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PERSONAL

1t is now given ont that Harry A. Garfield, son
of the late President will marry Miss Belle Mason
on the same day that his sister is married 70 J..
Stanley Brown. The double wedding IS to talls
place at their homestead at Mentor. Miss Mason IS
a relative of Mrs. Garfield and the two families
have always been on terms Of the closest intimacy.
It is said that Gen. Cutting viii be able to satis-
factoriIy adjust his disagreement with the Union
Club, of New York, and be restored to member
ship.
Engineer Charles s Homer, OF the Old Colony
Road, who recently died in Providence r. J., was
a soldier under Gen Butler. When the troops Oe-
oupied Annapolis in 1861, the General found that
ali the locomotives had been taken away exeep5
broken-down one. He called on the ranks for
some one to repair it. and Homer stepped out and
reelsoned he could fix it, and he did using wood
mainly in the repairing. The locomotive did good
service. and as a reward Gen Butler offered thu
engineer Iieutenant's commission, but he re-
fused it.
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CONGFFss.

The proceedings in Congress for the past
week have been duh and featureIess, except
for the memorable passage at arms in the
Senate, fully reported elsewhere
The Senate has discussed BY turns the for
fixture Of railroad land grants and the Bu-
reau Of Animal Industry, without action
upon either
The House of Representatives has spent
the time in Prosy debate upon the Mills
bill, and reading speeches for home consunp-
ton.
The only interruption in the program was
the revolt of the River and HarbOr Bits
friends, who mustered strength enough Mon
day to suspend therules and pass it. It ap-
propriates s2O,OOO.OOO, and omits the Hen
nepin Canal and the Potomac Flats I'm.
prOvement altogether.
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Ez-Gov. Russell a. Alger. Of Michigan,
has typical volunteer record In many
respects it resembles that Of John A. Logan.
lie put himself on the side Of the Union al
the outbreak Of the war, with all the energy
Of his strong nature, and after some prsIim-
mary service entered the 2d Mich. Cav,
Sept . 1861, at the head Of a company
Of as fine horcmen as ever vauIted into
saddles. He was typical volunteer IL
the eanestness with which he pushed thu
work he had entered upon. He had gone
out to help crush the rebellion, and every
moment not devoted to that purpose he re-
garded as wasted. He and his company
were always ready and anxious for duty,
and wanted share in everything that was
going on. He was wounded and taken pris-
oner at the battle of Bonneville, Miss
where Sheridan won his first spurs-buf
made his escape the same day; was sub
sequently promoted to Lieuteuant-CoI0-
mel of the 9th Mich Cav, and after
ward to Colonel of the 5th Mich. Cav
With these regiments he did magnifeen
service under Custer, Fitzpatrick and Sheri
dan, receiving brevets for distinguished gal
lantry at Trevilian Station and elsewhere
He was severely wounded at the battle Of
Boonesboro, Nd, July 8, 1868, just after he
had rendered brilliant service in capturing a
rebel train at Monterey. He left the army
a Brevet Major-General for gallant and
meritoTious service during the war;
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cAPruRING A LOCOMOTIVE.

The May number of The Century Magazine
contains an article of several pages giving d
brief synopsis of the thrilling narrative of
the desperate adventures of the famous
Engine Thieves" under the title Chasing
Locomotive" The full account of the ex-
petition, from the pen of the same writer
who contributes the synopsis to the Century,
is published by The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
in a handsome book of 354 pages, profusely
illustrated, entitled Capturing a Locomo-
tive"
This book embodies the most popular
and intensely interesting chapter of the
history of the rebellion. A party of
Gen. 0. NJ NIitchel's men penetrated the
rebel lines, captured an engine and part of a
train, and started back with it to the Union
lines, burning the bridges behind them.
Only the most unloolzed-fOr combination OF
circumstances caused the failure of the
daring scheme and the capture of The
Raiders who were treated as spies. Seven
of them were hanged, and of the rest, part
escaped and part were at last exchanged.
The book is the classic Of the war period
1t will be sent postpaid to any addres:
upon receipt of $3.50 by THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, Washington, d. G.
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gives tenth OF a sixth or quarter Of
support, and drives them to the poOrhouse
or the contributions of charitable people
for the remainder.
The orphans deserve more than 3 a
month. They deserve a comfortable sup
port
For these sufficient reasons the amend
ments viii be generally condemned.
1t is clearly the duty of Col AIatson to
amend the Senate Bill so as to conform to
the recommendations of the GAR. National
Pension Committee, and pass it at once.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

Clouds begin to lower over the hitherto
promising sky Of Melville Fuuer's fortunes.
When first his name was announced as the
nominee for the position left vacant by the
death of Chief Justice Waite, 50 little was
known Of him that he was accepted with
general absence of positive objection.
The heated debate in the Senate last Tues
day was an unfortunate incident for him, as it
revived recoIlections Of the uusavory doiugs
of the Copperheads, and stirred up the
slumbering fires Of the critical period Of the
Nations struggle for existence. In another
column viii be found his record from Official
sources, from which it viii be seen that 8Ir.
Fuller, as a member Of the infamous
" Peace Legislature which loyal old
Dick Yates prorogued, was a Copperhead
Of the most approved type. lie voted for
q resolution demanding the withdrawal Of
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and
for another derouncing the Punishment Of
Vallandigham. lie also declared in reso-
luton, offered by himself, that the Govern
ment had no right to coerce state.
II the Senate responds to the awakened
conscience Of the North, Mr.. Fuller VIII not
be allowed to sit al the head Of the highest
civil tribunal Of the Nation to pass upon the
validity Of the declared results Of the war a.
eugraited upon the Constitution ia ths 18Th,
1lth and 18th amendments.
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This Is an ornamental calendar which
sb0uld De ID every veterans home and place
Of business, and in the bal. Of every Union
Sola.esa Association. II shows all the army
c0rps badges In colors. as well as illuminated
reproductions Or the badges Of the GAR,
the Sons Of Veterans, the Woman's Relief
Corp the Onion Soldiers Alliance aud Of
the Societies Of the Army Of the Potomac,
The Army Of tie Tennessee, the Army of the
Cumberland, the Army Of West Virginia the
Army of the James, Of Hancoclts Corps, Po-
tonac Cavalry Corps. Signal Corps, Engi-
ner Corps, Klpatrick's Cavalry and VIII,
sons Cavalry.
These designs. IN color, are repeated upor
a separale page for each month Of the year
Itisa brilliant and unique device. We have
purchased the copyright and patent, an(
have a small stock on hand
Itwiu be sent TO any address, postpaid
upoa receipt Of . cents.
Comrades desiring copy Of this rare am
Interesting memorial should order immedi
stely before tie edition is exhausted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

SENATOR BLACKBURN had some thoughts
of making little reputation by an attack
on Senator ingalls,. He experienced a
tumultuous change of mind as the razor
tongued Senator from the Prairie State began
to warm fairly up to the work of faying
the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash. Now Mr..
Blackburn feels that one of the ablest efforts
of his life was when he decided to leave Mr..
Ingalls, alone.
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of a Union volunteer, who rendered more
and harder service than their husbands did,
from 80 cents up to 50 or So?
If the service of the average Mexican
volunteer entities his widow to So, that of
the average Union volunteer should give
his widow at least S12.
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SEVEN GENTS A DAY.

Do Lewis demonstrated that by confn-
ing himself to a diet of cracked corn and
milk he could support life on three or four
cents day. But he was man engaged in
sedentary pursuits, of feeble digestion and
past the meridian Of life 1t is to be re-
membered, too, that he did not live long
after ne announced his success in reducing
his table expenses to that figure. Therefore,
though he might succeed in keeping up life
on that stinted amount for a short time, it
does not follow that healthy growing child
can do likewise, or that the seven cents a
day which is allowed to veterans orphans
by our munifcent Government, can buy
even as much of such plain food as cracked
corn and milk as its fresh, young appetite
demands Nor is it possible that the people
of this country ever imagined that veterans
orphans were to be stinted to the food which
seven cents day will purchase. That par
simony results from the efforts of politicians
to make falIaeious showing of economy in
Government expenditures. Five dollars a
month, which the GAR. National Pension
Committee asks for veterans orphans, is only
16B cents day. No man or woman who
has had any experience in raising children
would attempt to supply their common and
| inoneratiye wants on less
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Livery man VINO served his country should
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Write at once to your Member Of Congress
demanding r0te upon general pension bills
before taking he rots GA tie lIiHs BIZ to empty
The Treasnru.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

THE harvest of calamity under the
wretched Mills Revenue Tinkering Bill has
been fairly inaugurated. Last Monday the
great house of w. T. Coleman & Co., of San
Francisco, which was founded in 1919, and
is the largest mercantile establishment on
the Pacific Coast, was compelled to make an
assignment, owing to the widespread depres-
sion resulting from fear as to the effects Of
the sweeping changes in the tariff. The
liabilities of the firm are estimated at s., 00O,
600. This is only the beginning. With
every increase in the probability of the pas
sage of the bill will come an enormous rise
in the tide of commercial disaster that viii
overflow the land
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

WHEN Abraham Lincoln spoke SO touch
ingly about caring for him who has borne
the battle, and for his widow and orphans
he had no idea that that meant an allowance
of seven cents a day for the orphans. Nor
did the country, which applauded the noble
sentiment to the echo.
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A NATION with hundreds Of millions il
its Treasury more than it knows what to Do
with, ought to be willing to give the orphans
of its veterans more than seven cents a day.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

ECONOMY in public expenditure is an
admirable thing. Everybody believes IN it.
But stinting a veterans orphan to seven
cents a day is not eeonomy-it is diseredita-
bic, ungrateful parsimony and meanness.
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Write At once 10 your ucaJer Of Congress
demanding Uote up0H general pension bills
before taking the cote on the MlIs Jlli to empty
me Tyeagvrg.
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Write at once TO gOar Member Of Congress
demanding UOte upon general pension bills
before taking The Uote on the Nils bin to empty
the Treasury
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Hrits at once 10 yOur Uemter Of Congress
demanding a Uote upon general pension 5jHf
before taking The r0ts on the IfIIs BIZ to empty
the Treasury
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Col. M4TsOS may think seven cents a
day enough to feed, clothe and educate q
veterans orphan, but the country win not
agree with him.
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Write at once to your Member Of Congress
demanding cote upon general pension bills
before taking the cOts on the JLil!s bill 10 empty
the Tfedslau.
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It is easy to State the main points Of diff
ference

1t is easy to state the main points of diff
ference:
BY the second section the Senate bill
gives all men who served not less than three
months, and who are now disabled, $12 a
month during their natural lives. Col.
Matson's amendments will only give those
who are disabled in any war, or who are 81
years old, one cent month for every day
that they served in the army. AS there is
no minimum limitation of service, this will
make pensions range all the way from one
cent month up to several dollars, the av-
erage pension being under S..
By the third section the Senate bill gives
the widows of veterans $12 a month, and SIS
each to minor children. Col. Matson's
amendment gives every widow of q veteran
who is in condition of dependence or who
is 62 years old, one cent month for every
day that her husband served. The allow
ance to orphans is let remain as it now is
| 50 month.
We object to every one of Col. Matson's
amendments, and believe them obnoxious to
the veterans as mass, for these reasons:
| 1. If soldier is broken down he deserves
enough for support, no matter what his
term of service 1t is as humiliating and
wrong to compel him to go to the poorhouse
for portion of his support-as Col. Matson
accommodates for the whole of it. The
Government ones him a support, and should
not, by any device, shift portion of that
expense upon the local treasures.
2. The same objections apply with equal
force to the widows. They are entitled to
o full support, not to pinching DOLE which
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BOARD in the pOOrhouse is luxury COM
pared to what can be furnished a veterans
orphans for seven cents a day.
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Write at once to yOur Member Of Congress
demanding a vots upon general pension Bits
before taking the rote on the Bills JiH to empty
the TrensurH
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Sec. 8. That if any in
valid pensioner has died,
or shall hereafter die,
leaving a widow, minor
child, or children under
Is years Of age, or in case
there be no widow, or
minor child or children,
"A dependent mother or
father, such widow. mi
nor child or children, or
mother, or father, shall
be placed upon the pen
sion roll at the rates es-
tablished by law for wild
ows, minor children, and
parents, without regard
TO the cause Of death of
such pensiouer: PrOUid-
cd. That said widow was
married to the deceased
pensioner prior to the
passage Of this act. All
pensions granted TO wild
ows under this or any
other general law shall
take effect from the date
Of the death of the nus
bands of such widows,
respectively, but not dat.
ing back of the passage
OF this act. That the in
crease of pensions foI
minor children shall be
at the rate of S. pei
month, instead of 81 pei
month as now provided
by law, and in case 8
minor child is insane
idiotic, or otherwise help
less. the pension shall
continue during the life
of said child, or during
the period of such disa
z.lity.
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-19
ANYBODY 10 BEAT COKE.

II the Austin Dispatch viii point
out any editorial expression by the
Express, plainly declaring or infercu-
tisl y stating that it would support r..
g Mil, for the United States senate
against a W Terrell or John Ireland,
ii viii receive by return train one side
of choice Cincinnati bacon. The pa
per said that it would support Mills
against Coke. 1t said 1t would sup
port Tcrre. against Coke, 1t viii
support Ireland against Coke. 1t
doesl't believe in third term. 1t
doesn't believe tina lung power is the
sole neces airy componen, of states
man, II doesn't believe in superan-
uatad demi-gods. 1t doesn't believe
in pol ucal barnacles, wire-pullers,
dispensers of gaIdeu sass or creators
OF postal clerks. 1t doesn't believe in
Coke,-Sau Antonio Express,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-19

New YORK, Feb Is over $4,000 bags Of
coffee were sold in half day, business on the
coffee exchange this morning. At first call
the market declined five points "a account of
depressing cable news from Ilaryc, but rallied
again before noon, and closed firm, at an adj
vance Of half a yent over yesterdays closing
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-19

C.N,NNtI Feb, Is Mueller and
Gogrcye rect.a.s. importers and Wholesale
dealers IN liquors, at Pike and Pearl streets,
assigned TIL, afternoon to John Frey
LjaOilitc, ; so 000 assets Sllo,ooo.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-17
BUFFALO AND BULLDOG.
Piucky Conduct OF ~ Dog which Wen
Hunting tho Plains

Piucky Conduct OF Dog which Went
Hunting on tho Plains
The pack of dogs were in full cry
after the stamped;ng herds of below
ing beasts as they rushed and tore
along the column with their peculiar.
rolling gait. But King. the bulldog.
singled out the immense wounded lead
er. who had now slackened his speed
and was faltering In his tracks He
sprang at his throat with great cour-
age. fastened upon him. and the battle
commenced. with :he columns rs silent
spectators. It was novel spectacle.
The brooded troopers. the great. shag-
gy beasts laundering by, the white
topped wagon train closed up and halt
ed. the fieeting shadows, and the al
most limitless stretch of surrounding
prairie and vast solitude. The bull
went down upon his knees, but so great
was his strength that he quickly arose
and whiried the dog in great circles
over his head King had been taught
never TO let go. The entire command
now watched with breathless attention
The apparently unequal struggle, ex-
pecting every moment to see the dog
crushed to death Down went the bull
again on his knees, this time not from
any weakness, but to gore the dog;
rising. he would stamp his feet, in his
.age. then shaking him awhile he
would resume swinging and swapping
him like whip-cord through the
air. The foam. now bloody, fiec&ed
the long. tawny beard of the bison bull.
His eyes, nearly conceaied in the long
matted hair that covered his shaggy
head, flashed fire, and his rage knew
no bounds The dog. which had COM
menced the fight n pure white, now
turned to spotted crimson from blood
which had flowed from the buffalo's
wounds, and still his brute instincts.
tenacious courage and training I'D
him to hold on. Had he let go for a
moment the craZed bull would have
gored him to death before he could
have retrested. The bull grew per-
ceptibly weaker; he rose TO his feet
less often. He could no longer throw
the dog in circles above his head. The
blood stained King to more vivid red,
and. begrimed with dirt, he had lost
all semblance to his former self All
were anxiously looking for The struggle
to end. Impatience was already dis
played upon the mems faces. when sud.
denly General Mae eKenzie shouted: kill
the animal and put him out of his mis-
cry" It " rs merciful command. Two
men stepped forward to the enormous
beast, now on his knees rocking to and
fro. the dog still holding on, and
placing their carbines behind the left
shoulder, to reach vital point. fired
He gave one great qaiver, one last
spasmodic rocking, and spread him.
self upon the vast prairie, dead. Not
till then did King let go!- Outing.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-17

Forty years ago there were not north
of the Arkansas river 250, 900 American
citizens in all the vast area between
the Missouri and the Pacific Ocean.
Now there are not less than 12,O00,-
600, or nearly one-fifth of our entire
population. There are forty large
cities within this area, $4,000 miles of
railroad and at least one third of the
telegraph lines of the United States.
The rapidly of this growth is in con-
trast with that of Australia, whose
centenary is now in course OF COM
memoration. Australia was settled in
I7SS by colony of $50 convicts. In
1920 its European population was only
10000, mostly convicts or discharged
convicts. In 1889 it ceased to be a
penal colony. 1t grew very slow until
the discovery of gold in 1851. By the
end of that year 250,0O0 Europeans
joined the colony. BY 1871 the popu-
lation was 100000; in 1881 it was
2,250,O00, and in 1887 it was about
5000, 600, and including New Zealand
3, 3,486,682. Sydney has 250,O 600 inhab-
itants and Melbourne and its environs
nearly 100000.