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partment of Kentucky" which was
designated as that portion of the State
extending 100 miles south Of the Ohio
River" Gen. Anderson took up his
headquarters in Cincinnati, and did
nothing during June, July and August.
He was I'm very poor health. and thor
oughly in sympathy with the neutrality
idea. He neither helped nor hindered
the enrolment Of Kentuckians in Union
or Secession commands, but left the
people of the State to settle their status
among themselves, and Rousseau and
Nelson to counteract Buckner, Breck
inridge and Morgan.
Aug. Is Gen. Anderson's command
was enlarged to include the States of
Kentucky and Tennessee, and named.
the Department of the Cumberland :"
Sept. l anderson removed his head
quarters to Louisville, for it was evil
dent that the time for action was ap
preaching. The men in the camps were
getting quite impatient to be at one
another and bring about a settlement.
Gen. Leonidas Polk was on the Mis-
sissippi River, casting covetous eyes
upon Hickman and Columbus. to oc-
cupy those strong positions before u.
S. Grant should be allowed to advance
upon them from Cairo. Ill. Gen. S. B.
Buckner, having exchanged his Ken
lucky uniform of a Lieutenant-General
for that Of a Confederate Brigadier,
was at Camp Boone. eager to lead his
Kentuckians forward to capture Louis
Vile. Gen. Felix Zol!icoffer with
force of Tennesseeans, Georgians and
Alabamians. had occupied Cumber-
land Gap, in anticipation Of orders 10
move forward, scatter the forces at
Camp Dick Robinson and overrun the
Blue Grass region.
The great. game which was to last
four years was formally opened Sept.
s. 1861. by Gen. Polk crossing the line
and advancing upon Hickman. Chalk
Bluffs and Columbus. He was none
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message. Gen. Lees orders are 10 at
tack up the Emmitsburg road. Almost
Simultaneously Col. Fairfax, of your
staff, rode up and repeated the above
orders.
After this urgent protest against en-
tering the battle at Gettysburg, accord
ing to instructions-which protest Is
the first and only one / ever made dur
ing my entire military career ordered
my line to advance and make the as
Sault.
"As my troops were moving forward
you rode up in person; brief conyer-s
sation passed between US. during which
/ again expressed the fears abose men-
toned, and regret at not being allowed
to attack IN Ntaak around Round Top.
You answered. 10 mis- sxecf, We must
obey the orders q Gen. Lee then
b6avy fire. In aaouf 30 minutes. alter
reaching the sYtssh orchard, / was sAsS
serely aouadsd III the arm and hars.'
from the field. -
with this ssssai5s Terminated ny
IN TITS Erea; battle. AS
could but egperfeEee dep distress Of
mind and. heart at tn& thought OF the
inevitable fate OF my brave fellow-sol-
diers, who formed one Of the grandest
divisions of that world-renowned army:
and shall ever believe that had been
permitted to turn Round Top Mountain
we would not only have gained that po-
rout the enemy.
L am. respectfully. yours >. n.
Hood sss.as
psshsisx. for the Rsu.a rsrs.
Netuathstanding the sesuainK1y lua-
pre6ualse characterzof the eneanI2s po-s.
sition upon Round Top Mountain. Benz
-
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Gettysburg and Chickamaugn-Repea
edly WOunded-PromOted to Lieuten-
ant-Genernl and Assigned to the
Western Army-Enfrance Upon u New
Field.
few days thereafter we were or
dered to Gettysburg, and to march with
all possible speed.
The Battle of Gettysburg.
The following letter, which I ad-
dressed Gen. Longstreet in 1875, gives,
up to the hour l was wounded and
borne from the field, an account of
the part taken by my command in the
great battle which ensued:
New Orleans, La, June %, 1875.
Gen. James Longstreet. General:
have not responded earlier to your let
ter Of April 5. by reason OF pressure Of
business, which rendered it difficult for
me to give due attention to the subject
In regard to which you have desired
information.
You are correct in your assumption
That failed to make a report of the
operations Of my division around Suf-
folk, Va, and Of it's action in the battle
OF Gettysburg, in consequence Of a
wound which / received in this engage
ment. In justice to the brave troops
under my command at this period,
should here mention another cause for
this apparent neglect of duty on my
part. Before I had recovered from the
severe wound received at Gettysburg
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THE COLLISION NEARING.

THE CoLlIISlON n NEARING.
Neutrality Worn Threadbare-The Con-
federates Invade Kentucky-POlk
Takes Columbus-Buckner Advances
ON Louisville-Zollicofer ON Camp
Dick Robinson-Battle of Wild Cat
Gap.
The venerable John j. Crittenden,
Senator from Kentucky, was az Ssan of
commanding influence, and his attitude
and course are a good index of the
feeling of larger portion of the Ken
tuckians who adhered to the Union.
John J. Crittenden's father was of
Welsh descent and a Major in the Rev
Olution. The son was born in Ken
tucky, graduated in the law, md in
1916 was elected to the Legislature of
Kentucky. The next year he was elect
ed to the Senate of the United States,
but resigned his position after two
years service and took up his residence
in Frankfort, KY, engaging again i'll
the law practice, acquiring a high
reputation as a criminal lawyer. He
was from the first a leading Whig of
the Henry Clay school, and when Presi-
dent Harrison came into office became
his Attorney-General. He went out
with the other Wing members of the
Cabinet upon the accession of Tyler.
and in 1912 was appointed to succeed
Henry Clay in the Senate. He resign
ed his seat in 1848, in order to become
Governor of Kentucky; supported the
nomination and election of Gen. Zach
ary Taylor, and became Attorney-Gen-
eral In President Fillmore's Cabinet,
where he gave an opinion in favor of
the constitutionality of the Fugitive
Slave law. He was again elected to the
Senate in 1855, and became very promi-
nent in the history of those trOublous
days by his opposition to the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise and to the
policy of Presidents Pierce and Buch-
anan in Kansas. He supported John
Bell, of Tennessee, for the Presidency,
and after Lincoln's election he took
firm ground for the Union. Coercion"
had no terrors for him, since he held
it to be entirely constitutional and right
to resist secession by all the force Of
the Government. He tried hard to
throw oil upon the troubled waters by
advocating amendments to the Consti-
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Col. Rousseau as qaia,s,y as possible.
In the meantime Mayor DELPHI called
out his Home Guards and sent them
forward by special train under the
command of Maj A. Y. Johnston, Chief
Engineer of the Louisville Fire De-
partment to offer what resistance they
could to Buckner's advance. There were
about 1,S00 of these. fairly well trained
and armed, and they left the city at
midnight amid great excitement of the
people. Rousseau and the energetic
Sherman labored SO effectively to get
the men on the Indiana side of the river
ready for service that they came across
in the afternoon and were heartily well
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the enemy's guns soon developed his
lines. His left rested on or near Round
Top, with line bending back and again
line, as approached by the Emmitsburg
road. A considerable body of troops
was posted In front Of their main line,
between the Emmitsburg road and
Round Top Mountain. This force was
I'm line of battle upon an eminence near
peach orchard.
Il found that I'm making the attack
according TO orders, viz. up the Emmits-
burg, road. / should have first TO en-
counter and drive off this advanced line
of battle; secondly, at the base and
along the slope Of the mountain, 10
confront immense boulders Of stone, SO
massed together as to form narrow
openings, which would break (our ranks
and cause the men TO scatter whilst
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had but the use of one arm. This move
u,ent to the West soon resulted in the
Iattle Of Chickamauga, where 1 was
again SO seriously wounded as to cause
:he loss OF a limb. These severe wounds
in close succession, in addition to the
a!l-absorbing duties and anxieties at
tending the last year Of the war. pre-
vented me from submitting subsequent
iy a report, as likewise one after the
battle of Chickamauga, In which en-
gagement---whilst you led the Lett
wing-I had the honor OF 4commantfn8
your corps, together with three dfvi~.
sions OF the Army OF Tennessee. re-
spectiveiy under A.. r.. Stewart. Bush
rod Johnson and Hindman. Thus the
gallantry OF these troops. as we'll as the
admirable conduct Of>~lnys division at
Gettysburg. ] have left unrecorded.
With this apology Tor seeming neg
lect. / VIII proceed to give q brief
sketch. from memory, OF the events
forming the subject OF your letter:
At Suffolk, Va.
"My recollection of the circumstances
connected with the attempt, whilst We
were lying in front OF Suffolk, to reach
Gen. Lee in time to participate in the
battle Of Charlottesville, is very clear
The order directing your corps to move
to the support of Gen. Lee was received
about the time Hooker crossed the Rap
pahannock. Unfortunately. we had
been com Belled by scarcity OF forage
to send off our wagons into North Caro-.
lima to gather supply from that State.
A short delay necessarily ensued, as
couriers had to be dispatched for requi-
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tuition, which would re-enact the Mis-
souri, Compromise and prohibit any in
reference with slavery where 1T should
be legally established. He was defeat
ed for reelection to the Senate by John
e. Breckenridge, and returned to his
and be elected to the House of Repre-
sentatiyes at the special election in
June. Immediately upon the assem-
bling Of Congress he offered a resoIu-
ton, which was adopted by a vote of
III to two, affirming that the war was
brought on by the Disunionists of the
Southern States, and that it was car
ried on by the Nation only to defend
the supremacy Of the Constitution and
10 preserve the Union, with all the
dignity. equality and rights of the sew
eral States unimpaired. He was strong
ly opposed TO the enlistment of slaves
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your corps (excepting Picketts Divi-
sion) was ordered to join Gen. Bragg,
in the West. for battle against Rose
Grams; my old troops-with whom
had served SO long-were thus to be
sent forth to another army-quasi, l
may say, among strangers-to take part
in great struggle; and upon an appeal
from a number of the brigade and regi-
mental officers of my division I con-
sented TO accompany them, although
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troops were allowed to halt and rest
only about two hours during the night
from the 1st to the I'd of July.
Arrival Mt Gettysburg.
Il arrived with my staff in front Of
the heights Of Gettysburg shortly after
daybreak, as / have already stated, on
the morning Of the I'd of July My di-
vision soon commenced filing into an
open field near me, where the troops
were allowed to stack arms and rest
until further orders. A short distance
in advance Of this point. and during
the early part of the same morning, we
were both engaged, in company with
Gems. Lee and A. p. Hill. in observing
the position of the Federals. Gen. Lee
with coat buttoned to the throat, saber-
belt buckled round the waist, and field
glasses pending at his side--walked up
and down in the shade of the large
trees near us, halting now and then to
observe the enemy. He seemed full of
hope, yet, at times, buried in deep
thought. Col. Freemantle, of England
was ensconced In the forks of q tree
not far off. with glass in constant use
examining the lofty position of the Fed
eral army.
Gen. Lee was, seemingly. anxious
you should attack that morning. He
remarked to me, "rhe enemy is here.
and If we do not whip him, he will whip
u.s. You thought it better to await
the arrival of Picketts Divisional
that time still in the rear-in order to
make the attack; and you said TO me,
subsequently,, whilst we We're seated to-
gether near the trunk of tree: The
General is a little nervous this morn
ing; he wishes me to attack; l do not
wish to do SO without Pickett. / never
like to go into battle with one boot
off,
Thus passed the forenoon of that
eventful day, when in the afternoon
about -o'clock-it was decided to no
longer await Pfckett's Division, but to
proceed to our extreme right and at
tack up the Emmitsburg road. Me-
Laws moved off,, and I followed with
my division. In a short time was
ordered to quicken the mareh of my
troops, and to pass to the front Of Mc.I
Laws.
k7tackisg the Round Teps.
This movement was accomplished
by throwing out an advanced force toI
tear down fences and clear the way
The Instructions / received were tol
place my division across the Emmits-l
burg road, form line of battle and at
tack. Before reaching this road, how
ever, l had sent forward some Of my
picked Texas scouts to ascertain the
position OF the enemy's extreme left
flank. They soon reported to me that
it rested upon Round Top Mountain;
that the country was open, and that !
could march through an open woodland
pasture around Round Top, and assault
the enemy in flank and rear; that their
wagon trains were parked in rear OF
their line, and were badly exposed to
our attack in that direction. AS soon
as I arrived upon the Emmitsburg road
I placed one or two batteries in posi-
ton and opened fire. A reply from
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on Kentucky and kentIokianS. Let
all past differences OF opinion be over
looked. Every one who now rallies to
the support of our Union and our State
is friend. Rally, then, my country
men. around the flag our fathers loved,
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He received a brevet for gallantry at
Stone River, and was promoted to Col
onel in the Regular Army, from which
he retired in 1881. He died Oct, %,
1893
Thos. T. Crittenden. nephew OF
John ]. Crittenden, was Colonel of the
9Th Ind, and promoted to Brigadier-
General
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and which has shielded us so long
call you to arms for self-defense, and
for the protection Of all that Is dear
to freemen. Let us trust in God and
do our duty. as did our fathers.
Robert Anderson, Brigadier-General.
l.. 5. A.
Gen. Buckner's Invasion by Rail.
Gen. Buckner had planned accom-
panying Gen. Polk's capture Of Column
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The Ball Opens.

For excellent sentimental reasons
Maj. Charles Robert Anderson, a native
Kentuckian. who had made the gallant
defense of Fort Sumter. was appointed
BrigadierG General of Volunteers, and
assigned to the command of the De
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The Important Position of Kentucky and Tennessee.
CHAPTER III.
By JOHN McELROY.

Copyright. 1906. by The National Tribune
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Proclamation of Gen. Anderson.

louisville, Ky, Sept 81.
''Kentuckians: Called by the Legis-
lature of this, my native State, 1 hereby
assume command of this Department.
l come to enforce, not to make laws,
and, God willing, to protect your prop
erty and your lives.
1.-The enemies of the country have
in danger. She has vainly striven TO
keep peace with her neighbors. Our
State is now invaded by those who
professed to be her friends, but who
now seek to conquer her. No true son
of Kentucky can longer hesitate as to
his duty to his State and country. The
invaders must and, God willing, will
be expelled. The leader of the hostile
forces, who now approaches. is, / re-
gret to say, a kentuckian, making war
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HON. JOHN J CRITTENDEN.

HON. JOHN J CRITTENDEN.
While loud as battles wild alarms
Rung shout on shout along the tide;
Each hill Hung back the raliying cry.
On. on to death or victory
"Oh! lofty words net Idly said.
For fierce the fight and red the field.
And fallen many a. noble had
Fer Rousseau and his heroes Yield
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is granted to each one Of the States by
the fourth section Of the fourth article
Of the Constitution Of the United States.
Resolved, That Gen. Robert Ander-
son be, and is hereby, requested TO
enter Immediately upon the active dis
charge of his duties in this military
district.
Resolved, That we appeal to the
people of Kentucky by the ties of pa
triotism and honor, by the ties of COM
mon interest and common defense, by
the remembrances of the past. and by
the hopes of future National existence.
to assist in repelling and driving out
the wanton violators of our peace and
neutrality, the lawless invaders of our
soil"
Gen. Anderson issued the following
proclamation:
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Continued on page six.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
RENTS ALL ROOMS
Blythe Undertakes to Handicap the
cummins Men at State Convention
by Taking All the Pariors at the
Savery Hotel.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 22.-J. w. Blythe
has rented a suite Of rooms at the
Slavery for the state republican conven-
tion and with other standpatters has
rented all the rooms on the parlor
floor thus excluding Governor Cum
minis from securing headquarters on
the parlor floor. Cummins will like
ly rent the billiard room, which will
he transformed into a parlor for that
occasion. The billiard room is on the
ground floor opening off the lobby and
is the best location in the hotel. The
standpatters in leasing all of the par
lor floor is believed to be following up
the policy practiced in a number of
counties of leasing all the halls to pre-
vent Cummins having place In which
to speak. The standpatters today took
the Iowa State Military band to Red
field in Dallas county to help Perkins
get an audience tonight.
The results of the caucuses In Ala
makee thus far give Cummins "A del
egates to the county convention and
Perkins %, insurirg Cummins control
of the county convention, even if he
should fail to carry Waukon. which he
expects to carry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
Murderer of Mrs. Hollister
Expiates His Crime on the
Gallows Today
GOES TO HIS DEATH BRAvELN
At the Last Moment, However, His
Courage Began to Fail and Sheriff
Hurried the Execution in Order to
Avoid scene-lvens' Crime Ter-
rible One.

Chicago, June 22.-Richard Ivans
was hung here today for the brutal
and revolving murder of Mrs. Bessie
Hollister in January last.
Ivens, until he stood upon the drop,
faced death in the same stolfd manner
in which he has conducted himself
since his arrest. When he stepped on
the scaffold, however, much Of his
courage failed him. Just before the
cap was drawn over his face, he at
tempted to utter prayer, but altho his
lips moved convulsively, his voice
would not respond, and he was not
able to utter sound. Evidently he
was on the verge of a complete COLI
lapse, and the sheriff hastened the last
details as much as possible in order 10
avoid such a contingency.
THE crime for which Ivens was
hanged today was peculiarly atrocious.
Mrs. Bessie Hollister, whom he killed,
was the wife of well-known manu-
facturer of Chicago, and was beauti-
full and cultured woman. Ivens seized
her as she was passing along a street
in the north part of the city, not far
from her home. She was dragged into
an alley near an old livery stable,
where he assaulted her and then
strangled her to death with piece OF
wire, which he twisted about her neck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
s2o,ooo,ooo MORTGAGE FILED.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road Gets
Loan for improvements.
st. Louis. June pa mortgage for
s20,O00,O0O on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad has been filed with
the recorder of deeds. the loan fgur-
ing as being advanced by the New
York Trust Company. whose resident
trustee is J. c. Van Blarcom. president
of the National Bank of Commerce.
The mortgage is dated Jan. ! this
year. but was not ratified by the rail-
way board of directors until Jan II
nor indorsed by the stockholders until
March 3, both these authorization
meetings take place in Parsons. Kan.
1t will draw interest at ~ per cent
and is payable Jan. 1, 1886.
The mortgage is for the purpose Of
disposing of notes for $4,000,000 out
standing and to improve the line.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
Federal Court Pronounces Sen
tence in Rebate Cases at
Kansas City
ARE FINED $4,000 EACH
Burlington Railway Also Fined $4,000
While Freight Broker Thomas and
His Clerk, L. 3. Tassart, are Given
Stiff Fines and Jail sentences-Ap-
peal Filed in Each Case.

Kansas City, June 22.--ln the United
States district court this morning
Judge Mcpherson sentenced Swift &
Co, Cudahy Packing Company, Armour
Packing Company, Nelson, Morris "
Company, and the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad to pay fine of
$4,000 each. They are the defendants
recently convicted of making conces-
sions and accepting and conspiring to
accept rebates on shipments.
George l.. Thomas. freight broker.
New York. was 1ineo $4,000 and SEN
fenced to four months in the peniten- :
itary. L. Is. Taggart, Thomas clerk,
was fined $4,000 and sentenced to three
months in the penitentiary.
Today's proceedings marked the end
of the rebate cases 10 be tried at tits
term of court. one other case, that of
the Chicago g. Alton, and two Of its
officials, has been reset for trial III
September.
The indictments upon which the var
ious defendants We're tried We're re-
turned in Kansas City by the grand
jury on December 13, 1906. The cases
have been handled for the government
by A S. Van Valkenburgh, district at
torney, his assistant Leslie Lyons, while
the defendants have been represented
by some of the ablest counsel in the
west. OF eleven cases brought up at
this term the government has secured
seven convictions, one defendant being
acquitted and three cases dismissed.
George L. Thomas, of New York
city, freight broker, and his chief clerk.
l.. Il. Taggart, whose case was the first
to be tried, were convicted OF securing
rebates from railways on shipments
from New York, st. Louis and Kansas
City dry goods concerns. AT their
trial several prominent merchants,
who admitted signing contracts with
Thomas. testified to receiving at vari-
Gus times sums of money from mys-
terious sources. Many thousands Of
dollars were thus received, and some
witnesses admitted the likelihood Of it
having come from Thomas.
George H. Crosby. former assistant
freight traffic manager of the Burling-
ton railroad, who was charged with
conspiracy with Thomas and Taggart
to pay concessions, was discharged by
Judge Mcpherson.
The four packing houses We're tried
jointly and convicted on the charge OF
accepting concessions from the Bur-
lington in connection with connecting
lines, on packing house products for
export via New York.
The Burlington company was con-
victed on four counts for granting
concessions to the packing companies.
The cases of the st Paul & Alton
Railroad companies, charged with Of
fering concessions and d. H. Kresky,
freight brokers of Kansas City, charg-
ed with conspjring to secure conces-
sions from these railroads. were dis
missed upon the suggestion of Attor-
ney Van Valkenburgh, who stated he
believed the railroads had, in this case,
been imposed upon.
Appeals were filed in each case and
stay of execution was granted until
June 80. until they could be perfected.