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DAKOTA OITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1012.
NO. 46.
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FLOOD HIIS DENVER
WATER SWEEPING DOWN CREEK
AFTER CLOUDBURST DEVA8-
TATE8 PART OF OITY.
TWO DEAD, FIFTEEN INJURED
Hundreds of Men, Woman and Chil
dren Are Sheltered In City Audi
torium Telephone Alarm Saves
Many From Tragic Death.
Denver, Colo., July 17. As the re
fiult of a cloudburst which poured
down the shallow bed of Cherry creek,
throuKh this city, luto the 8outh
Platte river Sunday night, two are
dead, 15 Injured, 1,000 men, women
and children homeless and 12,600,000
worth of property is in ruins.
Frand Hill and Mrs. Lydla Rlckford
are known to be dead. Zoe Wnllace
and Albert Clay are missing, as are
several others.
The big city auditorium is a refugee
camp commanded by Fire Commis
sioner McQrcw and Chief of Police
O'Nell. Hundreds of the homeless
men, women and children gathered
there are fed by the city. Twenty
i Ave babies from six months to six
years old, whose parents aro believed
to have been lost, are in tho care
of the police matron.
After directing relief and rescue
work, Mayor Arnold organized relief
parties to begin tho search of the
courso of the flood, which is a trail
of wrecked dwellings, debris from
which is heaped in the sluggish cur
rent, of the South Platte.
Tho chamber of commerce has
opened a relief subscription. The
flood is without parallel in tho his
tory of the city.
Reports along the course of Cherry
creek indicate an augmontatkjrf of the
loss of property in the outlying dis
tricts. Had it not been for a noto of warn
ing sounded over the telephone to the
city hall Just before the crest of the
flood reached the city many could not
have escaped death.
The message, from a person as yat
unknown, wax ropoatcd along tho
course of the creek and some of the
dwellers were able to flee In time,
many in their night clothes. That
many were caught in their sleep la
the general belief.
The crest of the cloudburst was
preceded by a storm with a wind
velocity of forty-eight miles an hour.
In two hours' hard rain tho streets
and sewers were overflowing, the
tramway lines were out of commis
sion, hundreds were marooned in the
parks around the city and fifty miles
of city roadway was destroyed.
Then came a lull of four hours,
during which the car lines were re
turning to schedulo through flooded
streets.
It was then that the cry of warn
ing of the coming flood reached the
city hall and Mayor Arnold. Within
thirty minutes a wall of water twenty
five foet high descended on the city
in Cherry creek, the course of which
enters the city near the southeast
corner and flows northwest through
the Country club grounds, passing
within five blocks of the city hall,
the county hospital, the West Side
court, out to the South Platte, five
patles distant
It ripped out concrete walls that
confined it for two miles, destroyed
pprlght bridges and hundreds of
mall dwellings and drove their oo
cupants from their homes or to root
tops, from which they were rescued
by members of tho police and fire de
partments, who had been ordered to
rescue work on receipt of the warn
ing by the mayor.
Reaching the Union station, it
pread three feet of water through
the yard, putting locomotive fires out,
marooning several hundred passen
gers and closing the city to incoming
or outgoing truffle. In half an hour
200 miles of tramway linos were put
out of commission, while a sewer
undermined, broke and flooded Capitol
Hill, tho aristocratio section of the city.
A general call to physicians speed-
ily gathered a staff at police head
quarters, and they were dispatched to
the edge of the flood In police auto
mobiles. Not until tho telephone and tele
graph lines aro restored will the full
extent of the damage be known.
Terro Haute, Ind., July 17. Thou
sands of bushels of wheat in shock
were floating down the Wabash on
last Monday afternoon. A cloudburst
caused a fifteen foot rise in seven
hours, overflowing the lowlands where
wheat was stacked waiting threshers.
One embankment where wheat shocks
and farm material was washed up
rabbits and domestic and wild ani
mals are on top of accumulated drift
stuff.
McCombs Is Made Chairman.
Chicago, July 17. The Democratic
national committee met Monday and
named William F. McCombs of New
York chairman, Joseph E. Davioa, sec
retary, and Col. John I. Martin, serjeant-at-arms.
Canal Contract 1272,000.
Dixon, 111., July 16. The Inlet
iwamp drainage commissioners let
the first of the contracts Friday for
the earth and rock work in tho big
eanal to the Northern Construction
company of Elkhart, Ind., for 1372,000.
Train Hits Two, Kills One.
Hammond, Ind., July 17. Joe A loop,
n switchman, was killed near Indiana
Harbor, and Charles Schumacher,
both of Hammond, seriously Injured
when hurled off a railroad bridge by
a Lake Shore llmlUd train Monday.
LONG RUN IS FATAL
MARATHON RUNNER DIES AFTER
RACE AT OLYMPIAD.
Laiaro, a Portuguese Entrant, In
Olympian Games at Stockholm,
Succumbs.
Stockholm, July 16. Laxaro, a Port
uguese entrant in the Marathon race
of the Olympic games, died on Mon
day from tho effect of his long run.
Lazaro did not finish tho race.
America took first and second In
the final events of tho last big ses
sion of the international Olympic
games, capturing five points, bringing
the total of points for all games up
to 126. Tho United States captured
tho 1,600 meter relay race final and
took second placo In the 800 meter
swimming relay race.
The French team ran second to the
United States in tho 1,600 meter Vind
event nnd Great Britain finished third.
The Yankees' time for tho 1,600 me
ters was 3 minutes 16 3-6 seconds.
The members of the speedy Ameri
can running team were Melvln W.
Sheppard of the Irish-American Ath
letic club, James E Meredith of Mer
cersburg (Pa.) academy, Charles D.
Reldpath of Syracuse university and
Edward Llndberg of the Chicago A. A.
Australia won the 800 meter swim
ming relay rnce In 10 minutes 11 1-5
seconds. Percy McQllllvrny of Amer
ica finished second nnd Great Britain
was third.
Finland and Sweden swept the
boards In the 800 meters cross-country
run. First placo went to H. Kohle
mnlnen of Finland, while Anderson and
Eke of Swcdmi finished, respectively,
second and third.
James Thorpe of the Carlisle Indian
school added three more points to
America's score by winning the De
cathlon. "Welslander of Sweden was
second nnd Lomberg of Bweden third.
South Africa, which heretofore
played rather a modest part in tho
Olympic drama, on Sunday came to
the center of the stage at the moment
of Its culmination, winning the Mara
thon, the most Important race on the
Olympic program. The winner was
K. K. McArthur, a tall Transvaal po
liceman, who has never yet been
headed in a similar event. His com
patriot, C. W. Gltshaw, came second.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
Washington, July 13. Those who
flee justice in the states will find no
place on the western hemisphere safe.
By signing an extradition treaty with
Honduras the state department closed
the last door.
Denver, July 16. BUhop H. W.
Warren, recently retired by the Meth
odist Episcopal church, is critically
ill at his residence in University park.
He has been confined to his bed with
inflammatory rheumatism for weeks.
Wytheville, Va., July 16. The Jury
In the case of Claude Allen, one c4
the members of the Allen gang,
charged with tho assassination of
court officers at Hlllsville, Va., re
ported Saturday an agreement was
Impossible.
FIVE CANDIDATES ARE NAMED
Wieconsln Democrats Also Select
Rival Men for Nomination
In September.
Milwaukee, Wis1., July 15. After an
extended battle on the Income tax
law plank, the Democratic state con
vention Friday adopted a platform for
the coming campaign and finished
naming candidates for the five high
est elective Btato offices, subject to
the September primaries. The ticket
follows:
Governor A. J. Schmltz and J. C.
Karol, both of Milwaukee.
Lieutenant Governor Henry Mol
lenpah, Clinton; Harry W. Boleua,
Port Washington.
Secretary of Stato Andrew P.
Kealy, Hudson.
Stato Treasurer Nicholas Schmidt,
Marathon City; Jacob Leonard,
Marshflold.
Attorney General Charles A. Ka
dlng, Watcrtown; John F. Dolmrty,
La Crosso
The convention lasted two days and m'nutes "Part. Becauso or tho heavy
tho greater part of that tlmo was ' fE lt ls believed by somo that the
taken up In discussing In tho com-. cnBlnoor of Train No. 8 failed to see
mltteo room and the floor of tho tho B,snal Hinsdale a mllo and a
convention an Income tax plank. Tho halt weBt of the lnt whcro the co1
Schraltz faction favored the amend-1 "B,on occurred.
ment and the Knrel crowd repeal. The whout warning to passengorH,
amendment plank finally waa ndopted Bave the PPPnS of thro torpedoes
on tho floor of the convention. I n,acod several unlrd foet n "j0
The platform also Indorsed thelr,car of the passenger train by tho
Baltimore platform and nominees, af. "aeman' tho hcvJ lna11 traln cra8Uod
firmed confidence in W. J. Bryan,
f-nnrtpmnnrt mnltlnlvln nnnnlnHva
rfllnva In thai araia fntrnrail nnrAtrn
tlon of natural resources, pledged sup-
port to the constitutional amendment
providing for the Initiative. Ttm -
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Nicaragua Returns Knox Visit,
Washington, July 16. Nicaragua
has sent 8enor Salvador C. Ramtrei
as a special envoy to return the re
cent vlilt of Secretary of State Kns-x
on his Central American tour. Senor
Ramirez Is on route for Washington.
Underwood Meets Wilson.
Seagirt, N. J., July 17. Oscar W.
Underwood, Democratic leader In the
bouse of representatives, took lunch
Tuesday with Governor Woodrow
Wilson at Trenton. The conference
' covered politics.
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ROSE PITONOK of Boston, America's champion long-distance swimmer,
has Just arrived in England and begun preparations for her attempt to
Bwim the English channel.
13 DEAD IN CRASH
FORTY MORE HURT A3 BURLING
TON MAIL TRAIN SMASHES
LIMITED.
ROAR OF IMPACT TERRIFIC
"Overland," Halted by Hot Box, la
Crashed Into by Engine Running
Sixty Miles an Hour Many Vic
tims Were Asleep.
Chicago, July 16. Almost Instant
death came to 18 persons, two died
while being rushed to hospitals and 40
others were injured Sunday when the
Omaha mall train on tho Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad, going at a
speed of 60 miles an hour, crashed
into tho rear end of the Denver lim
ited passenger train No. 2 at Western
Springs, 111., 18 miles west of Chi
cago. The dead:
E. A. Bunch, twenty-eight years old,
colored porter.
P. A. Barclay, twenty-four years old,
of Denver, student at Notre Dame,
Ind.
Mrs. 0. M. Hart, thirty-two years
old, Canton, O.
Lillian Kelly, twenty-two years old,
Boise, Idaho.
M. E. Stern, thirty-five yoars old,
Chicago.
George BronBon, fifty-four years old,
engineer mall train.
G. W. Tudor, forty years old, Oska
loosa, la.
Mrs. E. G. Pohlmann, thirty-five
yenrs old, 8an Francisco.
Pending an official Investigation, P.
B. Eustls, passenger tralllc managor
of the railroad, In a statement, placed
tho blame of the accident on the en
gineer of tho passenger train, which
ran past the Blgnal set for stop at
Western Springs, clearing the west
block at Hinsdale,
Tho passenger train, No. 2, from
Denver, due In Chicago at 7 a. m.,
stopped at Western Springs bocauso
of a "hot box" on one of the rear Pull
man coaches.
At Western Springs Train No. 2 and
the mall train, No, 8, run about nine
,m" , JL i. '"ooc"cy
I Plowing through the Car, In
which
all of the killed excopt the engineer
we T th fte"Bl" VJS?MrnAt
mo"8hed tho ""? th 7n"
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they lay asleep In their berths, while
,.' .i uv. ,i!
. others, preparing to alight the mo-
nent the' train reached Chicago, were
. in the washrooms
Archbald Impeachment Articles.
Washington, July 13. By 223 to 1,
with ten present but not voting, the
house Thursday agreed to present the
thirteen articles of impeachment
against Judge Robert W. Archbald
of the commerce court to the senate.
Robert O. Bailey Succeeds Andrew,
Washington, July 13. Robert O.
Bailey of Illinois, who has been an
assistant secretary of tho troosury,
was advanced Thursday to the assist
ant secretaryship recently resigned by
A. Piatt Androw.
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PARTY AGAIN NOMINATE8 CHAF
IN AND WATKJN8.
Prohibition National Convention Chott
Candidates for President and
Vice President.
Atlantic City. N. J, July IE. Dele
gates of the national Prohibition con
vention after a three-day "session
marked by tumultuous scenes and fac
tional strife that threatened to split
the party In twain, nominated on Fri
day night Kugeno W. Ohafln of Illi
nois and Arizona for president and
Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for vice
president. Chafln and Watkins head
ed the party in tho 1906 campaign.
The ond of tho convention was, how
ever, astonishingly harmonious consid
ering the acrimonious debates that
have marked its early meetings. Thia
was largely due to tho fact that th
presidency of tho party Is regarded in
the hearts of the delegates as an hon
orary position only and also that a
forfeit of $300 would accrue if tho con
vention went over another day.
The first man to take the rostrum
and place a candidate bofore the dele
gates was F. J. Sibley of Arizona,
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee. Mr. Sibley presented the name
of Eugeno W. Chafln.
Chafln won the nomination on the
first ballot with 694 votes out of a
possible 867.
Watkins, the vice presidential nomi
nee, was nominated by acolamatlon
after loading his competitors in two
ballots.
MITCHELL WAIVES HIS RIQHT
Labor Leader Will Not Be Present In
Court When Sentence Is
Pm(I.
Washington, July 16. John Mitch
ell, vice-president of the American
Federation of Labor, found guilty a
seoond time In tho district aupremn
court, with President Gompers and
Secretary Morrison of tho federation,
of contempt of court, has waived hti
right to bo present when sentence It
passed In his caso tomorrow.
Mr. Mitchell ls nt present engaged
In a locturo tour In tho west Justice
Wright was about to order a warrant
to securo Mltcholl's appearance when
his attorney received a statement
from Mitchell waiving his right to b
In court when tho sentence is
passed.
Posse Abandon Bandit Hunt.
Aurora, 111., July 13. Tired and
worn out, tholr nerves worn to a
frazzle, tho posse of constables, town
marshals and farmers which had been
on a crouching advance through the
outer brush of the bog woods near
Plattville, III., where the mysterious
lad who shot at persons, from a gat
loping pony to see them Jump U sup
posed to be hiding, gave up and dis
persed Thursday,
Jail for State Senator.
Columbus, O., July 16. State Sena
tor Isaac E. Huffman ot Oxford was
sentenced to three yoars in the peni
tentiary Friday by Judge Frank Rath
mell for receiving bribe money to In
fluence his vote in the legislature.
Absinthe la Barred From U. 8.
Washington, July 16. The importa
tion of absinthe into the United States
and its sale in interstate comroeroe
was prohibited after October 1 next
by a pure food decision signed by Sec
retary Wllaon Friday,
LOOKS OVER STATE
GOVERNOR BACK FROM TRIP
THROUGH NORTHWEST.
THE OUTLOOK IS PROMISING
8ettlsrs Allvo to Their Interests and
Great Thlnfls Predicted for the
Near Coming Years
Governor Aldrlch and his private
secretary, Mr. Fullor, returned from
a trip by special train through tho
northwest and tho Irrigation country.
The cxocutlvo announced ho would
preparo a writton statoment about his
trip. He seemed much Impressed
with the good tho trip may havo done
in tho way of askonlng the farmer
throughout that section to a realiza
tion of their responsibilities as far as
tholr rights to tho uso of water Is con
cerned. Tho governor said that crops look
ed lino nnd that tho country from
North Platte up waa a beautiful Gar
don of Eden. Ho saw many Holds of
oats which would go sovonty bushels
per aero and other cropB In compar
ison. ''Sixteen yoars ago," said tho
govornor, "I was up through that
country and it waa nothing but sago
brush and sand; now It is tho most
beautiful portion of tho Btato."
Edson Rich, who accompanied tho
governor on tho trip, representing
tho Union Pacific railroad, made aov
oral addresses, showing how impor
tant it was that tho country Bhould
bo Bettled and how tho railway com
pany would do Its part along that
lino. Ho said tho revenue derived
from the shipments was not by any
means paying ho expenses of keeping
up tho services, but that they had
confidence in tho groat futuro pros
perity of that portion of tho stato and
with tho assistance of tho people
there the country would develop rap
Idly. "About the first thing theso people
do up there when they start to build
a town," said tho governor, "Is to
build a hall or an opora houao in
which public meetings can bo hold.
In this matter they havo struck tho
right thing and are far ahead of the
older towns of tho state of tho samo
Blzo. If I had tho tlmol could talk
to you all day of tho groat advantages
of that Irrigation country and tho
great futuro It will havo If It accepts
and puts Into effect thoso things
which It can havo If It la a mind to.
I expect groat things from up thoro
in the next ten years."
Two coaches wero used on the spe
cial and theBo wore filled most of tho
time. Among the number who opoke
besides tho governor and Mr. Rloh
were Senator Hoagland of North
PlaUo and Judge Grimes. Side trips
were mado to different points which
oould not bo reached by rail.
The Why and Wherefore.
The Btate railway commission has
Instructed Attorney Goncral Martin
to ascertain why tho Northwestern
railroad has not oboyod tho order Is
sued by that branch of tho state gov
ernment to the effect that a now do
pot should be constructed at Hum
phrey. The order was issued several
months ago, aud It was set out by
the commission that the work should
bo done by July 1.
Complaint Is Dismissed.
The state railway commission has
refused to concur In tho opinion of
complainants against tho Union Pa
cific railroad as to discharge of pas
ongors from the sldo of trains near
est depots, which would in effect,
mean, the dlachargo of pasBencerH
betweon tracks of the double track
synlwin of th rwllroAd company.
Box Butte Tax Problem.
Secretary of the state board of
equalization and assessment returned
from a trip to Alliance whero ho in
vestigated the claim of the county
taxing ottlcws that $289,000 of Bur
llngton railroad proporty should
properly bo listed In Box Butte
county. After looking tho matter up
the county offlclalH concluded that
176,636 worth of proporty had been
assessed by tho state board and
thoretoro could not be legally taxed
locally within the county.
Effect of Amendment.
Several of the sheriffs attondlng
the stato mooting In Lincoln recently
were very much interested In what
tho effect of tho new constitutional
amendment would have on them If lt
passed. Thoy wore told that officials
who aro elected for a term ot two
years in 1913, will get only a one-year
term unless they run again in 1914.
Sheriff Condlt of Dodge county, who
called on the attorney general to see
eJiout the mattor, said that tho sher
iffs do not like the amondment.
Llnooln'a Assessed Value.
Tb total assessed valuation ot the
otty ot Lincoln, on which the city
must base its levy of taxes, will be
about $9,650,000. Tax Commissioner
Sheffield has made allowance for the
work of the board of equalization
nnd figures up the real estate valua
tion at $1,881,636 and the personal
property valuation at $3,266,630, a to
tal ot $9,167,115. This does not In
clude the rallrotds, the stato board of
equalization not having reported the
city's abar ot rolling stock valuation,
FOR USE OF WATER.
General Hearing to Be Had on ApplN
cations.
At a meeting of tho stato board of
Irrigation It wan determined to hold a
general hoaring on tho application of
C. T. lioggs for power rights on the
Loup river, within tho next thirty
days. II. E. Babcook of Columbus and
A. C. Koenlg of Omaha, both Interest
ed In tho power propositions, will be
called into tho hearing aud an at
tempt mado to Bottlo tho fight for tho
control of tho water of this stream.
Tho Bogga filing Is being pushed by
tho rocontly organiied Common
wealth Power company of Lincoln in
which George Mooro, an eastern cap
italist, Is Interested with several lo
cal investors. Babcock Is backed by
tho Dohorty interests of Now York
City, whllo Koonlg Is aligned with the
Mooro Interests. All of theso have
claims on Loup river projects and tho
fight Is oxpectod to bo oxceodlngly
koon when the matter comes up. No
doflnlto date has boon set, but It was
dotormlnod to hold the session within
tho Bpeclflod tlmo.
It waa announced that tho Babcock
Interests would bo asked to show
cauBO why their right to tho stroam
should not bo denied and why tho
BoggB filing, which overlaps theirs,
should not bo granted. Tho Koenlg
filing, which does not extend In tin
samo territory, will play llttlo part in
tho affair. Howover, it Is considered
to bo a good stalking horse for tho
Mooro Intoresta, nnd will provont any
other largo project from acquiring ad
jacent workablo territory for tho pur
pose of competing with tho Common
wealth Power company.
As to Mortgage Assessment.
According to two decrees handed
down in district court In Lincoln,
mortgages upon which tho owner of
tho mortgages upon which tho ownor
of tho mortgagod property has agreed
to pay the tax, cannot be nsBossed
against a bank that holds tho mort
gage. The decrees woro In the oaaes
of tho First TruBt company and tho
FlrBt Savings bank, appealing from
tho decision of tho county board of
equalization which upheld Secretary
Seymour of tho stato board of assess
ment in including mortgages in th
capital stock of tho bank assosBmont,
Looking Up Glanders.
Dr. Bostro'm of tho stato board ot
veterlnarlos loft for Valentino and
other points on tho Northwestern rail
way in that eoctlon of tho Btato to
look up rumors as to glauderu and
other dlscaBos which havo come to
him. In his trip west of Omaha last
week ho discovered a few caaea of
anthrax In cattle and slxtoon were
killed. Tho department ls somewhat
short of funds and a thorough exam
ination cannot bo had In consoquonco
only in casos of oxtromo instances.
Request of Northwestern.
Tho Northwestern Railway com
pany has askod permission ot tho rail
way commission to guarantoo pay
ment of $1,120,000 worth of refunding
bonds of tho St. Paul, Eastorn &
Grand Trunk Railway company and
to guarantee 12,500,000 worth of
bondB for tho construction of tho Des
Plalnos Valloy Railway company in
Illinois.
Loup Power Canal.
Construction work on the Loup
powor canal projoct which has boon
talkod over for fifteen yoars has start
ed at last. A forco of men aud teams
was put to work and oxcavatlng and
throwing up embankments for a head
gate near Genoa haB begun.
Appeals to Higher Court.
Tho Omaha and Council Bluffs
Stroet Railway company has appeal
ed from a Judgment in the district
court of Douglas county In which Ell
M. Lang Bocured a vordlct of J1.600
against it for injurloo received whlla
getting off a car at Twentieth and
r'arnam streets in tho city of Omaha.
State's Claim Allowed.
Tho war department has decided to
allow ths claim ot the Btato ot Ne
braska for the replacement of tho
national guard proporty dostroyed by
fire in tho guard armory at Omaha.
The property will bo replaced without
charging tho amount against the al
lotment of tho entlro guard of the
state. Tho proprty lost is oald to
havo boen worth 118,000.
Secretary Miller ls preparing for
Bomo good attractions at tho coming
state fair.
Burlington Valuation.
A supplemental roport of the physi
cal valuation of the Burlington rail
road, Including suoh lines In this Btato
as haB boon surveyed or graded but
upon which track has not been locat
od. has mado its appearanco in the
annual stato railway commission re
port. The vnluatton tnoludes figure
upon tho proposed extensions from
Kearney to Northport, from Imperial
to tho Colorado lino and from Crete
to Mllford, a total distance ot about
260 miles.
Mellor Engages Aviator.
Secretary Mellor of tho state fair
olosed a contract with the airship
people and will have an especially
good bill for the fair In this line. The
machlno will bo a monoplane aud tho
flyer will bo H. Kantuler, tho daring
Frenchman. He will make from two
to throe flights every day, tho dis
tance to be not less than three miles
and tho height not less than 600 feet.
Mr. Mellor think with the Immens
crowds. Kantnler will be inspired to
do some spectacular stunts.
AB
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IN PURSUIT OF HOOD'S ARMY)
Member of Minnesota Regiment Glveaj
Details Leading to Capture of
Polnte Coupee Battery,
A sketch of tho incidents loading
to tho capturo of tho Polnto Coupeo
Battery at Naahvlllo is given by Thoo
doro O. Cartor, captain, Co. K, 7thl
Mlnnnnntn In Mm Nn.tJnna Trlhnnn asi
f0u0W8.
"At Nashvlllo tho 6th Minn, was on.'
tho left of tho Second Brigado, First
Division, Sixteenth Corps, front lino.
Its loft flank resting on tho Granny
White plko. Tho Polnto Coupeo bat
tery was in front of my company. OnJ
Dec. 16th wo had charged and driven
tho enemy's forces from two forts on
redoubts, without stopping to plao
guardB ovor tho guns, colors and oth
r captured proporty. Our colond.1
V. R. Marshall, waa in command of.
tho Third Brigade on the 16th. auu
"Lay Down Your Arms and Surren
der." he waa tho only brigade commander
who led his brigado in that chargai
of tho Sixteenth Corps, and ho was(
on horseback at that, A lane rani
along tho front of and below the high
woodland upon which the Polnto Cou
peo battery was, and tho Confederates
took tho inside fence rails and placed
them on top of tho outer fenco, with,
tho ends resting on top of tho fenco
nnd eloped towards us, tho lower,
ends covered with dirt to keep them
in placo. Thoy wero laid close to
gether, and it was difficult to climb
them. A shell had knocked out a
part of tho obstruction. As I waa
looking towards tho battery (it waa
pouring -grapo, canister and shrapnel
nt us all tho time), I did not notice
tho movement of tho regiment to the
right; consequently when I saw !t
thoro was a break in my company of,
somo 75 or 100 yards. I told the re
mnlnlng eight or ten boys that wo
would go to that gap and go overj
Tho boys 'boosted' mo up, and as B
gained tho top I saw Col. Marshall!
como galloping down from tho right.i
Ho rodo out into the crowd of fleeing!
Confodoratos, calling out: 'Lay down!
your arms and surrender.' I Jumpedj
down, and tolling tho boya to followi
mo, ran after tho colonel, giving tm
flame call. Thoro woro apparently,
thousands ot them trying to got over
tho hills to tho Franklin plko. Our
loft claimed tho capturo of that hat
lury, loo, yet wo had been In pessea
cton quite awhile bforo tholr lino
had fairly started."
Sykes' Dog and Heod'a Army.
Aftor tho battle of Nashvlllo a friend
askod President Lincoln If he expected
any moro troublo from Hood's army.
He replied:
"Well, no, Mcdlll; I think Hood's
army 1b about In the samo fix of Bill
Sykes' dog, down In Sangamon county.
Bill had a long, yellow dog that was
forover getting Into tho neighbors'
meat houses and chicken coopa. They
had tried to kill it a hundred times,
but tho dog was always too smart for
them. Finally ono of them got a small
bag and filled It up with powdor, tying
n ploco of punk around the neck. When
ho saw tho dog coming ho flrod this
'punk, split open a hot biscuit and put
tho bag In, then buttorcd lt and throw
'it out Tho dog swallowed It at a
'gulp. Pretty soon there was an ex
plosion, and plccee of the dog fell all
around. Bill Sykes came along, and.
Boeing the scraps lying around, said:
T guess that dog, as a dog, alnt ot
much moro account' There may be
fragments of Hood's army around, but
I guess his army, as an army, ain't of
much moro account"
Didn't Worry Grant
General Sherman used to say: 1
know more tactics and strategy than
Grant, and have Just as good a mind
and a better military training. But
what the other fellow la doing when
Grant can't see him doeent worry him
a bit while it worries me like thu
dor."
What's a r'ortrflcatlonf
A recruit being asked what consti
tuted a fortification answered: "Well,
I guess two twenty-flcatloas raaka
forty-fication.'
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