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The Battle of Cedar Creek.

William Cochran, HarrisviIle, Pa,
tired of having all the credit given to
Sheridan for the battle of Cedar Creek
They would like a good, clear and hon
est history of the battle up to the exact
time of Sheridan's arrival and taking
command. If this story could be told
truly and fairly, it would crafty them
much.
The 9th n. Y. S. NJ.
The veterans of the 9th S. NJ, SD
n. Y, held a meeting in New York City
Monday, Jan. 10. The officers chosen
for 1910 were: Commandant, George A.
Hussey; Vice Commandant, George NJ
Pollard; Surgeon, John III. Meyer;
Chaplain, Samuel Berry; Quartermaster
and Treasurer, George l. Buxton; Adju-
tant, Elbert c. Horton; Historian and
Librarian, Frank C. Martin.
Trescott Post.
w. G.. Bentley, Salem, O., says that
the comrades OF Trescott Post feel nat
urally proud of their more than AZ
years of continuous and unbroken SER
vice and of holding the seniority among
the Ohio Posts, never having been de-
linquent or suspended for day.
For the Pension Bill and McElrOy.
J. III. McDougal. Ell Paso, Tex, in re-
newing his subscription says that all
the comrades there are for The Ma
tional Tribune bill and for Comrade
McElroy for Commander-in-Chief
They VIII not take mo" for an answer.
They oppose the Lee monument.
The National tribune., 1910-01-27

WANTED; b. Higgins, of Weatherford,
Texas. care Horace Baker, Bakers -RInrh.
is desirous of corresponding. If now living,
with two soldiers of the Union army, cap
tured by Capt Mills Flack about % miles
south of Marion In Mcdonnell Co., y. c.,
in 1854. Capt. Flack brought these two
boys, exhausted with hunger, to the house
of COmrade Higgins father not far from
Marion. where they were Hospitality cared
for. and carried on the next day to Camp
Vance, near MorgantOwn, then 70 Salisbury,
where they remained with other Yankee
prisoners until the close of the war.
The National tribune., 1910-01-27

WANTED-The address OF Richard Lamson.
who enlisted in a cavalry company attached
TO the SD ILL., Mrs. E. A. Paxton (nee
Nichols. 42i 1-2 1st Avenue West, Seattle,
Wash.
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Classified Advertisements.

WANTED-H any comrade who knows the
addfess or John or James Haines. OF I'd Iowa
Reg't or can give any information of him
1t Will be thankfully received by Mrs Faith
A Hughes. widow OF James NJ. Hughes)
924 North Corona St, Colorado Springs. Colo.
The National tribune., 1910-01-27

WANTED-Geo. @. McCreary, Hinton, Okla,
writes that he has in his possession two
discharge papers in the name of Albert
Kuntz, of Co. c, 4Sth Pa. He found them
when living on a claim in Osborn Co, Kan,
in 1867. Mr. Kuntz is noted In the discharge
as having been born at Reading, Pa. Inter-
ested parties can get these documents by
writing to The National Tribune and giving
US the name OF Geo. C. McCreary.
The National tribune., 1910-01-27

Smith, 615 OAK st., Irwin,
Pa, writes as follows: Are there any
members living who belonged to n company
of light artillery from Wisconsin, who re-
ported to the Commander of FIT. Ellsworth.
near Alexandria. Va. about the first of No
vember, 1864 The Captains name was
man OF years, with very white hair. His
battery, however, was composed of bright
young men, keen to learn a soldiers duty.
was for a time engaged in teaching them
tactics. l will be pleased to hear from any
comrade who may recall those days, As
years ago"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-01
Published in Daily Leader
March 26. 1901
CONFEDERATE HOME.
Notlce 10 Contract ors

Sealed bids will be received and
opened at the mayors Office Ara.
more, Oklahoma. up TO noon. the 5th
DAY OF April, A. b. 1919, for the erec.
tlon and completion of a two-sfofy
Drlck and concrete Confederate Home
building TO be built on tho Walcott
ADDITION to the City Of Ardmore
OElahoma, as per plans and speciflra.
iions prepared for same by John r
White, Architect.
Each bid should be accompanIed hv
certified check for $500 0), made nav.
able to G. H Bruce Secretary Of
Building Committee.
Plans aud specifications NAV he
examined In person al Office Of Arch
,lteet j b. White, Ardmore, or Same
can be furnished by said architect
upon application by depositing the
sum OF $40 100 for The safe return Of
said plans. =
The Committee reserves the right
70 accept any or reject all bids Ad.
dress all bids Confederate Home
Committee, Ardmore. Okla
d. NJ HALEY,
r r. sNEED, I
G H. BRUCE.
Building Committee.
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CHAPTER II.
A Link Cuff. Button.

Liddys Knees seemed to give away
under her Without a sound She sank
down, leaving me staring at the win.
dow in petriiied amazement Liddy
began to moan under her breath, and
in my excitement reached down and
shook her. eM
Stop t." whispered "It's only a
woman-maybe maid Of the Arm.
strongs Get up and help me find the
door. She groaned again Very
WE'LL said, then I'll have to leave
you here, I'm going"
She moved at that, and, holding to
my sleeve. we felt our way, with nu.
merous collisions, 10 the billiardroom
and from there to the drawng-room
The lights came on then, and, with
the long French windows unshuttered
! had a creepy feeling that each one
sheltered a pcering face. In fact in
the light OF what happened afterward,
| am pretty certain we were under
surveillance during the entire ghostly
evening We hurried over the rest of
the locking-up and got upstairs as
quickly as we could ! left the lights
all en-, and our footsteps echoed ca.
yernously Liddy had stiff neck the
next morning, from looking back over
her shoulder. and she refused to so
TO bed
Let me stay IN your dressing room,
Miss Rachel" she begged III you
don't I'll SIT In the han outside the
door. I'm not going to be murdered
with my eyes shut"
1t was l. O'Clock when finally pre-
pared for bed In spite Of my assuinp-
tion of indifference, ! locked the door
into the hall, and finding the tran
som did not catch put a chair eau.
tiously before the door--it was not
necessary to rous' 'iddy and climb.
ing up put on tn ledge OF the tran.
som small dr'ssiugmirror, so that
any movement o. the frame would
send It crashing down Then, secure
ln my precautions went to bed
did not go to sleep at once. Liddy
disturbed me just asasi awas growing
drowsy, by coming in and peering un-
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servants The driver took them with
a flourish to the servants entrance.
and drove around TO the front of the
house. where was awaiting him
Two dollars" he said TN reply to
my question Il don't charge fun
rates, because, bringin EN- up all
summer as do. IL pays to make
special price When they got on the
train | sen sen |: There's another
bunch for Sunnyside, cook, psrlor
maid and all Yes'm six summers.
and a new lot never less than once a
month They won't stand for the
country and the lonssomeness.
reckon"
But with the presence Of the
bunch OF servants my courage re-
ylved. and late In the afternoon came
message from Gertrude that she and
ialsey would arrive that night at
about II O'Clock, coming in the car
from Richfeld Things we're looking
up and when BeuIah, my cat. most
intelligent animal. found some early
catnip on bank near the house aud
rolled In II in u feline ecstasy, | de
cided that getting back to nature Mas
the thing 10 do,
While | was dressing for dinner,
rlddy raped at the T101or. ss;hg-waz
hardly herself yet. but privately |
think she was worrying about the bro
ken mirror and Its augury, more than
anything else When she came IN she
was holding something in her hand,
aud she laid Il on the dressing table
carefully.
Il found II In the linen hamper =
she said. ut must be Mr. Halsey's,
but It seems queer how 1t got there :"
II was the half OF link cum but
ton Of unique design, and looked at
II carefully.
Where was it9 In the bottom OF
the hamper | asked
"On the very top" she replied ITS
mercy It didn't fall our on the way 2
When Liddy had gone examined
the fragment attentigely | had never
seen II before. and was certain !t
was not Halsey's, II was OF lttllan
workmanship and consisted OF a
mother-of-pearl foundation, encrusted
with tiny seed-pearls. Ntrung on
horsehair to hold them. In the cen.
ter was small ruby. The trlnket
was odd enough, but not lntrlnsi ally
OF great value It's interest fof me
lay In this Llddy had found it lying
In the top OF the hamper which had
blocked the east wing stairs.
That afternoon the Armstrong;
housekeepcr. younglsh good-looking
woman, applied for Mrs. Raston's
place, and ! was glad enough to take
her She looked as though she might
be equal to dozen Of l.iddy, with her
swapping black eyes and heavy jaw.
Her name was Anne Watson. and |
dined that evening for the first time
In three days.
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nat SoHPiStcu OuF LcfloTdiILduoH.
der the bed. She was afraid TO speak,
however. because OF her previous
snubbing, and went back, stopping IN
the doorway to sigh dlsmally.
Somewhere downstairs clock
with chime sang away the hours
eleyen-thirty. forty.fve, twelve. And
then the lights went out 10 stay. The
Casanova Electric Company shuts up
shop and goes home to bed at mid
night: when one has party, be-
lieye IL Is customary TO fee the com
pany, which VIII drink hot coffee and
keep awake couple OF hours longer
But the lights were gone for good
that night l.iddy had gone to sleep,
as ! knew she would She was very
unreliable person always awake and
ready to talk when she wasn't wanted
and doing of TO sleep when she was
called her once or twice, the only re-
suit being an explosive snore that
threatened her very wiDdpipe-then |
got up and lighted bedroom candle.
My bedroom and dressing room
were above the big living room on
The first floor. On the second floor a
long corridor ran the length OF the
hoase, with rooms opening from both
sides. In the wings were small cor
ridors crossing the main one--;he
plan vas simplicity itself And Just
as ! got back into led, heard a
sound from the east wing, apparently
that made me stop frozen. with one
bedroom slipper half of, and listen. Il
was rattling metallic sound, ana Il
reyerberated along the empty halls
like the crash Of doom II was Tor IL
the world as II something heavy, per
haps piece Of steel, had rolled clat
tering and jsngling down the hard
wood stairs leading 20 the card.roonl
In the silence that followed Lidd,
stirred and snored again was ex
asperated; first she kept me awak,
by silly alarms, then when she wal
needed she slept like Joe Jefferson, o
Rip-they are always the came to me
| went in and aroused her. and giy,
her credit for being wide awake th,
minute ! spoke.
Get up" said. III you don't wan
" be murdered In your bed"
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~sUslNEss CHANCES" ;"

ANYONE, anywhere, can start mail
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vassins. Be your own boss. Send
for fee booklet. Tells how. Hea
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CHLROPRACTIC

as taught and used at our schools and
offices has been proven TO be the most
scientific and effective method ever
known for removing all abnormali.ies Of
the human system, 1t has attained suc1
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Of which has been IN clinical den0nstTa~
tons. Out OF over four thousand cases
under our care In the past two years
only .wO dea.ns have occurred MAKE
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through the nervous system alone by
reason OF which we can handle any class
or abnormalities, except strictly surgical
cases, and they are llmlted to cuts ard
aDfaslons where stitches or nmputation
is absolutely necessary we avoid or
ra.her make unnecessary, 9S Der cent OF
tne sOrcallcd surgical cases. such AZ
appendicitis. gall stones, tonsilItis.
as.denolds. goltre. cancer OF the stomach,
t,ioatlng Kidneys, ovarian and other
tumors: In fact. any diseased condItiot,
which. under other methods. ara consid-
cred operative cases
Paralysis. insanity, ecflapsv rnenjn.
Kltls, rheumn. Ism. blood poison ali tha
sIssers, ss, ,eruptlve and otherwise: All
constipation headaches. stomach tromhia'
anu al weaknesses OF the pererativa
ors4ns are due to a derangement III me
nerves controlling the specific regiorl A.
lecteu,, and the functional equilibrium
can only Be secured by inducing, IN some
waV. normal distribution of nerve
stimulus. methods are speculative
as to result. but Chlropractlc Is as ac-
curate as figures.
No Drugs. No Knife Call and gee US;
our Consultation and Examination Is
Free.
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Head offices at
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OF
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MISCELLANEOUS

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PHONE YOUR WANTS.
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1t Is Row ready. the new road la
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Oklahoma stat. Manual

The Oklahoma state Manual for
1919 10 now ready. 1t Is an encyclD.
pedlh OF statistical Information. Dives
aames oi all the state and county Of.
Ulcers, their postoffice addresses
county. judicial. congressional and
senatorial districts, names and I'D.
dress OF members OF Constitutional
convention: first and second legisla
ture. population. wealth OF state and
hundred other items Of interest and
value. Price 75c. Address Leader
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CONTINUED tomorrow
Tucker Candidate FOR Auditor

n. A. Tucker Is candidate for
state nudlto'. He says: Christianity
Democracy, labor aud education are
the Epillars on which 0klahomn'a .
eleaflass rtst H.. A. Tucker, the
blind 4 candidate forI,stafe,8 auditor.
stands firmly for These strong pillars
OF grHatness. Biudnoss viii not pc.
vent him dIschargins the dntIeB OF the
office With efficiency and safety no
more ihdn ,bIlbdncss prevents Seuatnf
Corr attendihg toSahe dnties 4of ilfis
office" 4 tf# K rs ~ '8 ~
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call az Leader office.
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The ncw Fish and Game law will
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cents the single copy. Write for
prices On quantities. Leader Printing
Company Guthrie. Okls.
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U N MI1NEFEE,
Treasurer State of Oklahoma.
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statesmen WANTED
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST Brown pointer bird dog pup
white spo on breast collar and
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LOST--Brooch with cameo setting:
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER H. Mis- Innes, splnster ana
guardian OF Gertrlae and Halsey, estab-
lished summer headquarters at sunny
side. Amidst numerous difficulties the
servants deserted AS Miss lnnes locked
up for the night, she Was startled by a
dark figure on th6 verAnda.
CHAPTER H..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03
BARONET A SWIM DLER

American Giro Gave Up All Her. Nancy,
'rhen Had Britlsher Locked Tn.
s LONDON, January 2.---Herbert Fran
els the Londoner who was arrested at
Coventry and rem ian, Cd on g specific
American girl to whom he was en-
gagged to be married. OF converting 70
his own use some $500 Ct her money
was committed for trial to-day
From the testimony given to-day 1t
appears that Francis and Miss Llbbey
Conn. whore she lived Francis was
working at the time MS chauffeur
and lodged At tho house Of Miss LIB,
beys mother He represented himself
as being In the British diplomatic ser-
vice and declared that his real nano
was Sir Robert Campbell
Under promise of marriage he Dor,
rowed between $1,000 aud $4,000 from
Miss Lhbey in America and further
Gums after their arrival in8 England.
lii fact, Francis got practically every
cent OF Miss LlbbeN's money.
Francis, when arrested, was armed
With aloaded revolver,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03
WILL FORCE FIGHT
FroGrcssivcs Preparing for Wor OH
Staud-paffcrs,

Stand-Pattcrs.
DES MONIES, la. January PRO
ErcssfVc RepupucanS celebrated New
Years In Des Moines by holding
series OF conferences preceding the
Cumrnins dollar dinner. at which plans
were made for forcing the fight upon
the stand patters in every part OF the
State Plans which may result In tho
selection OF Progressive to make tho
race In the Republican primaries
against Governor Carroll, who Will
ask for second term. were made.
Senator Cummins brought enthusl-
asm 20 high pitch with his speech
defining the attitude OF the Progress.
siyes. His declaration that the fight
is only begun and that the Progress.
sives do not intend to relax their vigil
lance in the least indicated that he
will tour Iowa, probably accompanied
by Senator Dolliver. TO campaign for
the nomination of Progressive candi-
dates for Congress in every district.
CuInn1ins, while admitting the de-
feat OK the Progressive element in the
recent session OF Congress. asserted
that the issue will be different before
the fight ends. He maintained repeat
ediy thar the record OF tho stand
patters and their administration is a
record OF inertia and one lacking in.
.tiative andsthe power to ho::i the
confidence Of the people. He paid his |
respects 20 Cannon, Aldrich and other
stand pat leaders. declaring their "do |
nothing policy will spell the ruin OF
their hopes. He asserted that the anti
trust laws are disreEarded, and that
Congress is largely At the mercy Of
the Interests
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03
CHASE is STILL ON
Hclrcss and Her Waiter Eludc Their
Pursucrk.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. January a.
The whereabouts Of Roberta B. De-
Janan, the siSteen-ycar-old heiress,
and Frederick Cohen, the Bellevue
stratford waiter. who disappeared last
Wednesday. is as much mystery as
ever. The disappearance of the walt
er's wife from her boarding place here
has added another element OF mystery
10 the strange case.
II was reported early to-day that
couple answering the description OF
Cohen and Miss DeJenon had been
seen in the vicinity OF Lancaster. Pa.
detective discovered that the sup
posed clippers had taken q trolley GO
ing TO lancaster. Ferdinand DeJanon.
the gtrrs father. and her. grandfather.
William Buist the millionaire seed
dealer. left this city late this afternoon
Tor Lancaster. There all trace OF
the missing counlr was lost.
;, Another clue led in the direction OF
Trenton and New York, but late to-
ed false. Ia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03
CHAMPION BACKS DOWN
BEFORE POLICE SQUAD

TERRE HAuTE. IND, January -
Jack Johnson refused to fulfill his coh-
tract to appear at Tcrro Haute
theatre to-day, and tho manager ut
tached HIS trunks as he was about to
board a train for Columbus. Ohio. John.
son said the theatre was too cold.
When constable served the writ,
Johnson moupted his baggage and said
he would ''hit tho first man who touch-
cd it.''
The constable called the police and
the fighter backed down when Captain
Armstrong called enough men to take
johnson to jail. Johnson later tried to
engage n special train but failed. When
he saw his belongings. dumped on a.
dray he told tho manager he would
stay in Terre Haute till tomorrow and
contest the case.
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.M0QN5H|N|NG IN
THE 'DARKCORNER'
! Lspeelal to Tho Times Dispatch. i

GREENYILLE. N. c.. Januarv .
Never before in history has "tnoon-
Shining" In the Dark Corner" on the
Inc between the carolinas. the most
notorious retreat of this class of yio-
lators of the law In the South, shown
such an Increase as in The past ycar
9tatlstics given out from the revenue
office here show that within Tho vcar
lust ended, In this territory. with n
population Of only few hundred ooo
distilieries have been destroyed, 100000
sallons OF beer destroyed. and several
thousand gallons Of whiskey contis-
Gated. kaidinS officers have destroyed
on In average OF twenty distillcries a
.nonth during the year. This number
showed gradually increase through
the month. and In December reached
thirty-one. Now scarcely day passes
that the officers do not get tip on
the whereabouts of an Illicit still
The reason of this remarkable in
crease Is credited to the prohibition
laws recently passed In North Carolina
and the fact that nearly all tho coun-
ties In South Carolina have put ban
on the sale of whiskey, raising the
price from fraction of a dollar a gal
Ion to from Sc to So a gallon accord
Ing to the way the prohibition laws
are enforced.
"Moonsfiners" of day arc of
different class from those that infested
the mountains of the Dark Corner a
few years ago. They are in the bus
mess because they know it to be the
most profitable open to them with
whisl<ey at prevailing prices. If cap
tured. they usually 60 to the Federal
prison In Atlanta. serve a short sem
tence, and come back home to resumo
business at the same old stand. 1t la
not often that a revenue officer Is shot
to-day. and the moonshiners will usu-
ally submit to arrest sathcr than use
. gun. At every term of tho Federal
Court there is a large. array Of moon
sinners" awaiting trial, which makes UP
! considerable majority OF the courts
business here. E