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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02


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street meeting at Michigan avenue
and Van Buren, street She took a
position on the running board of an
automobile. which stood beside a
news stand, and the following dia-
logue ensued:
"At the present moment the suf-
frage situation is very
Just out. Score T. ball game"
g. promising Senator L..
Y. Sherman and the other poll
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Children this Memorial day,
Go scatter flowers where sleep the Blue and Gray,
Under one flag, strong, united land,
An inspiration to the world stand

suffering at the destruction of so many
gallant troops.
1t was after the battle of Cold Har-
Dor that l went to the generals tent to
deliver ciphergram, and found him
sitting alone, smoking cigar and evil
IDENTIFY buried in thought His face
bore a care-worn expression that in
Dictated sleepless nights and weari-
some days. For a moment he was
oblivious Of my presence; then he
nodded to me and 1 entered, handing
him the message. After reading it he
turned to me with sigh
'Beckwith,'' he said, "the hardest
part of this general business is the rs
sponsibility for the loss of ones men.
/ can see no other way out Of it, how
ever; we've got to keep at them. But
it is hard, very hard, to see all these
brave fellows killed and wounded. 1t
means aching hearts back home" And
he lapsed again into Illuminating ST.
lence.
There were two occasions when
saw General Grant actually shed tears.
The one was in the forepart of July
of 1864, while we were in headquarters
at City Point in the operations before
Petersburg. A telegram came in from
Gen. w. T. Sherman, who was Crap
pling with Hood at Atlanta, Ga, con-
veying the painful intelligence of the
death of Mcpherson, the beloved com
mander Of the Army of the Tennessee.
| WORD OF M'PHERsON's DEATH.
This rugged and gallant leader, by
his intrepid and cavalier bravery, had
won for himself the enthusiastic sup
port Of his men and the unreserved
confidence and admiration Of Grant
and his generals. 1t was a telling
blow, just as this time, to the hopes
and aspirations of the North.
l took the dispatch to the general
and he read it silently. He was hard
hit, 1 could readily see that. His
mouth twitched and his eyes closed as
if he were shutting out the baleful
words. Then the tears came and one
followed the other down his bronzed
cheeks as he sat there without word
Of comment. 1t was most eloquent
silence.
The other occasion was in October
OF the same year, when the news Of
the death of Gen. T. E. G. Ransom
reached us. Ransom and Grant haC
been comrades in arms in the West in
the early days Of the war, and q
strong friendship had grown up be
tween them. The loss OF the young
officer struck home with peculiar force
and none felt that loss more deepl!
| than General Grant
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

An odfashoned oD
appeal
OF bone. ,..,
entrants in the httie
easily counted extended
fat
with back to the once
earlier bird would walk on with them are
little Father Knickerbocker
OF the pubic employ
srts neh
OF
sending being obtained for those who show
to perfor
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The morning of the 7th broke upon
battlefield strewn with the wreckage
of terrible fighting, but the two for
midable opponents had finished writ
ing into history the Battle of the VIII
derness. The forces of Lee had re-
tired behind their intrenchments; the
Federal troops were unwilling to at
tack them so protected.
Orders were issued late in the after
noon for a night march of the entire
army toward Spottsylvania. Early in
the evening the acknowledgement and
Meade with their stats started out
upon the way. When we reached Han
cocks corps, the brave fellows were
lying behind their works most of them
asleep, and we picked our steps care
fully along in the darkness to safe
guard the recumbent soldiers.
Grant sought a brief interview with
General Hancock and the twain
crawled into an ambulance wagon and
held converse for some time. l had
been riding close behind my superior
and now / dismounted and threw my
bride rein across the limb of a fallen
tree nearby, while 1 flung myself down
upon a pile Of brush to await the re-
appearance of the general. 1 was pref
ty we'll tagged out and a few mo-
ments rest was most welcome.
1t wasn't long before the boys
sensed the presence of Grant, and al
though orders had been given to re-
frain from cheering, owing to the prox-
unity Of the enemy, when they learned
that he was facing southwark, they
sprang to their feet and the rocks and
woods sent back the echo of their
boisterous shouts.
Some rather harsh criticism has
been directed at General Grant for the
tremendous sacrifice Of life in the VIII
derness campaign, and his alleged cal
lousness at the wholesale slaughter oil
his men.
sTolClsM OF GREAT CAPTAIN.
Let me, who was his constant com
panion during three years of the Civil
war, bear testimony to his possession
of genuine humanity and manly sym
patty His was most peculiar nature
Where others would fret and grieve
manifesting their anxiety in words
and actions, he preserved stern 81
lence. But / am certain he felt as
keenly and deeply the barb of misfor
tune and sorrow as did those about
him. During the bloody days of relent
less attack and stubborn defense il
the spring OF 1864 / noticed an almost
| indefnable sadness in Grant, sort o.
moody reticence, that convinced me
who understood the man, that he wa!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
DENIES that
GENERAL GRANT
WAS UNFEEL|NG
One Who Knew the "Silent Man.
Well Tells of Instances That
Prove RumOr'S FaISity.

RANT did not select the Wilder
IT y ness as the scene Of his nrst
engagement; he was COM
PEELED to take it, writes Sam
uel H. Beckwith, chief cipher operator
to General Grant, 1925. But he was
not caught unavares, as some un-
friendly writer's have argued. We well
knew that the "Johnnies'' were some
where before us, ready to oppose brisk
defense to our forward movement, and
every possible precaution was taken
to protect our troops against surprise.
When the fight started we were pre-
pared for them, so far as an army
could be prepared for the struggle up
on such field.
During the first days engagement
General Grant was not idle. He want
ed to learn first-hand what was going
on about him A personal inspection,
therefore, was necessary, and Cincin-
natl, that magnificent war horse, was
drafted into service. There have been
many horses that have gained con-
spicuous places in equine history, but
this noble animal deserves place
among the best. He was chestnut
gelding o, rare mettle, and when in
action upon a undiscovered field ne
certainly was an object Of admiration.
was the generals only companion on
that ride, and for one excellent rea-
son. among others, my mount could
Laan pace with his
There were a few moments during
the ride in which | was reasonably
sure that our time had come. AS we
penetrated thicket of dwarf pine ana
emerged into a small clearing line or
Federal troops cropping their way along
clashed, in our immediate front, with
o detachment Of Confederates VINO
were pushing through the tangle OF
wood. A fusillade Of bullets was the
result, and several sang an omlnous
song about our heads. We refined up,
and then, as our men drove the enemy
back to cover, he continued on his way
with this comment:
When our time comes, Beckwltn
we'll go. and not before There's nc
use trying to avoid it.
And avoid it he did not.
UNDISMAYED BY TIDINGS.
AS was inevitable under such condi
tions as prevailed in the Wilderness
| reports OF the vicissitudes of the en-
gagement were numerous and con
fiicting. To headquarters. where Gran
awaited the outcome Of the secon'
days fight, came courier after courle
bringing news OF the progress OF IN
contest from various portions or tn
field.
Some of these were alarningly il
correct.
But the evil tidings didn't distur
the silent Grant. Several times dunn
the night 1 visited his tent to receiy
or deliver messages, and found hi
apparently unmoved by the direful II
mors.
He had done all that any coUimant
err could do TO insure victory; the n
suit was with Providence Even wit
some OF these disquieting tales unr'
futed. he retired TO his cot TO snatc
q much-needed rest, the least rune
of the group about headquarters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

soldier them England when the
fortuna of wars i'm fon
primarily seeking material for the
the
historically Many Of the
found in the
hill which
William Heath
recently Among the relics from the Cold
~ Twntyeghh Ftysecond and
Black Watch
covered with
freo
feet
burned fell
where of the huts had
the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

RANT did not select the Wilder
ness as the scene Of his first
engagement; he was COM
PEELED to take it, writes Sam
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

dressed for AFTERNOON tea. There are
few applicants who are willing to don
overalls and sail right into old man
work, just as If they meant to give him
a regular run for his money. They
all expect to land jobs in one Jump
as a railroad president. It's the trend
of the times. Everybody's been read
ing about the money being cleaned up
down in Wall street in the last year,
and only a few are willing to consider
employment that doesn't carry
$4,000 salary, soft rugs and luxurious
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

and Americans 40 years ago.
The searchers had uncovered AZ
huts. A great variety OF utensils,
coins, buttons, and other articles
were recovered. In a cache at the
side of a squat-stone fireplace in one
of the huts were found u regimental
buttons of the Fifty-second British
Regiment of Foot, now the Oxford
light infantry. The buttons are OF
pewter with steel eyes and gilt edges,
and are well preserved. Mr.. Bolton
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arrested must
outan
bee you must
knowt the of each one
willing his neighbor warrant
one II
swar So the are
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the trouble, and w. c. Frizzle. balm
OF the city court, was appealed TO.
Il want my bees" said the orig
inal owner: they have gone TO that
fellows home
Frizzle began an investigation TO
ascertain whether he had authority TO
return the bees TO the rightful owner.
After consulting many law books. this
was his conclusion. as expressed in
his own words:
Il find that before you can OBJ
tain YOUR bees YOU must have them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
Revolutionary Army Huts Uncovered in New York


IN Broadway watch
relics of the Revolutionary
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
Suffrage Orator Yielded to a Chicago Newsboy

a other day between suffrage and
u a vocal
Union Woman Suffrage staged
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
Alabama BaiIif Orders Bees Arrested by Name

AL-Becoming involved dispute over trivial matter
citizens
migrated the home OF the other Inns new
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
Unemployed in Gotham Are Mighty Particular

for the unemployed but the
while the girls expect to break into oc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
ALLIED TROOPS MAY
GARRISON ATHENS

London. Sept 4.-Anglo-French
troops are believed to have been land.
ed at Piraeus with the intention OF
marching five miles northeast to Ath.
ems and garrisoning the Greek capi.
tai.
No report of an actual landing has
thus far been received, but two dis.
patches from Athens reported the ar
rival of allied transports off Piraeus
harbor and London newspapers de
clared this undoubtedly meant that
the allies had decided to put an end
to pro-German intrigues at Athens
The beginning of an Italian often
sive in Southern Albania, officially an
nounced at Rome, convinced military
critics that the allies grand offensive
In the Balkans is about to begin The
landing of troops in Piraeus indicate
the intention of the allies to settle
all problems quickly by marching
north against the Bulgarians and Ger
mans.
The allies are now exerting pressure
on the central powers on six fronts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
COUNTY AUDITOR Is OUSTED
Minnesota Official Charged With H.
LEGAL Use of Funds.

St Paul. Sept Charges of illegal
expenditures aggregating more than
$500 900 by Koochiching county Off
cials resulted in an order from Gov
ernor j. A. A. Burnquist suspending
County Auditor l.. H. Slocum and
placing l.. w Wilson of Virginia in
charge of the office pending thor
ough investigation.
The complaint filed with the govern
or alleges that Auditor Slocum has
made illegal payments OF more than
S100. 900 on road construction con
tracts, brought about payments OF $685.
600 of unnecessary commissions on
county bond sales, failed otherwise to
protect the county in financial mat
ters and entered into agreements to
defraud the county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
viii Appeal From Decision in Twin
City Terminal Case.

st. Paul, Sept 4.-The order of the
Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission making st Paul, Min
neapolis South st. Paul and Hopkins
common point for ratemaking under
the amendment to the eastman dis
tance tariff act and subsequent deci-
sions in the Ramsey county district
court and the state supreme court sus-
tanning the order will go to the Unit
ed States supreme court for final de-
cision.
This announcement was made here
by f. c. Lindley, general counsel of
the Great Northern railroad
Notice of the appeal was served on
Judge T. ID. O'Brien. who represented
the st. Paul Association Of Commerce
at the court hearings.
The case will go to the United States
court on a writ of error served on the
state supreme court for a review OF
the case.
Mr. Lindley said the basis of attack
will be the same as in the state courts,
that the order is arbitrary and unrea-
sonable.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
SEEKING LARGER PROFITS
Owners Of German Divers Decline 20
Act as Common Carriers.

Berlin, Sept. 4.-"The cargo space
in all our ships has been taken for a
long time ahead and there is no pros
pect that other shipments can be ac-
cepted," is the sterotyped answer re-
turned by the Ocean Navigation COM
pany, owners OF the merchant subma-
rine Deutschland. to all inquiries
whether freight for America will be
accepted by their new mercantile sub
marines
The owners of the submarine line
decline to act as common carriers. as
they find Ii to their advantage 10 buy
dyestuffs, medicaments, copper, etc.
on which there is an enormous differ
ence in price between Germany and
America
These articles they sell in America.
keeping the entire profits in their own
hands, instead OF merely collecting
part of II in the form Of freight
charges.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04

Athens, Piraeus and Other Cities Re-
ported Under Control of Military
Forces-VenixeIos Urges lnterven-
tion on Side of Allies.
London. Sept 4--Information has
reached here by way of Rome that the
revolution in Greece is spreading and
that martial law has been proclaimed
in Athens, Piraeus and several other
cities
The Greek government has sent a
note to belligerent powers, says a dis
patch from Athens to the Exchange
Telegraph company, asking them dur
ng military operations in Greek. ter
ritory as well as in the event of a
siege bombardment to preserve the
ancient monuments and other nation
al treasures
AS the ancient monuments and treas
ures of Greece are situated principal
~ in Athens, the note has given rise
to some comment in the Greek capi-
tai
Former Premier Venizelos of Greece.
leader of the party which favors par
ticipation in the war with the entente
allies. is quoted in dispatch to the
Star from Athens as having said to
friends that the situation was becom-
tho
venzelos for Intervention.
NJ Venizelos blamed those who had
advance knowledge of Roumania's in
tentions for not bringing about the in
tervention of Greece, at least stimuli
taneously with Roumania The Stars
correspondent quotes him further as
follows
with the Bulgarian troops between
the Roumanians and the armies of the
entente allies, and with the Russians
advancing through Dobrudja. who can
doubt that Bulgaria will seek TO sign
a separate peace with the entente
If this should happen before Greece
goes in on the side of the entente 1t
would mean the burial of Greece"
The correspondent adds that the
idea OF separate peace for Bulgaria
is opposed by many of the belligerent
states.
After an audience lasting two hours
with King Constantine of Greece,
which gave rise TO persistent rumors,
Premier Zamis, according to a dis
patch from Athens, said that Greece
maintained her policy of friendly
neutrality toward the entente powers
while awaiting events.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
BROTHER OF VILLA
ARRESTED ON BORDER

Ell Paso. Tex, Sept 4 - Hipolito
villa. brother of Francisco Villa and
his financial agent in Juarez in his
period of power is now in the custody
of the United States authorities.
Both civil and military authorities
observed secrecy as to the circum-
stance of Villas arrest. to his place
of confinement and the charge against
him
Ii is known, however, that Villa
came here some days ago from Ha-
vana, hid in the outlying districts of
I'll Paso, avoiding the town and was
arrested by United States soldiers at
Ysleta, on the border, twelve miles
east of here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
MAY BRING ON RACE WAR
Mob in Pursuit of Negro Who Shot
Ohioan

Iona, o.. Sept 4.-The second man
hunt In this city in week started
when j. NJ. Smith, Cincinnati. Ham
ilton and Dayton railway engineer, was
shot from a field as he stepped from
his train.
Reports that the gunman was a ne
gro spread and an armed mob of 800
is securing the country.
The incident has caused talk of
race war.
The first man hunt was for Charles
Daniels, a negro who attacked a farm
ers wife. A mob bent on lynching
him tried to get Sheriff Eley to tell
where he was. but the sheriff refused
until he had been severely beaten and
a moose placed around his neck The
mob rushed to the JAIL but the negro
had been taken in an auto to the To-
ledo jail.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
AUSTRIA EvASIvE IN NOTE
Reply to American Communication
Said to BE lnconcIusive.

Washington, Sept. Another in
conclusive note from Austria Hungary
on the Petrolite case has been receiv-
ed at the state department
1t will not be made public until the
return of Secretary Lansing to Wash
ington. but officials indicated that the
communication contained supple
mentary statement of facts and ex-
planned Austris's delay in making a
final reply to the demand of the Unit
ed States for an apology and repara-
ton for the action Of an Austrian
submarine in shelling the American
tanker and requisitioning part OF her
supplies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
ROumanianS Halted in Low
er Pennsylvania.
AUSTRIANS SHORTEN Line
Announce Evacuation Of Hermann
stsdt, One OF the Most important
Towns In Observation-Disclosures ans
Renewing Offensive.

London. Sept 4.-The Roumanian
advance in Lower Transylvania has
been checked by the Teutonic forces,
an official statement from Vienna re-
repulse of the Roumanians near the
Iron Gate OF the Danube, in the vicin-
ity OF Orsova
Ii is probable the Roumanians are
encountering more severe resistance
in this region than farther north. for
an important advance from this quar-
ter would threaten the communications
OF the central powers with Bulgaria
and Turkey.
Vienna announces the abandonment
OF Hermannstadt. one of the most inn
portant towns of Pennsylvania, fifteen
miles from the border, aud of town
north Of Kronstsdt
Petrograd announces that the new
Russian offensive in Galicia has re-
suited In further advances in the di-
rection of Lemberg and farther south
near the Hungarian frontier. The Aus
trians are resisting desperately, but
their counter attacks. the statement
says. have been repulsed everywhere
The Bulgarians renewed their at
tacks along the western end OF the
Macedonian front The French war
office asserts they were repulsed by
the Serbians.
The Germans attacked the French
on the Somme front and reoccupied
trenches south of Estrees taken re-
Gently by the French A small Brit
ish gain near Delville wood is an
nounced
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
JUDGE HUGHES At ST. LOUIS
Speaks in Coliseum, Where Wilson
Was Nominated.

ST Louis, Sept. 4-Judge Hughes,
Republican presidential candidate,
spoke at the Coliseum. where his COM
petitor in the presidential race was
fenominated only three months ago.
He spoke at luncheon OF the Bust
ness Mems league at noon, his talk
being along the usual lines of criti-
cising the administration.
His Coliseum speech was q critical
analysis OF what he considers Demo.
cratic ined1cieocy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
Defends European Policy.

Speaking of his diplomatic negotia
tions with the European belligerents
the president followed a declaration
that while property rights might be
vindicated by claims for damages. the
loss of life and the fundamental rights
of humanity never could be, with this
statement:
THE record is clear and consistent
throughout and stands distinct and
definite for any one to Judge who
wishes to know the truth about It."
Immediately afterward he said.
IL am the candidate of a party. but
| am above all things else an Ameri-
can citizen | neither seek the favor
nor fear the displeasure of that small
alien element amongst us which puts
loyalty to any foreign power before
loyalty to the United States"
Regarding his Mexican policy the
president reiterated that the people
of Mexico are struggling "blindly it
may be-and as yet Intellectually" to
free themselves from alien interests
some of them Americans pressing for
things they could never have got I'M
their own cuontry." and that he would
do everything in his power to prevent
any one standing in their way
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04

Ottawa, Can, Sept minister of
Labor Crothers has warned Canadian
railway workers that they would be
liable to prosecution under the indus
trial dispute investigation act IL they
joined with American railway work.
ers In their threatened strike.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
NEW HEAD OF GRAND ARMY
William ]. Patterson of Pittsburg Is
mmander-in-Chief

Kansas City, Sept 4-William J.
Patterson of pittsburg was elected
commander-in-chiefo of the Grand Army
of the Republic at the annual encamp-
ment here He succeeds Captain Elias
r. Monfort of Cincinnati
The other new officers are +. X.
Russ, New Orleans, junior vice CON-
manderin-chief Rev. Orville S Reed,
Manzanola. Colo. chaplain-in chief;
William NJ Hanna, Aurora, Ill. sur
geon general.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
DECREASE IN NEW CASES
Paralysis Epidemic Is Subsidlnp In
Gotham.

New York, Sept A decrease of
seven in the number of new cases was
reported in the health department
figures on the infantile paralysis cpl
demic. There were sixty-one during
the past twenty-four hours. Deaths
numbered nineteen.
The influx of children coming home
from the country has set In, United
States health officers announced, aAd
WALL demand the utmost vig11A1oA