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A coMRADE at Schenevus, New York,
notifies us that he has discontinued his
subscription to the Susquehanna Journal on
account of the appearance in that paper
of the following editorial:
Fraudulent pensioners will have reason to trem-
BILE about the LIST of July when the names and
post-ofce addresses of all who draw pensions viii
be published by the Government. Had this been
done years ago. millions of dollars would have been
saved. The result viii be, no doubt, reduction
of the list.
Our eomrade has done perfectly right
The editor of the Journal is evidently badly
informed as well as deeply prejudiced
Senator Beck tried hard, it is true, to secure
the publication of the pension list, but he
did not succeed. The resolution which was
finally adopted provided simply for the
transmission of the names to the Senate,
and the printing of the list will probably
not be completed until the assembling of
that body next December. AS for the stu
pendous frauds, which, it is alleged, will then
be revealed, the only ground for supposing
that they exist is newspaper rumor. The
investigations of the Pension Bureau show
that the maximum percentage of fraud is
but one-tenth of one, per cent. In the case
of the Journal the wish is doubtless father to
the thought.
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WITH proper management, the Soldiers
Reunion at Columbus, Ohio, which has been
fixed for July 24-27, can scarcely fail to
prove great success. 1t is true that the
National Encampment of the Grand Army
at Denver viii be held the same week, but
while that event viii undoubtedly be the
occasion of general Reunion of veterans
residing beyond the Mississippi, it will not
necessarily interfere with the attendance at
Columbus. The committee in charge of
the Columbus Reunion have extended in
vitations to many distinguished officers to
be present, and conditional acceptances have
been received from President Arthur, SEN
ator Logan, Generals Grant, Hancock, How
ard and others; but they should not let the
matter drop there. They should secure
their positive assurance that they viii take
part in the Reunion.
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In Illinois, as well as Pennsylvania. il
appears. the enemies Of our veterans are
opposing the continuance Of the Soldiers
Orphans Schools on the ground that they
areno longer necessary. The Chicago Times
for instance, in speaking Of the Home at
Normal, says:
The pretense that fl is shelter for the children
Of soldiers OF the OF the rebellion who uerised
uPon the field or who returned home cziprIed in
digent, end unable to work for q living car no
longer avail. i is nearly twenty years since the
war Of the rebellion closed, and the children q;
soldiers therein have grown to mans estate
They no longer need help. The very youngest ~
them Is row old enough to make his way ID the
world"
Nothing could be more misleading than
the above statement It is true that the
children Of soldiers who died prior to the
close Of tie war have now arrived at an age
when they should be capable of supporting
zhenasclses but the Times oYerlooks the fact
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
One Dollar per Year.

B9-TERMs OF SUBscRfPTicN-iHRRaBuY Cash IN
epyssce-16oNEy FORWARDED OTHERWISE T4as sY EEos-
TEsso LETTER. FosTsl MONEY ORDER, OR DRIFT or NFw
Yoss WIZ Sc At RISK or TIE sENoEsI As ALSO Az
susscRwTioss PAID TO AszsTs.
1B-RENENALs.- SUBSCRIBERS CAN ALWAYS hscEsT'lS
rEE DATE WHEN THgR SUBSCRIPTION VIII EsFRs BY LOOKING
at TIE rcHeEE OK TIE WRAPPER OF TIER PAPER WHICH s
TBe Or TsE WHOLE NJssEF - OF TIE LAST
ISSUE Na7lcH THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE.
Ez-ADDRESSES. - ADDRESSES VIII Sc oHAhesn As
OFTEN IS DESIRED But eUuscsBEas sHoJlo ~ AL CASES
evE TrEIR Old IS wEll As NEW ADDRESS,
65c1EEESFoNCENCE.- ooEassFoNozEosIs SOLICITED
FRoR EzFy SECTION N REGARD TO AL GRsan hRAY PENSION
MiLrARy EoRoulrtRAl, INDUSTRIAL AID HOUSEHOLD MAI
7Eas sso LETTERS TO TIE E0ToR wilu ALWAYS RECEIVE
rsoaFr ATTENTION. WRiTz ca ONE SIDE OF TIE Fsfes
osLY
- ADVERTISING RATEs.-r'sNTs 'PER AGATE tisEl
81 crs; -Rcg LINES % CTS. OTrEE TRANSIENT tDEaRIls
iss 1 oz~s pzs IKE THiFTEe# INJECTIONS 10 Per CENT
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
CTS FlFTEeNTH ST., WASHINGTON, D. C.
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How Lees Army Was Counted.
[Fr0m ne MatieA (IFass.) oitissn.I

lITOHE NC 2FoIieH I1at5s.I CtEtze1-I
When Lees army was passing through Cham
bersburg, Pa, in 1868, on the way to Gettys-
burg, Mr.. Messersmith, the cashier of the bank,
took a station on the bank steps and under
took TO ascertain the number of rebels, tally
ing every hundred men on a slip of paper in
his hand A rebel officer ordered him to desist
under threat of being placed in arrest. Mr..
Messersmith bowed and proceeded TO his barn
and obtained one hundred grains of corn,
which he held in his right hand, which was
thrust into his pataloons pocket. He again
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the man and the Order. THE TRIBUNE no
more than he is in favor of recruiting vet
Grams of blemished reputation and doubtful
character, but it is in favor of recruiting
every worthy ex-soldier in the land, and it
challenges anyone to show that the COM
rades who have been mustered during the
year now ending are not as deserving of the
title as those who acquired the right to be
called such in the years gone by.
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The Dead and the Living.

The observance of Memorial Day, which
this year promises to be more general and
| impressive than ever before, had its origin,
as our readers doubtless know, in an order
issued by General John A. Logan, as Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Grand Army, on
May 5, 1868, designating the Both of May
for the purpose of strewing flowers or
otherwise decorating the graves of comrades
who died in defense Of their country" and
naturally the anniversary has come to be
popularity known as Decoration" Day. 1t
ought always to be borne in mind, however,
that while the act of decoration is very
beautiful and touching ceremonial it is only
a ceremonial after all, and the anniversary
would fail far short of its purpose did it fail
to keep green the memory of the soldiers
patriotism as well as the turf that wraps his
aelay. At the same time, therefore, that
loving hands garland the passionless mounds
Of our heroes, loving lips should rehearse the
story of their vslor. Upon Memorial Day, if
at no other time, the Nation should be
brought to realize the immensely of the
obligation it is under to the men who pre-
served it. Then, if ever, should be dissolved
the ice of indifference which threatens at
times TO close the approaches to the public
heart. 1t is true that Decoration Day
oratory is sometimes vapid and insipid, but
there is an eloquence in the simple narrative
/ of what our heroes dared and suffered for
! their country that is always irresistible, and
the orator who is content to let the facts
speak for themselves viii not fail to move
his audience. Let him portray the condi-
| ton of the country as it was in 1861: the
doubt and uncertainty that clouded its
future; the insolent and threatening atti-
| tude of the South and the tiHid and concil-
iatory conduct of the North; the actual
outbreak of hostitities and the dismay that
seized upon the Nation; the uprising of the
! people and the eager response to the Presi-
dents cali for troops. Let him describe the
/ long and desperate conflict that ensued, and
/ the desolation of hearth and home that at
tended it; the sudden slaughter of the battle
! field and the slow torture of the prison pen;
the hardship of the camp and the anguish
of the hospital Let him picture the
scenes which followed upon the triumph
of our arms; the wild joy with which our
returning veterans were welcomed, the ova-
tons which were accorded them, and the
eulogies which were pronounced upon them.
Let him portray, finally, the condition OF
the country as it is to-day its profound
peace and unexampled prosperity; the unity
of its interests and the integrity of It's
domain; its amazing growth and unarrested
Development. Could anything appeal more
strongly in behalf of those whose deeds
Decoration Day commentaries than this
simple story of "a war and its sequel?
All! well, if matters little to them what
words are spoken over their smiling graves
but happy VIII be the Nation if the contem-
plation of the virtues of its dead defenders
shall inspire it to do justice to the living!
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that thousands of veterans have died since
the war from disabilities contracted in the
army, leaving behind them children quite
as deserving of the States aid and support
as the orphans of those who fell in battle :;
and SO long as they remain to be provided
for, the State cannot afford to shirk the
obligation which it has assumed.
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IE another column, this week, Mrs Sher-
wood answers some Of the letters of in
euiry which her interesting papers on Wo-
mans Auxiliaries have prompted. It is
pleasant to note that the interest Of our
comrades in the work of these societies is
steadily increasing, and that the information
furnished by The TRIBUNE as to the way in
which they should be conducted has led to
the establishment Of many new and promis-
ing associations THE TRIBUNE VIII always
be happy to answer any letters that may be
addressed 10 it on this subject
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TIE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending April
2lsts was as follows: Original, 1.O41; in
crease, 12l; reissue, IS; restoration, p;
duplicate, 80; accrued pensions, A; pensions
under act of March Sd, 1883, 1911; total,
ISIS.
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took his stand on the steps Of the bank, and
for every hundred men that passed he dropped
grain OF the corn When his hand was
empty he had numbered ten thousand men.
and then he gathered the grains up again to
repeat the enumeration. Thus be stood in the
hot sun-and, indeed, the weather was seorch-
ing at the time-eounting until he had num-
bered the entire host, amounting tOsixty thOus-
and men. During the night he commune
Gated to Governor Curtin the information he
had thus obtained
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ELSEWHERE VIII be found the substance
Of Commissioner Dudley's circular caution
ing our veterans against the representations
Of bogus examiners The newspapers that
have been raising the cry Of fraud against
our pensioners wiz please take notice that
it is not the Government that has been
sWindled.
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IT you know Of any ex-soldier who does
not take THE TRIBUNE, send rs his name
and address and we viii mail him sample
copy. IN that way nearly every one of our
readers can help to secure at least one new
subscriber.
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The TRIBUNE offers prize Of $50 for the
largest number Of new subscribers obtained
by any person prior to June 18th, So for
the second largest, $50 for the third largest
SIS for The fourth largest, and SO for the
fifth largest. How many Of our readers viii
enter Tor the competition? Send us in the
names.
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oKE Of the 9Th Of April recruits was the
Hon. Benjamin T. Morgan Of Bennington
Centre, Vermont, who, at the venerable age
OF eighty-three. is about TO become a com
rade Of the Grand Army. Is This case of
indiscriminate recruiting" Comrade Fits?
If Sc, the more we have Of it the better.
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TIT NATIONAL TRIBUNE.


"THE WAY TO RESUME Horace Greeley
used TO say, is to resune;" and, similarly,
if our readers are anxious to see the circula-
ton OF THE TRIBUNE reach one hundred
Thousand, all that is necessary for them to
do is for each to obtain one new Subscriber.
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The Baltimore Day. whose journalistic sue
cess was recently ehronicled IN The TRIBUSs,
announces that il has ordered from Hoe q Co.,
of New York, at cost of $4,000, perfectins
press, which win print its edition sc the rata
OF a, 900 copies per hour. The paper has al
ready reached an average daiiy circulation 81
over l3,O0o
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18
Gresham and Hast0s,. .
Washington Special. /


whether Frank Hatton remains first as
slstant postmaster general depends on the
success of efforts to put him out.
Although Chandler and Hatton are associ-
ated together in the administration news
paper organ, they do not harmonize. Hat
ton undoubtedly aspired to be postmaster
general. Chandler as undoubtedly op-
posed him. With Howe at the head of the
department Hatton was safe. Between
him and the venerable head there was no
difference. Hatton was willing to do the
work and Howe was content that he should.
Hatton's power with the president has
made him match for Chandler. If, how
ever, the new postmaster general can be
enlisted against Hatton it will go hard
with him.
Chandler is devoted to Blaiae; Hatton
is not. Although Blaine may be out of the
field as candidate now, there is to be no
relaxation in Furnishing his enemies. Al
though one of the owners and ostensible
managers of the Republican newspaper
the secretary of the navy is able to do NO
more than to protest against the daily and
anti-Blaine editorials in its columns. Hat
ton has got the grip on the paper, and
this is the way he shows it. If Chandler
can punish him by having him turned out
of Office he will, and thus add another to
the many evidences of his influence over
the president and of his devotion to his
lifelong patron, of whom he is now, as be
has ever been, devoted follower. Of
Blalne's power with the administration, in.
dependent of Chandeliers influence, there is
no question.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18
Dramatic Notes.

Mary Anderson is said to have beer
madly in love with John McCullough's leg:
until she saw him play Claude Melnotte
when she became sweetly strong minded
and was perfectly cured.
MdIle. Meska is the latest importation
from abroad. She comes from Russia
lives on sweetmeats, is accompanied by g
lawyer, and exhibits Adrienne, not fol
money, but for the sake of art.
Robson and Crane have purchased "Ou,
Boarding House" of Leonard Grover, its
author, and hope to give the farcical
comedy new lease of life under the title
of Robson d Cranes Boarding House."
The profession are inclined to think that
Catharine Lewis made a grave mistake
when she dissolved partnership with ART
wedson. From the day when she landed
stone broke in San Francisco, until she
fired him out, Arfwedson has proved an in.
valuable assistant to her as a Keeling
advertisement of her indulgence.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18
TOFFICIAL PUBLICATION.1
Vacation Of Alley in Block 4, Palace
Addition, and Block 3, HolConbG'S
Addition.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE, J
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 10, 1883. !

Whereas petition has been fled in this Office,
as provided by law by order of the Common
Council of the City of Saint Paul, asking for the
vacation of the alley in block number four a.
Palace addition and also the alley in block num-
Der fifteen (l5) HOlcombe's addition, all in the
City of Saint Paul, Mimi. And whereas, the PEI
ttioners state that they are the owners of a ma
jority of the property the line of said alleys,
and that the object and reason of the vacation
asked for, is to enable the petitioners to rear
range said block four a., so as to have the lots
in said block extend from Summit to Portland
avenues, and that the alley in said block Is does
not conform to or connect with any alley what
ever, except the alley in said block four, and is
of no use to the public, etc.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given that said
petition will be heard and considered by the
Common Council of the City of st. Paul, or a
committee to be appointed by them, on Tuesday,
the 9Th day of June, A. D. 1888, at 7:30 O'Clock
p. m, at the Council Chamber in the City Hall.
By order of Common Council.
THOS. A. PRENDERGAST,
lOl-wpd-5w CIty Clark
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-4ceidentdILU Killed.

A man named John Anderson was in
stantly killed near noon yesterday in the
north part Of the city. The victim of this
distressing affair was employed as shov-
eler on the new street, and while assisting
to load fat car, a stone weighing fully
one hundred pounds rolled with fearful We
locity from the bluff above, striking the
unfortunate man on the back part of the
head, literally crushing in the skull and
breaking the collar bone, and resulting
as above stated. Anderson, it may be
stated, was between the gravel train and
the bluff with not the least warning of the
deadly missile that was approaching him
with lightning like velocity. Within a
few minutes after the accident two young
lads were seen on the bluff in the vicinity
of the spot where the stone started from.
Whether they accidently or purposely sent
it whirling down the bank is not known.
Anderson is supposed to be about twenty
five years of age. He left Sweden three
years ago, leaving behind him a wife and
one child. DR.. Merrill decided to hold an
inquest tomorrow, In the meantime the
remains have been taken to Fowler's
undertaking rooms.
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MtnneapOIis Markets.

The local grain trade was quiet yester-
day. There was an inclination to buy No
1 hard at Sill for May, $1.13 for June.
and $1.15 for July. An advance in Chi
cago was looked on as Indicating better
prices for the future.
Corn, sic bid for June, and 55c for
August.
Oats scarce, offered at 4Oc, but holders
held them higher.
Millstuffs remain firm.
The following were among the receipts
and shipments at and from Minneapolis
for the twenty-four hours ending at 10 a.
N. yesterday, as posted on Change:
Receipts-Flour $50 barrels; wheat 25,-
500 bushels; oats 1000 bushels; fax seed
500 bushels; corn 300 bushels; mill stuff
II tons; hay so tons; coal 736 tons; wood
40 cords; lumber 10000 feet; barrel stock
10 cars.
Shipments-Flour 4,O17 barrels; mill
stuff 1929 tons; lumber 10000 feet; coal
247 tons.
nspection-The inspection of grain at
this point yesterday was as follows: Wheat.
No. hard, 80 cars; No. l, 20 cars; No. 2, 4
cars; No. 3, 2 cars; condemned, cars; re-
jected, 1 car. Oats-Rejected, 1 car.
Total number of cars inspected, 55.
WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
The receipts and shipments of the ar
tlcles mentioned at and from Minneapolis
for the week ended Sunday, were as fol-
lows:
Receipts-Flour 1900 barrels: wheat
132,500 bushels; corn Is, 200 bushels; oats
1880 bushels; mill stuffs 13 tons; lumber
100000 feet; coal 3,443 tons; wood 24O
cords; hay 145 tons; barley 1900 bushels
fax seed 500 bushels.
Shipments-Flour 1899 barrels; wheat
21,099 bIshels; corn 600 bushels; oats
1000 bushels; mill stuff GAL tons; coal
2,459 tons; lumber 100000 feet; wood
65 cords.
WEEKLY WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The receipts and shipments of wheat at
and from the principal western points for
the week ending Sunday were as fol-
lows:
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SALTWATER GLOBULES.
Lake st. Crolx is still rising.

Lake St. CrolX is Still rising.
John Manning, arrested on Monday last
on charge of forgery, was yesterday COM
mitted to the county jail in default of $500
bail.
The prison building committee were in
session yesterday. A rough draft of the
proposed additions to the penitentiary
was submitted, but no definite action was
taken. At the next meeting conclusion
will probably be arrived at.
During the last winter a young man
named Chas. Hidde has been employed al
the Chicago bakery. Three weeks ago be
notified his employer of his wish to visit
his mother, who resides two miles south
of Lake Como. The boy left here three
weeks ago last Saturday. Just before he
left he requested permission to leave hi:
trunk at the bakery until his return. Or
Monday last the mother of young Hidde
same to the city to see her son
She was greatly surprised and grieved tc
learn that he had left here without inform
ing her of his whereabouts. He had between
$40 and $50 on his person. The mother
fears foul play, as the boy has always beer
particular in writing home when changing
locations. Any information regarding tht
boy may be addressed to Joseph Timer
Saltwater, Mimi.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18
HE WAS INNOCENT.

But he Confessed to the Crime to Saee His
Life.
\ special dispatch in the st. Louis Re
publican stated that a negro had confessed
to placing distractions on the Missouri
Pacific railroad and been sentenced to
the penitentiary for long term of years.
From officials of the road in st. Louis aC-
ditional facts in connection with the affair
were learned. The place at which the
track was INSTRUCTED was called Pilot
Point, near Denton, Tex. The obstruc-
lions consisted of couple of poles laid
across the track and spiked down. No
disaster occurred, as the discovery was
made before the train reached the spot.
AS detailed in the Republican at the time,
the passengers on the train and the train
men made search of the vicinity and
found negro, who said he was hunting
for some lost harness. His story was
not credited, and he was COM
mitted to jail. The indignant people took
the negro from Jail at night, and placing a
rope around his neck prepared to lynch
him. He stuck to his story until they took
him out into the woods and actually threw
the rope over the limb of tree. Then he
was told II ne would confess he would be
taken back to jail. He weakened and was
returned to Jail, where he gave a circum-
stantial account of the matter. Later he
was taken before the grand jury and re-
peated his confession. In the mean time
man was sent from st. Louis to work up
the case, and very little investigation
convinced him he was not guilty, but had
simply made the confession to save his
life. He dug deeper and soon brought out
the bottom facts, and soon had the real
perpetrators in custody. They were three
little school children, the oldest one emily
eleven years old. They told the story of
what they had done,an how they had done
it ''just to have some fun" Of course their
story cleared the negro, and the children
were too young to appreciate what they
had done and were not punished.