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nave tue HOSC sincere sympathy Tor you IN
your distress and that, as far as is compatible
with my duties, / shall always be ready to
do whatever may alleviate it"
Within less than sixty days after the date
Of that letter the writer of it had led the
Union forces in the first battle of the civil
war, at Manassas. Mrs. Lee never again saw
the home of her childhood and that of her
children. The property was occupied by the
government for military purposes and upon
portion of it was established a national
cemetery After the death of Mrs. Lee her
heirs were successful in suit brought to re-
cover possession of the estate and received
from the United States large sum of
money to quiet the title to the property
Just before the battle of Chickamauga was
fought, September 10 and 20, 1863, the Con-
federate army being commanded by General
Bragg, General James Longstreet was sent
with his corps from Lees army to reinforce
Bragg. A few days after the battle he wrote
the Confederate secretary of war, criticising
Bragg severely and saying that his army had
neither organization nor mobility" and ex-
pressing doubt as to whether those qualities
could be given it by General Bragg. In clos
ing, he urged the sending of General Lee to
the west to take command of Bragg's army.
President Davis visited Braggs army about
this time a tour of inspection, so general
were the demands for a change in that depart
ment, and decided to retain General Bragg in
command. But after the crushing defeat the
latter sustained in November at the battle Of
Chattanooga, the proposition for Lee to sue
ceed Bragg was again brought forward Mr.
Davis himself joining in the effort to induce
General Lee to 60 out to Georgia. A refusal
was not made to this request but General Lee
said that he was too old to assume the labor
involved IN the change, and that he doubted his
ability to successfully command the western
army or that he would receive the co-opera-
ton necessary to succeed. If the proposed
change of commanders of the Confederate ar
my in Georgia had been made, it is interesting
to speculate upon what the result would have
been. General Grant had just been sent to
Chattanooga, and it is reasonable to suppose
that the two great captains would have con-
fronted each other in Georgia in 1864 instead
of fighting their desperate battles on the soil
Of Virginia
General Lee, the records show, was a sort
of balance wheel for the military forces Of
the Confederacy. He smoothed differences,
he gave advice TO President Davis and his cab
met, he inspired the dropping spirits Of his
subordlnates and-one of the most important
services of all that he rendered the south--he
succeeded in keeping in that army that great
soldier, 'Stonewall" Jackson, after the latter
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AGAINST HARTMAN ROADS
Government to. Begin Suit al
Salt Lake City Shortly.

Washington, Jan. 10.-It is now con-
fidently expected at the department of
justice that suit will begin within the
next few days against e. H. Harri-
man, involving the relations between
the Union and Southern Pacific rail-
roads.
At a conference held at the White
House last May it was decided that
the report of the interstate commerce
commission on this subject when COM
pleted should be referred to the attor-
ney general for examination with a
view to possible action against Mr.
Hartman and these roads. There
was some delay, however, in the com.
pletion of the report and several mat
tiers interviewed to prevent the bring
ing of the suit as then contemplated.
Messrs. Severance and Kellogg, who
had been engaged as special counsel,
made an Independent investigation of
the facts and questions involved in
the controversy and were ready to
proceed with the suit when Mr.. Sew
erance was unexpectedly called to
Europe. He is expected to return
shortly, when suit will be begun in
Salt Lake City. It is understood that
the procedure will be a suit in equity
in general analogy to the Northern
Securities case.
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before the board and On behalf, to1
the residents of Section Sixteen pre-.
sented petition asking the county
board to appoint a time and place
for holding an election, at which
the legal voters on Section Sixteel,
could vote on the, proposition to
incorporate that territory into an
organization known IS. "Cass City
F,W. Smith of Cass Lake ap:
peared as attorney for the village
of Cass Lake and opposed the grant.
ing the petition.
The board allowed the petition
and ordered the election to be held
on Saturday, February l.. ,.
And now, it is more than likely
there will be two villages on the
picturesque shores of Cass Lake,
where feud is liable to be per
petuated for generations. .~
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IMPORTANT NAVAL BILL,
Passage by Congress Will Settle Vex'
atious Questions.

Passage by Congress Will Settle vex-
atious Questions.
!. Washington, Jan. 1O.-A bill whose
passage It is expected will work many
important changes in the personnel of
the navy and greatly increase it's eff
cheney has been introduced by Sen
ator Hale, chairman of the senate CON-
mittee on naval affairs. 1t proposes a
settlement Of the vexatious question
as to whether the members of the
STAFF corps shall have rank with the
line officers, puts an end to the crea-
ton of bureaus by the secretary of
the navy and gives a substantial raise
in pay to every commissioned officer
and enlisted man of the navy and the
marine corps.
There is an important section relat-
Ing to the appointment Of midshipmen
to the line and staff corps and also
provision calling for the retirement of
officers of certain age. '. -.
/ The first section of the bill deals
with. the bureau question by granting
authority to bureaus now existing to
continue to transact the business as
signed them and requiring that all re-
ports and recommendations shall be
made direct to the secretary of the.
navy. There is then added the pro-
vision that no permanent board of
any kind shall be hereafter appointed
by the navy department or continued
In operation unless expressly provided
for by law but. from time to time the
secretary of the navy may convene
boards for temporary service connect
ed with the pending business of the
department. ~ u -, W.,
That part of the bill which relates
ito the assignment of line rank to Off
GERS of the various divisions of the
star corps contains a provision that
they snail. in no instance assume COM
mand of any vessel. ~ -:
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Of the city, beginning with the Eight
eenth ward. The plan provides for
registering the men at the municipal
lodging house and assigning them to
work under the direction of the street
cleaning department of the city.
Those unable to work will be given
medical attention and cared for by
the city. Those working will not be
permitted to work longer than one
day at time. AS compensation they
will receive three days rations and
lodging for the days work
Tramps unwilling to work will be
driven from the city by the police.
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both day; and night runs Is attend the
meeting.
Vice President Shea and National
Treasurer Orr OF the Amalgamated
Association ot.s Street and Electric
SRailway Employees of America made
addresses and urged the men to make
no outward display of their first sue.
cess and to .doseYerything possible, to
prove to the company officials that by
organization the men can prove to be
amure; eaRcient and valuable to the com
pany. 2S :,
The strike resolution which had
been adopted with the understanding
that this was to be the last resort: was
rescinded.
i It was reported to- the meeting that
some of the f1ftyohe union men the
company had agreed to- reinstate are
back at work and others were to go to
work at once. :. go IS =, .,-,-,
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HUNDRED STILL: MISSING.

Many Bodies Remain In Darr Mine at
Jacobs Greek, Pa.
Jacobs Creek, Pa, Jan. 10.-t is per.
sistently. declared by miners here that
There are 100 bodies yet ia the :Darr
mine One of the, miners .organiza.
lions, it is claimed, has seventy mem
bers tsunaccounted for and it is the
opinion OF. this Organizations leaders
that the bodies oftthe seventy will yet
be brought from the mine. Coroner
Wynn will not set the date for the
inquest until he is sure there are no
more bodies in the mine. a total OF
24U bodies has been recovered .toldate.
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WALSH EXPLAINS DEALS.
Chicago Banker Continues on Stand
in His Own Defense.

SutSdSO 0dnNcE CONTINUES on 0tanO
in His Own Defen Sc.
Chicago, Jan. 10.-The direct exam
ination of John R. Walsh, on trial for
the alleged diversion of funds of the
Chicago National bank, continues. At
.torney John s. Miller, of Walsh's coun-
! sci, recited list of bonds of the
Southern Indiana Railway company
which the bank had held at various
dates as collateral for loans and elicit
ed from the witness the statement he
considered the transactions profitable
to the bank. -"
Asked regarding certain of the bonds
which had disappeared from the list
of holdings of the bank between July,
1904, and August, 1905, Mr.. Walsh re-
piled that they had been sold and that
the bank had received for them all
they had cost and in the meantime
had been receiving the interest accru-
ing on them. '.
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Three Hundred Chinese Perish,

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 1O.-Advices
from South China tell of fire at Can
ton where 800 lives were lost in the
burning of a restaurant. A Chinese
recently returned from California,
bringing cinematograph machine,
and at a wedding feast at, the .Choi-
chan restaurant he gave an exhibition
of moving pictures. Several hundred
Chinese had crowded into the place
out Of curiosity, packing it tightly,
when the film took fire. There was a
panic, during which the burning build
ing collapsed.
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WILL ExPEND 100000.
San Francisco Preparing to Welcome
Battleskip Fleet. '2s

San Francisco Preparing to Welcome
- BattIeship Fleet. -.
! San Francisco, Jan. 10.-A land and
water display was outlined for San
Francisco in an address to the citizens
read at meeting of the mayors com
mittee for the reception of the United
States battleship feet on its arrival
here. Daily and nightly for not less
than weel this city will be the scene
of pageants and various forms of en-.
tertainnlents and gayety in honor of
the $4,000" officers and men who will
represent. the power of the nation
'afloat., DECORATIONS and Examinations
will give to the streets and harbor a
gala effect.
:: One hundred thousand dollars will
be expended. ..--. ...-s...,,..
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military affairs. The only meeting of
the military affairs committee to be
held since the reorganization of the
senate committees took place Thurs
day. Senator La Toilette did not at
tend. He received the appointment to
this committee in place of member
ship on the committee on claims,
which he held during the last congress
and for which he had no better liking
than the assignment which took it's
place.
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Documentary Evidence Read.

New York, Jan. 10.-Witnesses rang.
ing from grocerymen to Standard OIL
officials testified "in absentin" at the
hearing Of the governments suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company.
Documentary evidence taken from the
records in the action brought against
the corporation by the state of Mis-
souri, was again submitted.
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Will Do Away With Porters.

Omaha, Jan. 10.-The Union Pacific
and Burlington roads will take porters
off chair cars and do away with flag
men on some of their pass enger trains.
All porters on the Union Pacific chair
cars are to come off and flagmen, on
Omaha-Kansas City trains west of
Hastings on the Burlington will be
done away with. It was stated that
this reduction is made as a matter of
retrenchment.
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No Cause for Apprehension.

Paris, Jan. 10.-The Matin, referring
again to the Acknowledgements situa-
ton, declares that President Roose-
welt spoke to diplomat in Washing
ton, few days ago in the following
words "All will be arranged Inv the
most satisfactory manner. The last
memorandum received from Japan
was expressed in the most conciliatory
terms and there is not the slightest
apprehension of a conflict"
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Storing Tobacco in Louisville.

Louisville, Jan. 1O.-Tobacco from
all parts of the state is being hurried
to Louisville for storage in ware
houses where it may be insured to-
escape the cancellation of policies or
the refusal of new risks by insurance
companies, which fear further raids
by night riders. =
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Largest Elevator in the World,

Superior, Wis, Jan. 10.-The Great
Northern railroad has received esti-
mates from contractors ON the con-
struction of a steel elevator to re-
place elevator A, which burned in
November. Specifications call for the
biggest, single grain house in the
world, SURPRISING the 100000 ele.
vator S of the same line here. The
new house is to be done by Sept. 1
and 1t is stated the cost will be about
$1,25O,OOO. ,
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Mysterious Diamond Robbery,

Chicago, Jan. 10.-Thieves entered
the residence of Samuel Schwartz in
Waukegan and took $4,000 worth Of
jewelry, mostly diamonds. The police
are bafaed, as there are no signs of
ingress or .egress. There was no sign
Of a. search for valuables. Everything
showed the thief knew exactly where
to find what he wanted
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STRIKE" ORDER: REsCINDED

Street Railway Mon, Of Philadelphia
Accept Concessions.
Phi}adelphia, Jan-Flo.-concessions
granted the union trolley men by the
Rapid Transit company were ap-
proved at ratification meeting which
lasted from 8:o'clock in the evening
until 3 o. clock in the morning. The
prolonged session was necessary in
order to enable the men who are on
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DISCUSSION !. !! OF NAVY.
Introduction Of Personnel Bill in
Senate Starts Debate.
BRoWNsoNAFFAI COMES UP
Senator TiIIman Announces His De.
sire to Investigate the Recent Con.
trev.rsy Between the President and
tho Bureau Chief. " .....>s ...t* =


tho Bureau Chief. ....% g :
Washington. Jan. 10.-The introduce
,tionsby Senator Hale Of his naval per-
sonnsl bill proved the occasion for a
somewhat general discussion of, the
navy and recent occurrences in con-
lnectton with that branch. Of the public
4 service. seq = y -,,.-s...... r.
IN presentingsthe measure the Maine
senator entered upon q. full explana:
ton Of its provisions, together with
his reasons for It's adoption, but be-
fore he proceeded far he was called
upon by Mr.. 1'illman, a member of
the naval committee, to say whether
the consideration, Of the bill would
probably bring, out the facts relating
to the controversy in the navy depart
ment. Mr.. Tillman added that he had
considered the ;advisability of Offering
q resolution for such an investigation.
Mr.. Hale replied E:s.r -. ):
81 nave been asked a great many
times In view of recent trans actions
In the navy department whether did
not propose introducing a resolution
Of investigation. but after looking the
matter over as carefully as l have
been able to- do have selected this.
method of action, which involves the
consideration by the senate instead of
submitting 1.-THE department to an in.
Vestigation.',,ts .a>,..
TilInan Again interrupts.
i Mr.. Hale then proceeded with his
explanation Of the bill He had not
proceeded far when Mr.. Tillman again
entered the discussion and again re-
ferred to the BroWhson incident. He
referred to magazine articles CRITICS.
ing the navy and charging that naval
ships are being built in a way Ito fit
them only for the scrap heap" That
assertion, he said, should either be
contradicted or the construction of
such vessels should be stopped. He
wanted to know whether the commit
tee would bring out the facts in re-
speot to those charges.
win it find" he asked, "why
6rOWnsOn reslgned?" and, continuing,
said: '..The president has given his
version of this controversy, but al
though he is a great stickler for a
square deal he does not give Admiral
Brownson's version of it. 1 want to
know whether the minority members
of the committee ON naval affairs will
be given an: opportunity to have the
facts brought ;out."-
] Mr.. Hale said in reply that he hoped
there would beS no question of minor
ity In the committee as it had always
acted as one body.
Senator 'Tillman: replied by reiterat-
ing his desire TO, have certain wit
nesses brought In and examined in
order to threw light onythe Brownson
case. The subject was then dropped
for the time
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Troops May BE Requested.

Phillipsburg, N. T., Jan. 10.-The I'm
portation Of men to take the places Of
striking employees Sof the Standard
mill sedya@lively disturbance here.
during which the .strike breakers were
attacked. If similar outbreak oc.
ours the governor of New Jersey will
be asked for military protection.
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Head OF Society RESIGNS,

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 10.-C. M. Bar
nett, president of the American Soci-
ETY. of Equity, the tobacco growers,
association, announced that he had re-
signed as an officer of that organiza-
ton. When / become fire marshal Of
the state Of Kentucky said Mr.. Bar
nett. II shall do my duty under OATH
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A GooD-slzED row. IS ON
AMONG CASS LAKE FOLKS
Original :Towu.lte and ''see.ion 49,
Feud Renewed. Separate ''cass
+, City" May Result.

There is pretty much of, temp
est in ateapot" at Cass Lake, which
has been precipitated during the past
few days through a surprise sprung
on the residents of the two opposing
factions in that village, one being
composed of the people. who live on
the old 1orieinal village townsite on
one side, and the inhabitants O!
Section Sixteen formerly known as
the Lydick allotmenD on the other
side.
From the time the first settlement
was made where Cass Lake now
stands (Which was formerly Indian
reservation land) there has been
strife and contention among the
people who lived there.
The original settlers there were
squatted" on Section Sixteen. They
were ordered to leave the reservation
or becejected. This order was after.
wards revoked, and the north hall
of Section Fifteen was sold for town.
site purposes. This land was &C.
CURED by G.. G. Hartley of Duluth
and his associates, under the name
of Cass Land company. Lots were
sold and the village of Cass Lake
wasformed on what is known as the
original plat of Cass Lake. - :
The village was incorporated and
officers were elected, and the mum.
icipal government was carried on the
same as in any other organized vii
lase:%~ * -: -: -:
In the meantime, the. people liv;:
ing on Section Sixteen held aloo1
from the affairs of the village on the
townslte, and there was always
more or less. friction between the
factions 80.
It=was: given out that the olive
branch had been extended on both
sides of the row at the. Lake" and
that;thec village people intended tc
incorporate into the village the Six
teen territory, ),
This, was done. or supposed tc
have been done, and everything NOV
ed alongnicely untilsanattempt was
made recently to erect city hall:
then, there was trouble. There were
newspaper rows, cases in court, etc.
winding up with an election, at
which bitter invectives were used
and a"sgeneral allaround row ha:
been in. progress ever since.
Recently those interested in the
territory embraced in Sectiontsixteer
employed Gibbons & Torrance Of
this city as. their counsel and that
firm discovered, so it is claimed
that 1.-The Section Sixteen territor,
wassnever legally incorporated a.
part of the village. '',-
,,>. AT the meeting of the board o.
county commissioners, Of Gas:
county, which was held at Walker
this week.: G. M. Torrance appeard
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.SCHM|7zI IS RELEASED
Decision Of Appellate Court Frees
Former Mayor Of Frisco.
MAY ALSO AFFECT RUFF CASE

Higher Tribunal Declares Void the In.
dietment for ~Extortlon on Which
the City's Executive and His Poiit.
icaI Boss Were Convicted. :
San Francisco, Jan. 10.-The appel
late court of California has given a
decision which releases ex-Mayor Eu.
gene E. Schmitz from custody and de:
clares the Indictment on the charge
Of extortion void: This decision prob
ably also affects the case of Abe Ruef.
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New Hampshire Taft Club,

Concord, N: H., Jan. 10.--About $50
Republicans from various parts of the
state met here and formed the. Taft
association of New Hampshire. "for
the sole purpose of promoting the
nomination and election" of Secretary
of War Taft as president of the Unit
ed States,
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North Dakotan Gets Place,

Washington, Jan. 10.-The president
has sent to the senate the nomination
Of Fred T. bennett of North Dakota
to be commissioner: Of the general
land Office; also the nomination of
James F. Tracey of New York to be
a member of the Philippine commits
sion and secretary of finance and JUS
tice. !.
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FOR FOOD AND LODGING.
Chicago Unemployed to Be Given ,
Chance to Work.

OO''SSaS0 @OU0fIPt0y w. " 0e 0IVSn u
Chance to Work.
Chicago, Jan. 10.-The unemployed
men Of Chicago, dependent on charity
Tor their daily bread, are to- be given
chance to work for their board and
lodging. The general committee APP
pointed by tho United Charities socie-
ties met In Mayor Busse's Offices and
mapped out 9 plan to furnish work
Tor the idle men. ri.
Hundreds Of the idle will begin
work cleaning the streets and alleys
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Attempts Murder, Then Suicides.

: Coldwater, Mich, Jan. 10.-Vernon
l.. Nettleton, a hardware dealer about
fifty, years old, while suffering, it is
supposed, from acute melancholia, due
to business troubles, rose from his
bed and gashed his sisters throat. He
then returned to his own room and
nearly severed his head with a cary.
ing knife, dying almost instantly. Miss
Nettleton is expected to recover.
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One Employe Burned to Death.

~. -0He E'HP7oye -ourHeu % 0eatn.
:sEkhart,. Ind, Jan: 10.-Eighteen of
the fifty stalls Of the roundhouse of
the: Lake Shore and Michigan South
,erns railroad. the machine shops and
oilhouse were destroyed by fire. Will
lam Shamburger, an employee, was
burned to death. The loss is $125, 900,
with no insurance. 81. @--.. -
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NO REASON ASSIGNED
la Toilette Retires From Commit.
tee on Military Affairs.
SENATE GIVES ITS CONSENT
Known That Wisconsin Member Has
Not Been Entirely Satisfied With
Committee Assignments He Re-
ceived at Recent Reorganization.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin has secured the
consent of the senate to retire from
membership on the committee on mill
tary affairs. He assigned no reason
for his course and had nothing to say
when pressed for an explanation of
his act in precipitately leaving one of
the influential committees of the SEN
ate. 1t is known, however, that Sen
ator La Toilette has not been entirely
satisfied with the committee assign
ments he has received and that he
has taken uo interest whatever in