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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

Said Gen. Foster Was the Best VOIun-
teer Officer He Ever Knew

A friendship had existed between Gen.
Foster and Gen. HI. c. Hasbrouck ever
since the civil war. General Hasbrouck is
a West Point graduate and served in the
same division with Foster during the entire
war He saw him constantly, although at
the time Foster in command of the
Thirteenth Indiana Infantry General Has
brouck was a lieutenant of artillery In
speaking of General Foster to a volunteer
officer during the Spanish war General
Hasbrouck said:
General Foster was the best volunteer
officer L ever saw. He was one of those
men who are born to command and whose
natural abilities make them military COM
manders. His regiment. the Thirteenth
Indiana, was the best volunteer regiment
l ever saw. Whenever a regiment was
needed for some extraordinary service, to
bear the brunt of a night, the Thirteenth
Indiana and Sandy Foster were chosen
for the purpose. Wherever first-class sery-
ice was required the Thirteenth was in de-
only place where the Thirteenth was great
in its achievements, and many of it's ac-
complishments were close to what was re-
garded as impossible. AS a dress-parade
regiment it was equally in demand. There
was a noticeable and high regard on the
part of the regiment for its commander.
General Foster was endeared 10 all of them,
and / do not recall regiment that ever
showed the same high regard for its COM
mander at all times as did the Thirteenth
Indiana"
General Hasbrouck is now retired. but
10 others he has spoken of his continued
interest in General Foster, the man who
met all his ideals as a volunteer officer.
Gen. FitZhugh Lee. who visited here last
May to lecture. told of an experience he
had in the civil war with General Foster
On the night before Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered TO General Grant at Appom-
mattox. General Fitzhugh Lee received
word from Gen. Robert T.. Lee to come to
headquarters at once. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
found Gen. John B. Gordon with the Com
federate commander. The commander said
the Confederate army was surrounded by
Grants troops and that surrender was
inevitable unless one avenue. which he
indicated, was open. He directed General
Gordon to take his infantry and Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee to take his cavalry and seek
this avenue before daylight next morning
to develop what, if any. troops occupied it,
II only cavalry guarded 1t they were to
force through. II infantry also guarded
IL an orderly was TO be sent at once to
headquarters and Gen. Robert E. Lee would
send flag of truce TO offer the surrender.
FitZhugh Lee and Gordon moved TO the
place indicated before daylight They
found cavalry. But they also developed
the fact that by a night march General
Foster was there ahead of them with his
infantry. including the Thirteenth Indiana.
Thus, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee said. General
Foster had been the one to occupy the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04
GEN. r. S. FOSTER DEAD.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGI

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
one of the first to answer. His soldierly
appearance soon won great respect for
him from his superior officers. His ap-
pearance was not his only recommends
ton, Tor when put to the test he demon
strated that he was made of fighting ma
ter;al. In recognition of this he was made
captain IN the Eleventh Indiana Volun-
teers on April %, one week after he en-
listed as private volunteer. On June 10
OF the same year he was made major of the
Thirteenth Indiana Infantry. On Oct. %
or the same year he was promoted to lieu
tenant colonel. He was made colonel April
50. lS62, briSadier general June 10, 1863. and
brevetted major general March 81, 1865. His
promotions curing the trying period were
rapid And were in recognition of his valu-
able service to his country.
General Foster was mustered out of the
army on Sept. %. 1866. He returned to this
city Immediately after the close of the war
and again entered mecantile life. He took
up the brokerage business, having an Office
In the Board of Trade building.
After returning to this city General Fos-
ter took an active interest in Republican
politics. He served as city treasurer from
1861 to ISL. He also served as United
States marshal for the District of Indiana
from 1881 to 1885, being appointed by Pres-
dent Garfield.
He was member of the Scottish Rite
Masons, Odd Fellows, George III. Thomas
Post q. "A. r., Society of the Army of the
Potomac, Union Veteran Legion, Loyal
Legion and the Columbia Club. He was
also connected with the Union Railway
president of the Board of Trade in 1876 At
the time of his death General Foster was
quarternaster general of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t is with deep sorrow and a sense of per-
sonal loss learn of the death of Gen. Rob-
ert s. Foster. A splendid officer and a
strong, heroic soul has gone from among
every man who followed where he led till
the last Of the rank and file of his brigade
has Joined the great majority. He COM
manded not only the ready obedience of his
men, but their love and loyalty as well. He
managed troops with magical ease and pre-
cison and seemed to Undue them with his
own martial fire and ardor. 1t was often
said SANDY Fosters brigade would follow
him through hell" They were proud of
their handsome general, and when he ap-
peared upon his favorite black horse no
knight in afmor was ever more magnificent
and imposing. He knew no fear, and rode
calmly and without excitement where bull
lets rained about him. His commands were
always given with clear distinetness and a
steadiness of tone that inspired confidence
even in the tumult of battle.
Though strict in discipline, he was never
unapproachable. and no troops had better
care than General Fosters. L belonged TO
one of the four New York regiments that,
with the Thirteenth Indiana, made up his
brigade. He has worn his military honoIs
so modestly he could seldom be induced tc
talk much about his experiences, but among
1.-The boys he was known as witty and
charming raconteur.
Long years have passed since the stirring
times in which this great soldier took Sc
dear as ever. and many a grizzed veteran
will mourn as for tried friend.
AS one of General Fosters boys" / wish
to add this small tribute TO one TO whom
this great Nation can pay no honor Toe
high. JASPER Z. BACON
Jndianapolis March g.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

. CINCINNATI. March 3.-Mrs. Edward F.
King, sister of Alfred A. Knapp, has re-
ported tf.at her life has oeen repeatedly
threatened by another .soman interested in
the Knapp defense, and to-day she asked
for protection. ~hich was accorded her.
AIRS King sad: IF meet the woman
guess 1t will be all up with me. She hates
me because my husband and were the
iirst to start the investigation of what
Allie did in connection with the disappear
ance Of Hannah Goddard. / am terribly
afraid that she will carry out her threat
TO Kill me. She knows that i opposed AL
lies marriage. If she were to come here
with a pistol and confront me and my baby
4 would have no way of protecting myself.
| 1 thought of this and thought of what l
could do, and / have asked the policemen
TO protect me. l know that the woman is
very yindictive."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04
WINTER RESORTS.

the occasion will be celebrated by a social.
A street parade in which the four hundred
members of the lodge will participate will
precede the social
1t was announced at st. Vincents Hos
pital yesterday that Representative Sidney
Cantwell. who has been seriously i'll for
some time from the effects of hemorrhagc
of the stomach. is slowly improving, and
his chances for recovery are good. The
physicians say IL will be several months
before he will be completely recovered.
and that he will remain in the hospital I'M
til he has regained the strength and flesh
lost during his severe illness
Two crippled boys, aged twelve. were
elected from Gitzensteins saloon on East
Market street by the bartender yesterday
afternoon. and in order 10 be revenged they
returned to the saloon and threw a rock
through the glass door. The boys then ran.
and when Bicycle Patrolmen Hull and kie-
fer got TO the saloon they were not In the
neighborhood- The boys are described by
the bartender as ragged and dirty. one OF
them with a wooden leg and the other with
his right hand cut off above the wrist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04
Eouud IN ne that of Mrs. Hannah God
dard Knapp, Who Was Slain by
Her Husband.
MORE TALK BY THE PRISONER
SAYS HE Is GLAD THE BODY OF HIS
WIFE WAS FOUND.
Confession of Another Criminal As
SAINT, for which He Narrowly Es-
capped Lynching in Missouri.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, March 3.-The
hoater found in the river last evening at
the foot of West Fourth street was fully
identified to-day as the body of Hannah
Goddard Knapp, third wife of Alfred A
Knapp. her confessed murderer, who is In
jail at Hamilton, o., where he strangled
her and threw her body into the Miami
river on Dec. % last. Edward King, of Gin
cinnati. who married Knapp's sister. and
first suspected Knapp of the murder of his
wife. and whose suspicious, given to
the police one week ago to-day, caused the
arrest of Knapp, arrived here this MORN
ing and identified the body as that OF Han
nah Knapp. He recognized the jewelry
found on the woman as that worn by her
before her death.
Soon after King arrived in the city Chief
OF Police G. Kummerling, OF Hamilton,
came in on another road and also identified
the body. He had known the woman dur
ing her residence in Hamilton. At noon all
doubt was swept away by the arrival OF
Charles Goddard, OF Hamilton. uncle of
the woman, who positively identified the
body by deformed finger on her hand and
by the filing in the front teeth. He also
identified the finger ring and the earrings.
which were in the possession of Coroner
Starr. He said he gave his niece the finger
ring three years ago last Thanksgiving.
He accurately described the wound on the
right leg above the ankle, which he said
was caused by Mrs. Knapp running a
rusty nail into the flesh. When the fioater
was found two stockings were found on the
right leg, and under them was a bandage
wrapped around the leg. covering a sore.
King also stated that his wife had told him
that Mrs. Knapp had a sore on the right
leg which she had been bandaging for
several weeks.
After the Identification had been made
complete the authorities in this city sur
afternoon it was shipped over the B. & o.
s. w. road to Hamilton. 1t was accom-
panied by Chief of Police Kummerling and
Charles Goddard. of Hamilton. and several
newspaper correspondents of Cincinnati and
Hamilton.
The body fioated $50 miles during the six
weeks 1t was In the Miami and Ohio rivers,
and had not Knapp confessed the body
might have been disposed OF without being
connected with the Hamilton tragedy.
II developed to-day that Knapp was a
resident of this city about nineteen years
ago His father. Cyrus Knapp. and three
sisters, lived on West Third street Knapp
served a term at the penitentiary at Jeffer-
sonville. and on his release came to this
city. The family lived here only a few
weeks after the younger Knapp's discharge
er-in-law, said to-day that he had under
stood the family lived either in Louisville
or this city during Knapp's Imprisonment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04
Jensen Knew About Murder.

1t has developed that persons other than
those already mentioned in the newspapers
knew something of the confession of Albert
Knapp to the murder and assault of little
Ida Gerhard in indianapolis in 1895 while
he was in the penitentiary. Fred Jensen,
formerly guard at the Michigan City
Prison. who now lives in walkerviIle, Ont,
has written letter TO the Journal in which
he says he told by convict tina
Knapp knew something of the murder, and
he made an effort to fed out what Knapp
knew. He found the prisoner drawing a
picture. which proved to be a picture from
memory OF the stable in which the child
was murdered. and he took il away from
him.. He said he told Warden Harley of his
suspicious, but hat nothing was done
After securing Mr.. Harley's permission,
Jensen claims he mailed the picture and a
letter TO james +. Quigley, who was chief
OF the Indianapolis police at the time. but
received no reply
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

DR.. Bramsford Lewis. of ST. Louis. pro-
fessor OF gentro-urinary surgery in the
Marion SIMS Beaumont Medical College.
was the guest of the indianapolis Medical
Society at a meeting held last night In the
society rooms in the Wiloughby build
ing. Dr. Lewis read paper on methods
OF surgery. This afternoon DR.. Sims Will
hold an operative clinic at the City Hos
pital In which he will demonstrate the good
points OF an instrument recently invented
by himself. The members OF the medical
the clinic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

Ind. where 1t was found yesterday. There
was large crowd of people at the station
to see the body unloaded, and the more
curious followed Ii TO Wagner's morgue.
The body is partly decomposed. and save
for the jewlery and clothing IL would have
been an unrecognizablc mass. Knapp
knows nothing of the arrival of the body of
his wife and is taking things easy in Jail
Knapp VIII be confronted with the body of
his last victim Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

r. NJ. Smock, assistant adjutant general
of the Department of Indiana, g. A. r..
last night paid brief tribute to General
Foster. General Foster was" said he, "a
fine soldier and fine citizen He distin-
guished himself nobly in the war of the re-
bellion and came back to private life to be-
come a fine type of citizen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

position that blocked the last effort of Lee
to extricate his army, and had by his posi-
ton contributed the last act to break the
Confederacy and end the war. General Lee
said the discovery of Fosters infantry was
the cause of Gen. Robert E. Lee sending
the flag of truce to Grants headquarters
at the time he did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

At meeting OF George H. Thomas Post
last night committee composed of Gen.
McGinnis. John M. Payer and B. A Rich
ardson was appointed to prepare for the
post a memorial on the death of Gen. r. S.
Foster. At the meeting General Foster
was eulogized by many members of the
post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

State OF Indiana. once of Auditor OF state.
l. the undersigned. auditor OF state Of the
State of Indiana. hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy OF the statement or
the condition OF the aforementioned COM
pany on the 3lst day OF December. 13oe. al
shown by the original statement and that
the said original statement Is now on ME
In this Office
In testimony whereof I hereunto sub
scribe my name and af11x my on
lSEAL.1 ciai seal this 9Th day Of Feb
ruary, 1903.
D. Il. sHERRlcK- Auditor et aieHN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

The amount of it's capital is; $780,; $500 900
The amount of its capital paid up is. 10000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

1t is located at No. 3Os Broadway. New
York, ~. Y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04

S. NJ. PHELAN. President.
T.. NJ. TREAT. Secretary
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23

should thon BE turned BACK again,
blown into shape, and each finger
smoothod out Ties, especially fourth.
hand or golf ties, should be hung 90
avoid creaslng.
Hats, Of course, should be kept ont
Of the dust and placed so that the trim
ming win not be disurranged. This
disposition depends so much on the
hat and The available space that each
woman must use her own ingenuity.
However It "a safe TO say that no hat
should be laid fat down ON a shelf
Furs, also, should be protected from
dust, and q muG should always be
stood ON cud.-NCw Yor. Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
::l3OydOjl'
CHAT

Five hundred women doctors are now
In practice in Great Britain.
Fannie Crosby, composer Of There's
Music in the Air. and Of several well
known hymns. has been blind ever
since she was nine years old
Mrs. S. G. Reese, Of Baltimore, Nd.
owns the court gown worn by her
grandmother at the marriage Of Ma
poleon and Josephine.
Mrs. Kendall, the actress, has q fad
for collecting miniature models of
larger bric-a-brac and other articles.
She has a large cabinet full Of these
tiny replicas.
Mrs. Jane schetzer, Of Franklin,
Ohio. has just passed the English phi
lology examination at Berlin Unlyer-
sity. She is the third American
woman to accomplish this.
The late Queen of the Belgians had
given so layishly to the many chart
Ties in which she was interested during
her lifetime that it is said she had COM
paratiyely little eft to beQueath at
her death.
Mrs. A. A. J, Dean, Of Boston, is the
only survivor of the juvenile chorus
which first sang America" 1t was
sung by that chorus on July 4, 1882.
Mrs. Dean is now in her eighty-fourth
year.
Lady Frances Balfour, the fayOrite
sister Of the new English Premier is
likely to become q political power be-
hind the throne, She is the brightest
woman of that clever family, and is
devoted to her brother and his career.
Lady Frances is much interested in the
woman's suffrage movement and was
active in uniting all the English suf-
frage societies into one body.
Mrs. Asa Hrooka, Of Osaka, Japan,
the founder and guiding spirit Of the
famous banking firms Of Kajuna, is an
eminent!y successful fnancier and
business organizer. This woman not
only tided her vast establishment over
the difficult restoration days, but was
one of the pioneer coal miners in ia
pan. She also takes a keen interest in
educational matters, is at present pro-
noting a university for girls, and, by
way Of giving practical encouragement
employs many educated girls at her
! banks.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
synonyms to Please Guests.


A synonymous" entertainment is
one Of the best means ever tried for
getting ones guests acquainted and
for removing all stiffness and formal
ity. Before the arrival of her guests
the hostess must make out complete
list of their names and then must set
her wits to work to devise a synonym
for each. No attempt is made at Sc
lecting literal synonyms for the word
or its parts as spelled.
A few names from a list recently
made out will at least prove suggest.
i've, and viii give a better idea Of the
method of carrying out the plan than
would many words Of description:
Synonyms Names
With noise Of trumpet and drum,
......... ................... Blair
Kipllng's latest, spherical in shape.
.................,......,.. Kimball
An essential part of a tree. -. .Stemm
Heaped upon an enemys head. Coles
Noted English novelist. .......S Scott
Scotch for one, sign of possession,
value ...................A insWorth
Sign Of cold weather. ...........F Frost
Be quiet ................... Hush
An emblem, sign of comparative. 49,.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Badger
Dignifed names for right and left
bowers .........,......... Johns
Maker of barrels Cooper
A dear gentleman ..............B Buck
AS each guest arrives some sort of
souvenir bearing his or her name is
pinned below the left shoulder. These
souvenirs may be as plain or as elab-
crate as the hostess chooses to make
them. 4 piece Of paper with tie name
written upon it serves the purpose as
well as a hand-painted OF a silver.
mounted affair.
At any time the hostess chooses slips
of paper, each of which contains the
synonym OF a name, are passed to tho
guests. They are told to try to find
the names which they represent.
Another plan is to have a complete
list Of the synonyms made out fol
each guest, and then each one must
keep his own counsel and fill in as
many Of the names as possible.
There are various ways in which tho
list may be put to account in furnish
ing a part Of an evenings entertain
ment, and hostesses will be able t.
adjust it % suit their particular pur
pose if they study it's possibilities
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
II ~ ~
Emphasize Chiltlren's
Virtues, Not Their Faults
BY Margaret Stowe.

He children greater
~ their of selfconrOl and the ability mould their
T. characters
ATk mother enough, patience enough
81 A III perform
y She keep her child
strength Of lions encourage germs
%s@22NA~83S feeble to to the light.
1t fault among parents o
the faults of their children and too little their virtues
They be wholly fogetful Of their sen public
child
He might well have time his he considered
tloughless selfish anyhow.
day. may only and
little talk pleased you
notice them
will
his
determination to try harder than to win appreciation
chlds
this treatment
you upon children you will
only impress them all the deeper their consciousness making
dwelling upon it, but by attempting put indirectly by filling the mind
with thought
Children
Of its
mothers should make the inspire and cheer
Always your children happy
to do their best.
to put
into practice.
The thought was this Singing which one of the most beneficial and
pastme children sufficiently INDUCED
nguay children Sundayscho sing
be seized with shyne thar makes them dumb.
this shness would if the family prac-
tice singing together in the evening.
separating found
peacefully
and their quoted by the musc-New York Journal
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
WISE WORDS.

Generosity is the flower Of Justice
Hawthorne
Diligence is the mother of good for
tune.-Cervantes.
There is no index Of character so sure
as the voice.-Disraeli.
Nothing is more reasonable and
cheap than good manners.-South.
Honor comes by diligence; riches
spring from economy. F. Davis.
Want Of care does us more damage
than want Of Notwithstanding
Laughing cheerfulness throws sun.
light on all the paths Of life.-Richter.
Discomfort is the want OF self re-
lance; it is infrmity of vii. Emerson.
The highest manhood resides in dis
position, not in mere intellect-H. w.
Beecher.
The most amiable people are those
who least wound the self love of 9TH
ers.-Bruyere.
He who fOrgets his own friends
meanly to follow after those Of high
CT degree is a snob.-Thackeray.
That man is worthless who knows
how to receive a favor, but not how
to return one.-Plautus.
More helpful than all wisdom is one
lraught of simple human pity that win
not fOrsake us.-George Eliot
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself. Nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph Of principles-Emcr-
son.
Courtesy is to business and society
what oil is to machinery. 1t makes
things run smoothly, for it eliminates
the jar and the friction and the nerve
cacking nOise.-Success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
A Tale of Duck Shooting.

We had been hunting for ducks ON
the upper Schroon River, and had
failed to bag a single one. We were
warm, tired and disguised, and in the
mood when a hunter viii kill ANY
thing" when, padding around a bend
Of the stream, we saw a little clear
ing, a log camp and a long, lank old
woodsman who was seated on the bank
complacently smoking a corncob pipe,
Directly in front of him a flock Of tame
ducks were swimming in the river
Heavens and earth! I've a COED
mind to take a shot at those tame
ones" said my friend. Then raising
his voice he called out to the man on
the bank:
IN give you dollar if you'll let
me have a shot at those ducks"
Hand over your dollar fust"
1t was done, and my friend let fly
both barrels, almost annihilating the,
flock. II
You didn't make much On HI
deal" said my friend.
"Oh, I dunno. 1 don't care. hey
amt my ducks They b'long the
Frenchman up the riyer"-NeR York
Times.