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HER AMBITION TO LIVE
HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS

SYRACUSE N Y. Aug. 12.-Having
just celebrated her l03d birthday, Mrs
Therissa Gray announces that she
" ants to live 10 be 10. Her health is
good.
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GEORGE ELLIS RECEIVES
WATCH SENT BY KAISER
COlOred Man Who Saved Statue of
Frederick the Great
Rewarded.

Captain Sewel, who is experimenting
the construction of the War College at
the Washington Barracks. has presented
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GOMPERS GOING TO
PRINTERS CONVENTION
VIII Address International Typograph-
ical Union on Importance of
Eight-H0ur Day

Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation Of Labor will
leave here tomorrow or Tuesday for
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NEWS RECEIVED or DEATH
OF MISS MADELINE R0UTH

News has been received here Of tt4
death at New Lonaef3 Gem IF Nfissz
Madeline d. Routh. clerk in the Bu-
reau of Navigation, Navy Department.
Miss Routh left here two weeks ago
on ieaVe 20 enter a sanitariuTn at New
London. She WAS suffering from rhesi-
matte fever. Her sister accompanff(I
her. Miss Routh had been in the de-
partmeat for eight years She wa
native OF New York.
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explosion Of the bomb. the force OF
which threw him on his face. He is re-
ceiving $l75 a day for his services at
the present time but hopes TO get 4
position under the civil service.
Ellis is well educated. and has been
doing unskilled laborers work for sew
eraI years Ia view OF the fact .lat he
was injured while trying to save the
statue, Ellis thinks the GoVernmelH
should reward him by giving him a po-
sition where he can earn little more
money to help him provide for his wife
and children 10 better advantage.
Ss635 to Denver, Colorado Springs, or
Pueblo. Col. and return, August 70 to
September ,, Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
Consult AGENTS for particulars.
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Rare ability in Floral Designing
and the use of choicest flowers assure
perfection IN Guides productions. 1914 p.
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against 40. But there was not one
sent there until 1t was too late to help

against 40. But there was not one
sent there until 1t was too late to help
much.
Again. can prove by as good a SOL
der % I ever saw on any field, our
guidoQ-bearer, who was sent by Capt.
Arnold to get ammunition or another
battery. and while riding around. shout
ing and looking for Col. Hazard, the
Second Corps Chief, an officer asked
him what he wanted. The guidon-
bearer replied that he wanted the Chief
OF Artillery. The officer said:
81 am the Chief; what do you
want?'
1.-The guidon-bearer handed him
Capt. Arnold's order, when Hunt told
him to find Hazard. After q long search
he went back to Hunt, and after some
parleying Gen. Hunt gave him an order
to go to the reserve artillery and get a
battery. This happened about the time
Pickett's charge was taking place. Gen.
Hunt at that time was over near the
Baltimore pike, behind q wall. Had he
been on Little Round Top, or In some
other commanding position, he could
have seen what his artillery was do
ing and attended to 1t. For the above
reasons I think it very doubtful IL the
white horse belonged to Gen. Hunt"
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loss was nothing. The fight occurred
near the residence of Judge McGehee,
who had breakfast cooked for the reb-
els. Our men ate the breakfast, and,
giving the Judge half an hour to move
out of his residence, burned it, together
with the quarters he had erected for
the use of the rebels. / now sent Can't
BENTLEY with one company of the I'd
Wis. mile to the right of our posi-
ton, where he stampeded a company
of rebel cavalry. He found and de-
stroyed 35 saddles and 35 stand OF
arms. l also caused to be burned al
Woodville about 100000 worth of Con-
federate commissary stores, consisting
of salt, sugar. tobacco and cotton cloth
] now moved TO Fort Adams, sending
captured property by boats.
Here at the junction of the roads
the advance (3d u. s. Cord Cav.
found and drove small party of reb-
els some two miles. Our loss was two
wounded, slightly. During the night ]
learned we had met Powerss regiment
200 strong. The 4th Ill. Cav. had one
man wounded, who afterward died Ex-
pectfng to meet Scott and the combined
rebel forces at Woodville, / marched
at a. m. for that place, but found no
enemy. We encamped on Buffalo
Creek. and marched next morning al
daylight. meeting Col. Farrar at Kings
ton. and reaching Natchez at 4 D. m
] learned at Woodville that In the skir-
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Comrade ]. e. Appleget. Co. B. 10th
Ind, writes from Veedersburg, Ind, to
say that he has read many communica-
lions In The National Tribune from old
comrades Of other regiments, but he
says he has never read a word from
any Of the boys Of his regiment.
1T makes me feel" he adds, that
we did nothing toward putting down
the rebellion. When the 10th Ind.
started out we believed we would soon
end the war; but after we had marched
all over Kentucky in the mud and rain
and ran up against old Zollicoffer at
Logan's Crossroads, we began to think
we had pretty stiff job on hand.
But we got through it all right, and
several other jobs besides. When we
got up to Chickamauga we found there
were lots Of live Johnnies. Well,
won't tell what did, but I am glad
did something. like to read what the
other fellows did. II our boys Of the
10th Ind. are too timid to write, can't
help It. I could tell q whole lot we did
DO and q whole lot we didn't do. Talk
out. comrades. and II you did not do
anything yourself. tell what the other
fAllOw did"
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----O--------------
Capture OF Col. Rhett, G.. 8. A.

Serg't H. r. Allen, Co. A, 10th ILL.,,
Mount Vernon, ILL.,, writes to correct a
statement made by Leroy Falls, Co. A,
9th Ind. Cav, concerning the battle of
Averasboro. He says the battle was
fought on March Is. 1T was begun
on the 18th and ended <on the 10th.
Col. Rhett was captured on the 18th
by foragers. He came on the evening
of the 18th to Gen. JEFF c. Davis's head
quarters. and was placed in charge Of
Col. II. T.. Topping, commanding the
9th Ill, which was Gen. Daviss head
quarters guard. The statement that
Col Rhett was stripped of his clothes
and boots and marched from Averas-
boro to Goldsboro barefooted is not
true. / saw Col. Rhett every day after
his capture until we reached Goldsboro,
and / say he was not deprived Of any
OF his clothes or his boots. He rode a
horse by the side Of Col. Topping all
the time. He was as well fed and cared
for as our own men were. Comrade
Falls did not say word about the bat
tie of Bentonville, which was fought on
the 18th. 1t was in that fight that so
many of Col. Rhetts artillerymen were
killed. 1 went over the field after the
battle and saw quite a number of dead
men wearing artillery uniforms. who
had been fighting in the ranks as in
fantrymen. / kept a diary. have just
looked over it, and find I am correct
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for all; neither do / want any taken
away from my regiment. They earned
honors, and they are entitled to retain
them. The Harris Lights did charge
the stacks, but failed to take them, and
fell back-all but five Or six who stayed
rick told Col. Stedman, Of the 9Th Ohio
Cav, to take the position. We charged
in a large meadow on the right Of the
road from Aide to Middleburg and Up
perville. The Colonel led the regiment
in the charge, and We took prisoners
all there but one man, whom l saw
run away. The regiment lost one Ma
jor, MORALLY wounded; one Sergeant.
OK Co. II, killed; one Corporal, of Co.
+, killed; several wounded, four in Co
K. The regiment lost dozen horses,
killed. There was some hard fighting
over on our right. about 100 rods; there
was ridge between them and US, SO
that we could not see them. There is
where the 4th n. Y. and 1st Me. had
their fighting. There might have been
some stacks over there. for all l know
Now for little incident Of my own
captured one rebel, and took him
/ back and turned him over to the
provost guard, and then. hearing a shot
fired down by the ditch that the rebels
had been in, / went there to see what
| the shot was for. A member Of Co. II
was trying to shoot a wounded rebel
officer, who was sitting in the bottom
of the ditch. and / asked, What are
you doing?" He said he wanted to
have the name Of killing a rebel.
told him to go and find one who would
| have an equal chance with himself He
said, What is it your business"
told him that IL he shot that man
| would shoot him. He looked at me and
saw that l meant 1T, and he went away
Then / looked up and saw one of my
company, Dan Robertson, trying to
cal ture rebel; but the rebel was
| working Dan back toward a stone fence
where he might jump over and ge,
away. 1 went to Dams assistance and
we took the reluctant rebel INN. "
Oviatt, Sergeant, Co. K, 9Th Ohio Cav.
| Braceville, 0.
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RAID OF osBAND's TROOPERS.
Cavalry Command Cut q Swath Through
the Enemy's Country From Matches {.
wOOdville, Miss.

Cavalry Command Cut q Swath Through
the Enemy's Country From Matches to
WOOdyille, Miss.
Editor National Tribune: Comrade
William w. Humphrey, 26th Ohio Bat
terry, In a recent issue of The National
Tribune desired some one with a good
memory to write an account Of Col. E.
ID. Osband's raid from Natchez to
Woodville, Miss. / was not along but
D battalion of my regiment, the 4th Ill.
Cav, comprised a part Of Col. Osband's
force. Col. Osband himself was former
1y Captain of Co. A, 4th Ill. Cav, which
served as Gen. Grants body-guard from
some time in 1862 until Grant vert
East to take command there. / give
herewith Col. Osband's official report
OF the raid as found in the Rebellion
Records.-P. o. Avery, Historian, 4th
Ill. Cav, Pleasant View Stock Farm,
near Humboldt, Neb.
Report of Col. E. D. Osband, Sd U. S.
Colored Cav, commanding expedition
to Woodville, Miss, to Capt. F. w. Fox,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
Headquarters Cavalry Forces, Vicks-
burg, Miss, Oct. II, 1864.
Pursuant to orders from the Major
General commanding I left Natchez,
Miss, on the 4th day Of October. at 6
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Two Brushes With StOnewall Jackson

II see the old boys are wideawake
and ready to read the battles over"
writes COmrade Jacob Ayers, Co. I,
SD Ohio, from Ostrander, o. IT en-
listed at Delaware, Feb. 1, 1862; went
to Grafton. Va, and landed at Camp
Fetterman. Feb. 81. The mud there
abouts was nearly neck deep, and we
only had few tree boughs to sleep on.
1t was pretty tough for the men who
had left good feather beds. And the
change Of diet to beans and bareback
and fat meat was severe on me, and 1
told the boys I would surely die. But
l got used to 1t, and became fat"
Comrade Ayers describes his first bat
tie against Stonewall Jackson. He was
In Gen. Milroy's command, and said "it
was hot time" 1--WE afterwards fell
back and crossed the mountains to
Strasburg, In the Shenandoah VAL
ley. where we again met Stonewall
Jackson and started him down the
Valley. He gave US q warm reception,
but we drove him down to Mount Jack
son. He burned the bridge, and we
had to stop ono day there. Then we
crossed over and drove him on to Port
Republic. There we fought him half
. day and we came out about even.
RYt no left at night, after burning the
klldgp behind him. leaving his dead on
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p. m, on transports provided with de-
taehments of the 9Th, 18th and Attn Ill.
Cav. I'd Wis. Cav, two pieces of artil-
lery and detachment of Signal Corps;
I'm all about 1900 men. We landed at
TUnica Bend, Ia. at 4 q. m. on the 5th,
and marched in the direction Of Wood
vile. When 10 miles from Woodville,
hearing heavy firing in the direction of
Bayou Sara, / proceeded to that point
as far as Sligo, but there finding that
the firing receded faster than we adj
vanced. moved toward Woodville, and
after surrounding the town charged
with two regiments, completely surpris-
ing the rebels and capturing IL prison.
ers, one caisson, II army wagons, with
teams, etc. After destroying telegraph
wires and capturing mail, moved half
a mile south of the village and camped.
"At daylight / forwarded all prison.
ers and captured property to Fort
Adams.
Hearing at this time OF q rebel force
upon my right flank about one and a
half miles distant, / Immediately sent
the 5th Ill Cav, Sd U. s. Cold Cav.
and moved with the 18th Ill and I'd
Wis. Cav and one gun to the right.
The column sent to the left met a Sc
we're fire from Gober's Cavalry. The
artillery and 5th Ill. Cav, supporting,
opened at 1000 yards and did fine exc
cutiOn. Maj. ]. B. Cook, with the Sd
u s. COfd Cav, pushing rapidly to the
rear, stampeded Gober's command and
gained the rear OF the battery. When
forming in line Of battle he charged
through the woods, one battalion with
reyolyers and one with sabers, cutting
down the rebels, who were now desert
ing the battery. driving the gunners
from their pieces and capturing the
guns The batterymen were secured as
prisoners OF war by the 5th Ill. Cav.
In the meantime the other column met
with stubborn resistance.
The result of this half-hOurs work
was one 12-pound hOwitZer, two six
pound smoothbore guns, $50 rounds of
fixed ammunition. horses and harness
complete. three battlefiags. Al prison
ers and four of the enemy killed. Our
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The 18th Conn.

Editor National Tribune: I think II
would be fair to add to your history
Of the 18th Conn. in your issue of Nov.
80, that, when Gen. Banks called for
1000 volunteers to lead the assault on
Port Hudson as forlorn hope, Col.
Birge. at his own special request, was
appointed to lead them, and one-quar-
ter Of the entire number called for VOL
unteered from his own regiment, the
18th Conn. Later the Colonel, then
Brigadier- General, was brevetted Ma
jor-General on the recommendation OF
Gen. Sheridan for his conduct at Cedar
Creek. OF the 1st Conn. Cav. both
Coils. Blakeslee and Ives received bre-
vet commissions as Brigadier-Ge General.
Three of its men received the Medal Of
Honor granted by act of Congress for
distinguished bravery in action. B'v't
Brig.-Gen. Whitaker was cordially re-
commended by Gems. Sheridan, Kilpat-
rick. Davies and Kautz for an appoint
ment in the Regular Cavalry. Kilpat-
rick writing: LAS a cavalry officer 7
know no superior OF his rank" Among
the things it's boys like to tell Is that
they were the only regiment In the
service allowed to take their horses
with them on their final muster-out.-
George Greenman. Norwich. Conn.
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COBURN'S BRIGADE.
More OF That Unfortunate Order OF
Gen. G.. G.. Gilbert

Editor National Tribune: The Ma.
tional Tribune, in its issue Of Dec. Z
1905, contains an interesting descrip-
tive account of the battle of Thompson
Station on March 5, 1853, by Capt. c.
r. Lincoln, Of the 18th Mich. The
Captain does not. and is hardly expect
ed to. give all the details connected
with that expedition. The usual lin.
Its of a newspaper account hardly per.
mits it.
My purpose is not to attract particu.
lar attention to the article, except onl,
TO refute one single clause in the letter
or Lieut.. Sullivane, q member, / be.
lleVe. OF Gen. Forests staff, which Is
! incorporated in the Captains account
with the exception of this clause, the
letter OF Lieut.. Sullivane will be read
with a good deal Of pleasure and ap.
prevail, possessing as 1t does MANY com.
piiments of the valor of the Union
troops engaged, to wit: The 33d and
s5th Ind, and the 18th Mich. and 22d
ed by Col. John Coburn
The clause in Sullivane's letter to
which / allude is as follows:
"Col. Coburn was directed To verif,
the accuracy of the number and posi-.
| ton of the enemy"
BY many this view of Col. Coburn.,
| mission is accepted as true, not 70,
purposes of mischievous intent or the
| perVersion of history, but because OF
| ignorance of the facts. Had Mr.. Sui.
| livane known the facts, believing az
| do In his honesty of purpose, he would
not have made the foregoing statement
and II Capt. Lincoln had known Tho
f&ctS l am sure that he would have
suggested correction of the misstate.
| ment.
The facts are these: I will. first
quote the General Order of Gen. Gil.
bert. under which Col. Coburn acted:
Headquarters United States Forces
| In Camp near Franklin, Tenn, March
8. 1863
Special No. ISL.
''VI. Col. Coburn, with his brigade
and battery and 600 cavalry, will, to.
morrow morning at o'clock, proceed
along the Columbia Pike as far al
Spring Hill. and send out q party from
there toward Columbia and one
through to Raleigh Springs, on the
I~ewisburg Pike. where a cavalry force
from Murfreesboro. will communicate
| with 1t on ensuing day.
| VII. Col. "a. P.) Campbell will fur.
nish the cavalry from the three reet.
ments. Col. 60. HI Payne, 18TH
Ohio. with his regiment. will report to
iCoi. Coburn. to accompany this com.
mand. Four days rations will be tax.
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Branding Deserters.

Editor National Tribune: I noticed
in The National Tribune some three or
four weeks ago that some one asked
you IL at any time in the u. s. Army
any one was ever branded for being q
deserter. Your answer was that no
such punishment was ever used In the
army of the United States. I wish to
state to you that in. / think It was,
November. 1853 cit might have been
October). ! saw two men belonging to
the LIST N. J. Cav, think, but am not
sure, as 1t is SO long since then, TAX
en- out in front Of the brigade. which
was formed in hollow square, their
hair and boards shaved from one side
perfectly clean, and then branded with
two-inch letter d. the iron letter
heated to red-hot color, and when
applied both men gave q very audible
groan. After being branded, they were
drummed out Of camp to the tune OF
the "Rogue's March," There IL no mis-
take about this, AZ was q member OF
the band who played the march for
the occasion.-H. C. Weston, Co. D. 1st
Mass. Cav. 81 West Fifth st.. Atlanta,
Ga
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RECITALS AND "REMINISCENCES.
Stories Emney Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

mish with Powers's regiment the COM
manding officer, Maj. McKowen, and
eight men were killed.
Summary: The command embarked
and disembarked twice, travelled by
river ITS miles and marched by land
ESQ miles. They lost no material. had
only two men killed and one officer and
five men slightly wounded. The enc
my's loss, two officers and "a enlisted
men killed, and by capture four ofn-
GERS and SO enlisted men. The COM
mand captured three cannon. one Gals
son, $50 rounds Of ammunition, some
harness, etc., 1000 head of beef cattle
three sheep. between 500 and 400 horses
and mules. IL army wagons. harness
ETC., destroying $50 stand of arms
100000 subsistence stores destroyed
the telegraph station at Woodville. and
secured a large amount of Information
through captured dispatches. and
gained ITS able-bodied colored re-
cruits."
This report is signed by E. D. Os.
band, Colonel, Sd U. S. Cold Cav.
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Comrade James w. Owens, r. r. d.
Is. Bunker Hill, w. Va, writes: "I
served with the Army OF the Tennessee.
I was with Gen. Sherman on the
march to the sea, and at the close Of
the war was at Hamilton, s. C. took
part in all the important engagements.
3S In all. have not heard from any
OF Co. II. Sd Iowa. I would like to hear
from some OF the boys."
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Prevented q Murder.

Editor National Tribune: wish to
correct a mistake regarding the capture
of the stacks and ditch in which the
9Th Va. (rebeD Cav. were stationed.
do not want to take any honors away
from any command, for there is honor
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and, as l have always said, no two men
can see matter alike, even If they
stand shoulder to shoulder. 1 saw
Cowan's Battery VIII EN- 1t took the place
Of Battery B, but did not know what
battery 1T was until the battle was over.
''The mistake he and Col. Cowan
spoke of could easily happen, and I
not have known it, as was in such a
mixup. But it must have been a great
blunder for Sergeant or Corporal to
make with a gun. as he had to go so
cushinss Battery As for 1 sish ah w his
battery because it belonged to the Sixth
Corps Is mistake, as the Second and
Sixth Corps men were like brothers.
and swore by each other. My object is
merely to establish facts, II possible. as
to the battles In which took part, and
they will include nearly all the Army
Of the Potomac was engaged in.
Capt. Van Etten writes that Gen.
Hunts white horse was killed near his
gun. This is surprising news to me, az
| never knew before that his horse was
%a,k AnGhe Ha thing I, failed lice to sss
Corps, he says at the time Of Pickett's
charge Gen. Hunt was riding up and
down the line firing his pistol into the
enemy's faces. Now. II that was true
Walker should never have written 1t,
rs 1t placed q General commanding ar
1AsSAy ~ SaA0 SAAA1y O4 SAO 1OtOUu&C
q bad light. and I do not believe any
good offlcer will disagree with me when
I say 1t. as Gen. Hunt should have had
all he could attend 70 looking after hi1
artillery. especially Ct that time. when
I have always elaima1 II ~ hNddled
because between eur battAry ana WOOD.
runs at zeiglsrs 0r1Ye there was room
Tor four Or ave battAfie4 which would
have bsen . great hSlD 10 cur 80 guns
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
A Wonderful Saving.

The largest Methodist church in Geor-
gia, calculated to use over 100 gallons OF
the usual kind OF mixed paint in painting
their church.
They used only 80 gallons Of the Long
man & Martinez L. & M. paint mixed
with "a gallons OF Linseed oil. Actual
cost OF paint made was less than S1.2O
per gallon.
Saved over eighty ($S0O0) dollars in
paint, and got big donation besides.
Every Church win be given a liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Many houses are well painted with
four gallons OF L. & M and three gallons
OF Linseed oil mixed Herewith.
Wears and covers like gold.
These celebrated paints are sold by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29

The twelve months ending Aug 81,
1905, gave to the United States the largest
import and export trade ever known in
its commercial history. Its imports during
that time were valued at S1,1SS, 1886, 900,
which is more than 500, 600, 900 larger than
past records, while our exports had a
value of $1,566, 46S, 900, this again being
In excess of any past experience. The
last eight months have presented an ex-
traordinary exhibit in this respect, carry
ing our exports up to nearly 81, 900, 900 900,
when ordinarily the summer months have
been so lean in this respect as materially
TO reduce the high averages of the other
months of the year. 1t is worthy of note
that in these last eight months the larger
increase made has been in dutiable goods.
In the full eight months OF 1905 we in
creased our duty free importations by a
little less than $1,000, 900 in value and our
dutiable importations by more than
$73,000,000 in value.