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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1012.
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A MOVEMENT TOWARD TEACHING
THE SAME IH SCHOOLS.
PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION
Genator Epperson of Fairfield Pre-
cents Matter to Auto Association
Other News at Capital.
Tho teaching ot road building In the
schools of the state aB a means to
ward education of thoso who would
In later years take more Interest in
this than Tiao tho present generation,
was advocated to the State Automo
bile association In Lincoln by a H.
Epperson of Palrfleld, formor state
senator.
"Our future road overseers, county
offlcluls, legislators and govornors aro
growing up within our reach," said
Mr. Epporson, "and why should we
not begin by teaching them tho things
that will help them solve the prob.
lems of tho future. The present gon
eiation has only opened up tho way
more remains to be learned and still
more to bo done. Improvement can
only begin where entire communities
are united in the work and where thoy
are desirous of aiding other commun
ities in completing good roads, with
every other section to accomplish
lasting results. Thero can bo no bet
ter way toward partially Bolvlng the
problem than by rearing children who
are in sympathy with the movo and
who understand moat of Hu plmaes."
Senator Epperson has a bill provld
ing for the instruction suggested and
it is likely that this will become a
part of the road, laws legislation
which will be introduced at tho com
ing session of the state's lawmakers,
The greater part of tho time of one
day's session was given over to a dis
cussion of proposed road legislation.
A bill looking to the creation of a
state highway commission was read
over section by section and discussed
nt considerable longth. This as final
ly approved by tho association Includ.
cd tho following provisions:
Proposed Legislation.
"Tho state highway commission to
be composed of the governor, the at
torney general and the land commis
sion tho snnio mak,e-up as tho pres.
ent state board of irrigation. The
governor to bo chairman of the
board.
"Three deputy highway commls.
sioncrs to bo appointed by the com
missionnot more than two members
of the same political party. Term of
office shall be two years. These of
ficials aro to assume ofTlco as any
other state officials and aro to have,
offices at Uio ulale liulibu.
"Tho duties of the commission shall
be to Investigate and carry on exper
imental rood building, work, to test
different methods of construction, to
try out plants for building roads in
sections of the state where different
soils are encountered and to act In a
similar capacity with respect to the
building of bridges.
"Tho commissions may be consulted
by any county or township or city of
ficials having supervision of roads
tor Information and data relative to
road construction, repair or mainten
ance. "The commissioners shall receive
no compensation for their labor,
hut they may draw such expenses as
they incur in performing their duties.
"Tho deputy commissioners shall
havo powir fi appoint a stato engi
neer to be a specialist in road build
ing and maintenance.
"All road overseers and other of.
flclals of counties, villages and towns
of tho state having supervision over
roads, streets and bridges to furnish
detailed information with respect to
'he highways and bridges under their
Jurisdiction."
Having in mind the defeat of sev
eral road bills at tho 1911 session of
the legislature, tho various good road
organizations of the state do not pro
pose to let the matter go by default
at tho coming session. Every effort
will bo made to obtain the passago of
the measures, and In this tho automo
bile association will join.
Grand Island was choson for tho
1913 meeting. Tho following officers
were elected:
President, A. P. Overgaard of Fre
mont: vice presidents, Lee Huff of
Omaha and C. E. Parlsoo ot Minden;
secretary, O. C. Turner of Omaha;
treasurer, E. H. Wilson of Omaha.
Hygiene In the Schools.
A department of hygleno, working
with tho school children of Lincoln
during tho twslvo months In the yoar,
Is oxpectod to bo in operation by tho
Becond semester of this year or the
first of ndxt. Tho work of this depart
ment will not only embrace tho teach,
ing of hygleno In all of the grades,
but will Include tho completo work
ing out of tho course of study In phy
sical training and organized play.
' Some Apples.
' Nebraska raised 7,378,899 bushels
of apples this year from a total bf
2,004,248 trees, according to a report
tnado by I-abor Commissioner Guye.
In 19111 tho total yield was 9,935,889
hushels from 3,4'iG,124 trees. While
the aggregate amount of tho current
year was smaller than tho yoar pre.
vlous, the average yield per tree was
also slightly less, the averngo being
2.88 bushels for 1911 and 2.73 bushels
per tree this year. During tho yoar
thero were raised In the state & total
Bt 10,f72,"St? quarts of plum
IN POULTRY VALUES.
The Great State of Nebraska Is Near
the Top.
The cacklo of tho Nebraska hen has
boon immortalized in verso and her
deeds of performance havo boen' made
subject matter for legislative reports
In oar gono l and v. ell it might.
For, according to a statement Just is
sued by tho Nebraska department of
agriculture tho value of poultry prod
ucts for tho year 1911 exceeded $43,
000,000, au exceptionally strong show
ing when 11 1b taken into considera
tion that tho valuo of all such prod
ucts In the entire United States was
$750,000,000. While exact statistics
are difllcult to obtain from oil tho
states it Is believed Nebraska ranks
woll up toward tho top. Says tho agri
cultural department's report:
"That tho poultry of Nebraska is of
somo importance is verified by the
fact that tho assessment of, hens re
turned by tho county assessors In
1910 la over tour times as much as
all tho diamonds found in the state,
half as much as all tho pianos, ten
times as much as as all the cash re
gisters, nine times as much as all the
safos, and $112,000 more than all tho
steam engines.
"Tho helpful hon Is ono of tho
primo factors in reduolng tho high
cost of living; tho family with a few
dozen hens well kopt, need not worry
about tho moat problem. ' Tho busy
biddies of Nebraska are hustling her
groat herds of swine for first place
In importanco of tho marketable
products of tho state.
"Nebraska hens laid so many mora
eggs last yoar than tho hens of Kan
sas that a Nebraska hen could lay
ono egg a day until she had enough to
hatch a brood of chickenB, sit on tho
eggs, hatch the chickens and then
ovrtak the Kansas hon with a sec
ond brood before tho KansaB biddy
bad dono clucking ovor her first brood
of chicks.
"But Nebraska hens do not have to
hatch oggs; they can put in their
timo laying, for Nebraska factories
inako annually ono-half of all tho in
cubators manufactured in tho United
States and Canada. These Incubators
aro sent by carloads all over tho civil
ized world, and fluffy chicks by tho
millions belt the globe as a tribute to
the maternal industry which has its
headquarters in Nebraska.
"While Nebraska Is selling its vast
amount of poultry products annually,
the great state of Oregon Is buying
three million dollars worth from Ne
braska and other states. The state
superintendent of public Instruction in
Oregon is endeavoring to enlist the
school children in tho problem of can
celling this deficit by having, oyery
child In the schools of Oregon be
tween tho ages of 8 and 18 keep a
dozen hens. If Nebraska school chil
dren were to do that they would make
Nebraska tho greatest poultry market
in the world."
State Highway Commission.
Tho State Automobilo association,
which held the opening session of its
annual mooting here, went on record
as favoring tho creation of a stato
highway commission and the appro
priation of such money as would ac
crue from half a mill levy to aid In
tho movomont for better roads. Mr. G.
E. Parlsoe of Minden declared that
Nebraska farmers now pay an averago
of sixteen cents per ton per mile to
transport their goods In and out of
town.
Requisition for Cheeks.
Governor Aldrlch has issued a re
quisition for tho return of Gus Cheeks,
arrested at Omaha, to Des Moines,
whore bo is wanted on a charge of
robbery. Ho is accused of having
"hold up" ono H. P. Dolan, on October
31, and securing a gold wutch and $i0.
Wesleyan Presidents to Meet.
Moro than 100 presidents of Wes
leyan schools and colleges in th
United States will gather In Lincoln
early next year, making an epoch In
tho Nebraska history of Methodism.
New State Buildings.
Sovoral of the state institutions
will havo new buildings provided for
in tho appropriations mado by tho
coming legislature if tho plans now
being arranged by interested parties
aro given tho npprovul of tho law
maker. The following list shows tho
contemplated building to bo dono
within tho noxt two years: Ortho
pedio hospital, $110,000; Pru normal
school, $75,000; Wayne normal school,
$55,U00; Chadron normal school,
175,000; Girls' Industrial school,
$15,000; and Grand Island Soldiers'
homo, $10,000.
Walt on Legislature.
Tho board of public lands and
buildings, after lengthy dlsousslon of
tho advisability of creating a doflclt
by furnishing tho two new buildings
at tlio Llucolu asylum, decided not
to take this step until the legislature
meets in January. The buildings aro
practically completed, but a total cost
of $24,000 must bo entailed to connect
them with the abylum heating and
lighting plant and for the required
furnishings for the structures.
Diphtheria at Ponca.
As the result of tho visit of Stato
Health Inspector Wilson to Ponca,
llvo families In that town aro under
quaraantlno for dlphthoria and ordors
havo beon Issued that every school
child bo vaccinated at onco. Tho In
spector advised that no public meet
ings, Including church services, be
held until the situation Improves. Ono
hundrod persons in the town aro said
to be affected by tho disease. While
most of tho cases are of a mild typo,
a few havo boen severe and it has
been thought best to take no chances
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RACE SUICIDE IS HIT
P08TAL AUTHORITIES ARREST
D0CT0R8 AND DRUGGISTS.
United Crusade Against Illegal Prac
tlces Is Begun In All Parts of
Country.
Chicago, Nov. 22. Raids were made
In nearly every section of tho United
States simultaneously Wednesday by
postal Inspectors, when a natlon-wldo
crusado against doctors, druggists and
other personB advocating methods
conducive to race sulcldo was begun.
Ten men and women wore arrested
in Chicago alone, but the govern
ment's net, spread ovor tho whole
country, brought in a total of 173 per
sona from 72 different townB and
cities. Tho defendants aro charged
with using tho mallB to promote
criminal medical practices or the sala
of drugs and other materials for
illegal purposes. .
Tho number ofjerrests mado were
as follows: Chicago, 12; Portland,
Ore., 9; Seattle, 8; Oakland, Cal., 8;
Cinclnati, 8; San Francisco, 7; Pitts
burg, 7; Indianapolis, 5; St. Paul, 5;
Denver, 5; Spokano, 5; Oklahoma
City, 5; Forth Worth, 4; Omaha. 4;
St. Louis, 3; Buffalo, 3; Los Angeles,
3; Mobile, 3; Marietta. Ohio, 3; San
Jose, Cal., 3; New York, 2; Albttny, 2;
Washington, 2;' Memphis, 2; Birming
ham, 2; Stoubenvlllo, Ohio, 2; Clove
land, 2; Duluth, 2; Winona, Minn., 2;
San Antonio, 2; Houston, 2; Now Or
leans, 2; Kansas City, 2; Topeka. 2;
Alameda. Cal., 2; Atlanta, 1; Toledo,
1; Minneapolis, 1; Galveston, 1; Salt
Lako City, 1; Ithaca, N. Y 1; Elralra,
N. Y.. 1; East Orange, N. J.. 1; Lan
caster, Pa., 1; Pino Bank. Pa., 1;
Cumberland. Md 1 ; Charleston, S. C,
1; Columbus, S. C, 1; Jacksonville,
Fla., 1: Columbus, Ohio. 1; Spring
field, Ohio, 1; Mount Vernon, 111., 1;
Dayton. Ohio, 1; Convoy, Ohio, 1;
Fort Wayne, Ind., 1; Terre Haute,
Ind.. 1; Peoria. 111., 1; Kalamazoo,
Mich., 1; Iron River, Mich., 1; Holden,
Mo.. 1; Muskogee. Okla., 1; Wichita.
Kan., 1: Council Bluffs. la., 1; Belling
ham, Wash., 1; Crecent, Wash., 1;
Tacoma. Wash., 1; Sacramento, Cal.,
1; Petnluma. Cal.. 1: Fresno, Cal., 1;
Glendalo. Cal.. 1.
TO PENSION EX-PRESIDENTS
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Will Provide 525,000 Per Year for
Cx-Exncutlves During Life.
Now York, Nov. 23. Following a
mooting of tho trustees of tho Car
negie Foundation held In tho homo of
Andrew Carnegie Thursdny in was an
nounced that It had been decided to
offer pensions to the future ex-prnnl-dents
of tho United States and to tho
unmarried widows of ox-presidents.
Tho offer will bu inudw to thoso en
titled to it without application being
mado.
Under tho terms of tho announce
ment President Taft, when ho retires
on tho fourth of next March, will bo
offered $25,000 by tho Carnegie cor
poration. Tho question of making provision
for our ex-presidents has been one
widely dlBCURded with suggestions that
corigresa pass a bill providing for
them.
Prairie Fire Sweeps Country.
Pine Rldgo Indian Agoncy, S. D.,
Nov. 2G. A pralrlo fire which devas
jated a section of country 100 mlloB
long and ton miles wide swept the
3loux reservation and burned Itself
ut In the breaks of the river Sunday.
Rockefeller Gives $5,000.
Washington, Nov. 22. John J.
Rockofollor contributed $5,000 to tho
American Red Cross Wednesday for
uso in relief work In tho Balkan Bates.
Mr. Rockefeller's contribution makes
tho American total $40,000.
Oldest U. 8.'8hlp Out of Commission.
Vallcjo, Cal., Nov. 22. Tho century
old receiving ship, Independence, tho
oldest vessel in tho navy, was placed
out of commission at Maro Island
navy yard Wednesday. Tho cruiser
Clevoland takes her plaoe.
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CORPS TO COLORSAO SEP..
VIAN CRISIS ARIVE8.
PEACE CONDITIONS DRASTIC
France Warns Turks Against Doing
Violence to Christians Atrocious
Acts of Butchery Laid to Servians
Slaughter Women and Children.
London, England, Nov. 25. Throo
classes of tho Austrian rosorves havo
been called out, says tho Chronicle's
Vienna correspondent. About 300,000
men, he Bays, havo been massed
around the Servian frontier and steady
preparations are going forward in
Galicla. "It Is roDorted that tho Don
Cossacks have been moJillhsSfl and that
the Russian authorities are holding all
available rolling stock on tho lines
running to tho Austrian frontier," sayB
a dispatch to the Daily Mall from
Vienna.
London, Nov. 23. Nazlm Pasha,
holding by desperate effort tho de
fense lines of Tachatalja and fighting
within hlH rapidly dwindling ranks a
frightful epidemic of cholera, was no
tified Tnursday by tho government nt
Constantinople that tho Bulgarian pro
posals for an amlstlce had boon re
jected and ordered to rosumo opera
tions at onco. Thus tho Turkish army
must fight on to a decisive end.
This noto was mado public by tho
porte:
"Tho porto, finding tho Bulgarian
conditions for nn nrmlstlco unaccept
able has ordered Nazlm Pasha to ro
sumo military operations."
There 1b still a strong possibility -f
the Bulgarians making an entry Into
Constantinople and tho powers aro
again considering action to prevent
such an eventuality. Franco took tho
Inltlatlvo by notifying tho Turkish
government that sho would hold Tur
key responstblo for any violence
against Christians.
Vienna, Nov. 23. Lloutenant Wag
ner, tho war correspondent of tho
ReIchspost telegrnphed Thursday that
while at Ninh ho heard well-nigh in
credible details ot the barbarities com
mitted by tho Servian troops on tho
Albanians. A Red Cross doctor with
tho Servian army told him:
"Tho Servians gave no quarter. AH
the Albanians, armed or unarmed, ns
well as tho women and children, who
fell into their hands, were mercilessly
killed. Goneral Stepanovltch. tho Ser
vian commander, had tho Albanians
captured nt Kratova formed Into two
iowb and shot dead with machine
guns, tho gcnoral saying:
" 'Wo must extlrpato thoso Austro
Hungarian favorites.'
"General Zlvkovltch also had 9C0
Albanians and Turkish notables cut
down near Slcnltza.
15 YEARS FOR SIDNA ALLEN
Leader of Clan Is Found Guilty of
Murder In the Second Degree
at Wythevllle, Va.
Wythovllle, Va., Nov. 25. Sldna
Allen, leader of the Allen clan, which
shot up tho Carroll county court at
Hlllsvllle last March, resulting In tho
death of five persons, was found guilty
Friday of murdor in tho second degreo
for tho killing of Judgo Thornton L.
MasBlo. The Jury fixed tho penalty
at fifteen years in tho penitentiary.
Blunder Causes Fatal Train Crash.
Alexandor, La., Nov. 26. A South
ern Paclflo passenger train collided
with a Texas & Pacific express flyer
on a grade crossing Sunday. Two
trainmen were killed and two hurt.
Misunderstanding caused wreck.
Blast Kills One; Five Hurt.
Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 20. Charlos
Coonce was killed and five other men
Injured, three probably fatally, when
ono hundred pounds of dynamite ex
ploded in Frank Klttredgo's atoro at
Walsh's Spur Sunday.
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3 ROADS ARE INDICTED
GRAND JURY 8AYS CARRIERS
PAID $60,000 IN REBATES.
Government Declares That Officials
Own and Control Stock In Coat
Concern.
Chicago, Nov. 25. Tho fodoral
grand Jury hero Jirlday roturnod In
dictments against tho Lako Shore &
Michigan Southern, Big Four and tho
Chicago & Indiana Southern railroads,
charging violation of tho Elklus act
in tho payment ot rebates aggregating
over $6u,000.
A Boparato bill charging tho receiv
ing of rebates was returned against
the O'Gara Coal company.
An indictment also was voted
against Thomas O'Gara, prosldcnt ot
tho O'Gara Coal company, but not
presented in court with tho others.
Tho three railroads against which
true bills were found are subsidiary
and vital connecting links in the Now
York Central system. Tho Inquiry
into rebating charges is aimed at vio
lators ot tho Elklns act in their In
dividual as well as corporate capac
ity, and it was stated will involve
many high officials of tho Now York
Contral lines in serious criminal
charges.
Tho allegations or tho indictments
roturnod aro that tho O'Gara Coal
company knowingly and unlawfully
accepted rebates from tho three rail
roads named on Invoices of shipments
of coal from tho company's mines at
Harrlsburg, 111., to Danvlllo, 111.
Tho crlmlnnl chnrgos ngalnBt tho
three railroads and tho O'Gara Coai
company grow out of an Investigation
by tho Interstate commerco commis
sion, through Jamos S. Harlan, n
garding a payment of $GO,000 to tho
coal company, which was not satisfac
torily explained by officials ot tho
toads Involved in tho-payment.
SCHRANK DECLARED INSANE
Commission of Five Physicians Phbs
Judgment on Man Who Attempted
Life of Roosevelt.
Mllwnukco, Nov. 25. John Schrnnk
tho Now York man who ahot Col
Theodore RoobovoU In MllWnukee lam
month, was declared Insano Friday
by a commission of fivo physicians
Schrank will ho Bout to ilu. WIm-oii.
sin Stato Hospital for tho Insane,
near Oslikosh, Wis.
Tho report of the commission was
mado before Judgo August C. Flnckm
In tho municipal court. Schrank wns
In court Ho displayed llttlo Interest
In tho proceedings.
Members of tho rntnmlRclon wore
questioned about their report. When
court adjourned District Attorney
"abol said ho would movo that the
criminal chargo ngalnBt Schrank bo
dropped and that ho bo sentenced to
tho Insano hospital.
FIRE DAMP KILLS 24 MINERS
Coal Shaft In Alals (France) District
Near Mimes Scene of a Terrific
Explosion.
Alals, Franco, Nov. 2fi. Twenty
four men lost their lives Sundav
when fire damp oxplodod in a coal
mlno. Alals Is a town of 20,000 In
habitants, In tho henrt of a coal min
ing .region In tho department of Gnrd,
about twonty-llve miles northwest of
Nlmes. Efforts at rescuing tho un
fortunnto rnun were made, but It was
usoless, as tho entire forco was dead.
Robs Ex-Mayor Low's 8lster-ln-Law
Now York. Nov. 20. It becamo
known Sunday that Mrs. A. A. Low,
sister-in-law of former Mayor Setli
Low, wns robbed of $10,000 wortli 6f
Jowels. Tho goma were stolen from
Mrs. Low's bedroom.
Acquit Girl of Murder.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 20. Cocolla
Parley, tho Btneogrnphor who has
been on trial for first degreo murder
for tho Bhootlng of Alvln H. Zollinger
in a city park last May, was acquit
ted Saturday
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HUNDREDS HAVE NARROW ES
CAPE WHEN FIRE 8WEEPS
INSANE ASYLUM.
MAN DIES FOR CANARY BIRD
Home for Idiots, Epileptics and
Feeblc-Mlnded Is Destroyed In
mates Just Escape as Walls of
Building Crumble to Pieces.
Now York, Nov. 20. In a fire that
iwopt tho Brunswick Homo for Idiots,
Hplteptlcs and Feoble-Mluded at!
Amltyvlllo. L. I., Sunday, ono man
was burned to denth and sovoral others
who are missing aro bolloved to havo
perished. Eight hundrod Inmates' of
tho various buildings of tho iustitu-1
tlons woro led out to wafoty. Somo
of them, too enfeebled by their nflllc
tlona to walk, were taken out in thrill
ing rescues.
When tho .flames, fanned by a
southeast wind, threatened tho adja
cent Long Island Homo and Ixmdcu
hall, several hundred Inmates of that
luBtltullon were also led out.
Tho man burned to denth was Fritz
Mondary, thirty vars old, or New
York city. Ho was sent to tho homo
flvo years ago. Ho escaped from tho
building when tho fire wns discovered
but roturnod to rescue IiIb pot canary
and perished. Other inmatoB wore
Boon to run back toward tho flaming
building and all of thorn hnve not
been nccouutrd for.
An attendant llrst discovered tho
lire, the cnuso of which 1b not known,
In ono of tho dormitories. Tho staff
of the homo immediately set to work
carrying out tho helplcsB, flftoon of
whom were found lying on tholr cots
terror-stricken as tho fire crncklod
In tho next room. Hurry calls for as
sistance were sent out and firomon
from six Long Island towns re
sponded. Tho wnllB of tho Urunswlek Homo
collapsed soon after tho last inmate
had been carrlod out. In tho mean
time Loudon hall and tho Long Island J
Homo woro emptied ot their occu
pants. Hundreds of residents of Amlty
vlllo UBed automobiles, horses and
bicycles to round up tho Insano in
mates, none of whom aro bolloved to
havo escaped.
50 DIE IN THEATER PANIC
Children Are -Trampled to Death
When Film Explodes .In a Span
ish Playhouse.
Bilbao, Spain, Nov. 20. Fifty chil
dren and others wore killed in a panic
In a moving picture show hero Sun
day. Tho scono of tho accldunt was a
largo circus, which itad boon convert
ed into a continuous clnomatograph
show. As tho prlco of admission was
only two cents, the building wns
crowded to Hh utmost capacity, for
tho most part with women and chil
dren. Tho oporntor of tho machlnn lost,
hla norvo when a film Ignited, nnd
screamed "Fire!"
Ho was ablo to extinguish the
flnmes himself without difficulty, but
tho effect of his cry upon tho nudlcnce
was Instantaneous.
Tho disaster caused frenzied crowdi
to gather outsldo tho building nnd
tho authorities had great difficulty In
carrying on tho work of rencuo and
oxtrlcnting tho doad and Injured from
tho piles of wrecked seats. ''
Tho manager and other employes
havo been arrested and are hold pond
ing au Inquiry,
I NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR g
Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 25.
Mildred Shcchan, twelve years old,
who with a purty of schoolchildren
was enjoying a picnic In tho moun
tains, foil 500 feet down tho Devil's
sllilo in CheyomiQ canyon, near this
city, and was killed.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 22. It Is
believed that IHOlu tliitn 100 pc'isoim
lost their Hvob at Montego bay dur
ing iho recpnt hurricano nnd tidal
wavo Hint dovnstated parts of tho Is
land. Forty two bodies were recov
ered from tho bay Wednesday and
tho search continues. Tho town Is
prnctlcnlly swept away.
Tho towns of Lucoa nnd Green Is
lnnd were dovasteil, only five out of
300 houses remaining standing in
Lucea,
Gibraltar, Nov. 22 Tho United
States cruisers Montana and Tonnes-
seo arrived hero. After coaling thoy
will proceed to Turkish waters.
Washington, Nov. 22. Charles D.
Hlllca again Is prlvato secretary to
tho president. Tho chairman of tho
Republican national commlttoo has
resumed his position nt tho Whlto
Houso, taking tho placo of Carml
Thompson, appointed treasurer of tho
Unltod States.
Sustain Heavy Fire Loss.
Robinson, 111., Nov. 20 Tho lumber
yards and offices of Mayor Harry
Otey were partially destroyed by flro
hero Sunday. Otoy'H loss will bo fifty
thousnud dollars, partially oovored by
Insurance.
Gold Output Breaks Record.
Pierre, S. D., Nov. 2C Tho annual
report of tho stato mlno Inspector
Issued hero shows tho gold production
of South Dakota during tho last yenf
to bo $S,035,G98, tho largest ovor re
corded.
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TALE OF GEN. PEGRAM'S RAID
Interesting Story of How Eighty Pick
ed Men Charged Through Camp
of Enemy In Kentucky.
Early in tho month of March, 18C3
(between tho 1st and 10th), General
Pegrnm mado a raid into Kentucky
with n forco of 3,500 cavalry and three
pieces of artillery. At the time the
1st Kentucky cavalry was guarding
tho south bank of tho Cumberland
river In tho vicinity of Somorset. On
Pegrnm'B approach wo wero ordered
by General Glllmore, whqso headquar
ters woro nt Lexington, to fall back
to Dnnvllln
After reaching Danville Goneral Car
ter, who was killed at tho slego of
Knoxvlllo, made dispositions to dis
pute Pegrnm'B further advance but
nftor a light skirmish at Danvlllo
General Carter was ordorcd to fall
back and tako position 'somo ten mllca
northeast from that point, ut Camp
Dick Robinson.
Llout.-Col. Silas Adams, ot the 1st
Kentucky cavalry, was captured and
mado a prisoner of War In tho skir
mish nt Danvlllo, but afterwards es
caped from tho enomy at Monticollo,
Ky. Whon Goneral Carter reached
"Camp Dick," ao it was called, ho was
again ordered to fall back to the
north bank of tho Kentucky river.
Before tho retreat from Danville
General Carter ordered mo to proceed
to Lancaster, Ky., with 80 picked men
from tho iBt Kentucky cavalry to
watch tho movements of tho enemy in
thnt direction nnd to remain there un
til ordered away, writes S. M. Boonu
of tho Ohio National Military Homo in
tho Nntlonnl Tribune. No such order
ever camo from tho goneral, as tha
couriers sent or attempted to bo sent
mo wero nil captured,
At this Juncture nnd somewhere
near midnight Col. Ben P. Runklo,
commanding tho 44th and 45th Ohio
infnutry, camo into Lancaster from
Richmond, Ky., I think, and ordered
mo to badlo up and procood to Camp
Dick Robinnvn.
I told him I could not leavo the
post, as Gonoral Carter had command
ed mo to remain until ho ordered me
nway..
Colonel Konkle replied: "Qur forces
.havo. been, driven back from Danville,
and we must form a Junction with
thorn as qutck as may be at Camp
Dick Robinson. I rank you, and you
must obey my ordors."
Wo woro Boon in tho saddle and
glvon tho advance, bolng well ac
quainted with the country. Tho night
was dark and a drizzling ruin was
falling. Nenr tho old brick church
my llttlo squad of 80 moil ran upon
tho pickets, not of our own forces, ns
wo oxpectod, but of thoso of tha
enemy.
Thoy wore nil asleep, nnd thoy wero
mndo prisoners before thoy know It.
Tho quostlon thon presented itself:
"What shall I do?" I mado up my
mind In a Ilnsh and said: "Boys, wa
will go thrqugh or dlo. Thoy aro all
asleep, and wo havo their pickets."
Gabo Grecnleaf was by my sldo, nnd
I dispatched Joo Blackeby to inform
Colonel Runklo thnt Instead of meet
ing our own wo wero upon the enemy,
and I was going to chargo through
their camp.
Whether Colonel Runklo ever . re
ceived tho mosago I may novor know;
but this much I do know"-, ho camo
thundering down tho plko right be
hind me with the bravo and gallant
41th and 45th Ohio.
After I had passed tho barn that
utood In tho forks of tho two pikes
Colonel Runklo ordered Lieutenant
Lommon to take the advance, but the
KiiutloL had then been run. and wo
got Bomcwhat mixed up In tho dark
ness, and so, capturing tho pickets nt
HrvantHvlllo, wu crossed tho Kontucky
rlvor about daylight.
No shot was fired, and tho charge
was a succosh. The boys used to call
It "Uoone's dumb chargo," and I shall
always hnllovo that had we halted nnd
not gono, through wo would havo all
boen captured the next morning.
In tw days after crossing the Ken
tucky river wo were, ordered to ad'
vnnco upon tho enemy, with whom wo
skirmished from Crab Orchard to Dut
ton's Hill, whore Pcgram mado a
stand in n strong position In order o
movo tho stock ho had captured safe
ly ovor tho Cumberland river.
Tho battle waB a sharp cavalry en
gagement nnd Pegrnm waa routed, but
succeeded in crossing tho Cumberland
with what inon ho had left nnd mak
ing his cscnpo to Virginia or Tennes
see. Tho only troops I remember figuring
In this engagement were tho 1st Ken
tucky cavalry, 44th and 45th Ohio in
fantry as bravo and gallant men ns
over formed in battle lino ono bat
talion of tho 7th Ohio cavalry, dash
lug lino follows, and a battery of
mountain howitzors.
The Association.
Irishmen were as good at fighting as
at growling, which is saying a great
deal. .
"Ol'm sorry thnt 01 iver cum to this
dlvlllsh war," said ono, trudging along
through tho mud to Fairfax C. II.,
after tho Second Bull Run.
"Ye'r mnd because ye'r not a gin
oral on a horso," was tho tantalizing
rejoinder.
"Not so, It's bocauso Ol'm obleeged
to associate with such tools as yorsllf
and Popr"
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