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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-17
The 117th III.

Editor National Tribune: I am a con-
slant reader OF your grand old paper,
and would ask that you kindly give a
short history of the 117th Ill.-Howell
Strosser, Collinsville. Ill.
The Nth Ill. was organized at Camp
Butler Sept. 10, 1862. and mustered cut
Aug. 5, 1865, with the recruits trans
ferred to the SD Ill. Col. Risdon NJ.
Moore commanded ii throughout it's
service. Private William +. Moore re-
ceived a Medal of Honor. 1t belonged
to Mowers Division. Sixteenth Corps,
and lost IL killed and 119 died from
disease.-Editor National Tribune.
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Personal Experiences the United States and the Confederate
States Armies.
By Lieut.. Gen. ]. B. HOOD, c. S. A.
States Armies.

tween our general line of battle and
that formidable stream. Although the
troops of Hardee fought, seemingly,
with determination and spirit, there
were indications that the desired end
was not being accomplished. The roar
of musketry occurring only at intervals
strengthened this impression, and a
staff officer was dispatched to Gen.
Hardee to know the actual result.
During the early afternoon I received
information that the attack had been
in part successful, but had been checked
in consequence of our troops coming in
contact with different lines of intrcnch-
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beaten had your orders been obeyed on
the Goth Of July, 22d of July and 31st
Of August"
About the Autumn of 1874 I met in
st. Louis Gen. Frank Blair, with whom
I conversed at length upon military
events of the past; and, reverting to the
battle Of the 22d, informed him that
my instructions to Hardee had been to
completely turn McPherson's left, even
il he was forced to march to Decatur.
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reason OF HIS vastly superior numbers,
and having failed in the offensive move
ments prior to the fall OF Atlanta, it's
efficiency for further retarding the
paired: and, besides, the advantages in
the topography OF the country south OF
Atlanta were much more favorable to
the enemy for the movements of his
superior numbers than the rough and
mountainous country already yielded to
him."
Lieut. Gen. Lees large experience in
Virginia qualified him to form a cor
rect opinion upon this subject. 1t
should also be borne in mind that he
assumed command Of his corps around
Atlanta on the 25th of July, Immediate
ly after the battles Of the Goth and ed,
which had already, in degree, i'm
proved the morale of the army, and
which had the subsequent effect Of
arresting assertions almost entirely
throughout the siege.
Notwithstanding my endeavOrs to
explain satisfactorily to- myself my in
ability to procure cooperative action
upon the Goth and 22d, 1 remained
somewhat perplexed upon the subject,
especially in regard to the failure, on
the Goth, of the best troops OF the army,
Hardee's Corps Shortly after the be-
ginning Of the siege Maj.-Gen. Gle
bErne, commanding division of that
corps, called at my headquarters. The
occurrences of the hour were discussed,
and finally the two late battles In which
he had been participant. Much was
said pro and con relative to the condi-
ton Of the army and the causes of fail
ure in the above referred to engage
ments. I then unfolded to him the
plans of action, together with the per-
emptory orders to halt at nothing on
our side Of Peach Tree Creek.
Cleburne's Attitude.
Cleburne seemed surprised, and
thereupon informed me that as his di-
vision was about to move forward to
the attack, on the Goth, Gen. Hardee
rode along the line, and, in the presence
of those around him, cautioned him to
be on the lookout for breastworks.
I can recall no reply on my part at
the time, save, perhaps, some express
sion Of establishment. could say iuth-
Ing, even to so worthy a subordinate.
He left me to infer, however, from SUBJ
sequent remarks, that his division
would have taken quite a different ac-
ton on the goth had it not been for the
forewarning of his corps commander.
I give the above narrative Of facts
with full knowledge of my account
ableness to the same Ruler before whom
those two gallant soldiers have been
summoned, and, as I avoWed at the
beginning Of my task. would not have
undertaken to write Of these unpleasant
subjects were 1T not for the seeming
perpetuation Of injustice and misrepre-
sentation in the guise Of truth and his
tory.
It is but reasonable to deduce from
this unfortunate observation to Gle
burne that Gen. Hardee gave a similar
warning to other officers. At all events.
those who are able to realize the bane-
full effect of such a remark from the
commander OF a corps d'armee. upon
the eve of conflict. know that his words
were almost equivalent to an order to
take no active part in the battle.
From the hour one OF the main
sources Of our trouble was thus acct
dentally made known to me, I recog-
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The 10th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 149th Ind.-John
L. Market, Madison, Ill.
The 149th Ind. was organized at In
dianapolis, February. 1865. to serve ore
year, and vas mustered out Sept. "a,
1865, with William HI. Fairbanks as
Colonel. 1t lost 43 died from disease
Editor National Tribune. I.
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He at once remarked that IL the move
had been accomplished 1t would have
resulted in the rout of that portion OF
Sherman's army; even under the cir
cumstances the attack nigh proved fatal
to the Federal arms.
Ito be continued)
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not to be found anywhere
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A Handbook of Information as to the
Opening of the Shoshone Reservation.

Tribune will publish complete
Shoshone
is opened Aug
of the
mineral lands with sketches the
gold
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
Calgary SVanDGd
By Settlers Rush
The Denver of Canada, Literally
Overrun by the Throng of
Homeseekers.

Calgary, Alberta, May 3.-The most
blase citizen of this lively little city has
had his equanimity disturbed by the re-
markable rush Of people from the United
States into this region this spring. The
first excursion day brought upward Of 700
people from the States, and they have
been coming in carloads ever since. The
have been sleeping on the floor of Immi-
grafton hall.
al Alberta draws from the Pacific and
mountain states as well as from the mid
die west Hundreds of the new settlers
now coming into Calgary are from Oregon,
! Washington, Idaho and Montana. The
great irrigation works that the Canadian
Pacific is building here naturally attract
settlers from those states where irrigation
has been successfully practiced. On the
other hand, the vast areas Of land, that
are adapted to spring or winter wheat
without irrigation, constitute magnet
|! for settlers from the great grain states.
{ The demand for the irrigated lands here
is. phenomenal. It is predicted that with
!. farming so successful on non irrigated
lands there would be little demand for
those with water on them, but one kind
seems to sell as readily as the other. Cal
/ gary, like the other enterprising cities of
1 western Canada, Is now keen to look after
its own interests Under the efficient
presidency Of G. w. Rowley, the Board OF
| Trade Is almost daily accomplishing some
| good work in the interests Of the city.
Many manufacturing and wholesaling
houses are coming in.
| The rapid settlement of the tributary
agricultural country makes it certain that
| Calgary will have from 10000 to $4,000
| people within ten years. Here, as else
| where in western Canada, Americans are
welcomed, and SO far as all ordinary con-
| ditions of life are concerned they would
never know that they had crossed the
international line. - -. -.y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
CONNECTION SOUGHT -.
WITH SUPERIOR BRIDGE

Another effort is to be made to open
a. traffic street to connect Erie avenue
with the bridge across the ST.. Louis
and Great Northern railway tracks at
Superior avenue. The bridge can not
be used for traffic purposes, as the only
outlet at the east end is Superior ave-
nue., which is a parkway, and not open
for anything but pleasure driving. In
order to get from the Lowry hill dis
trict to Bryn Mawr or vice versa, it is
necessary to make long detour over
the Laurel avenue bridge causing much
Inconvenience and loss Of time.
In order to relieve the conditions the
park board last fall decided street
sixty feet wide parallel to the railway
tracks from Erie avenue to Humboldt
avenue. Street opening proceedings
were started by the city council to open
the street thru to Superior avenue, but
the commissioners after placing the
value of the land to be taken at about
$4,000, were unable to find any prop
erty against which the assessments
could be assessed. On one side was
railway property, to which street was
no benefit, and on the other side q va
cant bit Of land, which would be de
prived of railway facilities. The pro
r5ceedings were then abandoned. : ,
A new petition for opening stree
has been filed with the city council
and it is signed by some Of the larges
concerns and heaviest property owner
in the city. It is understood that they
will supply the funds which may b.
needed to reimburse the owner Of tn,
land which is to be taken. : -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
SJOBL0M AND 0RTQUIST
WIN ENDORSEMENTS

P. G. Sjoblom was Endorsed for secre-
tary of state, and A. P: Ortquist for al
derman by the Eleventh Ward Republi-
can club at its meeting last evening.
It is believed that the republican fac
tions have buried the Ratchet and will
heIteforth pull together to redeem the
ward from democratic control. y
The report of the committee of fifty
five, appointed to select an available
man for the republican nomination as
alderman recommended that A, P. .Ort-
OUTSIDE given the support Of the club.
The report was adopted without dis
senting vote. To aid his candidacy the
officers Of the club were empowered to
select a committee of five from each of
the eleven PRECINCTS to look after the
interests of Mr.. Ortquist, and to urge
other republican candidates to keep Oh,
Of the. field. Harmony speeches were
made by President John A. Dahl. G. G.
Thedne, sivert sivertsen, J.D. Williams
G. M. E. Carlson, P. G. Sjoblom, George
Harley, Israel Bergstrom, @. s. Cairns
and others. The club will meet again
May 25. g.. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
BABY PLAYS At FIRE;
MAY DIE FROM BURNS

Her face burned beyond recognition
and her body covered with painful bills.
ters, the little 4-year-old daughter Of
death at her home, 300 Main street NE.
Her older brothers built the fire in
the back yard Thursday night and sew
eral of the children. in the neighbor-
hood played about it, Occasionally they
would jump to the edge Of the fire in
a spirit Of daring and would leap away
before they were injured by the heat
The little girl, younger than the 9th
ers, was not SO agile, but undaunted,
she tried the same things she saw the
others do. -....,'-.- ......... 3
|, Suddenly her dress caught fire, and
before she was noticed, her face and
body were enveloped in flames.
Her screams attracted the other chill
dren and her mother, and altho the
flames were sextinguished as soon as
possible, her face was blackened and
charred and her body badly burned.
She has a slight chance Of recovery,
but she has gained little since the ac-
cident. &5as - ~. IN
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
DIVORCE IS ASKED
BY MRS. SPENCER

An echo. of the domestic troubles of
the Spencer family was hear heard sn in St:
fled suit for divorce against Harry Il.
Spencer, the restaurant man, who is
now a fugitive from JUSTICE. -
Spencer, on the night of April 10,
shot his wife at Minneapolis, while she
was returning from. the theater;ss Then
he disappeared and was never appre-
hended. Mrs. Spencer is now recover
ing from the wounds inflicted, .
The complaint sets up that aa ! the opp ar.
Der. 1908. Mrs. Spencer claims that in
December 1904, 81 encer assaulted her
on the. street and knocked off her hat.
Then she went to- Chicago, where he fol-
lowed her and threatened to shoot her.
Last March he again followed her to
Chicago and was assailing her on the
The complaint tells of the shooting at
Minneapolis and charges Spencer with
being a man Of bad habits, abusive and
vulgar. Mrs. Spencer's maiden name
was Elsie Ferry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
''BOOSIERS'' WORK
FOR MINNEAPOLIS
PRIZE CONFERENCE OF CHARI-
TIES AND CORRECTIONS.
Two Hustlers for Flour City Are AL
ready Busy in Philadelphia and Main
Body Of Delegates Will Arrive Early
Next Week = Wheelock. Directs
Booster Committee T''"


Minneapolis has two representatives
in Philadelphia working to secure the
next meeting of the national confer
ence of Charities and Corrections for
Minneapolis. They are Miss Marie R.
Jamme, head visiting nurse for the AS
sociated Charities, and Miss Susan H..
Kingman. 49,.
E. D. Solenberger, manager of the
Associated Charities, leaves tonight for
Chicago, where he will spend day
with friends and will go east Monday
night nilgh with the combined Minnesota and
Chicago delegations, which will travel
in a special car.
IN the herdp party MynI which is planning to
Barton, superintendent Of the city Door
department; Miss Caroline Crosby.
Unity Hoouse; H. B. Chamberlain,
attorney to the juvenile court;
Miss Vera p. Bean, secretary of the
Humane society; W. D. Washburn,, Jr.,
Right. Rev. Samuel G. Edsall. bishop
of the Episcopal diocese Of Minnesota;
Miss Elizabeth Taylor, Bethany Settle
ment; Frank Mcdonald Dr. W.. D.
Lawrence, Professor F. L. McVey, state
qpniIyenrsity Y; Miss iSHs Caroline Macomber,
Ralph w: Wheelock, representing
! Mayor D. P. Jones.
MI. Wheelock is chairman of the
"boosting committee as we'll as the
mayor s representative, and he will con-
duct vigorous campaign to secure the
| next meeting for Minneapolis. The
other members Of the committee are
| w. P. Barton, H. B. Chamberlain, F.
L. McVey, Frank Mcdonald and E. D.
Solenberger.
The conference opens Wednesday
night. Mr.. Solenberger will present a
paper on "The Relief Work of the Sal
walton Army' before the general SEES
J. A. Johnson speaks at the "govern-
ors - session Saturday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05

Captain John II. Parker and; Captain
John C. Macarthur, of the Twenty eighth
United States infantry, stationed ct
Fort Smelling, and General Fred B!
Wood, .adjutant general Of Minnesota,
have. consented to act as judges in
awarding the prize of a silk flag in the
competitive drill between companies 81
the Journal brigade Tuesday night on
the Parade, facing the. armory on Ken;
wood boulevard. r9l 4"
The drill ground will be finely illu1n-
mated by Boulevard lights erected by
the Minneapolis Gas Light company,
and the Journal Newsboys' band will
furnish music. The sprize flag is on
exhibition at Donaldson's Glass Block
store. 80 10y >"' Il" ~
= Company c, first regiment, and Com
pany I held extra drills on the campus
last night and tonight Company D, first
regiment, drills there. Company B,
second regiment, also held an extra drill
this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the
Eighth Ward Republican hail.. Com.
pany G, second regiment, had it's second
extra last night at Bethany church, and
drills again tonight. These extra drills
show how much the boys are in earnest
and will aid them greatly in making g
good appearance in the Decoration Day
parade. See announcements in Sun
days Journal-and during the next
week-there will be extra drills fol
nearly every night. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
MORE SHOPLIFTERS
CAUGHT BY POLICE
EXTENT OF GANGS WORK STILL
UNKNOWN.
Amelia Nelson Gives Information
I Which Leads to Recovery of Much
Plumber, and the Arrest Of Others
Concerned in Crooked Work-Clever
Schemes Are Uncovered.

. sShoplifters, several of them women
moving in good circles, are still occupy
ing the attention of the police, and two
more women, Katherine Mason and
Amelia Nelson, were arrested today. It
Is now thought that the gang may be
composed of a dozen or more women,
and that not more than half of them
have so far been arrested. Goods
worth $500 were found in three houses
yesterday and every day of search
brings to light new robberies from the
big department stores. -,a a.
Tells on the Others.
For three weeks Detectives Morris.
sey and Stavlo have been shadowine
the clerks and ,go-betweens, but the
gathering of evidence was slow until
one woman, who has not yet been ar.
rested, broke down and gave up the
names of as many of the gang as she
knew.
suspected and questioned she became
indignant, and she was taken to the
station before a chance statement that
might be discriminating could be OBJ
tanned from her. After the first slip
however, she saw that the game was up
and told the officers all she knew. She
told the officers she had secreted goods
in various houses about the city, and
her statements were proved by the dis
covery Of the goods. She is locked ur
at Central station and will be arraigneo
Monday on charge of grand larceny
The Mason woman was arrested on
information given by the woman who
gave the evidence, and she was fined
$50 by Judge E. F. Waite in police
court today.
The woman WIN has furnishad +ho
police with so much information IS
still helping the officers, but the women
who will have to stand trial for grand
larceny declare that they will have
their attorney swear out warrant for
her so she will be tried at the same
time.
The proprietors of: the stores became
alarmed today when they were Informed
that there had been more arrests, ant
they fear, that the robberies will con
tinue unless the entire gang is arrested
and punished. In any case, where tht
amount stolen is sufficient to make
charge of grand larceny, the case will
be pushed to the limit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
THREE REPUBLICANS, . .
FILE FOR ALDERMEN

Three well-known republicans en-
tered the lists for political honors to-
day by fling affidavits Of candidacy
for aldermanic positions. in various
wards. Thru an unusual coincidence
John H. Van Nest, alderman Of the
thirteenth ward and candidate for re-
nomination, secured, certificate No. 10.
He accepted it with much satisfaction,
and considers it an omen of good.
Wallace: G. Buchanan, one of 4 the
solid men of the eighth ward, also~filed
today. He is an. extensive property
owner, a successful business man, and
will make vigorous campaign il
necessary. ..
Pliny W. McAllister, formerly alder
man from the tenth ward, has decided
to make the run again, and formally
entered the. field today. He was always
to stir up some excitement in the tenth
ward, y i 80. 4 f=.ss. *. ; ~ i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
AFTER VANDALS OF ~~>
! THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Vandalism in the public library was
the chief topic for discuss ion at the
Meeting of the library board yesterday
afternoon. 1t has recently been dis:
covered that fine set of art works of
fifteen volumes has been ruined by the
removal of number of pages with
illustrations of noted sculptures. The
books are never allowed outside of the
building and the theft has been commit
ted by some person having special priv
ileges.. :.
It was suggested that additional at
PENDANTS be secured to watch the valua-
BILE property Of the library. but Mayor
David P. Jones advised that the money
be expended for tracing the vandal |,
and prosecuting the person to the limit
Of the law It was decided to cancel
all permits and to require all those de.
string the privileges of the library tc
secure new ones A turnstile will be
placed at the entrance to the free shelf
room so that the attendant can see all
persons who enter or leave the room.
It was decided to open distributing
stations at the city hall and at Sever
Corners.
Vacation cards will be granted tt
patrons Of the library who leave the
city for the summer. These will, -bs
good until Oct. i. -~ .@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
THOMAS LOWRY HOME;
SEES NEW OFFICES

Thomas Lowry had the first glimpse
of his new Offices in the 500 Line build
ing today. When he left for the south
west last fall the new. headquarters Of
his railroad company were in the direst
confusion. Today everything was spick
and span and the president IS suite of
offices on the second floor were fault
llessly furnished. f5+f
Z Mr.. Lowry was in his office only a
short time this morning. He received
visits from the heads of departments
who congratulated him, on his improved
health; attended to a few matters, Of
detail and returned to his, home on
EGroveland Terrace. Mr.. and Mrs. Low
EEry, both in excellent, spirits, returned
today, in a special car. attached to the
Burlington They have spent the win.
ter in the southwest and California.
The Lowry summer home at Mont.
cello is not yet readyito occupy, but it
Eis probable that the family will spend
The summer there. a5 Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-05
'sCAVENGERy ARE 4.
BURIEDtlN DIRT
ORDERS TO HAUL RUBBISH
SWAMP MEN AND TEAMS.
Activity of Householders in Cleaning
Back Yards Of Refuse and Impa-
thence to Have Job Completed at
Once Create Unusual Condition in
Sanitary History. -

AS result Of the strenuous efforts
to clean the city, inaugurated a month
ago by the Improvement league, the
scavengers are fairly swamped with
work and do not know where to turn
for teams and men.
"We always expect to be busy at
this time Of year. said one of the
prominent men in the business, "and
we rather enjoy being busy, but the
present situation is unbearable. We
are putting forth every effort we can,
but are incapable of meeting the de-
mand, which is unprecedented in my
twenty-five years experience in the
business. My firm is already more
than month behind and still the or
ders pour in. ~
Everybody Is in Hurry.
"The majority of orders are for the
removal Of ashes and rubbish from back
yards, and they are due largely to the
Improvement league movement. We
are grateful to the league for sending
us the. work, but the property owners
are dissatisfied because we can't re-
move the stuff fast enough to suit them
Having decided to clean up, they want
it done at once, without taking into
consideration that there are thousands
VI ClClLeuS WIN are In Inc same posi-
tion.O
All Work Like Heroes.
It is understood that all the scaven-
gers are working as they never worked
before. This, with the unusual work
Of the street commissioners in the pub,
lie alleys, will undoubtedly do much to
remove the criticism against the untidy
appearance Of premises in certain parts
of the city. $3.50.
The work Of the women in the diff
ferent wards is now. fully organized
and some highly gratifying reports. are
holds it's next meeting, The seventh
ward committee, which was appointed
this week, will hold it's first meeting
next Tuesday afternoon at the home OF
the chairman, Mrs. George w. Smith
2734 Eighteenth avenue S.