forty miles dis
tant. The crashing explosion which
followed these flames set in motion air
waves that travelled around the earth
four times one way and three times the
other. Every self-recording barometer
in the world was disturbed seven times
by that blow.up. These waves travelled
at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
At Borneo, l,1l6 miles distant, the
noise Of this eruption was heard. 1t
was felt at Durham. AIS miles distant,
and at Perth, West Australia, 1902
miles distant The Krakatoa exploss
iOU was ufdIh ONtT SOuuu LOUt Gov
ering one.thirteenth of the earih's sur
face.
Sea waves we're created by the ex-
plosion which destroyed two light.
houses in the Strait of Sunda, all the
towns and villages on the shores of
Java and Sumatra bordering the strait.
all vessels and shipping there and 36,
50 lives iu that vicinity; raised tidal
wave at Merak 1875 feet high; covered
so 100 square miles of ocean with lava
dust several inches thick; submerg ged
an island six miles square and 10
feet high in depth of water of $50
fathoms and created two new islands. |
Professor Milne says there are un-
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

doubtedly volcanoes in the United
States that have been quiet for a long
time, that will some day blow their
heads off.-Coconino Sun.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:

Copper is now q staple article at the
present market price, bat there ap.
pears TO be no reason in believing that
1t will go much higher. AT twelve or
thirteen cents copper can be used for
many things that a higher price will
bar out.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Try the new remedy fer costivtues
Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Every box guaranteed. Price
% cents. For sale by H. II. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Roanoke Rye.
Honey and Horehound....
An unsurpassed tonic, mellow
and invigorating.
MULLIGAN & HURBS.
Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24

Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company
WESTERN DIvIsToNl
,aansed Time card Taking effect December 4, 100