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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28
Hartman Investigation eealns.

Ardmore!te Special.
New York, Dec. 2s-The investi-
cation into the control and manage
ment Of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific lines Of the Hartman
railway system, determined upon
some time ago, began here today.
Chairman Knapp, Lane and Clements
OF the Interstate Commerce commits.
sion will ST, in the hearings f. II.
Hartman and other officials Of the
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
hayc been subpocnaod as witnesses.
The investigation is not the result
Of any specific complaints of violations
Of the interstate commerce laws, but
Is undertaken by virtue Of the general
inquisitorial powers granted TO the
commission by congress. Il is stated
that the inquiry will be conducted
along broad and comprehensive lines,
with the object OF discovering the cX.
act status Of affairs in regard to the
conduct Of the roads
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TO DECIDE COTTON RATES.
Flat Rate Wanted Covering All Points
in Arkansas.

Ardmorelte Special.
Little Rock. Ark, Dec 2S.-The Ar
kansas railway commission will hold
special meeting today TO consider the
demand OF the Pine Blum board Of
trade FOR a flat cotton rate between
all points in the state, to be based on
distance. The basis Of the present
figures is @ rate from the place Of
origin TO the final dc~tiuatlon, usual
ly New England or Europe The petit
TONERS declare that the present ruling
if continued, will be fatal to the cot
ton interests Of Pine Bluff
As the system is now conducted the
railways make an arbitrary rate into
the compress point and when the cot
ton is rosh.puod the roads refund all
of the inbound rate with the exception
of @ small charge for handling the
cotton into and out Of the compress.
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FRIsco 4 DOOMED CITY.
After Tying EBperisnee nov Threat.
eres with Benevolent Assimilation.

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EvangeILslIo campaIgn at NorfoIk.

Ardmoreite SpecluI
Norfolk Va, Dec. 2S.-A meeting OF
the Virginia state Baptist, Methodist
and Presbyterian committees was held
here today To- discuss plans for a great
INSTRUMENTATION oyangellstlc cam,
paiEn 10 De conducted during the
jamestown exposition. The withdraw
al Of the Episcopaliaus, because Of the
alleged reason that there is no great
need OF religious work during the ox.
position was fully discussed, but IL
rs not likely that the detection will
alter the plans Of the committee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28
Sells More CT chamberlaln's Cough
Remedy than Of All Others Put

Mr. Thos George. a merchant at
Mt ElgIn, Ontario, says: Il have had
the local agency for ChamberlaIns
Cough Remedy ever since IL was in
trOduCcd into Canada, and / sell as
much of q as / do Of am other lines
have on my shelves put together
OF the many dozens sold under guar
autoe | have not had ouo bottle re-
turned ] can personally recommend
this medicine as | have used it my.
self and given 10 20 my children and
always with the best results" For
sale by J. j. Ramsey W .. Frame.
Ardmore Drug Co., Bonner & Bon
uer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28
Puhllo sneaksr lntsrrupted.

Public speakers are frequently In
terrupted by people coughing. This
would not happen II Foley's Honey
and Tar were taken as II cures coughs
and colds and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. fhe genuine contains no
opiates and Is in a yellow package
Hoffman Drug Co., city Drug Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

works wonders. II produces hair just
as surely as rain and sunshine raise
crops. It produces a thick growth Of
duxuriant hair when all other rene
dies fail. We guarantee Danderine.
All druggists sell 1t, 25c, 50c and sl.0O
per bottle To prove its worth, send
this ad with 10 cents in stamps or sill
yer anG we will mail you large free
sample. Knowlton Danderine Co, Chi
clgo, Ill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28
Fine Sllyerware.

neiore you make your holiday pur
chases see our line Of silyerware. We
offer better goods for less money thaa
any other house In Ardmore.
az J. b. SPRAGISS & co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

Kcnnedys Laxative Cough Syrup
drives out the cold and stops the
cough. Contains Honey and Tar. Free
from any opiatos Conforms 10 the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
Pleasant 10 take. Sold by Hoffman
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28
Missouri Special Election.
Al dmoTeite Special.

St Joseph, No, Dec, 2S.-A special
election is being held here today 10
Gl the vacancy caused by the death
of Representative Richard j. Gagycy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

Orlno Laxative trult syrup, the
new Laxative, stimulates, but does not
irritate II is the best Laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back. h"I
man Drug Co; City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

a cough ceases when the cause is
removed. Hofman's Throat and
Lung Syrup removes the cause quick.
ly Pleasant 20 take and especially
good for children Guaranteed 25c.
% +. J. RAMSEY, Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

DeWiurs kidney and Bladder pus
quickly drive the poiaons from the
system and thus afford relief \
weeks treatment for 25c. Sold b.
Hoffman Drug co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

Corrugated iron in all lengths at Biv.
ems, Corhn & Frensley's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

An elegant stag handle carving set
makes a fine present for Chrlstmts
Taryer has them ~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

For chapnod and cracked hands get
DoWitts witch Hazel SGlye. Sold by
Hoffman Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-28

Open the bowels-DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are recommended and
sold by Hoffman Drug Co.
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Compliments.

Editor National Tribune: / desire
while renewing my subscription for an
other year to thank you for the good
paper that you are giving us; also wish
TO thank you in particular for the arti-
cles on the beer question. 1t was a
sledge-hammer blow between the eyes.
have just been reading your reply ID
j. II. Perrine, of F'rederickStown, Mo.
1t had not occurred to me that you had
been paid by the whisky men for the
article that he refers to. but 1 am glad
reply to his letter. Thanking you again
for the good work YOU are doing and
wishing you abundant success in your
arduous duties. i remain, yours sin
|cefeIy-Rev. H. F.. Olmstead, 1876
Boulevard, Houston. Tex.
Samuel Lewis, r. T.. d. 3. Lapeer,
Mich, writes that he enjoys The Ma
tional Tribune, and would like to hear
from some of the comrades who served
with him in the 18th u. S. Inf. He
has received his Army Chart of the old
Cumberland, and has it in fine frame
for protection.
Editor National Tribune: I want The
National Tribune. l can't get dong
without it. 1t is the most read paper
I receive. I take two dailies, but The
National Tribune takes the right OF
way always. / enjoy reading it. Jt
gives lots of recoilections from 1861
to 1865. I put in three years seven
months and half in Co. F, 18th Pa.
Cav, during the late unpleasantness.
I was Third Sergeant and Acting Re8i,
mental Blacksmith. [ would like "a
hear from some of the 18th Pa. Cav
G. w. Warfel, 424 Franklin St, VIII.
kinsburg, Pa.
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HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
your water and let it stand twenty-four
hours: sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys:
IL it stains the linen IL is evidence of
kidney trouble; too frequent desire to
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vincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are out of order
What To DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
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Swamp Root the great kidney remedy.
fulf;ls every wish in overcoming rheu-
matism. pain in the back. kidneys. liver.
bladder and every part of the urinary
passage. IL corrccts inability to hold
water and scalding pain in passing Il,
Or bad effects following use of rouor.
wine or beer. and oyercomes that un-
pleasant necessity of being COMPEL ID
TO go often during the day. and to get
up many times during the night
The mild and immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root the great kidney and
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II you need medicine. you should
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You may have n sample bottle of
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ARMYdE( (EJn1BERI.AND
AND : THE
Great Central Campaign

By JOHN McELROY.

run all risks than to let the horses die
of starvation in Chattanooga. Later.
after the battle of Missionary Ridge.
when l started to Knoxville. the COM
pany Joined me, in excellent shape,
bringing with it an abundance of food.
including n small herd of beef cattle.
Reinforccments for the Army.
Waking up to the dire need of inn
mediate reinforcement of the Army OF
the Cumberland, Gen. Ha1leck had sent
imperative orders to Grant. Hurlbut,
Schofield and Burnside to push forward
at once what help each of them could.
Burnside had dallied as usual. full of
various suggestions and plans, but exc
cutting none.
Grants orders were mySteriousiy de-
layed in transmission, but when they
arrived were Immediately obeyed. I'm
fortunately Halleck repeated the eSreg-
ious error he made the year before as
to Buell., and directed that Grants
forces should repair the Memphis &
Chattanooga Railroad as they advanc-
ed. This. as experience had before DEM
onstrated, was preposterouS, because
the road ran along the rebel front. and
the guerrillas could tear it up faster
than the troops could rebuild it. More
Immediately effectively evident was
the dispatch of the Eleventh and
Twelfth Corps to Rosecrans. Halleck
had become hopeless that Meade would
do anything effective with the force
which had been given him. and Sept.
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BeeP Octopus.

Editor National Tribune: Permit me
to thank you for the article published
in The Matt onal Tribune of July 12
under the name, HThe Peer Octopus
the Sodden Monster. the Greatest
Curse of the Land
1 want to say to you that 1t Is the
heaviest and hottest shot / have yet
heard on the subject, and 1 have heard
a great many in the past five years.
agree with you that it is the greatest
curse of the land Remove the curse
and many other lesser evils will fol-
low without firing gun. 1 carried a
gun three years and more to put own
the rebellion that was a direct result
of slavery. I consider the Beer slavery
of to-day greater curse than ever
negro slavery was. I have been fight
ing this accursed thing for the past five
years in every way / could think of
Four years / fought it as a member OF
the Board of County Commissioners )t
my County. refusing during that time
to sign or indorse any applications for
license to sell the accursed stuff. II
cost me the Craftsmanship and the
honor and emoluments that 90 with It,
1 consider the sacrifice comparatively
Insignificant. If I were young man
again I would delight and glory in
carrying a gun until the whole accursed
thing was shot into kingdom come
Permit me to urge you to pus ahead
with the good work you fe begun.
I can see the hand of tbs Lord
Almighty guiding your hand and pen
in that article of July 12.-Joseph w.
Andrew, Co. A, S5th Pa, Boulder City.
Colo
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Potomac to the rock-bound gates of
the Tennessee.
Hookers Advance.
So well had Quartermaster-G General
Meigs and Director of Railroads Nc
Callum managed that the advance of
the Eleventh Corps reached Bridgeport
Oct. 2, and Hooker established his
headquarters at Stevenson, eight miles
from Bridgeport, Oct. 3. This was
as far as Hooker's immediate instruc-
tions went. Halleck was much afraid
that Bragg would suddenly drop Rose
Grams temporarily, throw his whole
force onto Hooker's two corps. and cap
ture Nashville. Indeed, Jefferson Davis
had outlined this to Bragg, and had
been rather persistent in urging it upon
him. Under orders Hooker established
his two corps in good positions to pro-
tect the railroad and to cover the cross
ings of the Tennessee from Bridgeport
down to the Mussel Shoals. Sherman
coming up from Memphis was expected
to cover the river further down and
protect Hooker's right flank.
Opening Up she Lines.
After making Hooker's force secure
along the north side Of the Tennessee,
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
CHAPTER XXSVi,
STARTING TO OPEN THE CRACKER
LINE.

STARTING TO OPEN THE CRACKER
LINE.
Starvation of the Army Imminent-Re-
fnfOrcements Hurried Forwnrd-Rose-
crnns's PlnnS-Gcn. RosecTnns Re-
moved From Communication. Thomas
Succeeds Him, With Gen. Grant in
General Command West of the AIle-
ghnnies.
Hunger a More InvincibIe Enemy Than
Bragg.
The old adage has it that an army,
like serpent, travels on it's belly. A
fact that sentimentalists, rhetoricians
and historians keep well in the back
ground is that no matter what lofty
spirit animates men, they are, after ALL
mere animals. and lamentably depend
ent upon that often disregarded and
generally ill-treated organ, the stom-
ach. No matter how excelling their
courage, how firm their determination,
how burning their resolutions, unless
each and every one of them can have
something like one pound of pork and
pound of bread every day their Cod
like qualities are of as little value as an
idle, wantoning Summer breeze. So
near is our divine humanity to dust
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
WIVES OF VETERAN SOLDIERS.
A Tennessee Comrade Contends Tha,
They Should BE Admitted to the
Homes.

Z
They Should BE Admitted to the
Homes.
The prop osition to admit the wives
of veteran soldiers to the Soldiers
Homes with their husbands is favored
by Comrade /. N. Stanford in a COM
munication written from Shelbyville,
Tenn by all MEANS" he says, this
should be permitted. SO that their dear
companions may still jog along through
life with them. In the sunset of life
the venerable veterans should be given
all the joy that is possible. The pres
ence of their good wives in the Homes
would cheer them on the way, and this
companionship can continue but few
years at best"
He says when the old comrades are
sick their wives can nurse them as no
one else can. I'm my own case" he
adds. my wife and have logged along
the highway many years together. She
has been a good companion, and has
always helped me in the battle of life
without complaining. And now, shall
under any circumstances whatever de-
sert her by finding a refuge in a H ome
and leave her outside to starve and die,
perchance? No: I would rather die
myself. I would be an migrate to do
any such thing, and should forfeit the
respect of all decent people.
''The wife should be entitled to some
rights in this matter" concludes Com
rade Stanford. II think it would be so
nice for the old soldier and his wife to
have a room together In the Soldiers
Home. They could thus enjoy life and
this great Nation would be keeping its
word to those who fought its battles
and bore the burdens in the heat of the
day Of trialS
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% he ordered the Eleventh and Twelfth
Corps to the West Their transporta-
ton was feat absolutely unprecedent-
ed in Iogistics. Thru the energy and
skilful arrangements of Quartermastsr-
General Meigs and Gen. McCallum.
Director of Military Railroads. trains
were put in readiness to convey 10000
men with their artillery over the cir
cult of 1900 miles from Washington to
Bridgeport, and this was accomplished
in six days.
The selection of a commander for
this detachment was not so fortunate.
Gen. Joseph Hooker, who had been in
retirement since the last of June, was
hungry to be again in the public eye,
and accepted the assignment to COM
mand as the best thing then available.
In spite of his failure at Chancellors-
Vile, Gen. Hooker yet esteemed himself
the finest military genius in the coun-
try, and had only an Indifferent opinion
of the commanders under whom he
was destined to serve. With all Hook
er's good qualities, yet he had the fatal
defect of thinking more of his personal
ambition than the success of the cause.
and he was never likely to show COM
mendable zeal in any enterprise which
had little opportunity for his personal
distinction. He was also to learn to
his discontinue that insubordination to
commanding officers was not as fash
ionable west of the Allegheny Noun
tains as east of them. The quiet, reti-
cent Grant: the imperiOus Sherman:
| the reserved, dignified Thomas were
all of them much in the habit of seeing
that orders which they issued to their
subordinates were obeyed, not only to
the letter, but in the spirit in which
they were intended to be executed. This
was destined to be new experience to
Hooker, who had much of the spirit
common among high officers of the
Army of the Potomac. who obeyed or
ders in the way that best suited them.
Under Hooker were Howard, who
commanded the Eleventh Corps, and
Slocum, who commanded the Twelfth.
Howard was always loyal and subor-
dinate, and readily executed Hooker's
| orders. as he did those of any man
| placed above him. SIocum, however,
disliked Hooker personally, and had 10
confidence in him either as a man or
as a commander. Thus at Hookers
headquarters there was not that zeal
and skilful earnestress which had
marked the extraordinary translation
of the two corps from the banks of the
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
A Correction.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have just
returned from trip to the Pacific
coast. and on looking over The Ma.
tional Tribunes which have accumu-
lated during my absence l note that in
my communication published Sept. 2(
the types make me say that Fort Ma
hone was on the left of Fort Fisher and
the position of the Sixth Corps. Fori
Malone was to the right of us. and =
good distance, too. so far that it was g
physical impossibility for man to sec
from one point to the other, besides
which the lines made an angle, SO that
even had the distance not been suffi-
cient to prevent seeing the angle in the
line would have sufficed. No doubt the
men at Fort Malone believed that they
saw Gen. Hill killed, but, as said before
they did not see Gen. A. P. Hill killed
from Fort Mahone.-Chas. Porter, Co
T., 18th VT, Grinnell, Iowa.
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President. Salary. Etc.

Editor National Tribune. 1 could not
think of living without The National
Tribune, which believe is the best SOL
diers' paper published. Please answer
through the paper the following ques-
tions:
/. What was Washington's salary
when President?
2. How many millionaires were in the
United States prior to the civil war?
3. How many men were enrolled in
the Southern army?
4. What three men have the most in
fluence in the Pension Bureau B. f.
Rice. Cortland. n. Y.
1. President Washington's salary was
fixed at s25,000 n year by the act of
Sept. "a, 1889. and the Presidents sal
airy remained at that figure until il was
increased to $4,000 by the act OF
March 3. 1872.
2. This is impossible to answer but
there We're. and had been. quite u num-
Der of miliionairas in the country, small
as its aggregate wealth then was.
George Wellington himself was one oi
the first iaillionaires. and other notable
ones were Stephen G:rard. John Jacob
Astor. George I.cw, Nicholas LonSworth
and cthaTs. Almost any pretentious city
in the country had 1T least one million
are. while New York had large num-
ber.
3. 1t is impossible to say just how
many men We're in the Southern army.
and probably we shall never know. The
probability is very strong, and is sup
ported by known facts, that they had
at least 100000. The histories of tho
several Southern States, which are now
being written. each make large claims
for the number of men which the State
furnished the Confederate army, and
probably when the list of these histories
is completed it will appear that they
had in the Confederate army many
more men than there We're in the Union
army.
4. We should say that the man who
has much the most influence in the
Pension Bureau is Hon. Vespasian War
ner, the Commissioner. Next to him
would come James L. Davenport. the
First Deputy. and he would be followed
by Capt. Leverett NJ. Kelley, the Second
Deputy.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

. 49, -.
the next obvious procedure was to en-
deavor to get possession of Sand Noun
tain and it's projecting abutment OF
Raccoon Mountain. 1t will be remem-
bered that Sand Mountain runs parallel
with Lookout Mountain, and is separat-
ed from it by the fertile valley of
Lookout Creek, or Wits Creek, as 1t
was then frequently called. The top of
Sand Mountain is broad plateau or
tableland from which, on the west,
rugged sides descend to the Tennessee
River. Its northern projection is Rae
coon Mountain. around the cliffs OF
which the Tennessee River makes an
immense bend in the shape of an irreg-
ular ox-bow. At the end of the western
arm of this bow is Kelley's Ferry. As
miles from Bridgeport. and almost di-
rectly east is Browns Ferry, some five
or six miles distant overland and two
miles from Chattanooga.
1t was regarded that Rragg's posi-
tion--Longstreet commanding his Left
Wing-on Lookout Mountain was i'm.
pregnable, unassailable Bragg had
stretched out from Lookout Mountain
clear over Sand Mountain to reach the
Tennessee River, but this deployment
was necessarily weak, since he could
not spare strong force from the IN
vestment of Chattanooga, and commu
nication with it along the front of Look
and could be interfered with by the
batteries on Moccasin Point. so that
the outthrust was liable to be over
whelned This weakness was appar-
ent to Rosecrans. who Immediately be-
gan plans for Hooker to cross the river,
drive this wing back into Lookout VAL
ley and hold Sand Mountain. The dis
tance across the ox-bow from Kelley s
Ferry to Browns Ferry was only some
five or six miles. and by an easy road
thru n natural gap separating Sand
Mountain from its spur, Raccoon Noun
tain. The possession of Sand Mountain
would therefore push back Bragg's LETT
onto Lookout Mountain, freeing the
country between that mountain and the
Tennessee River from his infantry as
well as cavalry.
Amid all the blame that has been
bestowed upon Rosecrans by those, in
Guiding Gen. Grant, who liked him lit
tie. it must be admitted that at this
critical time he was showing the same
genius and fertility of resource in en-