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Ninth Corps, and in front of line of

Ninth Corps. and in front of line of
works thrown up by this brigade, on
rho morning Of oct. i. ga. in the rain.
Won will recall, no doubt, that standing
on this line of earthworks were quite
a number of colored soldiers. They
were almost directly in front of the
section detailed to execute the man.
One of the balls went astray and shot
off the lobe of an ear of one of the
colored soldiers. AS / write l see the
memory picture of that colored man
running up that slight incline to the
south and disappearing in the woods.
Quite an effort was made to keep those
men from getting directly in front OF
the detail Do you recall the entire
division, or maybe only the brigade,
marching to the field and forming three
sides of square. the man being blind
folded and sitting down on the foot OF
his coffin and his falling back when
shot2 l was a boy Is years old, and
the entire transaction made an indeili-
Bile impression upon my memory.
e Henderson. Co. B. Goth Ohio. lola,
Kan
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st Smith for a time, and finally went up
to him and said: Perry, does yu know
me2" Smith looked at him and said:
YES Sam. know you, but it has been
long time since / was at Mount Pis-
gah How is my old NANNY, Sam 2"
To say this was getting interesting goes
without speech. Finally Smith said to
me: Colonel. am slave; was born
s. slave on Mr.. Dougiass's farm and
worked as slave for Douglass for 2S
years. l ran away little before the
war, and when the war commenced
enlisted in the Sth Mich. Cav, and
have served with them since. They
don't know 1 ain a colored man. and 1
hope you will not report me, as they
might not like it"
/ assured the noble man that his Sc
cret was safe with me, and that i
thought 1t was a brave and noble act
in him to visit his poor old slave moth
er. Among the negros who were at
work on the fort we soon got Smith a
suit of plantations" and gave him a
lot of food and furnished him with
some silver change. and told him 10
send in word if he got into trouble, and
we would send out some soldiers to aid
him.
In few days Smith returned. and
said he hid in the mountains until dark.
and then got down to the negro quar-
He found his mother, who was almost
wild with joy to see him again. He
said she just laid down on the floor o!
the little cabin and cried for a long
time, with her head upon his lap. And
the brave soldier said he, too. cried
He left some money with his old slave
mother, and promised to come to hei
when the war was over, and try to ge
her out of slavery. 1t must be remeu-
bered that President Lincoin's Procia
nation of Emancipation did not include
Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland. Della
ware and parts OF louisiana, and slav.
cry in these parts was not abolished
until the adoption OF the amendment:
TO the Constitution
What became of Perry Douglass
Did the noble fellow live TO see hi:
mother again? Did the poor slave livi
to enjoy even the little boon of free
dom? VIII not some one who knew
James Smith. of Co. A. Sth Mich. Cav.
write me about him? VIII not thos
who knew of his slave life in Kentuck,
write me about It and about his mother
Such a record of personal heroism de
serves further history. Alasi how man.
such wild life scenes have been enacted
without any brayado. braggart word
or boasting2 Alas. how little has tn
country rewarded such acts of heroisn
among this poor, despised. wronge'
race-M. E. Billings, Lieutenant-Col
onel. U. S. Vols. Caiistoga, Cal.
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"3Iail In Camp"

Editor National Tribune: I see In a
sample copy of The National Tribune
many short poems. am searching for
a copy of an old war poem, entitled
Mail Time in Camp" The first lines
run thus: Thru the camp shoot the
rays of the fast setting sum-" 1t is a
beautiful poem. and my mother is anx-
ious to see it once more. She read it
during the war when my father was =
soldier in the SD Ind.-Ora D. Huffx
man, Wilmington. Ind
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Executed as q Spy.

Editor National Tribune: I see that
some of the boys are having slight con-
tention concerning the execution OF a
man of the Sd Md, Second Brigade.
First Division, Ninth Corps. Here are
the facts as currently reported at the
time: This soldier had been on picket
Just east of the PEBBLE farm. and de-
serted his post. going into the rebel
lines. In a day or two he led a night
expedition toward the Union lines, with
view. possibly, of capturing the Union
picket line, but in the melee he was
captured by his own regiment. He was
court-martialed, found guilty Of being
a spy and deserter and was sentenced
to be shot. He was executed on the
drill ground just south of the location
of the Second Brigade. Third Division,
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Lest We Forget.

A Memorial Day address Of unusually
high character was delivered at Ada,
Kans., by the Rev. DR.. Clarke, 1st Wis,
who is now the honored pastor of the
Baptist Church at Ada. His address was
on the theme "God of our fathers, help
us yet-lest we forget-lest we forget"
Comrade Clarke was captured at Chick
amauga and suffered long imprisonment
particularly at Andersonville. when he
was Sergeant of squad of 270 men. In
the course of his address he gave vivid
picture of life, suffering and death in An
dersonville.
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THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA.
How the News Was Received i'm tn
North.

Editor National Tribune: AS your in
seresting history of the Atlanta cam
paign Is drawing 10 a close, I am re-
minded of many incidents of that time.
one of which ! am tempted to write for
your information. explaining how the
announcement of the capture of that
city was first made, and then for sew
eral days doubted, until a message from
Gen. Sherman confirmed the report and
relieved the anxiety of the President
and people.
When the cavalry raids sent out by
Gen. Sherman failed 10 effectually Grip
pie the communications of the enemy
and interrupt their commissary sup
plies. he determined to take IL in hand
himself. with the greater part of the
army, and sent the Twentieth Corps.
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Grating . Bone.

The surgeons have done some won<'
derful things in the way of grating
skin. organs. etc. and We can hope
much from their work in this direction
In the future. A recent operation in
Chicago attracts the attention of tho
fraternity everywhere An attempt
has been made to save bone
OF the leg Of an elevator boy, which
was crushed in an accident, by grating
on piece of lambs leg. 1t is hoped
by this to avoid amputation II the
bone grating shall prove successful. ir
will open up wonderful field for sur
geons.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
The F,irst Carnlry to Volunteer.

Thomas w Ward. Carpinteria. Cal.
is interested in the proposition to issue
a medal to the $4,000 volunteers who
responded to Lincoln's first call in April,
1861. He enlisted in the Chicago Dra-
goons April 19. 1861. and some time ago
wrote to the Adjutant-General at Wash
ington to know if there was any earlier
enlistment of cavalry. The Adjutant-
General replied that he found no rec
ord of any earlier enrolment than that.
but that there was no record of any
such company on the books of the War
Department. Comrade Ward says the
fact is that company of 100 men en-
listed for cavalry service in Chicago
April 10. and went to Springeld. where
they were sworn in by Capt. John Pope.
The company was ordered by Gen. Nc
Clellan to proceed to West Virginia.
They went to Parkersburg by rail and
water, thence to Clarksburg by rail.
and then to Beverly via Rich Mountain.
and was engaged with Col. Pegram's
Confederates. They brought in 900
prisoners who had been two days in the
mountains without rations. and sent in
a flag of truce and surrendered. The
names of the company are on record in
Springfield, ILL.,, as Comrade Ward has
been informed by the Adjutant- General
of the State. The Chicago Dragons
re-enlisted. forming two companies as
the Mcclellan Dragons. and later were
consolidated into the 18th Ill. Cav, as
Cos. II and I.
Cedar Creek.
Gen. L. A. Grant. the gallant old
commander of the famous Vermont
Brigade. and who is now living at Min
neapolis. read before the Minnesota
Commandery most important and in
lteresting paper on the part that the
Second Division. Sixth Corps. took in
the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 10. 1854
Cen Grant and his splendid Vermont
ers made a great deal of history that
day, and it is a valuable contribution
to the annals of the war that he made
in this address. 1t has been published
in handsome little pamphlet.
Where Is He?
Eugene Frazer. 3240 State street.
Chicago. Ill, wants some one to locate
Fl. w. ITawes. pension attorney, of Lou
isville, Ky, who was in business there
in March. 1867.
Scattering.
Comrade w. S. Wolfe writes from
Carmi, ILL.,: II heartily indorsc all that
Capt Wallace Foster says about rebel
flags in your issue of Jan. 16. / am a
Roosevelt admirer and the only thing
1 have against Teddy is that he throws
too many bouquets to the rebels. They
need a - of good whipping. like
they got in 1875. to stop that flag
business and Wirz monument building.
I hope things will some time come out
right in the wash
Comrade Henry McCarlt. Lancing,
Tenn. writes: Albert Julius ST Clair,
supposed to be from the State of Ohio.
was here during the war. in the Gears
of '62 and '63; claimed to belong to the
Union army. but was supposed to be
rebel spy; was a large. dark-compleX-
ioned man, commanding in appearance,
and of good address. He has a daugh-
ter here who would like to hear from
him or some of his people. His age at
that time was between 30 and 40"
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The 195th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a history of the 195th Ohio.-W. VIM.
Gray. Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
The 195th Ohio was organized at
Camp Chase during March. 1865. for
one year. and mustered out Dec. 18,
1885. 1t was commanded by Col Henry
3. Banning, its Colonel was
Marcellus ]. w. Hotter and Its Major
Willia. II. Free. 1t lost 32 from dis
ease. etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The 155,h Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
sketch of the f36th Pa.-Hiram r.
Smith. Loveland, Colo.
The 135th Pa was organized at Har-
risburg in August, 1882. for nine
months, and mustered out May "a, 1868.
1t was commanded by Col. James r.
Porter all thru its service. belonged to
Doubleday's. Division. First Corps. and
lost 81 from disease, eic.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-07-01

That the eyes can be
strengthened othate eyeglass-
e5 can be dispensed with In
many cases has been proven
beyond a doubt by the tes4f.
mony Of hundreds OF peo.
PIE who publicly ciaIm that
their eyesight has been restor-
ed by that wonderful little
instrument called "a cfins %
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AETNA also relieves sore and granniAted lids IrtlS
etc. and removes cataracts without cutting or
drnggng. Over 7S.0G0 "Actinas' have been sold.
therefore "Actina' Is experiment but a relt-
able method of treatment.
Aetna can be used by old and young with perfecs
safety. II is impossible TO do harm with Every
member of the family use the instrument for
any form of disease OF the Eye, Ear Throat Head
One Will last for years. and IS always ready for usa
Il VIII be sent on trial, postpaid
" you VIII send your name and address to the
AETNA Appliance Co., Dept GIN, siI Walnut Sc,
Kansas City. NO., you wIli receive absolutely FREE
n valuable book-Professor Wilson's Treatise on
Disease
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A Pathetic Letter.

Past Commander-in-Chief John r.
King took out of his mail the other day
letter which inclosed an old letter
written on time-yellowed paper of the
kind used during the war. The writing
remained firm and distinct. and it read:
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Married 4s Years,

MIRA Ralph z. Wands. wife of Com
mander Wands. Burnside Post. 1873,
Sawtelle. Cal. sends US a photograph OF
herself and husband and pet cat upon
Memorial Day, Comrade Wands and
his wife have been married As years.
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ana vigor. lhfs prooi OF cure-one fuil
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-frce Of cost, charge or obligation 10
you Of any kind whaisoever.
II lyon suffer from any man-weaksn.
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ervous6ebiliiy. or any xidney. blzssdsr.
stomach or liver Complaint of any icrm
ef blood poison. CONSTITUTIONAL OF orssnio
disease, write Us today. telling as in .
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Eyeglasses
Not Necessary

EyesSEhG can bs Nfrenssh cd. ..A No.
Forms OF DfseaseA Eyes SueoessfnfIy :
Treated Without Cuftfug or Druxriux
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Dollar Treatment Ere 10 Men
Proves the cure-BUT COSTS Y0UNoTnlNa


hxsd little
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PENSIONS, PAY, BOUNTY

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which
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DR.. Joseph Lister Co.. F2 ~ Fifth Ave-. Ch.csgo.
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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
sical comedy by c. M S. Mcclellan is Off.

sical comedy by C. NJ. S. Mcclellan is Off.
The Shuberts. in conjunction with
William Morris, have arranged a pro-
Ionged cross country tour for Harry
Lauder. the Scotch comedy singer. The
tour will begin at the conclusion Of
LADDERS present engagement at the
West End theater next Saturday evening
and will be under the direction OF Viii
liam Morris. and the vaudeville will be
given in both Shubert and Morris
houses. In several cities large conven-
tion halls have been engaged for the
company.
Lauder. whose wonderful popularity
for the last two seasons has been the
marvel of American vaudeville, is ad-
mfttedly the greatest drawing card
ever presented individually in this
country.
LADDERS Immediate bookings. after
the week at the West End, include en-
ga gagements in Philadelphia, Albany,
Syracuse and. Rochester. His tour will
then be extended to embrace practic-
ally all the leading theatrical centers
in the country. his journey taking him
from New York to San Francisco.
Jack HiIlman. a native of san Fran
cisco and we'll known in musical cir
cles as a barytOne. made his debut in
New at q recital gwen at tue
Hotel Astor Thursday evening, Decem-
Der ?. Others on the program were
June Reed. a violinist. and a soprano,
Miss Beatrice Fine. the latter also a
Californian. Miss Helen WOlvertOn was
the pianist. The recital. under the aus
pices of the Pastors aid society. was
well attended.
Justice Seabury. in the supreme court.
has denied the application of the Shu-
berts for an Injunction restraining
Nance O'Neil from appearing under the
mana agement of David BelascO.
Gertrude Atherton will spend the
winter in New York engaged in liter
airy work and though having no time
TO help the cause of the suffragettes she
is in sympathy with it.
Cartoonist Goldberg. late of the New
York Evening Mail and well remem-
bered in San Francisco. is making a
hit at Hammerstein's Victoria theater
in rapid sketches.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
ENGAGEMENT TOLD
FRIENDS AT TEA
Attractive Society Girl and Pop
uIar Young Physician Will
Soon Be Married

The engagement of Miss Hazel Car
rau and DIR. Robert z. O'Connell was
announced yesterday afternoon at an
elaborate tea given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Leon Carrau in Waller street.
There were $50 guests hidden to the
delightful afternoon affair. The floral
setting for the attractive assemblage
was fol med entire4y of crysanthemums
and autumn leaves. The pretty home
was crowded between the hours of )
and o'clock and fluctuations were
showered upon the bride elect.
Miss Carrau is "a winsome girl, popu-
lar in social affairs. She has been edu-
Gated in this city, but has travelled a
great deal with her parents. The young
hostess was one of the prettiest at
the reception yesterday in her costume
of bluA metier silk embellished with
gold lace She was assisted in receiv-
ing her guests by her sister, Miss
Blanche Carrau, and Miss Stella Whit
man.
The date for the wedding has not
been announced, but it will be an event
of this season and the young couple
win reside in this city, where Doctor
O'Connell is popular in professional
circles.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
CONVENTION LEAGUE
FORMALLY ORGANIZED
Kirk Harris Elected President;
Luncheon at ST. Francis

Formal organization was effected by
the San Francisco convention league
yesterday at luncheon held at the st.
Francis hotel.
The constitution and bylaws were
adopted and permanent officers chosen.
kirk Harris of the Grand and Iamlin
hotels was elected president; w. B.
Pringie, first vice president; w. L.
Gerstle, second vice president, and e.
I. Naples, acting secretary.
An advisory board consisting of
Leon Sloss. Arthur r. Briggs, f. w.
Dohrmann, c. c., Moore Henry T.
Scott and the presidents of the cham
Der of commerce, the San Francisco
real estate board, Merchants associa
tipn and Merchants exchange. was an
pointed.
The president was directed to look
Tor permanent quarters and an enter
tainment fund for the. visiting MEM
bers of the California teachers, asso-
citation, which meets here December
27. was also voted.
Kirk Harris has received communi-
cations from the brotherhood of
painters, decorators and paper hang
ers or America, who wish to hold their
annual convention in this city next
year. 1t is expected that the National
association of Spiritualists will also
convene here next year. At the last
convention, held in Rochester. there
were 5000 delegates present.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
WILL SOON HAVE
LINE TO EUREKA
Northwestern Pacific Let's C0n-
tract for Work on Closing
of Gap in Route
Constructors Expected to Begin
Building Track From Will
Its and Shiyely Today

Work on the closing of the gap on
the Northwestern Pacific railroad. to
connect San Francisco and Eureka by
rail, will begin today.
Contracts for the building of the first
2S miles of the road were awarded yes
tsrday afternoon to Willett & Burr,
and members of that firm announced
that the work would commence today
at both Willis and Shively. The for
mer station is the present ending of
the San Francisco end of the road, and
Shively is the terminus of a portion
of the line line running out 3s miles
from Eureka. With the completion of
the 23 miles contracted for yesterday
there will remain a gap of So miles, the
right of way for which has been al
ready secured. Engineers of the COM
pany are now in the field making an
examination Of the soil with a view to
preparing estimates for the completion
Of the entire gap.
Bids for the construction of the %
miles specified in the contracts awarded
yesterday were advertised about two
months ago. They were opened about
three weeks ago, and since that time
the engineers of the road have been
figuring on the best bid. After the
several proposals were carefully con-
sidered by Chief Engineer w. G. Edes
the award was made yesterday to Will
lett & Bur. Although there is no clause
in the contract specifying a time limit
for the completion of the work, it is
understood that most of the work is to
be completed by May.
Of the % miles of construction work
provided for in yesterdays contract, 13
miles are to be constructed south from
Shively to the base of Fruitland hill,
while 10 miles will be added to the
three miles now being completed north
from Willis.
The Northwestern Pacific is owned
jointly by the Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe. The management is vested
alternately in the two holding lines,
changing with each year. The route
of the road promises to be one of the
most picturesque in the state. It fol-
lows the winding Eel river, crossing it
at many different points
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
PERALTA HEIRS LOSE
SUIT FOR BIG TRACT
Demurrer Sustained and Case
Thrown Out of Court

The suit of the Peralta heirs.
headed by Antonio Maria Peralta, to
recover vast tracts of land in Alameda
and Contra Costa counties belonging
to the old Peralta grant, was thrown
out Of the United States circuit court
yesterday by Judge Van Fleet, who
sustained the demurrer presented by
the various defendants.
The case dates from the early days
when, June 20, 1920, Don Pablo Vi
cente de SoIa, governor of Alta Cali
fornia, granted to Don Luis Peralta a
wide strip OF land on the eastern side
of the bay, under the name of the San
Antonio ranch The heirs of the four
sons of Don Luis claimed in their
suit, which involved the cities of Oak
land and Alameda, that the deeds held
by the present owners are invalid and
void.
The emurrer was based largely on
the neglect of the Peraltas to make
their charges of fraud a generation or
so earlier. when direct evidence should
have been at hand
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
FATHER GREY'S
WILL CONTESTED
Relatives of Dead Priest Fight
for Shadow of an
Estate
Left Judgment for $4,000
Against DR.. Thomas F. Bren-
nan, Fugitive Embezzler

A hght for the shadow OF an estate
was begun yesterday in the trial be-
fore Judge Sturtevant of the contest
of the will Of Father Peter J. Grey,
Tor many years pastor Of st. Patrick IS
krhurch. who died March ,. 1907.
aged %. Edward Gray. cousin
snf the decedent. is the proponent
bf the viii, under which he was left
Vie bulk of the estate. The contestants
ere Patrick Grey, a brother OF the
decedent, and his children, hVins IN
IRELAND.
The estate consists OF a judgment
sor $4,000 rendered by Judge Sloss In
lDecember, 1906, in favor of Father Grey
knd against DR.. Thomas f. Brennan,
hnd a gold chalice and other churcn
krticles worth about $500. The judg-
snent has never been collected, and
t2robably never viii be. Brennan. who
was accused Of having embezzled all the
late priests money from him. fed from
san Francisco after the court ordered
him TO disgorge his loot and has never
since been heard of. He was indicted
for ernbezzlement by the grand jury
after the judgment.
Testimony was given yesterday by
Father Powers and by NJ c. HaSsett, an
attorney. that Father Grey was Of un-
sound mind in the last few years OF his
life. Hassett said that although man
OF magnificent intellect, in the end he
had no memory, was unsteady in con-
Hersation. tickle in judgment and sub
iect TO the VIII of whoever happened to
be with him.
Drs. Alexander T Leonard and W.
Baumgarten testified that Father Grey
suffered from senile dementia.