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MAN-TAILORED SKIRTS IN KX*
tra ftood quality Panamas and ehev^
lots; these skirts came to us from one
t h<? h#?st makers in the country:
? they are In the stylish all-over pleat^
ed models, and were
* bought to sell at J? (H)
_ i.yw. For tomorrow cJ)Jqj) o
* priced at
^ HKrH-QRADE AND VERY STYL- ]
m lsh 'Skirts, In tine broadcloth and
^ voiles; the voiles are finely pleated
^ and trimmed with folds of taffeta
* silk; the broadcloths are in blue and
? black, with straps and small buttons;
* these skirts represent /to s <Q)
* the best fall models Slj\/rV\ CI ))
and will sell at ? U*
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^ THE ALWAYS-WANTED COVERT
* Cloth Coa<s. In the 22-ineh length;
^ nicely lined with best taffeta silk and
<y satin; all seams are fully strapped
^ and the tailoring; ts of the very best;
^ every woman needs one of the convents
lent coats; they will sell at $15, and
are well worth It. /fOp /Tt\ <D
e. 8pecU! .p.r,.ce.^?ay5
? TIIK STYLISH TOURIST COATS.
~ In the 50-lnch length; Scotch mix^
tures. black cheviots and ombre
* plaids; with velvet collar; patch poek?
ets; full strapped seams; yoke lined
with satin; these coats are tailored
splendidly and ^ ^ ^
? will sell at I18.H8. n j)
J* Our special price J/ 11 0 VO |
* Is
; Redyciog
Heavy White Blankets with
? J
^ neat colored borders ; have never
sold under 75c. A /r^
^ pair. Wednesday
*1 special
I
^ Heavy 11-4 White Blankets;
1 also Gray Blankets with colored
1 borders; selling at ^(T\\ ^
j* 98c. pair. For Wed- j/j
' nesday
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J; There are very few
J show as complete or as 1
j Furmislhsriigs as we do.
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' The Brass Bed shown here, with
4 1 heavy. continuous
posts anil T-ball joints. /f> 0 />/f>
I! is a typical value. ?25.iW
' . Price ^
biird's=eye maple, curlly
enamel.
;; St is a stock so comp
!! come pretty near suitin
; promise you lower prices
!: be bought for at any oth
m'l'lll M"I't'1!"!"! M M M H I-H'H-l"
(WE MOVE ANYTHING.
Fire=Proof
STORAGE.
Separate Locked Rooms holding
one-horse wagon load, $2 to $2.00
per month. |
Separate Locked llooms holding
I three-horse van load, $4 month.
Larger rooms at special rate*.
Furniture. Pianos, etc.. moved in
padded vans by experienced handlers.
lowest rates, estimate subnil
t ted.
Merchants' Transfer
& Storage Co.,
820-022 E St. N.W. 'Phone 629.
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HAIR GOODS
REDUCED.
13.8') Swlu-bea now 12 90
$4.00 Swltrhea now $3.00
I Grmr Swltcbea all prlcwi.
14.TJI now $3.00.
IS.00 now $4.00.
' r $8.00 now $8 50.
| liti Hair Merilrant. $1. Kenturra graj hair to
l??al color?GUARANTEED. Prevanta falling
FtELr4n',iUif, Shampooing. Dyeing and Bleacklaf.
S. HELLER'S,
790 SEVENTH ST. N.W.
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leveratli Street. J
Skirts, Silk \
od Coats. i
A SUPERB I.OT OF THE NEWEST ^
Taffeta Silk Waists. In all the even- 'a
ing shades and black; the designs are c.
varied and handsome?some with fine- I
ly embroidered fronts, some with clua- *
I ters of tucks and small buttons; the
very latest and most exclusive fall .
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niuueie, me miuca r~\\ /rr. r\i> .
z&V:.?r?. $2.9& ?
ELEGANT TAFFETA SII>K OR ESS *
Waists; finest and softest chiffon fln- *
isli; all the most wanted colors and ^
black; some have handsomely em- ,
broldered fronts; some are elaborately *
timitpii and Dleated: these waists
are actually worth /fo a ,*>. O V
ss..8^ $4.98 i
TAFFETA SILK UNDERSKIRTS ?
In black and various wanted colors; *
they are of extra Rood and serviceable c,
quality and are stylishly accordion *
pleated and ruffled; these underskirts *
are to be sold at /ft a V
Jfi.n*. They will be ^/1 OSS ^
specially priced at OJ/ IJ o *
Very Stylish New Fall Suits, In .
broadcloths, cheviots and light, me- *
d'um and dark mixtures, checks and ^
plaids; the cheviots and broadcloths ^
in blue, brown and black; styles include
the smart Prince Chap, 24-strap. *
close-flttlnf? and box-front effects; ^
Jackets are satin unea ana snina arc ?
In the newest *
pleated models: ? _ jy.
w o r t'h $ 11 9.9S i
special at *
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Bed wear. 5
Extra Heavy and Fine Quality **>
11-4 White Wool Blankets; with ^
colored bor- ?
ders ;selling<te"S) /H\ (O)
regularly at $5 *
pair ^
Good-size White Bedspreads in %
neat and pretty designs; always
sold at 80c.: not {=> /H\ ^
over two to a <5>W? 51
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chusetts Avenos.
Bedroom jj
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stores in America that ;;
arge a line of Bed Room ;;
se assortment of Metal ;;
Beds, both in enamel ::
and brass. You can al- t
ways be sure of finding ::
the newest styles here "
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and a big variety 01 t
patterns. I
Our showing of J
Dressers, Toilet Tables, t
Chiffoniers, Cheval t
Mirrors, Wardrobes, J
&c., includes we 11 = "
chosen designs in ma= ;;
hogany, Tuna mahog= ::
any, wax = finish wal=
nut, Circassian walnut, ;;
birch, oak and white ::
irehensive that we can ;;
ig everybody, and we can ::
i than equal qualities can \
ler store in this city. ::
WANTED.
Boys with bicycles can
obtain emolovment in our
Messenger Department.
Apply to
Postal Telegraph
Cable Co.,
1345 Perma. Ave.
HlMM
nflSE QUALITY
PAINT.
?A llttto paint loilda and outalda
will add (reatlr to th? wdmhiiw
of tha bom*. Ua? NEW EUA th?
quality PaUt-asd get the baat attd
V y moat laatlac nMU.
We'll auppljr you. Sole D. 0. agent.
W. H. Butler Co.t!f?, ?:ii,iSL
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WHOLESALE DETJQGISTS
OPENING SESSION OF 32D ANNUAL
CONVENTION.
Former Mayor of St. Louis Responds
to Welcome Extended by Commissioner
Macfarland.
The opening session of the thirty-second
annual convention of the National Wholesale
Druggists' Association began at the
New Wlllard this morning at 11 o'clock,
with President Luclan B. Hall of Cleveland.
Ohio, presiding over a large number
of delegates, who compose the firms of
many of the leading drug houses of the
country.
After the meeting had been called to ord?r
by the president. Commissioner Macfarland
made the address of welcome, during
wtlifh h<> aaiH tVinfr "an ronraonnti titra
business men, coming: from all states, and
seeking to Improve one of the great businesses
of our country, you are heartily
welcome here.
"Every national association should hold
Its national convention In the national capital."
he said. "We are glad to make
them all realize that this Is the capital of
every American citizen and that he ought
to feel at home here. Every one of you
has a one share In the undivided half Interest
of the country In lta capital. We of
the District, who pay the other half of the
expenses, are anxious to have you feel the
full pride of your Interest here. We want
you to know Greater Washington?Washington
to be greater in beauty. In commerce.
in the laws and customs, in intellectual
and spiritual lffe. We want you to
tell the peple of your states that we Invite
their co-operation in the further development
of Greater Washington.
"We ask you to tell them to support
their senators and representatives in every
act that Congress can do toward this end.
We ask you to tell your business men,
j-our capitalists, that we welcome their investments
here, and the investors themselves.
We want larger commerce and
greater financial and industrial development,
always, of course, without hampering
the esthetic progress of the capital."
Mr. Walbridge's Response.
Mr. C. P. Waldridge, former mayor of St.
Louis, acknowledged the welcome on the
part of the convention, durlne which he
said: "Your position is unique, your jurisdiction
is limited and your constituency is
as wide as the bonds of the Union. We all
feel our Interest In this great capital. '
Remarks from members of kindred associations
were then heard. These included
Mr. S. L. Hilton of Washington, representing
the National Association of Retail
Druggists: Dr. William Jay Schiefflin of
New York. Mr. Caswell A. Mayo of the
Pharmaeuetical Association, W. H. Kline of
Philadelphia, A. H. Beardsley of Elkhart,
Jnd.. representing the Proprietary Association
of America, and Thomas F. Main of
the New Jersey Association.
Most or tlie speakers referred to the fact
that the Attorney General of the United
States has included the National Wholesale
Druggists' Association with others as codefendants
in a recent indictment alleging
a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The statements today were that the object
of their association was to give the small
capital man an equal opportunity with the
large capital man.
President's Annual Address.
President Hall then called Dr. Schieffelin
of New York to the chair and read his annual
address. During the course of his remarks
he spoke particularly of Washington
and also spoke at length upon the new pure
food bill. Concerning the former subject he
said:
"Our association is to be congratulated in
f Vi A cAlanfirtx " * *
vuv ui lino uciiuinui ciiy tor us |
thlrty-sex-ond annual convention. What
more lit place for our meeting than the
capital of this great nation, situated on this
historic river?the Potomac.
"This city is a pivot around which our
whole country revolves. The interests of our
government center here. Not only our own
country, but the nations of the whole
world turn to Washington when in trouble,
or in act of war, and not in vain do they
seek our good services, as history will show.
"It Is not necessary for me to describe
the many attractions of Washington. You
no doubt are familiar with or have heard
of its beautiful avenues, its public buildings,
its parks and drivewavs ?nfl itn ni?<.oo
amusement. I am reliably Informed that
during the last five years the annual expenditure,
both private and governmental, in
beautifying and expanding the national capital
has averaged $22,000,000, or nearly
J110,000,000 since 1001.
"Every citizen of the United States should
have a special interest In this city, aa in
a sense it belongs to all of us, and we
feel proud to call It ours. No other place
has a name whdch stands for more and
means more to an American citizen than
Washington."
New Food Law.
Concerning the new national food law
the president mM- "Him- v ?
, ^ . uwHiwra>VIVIl ilMI
always favored a national pure food Jaw
with proper limitations. The bill which has
just been passed by Congress to take effect
January 1. 14*07, is, however, very Inadequate
and incongruous In many respects.
While at first reading It may seem clear, It
is found, after analysis, to be very Imperfect,
and unless the board appointed to interpret
and frame regulations for the enforcement
of the law shows a broad spirit
of Justice it will be a very serious matter
and prove a great hardship to the wholesaler
who Is sincere in his desire to carry
out Its requirements; for if he is held under
a strict ruling of the law it will be Impossible
to live up to it."
In conclusion President Hall said: "We
feel sure and have every reason to believe,
that these Imperfections which now puzzle
ua will be corrected by our next Congress,
and when this national pure food
law is perfected every member of our association
should endeavor to have similar
bills enacted In all the states."
An adjournment was taken shortly after
1 o'clock and the convention reassembled at
2 o'clock, when the reading of dliierent
committee reports was taken up.
FATAL STRIKE HIOT IN QUEBEC.
Two Killed and a Dozen Wounded at
Sawmills.
A dispatch from Buckingham. Quebec,
last night says: Two men were killed and a
dozen wounded in a conflict between strlk
lng mill hands and provincial police at MacL>aren'e
saw mills here this afternoon. The
drastic measures taken by the authorities
to quell the riotous strikers has had a telling
effect, and no further trouble is ex
The dead are: President Belanger of the
Mill Workers' Union and leader of the
strikers. He was thirty years old and* married;
Xavler Therleu, a mill hand, leaves a
wife and five children. Five of the wounded
men are in a serious condition. The strike
at the mills .began on September 15. The
workmen's strike fund and their small savings
had vanished, and they had begun to
feel the pinch of 'hunger and cold.
About the middle of the afternoon 6. mob
of 200 men, armed with revolvers and other
weapons, rushed up the hill leading to the
mills. The mill owners had posted forty
detectives and special policemen on the
outskirts of their property. The first rush
was met by a volley from the police. Belanger.
who was leading the mob, fell, with
two bullets In his head. The strikers sought
shelter and opened fire on the police, many
of whom were hit.
A desultory fusillade was kept Tip for fifteen
minutes, when, apparently by mutual
consent, hostilities were suspended while
both sides removed their wounded. Appeal
was sent 10 uuawa ior troops, wno arrived
last night and went Into camp in the lumber
yards.
Personal Mention.
Assistant Seoreary Lawrence O. Murray
of the Department of Commerce and Labor
has been called to bis borne at Addison,
Steuben county, N. Y., by the death of bts
father. - William
D. Mortimer, chief of the Issuing
Oasette division of the patent oflloe, recentIv
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City, New York city and Coney Island. He
wm accompanied by Mrs. Mortimer.
I>r. Henrr D. Fry has returned to the city.
Mr. Bottle Berliner to going abroad and
will return by December 1
lis good
where vi:
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Ask for the Brewery Bottling.
Common beer is sometimes su
lo avoid being imposed upon,
ThatM
MILITARY HOST
AHftMP FIRE
(Continued from Eighth Page.)
totilsn. Mr. Young -soon became proficient
as ari operate- and accepted a position with
the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com-pany
at Mr.unclsville. W. Va., under Superintendent
Charies Wtstbrook. in the meantime
the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph
Coa-tany consolidated with the Magr.etlo
Tchgiajth Company, the main office
being on the rnner of Pennsylvania avenue
and ftth street northwest, under the National
Hotel;
Shortly afttr the election of President
Jtsucnanan luung reiuriiru iv n tunaug- i
ton and accepted a position with the Magnetic
Company. The 'atter part of 1857
found him in charge of the Ca/pitol branch
officii, in tht: House of Representatives'
pre.ia gallery, where he remained as the !
only operator during the stormy scenes that
ensued until 1861, when he was transferred I
a'4 chief operator of the main office, then
'ocated nfc No. 432 (old number) Pennsylvania
avenue, between 4>? and 6th streets,
ocupying a responsible position. He at times
served aa government censor during the
civil war.
Just before 1865 he was appointed assist- '
ant manager of the United States Telegraph
Company by Superintendent W. P.
Westerv-elt. The main office was locatea on
!3th street, next door to the Metropolitan
Honk. He remained with the United States
company until, under the direction of Its
president, William Orton. it was consolidated
with the Western Union. He then
acepted the managership of the Bankers
and Brokers' Te>egraph Oorrxpany, located
mar tha Metropolitan Hotel on Pennsylvania.
avenue near Tth street northwest, and
when that company was leased by the
Western Union Telegraph Company, then
located at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and 14th street, he was appointed as
-i-'*' ?flinnn that time he has been
CU1C1 uiv/i.
In chV. gfc of the Capitol offices and has
be?n night manager of the main office, having
In chcrge all matters pertaining to the
press service, attending presidential trips,
convention?, etc., which has brought him In
close and intimate contact with aH the
prcm'niJit correspondents throughout the
onvi.tr y, ty whom his services have been
hl^nly avirtclated and appropriately acknowledged
on many occasions. He has J
been presented with many testimonials for
bl* valuable services.
TO BUILD BY CONTRACT
\
TJ-RnTSTON BEGARDIN0 THE
PANAMA CANAL.
It has been decided that the Panama,
canal shall be completed by contract. In a
tew days the commission will make public
a statement setting forth Its reason for
favoring the contract system. President
Roosevelt Is known to support the commission
In Its position that the work can be
done more satisfactorily by contractors
than by the government. The contract plan
of building the canal will in no way affect
the emDloyment of Chinese labor. No dis
position will be made of the bids for sup- !
plying Chinese labor until after the return
of Secretary Taft from Cuba.
President Roosevelt still intends to visit
the isthmus this fall, and unless there 'be
some change tor the worse in the Cuban
situation, will probably leave for Colon a
short time after the election.
Thomas Wllcraft of Philadelphia and
Robert Ryall of Salisbury, Md., are locked
up at Elkton, Md.. charged with the murder
of Capt. Joseph Hilton of the schooner
Golden Light, wnose home Is In Pleasantvllle,
N. J. The tragedy took place on
board a schooner In Elk river, and was the
result of a dispute over money matters.
xOOD
for yoy. It i:
gor airad flueaflti
;he rare except
? a food, hall!
little alcoholm
aid to digest
slst on a pyre
let a beer tfa*
ibstituted for Schlitz.
see that the cork or crown is brande
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IOUC, IVIII
CIVILW^
OF A CHIEF TELEC
RICHARD
WITH NOTES BY JOHIV
(Copyright, 1806. by
Headquarters Army of the James, on
the peninsula before Richmond, Sunday,
January 14, 1863.?This boolc (pocket diary)
was handed me as a New Year gift by
my friend, J. C. Rhodes, who distributes
newspapers to the army.
At 9 a.m. Harvey Nichols, my chief assistant,
handed me a note signed by all the
military telegraphers of the Army of the
uaiiiro icigiiLccu "jyv i uiui u wnv* m? vv??
structlon corps, under Mackintosh), accompanying:
a very beautiful album as a
New Year gift, their photographs to be
included when they can get them. I was
very much touched by this proof of affection
from the brave boys.
At 11 a.m. went out with Nichols to
witness the blowing up of Dutch Gap to
copiplete the excavation of the canal, which
Gen. Butler hopes is to change the channel
of the James river and circumvent the
formidable Howlett House fortifications of
the enemy.
Operation delayed. Gen. Butler, his staff,
Mr. N. and I returned, and went out again
at 1 p.m. Waited in the cold until 3:45,
when the mine exploded, blowing out the
earth to the water's edge, but failing most
miserably to meet our expectation. It will
require some time and much labor yet to
enable our vessels to pass through. The
confederates shelled the gap and us.
Monday, January 2.?Mr. King came into
our mess. Smith received three lanterns
for our men to use In patrolling the wires
at night.
I sent monthly report to A. B. Chandler.
"D. I." (War Department.) Received a
short letter from brother John at Fort
Monroe: he wants to come to the front. I
secured standing order from Lieut. Merrill,
quartermaster, to have our horses shod at
a 1.1 timaa TrtVin Tinnov wo a Avar frrxrry
Bit kl &11V kj. tfVllll X lllll^J TT CL.T V T V>1 II Ulll
Grant's office at City Point: also Painter.
They seem to think there is not much to
choose In point of danger between some
of our exposed telegraph stations on these
lines in front of Richmond and Caldwell's
on Grant's lines, on the other side, in front
of Petersburg.
News of Old Comrades.
Received a letter from Billy Tlnney, Virginia
City, Nevada territory. He is getting
a hundred dollars a month in gold
and his board. Billy and his brother, Jack,
were, like John and myself, with McClellan
on this peninsula in '62. The campaign
damaged Billy's constitution, so that he
resigned and went west to seek health.
Wonder how John and I will come out of
this? Billy mentions my old telegraph
teacher and comrade on the Pennsylvania
railroad, Vandenburg. He is building lines
out there. At "P. O." (president's office.
P. R. R., Philadelphia), where we worked
together. Van, who was fond of the foils
used to prod me all over the office and
| Dtaiiu iuc 111 a v.ui nci a n ao ^jauciii, su 11*3
liked me. If he still cares for swordsmanship
he might enjoy the real thing down
here. Van walked the whole Pennsylvania
line, then a state road, and was the
first to realise the importance of .glass Insulation.
Tlnney also mentions that W .,
an o'rf railroad operator, Is out there in
nriann fnr omnflnini* nrl ??
X-. .w. VM.utlvtHlQ TT1U1 IUO WUCBt uy
which he hope<^o make $30,000. He was
always a wild boy. Perhaps a little military
service, say under lire' at Point of
i Rocks, the Crow's Nest, or at Dutch Qap,
might tame him.
Tuesday, January 8.?MaJ. Gen. Terry
ordered an expedition; with hli corps embarked
at Deep Bottom. Pater Zeronl re
ported for duty. Dick Whelan got another
lantern for night repairs- of. wires. CoL
Kensel, with some Swedish officers, here.
(Jen. Butler very affectionate to CoL Dodge,
Beei
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O'BRIEN,
I EMMET O'BRIEN, M D.
John Emmet O'Brien.)
*
quartermaster of this army, who is going
away with Terry. Said "God bless you."
Letters from home. Snowing.
Wednesday. January 4.?Nichols got up
first time he was called?something unheard
of before. Very busy all day with
ciphers. Col. Dodge making arrangements
with Col. Webster, Quartermaster at Fort
Monroe, in cipher, for Terry's expedition.
Tom Morrison and Loucks, operators, over
from the Petersburg front to see me. We
bunk them for the night. Mall not in yet,
10.45 p.m.
Thursday. January 5.?Gen. Butler went
to Fort Monroe. Letter from John. He is
tired of Fort Monroe; has worked there
three times during the war; wants to be at
the front. Beat Nichols at chess, giving him
a rook odds. Gave Morrison J245 to send
per express from City Point to Philadelphia
lur t'luiuea lui Uttvc uuvcn..
one of my operators here. $5 for oar mess,
making $10 I have advanced. Application
from D??. He won't suit for the military
telegraph. Wrote John and home.
Bumor of Richmond's Evacuation.
Friday. January 6.?Raining all day; road3
Impassable. The "sacred soil" and water
mixed together make'the worst mud on
earth. Fierce cannonading toward Petersburg.
The' result not yet apparent. Applebaugh
reports to me by wire that "An
actor just escaped from Richmond." says
"the confederates are evacuating that
place." Exceedingly Improbable, but not
altogether Impossible. Gen. Butler not yet
returned. Wrote Sister Lizzie.
Saturday. January 7.?Rode over the line
to Fort Burnham. Letter from Chandler
today; very favorable for John. Letter I
from John. Answered, Inclosing Chandler's,
and advising- to stay at Fort Monroe, which
is safe If monotonous. Letter from Brother
James at Portsmouth and one from Joe
Wilson, our old mounted messenger of the
11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Answered
both. Mail late.
Sunday, January 8.?All human greatness
hath an end! The feared, the hated, the respected,
the renowned Maj. Gen. Benjamin
P. Butler is relieved as commander of tho
Army of the James, and is ordered to report
by letter from Lowell, Mass. He left
today, and thus his play is ended and thus
he is shuffled off the stage. The administration
has- no further use for him, and is
forced by the popular voice to depose him.
but he may appear again. I know him
well, and can safely say, "The devil is not
as black as he is painted." He has been
very kind to me. Gen. Ord succeeds him.
.Monday, January 9.?Gen. Ord up to see
me. He is very particular in matter of detail.
Received a cipher from Gen. Grant, which
may change our base very materially. It
is a bold idea, but one which I have often
thought of. If undertaken it will cost
many a gallant fellow his life. (This referred
to assaulting Kort Fisher and the
impending North Carolina campaign.
Some talk of Rosecrans assuming command
of this army (of the James), under
urant. Ten conreaerate deserters in to- |
day. 8. Holbrook, operator, reported for 1
duty; have ordered him to Point of Rocks
station. He has been In the corps since
November 10, "64. Received a letter to go
to Richmond from George B. Cowlam, our
brave boy of the Monitor and Merrlmac
day at Newport News. Letter from John.
Rebel ram just sent a shell very close to
us.
Trouble in Jamas Biver Cable.
Tuesday. January 10.?Raining all day.
Roiuia lmoaisable. Lisa down. I fear
I trouble in James river cable. William* left.
M absent without leave; I reprimanded
him. Richmond papers aay great (ire at
Charlotte, N. C? and heavy lose of their
beverage
and eerv=
ops' are a
a trifle in
:hat's well
tered and
zed. That
ays meainis
Schlitz.
Thonc M. 480.
3. Schlitz Brewing Co.,
Si 5-621 D St. S.W.,
Washington, D. C.
famous
government stores.
Sent Gen. Butler live photographs for hla
autograph. I want to send four to my
frionHo T * J *
...... ?. uouciauuiu is tienrminfd to
fight the administration, and should not
be surprised if he-forced them to place him
In some important position. Lieut. Davenport
of our guard resigned. Accepted.
Charley Hammond, operator, very sick;
wants to go home. All quiet along the
lines.
Wednesday, January 11.?James river
cable leaks hadly. Went down and found
the current had floated and strained It
badly. Could do nothing, hs a steamer
had carried away part of the pontoon
bridge.
Copies of Gen. Butler's farewell address
to this army received. Strong language.
Gen. Grant says they can be distributed.
Letters from John. James and Sister Mary.
Brig. Gen. Lee sent In n flue
asking permission to take away an old man
and woman on the Darbytown ro id who
are represented to be starving. Thirty deserters
in today.
Thursday, January 12.?Steamer Sylvan
Shore caught our cable at 7:45 a.m. ana
broke it. Ordered the reel at Bermuda
Hundred brought up on tug. Had all ready,
but It got too dark to work.
Received a letter from Benjamin F. Butler
with his photograph. The letter Is
very complimentary on my services, etc.
Painter, Tinney and Snow, operators, here;
Snow staying all night. Seven deserter*
came in. Wrote John and James. All
quiet along the lines.
Friday, January 1.1.?l'p at daylight.
Started with Snow for James river. Found
our men all ready. Went to work, laid the
cable and had everything working at 10
a.m. It Is a very hard thing to lay cable
well off a tug in a strong current; it should
always be laid riff h ?v?~w i
room to work. I took up and colled the
old cable. T. W. Davis left for Meade's
headquarters to get his furlough. Gen. Ord
gone to Fort Monroe. Gen. Turner ordered
to report at Washington for committee
on the conduct of the war. John I.
Sabln, operator, reported at City Point. I
ordered him to Jones' Landing.
Saturday. January 14.?Sent battery
wagon, old pony battery and one tent to
Bermuda Hundred. At 1 i).m. a steamer
came down the river so fa.u she could not
stop for the pontoon bridge; she let go her
anchor, which caught and broke the new
cable I laid yesterday. (This cable acrois
James river connected Grant's two wings,
speaking roughly, the Army of the James
on the peninsula in front of Richmond, and
the Army of the Potomac in front of
Petersburg. It was in Richard's charge,
which included not only the lines on the
peninsula, but also those on Grant's side of
the James above the Appomattox, while
those from Grant's headquarters at City
Point to the extreme left of the Army of
the Potomac were in charge of Harper
Coldwell, chief operator at Grant's headquarters.
who had the excellent builder,
Denis Doren, as foreman of construction.
J.) Col. Mulford and Mr. Ould exchanging
prisoners today. Letters from John, Mary
and JJames. Answered al'l of thein.
Sunday, January 15.?Down to river to
make splice In cable, which was leaking,
making it work hard for the operators.
Gutta percha gets brittle and porous. Gen.
Gibbon arrived and took command of the
24th Corps. Letter from mother. Blair
and two commissioners from Alabama came
from Richmond en route fr?r U'uthimr^n
no doubt on a peace mission. God grant
that It may be productive of good. and
that the dawn of peace may be near.
Monday, January IB.?Several citizens
escaped from Richmond; say they paid $aiu
apiece to those who smuggled them through
the confederate lines. Richmond papers
say our troops (Terry) effected a landing
five miles above Fort Fisher. N. C? yesterday.
Say we can't take the fort. Wrote
Mary and James.
Tuesday. January 17.?Gen. Grant ordered
work on Dutch Gap canal stopped, thus
driving another nail in Butler's coffin. The
nonal iri!l nAVortholr'M Ko * > -
-i. t.,?- *? ? ?? ?v.?| wv V/UU UttJ' l lit}
channel of James river. Rode over the
pontoon to Bermuda, stopping In to see
Sheridan (operator) at Broadway Landing.
He was shaking with malaria. Got him
some quinine.
Received report Fort Fisher was taken
by assault on the 15th with forty guns.
1.000 prisoners. Our loss heavy. Gen.
Terry says he hopes it will not exceed 500.
This will seal Butler's doom after his failure
in the first expedition sent to t?k?
that fort.
Wednesday, January 18.?Received operatort'
clothes from Philadelphia; they are
very good and all are pleated. Received
lotters from John. Wrote James and Lisale.
Borrowed Snow's new work on electricity.
Very quiet on the lines.
(To fee concluded tomorrow.)