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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
When Grant Met Lee at Appomattox

seats. had my stan with me. a good
portion Of whom we're In the room during
the whole OF the interview.
What General Lees feelings were l do
not know. AS he was a man OF much
dignity, with an impasible face, II was i'm
possible TO say whether lie felt iawardly
glad that the end had finally come, or felt
sad over the result and was too manly to
show H. Whatever his feelings, they were
entirely concealed from my observati ton
but my own feelings. which had been quite
jubilaHt on the receipt Of his letter, were
sad and depressed. l felt like anything
rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a
foe who had fought 50 long and valiantiy
and had suffered so much for a cause
though that cause was, I believe, one OF
the worst for which a people ever fought
and one for which there was the least eN-
cuse. / do not question, however, the sin
certify of the great mass Of those who
were opposed to US, General Lee was
dressed Ia full uniform which was en-
tirely new, and was wearing a sword OF
considera BILE value-very likely the sword
which had been presented by the state OF
Virginia; at an events, II was an entirely
different sworn from the one that
would ordinarily be worn IN the field. In
my rough travelling subtitle uniform OF a
private with the straps Of lieutenant gen
eral-I must have c0ntrasted very strangely
with a man so handsomely dressed, six
feet high and OF faultiess form. But this
was not a matter that I thought OF until
aftcrward.
We soon fen into a conversation about
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part of the terms about side-arms, horses
and private property of the officers he
remarked-with some feeling, / thought
that this would have happy erect
upon his army. Then. after little fur
Their conversation, General Lee remarked
to me again that their army was organ
lied a little different from the army OF
the United States (still maintaining by
implication that we were two countries)
that in their army the cavalrymen and
artillerists owned their own horses; and
he asked If he was TO understand that
the men who so owned their horses were
to be permitted to retain them. told
him that as the terms were written they
would not-that only the officers were
permitted 20 take their private property.
He then, after reading over the terms a
second time, remarked that that was
clear.
then said to him that / thought this
would be about the last battle OF the war
II sincerely hoped so; and l said further
/ took IL that most OF the men Ia the
ranks were small farmers. The whole
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old army times. He remarked that he re-
meInbered me very we'll in the old army
and / told him that as a matter Of course
/ remembered him perfectly, but, from the
difference in our rank and years (there
being about sixteen years difference in our
ages), had thought It very likely that I
had not attracted his attention sufficiently
to he remembered by him after such a long
interval Our conversation grew so pleas
ant that / almost forgot the object of our
meeting. After the conversation had run
on in this style for some time, General Lee
called my attention to the object Of our
meeting, ana said that he had asked for
this interview for the purpose OF getting
from me the terms / proposed 10 give his
army / said that / meant merely that his
army should lay down their arms not 10
take them up again during the continuance
OF the war unless duly and properly eN-
changed. He said that he had so under
stood my letter Then we gradually fell of
again into conversation about matters for
eign 10 the subject which had brought US
together. This continued for some little
time, when General Lee again interrupted
the course Of the conversation by suggest
ing that the terms l proposed 10 give his
army ought 10 be written out. / called to
General Parker, secretary on my stan, for
writing materials, and commenced writing
out the following terms:
APPOMATTOX c. H., Va, April o. 1895,
General r. l.. Lee, Commanding c. S. A
General: In accordance with the substance
Of my letter 10 you Of the Sth inst,
propose 10 receive the surrender of The
Army Of Northern Virginia on the folio ~
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We're ssverally presented to General Lee.
The much talked of surrenderinE OF
Lees sword and my handing 1t back
this and much more that has been said
about it's the purest romance The
word Sword" or "side-arms' was not
mentioned by either Of us until l wrote It
in the terms\ There was no premedita-
ton, and il did not occur TO me until the
moment ! wrote II down. II / had hap
pensd 10 omit it, and General Lee had
called my attention TO II, l should have
put il in the terms, precisely as l acceded
20 the provision about the soldiers retain
ing their horses
General Lee, after all was completed and
before taking his leave, remarked that his
army was in very bad condition for want
Of food and that they were without forage;
that his men had been living for several
days on parched corn exclusively, and that
he would have to ask me for rations ana
forage. told him, Certainly" and asked
for how many men he wanted rations. His
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ing terms. towit: Rolls of all the officers
and men TO be made In duplicate. one
by me, the other TO be retained By such
othcer or officers as you may designate
The officers to give their Individual paroles
not TO take up arms against the govern
exchanged ana each company or TCBl-
mental commander sign a ike parole for
the men Of their commands. The arms,
artillery and pubic property to be parked
and stacked and turned over to the officer
appointed by me 20 receive them. This
VIII not embrace the side arms of the
officers nor their private horses or bag
gage. This done, each officer or man Will
be disturbed by United States authority
so long as they observe their paroles and
the laws in force where they may reside.
Very respectfully,
When ! put my pen to the paper l did
not know the first word that 1 should
make use OF in writing the terms. only
knew what was in my mind, and l wished
to express IL clearly, so that there could be
no mistaking it. AS l wrote on the thought
occurred 10 me that the officers had their
own private horses and effects, which
were important 10 them, but Of no value 10
US: also that It would be an unnecessary
humiliation To call upon them 20 deliver
their side arms.
No conversation, not one word, passed
between General Lee and myself, either
about private property, side-arms or kin
dred subjects. He appeared to have no
objections to the terms first proposed;
OF il he had a point to make against them
he wished 20 wait until they were in writ
ms to make it. When he read over that
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Easv Nfarl.a ClaasLaed.

The twenty-five to fifty dollar list is
made up Of country investors, Methodist
and Baptist ministers, country doctors and
all classes of teachers; also BARRIERS, wait
ers, hospital nurses and the general class
Of people who are able in one way or other
to set aside for rainy day from $25 to 500
per year. These lists are used in slightly
more pretentious schemes, OF course, with
sometimes little more merit to them. The
500 to $500 investors consist of doctors of
slightly higher grade than those referred to
above; also college teachers and professors,
small Wall street lambs, Episcopal and
Presbyterian ministers, mercantile clerks
some country merchants and other thrifty
people, who annually accumulate a few
hundred dollars over and above their cost
OF living. Such lists are used for more pre-
tentious schemes, and in addition. to the
promotion Of frauds they are sometimes
used in perfectly sound and legitimate en-
terprises. The higher grade lists, covering
$1,000 20 100000 investors, largely explain
themselves, and while they are as often
used by schemers for offering their wares,
yet as they are largely made up of more
sensible and cautious people, they are not
so popular in the "get-rich-quck promot-
ing fraternity of the larger lists of more
modest investors.
While swindles are promoted to a gigan.
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r" Get Rich Quick" SChemers

in this sea-water gold bonanza. 1t was
aftcrward estimated that before the fraud
was publicly exposed Jcrgensen and his ac-
completes had secured nearly a million dol
lars. The final outcome was that Jergensen
secretly escaped to Europe with most Of
the money. and his victims are whistling
for their great profits TO this day.
Many other schemes equally as fraudulent
have been worked during recent years in
Wall street and elsewhere, and though con-
stantly exposed in the newspapers, yet new
ones crop up nearly every day and the pu-
lie continues to bite. The advertising col
umns Of the newspapers and magazines are
full to overlooking with roseate propositions
for the investment Of money gold and cop
per mines industrial undertakings; new
railroad projects; traction companies, and
various other promotion schemes. Millions
Of dollars are invested every week by small
investors in this country, and a large pro-
portion Of it Is constantly "steered" into un-
safe channels, with a resultant loss to
thousands Of investors. AS an illustration
Of how perslstently and easily unsuspect-
ing people are mlsled and swindled, In
stance the following. A Tery conspicuous
concern has been operating for the past
FIVE years or so one of the largest and
cleversst mining swindles ever known in
the United States. sumptuous offices are
maintained in Broadway. New York, and
about forty branch offices have been es-
tablshed in various cities of the United
States and Canada. A number Of honest
men have been drawn into the scheme by
bats Of alluring commissions and have
peddled the rotten shares of this firm of
stock jobbers among their friends and
neighbors. to the loss of their own peace
Of mind and regulations. The plan of this
swindle is neat and comprehensive. The
firm announced that it would operate on the
law OF averages, and by handling many
mines the good ones would make UP for the
failures Considerable bluhing has been
done in the way Of crude mining opera
TONS but none of the mines" have proved
successful, and none are likely ever to be
successful,
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bankers and brokers, the next step should
be to ascertain the standing, reputation
and financial strength of the bankers or
brokers themselves. Wall street and other
financial centers Of the country have their
full share of irresponsible concerns of this
class.
The apparently plausible statement is
frequently made that money is saved to the
company and its stockholders by avoiding
the employment Of a banker or agent to
market securities But this is not so in
ninety-nine cases out of hundred. II a
proposition has merit the promoters
always find it much more economical to go
to a concern which has specialized and de-
veloped the proper machinery for the
floating OF securities, rather than under
take to do 1t themselves. The banker not
only has the clientele, but he has the OF.
ganization for handling the business ef-
fectively and economically, and, of course
In many cases his prestige and general
reputation have much to do with making
the hotation a success. For all this he
frequently charges a good round commits
sion; sometimes too much, perhaps, but
not so often as is generally supposed. In
deed it would In most cases upon investi-
cation prove to be a fact that without the
banking medium the iotatlon would cost
far more than the usual amount repre-
scented an apparently heavy discount
or commission 1t is a part Of the busl-
ness of the banker TO float securities, just
as it is a part of the business of the trust
company to pay coupons. People some-
times think 1t strange that a large cor
pOratiOn, with an office in New York city,
should pay a commission to a trust COM
pany to cash the coupons on it's own
bonds each six months when It apparently
might do this work itself. But the an
swer to this is that the trust company
maintains the machinery and organization
for paying the coupons of not merely one,
but of perhaps 100 companies, and, there
fore, can afford to do such work al amini-
mum cost and for far less than the cor
poration itself could possibly do 1t.
1t will be seen, after reading the fore
going chapter that the simplest and quick
est way of avoiding the "get-rich-qulck''
scheme, no matter where or how pre-
scented or however roseate and plausible
its promises and claims may be, is to never
entertain any proposition which is not
offered through a banker or other agent
and then, having adopted this rule, to go
one step further; never have dealings with
a banker, broker or financial agent until
you have investigated and are satisfied as
to his character, standing and general rep
utation.
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country had been so raided by the two
armies that il was doubtful whether they
would be able to put IN a crop to carry
themselves and their families through the
next winter without the aid of the horses
they were then riding. The United States
did not want them, and / would, there
fore, instruct the officers 1 left behind 10
receive the paroles of his ,ops 70 let
every man of the confederate army who
claimed to own horse or mule take the
animal TO his home Lee remarked again
that this would have happy effect He
then sat down and wrote out the follow
ing letter:
Headquarters Army Of Northern Vir-
ginio, April o, lS65.--Geuerai. / received
your letter Of this date containing the
terms Of surrender Of the army OF north
eTn Virginia as proposed by you. AS they
are substantially the same as those eX-
pressed IN your letter OF the 6th inst,
they are accepted. ! Will proceed 10
designate the proper officers to carry the
stipulation into effect r, T.. LEE.
General.
Lieutenant General L. S. Grant
While duplicates Of the two letters were
being made, the Union generals present
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DivIdend. but No Proft..

This firm Of sharpers began paying
dividends on shares, when no profits we're
earned. for which they should be Jailed
for the common swindlers they are. Stock
in the worthless companies was exchanged
for stock in equally worthless companies
whenever shareholders grew tired, and
the victims of conspiracy were tolled along
by the dividends paid out of the money
they had themselves furnished. Recently
cash dividends have been suspended, and
scrip dividends substituted therefor. 1t
is reported that this firm has bilSed
something like 5000 small investors IN
the United States and Canada, to the tune
of several million dollars"
The methods for promoting all kinds Of
swindles have in recent years been re-
fined down to an exact science. Expert
ence has proven that the most vulnerable
class of people to be attracted by in
vesting swindles, aside from women, are
minister's doctors, teachers and other pro-
fessional people. There are in New York
a number of concerns who make a bust
ness of supplying classified lists of pos
sible investors for the use of those who
wish to exploit mining swindles and other
schemes. These lists are classified into
so investors, $25 to 500 investors, 500 to
$500 investors, and investors having $4,000
or more available. The so Investors ara
mostly made up of class of people who
are in the habit of taking a small flyer"
occasionally of not over $40, investing this
amount on the theory thatsft may turn
out with a big profit, but that in any event
the loss cannot exceed $40 This class ap-
peals to the swindler also, in spite of the
fact that the amounts invested are so
small for the reason that even if the
scheme is exposed as a swindle the
individual amounts are so small that
1t would not pay any single per-
son to resort to law for the recovery
of his money. True it is that a large num-
Der Of such investors, If acting in concert,
would become a menace, but as a rule
such investors are too widely scattered, or
TO unintelligent or Indifferent to make any
move Of this kind. In number these SO
investor lists run into the hundred thou
sands and are the main avenue for floating
all schemes of the cheaper and more
openly fraudulent variety
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cited and expressed their view that this
was all ruse employed to enable tho con-
federates 70 get away. They said they be-
lleved that Johnston was marching up from
syorth Carolina now and Les was moving
10 Join him, and they would whip the
rebels where they now were in fve minutes
II l would only let them 80 in. But I had
no doubt about the good faith Of Lee, and
pretty soon was conducted to where he
was l found him at the house OF a Mr.
Mclean. at Appomattox Courthouse, with
colonel Marshall, one Of his stan officers,
awaiting my arrival.
had known General Lee In the old
"a my and had served with him IN the Mex
can war, but did not suppose, owing to
The difference IN our age ana rank, that he
would remember me, while / would more
naturally remember him distinctly because
lac was the chlef'ol statr OF General Scott
pa the Mexican war.
When I had lct, camp tha. morning
Had not exp Ctol $50 soon mo result tha,
was then taking place ana consequently
was In rough garb. 4 was without "a
sword, as ! usually was when on horse
back on the field and wore & soldiers
blouse for a coat, with the shoulder straps
of my rank TO indicate TO the army who
] was. When / went into the house /
found General lee. We greeted each
other, aud after shaking hands took our
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DHE Art Of Wall Street Investing"
a pamphlet complied by John
Moody, a New York publisher.
I1ksl51aI turns an arc light on ways that
- are dark and tricks that are
not vain, but profitable, Illuminating the
methods Of promoters who swindle. The
great number Of investment now before
tho public in alluring colors gives pertinent
interest TO Mr.. Moodys paper He says,
in part:
There are get-ricb-quick schemes OF many
kinds and they are exploited in many ways;
some times through the columns of news
papers, some times in financial or mining
journals, but more often through circulars
or other advertising matter. The most
successful are usually mining propositions,
although many other kinds have flourished
equally as well. One Of the most notorious
promotion frauds of this kind was a guar
anteed egg company" the stock Of which
was offered for sale in New York City
few years ago. The promoters OF this
company sent broadcast a roseate pros
pectus, Offering the sale Of z per cent guar
anteed preferred stock at par, with a large
bonus in common stock. Careful inspec-
ton Of the prospectus revealed the fact
that the prospective earnings. which were
TO amount to q fabulous sum, were to re-
suit from the sale of eggs at high prices
the said eggs TO be laid without fail at
certain unceasing rate by several thousand
hens, which were the entire stock in trade
of the company. These hens were sup
posed to do the double work Of Matching
new broOds Of chickens and at the same
time laying their regular guaranteed pro-
portion Of eggs. 1t was also assumed that
only hens and not ROSTERS would be
Matched, and that every egg would be good.
The essence Of the guarantee" on the
preferred stock appeared to be wholly
based on the theory that the hens had
somehow been forced into a promise to
lay eggs night and day, IL need be, in order
not TO allow the preferred stock dividends
to lapse in any possible way. The company
was capitalized In the neighborhood OF
100000 and its only trangible property,
aside from the chickens. was a farm OF
twenty acres. located about thirty miles
from New York
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''The Beer
You Like"

your Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
fOr
supplies that palate refreshing engg something mot the b
invites an things
beght and spangwih pquant that
gift
of the bounty
oldashoned Thanksgiving of Luus home
direct
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Within a short period investors in Bos-
ton and vicinity were sacrificing good bonds
and stocks Withdrawing savings bank de-
posits and generally falling over each other
in a mad rush to get in on the ground floor
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Rules to Follow.

In considering roseate prospectuses and
the various other plans which are con-
stantly found in the public prints Offering
shares for sale, one set OF rules of nearly
universal application, which viii usually
go a long way toward the protection of
the investor is this; Always question any
proposition Offering stocks or bonds for
sale where such offers are made directly
by the company itself, and not through a
banking house or other reputable concern.
II no bankers are handling the sale of Sc
curities, it is usually the case that there
is something SHADY" about the scheme
There are exceptions, Of course, but not
many II the securities are offered by
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WAS conducted at once to whers
Sheridan was located with his
troops drawn up in liue OF battle
facing the confederate army near
BY. They were veIy much eX-
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tic extent through circulars and by mail,
yet much business is also done through the
medium of newspapers magazines, etc.
Many (but not alD Of the large metropolitan
dailies will sell advertising space in which
notorious swindles are promoted; magazines
also of high grade in other ways, constantly
sell space for the exploitation of mining
real estate and other schemes; the columns
OF country dailies and weeklies are not only
open as a rule to such schemes, but for
consideration they will often publish write
ups recommending or booming a particular
enterprise. The "write-ups" generally con-
sist of editorial or other special articles
which are prepared or Endorsed by the
promoters themselves, and they of course,
pass in the readers mind as genuine and
truthful.
These are, Of course, frauds Of the most
palpable kind, and the publication of such
matter is entirely unfair to the readers Of
the paper. 1t is a species Of cheap and
insidious deception which should, wherever
found, be condemned in unmeasured terms.
Another illegitlmate method Of the promo
ton of swindles is through the trade
journals, particularly in the mining indus
try. This country is nowadays flooded
with mining newspapers and journals,
which, while ostensibly Independent and
legitimate in their character and methods,
are, as matter Of fact, actually owned
and controlled by the same people who are
engaged in the promotion of mining and
other swindles on a gigantic scale. These
journals are filled with special articles and
editorials which recommend and describe
in glttering terms the stocks and POSSIBLE
tiles of this and that enterprise in mining,
or oil, or real estate, or manufacturing,
in which they themselves are interested.
This is more modern method of exploit
ing swindles than some of the others, and
apparently has been most effective.
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the tuck fn in and
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those yellow, mellow pumpkin and the aluing nmand the big turkey
Remember appetizer Ask the
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