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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
Carr CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Murder in
Second Degree.
Jury Out Five Hours Before
Agreeing on Verdict.

Marion. Kan, Feb. 17.-At 10
o'clock last night the Carr murder case
was turned over to the jury who after
celebrating five hours agreed on a ver-
dict of murder in the second degree.
This is the result of probably one of
the strongest circumstantiaI evidence
murder cases ever tried in the state of
Kansas
w. T. Carr was charged with the
murder of Express Messenger o. A.
Bailey. the deed having been commit
ted between Emporia and Newton on
Santa Fe train No. lis on the early
morning of March 29, 1908, the victim
being found dead in his car on the ar
rival of the train at Newton, in ter
ribly mutIlated condition., his head
being literally chopped to pieces by a
hatchet.
One of the main features of the case
was the fact that Bailey was befriend-
ing Carr, who was an ex-express mes
senger, in carrying him home to his
family when he was in financial diff
cultieS and unable to pay railroad fare.
At the time of Carr's arrest at New
ton he no doubt escaped the vengeance
of a mob by the quick work of the
state and Santa Fe officers in getting
him out of Newton, taking him across
country in a hack to Marion county,
where he was incarcerated, tried and
found guilty.
The verdict above given is the result
of a retriaI, the former trial having
resulted in a. hung jury, seven for ac-
quittal and five for conviction.
The result of the first trial is be-
lieved to have been due to a large ex-
tent to the prejudice of the former
jury against railway and express cor
porations, the Santa Fe and Wells
Fargo companies being deeply inter-
ested in the case.
Murder in the second degree in this
fe1, h
the penitentiary at hard labor for a
period of not less than ten years.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
GERONIMO is DEAD.
Falls Victim to Pneumonia and Ex-
pires in Hospital.

Lawton. Okla. Feb. 17-Geronimo o,
the noted Indian chief, died today at
Fort Sill, where he has been confined
as a prisoner of war for a number of
years.
pneumonia after two days Illness.
He will be buried in the Indian GEM
etery near the fort tomorrow The
funeral will be conducted by Christian
missionaries, the decedent having pro-
fessed religion three years ago.
Geronimo was the war chief of the
Apaches- He was captured with his
band at Skeleton canyon, Arizona
twenty-five years ago. having sur
rendered to General Nelson A. Miles
who with his soldiers had pursued him
for months
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
SNOW Is GOING FAST.
Weather Much Warmer and Wind Is
From South.

Only little sleet and snow remain as
a reminder of the storm of the first of
the week and indications are that this
will have disappeared by Thursday
evening The sun has shone bright
and warm since morning and the mer-
curry has been above the freezing point
the greater part of the day. The wind
which is from the south has averaged
Is miles an hour and is of the warm
and melting variety. The forecast in
dicates warmer weather for tonight and
Thursday and there is little likelihood
that the mercury will drop below the
freezing point during the night The
following are the temperatures since Z
NJ hi
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
MEETS MARCH Is
Date for the Extra Session of
Congress Is Fixed.
President Elect Taft Authorizes
the Announcement.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE extra ses-
sion of congress will be convened on
March Is. This date was definitely set
tied today and President-e Taft au-
thorized the announcement.
Formal announcement of the date
was made by Republican Floor Leader
Payne at 1870 o'clock this morning for
the information of the house.
The date of the extra session called
for the purpose of tariff revision was
fixed at a conference today between
President-elect Taft, Senator Aldrich
and Speaker Cannon.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
STILL NO CHANGE.
Deadlocks Continue in ILL
nois and Wisconsin.

Springfield, I'LL, Feb. 17.-Another
ballot, the thirty-third. for United
States senator was taken at joint ses-
sion of the legislature today without
an election. Hopkins and Stringer, the
leading candidates. got II and 40
votes. Another vote will be taken to-
morrow.
Madison, Wis. Feb. 17.-There was
no change in the United States sena-
torial deadlock today. The twelfth
joint ballot gave Stephenson So votes
out of 12S case. Necessary for
choice e.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
DEVLIN FARM SOLD.
James David Pays $4,000 for the
Property.

J. Z. Matthews. formerly Topeka
merchant, who purchased the Devlin
farm which lies about a mile beyond
the Country club and on the Burlin-
game road has sold the property to
James David of Williamstown, Jeffer-
son county, for $4,000 The property
was sold to Mr.. Matthews by the Dew
lin trustees about a year ago for $12,-
600 and consists of a 1SA acre improv-
ed farm The purchase James David
recently sold a farm AAr Lawrence
for $4,000 because he Nanted to So
cure a location nearer ToDeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17

will come before the house tomorrow
morning.
After the utilities bill on the calen-
dar comes the Dolley bill relating to
the control of state institutions. then
the senate prohibition bill, and then
the bank guaranty bill.
This schedule of bills on the calen-
dar, all under special orders, will be
strictly followed out. it is said, and no
further lodging or side-tracking or de-
lays will be tolerated.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
MILLER BILL PASSES.
House Adopts Measure to Regulate
Shipments of Liquor.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE most i'm
portant legislation agreed to by the
house in years was Incorporated to-
day in the penal code bill which was
under consideration. The legislation
seeks to regulate the interstate ship
ment of intoxicating liquors. Speaker
Cannon took the floor and voted for
the legislation.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
LAST GOOD ROADS BILL PASSES
The Vote i'm the House Was
81 to 3.

The last of the four good roads
bills passed the house today at $3.50
p. m, by vote of 81 to 8, only Boyd,
Maxwell and Morgan of Hodgeman
voting no
The next bill on the calendar is the
anti-lobby bill.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Thursday
Warmer tonight.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17

Just before the opening of the ses-
sion this afternoon Senator Milton pre-
sented each senator with a carnation
as a token of his appreciation of the
a ction of the senate in deciding in his
favor in the contest brought by former
Senator j. F. Getty.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17

The public utilities bill by Stone of
Shawnee comes next on the calendar
and may possibly come up for consider
alton this evening. At the latest 1t
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
The National Tribune Scrap Book
STORIES OF THE CAMP, MARCH, BATTLE,
HOSPITAL AND PRISON TOLD BY COMRADES

stories
number of
The following is
S. A.
o Miss BY C. F. Macdon
The ]. E.
At the Siege Of Norfolk Vechten
on Picket In Front Of Petersburg.
S. Ludw
w. F.
Ihe Cumberland Gap Campaign. By E. T.
A Wnn. L
By Capt Foster
The Record NneM o
ig.Gen Erasus
G.
O Tenness BY John Van Arsdel
Strayed 7.
of in
Resulted in
Rebel Victory" Annie Nj.
BY 1 Barker
phen Lutz
25 with
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. d. C.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Did Not Stretch Over the Field.

Editor National Tribune: have taken
your valuable paper for several years, and
have never seen line from any Of the 18th
Ohio boys, aud would not now II 1t were not
for an item in your issue Of May 6, under
the heading, Were Not Whipped"
Your correspondent says he belonged to
John Beatty's Brigade, OF Rousseau's Divi-
sion. Now, II Gen. John Beatty's Brigade.
of Rousseau's Division, were not whipped it
was so badly demOraliZed that your CORE
spondent has not got over IL yet. or he
would not be so sure of Crittenden not
stemming the tide of the battle of Stone
River. When ]. A. Duncan, Co. I, Sd Ohio,
says Crittenden was not engaged in the
first days fight of Stone River, he don't
know what he is talking about.
l belonged to Sam Beatty's Brigade Third
Division, Twenty.frst Corps, and talk from
treme left, but when the right was driven
back we were ordered to doubie-quick to the
right and found line close to the pike;
but before we could fire shot we had to
open ranks to allow Gen. Rousseau himself
and his demOraliZed troops to pass through.
We than closed ranks and drove the rebels
back at the point of the bayonet, Gen. Rose
Grams himself giving the order to charge.
The 10th Ohio and 9th Ky. made that
charge, and that Is what stemmed the tide
Of that battle. i often wonder how a soldier
knows, when he is with his regiment during
battle, what the balance Of the army Is
doing, or where it is. / was in Co. A, 10th
Ohio, four years and two months, and never
missed q march, skirmish a battle during
that time; but | never could tell what was
going on, except in my front and with our
regiment.-John c. Smith, Canton, Ohio.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
ADDRESSES WANTED.

Carl Klaus, Co. B, 2sth Wis, snoqualmie,
Wash, wants address of former comrades
Rev. Geo. Nicholas, Box 315, Guthrie.
Okla. wants address of Lieut.. j. c. Gaskel
Co. B, Saith U. s. c. L.
NJ A. Nichols, IL Pearl street, Newark,
Ohio, wants address of Harry A. Conner,
who served In company organized Mt Mans
field, Ohio; lived South until two or three
years ago: may now be in Northern Ohio.
q. II. Diggin, Spencer, Iowa, wants ad-
dress Of John Stevens, Cos. NJ and Ii, I'd
Ill. l.. A; last heard of in Salt Lake City.
ANY comrade who remembers Charles
Grothe,. who served in some Maryland regi-
ment, is requested to write to his widow
who has lost his discharge. She is aged and
infirm and does not remember where he
served. Address Emma Grothe, l32 Spruce
Mrs. n. A. Turner, Pittsburg, Tex, wants
news Of her brothers, of whom she has not
heard in 35 years-Charles b. Woody and
Allen Woody-whom she last saw In ST.
Louis, Mo.
N. s. Lane. Binford, wyo., wants address
of Geo. l.. Sanburn, who lives north of
Edmonton, C.nada.
Information wanted Of Samuel Barhan or
any Of his heirs. In the early sixties they
John NJ. Barhan, Scio, Linn County, Ore
Nelson ROby. Kenton. Ohio, wants infor-
nation Of Nathaniel X. Maloy, who served
in Col. Bragg's (Wis) regiment; was wound
ed at the Wilderness and sent to Mcclellan
Hospital, philadelphia, Pa.
Harry Bryant, Of Mantle, ILL.,, writes:
MY father, John Bryant, was of fair COM
plexion, auburn hair, blue eyes, dark beard,
FIVE feet nine or 10 inches tall: of white race
of people, born In Tennessee; lived near
Greenfield, or Greenville-or Green some
thing, Tenn; served In the Union army. 1
was very young when he died. II any one
can tell what company and regiment he was
In would like to know
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Information Wanted.
Pennsylvania Pensions.

Editor National Tribune: 1 am glad
am a subscriber to The National
Tribune. If it We're not for the soldiers
paper there is muchs news of interest
to the veteran that we would not hear
and / hope 1 may be, able to have it
make its weekly calls until the last roll
is called. With your permission would
like in a word to voice my sentiment
in regard to the Pennsylvania pension
bill. There seems to to.me to be
one very unjust point in it. There
are thousands of veterans who gave
their service to fill PennsyIvania's quota
who have, like myself ,drifted away
from our native State and who are to-
day residing in other, States. They
make no provision for us ramblers
whatever Now, should Ohio and other
States pass similar law, where would
we come in? We would, be shut out
entirely from every State We would
have to take up our bed and, like the
travelling Egyptian, locate, or encamp
at any inviting spot along fthe stream.
/ have spent 35 years Of my life in
Pennsylvania, gave her my tender years
in the army at II years of age, have
been in Ohio over 25 years, and may
have to spend the balance of my time
in Florida. Wishing The National Trib-
une much success r. Blair, Battery
A. 1st Pa. L. A, Columbus, Ohio.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

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Women's complaints often prove to
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If the kidneys are not in healthy
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You may suffer a great deal with pain
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headache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irrf-
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But thousands of irritable, nervous,
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Swamp-Root brings new life and ac>
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Many send for a sample bottle to see
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Liver and Bladder Remedy, will do for
them. Every reader of this paper. wh0
has not already tried 1t. may address
DR.. Kilmer &c Co.. Binghamton, N. Y,
and receive sample bottle free by mail.
You can purchase the regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles at all drug
stores.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Ephraim NfcComber.

Editor National Tribune. In January you
Published at my request an inquiry regard
Ing Ephraim McComber, an Iowa soldier,
WHO, like myself, was wounded at Shiloh
April 8, 1852. have received a letter ptr-
porting to be written by the said Ephraim
McComber, which says he remembered me
well; asks me to write him; says he lives
on farm two miles from Syracuse, No., 90
miles east OF Sedalia; gives his +. o. ad-
Later received n post card giving the saloe
address. have sent two letters to the
given address, both of which have been re-
one indorsed: Cannot locate party" 7
have also written letter inclosing card for
reply to any ex-Union soldier at SYRACUSE;
have also written to the Commander or
Adjutant, or any ex-Union soldier at Upton
about five miles from Syracusel, inclosIng
stamp. / have received no reply to either
Have l been hoaxed and are the old conf
rades too busy to answer a comrade, when
he pays the postage?-R. Il. Randall, Com
mander. Post All, G. A. R., Brooklyn, III.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Letter From the 4sth Pa.

Editor National tribune: In a recen. is-
sSe s o. {S9s valuable aa,. RaRsr mote with
which ~ critleises, and V very .egereiy. epi the
bitterness and disloyalty stiff displayed by
the southern people toward our old Flag
and hs the peGRe II the SG5sh tSs SO
1d to the memory OF Humphreys Division OF
Pennsylyania troops at Fredericksburg. Va.
OF this unvalling and the incidents attend
ing thereto. know nothing But of the
unyailing Of another monument. two years
ago In June. by our Survivors Association
Of the 4sth Pa at the old city Of Peters
who were present, have nothing hut pleasing
recollections. The comrades went s,wn,
many accompanied by their wives and
Stewart and staff we were met in Peters
burg BY Gov Swanson and stan of yirginIa,
STATS, met cordially and friendly, and as
regards the Virginians being selected for
their respective stan duties by their good
looks, my experience with them was that 1t
was hard to tell which was which,
The entire city was decorated with the
Stars and Stripes; in fact, It was remarked
at the time by many that our home town
OF Pottsville on a similar occasion could not
be more profuse with her flags and bunting.
and heF people, in blue and gray. simply
turned out en- masse. A. P. Hill Camp Of
monument. The Confederate General. Heth
Boiling, was the Marshal of the DAY. and
delivered the address of welcome at the
monument. where stirring and loyal ad-
dresses were made by both our Governors
as well as others. In the evening our sur
viving comrades, by invitation, were the
guests of A. p. Hill Camp of Confederate
Veterans In their hall, where q pleasant
hour was spent In exchanging stories OF the
times that tried mems souls. To Capt.
Bishop, Geo. Barnard, Mr.. Walsh, the
editor Of the local papers, Congressman Las
sitter, the late Gen. Mahone's family and, in
fact, every one in the old city we owe q
debt OF gratitude which we feel we can
never repay. Please publish the foregoing,
as we would not be of those who are
classed as ingrates as we would surely be
did we not acknowledge the many kind
nesses received at their hands.-R. ". Reid
Secretary, Pottsvile, Pa.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
The Bloody Angle'' and "Iron Bril-
gade.''-

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please inform me thru The National
Tribune what regiments composed what
was known as the Irish Brigade" and
the Iron Brigade" Where was the
Bloody. Angler" Did not the Irish
Brigade suffer a heavy loss there?-W
j. L. Hughes. 1910 st. Ann street,
Owensboro, Ky.
The Irish Brigade consisted of the
63d, 6sth and sSth n. Y. 2Sth Mass
and 116th Pa. 1t lost altogether over
1000 men in killed and wounded, OF
whom 961 Were actually killed. In Sep
tember, 1864, a remnant of the eth N
Y. Fl. A. was added. but was soon de.
tached, and the 4th n. Y. II. A. took its
place. The. Iron Brigade consisted OF
the I'd, 9th and 7th Wis. 18th Ind. and
Path Ind. 1t lost. killed and wounded
during the war, I.131 men, the heaviest
loss of any brigade of its numbers dur
ing the war. The Bloody Angle was a
Spotsylvania, where the terrible battle
of May -, 1864, was fought.--Editol
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
To Those Who Died I'm Confederate
Prisons.

By E. b. Wakefield, Hiram College, Ohio,
This poem was called out BY the dedica.
tion Of the Indiana Monument at Anderson
vile. Nov. 20. 1905.)
These boys loved home and felt the ties
OF all Its holy ministries,
And oft In deep, dissembled pain,
Bade farewells never spoke again.
They loved their land and felt that peace
And all the futures grand increase
depended on q banner fair
That hoated, storm tossed, In the air.
They knew the long roads weariness
They knew the battle awful STRESS
And these, like spray against rock
Were broken in the battle shock.
These men loved life and gave 1t all,
Alone. unhenored. in the pail
OF this dark spot. and, adding pain,
Zen death seemed wholly to be vain
AnS here they lie, unnamed, unsung, f
Beyond the tribute of the tongue: T-
But Ger these graves men long will aay.
We owe debt We cannot pay"
No shaft csn equal what they gave,
No euloRy offsets grave.
We leave, beyond device or art,
The voiceless homage Of the heart.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
The Mobile Forts.

Editor National Tribune: Why did
the Confederates hold the forts on Mo-
bile Bay six or eight months after the
fall of Fort Morgan at the entrance of
the bay. and after Mobile was shut out
from the world on the coast side? The
Confederates needed every man at 9TH
er points. and, as see IL, did not need
Mobile Bay nor the city of Mobile.-W.
w. Wood, Utica, Ind.
The only explanation is that the Con-
federates died hard and still clung to
the hope that they could recover pos
session of Mobile Bay. After the battle
Of Mobile Bay there remained but two
Charleston, and ii was highly important
TO o.recover Mobile Bay If the thing were
possible. so they did not neglect any
ehance.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
HIS Right 10 Kick.

Editor National Tribune: see every
week KICK from some comrade who was In
outside. OF the State, on the. New York PEN
sion bill. ! think ! have kick coming. l
was born In A. New York State. lived in the
went 10 Illinois: enlisted Sept. ), 1861 dis
charged July II. 1865; came back to New
York State In September, 1865; have lived In
The bill omits me.-M. [. Clark. co. b, 9Th
III. Cay- Angola. n. Y. r. Y. d.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
1T IS SENATOR IoRIdER.
An English Lad. Caught Young, Be-
comes United States Senator From
T11funic


BILLY" Lorimer. OF Chicago. the
Packing House Boss" is the next
United States Senator from Illinois, and
succeeds Senator Hopkins. Hopkins
went down with the 20 votes with which
he started and held to the end, but
Lorimer got los votes on a scratch"
and wen out.
It was the greatest contest that Illi-
nois has seen since 80 years ago, when
David Davis was elected by the COM
bination of Independent and Demo-
cratic votes, but this is the first time
that any Senator from Illinois has been
elected by combination Of Republican
and Democratic votes.
There is feeling that Gov. Deneen
played Senator Hopkins a shabby trick
in letting 10 of his friends give Lorimer
a Complimentary" vote. The compli-
ment was of so munificent a figure that
it gave Lorimer the election. 1t is said
that while Deneen was ostensibly for
Senator Hopkins. and told his friends
to still vote for Hopkins, that some of
them climbed into the Lorimer band
wagon on that vote in a suspicious
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Mrs. Rousseau.

j. o. Hawley, 704 E. Fifth street, Los
Angeles, Cal, makes still another cor
rection in regard to the husband of the
poor old crippled widow Rousseau, of
whom mention has been made in The
National Tribune. Her husband, Chas.
Rousseau, did not belong to any regi-
ment in the civil war, but to the 1st N.
Y. in the Mexican War. She wants to
find some veterans of that regiment who
knew her husband
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Sleep On, Ye Fallen Comrades.
d. L. Waltz. 1921 Ohio, Delta, Ohio.

Sleep on. ye fallen comrades,
Your warfare now Is o'er,
The sound OF drum or bugle
Your slumbers break no more.
No more OF weary marches,
No more of picket-iine.
No shot nor shell to wake you.
No horror OF the mine.
Chorus.
Sleep on. ye fallen comrades.
Under the star-lit skies,
A Nation does you honor,
A Nation sings your praise.
Sleep on. We fallen comrades.
The victory You have won.
You saved the Nations banner.
Your task has well been done.
Rest under wreaths OF laurel,
By grateful people given,
we strew your graves with flowers
The sweetest gift Of Heaven.
Sleep on, ye fallen comrades.
Under the starry Flag,
Enf0lding in Its glory
The peace your valor gave.
No North, no South divides US,
From Gulf unto the sea
You've given US one banner.
One country broad and free.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
A Clothes Compressor.

Space is as valuable on big battle
ship as in an apartment house. This
demand Is met by subjecting all the
clothes issued to the Navy to hydraulic
pressure to reduce them into the small
est possible bundles. Packages of so
undershirts. trousers etc, are squeezed
until they are as solid as wood and as
impervious TO water,
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
Memorial Services.

The G. A. r. Posts of Buffalo, N. T.,
have arranged for q grand memorial
service in Convention Hall, Sunday, May
%. Henry w. Hill will be the orator,
and there will be chorus Of ESQ voices
from the public schools of Buffalo.
Comrade Chas. F. Hager Is the musical
director.
The National tribune., 1909-06-03
44th NEW YORK VOLS.

Every living member of the above named regiment
war of 1875. Is urgently requested send his own
p. o. address, and that Of any relative OF deceased
c,mrade OF that regiment. to Capt. Harrison Kelley
90 Randolph st, Chicago. Ill