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The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
YOUR HAT
May Be a styllsh One, But It HRkeB
 Trouble.

May Be a Stylish One, But It MRkeB
 Trouble. A man usually buys Q hat that's in style" but the modern hat for men has lots 10 answer for.
 Baldheads are growing more numer- ous every day. Hats make excellent hraedlnr places for the parasitic germs which sap the life from the roots of the hair.
 When your hair begins to fall out and volr scalp is full of Dandrun 1t is a sure sign that these countless germs are busily at work.
 There Is but one way to overcome the trouble and kill the germs-that way IS to apply Newbro's Herpicide to the scalp-it will kill the germs and healthy hair is sure Co result.
 Sold by leading druggists. Send lOc In stamps for sample to The HerPicide Co., Detroit, Mich.
 Wm. Britt, Special Agent.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
HOWELL WILL GIVE
 GRAND CONCERT

Under the auspices of the Arctic Brotherhood, Willis E. Novel;, of Ju- neau, will give 8 grand concert at A. B. hall in this city before long. The arrangements for the event have not been completed, but MT. Novel; has offered his assistance and that of others of Juneau,
 Mir. Nowell is an accomplished 7to- linist. He studied under some of the most famous instructors in the world and has received the praises of many Of the most critical audiences in the coun- try.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
CUTS IN
Princess Beatrice Arrives
 From South

The Princess Beatrice arrived from the south this morning at o'clock with loo tons Of freight and dozen passen- gers for Skagway and the interior. She had a pleasant trip coming north, but it was quite rough on the southbound trip.
 The Princess Beatrice will sail to morrow evening.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
Rainier Beers

Rainier beers by the dozen bottles S2. 90, at the MaSco' saloon.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
shRgway Laundry

For irst-class work try Skagway Laundry. Twenty-Five years eXperl- ence. Telephone S9. tt
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
Clearing Oat Sale

I am closing out for cash the follow ing articles:
 s fine dogS-well broken to harness. l6 pairs oi fine Pennington mills wool len blankets.
 large Polar bear skin.
 buggy which would be well suited for 8 delivery wagon.
 These are bargains for those who want them. William Moore, 9 l2 lmO Moore's Park.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09

There's bargain at Harrisons' for yNu
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
Wood Choppers Wanted

would like 10 get loo woodchoppers to cut wood Ou shares. I will give good men half they chop. Cigarette smok- CTS and yellow back novel readers barred. Call at the dump
 w. P. RenWick.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
Will Build Machine Shops

Machine shops and around house will be built at once at Seward for the Alaska Central railway. Work on 6 sawmlll there Is already under way.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
Candy In on JSEeEorSon

A large consignment of well assorted fresh candies was received on the Jet- fersou. The best in the market. F. Fl. Muir, opposite postofice.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-09
cream at Muir's,
Pack Train Always Leads

The Pack Train saloon always leads. It carries only the best brands of whis' kies, wines, beers and all the other goods to be had at first-class gentle mems resort. tI
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18

progress until the rack brought UP
against a stump. One rope broke under
the strain. but the other held. and the
rack was broken and one end reached
our line of works. leaving a gap which
We took advantage of later, when Lieut..
John A. Whist, with about 40 of COM
pany l, Twenty-sixth Indiana veteran
volunteer infantry. made his entry
through the embrasure where Whiting
Dick had been dismounted by fine shot
from the battery of big guns taken from
the ironclad Milwaukee that was blown
up by a torpedo in Mobile bay. The shot
was urea 6y SteN>s Phl.fi. p OF the Nil
waukee. When we jumped into the
rebel rifle pits we found them well
manned, but with men willing to quit.
Inside the fort all was turmoil and con-
fusion. Three steamers were at the
wharf and everybody trying to get
aboard. That was mix-up, but there
was no fighting and as We Yankees were
more intent on sampling the good things
to be found in the officers hastily va
Gated quarters than in taking prisoners.
only about 1000 forced themselves on
us. The rest went out on the excursion
to Mobile.
"As we moved to invest the fort the
Twenty-sixth Indiana was on the left
center, and we moved up to within 600
yards of the field works of the fort and
bivouacked the first night in gullies and
small hills which abounded in that local
ity. Company ! was in very exposed
position, as we soon discovered when
one of the boys built a fire on a pine
stump to cook coffee. Hardly was the
fire lighted when a stream of bullets
came our way, one of which hit the
coffee pot so hard that it was out for all
time. We had but one tent up, and it
was in line of the fire, and was per-
forated with mimic balls, as was Charlie
Wilson. who was lying on the ground
with his head inside the tent, looking on
at a gam of poker which was going on
there. Charlie picked up the bullet in
his leg and said things The tent came
down at once and was moved around
behind a hill and the card players never
missed deal"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
STONEWALL JACKSON'S PLAN
How This Brave Fighter Would Have
Conducted the Struggle of the
Confederacy.

The Charlotte IN. c. Chronicle
publishes an interesting article on
Stonewall Jackson's plan for conduct
ing the confederacy's struggle. Mrs.
Jackson is writing her husbands biog-
raphy, and making some corrections
in what Dabney says in his Lille of
Gen. Barringer," has furnished her
with a report of a plan outlined by
Stonewall Jackson in a council of war
on July IA, 1862 Gen. Lee ap-
proved it, but President Davis vetoed
it. The plan was TO organize few
independent camps at important points
in the south, and use the best troops as
light, movable columns of not over
10000 or $4,000 each, made up of
the very best men, under picked of
ficers, and lightly equipped for quick
marches. These he would hurl against
the enemy as it invaded southern ter
ritory, or use them TO make rapid in
cursions to capture badly protected
northern towns, would levy $4,000 or
$4,000 on each town, and destroy places
that refused the demand. If too close
ly pressed, he would swiftly retreat
No prisoners would be taken except high
civil officers, who would be held for ram
som. The rank and file would be paroled
on the understanding that if ever caught
hghting again they would be killed.
Jackson would not attempt to hold the
less important points in the south. Bar
ringer says that after Pope was whipped
by Jackson, at Cedar River, Jackson ex-
pected this plan to be instituted, but
Lee decided TO remain inactive, and aft
erward invaded Maryland with his whole
army, and was overwhelmed at Sharps-
burg, demonsti altng the superior wis
dom of Jackson's idea of isolated at
tacks
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
MASCOTS IN THE ARMY.
Royal Goat Was Famous Mascot of
Battalion of Welsh Flu
SileerS

On some of the ships of the United
States navy goat is an honored mem
Der OF the ships company, and the pet
and mascot" of the crew.
In some regiments of the army also
an animal mascot is maintained,
though the custom is not so general
with us as with our British cousins,
with whom ii is very old.
One celebrated and much travelled
mascot, Billy, the goat of the Second
battalion royal Welsh fusileers, recent
ly died on the march from Chakrata
to Agra. He was presented by Queen
Victoria TO the regiment in 1894, and
came from Windsor home park. Billy
had, therefore, served with the battal-
ion for ten years and accompanied
them to Malta, Egypt, Crete, Hong
kong and India. The first goat was
presented by Queen Victoria so long
ago as the year 1899.
How the custom arose of having a
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18

was presidential elector in 1888. and
elected to the Fifty-fourth. Fifty-fifth,
Fffty-siXth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty
eighth congresses, making five consecu-
tive terms.
The Chicago Inter Ocean speaks of
him as follows:
Col. Warner will have the confidence
and support of the surviving veterans of
the civil war. He will have their conf
dence not only because he was a good
soldier, but because throughout his pub
lie life he has dealt with questions in
Which soldiers were directly or irdi-
rectly interested with discrimination
and understanding He has not yielded
too much to sentiment on the one hand
and has yielded nothing to prejudice on
the other.
He has had throughout his long
service in congress the poise of SOL
der, which carries with it instructive
regard for duty and appreciation of the
difficulties under which duty is to be per-
formed"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
1T WAS A HOT TIME.
Army Before the Fort at
Mobile Bay.

THE stories of zigzags, mines and
other things at Port Arthur" said Dan
II. Anderson. remind me of incidents
preceding the fall of Spanish fort, Mo
bile bay, in April, 1865. There we en-
countered mines and all sorts of cum
ningly devised distractions. Brush
with ends sharpened was piled in three
lines sharp ends out. There were inter-
walls every few yards paved with tor
pedoes and percussion shells warranted
to explode under pressure.
Then there was a cheval-de-frise-
something in the shape of sheep rack
coupled together with swivels, and all
the points of the rack sharpened, max
ing it very trying thing to get over
Volunteers from the Twenty-sixth In
diana veteran volunteers were called
to go out and fasten rope to the cheval-
de-frise and boss her in. Lieut.. John
A. Whitsil, Sergts. James Greer, w. E.
Craig and Private Daniel p. Anderson,
all of company l. Twenty-sixth Indiana
veteran volunteer infantry, crawled to
the rack and succeeded in fastening a
couple of ropes to the shaft of the rack,
and it was accomplished. too. notwith-
standing rebel sentinels were lying
in rifle pits every few yards close up
behind the rack. 1t was managed so
quietly that the rebs found us out only
when the movement of the rack began.
THE venturesome crew returned to
our zigzag sap highly elated and began
pulling on the lines, making satisfactory
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18

Let us made alr sfurther COMPARE
son. Take the gree sattle of Waterloo,
one of the 10 6es. We battles of the
world, a battle wlS decided the fate
and changed the sc graphy of all Eu-
rope. In that battle Napoleon had SO, 900
men and 256 guns. Ellington, with the
allies, had 10000 M and over 200 guns
They lost on eaSh side in killed and
wounded about 20 men, being per-
centage of loss fro rs to 80 per cent
Turn to the great title of Gettysburg
and compare il with the battle of Water
loo, and there is wonderful similarity
between the two IN some respects. Gen.
Meade had in his army almost pre-
cisely the same number of men Napoleon
had at Waterloo Gen. Meade had
1000 men, with the Sixth corps in re-
serve. with $50 gS S. Gen. Lee had
an army of 72,000 zen, with 200 guns.
The losses were 900 on each side in
that engagement uost identical with
the losses at Wate 70
THE battle bety the French and
Russians at BoroGino was perhaps the
bloodiest battle since the invention of
gunpowder; there W ere sc, 900 men killed
on each side. But as each army num-
bered over 10000, the per cent. of loss
was less than at 3 gettysburg and less
than at Waterloo. 2 AXE the great battle
at Leipzig, where apoleon had IT'S 900
men, and where til allies had on the first
day 275, 900. increased on the next day by
reenforcements 10 10000. There were
about 40, 600 killed on each side. Yet the
very largest number engaged in that
battle made the per cent of loss very
much less than at Gettysburg or Water
loo
What Mr.. Warnock described as "the
most remarkable loss in all history, fell
to the lot of the Twenty sixth North
Carolina.
THAT regiment he said. was 500
strong. It had Sc killed and 500
wounded. making a total of SIS, or III
per cent. That was on the first days
battle; but the most remarkable part of
it is that the regiment on the third days
fight turned up with little remnant of
216 men out of their S20 participated in
that gallant charge and came out with
only so men left. That l regard as
the most remarkable loss in all history.
There was company in that regiment
Capt. Tuttle's company-that went in
with three officers and "a men. They
came out of that with only one officer
and one man."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
MODERN NAVIES.
What Lord Selbourne, of the British
Admiralty, Says of the United
States Navy

Lord Selbourne, first lord of the Brit
1Sh admiralty-a position in England
similar to that held here by our secretary
OF the navy-has just issued an official
memorandum concerning the British
fleet, in which occurs the following:
THE United States is forming a navy.
the power and size of which will be
limited only by the amount OF money the
American people choose to spend on it.
In the eastern hemisphere a smaller.
but modern navy, that of Japan. has
been put to the test of war and not
found wanting. The Russian navy has
been greatly increased, and. with the
exception of the Black sea fleet. has been
wholly transferred, or is in course of
being transferred. to the Pacific The
navies of Italy and Austria have main
tanned their positions in the Mediterran-
can, but the expenditure thereon has not
been increased, as in the case of other
powers. The French navy stands, as
always, in the forefront, and a new
German navy has come into existence.
1t is navy of the most efficient tyne.
and so fortunately circumstanced that il
is able to concentrate almost the whole
of its fleet at home ports"
OF the British fleet, Lord Selbourpe
remarks that all the cid battleships
haze been replaced by modern ships, but
still more significant. Great Britain will
have within this year 26 modern cruis
ers, built within four years. of great
speed, with ornaments as powerful as
those OF battleships. and altogether
great advance on anything which has
preceded ihana.-
THESE 70 cruisers Lord Selhourne
speaks of vary in size from 10 1000 tons
to $4,000 tons. Their armament also
varies. Some of them mount 92-inch
and 7.5-inch guns. and others 9.2-inch
and 6-inch guns. The speed varies
from p to 23 knots. the thick armor from
0 to inches, and the normal coal
capacity from 500 to / 200 tons.
The United States has eight large
cruisers of the type of the above-not
one of them in service-armed with
eight-inch and siX-inch guns; in other
respects not dissimilar to the largest
OF the British ships.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
CARRIED BULLET IN HEAD.
The Remarkable Experience of Abra-
ham belong, a Private in an
Ohio Regiment.

At the battle of Stone River, on the
3lst of December, 1862. Abraham De-
long, who belonged to an Ohio regi-
ment, received a bullet wound from
which he never recovered, although he
lived for % years after being shot.
The bullet struck him squarely on
the nose, well up between the eyes. in
such way as to split the bone, which,
closing up again. left only slight
wound that the surgeon declared had
bsen caused by bullet coming from
a side direction and clipping off the
skin as it sped by.
belong kept his feet, suffering little,
and in few days was again in fight
ing trim. He served to the close Of
the war, and returned to his home near
Van Vert.
AS the years passed, belong expert
enced painful sensations in his head.
at first slight. but more and more Sc
we're at each recurrence, until his suf-
ferings finally drove him crazy. He
was taken to the insane hospital at
Dayton for treatment, where he recoy-
cred his mental faculties, but received
no relief from the terrible pain and
pressure in his head that made life
almost intolerable.
Some time before his death. which
took place in 1882, belong got the idea
that the bullet that struck him at
Stone River had indeed entered his
head, and proposed TO submit to a
surgical operation that would deter
mine whether he was right about it.
This opinion was not shared by his
physicians, and, as the operation must
necessarily be a dangerous one. they
declined to search for the suspected
missile. He then requested that after
his death an examination be made. in
order that his widow and children.
should it appear that he died of in
juries received in the service of his
country, might receive a greatly need
ed pension. his long period of ILL
ness and inability to work having quite
eaten up his little fortune
Accordingly an autopsy was held.
To the surprise of the doctors. and as
Delong had predicted. they found a
bullet, or rather two jagged pieces of
lead, in his head. back of the frontal
bones. One portion had lodged Just
over the brain. and, together with a
fragment of bone that had been broken
off by the bullet as it tore its way into
the Uranium, had become incrusted with
hard growth, which, extending year
by year, pressed harder and harder
against the brain, causing the terrible
pain Of which Delong complained, and
resulting in arrangement and death.
His wife applied for and received a
pension.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE.
What War Has Cost in Human Life
as Shown by Figures Taken from
the Pages of History.

perusal of the remarkable speech
made before the house two years ago,
during the debate on the army bill, by
Congressman William r, Warnock, of
Ohio, would soon convince one that there
have been othe, appalling losses of life
in battle than those that have been re-
Gently sustained in the far east. After
recalling the fact that during the civil
war there were 1882 general engage
ments, battles and skirmishes in which
at least one regiment was engaged on
each side and that in more than 60
regiments in each army the loss in killed
and wounded was from so to IS per cent
OF the members engaged, the orator
said:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
A NOVEL CAPTURE.
How Two Brave Yankees Bagged a
Half Dozen Confederates and
Got Them to Camp.

During the campaign in Maryland,
in 1862, Sergeant John Caldwell, COM
pany G. and his messmate, while forag-
ing about two miles from their tempo
rary camp, came suddenly upon six con-
federates. Both parties halted within
a very short distance from each other
and prepared for action. The leader
of the confederate squad. feeling sure
of the capture OF the Two Yankees. said:
We'll, Yanks, you had better surren-
der, as we are six to two"
Comrade Caldwell replied by pro-
posing to meet one of the enemy half
way, when they would talk the matter
over. it being distinctly understood that
no hostile action should take place dur
ing their parley. The proposition was
agreed to. and the confederate and
union soldier advanced until they met
whereupon the rarleying began in earn
est. This meeting was at a crossroads
and no union troops were within six or
eight miles of this point. except Gen
Gregg's division. which had encamped
about two and one-half miles distant
during the previous nisht. During the
argument, Comrade Caldwell said:
Now, Johnny. it is true that you out
number us, but / warn you should you
not surrender now. you will be'captured
or killed within a few hours. 1t mat
ters not which direction you so. you
will find union troors within an hour
Why, our whole division is encamped
less than mile in my rear. and the
whole army is in this neighborhood.
In fac t.
cape. and my advice is for you to sur
render now. and avod rising your
lives, for surely yen will be Killed or
captured within an hour" The CON
federate replied:
Now, Yank. If what you say is true.
We will surrender"
Caldwell assured him that such was
the case. whereat he called to the five
confederates in the rear They came
forward. and 81 siy surrendered thos
two brave boys in blue.
Caldwell and his companion then dis
armed their prisoners and started with
them for camp, presumably half mile
distant, but in reality nearly three
miles from their parleying point. says
the National Tribune. After going
about half mile the confederate re-
marked: Say, Yank, did you not say
your camp was about a half mile dis
tant?" Caldwell replied: Eyes. John
ny, it is but short distance further"
At this the prisoners became angry, 5a-
claring that they would not have sur
rendered had they known the union
camp was nearly three miles instead of
half mile away. But Caldwell and
his partner kept up their bluff and de-
livered their prisoners to the provost
marshal.
Comrade Caldwell was severely
wounded at HARDWOOD Church. Va. Feb
ruary %, 1863, and was captured at
St Mary's Church, June "a 1864. He
resides in Pittsburg, Pa, where he has
succeeded himself several terms as al
derman. He was a gallant soldier and
highly respected by his comrades.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18

been erected to the extent of 20
$50 feet and 1880 feet of stons
walls have been rebuilt, making oven
four and three-quarters miles of stone
walls, as originally on the field.
In April and May $500 trees were set
out in parts of the battlefield. where the
trees and shrubs have been cut off to
restore it to the condition il was at the
time of the battle.
BY order OF Secretary Root, an ex-
h1bit was prepared md sent to the St
Louis exposition where it occupied IL
by 20 feet of floor space and $50 square
feet OF wall. A feature of this was a
relief map, IA feet long by 10 feet wide.
representing "a square miles. or sub
stantially the entire battlefield, with all
of its features of a field and forest.
roads, buildings, streams and bridges
just as it existed at the time of the
battle.
Through correspondence the ad-
dresses of over 500 survivors of the
regular commands have been secured
and with them their statements regard
ing the positions Of their regiments and
batteries
BY clerical omission battery E.
Fourth United States artillery. was
omitted in the act, but this was recti-
fed by special appropriation for a
monument.
The state of Pennsylvania has ap-
propriated $150,00O, available in 1905,
to erect monument to her soldiers.
The state of New York has erected
a monument to the Oneida cavalry at
Gen. Meade's headquarters.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-18
First Man Killed in Kentucky

AS to who was the first soldier killed
on Kentucky soil in the civil war, j. ID.
Mcclure, Company F, Thirty-third In
diana, writes as follows: THE Thirty
third Indiana left Crab Orchard October
10, 1861; arrived at Wildcat October 20.
The next morning l was on skirmisS.
Down the mountain side we met other
skirmishers, and found we were not
needed and we went back. Our command
was taken to the right. The next day.
when we returned after the battle, L
went down the road we went on the
morning before the fight, and there lay
the dead body of the soldier we had left
on post, where we now found him dead.
on the cliff. Who he was l cannot say.
He must have been killed before the
battle, for before the battle the pickets
were all driven in. 1t was perhaps a
mile from the top of the mountain to
where he lay. He was buried there.
There were Third Kentucky and First
Kentucky cavalry men there"