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The National tribune., 1904-01-14

to the Mattapony at Aylett's he encoun-
tered small irregular bodies of the enemy,
furloughed men who had got together at
the news of the Yankees, and endeavored
to delay their march; and when, at 2
o clock, the Mattapony had been crossed
the dangers grew until disaster became
inevitable. The road. it is true. turned
down the river, but this was the country
of home guards, and the picketing ground
Of small outlying detachments of Stuart's
cavalry, while Gloucester Point was yet
30 miles distant. If Dahlgren had now
had his. 500 men. he could have overrid-
den all these foes, but his command had
.dwindled to 40 men fit for service, and
their cartridges were almost gone At
q o'clock another halt became horribly
necessary. Rain still, and cold, and great
er WEAKNESS; the men and horses must
be fed The barns yielded corn to force
the men made fires and cooked the horses
fed: hundred contrabands in the rear
rejoiced in the prospect Of freedom. But
meanwhile swift riders were carrying It'd
iHgs to Capt. Bagby of the home guards,
to Capt. Todd of the home guards. to
Lieut.. Pollard Of the 9th Va, on detached
service. to Capt. Magruder. to Capt. Fox,
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Dr.. Shops Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing If II Fails

Any honest person who suffers from Rheumatism Is
welcome TO this offer. For years searched every
where TO End specific for Rheumatism. For nearly
20 years worked 70 this end. At last In Germs my
search was rewarded. fonnd costly chemical that
did not disappofnt me - other Rheumatic prescrlp-
tons had disappointed physicians everywhere.
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This trial treatment will convince you that DR. Shops
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couldn't live long. Now, after taking. one
1 know that another months treatment Will
entirely cure me- i have gained In flesh
wonderfully and think there Is no treat
You may use this letter In any way yeu
choose and hope Ii win be the means OF
bringing others to you" a
Z. A. Wallen, Finley, Me-: Il was af-
ficted with paralysis for over four years
and was treated by different magnetic heal
ers and other doctors and got relief. 1
think your treatment Is more than you
claim. They all say it was like bringing
the dead TO life to be restored to heath I'm
such short time. l cannot praise you
enough"
very worst cases In the country 10 Prof
Adkin, thinking they might battle him, but
they have gone away convinced that he
nses some Invisible power or force I'M
phenomena. Prof. Adkin Is quite wealthy.
He iyes In a fine home In an aristoeratic
section of the city,. He has a number Of
business interests, bat devofes most of his
time to healing the sick. He offers GER
tain amount of help to any one without
money or price. All you need to do Ii TO
call ON him or write him. II you write.
your age and sex, and he will write you
fully In regard to the nature Of your dis
ease, the length Of time required TO effect
a cure, etc., and tell you the exact treat
ment for your particular complaint. Prof.
Adkin takes intense delight In curing
cases that doctors have given up to die.
He disdains the use of Christian
Science osteopathy, faith healing or drugs
He claims his method is scientific I'm the
highest degree, although scientists SO far
have been utterly unable to comprehend It,
One thing is sure, and that Is he has some
mysterious knowledge, agent or process by
which he restores health TO people In the
very last stages Of usually fatal diseases
Oyer twenty doctors have taken up the
study Of his methods. Some are staying
right with him and daily witness the
markable cures he performs. Near.y every
train brings invalidg to be healed sby his
power. He gets an enormous mail from
The most mysterious thing about his whole
work is his ability to heal ut q distance,
but there Is no lack OF proof that he does
heal those thousands of miles away the
same as those who call personally. This
would seem to prove beyond doubt that
thought wf.I-power or some mysterious, in
tangible force can be sent through space
the same as we are now able TO telegraph
without wires; bnt how this force takes
hold and quickly rids the body Of ma
some cases Prof Adkin sends a peculiar
magnetized food product In concentrated
form, which, he claims, immediately re-
yftalizes the whole system. What his food
product Is, how he makes 1t, or charges 1t
with magnetic fluid Is his secret Doctors
brains trying TO discover it. Those who are
sick and would like to be healed may CON-
municate with Prof. Adkin by addressing
him as follows: Thomas +. Adkin, Box
226D, Rochester. n. Y. Rich and poor alike
receive the same courtesy. He has an ex-
tre1nely affabie manner, but Is intensely
earnest i'm everything he does. Leading
business men and bankers speak very highly
OF him and some say that he has done much
more for the upbuiiding OF the city than any
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON @, THURsDAY

But Squire returned and babe him fol.
low; Morgan felt himself going down q
gentle slope. and soon was in the midst OF
bushes.
SCOT to be mighty sly now, Mains DAM"
said the siave;, ''dey's mighty ciost by
Yves a-gwine down to de mouf o. dis
creek, an den We kin land in de ribeh."
1t was a short but toilsome stage;
through brush and brier they crept OH
slowly, at every yard or two stumbling
over some log or rail which the back
waters of the last freshet had stranded;
and at every such obstacle the negro gave
a grunt of satisfaction, which Morgan
WAS not long i'm constituting.
At the mouth of the creek the negro
again babe the Lieutenant remain; and
soon he could be heard dragging some
heavy thing about. Morgan insisted on
helping; but Squire, with obvious hypOc-
risy. asserted that one must hold the
back to the spot. Yet the old man seemed
to work in the darkness by instinct, and
in half an hour had dragged to the place
Il collection of old timbers that he pro-
nounced sufficient.
The raft must be made in the water;
Squire stripped, and Morgan helped the
negro, now in the creek. With the picket
ropes they succeeded in flashing together
two stout timbers of unequal length, and
upon them crosswise three pieces of rails:
on the top of these they tied half dozen
longer rails parallel with the base. But
before this top layer had been fixed, Nor
gan was naked and in the cold water.
At length they tied their clothing. blank
cts, and haversacks, and fastened them
to the floor of the raft: then they dropped
into the creek and pushed their ram.
shackle craft out into the main stream.
side by side, each swimming with one hand
on stringer.
ter of mile below, without accident
and. but for the cold, without great suf-
fering. Lest it be detected at daylight,
and pursuit begun, Squire demolished his
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CUSTER BATTLEFIELD.
Proposition 80 Irrigate It and Make It a
Place OF Beauty.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The citi-
zens of the Yellowstone Valley are petit
tioning Congress for special appropria-
ton to beautify the National Soldiers
Cemetery located on the Custer Battlefield.
The matter is in the hands of United
States Senator w. A. Clark, who promises
to do the best he can to get water on the
historic grounds. AT present the field is
surrounded by wire fence, but no trees,
grass or shrubbery can be grown because
of lack of moisture. 1t is proposed to
pump water for several hundred feet, from
the Little Big Horn River, and store it
in reservoir. From tlere'it will be dis
tributed over the grounds in irrigation
canals.
Custer Battlefield is one of the sacred
historical spots of the Northwest. Here
on June %, 1876. fell Gen. George A. Gus
ter and go members of the 7th u. s. Cav,
in one of the fercest fights ever recorded
in Indian warfare. The field is surrounded
by the Crow Indian Reservation, but
those relies of the redmen are no longer
enemies to the whiteman. Since the es-
tablisling Of the National Soldiers Gene
terry of the grounds about 700 additional
posts and buried there. As they were all
victims of Indian wars, the redmen look
upon the place as a holy burying ground.
1t is proposed 10 irrigate the field and
plant trees, shrubhery and flowers, and
otherwise decorate the grounds The soil
is good and will produce almost anything
to perfection. The Indians have irrigation
canals carrying water to their farms, on
the reservation, and produce fine crops of
cereals, potatoes, alfalfa and fruits. Be
cause of the fact that war is no more and
civilization has come, the redmen, of the
women and children, want white neigh
bors. They are willing to transfer a por-
ton of this reservation to the General Gov
eminent, to be used for homestead entry.
A tract comprising 100000 acres will
probably be opened for settlement next
year. This lies on the northern border of
the reservation and along the bank of
the Yellowstone River. 1t is crossed by
the Northern Pacific and Burlington Rail-
roads, and near the city of Billings, Mont.
As an evidence that the lands are valua-
BILE company has one. of the largest ir-
rigation canals in the Northwest in con-
struction on the north bank of the Yellow
stone opposite the Indian lands. The en-
terprise is being handled by the Billings
Land and Irrigation Company. 1t viii
cost about 100000 and irrigate $4,000
acres.
The location marking the death of a
trooper in that battle is designated by a
ma rble slab. 1t is not group of stones
Indicating q massacre, but a continuation
of monuments for several hundred feet
from the base Of the bill to the top where
stands large monument. The men fell
fighting. and evidently were individual
types OF bravery. But they are heroes in
history. Their resting-place is a dreary
desert, devoid of all signs of vegetation.
With water and proper care in irrigatins
purpose the people of eastern Montana and
northeastern Wyoming are asking spe-
|cial appropriati On. JOEL; SHOEMAKER,
North Yakima, Washington.
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WORK OF THE YEAR.
Commissioner Wares Congratulations to His
Once Force.


Commissioner Ware, who appreciates
the splendid work done by the force in the
Pension Bureau last year, sent the fol-
lowing circular to the clerks in the Bu-
reau:
A New Years Greeting to My Co-Work-
Eers in the Pension Bureau:
desire in this my second New Years
Greeting to again commend the faithful
and conscientious work done in the PEN
sion Bureau.
The President of the United States, in
his recent message, said:
Special attention is asked to the excel
lent work of the Pension Bureau in ex-
pediting and disposing of pension claims.
During the fiscal year ending July 1, 1903,
the Bureau settled psi, 1852 claims an aver
age of S25 claims for each working day of
the year. The number of settlements since
July /, 1908, has been in excess of last
years average, approaching LOCO claims
for each working day, and it is believed
that the work of the Bureau will be cur
rent at the close of the present fiscal year"
1t is glory enough. for one year, to have
the conduct of the Bureau commended by
the President to the Congress of the
United States. and in tlfat glory all in the
Bureau have right to share.
1t also gives me pleasure to note your
growing efficiency, for, although the cases
are becoming more complex, and more diff
cult of adjudication by lapse of time never
theless the amount of work done in the
Bureau is increasing.
The following shows the number Of pen
sion certificates issued:
For the calendar year of 1901 09,334
For the calendar year OF l90Z. .IZ4.0u0
For the calendar year of 1903 ,S2S
This years work is record-breaker,
and it is very gratifying because 1t may be
said that the numbers above given do not
show that the bars are in anywise thrown
down. or that the rule of "cold evidence and
cold law is relaxed, but that more and
better work is done both as to admissions
and reflections.
The old soldiers wish their claims adju-
dicated, and / hope, If it meets your APP
be made current and brought up to date
within the next six months.
This would be an achievement that
would warrant national COMMUNICATION. DO
not be afraid of running out of work;
Congress will keep us busy
In closing / wish to thank my deputies
and personal staff for their hearty and
loyal support, and wish to express again
my admiration for the industry and ability
of the division chiefs and section chiefs,
every one of them; and wish TO reexpreSs
my gratitude TO my fellow-workers In the
Bureau-clerks and special examiners for
the skillfnl and conscientious manner in
which they are daily discharging their du-
ties.
Again wish you all a happy New Tear.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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ing she'll what had happened, and ne had
lightly stepped aside, and then had thrown
himself down by the now PROSTATE sol
der: moment more and he was crawl
ing through the thicket in the darkness.
Two hours later, the Federals having
retired, he guided men to the spot where
he had left Serge Morgan; and before
sunrise of the next day that brave soldier
had been Compelled to submit to Che loss
of his sword arm.
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Deaths in ". B. Earl Post.
Bring me an axe. aud spade,
Bring me winding-sheet. ="

Members who have been mustered out by
death from Post Is. Eskridge, Kan, in
Gillian r. Kinney, Co.. B, l52d Ind !;
died Jan. 20, 1908. William Gallagher,
Co. A, list II. l.. died March 8, 1903.
G. w. ellis, Co. G, 9th Ohio Cav; died
June /, 1903. w. III. Mills, Captain Co.
G, 44th Ill. !; died Nov. q. 1903. We
hold special memorial service for all the
first of each year.-R. SIMMONS, Adju-
tant.
The National tribune., 1904-01-14
CHAPTER XXI.
FATE's DISCHARGES.

"Speak, or thy silence on the instant is
Thy condemnation and thy DEATH,
-Shakspere
Whether right or wrong, wise or un-
wise, no sooner had Squire seen blue cav
airy coming than he announced his deci-
sion to go no farther with the Federal
Lieutenant.
t"Mahs Dan, you's done got back to yo'
folks, an now Is-got to git back to mine.
Fab you well, Mahs DAM An eff you
nuvveh see me no moe in dis wohl,' mem
beh ole Squiah."
Lieut.. Morgan was taken to Yorktown,
and thence to Washington, where he long
lay ill of a nervous fever, brought on
according to DIR. Lacy afterward--by ex-
posure and mental distress; his late CON-
panion, meanwhile, made his way back
to his master; and so great was Squire's
success on his return journey that lie APP
|peared in camp without having been
missed, Stuart's men having themselves
been out for full week engaged in provi-
dent blocking of the fOrds lest Kilpatrick's
column return through Spotsylvania; and
Squire's horse, which he had purchased
The National tribune., 1904-01-14

Whether tits Of the nose, throat. stomach.
bowels, or more delicate organs. catarrh 10
always facilitating and should never fail Of
attention.
II Is q discharge from the mucous mern-
brane when kept In state OF Inflammation
by an impure, commonly scrofuious, con-
dition Of the blood.
Hood SaI.saparMa'
Cures All forms q catarrh, radically and
permansntly-it rsrnoyss the canse and
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!, 'YoU MUST GET HELP 49,
| raft and pushed the several parts down
| the stream; and when each had taken a
great deal of whisky, and had got his
clothes on, the adventure seemed little
perilpus. 81
| A rapid walk through the woods and
fields quickly warmed them; then, ignor-
ant of the course they were taking, they
/ slept until dawn, when Morgan consulted
his map, and they marched cautiously
south for the Pamunkey. He would strike
it below White House; it ought to be not
more than 10 miles away; they would
| reach it in the early afternoon, in ample
| time to secure a boat before the day was
gone; then, in the darkness, they would
cross. and he had little doubt that he
should find Fitzpatrick or Buffers forces
near by. And the result proved that he
was correct in all these opinions. -:
| Col. Spear, in command of a Federal
cayalry brigade. had been ordered by GEM
| Butler to march up the Peninsula to the
support of Fitzpatrick. On the morning
of the 4th the brigade left camp at New
Kent ourt-House-Kilpatrick having
marched on down. upon the 3d, with Capt
Mitchell and Dahlgren's 400, who, had
overtaken him-and began it's return to-
ward Williamsburg, which place it reached
at o'clock.
| Col. Spear brought with him man
whom he had found below New Kent
a man seemingly exhausted, and whom
the Surgeon mt once put to bed when he
| was brought on to Yorktown. This man
said that Dahlgren's command had been
ambnshed near King and Queen Court
House, and the Colonel killed; he had
been with Dahlgren. and with the help of
a negro had crossed two rivers and made
i his way into safety. The man gave his
name as Morgan, and his rank as Lieu
tenant. Questioned by Col. Spear as to
what had become of the negro, M0rgan's
answers were seemingly reluctant The
negro, he said. had seen the Federal cav
lairy OH the road, and had refused to come
farther. He did not tell that he had
emptied his purse into the negro's pockets.
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NJ Otd Squire.
5tll4k,,ss2=>s:..:s.--
The Romance of Black Virginian.


KMAcM sCoMpAsy
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Freeman's .orders to learn what force
was on this road had been imperative;
his personal vengeance must give way, at
least for time.
''Now, old man, know you. You will
answer my questions. and truthfully, Or
I'll have you shot. Ill not take time to
hang you. I'll shoot you here in this spot
unless you answer me. So help me God,
me. know you and your ways. You
will tell me at once whose troops are in
our 'front.' and you will show me the
wounded mar you're trying to hide. Quick.
"Yassall,i afaista-I tell you, sab; hits
Ginnle Stuaht, an hits Ginnle Lee, Nah
sta" s
The answer enraged Freeman. Certain
ly he knew: already that whatever force
he met wasi Lees; certainly he knew al
ready that every cavalryman was Stuart's;
yet against combined ignorance and OBJ
stinacy who cahl prevail?
Whose blood is that? Answer me at
once"
Squire lifted his red palms. "Oh, NAH
sta. dat's wat got awff'n chicken.
was dess askillin' chicken right oveh
dab, Mahsta, wen You all come I'D an
skeehed me away in de woods"
At this instant a terrible blast of can
non, and the thicket ratified with canis-
ter and shot.
!. "Dismount and FORM, shouted Free
man. He had turned his head and was
now giving orders to construct barricade
across the road, and to the men to with
hold their fire. Hawley yet held the ne
gro; he was leaning over, still in the sad
die, his hand clntching Squire's collar.
Ana .9 sn ae5 es e. sns psss tFs
ley,s hold relaxed, md ct the. same sec
ond OF time the repeated detonation OF mr.
tiliery shook the woods; at the next In
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-20
SLIGHTLY IN ERROR.

A republican exchange says: over
thirds of the Tacoma convention.
600 strong, nominated A. E. Mead,
whose record is unimpeachable. If
there is anything in it to show that
Mr. Mead has ever served corporate
interests. Turner is challenged to
name it,
This statement is somewhat erron
eous. In fact the Tacoma convention
unanimously ratified the nomination of
Mead after he had been selected as the
most available candidate at a confer
ence in the private car of J. D. Farrell
of the Great Northern in Which that
gentleman and b. S. Grosscup of the
Northern Pacific were the chief fact
ors Farrell suggested the nominal
ton of B. d. Croker, but Grosscup
thought Crocker had been too closely
Identified with the railroads and Mead
was chosen as Il colorless compromise
candidate.
Mead himself told in a speech at Col
fax last week how he had served cor
porate interests by twice leading
Whatcom county delegation to the
state convention to fight Governor Nc
Bride and his proposed railway COM
mission plank. Mead explained that
the reason his county opposed a COM
mission was because the people of Bel
Iingham We're interested in the build
ing of little line of railroad over the
Cascades to connect with the splendid
and prosperous city of Spokane" That
little line of railroad is not yet built,
and in order to help it along, Mead, if
elected governor. would continue TO
serve the railroad lobby.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-20
MEAD CHAMPIONS THE LOBBY.

Boss FarrelIs candidate for COVER
nor, Albert r. Mead. threw discretion
to the winds in his speech at Palouse
last Saturday night and openly es-
He contended that the lobby has a
right to organize Il third house at
OLYMPIA and to use all means In its
power to influence the two conStitu-
tionaI houses of the legislature. He
said:
We hear a great deal from the OPP
position press that the governor should
be able to drive from the city of Olym-
pia the lobbyists who assemble there
with each session of the legislature. |
undertake to say to you that the gov
ernor can not do that. The Legislature
is a free and open body. Representa-
tives of corporations or men interested
in any measure of Legislation pending
Judging from this declaration Can
didate Mead would be eligible for mem
bership in Boss Buffers gang in Mis-
souri,. which maintained corrupt
lobby at jefferson City and in st.
Louis until it was broken up by Cir
cult Attorney Folk, now the demo-
cratic nominee for governor. who has
landed several of the gang in the pen
itentiary. With a governor of Meads
could work openly and defiantly in the
corruption of the peoples representa-
tiVeS