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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

A. Wallace "A young n
his home city in the future Mr. Wallace the Henry Wal
lace the well known business and has abroad the three
what
has succeeded admirably Besides his who Madam CO
Berlin Of his voice In In letters
her other pupils Miss Ramsey
Gates who New York Madam Co highest
Of Mr. Walace's capabiity solOis,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
HUMOROUS.


"Thc reason Why go many neople 30 In
10 politics remarks the editor Of tho
Crowtnwn Eagle. I'm accord with his well
known bilious disposition, rs that t. g u
heap easier 10 raise a point Of order than
to raise crop OF corn.'-Now Orleans
Times.D Democrat
Miss Reader How strange II would 10
II fashion should 20 back to the old-umo
bras, knockers on front doors Instead OF
electric bells.
Mr.. SarGonlque--It would seem strange,
The knockers always work,-New York
Weekly.
The experiments Of tho deputy sheriff
AT norsoncck Beach. who seeks TO learn
whether or not rubber boots will wash
ashore, will be watched with interest,
but the results will not be conclusive. out
Of 100 men falling from the roof OF ten
story building, % will be killed, yet one
may survive for some reason unaccounta-
ble.-Bostdn Globe.
Dat wuz mighty poor comfort dey Hye
Rr'er Thomas on his sick bed, sad
Brother DiCkey
"What dey tell him.
preacher toll him dey WIZ bright
prospect ahead Of him
I'm what he say ter dat
"Tol' EN- date what wuz a.worryln' er
hint wuz 50 bright II wuz blazin'. At
lanta Constitution
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

II is pleasant to note that "The Mes
siah' Is still occasionally given anu
well appreciated in America ON PEG,
Goth the Oratorio Society OF New n9rN
presented the oratorio In Carnegie hal
before an immense audience. Inc
sololsts were Lillian Blauvelt, Soprano
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

Janet Spencer, contralto, George Ham
lin, tenor, and David Blspham, bass.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

Pettis prices In San Francisco rangs
from 81 to So a ticket.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

Nat Goodwin has found Ned Royle's
play my Wifes Husbands" unsuited
to him, and has ceased presenting II.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

The first play 10 be produced at the
Manhattan theater, New York, under
the reduced schedule Of prices will DO
"fhe Eirgnlan," with our old friend
Farnum In the title role.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

sifal' And rpxt Wednesday he Will
once more lect D. at the New Lyceum
theatCr on the same opera-an objec-
tionable production, to be sure; but, az
ter all, business Is business.
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
Rebel Strength at chickamauya.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In late
issue of The National Tribune, in an edi-
torial concerning the statistics of the war,
it is stated that the number of the Union
forces were about $1,000 and the rebels
something over 10000 at Chickamauga-
The statement may be accepted as approx
imately correct: though il is an under
rather than an over estimate of the rebel
forces under Bragg. in that terrible and
death-revelling contest. Illinois furnished
its full quota of contestants and victims
in the bloody oblatiOns of the two days,
and those so participating and who sur
vived and returned 10 their homes. have al
ways insisted that they were greatly out
numbered by their foes. particularly upon
the last day of the fight.
In letter written by Robert +. Lee TO
Jefferson Davis. Sept. IA. 1863. he says
IF the report sent 70 me by Gen. Cooper
(the Adjutant-General of the Confederate
Army since my return from Richmond is
correct, Gen. Bragg had on the 10Th of
August last. 51.l01 effective men; Gen.
Buckner. 16.11S. lie was 10 receive from
Gen. Johnston 5000. HIS total force will
therefore be 1929: as large a number as
presume he can operate with. This is
Independent of the local troops, which you
may recollect he reported as exceeding his
expectations" Lee might have added also,
as perusal of the letter and the one here
matter referred to will show. that he did
by implication so state that il was also
independent of the two divisions of Long
streets Corps, sent to reinforce Bragg in
the early days of the same month. In a
subsequent letter from the same writer TO
the same recipient, of date Oct. :, 1863,
written from Orange Courthouse. he says,
'As TO the strength of Bragg's
army. His effective strength, given me by
Gen. Cooper before the battle. and before
the addition of Longstreet's Corps. was
76.219: Bragg's 51.101. and Ruckner's
1G,11S, plus 5000 from Johnston's army"
Now. as the strength of the effectives pres
ent i'm Hoods and McLaw's Divisions, OF
LOngstreets Corps. accompanying the lat
ter to Chickamauga in September, 1863.
showed an aggregate of 1910, the total
force under Bragg's command was 50, 129,
exclusive of the Georgia militia. The two
letters above referred to- may be found in
Vol. %. Part III. Records of the Rebellion,
PIP. 720-1 and 771-2. These official data
abundantly sustain the contention insisted
upon by Federal survivors of the disastrous
fight of the Goth of September. and show
that they were greatly outnumbered, MIR.
Cassenove G. Lee, or any, or all other
rebels. to the contrary Notwithstanding
FREDERICK Nj. GRANT. for four and half
years in the Nineteenth Corps: served in
the Union armv from Sept. IS, 1861, to
Jan. 10, 1866; Canton, Ill.
The National tribune., 1904-07-07

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0 Of First Runamwa
rof Alexandria,
dkh oed dBrysC
d
of Corhv
u ntamounh
nMeh los a dedad2o
IN it nd missing In December
hank1o o
GeaA Iay2 )BrgadB Bmneys(
Hdme S it in
of of for 3D. In
HAbo the odaedh home
to the dhsh
% o rapar
h appL
The National tribune., 1904-07-07

Rum" simply, and makes no mention of
any date. The action at Hatcher's Run
referred to occurred Oct. 27-2S, 1864, and
in that battle the SD Pa, although
present" sustained no loss in killed or
mOrtally wounded. Its return shows one
man wounded in that battle. This engage
nlent is also known as "Boydton Roads y
There were three engagements at
Hatcher's Run. The one on Feb. q, 1865,
is listed in your ''short History" of the
SD Pa, as Dabney's Mill, one of the off,
cial names for this battle used to distin-
guish it from the other engagements in
that vicinity. The SD PA. il credited in
the sketch with FIVE killed or mortally
wounded at Dabney's Mill, the battle
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
FRANKLlN'S DIVISION NOT ALCNE.
Part Of the Second Corps also on the Flanl
Movement From West Point.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: am read
ing the Critical History of Operations in
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, by
William Swinton, with great interest, espe-
cially the article dealing with the opera
tions around Yorktown. the retreat OF
Johnston up the Peninsula, the battle of
Williamsburg. movement of Franklin's
Division. etc. But the author is wrong
when he says in issue Feb. IL: But
reinforced by another division, might it
not have been sufhcient:' In proof of this
it may be pointed out that. on the retreat
of Johnston from Yorktown. "Frankin's
Division alone was assigned to a similar
and equally difficult duty-to move on the
flank of the Confederate army by way of
West Point"
II was not Franklin's Division alone
that went up the York River on that flank
movement. Sailing with it was Gorman's
Brigade Of the Second Corps. l have a
very vivid recollection OF the fact; and
guess all the survivors Of the 1st MINI.
will remember it. l will quote from
my diary, written i'm May, 1861, on the
ground:
Sunday. May 4.-Marched into de-
serted rebel Notifications near our camp
May 5.-Marched from center fortii-
cations TO Yorktown: passed the large forts
and stopped on the plains in a perfect
deluge Of rain; left same and moved to-
"dTuS w HlldIilSDuTS, cOuHtefna rcneO
again, occupying the whole night.
May Cleft Yorktown. embarked on
transports and lay in York River all night
May 1.-Weighed anchor and left
Yorktown about daybreak: went up the
river about 80 miles to n place called
West Point. Disembarkcd under fire and
lay in field all night. Firing close by all
day"
That is fact of history, however II
may be reported by subsequent writer's
L think that that night march. or rather
crawl. from Yorktown towards Williams
burg on the night of May 80, and back
again was one of the most trying. and
| caused most grumbling and swearing. Yet
every now and then. even amid all the
trying ordeal Sanderman.. of our company
tA), the ever-cheerful member. would
| break ont with his rich bass voice and
give us n song. The road was mud. muck
and mire: the rain fell i'm torrents; we
were cold and shivering. Directly ahead of
us were other regiments. batteries. teams
and all the impedimenta of war. churning
, the slHsh for us to wade i'm. That march
was slow crawl at that. A few steps,
halt. wait. start-and repeat over
and over again. advancing only few feet
at each movement. Hour thus succeeded
hour. and when. as we hoped, we were
getting somewhere, the order was given
for about-face. to crawl back The pawns
then OH the great checkerboard of war
can see now the reason for the movement
abont which We swOre so much for three
or four days-McClellan determined to
send Gormans Brigade up the York
River. with Frankln'S Division. And it
went. as | have indicated.-R. s. MOwRY
Co. A, 10Th Mimi. Providence, X. /.
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
SURVIVES CAHABA AND THE SULTANA
The Fates ALI Seemed Against the Prisoners
of War.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: At Sui
phur Trestle. Ala. on Sept. %. 1864. de-
tachment of 200 scouts from the 9th Ind
Cav. under command of Maj. Lilly and
about the same number from the I'd Tenn.
Cav, and one company of colored infantry,
fought and held in check FORESTS army.
from daylight until l O'Clock p. m., when
we had to surrender, after our last car
fridge was gone. We were started for the
prison pen. The death trap we were sent
to was Castle Morgan. or Cahaba Prison,
where We spent the Winter 1S64-5. In
10 we were exchanged at Vicksburg,
where we landed March 16. with about
one-half of the number that went to
prison. We We're a fine set of feather
weights, we'll mixed up, from almost every
State in the Union.
April 26 we were loaded on board the
transport Sultana at Vicksburg, and
started for our Northern homes. The
morning of April p, about . O'Clock, the
Sultana was blown up. caught fire and
was burned TO the waters edge. There
were 2,736 on board. About 50 per cent.
had been prisoners. When we were all
gathered at Memphis our number was
521. and we were dying at the rate of 10
day. The survivors in 10 years num-
bered less than 200; at present l think
will be safe to place the estimate at less
than 30. The prisoners were from Ander-
sOnville and Cahaba.
l have been informed very large ma
jority of prisoners of war are getting the
smallest amount of pension of any SOL
diers in the army. Now, 95 per cent. We're
taken on the business part of the line,
usually. with but very little ammunition,
and seldom hardtack in their haversac ok
when captured. l was wounded in left
from date of discharge at 50 per month.
to 1881, when my pension was placed at
81 month. In 1895 Congress raised it
to $6 a month. l have been turned down
on disability pension at every effort l have
made. l have no hospital record; prob
ably that may be the reason / have been
refused pensiOn-because my comrades
have gone where pension agents and the
most prominent pension boards have but
little show. / favor the service pension
bill of S12 per month to all honora bly, dis
charged soldiers who served 90 days, re-
gardless of their age. | also favor the ex-
prisoners pension bill. The widows of SOL
diers should be placed on the $12 pension
list Many a deserving soldier and his
widow have been turned down by pension
authorities. and went to their graves too
soon, for lack of relief justly due them:
fully earned. God knows.
The prisoners would much rather have
taken their chances with their regiments
at the $13 month than to spend one
week in prison at 5000 a day. The pris-
Oner's loyalty was tested to finish when
death was in all parts of the pen. Still,
The National tribune., 1904-07-07

which occurred Feb. 6, 1865, and on the
date mentioned by your correspondent.
There is no omission Of casualties"
From the Official Record it appears that
the SD Pa. carried six companies into
that engagement (Dabney's Mill, Feb. 6,
wounded, and two missing: total Is. The
two killed outright were Capt. Smith and
Sergeant Winans. =
Three Of the wounded died OF their I'M
juries, making five deaths, as given in the
short sketch printed in The National Trib-
nne. The battle OF Feb. 81; 1885, is
ney's Mill, Armstrong; Mill, Rowanty
Greek, and Vaughan Road.-WILLIAN 3.
Fox.
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
AEMelnAJOHN W.MORRIs,
u6uVouO1yW Washington, ID. C.
HSuccessfuliy Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal ExAmtner u 8. Pension Bureau.
j vrs civil war. Is adudicatinR claims attv since.


Flag.
Ii any comrade chances TO read my
statement of my experience, please write
to me. / am almost disabled from labor.
| should like TO hear from some one who
was on the Sultana.
The old soldiers in this part Of the coun-
try are all drawing from So TO $50 a
month, except myself and Comrade An
drews; We are getting So a month. All
favor the service pension bill, and the bill
is highly favored outside Of the soldiers
hy the people in this locality. We hope to
learn of the bill becoming a law.-IEORGE
w. DAGGY, Co. L, 9th Ind. Cav, Wolcott,
Ind
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
THE SD PA. AT HATCHER'S RUN.
Col. W. T. Fox Gives q Chronology Of the
Fighting In That Vicinity.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue Of June ?, there is a communicat ton
from Serg't Joseph b. Potter, from which
it would appear that the historical sketch
OF the SD ia. fails to credit that regiment
with the men killed at "Hatcher's Run
COmrade Potter says: I'VE are reported
as simply present at Hatcher's Run, Va,
Feb. q, 1866, with no loss"
Now. the short history that appeared in
The National Tribune reads "Hatcher's j
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
WHEN on FURLOUGH.

Soldiers when Oh furlough. of whatso-
ever character. were entitled to commu-
tation of subsistence for the period of their
absence. In general il is necessary, in
order To collect communication money, to file
i'm the Department the original furlough.
CTo be cOntinued)
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
6 o. peNNeBAKel.
{ .. PsNNeBAksl yonS PAUL JONES
PENNEBAkER &sJONES,
Attorneys and Counselors.
1881 r STREET, WASHINGTON D. q.

Special attention 10 adjustment OF accounts OF civil
war Volunteer officar<
We think very rev Officers properly paii
Widows teven IL remarriedl other l.eirs entl-
tied. Write for details
We are especially nrions communicate with an.
GERS or their heirs who ~ paid recruiting
services or for services rendered prior muster In
e. who were denied bounty by OF promotion:
81 who were dismissed from the service 10 who were
denied travel by OF resignation personal
reasons or convenience; (sl who not mustered
and paid because command was below mnirnsm nun
ment
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
In q Rut.
Nonkers Statesman.

Yonkers Statesman)
Patience--"I hear she has been engaged
IL times.'
rut like that.'
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
Wanted, Land Warrants.

I viii pay Spot Casis for Land Wa rants issued
for services I'm any war whether they properly
assigned ii original las been lost or
destroyed, will procure duplicate for Corrs
ependence solicited
W.. Y. MONES.
McGlll BaIldfug, washiux xfOn. ID. C. n
The Washington times., 1904-07-03
Two Elegant Residences.

y. T. HaIler & Co, architects, have
drawn plans for George p. Newton &,
Co. for fine dwellings on Nineteenth
Street, between Cincinnati and Balti-
more Streets northwest The buildings
are 10 be % by 20 feet on the ground
floor plan. three stories and basement
The fronts are TO be OF Roman bun
brick and HummeItown brownstore
trimmings. with copper cornices and
decorations. and Spanish tile roofs
They will contain twelve rooms and two
baths each. heated with hot water and
have a billiard room in the basement
The first f,oOr viii have the parlor. IL
brary. reception room, and dining room
while or e eh OF the upper floors viii be
located four bedchambers and a bath
room. All the rooms will be finished IN
oak and the public hall. vestibule, and
baths will be tiled. The cost Of the
houses vii be Si2.O00 each
The same architects have prepared
plans Tor six two-story dwellings for
the same owners on Randolph Street
northwest These are to have red
pressed brick fronts with colonial
porches Each horse will contain six
rooms and bath, and will be heated by
furnace The cost Of this Improvement
will be $4,000.
The Washington times., 1904-07-03
Cast lion Front

Architect Fsrd T. Schneider has pre-
80 I'ars ~ try I'd Tag-
lish basement apartment house at 1873
Corcoran Street. There is TO be one
= arIns-t Of five rooms and bath on
each i,ool ano the buil>~Ig : - :,
heated by steam and supplied with ali
customary conveniences. The front
viii be pebble dash with sandstone
trimmings.
The same architect Is remodeling SO
Ninth Street northwest. for John j.
Noonan IN a way which will practically
make a new building Of It, In fact. Of
the old structure nothing remains but
portion OF the side walls The new
building will be three stories In height
The front VIII be entirely of cast iron,
except the first floor which viii be OF
copper. The ground floor VIII be OF
ceramic tile. the side walls IN imitation
OF onxy and the ceiling Of pressed steel.
The first and second floors are 10 be
used for lunch rooms. and bowling al
leys are 10 be located In the base
ment. The cost OF the Improvement viii
be 81. 900. The building will be heated
with steam and lighted by electricity
The Washington times., 1904-07-03

will have sleeping quarters for about
500 people. exclusive of the attendants
and employees OF the institution. 1t will
be built of brick for the most part. small
portions to be Of frame.
The great feature OF the building Will
be four large sun porches. or '1ounging
rooms" connecting the various wings
OF the structure. Here the inmates will
spend the greater part OF the Cay when
the weather is too bad for them - go
out OF doors. These rooms Will be roof
ed over with glass. and in them chairs
and benches will be ranged along the
walls
In the central part Of the building
VIII be the reception room. and back
Of this the large dining room To the
left and right of the reception room sun
porches lead to the dOrmitories Back
Of the dormitories on the right OF the
picture viii be the sleeping apartments
Of the attendants at the almshouse.
Back of the dormitories on the left the
laundries viii be situated.
The dormitories will be arranged on a
plan that is thought TO combine econ
omy OF space and convenience for the
INN afes. In every respect the structure
will be a model The securing Of the
appropriation for IL from Congress is the
result Of a long campaign CT the part
of the Board Of Charities and other
charity workers in the District. The
plans for these buildings were drawn ~
George o. Totten. jr., OF the firm OF
TOtten & Rogers. architects.
The Washington times., 1904-07-03
Real Estate Transfers-

III California Street northeast-War-
rem w. Foster ct ux. to District OF Co
lumbia. lot 153. square 72i; 1000.
Dohbins' Addition-William l. Evans
ct ux- to William J. Frizzell, lot 30
square q so. William J. Frizzell ct ux
to Joseph Paul, lots II. IS 49, D. 81 "a
q. p. 80, g. 81. 30. &c. IS, 30, Al. square q :
80
Moore & Barbours Addition-Addie A.
Barrett 30 Charles =. Barrett, lot q,
block 4; 5000.
Observation-Disclosures b. Calvert ct al. TO
William p. Magruder, undivided l50th
interest IN part containing twenty-seven
and one-half acres; $50
200 y Street northwest-EIizabe beth S
DanenhOwer TO Calesta B. PIERCE. lot
2l2, square 125S; SO.
1926 and 1890 Eleventh Street northwest
Penelope d. Smith to De witt c.
Chadwick. lots > and q. square 300; $40
Monticello - Aulick Palmer, United
States marshal. to Edward B. Kimball
lots lao and I52, block 4 $500. Pennie A
Jackson 70 same. lot 229, block 10: SO
Augustus S. Burgdorf ct ux. to same
lots 80 and 152. block :; $40 William
Tyler 81 TX. TO same lot 240. block 8.
SO Edward r. Kimball. to Real e.
tate and Improvement Co, lot 30 block
3, lots $50 and l52. block 7. and lot 22s,
block 10; 81. 525
c Street southeast, between Eleventh
The Washington times., 1904-07-03

and Twelfth Streets-Alfred D. Stidham
ct al to Ida Bowman. west half origi-
nal lot 3. square $50; so. Ida. Bowman
conveys same property TO Alfred D. and
Martha J. Stidham, SO
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
Charles ". King Jr.. ct uX. 10 James
Strayer. lot SCI; so. James Strayer 10
Arthur g; Cole, same property; SO.
Charles W. King jr.. ct ux 10 Max
Wolfsteiner. lot 565: SO
l23 Eleventh Street nOrthea st--Pauline
II. Losano to Clara +. Ellis, lot =.
square 9SS; SO
COT Tennessee Avenue nOrtheastLAr-
thur 3. Bryan ct al to Eliza S Green
lot rs, square 1851; SO
Second and II Streets northwest
Robert r. MahOrney TO Frederick T.
Alillham, al interest In square 75e, $40.
\ Street southeast. between Eleventh
and Twelfth Streets-W Washington Eoan
ana Trust Company 70 r. Milton Hen
deIson, lot So. square 9S9. sl,e3922
i, Street northeast. between Third
and Fourth Streets-AIfred d. Stidham
et al 10 Ida Bowman, part original
lot ]. square TS4. So Lida Bowman
conveys same property TO Alfred .. and
Martha J. Stidham, SO.
1873 5 Street northwest-Same to
same, lot l6, square 10. $40 Ida Bow
man conveys same property TO Alfred
u. and Martha J. Stidham, SO
Irinldad-Same TO same. lot p block
!, SO Ida BOwmaon conveys same
pt operty TO Alfred s. and Martha J.
Stldham. SO
l3i and ia y Street condensation
=. O.Sullivan ct Tx. 10 Rufus F. Fox
lots III and 49, square 744 SO
Columbia Heights-John s. Whit
trustee, TO William N. Meredith. lot 80,
block "a. Sl.oS5.
The Washington times., 1904-07-03
Alexandria County News.

The persons from Washington city
who have lately purchased Of James f.
Clements building lots at Ballston are.
Elmer E Basin, two lots, Henry S.
Garrison, one; William T. Raley. two
Lee w. Baker. two: John w. Dorsey.
one; Elbridge H. Babbitt, three: Alice.
Ethel. and Albert Salmon, Of BaIlston.
one; John 81 Moehring, three; ]. ".
Head, three; Walter B. Sebastian, one,
and quarter-acre villa sites in the Chest
nut Hill subdivision. near Chain Bridge.
as follows: Mrs. Mary f. King. three
The Washington times., 1904-07-03

Samuel c. Hill. who. with T. Lodge
HID. has the exclusive agency for the
new subdivision OF Colorado Heights.
located between Connecticut Avenue ex-
tended and the TenleytOwn Road, de-
clares that this property, when graded
and supplied with all city convenience,
on which work Is now being pushed with
all possible expedition. will be one OF tho
ideal locations for an up-tO-date subur-
ban home no expense. he says. IS being
spared 70 make IL first class in every re-
speet. From the site magnificent view
Of grand scenery can be had in ALMOST
every direction. The property is loca I'd
within two city squares from the Chevy
Chase line Of cars, and the same dis
lance from the TenleytOwn line. A
rapid adya ice I'm the value Of the lots
The Washington times., 1904-07-03
New Almshouse.

Building Inspector Ashford will adver-
tise within a few days for bids for the
construction Of the new Municipal
Almshouse. which Is 20 be located On
the Districts tract OF land on the Pc
timac near GiesborO Point For the
work that may be done on the structure
this fiscal year $4,000 has been appro-
priated by Congress. with the provision
that the bgilding shall not cost more
than $3.50 in ALL
The almshouse Is intended 20 accom-
modate white and negro inmates. and