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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
LAID TO REST.
Miss Eva Lane Stricken With Diph-
thcira and Pneumonia.

\ sorrowful death and burial was that
of Miss Eva Lane. whose parents.
Frank and Elizabeth Clawson Lane, re-
side at 1866 Ninth East street. The cause
Of her demise was diphtheria and pneu-
monia. and she was III only four DAYS.
Last Friday night she attended the re.
union OF tho Thistle club, and was at that
time In the best Of health and spirits.
Sunday she was stricken with the malady
which terminated fatally.
Miss Lane was IS years of age. hav-
ing been born In this city Oct 2, 1855. She
was possessed of many noble qualities,
which endeared her to all who know her,
She was faithful worker In the auxili-
AIRY organizations OF the Emerson ward.
The funeral was private this forenoon.
Bishop John NJ, Whitaker, Of. Sugar
House ward, officiating. II was in that
ward that Miss Lane lived the greater
part OF her life,
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Two Members Are Excused on
Account of Death and Per-
sonal Business.
PROBLEM OF CONSOLIDATION,
Agricultural College side OF Contro-
ycrsy to he Given Hearing
On Great Question.

Am a l.. 49,. s,oate was all that
u"'' u"N IN 'i,' -, ,,,hon ,ha
appeared above the hor'So" w. t"e
session was called 70 order at 2;i3 by
President rive
-. r,,.,, ,,.as obsAnt having
oeiia'ol o"iii'soi Wa .,S',,. ~. =
been called home 10 CUoleVine ny q
request that he come down on matter
of personal business.
ea,a,. r,,,,,,,,o,. ,,,.s alro ahsent He
i'o' N."'l.a.e' ~.
was called TO Fillmore on aceouit " '''e
death OF member OF his family.
The main matter of business this af-
,n,.,,.N,,,, ,,,aa ftha confederation of four
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TODaY'S MONEY MARKET.

New York. Jan. S1.-Close: Prime
Sterling exchange weak with actual
business in bankers bills mt 1896 q
1910 for demand. and at 4.SO.50@
4.SO.55 for 60 day bills: posted rates,
4.s2 a.ssh and 4.s0la; commercial
bills, 1.S0h.
Bar silver, 681s.
Mexican dollars, 52M.
Bonds, governments, steady; rail-
roads, irregular.
Money on call, easy. 2@aA per
cent; ruling rate, 2& per cent; clos
Ing bid, 2 per cent; offered mt "a per
cent. Time loans, strong and dull; 90
day bills, a@5A per cent; 90 days,
51a @S% per cent; six months, So
Der cent
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
FRACAs ON SECOND SOUTH.

AZ about noon today had Eye Jack
,oH and n0Ss cS0ISd nan a ns@a ws an
second South between Main and state
streets in which they made small bout
ders out 81 big ones, using each, others
ocular injury WAS done 10 either until
bad Eye" Kicked his antagonist on the
shins aud then ran, officer cioush heard
" the fracas and managed 70 capture
smith He was locked up on the charge
OF hghtInf aud n search Is now going on
for "Had Eye Tho cause ~ the trouble
IL not known as smith declines 10 80
into PARTICULARS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
GRADUATES HOLD
FORTH TODAY
Lowell Union and Lafayette
Schools Scenes OF Commence
rnent Exercises.
BIG CLASS LEAVES GRADES,
A Total of i4i Pupils Ready for Work
In Higher Institutions---tiood
Programs Arranged.

The mid-year eighth grade GRADUATE
ing exercises OF the city schools are be-
ing conducted this afternoon and to-
night at the Lowell, Union and Lafay-
cite buildings. A total OF i4i pupils
Will graduate. and great many will
enter the high school Monday, whore
preparations have been made to receive
them. The exercises at The Lowell and
Union schools were held AZ 2 o'clock
this afternoon. Those at the Lafayette
will be held tonight at O'clock, There
are 49 In the class at the Lafayette, 10
at the Lowell and SO at the Union. Fell
lowing are the programs In each school
and the names of tho graduates:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
AFTERNOON ON EXCHANGE.

This afternoons sales of the regular
call OF the mining exchange were.
Lower Mammoth, 800 at $50.
May Day. 500 at 27ls.
Nevada Hills, 100 at 80; 100 at 3.s7ls.
Beck Tunnel Con-, 100 at l.s2ls; 400
at ! so.
Colorado, 100 at 2.2o; 200 at 2,7l,s
Ingot, 1000 at AZ.
Joe Bowers, 1000 AT 3.
Little Chief 1900 at.
Mountain Lake, 200 at H.
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NEW BILLS IN.

The following bills We're introduced
today In the house:
II. b. Sc. by Larsen This bin takes
the placelof Jensen's bill reviving Ben
ner y, Smiths S. "a. 4, whichNwas eff
fectually BILLED yesterday. The new
No. 66 provides that children of school
age may be compelled to attend school
within n distance bf four miles Instead
of two and a half miles. as at present.
II. b. 7e. by Davis. by request, pro-
vldes for the manner of assessing and
collecting poll taxes within the state.
n. b. 49, by Randall relates to the
matter Of collection OF municipal taxes.
Fl. y, a. by Croft provides for the
suppression of the selling, giving away
or furnishing by any person to any
other person whatsoever, of cigarettes
or cigarette paper in any manner. shape
or form.
Fl. b. 70. by Dean, relates to the filing
of civil suits In the same precinct as
the party sued resides. or that the con-
tract specifies.
The committee on claims and public
accounts reported on Fl. r. Q, by Rob-
inson, appropriating $500 to Lafayette
Chichester for meritorious services to
the State of Utah. recommending that
the amount he reduced TO $1,000 and
that 1t then be passed,
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RAIN OR SNOW.

Tho spell Of foggy weather is liable "a
continue for 4 couple OF days yet, rs
there Is 4 local low area over the south
west and another low pressing IN from
the northwest. So rain nr snow Is pre-
dicted Tor the morrow, with lower tenn
perature, The extreme cold IN mOderai.
Ing ~ The north Tho daily forecasts
Telephone exchange in Utah.
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WANTS HIS COMMISSION.
W. NJ. Wantland Seeks to Recover
$4,000 OH Mining Deal,

suit was Med IN the district court to-
day by w NJ. Wantland against Mlnos
q. Vincent, the Flagstaff mines. limit
ca. OF London, the Flagstaff gold
mines, limited, OF London, and Everard
Bierer, Jr,, to recover the sum OF $4,000
alleged TO be due as commission for
PLAINTIFFS services N finding a pur-
chaser OF the property OF defendants
which Is located at Alta. II is alleged
that plalntff entered into an agree
ment with the defendants ON about
April rs, 1905, whereby he was to use
his efforts 70 sell the property and the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
LOOTED TRIBUNE BUILDING,

This morning Officer Jim Taylor AZ
rested a young man named James Crow
who has been residing az ia east See
larceny u II claimed that Crow went
10 the old Tribune building and took
therefrom quantity ~ electric wiring
burned the Insulation from il ana then
attempted TO sell IL.
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RAILROAD WINS.
verdict for Defendant IN Fire Damage
Suit at Bingham.

me jury in the case Of the Bingham
Coal q Lumber company against the
RIO Grande Western Railway COM
pany, which was tried In Judge
Kitchie's court today returned a ver-
dict ~ favor OF defendant The action
was brought TO recover $4,000 damages
Tor the loss of plaintiffs property by
nre which was alleged to have been
caused by sparks from locomotive be-
longing TO defendant. The jury found
that the fire was not due to the negli-
gence of defendant a.nd hence returned
n verdict In it's favor.
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LATE LOCALS.

Fifteenth Wnrd--A character ball
will be given in the Fifteenth ward
amusement hall Friday evening, Feb,
l. Prizes will be awarded the best
sustained characters.
Realty and Loan Goa copy of
the articles of incorporation of the
Heitler Realty and Loan company of
Denver, Colo. was filed with the sec
Rotary OF state today. It's capital stock
IL s4S, 5000, divided into shares of the
Heitler Is president; Julius Heitler,
secretary, and j. Y Houston OF this
city is named as resident agent for
this state.
Paper Company Incorporates---The
Mcmillan Paper and School Supply
company of this city has filed ITS ar
tcles of Incorporation with the county
clerk. Its capital stock is $4,000,
divided into shares III the par value
of $50 each. y. A, Mcmillan is presi-
dent; | G.. Meyer, vice president and
treasurer; Heber Nelson. secretary.
The company viii engage in gem
eral school supply business.
The Months Clearlngs-Today's To-
cal bank clearings amounted to s903,-
609s9 as against s1.3t6,590.1s for the
same day last year. The clearings for
the month just closed amounted to
S29.2b2.6S1.10, as against s3216l
62S.l9 for the month of January
1906, decrease Of Se,9oS.a46.49 The
management Of the Salt Lake clear
ing house changes tomorrow, from
the Deseret National bank To the
banking house of Mccormick g. Co.
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astcnuants agreed to pay him 5000 TOR
MS services. He did find n purchases
ana the property was transferred to-
saiu purchaser but the defendants have
tailed to pay his commission. Hence
above.
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CAUGHT IN DRAG NET.

Between ! aud 2 o'clock this morning
Officers Carlson aud Pierce got busy
among certain joints dignlAed by the title
saloon and rounded by six indlyid-
for wear They were charged with
VBgranry.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31

Extension, 4o@tli Mustang, sosn. !,
+. Mining, 37q3S Fraction st ". ~, y
q. f. Daisy. 2.s5@z.05; Triangle sss g,ss
Tramp Con, l,70al.l2M Mali KY WV
1908, Bonanza, 1914; Yankes s eSna
oils; Stray Dog 5OQ5s i. y VEL.
25M30; Pine Nut, 25W27. '"@
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BORN.

HOOD THE wife Of Michel h nsS, VI
'sented him with a li,poane s nd an
las, night, Jan. 81, Ml'hsF "A'
are doing wen,
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LIEUT.. DRuRY NOT GUILTY.

Pittsburg. Jan. si-The Jury in the
case OF Lieut. Ralph w. Drury and
Private Bowd. U. >. A.. charged with
the murder OF VIM. II. Crowley, re-
turned verdict today of not guilty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
IN THE HOUSE.
Committee Reports That Bryan viii
Not Have Time TO Talk.

The Hon. VIM. j. Bryan will not adj
dress the house of representatives to-
day. The committee appointed TO con-
fer with Mr.. Bryan and invite him to
speak as per resolution of that body.
headed by Mr.. Taft of Wayne, ascer-
tanned and reported that his time was
so disposed of that IT would be impossi-
bic for him to accept the invitation, and
the committee returned empty hand
cd Ds il were
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31
EASTERN CURB SALES.

The following curb quotations and sas
are furnished today by Badger Bros ii
Main street:
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DIED

sTpITER.-At s22 Lincoln a, ,ss X IT,
Lake City Utah, Jan Sb.rlotte sisl.'
nhold.pneumonia Rose mai Mary \.
Ter, daughter Of Henry ~ WE, Apul
stelter; born IN Milwaukee,
a. 1895. "a ,neAtlngh'pSi
Funeral from First ward l,'r M
Thursday, commenclng Nv
sCHEID. AT his home W NW1yednsstEt
south Fourth East stIesl' sehtid i
Jan ~, 1907, Vnlcnuns 20 dass, u hA'
7s years, I months ana 70 Vs.
Fnnernl services from 81, PMSH i IoIisH
Friday at ., m. lnleiH'e"'
BERG.--At as Bellevue a, yfipus' Lsv,irls
Jan. 90, 1901, Of convuls,yo'a eta btn-
daughter OF william q, ~ and 70 tS,
nett Berg, aged : month, II A n. n.y.
Mineral services Friday ha,nds are NV
the family residence FI'N"'
Cd TO attend. ~
DFARfNG.-In this eliy,, ~ yesrs ala =
Minnie l. pearlns ass'
mon f,soeyaI will lie hold toqas sls NJ
fns ~ b Eyons I'D aN
south state street. lnFe""
cemetery. .. ....neoa
wEsr this city, Iuesaag d pffs
Alma Henry West ase' ~ AZ
monia. ,,.tu he he'd ,,,,Aty
sl r'hnS Ward 'E mssetinghouse at npvS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-31

equal education like the air we breathe,
should be accessible to all alike"
1T Is tolerably certain that Froebers
kindergarten system viii be recognized
by aud by as indispensable to school
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Edward Ulrich and Ole jacobson,
against the Boston & Montana smelt.
ing company. alleging personal dam
ages in that sum from injuries $
tanned in the falling of a scaffold over
the new iue last May.
GREAT FALLS, Sspt. 7.--George
w. Martin and Y. Tame, Japanese,
were arrested by Officers Bake and
Sage for gambling, ia a raid on a
rooming house run by several Japs
last night. Dozens of decks of cards,
many OF them being new, and a mum.
Der OF poker chips we're taken in the
raid, and will be used as evidence
against the little brown men.
BUTTE, Sept. "A test of the new
gambling law enacted by the last leg.
islature Is to be made in the prosecu.
ton OF the case against Dennis F.
Egan, who is charged with having
conducted a stud poker game August
II last. A demurrer to the informa.
ton In the case was filed yesterday in
Judge DOMAINS court, and the argu-
ment on the demurrer was set for next
Monday. The attorney for the defen.
dant ventured the opinion that the
new law is void.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
What the
People Want to
Know.

ERr1AN J. RIDGWAY. Publisher of Everybody's N.aazine.
HE biography Of unrest is the history Of PROGRESS
yesterday an idea, today a custom, tomorrow move
A hundred years ago the unrest was political.
THE UNREST OF SOCIETY TODAY Is CAUSED
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but it did her a sight Of good. Then we
complied with the instructions in using
the entire set of Cuticura Remedies
and my wife is entirely recovered. She
thanks Cuticura very much, and will
recommend it highly in our locality
and in every nook and corner of our
parish. God bless you for the sake of
suffering humanity. I'M. Robert, Hy-
dropolis. La, Jan. 5 and Sept. l, 1906"
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SOUTHERN MAN CURED
Ola Terrible Eczema by Cuticura
in Six Weeks.

"Some time ago I suffered terribly
with eczema, and I had the best medi-
cal attendance, but the more medicine
I took the worse it seemed to get. I
kept on with medicine for about five
weeks until I saw the Cuticura REM
edies advertised, and I at once pur-
chased the Cuticura Soap. Cuticura
Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent, but
had not the slightest hope of them
curing me. After l had used the first
set of the Cuticura Remedies I saw the
Improvement, and in just six weeks my
skin was as smooth as ever. l advise
any n suffering from this terrible
disease TO use the Cuticura Remedies.
Henry j. Stelljes, 1872 Spring St.,
Charleston, S. c., June IL, 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor OF Infants. Children. and Adults con.
s!sts OF c IIntmsI SOAP oS 25co e Cleanse the Skin,
CH ut,H y, n Res9 ely S5oc3 !; tor in the form Of Chocolate
Corp, Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
n Mailed Free. How to Clre Skin Hrmnra.
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free and equal to worship their God in accordance with the dictates
of their own conscience in the fullest and widest acceptation of the
meaning of religious liberty.
JAPAN, WHICH HAS LEARNED MUCH FROM THE WEST, HAS
EVEN MORE TO TEACH THE WEST.
Persistency, self control and preparedness arc among her Ma
TIONAL QUALITIES; her officers exemplify the highest skill
united with the highest patriotism; her soldiers, while reckless in their
bravery in sacrificing their own lives, are uniformly humane even to
their enemies, and no nation is served by a more competent diplomatic
body-men Of reliability, Judgment and moderation.
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Decline of Our Family Life.
By Professor SMALLER MATHEWS. Dean Of the Univ
Divinity School.

BY Professor shAlLER MATHEWS. Dean Of h University Of Chicago
Divinity SCHOOL,
IVORCE is increasing with ALARMING RAPIDITY.
The conditions are much the same today Is in the days Of
Jesus, when He forbade divorce, although it had become so
commont that a MAJ might divorce his wife merely because
she was not a good enough cook. So with us, the family has become
a mere conventionality and a matter of personal convenience.
THERE ARE MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
GROWING UP WITH THE IDEA THAT MARRIAGE, WHILE IT MAY
NOT be SIMULTANEOUSLY, AT LEAST MAY BE SUCCESSFULLY,
PoLXANoRoUs AND PoLYoAMoUs.
We fail to take our family relations with sufficient seriousness.
WE GO INTO FAMILY RELATIONS WITH THE SAME
SANG FROID THAT WE GO ON \ PICNIC. 1t is SO much
easier to write books about child training than it is to bring up bows
and girls.
We have need of better laws on divorce, we need better protec-
ton for children, but it is the business of the cluYcl, to see that we
have NOT MERELY BETTER LEGISLATION, But BETTER
PEOPLE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

OUT OF THE CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH. THE RESTLESS
MEMBERS OF. SOCIETY SAY, I'VE WANT TO KNOW HOW A FEW
MEN MAKE SUCH HUGE FORTUNES WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY
OF US ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP SOUL AND BODY TOGETHER"
THE LEVEL, SO that a man can invest his savings with some assur.
ance that he will at least get back the principal.
$3.50
We want to know what right the few have to borrow our savings
to build railroads, take our grants of public land along the tracks and
senger and freight rates, POUR WATER INTO THE CAPITAL
AND COMPEL US TO PAY INTEREST ON DOUBLE OR
QUADRUPLE THE ORIGINAL CAPITALIZATION Not
only that, but we want to know why they make SPECIAL RATES
TO SIDE PARTNERS, enabling them to kill off competitors, with
the result that many Of the actual necessities of life r. put almost
beyond our reach. Not only that, but why in some instances where
monopoly exists THE QUALITY OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES
is INFERIOR TO WHAT 1T WAS BEFORE MONOPOLY,
leaving us the choice of taking the inferior article or going without
not only that, but why when we pay so high a toll for travel we must
risk our lives in finder box coaches running on imitation steel rails.
We want to know why our subways and trolleys and gas plants
should make some men milionaires and at the same time give the
multitude such execrable service.
We want to know why the enormous reserves in the insurance
companies should be available to this group or that group of fnanciers
for gambling purposes.
WHY ARE LITTLE CHILDREN WORKING IN OUR MILLS WHEN
THEY OUGHT TO BE IN SCHOOL? WHY MUST WOMEN TOLL IN
OUR FACTORIES WHEN THEY OUGHT TO BE REARING A
HEALTHY RAcE7
Why are there sweatshops and sums?
What or who is responsible for 81 many strikes and lockouts and
boycots?
Why should one hundred thousand families scrimp and slave in
order that ONE family may have a paradise of parks and palaces,
more money than is good for it, more than it can possibly spend?
OF SOCIETY IS ASKING. THIS IS THE SOCIAL UNREST OF OUR
TIME.
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o~OSVOA "4CAA nv
effect at all until
she employed Gu.
ticura Soap and
Ointment. One
of her hands and
her left eye e r
b a dly affected,
a n d when s h g
would stop using
Cuticura Soap and
Ointment the &C.
zema came back,
~~A --
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For Sale or

Fifty-two copies Of the WEEKLY RIVER PRB,s
tor $500 spot cash, or its equivalent in banka Bile
paper. Goode will be delivered in regular weekly
Indictments during the twelve months following
receipt of remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed,
Address II RIVER PRESS,
Fort Benton. Mon,
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What We Can Learn From japan

By OSCAR S sTRAUs. Secretary OF Commerce ant Labor.
~APAN, ALONE AMONG NATIONS, has given the world
an example of how a people can throw off the shackles of an
oppressive autocracy and endow itself with all the safeguards
of liberty and justice under a constitutional form of govern
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ment WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE
TERRIBLE STRUGGLES AND DEVASTA-
TION OF BLOODY REVOLUTIONS by fol
lowing along the paths of peaceful evolution.
Japan is the land of LIBERTY, CIVIL AND
RELIGIOUS. Her religious liberty is even far in
advance of nations who pride themselves upon this
most precious of national virtues. Her people have
no p%rejudices based upon religious or ecclesiastical
grounds, and all men of every church and creed are
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
SEVERE ECZEMA
CURED n SOUTH
Suffers Three Years - Hands and
Eye Most Affected - Employed
Doctor to No EHect-Now ENTIRELY
Recovered and Will Recommend
CUTICURA REMEDIES IN
ALL PARTS OF PARISH

my wife was taken badly with ec-
eonoa for three years, and she employed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-09-14
DUEL OF SOUTHERN GENERALS.
Killing of Walker by Marmaduke and
Its Effect on Confederate Fortunes.

"a duel between two confederate
generals, almost in the midst of an
important engagement, in the early
stages of the civil war, had something
to do with the final collapse of the
southern cause" said an ex-confed-
crate living in New York after his
return from the Davis and J. E. b.
Stuart memorial celebrations in Rich
mond, relates the New York SUM-
1--WE were not as united as the new
generation would have you believe
There was always misunder-
standing between the Richmond gov
ernment and the trans-Mississippi de-
partment- Early in the conflict l was
sent to Arkansas to learn the cause
of the trouble in the leadership.
Five men, whose names later be-
came a part of the history of the
cause, were at variance at a time
when unity was essential. These men
were Sterling Price. Marmaduke,
Walker, Holmes and Pagan. Price
was the idol of the Missouri troops
Marmaduke was a born soldier.
Walker was a martinent. Holmes was
uncertain in judgment. Pagan was a
good fighter when he was discreetly
directed.
when I reached Arkansas these
five men We're before Helena for the
purpose of wrestling it from the enc
my. 1t was a strategic position at
the time. 1t is not necessary to go
into the details of the story. The
point is that the attack failed.
1T was a blow to the Richmond
government early in the couse. The
failure lay not with the soldiers but
with the leader. Holmes had
planned the fight. Events showed
that he had no conception of the
strength of the Notifications of the
enemy or of the enemys numbers.
After the failure dissensions
among the leaders increased. This
was noticeably the case between
Walker and Marmaduke.
IF 1 remember correctly Walk
er ranked Marmaduke. In one
OF the movements Walker had or
dered the troops under his command
to retreat. To Marmaduke was given
the post of danger the re-
treat. He was assured that at a GER
tain point he would be reinforced by
Walker.
1T was important that he should
have this aid. When he arrived at