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PART III.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1902.
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1 upright, French burl walnut, $135.oo.
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1 upright, Italian walnut, $165.oo.
1 upright, golden oak, $175.oo
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1 upright, dark oak case, $295.oo.
1 Baby grand Steinway, $15o.
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HAYDEN BROS., LARGEST PIANO HOUSE IN UNITED STATES
CIVIL WAR RUM REVIVED
Colonel MoClure'i Statements About Sher
man Shown to Be Unfounded.
HISTORIC CANARD RIDDLED BY FACTS
Osertlas of General Iktrnu la the
Boataweat Deaoaace.d a ,Craay
Walla DetalUa Actaal
necessities.
In bis "Random Recollection! of Fifty
Tears," now running In various newspaper,
Col. A. K. McClure of Philadelphia recently
discussed the military characteristic of
Geo. William T. Sherman, and revived the
story current at the time that Secretary of
War Simon Cameron pronounced Sherman
crasy in the fall of 1861 because Sherman
gave it a hi opinion that $0,000 men were
necessary to hold Kentucky and 200,000 to
eonquer the Mississippi valley. Colonel
McClure add a new feature In the assertion
that Cameron told him personally that
Sherman "was absolutely crazy." and, say
McClure, "he promptly relieved of hi
position In Kentucky and ordered to report
at the St Louis barrack.1
Ib a letter to the New Tork Sun Leslie J.
Ferry declare that McClure 1 mistaken.
and present tha following fact discredit'
tog the story:
General Sherman then held the Kentucky
command, otherwise officially known a the
Department of the Cumberland. About the
first week In October, Secretary Cameron,
accompanied by Adjutant-General Thomas,
visited tha western military theater for
the purpose of discovering the real condl
, tloa of affair, particularly In Missouri aad
Kentucky,
The secretary spent only eight hour with
Sherman at Louisville on October 16. 1861
and hi Inspection consisted In a confer
nee with the general and a Journey to
Islington, whence he went directly to On
clnnatt, where he arrived at t p. m., on that
day. A Oeneral Sherman wa not relieved
of the Kentucky command until precisely
a month after that date. It Is evident that
he wa not very "promptly" made way with
'after Cameron reported oo him to Lincoln.
But as a matter of fact, Oeneral Cameron
did not think that Sherman wa crasy. The
official report made of this inspection tour
ivy Adjutant-General Thomas, a minute
diary, so to apeak, made at the command of
Secretary Cameron, showa that everything
Sherman told Cameron of the situation In
Kentucky was reasonable In Itself; and,
moreover, that bis opinion was at the time
, i Talnly accepted by the secretary, although
the latter did say to Sherman that he ever
estimated the Confederate strength on that
front.
Secretary Caaserea'a Dispatches.
But the determining feature of their con
, ference, so far as Secretary Cameron's
i view were concerned, la that Cameron ab-
aolutely adopted Oeneral Sherman' concep
tion of the situation and the Immediate
aeceaslty for large re-enforcements, and
right on the ground he energetically set
about supporting hint by Issuing, several
orders from Louisville and Lexington. Twe
r three short telegrams will suffice to dis
close Cameron's opinion' of whl Sherman
reported to blm and of what he aoie4 with
his own eyes.
lency, the President of the United States:
Matters are In much worse condition than
expected to find them. A large number
of troops needed here Immediately.
"SIMON CAMERON,
"Secretary of War."
Oeneral Shermaa, at Cameron's elbow,
was saying that he needed large bodies of
troops successfully to make war 200,000 or
more. This telegram is strong proof that
Cameron agreed with him. Sherman also
told him arms were necessary. Hera is
what Cameron said on this head:
"LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct.. 16. 1861.
Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secretary et
War: Arms and reinforcements needed
here Immediately. How many muskets,
pistol and sabres can be had? Is Negley's
brigade ready to march, and where 1 ltT
"SIMON CAMERON."
Then after viewing thing at Lexington,
to which point Sherman accompanied him,
Cameron telegraphed again:
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct 17, 186L
Thomas A. Scott, Washington, D. C: Send
Negley and his command at once to Oen
eral Sherman at Louisville. If Randall has
no guns order his men to Louisville, and
send guns there for him. Bend 3,000 to
Governor Morton, Indianapolis, who will
put them Into the hands of his men at once.
Bend the remaining muskets, to Sherman at
Louisville. SIMON CAMERON.
"Secretary ef War."
The tenor of these telegrams does not
compert with any assumption that Cameron
thought Sherman crazy. They make It evl
dent that Secretary Cameron himself cos
xelved the situation to be practically what
Oeneral Sherman represented It to be.
Furthermore, It 1 to be said that every
body In Kentucky with, whom Cameron con
sulted advised him precisely to the same
effect.
Undoubtedly he thought the Department
of the Cumberland could get along with
fewer troops than Oeneral Sherman called
for, but Sherman's estimates, even at that
date, could not be construed as a lack of
mental capacity, because they were moder
ate compared with those of Oeneral McClel
lan, with whose large views of 'what he
needed In the way of troops Mr. Lincoln's
administration was already quite familiar.
Tlate Aanraaed the Kstlsaate,
The outcome showed that Sherman was
not wild at all In his estimate. Eventually
a good many more than 200,000 men were
required to conquer the Mississippi valley,
and that, of coure, la the antl-cllmax of
the story, the wonderful good thing of sup
posing that Shermaa was crasy whea he
wa simply talking wisdom. But the point
Is to determine whether what he was as
serting waa reasonable at the moment, and
was so aocepted. It Is perfectly certain
that was the case.
Colonel McClure say "Sherman's demand
wa appalling." because there were then
not 140.000 soldiers throughout tha entire
country. In this he errs also. Hera war
the troops present for duty on ths day Cam
eron saw Sherman at Louisville:
Western department 93,1X1
Department of the Cumberland....... 17. On)
Department of western Virginia. W.471
Army of the Potomao ..143.00
Fort Monroe and the coast. ts.uuO
Other points . u,ou
Total Ml.au
Besides those troops actually la tha field
upwsrd of 100 regiments were formlnc In
the different states, snd troops were pour
ing Into the armies from every direction.
It Is clear that the Washington author-
of troops Sherman named a necessary to
clear out the Mississippi valley; it only,
differed with him regarding the line of
operations. He thought Kentucky was the
center and vital spot, the true line of advance.
The administration, advised by Scott and
McClellan, and Importuned by Fremont,
bad fixed upon Missouri as the proper field
for Its chief efforts In the Mississippi val
ley. This was the real disquieting feature
of Sherman's dogmatic Insistence upon what
was required and where It was to be ap
plied.
Oeneral Simon Cameron over and over.
again dented that he had ever charged
that Sherman was "craxy," denied that,
anything he had said or anything that had
happened during his visit at Louisville
could have been the groundwork for such
an attack on General Sherman. The tele
grams above fully corroborate hi asser
tion ' "
.'J' .Another Error Corrected.
A r t
Again Bhermaa was not "promptly" re
moved from hi command, but he wa re
lieved at hi own request a month after
Cameron' Kentucky visit. He had been In
command of the department precisely eight
day when Cameron arrived In Louisville,
and on the day he had assumed command.
October 8, he telegraphed Senator Garrett
Davis:
"I have been forced Into the command of
this department against my will."
This was practically true. He had asked
to be relieved because of personal dlsaat-
faction with the publication of Adjutant
Oeneral Thomas' report of Cameron's In
spection tour. The whole period of his
command was five weeks.
When relieved Sherman was ordered to
report to Oeneral Halleck at St. Louis,
and not to any "barracks," as stated by
Colonel McClure. Halleck immediately as
signed him to a command commensurate
with his rank, strong evidence that he was
not considered Insane by either Halleck or
the Washington authorities.
Ovists, af tha Story.
broken by labor and care as to render him
for the present entirely unfit for duty. Per
haps a few weeks rest may restore him.
I am satisfied that In his present condition
It would be dangerous to give him a com
mand here.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"H. W. HALLECK, Major-General."
It was not until this letter arrived that
anybody In Administration circles suspected
there wa anything wrong about Sherman
or his mind. Colonel McClure, writing
from mere recollection, has simply become
mixed In hi date.
Sherman wa never publicly stigmatized
as crazy, even by hi bitterest critic, until
after the Halleck letter was penned and
Its content known. This is proved by
Irrefragable testimony.
letter as being the origin of the story 1
proved by the fact that Governor Ewlng,
Sherman's father-in-law, wrote to Halleck,
Inquiring about the matter.
nUI4YUXIVPotr4 4iV-Hi Excel- J 10o mm uo tiuwAaiaOruUt a lb unibjr
tp to tni urn mere naa not been a
hint In the public press or In any quarter
that Sherman wa crazy. An examination
of newspaper file show conclusively that
the Cameron-Sherman story had Its birth
long after Sherman's relief from the Ken
tucky command. It was an after-thought
growing out of another circumstance.
It was really Oeneral Halleck who gave
origin to the story that Shermaa waa crazy
In the following letter to General McClellan
which fully explain Itself:
"(Confidential)
"8T. LOUIS, Mo.. December x. 1ML
"Major-Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, Comman
der-in-Chief, Washington. D. C:
"Oeneral: A tated In a former communt
cation Brlg.-Oen. W. T. Shermaa on report
ing here for duty was ordered to Inspect
troops (three divisions) at Sedalla and
vicinity, and If, la the absence of Gen.
Pope, he deemed there was danger of an
immediate attack he was authorized to as
sums command. He did so, and commenced
the movement of the troops in a manner I
did not approve and countermanded. I also
received Information from officers there
that Oen. Shermaa waa completely 'stam
peded' and was stampeding the army.
therefore immediately ordered him to this
place, and yesterday gave him a leave of
absence for twenty day to visit hi family
In Ohio.
I am satisfied that Oen. Sherman's pay-
akU J4 taenia Ztea Ja) apjcjetaJj
A Severe Cold for Three Months.
The following letter from A. J. Nus-
baum of Batesvllle, Ind., tells Its own
story: "I suffered for three months with
a severe cold. A druggist prepared me
some medicine and a physician prescribed
tor me, yet I did not improve. I thea
tried Foley's Honey and Tar, and eight
doses cured me." Refuse substitutes.
Marat Take a Hand.
On December 11, nine day after Halleck
wrote to McClellan, the Cincinnati Commer
cial edited by Murat Halstead made this
statement:
"The painful Intelligence reaches us. In
such form that we are not at liberty to
dlsoerdlt It, that Oeneral W. T. Sherman,
late commander of the Department of the
Cumberland, 1 Insane. When re
lieved of the command In Kentucky
he waa sent to Missouri and placed at the
head of a brigade at Sedalla, where the
shocking fact that he was a madman was
developed by orders that his subordinates
knew to be preposterous and refused to
obey. H has, of course, been relieved
altogether from command."
Enough of this article, an editorial, is
quoted to show that Mr. Halstead got his
Information from St. Louis. or Sedalla, or
from Washington, to which point Halleck
had confidentially sent the Information. It
Is also evident from the surprised tone of
Halstead' remarks that It was new to
him, notwithstanding that be knew every
thing pertaining to Sherman' Kentucky
command, Cameron' visit, and -Sherman'
statement that It would require 260,000
men to clear out the Mississippi valley.
upon which the "Crasy Sherman" story is
popularly supposed to have been founded,
Between the date ef Cameron's visit to
Kentucky and the foregoing publication on
December 11. 1861. there 1 not on word
In any newspaper In the country referring
to Sherman' alleged Insanity. I have ex
amlned the files of many newspaper to
determine tha fact.
No newspaper refers seriously or In Joke
to Sherman's assertion to Cameron that It
would require 260,000 men for the work
named as Indicating that he was crazy,
That gossip all sprang up after the Hal
leek letter was written, two months after!
Cameron and Sherman met at Louisville.
When Sherman, then at Lancaster, O.
saw the Commercial editorial, he lm
mediately wrote to Halleck and asked him
If his acts at Sedalla were taken as evi
dence of a want of mind. Halleck, a usual,
crawfished, replied in generalising and
vague terms.
A few weeks afterward Shermaa returned
to BC Louis considerably Improved la
health, but still not entirely well, and Hal
leck temporarily assigned him to the or
ganisation of new troops as they arrived.
Halleck wrote McClellan:
"I think In a very short time he will be
fully prepared to resume hi duties In the
field."
A few weeks later Sherman Joined the
Army of the Tennessee and was assigned
to tha eommaad of a division.
PRATTLE OP THE YOUNGSTERS.
"Sailors are awful forgetful, Pa, ain't
they?" said little Elsie.
"Why do you think so, dear?"
"Because," said she, "they have to weigh
the anchor every time they leave port."
Maternal Ancestor "My dear, you should
not cover your plate with such a multi
plicity of eatables."
The Five-Year-Old (In a tone of rebuke)
"Mother, you should not use such extra
ordinary long words when you hava guests
to dinner."
Little Howard Green, on returning from
his first visit at Sunday school, said to his
mother:
Mamma, doe God watch m all the
timet"
'Yes. my son," she answered.
"Well." said Howard, "then what Is he
doing with the other people while he 1
watchlag meT"
"Now then. Willie," aald Uncls John,
"aren't you tired looking at the monkey ?'
"All right," reluctantly replied the boy
who wa oa his first visit to the Zoo. "Nov
let's go to the place where the organ-grind
era' cage Is."
Teacher Now. Tommy, If you were pras
tdent of the United State what would you
dot
Tommy (aged ) I don't know what I'd
do, but I know what I wouldn't da
Teacher Well,, what wouldn't you do?
Tommy I wouldn't let anybody wash my
aeck and comb my hair.
In one of the public schools recently, ac
cording to a writer In the Gentleman's
Magazine, a number of the small pupils
were busily engaged In working problems
In multiplication, with more or less satis
factory results.
After some time the teacher noticed one
little fellow who seemed most unhappy,
His chteks were flushed, his hair tumbled
and tears were very near the surface. The
teacher aald. In a kladly tone:
"Well. John, what U the matter?"
"Oh, dear, I wish I was a rabbit!" re
plied the boy.
"A rabbit 1" exclaimed the teacher. In as
tonisbment. wny on earth would you
like to be a rabbit T"
"Well, my papa ssy they multiply so
fast!"
Tar will atop tha cough, heal and sUanxthen
I aVhal tfcj Ewlajd LteXtA Pf.oa gut JIiOjjkJjli ivmft t&A ytttaJ ftwaiannla,,
SCHOOL NATION IS PLANNED
Principal Waterhouse Intends Expanding
School City Idea.
SUCCESS OF EXPERIMENT AT KELLOM
Miss Fooa Tells of Her Object la
Establishing tha Practice that
Drew Bach Geaeral Atten
tion There Years Ana.
A cold at this time. It neglected, is liable
to cause pneumonia, which Is so often
fatal; and evea whea the patient has re
covered the lungs are weakened, making
them peculiarly susceptible to the develop
ment ef consumption. Foley Honey and
Principal Waterhouse of the High school
has In process of development a plan to
establish there. In a modified form, the
"Gill School City," which, several years
ago, became a feature of the schools of New
York City.
"As soon as the carpenters are through
pounding up there," said he, "so we can
get the work systematized, I propose, to
see what I can do In this respect. It will
not be a school city exactly. It will be
more properly a school nation, with legls
latlye. Judicial and executive branches, fol
lowing as closely as may be the lines of
our federal government. Of course, the
organisation will have to be slmsllfled
very much In order that It may be practlc
able, but my purpose wtl be to follow the
general plan of the government at Wash
ington. Thia Is nothing more than an en
largement of the trials by committee idea
wnicn we naa last winter. The purpose
Is to teach the pupil by direct personal
experience the methods of the government
under which he lives." ,
Miss Anna Foos, principal of the Kellom
school, established In the fall of 1897 what
was known as the "Kellom School City,"
and maintained It successfully until about
two years ago, when It passed out of ex
istence, mis : scnooi city" attracted a
great deal of attention throughout the
country while It was In Its experimental
stages. It wss written up and Illustrated
In several Sunday newspapers, and the Re
view of Reviews gave It an extended no
tlce.
Toole Too Mick Time.
i
"I was compelled to abandon It," said
Mia Foos, "not because It wa unsuccesa
ful, but because It made too much of a
demand upon my time and attention. It
required absolutely all of my spare time,
I think with older pupils, however. It could
be kept up with less difficulty.
-mis experiment," ana resumed, "was
the result of a visit to the QUI school city
in New York In 1895 and a talk with the
organizer, who 1 a friend of mine. He
wa enthusiastio over It. HI theory was
that by a definite organisation along the
lines of the local government under which
they live children will be enabled to get
both knowledge and practice of the duties
which will fall to them In later years as
voters and office holders. The children
take readily and enthusiastically to the
plan, he said, and this I found to be' true
In my experience. Their interest 1 ex
plained partly by the fact that the opera
tlon of the school city brings home to
their comprehension. In the most direct and
concrete form, many things which affect
their every day lite and about which they
are constantly hearing from their elders.
Only for taper tirades.
"In adapting his plan I confined It to
As) WS rsjnaiAi craSea tfca Jstfth
Seventh and Eighth, and the organization)
conformed in its outline to the municipal
government of Omaha, At first elections
were held once a month; later they were
made less frequent and held only once In
two months. The officer elected werei
mayor, city clerk, police Judge and mem
bcrs of the city council.
"In Mr. Gill's opinion, and I took tha
same view, It would be undesirable for tha
children to be divided into political parties
along the same linea as their fathers, but
It was necessary to provide some method
of making nomination. In order that at
choice might be offered between two or
more candidates. So two artificial parties
were created, the 'Rights' and the 'Lefts
and committees were appointed to take tha
place of primary elections or delegate con
ventlon In nominating candidate. An
effort wa made to have each child vote
for the candidate ha considered the beau
regardless of party."
Useful for End Boanht.
In his annual report of 1899 Superintend'
ent Pearse had this to say of the "Kellona
School City:"
"It Is certainly useful for the end sought-
that is to say. In giving familiarity with!
the form and details of that government
under which the children live. It has nog
been made a 'self-government' plan. While
children from a very early age can bo
taught an increasing measure of self-control
snd self-direction. It has yet to be shown
that children In the grammar grades ara
sufficiently developed In Judgment and othefl
necessary -qualities to make possible undesj
ordinary school conditions any plan of 'self
government' which may properly be as)
called."
KELJUIOIS.
J. Plernont Morara.n'a rift nf aluttt4
lights to tit. Paul's cathedral, London, will
be started on Easter eve.
The charjel which Mrs. Leland Rtanfnn
has given to the university that bears tha
name or ner aeaa son was dedicated on
Tuesday, Dr. Holier Mewtoa preaching thai
sermon.
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the Presbyterian,
minister, has returned to his congregation)
In New York City, fully restored to health,
after a vacation of six months, most of
which waa spent at Jamaica, West Indies
Mrs. Julia E. B. Brick of Brooklyn, who)
died recently, made the American Home)
Missionary association residuary legate o
her estate. The sum vhlch the society will
receive will amount to tlOU.OOu, and poaslblj
more.
Cornelius Van Ness, the octogenariaaj
millionaire of Port Jarvts. N. J., has Juol
had gratified his dhslre of many years to
be baptised in the river Jordan, tor tit
purpose of which ho mad a special trip to)
the Orient.
Rev. Dr. Edward KV Clark, who retired
this week from the pastorate of the Con
tral Congregational church of Boston, waa
presented by his congregation with a pur
containing $8,(M, and his salary will ta
paid until September 1.
Rev. Barnabas T. Bakal, head of lm
portant tulsnlonary work In Tokio and
graduate of the Episcopal ThorjlogToal
seminary, Cambridge, la In thia country
lecturing on missionary work among tha
educated classes of Japan.
During the year 1901 the pope figured as)
legatee In over 700 wills throughout tha
Catholic world, the apKregate amount thu
lrt to him being HuO.uuO. The lawst slngla
legaoy of his holiness was S30.0U0, be
queathed to him by a wealthy Italian
manufacturer, and the second largest tJOw
OuO. 'r-
The rendering of the Te Deum in St.
Peter's opening the religious eaerclaee of
the Jubilee, Is said to have been the moat
Impressive religious service seen lu Roma
fur years. The pontifical Guard Noblla
were present In their full dress uniforms,
worn for the first time since 1S70, slue
which data lb ttofia fcas, galled. hUnaeif 'm
..nrtgoiroa ... .rZ.