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ranka this year than they wero
last of votorans fllo through the
crowded stroots of hundreds of
American cities on Memorial day,
tho minds of thoso who fought be
neath tho bluo or for tho gray will
turn, to a May 30 of 51 years ago,
whon ashore and afloat mon woro
doing thoso deeds which will bo
commemorated by Momorlal day.
Memorial day was not dreamed of thon. North
and South woro busy with tho grim business of
war. The land shook , with tho tramp of armed
forces and tho rumblo of artlllory, and America
was tho sceuo of some of tho mlghtloat battles
which history records.
Tho noWB which camo
stirring days was not all
Mno-tlntcd by any meanB.
3Leo was threatening tho
econd Invasion of tho
North and tho Shenan
doah and Cumberland
valleys were threatened
with becoming Boats of
war and being ravaged
by hostile armlOB. Tho
little town of Gettysburg
had not yot awakened to
the( fact that, It was to bo'
tho center of tho most
colossal struggle of tho
war,' and In Arkansas
and Virginia tho Union
successes had not boon
jail that thoy might havo
Jicon.
From tho Mississippi carripaign camo tho bright
est reports of progress. Tho oyes of North and
South alike wero upon Grant and Pomborton at
Vlcksburg, tho almost impregnable stronghold of
tho Confederacy In tho Mississippi vn'lley. Farra
gut had run past tho batteries of Now Orleans and
Torter was assisting Grant In tho reduction of tho
works around Vlcksburg. NowBpapors dally print
ed glowing accounts of tho progress of tho siege,
but tho city did not fall. Still it was from Grant
htt tho encouragingt heartening news of tho day
camo. On May 20. tho day boforo tho dato now
But "for Momorlal day, certain Now York newspa
pers prlntod dispatches stating that Vlcksburg had
alien j that Pomborton had oscapod from tho city
with the loss of his artlllory. This report, how-
ror, was promptly denied.
On tho samo day authontlc accounts nnd pic
tures of an engagement at Champion's Hill, near
Vlcksburg, wpro received. About flvo o'clock in
tho morning of May 15 Gonoral Grant had ro--colved
information from two mon who had boon
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and who had passed through Pomborton's army
in tho night, that tho Confedorato general was
marching east with 80 regiments of infantry and
ton batteries, In all about twonty-flvo thousand
mon.
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Grant immediately recalled Sherman from Jack
son and directed him to send ono division with an
ammunition train to Join his own forco. Within
an hour after sending MiIb dispatch, Steele's divi
sion was under way. Tho Union forces moved
cautiously, with pickets thrown In advance, by sev
eral roads. Smith's division on tho southernmost
road was tho first to encounter tho enomy's pick
ots. Thoy woro driven in, as wero tho pickets con
fronting Osterhaus on tho middle road and Hovoy
on tho northernmost road. By the tlmo Grant
arrived Hovoy's skirmish had assumed almost tho
proportions of a battle.
Pomborton selected a position on Champion's
11111 to meet tho Union forces. General Grant at
onco realized that the posi
tion was a strong ono. Tho
hill commanded a view of
tho surrounding cbuntry
and was protected by a
ravino and heavy shrub
bery. Tho battle of Cham
pion's Hill lasted about four
hours, during which time
every man of Hovoy's divi
sion nnd McPherson's two
divisions was engaged. Gen
eral Grant drovo Pemberton
from his position and tho
city of VlckBburg was near
er to its doom. Had it not
been for neglect on tho part
of subordinates to promptly
obey, General Grant felt
that ho could havo almost
completely dlso r g a n i z o d
Pemberton's force.
'Tempering this bit of
hopoful news was the sad
dening report of those killed In tho engagement
Full lists were being published about the Memorial
day season. Tho Union loss at Champion's Hill
was, according to' General Grant's memoirs, 410
killed, 1,844 wounded nnd 187 missing. Hovoy
nlono lost 1,200 killed, wounded and missing one
third of his command. It was estimated that tho
Confederates lost about 3,000 killed and wounded
and 3,000 captured in pursuit and battle Lorlng's
division, which was tho right of Pemberton's lino,
nevor got back Into Vlcksburg, and Pemberton foil
back to Big Black river.
Tho most cheorful part of this Memorial day
nowB was tho fact that It moant Grant had a firm
position between Johnston and Pemberton.
Close on tho news from Champion's Hill came
dispatches describing a fight at Big Black river,
where tho Confederates
wero again driven from
their position, and fled
across tho stream, burning
tho bridges. Pontoons
wero constructed and tho
Union army continued In
pursuit of Pomborton.
After tho engagements at
Champion's Hill and Big
Black river tho Invest
ment of Vlcksburg was as
complete ns Grant's lim
ited number of troops
could mako it For days
tho newspapers woro filled
with tho progress of tho
work of constructing roads
and swamps back of the
.DAY OF UNION AND LIBERTY
This Is tho Time tho Nation Should
, Xiemomber the Debt It Owes to
' the Veterans.
On May 30, 18G2, there was no such
limiting land as wo boo tlila day. Then
tho booming, of tho guns alternated
with a dead march four yoars long;
today we see an exultant ropubllc,
running eagerly forward to meut its
fuller and more gloriouB dostlny,
And whom shall we thank for this?
Tho venerable men who walk or rido
on Memorial day beneath thctr aacrod
battlo flags, and tho mon .who sleep
today beneath tho bluo of tho sky
and tho stars of tho night. How great
their sacrifice! Somo gavo literally
ull they had even their namos. Thoy
llo in unmarked tronches, their very
place of sepulture forgotten. Their
names aro loat, and thoy havo gnlnod
a name tho which neither man nor
tlmo can wrest from thorn tho namo
of Patriot.
Their, prowess rave u peace;
Undying be their fame.
It Is tor us of the, youngor genera
tion, whose oyos opened on a country
wrapped n poace, to fill up our hearts
as urns with tho precious wlno of
gratitude and offer them, brimming
over, to that Grand Army of tho Ho
public which marches In llcsh nnd
plrlt on Mctnorinl day. Aro tuoro
shadowy and Invisible reunions at Dull
Run, and Spottsylvanla, and tho Wil
derness, and Manassas, nnd Malvern
Hill, nnd Cold Harbor, and Qottys
burs, and Atlanta? Well, might thoro
bo when tho nation at this tlmo rises
on memory's wings to tho heights of
a vicarious heroism. For Memorial
day Is tho day of tho living and the
dead, tho day of comrades whom no
sting of death nor lapso of tlmo can
separate. It 1b tho day when tho
Grand Army militant salutes the
Grand Army triumphant It Is tho
sacramental day of nationality. It
Is tho day wo ncknowledgo ench and
all our dobt to tho boys of '02, who
aro now tho patriarchs of '14. It Is
tho day of neither North nor 8outh.
nor East nor West, but of Union and
Liberty, now and forever, ono and Inseparable
Left Capital Vulnerable.
Ono hundred years ago tho residents
of Washington woro seriously dis
turbed by rumors that tho British
woro planning nn expedition for tho
capture of their city. Gravo as was
tho danger, tho authorities woro Blow
to move. After consldorablo dolay a
floot of gunboats and barges woro as
sembled and placed undor tho com
mand of tho veteran Commodoro Bar
noy, who had served with distinction
in tho Involution. But tho land de
fenses woro almost totally negloctod.
Though tho government called for 15,
000 troops, tho actual defonso forco
about tho national capital consisted of
but a to: hundred mllltla. In conso
quenco, whon tho British finally
marched on tho city In midsummer
thoy oncountorod llttlo opposition.
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WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER
Child Learns That Joy Sometimes
Finds Deepest Expression
In Tears.
Very Old Cqpper Mine,
ir not nbsolutoly tho oldost, tho
Stora Kopparborget in Swodou is tho
oldost copper mine of which any offi
cial flguroB can bo found. It has been
worked continuously for uoarly olght
hundred years.
It waB a morning in early spring
tho spring of '65, Tho orchard was
in full bloom and on the wind was
tho odor of tho blossoming crabapplo
trees In tho woods pasturo. I was
sitting on tho back doorstop cnttng a
bowl of broad and milk nnd pausing
between spoonfuls to noto tho glory of
woods, pasturo and bluo sky. I was but
four years old and tho beauty of tho
world was just dawning on mo, whon
to my cars camo sudden, far-off, dull
booms Uko sudden echoes of thunder.
Tho sky was without a cloud. Again
I heard tho dull boom. Ah I I had
ltl
"Mother," I called, "someono's
poundlug on tho sldo of Undo Davo's
barn!"
Sho camo to tho door and listened.
Again camo tho dull, thunderous
sound. For a momont sho listened
and thon burst out sobbing,
"What's tho matter, mother? Doos
It scare you? I'm not afraid!"
Sho stooped ovor and guthered mo
to hor broast. "Tho war Is ovor Tho
war la ovor," was all sho could say,
but sho sold It over and ovor. "Tho
wnr Is ovor and your father Is com
ing homo."
"Why, I'd think you'd laugh Instead
of cryl I'd think you'd bo glad In
stead of sorry." Child that I was, I
know not that Joy sometimes finds
deepest expression in tears,
thrbugh tho bayouB
city.
Dispatches printed on May 30 gavo rise to con
siderable anxiety over Grant's safety. Johnston
was not more than fifty miles In his roar with
an army about tho bIzo of his own, and Pember-
ton hnd tho advantage of tho fortiflcn-
' tlons and outworks nbout Vlcksburg.
A day or two after May 30, 1863, ro
portB wero received In tho North of
desperate hand to hand fighting out
side of Vlcksburg and general assaults
on tho works. Several fortifications
foil, but woro retaken by tho Con
federates. In tho end of May tho marine divi
sions under Porter did somo excollont
work at Hayno's Bluffs under Grant's
direction. News of this was printed
shortly aftor tho dato which Is now
set npart for Memorial day.
There had been much criticism of
tho administration in tho North and
tho Union nrmB had come in for their
sharo of popular opprobrium and tho
news of Grant's successes In tho
West was sorely needed.
It heartoncd tho troops Bervlng In
other campaigns and It heartened
thoso at homo
It waB not long before what Is now
Memorial day that Now York, In 1803,
recolvod news of tho gallant chargo
of tho Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry
at Hazel Grovo, whero "Stonewall"
Jackson turned tho Union right. Jn
fnntry, nrtillory and cnvalry lost heav
ily In thla engagement In Hooker's
Chancollorsvlllo campaign.
Stonoworkers in "Germany havo
union membership of 70,733.
Gift of Thouohts.
If, Instead of a gem, or even a
Howor, wo could cast tho gift of a
lovely thought Into tho heart of a
friend, that would bo giving as tho
angels must give. George" MacDon-aid.
Mnklnn a Virtue of Necessity.
Most of tho'advocatoB of walking
as a splendid exorclso aro peoplo too
poor to afford motor cars. Charleston
I Nows and Courier,
his wife havo been very popular on
Brand Whltlock, tho new Ameri
can minister, Is now settled in, tho
now logatlon at tho ond of Ruo Bel
Mlard, one of tho beBt residential
streets In Brussels, and very sultablo
for a permanent homo for representa
tives of tho United States.
Beforo Mr. "Whltlock becamo a.
full-fledged diplomat ho was mayor of
Toledo four terms, succeeding "Golden
Rulo" Jones as tho friend of tho peo-'
pie; before that ho was a successful
lawyer, and is an author of note.
Hugh S. Gibson hnB begun hl&
work as secretary of legation at Brus
sols, to which position ho was pro
moted from secretary of logatlon in
Cuba, previous to which ho had been
second secretary to tho American em
bassy In London npd secretary of lega
tion In Honduras.
Col. John S. Parko has gono to
Washington, having finished hlserm
as military attache. Belgians deeply
regret having to loso him, as lie and
account of tholr charming hospitality.
COMES OF NAVAL STOCK
Charles Johnstono Badgor, in com
mand of tho fleet at Vera Cruz, was
born In Rockvllle, Md., on August 0,
1853. Ho was the son of Commodoro
Oscar Charles Badger and Margaret
M. Badger. An appointment at largo'
to Annapolis was given the prosent
rear admiral by PresldenT Grant In
1869, and four years later the young
sailor graduated with tho title of mid
shipman. In July, 1874, he was commls
'sioned an ensign, was given tho title
.of master in November, 1879, and was
raised to tho rank of lieutenant (Junior
grade) in 1883. In 1886 ho becamo a
lieutenant. From September, 1873,
until July, 1875, ho was aboard tho
Narr'agansott, engaged in making a
survey of tho Gulf of California, and
from October, 1875, until Docember,
1875, ho was on duty at tho navy
yard in Washington.
He then was transferred to tho
torpedo' boat Alarm for bIx monthn
then to the Asiatic station, with tho Ashuolot, Alert Monocacy, and Monon
gahela, and In December, 1879, was assigned to special duty with tho bureau
of navigation.
Ho then spent somo tlmo with tho coast survey steamersv Endeavor and
A. D. Bacho, and was switched to the Yantic on the north Atlantic station.
In October, 1882, ho waj, on duty at tho Boston navy yard, and then was
ordered to tho fish commission steamer Fish Hawk.
Perhaps the most dramatic part of his career was that of taking part in
Schley's relief oxpedltlou to find Grcely, who waB lost somowhero near tho
North polo. Badger was the executive and navigating officer of tho Alert
being second In command. . , '
Ho was in command of the naval forces on tho water front In San
Francisco during the earthquake, and helped tho stricken city greatly by
aiding in the transfer of naval supplies.
ONE BY SENATOR WALSH
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana hails from n big country, and
ono of tho few In which the Indian Is
still remaining on reservations. In
his state aro what are thought to bo
tho fiercest of tho redskin tribes, tho
Choyennes, while 'another famous
agency Is that of tho Rosebud Indians.
From a grazing state, over which onco
roamed immense herds of cattle, this
country is rapidly becoming agricul
tural. In such a prosperous community
there Is always plenty of work to bo
found, but tho senntor tolls a story of
a man out his way who did his work
vicariously. Jim Jones was a ne'er-do-well;
loafing his principal occupation
and sponging on others his only In
dustry. Ho never displayed any ener
gy except at meals.
His brother did most of tho sup
porting of tho entire family, but at
ono time even that down-trodden mem
ber happened not to havo any position.
Jim lounged about, grouching at his hard luck. Then ono day ho met tho
senator and a smllo as bright as a now engagoment ring illuminated his
rusty countenance.
"Why, Jim, you seem happy!" exclaimed tho senator. "What's tho glad
newB? Must havo had somo good luck como your way."
"I havo!" cried Jim, throwing out his chest with pride. "My brother has
Just gotten a now Job!"
MRS. JOHN LIND, WOMAN OF THE WEST
Among women of today a person
ality of particular interest Is that of
Mrs. John Llnd, wlfo of President
Wilson's rocont envoy to Mexico Mrs.
Llnd accompanied her husband on his
diplomatic mission Into that country,
and with him spent several months
In tho city, which Is now a center of
Interest In tho world.
Boforo hor marriage Mrs. Llnd
wns Miss Alice Sberd. Sho comes
of old Pilgrim stock, her ancestors
having como over to America In tho
days of tho Mayflower. Tho Rev.
Thomas Polotlah Sheperd, ono of her
Torofathors, was many generations ago
ono of the pastorB In tho early Ameri
can colony. Another built tho first
boat that over plowed tho waves of
Lako Erie,
Mrs. Llnd herself was born In
Wisconsin. Tho spirit of tho West
pormeatos hor tastes In largo degree.
Sho loves tho freedom of outdoor llfo
delights In fine horses, and Is a conrt
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