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federates on the picket line. They say he
died soon after he was wounded"


Mr.. Hobbs said the battlefield presented
a beautiful scene just before the fight be-
gan. The meadows were rich and green,
the orchards were at their best, and on
every side were fields Of waving corn. Soon
all this was changed. Clouds of smoke
from muskets and cannon filled the air,
the rattle of small arms and the booming
of big guns made terrible din and the at
mosphere was filled with dust caused by
marching men. Then came the streams of
bleeding mangled soldiers being borne TO
the rear, and the shouts and yells of tie
combatants, while on the grassy swards
were stretched the forms of the dead. Gen.
Early, the grim confederate commander
watched the fight from his headquarters at
the F. P. Blair house. Gen. Wright and.
for while, President Lincoln viewed the
struggle from the parapets of Fort stevens
On Memorial day a number OF patrlotlc
Pennsylvanians resident in this city Will
assist in the decoration of the handsome
monument erected in Battle Ground GEM
etery in memory of those men OF the 9Sth
PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers who Sacrlhced
their lives on the altar Of their country
during the battle of Fort Stevens. This
regiment sustained the heaviest loss OF any
regiment engaged there. Its casualties We're
eight killed and twenty eight wounded, sew
eral of whom died afterward as result
were Col. John F. Belair, commanding the
regiment, and Lieut.. Col. John B. Kohler.
Only forty of the Union dead are buried
in Battle Ground cemetery. superintendent
Corwin gives the number killed during the
two days fighting at 100. Mr.. William V.
Cox gives the number of Union soldiers
killed and wounded as about 400. BY some
authorities the confederate loss In killed
and wounded is placed at 800. Only nine
teen of Cen Ear!y's men were left dead on
the field They were at first buried where
they fell, but have since been reinterred
under a stone marked Unknown" in the
cemetery of the Episcopal Church near
Woodside.
Fort Stevens was one of sixty-eight forts
and batteries, each ianking the other and
spread out around Washington for dis
lance of thirty-seven miles. When these
defenses were constructed the 7th street
pike. now Brightwood avenue, was the lead
ing thoroughfare to and from Washington.
and at a point FIVE miles from the Capitol
building. where the Gordon of defensas
crossed this road at height of 81 feet
above mean tide, fort was built In Octo-
ber 1861, by troops who named 1t Fort
Massac husetts The fort was enlarged In
1862 and 1863. and on April |, 1863, the
name was changed to Fort Stevens, in
honor of Brig. Gen Isaac 1. Stevens, Who
was killed at Chantilly, Va, while raiiying
his troops under terrific fire. He had
seized the flag from the wounded color
bearer and was leading the Highianders
Regiment in the charge, when confed-
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MEMORABLE INCIDENTS
OF OLD FORT STEVENS

-ENTATIvB arrangements are being
made for the annual celebration of
the battle of Fort Stevens, which
Il turned the tide of confederate Gen.
EarIy's advance on Washington,
July II and - 1864, and prevented the cap
ture Of the capital by the men in gray.
Commodore Francis b. Allen of Hartford.
Conn. an officer of the Blue and the Gray
Association. recently formed in Washing
ton, has taken the initiative in the matter
and believes the occasion can be made one
of Joyous reunion between soldiers of the
north and south at the nations capital once
each year" as he expressed it. Commo-
dore Aleen will be assisted by the three
chairmen of the blue and the gray for the
District of Columbia In bringing the pro
posed celebration and reunion on the old
battle ground to fruition. These chairmen
are: Col w. Il. Rogers. representing the
Union veterans; Capt. John M Hickey, rep
resenting the United Confederate Veterans,
and Capt j. Walter Mitchell, representing
the United Spanish War Veterans.
Commodore Allen, who is taking the lead
ing part in the matter, was born in Balti-
more, June 1, 1871, of north of Ireland an
cestry. His great-grandfather, Edward d.
Burke, served in the revolutionary war,
while his grandfather. DR.. Francis Burke
of Washington, d. c., served In the war OF
1912. Commodore Allen himself served in
the navy throughout the civil war with
honor, and received several meritad promo
tions. He was an officer of the United
States gunboat Port Royal at the battle of
Mobile Bay. He is now vice president of
the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company, and is prominent in
the veteran movement, both naval and G.
A r.
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Baron Komura at Harvard.
From the Boston Herald

From the Boston Herald
When Baron Komura was a student at
the Harvard law school, in the class OF
II, his classmate and warm friend. Baron
kaneko, urged him to go into society, many
hospitable Boston doors being open to
them. But Komuro preferred. as ne said
to devote his leisure to the study of Amer
lean character in American books and TO
observe American life outside of conven-
tiopal society. Emerson was his favori q
author, and from his writings he adopted
his motto. These and other things that
are being said of this quiet diplomat and
silent man with keen Observing eyes, are
interesting to know, 1t is evident that Ko-
mura is going to wear well upon closer ac-
Quaintance
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crate bullet pierced his brain. and he fell
with the colors in his dying grasp.

Fort Stevens had two magazines-one
"here Emery Chapel now stands and the
other 10 the west, the depression being sIrI-
visible. Ii was also provided with bomb
PROOF LOO feet In length was surrounded
ny an aDaus and protected by rife pits.
those on the northwest side still being in 4
falr state of preservation. In the hollow
ground south of Fort Stevens were buut
barracks and officers quarters. from tinbar
cut down from in front of the works and
from lumber in outhoueses belonging to tho
late Matthew G. Emery and others which
the soldiers tore down. Mr.. Cox says. with
out consulting the owners. During the hal
Tie these barracks were used as HOSPITALS
Inc cupola of the Emery house was used
as a signal station, from whence the prog
ress of the fight was ''w!g-waeged'' bv tina
Signal Corps men to the anxious odicia-s
IN the city. The original armament of For
stevens was nineteen cannon and two moe
tars. Five of the guns We're thirtv-nound
rified PARROTS and ten twentH-foUr-nonnJ
and two eight-inch smooth-bore guns long
since obsolete
On July 10, 1864, the day before the fight
opened, the troops garrisoning the fort
were Company X, 150th Ohio seventy
eight men, Capt A. A Stafford command
ing; 18th Michigan Battery, seventy-nine
men, Capt Charles Dupont; ffty-two con-
valescents from the Washington military
hospitals, commanded by Lieut. H. L. Tuc-
neri Tooth Ohio. When 1t was definitely
known that Early was near at hand tn 5
force was quickly increased, among the re-
Inducements being the I'd District of Co.
lumbia Regiment $50 men Col Alexander
commanding, and 1900 employees of the
quartermaster's department.
Among the Ohioans who saw serv;=, N
the vicinity of Fort Stevens in 1SG; vas
Second Lieut.. Marcus A. Hanna Con5pany
G, 150th Ohio Volunteers, who was station
ed at Fort Bunker Hill, and, Gov. George X.
Nash, private in Company K of the same
regiment who was at Fort Stevens proper.
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Time and tourists are fast wearing away
the historic old paraDet of Fort Stevens
upon which President Lincoln stood forty
one years ago this month, witnessing the
fight on that bright July day between the
defenders OF Washington and Gen. Jubal
Early's gray-clad invaders. The recent
celebration of Memorial day with its tri-
butte OF flowers and tears for the soldier
dead, and the condition of the old fort on
the northern outskirts of the city have
served to revive interest in the movement
started several years ago for the preserva-
ton for park of the crumbing parapet on
the only battlefield In the District of Co.
lumbia.
One of the most active promoters of the
proposed park MI William Y. Cox in his
address on The Defenses Of Washington
Gen, Earlys Advance on the Capital and
the Battle of Fort Stevens, July IL and L.
1864, delivered before the Fort Stevens
Lincoln Military Park Association three
years ago, strongly advocated the preserva-
ton of the Lincoln parapet. He said:
In gratitude let US save all that remains
of those silent reminders of the terrible
days of war, as monument to the bravery
of the American soldier-a united north and
south"
Mr.. Cox described his visit to Fort Stew
ems In 1896, with Gen. Horatio G. Wright
who commanded the old 9Th Corps in the
battle, and others. They stood upon the
paTapet upon which President Lincoln had
SbN'u many StdAS btIDlt. NTtn NTiSNl con-
templated the peaceful surroundings for a
few moments and then, pointing northward
TO spot on Brightwood avenue, formerly
the 9TH street pike. said:
There, near the pike, were the woods that
were SO full of Early's men. Along this
slope Is where our skrmishers deployed; ;
there a house was burned, there another,
and still another. over these trenches went
the brave soldiers of the 9th Corps. Where
is the tree l cannot find the tree from
which a sharpshooter picked off my men.
The old toll gate has gone also"
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orchard, and remarked to his son that din
ner would be ready In fifty minutes.
TN those days." said the old gentleman,
I'VE had dinner promptly at noon, and l
glanced at the clock as came in the house.
We knew the confederates were advancing,
| but did not believe there would be battle
SO soon. was standing at my back door.
when Pop. pop, pop. went the guns OF
| Early's men in the field just north OF the
old signal tree. and puffs of smoke arose,
| showing the location of the skirmishers.
| The Union troops replied, and lively fustl-
| lade followed. We forgot about our dinner
and made our way to a place of safety.
The first confederate shot was man about
| fifty years of age, with rather long whis-
kers / saw his comrades bring him back
| from the skirmish line He had received
| bad wound in his left leg / have heard
| that the first Union soldier SHOT was VIII
1 lam E. Leach, Company x. 150th Ohio Vol
unteers, who confronted the advancing con-
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Parker, Bridget & Co.
9th and the Avenue.
9th and the Avenue.
StOCk-Takinq Reductions.
Six days more before we take inventory
and they'll be notable for bargains.

The goods we've decided
without regard to Value only i'm
selling
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The woods referred to by Gen. Wright as
being fun of Early's men has long since
disappeared to make room for the march of
improvements. The woods extended to
BrightwOod avenue at a point few yards
south of White Rose cottage The spot is
known as the danger line" as it marks the
nearest approach of the cOnfederates to
Washington in their memorable advance in
1864. A siguboard facing the road bears
this Inscription:
This place the site Of the old toll gate
is the nearest point to Washington reached
by confederate troops during Earlys cam
paign. July Hip. 1864"
A short distance north of this sgnboard is
the south wall of Battle Ground cemetery,
Immediately in front of which Nathan
Strain of Sunbury Pa, lost his arm in
the battle. Mr. Strain recently visited the
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WOmen'S OXfOrds
Reduced.

Making short work
of the broken lines of
w mn ems Oxfords.
We've collected a lime
of OXfords i'm Patent
Colt, Gum fetal and
Tam i'm Gibson, Christy
and Sailor Tie styles,
left from 81 and S.
I'D; { led; s G. $2.@5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-27
TYPHOON SWEEPS :.
CITY. OF MANILA
Death and Destruction in Storm s
Trail Thru Philippine
.-. ..s. Capital. H. IT,
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service. ..-. 49,,
Manila, Sept. 27-The most destruc-
tive typhoon that has visited this city
since 1882 burst upon it yesterday
Hundreds of stone and wooden build
ings, including two churches and a ho-
tel, were unroofed. .vl,.-
The native districts were half swept
away. Trees were uprooted everywhere
and dozens of vehicles were upset. Elec-
trio wires were blown down, filling the
streets with flames until the current was
shut off. Traffic has been suspended
and the streets are deserted. The troll
Icy lines have suffered much damage.
The police stations are feeding and
sheltering 5000 homeless persons, and
the churches 5000 more.
It is believed that the shipping in
the bay had warning Of the approach of
the storm, tho the ships have been
invisible on account of the rain and
have not communicated with the shore
The police are doing excellent work
Live wires killed ten Filipinos, includ
ing two policemen. Two hundred Fill
pinos were injured. The typhoon ended
at 1880 pm. Business is suspended.
The storm lasted three hours, and at
2 .. m. the wind attained velocity OF
los miles an hour. The property dam
age is estimated at 100000. The botan
ical gardens and the telephone systems
were wrecked. Slight damage was done
to the United States quartermaster' s
storehouses and the city was thrown
into darkness. T.
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H0CH WOULD SHUT
LID" ON KANSAS
Governors First Move in War
fare Is Against City and
County Officials.
New York Sun Special Service,

new 4OFR GUN opeClaA oeIV1Ces
~. Topeka, Kan, Sept. Ex-Governor
Hoch has fred the first gun in war
which imperils the charter of Kansas
City, Kan, and threatens the impeach-
ment Of Mayor W. W. Rose Of that city
and James S., Gibson, county attorney
of Wyandotte county of which Kansas
City is the county seat. : Thru Attor-
ney General, Coleman the governor has
fled suits in the supreme court demand
ing the impeachment of both officials
and the surrender Of the corporate pow
ers Of Kansas City.
The action of Governor Hoch is in
consequence Of his determination to en-
force the prohibition laws of Kansas.
He has announced that the laws regu-
lating saloons and the "joints' which
are peculiar to the state must be OBJ
served to the letter, and that prosecu-
tions will follow any violations Of the
laws in other cities than Kansas City.
Complete preparations have been
made to institute prosecutions i'm other
cities, where there have been complaints
that the prohibition laws are being ig-
nored The warfare promises to be
long and bitter
Kansas City is by far the largest city
of the state, having a population Of
more than 10000.
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SISTER DECLARES
BROTHER MARTYR
Continued from First Page.

mighty lesson in keeping accurate &C.
count of cost and in turning to profit
all seemingly waste products, and in
quietly, tremendously and continuously
developing it's great enterprises and
supplying it's products at reasonable
prices. p.
Mr.. Squire said that Cleveland and
Ohio had produced many great men in
their particular lines, but in knowl-
edge of laws of trade, in grasping and
in applying them, in creating and build
ing up of industries that are far-reach-
ing, it is doubtful if the world has
ever produced a greater man than MI.
Rockefeller. -.
Talks to Young Men.
After brief address by L. E. Hol-
den, president Of the Plain Dealer Pub
fishing company, in which he spoke in
appreciation Of Mr.. Rockefeller's nu-
merous benefactions to the city, Mr.
Rockefeller made his brief address. His
remarks were almost entirely reminis
cent Of his residence in Cleveland. In
speaking to the younger men present
he said:
."Turn your thoughts on the highe,
things Of 'life,' said Mr.. Rockefeller;
"be of service to humanity. Turn; YOU
efforts into channels Of usefulness
Work with a determination that some
thing useful shall come out of your
success. Let your question be, What
shall be the fruitage of my .career.'
Shall it be the endowment of hospi
tails, churches, schools and asylums9
Do everything you can for the bet
terment of your fellow men, and il
doing this you will enjoy life the bet
ter % a.. 49,
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AT TINE PARSONAGE
Coffee Runs Riot No, Longer.

1sWife and 7 had a serious time of
it while we were coffee drinkers.
"She had gastritis, headaches, belch-
ing and would have periods of sickness
while / secured daily headache that
became chronic. .-.. ...s@
"We naturally sought relief by drugs
and without avail, for it is now plain
enough that no drug will cure the dis
eases another drug, coffee sets up par
ticularly, so long as the drug which
causes the trouble is continued.
Finally we thought we would try
leaving off coffee and using Postum. I
noticed that my headaches disappeared
like magic and my old trembly'' ner-
vousness left. One day wife said, "Do
you know my gastritis has gone9o
sOne can hardly realize what Postum
has done for us.
Then we began to talk to others.
Wife s father and mother were both
coffee drinkers and sufferers. Their
headaches left entirely short time
after they changed the old coffee for
Postum. ] began to inquire among my
parishioners and found to my astonish.
ment that numbers of them use Postum
IA place of coffee Many of the minis.
tiers who have visited our parsonage
have become enthusiastic champions Of
Postum. Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Greek. Mich.
There s Reason.
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellville" in each package.
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HUNGARY'S RIGHTS
FILCHED BY KING
Coalition Leaders Issue Manifesto
Declaring Rulers Course
Violates Constitution.

Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 27.-The
committee of the coalitionists has is
sued manifesto to the nation in reply
to the program submitted to it's lead
ers by the emperor-king. The manifes-
to declares that some points Of his
majesty s program are not in conformi-
ty with the constitution, referring espe-
cially to his contention that the ques-,
ton Of the language Of command in
the Hungarian army must be entirely
eliminated from discussion It is as
serted that this is equivalent to the
abolition Of the nation s right to con-
troll it's own affairs, for which there is
no legal authority.
The newspapers characterize the
statements Of the Austrian premier,
Baron Gautch Won Frankenthurn, in
the reichsrath yesterday, as unwarrant-
able interference with Hungary in
ternal affairs.
Two dozen people were severely in
jured Monday in street fights between
the socialists and Kossuthists. For the
first time in the history Of Hungary
radical newspapers have been conGs-
Gated by the government.
The situation daily grows worse. The
central provinces show extreme excite
ment. The independent party has
gained probably a hundred thousand
new adhepents. The old liberal party
seems to be breaking up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-27
MAIL ORDER DISPUTE
UP TO HIGH OFFICIALS
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Sept. 27.-The dispute
that has been raging for long time be-
tween the large mail-order houses Of the
country on one side and country mer-
has been appealed to the postoffice de-
partment and turned over to P. v. De-
graw, fourth assistant postmaster gem
eral.
The dispute grows out Of an order
of the department that rural free de-
livery boxes should be numbered. Fol-
lowing this order came requests from
mail-orde houses that they be permit
ted to address mail to the boxes as well
as to individuals.
Country merchants and small iobbers
say such permission will drive them out
Of business. Mail-order houses declare
theN request is in line with well -estab-
ished policy Of the department, which
permits mail to be addressed to city
lock-boxes by 1umber.
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Special to The Journal > .,.
Mankato, MINI, Sept. 27.-The Min
nesota conference of the Methodist
church began it's ffty-frst session here
last night at the Centenary Methodist
church. Rev. J. F. Van Camp Of Pipe
stone opened the first session of the con-
ference, preaching the missionary SER
mon at 1880 pm.
The morning session today was opened
by Bishop Merrill Of Chicago, who con-
Quoted the devotional services. The
conference sermon was preached by
Rev. H. F. Alderman Of Plainview.
Nearly all of the member of the confer
ence are present.
In the absence Of Bishop Mcdowell
who had been appointed by the board
Of bishops to preside over this confer
ence, Bishop Merrill is here to preside.
The late bishop Joyce Of Minneapolis
was to have presided at the confer.
ence. Bishop Mcdowell was unable to
be present at the opening session, as he
has just closed the session of the Ore
gon conference. He is expected tc
reach Mankato tomorrow.
has erved the conference most efficient
1y as secretary, was reelected by ac-
clamation.. Rev. Mr.. Morse was elect
ed statistical secretary and Rev. Mr..
Quigley conference treasurer.
DR.. Bridgeman presented resolutions
citing the fact that Bishop Merrill pre-
viously had presided at three sessions of
the Minnesota conference to the entire
mad expressed the pleasure of the CON
ference at having him present and in
the chair once more. The resolutions
were enthusiastically adopted by ris.
ing vote.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, a missionary from
India, presented the interests Of the In
ming for the celebration next year Of
the opening Of Methodist missions in
Indian fifty years ago.
Reports were read by Rev. Peter
Stare, presiding elder Of the Mankate
ing elder Of The Marshall district, show.
ing that great success has attended the
work of the preachers in those dis
tricts. -
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NEW NORTHWESTERN PATENTS.

NEW NORTHWESTERN PATENTS.
Washington, Sept. 27.-(Special.) y
The following patents were issued last
week to Minnesota and Dakota inven-
tors, as reported by Williamson 8
Merchant, patent attorneys, 925-933
Guaranty Loan building, Minneapolis,
Mimi:
Allan John W., Minneapolis, Mimi. fur
mace. - -.
Baenen, Anthony H., Jamestown, N. D.,
smut machine.
Cote, Placide. Willow City, N. D., bat
tleship.
Erickson, John E., st. Paul, Mimi, jour-
nal-box.
Henry Gelasius M, Pierre, S. D.. clamp.
Johnston, Harry L., Detroit, Mimi,
sawset y
Lofstam, Nels, Detroit City, MINI. po-
tato harvester.
Mundale, Edward j., Frost, Mimi, corn
harvester.
Nobel, Oscar, and J. H. Peterson, Wor-
Ellington, Mimi, cream treater.
Reed, Henry J. o., Minneapolis, Mimi,
weather strip.
Hickman, Albert L., Sioux Falls, s. D.,
tennis court marker. ..
Roehl, Edward A.. L., Minneapolis,
Mimi, device for constructing cartons.
Dittbenner, Hermann G., Minneapolis,
Mimi, (2) saving machine and circular
sawnaill ...a
Youngstown, Carl, Meckling, S. D., pol
fishing and grinding device. -