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THROUGH BALTIMORE.
Thu ID Mich. Declined the Protection OF
the POlfce-On to Bull Run.

Ia Su HHcue Dcchlne0 tne k.F0tCCkIOH Oh
the Police-On to Bull Run.
Editor National Tribune: 1 am read
ing The National Tribune and noting
carefully everything in it, and find il
so interesting I can hardly wait for the
day to come around for it's weekly ap-
pearance.
You will please excuse me if 1 am
stirred to give a little of my experience,
as one of Dear Old Uncle Sans boys ]
must, however, give it as a private SOL
dier. / was not General, Colonel,
Lieutenant or even a Corporal, but am
proud to say was the first man in the
city of Flint, Genesee Co.. Mich, to en-
list under Lincoln's first CALL I have
often longed to see the statement in
The National Tribune of how some of
the boys came to enlist and how they
felt on that occasion.
My father was an old line Wing. I
have before me a circular letter, date
1843. from Zach Chandler and others,
to my father in regard to what should
be done to elect Gen. Winfield Scott.
Ny father was bitterly opposed to slav-
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The 9th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: In your
issue Of Dec. IA, I see a Mrs. VIM. f.
Koss, Of Anselmo, Neb., wants to know
something of the 9th Ind. I see you
out, name Of Colonel, ETC., and as 1
was quite familiar with that regiment,
would like to add little to your state
ment.
1 was detailed as Orderly at brigade
headquarters, Second Brigade. Fourth
Division, Fifteenth Corps. just after
the battle of Missionary Ridge, which
occurred on Nov. Is, 1868, and served
in that capacity until the close of the
war. In the Spring Of 1864 we started
on the memorable Atlanta campaign,
our brigade consisting of the 46th Ohio,
10th ILL.,, 9Th Iowa, 18th Mich, 9th
and Tooth Ind, and 1O3d ILL.,, and SO
remained until after the battle of July
IS, on the right Of Atlanta, after which
time the 26th Ill. was added to our
brigade, making eight regiments, and,
as l recollect, so remained until our
final muster-out.
On the 18th of June, 1864. on the
left Of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga, Col.
Robt. F. Catterson, of the 9th, COM
manded our brigade in a most exciting
little engagement, which lasted from
near noon until night. Gen. Chas. c..
Walcott, former Colonel of the 46th
Ohio. was our brigade commander, but
dI lildI llIIlc DuTlHS lndC
campaign the reorganization Of some
of the divisions caused our brigade to
be changed to the First Division, Fiji
teenth Corps. Gen. p. j. Osterhaus
commanding for time, after which
we were commanded by Gen. Chas. r.
Wood. At Griswoldsville, Ga, Gen.
WalcOtt was wounded in the arm by q
piece Of shell from the enemys guns,
and Col. Catterson was again in COM
mand OF the brigade temporarily.
We had large brigade Gas large as
some divisions), and they were all
fighters, and we have always thought
the old Second Brigade, Fourth Divi-
sion, Fifteenth Corps, and finally the
Second Brigade, First Division of the
same corps, commanded so long by that
intrepid and greatly beloved soldier,
Gen. John A. Logan, was as good a set
OF men, individually and collectively,
as ever wore the blue; and the eth
Ind. was as good as the best, always
ready for fight and most agreeable
and pleasant gentlemen always. /
| think the Lieutenant ColonePs name
was Ravens, not Calvins, as you have
it.
While I am writing / would like to
impose on your space to invite q line
| from the following comrades If living:
Adolphus Tate and David Il. Rogers, of
the 10th ILL.,; Jimmy" Burk, Bugler.
OF the 18th Mich, later of Brigade, Dr.
vision and Corps Headquarters; Capt.
q. j. Fast OF the Tooth Ind: Lieut.
Davidson, of the 10th ILL.,: Geo. Kuhn
and Geo. Falsgraf, OF the 46th Ohio, or
any other OF the boys who may see this
notice.-A. J. Suites. Co. II, 1890 ILL.,.
LeWistown, Fulton Co., Ill.
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Tip for Humane Societies.

A writer in contemporary marshals
official statistics to prove that the horse
Is the most dangerous and deadly ami
NAL in the world. This is exclusive. OF
course, of the man behind the horse,
who is responsible for most of the mis-
deeds charged to the horse.
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cordingly it was not executed until af-
ter p. M, when the nearness Of night
rendered it impracticable to follow up
and complete the victory"
Dana is not speaking by the watch
when he says that Grant gave the or
der first at p. m, nor when he says
that the assault was not made until
after p. m. Granger evidently is
speaking by the watch when he says
that at 20 minutes of o'clock he fired
while he was waiting to have the or
der communicated to his subordinates
by his staff he may have amused him.
self as stated by Dana, in sighting the
cannon on Orchard Knob.
I have examined the Official Reports
Of Gems. Wood and Sheridan to see If
either of them acknowledge the receipt
of an order direct from Gen. Grant for
this assault on the center of the ridge
l find that neither of them makes any
such acknowledgment. Gen. Wood
says: 1.-THE signal for the advance was
to be six guns, fired in rapid succession
from the battery on Orchard Knob. The
necessary instructions We're given to
the brigade commanders. This was
near 8 p. M
Gen. Sheridan says: Shortly after
this disposition had been completed
about p. m. orders were received
from Gen. Granger to prepare to carry
the enemys rifle pits at the base Of
Mission Ridge, to report when ready,
and that the signal for attack would
be six guns fired from Orchard Knob in
quick succession"
l therefore find from the records
cited that it was between 2 and 8 o.
m. that the order for the assault was
issued by Grant to Thomas; that it
was Immediately communicated by
Thomas to Granger. and by Granger to
his division commanders; that the Sig
nal for the assault was fired by Gran
ger at 20 minutes Of p. M, and that
neither Wood nor Sheridan ever re-
ceiyed any direct order from Grant to
make the assault.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09
Cut the Fat Boys Rations.

Those who keep their fingers in close
touch with the progress of the American
industries have long since reached the
conclusion that the iron and steel in
dustry in this country can no longer be
classed with the infants. That indus
try is now able to discard its long
dresses, don the wearing apparel more
suitable to those who have reached q
mature age, and walk forth from the
nursery without the aid of maid. The
iron and steel industry has pulled sc
long at the tariff nursing bottle that the
parents of the big fellow hate most aw-
fully to have him let go. They are like
the doting mother who grieves when hen
hearts pride must submit his blonde
curls to the shears. They do not like to
have the fellow separated from the pap
which he has so long enjoyed and upon
which he has grown so lusty and fat
If the iron and steel industry could not
get along without a full supply of ''pap"
it certainly ought to be able to survive
reduction in the amount. 2s Surely the
fat boy should be willing to meet the
people half way. We believe that the
majority of the people of this country
would favor a reduction of the boys
rations. This is one of the industries
that could stand a revision of the tar
if
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09

taken back to camp. The only casual
ties of the Union men were three slight
wounds, of which Captain Burger re-
ceived one.
Captain Burger was in the battles of
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and
siege of Tullahoma. In the battle of
Chickamagua his company lost twenty
six men killed and wounded, and in Mis-
sionary Ridge a third of the company
were killed or wounded. He re-enlist-
ed at Chattanooga and went to Sher-
pans army from Chattanooga to Allan
ia, preceding the march to the sea. In
ia second engagement at Dalton, Ga, on
July ID, 1864, he was so badly wounded
as to be given his discharge for total
disability. He lost his left arm near the
shoulder, had his right hand crippled
received a gun shot wound in the leg
and received another disabling wound
in the elbow. After being transferred
to five hospitals in succession, he at last
received his discharge He was pro-
NOTED to the captaincy in Hancock's in
valid reserve corps on Dec022, 1864
when he was stationed at Fort Douglas.
Illinois. -
Captain Burger lis one of the old set
tiers of Minnesota, having come to St
Paul in 1862. After six months in st
Paul he moved. to Mankato, where he
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09
OFFICERS AND DELEGATES.
Selected BY the Minnesota Funeral
Directors Association.

from friday S Da1ly.
The officers of the Minnesota Funeral
Directors association are as follows:
President, Thomas Davidson, Mankato;
first vice president, M. B. Mari, Aitkin !;
second vice president, o. Simonds, Glen
coe; third vice president, NJ. j. Fila
trault, Duluth; secretary, j. A. Willwer-
schied, st. Paul; treasurer, Martin Ben
son, Fergus Falls; executive committee,
w. H. Davies, Minneapolis, and George
H. Chesterman, Crookstron.
The following were chosen delegates
to the annual convention of funeral di-
rectors to be held in Chicago next Oc-
tober: w. B. Mari, Aitkin; Z. L. Bar
nard, Fergus Falls; Mrs. w. L. Grapp,
GAINESVILLE; O. G.. Simonds, Glencoe;
George J. Hillyer, Winona; w. p. Wash
burn, Minneapolis; Martin Benson, Fer
gus Falls; George Amor, Minneapolis.
The alternates are: NJ. L. Kline, st.
Peter; Rs Connely, st. Paul; j. M.
Gleason, Minneapolis; Fred Gee, Mar
shall; j. NJ. Rustad, Luverne; George S.
Chesterman, Crookston; r. Haskins,
Paynesville; w. L. Collyer, Morris.
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direction of the president and under
the provisions of the act of congress APP
proved March 8, 1868, providing for the
presentation of medals of honor to such
officers, non commissioned officers and
privates as have distinguished them
selves in action, congressional medal
of honor has this day been presented
to you for most distinguished gallan-
try in action, the following being the
statement of the particular service, viz:
At Nolensville, Tenn, FEB. 10, 1868,
Captain Burger, then private in Com
pany III, Second Minnesota infantry,
was one of detachment of fifteen men
escorting a wagon train that was at
tackled by l25 Confederate cavalry. At
ter most heroic defense the attack was
repulsed and the train saved"
Captain Burger enlisted June Is, 1861,
at the age of thirteen years and three
months The company was organized
at Mankato. A month later it was mus
tered into service at Fort Smelling.
The regiment was engaged in the bat
tie of Mill Springs, Jan. 10, 1862, the
first decisive Union victory of the war.
1t was also engaged in the siege of
Corinth in April, 1862, and was after
that soon sent with the forces after
Bragg. The first engagement with
Bragg's army was in Kentucky. 1t was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09
FOUND A WITNESS TREE.
Government Landmark That Had Been
Hidden for Many Years.

From Fridays Daily
For many years it has been utterly
impossible to find government mark of
the original survey made in this section
more than fifty years ago. AS a result
lines between adjoining lands are uncer-
tain. Especially is this true of street
lines of and fronting city lots
The vicinity of certain witness
trees in the river bottoms has always
been known by those who consulted the
field notes made by the government sur
veyors, but to actually discover the trees
and find the original marks remained to
the labor of August E. Budke, who is
the owner of piece of land in the river
bottom. He was engaged in cutting his
supply of summer wood and had fallen
a large tree about three feet in dame
ter. In working up block he found
it was witness tree and the original
marks were embedded in the wood at
least foot, where placed when the sur
vey was made. Over them had grown
fortyni layers of the tree, each of
which represents year, tell that forty
nine years ago, when the tree was about
a foot in diameter, the marks were made
thereon. 1t would be a good thing to
preserve the stump of the tree intact, or
to safely mark the place where it stands
while its location is fresh in Mr.. Budke's
mind, as it may prove a valuable find
at some future date.-Le Sueur News.
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1t is hardly to be expected that any
man, no matter how much ability he
possesses, can serve faithfully two en-
ployers, and under the circumstances it
is not surprising that the newspapers
of the country are calling upon Mr..
Shonts to resign either the presidency of
the Clover Leaf railway or step down
and out of the Craftsmanship of the Pan
anna canal commission. Mr.. Shonts is
receiving a salary of 100000 per annum
from the government for experimenting
the construction of the canal and he is
also drawing $4,000 per year as presi-
dent of the railway company. 1t APP
pears to a layman that the duties of
chairman of the canal commission could
demand all of his time and attention.
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Keep Out the lmbeciles.

Imbecile immigrants were discussed at
the recent New York conference or i'm
migration by Robert S. Watchorn, COM
missioner of immigration. He deplored
the fact that, while the law excluded
idiots, it did not mention the imbeciles
or the feeble minded, who were equally
unfit for citizenship. There is no divid-
borderland eases are admitted through
political influence, whereas they might
be considered to be idiots. 1t seems that
such fine technical distinctions really de-
feat the purpose of the law. The word
idiot has a general as well as a tech
meal meaning and includes the imbeciles
and even the feeble minded. The law
evidently uses it in this broad sense, for
it is absurd to think its trainers would
have thought that imbeciles and feeble
minded were proper kinds of immi-
grants. 1t was designed to exclude per-
sons who would become public burdens,
but it is well to inquire whether it is
not now time to extend its application
minded that they cannot be trusted with
the franchise even if they are apparent
ly able to make living with pick and
shovel These almost brainless animals
are pouring into the country at ire
mendous rate and will propagate their
type, which is a healthy normal one.
even if lacking in intelligence. 1t is be-
ginning to be known that education will
not make these men more intelligent
and that we are filling the country with
unassimilable men who can never be-
come good citizens or ancestors of such.
Democracy requires brains. Wherever
there is lack of intelligence there do
we find political corruption in every
form and a perversion of the democratic
form of government. Hordes of Rus
slams can be drilled as soldiers to fight
those who are struggling for freedom
and could be used to destroy our free
dom. We seem to be laying up trouble
for posterity. 1t has been demonstrat-
ed that imbeciles galore can be raised in
this country without importing them
There are feeble minded incubators
enough now without letting in a job
lot from foreign shores. With an addi-
tional number of this class the country
will be worse off than it is now, and the
number of schools for detectives will
have to be Increased. This country has
ABOUT all it can do to care for its pres
ent outlay of unfortunates. who were
born into the world mainly because the
ill-shaped and the feeble minded and the
imbeciles were allowed to marry. So
ciety is entitled to protection and the
only way to obtain this sort of thing is
to adopt laws and enforce them.
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Skill in Surgery.

In these days of marvellous undertake
ings in science and surgical skill, the re-
ports of difficult operations performed
do not awaken startling comment. In
fact, the people are not surprised at any
thing which may have been accomplished
in hospital and under the knife. In
spite of this condition of things, the
operation which was performed recently
at the Roosevelt hospital in New York
is not without interest. A patient had
been suffering for some time with stone
in the kidney. The exact location of an
obstruction of this sort sometimes is
determined by the x-rays before the
etherization of the patient. The surgeon
in charge of the case decided to find the
stone, which was small by putting the
organ to the rays after taking it out of
the body. The patient, after being ether
lied, was laid face down. A sweep of
the knife over the affected part revealed
the kidney. Within a minute the surgeon
had the kidney out as far as he could
get it readily. He held it in his hand
dHu Will CHC uuOiCSCOpc lOuhu INV al
most microscopic stone, to which the
lance opened channel A moment lat
err the forceps gripped the little stone
and the attending doctors were inspect
ing it. Within about seven minutes af-
ter the first stroke of the knife the kid
ney had been put back in place and the
slit in the back sewn together. Fifteen
minutes later the patient was back in
his room. The operation is said to be
one of the first in which an affected or
gan has been reached by x-rays after re-
moval from the body. It's quickness and
thoroughness, it was said by a doctor
present, were assurances of it's success.
The same doctor said he did not see
why the liver, or some other vital or
gans, could not be examined in the same
thorough manner. The operation seemed
to him to presage splendid possibilities
in surgery. We suspect that the time is
not far distant when skilled surgeons
will be enabled to cut out a persons
heart, trim up its defects and restore it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09

Two Men Injured This Afternoon on
Front Street.

From Thursdays Daily.
A. l.. Veigel's team, filled with Joy
over the arrival of daughter and heir
at the home of their master last night,
or for some other reason, acted in an
unwonted manner this forenoon. When
left standing in front of the creamery
at about eleven o'clock they dashed
away for home, impatient to get back to
the extra feed of oats in honor of the
new arrival. Near the corner of Front
and Cherry streets it headed for Clough
& James delivery rig, but narrowly
missed it. Mr.. Clough endeavored to
hold the horse and in doing so got
iambed between the two vehicles as the
runaway passed. Sherman Blake, who
does the firms delivering, was about to
get into the wagon, but fell, and the
wheels of the delivery wagon passed
over his limbs, bruising them severely.
Both he and Mr.. Clough feel like going
on the pension list.
The team that caused all of the trou-
BILE was not stopped until it had reached
point near the West Mankato school
building. The buggy seat was wrecked,
but otherwise no damage was done. The
delivery wagon was damaged by the
sudden turn of the horse attached to it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09
Royal
Baking Powder
Saves Health
and -
Saves Money.
ROYAL BAKING
CHANGE IN THE LAW.
township Officers Should Take OBJ
servations Of This Statute.
From CatIrdav'S Daily


With the first of March this year
some changes in the township law go
into effect that it may be we'll to call
attention to. Heretofore one of the SUI
pervisors elected at the annual town
meeting has been designated upon the
ballot as chairman. Hereafter the board
of supervisors each year, at their first
meeting, must elect one of their number
as chairman; with the exception that if
last year chairman was elected for
three years he will continue to hold his
office till the term for which he was
elected expires. In other words the law
contemplates, when present conditions
fully expire, that each year one super
visor will be elected for three years and
each year the board of supervisors, in
Guiding the new members, shall choose
one of their number for chairman. An
other radical change in the law provides
that in the election of Overseers of
roads, the overseer of each district (who
must be qualified voter residing in said
district), shall be elected only by the
voters present at the town meeting from
that district, and not as heretofore by
all the voters of the town. In case
there are no voters present from a Civ
en- district and consequently no overseer
of roads can be elected for it, the board
of supervisors are empowered to fill such
vacancy, provided that no member of a
town board is eligible to receive such
appointment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-09
PREPARE FOR NEXT SHOW.
Central Minnesota Poultry Associa-
| ton Making Arrangements.
| From M0ndav,S Daily

from MONDAY Daily.
The Central Minnesota Poultry asso-
citation held its regular meeting at the
city hall to arrange for the next show
1t was decided to make the poultry
show as interesting as possible, and add
other attractions to the exhibit. In
comparing the premiums given by the
Minneapolis and st. Paul show it was
found that considering the entry fees,
the premiums given by the Mankato
show were 6 per cent higher than those
given by the former. 1t was, however,
decided not to change the awards next
year.
j. w. Kollmann proposed that no add
vertisements for the premium list be So
licited as has been done heretofore as
it looks too much like taxing the mer-
chants year after year, but sell sea-
son tickets instead. This proposition
was accepted. Some of the members
will give money enough to buy two
silver cups to be given to certain win
ners. Financially the show about holds
it's own, and the members donate suf
ficient money to pay for all the coops
made this year. The association owns
coops enough to place about ESQ fowls.
Everything points to successful show
next fall