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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-02

FRANK d, w. ARNOLD
the tearing down was well advanc-
cd, and before noon the greater por'
ton Of the breast-w0rks was torn
down. To make matters worse,
detail Of over seventy Of the best
men had been sent out on recon
noitering expedition, leaving a lesser
number in camp, who, not thinking
an enemy near, we're scattered about
unarmed.
At the same time Quantrell was
moving south from Lafayette and
johlson counties, Mo-, intending to
jump on the little BUNCH at Baxter.
Gen. Blunt, then stationed at Fort
Scott, with bedy-guard, was adyanc-
Ing toward the same point, en- route
for Fort Smith, and neither one knew
the movements Of the other, and
both commands arrived at Baxter
about the same time; Quantrell from
the northeast and Blunt from the
northwest.
Gen. Blunt's staR consisted Of
Major ]. H. Curtis, Asst. General;
Major B. s. Henning, Provost Mar
shall; Lieut.. aTappan, I'd Colorado
VOL, and Lieut.. Asa ": Farr, Judge
Advocate, Besides, he had his fine
brigade band, consisting Of IA Wis
eonsin Germans; his orderlies, head
quarter clerks, teamsters, cooks and
attaches, and a bOdy-guard of forty
men of company A, IA Kansas caval-
ty, under Lieut.. r. H. Pierce; the
whole escort being commanded by
Lieut.. ]. G. Calvert Of the Sd Wis
consin; the entire party numbering
III men.
II was about the noon hour when
ousntfsn with about half Of HIS
{Srecss maze : dRsA "a ne rear Of the
works, while the remainder Of his
men went around to come in on the
other side Of the breast-works, hop
ing4o surround the Union forces and
capture them easily. Gen. Blunt, In
the meantime, had halted Just over
the brow Of the hill. out Of sight Of
the fort. He heard the firing, but
thought that Ponds men we're just
empyIng their guns to come out and
escort his command into quarters,
and IN order TO make a good appear
kfse 81 ordered hlg neElE RpuiPRsa
ba v @l& nae toAa NJ
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-02

upon them with this small force
they retreated, doubtless thinking
that l had larger force coming UP,
as they burned all the wagons and
moved off south.
On looking over the ground for
the wounded, discovered that every
man who had fallen, except three
who escaped by feigning death, had
been murdered, all shot through the
head. The brigade band, teamsters
and all headQuarter clerks, who
were first captured, were murdered
in the same way. On reaching Lieut..
Ponds camp found the command
all safe. A part of the force carry
ing federal flag had attacked his
camp in the rear, which was in close
proximity to the timber on the left
of his camp, and were forming on
the edge of the prairie for the pur-
pose of surrounding him, but the un-
expected meeting OF my escort d.
verified their plans and enabled
Lieut.. Pond to resist the force that
attacked him. In this connection
desire to compliment Lieut.. Pond
and his command for their gallant
ry in repulsing the enemy.
Having ascertained that the rebel
forces, 600 strong, were under the
command of Quantfell, and that
they designed moving directly south
/ Immediately sent messages to Fort
Gibson and Fort Smith, directing
the command at those places to in
tercept them If possible at the Ar
kansas river, while at the same time
l kert scouting parties on their trail
to watch their movements until ]
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-02

OF Fort Gibson, on the morning Of
the 10th. At this point they cap
tured scout Of IL men belonging
to the First Indian Home Guard,
Creek Indians, and murdered all OF
them.
learned that they came direct
from Lafayette county, Mo-, by rap
Id marches, seeing no federal troops
on the route until reaching Baxter,
and that their destination was to
join the rebel forces south Of the Ar
kansas. They evidently had NO
knowledge Of my being south, and
their object was to capture the fore
es at Baxter Springs, which they
supposed consisted of one company
Of cavalry and 12-pound howitzer.
Had the escort stood their ground
and fought instead of running, /
have no doubt but that could have
driven out the enemy in a few min
utes, and with the addition OF Lieut..
Ponds cavalry, pursued and captur-
ed many Of them.
JAMES G. BLUNT,
Maj.-Genl. Commanding.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-02

At Baxter Springs, Kansas, Octob-
er 6, 1853, occurred one OF the most
atrocious daughters Of human beings
during the war Of the Rebellion, out.
side of that at Lawrence Kans. about
q month previous. Following is d
synopsis Of the massacre as taken
from the Rebellion Records, and
from the pen Of Capt. G. H. Walser,
in Arnold, together with the re-
port Of the officers.
At that time Baxter was an out
post Of theMilitary road leading from
Fort Scott, Kansas, to Fort Gibson,
Indian Territory. and situated about
so miles south Of Fort Scott. At in
tervals during the war troops were
stationed here as a protection 10
wagon trains going to and from the
above places.
in July Of '6S a company was ord
cred there under command Of Lieut..
John Critics, being the only troops
there until October 4th of that yea,
when company c, Of the Sd Wis
c0Isin Vol. cavalry under command
Of Captain James Pond, and COM
pany A Of the End Kansas colored
infantry in command of Lietu. Cooke
arrived. The latter companies we're
ordered there because Quantrell,
with over 800 men, was still in Mis-
souri,, not yet having gone south af-
ter his memorable raid on Lawrence,
Kan, some weeks previous. Col.
Coffee, Cy Gordon and Bill RAIDER
were also lurking in the vicinity of
Baxter with about $50 men, making
in oil about $50 men.
After the arrival Of the latter two
Capt. Pond deemed It ad-
visable to enlarge the line Of breast
works, which labor began at once,
and on the morning Of the fatal 9th
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RepOrt q Gen1. BLUM, n BrIeI.-
Fort Scott, KS. Oct. 10, $50


On the 4th inst, upon the receipt
IF dispatches from Fort Smith, Ark
informing me that the command
there was threatened with q super
Tor force Of the enemy, ] immediate
y left for that post, accompanied b.
4 part Of my stan, and taking with
ne the records. papers and property
belonging to the headquarters Of the
district. Ny escort consisted Of
company I. Sd wisconsin cavalry,
and company A, 18th Kansas cava'-
~, about 100 men. / arrived nea
Baxter Springs about noon Of the stu
md being in advance Of the escorts
ana wagons, / halted pear the camp
& ese eallt Ga U 1aete
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-30
Reply TO Amothey Socialist Letter

for, but why not get out of dead
political party and come into one
which has never fused with the enc
my and died,-one which has fixed
purpose, and is we'll organized?
In conclusion,-ify you will explain
your position on those questions, you
may afterwards Gf you wish) carry
my little Socialistic hide over to your
big sarcastic lanyard.
M. D. BRAND.
(Answer.)
There is no inclination to deal sar-
castically, or disrespectfully with Mr..
Brands letter. 1t tends rather to
cause a feeling of melancholy
He alludes to the fact that the So
cialists have an organization and uses
that as an inducement for me to
come into" it: but a Tammanyite
could say as much, the Brewers AS
ISOLATION could say as much, Foreign
Missions could say as much, and a
good many other organizations that
l have not joined, could offer the
same temptation.
AS to what has been said about
Socialism and our monogamist home,
Brother Brand must wait for the No
vember number of the Magazine. He
will therein find the proofs.
Bro. Brands letter is typical of the
state of mind caused by Socialism.
If one owns several thousand acres
of land, which represents the earn
ings of life of unremitting and in
tensely energetic toll, his views of
the private ownership are not to be
considered. Wayland, however, will
buy block in a Missouri town, take
the deeds in his daughters name, and
then howl about the beauties of Com
munism. And that block is more
valuable than the several thousand
acres of this Georgia land.
The readers of his Appeal never
know about Waylands little transac-
tions in city property, but they are
faithfully reminded of the Astor es-
tate, and the number of acres owned
by other "hell-hounds of capitalism.
The "land trust!" Where is it.
this land trust? There are unoccu-
pied areas in almost every state of
the Union. The Government owns
hundreds of millions of acres, hold
ing it for actual settlers Texas
begs and pleads for home-seekers:
Florida does the same. In my own
county, farms are lying OUT, for
lack of men who will till the soil;
and this is true of nearly every por-
ton of Georgia.
So long as the glare and the noise
and the human interest of the cities
draw people as the candle draws the
moth, they will get scorched. If a
thousand men are hell-bent on liv-
ing at the same spot, that particular
spot will gain unnatural Importance
and value. If both the Trojan and
the Greek are fiercely determined
to have the same woman, Helen will
bring about the siege and sack of
Troy
Flagler carried carloads of unem-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-30


as there was single ray of hope for
success. | endorse your views on
Foreign Missions and other ques-
tions, but on some things you are
wrong, my brother.
You profess to favor government
ownership of railroads, other public
utilities, but the Government owner
ship of land, as advocated by So
cialists, is an abomination in your
sight Your land-plank starts off
thus, "The land is the heritage of
all the people, and should be held by
actual settlers only" Who, except
the Government, will hold it for &C
tual settlers only? Certainly not the
money-changers.
Brother Watson, the fact is that
you are today man without party.
That little fusion deal over in st.
Louis in 1896 killed your party as
dead as Heck, and no man on earth
knows this fact better than yourself.
That infamous deal also killed the
Democratic party, and no leader from
w. J. Bryan down to Hoke Smith,
ever expects to see another Demo-
cratic president elected.
Your able editorials against the
Steel Trust, Lumber Trust, etc., are
good and timely, but the trust which
overshadows all others today is the
Land Trust, and you are too smart
man not to know that such is the
case. While you own thousands of
acres of land, there are thousands
who are peoned through no fault of
their own.
Do you believe in the unlimited
owership of lands by private indi-
viduals or corporations, and if so,
why? And if not, what remedy do
you propose?
You profess to believe that man
can not have a private home on land
owned by the Government, but they
did do so in this country for more
than a hundred years, and the great
damning mistake was made when the
title was not forever vested in the
Government and allow the family to
use it while they live in the world.
What plank in the Socialist plat
form leads you to believe that that
party, if in power, will destroy the
home, or family? If you should adj
vocate that the government build
railroad from Atlanta to the moon,
it certainly does not commit the whole
Populist party to that doctrine.
Lands should never have been
bought and sold, but held by the
governments for the use of the peo-
pie. Man needs considerably more
land while he lives than he does
when dead If you drink from pub
lie well, that becomes your own pri-
vate drink of water as soon as you
have taken it, Then why, Brother
Watson, can not I have a private
home on a little strip of public do
main while | live here in the world?
You appear to me to be hammer
ing at all evils alike, without offer
;Do q romadv or without an organ
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-30
BIOOdIeSS Method of Treating Cancer

We make especially of treating and
curing external cancer. Have you one
or do you know a friend who has one?
If so, write us. NO CURE NO PAY
Scientific remedy in scientific hands
NO operation, no loss of blood. Can re-
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-30

Why is this? | don't know. | my
self, do not understand it. If you
were to offer to make me present of
the Astor estate, on condition that /
should live in New York, l wouldn't
have it. But if you proposed to the
poorest New Yorker to come down
here and dig living out of some of
my land, he'd give you the horse
laugh.
Is it not plain enough how private
ownership began?
The tribe got tired of wandering
about and settled down. The terri
tory upon which it "squatted", was
parcelled out among the members of
the tribe,-which at first was group
of kinspeople.
Every year a re-division was made
After a while some fellow who
had done extra work on his allotment,
or had put up better howell than the
others, claimed that the same slice
should be given him again,-and his
equity i'm his improvements was rec
cOgniZed by his relatives. He was
permitted to keep the same farm. He
made further improvements; and
again, his equitable right to reap
where he had sown, was recognized.
He kept the same farm Then his
brother, or his nephew, or his cousin,
initiated his example, put extra i'm
provements on his allotment, and
made a similar claim for recognition
Of his natural right to enjoy the re-
suits of his labor.
Private ownership originated in the
Industrious tribesman's demand to
use that which he had made. It was
the family's reward to it's more pro-
gressive member.
Then, when the man died,-who
had the best claim upon his home?
His widow and children, or the tribe?
The whole tribal family deliberated
in free council, and decided that the
mans own flesh and blood were his
natural heirs. In nearly all such
cases, the wife and child had helped
the dead man do his=work.
The old Brehon laws of Ireland
throw many a glimpse of light on
the patriarchal origin of property
rights. But the Socialist ignores the
simple, natural, necessary rise of
"capitalism": it's abuses, claim all of
his attention.
Is any combination of capital en-
gagged in gobbling up the farms? No.
Wall Street adds railroad to railroad;
the Power Trust is out after water
rights; the Steel Trust, Copper Trust,
Oil Trust, Coal Trust never get
enough: the saw mills have been
threaded together in dozen big AS
siciations,-b where is anybody try
ing to buy up all the farm land?
A few years ago the Corbin Bank
ing Company began to lend money,
on five-year deeds. The cry went up
tt at the capitalists of New York were
scheming to get hold of all the land
What were the facts? The Corbin
Banking Company only took the land
when it had to; and sold it, just as
fact &C nOccihIo tO whoovor would
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track of the Chicago, Burlington anc

track of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad company; thence
westerly along said south line of Pa
lean street fortysix and three-tenths
(46.3) feet; thence northerly in di-
rect line one thousand one hundred
seventy-two and five-tenths q,172. 81
feet to the point of beginning.
Also commencing at point on the
south line of Bank street four hun
dred (4O0) feet in front of block one
%: thence southerly with an includ-
ed angle of sixtyfour (64) degrees
and forty-nine (49) minutes, three
hundred 5000 feet; thence easterly
at a right angle one hundred twenty
five d25) feet; thence southerly at
a right angle one hundred and fifty
050) feet: thence westerly at a right
angle one hundred twenty-five 125)
feet: thence southerly at a right an
gle seven hundred sixty-nine and four
tenths (769 AZ feet to point on the
south line of Palean street, produced
sixty-six and three-tenths (66.3 feet
easterly of the center line of the main
t,ank nf the c.. B. & @. R. R.: than"A
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westerly along said south line of Pa
lean street produced fortysix and
three tenths (46.3) feet; thence south
erly to the south line of Carroll street
produced to point two hundred
thirtyfive (235) feet from the north
east corner of lot three CD in block
eightyfour $50; thence easterly
along the south line of Carroll street
produced one hundred fiftyfive Q55)
feet; thence northerly sixteen hun
bred and ten G,610) feet to the south
line of Bank street to point five
hundred and fifteen feet (515) feet
from the northeast corner of lot six
(6), block one ID; thence westerly
one hundred and fifteen Q15) feet to
the place of beginning.
Except so much of the above tract
of land as has been leased to the O
A. Talbot company by the City Of
Keokuk and which tract SO leased to
+ the o. A. Talbot company is de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
(To be continued.l
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Absent-Tigue.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor.

SAlfAiSLGO VI
Attest: Mayor. |
H. T. MOORE, Clerk of the Council,
City of keokuk, Iowa.
Agreement Between the City of keo-
kuk, Iowa, and the Chicago,
Burlington G. Quincy.
Railroad Co.
This agreement made and entered
into this I'd day of August, A. D. 1909,
by and between the city of Keokuk,
Iowa, party of the first part herein
after called the CITY," and the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
company, party of the second part,
hereinafter called the Railroad
WITNESSETH:
Whereas, 1t is necessary that the
Railroad should increase and enlarge
its trackage room and track facilities
on the tract of land known as Water
street in said City and hereinafter
specifically described for the pur.
pose of enabling 1t to properly handle
the freight carried into and out Of
said City.
Now, therefore, in consideration of
the sum of one dollar (s1) and the
terms and conditions of this contract,
and the terms and conditions of the
contract made and entered into by
and between the parties hereto on the
I'd day of August, A. d., 1909. with ref
erence to the Des MONIES river bridge,
the said City hereby leases to the
Railroad for the term of fifteen G5)
years from this date the following de-
scribed tract of land to-wit:
Commencing at a point on the south
| line of Bank street two hundred and
sixty-three $3.50 feet in front of block
one "a and thence easterly along
said south line of Bank street, one
hundred and thirty-seven G37 feeD;
thence soutferly with an included an
gle of sixty-four (64) degrees forty
nine (49) minutes three hundred
/ (3O0l feet; thence easterly at right
angle one hundred and twenty-five
4 Q25) feet; thence southerly at a
right angle one hundred and fifty
Q50) feet; thence westerly at right
angle one hundred and twenty-five
.125) feet; thence southerlv at a
right angle seven hundred sixty nine
and four-tenths (769. AZ feet to point
on the south line of Palean street
sixty-six and three-tenths (66.3) feet
east of the center line of the main
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Published by Order Of the City for
the Benefit and Informa-
tion of the citi-
zens
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings Of the Last Session
the Herewith Given In
Full Detail and
Complete.
fContinued.)


BY AID. HICKEY:
Resolved, That the mayor OF the
city OF Keokuk. Iowa, be and he Is
hereby directed and authorized to en-
ter into, on behalf of the said city of
Keokuk, the contract attached hereto
with the Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy Railroad company relating to the
the railroad highway bridge across
the Des Moines river.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Annable, Butler, Christy, De
Yong Hickey, Johnson, Kiefer, Rob-
erts,s Swanson-Tot 8.
Nsys-Lindstrand, McCormick-To-
tai II
Absent-Tigue.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor.
H. T. MOORE. Clerk of the Council Of
the City of Keokuk, Iowa.
This supplemental agreement made
this 49, day of August, 1909, between
the city of Keokuk, of Lee county,
Iowa, party of the first part, and CHI
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
company, an Illinois corporation, here
matter called the railroad company,
party Of the second part:
Witnesseth: That
Whereas, A combined railroad and
highway bridge was jointly construct
ed and has heretofore been jointly
maintained across the Des Moines riv-
er at the city Of Keokuk, Iowa, under
and pursuant to a principal agree
ment made between said city of Keo,
krk and the st. Louis, Keokuk &
Northwestern Railway company, of
date October 80, 1875, and certain
agreements supplemental thereto he.
tween said city and said st. Louis
\ Keokuk & Northwestern Railway com
! pany, and its successors, the ST.. Louis
\ Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad
company, which supplemental agree
ments bore date of August 5, 1885,
April II, 1894, and July %, 1900
and May ~. 1902.
Whereas, The aforesaid Chicago
\ Burlington & Quincy Railroad com
pany, party of the second part thera
to, has become the successor ant
grantee of said st. Louis, Keokuk &
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SOUR STOMACH

II used Cascarets and feel like new
man. l have been a sufferer from dys-
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
wears. have been taking medicine and
other drugs, but could find no relief only
for short time. will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the only thing
for indigestion and sour stomach and to
keep the bowels in good condition.
They are very nice to eat"
Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Pleasant. Palatabe. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good Never Sicken, Weaken or GRIPPE.
lOc. 2sc Soc Never sold in bulk. The gen.
uine tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back &o
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MUNYON'S
WI ITCH HAZEL
SOAP

and warm water. 1t keeps the skin
in a healthy, vigorous condition and
thoroughly disinfecting it. The bri lie
saddle and often times the horse are
not kept in as clean a condition as
they should be. While riding, the
glove, after touching the rein and
horse, often touches the face. You do
not know who has touched your bride
or your horse or whether or pot there
are any germs.
For this reason we cannot. make II
too urgent that you; Immediately fol-
lowing your ride, wash your face will,
Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap aid
warm water. If there is any chatting
Or roughness apply Munyon's ONT
ment at night. Munyon's Witch Ha-
Eel soap In conjunction with Munyon' S
Ointment and Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will improve any complexion and
make the skin soft as velvet
No matter what skin diseases you
may have don't fail to give these
remedies a thorough trial.
Munyon's witch Hazel Soap 15c a
cake.
Munyon's Ointment SOC.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills 25c.
For sale everywhere or sert postpaid
upon receipt of price by Munyon Rem
sdy Co.
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
John w. Young. Builder. Superin.
tendent and Contractor tor all kinds Of
obstruction. Also general repair
work. Prominent and careful atten.
ton given to plans and estimates.
Your patronage solicited. Office, SOC
Blondeau. Iowa phone. Office. 2143;
residence. 3342.
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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECuR.
ITY, KEOKUK COUNCIL NO. 1899.
Meets The first and third Monday OF
each month, at A. ,. U. w. hall at
8 O'Clock. E. Il. Hawkes.. president;
DR.. &. w. Rowe, Financier; Ma: me
C. Schenk. secretary.
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A. q. u. w.

keokuk Lode. No. 256-meets
every thursday nlgh~ at 1880 o'clock
at hall over heokuk Savings bank,
corner Fifth and Main streets. Visit.
ing brethren cordially invited. C. w
Trott. M. W.; I'D w. Moore, Re.
corder.
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B. p. O. ELKs

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
keokuk Aerie, No. 6Ss-Meets arst
ana third Wednesday, of each month
az Horn nall, corner Eighth and Main.
visiting brothers cordially invited
Leo Anscnultz. w. President; A.
Noaks. Secret.ry.
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COURT OF HONOR

A. o. U. w. Hall. Eighth and Main
Meets the first an, third Friday
nights OF each month. Visiting mem.
Ders cordially invited. w. j. kessler
Chap.
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Gate City Royal Arch Chapter, No
i-noius Its regular meetings Tue sec.
onu rrluay III eacn month.