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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
COMING STOCK INCREASE
OF THE M r., M H. & H. R. R.
 COMPANY.

New Stock so be Onsred Stockholders at
 sI75 Per share-Proeesds to be Used to
 Take Up Mortgages and tke Balance to Pay for Important Improvements-
 Other Financial Notes. New York. New Haven and. Hartford railroad has sold at 205 for quite
 number of small lots, mostly taken by Massachusetts investors. About s1, ,3OO,-
 900 of the convertible fours have not yet been presented for conversion out of
 an issue of SIG, ,350, ,000.
 The directors at meeting held on Saturday voted to increase the capital stock by offering to holders of May 15 one new share. at s175 per share, for each ten shares held at that date, the new stock to be paid for in four in-
 stallments-$5O per share on June 1, $40 on August 1, $40 on November and $45 on January ?. 1904 The present capi-
 tai is $54, ,6S5 coo, to which may be add ed $16,397, 200 convertible debentures now being exchanged for stock, making a total of $71,0S2, 500. The proposed ad-
 dition of 10 per cent. or $7,10S, ,26O, will make total capital on January ?, 1904, Of 7S,190,S60. Of this new capital $5,-
 00e, ,0OO will take up mortgages and the
 balance will be applied in payment of
 the extensive Improvements now going
 forward. The mortgages to be taken
 up are $2000,000 first fours, due June 1,
 1908; $2,000,00 Harlem and Port Chester siXes and sevens, due October l, 1903, and $1000,0 ,0C0 New Haven and North
 ampton company per cent, due in
 1899, the latter having been paid off,
 but not previously covered by any new issue. Under the terms of issue of the convertible debentures holders had the
 privilege of conversion from April to
 June l, 190S but in order to take ad- vantage of the rights on this new issue the exchange of debentures will have to be made before May 15.
 Edison Electric has declared the usu- al quarterly dividend of 21a per cent, payable May 1. Transfer books close next Wednesday.
 The second and final inst allment of 50 per cent on New Haven Gas Light company debentures is payable May 1. This will put into the treasury of the
 company $375,O00. nearly all of which comes from local residents and local banks.
 Swift & Co. stock is quite steady in price, from 115 to 116.
 Erie railroad warrents to subscribe to
 per cent. bonds at STE expire on the 10th.
 The clearings and balances of the New Haven banks for the week ending April Il and for the corresponding week
 of last year are given, by days, as fol-
 lows:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
ARRESTED LAST EVENING.

Peter Bedorette was arrested for drunkenness and breach of the peace last evening by Patrolmen Hyde and Lippincott.
 Antonio Coffey and Serino Nele, two Italians living at Donnelly Place, were arrested last last evening by Patrol man wincheIl and charged with breach of the peace.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
KIMBERLY AVENUE BRIDGE OR
 DERED.

Order of Secretary Root Served Upon
 Mayor Studley and Orange Selectmen
 Saturday.
 Secretary Roots order, relative to the Kimberly avenue bridge was served up- on Mayor Studley and the selectmen of Orange Saturday. The service upon the mayor was made by Major Powell, of the United States army engineer corps in charge of this district.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
BRANCH STORE OPENED.

A Bristol branch of the well known piano house of Steinert & Sons of this city was opened in Bristol on Monday in part of the store of F. E. Dodge on Main street. MT. Garity who has been the local salesman for the house for some time past, will be the man. ager Of the store.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
uNIouE SHOW WINDOW,

A unique window display that has at tracted considerable attention in the last few days was in the store of J. A. Caryl, the druggist, whose store is at the corner of State and Bradley streets. The display consisted of a miniature barnyard, with real grass, and live chicks, in variegated colors, industri- ously scraping living.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
EASTER MILLINERY.

Elegant Creations of All Kinds and
 Descriptions Seen on the Street Yes terday.
 On account of yesterday being such
 beautiful day it afforded chance to the feminine population of this city to display their handsome new hats and gowns on the streets, and they were
 certainly not slow in doing so. There were a great number of new and beau tiful creations seen on the heads of
 some of our fair sex such as has never been seen in this city before. They were distinctly novelty and had a
 Parisian appearance, which marked them as masterpieces in the millinery
 line. The observer immediately became cognizant of the fact that from their originality and beauty they were the
 result of masterly and skilled work
 men. New Haven has got a millinery shop which commenced early in the winter to prepare for the spring trade
 the finest and most elegant line of goods which could be procured not on- ly in this country but abroad. This store is Muhlfelder's and it is located at S4S Chapel street It is from this l store that many of those hats which
 created such favorable impression, yesterday, came. MT. Muhlfelder has sold hundreds and hundreds of ladies'
 hats in this city this spring and he has yet to find one which has failed to give thorough satisfaction. This store be- lieves in the old adage that "the early bird catches the worm," and that is
 why it had the foresight to lay in such a large and selected stock. To any one visiting this most popular store it | would seem that there is still such a
 great variety remaining after the enor- l nous sales of last week to supply ev- I cry lady in New Haven with a new
 and fashionable hat, and still have ev- l cry hat different in it's construction. This store has not only quality and l quantity but the prices are so very
 reasonable that the management puts
 it within the range of all to possess
 one of their handsome hats. They ex- 1 tend a most cordial invitation to all to inspect their goods and prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
QUICK RUNS TO WooDMoNT

Speedier runs from New Haven to Woodmont are soon to be an assured fact, Gangs of workmen are double tracking the entire sections that are single tracked and many curves are be- ing eliminated. Forty minutes is given as the new running time. On Memorial
 day it is expected to operate the sys-
 tenn over the new track. There Is little
 expectation of seeing the completion of
 the Derby branch before another year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
GUEST OF MRS. SHELDON,

Miss Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross, is the guest of Mrs. Joseph Sheldon at the latter's home, 364 Mans field street. Mrs. Barton will stay in this city for short time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-02-07

Il TII%K THAT Is ALL YOU DO PAY.
every soldiers heart, for il linked the
man with the muSkct to the great head
of the government in the relation of
parent and son. The title Father .Abra-
ham WAS universally adopted in the
same spirit aS the camp nicknamcS
"Inclc BILLY" and Pap We're fasten-
ed upon sherman and Thomas. 1t
wasn't lcvity. but tilial respect seeking
tlc simplest form of expression. LIN
coin wis tie noble "fatlrr" of his
boys, Sherman the good uncle. IhoM-
as the quiet, resourceful, everyday
pap" or dad
Every soldier who passed through
Washington Or was encamped near 1t
sought Il chance to shake hands with
Father abraham on reception days.
Countless stories Of these incidents.
which stood out as events in the lives
of the fortunate ones. became current
in CAMP Even though these hand
shakes crew 10 he conmOnplaccs and
Lincoln II familiar figure around the
nearby camps, men We're proud to re-
call the first time | saw Lincoln.
or "thc day shook hands with Lin
coin" After his SassnatiOn hun
Grods of thousands of boys in blue
who had missed the opportunity or de-
ferrcd it. purposely, till the day of eX-
pcctcd victory, were filled with regret.
Lincoln's first acts of executive elem
cncy and Kindness in the cases where
unframed recruits had been condemned
to death created u Lincoln of camp
tradition. Father Abraham stood be-
tween the soldier boy and injustice
and wrong of every form. He could be
appea led to. He was appealed to. If
soldier couldn't get a furlouGh
through the army channels and thought
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the apparition no word fell from the
lips of the soldiers more softly and rev
crentially than the name of Lincoln.
Four months later the conditions and
the review of .AEtietam We're repeated
ON the hanks of the RappahannOck.
Again Mcclellan had been removed
and his successor involved in the blood
lest disaster of the war, the Frcdcriclis-
burg slaughter. Moreover. another un-
tried commander had been placed at
the head of the army. General Hooker.
Hundreds of officers had resigned and
prominent major generals had asked
to he relieved from serving under
Hooker in another Rappahannock cam
paign. Lincoln came and spent some
days talking Il oyer with the generals.
Then the arlny was called out, and
Lincoln rode down the line accom-
panied by his little son Tad riding d.
pony. \ bitter spirit could quarrel
with the president. off in Washington,
but not with Father Abraham, right
there at the front with his favorite
boy. his heart already torn by fresh
grief at the loss of "Tad's' baby play
mate. Willie Veterans have happily
long since buried the wars contrOvcr-
sizes and uuarrcIS, but whenever the sub
iect of Lincon's reviews of the army
is called up ut II G.. \. Il. campfire the
comrade who can tell of Tad" and his
pony in the review at Falmouth is the
hero of the hour.
AS Il military man the president new
or aroused the respect of the army and
after the disasters of Second Bull Run
and Fredericksburg, which. rightly or
wrongly. were laid at his door. the idea
of his interference was to the mass in
tolcrable. He told Grant in so many
words that he didn't profess to be
military man or to know how cam
paigns should be conducted and never
wanted to interfere. lie had done so
at times under pressure from the peO
pie of the north and congress, but was
iartain his interference had been wrong
in some cases, possibly in all. One sto-
~ of his nagging the generals was told
with great gUsto by the critics OF the
army, which. if true. would have
stamped Lincoln as Il man of coarse
fiber and vacillating mind. This was
to the effect that ut one time he wired
Mcclellan to either attack Richmond
or give up the job" The truth is that
the joke was upon the scared heads in
Washington. Philadelphia and New
York. The army WAS carrying out the
actual campaign set by the war de-
partment and investing Richmond.
Suddenly Stonewall jackson SwOoped
down upon the army of Banks in the
Shenandoah valley and drove it to the
Potomac. Washington got news that
the Confc,lcrates were threatening
Lecsburg and the Manassas Gap rail
road in front of Washington. Lincoln
wired the particulars To Mcclellan, tell
ing him how the three armies of Nc
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Dowcll Banks and Fremont would be
disposed 50 rs to protect the capital.
Even then he feared the result and
added, Il think the time is near when
you must either attack Richmond or
give up the job and come TO the defense
of Washington"
The immediate defense of Washing
ton while the army WAS at Il distance
coping with the main enemy gave the
president great concern and also IN Op-
portunity to exercise his military in
cinatiuns. At the time of Early's raid,
in 1864. Lincoln went out to the point
of danger with column of fresh
troops which Grant had sent up from
Petersburg to strengthen the local gar
risen of clerks and cOnvalesccnts,
While watching the skirmshcrs in
front of Fort Stevens, which Early at
tackled, Lincoln got within range and
was urged by the generals to retire,
and he did so only after considerable
protest
The capture of Richmond was the
one great problem of Lincoln's incum-
bCncy. 1t became n buGhcar, so often
WAS it attempted under his manipula-
ton without success. ii was during
Il talk with Grant as to how hc-Grant
would proceed that Lincoln confessed
his military mistakes and want of cX-
pcricnCC Grant refrainCd from laying
bare his plans for the reason, rs lie de-
cTarcd. that while they looked hopeful
they might fail, and he didn't wish to
dSappuint Lincoln, who had had the
matter ON his heart for three years.
After Grant laid siege To Petersburg
date for Il second term an admirer said
to the president, Nothing can defeat
you but Grants capture of I,ichmond
and his nomination by the opposite
party
well" said Lincoln, Il feel very
much like the man who said he didn't
want to die particularly, but if he had
got to die that was precisely the dis
ease he'd like TO die Of"
At last the hour came for the final
blow which was to decide once for all
the fate of Richmond. Lincoln visited
Grants headquarters ut City Point, on
the james. miles in rear of the besieg-
ing lines. Grlnt requested him to re-
main there Willie he went in person TO
r the front to direct the troops, the gem
eral promising TO send the president
frequent dispatches of the progress
made by the advance. On the heels of
the victory ut Five Forks Grant wired
the president to join him and received
his call in II house in the captured city
of Petersburg. Richmond having fallen
Il few hours before Lincoln arrived.
After expressing his thanks to the
army for the victory, Lincoln said, "Do
You know. general, that have had Il
sort of sneakins idea for some days
that you intended to do something like
this"
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lawful way, against the wish of any
citizen of the United States, exclude
slavery from its limits prior to the
formation of Il state constitution
Mr.. Mrdill. Mr. Washburn, Mr.. judd
and others Strcnuously argued that Mr..
Douglas would answer that under his
doctrine of popular sovereignty any
territory could by unfricndly lcgisla-
tion exclude slavery, and Mr.. Douglas
would catch the crowd and beat Mr..
Lincoln as candidate for United States
senator from Illinois.
Mr.. Lincoln listened attentively and
with wonderful patience while these
arguments We're being urged against
the course he proposed to pursue, but
at last slowly and deliberately replied
in substance (and in his own words. as
nearly as can now remember thcm as
follows: We'll, as to changing my style
of argument, | will not do that; the
subject is too solemn and important.
That is settled. Now, as 10 the other
point. do no: know how Mr.. Douglas
will answer. II he answers that the
people of a territory cannot exclude
slavery, viii. beat him, but if he an
swers as you say he will and as | be-
lieve he will he may beat me for scna-
tor, but he will never be president of
the United States According to my
recollection, that closed the discussion
upon these two points. Frccport had
an enormous crowd that day. The peo-
pie had come from all the surrounding
counties, many driving down from Wis
consin. The joint debate took place at
o'clock in the afternoon on an open
space nearly back of the Brewster
House, where Il platform had been
erected for the occasion. George Il.
Mcclellan (afterward gcncraD, then
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front of Wash THE ARMY AT AN
ington. the Army rlErAM'
Of the Potomac. and two of his NEST
notable reviews of that body were at
Antictam Immediately after the great
battle and on the RappahannOck soon
after "FiGhting Joe" Hooker assumed
command. Both reviews took place
at a crisis in wars fluctuations and
in the temper of the army. and Lin
coins appearance just at the time had
the effect of impressing his personality
as commander in chief upon the minds
of the troops above the immediate gen
cral in command. For Il couple of weeks
before the battle of Antietam he would
have been Il rash man who would open
ly champion the administration way
with the army. 1t had been withdrawn
from the James river, Mcclellan had
been deposcd, and his successor. an un-
tried wcStcrner. had led the troops to
J saStcr which ended in a retreat to the
fortiticatiOnS of Washington. Then Me
Clcllan had been recalled and had
checked the Confederate invasion of
Maryland, driving Lee and StOnewall
Jackson across the Potomac The feel
ing in the carp was that tLl army had
suffered from too much mcddling mt the
war departm 'Tt; that Mcclellan, left
10 himself. had won Il brilliant triumph,
Lincoln came to the field and rode
down the line. facing the men in their
ragged and battle stained uniforms.
ArnuuI and hphiuI him \Vprp the 0pI-
erals reSplcndcnt in braid and glitter
ing harness. but the presidents SOmbcr
black suit, his high silk hat, his strong,
honest and serious face, singled him
out as the head of the body polite, that
creation from which the army had
sprung. In day ii came and van
lshed. that mighty presence which
swayed the destinies of nation and
army alike, and for weeks following
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"reminiscences Of
Lincoln * By };s: ROCKWELL
? J. II.
ROCKWELL
Copyright, 1908. by J. II. Rock,rell

connected with the Illinois Central rail-
road. had provided Mr.. Douglas with a
special ear. but Mr. Lincoln Travelled in
the ordinary day coaches.
Judge Douglas was taken to the
grounds in tinc carriage belonging to
Samuel +. Taylor, liveryman, by Fran
els W. +. Brawlcy, then postmaster at
Frc"port. 1t was drawn by splendid
span of gray horses. 1t was the only
fine carriage i'll any livery stable in
Frccport ut that time, and there was
no way for the Republicans to match
in Splcndor the equipage that took
judge Douglas to the grounds. They
therefore sent for Il farmer, John Wolf,
living near I'recport, who had recently
arrived from Pennsylvania, to bring his
six horse team and Conestoga wagon,
with its queer box high at each end, to
take Mr.. Lincoln to the debate.
Mr.. Lincoln strongly protested, but
finally good naturcdly yielded and stood
alone in the wagon, the farmer riding
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f~ HE following account of ono of
the most important events i'll
NE5IS1 Mr.. I.incoln'S history was pro-
Es&) cured from General Smith ID.
Atkins. the veteran editor and politi-
elan. who WAS present ut the conference
of Republican leaders in Frccport, Ill,
Just previous to the famous Lincoln
Douglas debate of Aug. -. lS:,S:
"Abraham Lincoln was the grandcSt
man of all the centuries. My personal
acquaintance with him was very slight.
| met him on two occasions only, the
first time in 1896, when Mr.. Lincoln
came to f'reop0rt with Il party of ladies
and gentlemen as the guests IF the IL
liuoS Central Railroad company, max
ing a tour over the lines of that COM
panv, A telegram was received to have
dinner prepared for the company ut the
Brewster House, and the news spread
in Freeport, then n small village of
some 3.UOO or i.N0 people. | was in
troduccd to MIR. Lincoln ut the Brew
Stcr House. and his attention was at
tractcd to Il cane | carried with head
of polished Iowa bir,lscyc marble, beau
tiful and curious.
"Whilc | was talking Mr. IinColns
little boy took possession of the cane.
Dinner WAS announced. but he insisted
OH keeping the cane. | urged Mr.. Lin
coin to let him keep it as Il present from
me. hut he replied. That would not be
right and he patiently pleaded with
hn n
ceeled in securing the cane 10y giving
the boy Il dollar. Mr.. Lincoln then went
into the dining room. where the others
oC the party had been for some time
seated at the table.
"'rhr second and the last time that |
met Mr. Lincoln was on Aug. -, 1888.
Mr.. Lincoln came to Frccport at that
time to engage in one of the series ol
joint debates with stephen \. Douglas,
a new interest in which has been re
Gently created 10y Winston ChurChilIs
novel. The Crisis My rccollCctions of
that day are vivid and never To be for
gotten. | was then Il young man prac-
ticing law in Frecport and was present
in a room in the Brewster House in the
forenoon Ol .AuS. -, ISDS, Will Al mum
Der of others who were calling on Mr.
Lincoln. Among them were +. Il.
Washburn. Owen Lovcjoy, Norman Il.
Judd. Joseph Mcdill, James .. Church
i'll and John Wilson ShafTer. OF course
there were others coming and going,
but | especially remember the gentle
men named.
"'rhe subject under discussion when |
entered the room was the solemn man
ncr of Mr.. Iincoin's OratOry In the first
ioint debate in ottawa on Aug. 2l, all
present who engaged In the cOnNcrSa-
ton urging Mr. Lincoln 10 drop his
solemn style of argument and tell sto-
ricS, as Tom corwin of Ohio did and
catch the crowd. Mr.. Lincoln appeared
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FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1903.
Lincoln and the
Soldiers 80 By eEosS1 E x!1nrR
By GEORGE
L. KILMER
CopuriU''t, 1908. hy g. J.. Kd1'

Yes, | understand" responded Lin
coin curtiy. adding as he nodded to-
ward several soldiers who w"r" looking
nn. from the complaints of these boys
of mine thi:li it is all you do pay
Whenever a raScHliy commiSSary.
uuartrrmaSt"r Or paymaStcr was dis
missed the service til" pr .sidynt got
the credit for 1t in camp. He made no
public professions of his GOOD will TO
The boys and never praised them with
eloquent harangucS, but now u-ld then
he dropped Il homcly phrase which
showed the place they held in his
heart. one day there was an issue in
the councils between the soldiers and
their general Lincoln sided with the
man with the muSkct and. Wien re-
m0nstratcd with for riSkin" giving of
fCuSe to Il prominent officer. Ii" eN-
claimed. But | can make Il general
any time with stroke of the pen. and
good soldiers are hard to get
MI through the war the soldiers dis
liked military friliS and ceremony and
for that reason took 10 Lincoln. the
American ideal of democratic simple
ity Every story which was racy of
the rail splitter president. especially If
it related to the army. was eagerly
caught up and made camp property.
one day Il German npblcman WIN had
seen service in the fathCrland appeared
ut tn" White House rs an applicant
for Il commission. Lincoln liked the
yolln. fellow for his personal bearing
solely and promised him an appoint
m"ut. E"i@ ovcrioycd at his good
luck. the foreign sprig began to impress
the president with his Importance at
home. saying that he belonged To one
of the oldest noble houses in Europe.
''Oh. never EJnd that" said Lincoln.
with gravity in his look and tone. 1T
will not lr Il serious obstacle to your
advancement in this country"
The soldiers in turn treated foreign
officers sent among them in i'll" S1nI"
spirit. If they fought well, their old
world records didn't count against
them and on the other hand didn't do
them any good.
After the army grew to vast proper
tions thousands of soldiers joined it and
served without Il close view of Father
Abraham. Whenever he visited camp.
only the few who were cantOned alon"
the route or stationed near hcaduuar-
tcrS and the points he inspected saw
anything Of his personality. One day
at the front he strolled out where the
engineer corps was at W"rk and watch
ed the aXEien chopping timber. After
chatting Senially with them for few
minutes he asked for IN ay and, WELD
ing it skillfully. remarked. They dc
say | used to be good on the chop" then
made the chips fly from cut as smooth
as polished wood. When Lincoln had
left the spot with Il pleasant word. the
engineers chccrcd the feat and this