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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-16

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Landa
Delegate Rodoy Of Nov Mexico has
introduced a bin 30 amend the act
makng certain grants OF land % tho
territory OF New Mexico. adding q
provision that timheg upon lands au-
thoriEed 90 be- sold under the present
law may be- sold az public sales ia
tracts not 90 exceed $4,000 acres 90
any one person. corporation or aHs1-
citation. 40 not iCas than "a per acre.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
BY R. NJ. Larner.

Washington, June 1s.-President
Roosevelt has done more to person
ally encourage and stimulate interest
in athletic sports than any previous
occupant of the White House. He
takes an active part in wrestling, fenc-
ing, tennis and other games of phYsi-
cal culture. He will travel miles to
witness a football contest or view a
boat race, and so enthusiastic is he on
the subject of the great national game
--baseball-that he has converted the
beautiful park south of the executive
mansion into a baseball rendezvous for
regularly organized and uniformed To-
cal leagues.
President Roosevelt has surely touch
ed the popular heart of the citizens Of
the national capital by throwing open
the White Lot Elipse to the amateur
baseball organizations of the district.
The rules and regulations governing
this attractive playground are such
that thousands of the best citizens and
their families may be found there al
most any bright afternoon witnessing
one or more contests between teams
in the various church, school or bust
ness leagues. The rowdy element will
not be tolerated and good order In
varlably prevails among the players
and the spectators.
sports in the white Lot.
It is difficult to imagine a more In
spring picture Of outdoor sports than
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

surnise as to Lieut.. Kellogg of Col.
Henry r. Jackson's Mexican War
regiment. letter comes to me from
James Kellogg, dated at the Veterans
Home, Napa county Cal, May 81, in
which he says: II was highly gratified
a few days ago to receive your Sun
day issue of the Morning News, of
May 8, through the kindness of your
old G. A. r. comrade. Col. r. A. Mills,
Of East Oakland, who requested me to
confirm my identity with the James
Kellogg named in your letter as cele-
brating his eighty-eighth birthday on
April 49, Your own account of me was
so near accurate, that it hardly needs
confirmation from here, but if Col.
Jackson is still living he can verify
the statements. l received letter
from him some time ago, but it is
among my papers at home, at East
Oakland. While you would hardly be-
lieve / have reached such a ripe old
age, yet my brother George, whom you
refer to as father of Clara Louise KEEL
logg, the famous singer, died at 80
years of age. I am in good health, see
to read we'll without glasses, hear as
we'll as did forty years ago, walk with
an elastic step, am not baldIheaded and
keep step with any procession. 1 am
never sick, yet I have abundant evil
dence of old age creeping on slowly.
But DR.. Holmes said to be seventy
years young is sometimes Far more
cheerful and hopeful than to be forty
years DID, If you should ever find
leisure to write me, kindly inform me
if Col. Henry r. Jackson still lives"
1 shall write this distinguished Maine
Georgia veteran of the Mexican War
and would be glad to hear from any
survivor-officer or private-of Col
Jackson's regiment. 1 met several at
the first Atlanta Exposition, with Gen.
Sherman, but I know that many have
died since that time. Gen. Jackson
delivered the address there.
1t is always a pleasure to me to have
my own errors corrected, and so am
thankful to Capt. w. H. ("Tip'O Har-
Iison, of the Controllers Office in At
lanta for the following corrections and
information: II am in receipt of a
marked copy of Morning News of May
20, containing your usual Sunday let
ter. You have fallen into one or two
errors yourself about the Naval Aca-
denny boys. Richard F. Armstrong was
in class with Sampson, being the 1857
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

a long list of former employees in the
Various departments, some still living,
but the majority passed away, played
ball in the White Lot. In those days,
visiting teams from other cities were
met at the depot by committee of
prominent citizens, escorted to the Ma
tional or the Old Willard Hotel, and
after the game were given a ban
quet.
Some of the more recent graduates
from the White Lot were Charley Sny-
der, catcher of the champion Boston
team when Tom Bond was pitcher.
George Wright, the once famous short
stop played here. Paul Hines, the
great batsman of the once champion
Chicago Club, received his early base
ball training in the White Lot. Sadie
Houck, short stop for Boston, and sew
eral other local players, became pro-
fessionals after leaving the amateur
ranks in the White Lot.
There are few veteran base ball
fans who remember the circumstances
under which they witnessed the we'd
ding of Nellie Grant to Algernon Sar-
toris, which took place in the White
House during Grants second admins
tration.
Jesse Grant was then captain and
manager of boys team which played
game was arranged with Jesse's team
for the same day as the wedding. The
marriage could not be postponed and
the ball game was equally urgent. SO
Jesse put on a substitute and the game
proceeded without him. In the middle
Of the game, while the Marine Band
was playing the wedding march and
the uniformed diplomats and other
wedding guests were rolling up to the
White House in their carriages, the
members of Jesse's club concluded
they would go to the wedding also.
With dirty faces and hands, BASEBALL
bats and ball, the little chaps ran up
10 the front door of the executive
mansion. The door was unguarded as
the ushers and doorkeepers had left
their posts TO witness the ceremony in
the East Room, so the small boys
found no difficulty in sneaking into
the room and pressing their way to
point whence they could command
fair view OF the great international
ceremony.
Gen. Grant members Of his cabinet,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
MORNING NEWS AND CHILDREN
WILL HAVE A BIG TIME
Together They Will Take in Electric Amusement
Park, at ThunderboIt Tomorrow.

scissors out of the work box and turn
to page and cut out the big coupon.
It you can't find the scissors just
take the whole paper along, and when
1.-The man" at the gate asks you for
your ticket, just shove the Morning
News at him like you owned the whole
thing, and walk right in wherever you
like, stay as long as you please and
have all the fun you know how to
have
Get Excursion Tickets.
After you have gained possession of
the paper take it to any of the list OF
places named on the coupon and make
arrangements for your excursion ticket.
Now, boys and girls, do not imagine
that you are objects of charity. The
Morning News coupon will be worth
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others

Pine Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla. June
1s.-Capt. Joseph p, Carson, of the
Fourth Georgia Regiment, gives a
graphic story of the Capture of Fort
Steadman," near Petersburg, Va, but
he should spell the name "Stedman,"
as that is the proper way a
Corpl. Clayton Lee, of the Seventh
Battery, U. S. A, writes to the Cour-
Dispatch, of Dublin, Ca, of his
army life at Fort Riley, Kansas, but
falls into few errors. 1t is not one
of the Oldest forts in the country, nor
was it founded in 1882" but was es-
tablshed on May II, 1858, on the left
bank of the Kansas river, at the juno
ton Of the Smoky Hill and Republican
Forks. Another error may be typo
graphical, as there are only fifteen
Iavalry regiments in the army, and I
suppose he means the Seventh and not
the Seventeenth Cavalry once had
headquarters there. = DR.. w. M.
Gould is a very old man (S5) and his
memory is no doubt faulty. He could
hardly "have stood at the side of the
two martyred Presidents, when they
were shot down. Garfield had lust
crossed the threshold of the ladies'
waiting room in the depot at Washing.
ton when shot down, and DR.. G.. was
not at his side. Mckinley in the Tenn
pie of Music at the Buffalo Exposition,
was surrounded by his distinguished
associates and DR.. G. was not one of
them. He may have been in both cities
when these events occurred, but was
not Immediately near either victim.
The Washington, D. c., Star of June
II, contains several illustrated articles
on military topics. One of them, "At
Bull Run Again." contains a few typo
graphical and other errors. Gen. Bar
ton Bee" should be Barnard E. Bee,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

and "Graveton" should be Groveton.
The statement that the battle Of Aug. 20,
1862. is sometimes called the battle
of "Graveton," is not sufficiently ex-
plicit. My remembrance is that there
was skirqnish-a lively one-at Grove
ton or Manassas Plains, on Aug %,
and the next day the Second Manassas
or Bull Run battle occurred at Grove
ton Heights. There was also y skir-
mish at Groveton on Oct. 16, 1868, run
ming into the next day. The
star also contains two beautiful photo.
engravings of the Confederate Memorial
services at Arlington. The magnificent
large wreath sent by the Sons of Con-
Iederate Veterans, was one of the most
beautiful designs of the kind ever made
The orator of the day was Rev. DR..
A. W. Pitzer, Southern Presbyterian
ana confederate soldier. Another
page OF the Star is given up to the
High School Battalion prize drill. won
by company B, Capt. E. L. Kelly. The
photo. engravings show the captains
or the several companies to be fine
looking young fellows. Washington
city is very liberal with her cadet bat
talon of school boys, and is we'll sat
lsned with the investment
Flag Day." which was June Ia. call
ed forth a great deal of illustrated mat
ter about The First Flag and its
Maker" One of the illustrations shows
Betsy Ross standing up and holding
one end of the flag she has made, while
the other end rests on the floor at the
Feet of Gen. Washington, who is also
standing up, and wearing a full uni
form. with sword and belt. This pic
ture is purely imaginative, as no such
scene actually took place. When the
nrst flag was completed, Gen. Wash
1ngton and Robert Morris and George
Ross Gan uncle of Betsy Ross), called
at the humble Ross home to inspect the
work. Washington was not in full
uniform, and all of the party were seat
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

for excursion rates on the trolley
cars, and every juvenile will be carried
to and from the park for five cents
each way. OF course if you want to
walk. son. or ride your wheel. you don't
have to spend a cent.
what Must he Done.
First of all you must be good all day
to-day. DO everything papa and NAM
ma tells you. AS soon as they have
finished with the big Sunday edition
of the Morning News. get mammals
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

spend tomorrow afternoon at the park,
and see what a good time we can have
together.
From o'clock in the afternoon un-
til in the evening the entire park,
and all Of the amusements. will be
open to Young Savannah. The carous-
al, the miniature railroad, the Pari-
sian Maze, the House of Trouble, the
Toboggan Slide will all belong to the
little readers of the Morning News, and
not a cent will be accepted from any
cubby little fist. The Morning News
have made arrangements with the
Amusement Company for all of this.
Arrangements have been made
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
THE WHITE LOT TURNED
INTO A BALL GROUND
President Roosevelt Promoter of Athletic
Sports.
Sports.

that which is viewed from the south
windows Of the White House these
bright summer afternoons. The scenes
presented there recall the old DAYS of
the White Lot, when baseball was play
ed there by semi-professional clubs,
representing Washington, Baltimore.
Brooklyn and other cities. The White
Lot was not kept as well then as 1t is
now, but there were three separate dia-
monds on which games were played
simultaneously.
The writer recalls the days of Grants
administration. Then the prominent
clubs playing in the White Lot, by
! permission, were the National, Union
and the Jefferson. Senator German
was an active member and player on
the National team, which included the
well-remenbered George Fox, who, in
his day, was the king of long distance
hitters. In the game between the Ma
tional and the Atlantic of Brooklyn.
George Fox stood at the home plate, at
the north end of the present eclipse, and
drove the ball into the old canal. which
at that time ran along what is now A
street. There was deep row of will
low trees In the extreme center OF the
field back Of the crowd which circled
the players. The ball cleared both
crowd and willows, and was afterwards
fished out Of the canal by an enthusiast
tic small boy.
Uncle Sans Ball Team.
In those days Uncle Sam" practical
~ supported baseball in the White Lot.
The players on the various local teams
were employees In the government de-
partments. Civil service examinations
cut no figure in those days, and II a
promising ball player was discovered
In this locality, Il was an easy task
to get him government position with
the understanding that he was to play
with the National Club.
George Fox was student at George
town College when he was drafted into
the National team. His hard hitting
was witnessed by committee from the
club and they az once secured him EN-
ployinenR IN the Treasury Department
Harry Berthrong, the fieet-footed
catcher Billie Williams, pitcher: Harry
McLean, Charlie Anderson, Tom
ouantreil. Btudley. Norton Hodges and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

come you are. or how glad the Morn
ing News is to be giving you a little
fun at the most popular resort in the
South Just go ahead and take your
fun as you find it.
Hold your coupon in your fist and
shake it at anybody who looks at you
twice. That'll make 'em go back to
the woods. 1t all belongs to you
for a day-as long as you hold to the
coupon. You'll think you are in fairy
land, and you'll be so happy you'll
forget all about the whipping that's
been promised you for not standing
higher in your class.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

as much to you at the Amusement
Park as the big bag of gold that hangs
at the end of the rainbow, and If any
body says anthing to you that you don't
like, you just say you are going to.
tell the Morning News. Then you'll
see how 1t works.
1t will be Morning News day, and
the Morning News has seen fit to turn
the park over to its young friends.
There are no ifs or ands or
butts about it. All you have
got to do is to get a coupon
and say the Morning News for me-"
That's the pass word, and it will get
you things you never got before.
VIII Be Many Of You.
There will be a whole lot of you and
there amt men enough to get around
and tell each one of you how well
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

and some of mis- personal friends fire.
quently strolled down to the White
Lot and witnessed the ball games.
There was no grand stand, but office
chairs were brought out for the distin-
guished spectators on state occasions,
A camp stool or the green sod was
the popular seating accommodation for
spectators, just as it is to-day
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
Tan and White Hosiery

Fashion has decreed that tans and
whites shall be the things in Hosiery
for this season. We have just re-
ceived a new line of the latest
shades in tan, both plain and lace
stripes.
Ladies Tan Hose at soc, 35c and csc.
Childrens Tan Hose 35c, 25c and 15c
Ladies' White Hose soc, 35c and csc
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

No poor man can AFFORD 10 bother
with any OF the experimental health
flds. He Is too busy making a living
for himself and family, and when he is
AFFLICTED with bad cough or cold. or
develops cataTrh as the direct result o.
a cold, he simply takes q few doses OF
Or. Bosohee's German Syrup. And ~
something more serious. say coneump-
tien, proatrates llim or any rgember ~
bis family, German Syrup cRn again
b relied on 70 eject q cure. Trial bot
ne. 80. Biz bottle, 7bc, ~ All drug
g.sts. IlEieht's Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
Daniel Hogan.

class, but was in class which entered
in 1858, one year behind Sampson and
Armstrong. 1t is true that Bob Foute
Marmaduke and Meriwether were my
classmates, but I resigned in May, 1860
on account of the death of my father
and was clerk in Chamberlin's store
in Lumpkin, Ca, when the war clouds
burst over the land. Aeneas Arm
strong was Dick Armstrong; older
brother. Both of them served under or
with Capt. Kell. Dick was on the
Alabama with Semmes and Kell, but
Aeneas was with Kell earlier in the
war, and was not on the Alabama. He
was with the naval force on the James
river in 1S64-65. and lost his life late
in the war by the capsizing of a yawl
in which he was trying to cross the
river. His widow, Mrs. H. E. Arm
strong, is now a resident of Thomas
vile. Ga"
In my letter of May 20, in reply to
John A. Britton of Woodbine, Ga, /
stated that had no official record of
81 Midshipman Hooper, in the C. s. A.
Capt. Harrison seeks to enlighten me,
but falls into an error in dates him
self, as Hooper was q member Of
Dick" Armstrong; class, 1857, and re-
signed. Capt. Harrison says: TN
Schelys class (1S56) Thomas w. Hoop
er was one of Georgla's representatives,
and nephew of the late DR.. II. "
M. Miller of Atlanta. He may have
been in the C. S. n. for a short WHILE
but early in the war-July, 1s61-he
was commissioned adjutant of the
Twenty-flrst Georgia Regiment, and
later became major, then lieutenant
colonel, and, finally, colonel of this glo-
rious regiment after the death of Col
John T. Mercer Ia West Pointer, killed
at Plymouth, N. c., on April is, 1854
Col. Hooper died out in Arkansas many
years after the close of the war"
presume Capt. III. is correct, yet I find
no official mention of Col Hooper as
adjutant of his regiment, that position
being filled by T. J. Verdery and L. F.
Blackwell. Hooper seems to have been
the first major of the regiment, and
then succeeded Lieut.. Col. James ].
Morrison, and later Col Mercer. But
am grateful to Capt. H. for his in
formation, and he knows from a long
and laborious and expensive service
how hard it is to secure correct and
reliable information of this kind.
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

Second Lieut.. Rex Van Den Corrupt
of the Coast Artillery has been pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant and is on
duty at Fortress Monroe. He is an
Atlanta boy and a graduate of the
Georgia School of Technology. He
was a captain of volunteers in the
Spanish American War and won a
commission in the regular army in 1901.
The Pilgrim Magazine of Bat
tie Creek, Mich. for May, contains
large double page group picture OF
battleships of different nations for over
900 years. In the center is a conspic-
uous representation of the famous
battle between the Confederate iron
clad Merrimac, or Virginia, and the
Union navys Monitor. The evolution
of the big modern battleship through
nearly a thousand years is a wonder
full story. The Augusta, Ga,
Chronicle has an item about Louis
Gaylor Clerk" I presume, it should
be Lewis Gaylord Clark, twin brother
of Willis Gaylord Clark, born in 1910.
1 was a contributor to their then pop
ular Knickerbocker Magazine in the
long, long ago" early days of my lit
erary career. Willis died in 1S41 and
Lewis never fully recovered from the
sad bereavement, for they were de-
votedly attached to each other.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
stammerIng Cured.

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

cut it out.
by sports like these are all their
cares beguild;
The sports of children satisfy the
child"
Many little hands clapped with joy
several days ago when the Morning
News issued an informal invitation to
the children of Savannah to visit. with
out cost, the Electric Amusement
Park, at Thunderbolt.
No specified date was set at that
time, but now, little miss and master,
we want you all to come out and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

Gives Rich Charge-Cures Men and
Women Thousands of Miles ure Those
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
ParaSOl Specials

We closed out from the manufacturer
line of Ladies' All Silk Parasols,
with heavy sterling and mother of
pearl handles, a regular $500 re-
taller. We bought them GO 10
cheap enough to run at ~%'T|
The balance of our Ladies' and Chill
drens Fancy Parasols will be sold
Monday at ABOUT HALF COST.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
RESCUED ON WAY To CRAVE;
PROFESSOR STOPS FUNERAL;
RESTORES WOMAN TO LIFE.
DOES HE POSSESS DIVINE POWER?
Woman Threatened With Burial Mysterious
ST PHENOMENAL MIRACLE OF THE AGE.

Knife He
Death to Suffering Mankind
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

ed when the flag was displayed. Wash
ington had furnished the main fea-
lures of the design from the old coat of
arms of the earlier Washington fami-
lies, but Betsy Ross changed the six
pointed star into a flve-pointed star,
and also changed the arrangement of
the thirteen stars from rows into a cir
Gle. This arrangement, however, was
abandoned when new states were adj
mitted, and the original plan of rows
was adopted. The first foreign salute
to the STARS and Stripes" was from
French naval ship. at the request of
Capt. John Paul Jones of the Ranger"
The first formal appearance of the flag
in land battle, was on Sept. IL, 1871,
at the battle of the Brandywine, only
eight days after it's adoption by Con-
gress was made public.
Rev. w. D. Johnson, D. D., of
Athens, Ga, says the Washington Star
has been elected president of Allen Uni
Versity at Columbia, S. c., a school of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. He was educated by the late
William e. Dodge. a New York mil
ltonaire, and is popular with all classes
of Georgians. = This refers to an
old friend of mine, the presiding elder
of the Valdosta district, and one of the
best educated and most useful minis
tiers in the colored Methodist Church
in the South. His removal to South
Carolina will be a distinct loss to his
church and race in Georgia, where he
has done good service for a quarter of
a century. = Last Tuesday was
Flag Day" and all my flags, big and
little, were given to the breeze, and l
tackled up a beautiful imitation of en-
oil painting of Capt. John Paul Jones
raising the first "Old Glory" at sea,
July 4, 1777, on the famous Ranger.
This valuable picture came as supple
ment to the magazine section of last
Sundays New York Tribune, in which
there also appeared a picture of The
Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia, and
a sketch of the making of the first flag.
H. J. w. Dam contributes an interest
ing illustrated article on the West
Point Military Academy, but errs in
calling Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills the
"commandant," as he is the superin-
tendent Lieut.. Col. Chas. G. Treat is
the commandant of cadets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

Borrow Your Mama's scissors and
cut it out.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19

It seems that was correct In my
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
The hest Health Culture.

1t is difficult TO imagine more In
spring picture Of outdoor sports than