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The National tribune., 1907-03-07
The 9Th Ne,

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a history of the 5th Me.-Wm. Phinney.
Cumberland Mills, Me.
The 5th Me. was organized at Port
land June "a. 1861. and mustered out
July 27. 1864, the veterans and recruits
being transferred to the 9Th Me. Bat
TALON Its first Colonel, Mark III. Dun
nell. resigned Sept. =. 1851, when the
command fell upon Col. Nathaniel J.
Jackson who was promoted to Brig
adler General Sept. "a. 1852. Col Ed
ward A. Scammon then took command.
remaining in this position till Jan. 9,
1868. when he was discharged. At the
time of the regiments muster-out Col.
Clark s. Edwards was its commander.
II belonged to Wright's Division, Sixth
Corps, and lost 107 killed and II from
disease. etc-Edtor National Tribune.
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The fifth Ind.

Editor National Tribune: l do not
see how I could get along without The
National Tribune Will you please give
a short history of the old 44th Ind. ?
Fred M. Anderson, 1716 S. Washington
St, Marion, Ind
The 44th Ind. was organized at Fort
Wayne Nov. %, 1861, and mustered out
Sept. IA, 1865. 1t was first commanded
by Col Hugh 2. Reed. who resigned
Nov 26, 1862, and was succeeded by
Col. VIM. c. Williams, who resigned
July 26. 1868. Lieut.-Col. Simeon =.
Aldrich then took command. who died
Aug. Is. 1864, of disease. At the time
the regiment was mustered out it WAS
by Col. James F. Curtis. It
belonged to T. J. Woods Divisio l,
Fourth Corps, and lost 80 killed and
229 from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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sympathetic spectators was more than
they could bear, and two veteran Ser
geants determined to stir them UP a lit
tie. For this purpose they directed two
42-pounders on the crowd, and when
no officer was near fired. The first shot
struck about so yards short, and bound
ing over the heads of the astonished
spectators, went crashing thru the
Moultrie House. The second followed
an almost identical course. doing no
damage except to the Moultrie House,
and the spectators scampered off in a
rather undignified manner. The Moul-
trie House was flying a yellow flag at
the time. and the Charleston newspa-
pers discoursed upon the barbarity of
firing upon a hospital flag, forgetting,
perhaps. that we also had a hospital in
Sumter, which they treated to red-hot
shot during the boubardment. OF
course, none of the officers of Sumter
knew anything about the two 42-pound-
er shots"
ITO be continued1
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The SD Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: 7 would be
pleased to see n little history of my
regiment, the SD Ohio, in Your valued
columns. e. Ellison, 1923 Stewart
St, Allegheny, Pa.
The sad Ohio was organized at Jack
son from September. 1861, and mus
tered out Aug. II, 1855. 1t was first
commanded by Col. Jesse j. Appler.
who was discharged April is. 1862 Dur
ing the remainder of it's service it was
under the command of Col. Wells 5.
Jones, who was breyetted Brigadier-
General March 13, 1865. II belonged
to Hazen's Division. Fifteenth Corps,
and lost so killed and 1876 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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lst ". Va. T., 4,

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give a short history Of Battery B,
1st W. Va. l.. A.-Johu X. Edwards,
West Columbia. ". Va.
Battery E was organized at Ceredn.
Oct. /. 1861, for three wears. and upon
the eXpiraticn Of tiTne of service all
members were mustered Uut except Vet
Grams and recruits. Wio we're transfer
red to Pattery Il, Va. l.. A., Fen. Is.
1865. Capt, Samuel Davcy resigned
April 1, 1862; Capt ernst III. Rosafy
was discharged April Is, 1SrH' Capt.
john Jenks was discha rgad Z 'ch 10,
1863, and at the time of mu5t-r out tn ,
battery was commanded by First Lieut.
Penj. H H Atkinson. The eight bat
teries which composed this org niz@ ton
lost SO killed and III from disease, etc.
Editor National Tribune.
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The 10th Tenn. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
sketch of the 10th Tenn. Cav.-W. d
Sparks. Pisgah, Ga.
The 10th Tenn. Cav was organized
at Nashville from August, 1868, anC
mustered out Aug. /, 1865. 1t was com
manded by Lieut.-Col George w
Bridges, who was discharged Dec. 10
1864 At the time of muSter-out the
regiment was commanded by Lieut--Col
James I. Abernathy 1t belonged to
Hatch's Division. Wilson's G. C. Corps
and lost 25 killed and iS2 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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PAZO DIN I'M ENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind Bleeding or Prot ruling
Piles fn TO II days money refunded. 5Dc.
The I41fb Ill.

Editor National Tribune Please give
a short account of the 141th Ill.,. and
oblige an old comrade who has nothing
but praises and good wishes for your
paper.--Robert c. Berry. Olivet, S. ID.
The 141th Ill. was organized at Chi
cagO, Feb. Is, 1865, for one year, and
was mustered. out Jan. 20, 1866. It
was commanded by Col Hiram r.
Sickles. 1t lost three killed and 81 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The iSSth Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give short history of the 156th
Ohio w. H. Brewer Richmond, Ind.
The 156th Ohio was organized at
Camp Dennison May Is, 1864, for 100
days and mustered out Sept. l. 1854.
1t was commanded by Col. Caleb Mark
er and lost % from disease etc.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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in consultation with the officers: he
was called frr his professional opinion,
and to state how long the men, with
insufficient food they had lately been
receiving, could maintain a fight. He
put the time at five days, which was
two days beyond the date set for the
arrival of the fleet. Fifteen minutes
later, the Aids handed Maj. Anderson
the following formal notification:
Fort Sumter, April 12. 1861.
1890 a. m.
"Sir: BY authority of Brig. Gen.
Beauregard, commanding the Provis.
iGnal forces of the Confederate States,
we have the honor to notify you that he
will open the fire of his batteries on
Fort Sumter in one hour from this time
I'VE have the honor, etc.
Chestnut,
"Lee'
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Spring Ailments

Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, fits of biliousness, indigestion
and headache, are some of them.
They are all radically and perma-
nently cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine thoroughly
cleanses the blood and restores healthy
functional activity to the whole system.
1t makes people well.
II have been using Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla as spring medicine for ten years,
and have never found anything better"
John Flemings, Campbell Hall, N. Y.
Insist on having
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CHAPTER TX.
THE WAR OPENS.

Beauregard Demands the Evacuation OF
Fort Sumter, and Is RefuSed-The
Whole Circle of Batteries Open Fire
Anderson Waits Until After Breakfast
Before RepIying-The First Days
BOmbardment.
The Demand for Surrender.
AT 3:45 p. M, April IL, Maj. Ander-
Son received the following communica-
tion from Gen. Beauregard:
Headquarters Provisional Army,
&C. S. A.
Charleston, S. c., April II, 1861.
'tSir: The Government of the Con-
federate States has hitherto forborne
from any hostile demonstration against
Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Gov-
ernment of the United States, with a
view to the amicable adjustment of all
Questions between the two Govern
ments, and to avert the calamitieS of
var, would voluntarily evacuate il.
There was reason at one time to
believe that such would be the course
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knowledge the receipt of your COM
tnunication demanding the evacuation
of this fort, and % say, in reply ther3-
TO, that it is a demand with which ]
regret that my sense of honor, and Of
my obligations to my Government. pre-
vent my compliance. Thanking you
for the fair, manly and courteous terms
Proposed, and for the high compliment
paid me, / am, General, very respect
fully your obediept servant
Robert Anderson,
'Major 1st Art. Commanding"
Maj. Anderson, as he handed this let
ted to the Aids, added: "Gentlem al.
sc you do not batter the fort to pieces
nbout us we shall be starved out in a
few days"
Communicated to Montgomery.
Maj. Anderson's reply was put in
Beauregard's hands at Sis, who was
also told of Anderson's remark. All
this was communicated at once 10
Montgomery, and Secretary of War
Walker answered Beauregard as fol-
lows:
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short Ration. I'm the Fort,

The rations had been running down
rapidly, but Maj. Anderson believed that
by putting the command upon half al
lowance he could make his bread last
The National tribune., 1907-03-07
Only One anRono erI~rNr"

Tha; is LAXATIVE BEONO QUININE Simi.
larly named remedies sometimes deceive. The
frt and original Cold Tablet is WHITE
PACKAGE with black and red lettering, and
bears the signature of r. W. GROVE. 25e.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

In usual liquid form or chocolated tab.
let's called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81.
Guaranteed under Food and Drugs Act,
June 30. 1906. No. 32a.
The National tribune., 1907-03-07

The sound of the signal gun brought
everyone out of bed, and the housetops
and wharves were soon crowded with
wildly enthusiastic people. who cheered
to the echo the screaming shells as they
leaped from the mouths of the cannon
and curved in long semcircles of fire
directly upon the doomed fort. Ii was
an event towards which their minds
had been tending for many anxious
weeks ard months; many had been
looking forward to it fer years 1t was
the assertion in thunder ana fire of that
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25
ACTIVE WORK
San Diego X Arizona Keep Steadily
 at Work Building This Way

Active work on the construction of the San Diego & Arizona railway has been going on for some weeks. Filing are being driven for the long bridge ac' oss the SWeetWater on the Jama- cha rancho, where the Spreckels sup ply company Is now located This work has to be performed while the river Is at low stage. Considerable preliminary work Is also being done at the northern end of Jacumba valley, four miles northeast of Jacumba springs. Small camps are scattered along the route of the road for many miles and at Jacumba pass a large supply camp has been established. All told, there are about 300 railroad work CTS in the field, blazing the way for a larger force.
 As the result of a conference be tween John D. Spreckels, president of the San Diego & Ar zona railroad, and E s Babcock, head of the San D e. 20. Cuyamaca & Eastern and La Jol- la lines, arrange ements were completed whereby the former company is to re- ceive deeds to property owned by the latter two railroads for purposes of right of way.
 For some time past numerous ac tions have been pending in the superior court relative to the condemnation suit of the San Diego & Arzona rail road, and for tune 1t looked as if the construction of the line which will give this city direct connection with the Imperial valley and an outlet to the East, would be delayed.
 By the terms of the agreement reached Mr. SpreckeIs and the officers of the San Diego and Arizona railroad will set the value upon the property owned by the other two roads and MT. Babcock is to deliver 1t at these prices,
 By this action on the part of MT. Babcock all litigation will be declared off as far as his interest is concerned.
 The right cf way through San Diego Is now practically assured and but a few owners of property are yet to be settled with. Adjustments are nearly completed with the Pacific Coast Steamship company, whereby a good portion of the land which is now oc cupied by the freight warehouse at the foot of Fifth street will be turned over to the railroad. The Union oil com pany, 1t Is expected, will accept the terms of t. e railroad for the property ownnd by 1t, which adjoins that of the steamship company.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25

560 acres of fine soft sandy land with 56o shares water stock. An Ideal place for a stock ranch. Bert R. Chaplin, Imperial. Cal. 5ou
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25

Zon O. Phone taking machines and records for all disk machines for sale by Teller, the Singer agent, Postofflce building, Imperial. 47H
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25
Hyatt Gets Ten Years

Floyd Hyatt, one of the two horse thieves who held up the Vaughn broth CTS. two ranchers near Holtvllle, April 25. and shot one of the latter to death while attempting to get horses in order to escape over the Mexican border. has been tried on the charge of stealing a brown horse and a gray horse from Sydney D, UIrey. of Brawley. Hyatt pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitenuary.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25
Brawley Budget

on the train, Monday evening.
 Mir w. F. Ernst has gone to Los Angeles for few days.
 R A. Walker and wife came In on the train last Saturday. Mir. Walker will be here during the cantaloupe sea son
 Wm. Cunningham, of Riverside, Is here in the employ of the C. E. Thurs ton company
 James Mcclure Is now seen in Stahl Bros. store.
 w. F. Holt was in town last Satur- day for short time
 U. S. DeMoulin was in Brawley for few days on his way to Los Angeles.
 R. Malan has gone to Los Angeles for few days.
 Mrs Edith Meader left on the noon train Sunday for few days outing.
 L. c. Jones, of Los Angeles, came in on the frain Sunday evening. He has come to stay with his son. C. c. Jones during the cantaoupe season.
 D. D. Pellet and wife, accompanied by Daisy Mead visited friends in Brawley, Sunday.
 The dance given by the Submarine band Saturday evening was a great success.
 Lew Bennett has gone to Los An geles for few days outing.
 Mrs. E J. Cayce, Mrs. J. Cooley, of Los Angeles. spent few days In BraWley this week.
 The w. c. T. U. gave their regular social Tuesday evening at Mrs. Dr. Miller's.
 Mir. Lewis Lee came home on the evening train Monday. He has been spending few days with his family in Los Angeles.
 c. H. Day, M. D. Witter and F. H. Stanley were visitors in Imperial, Sat urday evening.
 The trial for the two plckled pork institutions has been postponed until May 29th.
 R. R. Baker and Geo. McKeehan were put in jail Tuesday because they could not give bail. Geo. McKeehan was bailed out Wednesday morning.
 The display in Stahl's store was great success.
 Mrs. w. H. Best came home Tues day evening from Riverside, where she had taken Mir. Best. She stated he was improving.
 Mrs. B c. Walker, who has been very sick, is now improving,
 Word came Wednesday morning that Geo. H. Clark, of Riverside. dled Tuesday at 5 p. m. He had appendi- cts. He had been employed as one of the box makers at the packing house.
 The w. c. T. U. will give an ice cream social Saturday evening. It is fer various expenses.
 Joe Ramsdell returned the last of the week from Los Angeles, where he has been on a contest case.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25

Preaching in the Masonic hall next Suncay at 3:2o p. m. The public is cordially invited; Chas. Wentworth, minister. "The greatest need of Fl Centro."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-25
M. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments

Imperial Valley Lands a Speciality
 Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley. Anyone having Inn perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilties for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed Write or wire me at 2( Mer- cantilp Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8l82. Tel. Main 3440.
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FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

The prohibitionists carried Natchitoches
Parish by a majority of 175.
A New Orleans man is the inventor of
a practical lumber car stake.
Walter Hortman was drowned while
fishing in Dorcheate, Webster Parish.
|. F. Hawkins, said to have been dyna-
hitting fish, was drowned near Bogalusa.
Lawrence Downey, 10years old, was run
over and killed by a street car in Baton
Rouge.
Major Beverly W. Dunn, inventor of
dunnite, the new explosive, is from East
Feliciana Parish.
Mrs. Olivia f. tinker was asphyxiated
by falling into a tub of water in New Or
leans last Thursday.
The State Board of Equalization, in ses-
sion at Baton Rouge Friday, increased the
value of live stock s., COO, 700, and the total
increase will be about SIS, 600, 600.
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LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Four persons were killed by tornado in
Iowa.
Ten men were killed by the collapse of a
mill at Lille, France.
An eleven-year-old boy committed sui
eide at Paramount, Va.
Four negroes were killed and three in
jured in wreck at Yazoo City, Miss.
Ed Ferguson went bathing in his clothes
near Brandon, Miss, and was drowned.
Two cases of rare disease known as
"relapsing fever" have appeared in a
New York hospital.
Four persons were killed and thirty in
jured in collision of passenger trains near
sapulpa, l. T., Saturday.
An explosion of dynamite in Chinese
mine near Fangtse resulted in the death of
two Germans and 1903 Cinnamon.
Mrs. Francis Horner and woman ser
want were butchered by negro robber at
their home near INTERCHANGEABLE, N. J..
Three registered mail sacks containing
about $3.50, 900 were stolen from Burling-
ton train between Denver and Oxford, Neb.
Heavy frosts fell in the northern part of
North Dakota and Minnesota Tuesday of
last week, causing much damage to late
grain and garden truck.
AS the result of dispute between chance
acquaintance at Memphis, Tenn, Ben
Harold shot and killed Frank and W. N.
Smith, father and son.
W. H. Hicks, paymaster for Philadel-
phia corporation, was held up by three
highwaymen in that city and robbed of a
satchel containing $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles Webster and their
two.year daughter were burned to
death in fire which destroyed their resi-
dence at Mentone, Indiana.
Because of the stringency In. the money
market last week, the city Of New York
was obliged to raise the rate of interest on
bonds it had for sale from to ~ per cent.
Robert Andersen, a farmer of Franklin
County, KY, was shot and almost instantly
killed while asleep In his home by his
thirteen year.old son, who did not know
the gun was loaded.
In July our exports exceeded imports by
only trifle over four million dollars, the
smallest balance since 1895. The decrease
is attributed to the high prices prevailing
here, which favor importations.
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THE STATE PRESS.

Abbeville Meridional From every Sec
ton Of Louisiana comes loud condemna-
ton of Mr.. Aswell and his policy. His
supposed popularity is found to be an
Imaginary thing.
Mansfield Journal: Col. Schiller must
be getting in his work in Europe, as 500
immigrants sailed from Sicily on the 10th
instant, for New Orleans, Let the new
corners be located in South Louisiana.
They are not wanted up this way,
Hammond Sun: Every man found
drunk on the streets of Hammond should
be promptly arrested and fined, or Jailed,
and thus discourage the business of buying
blind tiger whisky SO that these law break
ers will be forced out of business for lack
of trade. These things are disgrace and
shame to every law abiding citizen of this
town.
Shreveport Times: One Of the strong
est arguments used in favor of prohibition
in Natchitoches was that the open sale of
liquor has tendency to demoralize negro
labor. This is true; whisky not only de-
moralizes the negro as worker, but often
it makes a criminal of him.. These are
facts to which every plantation owner can
testify. They make the liquor problem
much more serious than if white popula-
ton only had to be considered.
Referring to the recent prohibition vic
tory in Natchitoches Parish the Abbeville
Meridional says: "From all we can learn
the hoggishness of couple of saloon
keepers in setting up saloon next door to
widow lady whose sole means of liyeli-
hood was keeping boarders for the State
Normal School, was the spark which kin
died the blaze" So the two-legged hogs,
in dispising ''the widows mite " lost all by
their fragrant contempt of right and de-
cency.
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MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

Municipal ownership of public utilities
has failed again, this time in New York, a
few weeks ago.
Some years ago New York City decided
to light the Williamsburg bridge and a
number of public buildings in the neigh
borhood of the Manhattan anchorage.
The power to run the electric plant was
furnished by burning refuse and waste
material collected by the street cleaning
department. That looked like good plan,
and hopes were entertained Of it by all the
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ownership enthusiasts. Yet
now. after making fair trial Of the propo-
sition, it has been abandoned on the ground
that it is too expensive. The city, notwith-
standing the fact that its fuel costs virtually
nothing, could not make light as cheaply
as the Edison Company, which has to pay
for its coal. More than $50, 00O year has
been paid to keep the plant in operation,
whereas the Edison Company has con-
tracted to light the bridge for $4,000
year. Many thousands of dollars were
spent on building, on modern electrical
machinery, and in installing the plant; all
of which, of course, has now gone to waste.
Thus municipal ownership has proved
disastrous, though all the circumstances
were favorable, and theories Of municipal
ownership shouters have been smashed
again. The reason is to be found in our
American political system, which in ma
jority of large cities, is reckless, extrava-
giant and corrupt. Politicians manage
municipal affairs in such way that their
own interests are cared for first and public
service is only minor and subsidiary fea=
ture. Money collected from tax payers is
spent for the benefit of the "gang' in
stead of for that of the people, and the
consequence Is that enterprises conducted
by the city are invariably not merely jill
managed but enormously expensive.
There is no reason to hope that this state
of affairs will be changed SO long as human
nature remains what it is, and therefore
the people will not be likely in their sober
senses to intrust any public utility that can
safely be left in the hands OF private en-
prise to any city government.