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WOMEN WHO STRIVE
TO SPREAD THE FAITH
Annual Meeting Of Interde-
n0minatiOnaI Union.
TWO SESSIONS HELD TODAY
Officers to Be Elected This Afternoon.
Correspondence With President
Roosevelt ON Mormonism.

ne third annual meeting Of the Wo-
mans Observation-Disclosures Union of the
District of Columbia was held today in
the Congrega tionaI Church. Tenth and G.
Streets northwest Mrs c. L. Roach
acting president. presided. Two sessions
We're held. one at 10 a. M. and another
at =. The morning session was devoted
exclusively to the reading of officers re-
ports and addresses from members of
the organization. Mrs. Mary c. Lands
OF Minnesota. opened the meeting with
devotional exercises and a short address
in which she said:
This is time for organization There
is The army. the navy. the Daughters OF
the American Revolution ami otner like
societies, college fraternilies and any
number Of others. But there is one that
pleads with every Christian heart-the
church OF God There is wonderful
significance in the fact that the different
churches are steadily growing together
are coming TO unite and to do greater
good At q recent meeting in the West
il Was surprising 20 note how all the
churches are putting their efforts toward
the same goal and only proves that we
are becoming more and more like the
Christians of the early days.
Reports Read.
At the conclusion Of Mrs. Lands re-
marks. the acting president requested
the reading Of The minutes Of former an
Uual and semi-annuai meetings These
were read by the recording secretary,
Miss Lloyd. and were followed 7y The
report OF the treasurer. Mrs. II. y.
Graves.
The business Of electing officers fer
the ensuing year VIII be taken up this
afternoon. but some discussion arcs. az
the morning session regarding the mas
nor of presenting nominations. mas
much as there has been no presidaaz
during the past year owing to the de-
cIiuaGion 10 serve OF Mrs II. 3. F. Mac
farland, and the assurance OF the pres
eut secretary, Miss Lloyd. and treasurer
Mrs Graves TO continue in their re-
spective Offices another year. Mrs. Clark.
OF The Congregational Church. made a
motion that a nominating committee be
appointed. The constitution Of he
union. howeves, provides that nomin8-
lions and elections must be made by
ballot which viii be done this after
noon
Much concern is manifested by she
union in the Mormon question and some
correspondence has passed between thg
organization and President Roosevelt
regarding The ng~ 81 senator Reed
Smoot. Definite ac}iou viii be taken hv
the organization when Congress con
Venes next faII
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The District Commissioners today ac-
cepted the offer of Dr. Charles H Flick
ling to sell to the District lots IS and
10 of the square bounded by G, H.
Ninth, and Tenth Streets southwest. as
a site for the proposed engine house in
that section Of the city. There is Ash
square feet of land, and the offer was
for s.. Z5O.
This location is regarded by the Com
missioners as a suitable one, being near
the water front and contiguous to the
large plants in that vicinity.
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J r. Legge. terminal agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. has writ
ten 20 the District Commissioners reIa-
tive to placing a Waterman on the cross
ing OF the Benning Road. He says the
orders issued by the company require
all engines, trains, etc, to come to d
full stop before coming to thq crossing,
and not to exceed speed of more than
twelve miles an hour over the street
Blr. Legge says he thinks this precau-
tIon sufficient for the protection Of the
public He asks the Commissioners to
investigate the matter further and to
rescind their request for fagman at
this crossing
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Purpose of the Union.

The Woman's nterdenominationaI
Union has been in existence three years
ana was formed for the purpose OF
arousing greater interest and enthusiasm
IL IN ssiou work. It's meetings are in tho
nature Of conferences regarding plans
and methods for the work and 10 pro-
mote sympathy for spreading the Chris
tan faith. Members may be enrolled
from any women's missionary societies
III the evangelical church
\ brief song service was held al each
session today. Mrs. BENJAMIN $. Plat
conducted the religious exercises at the
afternoon session. Papers were read by
Mrs s. y. Ia Fetra. Mrs c. W Gala
CHER Mrs Teunis s. HamIiu, Mrs 3. II
Bailey. Mrs. Stacey Brianr- Mrs Abbie
c. Baker. Mrs. d. z. baltimore. Mrs
Isaac Clark. Mrs q. j. Cummings. Mrs
Alfred Williams. Mrs. !. c. Butter. Mrs
D. b Street. Mrs. Frank NJ. Bristol. Mrs.
Fighter. Mrs J. \. CuIbcrtson. Mrs. \
81. Pitzer and Mrs. W. T. Moore.
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showed me long. deep scars on MS arm.
which he said were caused by the cords
with which he was Bound cutting into
his flesh. Jose Borga and Payra joss
Diazenez also said that they had been
subjected 20 torture. and said it va.
done by troops under command of Lieu
tenant GauieJ. Tenth Cavalry"
General Miles says Lieutenant GaUiet
vas .ried. pleaded guilty. and was given
the trivial sentence OF three months
suspension from command. FORGETTING $50
per month for the same period
Fvtnr+ad Money
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,r+1-- - -. -. -. ..l.,--.-,-
- - -. ~. 800.
1t appears thar Major Glenn Lieu
tenant Congsr. and a party of assistants
aud native scouts We're moved from place
10 place sor The purpose Of oxtorring
statements by means Of torture. and il
became 80 notorious that the party was
called GIenn's brigade Whether il was
possible for officers 20 be engaged in
such acts without the personal lnowI-
edge OF the general upon whose staff
they were serving ar the time namely
Brfeaaicr General Hughes ! leave for
others 10 conjecture
These facts came 10 nv notice in n
casual way and many others Of similar
character have been reported from dir
fereut parts Of the archipelago. In fact
was informed that fl was. common talk
al the places where officers congreEated
thar such transactions mad been carried
on. either with the aanu5vauer or an-
provaI of certain commanding officers.
II is. however. most gratifying 10 be
able 70 say that such atrocities have
been to"ae-il'ad 'y Slch commanders as
1i'.-,gia'S ID " 'e'-l- "'''- sumner. Lee.
1'''a H. ana DINERS
Held to Be JustihabIe
II found rbaf with certain officers III,
impression prevails -}7af srrrr ans were
5ustfffable. ana I reIf il rnv du-r IN order
10 correct such erroneous and DANGEROUS
impressions and 10 DraveH. +b.. poszf-
bilirv of such acts bafgr committee in
the future. which must fn7Bair r1a goo5
name Of American arms ana bring dis
credit to our service for an ffne =,
address 10 the division -orn.nan,gar rr,
following letter Of Instructions
The letter is in The form of ,o order
10 The commanding general Of the PbfIfp-
mines dated February 9s 100 IN fr
General Miles calls attention 10 The re-
ports of atrocities and directs that any
orders OF circulars OF personal instruc-
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AUCTION SALES.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS & co, Auetioaesrs.

WALTER 3 WILLIAMS & Co. AuctIoEssTs.
p virtue af a certain deed Of trust, recorded
in Liber No 2I55, at folio 205 e seq one u
the land records Of the District a Columbia We
shall sell IN front Of she premises en- WE'D
NESDAT the 9th DAY OF APRIL A. D.
1903, At O'CLOCK z. r., all Of lot fftT-onc
Oh. in square seven hundred and twenty CO.
Of the city Of Washington, D. &, together With
the improvements thereon.
Terms q sale: 0ne-third cash, balance in enc
and two years, with interest Ar per cent per
annun1, pay able semi-anDuaiiv. $3.50 required &c
tine Of sale and the purchaser allowed rem
DAYS from date 81 sale to complete the pEE-
chase.
JAMES F SCAGGS,
Trustee
WILLIAM Ii DUNG ASs0N.
ap22-5k ds-eKSI Trustee
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN ,sin seII
within this month. ~ public auction. All goods
belonging 70 Margaret King, George Deiehay,
and Alice Fiammer Holland. to cager storage
charges. etc H. BJRKHART & S0N.
spz7-61
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JAMES F. ScAGes

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WILLIAM II BUNCNs0N.
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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
MousY's QUEER HoME.
ton for Some Time and Then
Settled In OriOle Nest.

Once a Mother Mouse started out to
find home for herself and five tiny
baby mice, as soft as velvet, and as
pink as the bottom of baby's foot.
First, she. looked into an old wooden
stocking in the attic under the caves.
and nearly decided to take it because
it was so warm and comfortable. Still,
there were other things to consider in
selecting house. There was no view
from the front door for one thing. 1t
opened right upon the shingles of the
roof, and there would be difficulties in
educating the babies SO far away from
the dining-room. She was an ambi-
tious little Mother Mouse, and hoped
to see them all do we'll in life, a.
smart little mice should.
So she decided not to take the stock
ing house, and went to see a hatbox
next, where there was pretty little
bonnet crown lined with white silk, all
ready to 60 to housekeeping in. There
was only one objection to this, and
that was, a tenant could not be GER
tain of the lease.
The owner of this attractive bonnet
house, likely as not the next bright
day, would take it into her head to
wear the thing, though for what pur-
pose it was beyond the average mouse
to understand. There was such a fine
veranda, too, made by the bonnet rim,
where the babies could play tag and
hide and seek, in the chiffon. 1t real
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ly seemed great pity not to be able
to secure such a desirable house, and
Mother Mouse went back to take one
more walk on the wide porch and nib
BILE mouthful of white ostrich feath-
ers that grew by the side of it. These
she would use in making coy cor
ner when she should get settled. She
was still in doubt where to locate
when first met her.
There was a swinging seat out on
the big porch close by the screen of
the dining-room window An armful
of cattails leaned up in the corner, and
right above them hung an orioles nest,
looking just like work bag covered
with coarse gray lace. While I sat
there in the twilight Lady Mouse
came climbing up the screen with her
cunning little feet, just as you would
climb up ladder. watched her
until the bell rang for tea and told
the family about our visitor. Then we
forgot all about her. One day, not
long afterward, we were all out there
with books and sewing, when some
one noticed a tiny ball of gray fur
on the floor under the orioles nest.
What do you suppose it was? The
smallest dot Of baby mouse, and the
poor little thing was quite dead:
"How did it get there!" everybody
asked, and then I remembered Mrs.
Mouse and her trip up the wire screen.
"She has nest in those cattails,"
said some one.
So we all looked, but there was no
mouse nest in the cattails.
Maybe it's in the orioles nest" said
somebody else.
Nonsense! It's too high up. Be-
sides, mice don't nest in bird houses"
said the others.
But we got chair and the tallest
one of us stood on tiptoe and peered
down into the nest, and there, snug
gled close together in milk weed silk
and ostrich feather quilts, were four
other tiny baby mice with skin like
pink velvet covered with a soft down
like the bloom on a peach. Probably
the other baby wanted to see the
world too soon and lost his balance,
and so fell down, and down, to the
hard floor under the cattails. Poor lit
tie venturesome baby mouse!
The rest of them behaved as little
mice should, and are probably living
to good old mouse age by this time.
No doubt they have lived in great
many houses, but they could not hope
to find a daintier home than an orr
oles nest. Could they?-Detroit Free
Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
The Man On Horseback
Mystery of the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain That
Has Never Been Solved.

"Sorae time ago." said the colonel,
In the Chicago Inter Ocean, there was
q story told of an officer who rode his
horse up the slope of the confederate
breastworlzs at the bloody angle at
Spottsylvania. No one knew who he
was or what became of him. Now 1
have story of an officer who rode his
horse straight against the dead angle
of the confederate breastworlzs at
Kenesaw mountain, June q, 1864. and
it came to me in strange way. Last
September the survivors of Col. Dan
McCook's brigade, which led the as
sault on that day, held reunion on
the ground they fought over in 1864.
Previous to that members of the
brigade had purchased the ground
about the dead angle, and at the meet
ing last year those present decided TO
erect monument at the angle in
memory of Col. Dan McCook and 9TH
ers OF the brigade who fell there.
They invited, through the. Nashville
and Atlanta newspapers, the confed
crates who were in their immediate
front June ~, 1864, to mark with mon
uments the positions occupied by the
men who defended the works and to
give any incidents of the battle seen
from their side which would shed light
on the engagement. In answer to this
invitation several confederate officers
wrote, and to one of them, Maj. Spen-
GER Eakin, of the Twenty-seventh
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24

and was he Col. Harker. commanding
the brigade on McCook's left?
"This question remains to be an
swered. It is desirable that some of
Harker's brigade mark the exact spot
where their commander fell. This
may answer the question, but Maj.
Eakin's description of the officer re-
minded Col. T. ]. Holmes, of the Fifty
second Ohio, that he had heard num-
Der of his men in discussing the bat
tie between June q and July 2, 1864.
refer freqently to mounted staff Off,
Ger who appeared in the thick of the
fight near three large trees which
stood to the right of the dead angle.
He rode between these trees and the
right of McCook's brigade as it adj
vanced, and while he spoke to no one
he was as cool as man could be. He
disappeared when the assault failed.
No one recognized him, and Col.
Holmes supposed he was a staff officer
acting under orders from Sherman or
Thomas. But who was he?
"Col. Allen l.. Fahnestoclx, who COM
manded the Eighty-sixth Illinois at
Kenesaw, is positive that there were
no mounted officers in MoCook's
brigade at the time of the charge. I7e
suggests that Maj. Eakin may have
seen some officer of Col. J. G. Mitchell q
brigade Mitchell had better ground to
charge over than McCook's brigade,
and many of his officers were mounted.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
EDUCATED OYSTERS.
Schools for Bivalves Are Maintained
by Many Eastern Wholesale
Dealers in Fish.

"A school for oysters" said Phil
adelphia dealer in fish, us an institu-
ton that you would swear could not
exist, for oysters are notorious for
their stupidity. It is, however, fact
that there are many oyster schools.
An oysters intelligence is limited, but
1t has intelligence. Years ago GER
tain wise fish dealer discovered that
if you take an oyster suddenly from
it's subaqueous bed it opens it's shell,
whereupon the life-giving water inside
it all escapes, and the oyster dies.
But if you expose an oyster in the air
gradually, lifting it out Of the water
for few minutes, and then returning
it again, it gradually learns that to
keep it's shell closed when out of the
water is the best thing for it's health.
These investigators found that they
could take two oysters, one trained
and one unframed. and the trained oy-
ster, keeping it's shell closed while out
of the water, would live long time,
while the unframed one, opening it's
shell, would die in few hours. There
fore, training schools for oysters were
established. The schools are in ap-
pearance nothing more than reservoirs
full of water. Oysters are put in them,
and the water is drained off, and then
returned again. It is kept off for a
few minutes at first, then for ten min
utes, then for half an hour, and so on.
Oysters in these schools learn that
they will live longest and live health
test out of water, if they hold their
shells shut tight. AS soon as they
learn this, they are graduated, and go
out into the world"-N. Y. Weekly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
ANIMAL LONGEVITY.
Their depreciation of Life"-
Some SINGULAR COntrasts.

Some curious statistics have just been
published upon what an insurance
actuary would describe as the "expecta-
ton of life" in animals. Singular, and to
all appearances inexplicable, are the con-
trasts displayed By these figures.
Among the larger species Of cattle there
is some approach to uniformity. Thus,
for the horse and the ass, the extreme
limit is about IS years, and for horned
cattle about 30. For the dog it is given
as Is, while sheep, goats, pigs and cats
are grouped at Is. But there are stran-
ger disparities among birds. While a
goose may live 80 years, sparrow 25,
and crow as many as 100, ducks, fowls
and turkeys die of old age at II years.
The privilege of greatest longevity is
shared by the elephant and the parrot.
Both pass the century.
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Tennessee, was sent the proceedings
of the reunion of Col. Dan McCook's
brigade at Chicago in 1900.
after reading the recollectiOns of
the men on the union side and study
ing the maps made by union officers,
marking positions and the spot where
McCook fell, Maj. Eakin wrote, recall
ing many things that the men of NC
Cooks brigade had forgotten. Among
these was the story of an officer on
horseback who rode a dark chestnut
horse to within ten steps of the con-
federate ,breastworks, where his horse
was shot. MAJ Eakin and his mon
watched this officer closely as he rail-
lied his men after the first repuise
and led them in second charge, and
have always believed that he was COL
Dan McCook.
Noticing, however, that Col. Nc
Cook was shot at different point in
the line, and that not one of the
brigade at the reunion in 1900 men
toned such an officer, Maj. Eakin
asks, it the gallant fellow was not
Col. McCook, who was he? All the
boys of the Fifty-second Ohio know
that Col. Dan McCook was on foot dur
ing the charge, and that he was shot
at the top of the confederate breast
works. It is certain that the officer
was not McCook, and no one of our
regiment seems to have seen any off,
Ger at the point where Maj. Eal1in saw
his man.
"Maj. Eakin's letter, however, set
the boys to thinking, and S. w. Rilea,
of the Eighty-sixth Illinois, remem-
bers that after our brigade had fallen
back q steps an officer on horseback
passed from the right to the left just
in the rear of our position. The men
were busy throwing up rifle breast
works, and few noticed him. In few
minutes man came from the left anG
rear with buckskin gauntlet, on the
cuff of which was written in ink .he
name of Col. Charles G.. Harker, who,
he reported, had been killed. The
question is, Was the officer Rilea saw
the officer referred to by Maj. Eakin,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
Cat Winds Up the Clock.

". G.. Sanderson, a Salem, S. D.,
business man, has in his store cat
which is remarkably intelligent. The
animal appears to think that its espe-
cial duty is to wind large clock which
occupies conspicuous position in the
store. The timepiecc is of the kind
that has weights suspended by a chain.
The remarkable intelligence of the ca.
is displayed when it discovers that the
weights are getting close to the floor
and winds them back by pulling on the
other end of the chain. It attends to
this regularly, never permitting the
clock to run down.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24

Much depends on Maj. Eakin's posi-
ton and it's relations to Mitchell's po'
sition, who was to the right of Nc
Cook. If the officer seen by Maj. Eakin
belonged to Mitchell's brigade the
question is still, Who was he?
"W. J. Whitthorn, of the First Ten
nessee regiment (Maney's brigade
Cheatham's division). says his ccgi-
ment held the confederate breastworka
at the dead angle against the assault
from beginning to finish. In a letter
testifying to the desperate bravery OF
those who made the charge, he stated
that two union flags were planted on
the confederate breastworlzs, one in
front of his company, and that both
were captured, three men being killed
in the struggle to seize the flags. Maj
Eakin also speaks of union flag
planted on the breastworks to his
right. Now the only flag that saw
on the rebel breastworks that day was
that of the Fifty-second Ohio, and
that was not captured. Who carried
the flags that Mr.. Whitthorn says we're
captured in his 'front.'"
I'm regard to Col. Harller," said the
captain, my recollection is that on the
9th of June, 1864, he rode a white
horse. Therefore the officer riding a
dark chestnut seen by Maj. Eakin
could not have been Col. Charles G.
Harker, commanding the brigade to
McCook's left. Col. Harker was on
horseback at point between the creek
and the confederate works when he
was wounded. l do not believe the
officer described by Eakin came from
Mitchells brigade. saw Col. John T.
Mitchell commanding the brigade on
foot, and l think other field officers
had followed McCook's example and
had sent their horses back. l know
that 10 Swan, of Company G, Fifty
second Ohio, took back the horses OF
Col. Holmes, and that with him were
men leading the horses of McCook and
others. Several of the boys remember
that the body of a chestnut sorrel horse
lay near our line: But this does not
answer Maj. Eakin'S question"
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Maintaining His Reputation.

Some time before the civil war, and
while he resided in southern Illinois,
John A. Logan once found it necessary
to doubt the veracity of man consid-
erably older than himself, and told
him so.
Don't you call me liar, SIR" said
the man excitedly; II have a reputa-
tion to maintain, and mean to main
tain it if have to do it at the point Of
a pistol"
"Oh," said Logan, that won't be nee
essary. You maintain your reputation
all right every time you tell a lie."
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BOY Shoots q Big Bear.

About as prou0 boy as there is in
the entire Adirondack region is little
Jack Stearns, an 11-year-old New York
boy, who shot and killed a bear. With
his mother, Mrs. John Noble Stearns,
the little New Yorker is guest of the
Adirondack League club, and it was
near the Coombs Spring hatchery of that
organization that the youthful hunter
laid Bruin low. Dave Charbonneau, a
guide, was with the boy when the bear
was killed. He says the animal was 100
yards away from the boy when the shot
was fired. The first attempt was sue
cessful. The bear weighed $50 pounds.
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The Civil War and Crime.

Among the influences which have
powerfully affected the primary causes
of crime and are sources of this pres
ent epidemic is the effect of the civil
war. Though the reabsorption into
the body polite of so many discharged
soldiers without a great and sudden
change in the morale of the people was
most remarkable, and creditable alike
to the institutions and spirit of the
country and to a large majority of the
soldiers, it is still true that. the evil
done by that war to public and private
morality was almost irremediable-
From James M. Buckley's '"The Pres
ent Epidemic of Crime" in Century.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-24
DANCING EGG TRICK.
A Little Experiment for Boys and
Girls That Is Sure to Prove En-
PERTAINING Always.

To execute this little experiment you
need a hard-boiled egg and smooth
china plate. To be sure that the ex-
pertinent is going to be successful, keep
the egg in perpendicular position
while it is being boiled.
Place the plate upside down on the
table, allowing it to stand out little
over the edge of the table, to be able
to catch it quickly with your hand.
Place the egg in the center of the plate
and putting the thumb of the left hand