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Frank James.

SrRlNGFIELp, Mo-, June li.-Frank
James, tho once noted outlaw, and brother
of jesse James, killed few years ago,
passed through here en- route TO Cincn-
natl, to attend the Knights Of Pythias Con-
clave. ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
Senator Chace c.EIec,ej.

NEwpoHT Il. l., June In the General
Assembly jonathan A. Oh cc was re-
elected United States Senator by ma
jority of b tn Houses. Vote: Scuatc-J.
II. Cbacc, 30; j. w. Davis, A; Charles
H. Page /. House-Chace, 80; Davis, s.;
Page, /.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

hester, N. Y, the other dav,
hung up their telephones and
ever again to Hello" until
hone company came down. rs
il had to, and now Rochester
the cheaper rate Of $40 n year
nccs and $j7 to $Gl in busi-
,s
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
a Winl.n,l Mpthpr.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June a--lt is learned
that George Stoffie, aged fourteen, son OF
widow living near here, hosebody was
found hanging in the barn, did not commit
suicide. MS was supposed, but was drugsed
and then hanged bv his mother. .f
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

st United States Consular re.
m different quarters of tho
wv that Russian petroleum is
INTO active competition with
product. 1t is now being
'rward in South America, in
indies and in China, where
icm oil formerly had Il mo-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
Tchnuntencc Shin Rnilway.

New YoRK, June 1O.-Tho directors Of
the Eads Concession Company, which pro.
poses to build a ship railway across the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec, held meeting
yesterday and decided to contractwith the
Atlantic and Pacific Construction Com
nany
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

'unard steamship Etruria re
adc the trip from Queenstown
fork in six days, two hours and
iutcS. This beats the record
yS, four hours and forty-two
made in May, 1884, by tho
y Umhria.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

y hc Of interest to sportsmen
nd a week in u vain cndcavor
half a dozen shots at wild
know that the beautiful Mon
'hcasants recently introduced
'son, are multiplying so rap.
most to become n pest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
EcIs for Ohio Waters.

DAYTON, O., June l0.-Fish Commissioner
Osborn has received a consingmeni OF for
.ty six boxes of GELS, taken from the Hud-
son river Each box contains three thou
sand cells, making "A total of l3sMo to be
dropped in the Miami, saltwater and Mad
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

THE Russian tax en- petroleum, hitherto
placed on oil from America, has been ex-
tended To petroleum from all countries,
the importation of American having al
most ceased.
NEW ORLEANS is bankrupt
TnE Atlas Paper Mill was destroyed by
fire at Appleton, Wis.
FouG steamships landed 2,12l immi-
grants at Castle Garden on the Sth.
The strike of the brewery employees at
Chic go has been declared off.
MCGARIGLE, the Chicago boodler is
rusticating at Baufr Hot Springs, N. w.
T., spending money freely.
Is his VIII Fred MaYsdcn, The playwright,
dsnherited his daughter.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PowpERLY
was indorsed for reelection by the Ma
ticnal Convention of Knights of Labor
lrou-wordors.
A DYNAMITE boom, wrapped in a copy Of
the irbcitcr ZeihAg, fo3nd planted under
the walls of the Chicago Historical Society
building. ..
Tools were found in the cell of Pete Nc.
Cartney, counterfeiter, at New Orleans,
with which he and Ferdinand Albert, bur-
gar, intended breaking jail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
SANK GENTLY TO SLEEP.
General sheridan's Venerable Mother Dead
~ Noble Woman's Sunerings Peacefully
tnvsd While Her Gallant Sons Life
Seems to BE hanging in the Balance.

sARsET O., juno Ia Mrs, Mary Ser
ida mother of General Phil II. Sheridan,
die1 slere to-day at half-past O'Clock p.
m. we was born in the County of Cavan,
No. th ~ Ireland in lS0l married in that
couiis ta John Sheridan in 1924, who died
her loi5. Patrick, tho Oldest child, was
bora Ireland, also daughter, who died
at 2. Tho family camc to Quebec, Can
adf 1929 thence. TO st. Johns, New
Br' 7, wick, from there to Portland,
Ae'H arriving in Albany, N. ", in 1880.
Re nt'ning in Albany few years, they
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

rlass manufacturers Of the
States have been contemplate
cdyisability of closing down
nnlcr, and it is reported That.
ne agreed to discontilus pro-
indelinit1.f
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

FL DuFfY for thirty years a
u in Montgomery, Ala, died
ays ago. He was one of the
members of the Mort
Fray, Military Company. lie
'cry battle from Manassas 10
toX, and was wounded nine
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
The Madl,sl Woman in nnw York.

New IoRK, June Fin the suit of Miss
Minnie Ter, y against the wlfc of Doctor
PGino for $1,000 damages for libel, Tho
jury this morning hruught in Il ,aled vor-
dict2warding the pAiniin twelve cents
damages.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

pIendid monument to Maria
lately dedicated at Vienna, is
+ finest and most costly work
Nd in the Empire. The illus
impress is represented in n Sit
pure, her right arm extended
Icii hand grasping the sccptcr.
'or corners are equestrian fig
lcr four great Generals, Dauu.
ronn and khcyenLuller, The
pms are simplc--on the front.
,,lhcresa," and on Gthc back.
by Francis JosephI, 1855"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
A cenius bas Invented a clocl

"A genius has invented q clock
which he warrants TO run a hundred
years. A man bought one of them tho
other day, on condition that II II didn't
run over ninety-cight years, he might
return II and get his money hack.-
Noriisicica Hsra,d.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
yl,,rd's South Pole Expedition.

2 New York, June Tho .HlR and Express
says: "llcnry Willard telegraphs from
Carlsbad that the statement that no is ,oi or
ganizing an expedition to the South ro'o IS
.simply ridiculous ~
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"snest ratio yet reached Of
I,,a, ,uole meters por month, 1t
Icoo.. " mat at Last four years
urIVSSary ~ to finish the Panama
|o"'' "V'c Is no lack of money. T o
|. %'' n'. o' cash actually expended
I,oI I'Vscnt date is sl77, ,9lo. 900,
H. F'ea by s35l,i5o. 900 Of 81, sccur. eur
|o a.. amount Necessary to bo
Dv sOaplc'c !, the canal Is ostl.
,cI.,, " the Enginccriao N,ws
|onlS l''''''m Of $3.50. oOo,ooo.
|CoO " ~ represented by at lcas,
w u new securities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
Joe kctcham Dead.

CIyclNNArI, June 9-Joc Kctcham, the
baggagemaster who was attacked aud shot
in his car on the Big Four road near Delhi
by train robbers Friday night, died at his
home on Mill street yesterday afternoon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

Methodist Cereal ''plieronyo
|dcd II me iutu.o + select as
/ Y " aaotinss IN :, oti.,a
.Aa'hrNhefos : sener ,
Re spacoSto reports Of basc-ball
han Of Methodists conferences.
-, ~lsfsut ~ tffkv 90
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

;" ;" Oeaoty is credited with say
=" " cat often Is the secret OF
|" a',a' " That to have by ono
r. l'ght that can be eaten
,"'u a%yn as fruit or a bit of choco-
W.. ",'' not overload the stomach,
y '1 - Soup, eggs, some meat,
,n.' ~ "'' salads, and fresh bread,
\ 'HVlVe to fat and locks This
ln, 'aore u. :. to the same purport is
ps y, W.. me with doctors pre-
= O"' We arc getting used to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16
" 6pe American ways are get
pothold in Europe. rlc latest
rdoption in P,triaof the ambu-

treat Sioux Reservation en-.
AN area equal to that of the
Of Indiana. South Carolins
ii Delaware.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

'Oa'Se0n OF the future Empress
Is a-moking III Vienna. The
eoNrt dress is of very rich
WI, on the front there is an
''0a eagle, tho wings of which
VI with over three hun
~ u, and five very large pearls.
y OF folded velvc between
'Ncrc are bows of diamonds,
.e +. ;. Nead-dress has the appear
= !, u'0mond crown. There arc
'"'co gala dresses made of
I.',n' sky-blue, purple-bluo
lndlgl shade. --i. N.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-16

CHICAGO, juno l9,-Dispatchos from
points in Northern Iowa and Western Lii
nois report the appearance Of swarms Of
seventeen wear locusts
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19
REUNIONS.

TNoTIcE.-O Organizations holding Reunions this
year having or making rosters will favor us by
TRIBUNE for file and future reference.-EDIToE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.l
KANSAS.
John E. Pickard, Washington: The Old Sol
diers and Sailors Association of the Fifth Con-
gressona District of Kansas will hold a Re-
union at Washington Aug. q, p, % and q.
NEW YORK.
George A. Hoffman, Lansing, H., would like
to know if the survivors of the 159th y. Y ever
held a Reunion if so, he desires the name and
address of the Secretary.
OHIO.
J. p Van Nest Wooster: The Goth annual
Reunion of the survivors of the l20th Ohio
which was to have been held at Odell's Lake
the first Tuesday in June, has been postponed,
and will be held at Columbus during the Ma
tional Encampment, the time to be hereafter
announced. The members of the regiment are
requested to meet at the residence Of COmrade
John r. Mckinney, about three miles south of
Wooster, on Thursday, May 8 to hold Re
union and complete the organization Of the
10th Social Memorial Club. All comrades are
requested to bring along their wives and chill
dren and enjoy good time
j. NJ. Beelman, Secretary, Portland, H.: 1t
has been suggested that the place of holding
the next Reunion of the survivors of the 18th
Ohio Ind't battery be changed from Plymouth
to Columbus, o., to be held during the week Of
the National Encampment. Members Of the
battery who desire this change viii address me
at as early date as possible, so that the nee
essary arrangements may be made.
j. NJ. SmalIey, Secretary, 74th Ohio, Spring
field: The Executive Committee Of the 74th,
44th Ohio, 9Th Cav. and 18th battery have de-
cided to hold their Reunion this year at CO.
lumbus during the National Encampment, in
stead Of Xenia, as intended. Tents for head
quarters have been secured and arrangements
made for grounds. The 10th battery has been
invited to unite with us. Notice will be sent
to each member in good time giving location
of headquarters at Columbus.
PENNSYLVANIA.
meeting was held at GAR Hall, Wilkes
| Barre April 4, for the purpose of making ar
Engagements for a Reunion of the survivors oil
the SD Pa. some time in May next. Mai. G.
L. Leonard was elected President; Capt. Ed
Perkins Vice-President, and K. G. Miller Sec
rotary. All comrades of said regiment are re
quested to send postal cards to II. c.. Miller
Kingston, giving name company aud address
John NJ. Rhoads Milton A Reunion of the
survivors of the 9TH Pa Reserves will be held
in Milton May 8. We extend soldiers vel
come to the comrades of the famous old regi
ment to meet with us on this occasion. Col
Fisher will be present.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19

The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Asso-
citation has decided to mark in 4 suitable way
the right and left of the lines occupied BY each
corps Of the Union army and each division Of
the corps. For this purpose so y pound how
itzer5, IN the possession Of the association, VIII
Be planted, and in each Ruzzle viii be fixed an
iron tablet, showing, IN large raised letters, the
corps and division occupying the ground. 1t
has been determined to call Sed-wick Avenue
that part which extends from Wiegart's Lane
to the base of Little Round Top, and which
was occupied by the Sixth Corps. From the
south end of this over Little Round Top TO the
Devils Den IS 70 be named Sykes Avenue,
after the commander of the Fifth Corps. Each
corps commander viii be COMMUNICATED bv An
avenue bearing his name.
Work is going ca actively in the erection Of
the New Jersey monuments. That of the 9Th
\. J.. has been put in its place near the Devils
Den, and that Of the Sth on the Western edge
OF the Wheatield. That of the 18th and Clark's
battery have been put at the TRUSTEE Farm, a
little north Of the Peach Orchard The marker
of the 18th \. J. has been placed at the Bliss
Building, which was the most advanced posi-
tion held By the regiment.
The Vermont State monument, which is 81
feet high and modelled after the Nelson mOnu-
ment in Trafalgar Square, London. is one Of
the striking features of the battlefield The
Michigan Cavalry Brigade monument is about
90 feet high and surmOuntGd by the statue Of q
cayalFymau. the cap shows four horses heads
in full relief The SD n. Y. monument is 3
shaft 81 feet high, surmOunted by an immense
bronze eagle
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19

Gen. Osborne, Cougressman-at-I for the
State of Pennsylvania, has introduced the fol-
lowing bill in the House Of Representatives:
That the sum of $4,000 IS hereby appropriated
ont Of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the erection, IN the city of Wash
lugtOu, District Of Columbia on such public space
the President of the United States may select OF
granite monument, with appropriate inscrip-
tons, TO commemorate tile illustrious public serv-
Ices of the late Asj.-Gen. GoUyerneUr K Warren,
United States volunteers.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized
and directed contract with competent artist for
the erection of said monument for a sum not ex-
CeedIu- coo, under such terms as VIII protect
the interests of tire United States.
There should certainly be a monument to q
man who did such splendid service for the
country as GeC. Warren. He attained this
recognition at Gettysburg. if nowhere else, and
no man in the Army Of the Potomac had a
deeper hold upon the affections Of his soldiers
than he
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE. ComraGe Cbas-
A. Nicholas Co. L, Ilsth Pa tries TO be verv
severe on me in THE NATIONAL. TRrsr-yr az
March 10. for daring 10 advocate an equal pen
sion Ior ar equivalent disability, and says
appear 20 nave an anImCsity toward that
class Of lnyallds, without however, defining
very clearly what class OfIuvalids he refers to
deny the charge, however, whatever class he
means. And then he talks about 10 being en-
tiTeiy unjust and uncalIed for" Now ifCom-
rade Nicholas and had been detailed for some
special duty, while in the service, where the
duties and responsibilities were exactly the
sane, and had received Sc q month more pay.
than he Tor the same service, does anyone sun
pose that COmrade Nicholas would have been
long in discovering the injustice Of the thing?
And why should not the same principle apply
IN tins casef Unless, indeed, we look upon a
pension as gratuity, an idea which I utterly
repudlate. claim my pension as q right. inst
IS much as / claimed my pay while IN the
service as a right.
then claimed the same pay for the sams
service; 1 now claim the same amount Of pen-
sion for the same degree OF disability: if any
one calls that unjust, / don't know what his
idea of justice Is! But the comrade seems to
think there is 10 such grade, or rating. as an
equivalent disability for he says. g If the
soldier from Elmira IS not minus OF arm or leg.
and IS wounded In some other portion Of his
anatomy then he IS IN another class of pen
sioners and be either receives a higher or a
| lower degree Of pension, +" which would seem to
Indicate that he soldier from EastOn. Pa, does
not read The NATIONAL TRIBUNE with that
care and attention which that excellent Jour
nal merits, and IS not sufficiently well posted
on the pension laws to speak as an authority.
/ Then be invites me- to Is write up #" my case
aud when / attempt TO do so he tries 20 set
I down On me real hard. Consistency thou
art a jewel James LOVE, Co E, s6th n. Y,
/ Elmira n Y
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19

Iowa: President. Sarah p. McKean; S. v.-P.. Lydia
A. Kinley; J. V.-P., Amarillo Taylor; Chap. Mar
tina Cook; Sec, Lydia a. Mott; Treas, Helen
Stearns; Con, Lois A. Lund; A. G., Emile Griffin;
c., Caroline Cone; A. c.. Mary J. Lake.
Jas. NJ. Brown Corps, No %, jamestown. OAK,
gave supper and social on the evening OF March
s. netting nearly $780, This Corps has member
ship of 90 and has expended about $3.50 in relief
since ITS organization two years ago.
Jennie NJ. Reavcly, Department President OF
Pennsylvania, assisted by Annie Wittenmyer, Past
Dept President, and Helen :. Morrison, Smcth-
port instituted Corps No 100 at Kane Pa March
y, with so charter members and the following
officers President, Jennie Griffith; S.Y,-P., Mrs
Joshua Davis; J.V.-P., Omit Brestel; See, Mrs Ed
II. Long; Chap, Mrs. w J. Armey; Con. Mrs. d.
r. Mathews; A. c., Mrs. G. +. Brown c., Mrs.
II. Il. LOCKER; A. G., Mrs. James LandraRow.
Officers of the new Post and Corps were installed
at joint Campfire in the evening.
On the evening of March Is ButterwoTth Post and
Corps, Coldwater, Mich, held joint Campfire and
social, addressed by Gov. Luce and Department
Commander Washington Gardner. pleasant
feature of the evening was the presentation TO the
Post of portrait of Capt. Butterworth after whom
the Post was named. Gross receipts for the even
ing $1,000. Since january, 1887, the Corps has
spent in relief sIi7.35. The Corps has ample facili-
ties and furnishings for entertaining large com
panies, and has property valued at s3i7. Corps No
81 has ranked as the banner Corps; membership
l24. Mrs. J, NJ. Turner, Past Treasurer, Is the
present Chairman of the Executive Board of the
Council, and Mrs. Emorett Reynolds, Past Presi-
dent, is Il delegate 10 National Conventional. 4.
Hanna, Corresponding Secretary.
The beautiful town of New Carlisle, O., boasts OF
tne OUH Kellei corps organized III the department
of Ohio under the present administration. The De
partment President, Belle i. Bagley, assisted by
Lizzie J. Harlan, Department Treasurer, and Mary
ID. Rcifsnider. Department Aid, Springfield, i'm
stituted Clay Hay Relief Corps, No. 223, March
% at that place Such royal welcome as was
given the instituting party by Clay Hay Post Is
rarely equaiied and never cXcellcd. The magnI
fceut banquet enlivening orchestral music, the
uniformed Post and all other accessories TO a gen
eral holiday. combined 10 receive Clay Hay Relief
Corps into the Department with sucli demoustra-
ton and ecat as to foreshadow brilliant future.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-19

EBIros NATIONAL TRIBUNE. In The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE Of Feb. % ISIS. is an article
written by Lieut.. A. l.. SORle of the Ist Mich
Cav, styled q" A Mounted Ghost Again in
IRE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Of March Is Com
rode J. Z. King, Co. +. 9th Iowa. comes TO The
front with another mounted ghostr These
are tennessee ghosts, and appear to have had
no taste for the infantry or artillery service.
is to Comr5de King ghost I shall have moth
Ing % say, but as % C0mrade SauIe's article I
undertake 90 say that &c is full of errors.
In the FIRST place he says that Strawberry
Plains IS is miles west Of Knoxville. when it is
Jast 10 miles east He next saws that Henry
Blaine came to Blaiue's Crossroads eight years
before the war, and his family consisted OF
himself and hIs l0-year-Old daughter.
Inc Eict is well known that the original
owner OF the Blaine estate came to the plaes
which was afterwards called BIaiusss Cross
roads in the early part OF the present century,
ana dIed before the war cane on His name
was Robert Blaine. He was therefore denied
the happy privilege Of dying on the CORY Geld
o. CtHcSarauEa- Ia fact, the Blaine family
had all lett the crossroads before the war broke
ont. This Robert Blaine raised q large family
OF sons ana daughters. The oldest OF these
sons was Hon. Robert Blaine who represented
the eF2nu OLD county OF Lincoln IN the Ken
tucSy state SeCate since the war. He is now
dead. lie was 2 stancd Union man and a Be
grandson Of che original Blaine lives &C
hnoGYlHe, Tenn, IN the person Of Capt. Frank
GIo'sr WAo IS the gentlemanly and Efficient
criminal Court CierS Of Knox County he
was elected on the Republican ticket.
Inc Biaiues were all intensely loval. and
FURNISHED a gallant soldier in the person Of
LIeu5. wilson Blaine, TO the Let Tenn. Fed
eTalI- 1t IS said that one Of the Biaiues. while
under the luhHeuce of mountain dew. enlisted
IN Vaughn 81 Tenn. rebel regiment, but on
coming 70 himself he bid defiance 20 Vaughn
ana the CoEiederacy, and sought loyal com
pany.
1 suggest that Comrade SouIe w-its his next
sensational article for the New York story
papers
The eOmrade halls from Dakota. where thew
gather two foil crops Of Billiards every year.
lt also seems to be . good place to develop
lively imagination
Now, courades, let Us hear no more about
ghosts II we 10 get scared on picket some
times we can keep from calling every stump
we see in the dark q ghost
word now about DR.. sam Shields. from
whom Comrade soule preteuds % have received
ms Information about the Blaine family. DR..
s, was a stanch Uuionist. man Of yqeaitb and
influence and with ali sustained an unblem-
ished reputation for truth telling on everv coca
sion. lie Is now dead. Were he alive he
I would tell you that no Rogersville vonng man
was killed near his house under the circrm-
Stances related by ComraGs SOule
Many years ago young man, while ont
hunting near the spot in on esti0n, accidentally
sho5 and killed himself, which circumstances
+ pT0ea1iy forms the groundwork for COmrade
> loEel-W- " GLARS Sergeant, Co. C, 2d
/ Pa, IWinyiiie, Tenn.