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at once, and-and~-1ll be down to Hope
House some time this week.
"Thank you. We shall be glad to
see YOU" Gordon spoke gravely, and
after shaking hands he went out. AS
he went down the stairs he had mo-
mentary tinge of remorse at the thought
of having done Marsh some injustice
or of having accepted the gift of the
property churlishly and in an ungra-
cious spirit.
But as he came back to the scene Of
the fire he said to himself: lis it case
for ELUSIVE thanks that this rich man
takes fraction of the wealth that. be-
longs to God and reluctantly let's hu-
mainly get some pleasure out of it?
He broke a dozen distinct ordinances
relating to tenement house construc-
ton when he ordered No. 81 built. He
put up deathtrap and received money
for it's use. He cowardly absented
himself from a knowledge Of the hui
man misery that his building housed,
and when a disaster fell directly trace
able to his criminal greed he ran away
from the horrors for which his own
hand was responsible. Was it, there
fore, in order that he, John Gordon,
and Hope House and the public should
fall down at the feet of this man with
ELUSIVE and extrayagant praise for
atoning in a small degree for a ire
mendous wrong?
Yet that is what the public, through
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Won and Lost
! At Marye's Hill
A FORTIETh.
ANNIVERSARY.
WAR STORY
May 8, 4, 1868

head of their companies by bullets
fired in their faces. This fatal volley
also cut down scores Of the men, but
the survivors were only maddened by
the disaster and rushed upon the de-
tenders Of the rifle pits with bayonets
and dubbed muskets. The attack on
the redoubts was carried to the mouths
load of canister and laid his hand upon
q cannon.
Sergeant Gray, the Maine color bear
er, was so close to the muzZle of the
gun that the force of the discharge
knocked him down. Sergeant Hill, a
comrade, seized the flagstaff and plant
ed the flag, which had been riddled
with canister, upon the embankment.
Confederates swarmed to the spot to
beat back the assailants, and then the
Maine boys piled their bayonets with
out stint. One of them bayoneted two
antagonists and Drained a third with
the butt of his rifle.
Hand to hand conflicts are short
lived, and this ended in a few min
utes, with Colonel Burnham in possess
sion of the heights, the guns and hum
dreds of prisoners. The artillery be-
longed to the famous Washington bat
talon of New Orleans. Their COM
mander in delivering up his sword ex-
claimed, 'Boys, you've captured the
best battery in the Confederacy" The
Sixth Maine dearly earned it's honor of
being the first to cross those renowned
walls and breastworks Five officers
and thirty-siX men We're killed and
ninety-siX. officers and men wounded.
Ballinger of Machias, Ralph w. Young
Of Rockland, Thomas T. Roach of East
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and put up the tenement" Mr.. Marsh
said imperiously.
John Gordon was silent.
$50 that you practically ask me to
donate $4,000 to Hope House,
minus the insurance on No. o."
said John Gordon quietly.
ut was insured for $6O,OOO," Mr..
Marsh said, while his face grew a lit
tie red.
Gordon made no remark, and Mr..
Marsh fidgeted in his chair and drum
med with his fingers on the edge Of the
table.
"Why would it not be better to put
up a-model tenement on the lots?'
"a park would do more good"
"But the people who were burned
OUT
"They must be cared for. that Is
true. The interest excited by the ca
lamity may lead to the tearing down
Of other areas and the building of good
tenements. But park the size of the
whole burned area would be Of more
value to Hope House than even such a
model tenement as you might put up
In place of No. o."
There was silence again. Mr.. Marsh
got up and went into the bank. He
was gone several minutes. Gordon
never moved. When Marsh came back,
he brought some papers.
"I'll have the property made oyer to
Hope House." he said briefly.
'"Thank YOU" Gordon answered SIM
ply, ana again there was a silence.
II want to make some atonement,' -
Marsh spoke slowly. 'Do you think
this will be so regarded?'
eyes; it will be a great help to u.s. "
Gordon rose, and Marsh held out his
hand.
"pll have the business attended to
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The
Ref0rmer
BY CHARLES NJ SHELDON.
Author Of I'm His Steps," Robert
Hardy's Seven Days." Etc.
Copyright, 1901. by Charles M. Sheldon
Copyright, 1901. by Charles M. Sheldon
CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
Mr.. Marsh greeted him with evident
embarrasSm
"Glad to see you, Gordon" he said,
shaking hands cordially.
"Are you?" Gordon thought But he
simply said:
II don't need to tell you what my er-
rand is, Mr.. Marsh
'That unfortunate fire; I-yes-of
course-I know. Business interests
called me out Of town that morning
or p
The older man was speaking hastily,
and his eye wandered uneasily. Cor
don wanted to say You lie!' but in
stead he replied:
every sorry you had to go away.
For many reasons l wish you might
have seen some things There are sights
that
For Gods sake, Gordon, don't tor
ture me by enumerating them-wil
you? Just as if had not seen them il
my dreams every night since reading
course l lied to you just now. l haG
no business to call me out Of town.
simply ran away from the horror OF
the thing, that's ALL
John Gordon rose up and his eyes
cleaned; but it was with hope.
'AIr. Marsh, the past cannot be
changed, but it can be atoned for
What will you do now?'
II don't know; what can do?"
"Give us the site of the old dumbbel
tenement for a Playground; or, better
still, help us transform the whole OF
the burned district into park
1T will be very expensive"- Mr.
Marsh faltercd
1T has already been very expensive
in the cost Of life. Was Louie's death
necessary? Were all those deaths"-
Gordon was beginning to grow ex
cited when the thought of Miss An
drews stopped him. But he had beer
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port and S. W. Gray of Brownville. It
was over in five minutes and 1000
men went down on the charging line.
So sudden was the attack that Hays
brigade, which had gone to the left to
meet Gibbons advance, did not get
back in time. General Newton de-
clared that 100 more Confederates we'll
placed on the hill would have sent his
column back down the slope. AS it
was, the defenders were cut into three
parties, and Sedgwick pushed straight
on up the road leading toward Chan
cellorsville. His march was slow, how
ever, for he had to wait for Brooks
and Howe to get up their fresh divi-
sions. Meantime Hays and Wilcox, no
longer held back by Gibbon, marched
around the head of Sedgwick's column
and beat him in the race for Salem
heights, the first position on the road
available for checking the Federal adj
vance.
Between the first gun of the fight
with Gibbon and the fall Of Marye's
hill Lee had time to turn McLaws' d.
vision back from Charlottesville,
where Hooker remained inactive, and
1t was in line to dispute Sedgwick's
advance. About shutdown Brooks d.
vision reached the front, but was
checked after sharp fight with Nc
Laws. Next morning Sedgwick found
that the Confederates had hemmed him
In on three sides of a square and were
again in possession of Marye's hill, in
his rear.
Finding Hooker indisposed to fight
at Charlottesville, Lee sent Ander-
sons division to Salem heights to help
McLaws, retaining only Stonewall
Jackson's corps on the battlefield. For
tunately Banks ford had been strip
ped of it's Confederate defenders by
the events of the fight on the Sd, and
Sedgwick had route of escape in case
of need. About shutdown on the 4th
McLaws rushed the charge all along
the line. Sedgwick had six miles to
defend with the remnant Of 10000 men
against q, 600 Of the enemy. - =.
After dark the lines were skillfufly
drawn back step by step under cover
Of artillery on the heights near the
river. So. Sedgwick's&corps had. fought
and won and lost within earshot Of
100000 friendly troops standing idle.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
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showing that if the Federals wanted
Marye's hill they would have to fight
for it. In order to prevent the Confed-
crates from concentrating at the stron-
gest points Sedgwick extended his four
divisions along the base Of the hill,
facing the fortified front and both
tanks. The divisions of Newton and
Howe took the center to scale the
heights, and Gibbon and Brooks form
ed on the right and left flank.
Marye's hill and the adjacent lines
were held that day by Early's Confed-
crate division Of 5000 men. Wilcox's
brigade lay at Banks ford, a few miles
up the Rappahannock. Gibbon opened
the attack by dashing past the left
flank Of Early, who sent Hays bri-
gade forward from the hill and called
up Wilcox from the ford. Gibbon was
checked. Sedgwick decided upon d.
rect assault of the hill and the stone
wall which formed a bloody barrier
when Burnside stormed it q few
months before.
The post of honor in the charge fell by
0N~AUCAI ~ IAV OAASA AdAAS AC6AucAl,
body Of stalwart lumbermen from
the banks of the Penobscot. The Sixth
formed the right of Colonel Burnham's
light division, which was deployed as
the main line Of battle. The wings
were composed COT two regiments in
column, supported by two deployed in
line. The right wing led off up the
plank road which crosses Marye's hill.
This was a signal for the whole line,
and the Confederate batteries on the
crest took for targets the solid ranks Of
the wings. Colonel Johns and Colonel
Spear, leaders Of the wings, were quick
ly cut down. Spears column was
swept away, but Johns, after being
twice broken under the terrible fire,
rallied and rushed on up the hill.
At the first rush the men of Maine
broke loose from the commands on the
right and left and stormed the stone
wall where the fire was hottest. Over
the wall they went, so rapidly that
the Confederate reserves hadn't time
to rally. The rifle pits and redoubts
on the crest were carried by the bayo-
net. Major Joel A. Haycock Sof the
Sixth fell while cheering his men at
the first rife pits. As they were about
to, mount them, sword in hand, four
| young captains were cut down at the
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copyright, 1903, by G. L. Kilmer.]
~ ARLY on May 3, 1868, General
Sedgwick took up the Freder-
a icksburg end of the Chancel-
louisville fight by attacking Ma
rye's hill. Sedgwick had been left in
front of Fredericksburg, while Hooker
marched around the flank of Lee to
Charlottesville, partly to mislead the
enemy as to the aim Of Hooker and
was crossing the Rappahannock. His
corps was 10000 strong, about equal in
numbers to the column with which
Stonewall Jackson had smashed Hook
er's line the afternoon of May 2.
StCnewalps sudden blow in an unex~
pected quarter caused Hooker to sur
mise that Lee had been alarmed by the
crossing of the Federal army over the
Rappahannock and moved his whole
force away from Fredericksburg to
meet the emergency. In that case Ma
rye's hill was without defenders, and
Sedgwick could no longer be of use in
front of the town. He therefore or
dered Sedgwick to march from Freder-
icksburg over Marye's hill to Chancel-
lorsville. This would bring him in the
rear Of Lee, who, with the division Of
McLaws, lay between the two points
and was hammering at Hookers left
flank, while Jackson attacked on the
right. Hooker was himself between
two fires and if Sedgwick closed in as
ordered Lee would be between two
fires.
But Lee was in a position to fight
two separate battles in a day with
the same troops. When Sedgwick's
men began to advance toward the
height the Confederate guns opened,
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"JOhn, must introduce 71lySelf9"

on great strain for many days ana
nights, and this rich mans evident
hesitation to incur any financial loss
to save life irritated him. 1t was mad
dening to Gordon to realize, as he had
in the short time he had been at Hope
House, the misdirected energies Of
money makers. The love of humanity
with which he had begun his knight
hood was already such a passion in
him that it leaped with giant bounds
over all smaller objects. He was not
able to realize the slow steps with
which such men as Mr.. Marsh have to
be cOaXed and terrified and even
driven toward a little philanthropy.
John Gordon was beginning to have
the same absence of feeling for indif-
ference toward social needs that a per-
fectly sound physical nature has to-
ward confirmed dyspeptic or hypo-
chondriac. The logic of the situation
around Hope House was so absolutely
thought out to John Gordon's mind
that any slow, cautious, .hesitating
steps toward conclusion seemed like
cold blooded pharisaism.
''I'u do something, of course; I'll do
something" Mr.. Marsh said apollo
getically.
"When? What?'
II suppose.
Gordon interrupted, not with excite
ment, but calmly:
'This is your life opportunity, Mr..
Marsh. Tell me frankly, if you were
to donate to Hope House outright the
property where No. 81 stood for park
purposes would it seriously cripple
your business?"
mo, I don't think it would cripple
me-" .~ e. ....
'aThen, win you give us that much p
Gordon asked boldly and almost blunt
". But he was not in any mood to
wait OrsCOax.Sx. ta4~s zsssszss5s.szG ~
~s-..Do you know how much that prop
erty is worth?'
NO. s,.ss.. J.. =. H.. e
1T cost me $4,000 to buy the lots
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Fail, yet rejoice, because no less
The failure which makes thy distress
May teach another full success.
1t may be that in some great need
Thy LIES poor fragments are decreed
To help build up lofty deed
Adelaide A. Proctor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
MINERS TO MEET
JANUARY 5
Lawton Will Entertain Large
Crowd Expected.
MAY PUT IN AN ORE MILL
Responsible Men Are Known
to Be Figuring.
MAY PUT IN AN ORE MILL

Lawton. o. T. Dec 2l.-The committee
on arrangements have set January as
the date for the meeting of the miners
will be held in Lawten at this city and
will make extensive preparations for the
entertainment of q large body of miners.
At this meeting the proposition of put
ting in a plant for treating the ore of the
WichItas will be discussed and a company
formed to put into execution the plans
for such work Two responsible men
are known TO be fighting on such pro-
ject at the present time. One is J. A.
Beam, of the assaying firm of Beam &
Son, of Denver, who have branch office
Central Mining company recently had as
says made on copper ore obtained from
the mountains and the returns indicate
that the mining of it will be paying
proposition. Mr.. Beam, upon making the
assay, Immediately stated that he was
ready to put in a plant Mr.. Kalklasch
has gone north to interest capitalists in
the proposition.
The other man is z. Z. Moulder,
prominent citizen of this citl, who has
recently returned from Denver. where he
went with a car of ore shipped from
wildman. Mr. MouEder has asked that
his friends ask no questions relative to
the returns of his ore and to the plans
he has in mind However, it is known
that Mr.. Moulder completed arrange
ments while in Denver for the constuc-
tion OF mill at an ealy date.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
GIVES AN OPINION
Educational institutions Will Be In
terested in the Ruling.

Guthrie. o. T, Dec. 2.-Some time ago
the question was raised By the Tonkawa
preparatory school as to the construction
of the law regulating the appropriations
10 the various educational institutions in
the territory. The particular question at
issue was as to whether the appropriation
was designed to cover the interest or
was ueant as simply the face of the
warrant.
The attorney general has submitted the
following opinion:
lion. l. w. Baxter, Territorial Auditor,
Guthrie o. 7.
Sir:-I note your request for an opinion
To construe article ,. chapter >, OF the
session laws OF 1893 making provision for
the leYies TO produce funds for the vari-
Gus educational institutions. 1t is my
Judgment from the language used IN the
entire act, that the legislators intended
that the various sums named should be
realized in full from the levies made. and
that those sums in full should be appro-
priated TO the uses OF the institutions
named: and that they should have the
benefit of the entire amounts appropFiat-
ed without any deeucdous for any causes
whatever and with this idea the treasurer
would lie justified in registering warrants
whose face value amounted 70 the exact
sum mentioned by the law as being ap-
propriated 10 each institution
Respectfully,
J. < ROBERTS, Attorney General.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22

1t or not is not known. From the devel-
opments in this case il would appear
that Edwards is a gay deceiver, as well
as having an unenviable record in other
respects
The CeEterville Uowa) Citizen, pub
lished near Edwards home, gives his ar
rest and former career. II says that the
sheriff of that county went TO the home
OF Edwards father at night, and in re-
sponse to his knock. Edwards appeared.
coming from a room where he had been
asleep with wife No !. He admitted the
affair here and came back without trou-
BILE. The Citizen says that the Appa-
moose, Iowa. county records are fun of
cases against him, one being for the
theft of COW and another for stealing
harness. He also eloped from Des Moines
at one time with another mans wife. A
brother-in-law OF Edwards says that he
was married, eight years ago TO the wo-
man in Iowa. who is his lawful wife,
and that he has spent time in the peni-
tentiary. He also gives the names under
which Edwards masqueradcs at times
William T. Edwards. w. J. Edwards,
W. j. Raymond Clark, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
INDIAN WAS BURIED
Twenty Handsome ShaWls and Other
Articles Placed in Grave.

Fairview. O. r, Dec. I.-A direct out
come of the killing of Roger Simmons by
Hugh Antelope last week. was the arrest
of Frank Dean and Coreius Nightengaie,
who were holding a bunch of cattle on
Indian land west of the Canadian river.
on the charge of selling liquor TO the
Indians.
At the preliminary hearing of Dean
and Nightengale, held before Justice SUIT
ton. some of the Indians testified as to
the manner in which they obtained the
whiskey. Their testimony was in effect
that the accused would place bottle OF
whiskey on the ground, they, the wit
nesses. would pick it up and place The
money where the whiskey had been, the
accused then taking possession of the
money. Both Dean and Nightensale
were released on bond pending their
trial
1t is a certainty that a large number
of indians were drunk the night of the
killing and Agent White ~ cantonment
has determined every effort shah be made
10 convict whoever supplied them with
liquor
Hugh Antelope has been taken to Wa
tonga to await trial on the charge Of
manslaughter. In the fight that followed
the killing OF Simmons one Of his legs
and three Of his ribs were broken
The body OF Simmons was burisd The
day following his death with Indian cere-
monies. twenty handsome shawis ana
other articles Of value being buried With
the BODY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
INTHE SUPREME COURT
Jones Asks for a New Trial Because
of an Interpreter.

Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 2l.-There has been
filed in the Oklahoma supreme court an
appeal from the district court of Conan
che county, entitled n. Jones VS.. the
United States, wherein Jones asks for
new trial..
Jones was indicted for selling beer to
an Indian named Ne-Hi, and was con-
vieted and sentenced 10 serve sentence
of sixty days In the federal, Jail at Guth-
lie and to pay a fine of s19o. The jury
recommended him TO the mercy of the
court and advised the lowest sentence
under the Law.
Jones asks for new trial on the ground
that the Indian. although perfectly able
to converse in English. refused to testi-
fly without an interpreter. Jones is under
$500 bond pending the appeal.
The Arkansas Valley and Western
Railroad company appeals from the de-
sision granting George and Alice White
$500 damages on their lard over which
the railroad company condemned right
of way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
ATTORNEYS WILL MEET
Program for Their Session in Januar,
Has Been Arranqed.

Guthrie, o. T.. Dec. 21.-Seeretary Chas
II. Woods, of this city, is sending out
the announcement and program of the
annual meeting of the Oklahoma Bar as
sociation, which will convene here on the
sixth and seventh of January. One OF
the most pleasant features of the meet
ing will be the banquet to be held on
the evening of the seventh. The program
for this occasion is as follows:
Presidents address--Mr Dunn, Alva.
Lawyers. Their Evolution-Mr. Hoff-
man, Chandler
The Law and the Indian-Mr Palmey,
Pawhuska.
Humors OF the Law:
1st District-Mr Robertson. Chandler.
End District-Mr. Blakeney, Tecumseh.
3rd District-Mr Noffsinger, Kingfisher.
4th District-Mr. Quick, Perry.
5th District-Mr. Parker, Enid.
9Th District, Mr.. Houston, Woodward.
Sales of Personal Property in Oklahoma
Mr.. Maurer, Ell Reno.
Shakespeare, Lawyer and Poet-Mr.
Hunt, Saltwater.
Oklahoma School Lands-John Golobie.
Guthrie; Frederick S. Elder, Norman.
The annual address-Mr. Sampel w.
Moore, Kansas City
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
IN JAIL AT TECuMSEH
William {. Edwards Has Come Back
for Trial


Shawnee. o. T.. Dec. Civilian T.
Edwards appeared here last spring at a
meeting OF the SIX O'Clock elub and told
a large number OF business men gath
cred there that he was representative
OF the Orient railroad. he also gave
oEt hints IN delightful little speech
that he intended 70 DO great things here
with The capital which he had backing
him. His record a. the time was looked
up and. # he intended doing anything
rash. he was unable TO make any false
moves
4 few days since THE News Published
an escapade concerning tire man and hs
IS noR II jan at Tecumseh-
William <. Edwards. erstwhsIe attorney
at wanette. wes brought hack last week
from iowa by sheriff Grace 10 answer %
the charge II conspiracy and preparing a
false instrument in writing brought
against him by the late grand jury. Ea-
wards returned willingly AID without -.
fornaIlry Of rsGu-s;ison- lie was ar
raigned Monday and entered demurrer
70 the Indictment
The false instrument he w-as charged
with writing wAx q warrant from a ks
tice court AZ wsaette during the absence
OF ihe justice. Prior 20 The eonvealng %
fI@ grand Jary EawarSis leff the eouzt-y.
When Re left &c AS accompanied BY a
widow az that Ylzce Ay ;hs nsFne of Cs9e-
Iln- 10 zhor,l ne ~sS married al Soslth
. NcAIester- T. = The ~oz1zz regarnesi
20 her hcTre IN a few days ssati1z that
Edwards lad gore east from Sczsth &c-
Ale<ier 20 settle u7 souse bcsisess cor
nectet with an estate This woman wes
n Tecanasen thss week tron wznette q
So him II Is reScr-sei that shs rad
cutie a sim o. r.'szsAy before i@aFias S3th
Eawgrsts, bur Whether sAe wisy pro
nsoser' succeeded II ss-aratlzx ts- 4Egzs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-22
FOR TOWNSHIP PURPOSES
Two Applications Are Made to Alien
ate Their Land

Guthrie. O. T.. Dec. IA Muskogee
dispatch says two applications for un-
restricted alienation OF land adjoining
Tulsa were heard yesterday by the Dawes
commission. One application was made
by Alvin T. Hodge. who asked that forty
acres OF his land adjoining Tulsa on the
east be set aside for tow u~ite purposes.
and the other was by LA d. Lindsay.
her land adjoining Tulsa en- the south
be set aside f6r the same purpose. The
matter was taken under ads isement by
the commission. but II IS believed shsy
will recommend that this action be taken
and forward the petition 10 the secre-
tary of the interior for his approval.