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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
WILSON NAMES BOARD.
Men Who VIII Prepare Crop Statistics
for the Government

Washington, July 21.-Secretary
Wilson today made public the names
of the four men who will comprise
the statistical board which under the
direction of Assistant Willitt S. Hayes
will prepare the government estimates
of cotton acreage and yield as well as
statistics of other crops. The board
will be composed of Victor O1mstea d,
present associate statistician for the
bureau of statistics; S. B. Fessenden,
an assistant statistician; George K.
Holmes, chief of the division of for
eign markets. and w. w. Long, re-
Gently resigned as statistician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
WARSHIP IS BLOWN Up.

reached Sheriff Lucas he at once
thought that the person who assaulted
Mrs. Baxter might be the one who as
sauIted Mrs. Nickum, but after reach
ing the scene of the crime and hearing
about O'Reilly he came to the con-
clusion that he was not connected with
the Nickum murder.
Mrs. Baxter's wounds are serious
but it is not thought that they are
fatal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
BANK CIRCLES QUIET.
No Indications of Run at Any Kan
Sns City Institution.

Kansas City, July 21.-A statement
of the affairs of the City National bank
of Kansas City, which closed its doors
yesterday, was still unobtainable to-
day. either from Receiver Ames, the
bank officials or their attorneys. The
conditions at other banks, apparently,
were normal. and there was no ap-
pearance of a run on any of them.
Only a few persons stood about the
doors of the failed bank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
MURDER IN HEART
Fourteen Year Old Patrick
O'Reilly in County Jail.
Tried to Kill Foster Mother
While She Slept.
HE USED A HAMMER.
Struck Mrs. Joseph Baxter on
the Head.
Stunned, the Woman Fights for
Her Life.
OverpOWers MurderOus Waif
and Ties His Hands.

Patrick O'Reilly, aged IA, with a large
pruise on his forehead, is locked in a
cell in the county jail, and Mrs. Rebecca
Baxter, with three ugly wounds on her
head, is in a serious condition at her
home four miles east of Berryton, as the
result of a hand to hand struggle last
night at the Baxter home in which Mrs.
Baxter fought for her life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
TO KILL SULTAN.
Attempt Was Made to Assas-
sinate Ruler of Turks.

Sofia, July 21.-It is reported Off
cially from Constantinople that during
todays solamlik an attempt was
made to assassinate the sultan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21

Chicago, July 21.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, y; Boston, 6S; Phil
adeIphia, IA; Washington. 72; Chicago,
IS; Minneapolis, So; Cincinnati, ~: St.
Louis, g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
weather Indications.

Chicago, July 21.-Forecast for
Kansas: Fresh northerly winds; local
rains tonight and Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21

tContinued on Page Ten.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11
Death Of Wyatt Told By
CoMrdde.
Continued from FIRST Page.)

their blood. They had heard. these re-
ports before.
Yes, by--thCy are!" shouted one
of those climbing into the breast
works; you just watch outy"
And sure enough the long roll
sounded, the troops took their posi-
lions, final directions were given and
soon, far down the road, was heard
the beating of drum, came at length
the sight of blue uniforms in mass
The first battle of the war crept for
ward into history on a bright June
morning like the first act of play
How the two Federal columns march
ing from New Port News and Hamp-
ton met at New Market Bridge and
mistakinG each other for the Confed-
crates fired with disastrous effect is
matter of history. Not SO well known
is the fact as testified to by Mr.. Brad
lev that it was a lady hurrying up the
road after this catastrophe TO meet the
Confederate column who gave the 10
tice of their coming in superior force.
so that the Southern forces had time
TO prepare and to make their DISPOSE
lions; so that the two armies Of the
first battle came together in measured
STYLE, the ore marching on the en-
trenchmCnts, the otner waiting with
tense nerves but cool courage for the
coming of the blow.
Lying down in the underground at
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

soldiers more than twice our proper
tionate share, which, according to our
population, was sixty thousand. We
furnished one-fifth Of the troops Of
the Southern Confederacy, and one
half Of the men who guarded your
capital were from the Old North State.
From Bethel to Appomattox we
wrote with blazing guns the brightest
page in Americas history, giving in
death forty thousand two hundred and
seventy-five souls, which was thirty
five per cent. of our military popula-
tion.
We joined hands with you here in
1851, and when the crimson tide of
war rolled highest we were with you
on the crest of the wave; when the
lurid hell Of death and defeat glared
upon you we were there. We charged
with you at Seven Pines and Chancel-
louisville, Spottsylvania and Gettysburg
and at Appomattox our guns ceased
only after our great chief had susr-
rendered NC.
In the Spanish American war it
seemed again to be the fortunte Of these
two States of Virginia and Carolina to
fight side by side this time under the
flag of a reunited country. Under the
command of your peerless leader, the
gallant FitZhugh Lee, the beau ideal
of the American soldier our boys went
forth to war,-and the First Regl-
ment North Caroline Volunteers car
rying the Stars and Stripes, had the
glory to be the first American troops
to move through the streets of Ha-
vana
Virginia, you are the mother of
States and Presidents-you are rich
in history-richer in heroes, but rich
est in the love of your sister States
When you have suffered they have
bled. Your bosom is sacred to the
South,-there rest her most gallant
dead,-doubly sacred to North Caro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

/ Eve had been' trained" said he "to
] lie down when fired on and we fell to
the ground together. Wyatt fell differ
entity. He pitched forward turned on
| his back, his knees gave one convul-
sive motion and he was dead. He may
/ have groaned uncosciously once He
was really instantly killed"
MIR. Bradley states that he had
known Wyatt but a short time, but
long enough to know him for good
conscientious soldier. He was born IN
Richmond Va, on the 18th OF Feb
ruary, 1912, his parents being Isham
Belcher and Lcinda n. l.. Wyatt. He
was a carpenter and since 1856 had
lived in North Carolina being at work
with Mr.. George Lipscomb in Tarboro
at the outbreak of a war. His father,
who was wheelwright lived in
Pitt County, where he died at COM
parabvely recent date
Speaking of the battlefield Mr.
Bradley stated that when he visited
1t a few years ago it was practically
unchanged. The old breastworlxs were
stu in good state of preservation ex-
cept at one point where they had been
cut down in the. making of field The
old New Market bridge, also, he re-
cognized at once after the passage of
many years.
At Richmond, in Hollywood ceme-
Itery, Mr.. Bradley made inquiries as to
Wyatts grave, which was pointed out
to him by the keeper Of the grounds.
1t was unmarked, the wooden board
having rotted away. Before leaving,
Mr.. Bradley secured from the marble
yard tablet of stone, which he had
marked with the name. date of death.
and company and regiment to which
Wyatt belonged. The grave is still
otherwise unmarked.
Mr.. Bradley after the battle of
Bethel, was detailed to duty. at Sails
bury prison. He strictly speaking had
no business in active. service. When a
boy the entire muscle of his biceps
was shot away by the accidental dis
charge of a gun and to this day he can
not raise his arm naturally.
ever, but his first battle was
his last, Afterwards he was not
permitted to serve as a,solder for phys
cal disability.
One of the most vivid OF Mr.. Brad
ley's recollections about the Bethel
campaign is the dinner his company
ate when making reconnaissance on
the Yorktown road. The troops had
not been long enough in the field to
learn to cook and when the owner OF
a comfortable house invited them all
in to eat pone n-bread and Vir-
ginia ham broiled in brown gravy, they
went wild. Il can taste that ham yet"
says Mr.. Bradley, the best meal /
ever ate"
And yet, though the house was af-
forwards burned by the Yankees and
the owner refugeed in North Carolina,
his name has escaped, though the
breakfast he servd remains in mem
DRY.
The queer part of these veterans.
anyway. is the little things they re-
member, peeping up through the years
and set in the wilderness of war, like
dendelions in a feud. II. l.. G..
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Volunteers with four companies of the
Richmond Howitzers. four hundred
strong, under the command of Major
George w. Randolph, afterwards Con-
federate Secretary OF War, met, re-
pulsed and defeated five thousand Fed
eral troops under Gen. Benjamin f. But
Ter. After their brave leader, Major
Theodore Winthrop was killed, the
Federal troops threw away their &C
coutrements and so precipitate was
their departure that their dead were
thrown out of their wagons in their
flight. In command at this battle was
your gallant Colonel McGruder. Dur
ing the battle a battery becoming dis
abled was abandoned and the troops
supporting it were withdrawn by his
order This position was occupied by
Colonel Townsend with his regiment,
but was recaptured in brilliant
charge by Captain John l.. Bridgers.
Company A., Edgecombe Guards Col.
Hill suggested to Captain Bridgers to
burn a house in his front which was
being used as a shelter by the enemys
sharp-shooters. Volunteers were call
ed for to burn it. Corporal George
williams and privates Henry l.. Wyatt
Thomas FalIon, John H. Thorpe, r. H
Bradley and r. H. Kicks, responded.
They at once leaped the works and
rushed towards the house. A volley
was fired by the enemy and Wyatt
fell A small clot of blood on his
forehead marked the fatal wound.
Thus was slain our brave boy soldier
"a martyr in a holy cause-a victim
in an unrighteous war against our
liberties glorious and heroic death.
He sleeps the last long sleep in your
peaceful city of the dead, Hollywood.
on the James, and we place In your
care this tablet which grateful State
erects to his memory.
Before me see the kindly eyes and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

it's eyes and prepared to rest.
Immediately came the order to
charge across the front and take a
small breast work which had been oc-
cupied by Captain Averys company as
a support to a howitzer which had
been accidently spiked. After the gun
had gone out of action the work had
been abandoned by the Confederates
and occupied by the enemy. Across
the front, exposed at every step to a
fire from short range. charged the
Edgecombe Guards only to find the
work already deserted by the enemy
who were now retiring all along the
line. The battle, in fact was almost
over, had become spasmodic. 1t was.
nevertheless, at this juncture that oc-
Cured the only tragedy of the day
among the Southern troops
Just in front of the work with the
spiked howitzer, stood a frame house
from which there had been delivered
a fire from Federal sharp-shooters.
Captain Bridgers called for volunteers
and Wyatt together with ]. H. Thorpe,
Geo. T. Williams, r. H. Bradley,
Thomas Fallon and r. FL. Kicks, al
once stepped forward. Together they
jumped the works and started for the
house. They had proceeded, however,
but a few steps when a Volley was fir
ed from clum of woods TO their left
and Wyatt fell with a bullet in his
forehead. There was a conVulsive
movement or so and the first life OF
the one hundred and sixty thousand
given up by the South in battle had
been taken.
NO" said Mr.. Bradley positively
"the shot that killed Wyatt was not
fired from the house but from the
woods The fact that we had started
to burn the house, probably caused
that error, saw the smoke of the vol
ley and heard the rep%rt of the gun:
and l know. 1t came from the clumT
of woods
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

the edge of field stopping in other
woods, lay Company A. with the ex-
ception Of Wyatt and Hunter, posted
as scouts further to the left. SO f~r
there had only been nervous excite
ment, the beating of the oncoming
drums, the road filled with its files of
blue uniforms, dashed with the red oil
the Zouaves.
But suddenly the cannon of the Con-
federacy spoke. Never will ne forget
that sound says Mr.. Bradley. Possibly,
none save perhaps a few thought of it's
larger significance. For the present
however, it spoke war.
Il watched the shell strike, SAYS
Mr.. Bradley, saw the dust fly when
it struck the ground. They scattered
then and we saw them commence to
deplov through the fields Back of the
woods in front Company A. knew they
were coming onward. They waited, a
lonely company outside and in advance
of the others. guns ready. eyes staring
for a sight of the enemy. In the mean
while the cannon were booming from
both sides. The Federal fire went high.
They could hear the shells overhead.
The Confederates seemed to be doing
execution. Already, after a few shots,
the noise was becoming monotanous.
No time to think of things that nOlV
made a fuss. 1t was serious business
in hand.
Suddenly, about as far MS from
here to Simpsons Drug Store, said
Mr. Bradley POSSIBLY two hundred
YARDS 1.-The Yankees came to
the edge of the woods IN
our front and we commenced
to shoot and they to shoot at
US. We kept this UP for some little
time but none of US were hurt. ] don't
know about the Yankees. / can re-
member it all so plainly. There was
one little clump of dog wood and |
could see the puffs Of smoke coming
from underneath il. l fired al them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

like / would fire at a mark, the best /
could After the fight, went back
there to see If any body was hurt
There was nobody there but 1 found
a canteen thrown away with bullet
hole in its side"
They We're the red-breeched Zoua-
YES In front of Company A. and soon
came the order to retire. Wyatt and
Hunter had seen Major Winslow's col
umn sweeping out around the flank
That was a ticklish moment" said
Mr.. Bradley turning our backs on
them and getting to the rear with the
shots coming all the time. l was one
of the last getting away and some fell
low III front let fly the limb of bush
and my hat went off. / remember hes
itating as to whether l should stay for
the hat or not but 1 let it lie. After
the battle went back for it. 'Hello!'
said some fellow, Here's a hat with a
bullet hole in it. But it wasn't a bull
let hole" continued Mr.. Bradley, 'it
was there long before the fight l knew
all about that hat, / can tell you
But no no sooner had the Edgecobe
company gotten into the main fortifi-
cations than Col Mcgruder ordered
them back to their position, which
they were Ito hold at all hazards
Dutifully they went back 1t was not
long after this that Mr.. Bradley wit
nesses the death of Major Winthrop,
whose men were trying to get around
the flank. At that time the firing was
heavy on both sides.
Il saw him, he says, ''as he jumped
up on big beech-tree log and waved
his sword to his men. Just as ne step
ped up, he fell
With the firing going on rapidly, the
Federals were seen to be i'm confu-
sion. Here and there man dropped.
The thanking movement melted away.
Company A. wiped the sweat out of ,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

ing tribute to their dead, mingling
their tears at joint shrine.
You are the same people, brothers
and sisters of q common ancestry. In
1860 the people of Virginia and North
Carolina were almost entirely agricui@
tural The history of the world teach
es us that an agricultural people are
the most patriotic. They live close
to nature and gather strength and in
spiration by contact with mother
earth. The soil is sacred to them for
hard by each home, be IT ever so
humble, is a quiet little spot, that
holds all that is mortal of their lost
ones,-the ashes of those whom they
loved best. They love their country,
their native land, the home that shell
ters their own, and they are ever ready
to bare their breasts to defend lt.
When the foot of the invader touched
that soil they sprang to arms to ue-
fend their homes. Their mother
States were calling, and they answered
Here" Love and duty babe them
go. How well they met the call let the
records show. The unknown graves
all over Virginia, yea, the little grass
grown mounds from the Potomac TO
the Rio Grande, could they speak
would say, go tell it in the Southland,
go tell our mother State that we lie
here in obedience to her orders, we
did our duty and died for her and
found it sweet thus to die.
North Carolinians loved the Union
and were 10th to leave it, but when
the red hand of war seized our sisters
throats we hesitated no longer we
pledged our troth to the bride Con-
federacy and left the Union without
dissenting vote in our Convention
With one hundred and fifteen thou
sand three hundred and siXty-nlne
military population we furnished one
hundred and twenty-seven thousand
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

snowy heads of three of those hero
volunteers, my old friends Captains
Thorpe, Bradley and Kicks. May God
spare them to us many years yet be-
fore they are called to "cross over the
river and rest under the shade of the
trees" with their gallant comrades who
have gone before.
The Commander of the Bethel Re-
giment, Colonel D. H HILL in my
Judgment, was the greatest soldier
furnished to the Confederacy by the
Old North State. AS a fighter he
never had a superior. In the first year
of the War when Lee commanded the
grandest army that ever trod hemis-
phere, with Jackson as his right hand
and Hill as his left, he knew no dis
aster He was invincible. Jackson
was the genius of war and Hill a man
upon whom the God of battles smiled.
jackson. the "Stonewall' and the dar-
ing leader of an ever victorious army,
Hill was the lion-hearted and iron
handed hero, whose blood-stained le-
gions formed the Ironsides of that inn
mortal band, the Army of Northern
Virginia.
l think it can be said that Hills
Division in the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia was never defeated. At South
Mountain the whole world wondered
when Hill with four thousand men
held back for a whole day thirty thou
sand of McClellands magnificent
troops
He was transferred to the Army OF
the West and largely contributed TO
the victory at Chicamauga. Had he
been in command there the Union
army would have been destroyed Had
he commanded the Army of the Ten
nessee there would have been no SHEER
mans march to the sea.
Virginians and North Carolinians,
this Is a hallowed scene-the two
great sisters with entwined arms pay
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

lima because for every grave made for
the som of any other State two graves
were here made for the sons of North |
Carolina
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-06-13

Miss Cornetia Hudson will be
missed from society this summer
She leaves Thursday to take q
special. course of study at the
University of Chicago
Mrs. r. l., Simpson and sweet
little daughter, Sarah of Chatta- :
nooga. are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Crumbaugh Mr..
Simpson is expected to arrive in
a few days and there isn't any
doubt but that he will be given a
royal welcome by his hosts of
Columbus friends.
Miss Ray Frank, very charm
ing young lady of Memphis, is
the guest of Miss Fannie May
frost.
Mr.. Louis Levy, of Canton,
spent several days Of last week
in the city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-06-13
Columbus Firm Awarded
Another Good Contract.


Friday evening, Mr.. John A
Stinson, proprietor of the CoIum-
bus Marble Works, received a
telegram from Oxford, Miss,
stating that his design for Con
federate monument had been ac-
cepted and contract awarded to
his firm for a handsome Confed-
crate monument at that place.
The Importance of this contract
can better be appreciated when
it is known that five of the larg-
est houses doing business in
Mississippi and which also in
clud es Louisville and Memphis
firms, were competitors for this
monument. This is the 81 X t h
Confederate monument that the
Columbus Marble Works have
solicited, and Notwithstanding
having in most instances met
with the most stubborn compe-
tition, five of these contracts
have been awarded to the Colum-
bus people. The average amount
of these contracts is $1,000 90.
The Columbus Marble Works
have secured most desirable
site on the railroad and are ex-
pecting to put in on up-to-date
pneumatic plant with the very
latest improved machinery for
manufacturing marble. Mr. Me-
Gahey, the manager, is at one of
the largest quarries in the coun-
try now studying the use of pneu-
mat G tools. He will arrive in
Columbus early in July, at which
time the Columbus plant will be
installed and the capacity of the
present concern will be more
than doubled The firm now
have as statesmen and WOrkmen,
in their employ about forty peo-
pie and the business is growing
daily The best monument at
the most reasonable price" is the
motto of the concern and their
business both at this point and
at the branch yard in Winona,
Miss, have proven that this mot
to is d good one, and as daily in
creasing business will prove.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-06-13

of Mrs. W. W. Humphrie- during
the past week.
Among those who expect to
leave soon for a summer outing
are Mrs. Walter Weaver and
children who will 20 to Atlantic
City. Mrs. Henrietta Harris and
Miss Mitt Williams, will al=o
spend some time at Atlantic CITY
coming back by Monteagle, Tenn.
Misses Pauline and Susie Owen
will leave soon for AshviIle n.
C. Mrs. Owen expects to join
them later on this season.
Mrs. Hirshman is at home af-
ter delightful visit to relatives
in Memphis. Tenn.
The Memphis Commercial APP
peal on last Sunday, gave an ac-
count of the marriage of Miss
Lucille Galloway, Of that city, to
Mr.. Chester Bond, Of Jackson,
Tenn. Mr.. Bond is a relative of
Mrs. d. P. Davis and has often
visited Columbus Miss Gallo
way was the guess of the Misses
Cayce last winter Both parties
have made friends who watt
congratulations and good wishes.
The Jackson Clarion Ledger
of the 8th, contained a notice of
the marriage of Miss Anne Louise
Green, of this city, to Mr.. Robert
Henry, of Jackson, the ceremony
having been performed at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Bradley by Rev. w alter C.
Whitaker, Rector Of st. Andrews
Episcopal Church, Wednesday
evening. The announcement
came as a great surprise to the
friends of Miss Green in this city
where she has always resided
and W h er she is universally
admired for her beauty and for
her many sweet traits Of charac-
ter. MIR. Henry is the eldest son
Of Col. r. H Henry, Worlds Fair
Commissioner and Editor Of the
Clarion Ledger He is young
man of splendid business quail
hcations and is thoroughly up
right and honorable Their
f / d s here and elsewhere
watt congratulations and wish
for them many LaPpy and pros
porous years.