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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

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chances aud opportunities and invest
meuts years ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27


San Francisco. April 26.-Chairman
Phelan Of the finance committee said
today that the plan for handing out
-eiief funds a. outl ned in Pre- ident
Rooseyelts proclamation wa per
fec;ly safe and satisfactory TO the
committee He stated that efforts were
being made to csntralize the control of
the fund in the hands Ct one body
Governor Pardeo turned over to him
control of such contributions a. bad
been sent 70 the governor and General
Funston also formally surrender s35.
600 remoing unused Of the $50 600 cor
tributed by the Guggenhcim interests
This fund was wired directly 10 Fuus-
ton with direc ions to use IL according
TO his own judgment and the general
explained 10 the committee the man
ner in which he used IL. These expead-
itures were approved by the commit
tee. ThUs the control Of the entire re
lief fund Il now in TIE hands of the
finance committee Of reIif and Red
funds. General Greeley announced al
noon today that the army had taken
over full and absolute control Of relief
stations for distribution Of food.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27
EArnER nApon IlvIne-

London. April 2e.-The Nails S.
Petersburg correspondents saws Fatb
er Gapon Is living quietly al KuEokola.
Finland.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

The persistent man usually wins
the @try again" fellow il as ~iuekF- n
want advertising as he Is in al other
things.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

IT is GENERALLY safe to say that
the store which advertises has some
thing especially attractive to show
you, else II would not advertise. May
we assume the contrary is true of
those that do not advertise?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

Quincy. ILL.,, April 26-The stove
manufacturers of Quincy today sent
a carload of stoves to San Francisco
fer the sufferers. Each one Ct the
675 stoves was supplied with the
necessary attachments.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27
SOLDIERS STAND
UP AND SHOOT A
PIECE OF A MAN
DOCTORS FIND THREE SEVERED
FINGERS WITH VALUABLE
RINGS IN HIS POCKET.
He HAD BEEN INJURED
Was Under Anaesthetic Awaiting Op,
Grafton When Ghastly Discovery
Was Made--Restored to Con
sciousnesa and Shot.

Denver, Colo, April 26-Charles
Smith, who was employed in the circu-
lation department of the San Francisco
Chronicle, and who is here en- route
to Pittsburg, Pa, told this story to-
day:
Il was in the Mechanics pavilion
when that place was used as hospi.
tai. The doctors were to operate on a
well dressed man vino lay unconscious
from the anaesthetic He was injur-
ed in the groin, In pulling off his coat
there dropped from his pocket three
fingers of woman with valuable
rings on them. They gave him time TO
revive and called two soldiers. The
latter took him out, stood him against
the wall of the building and shot him
like you would a rabbit"
G. l.. Gocding of Norfolk, Va, said
he say grocer and his wife shot by
regular soldiers because they charged
a dollar loaf for bread
San Francisco, Cal, April 26.--Gov-
ernor Pardee visited San Francisco
today when he attended a conference
between General Greeley, Mayor
Schmitz, DR.. Devine of the Red Cross
and members of the citizens commit
tee. Padee today brought up the ques
tion Of the request from Mayor and
the committee for the withdrawal Of
the National guard. The governor
spoke highly of the National Guard
and referred to the splendid service
its members had done in the war with
Spain. He stated that he considered
the request as a reflection upon well
organized and highly efficient body of
men The governor was very indig.
nant over the attitude taken against
the guard and the charges preferred
against them.
Mayor Schmitz replied that he ami
his committee had not made any
charges against the guard. On the
contrary he had thanked the governor
70 rtheir services. If charges had been
made, they were made by outside peo.
pie. The object Of the request for the
withdrawal was to concentrate the
control of the city in the hand of Fed |
eral troops and prevent any misunder-
standing and conflict of orders.
Major General Greeley stated that |
so far as he knew there was no con |
flict of authority and that as an United |
States army officer, he could not as
sumo charge of the state militia. The
mayor was the head of the city and /
every request made by him would be
followed and he would continue to
recognize the authority of the mayor
in giving directions for the safety of
the people. Civil authority was super.
ior to the military and the mayor is
the only head he will recognize. The
state troops have not yet been with
drawn and the meeting adjourned with
sul announcement that they would be
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

The dimes you save by reading the
bargain announcements In the daily
papers, make your dollars at the end
Of the season.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-27

Hong Kong, April 26.---In response to
an appeal from Sir Chentung LANG
Cheng, the Chinese minister at Wash
ington, the Chinese of Hong Kong tc-
day remitted a first installment of
$4,000 in gold for the relief of the
sufferers al San Francisco.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

They came under the rules OF war, and
whilst Independent OF the commanding Of
icer in the field they could not leave with
out running the risk Of being shot.
In the front when the army was ad-
vanclng in the midst OF battle and bring
ing up the rear In case of the army's re-
treat, the corps left upon the battlefelds,
In the hospitals and war prisons, hundreds
OF its numbers who were never restored
to family, home and friends, nor were their
services officially recognized by the gov
eminent for which they had laid down their
lives.
The survivors battled for many years
to have the wrong righted and achieved
partial success in the act of January
26, 1897, which. whilst recognizing them as
an integral part, corps Of the United
States army, denied them the rights such
relation entitled them to. They now come
to the doors of the present congress, firm
In the belief that the patriotism of It's
members will accord them the long delayed
justice by removing the bar sinister which
the act of 1857 placed against them. Less
than $50 survive and the heightened
shadows adnionish them that their days
are few and short.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

Il had, like the army. become a finely or
ganlzed, well equipped, we'll disciplined
force with history unexcelled for brav-
cry, fidelity and heroism. The military tel
egraph had assumed large proportions and
penetrated every portion of the union
where union army was to be found, and
Its delicate yet potent power was felt by
every department of the government. 1t
was in fact the very nerves of the army
and so considered by all those who came in
contact with It. The position of these mill
tary telegraphers was peculiar, whether
enlisted men or volunteers, and there were
both classes in the service. They were not
subject to the orders of active officers of the
army. but came under the immediate drec-
ton OF President Lincoln as commander
in-chief through the secretary of war.
They were in effect field courlers with en-
larged responsibilities The secrets of the
nation were entrusted TO them and the
countersign OF the army was often in their
possession week or more in advance of
Its PRONUNCIATION. All the movements of
the army, all the confidence OF the COM
manders were entrusted to them and yet
not one was ever known to betray that
knowledge and confidence in the most re-
mote degree,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Value to the Army,

1t is incontestible that the military tel
egraphers operated their wires upon the
field of battle In every territorial depart
ment that every important cavalry move
ment was accompanied by one or more Of
their number; that in the great movements,
especially from the fall of 1868, every sec
ton of the armies in near proximity to
the enemy, even on the march, was kept
in constant REORGANIZATION; that I'M
paralleed facilities for communicating with
distant forces were provided by them; that
thousands of lives and millions of treasure
were saved by the timely aid of the corps;
that the war was shortened, perhaps years,
by the concertive and cooperative use of
the military telegraph, which first declared
victory or defeat, the need of troops or
munitions of war, of quartermaster, COM
missary and medical supplies which pa
trolled the seacoast and the whole army
'front.' keeping every post and division In
constant touch and, In emergencies, beat
the 'long rolf to arms. Theirs was the
mystic chord which, alone enabled Grant
to command a million men and brought as
surance and repose to many a commander
during all hours of the day and night, for
they kept vigils day and night in the fort,
in the tent, in the lonely bivouac, on the
ground. in the malaria OF the Chickahom-
MES. or the Yazoos, In unprotected guerrilla
countries and upon the battleflelds; always
in posts of danger, but as secretive and
confidential as are the boks and bars OF
the federal treasury.
The survivors have seen their comrades
shot down in battle, torn to pieces by
buried torpedoes, imprisoned in Libby, An
Jacksonville, Cahaba and other bastiles,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Soldiers I'm Every sense.

Mr. President, as I said before, the SER
vices OF these men were analogous to those
of the Signal corps, and that they were
not enlisted men was no fault of theirs.
They wanted to enlist, but the War de-
partment not only discouraged enlistments
of teegraphers in other branches of the
service and by general order prohibited
their CONSUMPTION, but permanently de-
tailed or discharged to enter the military
telegraph service l75 telegraphers who had
already enlisted. As has been stated, there
were about 1900 who served a greater or
less time during the war. OF these many
died in service or shortly after the war
closed unmarried. OF the remainder less
than 200 survive. In the nine years since
the act of 1897 was passed but 1S9 certif-
Gates have been issued under the provisions
of that act to members of the corps or
to their heirs, and of these certificate hold
ers a number have since died. 1t is esti-
mated that exclusive of those already on
the pension rolls by reason OF their enlist
ment not more than 300 persons would be
eligible to pensions under this bill. AS to
the pay of the military telegrapher, while
1t was higher than that OF the private SOL
der, It was not augmented like that Of
the private by lodal or government boun-
ties, was less than that of the commissioned
oficer whose rank he assimllated and less
than he could have received at the time
from employment by tho commercial teie-
graph companies.
Soldiers de facto they did soldiers part.
endured the soldiers sacrifices and suffer-
ipEs and are entitled to the soldiers re-
ward. 1t behooves the American congress
TO complete their record by passing this
bill and making them soldiers de jure.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

of Independence look like pigmy, and the
ohirography OF John Paul Jones that is ex-
hihited to visitors at the library of con-
gress as an example OF boldness in writing
OF ones name appear Insignificant.
Mr.. Bonapartes signature Is written
about twice the size OF the usual signature
of the president, and Mr., Roosevelt gener-
ally writes pretty large characters when
he signs his name The Bonaparte sigma
ture has no indication OF an uncertain char
acter. II is strongly written. 1t is begun
on one side of the letter paper and ends
pretty nearly on the other side. The usual
note paper would not be wide enough to
hold IT, When It eventually makes It's APP
pearanco In the collection OF signatures of
great men that IL treasured at the library
OF congress II will have the distinction OF
being the biggest signature OF all the hum
dreds OF interesting relies of the kind that
are there preserved
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Trait. of General wheeler.

Speaker Reed when discussing with some
OF his colleagues the ravages death was
making in the older membership OF con-
gress. once said:
Now, there's Wheeler sitting yonder.
He's getting old, but the Almighty could
never find him in one place long enough to
put His finger upon him"
This tells the story of General Wheeler.
He was constantly on the jump, did every
thing nervously and rapidly. When he
arose to speak in the house. where he
served as a member from Alabama. he in
variably said: Il arise for a moment Just
to say one ord" 1t always brought forth
a laugh from his colleagues He talked SO
rapidly that 1t was almost impossible for a
stenographer to take him down" On one
occasion while in congress the general lost
his voice in the midst of a speech, but
continued his motions OF talking for some
minutes his white beard bobbing up and
down, TO the amusement of 100 members,
all OF whom, nevertheless, had a kindly
feeling for him. He was a man of in
tense mental activity. NJ better evidence
of this could be asked than a volume OF
some 400 pages entitled "A Revised System
OF Cavalry Tactics for the Use OF the
Cavalry and Mounted Infantry. c. s. A."
ny MAJOR SeheIai Joseph Nheeier' u .
A, and published at Mobile, Ala, in 1868
by s. II. Gaetzel & Co. This is an slabo-
rate and comprehensive treatise and when
the fact is taken into consideration that
its author was in constant active and ex-
acting service in the field during the en-
tire period OF its production the achieve
ment must be regarded as an extraordinary
one. copy OF the book is kept among
the '1ocked-up' treasures of the library
OF CONGRESS.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

It was no fault of these 200 men that
they were not enlisted. They were willing
to be enlisted, but they were not permitted
They were regarded as a special class OF
confidential men and they were compelled
to take the following oath:
l do solemnly swear that I will bear true
allegiance to the United States of America,
and that Will support and sustain the con-
stitution and laws made In pursuance
thereof as the supreme law of the land,
anything in any state constitution or laws
to the contrary notwiths tanding; that will
not take up arms against the United States
or give aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof, or to any authority or pretended
authority that Is or may hereafter be en-
gagged In armed hostility thereto; and that
dlsclaim all fellowship with the so-called
confederate states and confederate armies.
do further swear that / will not reveal to
any person or persons the contents Of any
dispatch. report or other communication,
either directly or indirectly, that may come
to my knowledge through my connection
with the telegraph, In any manner what
ever; that / Will not reveal or divulge to
any person or persons any cipher that may
be given me for United States military pur-
poses; and that l will faithfully keep and
observe this my solemn oath of secrecy and
States of America.
Now, Mr.. President. believe that If any
senator will read that oath carefully he
will come to the conclusion that these men
were by their acts and that OF the govern
ment when they took this oath actually
mustered into the military service OF the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
A Literary work Hor.e.

The most remarkable thing about the ca
reer of Justin Mccarthy, who has been
brought prominently TO the front again,
both in literature and in politics. is the
tremendous amount OF work he has been
able to accomplish. Novelist. journalist,
historian, politician and party leader. he
has found time to travel widely and 10
cultivate delightful social relations with
most of the leading literary. artistic and
political people of his time, And In spite
Of the energy and thought devoted to polt-
zeal causes he has been continually push
ing on some special and important literary
undertaking Of engrossing interest. In
volving an enormous amount OF labor How
he has accomplished 1t all II is said that no
one except perhaps his wife has ever found
out.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
safety NnuIt of Army.

The army commanders originated plans OF
operation, but the army operator was the
safety vault where they were kept. sher-
man at Atlanta formed his purposes to
march to the sea, but he was powerless to
move without the consent of Grant at city
Point. Thomas was in peril in middle Ten
nessee, but Smith could not go to his help
unless Grant so telegraphed Grant was
In imminent danger at Shiloh, and Buell.
could not be gotten there In time but for
wire. Thomas was being starved at Chat
tanooga, but the two corps from the East
ern army could not clear the way without
the telegraph. Pope was In greatest danger
at Culpepper Courthouse, so the telegraph
reinforced him from MoClellans army and
Burnsdes command. Lee and Jackson
pressed Pope across the Rappahannock,
bent upon the destruction OF the federal
army and capture OF Washington. The tele-
graph had ordered the Army OF tho Po-
tomac from Harrisons Landing. Cedar
Mountain and the fords of the Rappahan-
mock had decimated the army, which was
scattered from Centerville via Manassas
Junction to Gainesville. and while Long
street was pouring through Thoroughfare
gap, Frankln's, Porters and Summers
corps Of McClellan's army had come and
the army and capital were safe, due largely
TO the telegraph which wrote Emergency"
In every sentence and sent messages upon
lightninRs wings. From the field of An
tietam, Mcclellan telegraphed for ammuni-
ton and men whilst the battle ragged, and
subsequently rejoiced the nation by tele-
graphing: THE enemy is driven back into
Virginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania are
now safe"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Salvation in the Operator.

About these times the union army had no
miles of telegraph lines between the Tonnes
see and Mississippi rivers. When Price
threatened Roseorans at Corinth and cut
the wires Operator Beckwith escaped the
enemy's vigilance and, passing the break,
telegraphed Grant at Jackson In time to
bring Ords forces from Bolivar TO the aid
OF Rosecrnns after he had repulsed the
enemy's many desperate assaults.
Vlcksburg was surrounded by wires.
Every move along the whole front was at
once indicated by the electric nerves CENTER
ing at Grants headquarters No comman-
der ever had sentinels so efficient unless he
duplicated Grants. On a larger scale,
owing to the example our military operators
set, the German investment OF Paris, doubt
less, presented more scientific exhibition
of telegraphic achievements for war pur-
poses, but 1t was not in any sense more
efficient
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville were
followed by Gettysburg. The telegraph, of
course, took a prominent part, but not 50
important as thence on to the close of the
war, when every corps, and oftimes divi-
sions. of the army were kept in constant
communication with each other and the
general-in-chief. What had originated as a
doubtful experiment in West Virginia in
McClellans campaign to Cheat Mountain
ended in absolute perfection from the Rapi-
dan to Appomattox, from Chattanooga to
Atlanta, about the capitol at Washington,
along the army front when Bragg's army,
as such, was destroyed before Nashville,
and many other places In louisiana Ala
bama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir-
ginia and elsewhere.
History records no other war where the
armies were so widely scattered, and prior
to ours, where they were so we'll informed
of each others movements.
Whether Sheridan, stoneman. Rousseau,
Fitzpatrick, Wilson or other great riders
pushed rapidly and even deeply into the
enemys territory, or slower like Sherman
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

Every campaign had its Victims, and
every confederate prison had Its representa-
tive from the ranks of the telegraph corps.
Every great battle had Telegram piers within
range of the enemy's small arms Every
great raid was aided by one or more teleg-
raphers. Every pressing want was heralded
and every victory or defeat. great or small.
was first told by the boys OF the telegraph.
An erroneous estimate has heretofore
been made and a wrong opinion formed
as to the true status of these men. To
quote from the committees report at the
second session OF the senate in the last
congress:
II appears from q careful examination OF
the duties of the men whom this bill seeks
to pension that their services were Of an
been previous to the war of the rebellion
a use OF the telegraph as an agent for
disseminating intelligence from the battle
less placing the commander-in-ehi OF the
army himself, at Washington, in touch with
all ths generals e. th9 Srm
to do during the war OF the rebellion.
There was at that time q mystery about
with peculiar charm, The men who CON
trolled the telegraph keys manipulated an
agency under the conditions OF the war
powerful for good or evil. Great care was
necessary In the selection OF the men, not
alone because they were familiar with this
new art, Dut IL was also necessary 10 care
fully select men In whom special conf
dence would be reposed. Their posts were
at places OF extreme danger; their duties
were almost continuous, unrelieved by the
excitement and relaxation OF ordinary camp
life.
IL is surprising that so important an arm
Of the service during that war should have
been organised on a civil basic and It's
members only regarded as employees Of the
quartermaster's department Their duties
were purely of a military character. They
were directed and commanded by officers
Of military title and rank. AS stated above,
their duties were performed at points OF
great danger in nearly every instance and
with the same exposure to dangers OF the
field and disease as fell to the lot OF tho
ordinary military officer and private sol
der. They constituted an integral and
vitality essential part OF the army and
brought the telegraph as used by armies
in the field to a state Of perfection never
before equaled in military science. Their
duties required the service OF persons OF
peculiar intelligence, and their members
were picked from among the great mum;
Der OF operators on account Of special
prominence acquired In the mysterious art.