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The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
DEFENDS THE RICH.
Rep. Diekema Replies To Attack by
Rep. Robinson, Of Arkansas.

WASHINGTON. July .15.-In q
speech In the house, Monday, Rep.
Diekema, of Michigan. defended the
millionaire. Rep. Robinson. of Arkan.
eas, had attacked the rich, asking,
"Whoever heard of millionaire go.
ing 10 WARP" Rep Diekema. in a
fiery answer. declared that two lnil
i.onaires, at least. went TO the Spanish.
American war from Michigan.
"Lei me tell the gentleman" shout
ed Diekema, that young James Nc.
MILAN. millionaire, went to that war
and further that he lost his life In
the conflict. Ex-Secretary of the Navy
Newberry also served i'm that war
Let me tell the gentleman further that
a mans patriotism In this country Is
not measured by his poverty or his
wealth, but by his Americanism.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
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Gets Stiff Sentence.

CHICAGO, July 1S.-Joseph Ron
nenberg. 20 years old, who took a
pocketbook containing S9S from the
hip pocket OF Geo Burton. travelling
salesman OF -Amasa,- Mich -hes-been
sentenced TO pay a fine of 500 and
10 serve one year in the Bridewell by
Municipal Judge Stewart, of the Hyde
Park court.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
SIX TRIPS EVERY WEEK
TO MACKINAC

Every Monday, Wednesday
Thursday and Friday at 0:3c
A. NJ and every Monday and
Saturday at 5 p. NJ. the y. &
c. lake lines have a steame- 10
Mackinac and the northern
summer resorts. The service
is perfect and the accommoda-
tons are the best.
Job Printing done right. Times Print
Ing Co.., IL John R.-st. Phone 1893
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13

Australian sugar reflneries have
solved the problem OF disposing or
waste molasses by first carbonizing
1t TO a non-fiud consistency and then
burning 1t In their boiler CRATES. The
ash from IL forms valuable by-pro
duct In the shape OF potash.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
HEIR is EXPECTED
Princess De Sagan, With Thrc,
Nurses and Physician, Goes to
to Chateau

PARIS. July 13-The Princess De
Sagan. formerly Countess De Castel-
lane. accompanied by three nurses and
her personal physician, left her Paris
mansion yesterday for the De Sagan
chateau. Du Marais, at st. Cheron.
An heir TO the De Sagan title and for
tune Is momentarily expected Most
elaborate arrangements have been
made for the event. special stan CT
nurses having been engaged this
week.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13

Equal parts of iodide OF mercury
and iodide of copper rubbed down with
distilled water so as 10 make a spread
able paste. are said TO change color
when a temperature Of l40 degrees is
reached, making a paint which shows
the heating OF machine parts ia mac
eassible- places
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
u. s. WARSHIP WAS IN
DANGER OF DESTRUCTION
Marines Battle Against Fire Which
Followed Explosion in Which
Ensign Was Killed.

NAPLES, Italy. July l3.-The gas
explosion yesterday on board the Uni
ted States armored cruiser North Caro-
lima. lying at anchor at the end or the
Santa Lucia harbor half mile from
the docks, was far more serious than
at first reported, the officers OF the
ship seeking to suppress the news and
minimize the danger into which the
great ship had been plunged.
The officers at first sought to sup
press the fact that Ensign Hugh N.
Aiken, of New Orleans. had been killed
and that Engineer Makalou was SO Sc
riously injured he will probably lose
both eyes.
II develops however. that after the
explosion In the coal bins, fire en-
sued which for a time threatened To
reach the powder magazines and blow
up the ship. The sailors and marines
on the North Carolina answered hur-
riedly 20 the fire call and began fight
ing the blaze with vigor. realizing
that IL the flames ever reached tho
heavily loaded magazine there would
be calamity. Signals were wigwagged
TO the other ships of the American
fleet lying at anchor In the harbor
and they hurried many boatloads OF
mariners to the North Carolina to aid
in suppressing the fire. This prompt
aid from the other ships of the fleet
Ia said today to be the only thing
that prevented the flames from reach
ing the magazine.
The accident, according to latest re-
ports. was due to the fact that Err
gineer Makalou entered the coal hold
oh In
There were 800 tons OF coal stored In
the bunkers and an immense amour.
of coal gas had been generated. AS
soon as Makalou and Aiken entered
the hold there was terrific explosion.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13

Backed by the Krupps. an extensive
~ capitalized company has been form
"a In Germany to control thee rights
.for the Wright aeroplane for that
<ouptry end It's colonies. Sweden. Nor.
Nay. Denmark and the Turkish en-
pirc.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
70 H0! 70 He!Hosc s 5000, 900
~M For Five Years Warbiing


Buy the crown Jewels of Italy,
where ne already o. "A chevalier
Corner the money market.
Hun the Chicago Cubs or the
Detroit Tigers for ave years with
out taking la "a cent az adm sioa.
Purchase title and retire Ina opu-
Organise nm opera company and
give free performances 10 New York
all season.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
HARD ON THE CENTENARIAN.
To Get the land He Wants, Must Live
25 Years Longer.

FRESNO, Cal, July ia Drum
valley Indian named George visited
the county clerks office here to re-
cord certificate To land grant,
giving his age as 100 years. He says
he was an old man when the first
white person settled ia this country.
Unless he lives % years more he
can not acquire title 10 the land.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13

Business-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The piafn, neat kind that
looks right. - Times PrintIsg Co., No.
Id John R-st. Phone 1883
The National tribune., 1909-08-12
y ABRAHAM
W LINCOLN

claimed all the glory, and telegraph cd
to Washington:
Make Buell., Grant and Pope Major
Generals of Volunteers, and give me
command in the West. l ask this in re,
turn for Donelson and Henry"
Halleck had been fretting under Nc
Clellan's domination, and had not got
ten on well with Buell., whose Depart
ment joined his. He wanted to get oul
from under Mcclellan, and have Buell.
put under him, which was done.
Stanton's Idea of War.
In the general jubilation over these
victories many of the papers gave Sec
retary Stanton the credit for the re-
markable change which had come over
the War Department, and this brought
forth letter to the New York Tribune,
which naturally gave deep offense tc
Mcclellan and his satellites:
Il cannot suffer undue merit to be
ascribed to my official actions. The
glories of our recent victory belong to
the gallant officers and soldiers that
fought the battles. No share of it be-
longs to me
Much has recently been said of mill
tary combinations and organizing VIC
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the most spectacular and thrilling fight
ing, with the feet as it passed the forts
hurling a hailstorm OF canister and
shot thru their ports to drive the men
from the guns, and then passing on 10
grapple in the darkness with the Con-
federate vessels in a muZzle-to-muZzle
exchange of cannon volleys. Thru the
obscurity of the night and tine powder
smoke heavy vessels rushed at one an
other like maddened bulls, crushing in
each others sides. and with the sailors
fighting hand to hand with musket and
cutlass as the stricken vessels went
down. The only lights were the fierce
glare of the fire RATS piled high with
pitch pine and other combustibles, and,
floating on the swift current, became
more dangerous to the high wooden
ships than the cannon and the rams of
their adversaries. II was wonderful
story, that of the dark hours before the
dawn, with every minute packed with
thrilling adventures and terrific hap
penings. When the dawn came Farra-
gut found that he had gloriously sue
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ture Newbern, Beaufor. and Fort Ma
con, effectually sealing up the sound
system.
The Capture of New Orleans.
1t is a maxim in war that Men are
|something-a Man is everything" This
was never better illustrated than in the
selection of Commodore David Glasgow
Farragut as commander of the feet
which had been assem- bled in the Gulf
of Mexico to enforce the blockade and
assist in the capture OF the principal
cities, particularly New Orleans. New
Orleans was at that time not only far
the largest city in the Southern Con-
federacy, but it was the greatest export
point in the world. 1t was situated on
the Mississippi River, 100 miles from
its mouth, ard contained a population
of no. 900, three or four times as many
as there were in any other city in the
South. At that time most of the vast
products of the Mississippi Valley found
their market in New Orleans, and it
was a point of supreme Importance to
the country as far north as the Cana
dian line and as far east as Pittsburg.
The Confederates had made the most
elaborate preparations for the defense
of the city. Forts Philip and Jackson,
which the Government had built at the
most advantageous point, rs miles be-
low the city, were strengthened so as
to make it seem impossible that a ves-
sci could pass them against a strong
current rushing thru the narrow cham
mel which they commanded. Across
the river, from fort to fort, was
stetched huge iron chain, supported
by hulks in the river, and above these
were fire RATS and other devices for
destroying any ships that would attempt
to pass A considerable naval force
had been created from the strongest of
the merchant ships found in the port
when the war opened. Two of these
were converted into ironclads of the
Merrimac pattern, and nearly all were
commanded by ex-officers of the United
States Navy. These made a combina-
ton of force and difficulties which
would have deferred indefinitely man
of feebler temper than Commodore Far
ragut. Never in the history of naval
warfare had there been an attack at
tempted upon such a mighty array of
adverse conditions. Farragut was, how
ever, a commander OF the most exalted
plane, belonging in the class with the
greatest of British heroes, Admiral Mel
son. He made the most skilfuf DISPOSE
tions for attack, and at midnight of
April % boldly ran between the forts
with his fleet. encountered the fire RATS,
the rams and the broadside vessels
above the forts. There were hours of
The National tribune., 1909-08-12

ORLEANS TO DEMAND SURRENDER

tory. 1 hear such phrases with appre-
hension They commenced in infidel
France, with the Italian campaign, and
resulted in Waterloo. Who can organ
iZe victory? Who can combine the ele-
ments of success on the battlefield? We
owe our recent victories to the spirit of
the Lord that moved our soldiers to
rush into battle and filled the hearts of
our enemies with dismay. The inspira-
tion that conquered in battle was in the
hearts of the soldiers and from on
high, and wherever there is the same
inspiration there will be the same re-
suits Patriotic spirit, with resolute
courage in officers and men, Is a mill
tary combination that never fails.
I'VE may well rejoice at recent vic
tories, for they teach US that battles
are to be won now by us in the same
and only manner that they were won
by any people or in any age since the
days of Joshua-by boldly pursuing and
striking the foe. What under the
blessings of Providence, 1 can conceive
to be the true organization of victory
and military combination to end this
war, was declared in a few words by
Gen. Grants message to Gen. Buckner:
I propose to move Immediately upon
your works."
Columbus, Island No. 10 and New
Madrid.
The militant Leonidas Polk. Episco-
pal Bishop of Louisiana, but now a
Maior-General, c. S. A, had erected a
Western Gibraltar at Columbus, KY,
from which had gone forth much inso-
lent defiance of the United States and
many boastful intentions of capturing
Cairo, st. Louis and carrying the war
into the heart of the North. Commo-
dore Foote and Gen. Grant had been
for months itching to get at him. They
had broken his line by the capture of
Forts Henry and Donelson, and as soon
| as Foote could repair his gunboats,
badly hammered at Donelson, he start
ed for Columbus in conjunction with a
land force commanded by Gen. w. T.
Sherman, who had returned to the field
in command of division under Gen.
Grant. Polk showed that strenuous
bluffing does not imply an absolute lack
of prudence, and promptly retired from
his Gibraltar after burning a large
quantity of forage, disabling his big
guns and rolling them over the bluff.
His superior, Gen. Beauregard, had
constructed still more formidable Glib
raltar at Island No. 10, 45 miles below
Columbus, where heavy guns com
manded long stretch of the river and
| impenetrable swamps protected from
The National tribune., 1909-08-12

East In November Gen. Grant, with
out orders, had gone down to Belmont,
and beaten up the quarters CT the bonn
bastic Polk and Pillow in way to set
those worthless to thinking quite differ
sntly about the despised Yankees. While
Buell., commanding in Kentucky and
initiating Mcclellan, was being held at
bay by Buckner with a small force at
Bowling Green, Grant and Foote were
begging TO be allowed to burst thru
the Confederate line on the Tennessee
and Cumberland Rivers. A grudging
permission was at last extorted from
Halleck, and Grant and Foote were off
like an arrow from the bow. Halleck's
permission was received Feb. I, and
Feb. Commodore Foote, leading his
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the expense and difficulties of moving
the army. Instead of marching out
and attacking Johnston at Bull Run or
even swinging around Johnston's flank
by crossing the Totomac at Aqua
Creek and placing his army between
Johnston and Richmond, Mcclellan
proposed to take the army down on to
the Peninsula aud operate against Rich
mond from that side. President Lin
coin, while protesting his ignorance of
the great science of war yet saw that
it was governed by ordinary common
sense, as every other operation in the
world is, and he could not see why Nc
Clellan should decline to attack the
enemy in his immediate surrounding
and go 100 miles away and offer bat
tie there. This had the additional
strong objection that it took the army
away from in front of Washington,
which it defended. Another strong OBJ
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ceeded. His ships were above the forts
and he had cut them off so that theii
surrender was inevitable, and he ha0
utterly destroyed the Confederate fleet
opposed to him. He had lost but one
vessel, the Varuna. which had given a
good account of herself in sinking three
of the adversaries before she herself
went to the bottom. The rest of his
fleet was practically unharmed, and
the heroic Commodore was in command
of the Lower Mississippi River and the
great commercial metropolis of New
Orleans, of which he took possession
April 25.
Lincoln's War Order No. ! had been
justified by most gratifying results
which raised the popular enthusiasm to
The National tribune., 1909-08-12

the highest degree, and greatly bettered
the prospects of the Union financially
and politically. All this was no stimu-
lus whatever to Mcclellan. He did not
give the slightest sign OF desire to
leave his beloved social functions in
washington and emulate the achieve
ments of Grant, Pope and; Farragut In
stead, he protested against Lincoln's
order TO move. and when Stanton told
him emphatically that the order must
be obeyed and that he must present at
once a plan of operation, he came in
with one which added Immensely to
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men, under Floyd, Pillow and Buckner,
with his 5000 men, while he waited
for Foote to come around from Fort
Henry with his gunboats and attack in
front. Halleck wakened to the oppor-
tlnity, and began reinforcing Grant, so
that the latter soon had nearly 10000
troops. There was sharp fighting, both
on land and water, for three days, but
on Feb. 16 Gen. Grant received the un-
conditional surrender of Gen. Buckner
and $1,000 men, the rest having es-
capped with Floyd and Pillow. The
long, menacing line, from Bowling
Green TO Columbus. fell Like broken
arch, and with 1t Nashville. the Capital
OF Tennessee.
Halleck shrewdly and promptly
The National tribune., 1909-08-12
CHAPTER xxx.
The Canture of Fort DoneIson.

The Capture OF Fort Doheisoh.
There was an obscure Brigadier-
General out West, named q. S. Grant
one of the multitude who in some way
had gotten Brigadier-Generafs COM
mission-who did not wait for the otfi-
ciaI Feb. % to begin operations. He
was not celebrating great plans, calling
for unlimited reinforcements, taxing
the factories of the country with ex-
traordinary acquisitions for cannon,
clothing, tents and arms. He was in
command of the troops at Cairo, ILL.,,
taking thankfully what he could get,
what Mcclellan could spare from his
surplus, and straining like bloodhound
at the leash to get loose and leap at the
enemy With him was another man of
like mind. Andrew H. Foote, God
fearing, praying sailor. rare phenome-
non in those days. Bearing the good
old American title of Commodore, he
commanded the fiotilla of improvised
gunboats which were held in little re-
gard by the deep-water sailors of the
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infantry assault. A few miles below
was New Madrid, in the center of the
melancholy wilderness created by the
great earthquake of 1911. The ener-
getic Gen. John Pope assembled an
army on the nearest high ground on
the west side of the Mississippi, and in
brilliant campaign of few weeks,
in which he surmounted physical diff
culties such as no General had yet
encountered, captured Island No. 10
and New Madrid, with some 1000 pris-
oners, 1913 cannon, immense quantities
of provisions, with hundreds of horses,
wagons, etc. Commodore Foote and his
fiotilla took a glorious part in this, and
was given a generous share of the
credit.
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Gen. Pope had moved from Com
merce, Mo-, Feb. %, and March 13 had
completed his work.
Brig.-Gen. A. E. Burnside had been
intrusted with the command of an ex-
pedition to get control OF the great
North Carolina Sound system to assist
in the blockade. He sailed from Hamp-
ton Roads with $4,000 men, and was
accompanied by squadron under
Commodore Goldsboro. Feb. s the
army and fleet made a descent on
Roanoke Island, capturing 1000 of its
defenders, and then proceeded to cap
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shall begin to move upon the bay as
early as the 18th March inst. and the
General-in Chief shall be responsible
that it moves as early as that day.
Ordered, That the army and navy
cooperate in an immediate effort to
capture the enemy's batteries upon the
Potomac between Washington and the
Chesapeake Bay.
Abraham Lincoln.
L. Thomas, Adjutant- General"
(To be continued)
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fotiIla. was within a short mile of the
heavy guns of Fort Henry, pushing
his light boats straight at the enemy
and overwhelming him with his terri
nc pnint-blank fire. Foote had the
fort before Grant, eagerly pushing his
men over the muddy roads, could reach
It.
Wasting not an hour, Grant turned
the heads OF his columns toward the
still stronger work, Fort Donelson, II
miles away, on the Cumberland Rive9
and Feb. IL audaciously invested 10000
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President Lincoln's Catechism.

President Lincoln showed his great
skill in going to the heart of a matter
by sending the following terse and
categorical questions to Mcclellan:
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The Capture of New Orleans.

ture Newbern, Beaufort and Fort Ma
con, effectually :eaiing UP the sound
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-13
FOUND PURSE OF GOLD
 TOSSED IT TO KIDDIES
RARBER DIDN'T REALIZE VALUE
 OF FIND TILL POLICE CAME.

Ignorant of the value of his find. Joseph Esposito a barber living at 134O Main street, last Friday gave his children for a plaything a purse made of solid gold chains. lost the same day by Mrs. Kenneth Wylie McNeil of I0O1 Fairfield avenue at Main street and Fairfield avenue.
 Detectives securing about the city to find out the identity of the man who was seen to pick up the purse finally located Esposito. He made no attempt at concealment when he was taxed with the possession of the purse, and gladly restored 1t to Detective Fox when he found it was of value.
 Mrs. McNeil dropped the purse, as she stepped from an automobile to enter the store ot the D. M Read Go. She missed it when she got inside the store, but when she reached the street 1t was gone.
 Richard Cullen, a. boy, saw the ad- vertisements in the newspapers and he told her he had seen a man whom he later described to the police, pick it up on the sidewalk. Search for the man was made by the police, and yes- terday Mrs. McNeil was gladdened by the return of the purse. It contained only 27 cents, but it was largely priz- ed apart from it's intrinsic value for it was a gift to Mrs. McNeil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-13
Deaths and Funerals.

Robert son of Matthew and Ann Skane. died this morning at the home of his parents 437 Myrtle avenue, after a brief illness, of kidney trouble He was % years of age, and well known in the South End where he was prom inent in athletics. He is survived by two sisters, and three brothers, John Edward and Matthew Skane.
 Funeral service over the remains of Catherine widow of Michael Rowe were largely attended this morning from the residence of her son-in-law Michael Fitzgerald, 474 Harral ave nue, at S:30 o'clock and thence to St.
 Augustine's church, where a high mass of requiem was sung by Rev. r n. Kennedy At the offertory the quartet sang Dominic At the com munion Mrs. F. J. Kelly rendered epic Jesu," and after the mass Miss Mae FIaherty sang Beautiful Land on High" The bearers were all grand sons of the deceased. John F., Edward T.. and Frederick L. Rowe, Thomas and John Keegan and Charles Pay den. Interment was in St. Michaers cemetery.