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circumstances Of his discovery, and
the charges that were preferred against
him by the men who had stopped the
couple resulted in his also being held
as a spy captured within the Federal
lines.
The two men were brought before
court martial hastily convened in the
Union camp. This was about the 10th
of July. 1862. The charges were made
against them, the court martial passed
upon their cases. and both were con-
demned to be hung.
The sentence of death by hanging
was passed on .-Ie present congress
man July IL. That night a provost
marshal came to the jail where the
two men were confined, and informed
them Of the sentence They were to be
hung at sunrise next day. The oppor-
tunfty was given Richardson to take
the oath of allegiance, but he refused
TO do this. minister who had known
him in Athens happened to be in Muir
freesboro, and after his efforts to
SECURE the Confederate captains relief
had failed. he came to the cell on the
night sentence was given. and spent
part OF the night with the two men.
In the meantime the Confederate spy
had managed to slip word through to the
south of the plight of himself and the in
nocent prisoner of war 1t was a forlorn
came to the two men Just before daylight
the day of their proposed execution.
Il was lying asleep In the CELL" says
Representative Richardson, when ! was
awakened by Paul's Juggling at my arm.
Wake up he cried; listen, IT'S For
rest coming. We are saved
AT first I was too dazed to realize
more than that there was a sound like an
approaching storm. We jumped UP on a
box so that we could see through the lit
tie grated window; and In few seconds
the noise resolved into distinct hoof-
beats. few minutes more and the adj
vance OF Forests cavalry swept into
sight, and stormed the jail where we were
confined. That rebel yell was the sweet
est music our ears had ever known.
Our boys began to break down the
Jail from behind while they kept the fed
eral guards busy In front The jailer had
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Condemned to death ~ Confederate
SOY, saved at last moment by For
rests cavalry.
ed three times in other engagements. He
ser, ed throughout the entire war.
Senator Bacon Of Georgia likewise had
a long and prominent service in the Con-
fedeI ate ranks He enlisted at the begin
ninA of the war and served during 1851
and 1862 as adjutant of the 9th Georgia
Regiment in the Army of Northern Viz
ginia. Later he was made captain AMI
assigned to staff duty and continued in
that rank to the end If the war.
Senator Joseph F. Johnston OF Alabama
is another who has the distinction also
of having attained the rank OF captain in
the Confederate ranks when he was only
about eighteen years Old Inc circum-
stances of his enlistment at the head OF
q company were peculiar. He was born
in North Carolina, but had gone to Ala
bama at an early age to be under the
care OF HIS guardian, who lived In Shelby
county, in that state.
He was put into a military school, and
was there at the time the call was made
for troops. The class went into the army
in q body, and the present Senator John-
ston became it's captain and the mead OF
the school company. His service was al
most continuous throughout the war. eX-
cent when wounds kept him out of action.
In all. he was wounded four times during
the war. having served In some OF the
most important engagements IN the SOUTH
Senator Martin OF Virginia, like Sena-
tor Johnston, went into the army as
boy member OF a military school brigade
Senator Martin was seventeen years old.
and a student at the Virginia Military
Institute, when he was enrolled with the
students of that school as a priSate IN
the Confederate army. He served through
out the last year of the war, until Lee
laid down his arms in April, 1885.
The Virginia Military Institute had an
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Show as many, II not more, Conlederate
veterans in each branch of Congress as
there are survivors OF the armies OF
the blue.
They are veterans of many battles and
survivors of many trying situations. In
the Senate there are six of these Con
federate warriors: three OF them. Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia and Senators
Johnston and Bankhead of Alabama
were captains In the southern ranks: the
others. Senators Martin of Virginia
Thornton OF Louisiana and Tfllman Of
south Carolina. fought either as privates
IN the regular army or as members OF
.adet corps that were enrolled for ac-
i've service.
IN the House OF Reproetn ives there
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Confederate Veterans Now Serving Stars and Stripes House and Senate

important place in the education of the
men who led tho Confederate forces.
From among its graduates and students.
that school furnished 5 major generals,
II brigadier generals. 50 colonies and III
captains to the Confederate forces.
Senator John r. Thornton of Louisiana
has a long record of Confederate service,
although he served as a private through
out his entire enlistment He was seven
teen years old when he left the Louisiana
State University to enlist. and he con-
tinued in the ranks as a private soldier
until the close OF the war.
Louisiana's Confederate delegation in
cludes, besides Senator Thornton, Repre-
sentative Albert Estopinal, who served
more than three years in the campaigns
through the lower Mississippi valley. He
was in the siege OF vicksburg and in the
Mobile campaign, but was not wounded
in any Of the engagements.
Mr.. Estopinal Joined Company OF
the St Bernard Guards as a private, and
with that company went INFO the 2Sth
Louisiana Regiment He commanded the
squad which took prisoners from the
.'Indianola" to Libby prison: served later
in the quartermasoers department at
with his regiment to Gen. Candy at Me
ridian, In March, 1865.
Representative George W. Taylor of
Alabsma - another Confederate veteran
now In Congress who went into the
army by way Of the schoolroom door.
When the war broke out Mr.. Taylor was
too young TO be even a drummer boy.
He was sent to an academy in Columbia,
8. C. in the early years OF the war, and
from that place he enlisted at the age OF
in November. 1884.
He found constant employment as
courier until the end of the war, tho
next spring. His first few weeks service
were on tho coast near Savannah with
the South Carolina state troops. Then
he enlisted as a private in Company ID
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Is Many Veterans OF
"A Southern Armies Serve
in Both Branches of Congress
as Those Who Wore the Blue
Survivors of Many Battles
Their Experiences as Pris-
oners of War-One Confed-
crate Was Sentenced to Be
Hanged asa Spy, But Was
Rescued in Prison.
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second lieutenant. in August, 1861. In
1888, when Rev William Powers resigned
the captafncy OF Company X of that regi-
ment, young Bankhead was elected to the
command of the company.
X
Through Shiloh, Perryville. Murphrees-
boro, Chickamauga. Atlanta and Frank
lin Senator Bankhead fought his way. He
was wounded desperately in Buckner's
charce at Clinl. aMgn aud Wa wnlnd-
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years after
the first guns Of
the civil war
sounded the Con
gress of the United
states is. igura
lively. under the
control OF the Con
federate armies. IF
the battle roll Of
the House and
Senate were called
today II would
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from north of the Potomac river IL
Joshua r. c. Talbot of Maryland. the
oldest democrat in point of service I'm
the House of Representatives, and tho
member who administered the oath OF
office to Speaker Champ Clark at the be-
ginning of this Congress Representative
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fragmentary shape. AS 1t is told hero
again II is from his own lips, with the
of nearly fifty years undimmed
as to It's important features.
Representative Richardson was less
than twenty years old when he was
made a captain in the Goth Alabama
Regiment. He had enlisted with Com
pany Z. from the town of Athens, Ala
with eighty-seven other young men
and boys. The company went through
the fierce campaigns I'm which the 26th
Alabama engaged. and young Richard
son was finally badly wounded at Shi-
loh and was captured by the Federal
troops He was sent north to an In
diana prison. Here his wound healed
and after a time he escaped and made
his way south to Nashville The city
was at that time IN the control of
the Federal forces. and Richardson
found himself in the hands of southern
friends. but unable to work his way
southern regiment
Friends finally told him they had
found man who was going out
through the Union outposts, and who
knew all the winding paths by which
such a feat could be accomplished
Richardson was put in his care. and
the two men. dressed in citizens
clothes. made their way safely until
they reached the vicinity of Murfrecs-
boro. Here his guides plans went
wrong, and at one of the last outposts
Of the Federal troops the Confederates
were captured.
To Richardson's horror, the Union
pickets found upon his companion evil
dence that he was an important spy
in the Confederate service. They
found nothing on Richardson. but the
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ST. ~ -
Keep Play
BY Her
How many times you take drubbing and still take
heart? We discover how We can't tell
uheye you stand until we've you faA
The test-tube Of adoersiy proves your real coors
you're drenched with trouble and wrenched with
DESPAIR then we tell if you blue plain
yeYouu.
you hold to your courage despite setback If
your enthusiasm in the face of increduy
believe in the RAINBOW in the turmoil Of the %
guiding in the night Of black doubt if
keep squared and will logged when alone
and unencouraged TOMORROW BELONGS to you you're
fighting self seHreliant Of Dare
If you really competent you will repeat If you can't
come back you must stay back.
How believe in you if you lack faith in
pooer and your destiny?
We the strong but those who cannot
control themselves may not master
Only sturdy tnbers and sturdy shoulders fit for posts
of responsibility
reject plate if it can't defend itself against
increduLous guns.
We won't buy Without record for endur-
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are eight Confederatee, including Big
Gen. George ". Gordon of Tennessee,
Mai. Charles NJ. Stedman of North caro-
line and Capt John Lamb OF virginia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
HISTORIANS ARE HERE
kansas Society Hears Report on Me-
mortal Building.

In his report for the year presented
at the opening meeting of the thirty
sith annual now in session of the
Kansas Historical society at Repre-
sentative hall. Secretary George W.
Martin pointed that as 1911 is the semi
centennial of Kansas some events had
transpired of an unusually important
nature. He spoke OF the visit of Pres
ident Taft and the celebration held in.
Topeka and Hutchinson.
A short history of the movement in
the direction of the erection of the G.
A. r. Memorial building at the corner
of Tenth avenue and Jackson street
was given Then some interesting hg
ureS were presented which give a clear
idea of the amount CT material that
will be used in the construction of the
old soldiers memorial
ITO give some idea of the immensely
of the building 1 Will say, reads the
report, that there will be 2,OOO,O00
bricks used in it's erection. or about 10
carloads OF this amount S36.500 bricks
have been received, or about 81 car
loads In eXcaVatinS for the basement
1860 yards of dirt. PSI carloads
were removed. There will be between
80 and 60 carloads of mable.
-Four carloads of structural steel
and three carloads of reinforcing steel
have been received. There will be six
carloads of structural steel in the build
ing, furnished by the Capital iron
works of Topeka.
contractor Leeper has already paid
$500 for structural steel, 1915 for re-
enforcing steel, and 1925 for wrapping
steel. There will be eight carloads Of
terra Gotta in the building. The Sallna
Plumbing company has received two
carloads of material for the ventlat1ng
contract and the electrical contractor
has already placed in the building one
carload of pipes
1.-THE concrete floors in the building
will cost $4,000. There are in the base
ment 315 carloads Of cement, broken
rock and sand The granite IN the
building amounted to eleven cars
The program Tuesday evening IS pop
lllar one and open to the general pubic
in representative hall. The program
AIusic=.-The Flag Without a Stain
Quartette-
Invocation-Rev John S. Glendenning,
NIIsic-.The Two Grenadiers''. .Schuman
Olof Valley.
The Presidents Address-H. C. Mamma
Music-t.R Robin Adair -----.----.------ BUCK
Quartette.
Grafton by William A Calderhead me
Service of the Army in Civil Life Aafter
Music-.sThe Boys of the Old Bri-
gade' ..-.-.-.---.------. .--.---'- a. NJ
Quartette.
"Our Old Brown Homestead, (oy re-
quest of E. C Manning)-
Olof Valley.
ssAu Through the Night odd welsh AIT
Mr. Valley and Quartette-
Music will be furnished by the Kansas
tate Agricultural college Glee club
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Silk Department

though. as he would be sitting in
palace with choice Viands on SILVER
salvers before him and watching the
champagne bubbles wink on frosted
brims.
1t MAJ be cold up in the region of
Point Stivens. Parry Peninsula, from
where Mr. StefanssOn wrote, under
date of June 20, but his heart IS warm.
His missive was received by the
American Museum of Natural History,
and by it may be seen that all golden
idols with sapphire eyes are as naught-
Better an aurora borealis hlckerlhs
over a blue green foe than that
But. after all, what is finer and
more interesting in life than to live by
sharing arctic hares and drinking sea-
oil and nearly freezing to death ana
finding, just as Mr.. Stefansson has
done, such alluring, charming things
with which to invite ones soul!
"Since coming home from Victoria
Land" writes the explorer IN the JOY
Of enthusiasm and the gloom If his
fgloo. Il have spent the time excavat-
ing old house ruins Our finds are en-
tirely stone, bone, and horn, except one
lance head of ivory, one fishhook with
COPPER point, and about half a bushel
of broken pottery. When / was in
college, I learned that the Esklmos
near the mouth of the Y ukon were the
only member of that people VINO MADE
pottery, and that they acquired the art
from the Indians Immediately south of
them. 1 took the first pieces we came
upon, therefore, as imports from kot-
zebue Sound.
Il now feel sure that they are parts
of utensils made on the premises, for
the quantity is so large compared with
the fragments of stone pots found. be-
sides. the right sort of pottery clay
abounds I accordingly value the pot
terry find as much as I should a golden
idol with sapphire eyes. 1t may prove
a key to a secret of the past"
There is good, warm work to be
done IN there in the frigid zone, for
Mr.. Stefansson reports that he has
found enough archaeological digging
there to keep busy as many men as are
now digging the Panama Canal He
reports the finding of many relics of
ancient races, and although no aure-
ate effigy with sparkling gems is his,
the young explorer is well content
New York Herald
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Mumford. Los Angeles, Cal. cock first.
hen first. cockerel second, pullet first
W. A Chesney, Topeka, cock second hen
third.
Light Brahmas-E- w. Rankin & Son,
Topeka cock first, second, hen third,
fourth puliet first, second third fifth.
hen first second, fifth, pullet fourth,
sixth, seventh pen first, second, third.
Buff -Orpingtons-G. H. Bunger. Topeka,
pullet second, fifth, eighth, hen first,
third, fourth, sixth, cock first, third,
fourth, sixth, cockerel first fourth, sixth,
seventh. pen first, fourth W A. Meid
let mourth MI Luegene, Topeka, cock
eighth. hen eighth. Mrs. W. C. Rorley,
Pleasant Hill, No, cockere1 second Mrs.
j. L. Crawford, Winterset, Ia, pen sixth
w H. Maxwell. Topeka, cock third, cock
erel third, fifth, eighth pullet third, pen
third, seventh. Mrs Edward Brown,
Maple Hill, cock seventh, pen eighth. A.
l.. Andrews. Miller. Neb., pen ;. Mrs. f
Fleming, Willard Kan, cock second, pull
let sixth J. J. eDan, Moneta, Cal. hen
second, fifth. pullet first. seventh, pen
second, eighth. cockerel fifth.
Rose Comb White Leghorns-NIrs. Jen-
ME Martin, Frankfort Kan, pullet first,
hen first, cockerel third, pen first. A G.
Door Usage CITY, eockerel first and sec
ond, pullet second George H. Slahnke,
Tecumseh, cockerel fourth, cock first,
pen third c. S. Wade Miltonville, Kan,
pen second.
Single Comb White Leghorns-vester
Bros, Topeka. pen first, hen fifth, cock
cASl llAbu- d bdEkiGys 1lDeELNs Mo.
cockerel eighth, pullet third, hen fifth.
Tom Cochran, Oricl1, Mo-, cockerel third.
Geo. P. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mich.
cock third and fourth, cocekerel first and
sixth puIiet second, pen third. George
w. Meyer, Topeka, pen third.
Rose Comb Brown Leghosns-Mrs- J. D.
Brown, Fort Morgan Col, hen first, cock
erel first second. pullet first, second
Single Comb Brown Leghorns-A G.
Door, Usage City, Kan cockerel third
o. c. Gerhman. Omaha, Neb.. cockereI
first. H c. Short, Leavenworth, hen
first. second, cockerel second cock first,
pullet first, second, pen first Grove Hin
Poultry farm, Waltham. Mass. pen first.
Black Langshans- Frank Hoagland.
Chenille, Neb., cock third fifth, hen
third. cockerel fifth, pullet third. sixth,
lott. Kan, cockerel seventh, pullet
seventh. pen seventh. H. NJ Palmer,
Florence, Kan, cock second, cockereI
second, hen second pullet second. E. o.
Hartzell Rossville. Kan. pen eighth
Mrs. Martha Haynes, Granville, Kan,
hen fourth cock seventh, eighth Geo. H.
Hlusmire, Holton, cock first. pen first.
cock fourth, cockerel first, fourth,
sixth. hen fourth, fifth sixth, pullet first,
fourth. eighth, pen second, third fifth
White WyandotteS-Charles '. Keller,
'Winniamac. Ind, hen first. second. third,
fourth. seventh, eighth cock first, sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, cockerel first, second, third, sixth,
seventh, pullet first second, fourth, fifth,
seventh. pen first. second. N Courthouse,
puIlet third, sixth. pen third Mary A.
Gordon, Kansas City, Kan, pen sixth. c.
H Funk. Holden, Mo. pen fourth.
Harry Lundy, Topeka, pen fifth
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State for Taft Whether There's
Primary or Not.
rs WULING TO SERVE.
Topeka Man Accept Reelection
if rendered to Him.
Goes to Washington to Attend
Committee Meeting.

Dave w. Mulvane, national COM
1nitteeman from Kansas. Will leave To-
morrow for Washington to attend the
meeting of the national Repupllcan
committee At this meeting the time
and place of holding the national Re-
nublican convention for 1912 Will De
decided upon. Mr.. MuIVane VIII re
port Kansas for Taft, whether tne
delegates are selected by primary OF
convention. He believes the MAJORITY
Of the RenubIicans of his state want
to give the big president secoiiu
term.
Regarding the talk of a special ses-
sion Of the legislature for the purpose
Of enacting a presidential primary
election law, Mr.. Mulvane had put NJ
tle 70 saw He was not opposed TO
such a primary providing that regis
tration and declaration OF party ptlI-
cinles were required before the pr1-
mary He thought that safeguard Tor
a party primary ought to be a part OF
the law
the committee for the national con
vention for 1908. 1t provided that
delegates to the convention shoulu oe
selected by convention, but an eXceP-
ton was made that provided that they
.srnav be elected in conformity TO the
laws of the state selecting them pro,
vided the state committee SO direct
This section of the committee can
opens a new field of conjecture. sup
pose Kansas did pass presldent1al
primary law, such a primary could
not be held without permission of the
state committee. State laws do not
have jurisdiction over interstate or
national affairs, and a national con-
yention is controlled by the national
committee and is directly under its
Jurisdiction
National Convention in June
However said Mr.. Mulvane, the
committee at it's last session wanted to
defer as much as possible to the Will
o. the majority of the people in the
several states and it inserted the clause
in the call that allowed the election
of delegates at a primary If the state
organization so desired. But the state
law was a mere Formally in regard to
selecting delegates to the last national
convention The state committee had
to o. K that law before it amounted
to anything. I suppose that the COM
nittee at its session next Tuesday VIII
issue a call for convention similar to
that of 1903 in all essentials. The con-
vention will likely be held early IN
Iune and Chicago will likely be the
place but this is only my guess, moth
ing has been determined in advance
Asked if he would be candidate
to succeed himself as national COM
rnitteeman, Mr.. Mulvane declined to
say. He has served in this capacity
for - years. 1.-The Kansas delegation
to the national convention names the
national committeeman for the state
he said land if that delegation is COM
posed of Taft men and they want me
to serve again [ will be glad to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
NOT A GOLD MINE
Highland Park Railway Makes 25
Cents a Day.

Members of the state public utilities
commission and residents of Highland
Park opened their eyes Monday after
noon when A. NJ. Patten, general super
lntendent of the street railway company
said that the earnings of the Ninewood
line averaged % cents a day. The High
land Park people were pleading with the
state commission for better service to
and from Topeka.
Superintendent Patten said it cost $780,
900 to build the line from the transfer
station to California avenue. The entire
line to Vinewood Park cost SOS, O0O he
said. The cost of labor on the line in the
winter months was S5-S4 a day and the
cost of power S7-71. The total daily cost
added to the proportions from the other
lines brought the amount to S249O. The
earnings above this amount brought
about IS cents a day to the company, said
Mr.. Patten.
Several residents testified on the SER
vice They recited incidents of motor
men refusing to stop for passengers on
account of the crowded condition of the
ears. They spoke of long schedules and
other things that aggravate the man who
depends on the service for his office
hours. Others said the service was about
as well as could be expected.
The commission has taken the testi-
mony under advisement.
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AINvays Lucky.

The worm-eaten chestnut of all
proverbs is-weIl. you know what it IS
at cards, lucky at love.
If your bridge partner is bit firty'
she always goo-goos at you and springs
it. Then she leads you away to Sc
Guided spot. You know Tommy
Treathinger was the only one we ever
knew to beat this game, and that was
an accident. Here was the way of It:
Are you very lucky at cards?
asked the woman.
Very said Tommy; Il always
win
ssHow about Iove?" she continued,
looking arch and kittenish.
Lucky again. plunged Tommy
always lose ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
LEWIS IS LET OUT
Indictment Charging Fraudulent Use
- of Mails Is Quashed.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 5.-United
states District Judge Jacob Trieber to-
day quashed the Indictment against e.
G. Lewis. charging him with using the
mails to defraud, and upheld the pleas
in abatement filed by the attorneys for
Harry NJ Coudrey and the other de-
PENDANTS in the twin insurance cases,
except Harry B. Gardner.