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WEBSTER AT BUNKER HILL.
An Alabama Man Who Was Among
His Hearers in 1928.
From the Birmingham News

From the Birmingham News
How many Of the II. 900 900 inhabitants of
tho United States heard Daniel Webster de-
liver his address at the laying OF the cor
ner stone Of Bunker He'll monument, and
saw Lafayette uncover himself in the pres
ence Of the acclaiming multitudes on that
occasion? One Of them lives in this city.
Today april 29) he Is enjoying the ninety
first anniversary Of his birth In a pretty
cottage on the South Highlands. happy in
the ministrations Of a sweet-faced daughter
and the memories OF a life OF probity and
usefulness. He L. James Braxer OF No.
1929 18th avenue. south.
'Iu tell you how came to be there ON
the 18th of June, 1925" said Mr.. Brazer,
MY father was a Mason and had part
in the parade. and I went with him in his
Ter. was one of the most prominent MasonS
and carried golden box in which there
was a lock Of General Washington's hair.
I was only fourteen years old, and. boylIke,
I paid more attention to the crowd than I
did to the ceremonies.
Lafayette? Well, he looked to me like
q polite and refined man. just as a French
man should be- AS for Webster. he waR
seen him before for that matter. What
I recollect particularly is the fact that q
number Of soldiers OF the revolution were
there, and among the number was my
fathers uncle, who was In the battle OK
Bunker Hill.
by the way, my grandmother's father,
Captain Henry Farwell, was at Bunker
Hill, and on the retreat was shot in the
breast mind you. with his face to the foe.
The comma ding officer. believing he was
mortally wounded, ordered him removed to
the roadside. but he raised himself on his
elbow and cried. I am not dead; l will live
to see my country freeT And he didn't die
until thirty-three years afterward. Before
that he had been In the colonial contingent
in the war between England and France,
and was at the taking Of Cape Breton
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Grant Was Insubordinate.
"a Youths COMPANION,

From the Youths Companion.
A somewhat dramatic conversation II
that which G. s. Boutwell, reports as hav-
ing passed in 1866 between President john
son and General Grant.
IT may wish to send you on a mission to
Mexico" said the President.
ut will not be convenient for me to 60
to Mexico" returned General Grant.
Some time after this Grant was invited
to a cabinet meeting at which Mr.. Seward
read a paper of instructions to him as min
lister of some degree to Mexico. The con-
tents of the paper could not have made Q
strong impression on General Grant. for he
said afterward, In speaking Of the incidentt
THE instructions came out very near
where they went In"
But at the end OF the reading he re.
marked, You recollect. Mr.. President. !
said 1t would not be convenient for me to
60 to Mexico"
Some discussion followed. and then the
President rose from his seat and struck the
table with some force.
Us there" said he, IAN officer Of the
army who will not obey my instructionsf"
General Grant took his hat in his hand
and remarked quietly:
IT am an officer OF the army, but am
a citizen also; and this 10 q civil esrvtos
that you require of me. 1 decline It"
He left the meeting. It happened nnall3
that General Sherman was sent to Mexico
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dition Of the walls led the congregation to
believe the building to be unsafe, and 1t
was torn down and reconstructed
Sudley Springs has undergone a few
changes. The old mill. with which the
men in the Union and confederate armies
were familiar for four years. stands where
1t did. but the mill race is dry and steam
power has been installed The miller is
from Pennsylvania and his residence is a
part of the Sudley Springs Hotel. No
guests have stopped there in many years.
The Sudley Spring a fountain of excellent
sulphur and iron water, flows copiously and
scents the neighborhood. The spring Is
walled up by the roadside, but when The
Star man visited it he Frustrated himself to
get drink. there being no dipper. Large
pools of water flood the road where Ca
tharpin creek joins Bull Run. and this is
as 1t was in war time
Bethlehem Church, which was General
Porter's headquarters August 30, 1892 has
been torn down and removed to a point
one mile south of Manassas; or about two
miles south OF where 1t stood when the
troops knew it. The Chinn house is in
Fletcher Webster of the 18th Massachu
sets, and son Of Daniel Webster was
killed is pointed out to those who ask
about 1t. The Hampton Cole house, which
figured so conspicuously in the Fitz John
Porter case, has undergone little change
since sectional hostilities ceased.
Newmarket, at the crossing of the Sud
ley-ManaSsas and old observation-disclosures
dria roads. has lost in population since the
war. War maps indicate that there were
four houses there in 1862. The Star man
could count only two. Groveton and four
houses and a blacksmith shop in 1862. This
settlement has been reduced to three dwell
lings. But old lady who lived there
when the war ragged, and who was person
ally known to thousands of the northern
and southern troops who moved up and
down the pike for four years, Still lives
there. This is Mrs. L. NJ. Dogan. She is
eighty-five years old CHEEKY, laxative and
interesting. Her memory Is remarkably
faithful. her eyes are bright and her step
strong and elastic. She looked on at mech
Of the fighting and saw the fields In all
their horror when the smoke cleared. She
likes to tell the story of the battles to
those who pass her way.
Grandma" Dogan.
You see that field over there" Mrs DO
gan said to The Star reporter as she point
ed to the land between the pike and the
railroad cut well, after the fighting.
you could step from one man to another.
there were many dead and wounded
there. Most of the wounded men were
moaning for water, and l and all the neigh
bors did what could to help them be-
fore they were carried to various hospi-
tails in ambuances. army wagons. wagons
OF all kinds and carts. The Union dead out
there were not buried The northern SOL
diers just shoveled dirt over the bodies,
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and this soon washed away. I tell you
that field was an awful sight When the
bones had bleached the government sent
laborers down here and they gathered up
all the bones they could find and carried
them to Arlington. There were lots Of dead
men who were never found. The confed-
crate soldiers buried their dead in shallow
trenches, but they were so shallow that We
could not plow the fields without unearth-
ing bones. So the people down here took
up subscriptions and we collected all the
bones we could find inside the southern
lines and buried them up there on the hill. ;"
pointing to q rising piece Of ground 200
yards east Of Groveton, and directly on the
pike.
Then continued Mrs. Dogan t"Grand-
ma Dogan everybody calls herr "you
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fragment Of shell weighing twelve pounds
On the same day he met a man who had,
a few hours before picked up in a bit of
woodland near Sudley a human lower jaw.
1t was the jaw of big man, and the teeth,
with the exception of one of the centrals
were all in place, sound and white.
Sudley Springs.
Sudley meeting house, which was used
as hospital during and after both bat
ties. has been rebuilt of wood. During the
progress of the second battle big breach
was made in its brick walls by a solid
shot from Union battery This shot is
IN possession of a member of the eongre-
CATION. When the war was over the con-
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foremost authorities represent the loss in
Pope's army as follows: Killed, 1,74T;
wounded, S,452; captured or missing. 1928;
total. 14.462. The loss by death and wounds
was incurred in the main at Bull Run Au-
gust 20 and 80.
The confederate loss August 20 and 80,
as reported, was: Killed, 1853; wounded
1872; missing, 100; total. 9,474. This loss
was divided between the corps Of Jackson
and Longstreet as follows: Jackson.s corps.
killed, S71; wounded, BIB; missing, 10.
Longstreet's corps, killed, 663; wounded.
4.016; missing, "a.
It Is agreed by many authorities on each
side that the statement Of casualties is too
small.
Historians who have devoted their talent
to telling the story Of the second Bull Run,
and who, II suffering from sectional bias.
have not made their affiiction apparent in
their writings. place the effective strength
of Pope's army at 90 900 men and Lees
army at $4,000. Some writer's have esti-
mated the confederate forces at lower
figure than that given above. Col. William
Allan, who was chief of ordnance Of the
I'd Corps Of the Army of Northern Virginia,
In paper before the Military Historical
Society of Massachusetts estimates the
force under General Lee at the second bat
tie of Bull Run at 40 900 men.
Famous Names.
Mcdowell and Beauregard, opposing gen.
erals In the first battle Of Bull Run. were
West Point classmates. General Pope and
the same class at West Point. Among the
Union generals graduated in this class
were Generals John Newton. w. S. Rose
Grams, George Sykes and Abner Double
day. Among the confederate officers who
left West Point with the class of Pope and
Longstreet were Generals Lafayette Nc
Laws, Mansfield Lowell, Gustavus w.
Smith, R. H. Anderson, A. P. Stuart and
Earl Van Dorm.
Come to think of it. what famous men
fought on the fields Of the second Bull
Run. On the Union side there were
Schenck, Crawford, Gordon, Doubleday,
Patrick, Gibbon, Ricketts,, Reynolds, Meade,
Seymour, Kearny, Birney, Poe. Hooker,
Butterfleld and Sykes.
On the confederate side there were with
jackson, Ewell. Lawton, Early. Trimble.
A. p. Hill, Gregg. Fender and Bradley T.
Johnson, and with Longstreet there were
Evans, Hood, Law, Cadmus Wilcox, KEN
per, D. R. Jones, the Andersens &c. T. and
R. H). Malone and Armistead. The bril-
gade commanders in Stuart's cavalry corps
were Fitz Hugh Lee and Beverly n. Robert
son.
The Union Army.
It would be too great tax on newspaper
space to give the competition of the Union
army at second Bull Run by regiments.
though It - feasible 70 DO % by corps. a.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON
Document which Ia Filed Makes
widow Sole Executrix of
Small Estate

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE will OF the
late Admiral William T. Sampson was
filed today. 1t leaves everything to the
widow. save $4,000 Of life Insurance, which
Is left for equal division among the four
daughters, In the petition asking for adj
mission Of the will to probate. Mrs.
Sampson, who is named as sole executrlx,
says the admiral died possessed of stocks
and other securities valued at $500 and a
tract OF land at Manchester. N. Y. known
as the Marmon Hill farm, valued at $40. 900.
The will is dated at Key West, Fla. April
16, 1898.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
HIGH GRADE
PIANOS
TERMS
AT HOSPE'S
Selling for ne>third
to One>half Less
Money

Than the prices, regularly asked for the
unknown and indifferent brands elsewhere.
You have been paying $3.50 to $500 for
pianos that have neither kith nor kin,
when less money at Hospe's will procure
the genuine article. OF which you will not
need TO be ashamed OF, nor q musician
refuse TO play on.
No other house In the entire west which
makes as clean a sweep (no reserve); every
high. medium or cheap grade of plano cut
20 half and two-thirds regular prices. No
prices are made 10 touch ours by $50.
Think OF II, the 500 plano We sell for
,1i7. sl2e. s1S5. The $3.50 piano we sell for
nts. Ss7. Sis Terms, only $40 cash; IS,
o. 81 per month.
Fine, up-to-date, high grade pianos, regu-
lar prtces s275. $500, $3.50. for only Slss. $217.
s22T, t23s. $27S. Terms, SIS cash and IS to
DO per month. Renowned nab pianos.
Fine Kranich & Bach pianos. Reliable
Kimball pianos. Standard Hallet g. Davis
pianos are included In this cut price sale.
An the Krel pianos, Sterling pianos.
Mathusek pianos, McPhail pianos, Melville
Clark pianos, In fact, the entire line OF 20
different factory products go at prices
hat are cut to the core. We don't think
we can compel you TO visit our many piano
warerooms with the great inducements W.
offer In quality and prices. All We try TO
DO is to put YOU on your guard and state
our Claims. we nave what we advertise
convince the buyer that the quality Is the
hneat, the prices the lowest. the terms the
easiest and guarantee the safest.
Organs selling for 81. 50, 81, S2S; new
per week. square pianos, $50. SIS. So. on
any reasonable terms. Piano prices In.
clude stools and scarfs; organ prices
stools and books. We repair. rehnish, re.
polish. tune. move or rent pianos. All In.
strumenta marked In plain figures. Nc
more will be asked, no less taken. I'm,
mems stock TO select from.
49,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
DEATH RECORD.
Two Deaths at West Point.

WEST POINT. Neb.. May 17.-(special.)
Mrs Louis Herse died this morning at
the residence Of her daughter, Miss Mary
Herse, in this city. She was rs years old
and had lived In this place twenty-five
years. She leaves a family of grown sons
and daughters. Interment will be Sunday
under the auspices Of the English Lutheran
church.
Christian P~resskorn. an aged resident OF
this city. died on Friday. He was aged 62
years and had been a resident Of this place
for twenty-eight years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
EASLEY LOOKS OVER GROUND
Secretary of Civic Federation Con-
ferS> with President Mitchell
on strike.

HAzLEToN, Pa, May 1.-THE arrival
here tonight of Ralph M. Easley, secretary
of the National Civic federation, lends color
to the reports which have been current for
the past few days that the Civic federation
10 making an effort to terminate the an
thracite coal miners strike.
Mr.. Easley reached this city from New
York at 9:15 o'clock and repaired at once
to the Valley hotel, where he met Presi-
dent Mitchell Of the United Mine Workers,
with whom he Immediately went into con-
ference behind closed doors.
Secretary Easley stated that his visit
was for the purpose Of looking over the
ground"
Asked II he brought any message from
Senator Hanna or any other member OF
the Civic federation, Mr.. Easley replied
in the negative and added that he was
not acting in the capacity of a messenger,
Despite Secretary Easley's retlcence,
however, his presence here at this time is
regarded as significant from the fact that
he spent part OF yesterday in Washington
in conference with Senator Hanna and Sam
uel Gompers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, and ambassador OF
the National Civic federation.
No New Developments.
There were no developments here today,
in the anthracite miners strike. No peace
offers have been made by either and there
is nothing on the surface to indicate that
anything In the direction OF a settlement
will be done during the next few days.
President Mitchell remained close to
headquarters and spent a busy day going
over matters principally taken up by a
conference with the Illinois soft coal oper-
ators over a few disputed points in the
Springfield Qll.) bituminous district. The
matter was finally disposed Of, an agree
ment being reached which was satisfactory
to both sides. The agreement was moi
made public. but 1t will run for another
year. The Illinois delegation left for the
west at 8 o'clock tonight.
Presidents in Conference.
Nothing oficial was given out today re.
garding the calling out OF the bituminoui
miners. II u understood, however. tina
the district presidents Of the three anthra,
cite districts are in communication with thu
presidents Of the bituminous districts 70
the purpose of getting two OF them 4
make up the five necessary to call a spe
eial national convention to consider tn
advisability Of calling out the soft Goa
miners. This is believed to be a mer
formality, as It is thought the West Vir
ginia districts will agree to the assemb
ling OF such a convention.
Reports received at strike head
quarters today were to the effect tina
the order to strike was being carried gu
TO the letter. Several Tumors reached her
today that nonunion men, OF whom Their
are comparatively few. had made attempt
to return to work in some localities, bu
not one Of these could be verified.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK
Express Runs Into n Freight
Near WiIIiamsport, Penn
sylvania,

wILLIAMsPoRT. Pa. May 1.-THE east
bound flyer on the Philadelphia & Erie d.
vision OF the Pennsylvania railroad ran
into the rear end Of a freight train one
mile east of Jersey Shore today, killing
Engineer Lewis Shriner Of the passenger
train and badly ~injuring Conductor George
Kinley Of the freight train. The passengers
were uniniured.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18

case. which he already had treated more
briefly in his Official reports. The general
tendency Of these statements and reports
is to fasten upon the Macedonian COM
mittee, and. In part. upon the Bulgarian
government officials some share Of RESPONSE
bility for the abduction.
Miss Stone herself called upon Secretary
Hay at his residence yesterday and told
her story In a most interesting manner.
No action Is being taken In the case at
present.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
M.ntfesto of the CarIists.

PARIS, May IA copy of q carlist mani
festo. seized at Madrid, has reached Paris.
1t is signed;
your King, Carlos, protests against the
usurpation Of the throne by the so-ealled
Alfonso XIII" and dwells upon the sad
legacy left by the regency and the darker
prospects ahead, unless the Almighty pro-
vides a remedy. which is to be found In
the restitution OF the throne to Don Carlos,
a monarch by right.
The manifesto fell fat and the publishers
ara prosecuted.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
DICKINSON MAKES REPORT
Consul General BIames Macedonian
Committee and B~uIEariRns for
Miss stones Abduction.

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Consul General
Dickinson has arrived in Washington and
called at the State department today to
pay his respects to the o~ficials. He
went over with Assistant Secretary Hill to
detail the facts relative to Miss stones
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
Postal Matters.

Under the annual readjustment Of sal
aries of presidential postmasters, these
changes were made today: In Nebraska
Clay Center, increased $500; Albion, ALI
once, Atkinson, Auburn, Aurora, Beatrice,
Bloomfield, Cambridge and Cedar Rapids,
increased 500; Alma. decreased 500. In
Iowa-Hampton. Indianola and Shenandoah,
increased 500.
Rural free delivery service will be estab-
lished on July l at Hatwick, Poweshik
county, Ia; area covered. thirty-six square
miles; population, SIS.
The comptroller OF the currency has APP
proved the First National bank of Chicago
as reserve agent for the Citizens National
bank Of st. Paul, Neb.
The abstract OF conditions OF the ma
tional banks of Omaha at the close OF bus
mess April 80 as reported to the comp
troller of the currency shows an average
reserve held Of 27.12 per cent. against 80. 80
per cent on February 25. Loans and dis
counts increased from S15. 52s. 1O7 to SIC. ss7.-
270; gold coin from $l,sS0.66 6 to 81. 033, 62S;
lawful money reserve, from 8 2,06O,5S to ST.
s5s, 673; individual deposits, from $12,551.-
557 to S12, 1882, ZIG.
The Des Moines. Ia, banks show an av-
erage reserve held Of 23.97 per cent, against
PISA per cent; loans and discounts in
creased from 1874. 7s1 to 86,4S5. 1874; gold
coin. from sl11.s12 to s1s7. 297; total specie
from S455, 400 to $47s. $50; lawful money re,
serve, decreased from ss9S.OO4 to $7s9. 6SSi
individual deposits increased from $3.50
SAT TO S4.O29. 1853.
The banks Of Lincoln, Neb.. show an av.
erage reserve held Of 2O.44 per cent, agains'
22.09 per cent; loans and discounts, In
creased from {2.65s,354 TO s2.sO7, 1923; golC
coin, from &S6, 800 to 500, $50; total specie
from s1os.s5s TO lSO.247 lawful money re
serve. decreased from SEAS. 466 to 1922, Ss1
individual deposits increased from 81, 45O.
672 to 81. 460. 24s.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
w. II. Saunders, Grant.

GRANT. Neb,. May lT.-(speciaI wv. II.
Saunders, an attorney. died here at IL
o'clock this morning. He was sick but a
few hours. Mr.. Saunders was one Of the
nrst settlers In Perkins county and one Of
its most respected citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18

upon. In a woodshed in the rear Of Rich.
ardson's store was found a skull and near
It the steel barrel Of a rife. 1t is believed
that the skull represented all that is left
Of the negro who did the shooting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
Sight
Drafts
at
Maturity

The following letter from Geo. e,
salladin, cashier Of the Nebraska
state Bank at Milford. is only another
proof that Equitable Life Policies are
always equal 10 sight drafts at ma
turity:
MILFORD, Neb., April IL, 1902.
II. D. Nicely, Mgr,
Omaha, Neb. .
Dear sir-I beg to acknowledge
receipt Of draft for 100000, in
full payment Of Policy No.
sss, so3, on the life Of John w.
Blackburn. The proofs in this
ease were sent you on the 4th
inst, and the draft was received
on the 10th inst.
] now understand what you
mean when you advertise Sight
Drafts, payable at maturity.
OF three policies held by Mr..
Blackburn, proofs under which
were tent u on the same date,
The Equitable is the first to be
paid. Yours very truly,
GEO. q. sALLADIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
ENTIRE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS BURNED
Trouble Arises when mcer Attempt
to Arrest the Negroes Suspected
of A%ssauIting Former
Police Omcer.

ATLANTA, Ca, May 17.-Four white men
and three negroes dead, FIVE white men and
one negro wounded, and an entire block OF
buildings burned is the result Of a conflict
which began here early today between the
police and blacks. VIII Richardson, who Is
believed to have been half Indian and half
negro, the owner of a store on Mcdaniel
street, in the suburb Of Pittsburg, and four
other negroes brought on the trouble by re-
sisting arrest and defying the officers Of
Fulton county and Atlanta.
Dead.
ED BATTLEE. bailiff Of Fulton county.
H.. @. OLBURN, a policeman of Fulton
county.
THOMAS GRANT, a city policeman.
EDWARD CRABTREE. a city policeman.
WILL RICHARDSON. the negro desperate
who killed these men.
MILTON RosBY. a negro who attempted
to escape from a sewer.
UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO, killed in nearby
yard.
wounded.
s. A. Kerlin, beaten by negroes.
w. A. Wright, a county policeman,
wounded in the left shoulder.
W. T. Jackson, a street car man;
wounded IN hip.
Erwin Heard, a county policeman;
wounded in the thigh.
Call onicer spradlin, wounded In the
arm.
Unidentified negro hackman. shot through
hand.
Shepard Finer. negro.
Details of the Fight.
Yesterday, while returning to his home on
the Mcpherson road. Former Policeman S. A.
Kerlin was waylaid by Ave negroes, with
whom he had had trouble while a member
of the force. But for the timely arrival
Of a trolley car, which frightened his as
sailants away, Kerlin would have been
killed. A sergeant stationed at Fort Nc
Pherson, who heard his cries for help, ran
to the place and found Kerlin unconscious.
At midnight County Policeman Golden
heard that Kerlin's five assailants were
located in a house on Mcdaniel street and
hastened to the city and secured a warrant
for their arrest from Justice Orr.
Policeman Golden was Joined by Oficers
Dunbar and Cheshire and, accompanied by
a number Of Kerlin's neighbors, including
Erwin Heard, the party started for the
hiding place OF the Ave negroes, arriving
at 1880 o'clock this morning.
The house was dark, but as the officers
approached the inmates opened FIRE and
Erwin Heard fell to the ground. He was
borne out Of reach by his companions.
TIL house was at once surrounded by tbs
posse and daylight was awaited before
making another advance, the officers, how
ever, having determined to make the ar
rest unaided.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18

Condition of P~auneefOte Unchanged.
WASHINGTON. May lit was stated
At the British embassy this forenoon that
there is no change in Lord Pauneefote's
condition.
The foreign once says there is no truth
in the roDorL circulated in the Uaited
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18

You will never have the govt II you stick
to Cooks Imperial Extra Dry Champagne.
It Is made Of the pure juice from grapek
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18

u you wish TO be always satisfied. order
no other Champagne than Cooks Imperial
Extra Dry. 1t has quality and purity.