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The National tribune., 1889-08-08

EDITOR NATIONAL TEIpUsK: Az thesrnilroatis are,
by excessive rates, discriminating sgainsL tho Ma
tonal Encampn.ent Mt Mti~aakes, please answer
thc following question ip the columns OF THE Ma
TroSAL TEIBSrsE, giving your views:
Hare not those who fought to preserve the Union
another battle 10 agit against those who got en-
piscs Of land and mountains Of wealth by charters
and subsidies from the Government during the
war-viz.. the preservation Of American liberty By
the enactment Of lava, both Slate and Interstate,
guarding real rHilEoaa values. and making The In
haiing or fasifying of real values a eEine7
The citizens Of one State have no moral right 10
initiate values property in another State. aud
force the public against its consent 10 pay Inter-
est on H. cash the inflated value. They claim
~ there Is no staiutc Law 10 punish them tho Gov
ernnicBt cannot punish them by post f,co hsws
so The people must cash tile billions Of dollars Of
false values. which hns created railroad arlstoo
racy in Nation. and which are trying to use Tie
General Government 10 enforce their claims.
Tho conspiracy Of any company Of men to uss
American liberty to ensIave Americans 10 treason
The penalty for treason should ba dsaihI The
powers Of absorbing wealth IL greater than tho
ability of the West 10 produce; tha diserenana tho
observation-disclosures Il AxBRRaGs, onapola
keb.
We do not propose TO discuss now the po-
sition taken so strongly by cur correspond
emit because in a dispute of the kind which
we are now having with the railroads 1T in
unwise to introduce anything that rs not
strictly geFmane to the question before the
house. What the railroads have received or
have done in not at present pertinent The
sole question is, What is fair dealing in the
present easef We claim that to charge the
comrades more than one cent mile In ex-
tortion and a breach of faith It has been
the custom to give us a one cent rate; such
a rate has been given this year to other or
CARNATIONS; we are entitled to the same
treatment extended to them, and it is rob-
berry of the comrades to take advantage OF
| them in this instance and exact HIGHER
rate. We should all insist upon the dis
| cussion being confined strictly to this one
consideration. What the railroads are re.
ceiying or have received has as little TO do
with the matter as what the soldiers have
done in the past and the claims that they
have upon the cOuntrys gratitude.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

Es.-Surgeou-Genera Jones' n naaurbsr OF
Gov. Foraker's staff, murdered &C his henss la
Cincinnati, o., by his colOred councilman on July
-. Comrsde Jones was an hoBored member CT
the Grand Army. His funeral was attended By
Gov. Foraker and staff, . Regiments OF Ohio troops
and many distinguished citizens
CRowE-Smith H. Crown. Co. r. 50th " Y died
at winchester. N. OAK, July 2, Of rheumatism Of
the heart aged 81 years. He was a member Of
Robert BsTF Post, No. "a He leaves wife aad
BEAcHBAED.-Pane J. Beachhard. CAPTAIN. Co.
i, 10Th Ind. died Mt Nashville Ind recently afser
an Illness which lasted since the war. Capt Beach
bard WAS respected by all who knew him.
SEDAS.-Lsvi III. Sedan, Co. A 81 ind Cav died
at BarkswOrth, Ind, July 5. Of heart diseases.
He was a meRlbeE Of Post No. 100 Of East Enter
prise, Ind
JoHEsos. -Torgus Johnson died June p as
Wis He enlisted Aug. III, ls62; was discharged
July 4, 1868. He WAS buried with Post hOuoTs By
James Garfield Post No q
BLACKBURS.-Maj Robert 3. Blackburn 18th III
died IN Brooklyn. I'LL Mai Black burn was born IN
BGter County, 0hfO, IN 1877 IN fs52 he enlisted In
the United states army, rasesi 4 company and Was
eleetsd Captain OF Co. A, 18th ILL.,, and commits
stoned Major in 1865. aud at the close OF tbs
war WAS hOH0rabIy discharged He returned 10 hfs
home at Brooklyn, and ia 1857 engaged in r1sr-
ehaudisiHg with Dir. G. "a Besssfi which firm re-
manned in business up to the time of hts death
He was member Of GeOEge A Brown Post, No.
Cox.-joseph H. Cox died April 3. in his 4ssh
year. He a member Of Co C. 18th Ohio OF
the O A. K and a Mason HeleaEes wife and three
WARD-James g. Ward. Co G. 2lst Ohio, died at
Huntington. Ind, July 10, OF inflammation Of the
bowels, aged 3D. He was = member Of John How
ard Post, No. I54. Of McCOuBb. o. in which city he
was buried He leaves a. wife and chiidFea-
SEBERGER--Joseph SebeFger died July 3 at bis
home iu West Troy. COmrads Seberxer was a
brave soldier, and sfler the joined the original
flbbTts Veteran Corps and remained q member TO
bis death. He haai also been = member Of both
Post Willard and Post Tibbita
PoLIsG--Died at his home. near Broadway o.
FIRST Lieut.. George W. Polling. Co. g, i8Ist Ohio
Comrade Polfug WIS a menber Of Ransom Reed
fosf, No. ll3 Aarysyills. o. He served IN Co. 81,
66tI Ohio.
BRASSoE-Wnliam RraHn0n died July q rom
diseases contracted in the service. He was mem
Der OF CO. ID, I'd Tenn, and Of Ellsworth Post. No
81, Jamestown Tenn He leaves a wife and three
boys.
REx.-Maj Geo. p Rex, Surgeon, I'D III, died nc
his home IN Reavilie. " J.. July L. He entered
the service IN August 1861, serving throughout thu
entire conflict, and filing the position Of Regi-
naeutal, Brigade and Division Stsrgeou with marx
Ell ability aad zeal He WAS n member Of the Loyal
Legion, and Surgeon of Post No. A. Of Fleming
ton. N. j.
HAssoS--James ". Hanson committed suicide,
by taking morphine. at Quincy H. July %. He
WINS member of Co. b. i0sh sficn
kEELEE-George w. EeebsF. Senior Vice D.
partment Commander Of Connections, GAR
died July at Bridgeport. He was . member o.
Co. u, 18th Conn. and was about 4s years old
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

The question that comes mp first in the
dispute as to the Boring seal fisheries is as
to the jurisdiction of the United States over
the waters where the seizures were made.
The old principle is that the sea is free
for all the world, bat this is modified by the
provision that each maritime Nation can
exercise jurisdiction over a zone adjacent to
its own shores. How wide this zone shall
be is vexed question, and one that has led
to wars The generally-aceepted rule is
that it shall be cannon-shot." now stated
more definitely us q marine league-three
miles. There are exceptions to this, how
ever Great Britain claims limited juris-
diction for II miles from the shore all around
her islands and ID has been systematically
conceded that the whole Of the wide st.
Georges Channel, between Ireland aud Eng
land, is British water. During The war we
claimed control of the Atlantic as far us the
Gulf Stream for blockade purposes, and 10
years later we reasserted the same claim for
enforcing revenue regulations. Spain claims
q belt six miles wide around Cuba. The
main dispute has been with regard to par
tially-inelosed waters-bays, CULTS, archi-
pelagoes, etc, aud this brings the element OF
uncertainty into the Boring Sea debate.
Originally Russia owned the countries on
both sides, Us well Us the chain of Alcutian
Islands, which, running nearly to Asia,
She could then regard her control of it as
complete rs we regard our control OF Lake
Michigan. When she sold as Alaska she
coded all her rights over the Territory and
its waters, including the Aleutian Islands.
But 1t is claimed by some English writer's
that there being now different power on
either side of the great sea, it must be re-
garded as open Ms the ocean. When eur
State Department is called upon to make
answer it will claim jurisdiction 10 1882 w.
under the treaty with Russia, and further
more it may insist that il can exercise ID
under the rule advanced by Great Britain
in ease of certain bays-that Of including
all the waters inside of line drawn from
cape to cape. A line drawn from Alton
Island, the extreme southwestern point in
Alaska, to st. Lawrence Island, the extreme
northwestern point, would include all the
waters in question. This is certainly as
Just as the boundaries that England hrs in
sisted upon in Canadian waters in the fish
cry disputes.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE grand old Psalm says: 81 have seen the
wicked in great power and spreading himself
like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away,
and, 10, he was not: yea. sought him, but he
could not be found" Perhaps as good an Illus
tration of this as any is found in the case of
the late prince of sluggsrs and gamblers, Hon.
John Morrissey. He was power in his day
and generation, had wealth galore and flung il
around rscklessly, net little Of it being used
to corrupt politicians and public officers. The
toilets and diamonds of his wife. the oriental
splendor of her house, the wines, liquors and
other Refreshments on her sidehoard were the
talk of the country. To-day Mrs. MorTissey has
not dollar, is living in q little room in Troy,
N. T., and earning scanty subsistence by
making collars.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE st. Louis Republic, which ia the Or
gan of the skulking guerrillas, bushwhack-
ers, house burners and murderers who made
pore ole MiZzssra" a hell upon earth from
1861 to 1865, and, an undesirable place of
residence since then, ribts from its first page
to its last in foul abuse of Commissioner
Tanner and the pension system:
Yes, but Just watch tho Grand Army when IL
comes 10 "eneamp" In Milwaukee. II will not
only indorss Tanner. buzz unless it's Grand Com
mnndnr misrepresente IT, u will indnrse the depend
ent pension bill and demand of Congress service
pension-~two measures that wonid cost the tax
payers of the country al least saO0OOo0O per an.
mum In addition to the burden thsy are now carry
ing. Even Tanner, "qnscrupulous darnagulg I"
though he H. draws bank from this naonstrors raid
on the Treasury. He Is NOT demagng enough nor
interruptions enough To ailit tine GA H., who have
reached the point wlsra tley FIR neither scru-
pie principle buhpnly for the country grati-
tude" In the shape Of daAars.
How the SURVIVORS OF the QuantreIl, James
and Younger bands, who are representative
readers of the Republic, must indorse such
sentiments as these.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08
aPrcrAr ANNouNCRMKNT.


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postal uaoRoy order, or drqf asa Aeae
Port, srS7l Be al the IRISH ef ass sender.
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TRIBUNE has many v0lSafeeF caEUaSssEs, a@d hey
ave generally honest and fdsitl; but persons soho
e0sde their subscriptions 10 uiess saIEsf be Gaesr etp
faeass q ,efr responsibility. The pd~ esd De se's
onl1 on FeceFllt Of sHe subscription prtod-
ADDRESSES. RENEWALS. Esc.-Addresses sOiu
bs changed as often desired blEf each subscriber
ssid IA oue case oiue Che cid tne Gsssess address
IN renelrii Subscribers should be careful 90 sead wS the
iG5c DE last paper Feoeired and specify ang cor
rscisons or c.GRgcs seV desire made en- Ras or aa-
dress.
INSTRUMENTATION Il solicited
from euerp SccfiOs Ia regard 10 GrcRd Army. PEN
pion HILLARY. Agricultural Industrial and Household
snaoYs and letters 10 le Editor sGM GisDGEs receive
s1rosFi attention. Hrife on ONE SIDE 81 he paper
only Re do not rciIRH communications or manu-
scripts unless HseF accompanied bY request 10
Gai ccc aud the necessary postage, and Gnds- no
circumstances guarantees dseir publication at Any
spscicl c,ufe.
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The National tribune., 1889-08-08

This racket over the pension given sena-
tor Henderson recalls another pension, given
to man in similar circumstances, at which
the papers which are now abusing Gen.
Henderson smiled approvingly. Among the
very first applicants under the Mexican PEN
sion law, was Gen. John s. Williams, one of
the wealthiest men in the State Of Kentucky.
who had been Governor of the State and
Senator, and was and is candidate for re-
election to both places. He was likewise a
BrigadieT-Generl in the service of the
Southern Confederacy, and after intriguing
and plotting with Breckinridgs to drag
Kentucky into Secession, left the State at
the head Of brigade of Kentuckians, and
fought as hard as he could for over four
years to destroy the Government whose
pension he was so prompt to claim and ae-
cept
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

Attention is invited 60 the advertisement Of
our new premium watch in another column.
This IS = superior hme-pieee in every WAY to
anything thai has heretofore been offered as =
prenaiun by any paper. It's works and its case
are 81 the highest class and cannot fail TO give
satisfactina- Ne will send one watch for every
Is Eui'scribcrE. and we have sEch confidence in
IL that Il, upon examination. the watch does not
prove satisfactory, it may be returned and We
viii refund the money. This is an unprece-
centeG opportunity 60 obtain n 6rst-ciass
watch. and we nope our Subscribers viii avail
themselves Of il. But little effort Is required
80 raise q club Of IS Subscribers Any active
boy or yoaRg man can do it in a short time.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE Free Traders are laboring hard 10
convince people that the rise in the price of
sugar is due 20 the sugar trust. Undoubt-
eddy the sugar trust would do it il il could,
bat It II controlled by conditions outside of
the United States. The facts are that Ia her
eagerness to push her sugar into the mar
kets Of the world Germany overdid the busi-
ness, and broke down the market There
was no sale for Cuban sugar, except in the
United States, and immense quantities re-
manned On the producers hands. France did
her best to protect her own sugar growers,
by drawbacks On what was exported, and
the result was that sugar was sold every
where at ruinou5 prices This thing had TO
end, and SO there was Congress of the
Nations interested, few months ago, when
it was agreed TO stop the disastrous draw
back policy, and, naturally, sugar took q
bound upward. It win in the end be hene-
fetal TO us, for now we win have business
basis upon which to encourage the produc,
ton of our own cane and sorghum-sugar
and will establish it on as firm a basis az
Germany and France have established their
beet-sugar Industries.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08
RECENT LITERATURE



Yomml's Illustrated World. Published at New
York. Price cents copy, or $3.50 year.
An exceptionally valuable publication is the
Journal Of the United States CsrrGlry Associati0a
published quarterly at Fort LeavsnWorth.
Kan, and devoted 70 the discussion of matters
OF interest connected with the military pro-
fession. Every number contains translati0ua
from European publications of essays BY the
first soldiers and military writers of the day
besides valuable discussions BY soldiers Of our
own country OF events, movements and incl
dents of instructive importance to the profess
sion OF arms and especially Of the cavalry
branch Of warfare. Fhe price ia so cents .
number
The Cathode World IS IS good as ever. Is q
always very interesting magazine, readable
by all. Though Catholic tR0manL il is 50
courteous that Professionals enjoy its pernSaL
The last number is in the general tone OF thas
scholarship which has all along marked the
Cdth0hc H0rid Every one who can ind time
should read the spicy articles OF the July num-
Der.
Joel Chandler Harris has written 3 new
novelette, for the Century The Old Bzscom
Pfaee"-whieh viii begin in the August num-
her, and viii be complete in three INSTALL
ments. 1t is q reconstruction story, and Ia
said 70 be in Mr.. Harrs's most delightful vain.
The Century Co. viii shortly bring cut 3 hOli-
day book fur Young folks. Daddy Jake. the
Runaway, aud other stories. oy joel Chandler
Harris illustrated by Kemhle.
The August Century viii contain Sym
postum on wood engraying, including q num-
Der of papers written and illustrated by group
of we'll known engravers. The articles are,
"W0od- engraveTs in Camp" By Frank French;
" Originality in Wood engraving" by Eibridgs
Kingsley; Painter engraving by w. b.
Ciossou, and q The New school Of Engraving
by John p Davis. Fourteen wood-engrsvings
of unusual interest, ara contributed to the
series.
6iodey's Eady'S Book for August is now on our
table. Among the home journals, none enjoys
greater share OF popularity than G0dey'G
Though it is one of the oldest, it is constantly
abreast of the times. and it's publishers spare
neither trouhle nor expense IN making 10 az
once readable and instructive. thus insuring
il an ever-hearty welcome. Send IS cents for
a sample copy, and We are quite sure you viii
subscribe for year. Address the publishers
at Philadelphia, Pa.
Table TaLk-Deyoted 10 culinary and house.
hold topics. Published moathly by the Table
Talk Publishing CO., Philadelphia Price, 10
eents a number ar 81 year.
The Madame DemOrest Monthly Fashion Journal
Published at II East Fourteenth street, New
York. Price so cents per aRnum- This is .
frst-elass fashion periodical sad very cheap.
New Music.
HRobin's Farewell" Caprice for Piano. By
Fisher. 1t is elegant, and no doabr viii before
many days DO played by yoang and old tina
country over. Price so Cents Ign. Fisher,
Toledo, o., is the publisher.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE political ring which has so long been
the incubus Of Maryland, has another heavy
offense charged up againHt it, One of the
most important factors in the commercial
and induatrial prosperity Of The State Ia the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which was badly
damaged by the floods this year. Ita use
fitness to the community has always been
greatly diminished by its being managed
by the ring of politicians which governs
the State. The State is now unable TO re-
store ID TO running order unless IL can bor-
row money, and capitalists refuse to take o
dollar of the 100000 of bonds which the
State is axious to float for its repairs unless
ii Is taken completely out Of the hands Of the
politicians, which the latter will probably not
allow, since that would deprive them of an
immense amount Of patronage. Meanwhile
the farmers, merchants and business men
are suffering greatly. The canal is the great
carrier of the coal from the mines at Cum
berland to Washington, Alexandria, and all
places on the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

CIRCULAR No. A, by Department Com
mander Michael Brown, of Michigan, gives
a table of the rates from different points in
the State to Milwaukee and the amount of
overcharge if the railroads insist on a one
fare rate. These run from $3.50 for the
comrades attending from AIpena to 81 for
those from Ludingten and Manistee. The
average extortion would be in the neighbor-
hood Of SO, and Commander Brown estimates
that ii would take about $4,000 from the
packets of the Michigan comrades
The National tribune., 1889-08-08
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, d. c. AUGUST s. 1899.
"TRUMPETER FRED. "
By
Capt. Charles King.

We have secured new serial story from
Capt Charles King, the popular author of
The Colonel's Daughter" and other tales
illustrative Of army life. 1t is entitled
Trumpeter Fred, and is replete with stir
ring incidents Of the camp and field that
win enchain the interest Of cur readers from
frst to last No one should miss it 1t
win be commenced soon, and VIII run
through series of issues Of the paper.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

WORK or THE PENSION OFFICE.

During the week ending Aug. 3, 1885,
5,2s6 claims were received, of which 1868
were original invalid; SOL widows; war
of 1912; O bounty land; 40 navy; s old
war; 81 on account of Mexican service, and
3,257 applications for increase. The names
and postofiice addresses of 1908 officers and
comrades were furnished for tina use of claim
ants.
The number Of caaes detailed to Special
Examiners was 1,67si oe7 reports and cases
from Special Examiners; cases on hand for
Special Examination, 1906.
Repert of certificates issued during week
ending Aug, 8, 1883: Original. T7e; in
crease, ], COS; reissue, 81 restoration, 16; dn-
pIicate, 20; accrued, SO arrears, B; act of
March 3, 1883, q; order April 3, 1884, 1 !;
act of Aug 4, 1885. 6; supplemental, 20 !;
arrears June 7, 1883, A.; Mexican war, 26;
total, 2,O19
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

Hon. Jeremiah Rask for . third term a. Governor
Of his State
Gen. John F. Hartranft was taken so III IN tho
performance of his duties Of the Connmfssso,
for buying the Cherokee lands. that he was com
PEELED to return from Tahlequah to mis- home IN PHI
adelphia, and his physicians say that he win n Il
be able TO resume his duties for two weeks at leas
Gen. N. NJ. Curtis has declined place on Us
New York Republican State ticket. He is eontsns
with his place in the Assembly.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

READEEs viii notice that We spell Boring
Sea without the b commonly found there.
Tins Is for about the same reason that the
man called his dog Watch because that
was his name. The Russian navigator who
discovered the sea which bears his name
was called Wins BefiDg, and his name is 90
spelled By careful writers. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE being an ardent spelling relormer,
always leaves out superhHous letter wher-
yer il can. hence this orthography.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE eight Department Commanders have
issued Circular No. 5 10 their Departments.
In which they renew their counsel 10 the
comrades TO remain away from the National
EneamPment unless the railroads reeede
FROM their position and treat the comrades
fairly. They say that nine or ten Depart
neBts viii write 10 the Executive Commit
Tee al Milwaukee eanceIing engagements for
camp grounds and Withdrawing from the
parade.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

THE English-worsbiPing Mugwump press
generally approve Of the Parliamentary
grant Of $4,000 year TO the Princess
Lsuise, whose father and mother already
receive $4,000 a year from the public
treaeury, and whose husband has an income
Of $4,000 a year. Yet $4,000 year would
pay 200 deserving pensioners 1891 a
month.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08
TRIBUNETS.

SLUGaER SULLIVAN and his trainer Null
doom have been industriously painting Long
Island City alively red, and slugger Kilrain and
his bottle-holder Murphy have taken larger
contract Of the same kind with reference to
Baltimore. Shining ornaments to society these
lights Of manly art of self.defense are.
The National tribune., 1889-08-08
THE GRAVE OF LITTLE PHIL.
srF c. HAEBAuaH. cAzsrowx. o.

One gentle Summer day stood
Where all around was fair;
A little thrush from leafy boW'R
Made music on the air.
a zephyr stealing thru The gIades
OF Arlington 80 still,
A moment stopped, metheughts to kAz
The grave of LittTe Phil
Beneath me blue Potomac flowed
In beauty 10 shs sea;
Behind me by ten Thousand men
Who died for you and me-
And In the fair sunlight that touched
The cedar-guarJed hill.
I stopped and dropped . tribute On
The grave of Little PM.
Methoughs heard the roll Of drums
Ii shenandoaIs's giea.
EfethoUght saw him ride again
Before his gallant men.
But NOT he sleeps, his battles DER.
Around him al Is still;
And Arlington in glory guards
The grave Of Little Phil.
No longer waves his peerless sword
Along his gallant lines:
No more his shout OF vict'ry stfra
Fhs dark Virginiaa PiRes-
Bus Fame foFe'er his name has linked
To river. mount and Fili;
And Arlington is Proad to keep
The grave Of Little Phil.
o. white and red my 1OEeEs were
That fell upon the chief;
And 'twixt them nestled, like babe,
A fragile little leaf.
Twas sweet to see them lying thers
Upon the sacred hill,
Their soft leaves mingiing gently On
The grave OF Little Phil.
o, let him sleep, forever crowned
By deeds that cannot die
His @absE wTOts his deathless name
AlOn on GleFy's SKY.
And for thousand years to come,
Upon che eedSrfd hill.
The flag OF stars shall float above
The grave Of Little Phil
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

IT is not believed that the escape of the
Black Diamond will complicate matters in
regard to the Bering Sea, but may facilitate
their settlement. All has been accomplish
ed that was desired in driving the poaehars
away the vessel Was old and of little value.
and she now stands in the light of an escaped
convict and win not dare TO venture outside
the protection of British waters
The National tribune., 1889-08-08

The st. Louis Republic is practicing the
worn-out old trick of publishing letters
signed Veteran" sold Soldier" etc, vi
eiously abusing Corporal Tanner and the
pension system.