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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
LALLY HAS OPTION
ON WINDSOR HOTEL

The old Windsor hotel property,
Washington and First avenues N, is to
be rejuvenated and brought back to
its early prominence. Thomas f. Lal-
~, one Of the best-known restaurant
teurs Of the city, has secured an option
on the property preparatory to taking
It over.
+ If Mr.. Lally decides to purchase the
property it will be modernized. The
frame structure on the corner will be
removed and replaced with fine, five
story modern hotel property, connecting
with the newer brick part of the pres
emit house. The property will be made
as fine as anything in the northwest and
will have complete high-class cafe
and grill in connection. Peter Hagen
will be associated with Mr.. Lally. The
cost Of the present property with the
improvements that are contemplated
will be in the vicinity Of $125,OO0.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
BAD WEATHER AGAIN
HOLDS MOTOR RACES

Daytona, Fla, Jan. 2e-Poor weather
conditions today again prevented an
early start Of the automobile races. A
cold wind and high tide INTERVIEWED
yesterday. The summaries:
Fifteen miles, Price handicap for
American touring cars-Won by Dur
bin (25 seconds), 15-20-horsepower,
steam. Actual time, 13:422-5 Sec
ond, Bristol (l3 seconds), 3O-horse-
power, gasolene; actual time, l7:1l rs.
Third, Holmes (scratch,) 40-50-horse-
power, gasolene.
Ten, Miles, Corinthian championship,
Amateur Drivers heat, won by
6:36 rs. econd, Harding, 90-horge.'
power, gasoline; time, 1908 4-5.
Second Heat-Won by :Breede, 60
horsepower, gasoline; time, 10:37.
Final Heat-Won by Stevens; time,
,:28; Breede second; time, 9.:47 3-5. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
spurned by Roosevelt.

Washington, Jan. .26.-In view Of The
testimony Of Colonel Mann, editor Of
Town Topics, in his testimony yester-
day in the libel suit against Norman
Hapgood, that the president had re
ceived a free copy Of 1sFads and Fan
scies,'' the following letter was made
public at the White House today:
q The White House, Washington,
Nov. /, 1905.-Sir: The president .di-
reefs me to acknowledge the receipt
Of your letter running as follows:
Colonel Mann's compliments to
the president and requests the honor
Of acceptance of the work, sFads and
Fancies, for representation in which
the president was pleased. to give pho
tograph to Mrs. Hampton some three
years ago, and which is but just COM
pleted. The volume is sent today by
Adams express.
October the Thirteenth, Nineteen
Hundred and Five.
stAnd to say that as Mrs. Hampton
has already publicly stated, the presi-
dem. did not give any photo graph to
tion and that he knew nothing Of the
book or Of the fact that Mrs. Hampton
wished the photo for use therein.
Under the circumstances the president
cannot accept the book, and it lis .ac-
cordingly returned to you herewith.
Yours truly, 80 : y liam Loeb, yr.,
Secretary to the President.
q Colonel William D. "a. Mann, Edi.
ter ter Town RozR , Topics, 452 Fifth Avenue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
MINNESOTA Man
TELLS OF WRECK
Continued From First Page.

I had climbed and was helped upon one
of the RATS. The sea was running
heavy and there was fog in which
we lost sight Of the other raft that left
at the same time. 1t was about six
hours afterward that we Werespicked up
by the Topeka and received every care
and attention on that vessel. =
Segalos was transferred to the Lorne
so that he might be of service in
guiding that vessel to the location of
the wreck.
Captain Stuck to Ship. >
Other survivors say that Captain o.
NJ. johnson, master Of the Valencia,
made no effort to save his own life,
even when a chance presented itself.
According to their story, Captain John
son was heartbroken over the great
loss Of life attending the loss Of Che
Valencia.
With tense, drawn face, Captain
johnson, .clinging to the rigging with
the passengers, thought only Of those
with him, and time and again he prayed
for assistance.
"My God, send relief to my passen-
gers,' Captain Johnson was heard to
say just before the life RATS left the
steamer. ..-
q Passengers and crew during the night
prior to the departure of the life RATS,
according to those saved, begged Cap
tain Johnson to place life belt about
his waist. This he persistently refused
to do. According to these survivors,
about thirty persons left the wreck
Wednesday morning on. the two life
RATS and one boat. @s
A dispatch from Cape Beale says that
Lighthouse Keeper Patterson has re-
turned from the wreck over the trail
and reports that the steamer Valencia
Is no more. Pieces of the steamer and
her cargo were scattered along the
beach when he left. T.. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
MAGELSSEN HERE
ON A FURLOUGH
BEIRUT CONSUL WHOSE LIFE
WAS ATTEMPTED rs HOME.
VISITING Relatives for the First Time
Since His Marrow Escape-Al
Quiet Now in Syria and Commercial,
Development Is the Order Of the Day.

William c. Magelssen, vice consul
general at Beirut, Syria, who was re-
ported assassinated in 1904, and on
whose account two American .warships
were hurried to- Beirut, is visiting in
the twin cities. He is home for a. short
leave of absence, and has been resting
at the home Of his father, Rev. K. Mag
elssen, we'll known Lutheran minister
living at Highland Prairie, near Rush
ford, Fillmore county. g,
Mr.. Magelssen does not talk about
the atetmpt to assassinate him, for dip
1omatic reasons. He is satisfied with
saying that he wasn't killed. Every
thing is quiet and moore prosperity to
be found now in Syria than ever be-
fore, he says. There is quite an awalz-
ening commercially. The French syn
dictate which has the railroad from Bel
rut to Damascus is building branch
north to Aleppo. The sultan is having
a line built from Damascus to Mecca,
1900 miles, and a line is being built
from the seaport Of Haifa, at the foot
Of Mount Carmel, across the plain Of
Esdraelon and over the Jordan, to con-
about fifty miles south of Damascus.
= Mr.. Magelssen speaks very highly
Of the Syrian Protestant college at
Beirut, a non-sectarian Christian school
headed by DR.. Howard 8. Bliss, and
The largest American college outside
the United States. It has twenty-three
American professors and forty-seven
in the faculty. Its students are drawn
from all over the Levant, many from
Egypt and Greece, and about one hun
dred Of the eight hundred attending,
are Mahometans, cousins of the khe-
dive of Egypt and princes Of the
shah's family have attended.
Mr.. Magelssen sailed from Beirut
Dec. 8 and reached Rushford, Jan. IA.
He will sail from New York Feb. 20,
on his RETURN He has brother at
tending the Norwegian seminary at st
Anthony Park, and gave the students
at the college talk on Syria last eve
ming.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
BRUERS STILL HOPING
Minneapolis Man May Not Have Been
Aboard Wrecked Steamer. g.

Hoping, but fearing the worst, the
family Of I. J. Bruer, the Minneapolis
man who is believed to have been
aboard the steamer Valencia, when
she struck on the rocks off the
coast of Vancouver Island, Monday
night, is waiting for definite news. Up
to last night Mrs. Bruer was confident
that her husband would turn up among
W thf but wnsn toag Gpsned
the friends ON the coast she almost
abandoned hope. The main. hope now
is that Mr.. Bruer was not on the Val
encia as his name does not appear on
the passenger list. e-s-r
Every effort is being made to locate
the missing man. Thru friends the
Bruers have employed force Of men,
some of whom are engaged in searching
for him among the survivors in Tacoma
and Seattle, while others are stationed
at the scene of the wreck. ID, - P. Bruer,
the missing man IS brother and partner,
said today that he would not give up
the search until he either found his
brother alive or recovered his body.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
CHICAGO CONFERENCE
State Officials Will Attend Meeting on
Insurance Question.

Governor j ohnson and Attorney Gen
eral Young will be in Chicago Monday
ficials on the insurance question. In
surance Commissioner O 'Brien, who is
in New. York looking after the examina-
tion of the New York Life by western
departments, will join them in Chi
cage. The meeting is supposed to be
attended by all governors. attorneys
general and insurance commissioners,
and is for the purpose of agreeing on a
common state policy toward the life In
surance companies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
Two-cENT FARES FOR OHIO.

Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 26.-The cutting
off of railroad passes from members of
the legislature had it's effect in the SEN
ate today when, without word of dis
cussion and without a dissenting vote,
the Rathbone bill was passed making
2 cents a mile the maximum rate of pass
enger fare that can be charged. Two
cent fare bills have been presented to
every legislature for many years, but
could never before be brought to vote
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
EXAMINED PRISON
Books and Records Found In Good
Shape by Pope.

The books and accounts of the state
prison have been reviewed, by General
E. M. Pope, former public examiner,
and now a special examiner in the de-
partment. He has made his report to
Public Examiner Kerst, and it is under
stood he finds the prison records in
excellent shape. !. The books Of the state
board of control and of the various in
stitutions will be checked up next.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
WILLIAMS, 1MpER1A1s COMING!

Next week brings to the Dewey stheater3 the
tmperials under the personal direction, of Harry
Williams, the author. ard will be treat for
all lovers Of burlesque The company numbers
sists of some of the Lest acts obtainable. To-
day the Highschool Girls gave two performances
to the fair sex and will close their engagement
tomorrow night. 5 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26

Have no equal as prompt and posi-.
tive cure for sick headache, biliousness,
constipation, pain In the side and all
liver troubles. Carter s Little Liver
Pills. Try them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
FORMER BRITISH MINISTER DEAD. s

London, Jan. 26.-Sir Edward Thornton, tht
former British minister at Washington, died IL
London today after long illness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
WORTH KNOWING

that AIlcock s are the original and genuine
porous plasters;s all others are limitations.
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Gath Annual Reduced Price Sale.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
In the Ambulance Service.

Editor National Tribune: I have
seen from time to time In The National
Tribune short sketches of soldiers ex-
periences, but nothing from my COM
rades of the 7th w. Va. At the battlt
of Gettysburg / was a Sergeant under
Lieut.. John Sullivan of the 14th Ind
who had charge of an ambulance train
On the second day of the fight we went
to see if there were any wounded, and
when We reached the lines, Lieut. Sui
Ivan told me TO stay with the ambu-
lance, while he went to see what he
could find. After he had been gone
some time, a Brigade Surgeon with an
ambulance came up and asked me If
knew where the field hospital was.
pointed out the road that led to the
hospital. when he ordered me to go with
the driver to show him the way /
told him / was left in charge of my
ambulance and could not leave. but
that one of my men who was going
back could go with his driver and show
him where the hospital was. The Sur
Seon caught up with my man, got him
up on the seat beside his driver, then
came back to where / was / suppose
he got to thinking that / had disobeyed
his orders. for he began to curse and
swear at me for disobeying his orders,
and turning TO his Aid asked him for
his revolver that he might shoot me-
The Aid refused to do this and after
some more cursing the doctor rode
away. Pretty soon Lieut.. Sullivan re-
turned and / told him the whole story
and asked him if I had any right to
leave the ambulance to show the docto,
where the hospital was. and he said.
No, SIR very short. Well" [ said
"he just now threatened to shoot me
for not going as he had ordered me.
Lieut.. Sullivan got white, he was so
mad. He turned his horse. gave him
Il kick with his spur, and in about two
or three jumps he was at the doctors
side, and / don't think I ever heard
man get such a cursing. 1t beat mine
all to holler. He told him that Gen.
Hancock. himself would have no right
to move me from my post of duty, and
that he would report him. A few days
after this Lieut.. Sullivan sent me to the
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
Maintaining The HIockndc.

Editor National Tribune: have
never written anything about the civil
war till now, and would be much
pleased if you would publish this
enlisted in 1861, in Co. d. 9Th Wis, and
went to Washington and into camp at
Arlington Hiehts. Was soon trans
ferred TO the Mississippi squadron, gun
boat st. Louis, whose name was af-
terwards changed to Baron De Kalk.
After the capture of Memphis we were
stationed at that place to watch SNUG
glers. The enemy lay across the river
from Memphis and We're very much in
the need of quinine, as they suffered
greatly from chills and fever, and for
which they were paying fabulous prices
The people were trying in every way to
get the drug to them, and we compelled
every boat that crossed to stop and re-
port to US. We usually found the qui-
nine, sometimes concealed under q false
bottom of the boat and sometimes hid,
day we found 10 barrels of whisky
concealed in one of the boats. You can
talk about 'picnics." / can tell you We
had one with that whisky We got the
10 barrels on board and accounted for
only nine. After hammocks were piped
down that night the head of the barrel
we had kept for ourselves was knocked
out and every man was supposed to
have a quart cup, so lively times COM
menced at once. The crew was com
posed largely of old salts" and as
soon as they got four or. five good
drinks inside their stomachs each one
fried to convince the others that he was
The National tribune., 1906-12-06

to M, am uncertain of its date. Camp
was established at Reage and Columbia
Avenues, in Philadelphia, companies
entering as they were mustered. On
Aug. %, the first 10 companies were or
dered to Washington, camping on 7th
ST.; L and M joining the regiment later
both companies coming from Pittsburg.
Sept. 10. Cos. A. B. f and G were
ordered to join Gen. Blencker, and
they crossed the Potomac, being
the first of the regiment to land on the
sacred soil of Virginia. On Sept 23.
1861, the remaining companies followed
and were ordered to report to Gen.
w. F. Smith. The regiment was pres
ent at the unfortunate occurrence at
Munson's Hill on the night of Sept. 20,
when by mistake our troops fired into
each other and a number were killed
and wounded. Shortly after this the
regiment went into camp for the Win.
ter of 1S61'62, near Lewinsville, i'm
mediately alongside Gen. W. F. Smiths
headquarters. Meantime, near Christ
mas (the exact date l have not), Gov.
Curtin had the regiment credited to
Pennsylvania, dubbed us 65th in line
and 5th Pa. Cav, and delivered to US
the State colors. Prior to this we had
used the orange color of the u. S.
Dragons, and our uniforms were
trimmed with this color. The regiment
should have been called the 1st Pa.
Cav, the mastering of it's companies
antedating the I'd, Sd and 4th also
those Of the Pa. Reserves. The com
panies of the 1st Pa. Cav. were mus
tered in July % to Sept 6, 1861, and
the I'd Pa. Cav. was mustered after the
Cameron Dragons. The companies of
the Cd and 4th Pa. Cav. We're mus
tered from July IS to Aug. 26. The
difference between this regiment
Young's KY. Cav) and the Cameron
Dragons was but a few days.
The 4th Pa. Cav. was organized pur-
suant to an order from the Governor,
dated Sept. 4, 1861.
The ffth Pa. Cav, originally Har-
lan's Cavalry, which is mentioned by
DR.. Kempter in his article, was mus
tered after the 5th Pa. Cav.
The 5th was the first full cavalry
regiment from Pennsylvania, and in all
probability the first full cavalry regi-
ment in the service.-Samuel e. Nyce,
Co. d, 5th Pa. Cav, Norrstown, Pa.
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
The Newmarket Race.

c. G. Byers. Co. T.. 18th Pa. Cav.
Mercer. Pa. referring 20 John NJ.
Gould's article. says that Gen Averill's s
command started in that race at Mar
tinsbure, Va, Sept. 19. 1864, on the
extreme right of Gen. Sheridan's army.
II held that position in the battle of
Winchester, but, at the battle of Fishers
Hill, as he -supposes, Gen. Sheridan did
not have confidence in them as flank
ers. Gen. Crooks Corps was sent to
their relief. Gen. Averill was in the
race as far as Browns Gap, beyond
Cross Keys. They wanted to go
further. but were not allowed, so fell
back to Cross Keys, then to Mount
Crawford, where they met Sherilan's
army in CAMP, His battalion I'd of
the 14th Pa. Cay, was ordered for duty,
which proved to be the advance guard
of the burning squad. Comrade Byers
is very anxious to have some comrade
who has an Intelligent knowledge of
this move, write it up for The National
Tribune. He could not see the neces-
sity for this burning. His regiment was
up and down the Shenandoah Valley
many times. and he does not think that
within radius of three miles on
either side of the pike there was enough
forage to supply his regiment for
week
The National tribune., 1906-12-06

with an oath:
Tear up yoar old shirt; it's good
enough for British Yankee"
He heard that had been sailor, so
he made Re get out and live outside
his RESIDENCE. 2pd l had to patch and
mend the tents. Often after a hard
days work at sewing, / got well beaten
with club. for my unwilling service.
tor SIX weeks at one time l had to wear
an iron colIar.lthe bare iron next my
SKIN, and SIT ihsthe stocks from sunrise
I'll sunset with a dish of water placed
within two inches of my mouth. Often
L praEed toIi Almighty God to take my
life and end my sufferings. WirZ
would somstimss come along and ask
me II L wanted a drink of water
would never reply. then he would dash
the water in my face and give me one
or two blows with the edge of the dish
Twice | was fioggcd in the presence of
n dozen or more prisoners as a lesson
to them should any of them attempt to
get away from the discipline of the
hlack-hearted hound of Bismarck ex-
traction.
There was comrade. a Britisher by
birth. named Henry Reddy. of Co. C,
aSth Mass, who WAS captured with
me. and who had some official papers
entrusted TO him by wounded officer.
WIZ heard of this and wanted Reddy
to give them up, but the Enslishman
said NO, | will stick to the Stars and
Stripes and will not turn traitor"
W;rz then ordered him stripped and
had stakes driven in the earth. Red
dy's head, hands and feet were then
tied with old tent ropes to the stakes,
and a villainous looking wretch from
Baltimore ordered to cut off the nails
from hu r
possessed the power ] would have had
Wirz torn limb from limb. 1t is AZ
years ago since it happened, but never
viii ] forget the awful screams and
howls of poor Reddy. He was left till
the next day. when his punishment was
renewed with more diabolicaI cruelty,
which resulted in his death at 4
O'Clock that afternoon Wirz finishing
the business himself with an old rusty
saber. Mabomet, Peter the Great, the
bloody Judge Jeffries of the dark ages
in England never made any one suffer
as poor Reddy suffered under that viii
lain, the plaything of Jeff Davis
Another time Scotchman went lp o
Wirz and asked him for barrel to
put in Il well we had dug. Wirz said:
Yes, ] will give you a barrel; here are
SIX He then empticd his six barrels
into the head of the poor Scotty The
lidHSlnS OF the Unlon prisoners in An
dcrsonville was started by Wirz whoi
thought the other prisoners would re-
volt ana he could rake the camp. Tho 1
a Rritishcr by birth. any such PROPOSE |
ton as that of raising n monument to |
Wirz makes my blood boil in honest
and with every true Ameri- |
can / raise my voice in protest to such :.
I mad scheme. That the land of the, ,
Tree may never be disgraced in anyj
such way is the prayer of Daniel O'Con-
nor. Co. c, 5Sth Mass. Liverpool, Eng
and
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
WIRES VIIILAINHES.
A Massachusetts COmrade Relates Some
Incidents of AndersonyIIIe

Editor National Tribute: l get your
interesting and useful paper sent me
every week, ard would not be without it,
as it settles all disputes relating to the
civil war. / belonged to the 58th
Mass, and was wounded at Cold Har-.
Dor, and while lying on the field a
smart buck from a Virginia regiment
drove his bayonet thru my thigh, try,
ing to pin me to the earth. l lay there
two days, when Stuart's cavalry picked
me up, took me to a Court House.
where my wound was dressed by a strip
of boy, when / was then hurried by
train to Andersonville. If ever there
was hell upon earth 1 struck it there.
No clothes, no hut house or hoveI or
tent to lie in, nothing but the swampy
ground and starvation. Our food con-
sisted of one pint of mush and one
ounce of high-dried, rotten ham; SO
foul smell had it that, hungry as we
were. we couldn't touch it. One day
spoke to that monster Wirz asking him
for some clean rags with which to dress
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
THE PAYMASTER'S TRAIN.
Mosby's Guerririas Were Driven Off At
ter Hard Fight.

ter Hard Fight.
Editor National Tribune: 1 was sur
prised to see in The National Tribune
some time ago an article from c. d.
Mullihan. Co. d, 18th Pa. Cav, claiming
that it was his detail of rs men that
prevented Stragglers from the battle
field of Cedar Creek from entering
Winchester. To go back little, Mos
by had captured and destroyed SO many
supply trains that detail from the
Third Brigade, First Division, Nine
teenth Corps, composed of the
133d, 165th, 162d, and 173d N y
under Col Currie was sent to run the
supply trains between Martinsburg ana
Winchester. AS I kept a diary, l will
give the following extract:
"Oct. 19, 1864. Arrived last night
with train from Martinsburg After
delivery of the train, we camped at Old
Mills on the main pike beyond Winches-
ter. Were reused up early by heavy
firing on the front, and ordered to de-
ploy as skirmishers the 1880 to the
right and 165th to the left of the road,
to prevent stragglers from entering
Winchester. We feared a panic, as We
had an immense amount of stores in
town, and the people sympathized with
the enemy. The stragglers came by
thousands. The two regiments togeth-
er had about 700 men, and all they
could do to stop the stragglers." No
rs men could have done it possibly, ds
Comrade Mullihan claims they did.
There is a bit of history that the men
of Sheridan's army would like to know
about, and that is who saved the pay
The National tribune., 1906-12-06
Denied Increase.

J. c. Kirk, Captain, Co. f, goth
Ind, Wichita, Kan, says he carried a
buck and BALI 43 years in his right
thigh, received at Gettysburg, Pa, July
2, 1853. The two rebel sIugs broke
away from the bone about four years
ago and began campaign in the
muscles of his leg, and about twice a
year he had to fight Gettysburg over,
suffering death. Last Spring the ball
got down to his foot. causing gangrenc
and amputation above the knee was
necessary. At the age of 20 he fooled
the surgeon and nurses and survived
He was drawing pension OF $40 per
month on disability equal to loss of leg
and one quasi IT wound in right shoul-
der, but after his operation he applied
for an increase of $50 upon the affidavit
of the surgeon and the report of the
local board, showing the operation was
the result of the wound received in
line of duty 43 years ago. The Pension
Commissioner has denied this, how
ever, on the ground that the evidence
does not warrant the increase.