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The state herald., 1907-08-16
QUANTRELL is
STILL alive
LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS
GUERRlLLAS IN CIVIL WAR
TELLS OF ESCAPE.
IS NOW 70 YEARS OLD
BONES OF BuSHWHAckER SUP
POSED TO BE ON Ex-
HiBiTloN IN KANSAS.

Victoria, b. C.-Bill Quantrell, lead
er of Quantrell's gucrillas in the Civil
war, who, according to history, died Of
wounds at Kentucky hospital, after
his raiders were cut up, is alive and
well at Quatsino, on the northwest
coast of Vancouver island, under the
name of John Sharp, according to
number of people who have conversed
with him.
j. Il. Duffy, a prominent timberman.
who recently became interested In tim
Der land at Quatsino. recognized John
Sharp, who is over 20. wiry and gray.
as Quantrell, Duny having been n
member of the Michigan troop of cav.
airy which cut up Quantrell's force.
Quantrell stated to Dufry thGt ho
was correct In his recognition. Sharp
said he had been left ms dead and in
stead of dying of his wounds at Louis
Vile, as history recorded that he had
taken horse. ridden many miles and
! disappeared He made his way to
South America, living n number Of
years In Chile, whence he went to
Texas, where he engaged In the cattlo
business, making considerable money,
which he exhausted. Then he went TO
Oregon, where he punched cows and
| drove cattle over TIL mountains. From
| Oregon he came TO British Columbia
nearly two decades ago and engaged
In logging AT different camps of tho
northeast coast of Vancouver island
until ten years ago when he became
trapper of the northern coast.
Six or seven years ago he went to
| Quatsino. where he was made car
carer at West Vancouver mines.
When j. T.. Duffy landed at Quatslno
from the steamer Tees he met John
Sharp on the beach at Coal Harbor
Duny looked the OLD man over and
said; is that you, Quantrell. you old
rascal?"
Come Into the house" said Sharp,
ard for some hours the two men
talked. Sharp stated he was In reality
| Quantrell. and he talked at length OF
the raids in Kansas and elsewhere.
and eagerly listened to Duny's tales
from the point Of view Of the cavalry
, men Of the Union men. He was most
keenly interested in the story of tho
cutting up of his band, and when his
narrator told OF how forty men had
been killed tears are said TO havo
rolled DOVE the old mans cheeks.
II. T.. Montgomery. who is engaged
In business at Quatsino and who knew
Sharp. or Quantrell. at Fort Worth,
Texas. and II. o. Berg postmaster at
| Quntsino, are two others TO whom
Sharp has stated his Identity as Guam
troll.
| II might ms well admit IT," Sharp
told both. at seems that | cannot hide
the fact"
The story the old man told TO the In.
formant Of the Associated Press was
that when his band had been cut up
he had been bayonetcd in the chest
and had bullet wound through tho
shoulder. The surgeon who looked
him over diagnosed that he could not
live more than a couple Of hours. and
he had been left that others with moro
chance Of recovery could be attended
10 by the overworkcd surgeons. While
they tended the others he rot up do.
spite his wounds and disappeared.
That night. he says. he rode seventy
miles. He took flight 10 South Amer
lea
The state herald., 1907-08-16
GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL UNION
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
THREATENED.
POSTAL FORCE QUITS
OVER 1000 WoRkMEN IN COLO
RADIO ARE NOW THROWN
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.

+ +
+ The telegraph operators +
+ strike has practically tied up +
+ the wires from coast to coast. 4
+ Following the walkout of the 1.
+ Western Union operators, the +
+ Postal force opened their keys +
+ and quit work. The Associated +
+ Press operators 80 out. +
+ Men now Out on strike in +
Denver ................. 4l5 r
+ Men now out on strike in +
+ remainder of Colorado. 400 +
+ Train and switchmen out of I!
+ work as result of strike. 800 +
I Western Union operators +
+ out ..................... SIS +
+ Postal Telegraphers out. "a +
4 Associated Press operators +
= out ................... rs =
+ Miners thrown out of en- +
+ ployment as result of rail +
i road strike ...........3,00 900 +
+ Total workmen in Colo. !.
+ rado out as result of 4
I two strikes s.....4,3 1893 !.
The state herald., 1907-08-16

Topeka. Kan Mention of the AZ.
royofy ~ " G. Quantfoll being alive
In iiflilsh Columbia calls "a mind tbs
fact that In the state historical rooms
here ARE two shin bones and lock of
hair supposedly ~ the famous raider.
rhey have been there since May. isss,
whtn the mother ~ W g. QHnnifeii
aud " W Scott ~ Canal Dover ohio.
opened tho grave At Louisville. Ken.
tncky,
The state herald., 1907-08-16

Kansas City.-Accordln 10 local
history. Bill QuantrCll. the Fuerill,
leader who played so important part
In the Missouri Kansas border warfare
Of the early days died In the Sisters
hospital at Louisville Kentucky. Rev.
Thomas Cobb. formerly pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church Of this
city, but now located In Oklahoma.
knew Quantroll In Kentucky during
the Ciyil War, He wna n cavalry 70.
cruitlng oficor. and nj the time campcd
with Qunn,rcll for two daya and had
many talks with him.
Roy. Cobb said
"Quanircll was then In Central
Kentucky. He was ON his way 10 vir.
ginia and Maryland 10 Join Mosby. He
had n Rkirmiah with tho federal troops.
the Twelfth Kantuok cavalry. and was
seriously wounded. He was not known
mn Quhntfoll during that expedition.
but went under tho name of Captain
CLARK
Il was pnrolod In Louisville about
that time by Colonel Folsom One day
Colonel Folsom asked me N ! knew
Quantrnll. and I told him ! did. iio
then asked me n I would Identify him.
and ! said would n he were dead.
"Thon you will not Identify him II hc
In hliyoT asked Colonel Folsom, No.
! replied. ! was taken 10 Wow body.
bu, II was not that ~ Quanlfoll. Dut
day or two later several of Quan
trell'a mon saw the dead body Of their
leader In the Sisters hospital and at
tended his funeral In tho Catholic
cemetery, This. believe. IL the ,rp-
story Of Quantreil'H death and burial. =
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
FRANK Z. HOWE. Editor and Publisher

President Mellen Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford says that
the locomotive Is on It's way to the
scrap heap and that electricity will ul-
tlmately be used instead Of steam for
railroad power. For this reason he
argues that the present railroad corpor
atlons should be allowed TO build and
operate trolley lines In order that the
great changes In methods OF operation
may be fastened The legislature OF
Massachusetts, has taken the position
that TO permit the ownership OF troll
ley lines by steam road interests would
destroy competition and constitute n
menace 20 the public. and there Is
likely to be more antagonism Of sim
liar nature In the future. but the man
who does q 30 mile trip In two and
one.half hours behind n steam locomo.
tive aud arrives at his destination
looking like a stoker and unable to sit
down comfortably because OF the Gin
dors that have found their way inside
his clothing Is In a humor 10 allow
President Mellon or any other man all
the latitude deserved In the extension
Of electric railroads
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
SIR KNIGHT
VIM. II. MANEELEY
52d Degree Of Mary commandery. Phil
adeIphia, Receivers From Briahrs
Disease.

During cuuclaVc week ln san Fran.
cisco. Sir KNIGHT Vim. a. Mancclcy OF
1905 y. Seventeenth street. Philadgl.
uh|a. of Mary Commaudcry called a.
che Office of the Iuo. !. Fulton Co. 10
report bis recovery
&c. stated that be- had both nrighta
Disease and Dibstoa for nine years and
had gotten to low he could not speak
iur % hale hour No a time. and had to De-
poe iu ice packs. a leading physician
sent him word that De- bad had several
eases recover under a preparation
made loo California called Fult0n's Com
pound Munovlcy sent for a. The
third niFht be- got the FIRST natural
sleep in months and Improvement was
then gradual bat continuous. until h.
D. noW the picture Of health.
Among other well known Philadvl
pf'HT who had recovered be- mention
,u Richard fil1ert, Mrs. T.. T. Snow oI
1915 Columbia avenue; also two resi-
dents of kTuEingtUn. whom be- told o
it. also the wife 81 % physician aud He,
oral others. MaaonH will know how 4,
approach Mr Mnncclcy Ia get the ctcr
nal truth aH 90 the guincncss Of Till
profound discovery.
We again announce 10 the world th'
durability Of chronic lirighta Disease
and Diabetes In fully ~ per cent Of nj
ruHrl
When 90 suspect Brighta Disease
/ Weakness or loss of weight. pun.
ankles. hands or oycllds. dropsy. Md
upy trouble. after the third mont
urine may show sediment. fallln
vision, druwFinrFr. one or more q
thos" Sold by w. 1. O0kay and y. A
I QuInlan druggists for Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19

now imperatively demands the total
and immediate repeal of these laws
everywhere.
Repeal these laws, obtained osten-
sibly for the imaginary good OF the
public; repeal them now for the real
good of the people" who clahor all
over the world for real and practical
protection.
Down with the Pretended protection
lot medical laws that yictimize mankind
everywhere.
Down with the rank class leglsla-
tionl
Let the people at least have the right
90 live!
Camp Aragon will never close an
hour while there Is any one TO serve.
and without limitation. by enlargement
and Improvement. will ever keep pace
with the demands OF It's patronage.
Carriages. any kind required. will
meet trains at the depot at Bennlng
ton village. Vermont. the nearest rail
road station: aud are also at command
I by telephone. from any part OF that
/ village at any hour. day or night
All our carriages will always bear
/ cards Inscribed. Camp Aragon."
Fraternity OF DuXanimae.
Dr. Hercules Sanche. Pres.
Jasper =. Bradley. secretary
Address. Camp Aragon. Bennington.
VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
LvNA1Ic GUARDS TREASURE.
Patroimaa aud Railroad Employees
Held NJ Hay.

SOMERYILLE. y. j.. Aug. 10
Madly guarding tin box containing
cash. bonds aud securities valued at
$1,000 Philip W Brown. eighty three
years old. held at hay a policeman
and force 81 railroad employees who
attempted "a remove him from the
station of the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey. where be had camped for tho
night
The aged man believed be was pur-
sued by thieves and wanted 10 escape
by taking train for Philadelphia.
lie stood % his treasure box and re-
sisted with superhuman strength
every attempt made 60 restrain him
lie was finally placed In the county
fail. but he still chung 20 his treasure
and became violent at every attempt
10 take Il from him.
lie was removed 20 the state insane
asylum az Trenton. stu carrying his
hox with him Brown was a former
resident Of Philadelphia who had been
visiting relatives here He recently
shaved signs ~ insanity and escaped
from his friends az night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
cnnri. Martial nrcrcn.c.

WASHINGTON. Aug. lg-1'he an.
nunl report OF Acting Judge Advocate
General Porter shows that there was a
decrease OF 0S3 In the number OF courts
martial In the army during the last
fiscal year. The total number was
30i3. Including thirty.two officers
twenty three N whom were convicted.
Among the enlisted men 10y far the
greater number ~ court martial trials
were on account ~ descrtion, there be
Ing no less than 1.lui eases. aud 100
cases ~ absence without leave. -Four
officers were dismissed by sentence a.
against fourteen last year
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
ANY q YEAR OLD GIRL

Can make those delicious Lemon. Che.
oolato and Custard pies as well a. the
more experienced cook n she uses
"OURPlE" preparation. which Ia now
being sold by nearly all grocors. Full
directions on each package. Pie IA
not a luxury. but an article OF daily
diet and you might Just as well make
good pies aa poor ones. order n few
packages today and you will be- 10 vel
pleased that you will tell all your
friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
work Pump. si,ty-four Days.

CHARLESTON. s. c.. Aug ia.-The
steamer Shenandoah. with cargo N
coal. from Baltimore Tor Mare Island
navy yard. is reported wrecked at Mel.
bourne. Australia. due 10 heavy
storm encountered while rounding Cape
Horn. For slNty-four days the men
worked az the pumps before reaching
hsrbor The ship II Il said. will prob.
ably have 90 De- destroyed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
chanpio. Giant Of rour state. Dead

BURLINGTON. y. j., Aug. ~. o.
Councilman Frederick Peter. the tall.
cst man lu four states. i dead here
The Allied German Societies ~ New
Jersey. New York. Pennsylvania aud
Connecticut gave him n gold headed
cane some years ago secausc he was
the biggest man In tho society. lie was
six feet soycp Inches In height PsIor
was afty-sovon years cid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
Hax Fewer and summsr Cold,

Victims VI hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Foleys Honey
aud Tar as Il stops difficult breathing
Immediately aud heals the innamcd air
passages and even n II should fail Co
cure you Il will give instant relief"
The genuine II In yellow packagc.-
Qulnlan's Pharmacy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
cenneciIcur. sleepI.eha.s Rara.d.

Conaecti~uTs steepI~chase Burasd.
BRIDGEPORT Conn. Aug i9-Fire
swept the amusement grounds at Stee-
plcchase Island. causing 10000 dam.
age aud creating something of a panic
upon the 2u.OO0 visitors. No one was
seriously injured. SIX structures were
burned Including the grand stand aud
hlcnchers ON the baseball diamond.
where 500 persons had gathered for
the Chicago. Bridgeport game Tbs
greater part Of the loss falls upon
George e. Ulyou. proprietor Of the
amusement grounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19

Xcnnody'a Laxative Cough Syrup
acts like magic upon the bowels and
clears the whole system Of coughs and
colds. II promptly relieves inhamma.
ton Of the throat and allays irritation.
Sold by ID. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
CAMP ARAGON

The Only Place on Earth Where Any
Person Can Drink Deeply From Ma
lures Fountain Of Life and Receive
New Vitality to a Tangible Degree
Within one Hour Through DIadue-
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19

Therefore. dladuction il not a pathyi
nor q remedy. nor a mode OF treat.
ment. Il has no nurses. no remedies,
deals with none. needs none.
II IL not based upon medical ideas;
II has no relation 10 anything medical.
Il deals only with vital force. pro
lection from evil causes. and ailments
necessary as Indispensable material
for repairs. its only means are artifc
lal organic devices, with which 20 In
duce the spontaneous. universal forces
20 play fayorably upon the living or
ganiams under It's protection: and
hence Diaduction, per SO. II protection
10 life according 10 the teachings and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19

Charges for said accommodations
are az follows:
Each time for two hours or n short
er time. one dollar. Nn: for three
hours. n dollar and half. Ni.5Ol: Tor
four hours. the longest time permitted
two dollars. lf2l.
Only one time, one use per dag. pet
twenty.four hours. allowed to any per
son. never longer than two hours ~,
In one day n permitted except for the
first time. the FIRST day. when Il mas
be extended 20 three. or even to foul
hours. N required. but the use Of These
things for curiosity or pleasure vii
never be permitted
The average daily use does not OK
coed one hour: and In many cases. no
more than half an hour.
These accommodations are access
ible every hour In the year. late hour
and bad weather notwithstanding.
Work about the camp and II
grounds will be accepted for the nbOyr
charges IN lieu Of money. but from IN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-19
Little Required.

No faith. no prayers. no rubbing. no
pounding. no ceremony. no palaVcring.
~ hmnbug dOings. no medicine. no
electrical. galyanic. yoltaic, or other
would.be magical appliance; no mys
ticism. no nursing. no dieting. no look
ing solemn. wise. no caioling. aud very
little else required, yet that little IL Ia
eNorably Indispensable. under the pen.
atty Of failure aud disappointment: no
exception for king or subject. master
or slave. rich or poor. wise or imbecile
ln strict accordance with the natural
laws that condition all things upon ab.
solute compliance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
By RICHARD. A. HASTE

The building up these detas the mouth OF rivers
and along their lower courses is striking example of
the processes by which nature works preserve what
she once begins. The forces that built up the original
delta by the deposition of silt began to preserve
and protect it.
Only moving water holds sediment in solution.
Arrest the current and the load of sediment at
sinks to the bottom At times of flood river-water is
charged to the limit with the wash from the drainage
basins. This is carried onward by the rush of the
current but let there be check and part of the load
is dropped. When the overfiows the banks the
sediment is deposited in a natural embankment follow
ing the course of the current This process produced
those natural levees always along rivers subject
to floods These embellishments grow higher with the
years and often as in the case of the Colorado River
where it passes the Salton Sink, form permanent
dyke that ressts the highest floods.
As the deposit of silt decreases as the distance from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Redemption Of the Overlooked Lands

during the good old antebelum days by river steamer
Many of these plantations had connection with the
outer world other than by river They occupied little
islands in the "sunk lands, they called. And
here may be interesting to note local tradition that at
the time of the great earthquake of 1872 the quake
that disturbed the interior of this contnentthese lands
along the Mississippi sank several feet and were imme
diately covered more or less with water There Is no
authority however to substanate this sinking tale.
To reclaim any considerable portion of these delta
lands things necessary first, evees along the
great river and its lower tributaries sufficiently high
and strong keep the current within the channel during
the periods of highest floods and, second, interior
drainage system to remove the surplus OF storm water
This is important because the valleys very fiat and
the further reason that the annual rainfall OF the Mis-
sssippi valley is heavy - averaging 90 inches.
These two of the greatest development problems
of the lower Mississippi valley, and might say of the
nation, to-day The levee question affects not only the
lands adjacent to the river and subject to overflow but
it is closely related the problem of river navigation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Redeemed by Leveeing the River

These areas thus partially protected by natural evees
and receiving from year to year accumuatiOns OF silt
from the muddy waters, emerged gradually above low
water lines, and, being rich in soil, became
covered with dense growth of timber. This mag
nifcent stand of hardwood timber including wateroak
elm, ash, sycamore gum linden, poplar, cypress, and
magnolia, fourished and died and fourished again,
forever watered by the river and fed by the floods until
to-day they the richest inheritance of the great valley
if you except the soil itself.
But subject to overflow and covered with water from
to five feet the greater part of the year. these rich
tracts were worthless There was no frost to harden
the swamps for the lumberman, roads could be built
to get to the timber, and however rich the soil, its
cultivation uncertain proposition. The floods
might skip year, perhaps two three but then they
might come twice in year.
Here and there, along the river where the natural
levees particularly high plantations cut out
of the forest and the work of nature strengthened by
additional leeveS to protect this particular plantation
These the picturesque southern homes by the
passengers who travelled from St Louis New Orleans
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
The Great Basins of the Delta

These valleys basins lie alternate sides of the
river that is say, they break joints like shingles
a roof Beginning at Cape Girardeau, the ST. Francis
valley extends about two hundred miles along the west
side OF the river to Helena, Arkansas. About midway
down the valley but the opposite side at Memphis
the Yazoo delta valley begins and extends to Vicks
burg where the river again hugs the eastern bluffs but
opposite Vicksburg and as far as Baton Rouge, the
Tensas basin stretches its level expanse hundred
miles the west The bluffs Baton Rouge constitute
the last headlandS OF the old continent Not many
years ago, the time of this world is counted, the
waves of the Gulf rolled what is the great
basin Of the AtChafaaya.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

sssipp the mouth fthe Ohio the older river of the
two. They then independent of each other, but
both flowing into the estuary about 80 miles apart The
head of this estuary, receiving the sitaden waters of
these great continental rivers gradually filed until
times of low water the current returned to distinct
bed leaving the vast stretches of mud to bake in the SUM-
1t thus that the work of delta making began What
was then an estuary freShwater arm of the
dirty and shallow is the bottom lands of the lower
Mississippi, from Cape Girardeau south. This delta
territory is made up of four distinct divisions, the St.
Francis valley the Yazoo delta the Tensas basn and
the basin of the Atchafaaya The last merges into the
coastal plain that embraces the partially submerged
detas about the mouths of the Mississippi. The areas
of these basins aggregate 10000 square miles about
100000 acres of land The most of this, until
recently subject to overflow every time the Father
of Waters went on rampage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

llt plODlSIIl vi d uCCP
waterway from the
lakes to the Gulf, that
isjust now occupying so
much public attention.
The history of the
Mississippi Riverlevees
is the history of the
river since the white
man assumed control.
The first leveeS were
thrown up by the
French at New Orleans
W hen Bienville
established a post
there. The floods
were not as frequent
as now nor did the
water rise so high. As
the commerce of the
river increased the
high places, as we have
seen,were appropriated
and levees built IT all
private affairs. At
length, however, the
states along the river
took up the problem
of a levee system, and
levee districts were
formed, taxes were
imposed to meet the
expense and the work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

I'll Inherent from the ordinary swamp ldIldS
are the overlooked of the Mississippi
River and its lower tributaries, although they
II have been Cassed as such.
glance at the map of the United States will show
that the Mississippi River drains the greater part of
thtytwo states area containing 1000 square
miles. Upon this falls about al per cent of the
precipitation of the entire country 1t is estimated that
Is per cent of this rainfall finds its way down the Mis-
sissippi River the Gulf of Mexico 1t is not surprs
ing then that this great national sewer is subject to
floods that overflow the immediate valley along its lower
reaches.
It is to be expected also, that the territory
braced within this drainage basin becomes settled the
timber removed and the fields ditched tiled and cult
waited, these floods will become numerous and
destructive, unless the excessive water supply be
held in storage reservoirs the great river kept within
bounds by continuous eveeS from ST. Louis to the Gulf
Under natural conditions fully 100000 acres of
valley land subject to overflow, subject to
overflow before the present partial system of evee was
,,:I+