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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES



THE lid is on" Bill Doolittle cried
And twas a bitter pill
Chief Goodwin closed up all the Joints
And the blow almost killed Bill.
'St. Paul and Her Twin Sister" is a
headline in the Chicago Inter ocean.
It has been currently supposed that St.
Paul was a him"
This spelling reform movement is a
great thing for some people. It en-
ables them to pose as reformers with
out hurting anybody or making any
enemies.
It viii be noted that Chief Goodwin
did not wait till Easter to trot out the
fancy new lid that he has fixed up for
Topeka. You know new lids usually
appear on Easter. Chief Goodwin
seems to be a good town milliner when
he really sets about it, for those who
have seen Topeka's new lid say it has
all the latest frills and furbelows. The
question Is will it wear?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Now that Mr. Carnegie has taken up
spelling reform. viii he require the
Carnegie libraries to admit no books
except those using reformed spelling?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

The supreme court will now get a
chance to learn the history of that IN
cubator baby. The courts decision in
this case ought to settle that old con
troversy as to which is the mother Of
the chicken, the hen that lays the egg
or the one that matches 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
A COMPA on

OWING % the protest Of several New
York women the aldermen will prob
ably take action to diminish the street
cries of various itinerant merchants in
some parts of the city. And yet what
Is the huckster passing ones door on
the street compared to the permanent
gramaphone Of a next door neighbor?
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

There appear to have been other ques-
tionable bond deals in connection with
the state school fund long before the
Comanche county bonds were unloaded
on to the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

1t is reported that the president Of
Colombia is thinking Of resigning. This
IS the first time there has ever been
anything to indicate that the word ire
sign" Is included in the dictionary used
by South American presidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
KANSAS cOANENT
THE NEW AND TIE OLD.

1t is declared that Lee DeForest.
the wireless telegraph man, actually
courted and won his wife by the
dash and dot system. But there is no
evidence to show that he has not since
lived with her by the old fashioned
dash and blanket system.-I4awrence
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

The editor Of the New Era, a new
paper just started at Hill City, calls
upon the Republicans Of the Sixth dis
trlct to get together and make the well
kin ring. To which the Osborne
Farmer responds: I'VE are not much
opposed to the welkin ring. but wen be
blamed IL we can stand for that Stubs
ring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

The fact that both France and Ger
many are ready. for war is an argument
of considerable weight on the side of
peace.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
THE DANGER.

The greatest danger is that some peo-
pies enthusiasm for making the city
beautiful will seriously dwindle by the
time they are due to push the lawn
wer.-Indianapozls News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
ERON OTHER PENS
SCOOPEDi

That man who discovered that Uncle
Joe Cannon writes poetry certainly has
Link Stefens scOoped to a FRAGILE
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
ALWAYS so.

Doubtless there always viii be per-
sons SO constituted as to have more
sympathy for condemned criminals
than they have for the victims.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Chicago tells the weather bureau that
81 has coal enough on hand to last sixty
days and defes the weather man to do
his worst.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
TMPR0RARIE

Some day society may attain a suhi-
GENTLY high state of development to
permit the consumers to be represent
ed at a coal conference Washington
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

The political enemies of Mr. Fair
banks are trying to make the most Of
the reported failure Of the Ice crop
Charleston News and Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Again the head-end collision does
frightful work There is some excuse
perhaps for a wreck caused by d burned
bridge. or by a washout. but It seems
~ inexcusable and the result Of care
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
-REDITABLE ALsO.

John Mitchell can cOngratulate him
self on having had a longer career
than that of the average labor leader.
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

The deadlocks over at Algeciras
make one think that possibly the con
ference is considering statehood for
L-orocco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
OPTIMIsTIC o. CRAzY-

Optimism is not dead in the world. A
Philadelphia man is advertising for the
return Of an umbrella which he lost on
a street car on a rainy day--Washing-
ton Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

we trust the lion in March has now
got through with his roaring and viii
give the lamb a chance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Phinipsburg has caught the north
and south railroad fever, and caught it
rad. too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
THE RIeHT I'D.

Shawnee county has declared for
law and order by nominating that kind
OF people on the Republican ticket for
county officers Concordia Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Cure Tor wife who has only
Thought kisses for a husband
stage money on salary day.=New
York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

We oser opserf dot vone Hippolfto
Gallant vent bue-house ad Newton ind
hadt to be locked COP fer safe keeb-
ing Id Will be no yoos fer unsantdy
dockters to work on him. Vot he needs
ISIS a Iechislature to chanche hiss name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

SklDDOO
Yne Boos, we're on your trails
You fer der Soup.
You Icos, berchance you fatl
To loop-der-loop-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Der choindisds atfertised seferal
weeks ago dot bitzness vas pad, und dot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

ANDY Hamilton uf der Moo York
Life insurance combany, sayss der
bapers. haf broken der silence. Andy
ought to be a exDerdt ad breaking
tings. He broke a lod uf policy hold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

Der dire uhects UT der anti-boos
crusade ISIS becoming ehdendt- Der
boos ISIS Eeddfng worse efery day, uud
in less as a week dey viii be supstitOot-
ing lafng gas fer alcohol.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

"Es a roliing-skater." sayss Miss
Zaza AfcDuf1ngham Il am der candy
Lsasd night I made sigs touch-downs in
der fairsd half"
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

title TO any of said ceded lands under
the homestead law, and OF ascertaininr
thelr qualihcations SO to do.
To obtain registration each applicant
Will be required TO show himself duly
qualified TO make homestead entry of
these lands under existing laws. by
written application to be made on a
blank furnished only at the places here
In designated for registration, by the
Commissioners of the General Land Of
hce, and to give the registering officers
such appropriate matters of description
and identity as will protect the appli-
cant and the Government against any
attempted impersonation.
Registration cannot be effected
through the use Of the mails or the en-
ployment OF an agent, except that hon.
orably- discharged soldiers and sailors
entitled TO the benefits Of section 2304
Of the Revised Statutes of the United
States. as amended by the act OF Con-
gress approved March 1. 1901 (31 Stat
84O, may present their applications for
registration and due proofs OF their
qualifications through an agent of their
own selection, having a duly executed
power of attorney on a blank furnished
by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, but no person will be per-
mitted TO act as agent for more than
one such soldier or sailor. No person
will be permitted to register more than
once or in any other than his true name.
Each applicant who shows himself
duly qualified will be registered and
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

ginia he was promoted to the command
of the Army Of the Potomac, he gave
Rosecrans no opportunity to share in
his advancement.
McClellan's Coterie.
Mcclellan would have mono about
him but admirers and flatterers. and
Rosecrans's frank and frequently sting
Ing criticisms we're not at all to the
taste OF the young Napoleon" Re-
tanning command In West Virginia,
Rosecrans outmaneuvered Gen. r.. E.
Lee In the most signal manner. and
brought to an inglorious conclusion the
campaign which Lee had planned on
paper to the immense admiration of
the Richmond authorities. Pollard and
others say that the papers which Lee
sent to the War Department were mod
els Of military prescience and planning.
But with less than half the number
that Lee led into West Virginia Rose
Grams defeated Lee and drove him out
Of the country in a way that put Lee
under a cloud for months.
Rosecrans's superior Generalship was
fully recognized in Ohio and by the
rebels, but McClellan's jealousy and
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

poses and are granted to the State Of
Montana for such purposes, shall be
disposed Of under the homestead
townsite. and mineral land laws Of the
United States, and shall be opened to
settlement and entry by proclamation
Of the President. which proclamation
shall prescribe the manner in which
the lands may be settled upon, oecu-
pied, and entered by persons entitled
to make entry thereof: and no person
shall be permitted to settle upon. oc-
cupy, or enter any Of said lands, ex-
cept as prescribed in such proclamat ton.
until after the expiration OF so days
from the time when the same are open
to settlement and entry: Provided.
that as to the lands opened under such
proclamation. all rights Of honorably
discharged Union soldiers and sailors
Of the late civil and Spanish war. or
the Philippine insurrection, as defined
and described in sections 1904 and
1905 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by the act OF March 1, 1901
(31 Stat. 84O, shall not be abridged;
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosc-
welt, President Of the United States. by
virtue OF the power vested In me by
the said act of Congress, do hereby de-
clare and make known that all Of the
unalloted lands in said Reservation,
except such as may at that time have
been withdrawn for reclamation under
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

given a non-transferable certificate to
that effect. which will entitle him to 60
upon and examine the lands to be
opened hereunder; but the only pur-
pose for which he can go upon and ex-
anime said lands is that OF enabling
him later on, as herein provided, to un-
derstandingly select the lands for which
he may make entry. No one will be
permitted to make settlement upon any
OF said lands In advance OF the opening
herein provided for, and during the first
60 days following said opening no one
but registered applicants will be per-
mitted to make homestead settlement
upon any OF said lands. and then only
in pursuance Of a homestead entry duly
allowed by the local land officers, or OF
a soldiers declaratory statement duly
accepted by such officers.
The Drawing.
The order in which during the first
so days following the opening the regis
tered applicants will be permitted to
make homestead entry Of the lands
opened hereunder will be determined
by drawing for the district publicly
held at Billings, Mont. commencing at
8 o'clock a. m, Monday, July 2, 1906,
and continuing for such period as may
be necessary to complete the same. The
drawing will be had under the super
vision and immediate observance of .
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

vindictiveness were aroused. The CO.
terie which surrounded him saw a dan
gerOus rival looming up. ROsecrans's
proposals for a vigorous campaign in
the Shenandoah Valley and against the
rear Of Richmond were shifted at with
official contempt, the men and supplies
he asked for denied him, and finally he
was relieved from command to make a
place for Fremont. He was condemned
for some weeks TO do odd jobs for the
War Department. such as hunting up
Blenker's Division, while his juniors
were given important commands in the
Grand Army OF the Potomac, with
which Mcclellan was to accomplish
such wonders.
ROSecranS went uncOmplainingly
about these tasks until Gen. Halleck
then beginning his advance upon CO.
rinth, applied for his services, and he
was sent to him. where he was assigned
to the command OF some divisions un-
der Gen. Pope. This was intended to
be humiliation, but he performed his
duties with his usual zeal, ana was
among the first to discover the evacua-
tion Of Corinth, starting troops in Spur-
suit. When Pope was called to Wash
ingtOn. Gen. Rosecrans succeeded him
in command Of the Army OF the Mis-
sissippi.
Iuka and Corinth.
When Price and van Dorm began
their movement to push the Union line
back to the Ohio, Gen. Grant met them
with q counter advance OF several COL
umns upon Iuka. 1t was intended that
Rosecrans should strike the Confeder-
ates on one side, while Ord, with whom
Grant marched, should strike them on
the other and destroy or capture them.
Like most Of the promising, concerted
movements planned during the war,
this failed. The blame may be equally
distributed. RosecraHs certainly did
not handle his men with his accus-
toned ability, and Grant and Ord did
not carry out their part OF the program
by attacking from their side when the
engagement was opened by Rosecrans
From this date. therefore, was born
that bitterness OF feeling between Grant
and Rosecrans which lasted as long as
the latter lived. Grant always disliked
Rosecrans exceedingly, and had no con-
fidence In him.
AS the Mcclellan reign at Washing
ton was now ending, Rosecranss SER
vices and talents received recognition,
and he was promoted to Major General,
and Gen. Grant assigned him to the
command Of the District OF Corinth.
Price and Van Dorm moved up to at
tack this important railroad center with
SO regiments of infantry, 18 Of cavalry
and 18 batteries. The evidence OF this
strength Is indubitable since prisoners
from that many organizations were
captured, and certainly the strength OF
the enemy must have been close to
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

The Important Position of Kentucky and Tennessee.
By JOHN McELROY.

ard face he is god: as to dangers that
are out of his sight he is coward"
Great Strategist.
Probably Rosecrans was the greatest
strategist that the war produced, ami
he had few equals in any country or In
any age. Possibly his strategy was too
fine, because he pursued it to point
that mystified even himself. He had
supreme confidence in himself. fiery
devotion to his country, and a tongue
that was absolutely without bride,
which speedily encompassed him with
a host of enemies, beginning with Hal
leck and Gen. Grant. He was one Of
those who SO narrowly missed great
ness that he exciteS our constant SYM
Iathy. He was really a greater man
than Mcclellan. Halleck or Buell. and
be tier deserved success than any Of
them. Yet his failure was equally due
to himself, and no one else was ID
blame.
William Starke Rosecrans was born
in Delaware County. Ohio. Sept. 6. 1919.
On his fathers side he was descended
from n Dutchman who migrated before
tie Revolution from Amsterdam, and
his mother was Jemima Hopkins. rel
ative of that Timothy Hopkins who
signed the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. From the first young ROSecrans
was an earnest student, and had pro-
gressed so far and we'll in his studies
that at Is he was ahead of all the other
boys in his neighborhood. He was also
noted for a deep religious tendency,
which led him to careful and thor
ough study of the Bible and the dis
cussion of religious topics with all
whom he met. He sought and obtained
an appointment to the Military Acad-
emy at West Point, and there distin-
guished himself in a class which num-
bered among it's members such men as
Longstreet, Van Dorm, John Pope, Abb
ner Doubleday, John Newton, G.. w.
Smith and George Rains. When he
graduated he stood third in mathe-
matics and fifth in general merit. which
gave him entrance into the aristOcracy
of the Army-the Engineer Corps Af-
ter year of duty in building forts he
was brought back to West Point as AS
sistant Professor Of Engineering. He
was afterwards assigned to very i'm
pOrtant works, but in 1853, when he
had reached the age of "a, he felt that
he had gotten out Of the Army all that
he was likely to get. and that he must
make his future outside. Promotions
in the Army, and especially in the En-
gineer Corps, were very slow, and he
at length succeeded In having his res
ignation accepted, though 1t was ac-
companied by the most fiattering re-
grets from his superiors that the Army
was to lose so valuable man. For the
next seven years he accounted himself
Consulting Engineer and Architect,
with an Office I'm Cincinnati. He be-
came largely interested in the manu-
facture Of coal oil in West Virginia and
the development Of the mines there.
In this employment the opening Of the
war found him at the age of 42. He
was also most Jealous in religious mat
ters. his brother being the Roman
Catholic Bishop OF the Diocese OF Gin
cinnati. and the two worked earnestly
together for the good OF the Church.
Re-entrance Into the Army.
He threw himself into the Union
cause with his usual impetuosity, and
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
HUNTLY RECLAMATION PROJECT.

said act OF June II. 1902, and such
lands may have been reserved as
subject to the preference right of entry
OF the purchasers of the improvements
Of the former Indian claimants there
on, and eXeept sections 16 and Sc or
lands selected in lieu thereof. which
are reserved for common school pur-
poses for the State Of Montana. will, on
and after the 18th day of July, 1906,
In the manner hereinafter prescribed,
and not otherwise. be opened to settle
ment, entry. and disposition under the
general provisions of the homestead.
townsite, and mineral land laws Of the
United States
Reglstrnti0n.
And 1t is further provided that COM
mencing at o'clock q. m. on Thurs
day. June IA, 1906. and ending at 6
o'clock p. m, Saturday. June 2S, 1906,
registration will be held at Miles City
and Billings, State Of Montana, and
Sheridan, State Of Wyoming. for the
purpose OF ascertaining what persons
desire to enter. settle upon. and acquire
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
THE CROW RESERVATION.
An Important Tract Of Land Thrown Open to Settlement
This Summer.

The arrangements have been per-
fected for throwing open to settlement
very important tract OF land OBJ
tanned from the Crow Indians, and
which embraces over 100000 acres.
The Crow Indian Reservation lies along
the southern boundary of Montana and
is bounded on the north by the Yellow
stone River. The Indians retain a large
portion Of the Reservation
The character Of the lands appears
to be the same as that Of other in that
region. That is, there are narrow val
leys, which are susceptible OF irriga-
ton, and in which there can be little
or no agriculture without irrigation
Above these rise the benches and the
buttes, and still higher are the noun
tains. The average elevation Of the
land Is about 5000 feet, or the height
of the Allegheny Mountains. The irri-
gable lands will raise great crops Of
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

tween sections 10 and II, township 2
south, range % east Of the Principal
Meridian OF Montana: thence due north
70 the intersection Of the Montana base
line; thence due west to the intersec-
ton OF the western boundary Of the
Crow Indian Reservations: thence in a
northeasterly direction following the
present boundary Of said Reservation to
the point Of beginning;
And, Whereas, Under the act Of Con-
gress ratifying said agreement, among
other things, 1t was provided:
That the unalloted lands, except such
lands as may have been withdrawn for
reclamation under the act Of June II.
1902 (32 Stat, 388). and such
tracts as may have been reserved for
80 days after the date of opening as
subject to the preference right Of en-
try or the purchasers Of the improve
ments OF the former Indian claimants
thereon, and except sections I6 and So.
or lands selected in lieu thereof, which
are reserved for common school pur-
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
! CHAPTER XIV.

W. S. ROSECRANS IN COMMAND.
A Commander Of Great Brilliance, but
Singular Unevenness-The Army Re
turns to Nashyille-BragE Takes Up
Position at MurfreesborO-MOrga
Raid.-The Army Moves Out Against
Bragg.
Rosecrans In Command.
Gen. Buell. had directed the march
OF his corps upon Bowling Green and
Glasgow. and from thence to the de-
fense of Nashville, which he correctly
anticipated would be Braggs next objec-
tive. Oct. 80, 1852, he received at Louis
Vile General Order No. 16S, War De-
partment, which Oct. "a relieved him
of the command of the Army of the
Ohio, appointing Gen. Rosecrans as
his successor. and creating the Depart
ment of the Cumberland. This Depart
ment was to embrace that portion of
the State of Tennessee lying east Of the
Tennessee River, and such portion of
Georgia and Alabama as should be oc-
cupied by the Union troops. The troops
in the field were designated the -Four
teenth Army Corps"
AS Gen. Thomas had previously been
offered the command of the Army of
the Ohio, which he had refused out of
consideration for Gen. Buell., he and
his friends not unnaturally expected
that since Buell. was relieved he would
succeed him. Gen. Thomas addressed
a note to Gen. Halleck mildly protest
ing being placed under the command Of
q Major-General junior to himself TO
which Halleck responded by assuring
him that ROSecrans'S commission was
senior to his, whereupon Thomas with
drew his protest and cheerfully prom
ised to serve the new commander with
the utmost loyalty and zeal, which
every one knew he would
Nov. 2 Rosecrans arrived at Bowling
Green, and began active reorganization
Of his army, pushing it on to Nashville.
Gen. Gilbert had disappeared from pub
lie view after Perryville, dropping his
Major-Generalcy without a word, and
resuming his old position Of Captain in
the Regular Army. Rosecrans offered
to continue Gen. Thomas in his posi-
ton as second in command, but Thom-
as had had enough of that superfiuity
and preferred an active command.
Thereupon Rosecrans renamed the
First Corps the Right Wing" with Nc
Cook In command; the Second Corps,
the Center" with Thomas in COM
mand, and the Third Corps. the Left
Wing" under Crittenden. McCook and
Crittenden were each given three divi-
sions and Thomas five. Thomas imme-
diately advanced Fry's and Dumont's
Divisions to Gallatin. Tenn, to guard
against the advance upon Nashville,
while the rest Of the army marched
along the railroad to help repair 1t to
restore the communications which had
been so badly interrupted during the
retreat OF the previous months.
Gen. w. 9. Rosecrans.
The remarkable man who was 20
guide the destinies Of the Army of the
Cumberland for the next momentous