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kom igen, da White var fardig for
honom med er revolver, medan
Whites svager, Michael None.
vantade med en- bastant eldgaffel.
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gangen och tittade, satte de van
tande efter honom. och None an
vande sin eldgaffel med sadant
eftertryck, att Long smart lag
sans'os pa markeu och blodde
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lost tillstand till vaktkontoret.
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tharn Coal Co., 3II Virginia st.
Den basta platsen att k0pa gro
cerisr och kott ar hos
Larson & Anderson.
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FOrIoradt.

Den II dennes bortappades pa
nora sidan afo:th street mellan
Jackson och Nebraska streets en-
diamantring Tillvaratagaren err
haller hederlig vedergallning at
e%garinnan, MRS Helen Hamilton,
Pianolarinna, 3Io Lytle Block.
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reunion

af Svenska Lutherska Augustana
torsamlingen, Januari 2S--I9o6.
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veraS.
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men strax de blefvo rika, forsvann
troheten.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

war established his reputation as a
soldier and gave him world wide
fame.
His courage was as great as his
character was pure. In the battle
of the Wilderness he took his po-
sition at the head of q column of
soldiers and was about to lead
charge against the enemy, thereby
subiecting himself to the greatest
danger. Gen. Gordon seized the
bride of old Traveller and said:
Gen. Lee, to the rear" Then
great shout went up from his great
army, "Gen Lee, to the rear Gen.
Lee, to the rearl"
His magnanimity toward friend
or foe was wonderful; his solici-
tude for his men was unfaiiing and
tender. He would give his coffee
and delicacies sent him by kind
friends to the sick soldiers and
himself drink a substitute made
of parched corn and eat the COM
mon diet of the army.
His surrender at Appomattox
was not the result of inferior BRAY
cry, Dut the lack Of material re-
sources sufficient to carry on the
struggle. His army consisted Of
aboIt 5000 ragged, foot. sore and
half starved soldiers, while that of
his antagonist numbered 10000
well-clothed, we'll fed men. For
days the Confederate army had
lived on parched corn. Yet Gen.
Lee boldly asserted to Gen. Grant
that he would surrender on no
terms dishonorable to his brave
army.
The worlds estimate of Robert
E. Lee eclipses that of any other
American save the sage of Mount
Vernon. Stonewall jackson said:
Lee is the only man on earth
would be willing to follow blind.
'olded." Gen. Winfield Scott, com.
nander in chief of the United
states armies, said in 1860: Lice
not only the greatest soldier of
America but the greatest soldier
ow living in the world" Presi-
ent Roosevelt said: Lee will
Undoubtedly rank, without any
xception, the very greatest of all
1e great captains t he English
peaklng people have brought
orth." Lord Wolsely, comman-
er 10 chief of the British armies,
lme to America and visited Lee
! his army headquarters during
le war. He said Of him: II have
et with many of the great men
my time, bat Lee alone i'm
ressed me with the feeling that
was in the presence of man
Continued on Fourth page)
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
LEE AND JACKSON.
Tribute Paid to the Memory of Two of the South s
Greatest Men--Appropriate Exercises.
REV. CASTLEBERRY'S ADDRESS ON ROBT. t. LEI

A most interesting occasion was
the entertainment given at the
courthouse in this city last Friday
afternoon commemorating tn g
birth of two of the Soutb's great
est men-Robert E. Lee and Stone
wall jackson. A very pleasing
program had been arranged =
the members of Leonidas Pol1
Chapter, U. D. c., and the exer-
cises were witnessed by a large
and appreciative audience, the
large circuit court room being
more than comfortably filed.
County Judge Lawson presided
and called the meeting to order.
The Union City Concert Band was
on hand and favored the crowd
with several pretty and appropri-
ate selections.
Standing the audience joined in
singing "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name," and Rev. Ed Wat
son led in prayer.
Miss Miller, teacher of express
sion in the Union City public
schools, recited in very pleasant
manner Henry w. Grady's "New
South" Will Allen Dromgoole's
"The Heart of Old Hickory" and
"The Cornstalk Fiddle" Her Sc
lections were thoroughly enjoyed
and she was heartily applauded.
Rev. G. b. Baskerville made the
presentation speech and Crosses of
Honor were given DR.. J. M, Alex
ander, John M. Brevard, r. H.
Henderson, Polk Lawson, Maj.
John w. Malone, Hugh McDon-
aid, Jos. Woosley, j. w. Bames,
ID. G. Carum, j. E. Cloar, l.. Don
aldson, Jack Fielder, j. A. Haley,
w. +. Henderson, f. P. Jones, S.
I. Littleton, j. G. Neill, Robert
Phillips and S. M. Smith. Some
of the comrades named were un-
able to be present and some three
or four members of the Honor
Roll had recently. died and the
crosses were delivered to members
of their families.
Mai, /. N. Bramham, on behalf
of the members of the John B.
Gordon Chapter, stated that their
crosses had been delayed and they
would be delivered before a great
while.
Judge Lawson then introduced
Rev. }. }. Castleberry, pastor
First Christian Church this city,
who was on the program for an
address, ''Robert K. Lee and the
Confederacy." Bro. Castleberry
was given the closest attention and
the speech was pronounced one of
the most pleasing, most scholarly
and most interesting speeches on
Lee ever delivered in this city.
1t was we'll delivered and we'll re-
ceived.
A synopsis of the speech APP
pears below:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: | as
sure you that | am very glad to be
here to-day and to respond to this .
subject. Just as the bare mention ,
Of home, "be il ever so humble" (
strikes the tenderest chord and
opens up the deepest fountains of {
The soul so there is nothing that
thrills us as does the contempla-
ion of the sacrifices and struggles, {
he victories aud defeats of our be-
owed country. 1t is therefore but
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teach young men to do their duty.
In 1868, in conversation rela.
tive to the war with Gen. Wade
Hampton, he remarked: 81 did
only what my duty demanded.
could have taken no other course
without dishonor. And if all
should be done over again | should
act in precisely the same manner.
An English nobleman offered him
a mansion and large estate that
he might spend his declining days
in comfort. But he replied: 81
can not desert my native State in
the hour of her adversely. | must
abide her fortunes and share her
fate"
When the temple of the South's
hopes, swayed by the storm of
war, fell at Appomattox and Lee
surrendered all save honor he re-
turned to the peaceful walks of
private life. His home was con-
fiscated, his fortune swept away,
his country crimsoned with the
blood of her fallen sons. The very
skies of old Virginia she'd tears Of
sorrow and sympathy. Yet his
heart was too pure for malice and
his soul too full of sunshine for
melancholy. Hence he began to
labor to build up the fallen South,
to encourage its citizens and re-
gain its fortunes. He taught the
people to respect the traditions of
the past, but to live for the glori-
Gus future-that from the wreck
and ruin wrought by war would
spring forth an empire of abound
ing peace and plenty. "a land
without ruins is a land without
land without memoir
les is a land without history. A
land that wears a laurel crown may
be fair to see; but twine a few sad
cypress leaves around the brow of
any land and be that land barren,
beautiless and bleak it becomes
ovely in its consecrated coronet
IF sorrow, and it wins the sympa.
,hy of the heart and of history. |
Crowns and roses fade-crown Of
horns endure. Calvaries and
take deepest hold of
lumanity-the triumphs of might
re transient-they pass and are
orgotten-the suferings of right
re craven deepest on the chron-
Gle of nations"
As a soldier Gen. Lee stands
re. eminent before the world. He
7as soldier by birth, by educa-
ion and by experience. BY far
be largest portion of his life was {
pent in military service. His rec
rd in Mexico, on the frontier
ghting Indians aud in the civil
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hitting that our sisters and our
mothers of the Southland should
join their hands and hearts in per.
petuatlng the memory of those
who led and those who followed
in the ''lost cause" and thus keep
ever burning upon the hearts of
lposterity the fires of patriotism
that inspired our brothers and our
fathers to 'bare their breasts to
hedge rows of steel" upon a hun
dred battlefields.
The greatness of a country con-
sists not in it's material spIendor,
commercial prosperity or formid.
able arms, but in the genuineness
of its character, and the chivalry
and nobility of its people. This
is attested by all the history of the
past. The. greatness of Babylon,
the glory of Greece, the power of
Rome and the magnificent military
prowess of France under Napol-
con each in its turn dazzled the
world for time with it's brilliance.
But the greatness of these nations
was purel y material in its nature
and looked only to material ends.
Hence they have long since passed
away and nothing remains to tell
the story of their past but their
decayed walls, their tumbled- down
templesand theshattered fragments
of their paintings and sculpture.
Not so with the South. She
stands before the world great in
all the essentials of true greatness:
character, manhood, patriotism
and religion.
Robert r. Lee is the full.fower-
ing and ripened fruit of the South.
He typifes and embodiee it's
graces, qualities and ideals. He
is the model and standard for our
Southern manhood. And any
Southron's heart may indeed swell
with pride as he recites the story
of this matchless man and holds
up to the scrutiny of the world
his record in war and peace from
youth to hoary age.
Lees life, character and career
have a philosophy-they were the
products of conditions. This is
true of every man. Just as the
luscious fruit, plucked from tree
IN June is the result of good seed
planted in good soil, cultivated by
he faithful husbandman, nour-
shed by showers and ripened by
so every life is the pro-
luct of certain conditions - the
ruitage of varios workings of
livine providence
Gen. Lee was Born Jan. 10, 1907.
It Stratford, Virginia, in West
noreland county; the county which
rave to the world the immortal
Washington, ''the father of his
ountry."
He was of an old and distin- {
,uished family and if there is any
ruth in the adage: "Hc who would |
'e great should select the right |
rand parents" we need not won {
er at the dignity, greatness and |
GOODNESS of this wondrous man. {
IN his fathers side his ancestry a
ould be traced back to 1866 when t
.auncelott Lee vought beside Will e
am the Conqueror at the battle :
+ Hastings. Through his mother !. :
g inherited the blood of King a
'obert the Bruce of Scotland.
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His father, Light Horse Harry
Lee, was conspicuous figure both
in the military and civic affairs of
his day. He came out of the
Revolutionary war with a brilliant
record and was subsequently elect
ed to the Governorship Of Virginia
and later served in the federal con-
gress. The Lee family has given
more warriors and statesmen to
! the world than any American fam.
lily. Indeed the best blood of the
Anglo Saxon race for 800 years
flowed in the veins of Robert K.
Lee; the best culture of two CONT
nents was bequeathed unto him
and blossomed forth in his life.
Yet while naturally proud of the
glorious achievements of his ances-
tors Gen. Lee did not vainly boast
about them nor depend upon them
for his own success. He was too
great for that. In 1865 when
an admirer desired to publish a
book setting forth the history of
the Lee family Gen. Lee wrote
that he had no desire for such q
publication and thought the money
had better be spent in relieving
the poor.
Gen. Lee was an ardent believer
in State Sovereignty and there
fore the right of the State to act
as it please. His attitude in the
war, as indeed that of the whole
South, is explained in view of this
fact. He inherited this doctrine
as he did his fathers estate. 1t
was branded in his very brain and
flowed in his blood. His father
before him had said: Virginia is
my country; her will ! obey, how
ever lamentable the fate to which
it may subject me-"
And indeed this principle of
State rights has been recognized
and handed down from the Colo
NAL daYs-it was not new to the
world when advocated in the South
in the dark days of secession. In
the Declaration of Independence
the colonies were not declared
independent of Great Britain in
collective capacity but as individu-
ais. And as such each colony was
transformed into separate State.
The federal government was ere
ated by the States and not the
States by the federal government.
And thus it was with the constitu.
tion. If the founders of the repub-
lie guarded against undue loosness
of the federal government on the
one side they were positive in their
to the Capitalization of
power on the other. In 1914 repre-
of the New England
States in assembly at Hartford,
Conn.,, boldly advocated secession
IN case the United States should
enter into war with England.
If therefore secession were con.
and inherent right in
New England in 1914 it should not
1e accounted an irritrievable crime
n the South in 1861.
Thus at the age of 81 Robert K.
lee stood face to face with seri- '
'us problem. The country was in
ivil war. On the one hand was {
he Union wEch he loved and un-
er whose flag he had served for I
2 years. On the other hand was I
is beloved Virginia. His personal c
ceilings were for the preservation d
I the Union if possible. While a
e recognized the constitutionality '
f secession he did not regard it a
$ expedient. He hoped and prayed n
nat the temple of American lib i
rty might stand in the majesty 4
its mighty proportions, com
lete in all its parts, each pillar y
spresenting with equal strength Il
D American State" {
But when Virginia seeded April ii
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II, 1861, this great patriot was un-
decided no longer. 1t was in Vir-
ginia that he had first looked out
upon the beauties of the world.
In Virginia was sleeping the dust
of his ancestors for generations
back. In Virginia he hoped him
self to rest at last. Notwithstand.
ing therefore President Lincoln
had recently offered him the com
mand in chief of the United States
armies he resigned his position in
the federal service April 20, 1861
just three days after Virginia had
seeded. On the same day he
wrote his sister: "With all my
devotion to the Union / have not
been able to make up my mind to
raise my hand against my rela-
tives, my children, my home. "
He then bade farewell to the old
home at Arlington, sacred with
holy memories, went to Richmond
and accepted the chief command
of the Virginia troops. In his
speech of acceptance before the
Virginia convention he said {:
"Trusting in Almighty God, an
approving conscience and the aid
of my fellow citizens l devote my
self to the service of my native
State in whose behalf alone will
ever again draw my sword" Thus
Lees love for Virginia oyerleaped
every obstacle and explains his
subsequent attitude in the cause
of the South.
The Confederacy was not an or
ganized anarchy as it is sometimes
claimed; neither was it a war
of rebellion; it was rather q revo-
luton in behalf of a principle
that of constitutional government.
Those who took up arms were not
traitors; they were patriots fight
ing for home and native land. Is
it possible Tor treason to -four
ish in the land that could produce
a Washington, Jefferson, Jack
son, a Clay and a Grady! No!
Such seed can not find life in
Southern soil nor grow under
Southern skies.
"No nation ever rose so white and fair
Or fell so pure of crime"
Let us look at Lee from the
stand point of a citizen, for as such
he was one of Gods uncrowned
His character in this relation as
in every other was unsulIied. The
closer we approach him the great
or and grander he becomes until,
like the Queen of Sheba, we ex-
claim: 1.-The half has not been
told" How different in this re |
spect from other noted person
lges--for alasl with many the
more we scrutinize them the more
human they appear. Who does
lot admire the military genius and
)rowess of Napoleon! Who is
lot dazzled by the glory of bis
ecord in battle! Ahl bat who is
lot appalled, as he beholds this
phenomenon in war snatching
rom his bosom, as if a venomous
.iper, the pure and devoted Jose
,hine that he may enhance the
ruel ambition of wicked heart! I
The great controlling motive
bat, like an electric current,
loved and directed our Southern
life was devotion to L
uty. Whether as boy at home,
) cadet at West Point, as a q
oung officer in the Mexican war, i
commander in chief of the ar
lies of the Confederacy or as I
resident of Washington College '
Ie polestar that ever guided him t
as "DUTY." Indeed he accepted t
e Presidency of Washington $
ollege with the sole considera- o
on, as he said, that he might f
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08
FUND FOR DEFENSE
OF VAN SCHAICk
Pilots Go to the Aid of the
SlOcum's Convicted
Master.

NEW YORK. April THE local har-
Dor of the American Association of
Masters, Mates and Pilots of Steam
Vessels has raised more than $1,000 for
the defense of Captain Van Schaick of
the steamboat General Slocum. and
contributions are coming in daily.
When Captain Van Schaick was SEN
fenced to term of ten years for man
slaughter because of his connection
with the burning steamboat the asso-
citation began to raise a fund to enable
him to appeal and give him the best
legal aid possible.
Seattle sent 500 and a promise of
more. San Francisco sent $50, and $50
came from Honolulu. From Washing
ton, D. c.. came sS1 yesterday. with a
note saying that every licensed pilot
except one in the harbor had contrib
uted.
Up to date only third of the coun-
try's harbors have been heard from, and
it is believed that $4,000 will be raised
before the case comes UP on appeal
next October. Captain Van Schaick is
now out on bail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08
TERRORIST
KILLS SLAv
GOVERNOR
Sleptzoff, the Reactionary
AutOcrat of Tyer Pro-
vince, Terribly Mangled
by a Bomb Explosion

TVER, Province of Tver. Russia, April
while the Governor of Tver, M.
Sleptzoff, was passing through the prin-
cipal street of the town at 8 o'clock this
afternoon he was killed by the explosion
of a bomb.
The body of the Governor. who was in
his carriage when he was assassinated,
was terribly mutilated, and his coach
man was seriously injured. The Cover
nor's body was removed to the palace.
The bomb exploded with terrific force.
All the windows in the neighborhood were
broken.
The assassin who is a very young
man, was arrested.
AT the time of his assassination Slept
zoff was on his way to attend the cleo
ton of a member of the Council of the
Empire.
Governor Sieptzon was regarded as a
very reactionary official and was held
responsible for the beatings administered
to the inteliigencia by the Black Hun
dreds last fall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

Perkins, who sails for Europe April IA
to spend the summer.
An additional letter carrier will be
employed at Petaluma. beginning April
16.
Frank Freeman of Willows IS circulat-
ing a petition among the California dele
cation in the House bearing on the propo-
sition to divert the water of the Sacra-
mento River for irrigation purposes, that
is not receiving the unanimous approval
of the Representatives from the State. A
bill on this subject before the interstate
commerce committee permits the irriga-
ton company to use 1000 cubic feet of
water per minute. Freemans petition
asks the committee to amend the bill so
that after fifteen years from the passage
Of the act the Federal Government may,
without further act of Congress, declare
null and void any claim of the canal COM
pany to any part of the 1000 feet which is
not being used by the company. This petit
iton has been signed by Representatives
McKinlay. Kahn. Hayes, Needham and
Knowland- Those not signing are Repre-
sentatives Gillett, McLachlan and Smith
Smith withholds his signature in order
that he may inquire more carefully into
the probable effect of such an amend
ment. He thinks it possible that within
the fifteen years the Government could
not declare null and void the claim of the
canal company to any part of the excess
of water, and that the amendment might
serve to shut out any irrigating project on
the other side of the river. 1t is under
stood that McLachlan withholds his sig
nature because it has not yet been deter
mined whether the interstate commerce or
the rivers and harbors committee. of
which he is a member, shall have juris-
diction of the bill in question
The Senate has fpassed a bill increasing
the cost of the public building at Reno
New TO S97 800
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08
COAST AFFAIRS
At THE CAPITAL
Senator Flint Is Planning to
Nationalize the Irrigation
Systems in San Diego
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL
CALL BUREAU. POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON. April 7.-senator Flint
IS gathering data preparatory 10 Offering
q bin for the naturalization Of all the
irrigation enterprises on the western
slope Of san Diego County. 1t is pro-
posed TO secure the passage of a bill, II
possible, consolidating the irrigation sys-
TENS already constructed and those pro-
5ected. the whole TO be managed by the
reclamation service under the general
terms Of the reclamation act by which
lands under the greater project viii be
divided into small holdings and made to
assume the cost of construction work.
Much preliminary work is already done
and in the hands Of the reclamation ser
vice.
The project Of Withdrawing the Signal
Corps from Benicia Barracks is under
consideration. The corps has at that
place a supply depot from which ma
1erial is sent 10 the signal corps COM
mander on the Pacific Coast and in the
Philippines. Companies Z and II of the
corps are on duty at Benicia and much
work Of an experimental character has
been conducted. II the Benicia Barracks
are abandoned by the Signal Corps,
which seems probable, the corps will con-
cenrate its depOts and facilities for ex-
Fermentation at Omaha.
The Naval Militia in California is anx-
ious TO take part in the competitions in
craftsmanship with a view Of sending a
team TO the national match at Seagirt in
September This cannot be done since
the right 10 participate in such competi-
lions under The laws is restricted TO GER
tain forces named IN the act OF April
.. 1900.
The naval militia is not among the
forces expressly mentioned in that en-
-.s-nr~r arrH Co.
prizes and trophies. and the Assistant
Secretary Of War. General Oliver, holds
that the naval militia is excluded.
Mrs. Frank p Flint entertained in
formally at a luncheon today for Miss
Pansy Perkins. daughter Of Senator
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

When the Southern Pacific and Wells
Fargo agent, II. ]. Hendricks, left his
office at midnight everything was In
apple-pie order.
Hendricks noticed a small negro boy
last evening hanging about the depot
Thinking he was one of the numerous
employees of the new railroad building
out of Weed, the agent paid little at
tention to him. 1t is now evident the
boy was the one who smashed open the
waiting-room door, broke and crawled
through the glass ticket window and
opened the door for his pals" on the
outside. A railroad spike hammer was
used to break open the strong box. The
hammer was found in the Office. The
Office was ransacked and 81 was taken
from the coin drawer in the ticket office
counter.
Agent Hendricks lives about half
mile from the depot. He intends to re-
sign because of the danger of being
killed by toughs. who are numerous at
Weed on account of the railroad con-
struction.