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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
MR.. VAUGHAN IN CONTROL
Acquires Interest Of Late Geo. w
Miles in Water Plant.

Mr j. /. Vaughan. prominent railroad
contractor Of Roanoke has acquired
controlling interest ia the Radford WAGER
Power Company having purchased the
stock owned by the late colonel George
W Miles. The deal was Consummat.d
in this city. A1r. Vaughan having come
here 70 meet the attorneys Of Mrs NIues
with reference 70 the subject
The concern IS quite large. and IS now
in Furnishing condition. II operates q
street railway line from Radford to East
Radford, and furnishes light for 10th
towns as well as their wate~ supplies
MI Vaughan is "a most enterprlsing bus
mess man. and he and his associates " II
push the new company so as to enlarge
the scope OF its work
The price at which the Niles n.crCst
was acquired is not given. but it IS ur-
derst0od TO have been handsome figure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
PARAMOUNT NEWS

-lAtA regret U.s. expressed i'm the entire
mother of Mrs Theodore Doryin. winch
occurred in hct deughter home ytstcr-
was ONE ~ the oldest residents ~ this
section. anu was greatly beloved hy AM
Mrs Mary Lawrence has returned bona,
at,er a Nisi ITO Mrs Ella Rowland
Mr.. George Smith has returned to ner
home IN funnVer county after q visit
10 her sister Mrs. smith. OF Twcnty-seo-
Miss Clara wathan and Nh e. G.. cau-
Abe guests or AIr. and Airs. }. 3oody os
twenty second Street
Mr.. Lloyd aud his daughter. Miss MAG
Sle. or 4 Nmoorland county. who ltNc
been visiting Mrs Bcu Pollard of Tween
ker nome S1eef bcro dof aG 10 { 1mg. VIII max"
Mrs Southland w.ll leave I'm a few da, S
Ms pW1SG ie Ros S ~ Sad s'" d,, ral1.n
move '.o plece' ~ , sieef which eot IN IT'S
Miss Jessie Verlander. ~ Aztec i7n-
Mr.. Woodbridge Luck is out again after
Air. A. W Via and family arc spendipg
a few weeks In the country wiih her SIS
sir. . NraTey. q Fairmoupt Avenue.
who had his foot badly crushed last weHk.
Mrs Settle Newbery has return.l from
very pleasant stay OK several DAYS vitu
friends ga fortsmouth Va.
M CLYDE Watkins. of Twontr-s .cout
street VII attend the marriage of "a icil-
tive ia North Carolina this week.
Mrs Willie Nuckolls and children 90
Mith tile formers sister. Mr- Ella g..
Miss Irene Tucker. OF old Church. Ham
OYER county is visiting aer aunt. Mrs.
Mrs Frank Windcr ~ Newport Nc&s.
Is visiting her mother. Mrs Luck. ON
Nr Nft--.- r..i-.. 80 Fx-.,o.,.a~ County
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
HalloWe en- Party.

Tao Llueub-rs Chapter, Daughters Of
the 'ouicleraey, gave AN enjoyable
Halloween social ~ the home OF MIS-
r. vs.. Manson OLA The evening OK October
@st
The entertainments was in charge ~ the
"GreV Witches AMI Black Wizards of
Romance. Impersonatcd by Misses
latt0 Manson. Susie Hawthorne. Lucy
Nenlette Minnie Copley. Or Edwin
hndls and tho Rev. j. Leroy McSparran.
Jarh-o lanterns and japanese lanterns
cast weird light over the scene The
guests came iu Puritan costume and Were
entertained by various tortune-tcuing de-
Vices. Among these was the huge
cai1ron. presided over by the weird sis
tors. which proved an uufailing source
OF amusement
a huskiug bee" later In the evening
made an exciting contest the prizes being
aVar d-d-first. 10 Miss Eta Webb. III. vs..
- Wilkinson. second 10 Miss Patte
Hawthorne and MI. Edward Bagley. and
tnirt 10 Mr. Thomas Manson
Am elaborate supper Was served. The
Daughters realized "a nice sum from the
Sut.rfalnmcut
among those present were Misses Neua
tarior May Haskius. Annie Stokes.
lita Webb. Houston Blackwell. Marianne
liiic. jamie Wilkinson Patu@ Hawthorn.
Anna JONES' Kate CupIey. Ella liar-.,
and Messrs Edward Bagiey. DR.. Dem. q
hcndis. Irov stokes John and Bayui.
iAte. Garland Stokes Thomas. Boni and
William Manson. George Bridgfort.
iinsiey KENNEDY. Robert and Blackwell
Morris and james Fcathcrston. Ben. Fd-
ward. Robert and Thomas Wilkinson
haeh and Thomas Hawthorne. Claude
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
RUN OVER BY CARS
AND FATALLY INJURED

~ al = Tie TlM0s-U -1ra'1h
~IAI NTON. Va. November 6.-Addi-
sou Wolfe. sixty years old. was ran over
1r an 'rsiu" and three cars on tho tram
Way operated 10y the Steigei Lumber
Company 30 North River Gap. near
Stokesvillc. Augusta county. Monday and
Eilcd His body was terribly mancled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
Arrange for Bazaar

The Ladies' Auxiliary 90 the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineer will have
special 'ectug 1T Lee Camp HALL
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock 10 COM
pletc arrangements for their bazaar. to
be held the second week IN December.
All members are requested TO he present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07

mlro smith
Ttst Grammar Bessie Camphol
IIird Grammar Elizabeth LlUscomb.
foui wc"ks. Haven Street. four weeks.
Elftl Grammar Mabel IIurrrlvc
Airs John Whitaker has as hcr guest
Mi-. Eliza Gibson and son. Charlie. ct
Hanover county. Young Ar Gibson is
here having medical attention paid a. "a
.i..' f.tN nf.. Nf t.ts..' hN "a
large tree falling ana catching has wrist
and arm against another tree.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
Picnic in Square.

Misses Annie II. Kirk and Evelyn C..
Boil had the Nalentine Kindergarten chill
dron i'm the Capitol Square for a picnic
for a while yesterday. The :itto cnes
seemed greatly to enjoy the outing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
EXposltlon Excursion.
Personal Mention

NJ SIS FNsuccs g TTallr burton. of Wash
Street.
from q brics VISIT to Mrs. Hugh Nelson
Page. in Norfolk
turned FROM 81 t..t 70 friends in Fred
erichsourc.
Miss Rhetta F.t1aaeh. ~ Portsmouth
IS spending several weeks with friends
here.
Mrs Allen Talbot and Mrs Lucieu
Iatam have r"-r-aei from Lyn.hburE
where they vore thc guests OF Mrs L.
Misses cas- N.n hneIson ANA Hattie
'"A. '' rr'dtr a@Hts- arc the guests
--Fs j. y. i Robinson. ~ Alexandria
WELL attend the conference ~ tne Daugh-
sent Of ths ~ N.no" Chapter. u. A..
f'l -A-t. Ast
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
Nells-NNillcrO,,

Wells-Willerov.
THE r.rr-r rt Nft-- All.. Major
Wmcrov aa.ehf.- of Airs. Georgia Anna
W.r.roy .. the R-- Frank hanson
1NsN~. nf turep,r. Na. wifi tak, r'Hc,
Hr nr..t t'us afternoon u thc hom,
". f.e Nrf0~ mother. NO. ..l> El-t
I.rosu Street, -Ne Rev ~ IS. Cooper
af s.. r.-nes.- Methodist Church VIII of-
ate assisted ly the Rev Mr Moore.
a. retersnurc
ou~~ Lera g. Atkinson VIII Doe msId oc
honor .rl Air. William a Wl,ror v.N
attend t.e enoom as best man Iltu.
Misses GeorS.a and Rchecca Eues ut
Iold tae -hh0rs
Afte- 3D. Noithem toar tte youne
couple v.i make th..r home in 'u.rcrc.
Pa. Whore -he groom la~ elm gc nf tae
Methodist church.
Bayliss-Terry.
Ous r- tn. r-etftest OF th. .rtlwr
~ eodlrc- vn ne celebrated This moru-
inr % ~ O'Clock. WHOM Ns- Est..e Mar
TERRY. daughter of AIr. anl Mrs Gcor-,
Eater Terry. will become tae hri.. OF
air William Benton Batiss. -orm"gi. &C
Richmond. now of GoroonstN'. \a.
'rhe Rev ar. Cu.b.rsou nsilI oGicl4to.
Mrs Richard Taylor Wilson. as Vac
Dina. Va. viii attend tho bride a4 mae
t-on ~ honor. Mr u smith. of West
Point viii set as best Han. Three ht-
t'o girls Viii take part in tho ceremony
ittle Misses Susie Emily Wilson ani
louise e.. Ba,li-s as ribbon girIs and
lIttie Miss Bessie Davenport as rae-
lcaror.
The bridal party Wa entertained ia
evening after -rc refs.ar~sl. ou which
occasion TIN hrts-e'"rr was '.''iN-n-H
covncd in u.rk chiffon over tauett Dee
lChtfu retro-. mort@ were served and
charming program ~ music
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07

'lark's 9th Annual Cruise.
FEB. .. 'Ol 90 days. by char
Tered s. s Arabic IS coO
IONS. . Tours Round the
~ CLARK. rs Bway. n. y.
Gen. Mgr Richmond Trans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07
Annual Meeting.

and Edward Barnes. Wilkinson Hir> os-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07

Poems You Ought to Know
Whatever crowded your
hours few
day for efreshmen poetry-Prof
Charles Eliot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07

Miss Caroline Taylor who has been
visiting f-.nds in Brambietor has rr-
turned 90 ..r home here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-07

AIS. Edward Z. ParAer ami CHILDREN
arc o.. guests Of Mr. and Sins T. r.
Richards. a Newport News.
Tie Rev '. 8. Lingamfener az Nor
fo.k. .nrudIng a week bore.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-14

that did not harmonize with the sub-.
ject, Just to show up how much the
public knew about the old masters. I
leave it to you to imagine how these
loud-mouthed acritics" felt, and can
assure you the lesson was one that will
never be forgotten by them.
OF modern architecture Z am not
going to be SO ienient, for think from
every view but superficial one that
the modern style OF building is dis
grace, and after few years Of Father
Times caressing fingers, our modern
skyscrapers will pass as utterly from
the face Of the earth as have last
winters SHOWS. True, the modern
steei-constructed buildings stood the
test Of the recent earthquake in San
Francisco better than the stone build-
ings, but then earthquakes are seldom
and time IS ALWAYS. Then. again fhe
very material Of which they are built
lis q guarantee Of short life. for steel
cannot stand the test OF time on ac-
connt Of, the constant vibration which
kills It. and ii il only onestion of 4
few wears when these bnfldings will
come down. either for safety's sake at
the hands of wreckinr company. or
they. will fall down. carving eyerv-
BODY ia them to destruction. Does
anyone think that in two thousand
wears or two hundred years peop,e win
stand and stare at the Fiat-iron bnild-
ing in New York in admiration of
ninatpenth cantnrv architnctnro9 Not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-14
An Incident of the
Sioux Massacre.

TIME year 1862 was a dark and
gloomy one to the devoted peo-
pie of the North, in addition to
the awful spilling of blood and
treason in the Southland, in the effort
to redeem that fair land from the
curse Of slavery there came, like bolt
from a clear sky, the news of the
terrible Indian uprising and massacre
in Minnesota and Dakota, on the nine.
teenth of August.
Volumes have been, and will be
written of the terrible vengeance
wreaked by these misguided savages
on the innocent settlers who, in fam
cied security, had encroached farther
and farther on the preserves which the
red man, with some justice, rightfully
claimed as his own. Volumes, too,
have been filed with the stories of the
experiences and hairbreadth escapes of
the survivors; and tonight, finding
that my pen slips so smoothly over
paper, fain would set down the ex-
perience of young Frenchman, one
Alfred Giard, who almost miraculously
escaped death at Redwood Agency
after he had almost given up hopes
and was prepared to die.
Giard was an agency employee, and
on the morning of the massacre came
over from the agency building to the
traders stores, three in number, all
built of logs, and standing within a
radius of few hundred feet on the
brow of the bluff along the Redwood
River and across small wooded
rsvine from the agency proper. This
graphic story was told me by former
scout and trapper who was employed
by one OF the post traders, and who,
having had the story from Giard's own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
By COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY

COLONEL MOSBY is the most famous of those South
~ ern guerrilla leaders whose exploits during the Civil
War aroused great CONSERVATION along the border
Many yet living who recall the time when Wash
ington thrown into periodic pancs by of raids
by Mosbys men, There something portentous and
terrifying about the suddenness and secrecy of these par
tzan nroads which often attended with almost
incredible No position seemed safe from them,
and for time every expedition sent against them seemed
doomed to discontinue In series of articles of which
this the first Colonel Mosby will tell of of his
most notable exploits, and describe the organization AMI
methods of his command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

tents IN the yard, but the tenants were
asleep. | knocked on the front door;
window above opened and some one
asked, Who are your" There was an
answer, Fifth New York Cavalry, with
dispatches for General Stoughton''
A staff officer, Lieutenant Prentiss,
in his night dress opened the door. l
whispered my name in his ear, and told
him to go with me to Stoughton's room.
He led the way up stairs. We found the
man of war in bed dreaming like the
Turk when Markos Bozzaris walked him
up. | did not stand on ceremony, but
after striking light gave the General a
spank. He rose and in an imperious
tone asked, What does this mean"
l told him who l was; that Stuart's
cavalry was in possession of the town;
that Jackson was at Centreville; and
babe him dress quickly. He asked me
to take him to Fitz-Lee; they had been
cadets together at West Point.
When we came out of the house
Stoughtons couriers, who had been cap
tured, had his horses saddled at the
door. We mounted and started to the
rendezvous at once, Hunter being de-
tailed to take Stoughton's bride reins
and hold on to him. At the rendezvous
the squads detailed to go to the different
places met us with about a hundred
prisoners and horses; but the party that
went with Ames to Colonel Wyndham's
headquarters missed their prey-Wynd-
ham had gone to Washington that even
ing. To some extent theywereindemnifed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
STEALING A GENERAL
Oft in the Silly night
Ere Slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond Memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

Of other days around me.
Tom Moore.
GOT all my military education in war. And
my entrance upon guerrilla operations
largely due to chance. The incident which
Il led me into my special service in war befell in
March, 1862. We had spent long months on
picket duty; and the Southern army instead of
advancing after Bull Rum was retiring to new line
of defense. We falling back the Kappa
hammock, when General J. E. B. Stuart said to me,
"Mosby want to find out if this is McClellan's
army, or if he is only making feint."
| replied, Il will find out for YOU if YOU will let
me-"
Of course, he would be glad for me to do it; but
to get this information it necessary to go in the
of the enemy, and it thought too hazardous
to order soldier to attempt it. Two
detailed to go with me, and Stuart furnished
guide who knew all the paths. We started around
the flank of the advancing column, and not
long in getting in behind them. They never dis
covered us, and had no suspicion that
specting their
The hrst time my name was mentioned in the war
in official report was in Stuarts report of this
ride to the rear of the enemy
Months passed. The hostile armies resting
in winter quarters along the Rappahannock, while
the pickets had ceased firing and swapping
rations of coffee and tobacco. | could not endure
the dull monotony of the camp, got Stuart to
let me take dozen men to harass the enemys lines
the Potomac and in front of Washington. This
the beginning of my life partzan There
enough of danger and of romance in it to attract
spirits who had love for adventure, and volunteers
soon joined me- had 40 preconceived design when
lett the cavalry camp Tor organizing independent
command; the battalion that gradually grew up was
pure case of evolution.
After operating for several weeks against the
outposts guarding the defenses of Washington l
planned a bolder enterprise than any | had at
tempted was waiting for favorable opportunity,
when unexpected ally came to my aid This
deserter from the Fifth New York Cavalry named
Ames, who brought fresh information. My plan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

was to enter the Union lines at night through a
gap had discovered and capture General Slough
tons headquarters at Fairfax. l had pretty
good local knowledge of the country, and learned
from prisoners the location of the enemys camps
and outposts. In the daytime they were connected
by line of vdettes in sight of each other night
the videttes drawn in to the reserves for fear
of capture. This made ngress and egress pretty
easy after dark. The security of the picket line
seemed to be the main object. 1t apparently
not conceived to be possible that anyone would let
the pckets alone and go after the General But that
was my scheme. After l had tested Ames's fidelity
| determined on March 8, 1868, to take the leap.
l have vivid recollection of the events and the
conflict between my hopes and fears that evening.
The men met me at Dover in Loudoun County
the turnpike leading to Fairfax There were
twenty-n1ne. Not one knew of my destination; all
thought we were going foray among the
pickets The weather the kind l wanted
There was misty rain and forecast of a dark
night; the soft mufed the tread of the horses
We started before shutdown. 1t was about twenty
miles to Fairfax Court House. I did not want to
get there before midnight. On account of the
muddy roads we kept on the pike until we got within
three miles of the camps; then we turned off
and an passed through gap in the line between them.
We could camp-fres to the left and to the right
but no one challenged us The soldiers in their
tents were peacefully dreaming; occasionally
owl hooted, and rabbit on its nocturnal rounds
miles inside the Union lines l told Ames and
of my men, Hunter, sergeant who riding by
me, what my plan was
No Resistance From Guards
TT about two o'clock in the morning when
we entered the town. No sentinel halted us; all
who saw us in the dark thought their
cavalry. We were dressed in gray; but color
could not be distinguished from another. There
were few guards in the town; they made resist
ance. staff officer reported to Washington the
next day that They came into lines with the
countersign, and no obstruction offered to their
entrance We did not have and did not need
their countersign and did anyone give to.
Stoughton has been charged with negligence be-
cause we met with no obstruction. That the
fault of the cavalry commander, Colonel Percy
Wyndam. an English soldier of fortune who had
charge of the picket line. He bred in the
European school of regularity, and did not think it
was legitimate war to be chasing in pickets at mid
night and raising the camps with alarms.
But to proceed with my narrative. We halted
at the court house. and l divided the command
into squads and sent them to gather prisoners
and horses. We found the telegraph operator
sleeping in a tent, and took him. as did not want
him to send off any messages about us We cut the
wires. (He got his revenge by giving dinner
in Denver a few years ago.) With six men rode to
Stoughton's HEADQUARTERS There were several
tents in the yard, but the tenants were
asleep. | knocked on the front door;
window above opened, and some one
h0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
Rough Plight of a Colonel
Provost Marshal's Office,

FAIRFAX Court House, Va, Mar. g. 1868.
Captain Mosby with his command entered this town
this morning at They captured my patrols horses
They took Brgader Gen Stoughton and horses and
all his detached from his brigade. They took every
horse that could be found public and private; and the
commanding officer of the post Col TOMBSTONE of the Fifth
New York Cavalry, made his escape from them nude
state by accident They searched for every direction
but being on the Vienna road visiting outposts made
my escape.
L. L. OCoNNER, Provost Marshal.
P S. All available cavalry forces in pursuit of
them.
They pursued us in one direction, while we went
in the opposite
1t is reported that when the to Mr..
Lincoln that had captured Br1gad1er General
and hundred horses, he remarked with dry humor
General as he could make another in five minutes,
but that he hated to lose the horses.
When got back the pike leading to Centre
ville which had crossed few hours before, l
closed up the column, put Hunter in charge, and
ordered him to go at fast trot. With man,
Joe Nelson rode some distance behind, there
was danger of pursuit by Wyndham's cavalry. We
getting away from danger but running
into another The pike through hostile camps
in front at Centrevile; and off the right
were other camps at Chantly.
To escape we had to pass the narrow isthmuS
dotted with picket posts between them. had
tempted Fate SO far that it safer to go than
to turn back. Soon the lights of the camp-fres
the heights of Centreville could be seen-day
was just beginning to break-and the column
halted. l galloped forward, and a fire the
pike before With the slightest delay hesitation
all would have been lost girdled by foes.
l rode ahead to reconnoiter the fire was deserted;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

for the loss as they got staff officers and Wynd-
hams horses and uniform One of the prisoners was
an Austrian baron. Ames had the pleasure of cap
turing his captain, Captain Barker, to whom
he introduced me with great pride.
1t time for to be leaving So far not
shot had been fired, everybody being in panic,
but knew the stampede would soon be over. So,
the prisoners, each mounted on horse and leading
one, massed together, while my
placed on their and on their TANKS. l led the
column. AS we passed house in the town a window
thrown up and in a loud voice called out,
What is this cavalry doing here?" The tone of
authority was so ridiculous that my men laughed at
him. This probably gave him the alarm. We halted,
and some went to haul him out 1t Colonel
tombstone, and he had got away, but his uniform
was appropriated legitimate spoil 1t is said that
after the danger over Mrs. tombstone made
reconnaissance in the back yard and found him
shivering in a state described in the following
despatch:
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-05-18
Zinc Place for Sale.

On account of the death of DR.. A.
B.. Waskom, and to close up the es-
tate, his late home on East Second
street, -four miles from Roswell. is
offered at a very low price and on
easy terms for quick sale. This place
contains 202k acres, all under irriga-
ton and in cultivation, with good
permanent water rights, and also ar
tesian well. Six acres in bearing or
chard, sixty acres young Or
chard; balance in alfalfa and farm.
Nice new eight room residence, mod
erp in every respect; with all neces-
sar outbuiidings. barn, lots, ETC.
If you are interested and want TO
investigate the above proposition. for
particulars call on or address,
JNo. w. WARREN, Trustee.
59tf Roswell. N. NJ.