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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-03
EIGHT PAGES.
THE DAYS SUMMARY,
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. Fore
EAST for Saturday and Sunday:
virginia-Rain Saturday; Cooler in ex-
IRENE southeas; portion: Sunday. fair
and colder: variable winds, becoming
west to northwest. and fresh
North Carolne-Fair in west rain
snd colder in east portion, Saturday: Sum
sa.> fair: fres,, west to northwest winds
The weather in Richmond yesterday
was rainy. cool and disagreeabie in the
extreme. The range of the Dispatch
thermometer was as follows:
-r,r- .,r- -,r,,r,-r,,rT,N,r
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oil AND GRAIN Boats
They Will Be Built In Richmond
Says NC. Auerbac'.
HERE TO STAY FOR PRESENT.
This Location the Best For the Pur.
pose In view.
CAN BE Bunr. .w1rHour sH1PraRn

The Knapp Invention Doubles Cars
rying Capacity and VIII Euhnnc.
Proats Trcmcndouslyt-s sclf-Un-s
loading Grain Steamship Compans
Chartered BY Parliament OF Cam
ada nnd Has Men of Undouhtef
Standing Associated With It-son,.
FtgurcsAs To Possibilities OF Osl
and Gruin Carrying Trade-Fea-s
lures of the Knapp Inventions.
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MR.. j. B. HALL RESIGNS.
Popular r. =. & F. agent At ashland

Popular r. r. & r. Agent At Ashland
Will Leave His Post.
ASHLAND, VA, January 2-tspeciaL)
Mr.. b. Hall, who has for ten years
been the eficient and popular agent OF
the Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railroad here. has rendered his resig-
alton. Mr.. Hall has many friends here
and elsewhere who will be surprised to
learn Of his. action. He has as yet no
definite plans for the future No ap-
aasa tunAnt hss bssn made.
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THIS is NOT A "PIPE DREAM, 2
what Happened To north cara1ina

Whut HdppEhedT To CaT01inA
Pipe-Vorker Connecting Pipe.
WASHINGTON. n. c.. January a.
(Special.)-A large pipe being placed at
the top OF the Washington Light and
Water Company's plant, fell this after
noon and struck platform few feet
below on which was pipe worker con-
Meeting pipe. The platform broke and
the man was turned a sonersault and
was falling when his hand caught a
trailing rope tied to the top Of the steel
frame. He held on with a tight grip and
was soon lowered to safety. He did not
return to work this evening.
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MORTALITY WOUNDED.
Clarence Howard (CoI) Shot by
John Henderson Another Negro In

ROANOKE, VA, January Especially
John Henderson shot and seriously
wounded Clarence Howard this morn
ting. He used a shotgun and claims he
ard declares that Henderson went to a
hall in drunken condition and they
fred him out. They afterwards met and
Henderson shot HIM Henderson surren-
sdered to the authorities Howards con-
sditton is serious and he viii die. 10th
men are ce1ored
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.1 am an old woman said Mrs. Ha-
ma1.. ths ala mother s.nX days are @al.;
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Jackson, | he Man

Andrew Jackson, who defeated the
British in the great battle of New Or
leans and afterward was president of
the United States, became soldier
and gave a good account OF himself
in battle when he was only Is years
old.
Andrews mother had intended that
he should be a minister, and so sent
him to school early. BY the time he
was IL years old he was not only a
good English scholar, but had made
much progress in Latin and Greek.
The war of the revolution was raw
aging the land and Andrew longed for
the time when he should be big
enough to go and fight for his country.
He lived at place called Waxhaw, in
South Carolina, and it was not long
before the region was invaded by the
soldiers of the British kind.
Lord Rawdon, with large body OF
English troops, was sent by Cornwall
lis, the British commander in chief
to lay waste the Waxhaw region and
scare the inhabitants into acknowledg
ing the authority of the king OF En-
: gland. Andrews mother,a poor Wid
ow, fled with her children into North
Carolina upon the approach Of Lore
Rawdon, leaving her little Srm to the
mercy OF the invaders.
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drew to far corner of the box, so that
his face was shaded by the curtain, He
did not sit in front as has been errone-
ously stated
How great and good and amiable,' %
thought l.
Before the overture Wilkes Booth
and | had had drink together, and
now that the President was seated, |
saw him moving down the passage
way to the box He seemed to be in
tently watching the play.
"'What has come over Booth to-
night, l wonder, that he follows the
play SO closely?' remarked to mem
Der of the orchestra.
This was near the conclusion of
the first act. Just as the curtain was
about to be rung down, ]. B. Wright,
the prompter. sent word to me that
it would be impossible to produce my
song tonight, because Miss Keene was
nervous over the unexpected arrival
of the President, and was fearful lest
something would occur to mar the
play | was angry at this, as Miss
Keene had given me a positive prom
| Use, and had said, moreover, that she
would aid me as much as she could
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Keene as the star. was young and en-
thusiastic then, and very much wrap.
ped up in my work had written and
composed a song which called Hon
or to Our Soldiers l had engaged a
quartet, and we had practiced time and
again. Miss Keene had promised me
that it should be sung between the acts
that night.
"The entrance of the presidential
party, which was entirely unexpected.
put an end to our plan. The party con-
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, Major
Rathbone and the two boys, Tad and
Robert Lincoln. They proceeded to
the box to the right of the stage, and
fourteen feet above it's level. AS the
party walked along the passage the
audience cheered enthusiastically,
while the orchestra struck up Hail to
the Chief | had heard that played
often at the entrance of a president to
some public gatherings, and had fire.
quently noted tina the chief executive
ignored it and failed to acknowledge
that he understood its import. Not so
with Lincoln. He smiled and bowed po-
litely to orchestra and audience; then
with characteristic modesty, he with
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Saw Lincoln Killed 1 4sf ez ss G fs, sss 'z

In the village of Wakefield,
Ill, there is an old man to whom the
shooting of President Mckinley comes
home with especial force. He is Will
liam Withers, and he was once the
leader of the orchestra in Ford's the
alter, Washington, and while there he
was an eyewitness of the shooting of
President Lincoln on the night of April
IA, 1865.
in life of siXty-fve years, almost
fifty of which have been spent as an
orchestra leader, have seen many
strange things" he said to Sun re-
porter on the night of the shooting OF
President Mckinley, land have trav
eled all over this continent and ELL
rope, but of all things that / recall
none seems SO indelibly stamped upon
the tablets of my memory as the
scenes of that terrible night. 1t seems
but yesterday since Lincoln died.
Laura Keene's company was al
Ford's theater and on that particular
night-it was Good Friday--the play
was the American Cousin with Laura
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stopped, wheeled about, and saw the
dark figure of man flying through
the air from the Presidents box to
the stage. Half way his foot caught
in the flag, and he fell to the floor.
He was up again in an instant, and
rushing in my direction. He held a
dagger in his right hand.
'As he approached to my horror |
recognized Wilkes Booth. His face
was terrible sight. He was drawn
and white, and his black eyes blazed
like fire and seemed to protrude from
his head. His long, black hair seem
ed to stand on end.
LET me pass! Let me pass! he
said.
81 stood stupidity staring at him and
said not word. All at once he crouch
ed low and sprang at me, lunging with
the dagger as he came. 1t cut through
my dress coat. waistcoat, and two
shirts, but did not Craze the skin. He
sprang again, this time high in the air
and struck me from above, downward
The point of the weapon buried ltsel1
in the back of my neck after passing
through the coat just below the collar
and l fell to the floor with my face
! to the rear door. Booth leaped over
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was naturally eager to see how the
song would take, as | was somewhat
proud of it. l made up my mind,
therefore, to go to the rear of the
stage and demonstrate with Wright
Just inside the door leading to the
point l wished to reach, the box con-
tanning the governor which controlled
the gas jets of the entire building was
placed. Leaning over this box was
Spangler, a scene shifter, apparently
watching the play.
"'Get out of my way!' l exclaimed.
What business have you here? he
demanded.
81 am going to see Mr. Wright
| rejoined get out
! The fellow moved away, and be.
| fore he had time to return to the box
the whistle blew, and he had to make
the changes for the dairy scene.
81 talked with Wright, and left him
| in disgust, as the. best he could dc
was to promise that, if possible, the
song would be sung after the closing
act, when | knew well that no one
| would stay to listen to it. had step
ped down one step of the stairs on
my way back to the orchestra, when
suddenly a pistol shot rang out.
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Andrew, who was student at the
Waxhaw academy, had to abandon his
studies, and although he was only 10
years old, he determined that the next
time he encountered, the British 1t
would be as a soldier. He would run
from them no more.
AS soon as Lord Rawdon left the
Waxhaw district the fugitives return
ed to their desolate homes, and in a
few weeks the American general, Sum
ner appeared among them and raising
the patriot standard, summoned the
settlers to join it in arms.
A Soldiers Trials.
Soon he was at the head of small
but brave band, and among his fol
lowers was little Andrew Jackson.
They fought without pay and were
scantily supplied with clothing and
food. Sometimes few kernels OF
parched corn was all they had to eat
for days at a time.
They gathered together muskets OF
all sorts, and those who could not gel
a musket made themselves swords
and spears out of scythes and pitch
forks. In the swamps and forests O.
| South Carolina they lay hidden tt
dart on detached parties of the Brit
| ish and their friends, the Tories.
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Hon. the Residents of His Former Home
Revere the Warriors Name.

elected. Grant was offered the cap
taincy of the company but declined it.
In a characteristic speech he explain
ed the duties of soldier, emphasizing
the necessity of implicit, unquestioning
obedience to competent authority.
He said he would be glad to assist the
company to the full extent of his abil-
ity, and finally evoked cheers by de-
claring that he intended to enter the
service.
His labors in the leather store ended
with that meeting The next day he
wrote to his father-in-law predicting
the uprising of the north and the doom
of slavery and announcing his inten-
ton to offer his services to the govern
ment.
The Departure and the Return.
The ladies of Galena addressed
| themselves to the task of making uni
| forms for the company. Grant furnish
ed them description of the United
States uniform for infantry and they
prosecuted their work with vigor and
enthusiasm. Meantime Grant was drill
ing the company diligently and when
| it was ready to report for assignment
| he decided to go with it to Springfield
| With true provincial blare and buster
| 1T marched through the streets, pre-
coded by the fire company, the Mason
ic assembly, the Odd Fellows, the may
or and other civic means of splendor
while Grant, with carpet-bag in hand
stood modestly in the crowd on the
walk and watched them pass. To avoid
the crowd he fell in behind the column
and quietly, with head pensively dreop
4 ing, marched in it's wake across the
bridge and entered the train for the
state capital. 1t is recalled by mel
still living that the carpetbag he car
ried was limp and gaunt.
A few days after Grant had been ap
; pointed colonel of the Twenty-first reg
iment, he returned to Galena to- pro
: cure horse and order uniform an,
; a sword. The $500 or S400 necessar
: to buy his outfit Grant borrowed fror
one of the Galena banks on the indorse
ment of e. A. Collins. his fathers fol
: mer business partner. The none
/, would have been cheerfully furnishe
/ by the leather store, but Grant prefer
4 red to be independent and to get it c
t the bank.
:, On March 4, 1864, the people of G,
y lena presented General Grant with
n beautiful and costly sword as "toke
4 of their appreciation of his inestimt
S BILE services to the country in the SUI
l. preston of the rebellion, and parti
h ularly in opening to the people of tn
t valley of the Mississippi their gres
f pathway of commerce to the ocean,"
S The Conquerne Hero.
I. The return of Grant to Galena G
e the close of the war marks an epoc
s! in the history of the old town. A Ii
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They soon felt strong enough to at
tack a British post, and so marched
against the English fortified camp at
a place called Hanging Rock They
drove the British out, killing many of
them, and forcing the rest to retreat
into strong fort near by.
This was Anderw Jackson's first
battle, and he SO distinguished himself
in it that his name is mentioned in all
the detailed accounts of the engage
ment which have come down to us.
With Andrew in this battle was his
brother Robert, who was only few
years older. than himself The stub
born patriotism of the Washaw set
tiers having become well known to
the British. Lord Rawdon the next
day sent Maj. Coffin with a body OF
cavalry and infantry to that part oil
the country with orders to kill or cap
ture all the Waxhaw men he could
| find.
Andrew was at home with his moth
er when the news reached him OF the
advance of the British. He had Just
turned IA now and felt himself quite q
man and soldier.
With his brother and his cousin
| Lieut. Crawford, he summoned all the
lsettlers capable Of bearing arms te
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other at the WaXhaw meeting house
and prepare to resist the invaders.
About 40 men and boys had collected
at the meeting house and We're waiting
for force which had promised to join
them under Captain Nesbit, when they
saw soldiers approaching. They sup,
posed these to be the expected rein.
forcements, and it was only when the
troops were close upon them that they
saw that the strangers were the sol
diers sent by Lord Rawdon.
The British dragons dashed in
among the patriots, striking down with
their swords all who came in their
way.
Some of the patriots sprang upon
their horses and escaped. Among these
We're Andrew Jackson and Lieut. Craw'
ford.
In passing over a piece of swampy
ground the lieutenant's horse became
stuck in the mud. and the British, who
We're IN hot pursuit, captured the
young officer. Bur they could not cap
ture Andrew. Soon after Andrew met
his brother, who had also escaped. and
| the two hid in the woods near the
| house of their cousins, the Crawfords
becoming very hungry, they left theil
arms and horses in the woods and, nc
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Grant and Galena

I'VE were working for common fund
and we had what we needed. We were
not really upon salaries, in the ordi-
into the firm upon the same terms.
There was no bossing by Simpson or
Orville. | had as much to do about
the managing as anybody and no more
There was no feeling about Ulysses
coming in and no one looked down on
him for his failure. We all looked up
| to him as an older man and a sol
der. He knew much more than we in
matters of the world and we recognized
| it,"
Had Many Occupations
Grant turned his hand to everything
needful to be done. Nominally he was
bill clerk and collection agent, but in
fact he sold stock, bought hides and
made out bills for goods. In those days
exchange was high, and in order to
save or 10 per cent, the house bought
/ dressed pork in the streets and shipped
it to Cincinnati to be converted into
money there. Captain Grant often
| climbed upon farmers sleighs as they
came into town and bid upon dressed
pork. And it is said that he was a
/ shrewd buyer.
In the winter of 1S60-61 he did con
siderable travelling through the north
i west.
The leather store had customers il
the little towns in southwestern Wis
consin, southeastern Minnesota anC
northeastern Iowa, and he called OF
them to secure their orders for goods
; When it came to be known that he
had been an officer in the regular army
he attracted attention wherever he
went. OF an evening the men abou
. town would congregate in the hote
where he was staying and discuss will
him the relations between the nortl
and the south and the probabilities o
the future. He thought that a conf1ic
was inevitable, but that "the wa
would be over in 80 days" He wa
an interesting conversationalist, AM
: would talk with impressive earnestnes
on the subject that was uppermost il
7 the public mind, the group of me
; about him listening eagerly to ever
! word that fell from his lipe. Non
u dreamed, however, that the name c
5 the modest, unpretentious leather sa
. esman was to go down in history wit
the names of Hannibal, Napoleon an
Wellington.
He Voted For Buchanan
It Grants first opportunity to vote fc
!, a presidential candidate came in 1856
e when he was resident of ST. Loui
l. At that time he was nearly 35 yeal
e old. Since attaining his majority hi
3, sympathies had been with the Viii
s party. But that party had now cease
o to exist. He believed that the electic
It Of the republican candidate for tt
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bands played and cannon doomed. And
again when the blare of trumpets and
the fiuttering of flags had given place
to the ordinary prosaic quiet OF daily
life in Galena, Grant went forth to meet
his fellow citizens. said one OF his old
friends: Fl cannot see that Gen. Grant
has, changed a bit since he left here ~
years ago to go into the army" Nor
had he.
Gen. Grant was at his home here
when the republican convention met
in Chicago in 1880. That self pose
which had served him to so good pur-
pose during the troublous war period
was strikingly manifest now. The peo-
pie generally were intensely excited,
but the principal figure in the great po-
| litical contest which was the provoca-
| ton of their disquietude. maintained
| throughout those IL feverishly excit-
| ing days the utmost composure. He
| gave no sign whatever of the solicitude
| he must have felt respecting the action
of the convention. When the news OF
Garfield's nomination finally came, he
| lighted cigar quietly and said: i
| can't say that am disappointed at my
own defeat. BY it shall escape four
years of abuse. Now hope the news
papers will let me and my family
| alone" Then he buttoned up his over
coat and set out afoot for his modest
home on the hill.
j In 1891 heroic statue Of Grant-a
gift to his native town from Hermann
H. Kohlsaat of Chicago, was unveiled
4 at Galena The figure stands upon a
broad pedestal and faces the west. The
attitude is easy and characteristic.
There are several bas-reliefs in bronze.
One of these represents Lees surren-
der to Grant at AppomattoX. On the
cornice are the words: Grant, Our
Citizen"
Il On each recurring anniversary of his
birth Galena pays tender tribute to
the memory of General Grant. The
, Grant birthday association was organ
lied ten years ago, and every citizen
of Galena is a member of it. On April
:, 81, of each year many people journey
hither, business is suspended, flags are
unfurled military and civic societies
!, march through the streets, and some
distinguished public man pronounces
a eulogy on the illustrous dead. I'm
1898, William Mckinley, then govern
: or of Ohio, delivered the address and
. three years ago Theodore Roosevelt
= was the orator of the day. This year,
> Senator Bailey of Texas, delivered the
annual address. At the celebration in
1895 there was unveiled an historic
r painting by Thomas Mast, reproducing
q with striking effect the scene of the
q surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomat
\ tox. The picture is entitled: peace in
i. Union" 1t is another gift to Galens
d from Mr.. Kohlsaat
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presidency would precipitate the seces
sion of every one of the slave states.
He argued that the election of dem.
ocrat would leave no pretext for seces-
sion for four years at least. He hoped
that the passions of the people would
subside in the meantime. If the ca
tastrophe could not be averted he be-
lieved that the country would be bet
ter prepared to meet it four years
later than it was then. He, therefore,
voted for Buchanan.
When the election took place in 1850
| he had not resided in Illinois long
| enough to entitle him to vote This
was not disappointment to him, for
he would have been compelled by his
pledges to vote for Douglas, whose de-
feat he knew was inevitable. He de.
sired as between Lincoln and Brock.
inridge, to see Lincoln elected. The
campaign was an exceptionally sharp
one. The Republicans of Galena or.
ganized a wide Awake" club. AL
though he did not take an active part
in the public demonstrations of either
party, he occasionally met with the
wide Awakes" to superintendent
their drill He also once in awhile per
formed a similar service for the
douglas Guards" democratic cam
paign club.
His sympathy with the republican
party was well known to his friends
although he did not talk much on poll
tics. His wife was southern breC
woman, and at that time she owned
several slaves in Missouri. Prior tt
the outbreak of the war her sympa
thies were undoubtedly with the PEG
, pie in the midst of whom she wa
/ reared, but when the crisis came Their
was not woman in the land more 10y
al than she.
Declined Captaincy.
f "When the news came that Sumpte
t had been fired upon immense excite
+ ment prevailed in Galena. When Liz
5 coin called for $4,000 troops call wa
l issued forthwith for meeting of pa
S riotic citizens at the court house
1 When the meeting was called to orde
q Robert Brand, southern bred demo
Y crat who was the mayor of the tow
e was chosen to preside His speec
f aroused the suspicion that he was
/ sympathy with the south and an effol
b was made to GUST him from the chat
d but it did not succeed. Subsequent
another meeting was held and Capital
Grant, doubtless because he had bee
r an officer in the regular army, we
J, elected chairman. He was much en-
5. barrassed, but he contriyed wit
s prompting to announce the object {
S the meeting. After number
g speeches had been made, volunteer
d were called for to form a compan
n Before the meeting adjourned IL
e company was formed and the office