Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1912 — Page 3

THE CIVIL WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK '

July 22, 1862. Major General Sherman took command at Memphis, Tenn. Four hundred citizens took the oath of allegiance, and 130 were provided with passes to go south. General Dix, on the part of the United States, and General Hill, acting for the Confederate States, arranged an immediate and general exchange of prisoners. President Lincoln issued an order concerning foreign residents in the United States, directing military officers to retrain from imposing the oath of allegiance upon them, but to adopt such other restrictions in lieu us they might think necessary for the public safety. The steamer Ceres was fired into by the' Confederates at a point below Vicksburg and Captain Brooks of the Seventh Vermont was killed. Governor Gamble of Missouri authorized General Schofield to organize the entire militia of the state and use it In defense against the bands of partisaps who were committing much desultory mischief. President Lincoln Issued an order directing the military commanders qf Federal forces in the insurgent states to seize and use any property of the citizens which they needed. A band of Confederate Irregulars burned the Union commissary and quartermaster warehouses at Florence, Ala., U. S. S. S. Colona, and all the cotton in the vicinity. A band of Confederate Irregulars captured a train of 60 wagons near Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. The Federal ram, Queen of the West, made an- unsuccessful attempt to sink the Confederate ram Arkansas at Vicksburg. The Queen of the West was riddled by the fire of the shore batteries, which the Union fleet of gunboats failed to silence. July 23, 1862.

General Pope issued an order directing the generals in his command to seize all horses, mules and stores within their lines, except such as were absolutely needed by the inhabitants. He also issued an order for the arrest of all disloyal male citizens within the lines. Those willing to take the oath of allegiance and furnish security for its observance were permitted to remain at their homes; those refusing were to be sent south. Confederate partisans, led by Porter, defeated a company of Union cavalry under Major Caldwell near Florence, Mo., Inflicting a loss of 26 killed, wounded and missing. A body of National troops under Colonel Kilpatrick defeated a small force of Confederates near the North Anna river, in Virginia, and burned a Confederate railroad train loaded with grain, wagons, tents, baggage, commissary and medical stores, and other valuable property. . Several persons were arrested in Fredericksburg, Va., by order of General Pope and held as hostages for certain Union men seized by the Confederates some months previous. July 24, 1862. The steamer Thbal Caln was seized as a prize by the JJ. S. S. S. Octarora, having on board ammunition for the Confederacy. The schooner Emma was captured by the U. S. S. S. Adirondack. Skirmishes took place at Malvern Hill, Virginia, and Coldwater, Miss. The Union Merchants’ Exchange at St. Louis adopted a stirring address to the people of the state, pledging their own fidelity to the Union and aid to the volunteer fund. Captain Harman, Thirty-first Ohio, mought off a force of Confederates at Trinity, near Decatur, Ala. In consequence of the fears of the Irish and other foreign residents of St Louis that they would be obliged to serve in the Union army, General Schofield issued an order informing them that the subjects of foreign powers, lawfully pursuing their avocations, were exempt from such service. The Union- forces stationed at Grand Junction, Miss., were with-: drawn to Bolivar, Tenn. Eighty men of the Ninth Virginia Union infantry were surprised and captured at Summerville, Va. The Union fleet, of gunboats under command of Commodore Farragut embarked the Union army under General Williams at Vicksburg and proceeded down the Mississippi river to Baton Rouge. The flotilla of mortar boats, under Commodore Davis, left its position in front of Vicksburg and proceeded up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo. July 25, 1862. Great excitement existed at St Louis, Mo., over the order of Governor Gamble authorizing General Schofield to order out the militia to suppress the Confederate partisans who were doing much mischief abroad in the state. An engagement took placd on the Hatchie river, near Brownsville, Tenn., Major General Pope, at Washington, Issued the following order: “Hereafter no guards will be placed over private houses or private property of any description whatever. Commanding officers are responsible for the conduct of troops under their command, and the articles of war and regulations of the army provide ample means for restraining them to the full extent required for discipline and efficiency. Soldiers were called into the field to

do battle against the enemy, and ft fa not expected that their force and energy shall be wasted in the protection of private property of those most hostile to the government No soldier serving in this army shall hereafter be employed in such service.” The Confederate steamer Cuba arrived at Mobile, Ala., after an exciting chase by the blockaders. Two companies of Union troops guarding the bridge at Courtland, Ala., were surprised and captured by Confederate cavalry. A reconnoitering party of Union troops, under' General Gibson fell In with a Confederate force near Orange Court House, Va., and drove them away, after a sharp skirmish. A meeting of Irish citizens in St Louis expressed indignation against their fellow-countrymen who Were endeavoring to avoid service in. the militia by taking refuge behind the British consul. President Lincoln issued a proclamation warning all persons to cease from aiding, countenancing or abetting the rebellion, under penalty of having their property confiscated, under the act lately passed by congress.

July 26, 1862. Madison Court House, Va., was occupied by the First Connecticut Cavalry, after a skirmish with Confederate cavalry. Prominent citizens of Hayward county, Tennessee, were captured by Confederate partisans for selling Cotton. The Union transport schooner Louisa Reeves of New York, laden with forage for the Army of the Potomac, was captured by Confederates and burned at Coggin’s Point, James river, Va. A body of Missouri state militia met and defeated a company of partisans in the first conflict since the state militia had been called out by General Schofield, under Governor Gamble’s authority to suppress the guerrillas. A Union reconnoitering body defeated a small force of Confederates in a skirmish at Youngs Crossroads, at the head of White Oak river, N. 0. A body of Union troops under Captain Bradway came up with a body of partisans that they had a brush with the day before near the Mountain Store, twenty miles from Houston, Mo., and completely routed them. The fight took place on the Big Piney river., Large sums of money were being subscribed by towns, counties and states to provide a bounty fund for volunteers who should enlist under President Lincoln’s call for 300,000 extra men. July 27, 1862.

Two Confederate schooners were captured up the Chipoaks creek, James river, Va., near Claremont, by a boat expedition under command of Lieutenant Gibson of the United States gunboat Yankee, and brought out of the creek without molestation, although a company of Confederate cavalry was stationed three-quarters of a mile distant. A reconnoitering expedition, consisting of the United States gunboats Paul Jones, Unadilla, Huron and Madgle, left Savannah bay and proceeded up the Ogeechee river,, in Georgia, until they arrived pear Fort James, the strength of which they discovered by bombarding it for about two hours, when they returned to their former anchorage. A number of young women of New Albany, Ind., offered to act as clerks add saleswomen to replace the young men of that place who would enlist, promising to turn over half their sal-, aries during the volunteers* absence, and surrender the positions to them on their return. Richmond, Ky., was visited by a band of Confederate irregulars under John Morgan, the great partisan leader. The stores, houses and stables of Union men of the place were plundered. * ‘, July 28, 1862. General Grant ordered General Sherman to take possession of all unoccupied stores, manufactories and dwellings in Memphis and to collect their rents for the benefit of the United States government where the owners were Confederates absent from the place. In reply to a letter written by Mr. Seward to the American minister at London, Earl Russell sent a dispatch to the British minister at Washington, in which he said: “From the moment that intelligence first reached this country that nine states and several millions of inhabitants of the great American Union had eeteded, and had made war on the government of President Lincoln, down to the present time, her majesty’s government have pursued a friendly, open and consistent course. They have been neutral between the two parties to a civil war. “At this moment they have nothing more at heart than to see the consummation of which the president speaks in his answer to the governors of eighteen states, namely, the bringing of this unneoesary and Injurious war to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion.” There was a* skirmish near Bayou Barnard, in the Cherokee Nation, in which the Union forces were reported victorious. Colonel Guitar of the Ninth Missouri, reinforced heavily, repulsed an attack of Confederates at Moore’s Mills, seven miles east of Fulton, Mo., after a four hours’ fight Parkersburg, Va, was thrown into a panic by a report that a band of partisans ' was on the “way to attack the place. Money in the banks was carried into Ohio, the bridge was tom up and a committee appointed to ask the enemy not to bum the town. . (Copyright, m by w. G. CkapmaaJ

GOTHAM'S BAD MAN

Starts Out to Show Oklahomans Some Gun Play. 'iji IM Old-Time Westerner Gives Him Some Real Excitement and Back to New York He Hies. Oklahoma City, Okla. —Ernest L. Lucas came to the southwest from New York several months ago to be a cowboy long enough to recuperate. After a visit to Texas he settled in Osage county, Oklahoma, chiefly because he had an acquaintance there and because it is in the cattle grazing section. The real, old-fashioned cowboy has disappeared from Oklahoma, but Lucas didn’t know it, and he had provided himself with all the conventional cowboy paraphernalia, Including jingling spurs. He engaged on a cattle grazing ranch near Pawhuska, and the day after his arrival put on his cowboy outfit and rode forth. Lucas managed to act and look like a real cowboy while he pastured the beeves from Texas. Also he met Pete Jenkins, proprietor of a livery stable, who used to be a cowboy and is sorry. Lucas and other men from his ranch were In a “bootlegger’s” place when Jenkins came in. Lucas had jus.t called for a round of drinks and he invited Jenkins to join. Jenkins politely declined. He knew the other' boys and winked at them. Lucas insisted, and when the stranger again declined he drew his big revolver and ordered him up to the bar. Jenkins’ eyes grew large and round and he took the drink without further protest. Then Lucas ordered him to dance, and 'after a few bullets had whizzed close to his feet Jenkins obligingly complied. Lucas had fun with

SEES BODY HUNTERS

Man Meets Friends Dragging Riyer for Him. Thought Drowned He Had Reached Opposite Bank In Series of Long Dives and Was Paddling Back In a Canoe. Richmond, Va. —Whether through thoughtlessness or purpose, Charles Harding caused a sensation among his relatives and had it spread trroughout the city that he had been drowned. Those who fell for the story and took the trouble to investigate it were a bit sore and preferred to believe that it was a put-up job rather than an exhibition of expert swimming. Harding, who is known as one of the most expert swimmers in Fulton — and there are some swimmers in Fulton —went out recently with a number of others. First he swam over to the Chesterfield side of the river, and, after resting for a while, started back. When about midstream, far from any of his companions, he disappeared, and, as far as they could see, never came to the surface again. They waited for some time and then sent out the alarm that he was drowned. His relatives were notified and a searching party was being organized when Harding was discovered calmly rowing up the river in a canoe in which he took passage soon after his remarkable disappearance. It turned out that Harding, when in the middle of the river, took a notion to do some fancy diving. He ducked under the water and let himself go with the current as long as he could hold his breath. Coming up but a moment for a new supply of oxygen,

ODD DIVERSION OF CHARITY

When Church People Refuse to Aid Needy Trio of Vaudeville Troupe Others Rally. Shippensburg, Pa. —Because Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans and little son, stranded vaudeville actors, were refused assistance by wealthy church people here and obtained liberal help through collections raised in poolrooms and cigar stores, the town resembles a skeptical foreign mission field today, with church and nonchurch factions bitterly criticising each other, and those on the fence declaring (hat things are going to .the demnltlon bow-wows. The Evans family arrived in town recently, on their way to —somewhere. The head of the family is partially paralyzed, and on account of his inertness and the age of the husband and wife, they failed to keep up with the pace that tire vaudeville stage set them. Anyway, they arrived here stranded. Being adherents of a religious denomination, they sought the pastor who, although pinched financially himself, gave them forty cents and presented their cause before a wealthy member of his congregation. But the wealthy member and others neglected to assist The Evanses, discouraged, appealed to the proprietor of the Sherman house, who gave them beds, and in the hotel they found charity. Several hotel "lodngers” went out to the poolrooms and cigar stores and raised a comfortable purse for the family and sent them on their way to relatives at Steelton. The whole affair has set the gossip pot boiling. _

AMERICAN STUDENTS MEET IN LIMA

LIMA, Peru, the home of San Marcos college, the oldest institution of learning on the Western Hemisphere, is the scene of the third international congress of American students, held this month. Many of the sessions are to be held in the handsome Health Institute.

him for nearly half an hour before permitting him to depart Jenkins went back to the livery stable, dug out his old cowboy clothes ana hat, shook the oats out and put them on. Then he resurrected the revolvers he had carried when he rode the Oklahoma and Texas ranges, oiled and hung them in his belt< and put on the old spurs. He was transformed from a livery stable keeper into the cowboy he had been years ago. He found Lucas and his friends still at the “bootlegger’s.” Lucas recognized Jenkins and his astonishment was great for he real-

he took another dive and still another, until, when he finally tired of the stunt, he was nearly a mile from where he left his clothes on the bank.* It was then that he chartered the canoe and returned to the griefstricken relatives and friends who were about to drag the river. One of his kinsmen, Fireman Williams, connected with No. 4 engine house, was among those who bit. *1 knew,” said Mr. Williams, .“that he would not be drowned unless taken with cramp, but anyone is likely to be taken with cramp, so when I got the message there was nothing to do but get a short leave of absence and see about it.’.’ Though he would not say that it was a premeditated fake, Mr. Williams was very dubious.

FROLIC ENDS IN TRAGEDY

Friendly Play of Sea Monsters Turns to Bloody Battle When Shark Is Killed. New York.—The Caledonia, plowing its way through a bottle-green ocean, was sixty miles due east of Montauk Point. Suddenly dome one with keen eyesight espied the perennial commotion in the water just off the ship’s bows. All eyes were at once alert, expecting to be rewarded with a view of the usual death struggle between deep sea leviathans. To their utter amazement and delight, what should meet their wondering gaze but scores—aye, scores—of swordfish and sharks frolicking in friendly play aboutthe ship! The swordfish ran their swords beneath the bodies of the sharks and tossed them high in the air, then

Act May Mean Her Exile

Qlrl Who Annexed Mistress’ Red Switch May Be Deported and Sent to Home in Sweden. Minneapolis.—Because she wore a luxurious red switch which belonged to her mistress, an 18-year-old servant may be deported and sent 'back to her home in Sweden. If her mistress forgives the theft of the switch the girl may be permitted to stay in America. . ' Policewoman Emile Glorleux, who traced the switch from the boudoir of a society woman on Lowry Hill to a dance hall at 801 Cedar avenue, is appearing in a new police role as the result of the incident She isn’t employed as a detective, but she has demonstrated that she could do detective work when necessary. Some time ago Mtas Glorleux asked housewives interested in the betterment of conditions of their maids to report to her when the maids attended dance halls. Thursday a housewife on Lowry Hill reported that her maid was in the habit of attending a dance hall at 801 Cedar avenue. Subsequently the same woman called up Miss Glorleux and said that the maid had gone out. She said she wished to see the policewoman. When Miss Glorleux arrived at the house she was told the maid wasn’t the only thing which had left the houses that a red switch was missing, and that? the woman of the house -simply couldn’t go out on the street without it Miss Glorleux went to the danoe hall and watched the dancers. She saw 10 girls wearing red hair. Finally she saw one who answered the description

ized now he was face to face with a real cowboy. Jenkins ordered the drinks and they Ml lined up. Thea he ordered Lucas to hands and knees. ” Lucas complied and Jenkins sat on his back and spurred him. He rode 'Lucas around the room, down the dust-covered stairway and Iqto the street As Lucas “galloped” down the street on all fours, Jenkins took out his revolvers and for a few seconds there was a stream of fire from their muzzles. The crowd enjoyed it Lucas toe* the first train back to New York.

deftly caught them and repeated the performance. The sharks, in turn, took playful nips at the swordfish and chased them all around the ship. This continued for an hour, when one of the swordfish erred in his judgment of distance and caught a shark on the point of his bony nose, piercing the shark and ending his career then and there. With the death of their schoolmate, the sharks, becoming Infuriated, turned upon the swordfish, and the battle which followed —from all accounts —-was indescribably horrible. One particular pair of fighters were watched by Purser Johnston, who said that the sword of the great fish broke off in ramming the side of the Caledonia after missing a vicious thrust at his enemy. Before the swordsman of the deep could save himself by flight the shark had killed and began to devour him.

FED ORANG-OUTANG MATCHES

New Yorker Fined $lO for Caper at Bronx Park Zoo—-Keeper Witnessed Man’s Act New York.—Stephen Sepenlnk was .fined $lO by Magistrate Breen in the Morlssania Court for having fed “Baldy,” a performing orang-outang in the Bronx Park Zoo, a box of matches. Ferdinand Engelholm, a keeper in the monkey house, noticed "Baldy,” who is a great favorite, stick his long arm through the bars and take something, which he placed in his mouth. Again the orang-outang's arm went out and got something else. By this time Engelholm reached the front of the cage and took a box of matches from “Baldy,” who had already eaten half of them. The keeper then seized Sepenink and placed him in charge of Patrolman Belton of the Bronx Park station. ™ “Baldy” was taken ill, but he is not in a dangerous condition.

of the maid. She asked questions The girl denied. The switch was removed and there was a trip to the police station. Later the maid was permitted to return to her home, but the mistress hasn’t yet reached a decision as to the girl’s future.

FED AN ELEPHANT PEPPER

Jumbo II Nearly Killed an Italian In I Tarrytown, N. Y., When He - ’; ■ Stops Sneezing. Tarrytown, N. Y.—An Italian employed in the railroad yards here is convinced that an elephant has no sense of humor and no appreciation of practical jokes. The Italian essayed to entertain a number of friends last night by feeding an elephant in a freight car a pint or so of black pepper. •, The elephant, known as Jumbo 11, took the pepper in good faith, and the sneeze that followed nearly knocked him down. "7 Enraged, Jumbo H grabbed the Italian with his trunk and threw him fifty feet away onto a car of coal. The Italian was badly Injured, but was assisted home by his friends.

Money in the Frog Business.

Tansing, Mich. —One of the students at the Michigan Agricultural college is proving that more money can be made out of frogs than poultry. This boy has as high as 84,000 frogs in his pond at one time. He finds a ready market and has shipped as high as ta one day.

MADE HIM EARN CHERRY PIE

Resourceful and Independent Daugh- ■ ter Gave Old Eph Just the Lesson ; He Needed. Eph Wasson did not believe in the sweetness of bread earned by the sweat of the brow—at least hot by the sweat of his own brow. Sq Mandy, his wife, like many another industrious colored woman, not only took in washing to pay for the groceries, but chopped her own wood, built the fires, and waited on Eph besides. But there was a change when their daughter Clarissa came home. “Clar,” who was an expert cook, had gone to school and become a teacher, and had acquired an independent spirit. She quickly took In the domestic situation. Now all the spring Eph had watched the cherry tree in his back yard with a watering mouth. If there was one thing that Eph liked more than another it was cherry pie ; and Clar was famous for her cherry pie. As good luck would have it, she had come home just as the cherries were ripe. “Clar, honey,” said Eph, in a wheedling tone, the morning after her arrival, "won’t you cook yo’ ole daddy a cherry pie?” “Very well,” said Clar, and Eph shuffled off happily to his usual loafing place. “Law, honey,” said Mandy, when Clar started to make the pie, "dar ain’t enough wood. Yo* mammy’ll have to get some.” “Not a stick!” ordered Clar, emphatically. Moreover, there was no sugar, and only a half-cup of flour. However, that did not disturb Clar. She picked a pint of cherries, put them in a pan, and* poured over them the pint of flour stirred in water. This mixture she put in the oven and lighted the only two sticks of wood in the house. At noon Eph came in with eager anticipation, and sitting down at the table, called for his pie. Clar set it before him. He rolled his eyes at the moss in astonishment It was a queer-looking pie; still Clar was always learning something new. He cut into it and took a big mouthful. “Why,” he, exclaimed, *you done forgot to put the sugar ini’* "No," said the daughter. "You forgot to get it” "’Taln’t half done!” hb grumbled, with the sour, clammy mixture sticking to his teeth. "It cooked as long as the wood lasted,” said Clar, unconcernedly. “And I ain’t had a cherry pie for more’n two years,” Eph said, pushing the plate back and shaking his head mournfully. , “When you get something to make it with and something to cook it with, I’ll bake you a cherry pie,” said Clar. “Huh!” grumbled Eph, in disgust “If Ts got to work for a cherry pie, I’d ruther have greens.” “All right,” said Clar. "The greens are out in the pasture; go eat ’em.” But the next day there were wood and flour and sugar in the house in time for a cherry pie. After niisslng three regular meals, Eph had concluded that victuals of any sort were worth working for—if he could not get them in any other way.—Youth’s Companion.

Artificial Rubber Factory.

A factory to produce artificial rubber has been established at Yumlden, the port at the mouth of the North Sea canal. It is said that the company instituting this factory has succeeded in producing a substance having the qualities of rubber and also certain special advantages over genuine rubber. The process Is a secret, but the principal ingredient of the product is said to be fresh sea fish, which are brought to Ymulden In vast quantities by the Dutch fishing fleets. According to report 15 to 16 per cent of natural rubber Is added to the fish, and the result Is a substance as flexible and elastic as rubber, but much cheaper—about as 1.25 to 8 in price, compared with real rubber. The low price of this product will be caused partly by the by-products which are possible, for It is said that much albumen will be made from the fish and that half of the factory is arranged for the manufacture of guano. It is stated that this artificial rubber can be vulcanized in a short, time; that It is benzine proof and can resist the effect of beat. At first sight the substance much resembles real rubber. A slightly fishy smell betrays the chief Ingredient, but it is explained that this will be prevented by extracting the fat of the fish.

Predicted 1912 as “Black Year."

Astrology is the pseudo science which essays to foretell future events by studying the position, of the stars and ascertaining what their Influence may be on human destiny. The Chinese, the Egyptians. the Chaldeans, the Romans, and moat other ancient nations were implicit believers in astrology, as were the later Jews, the Arams, with other Mohammedan racea, and the Christians in mediaeval Europe. So we see that the science has a long and honorable record behind it. "Young Moore,” the British astrologer, predicted long ago the social and political troubles of recent days. He wrote of 1912 as the "black year," and tells us how .it is done. He says:, ‘Genuine astrological horoscopes and forecasts are based exclusively upon exact astronomical and mathematic | calculations, and the trained scientific astrologer will calculate the past or future of any person by the same, methods that the astronomer to calculate the return of a comet, the new and full moon, eclipses, high and low tides, weather changes, and other natural phenomena."