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The daily sentinel., 1903-08-24
To Property Owners and
Tenants.
ana

You are hereby notified and reques-
ted to at once lime all outhouses and
vaults. The extreme hot weather and
the general condition of these,
throughout the city. being dangerous
to health.
Our special health officer will see
that the ordinances of the city. in
this relation, are enforced. Failure
to comply. will result IN prosecution
and arrest.
BY Order Water & Sewer Com.
By ]. NJ. Sampliner. Mayor.
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-24
W. O.. BOYER.
Contractor and Builder

Twenty years experience in all
kinds of building. Heavy work
speciality. Estimates furnished on
application. The best of reference.
p o. Box No. 33.
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-24
DR.. [. B. HARDS.
Physician and Surgeon

Office over Red Gross Pharmacy
Special attention given to diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat,
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-24
0. E. TAYLOR,
Osteopathic Phsicipn

Office 2nd floor Grand Valley Nat
onal Bank Bnilding Room and g.
Graduate of American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville. Mo.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

So supposed" answered the General
THAT confirms it." he continued. turning
to Gen. Davis. Fitzpatrick is following
Hardee up. who is making for Raleigh.
If there was any movement in front of us,
Fitzpatrick would detect it and let us
know. We shall be left in peace until
We reach Goldsboro. You can return to
your regiment" he continued, turning to
81 and dismissing him.
Gen. SlOcum may be n very smart man,
but he doesn't know everything" 81 said
to Shorty as they got out of ear-shOt of
the two Generals I'll bet my horse that
that dandiiied Lieutenant Colonel let out
grand three-tent surprise party for us.
If lie has any sense Mt all he is not going
to let these three armies come together
and crush him as you would crush a hazel
nut with n hammer"
"Old Joe Johnston has sense and to
spare" agreed Shorty. I'VE all learned
that on the Atlanta Campaign
The important little town OF Goldsboro.
n. c., had in 1855 only few hundred
inhabitants-it has now less than 1,500,
and is situated on the north bank Of the
Neuse River. ST miles north of Whining
ton. 40 miles south of Raleigh. and 50
miles west by north of Newberne. 1t is
an Important center where the railroads
reach the head of navigation.
Gen. Schotield, who had been hurried
with the Twenty-third Corps from Nash
vile to the Atlantic Coast TO take VIII
mington. was ordered by Gen. Sherman to
unite with Terry and the Tenth Corps Mt
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Newbern and move up the Neuse River
to GoldsborO to meet him. In the two
corps Schofield had about 900 men, and
he promptly started out to execute the or
der. In the meantime Sherman, with 1000
infantry and 6,000 cavalry. was toiling
across the swampy country between Fay
etteville and Goldsboro, making for Cox s
Bridge, by which to cross the Neuse River
into GoldsborO. To make the most speed
he had widely separated his army, sending
| it nearly abreast along all the roads lead
ing to his destination. The Fifteenth and
Seventeenth Corps were far to the east,
and the trains of the army with some di-
visions of both wings to guard them and
help drag them through the mire, were
moving along the more central roads,
while to the west four divisions of the
Left Wing, under Gen. Slocum, were
keeping up the feint of marching against
Joe Johnston at Raleigh. but were really
hnrrying for Cox's Bridge.
Much more rapidly than Gen. Sherman
had for a moment expected, Gen. Joe E.
Johnston had gathered an army of about
10000 men, and instead of waiting at Raj
eigh to be attacked, had sent q strong
force unde.. Gen. Braxton down the Neuse
River to smite Schofield sharply at Kin
ston, and while Schotield was hating to
consider what this meant, to hurry back
and rejoin him in striking a crushing blow
Ut ShertnanS unsupported LeIt wing.
On his way back to the regiment to
report, 81 passed by where Shad Graham
was laboring with the bridge across Mingo
Creek. Shad was far thinner and weaker
than ever, but there was 10 diminution in
his activity and zeal He and his men
were working with the same fresh vim as
the day they had crossed the Savannah
River into South Carolina.
1T is all right, boys" he said, with
pathetic affectation of cheeriness on his
face. Zone more fight, and that is near
at hand, knocks the whole blasted under
pinning from the Southern Confederacy. l
can see it all as clearly as l can see this
bridge I am building. l can last till then,
which is all that l care to do. I'll go
down to the grave happypif 1 can see the
Southern Confederaey marching there well
ahead of me-"
When ST was ready to start out on the
morning of March IS the Adjutant in
formed him that there had been so little
doing on the left that it was the intention
during the day to transfer Ki!patrick's
Cavalry over TO the extreme right flank to
assist in bringing about the junction with
Schofeld and Terry. Therefore, the for
ayers must increase their activity and rigi-
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END OF TIE VENEZUELAN TROUBLE.

1t looks as if the trouble in Venezuela
is about drawing to q cio.e Venezuela
has made a proposition to surrender a
portion of the revenues at her principal
custom-houses to the powers, in satisfac-
ton of her debts, and Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy have accepted this propo-
sition and will raise the blockade. 1t is
to be hoped that this is so, since the fur
Their prosecution of the war might have
led to complications IN which we would
have had TO vigorously assert the Monroe
Doctrine. The gratifying feature of the
trouble is that feet of German warships
attacked a small Venezuelan fort, without
much apparent reason, and were beaten
off. After a bombardmcnr of several
hours, to which the Venezuelars responded
plrckily, the German warships were COM
pletely baffed, while the defenders still
held the fort. This reconciles us to the
whole performance. If the Germans had
succeeded in reducing the fort, it might
have given them prestige and self-confi-
dence, which would have led to trouble
later
The National tribune., 1903-01-29
THE NATIONAL TRBNE WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY JANUARY 49, 1908

muir; but now the table is loaded with the
fruits of his toll, while over yonder he
! sits weary and lonely by the roadside, his
| threadbare coat wrapped about him, his
palsied arm hanging heavily by his side,
his tired limbs trembling with years and
| cares, and waking from his reveries hears
the command, ''Thou shalt SOW, but thou
shalt not reap; thou shalt plant the olives,
but thou shalt not anoint thee with OIL"
1t is said the pension roll has grown
too large. 1t is no larger than the muster
roll. One is and must be measured by the
other. He would rot add one name to
the one and, God forbid, that he should
obliterate one from the other. BY the sac
rifces of the one we must measure our
liability to the ether. We have received
more than we can ever give.
After beautiful picture of the reunited
country, Senator Scott concluded:
''Ycs, my countryman, let us shake off
the frost that chills the spirit of our Ma
tiOnal patriotism, and by the memory of
their noble sacrifices and by that sweet
communion with the shadows of our val
liant dead, regild the staff of the flag with
our loyal love, touch with sacred hand
each glittering star, and with filial devo-
ton dedicate anew our lives around the
altar made sacred with its folds. Our
obligation will not have been paid, until
the sentinel of the law has sheathed his
sword, the barred doors have been lOosed.
the sOldier-proof statutes have been repeal
ed. the army of pension employees
disbanded and one general law en-
bracing the pension system enacted,
fl,a .,.,hf to
ual and honorable service in the army,
with fixed age applying to all alike;
and with no other record than the appli-
cants enlistment and his honorable dis
charge. When we have gathered the Urf-
ion veterans from the hedges and the high
ways. when we have provided balm in
Gilead for every one. when each of them
shall live by a Nations generosity. as evil
dence of a Nations gratitude and patri-
otism, we can fold our arms and, looking
back upon duty well done, say, as did the
Hero of Calvary, 1T is finished"
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toned him very closely as to what the
Lieutenant Colonel had said.
1T would be 4 smart thing for John
stOn to do" Davis continued, turning to
Slocum, ito strike Schofield as he was
coming up tie Neuse River, and before
he was in reach of help from us, and You
can rely on Johnston always doing the
smart thing"
But if you have ever heard of Joe
Johnston taking the aggressive you have
hea I'd more than l have" said Gen. Slo-
cum. That was the reason that JEFF
Davis removed him and put Hood in his
place He couldn't get Joe johnson TO
strike"
.'All the more reason for his taking the
aggressive and striking now" insisted Da-
Wis, ''and if he is going to do anything he
must do it before Schofield ard Terry
unite with us. He cannot hope to do
it afterwards"
Gen. Slocum's face indicated that this
reasoning produced no impression.
'.Gen Slocum," said 81 as Gen. Davis
dismissed him, ''Gen. Sherman ordered us
to report to you that we lad delivered his
note to Gen. Fitzpatrick. We have done
so. Here is his receipt OH the envelope"
'All right" said Gen. SiOcuni, noting
on the envelope the signature. Where is
Gen. Kilpatrick?"
HE was crossing the South River when
We left him, to pursue the rebels to
place called Elevation" replied 81.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

81 know nothing whatever about the
place, sab, or Gen. Hardee's movements"
You were caught within our lines, sir, y
said Gen. Davis roughly. You were alone
and trying to enter our camps. We know
you were in disguise. There is nothing to
prevent our shooting you for spy"
Il was in full uniform. sah," said the
LieutenantC Colonel. indicating with GEES
ture his gorgeous array.
Hes got you there. General; he's right,
said Gen. Slocum with laugh. ''That
won't work. No disguise about that uni
form. You are right in not giving us any
information, Colonel; we have no right III
ask it. BY the way, that's beautiful
horse You have. Full thoroughbred, is it
not :"
Yes replied the Lieutenant Colonel,
thawins visibly at the praise of his horse.
HE is much mo- of a thoroughbred than
any You have in the Moth, foh he came
from Barb presented to my grandfather
by the Sultan of Turkey. But his dam
was grade mare. Il cross to make hun
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lance in order to make up for the with.
| drawal of the cavalry.
81 found the Adjutant's airy talk
| about nothing in particular doing on the
Left Flank to be hardly justified. He had
gone but Il little ways from the camp
when men began firing at him from the
woods. The rattle of musketry coming up
from his right and left showed that the
other f0ragers were finding something to
do, and the rebels in his immediate front
stuck to their trees with novel stubborn
ness. absolutely refusing to be stampeded,
and ST had to disnount and work his BOYS
forward from tree to tree.
Joe Johnston is certainly out there
somewhere. This is the old Atlanta Cam
paign diminishing, for sure. We had moth
ing like it in Georgia or South Carolina, -
said Shorty, as he and 81 met behind a
large oak to refill their magazines, and
hold consultation.
''The whelps certainly stick to their
trees like tOad-stools. There must be some
thing solid behind there somewhere, and l
am much afraid it is Joe Johnston" re-
piled his partner.
Tile nnintermittent heavy rain and the
thickly -interlaced branches of the dense
coppicc, sarcharged with water, made
progress very difficult and accurate shoot
ing almost impossible. so that there was
an immense amount of ammunition ex-
pended without any corresponding mortal
ity. The rebels in front Of 81 gave back
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ter of him; This is our practice in South
Cahleena."
Good cross; good cross" said Gen. Slo-
cum, looking the animal over admiringly.
Looks as if he had speed and endur-
ance."
'That he has. Full of them and lots
of them" said the Lieutenant-COlonele en-
Enthusiastically. 'He can go faster and keep
it up longer than any other hose in the
brigade think in the army"
This weather and this country are
fearfully trying to horses" said Gen. Slo-
cum sympathetically, continuing his ex-
animation. How far have you ridden
today, ColOnel?"
"a gu t"-the Lieutenant Colonel
thrown off his guard, started to say; then
he caught himself-and replied sullenly-
81 have TO information, sab, to give you
on that point"
"Hc will tell nothing" said Gen Slo-
cum, in an undertone to Gen. Davis. Turn
him over to the Provost-Marshal."
Here, Major" called Gen. Davis to an
officer, lis guest for you to entertain"
Johnston must be at Raleigh" said
Gen. Slocum to Gen. Davis as the Lieu
tenant Colonel was led away. SHERMAN
is certain he is; he is confident that Har-
dee's fight at Averasboro was made to
gain time for Johnston to concentrate his
forces at Raleigh, which is the neares,
point that he can readily make functions
for all of them"
Johnston is always likely to be where
you are not expecting him." said Gen.
Davis sourly. II have had more expert
ence with him than you have. l am dis
posed to give much weight to what
these men say. l know them. They are
very c!ear-headed, reliable men,"
But those officers who escaped from
prison and came through our lines were
quite sure that Johnston was at Raleigh,
and all tine deserters who have come in
have told the same story"
'Well, l think good deal of the mems
story" persisted Davis, j. seemed to .Slo-
cum, in Davis's peculiar contentious Way.
Gen. Davis called 81 to him, and ques-
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

The Prohibitionists must be credited
with activity and ingenuity. Those in
Vermont have introduced the aggravatine
endiess-ciain into politics. Tie advocates
OF high license have a majority in the Leg
islature, and are trying to have that SUBJ
stituted for prohibition. The Constitution
al amendment to this effect will be voted
on Feb. B. The Prohibitionists are form.
ing what are called Councils of Safe.
ty.' and are circulating cards with lines
on each to contain tie names of 10 vo.
tiers. Each member is expected to secure
10 signatures on card, and see that the
signers will vote '.No" at the polls. and
then each of these is to secure 10 others
to dc likewise. As novel political fea.
ture this outclasses the initiative and ref.
erendum.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

ID. +. GEORGE, a wealthy resident of
Oklahoma Territory, who recently COM
mitted suicide, seems to have had q fine
talent for romancing and mystery. He
darkly limited to a select few of his as
sociates that he was really John Wilkes
Booth. He had successfully eluded the Of
ficers after the tragedy and since remained
iii incognito. He showed scar on his
leg which had been broken in the same
manner as that of Booths, and it is said
that lie received regularly remIttances of
money from an unknown source. The PEG
pie Of Guthrie, Okla, placed enough ere.
dence in the story to summon Boston Cor
bett from Mexico, to identify the body.
No reason for Georges suicide has yet de-
veloped, and he once before made the at
tcmpt
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omcc. aas Pennsy,,ania Avenue n. w.
THE JOURNALS OF THE NATIONAL EN-
n

In order to complete the files of the
War Department, Gen. a. ". Greedy, in
charge of the Library of the War Depart
ment, desires copies of the Journal OF
Proceedings Of the 31st, SSith, Both. and
36th National Encampments, G.. A. X.
Any ccmrade who can spare one or all
these. will confer favor by sending them
to Gen. Greely.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

The Pension Office has received since
the beginning of this session of Congress.
9S special pension bills, which have passed
the two Houses and been approved by the
President.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29

THE evidence being brought out in the
trial of Maj. Glenn as to the American
officer roasted TO death over q slow fire.
by those pure-hearted patriots in the Phil
ippines, who are so capable of self-gov-
eminent, will strike the people of America
with stunning force. 1t is likely to put a
speedy end to these trials of officers and
soldiers for "cruelties." Our people do
not care one straw how such scoundrels
Were LiLed: they want them killed nT as
quickly as possible. The method can be
safely left to the army. The officers and
soldiers in the Philippines are our own
kith and kin, and we can trust them to do
the right thing.
The National tribune., 1903-01-29
THE LEE STATUE IN TIE CAPITOL.

The law governing the matter of plac-
ing the statue of Robert E. Lee in the
Capitol, as proposed by the Virginia Leg
islature, was passed by Congress in July,
1864, and reads as follows:
''The President is hereby authorized to
invite each and all the States to provide
and furnish statues in bronze or marble,
not exceeding two in number of each
State, of deceased persons who have been
citizens thereof and ilIustrious for their
historic renown, or from distinguished
civic or military service, such as each
State Shall determine to be worthy of their
National commemorltion; and when so
furnished, the same shall be placed in the
Old Hall of the House of Representatives
in the Capitol of the United States, which
is hereby set apart, or 50 much thereof as
may be necessary as a National Statuary
Hall for the purpose herein Indicated
1t is held by many that this takes all
option away from Congress, and places
the matter entirely with the States, which
have the right to select whom they please
and require acceptance. All the same. the
statue of Pere Marquette has never been
formally accepted, owing to the protest of
the American Protestant Association. OF
course, the law can be repealed or modi-
fed by Congress. Much opposition is be-
ing developed among Congressman both
North and South to the acceptance of the
Lee statue. In this connection it is said
that Georgia proposes to present statue
of Alexander II. Stephens. This has a
somewhat different aspect, owing to the
fact that Stephens achieved his eminence
as a son of Georgia before he went into
the rebellion, and that he went in unwill-
ingly, remaining q Union man to the last
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The Gathering Of the Storm at Bentonville-
81 Gets Information Of the Surprise Joe
Johnston Was Preparing for the Fourteenth
Cords
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-15
THEFT OF VALUABLE GEMS
PRESENCE of MRS. LANGTRY IN
SPIRES JEwELRY MERCHANT.
He Says Modern Thieves Do Not Pos
sess as Much Gray Matter as
Their Predecessors.

G. s. Davidson, who is connected with
large Eastern jewelry establishment, was
in the city for few days last week, and
in conversation with some local friends
in the lobby at the Grand Hotel told sew
eral interesting stories about crafty thieves
who made speciality of stealing costly
gems Mr.. Davidson Journeys to Europe
once every two years in the interests of his
firm, and was in London at the time, about
eight years ago, that some unauthorized
person, by means of forged order, OBJ
tanned jewels valued at $4,000 deposited by
Mrs. Langtry at the Union Bank, Sloane
street. The engagement of the celebrated
English actress in this city while Mr.. Da-
wilson was in town was responsible for
starting the jewelry merchant on series of
entertaining "reminiscences.
II don't believe there are as many clever
jewel thieves to-day as there were ten
years ago., said Mr.. Davidson, "or, at
least, hardly think there are so many who
will undertake to carry out robbery that
will net them vast fortunes If successfully
accomplished. OF course, there are still
many crooks who give their sole attention
to the purloining of gems, and who put
many ingenious schemes into execution in
the pursuance of their nefarious business,
but you don't hear of many gigantic jewel
robberies nowadays. / think the truth of
the matter is that the crooks of to-day are
rather cheap lot. Nothing is too low for
them to stoop to, and few jobs are too
small for them to tackle. There used to be
time when men of brains were active in
crime, but, despite the stories of Conan
Doyle and Z. w. Hornung, the modern ras-
calls do not seem to possess so much gray
matter as did the crooks of other days.
Many of the old-timers are dead, some are
in prison, and some have retired with
enough money to be comfortable for the
rest of their lives Some of those old fell
lows worked in such way as to excite adj
miration even among the jewelers. who
were their victims. They played for big
stakes altogether, and only too often they
won out.
WILL TAKE RISKS.
1.-THE jewel thief who is out for big game
will take risks that would appall your or
binary burglar. for his coup is of the
kind that will make it worth his while to
put himself in great peril and he is will
ing to go to any amount of trouble and to
place himself in any kind of a tight place
to accomplish his end. When / was in
Birmingham. England. on business several
years ago a well-dressed young man of very
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-15
TALKS ON LIVE TOPICS
RAILROAD MEN FREQUENTLY GIVE
WAY TO SUPERSTITION.
bartender Talks in a Patronizing
Way About His Customers-P1ay
Grounds for Small Boys.

Railroad men are awfully superstitious,
remarked an official in the freight depart
ment of a local railroad Office the other
day. MANY engineers here in Indianapolis,
belonging to the different switching crews,
have hard time of it shaking off hoodoos
from week to week. We have just had a
new experience with an engine that would
seem to prove beyond all doubt that a To-
connective can behave like an incorrigible
youngster when it wants to. This engine
in question has caused so much trouble by
continually becoming disabled at a time
when We needed it most that the trainmen
are. coming to look upon it-or her. as they
always call their locomotives-as an ILL
omened machine. Many engineers are
prejudiced against certain numbers. Con-
sequently everything that happens to an
engine with certain number is noticed
and remembered. OF course. thirteen is
usually dreaded, but it has never been es-
pecially conspicuous as a jonah. Number
nine and it's multiples have grown into in
tense disfavor, and as 1t chances that this
engine that has been misbehaving belongs
to the nine family as the switching crews
term it, you can see that we are going to
have difficulty in making our employees be-
lieve that the locomotive in question has
not been forever hoodooed.
when you come to sift the matter down,
suppose that railroad men are no more
superstitious than the people of other call
ings. The difference is that the railroad
fellows, like sailors, don't hesitate to own
up to their peculiar little beliefs, nc matter
how ridiculous these beliefs may SEEM /
know an old engineer here In Indianapolis
who has been pulling the plug for the last
thirty years, and he is one of the most super
stitious men that ever breathed, although
he himself makes light of what he calls his
cranky ideas If a black cat were to cross
his path when he was on his way to work
he would feel simply miserable for twenty
four hours, after which the hoodoo would
be dispelled. If anything should go wrong
within those twenty-four hours he would
know Immediately at whose door to lay the
blame-the black cats, Of course, and If
nothing happened out of the ordinary he
would attribute his good fortune to some
counter-irritant, as it were, that served to
knock out the evil charm which the cat
had cast upon him. / asked the old fellow
one day how in the world he came to put
so much faith in such an absurd notion
and he launched forth into a story of how
when he first started into railroading, a