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In New Orleans. This was at the
time the city was In q fever OF nd
nirltion for her famous zouaye regi.
rent. the tigers" and at the psyche
logical moment in the play several
men in the zouaye costume marched
on the stage led by woman singing
Dixie" When she came to the line
II wish / was In Dixie, hooray, hoo
rayr the crowd went wild. ThHpiecc
was encered seven times. The, next
day 1t, was being sung and played all
over New Orleans and spread like
wildfre throughout the south.
Minor Engagements.
Aside from the siege Of Lexington.
there were no important engagements
in the closing days Of September. AT
Blue Mills Landing. on the Mississippi.
the First Iowa was attacked on the
18th by force of 1900 Confederates.
The Union men retired in good order
and. on being REINFORCED during the
night. made ready to renew the fight
in the morning, but the foe In turn had
Withdrawn. The Union loss was i've
killed. eighty-four wounded and six
missing; Confederate loss unknown.
On the same day 400 Confederates
were defeated by GOO Federals at
Mariatown. Mo-. the southerners losing
100 horses and most Of their tents and
supplies. also seven killed. The Union
men had only three killed, but among
these was Colonel Johnston The next
day the whole north was shocked by
news Of an o. and n. train going
through bridge near Huron. Ind.
killing several members of the Nine
,teenth Illinois.
Perhaps the most important action
Of this period. second to Lexington,
was that at Papinsville. Mo-. where
General Lane surprised considerable
force Of Confederates and defeated
them after stiff fight capturing their
tents. wagons and supplies. also 100
prisoners. In this action seventeen
Union men were killed and forty Con
federates
On Sept. "a at Romney. western Vir-
GINA. General Kelley attacked force
of Confederates and drove them out Of
the town. following the route of Colo
mel Lew Wallace several months ear
fer-UniOn losses. three killed and ten
Confederate losses. thirty five
killed. The next day at Chapmansvflle
also in western Virginia. was another
slight actions resulting in a Union VIC
tory. the FederaIs losing only four kill
ed and nine wounded. while their op-
ponents lost thirty killed. fifty wound.
ed and forty-seyen prisoners.
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said nothing merely looked ut him
and bowed. He tried to avoid me
when we left. but walked square up
to him. looked him In the eye. extend
ed my hand and said. Good morning,
General Scott He had to take my
hand. and so we parted. As he threw
down the glove and l took it up. /
presume that war Is declared. So be
II. l have one strong point-that do
not care one iota for my present po-
sitfon."~ In another letter Mcclellan
said: You have no idea how the men
brighten up now when l go among
them. l can see every eye glisteD
Yesterday they nearly pulled me to
pieces in one regiment. You never
heard such yelling"
The Greatest American Army.
IT was estimated at this time tha,
there were more than 100000 men in
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the northern armies and nearly one
third Of these. were in the Army Of the
Potomac. which had now become the
largest. best drilled and most inpos-
ing body of troops ever assembled up
to that time on American soil. No won
der Mcclellan was proud Of these men
and they Of him. On Sept. "a the gen.
eral. accompanied by President Lin
coin. reviewed the cavalry and artil.
lery of the Army Of the Potomac. The
growth of these two arms of the serv-
ice was revelation to the country.
Even as late as September the uni
forms of the soldiers on both sides
were variegated. The zouaves-and
there were regiments Of these in both
armies-had one kind Of uniform, the
regular army another. and there were
variations among the volunteers from
the several states. each state furnish
ing perhaps a different pattern. Gen
eral MeClellan's order that there were
Army Of the Potomac had done some
thing to correct the trouble, but there
was still danger Of confusion.
On the southern side the variety Of
north While the Confederate con-
gress had prescribed gray. the troops
procured whatever garb they could.
Early in the war many Of the southern
officers who had previously belonged
to the regular army wore their old
uniforms. At Bull Run several Con-
federate regiments were in civilian
dress. Gradually. however, the matter
of uniform was corrected. until the
Union blue and Confederate gray or
butternut became we'll nigh universal.
The Vogue of the Ramrod.
The arms on both sides in the begin.
ming of the war were chiefly muZZle
loading 1t was not till near the end
that the breechloader came into gen.
eral use. The Springfield rife was the
favorite~ The north imported many
rifles. most Of which had to be thrown
on the junk heap. The Enfield was
better gun than many of these foreign
makes however. and came into extern
sive use in the north.
The muZZle leaders made it neces-
sary for the men to bite their car
tridges. which were not made of brass.
but of tough paper. which was twisted
into sort Of knot ut the powder end.
This knot had to be bitten off by the
soldier. who needed good front teeth.
The powder was then poured into the
gun and the ball rAmmpd down Using
this slow method the men were sup
posed to load and fire about three times
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a minute. The use Of the ramrod oc-
casioned many wounded hands and
sleeveless arms While It was pos
sible TO conceal the body behind low
breastworks, the ramrod hand had to
be extended. an easy target for the
sharpshootesS in the opposing army.
Jefferson Davis once said that the
the south made up for their lack OF
military training and rendered them
superior to the northern troops at the
beginning Of the war. The western
soldiers were also familiar with the
ride and shotgun. which may have had
something to do with the early sue.
cesses Of the western armies.
Origin of Dixie"
Despite the hardships, exposure, in
sufficient food and clothing. long
marches. hard labor In, digging
trenches and throwing up defenses
and the danger to life and limb. the
soldiers life had its bright side. Life
IN the open. comradeship and adyen-
ture were his. and IL the food was
scarce and hard to chew IL was rel
ished with TN appetite equal to mas
ticating and digesting anything less
formidable than leather or sheet iron.
One OF the beguilenents Of the camp
and march was singing. have al
ready told Of the northern songs, also
of MARYLAND" "DfSie'' was iust now
coming into: its greatest vogue.
Strange rs IL may seem. Dixie was
written by northern man. Daniel De-
catuf Emmett, and early In the war
was used In the north almost as much
as in the south. II was fayorite
with President Lincoln. Dixie" was
|. minstrel song, first sung In New
York In 1859. AT the very beginning
Of the war It was featured in a play
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RI CORE 4 culp N ONE DAY

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The War Fifty Years Ago

lenses Against Confederate Attack .-Secessionist
Members Of Maryland Legislature Arrested Union
Armies Now Number More Than 100000 Men.
Uniforms on Both Sides Still Confusing--Od Muzzle
Leaders In Universal Use---"Dixie' Song Becoming
Popular---0nly Minor Engagements During Week End
ing September. 1861. E.
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returned to haunt the dreams Of the
loyaiists. It was ut about this time
that correspondent of the New York
Tribune reported q direct attack or
Washington impossible. After care
full examination he stated that the Un
ion people did not realiZe the strength
of the chain of forts about the CAPT.
tai He surmised that the Confeder
ate commanders had d good idea d
these defenses. however. and for that
reason they would never attack. he
also came to the conclusion that the
army at Manassas was not intended
to take the offensive. 1t was there
to defend the road to Richmond The
most it hoped to do was to provoke
an attack, not to make one. We now
know that this surmise was true only
in part, but at the time it served to
reassure the north. Color was lent
to it by the fact that on Sept. "a the
- Confederates abandoned Munson's hill
and two days later 1t was occupied by
the Federals.
Arrest Of Maryland Legislators.
Thus ended the fear of direct at
tack on Washington. a fear for which
there had never been any considerable
ground. The danger of an invasion OF
Maryland was more real. however. as
subsequent statements have shown.
General Beauregard many years after
the war said that his plan was to cross
the Potomac above Washington and
had he been supported by Davis and
Johnston the movement doubtless
would have been made.
In September Washington learned
that the Maryland legislature was to
be convened on the 18th at Frederick
and pass an ordinance of secession. the
southern srmy crossing the river. from
Virginia to support this move. II nee
essary. At that time the secession eie-
ment controlled nearly two-thirds OF
both houses. II was because OF this
report that many of the secession
members were arrested. On Sept. Is
the Union members refused to meet
and departed for their homes. thus
practically ending the session.
General Mcclellan was active in all
these moves and regarded the danger
as imminent. Two of McClellan's let
tiers at this time are of interest. On
Sept. q he wrote:
"He (the PRESIDENT sent a carriage
for me to meet him and the cabinet at
General SCOTS Office. Before we got
through the general raised a row with
me- / kept cool, In the course of the
conversation he very strongly intimat-
ed that we were no longer friends. l
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ton. ISlLI
IN TR1EG the last half Of Sep
TENDER. 1861. there were still
Da wild reports Ia the northern
; e newspapers that the Confed
crates intended to attack Washington
The current dispatches had it that the
southern army in the vicinity Of Ma
nassas was nearly 100000 strong. a
grossly exaggerated report. and that
It designed either to assault the capt.
tai or to invade Maryland. assist the
secessionists to take the state out OF
the Union and thus cut Washington
of from the north. IL ",.... r..
There was just enough color of prob
ability about these stories to alarm
the Union states. Before the end OF
September both ghosts were effectual-
II laid. however. and never afterward
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
GOVERNMENT SUIT
ATTACKS STEEL TRUST
Specific Charge Is That Steel and
Wire Company Pooled to
Control Trade

NEW YORK, May 6.-The govern
ment began suit to dissolve the
United states Steel Corporation by at
taching today one of its largest SUBJ
salaries, the American Steel & Wire
company. with intent to prove that
ever since its organization, in 1889
down to a year ago, it has been a
part to pools agreements or under
standings in restraint to trade.
The testimony is to be taken before
Special Commissioner Brown of Phila-
delphia. Two witnesses were ex-
amined today. George e. Holton, who
with others a year ago in the wire
pool case, testified to the formation Of
the American Horse Shoe association
nj 1901.
The association, he said, was for the
purpose of fixing the price of horse
shoes and was composed of nine con-
Germs, among them the American Steel
e. Wire company. The members of
the association met informally after
the dissolution of the pool until the
federal grand jury Investigated the
wire pool situation, when they were
abandoned. The other witness was
Wallace Buell.. Indepndent wire manu-
facturer of Port Chester, N. Y.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
WENAS CREEK WATER
IS IN LITIGATION
Claim Is Made That Defendants
Are Changing Course of
Stream

The question of water is involved in
the suit instituted Monday in superior
court by Robert Smith and Mary A.
Smith versus the Virginia Yakima Or
chard company c. II. George. oscar
f. Leonard, II. c. Schumacher The
land involved it lot 8, section 10,
township 10, range is, which the
plaintiffs claim to have owned for the
past SO years. In addition to the land
above described they claim to own
about 80 acres other land
From the allegations in the COM
plant ii is learned that the plaintiffs
own the land above described and
that East Wenas creek formerly
flowed therethrough. Plaintiffs claim
that defendants have diverted the
waters of East Wenas creek from
their natural channel, greatly to the
damage of said plaintiffs An iniunc-
ton is asked restraining the defend
ants from continuing the act com
planned Of and Judge Grady has set
May IL, at o'clock as the time of
hearing Wende & TAYLOR are at
torneys for plaintiff
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
FIRST STEAMER FOR
NOME TAKES GREENS
Vegetables Form Large Part of
Cargo on Trading Ship
Enroute to the North

SEATTLE. May 6.-The power
schooner Silver Wave, the first cargo
carrying vessel to sail for Boring Sea
ports this season. left for Nome,
Alaska, today. loaded with fresh vege-
tables and fruit with which to replen-
sh the larders in the homes of the
Boring Sea metropolis that have be-
come depleted during the long winter
months, when the only communication
with the outside world was by dog
teams over the 2000-mile trail to Cor
dova. The cargo of the Silver Wave,
which will engage in trading after dis
charging her greens at Nome, also in
cludes rifles, ammunition, phono
graphs, traps, calico, beads. knives,
axes, tea, flour, cigars, pipes and to-
bacco, which will be exchanged for
furs whalebone and ivory.
Captain f. T., Mcintyre, master of
the Silver Wave, is confident that he
win be the first to cast anchor in the
roadstead at Nome this year. This is
the first time in many years that the
staunch wooden steamer Corwn, for
merly the United States revenue cut
ter of that name, has not been the
first vessel to enter Nome on the
opening Of navigation. The Corwin has
been Withdrawn from the run.
Captain Mcintyre expects to make
three trips from Nome during the
summer, two to the Siberian coast and
one into the Arctic in search of wal
rus and polar bears. With him, as
mate, is Captain Brewer, who just
completed a voyage around the Horn
from Boston in the Gloucester fishing
schooner Athena
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
BEST SHEEP STATE
FOUND RIGHT HERE
John Rennie Tells of the Condi-
tons This Spring and the
General Advantages

Talking to the Herald reporter
Monday. j. b. Rennie of the Vendome
hotel, said:
"The prospects for good price for
lambs are excellent. The range is in
fine condition. helped out by the fine
rains we have had all spring Lambs
are big and fat and lots Of them.
tom Rennie and Forrest Wennor
of the Nile Sheep company have 5000
head of February lambs that will be
ready for the Chicago market by the
18th of June. They are making prep
arations to increase their business and
have bought $500 head of yearling
ewes from Stanley Coffin, which they
take over ON Saturday May H."
Mr. Rennie says this is the best
state in the Union for raising sheep,
and In proof Of this points out that
practically an cr the lambs are sold
for mutton. and the flock masters are
Obliged to 60 to other states, not go
faVorablY situated FOR range and eli
mate. ana buy breeding stock This
they can very Wen afford to do when
yearling ewes can be bought in ore
gou or Idaho in the spring for a doll
lar a head less than the Washington
men get for their fat ambs in the
summer or fall
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THE PROMISED LAND
OF YAKIMA VALLEY
One Who Viewed 1t Twenty Years
Ago, Is Again Visitor
Here

Twenty years ago the 5th day of
May. Grenville Goddard passed
through North Yakima in the party
which accompanied Jim Corbett to
San Francisco. and to fill promise
often made to himself to again visit
Yakima. of which he had heard SO
much, Mr.. Goddard returned to the
city Yesterday Although having been
here only a few hours, and necessarily
has seen only glimpses of the wonder
full development since his first sight of
the promised land he says he feels
like Rip Van Wrinkle. and it will take
him some time to really believe that
such city as this with it's surround
ings exists. Mr.. Goddard will be re-
membered by many people as a very
pleasing baritone singer, who has ap-
peared in the roles of numerous per-
formances throughout the country
He is holding his age unusually we'll
and says that although he always has
an optimistic view of life. yet he
thinks it looks fully as bright from
this point of view of any spot he has
visited. and hopes to remain here
sew raj days.
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DEMOCRATS MAKING
vERYL|TTLE PROGRESS
Washington State Convention at
Walla Has Credentials Com
mittee Still on Contests

WALLA WALLA, May 6.-The state
democratic convention effected tenn
porary organization and waited until
after 10 O'Clock tonight for the cre-
dtntials committee to report and when
that body reported that it still had
work unfinished. the convention adj
journed until tomorrow.
AS soon as the temporary Organiza-
ton had been effected and the come
mittees on resolutions, credentials and
permanent organization had been APP
pointed, the convention, after an adj
dress by Temporary Chairman Diu
adjourned until evening to await the
disposal Of the Adams and King coun-
ty contests. At 8 o'clock the credau-
tails committee reported the conf
pletion OF the Adams county contest
ana believed il would be able 70 report
the King contest at 1890
When the convention reassembled
al tnat hour the committee again an
nounced the King county contest was
still undeie, Reconsideration and the con
Vention adjourned until tomorrow az .
O'Clock. The committee announced
thaN had seated the wet delegation
from Adams which is said to be solid
for Clark
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AST0R ESTATE HELD
IN GREAT TRUST FUND
Young Vincent Aston Is Principal
Beneficiary Under the Will
of His Father

NEW YORK, May 6.--The counsel
for the family made public today the
VIII of John Jacob Astor as drawn
in this city "A few days after his mar
riage to Miss Madeline Force and
approximately seven months before
he persisted on the Titanic. Vincent
Astor, his SON. who Will come to age
this year is the principal beneficiary
and residuary legate. There Is no hint
of the great estate given and by the
creation of trust funds. The testator
has followed as far as possible the GUS
tom of his forebearers in keeping the
Aston holding intact. An estimate by
"A close friend of the Aston family
places the value of the fortune al
about $15, 100000.
Aside from the provisions for vim
cent Astor the will provides uncon
ditional requests Of but a little more
than quarter million and among them
only one Of "A charitable nature. Near
~ all the other provisions of the will
deal with trusts funds of which there
are three: 100000 for the young
widow. $5,O00,000 for the Colonel's
daughter Muriel. child of his former
wife, Mrs Ava Willing Aston. and So
600 900 for the expected posthumous
child of the present widow
No provision is made for the wife
who divorced him, and if the young
widow ever marries again the So
600. 900 trust fund. together with the
town house and other property left
her reverts to Vincent Aston She has
received, however, 100000 outright
and until the income from the trust
fund shall become available the trus-
tees are instructed to pay her an In
come Of 100000 a year.
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O.-W. r. & N. People Make Hin,
Freight and Passenger Agent
for This District
WILL HAVE HIS OFFICES
HER PERMANENTLY NOW
Chance Is One Which Is Made in
Anticipation of the Business
Which Valley Will Produce
This Season

I. II. Nandewater Of North Yakima
ana Walla Walla has been appointed
district freight and passenger agent Of
the O. w. r. 4 n. road for the terri
tory covered by the North Coast in
this valley and his headquarters will
De IN TINS city. MIR Vandewater has
peeh TOT the past seven years travel
ing freight and passenger agent for
the railroad and has been connected
with the line for the past % wears
lie has spent the greater part If his
tlne mere since the railroad first be-
gan operations in this valley. but he
ginning May Is will take up his new
and larger duties here.
Mr Nandewater came to North
Yakima Monday from Walla Walla
ana at once began the preparations
Tor the changes which have become
necessary He will have offices in RI,
station building, on the street floor in
the portion of the building now Occur
pied by the news stand. and he Will
nave three assistants for the tasks he
VIII have to solve this year. one of
these assistants will come from Walla
Walla bat It is likely that the Others
VIII be gathered from the service
mere Mr.. Vandewater. having both
the passenger and freight business in
TINS district under his control is GER.
tam. IN such "A wear as this. to have
an active season
There have been other changes in
me q. w. r. n. STAFF in this city.
H. l.. WNckoff, chief dispatcher, is Off
duty FOR month and has gone To
cleveland ON u trip. His place. during
ms absence, has been taken by A. Me-
Alhster, who has been the dispatcher.
ana his place. in, turn. is taken by ].
Howard Henry who has been baggage
/ IN "a CT 4 80 -
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TO PERFECT FILM
FOR SCHOOL ROOM
Edison to Spend 100000 in
Gathering Material All
Over the World

ORANGE, n. j., May 6.--Thomas
A. Edison expects to spend $3,OOO,O 600
and devote eight years to the work Of
perfecting a repertory of educational
films that Will meet requirements he
has set to make moving pictures use
full in the school room. A brief story
of what the inventor has done 50 far
and will do in future was told to the
New England society last night by Ar
thur -. Chandler. president Of the
Orange board Of education.
He is confident that the moving pic
ture film is destined 10 become an in
dispens.tblc adjunct 10 the school
room
Edison expects To send into all cor
ners of the earth. gathering material
for his films. When his task is TN
ished pupils of the future viii have
opportunities Of becoming acquainted
with the activities OF the world and
of nature that adults of today have not
even dreamed Of
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08

North Yakima Typographical union,
No. GA, has had two records this
Year. At the March meeting every
active member of the union was IN
attendance. May G, Monday evening,
the day following the monthly meet
ing of the union. Secretary Sanders
reported that every member of the
union had paid his dues and was in
good standing. There are approx
mately 40 members of the North Yak
ina union, and it is quite probable
that the two foregoing records have
not been equaled in the country
since the organization of the Interna-
tional union.