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/ the city moved out apparently very
much demoralized. They moved out on
the McDonough road with the intention
of joining their main army. Gen. Hood
left here on the night previous TO our
entrance. On our arrival here I tele-
graphed TO the War Department all the
information in my possession. The tele-
graph will be completed to this point
this afternoon. 1t is reported that
Wheeler has cut the Nashville & Chat
tanooga Railroad at Tantalon and also
the Nashville q Huntsville Railroad.
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
III. W slocun.. Major-General Com
Inanding.''
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The I18th Ind.

Editor Natiqnal Tribune. Please give a
short sketch fef the 11Sth Ind. its bat
ties and lossess-R,l Hockett, r. f. D. A,
n. Topeka, Kan ja
The 11Sth Ind. was Organized Mt In
annapolis anGstCamp Wabash from July
TO September, 1868. for six months. and was
mustered OUT mt different dates from the
lst to the 4thnof March, 1864. 1t was
commanded by Col. Geo. w. Jackson all
ehru Its service; lost three killed and 81
Division, Twenty-third Corps There is no
official account Of its battfes.-Edtor Ma.
tional Tribune. ~"
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The earth. and then regain the ground
which had been so laboriously won by
the Summers campaign
Arms were kept close at hand, and
sleep ciIiy gotten by snatches.
Toward midnight a thunderous can
nonade broke out in and around Allan
ta 1t was the most terrific uproar that
those veterans of Gettysburg and Chan
ceIlorsville had ever heard 1t sur
passed the famous din of 500 guns pre-
ceding Pickettis charge. Hood had
realized at last that he must leave At
lanta, and WAS blowing up the great
arsenals which had been filed with
such immense effort Lurid flames light
ed up the whole dome of the sky. Hood
was burning his magazines of food,
Clothing and military equipments.
The men of the Twentieth Corps in
ferpreted the sights and sounds TO mean
that Hood had shroEyn his whole army
upon the dankisg force, and a terrific
battle was going on
The noise and glare were equally
mysterious to Gen. Sherman and that
part of the army with him around
Jonesboro, 20 miles from Atlanta. Sher-
man thought there was battle-Prob
ably Hood trying to destroy the Twen-
fieth Corps. Sherman called up a farm
er living near, and questioned him
closely us to the direction of Atlanta
and the sounds.
Feeling Forward Cautiously.
Gen. Slocum, with the rest of the
officers, had been intently listening and
watching, and ordered his division COM
manders to send out accommodating par
ties as soon as il was light, to endeavor
to gain information as to what it all
meant.
Gen. A S. Williaps, commanding the
First Division, sent out Col n. NJ
Crane. 10th n. Y. with his regiment.
the 123d n. Y. and the 101st Ill Col.
Crane pushed forward cautiously, skir-
mishing little with some struggling
cavalry, until within about two miles
OF the city, when he learned that At
1ailta was evacuated. and sent an or
derly to Gen. Williams with the news
He then marched straight for Atlanta,
reaching the city about / D. m, and
going into works on the east side
AT a. m. Gen. Jehn w. Geary, COM
fnanding the Second Division, sent out
reconnaissance, commanded by Lieut.
Col. Thos NJ Walker, 11ith Pa. con-
slstlng of his regiment and the Goth
n. y. and details from the 102d n. Y.
and 18th Pa. and 20 men from the 7th
"a cav Led by Col. Walker and the
cavalry the command pushed down the
Buckhead road to Peach Tree Creek
where the bridge was found DESTROYED.
The Infantry crossed on a large log.
while the horsemen forded the stream.
AT the outskirts of Atlanta Walker
came UP with Col Coburn, commanding
the reconnaissance sent out from the
Third Division, and an agreement was
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Battery G, list Ill. L. A.

Editor National Tribune: please aive
a short history of Battery O, Isl Ill. T..
A.-John L. Dougherty, Mound City, III:
Battery g, lss III. L. A.. was organized
from July so TO Aug. 81. 1851, and mus.
Tered ont June IL 1865. It was con-
was promoted May %, 4sSS q Major,
succeeded by Cagt. Mark Ii. Prescott, Rbe
resigned N9v: ~. 1854. and who was iH
turn Ia succeeded py Capt. Joseph r. Channel.
teenth Corps, and lost is killed and 10
from disease. etc.-Editor National Trib=
unet - -
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made TO enter the city together. The
regiments were placed in the works,
and Walker and Coburn advanced with
skirmish lines.
Coburn's Advance.
Col John Coburn, 33d Ind, had at G
q. m. marched out from the Third Diyi-
sion ar Turner'S Ferry with 900 men
or these 500 Were from his brigade.
go1ifhahded by Capt Crawford, s5th
Ind: Capt. Baldwin. 18th Mich Cant
MAY, I'D Wis. and Lieut.. Freeiand
-. 80 ind. The other 400 were from the
:. aifd brigade and under command of
Iaa9. sa Alckham, 55th Ohio. There were
~ oi the 18th Ind. mounted, under
command OF Capt II. IL. Scott, of Ger
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and after serving out two enlistments
finally mustered out July 3, 1863. 1t was
commanded by Capt. Henry Dillon, vino
was mustered out Oct. TO- 1864, upon ex-
pfratiOn of ter1r, of service, succeeded by
Capt. James Simpson, in command at the
time of final muster-out. 1t took part in
the battles of Corinth, Jones's Crossroads,
Jackson, Champion Hills, Siege of vicks-
burg, and Chattanooga: belonged to Quin-
by's Division, Seventeenth Corps, and lost
seven killed and % from disease, etc.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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The 95th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the a5th Ohio.-J. l..
Wren, r. R. 4, De Graft, Ohio.
The 95th Ohio was organized at Camp
Chase, Aug. 10, 1862, and mustered out
ass. aass il, 1865. 1t was commanded by Col.
William d. moSSsillen (Breyet Brigadier-
General Dec. 16, 1857 at thru its serv-
ice; belonged to Tuttle's Division, Fif-
teenth Corps, and lost SO killed and 2lf
from disease. etc.-Editor National Trib-
une.
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The I'd Ohio,

Editor National Tribune: Will Won
pleese give a short sketch of the I'd Ohio?
J;sierce. 721 w. 9th St., Pittsburg, Kan.
The "a Ohio waas t5sssanized at Camp
Dennison from July to September, 1851
The original members were mustered out
Oct. 10, 1864, and the veterans and re-
cruits transferred to the 18Th Ohio. 1t
was commanded by Col Leofiarc A. Har-
ris. who resigned Dec. "a, 1855. aucceeded
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The 9th Tenn. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
sketch of this regiment.-W. K. Blan-
set, Baxter Springs, Kan.
The 9th, Tenn. Cav. was organized at
Knoxville from Aug. IS. 1863, to June
28, 1864, and mustered out Sept. IL.
1865. 1t was commanded by Col. Jo-
seph II. Parsons-Editor National Trib-
une.
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messages were sent back and forth from
our camp at Lovejoys to Atlanta, and
to our telegraph station at the Chatta-
hoochee Bridge OF course, the glad
tidings flew on the wings of electricity
to all parts of the North, where the
people had patiently awaited news of
their husbands, sons and brothers away
down in Dixie Land and congratula-
tions came pouring back full of good
will and patriotism. This victory WAS
most opportune; Mr.. Lincoln himself
told me afterward that even he had
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by Col. John Kell, who was killed In ac
tion at Stone River, Dec. 81, 1862. Col.
which he held till the time of muster-out
ana transfer. 1t belonged to Johnson's
Division. Fourteenth Corps, and lost 105
kliled and 13S from disease, etc.-Editos
National Tribune.
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(To be continually
The 9Th Wis. i. A.

Editor National Tribune: Please give a
short history of the 6eh Wis. l.. A.-E. +.
Hayes, Cassopolis, Mich.
The 9th Wis. Battery L. A. (Dillon's)
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xcopyrignt. 1903, by John McElroy.,
CHAPTER XIV.
"ATLANTA is OURS, AND FAIRLY
WONr

WON"
Hood Blows Up His Magazines and
Evacuates the City-SlOcum Enters
With the Twentieth Corps From the
North-The Whole Army Settles
Down in the City--HoOd Retires to
Lovejoy's Station.
AS might be supposed, the Twentieth
Corps, falling back alone and unsup
ported to the Chattahoochee, with the
other five corps gone, no one knew
whittier. naturally passed hours of anX-
ious watchfulness. 1t was not unlikely
that Hood would precipitate his whole
army upon it, to wipe it off the face of
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Hearty Congratulations,
Among the many letters of eongrat-
ulation received. those of Mr., Lincoln
and Gen. Grant seem most important:
Executive Mansion,
Washington, b. c.. Sept. 8. 1894.
The National thanks are rendered
by the President to Mat.-Gen. w, It.
Sherman ana the gallant officers and
soldiers of his command before Atlanta.
Tor the distinguished ability ana per-
severance displayed in the campaign In
Georga, which, under Divine favor. has
resulted In the capture Of Atlanta, The
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,nERMANs MEN IN ATLANTA

of1ERMAN . Mss4N LIN ALLAN l. ~
advancing from Atlanta with a flag of
truce. Scott galloped out to meet them.
and learned that they were the Mayor
and some Councilmen, coming to sur
render the city and ask for protection
for non-combatants and private prop
erty. The Mayor was reminded that
there were still parties of cavalry oc-
cupying the entrances to the streets and
firing on the advancing Union line. The
Mayor said he would stop that, and
went off to do SO, but returned saying
he could do nothing. that the men were
drunken stragglers, who had come near
shooting him. Gen. Ferguson had prom
ised to withdraw his men and make no
defense.
Col. Cobnrn took the precaut:on to
order up the remainder of his COM
mand, and Col. Walker hurried up the
men he had left in the trenches Co
burn captured. including those in the
hospital, 1913 prisoners and a quantity
of small-arms. Walkers column rushed
into the center Of the city. and the coll
ors of the 111th Pa. and 60th n. Y.
went UP together on the City Hall amid
enthusiastic cheers. Many citizens gath
cred around. begged protection from
the drunken -stragglers and expressed
their delight at being freed from the
despotism of the Confederacy
The news was sent back to Gen. Slo-
cum, who ordered the whole corps, eX-
cept sufficient to guard the bridge
heads, to move forward and take pos
session. As the brigades came up dur
ing the day they were distributed
around the works lately occupied by the
enemy.
The Army Informed.
Gen. Slocum sent an Aid with this
dispatch to Gen. Thomas:
Headquarters Twentieth Corps,
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 8, 1854.
General: sent out a accommodating
party early on the morning of the I'd
Ias L had done on each previous day).
They arrived near Atlanta about 10 a.
m, and were met by the Mayor, and
the city surrendered to them On en-
terlng, however, portion of Fergu-
sons cavalry were found in the city,
and few shots were exchanged with
them. i at once moved forward all of
my command that could be safely
spared from the bridge-heads and occu-
pied the city, and now feel that our no.
sitlon is safe, both at this point as well
as the bridges. We OCCUPY the entire
line of rebel works at this place. We
nave captured about 100 prisoners. IA
pieces Of artillery and several thousand
stand of small-arnls. The rebels before
leaving the city destroyed seven loco
motives and 81 cars loaded with am
muniuon, small-arms and stores. The
railroad is repaired and in working or
der to this place. j have ordered the
ammunition and large portion of the
subsistence stores now at the bridge TO
oe sem mere. The enemy that occupied
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Hearty Congratulations.

made the election of Mr.. Lincoln Ger
tain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
A MIssOURIAN IN TROUBLE
IN A HoNDuRAN JAIL HE SENDS
SCHOONER TO GALVESTON.
Asks Authorities to Keep Vessel and
Cargo Until His Release Fear
Ing II Would be confscated.

Galveston, Tex, Apr. a. The
schooner Carolin Vought measuring
A8 tons net and having as cargo an
iron bound box said to contain $500,
inperuvian silver and Ave trunks, con-
tents unknown were offered to Collec'
tor Lee Thursday to keep safely until
their owner, e. o. Griffith, formerly OF
Missouri is released from Honduran
jail.
The strange and unprecedented pre-
sentation of responsibility was accom-
panied by letters explaining the own
eYs predicament In Honduras and con-
tanning drafts on New Orleans banks
for sufficient money to pay of the
crew, the pilot and quarantine fees
and maintain the vessel at this port.
The letters were presented by Capt.
James Decker, who brought the vessel
from Truxilo, Honduras.
According to the statement of Deck
or Griffith had been engaged in the
general merchandise business at Bel
fatti Honduras, with Miss Beau
champ formerly of Jacksonville, Fla,
and last winter went to New York
where he purchased the Carolin
vought the schooner, sailing in ballast
for Honduras. Early in March the
store building and living rooms at
Balfatti owned by Griffith and Miss
Beauchamp were burned and the two
arrested charged with arson, although
the building was not insured. Fearing
that his money and valuables would be
contiscated the letters assert, Griffith
hastily had them taken aboard the
Vought with instructions to proceed to
Galveston.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
HEARING TO THE KANsANS
ARGUMENTS HAD LITTLE EFFECT
ON ATTORNEY GENERAL.
stIlI Of the opIonlon National Banks
Can Not Accept Provisions Of
State Guaranty Law.

Washington, Apr. 1.-Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham Wednesday gave
hearing to the governor and other Of
hcials of Kansas on the question OF
the right of national banks to partlci-
pate in the benefits and assessments
Of the bank guaranty fund created by
recent law Of that state, upon the
same terms and conditions as apply
to state banks.
There were present on behalf of the
state Governor Stubs, Attorney Cen
eral Jackson, Bank Commissioner Dol
ley and Senators Bristow and Curtis.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray
and Judge Oldham, Of his office, also
were present. The Kansas bank de-
post guarantee, 1t is said, contains
certain provisions limiting liability,
ETC., which do not exist in the Okla
homa law, the terms of which Attor-
ney General Bonaparte decided could
not be legally accepted by national
banks. On behalf of the state, 1t was
contended that the inhibition Of the
national bank act against national
banks guaranteeing the obligations OF
another bank did not apply to the case
in question. What the Kansas law
really did, said the states advocates
was to allow national and state bank
ing institutions to enter into an ar
rangement by which each bank, In eff
feet, insured its own depositors against
loss. 1t was to all intents and pur-
poses, they argued, q mutual insurance
agreement and IL national banks are,
under the statutes, prevented from In
surfing their own depositors by such q
mutual arrangement, they should also
be prevented from insurlng their bank
buildings or other property in a mutual
insurance company.
Comptroller Murray takes directly
opposite view Of the whole question.
He insists that the statutes and the
decisions Of the courts for the last
40 years clearly prohibit national
banks from in any way guaranteeing
the obligation Of another bank or q
third party; either by contract or by .
specific appropriation Of q part Of its
property.
In reply to the statement that an
adverse ruling on the question In
volved would force the national banks
Of Kansas to surrender their charters
and go into the state system. Comp
troller Murray states that the facts as
to the operation Of the Oklahoma law
prove the contrary. In that state, he
asserts, the national banks are In q
prosperous condition and that theii
deposits show gratifying increases.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
COBURN'S BIENNIAL REPORT
KANSAS AT HIGH TIDE OF AGRl-
CULTURAL PROSPERITY.
Produces More Wheat Than Any
Other state and Yet Corn
Is King.

Topeka, Apr. 2.-The biennial re-
port of F. D. Coburn, secretary OF the
state board of agriculture, was issued
Thursday. The book contains nearly
], 100 pages. In his Introductory Mr..
Coburn says:
"Howhere are the rewards of intelli-
gent husbandary greater than in Kan
sas, and the records reveal constant
ly enlarging prosperity. In no proceed
ing biennium have the returns from
the farms been so great in value, and
this unparalleled showing must be at
tributed in large measure to the high
prices that prevailed, for corn and
wheat especially. The value OF the
states farm products and live stock
for l9O7OS, aggregated $685., 1885, SS, or
1877 per cent greater than for 19O5-O6,
the best preceding biennial period.
although Kansas leads all other
states in the output of wheat corn is
her most important soil product, and
the crop of 1908-the most valuable
was worth SS2,642,461, or $1S,757,S16
more than the value Of the same
years wheat crop. In only one year
In a third of a century has the farm
price per bushel of corn averaged SO
high as in 1908, and 1t is a striking
Illustration Of hte changed conditions
that a bushel Of corn that year was
worth more than three bushels in
1896.
in 1908 the field crops were worth
over A per cent more than those OF
the years Of 1898 and 1884 combined,
and the total value Of all farm prod
ucts in 1908 was 80 per cent greater
than the average for the 20 years end
ing with 1907. The yield Of wheat
winter and spring., in 1908 was g.
74S,OO bushels more than the average
Tor the ten years ending with 1907,
decade in which the largest hve OF
the states wheat crops were raised.
Last years wheat crop was the
most valuable ever produced by Kan
sas, worth s7,Os7,634 more than that OF
1907, which ranks second, and over
$40, 100000 more than was received by
the growers for their combined crops
Of the four years from 1898 to 1885,
Inclusive. The average value pei
bushel in 1908 was above SO cents, the
highest since 1884,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
MAKING SONG PROGRESS.
The Plan to Tax Tea and Coffee
Abandoned.

Washington, Apr. 2.-That rule
which will permit amendments to GER
tain schedules Of the Payne tariff bill
will be brought in on Monday is now
practically certain. The ways and
means committee having decided to
take of the duty on tea and strike out
the countervailing duty on coffee, a
great deal Of opposition caused by
those provisions OF the bill has van
Ished.
As It has been agreed 10 permit q
vote on hides and lumber, there are
only few provisions remaining
about which there Is any considerable
contention. The reciprocity pro
vision for bituminous coal and the
placing Of iron ore on the free list are
understood to have been conceded by
the house leaders as two propositions
upon which the rule will permit a
vote. The question Of permitting a
vote on the countervailing duty OH
petroleum has not been decided upon.
When the rule for controlling the
amendments TO the tarin bill is
brought in a heated discussion is GER
tain to take place. There are indicl'
lions that those members of the minor
ity who voted for the Fitzgeral~
amendment to the rules may vote with
the Republicans on the tariff bill rule
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
MILITARY PRISON BURNS.
Fire Destroyed the Main Building at
Fort LeaVenworth.

Leavenworth, Kan, Apr. Ia fire
broke out about 10 o'clock Wednesday
night in the tailor department Of the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth.
Owing to the low water pressure the
Hre department of the fort was almost
useless. The fire was fought by the
soldiers of the fort who were all or
1ered out of their quarters and those
who were on leave in the city were
1t once called back to the post.
The fire was not brought under con-
troll until the main building of the
prison was destroyed. The prisoners
we're removed from the cell houses
and put In a stockade. At l o'clock
Thursday morning the fire was under
control but still burning. Two casual
ties occurred, but no serious injuries
we're sustained. Estimated loss about
100000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
RECENT REFLECTIONS

The county commissioners are
in session. -.
Miss Estella Cooper has been III
with the grip.
j. F. Murphy has a new Cadli-
lac $50" touring car which he bought
at Junction City.
wanted: An apprentice girl to
learn dressmaking. Apply at Myrue
Kehler's, 2O8h Cedar ct. 7dltwlt
-E. E. Coulson sold another Buick
white roadster today. The lucky man
was L, H. Riddle Of Herington'
The Pullman car which Ed'
Franks has been moving up town
from the Santa Fe has reached the
Toliver shops in safety and Will Dc
thoroughly overhauled.
Marriage licenses: j. A. Lower
and Rosine Engle, both of Hope. H.
H. Haynes of Elmo and Rosa II.
Fielder of Hope. William Fisher and
Ernestina Krause both of Hope.
Abilene friends of Mr.. and Mrs
n. L. Hoffman Of Enterprise are IN re-
CENT of handsome birth cards tell
ing of the arrival on April LIST OF a
boy at their home who has been
christened BENJAMIN Davis.
Through arrangements made by
the department Of journalism of the
University of Kansas with the Kan
sas City Star, four members OF the
journalism classes will go to Kansas
CITY to work on the Star and Times
for period OF two weeks. The Star
will "try out" these men by putting
them through all that Is required OF
their regular "cub" reporters. Ralph
spotts is taking the experience this
week.
Mrs. ]. w. Baker left for her
present home, Aberdeen, Wash, after
being here nearly four months. She
said: II regret very much leaving
hest of friends and associates of over
30 years acquaintance; also the
beautiful city of Abilene known from
the Atlantic to the Pacific for its fine
water, its lovely lawns, streets and
residences and many other improve
ments too numerous to mention"
She will have four days and nights
of travelling before reaching her des-
tination.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
A state Capital Wedding.

Guthrie, Ok, Apr. lone OF the
most brilliant in the history of the
southwest was the wedding Wednes-
lay night Of Miss Frances Lillian
Haskell, daughter of Gov. Charles N.
Haskell, to Leslie Gordon Niblack, Of
Guthrie, a we'll known Oklahoma edi-
or. The ceremony was performed in
he presence of members Of the state
Administration and wives and a large
number of invited guests, in the senate
chamber of the state capitol, Chief
Justice Matthew J. Kane, of the su-
preme court, officiating.