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delay.
Palmer Still Obdurate.
Gen. Sherman examined into the dis
pute as to the seniority, decided in
favor Of Gen. Schofield, and wrote the
following letter to Gen. Palmer:
Aug. 4. 10:45 p. m.
From the statements made by your
self and Gen. Schofield to-day my deci-
sion is that he ranks you as a Major
General, being of the same date of pres
ent commission, by reason of his pre-
yious superior rank as BrigadierGen-
eral. The movements of tomorrow are
so important that the orders of the
superior on that flank must be regard
ed as military orders, and not III the
nature of cooperation. / did hope that
there would be no necessity for making
this decision. but 1t is better for all
parties interested that no question of
rank should occur in actual battle. The
Sandtown road and the railroad. IL pos
sible, must be gained tomorrow IL 1t
costs half your command. I regard the
loss of time this afternoon as equal to
the loss of 1000 men,"
In spite of this decision Palmer re-
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SOME OF THE REBEL AND DISTRACTIONS IN
FRONT OF ATLANTA. (From a Department photo)

Brig. Gen. Jeff c. Davis be promoted to
Major General and assigned to the COM
mand of the corps. These changes had
to be referred to Washington. where
the President promptly approved Of
them, and Gen. Jeff c. Davis in the fu-
ture operations was an entirely accept
able commander of the splendid old
Fourteenth Corps. Gen. Palmer was
later assigned to command in Kentucky,
and shortly after the war was elected
Governor of Illinois. At the time of the
fire in Chicago he got into squabble
with Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who had
long been associated with him as di-
vision commander, and this and other
things combined to take him into the
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dered to make the assault. The order
was gallantly executed. Some OF the
men actually reached the enemyS para
pet in spite of all distractions, but the
abatis and Aentanglements were such as
to render success impossible. and the
gallant brigade was compelled TO retlre
with heavy loss Being compelled TO
abandon this plan and content myself
with a smaller measure OF success,
HascaIrs Division was detached from
the right and ordered to find and turn
the enemy's left He crossed the main
-JJtoy Creek about a mile and Il haif
to our right, drove back a large force
of the .enemy's cavalry and swept
around opposite the point where the
enemy's left, rested on Utoy Creek, nut
darkness and a heavy rainStorm rem
dered further operations Impossible
The next morning developed the fact
that the enemy had abandoned his posi-
ton in the night and drawn back ms
left into his main works. We now mad
pushed. forward our whole line from
Morgan's center. intrenchcd our lines
confronting those of the. enemy, ana
extended them as much as possible,
preparatory to an effort to turn the
flank of the eneny's main line near
East Point. The line of the Fourteenth
Corps was extended to Utoy Creek,
about two and half miles from East
Point, and the Twenty-third Corps
crossed the creek and reconnoitered to
ward the railroad between East foint
and Red Oak. 1t was ascertained that
the enemy's line. strongly fortified and
protected by abatis, extended beyond
the railroad and far beyond the reach
of q single corps, unless it were de-
tached to an unsafe distance from the
main army. The Twenty-third Corps
was intrenehed upon the south bank OF
the Utoy, forming a strong right flank
for the army and safe pivot upon
which the grand movement then con-
temDlated e0uldf be made"
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GEN. SCHOFIELD.

of it and returned with small loss. Sher-
man reinforced Fitzpatrick with two
brigades of Garrard's Division, and sent
him out again on the night of Aug. IS.
Fitzpatrick was out four days, during
which time he rode clear around At
lanta, and reported that he had de-
stroyed three miles of the railroad
which it would take 10 days to repair.
He had whipped a division of infantry
and brigade of cavalry, captured Ii
battery. destroyed three of its guns and
brought one in as a trophy, with three
battle flags and 70 prisoners. While Kill
patrick was enlarging upon the damage
he had done the road, Sherman heard
the whistle of trains moving uninter-
ruptedly along it, and he became con-
vinced that some serious work would
have to be done TO force Hood out of
Atlanta
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Was Coleman In the service9

Editor National Tribune: William H
Coleman, who died recently, claimed tha,
he enlisted from Philadelphia on the
gunboat J. c. Dobin, commanded by
Capt Gilbert KNAPP. and on the gun
boat Union, commanded by Capt John
A. Webster. and also in the 26th Pa, in
Co. H, in 1868. Capt Tillman. We can
find no record of his enlistments. ANY
comrade knowing him will please write,
as it will be of great benefit to his
widow, Mary Coleman.-Ed. Johnson,
$40 w. Silver avenue. Albuquerque,
N. NJ.
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T4NN|
'GMRZGN|
cy JOHN McELRoY.l

as a Major-General was senior to that
of Schofield, but Schofield claimed Sc
niority in the previous grade and also
seniority as the commander of an army.
Palmer felt. with much justice, that he
was Schofield's superior. While Scho-
field had been a mere Lieutenant of
Artillery, Palmer was one of the lead
ing lawyers and politicians of Illinois,
was one of the organizers of the Repub-
lican Party, had entered the army as
the Colonel of a regiment, and by good
soldiership had risen to the command
of a brigade and a division. His ham
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Wheeler's Raid.

While Gen. Sherman was anxiously
pondering the embarrassments Of The
situation, Wheeler helped him to de-
cision by doing the very thing which
Sherman had been fearing. Having re-
duced our cavalry to temporary impo-
tence, Wheeler gathered up his forces
and made long swing to the eastward,
and then turned north and struck the
railroad at Tilton Station, above Re-
SAGA, where he captured 1000 beef cat
tie. He then galloped on to Dalton,
and demanded the surrender of that
place, which was refused by Col. Raum,
and Wheeler retreated upon the appear
ance of Gen. John E. Smith, coming up
from Kingston with 1000 reinforce.
ment Other bodies of cavalry struck
the railroad at various points, until ii
became evident to Gen. Sherman that
Hood had sent off all his cavalry to the
north. These were edging around the
railroad at different places, cutting the
telegraph wires, infiicting some injury
| upon the line. but none that could moi
| be quickly repaired. This absence OF
Hoods cavalry gave Sherman an oppor-
| tunity to move all his infantry as he
| pleased upon Hoods remaining rail.
road. but he first thought that he would
| try the cavalry again and see IL 1t could
not break up the line without the 'neces.
sity of moving the infantry.
Garrard and Fitzpatrick were ordered
out for this purpose, and Garrard again
failed to meet Sherman's views. but XII
patrick was far more fortunate. Ht
reached the railroad, tore up portion
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The Whole Army on a Raid.

Wheeler was now in East Tennessee,
doing little that was effective to help
the Confederate cause, and too far away
to return to Hoods assistance for many
days. Sherman took advantage of this
to thoroly mislead Hood. He pulled
all the army out of the trenches in
front of Atlanta, and ordered the Twen-
tieth Corps, under Gen. Slocum, to fall
back to the strong works which con-
Toiied the railroad and wagon bridges
across the rapid Chattahoochee. The
rest of the army began a long swing to
the right to plant itself across the rail-
road far below East Point, to which the
Confederate intrenchments extended.
On the evening of Aug. "a he tele-
graphed to Gen. Halleck as follows:
Heavy fires in Atlanta all day,
caused by our artillery 1 will be all
ready, and will commence the move
ment around Atlanta by the south to-
morrow night, and for some time you
will hear little of us. 1 will keep open a
courier line back to the Chattahoochee
bridge. by way of Sandtown. The Twen-
tieth Corps will hold the railroad bridge,
and / will move with the balance of the
army, provisioned for 20 days"
(To be continued.)
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brigade commanders. such as Col. John
T. Croxton and Col. Louis D. Watkins,
In McCook's Division; Col. Robert II. G..
Minty, Col. Eli Long, Col. John I. VIII
der and Col Abram O. Miller. in Gar
rard's Division. and Col. Eli II. Murray
Col. VIM. w Lowe and Col. Smith D.
Atkins, in Kilpatrick's Division. All
these. when they were not hampered
by sluggish and conservative superiors,
showed themselves to be really great
leaders of l1orsemen.
Trouble With Palmer.
There had been q growing trouble be-
tween Gen. John NJ. Palmer, command
ing the Fourteenth Corps, and Gen.
John NJ. Schofieid. commanding the
Twenty-third Corps. Palmer, who was
a man of great natural ability and of
the highest courage and patriotism, felt
that undue preference and favoritism
were extended to the Regular Army
officers. and that the volunteers were
not given their share. The passing over
OF Gen. Logan for a West Pointer
seemed a direct blow at Palmer. Pal
mer had resented on several occasions
the claim of Schofield to exercise COM
mand over him. Palmer's commission
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Sherman Pauses.


Sherman felt that he was now at an
other crisis of his campaign. The con-
stant fighting and manuvering of May,
June and July had resulted in pushing
Hood back into the strong intrench-
ments directly surrounding Atlanta. In
spite Of the fearful loss that Hood had
sustained, he still had. with the assist
ance of the. Georgia Militia, enough
men to hold. these works strongly
against any assault that could be made.
Bitter experience on both sides had
taught the almost iinpossibility of a
successful direct assault upon works of
any strength. $ While. Sherman's army
was still quite superior to Hoods in
numbers, yet it suffered from the disad-
vantage of holding the outer line, which
required stronger manning to hold it
from its greater strength. 1t had to be
made strong enough at all points to
Withstand any rush which Hoods
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Democratic Party. Later he was elect
ed d Senator from Illinois, and during
the first Bryan campaign was the nomi-
nee for President of the Gold Demo-
crafS
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sherman to Hallcck.

Aug. Z Gem Sherman telegraphed
to HaIleck!Tq 800
Have received o-day the dispatches
of the Secfetarsa4of War and of Gen.
Grant, whieh are4very satisfactory. We
keep hamnIering away all the time, and
there is no peace, inside or outside of
Atlanta. To-dayd Gen. SchofieId got
around the line (which was assaulted
Yesterday by Gen. Reilly's Brigade
turned it, And gained the ground where
the assault had been, and got posses
sion of all oar dead and wounded. He
continued to press on that flank, and
brought on q NOISY but not a bloody
battle. fIedrove the enemy behind his
main breastw5rksc which cover the rail-
road from Atlanta to East Point, and
captured a good many of the skirmish-
ers, who are of his best troops, for the
militia hug thet breastworks close. / do
not deem it prudent t. extend any more
to the right, but win push forward daily
by parallels, and make the inside of
Atlanta too hot to be endured. / have
sent back to Chattanooga for two 30
pound PARROTS, with which we can
pick out almost any house in town 1
am too impatient for a siege, and don't
know but this is as good a place to
fight it out on as farther inland. One
thing is certain, whether we get inside
of Atlanta or not, it will be a usedup
community when we are done with it. :"
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upon his campaign. and he was also
given a commission as Major-General in
the Regular Army. the highest distinc-
ton that could then be given q success
full American soldier
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Aug. :, so IS to Bring the whole army
into a con4paetr-easily held line, very
close to the, heavy intrenchments WITH
which the ahem5e was protecting East
Point and sae r43ilroad. III,
Gemo Schofeld's Report.
Gen. Scfsdheldg report of this battle
Gen. Rei1ly. 2sbrigadc. supported by
the whole sof Cx's Division, was or
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man considered q most unpardonabl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
INCENDIARY IN BERLIN
Milwaukee Road Depot Burned After
Attempts to Fire Lumber Yards
Fail

BERLIN, Wis, July 6.-[Special. I
After attempting to set fire to the
yards of the Wilbur Lumber company
and the Alien Lumber company, an in
cendiary finally succeeded in burning the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
road company's freight and passenger
depot here at an early hour this morn
ing.
Piles of paper We're lighted in several
places in the lumber yards, but the
flames were discovered in time TO prevent
a confagration. The depot was located
in the heart of the city and much valu-
able property would have been threat
ened had there been any wind.
The Truesdell Fur Coat company OF
this city had $4,000 worth of furs in
the depot and these were lost. There
was also a large consignment of stoves
belonging to a local firm. The depot
was landmark here, being one of the
oldest buildings in the city. The total
loss will be about $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
CUSHMAN, HOUSE
HUM0RIST, DEAD
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
FROM TACOMA, WASH, Sue
CUMBS TO OPERATION.
KNOWN AS "HOMELIEST MAN"
While Westerner Held All These Titles
His Ability Was Recognized by
His Colleagues.
MADE MANY NOTABLE cPEECFEs.

NEW YORK, July 6.-Francis w.
Cushman, representative in Congress
from Tacoma, died today in Roosevelt
hospital At his bedside were, besides
The doctors and nurses, United States
Senator Samuel II. Piles of Washington,
and Andrew S. Burleigh of this city,
4 lifelong friend. Congressman Cush-
man underwent an operation a short
time ago and pneumonia resulted.
While Representative Cushman posses
sed unchallenged the title of House
HumOrist," he was universally regarded
as far more than that. His high abll-
.ty was recognized by Speaker Cannon in
committee assignments, particularly a
vacancy on the ways and means commit
tee. when a great tariff bill was pending.
4 striking thing about Representative
Cushman was that he never displayed
his gift of humor to the House for mere
amusement, but always with a view of
impressing his views forcibly upon thar
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
ELLA GlNGLES TELLS
HER STORY AT TRIAL,
Chicago Girl Says She Was Victim OF
Plot to Drive Her Into Going to
French Lick.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July ST want
you for a man IN French Lick Springs,
He will give you lots of money"
Ella Gingles, the 1S-year-old Irish lace
maker testified in Judge Brentano's court
here today that the above remark was
made to her by Miss Agnes Barrette
proprietor OF Il lace store III the Wellng,
ton hotel at the time the Gingles girI
was found gagged and bound III bath
room of the hotel, January 5.
81 was taken to room by Miss Bar
rette and Mrs. Kenyon" said the girl,
speaking of a visit prior to the binding
and gagging incident.
Later a man came into the room, and
/ cannot tell what else happened. | only
know man of the name of Charlie
called up the man in the ROOM"
Miss Gingles declared on the stano
that the larceny charge against her was
part of a plot to drive her into going
to French Lick Springs. The relation
of this story visiby agitated the witness
and at one time she seemed on the verge
of breakdown. She was able to gain
control Of herself. however, and an
swered all questions promptly and clear
~.
Miss Gingles was cross examined by
Assistant States Attorney Short, who
attempted to make light of the alleged
attack on her and showed that she had
not mentioned it until two days after
ward, although she had visited Miss
Barrette with a policeman in the mean
time
The girls past history was raked ur
and she was confronted with many Incl.
dents that tended to darken the clear,
ness of her story, but she denied every
thing that did not place her in the light
of q victim.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
NEW TRIALS FOR RIDERS
TENNESSEE COURT GIVES MEN
ANOTHER CHANCE.
Tribunal Reverses Cases of Eight, Six OF
Whom Were Condemned
to DE.

JACKSON, Tenn, July 3.-The cases
of the eight night riders, six OF whom
were under the death sentence. charged
with the murder Of Capt. Quentin RANKIN
at Walnut Log, in Reel Foot lake, Octo-
Der 10 last. were reversed by the su,
preme court today and were remandeu
for new trials.
The six men who were under the
death sentence are Garrett johnson, al
legged leader of the Night Riders organ
ization in Obion county; Arthur Cloar
Fred Pinion, Sam Applewhite. It'd Bur
ton and Roy Ransom. The other two
Bud Morris and Bob Huffman, were con
victed of murder in the second degree.
The opinion in the case was delivered
by Special Justice Henry A. Craft OF
Memphis. appointed in the stead of jus
tee M. Nj. Neil. The reading of the
opinion required more than an hour ano
broken by the sound of Justice Craft
voice.
In reversing the case, he assigned tive
principal reasons The first was that
the grand jury, which found the lndlct-
ments against the alleged night riders,
was not selected i'll proper manner
The grand jury was selected out OF a
panel named by Judge j.. p. Jones, the
trial Judge, whereas the law provides
that the panel must be chosen by at
least three members of the county court
The second error on which the re-
verSaI was based was that the state dd
not allow the defendants a sufficient
number of challenges. The eight We're
tried on a joint indictment and the trAal
court upheld the states contention that
the eight defendants were only entitled
to the legal number Of challenges, TWEEN
ty-four, which would apply if one man
was on trial
When Justice Craft concluded his
opinion, q storm of applause broke out
III the courtroom. but was quickly stilIed
by the marshal and his deputies. The
prisoners will be taken back to Union
City and an effort will be made to Sc
cure their release on bail, pending 8
second trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
FEW MAY MARRIAGES.
Old Saying That ITO Marry in May Is
to Rue the Day"

1t will be noticed that there are no
marriages of Importance fixed to take
place during May. At most dozen are
included in the list of fashionable we'd
dings, and inquiry at such churches as
ST. Mary Abbot's, ST. PaulS Knights
bridge. Christ Church, Lancaster Gate
and All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, all
temples of Hymen,' ELECTS the fact thai
business is very slack" during May
ITO marry in May is to rue the day
runs the old rhyme, and it is clear, there
Nore that we are still sentimental enough
to wish to avoid running any such matri
lnonial risk There may be something in
this superstition about May marriages,
for it is a belief that age cannot withec.
1t is difficult to trace to its source, but
1t has survived through practically all
ages. Ovid alludes to it, and it was evil
IDENTIFY no new idea even in his day.
What is more, it is one which obtains
all over Europe. and in face of such
sroug testimony that the gods are dehed
and fate tempted. if the merry month
Is uSed as a marry month";" it is GER
tainly wiser for those who are embark
ing on what must always be the uncer-
xain expedition of matrimony to either
choose April for setting sail or tarry I'M
Ill June.-Ladies' Pictorial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
IAERONAUT NEAR DEATH
sion Power Wire While Making
an Ascension.

LOWELL, Mich, July 3.-Mrs. Del
Meixell, woman balloonist of Grand
Rapids, was severely injured today be-
fore a crowd while making an ascension
here. Her body caught among some
high tension power wires as the balloon
rose and she was torn away from the
balloon. Before the current could be
shut off Mrs. Meixell had been severely
shocked and burned, and her body had
dropped to the ground. Both the WON.
ans husband and her son are aeronauts
She had made many ascensions in west
ern Michigan.
i CANTON, o., July 3.-Anxiety for the
safety of J. H. Wade, Jr, and A. H
Morgan, the Cleveland aeronauts who
assembled here late Friday in the balloon
Sky Polit, was dispelled this afternoon
when telegram was received announc.
ing their safe landing. The message
read: Rough landing in high wind al
8 a. m. one mile south of st. Mary
Elk county, Pa"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN,
,"Joy Riders" Have Narrow Escape from
Death on Northwestern Crossing
at KenoSha

KENOSHA, Wis, July 3.-[Special. I
"A ''joy ride came near ending with
fatalities in Kenosha Friday night dur
ing the great storm when a big Thomas
Flyer touring car was struck by a fast
crossing of the North Western road. Two
men and two women who were in the
car leaped out and just as they jumped
the car was struck and literally reduced
to kindling wood. The car bore an Hi
nois number 1850 and is said to have
been owned by Chicago saloon keeper,
but his name or the names of any of
learned. They fed, leaving the broken
car to be picked up by the curious crowd
which gathered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
Kipling as a PeSSimiSt.

Kipling has written a poem in which,
apparently, he pays his respects to the
British age pension scheme. One of its
stanzaS is as follows:
dhe eaters of other mems bread, the ex-
empted from hardship;
Che excuserS of impotence fed, abdicating
their wardShip.
For the hate they had taught through the
state brought the state no defender,
And it passed from the roll of the nations
in headlong surrender
Undoubtedly there are aspects of the
British old-age pension scheme which
are far from reaSSuring. But there are
those in Great Britain who would have
viewed Kipling less severely had he held
himself in a little, and who. in spite of
dissatisfaction with certain socialiStic as
spects of recent legislation. will resent as
unpatriotic aud silly any prophecy of
disaster to the British nation
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09
Hints to Married People.

The woman who nags her husband
makes a mistake, but the woman who
uagS her husband in public makes twice
as much of an error.
Married people should take care not
to destroy each others pride.
When woman calls down. her
husband before other people she takes
away his self respect, and a man with
out pride or self respect becomes event
ually capable of anything.
The clever woman makes her hus-
band believe that she respects and
looks up to him, although there are lots
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-09

of times when she can't do so. But
she keeps him happily in ignorance of
this.
The husband who wants a wife that
he can trust and be proud of is very
careful neither to DESTROY. her spirit
nor her just pride in herself. He treats
her with unfailing courtesy both at
home and III company
Married people, take notice. You
ought to exercise every care to pre-
serve each others better qualities. Once
lost, they are usually lost forever.
More's the pity!