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The National tribune., 1890-07-03
STANLEYS EXPEDITION
INTO AFRICA.
STANLEY'S BOOK is OUT.

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NATIONAL TRIBUNE alive. An enormous
price is asked for the book, while our readers
viii get it for nothing. A complete nara
tive OF Stanley's Last expedition, to rescue ~
Emin viii be commenced in these columns
very soon.
The story is written by one Of the party
who was with Stanley daily, and his account
Of the great excursion contains everything
that Stanley can tell, and many things he
would not tell, about the true inwardness Of
Affairs in Equatorial Africa.
A more specific announcement will be
made next week
Save your money by sending in your re-
newsls promptly.
We have in store for you the most thrill
ing and instructive lesson in geography ever
printed All should read IT,
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THE promotion Of Lieut-COl. Richard n.
Batchelder to the vacant Quartermaster-
Generally, over the heads Of six Seniors is
another victory for the volunteers, as opposed
TO the West Pointers. All of Lieut. Col.
Batchelder's seniors were West Pointers,
while he was a volunteer, and all his war
service was in that branch, and il was much
more brilliant than that of his competitors.
lie entered the Army May 2. 1851, as Lieu
tenant and Quartermaster of the LIST N. H.,
and showed 30 much capacity that he was
rapidly promoted through all the grades
until he became Quartermaster-Genera of
the Army Of the Potomac, and was mustered
out Of the volunteer service in 1866 as a
BreVet Brigadier- General. This was higher
rank than was attained by any of his seniors.
He entered the Regular Army in February,
1865, as Captain and Assistant Quarter
master; was promoted to Major in 1867, and
TO Lieutenant-Colonel IN 1852. He is very
popular with all who know him, and has
hosts Of friends who will rejoice at his pro-
motion
The National tribune., 1890-07-03

divorce on the ground that her husband wants
her to marry him for the tenth time. She
alleges that the ceremony has already been
performed nine times in as many years and that
she is tired of it," She should have il, by all
means. While it is true that all women want
their husbands to be lovers till the end of their
days, ID must get very wearisOme to go of on
q bridal tour every month or So and make an
elaborate pretense of being very happy with q
man who is suffering the infictiOn of a new
suit of clothes and pair of patent feathers
which fit entirely too prematurely. Let her
get divorce and marry man who is sat
isfed with making public guy of himself
once in lifetime. Then she may be happy
yet.
The National tribune., 1890-07-03
WAich bird is he qoiinq 10 shoot atl
WORK OF THE PENSION OFFICE.

During the week ending june %, 1890. 5,6l2
claims were received, of which l,747 were origi-
nal invalid BOG widows, war of 1912, G
bounty land, 70 navy, old war, 40 on ac-
count of Mexican service, l04 applications for
accrued pension, aud 3,345 applications for in
crease The names and nostofliee addresses oil
4,3i5 officers and comrades were furnished for
the use of claimants. There were GO, $50 pieces
of mail matter recoiyed 43,692 letters aud
blanks sent out
The number of cases detailed to Special Ex-
aminers was 535; $40 reports and eases from
Special Examiners; cases on hand for special
examination, lO625.
Report of certificates issued during the
week ending june g. 1890: Original, $685. in
crease, 1881 reissue, 1873; restoration, %; du-
plicate, o. accrued, 1876; arrears. o; act of March
3. 1883, /; order of April 8. 1884, o. act OF
Aug. a, 1886. D; supplemental, 8; arrears, June
z, 1888, / Mexican war; Ii reissue same date,
o; total, 5,045.
Number of rejected claims eopened. 353;
act OF March 4, 1890, Z.
The National tribune., 1890-07-03
WHY AND WRERRFoRE1

What queer business people seem to be get
ting into these days? For example, letter
from comrade comes TO US in an envelope on
which is printed Cincinnati Corrugating
Company" Now why has anybody formed a
company to eorrugsts Cincinnati2 How are
they going about it to corrugate a whole city
Why is city that is corrugated supposing
that such thing be praeticable-better than
one that is plain, or Guted. or merely cut bias ?
We have heard of Western cities putting on
frills, but to be corrugated is a new idea. Sup
posing that after Cincinnati is corrugated the
people there don't like it, and would rather
have it the old way, has the company any
method for un-esrrugatiug it? These be
questions which nightly perplex the editorial
mind.
The National tribune., 1890-07-03
co OK wITH THE BATTIr.

Comrades, the battle for Veterans Rights
was only fairly begun by the passage of the
Disability Bill.s That gives us much, but
only part of what we should have.
Now let us get into line-ofbattle for THR
NATIONAL TRIBUNE Service Pension Bill
the Repeal Of the Limitation TO Arrears, the
Equalization of Bounties, and other acts o.
justice.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is enlisted il
the fight for the war. Join its colors, com.
rades.
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CONGRESS has just passed an admirable
bill allowing veterans to execute their deela-
rations before any Justice Of the Peace or No
tary Public and have them witnessed there.
This will save the comrades hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars. The practice has hereto
fore been TO require the execution Of these
papers beforea County Clerk, and has caused
enormous inconvenience and cost, especially
TO comrades residing in the thinly -peopled
Counties Of the West. Frequently they and
their witnesses have been compelled to
travel 100 miles or more, requiring days Of
time, and considerable outlay in money
This will all be obviated, and comrades can
do all that is necessary near their own
homes
The National tribune., 1890-07-03
WICKED AND FooLIsH.

How sad to see n foolish, hayward man
Defy the Church's oft.repeaied ban.
And laugh the preachers long discourse TO seOrn
TO spend the blazing. swelt'ring Sabbath morn
In long and dusty tramp to distant creeks,
Where fish have not been caught for countless
weeks,
And home return at night. with visage red.
With temper soured, and badly aching head,
When in the shaded churchs cool retreat
He might have dOzed an hour cushioned seat.
And then his comfort on veranda taking
Have unused at ease on sin Of Sabbath breaking.
The National tribune., 1890-07-03

Another big wad Of English capital is to
be invested in this country in the purchase
Of John Roaeh's shipyards for $4,000, 900.
VIII the next decade see anything. except
orr hope Of Heaven, which is not controlled
By English syndicates2
The National tribune., 1890-07-03

The court decides II clearly constitutional
To use dynamite la process eSecutionsl.
But II the felon really goes folks won't inquire
Whether the Sheriff drops - line or sends by wire
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TAKE ADVANTAGE or LxpEnIENoI

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ExPERiENCE.
In nothing is long experience of more
value than in prosecuting pension claims,
for the reason that nothing but long ex-
perience can qualify an attorney for prompt
and successful dealing with the innumer-
able iatricacies that arise in the course OF
practice before the Pension Bureau. For
this reason we call the attention of our
readers who intend applying for pensions
under the new law to the advertisement ot
George Il. Lemon on another page. Capt.
Lemons Office is one of the very Oldest in
the pension business, and it has been one OF
the most successful. Thousands of soldiers
have lost in the aggregate immense sums OF
money by employing incompetent or dis.
honest attorneys. Capt. Lemon has prose-
cuted claims representing hundreds of mil
lions of dollars Upon the passage of every
general pension bill the country is flooded
aud the veterans besieged with circulars OF
irresponsible persons calling themselves Mt.
torneys. Veterans are cautioned to EMPLOY
only attorneys Of known responsibility and
experience.
The National tribune., 1890-07-03

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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Kentucky Troops Led Into q
Death-Trap.
Five Soldiers Shot Down in battle with
Outlaws.

FRANKFORT, KY. April 19.-Adjutant
General Hill received telegram under
date Of Pineville, April 1s, conveying
the information that the soldiers who
went to Harlan County to protect the
Court, came in collision with the out
laws on the 10th at Black Mountain.
Five Of the soldiers were wounded, and
1t is not known how many OF the natives
were killed The dispatch was from w.
g. Thompson, the keeper Of the State
Arsenal, whom General Hill dis.
patched to Harlan County several days
ago. The troops sent to Harlan num-
bered forty-five, under command Of Cap
tain Z. H. Gather, Of Harrodsburg.
Twenty were from that place, fifteen
from Lexington, three from Lancaster,
and the others from Frankfort and
Lanesville. General Hill says Captain
Gather wrote him last week that posse
was being organized to arrest Wills
Howard and one OF his gang out in the
Black mountains, and that he
had promised twelve soldiers as
part of the posse. 1t is possible
that the fight was between this
posse and Howard's gang, or it may have
been an attempt on the part of the
friends of Will Jennings to rescue him.
Jennings has been cleared of one charge
for which he was taken to Harlan to be
tried, but instead of being released he
was held for another, and possibly for
delivery to the Missouri authorities,
who wanted him at the time Of his arrest
by the Kentucky officers last fall. Jen-
nings was to have been taken to Pine
vile under guard Of the troops on his
way to Missouri, and General Hill thinks
1t not unlikely that the fight may
have resulted from an attempt Of Jen-
nings' friends to rescue him. The Black
Mountains, where the fight occurred, is
seventeen miles from Harlan. A tele-
gram from Pineville gives the follow.
ing account Of the affair: Judge Boyd
held indictments against number Of
the Howard faction, but the local officers
could not or were afraid to arrest them.
Captain Gather detailed Lieutenant Jas.
Milton, Of Lexington; Sergeant John
Pulliam, Of Harrodsburg, and fourteen
men to arrest the persons for whom the
warrants were out. They arrived ut the
Piooo VI hooh haii, oeNeHIceH HlleS
east Of Harlan Courthouse, late We'd
nesday afternoon. Thirty of the How
ard men were fortified in Halls barn,
we'll armed with shotguns and rifles.
They opened fire on the troops. The
latter retreated, but not before five Of
their number fell wounded. The others
gained the shelter Of some trees and
fired several yolleys into the barn, A
messenger was dispatched for reinforce
ments, and Captain Gather and largo
detail went to the aid Of the militia.
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BEN ELSEYS CRIMES.

A Murderer's Awful Confession-Twcnty-
One Lives Sacrificed to His Fiendish De-
sircs-Robbery and Arson Too Numerous
to Mention.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. April 21.-The
written confession of the colored MUIR
derer, Ben Elsey, who was hanged here
Friday, was made public yesterday, and
reveals the most phenomenal record of
crime ever heard Of in Southern GRIM
inal annals. The fiend says he has
been implicated in no less than twenty
one murders, and so many rob-
berries and arsons that. he could
not recall them all. The confession
is genuine, and written out by the
man in his own handwriting. His first
murder was that Of another colored bovj
at Dalton, Ga, when only Ia years Of
age. He next shot and killed another
colored man in Atlanta while playing
craps. For this he was sentenced to the,
penitentiary for twenty years, but OF
account Of age was pardoned out. Ell
next became brakeman on the East'
Tennessee road, where he became
member Of a regular organized gang Of
thieves and murderers, and piled his ap-
palling association for Ave years with
little interruption. He adds: II then
quit the railroad, and for the next year
/ did nothing but loaf and gamble, and
steal and rob, and murder and burn
houses" The confession says: "The
worst crime that was ever implicated
in, and the only one ever regretted be-
fore was arrested, was the robbing and
numbering at Pinson Station, Ca, of my
poor old grandmother, Rosa McCarver,
who was seventy years old"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
BAPTISM OF BLOOD.

fridge Breaks with Appalling Results
One Hundred and Fifty People Hurled
Into a Mill Kace-A Number Injured,
Some Seriously.
SPRINGFIELD, o., April 21.--A public
baptism service in Buck Creek was
changed into q baptism Of blood yester-x 4
day afternoon by the collapse Of q
crowded bridge upon which fully 900 peo-
pie were standing. Eleven persons were
to be baptized by Elder d. B. Green,
pastor Of the Third Baptist Church
(colored), and thousands had congre-
gated along the banks and adjacent
bridges to watch the ceremony. The
crowd upon the Limestone street bridge
and the adjoining bridge over War
der's race was especially large. The
bridge over the race was about feet
wide and formed q continuance OF the
sidewalk approach. 1t was supported
only by stone wall underneath, from
which it projected, and few iron
stringers eaten out by rust. just before
the first postulant for baptism was sent
into the water there was scream and
crash, followed by an development Of
dust, and fully $50 people were hurled
uIJccH leeI luCO tno r6Cc, diuiu tuo
debris OF timber, twisted iron
and masses of loosened rock. The
sight was horrifying, and the women
lining the bank tainted by dozens. The
main bridge sank six inches at one cor
ner, and as the crowd surged upon II
was heard to crack ominously. They
we're driven back by few cool-headed
men, and another catastrophe averted.
The work of rescue was commenced at
once, and nearly every physician in the
city was summoned. Among the $50 who
went down in the crash many were PIN
ned down by large stone slabs from the
abutment, and were only able by terrible
effort to keep their heads above water
while their limbs and bodies we're being
crushed and mutilated by the timbers
and stones. Mayor Burnett and de-
tail of police, assisted by the patrol
force and Western engine house firemen,
were promptly on the spot and did he
roic service, as did many spectators.
The bridge will have to be rebuilt en-
tire, and many damage suits against the
city are likely to grow out Of the acci-
dent. The number of injured are fully
fifty, some of whom will die.
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WATER ON A TEAR,
Damaging Effect of the Pressure From
Nasliv ville's New Reservoir.


Nashville's New Reservoir.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 21.--Nash.
ville's new reservoir is now completed,
water from it was turned into the pipes
running to the central portion OF tho
city. The bottom OF the reservoir is
above the highest building in the city.
1t had been estimated to give q pressure
OF seventy pounds to the square inch,
and that some Of the old water pipes
would burst. The latter expectation
was realized. A twenty-four-inch pipe on
Vine street burst, and a sheet Of water
three inches thick and twelve feet wide
forced itself through three feet of ma.
cadamized street, tearing hole four
feet long The stream of water went
forty feet into the air at an angle Of
forty-five degrees. 1t struck the new
Christian Church and broke out all the
windows, tearing up the cornice and
flooding the building. r. E. Pages ele-
CANT residence was also in line Of the
stream, and 1t suffered thousands of
dollars damage. The water poured in
at the front windows, and as the
door leading to the stairway was.
closed, the upper floor was flooded II,
the window-sills and poured out at thi
windows. Carpets, furniture and every
thing in reach were ruined. Downstairs
great damage was done, the whole house
suffering greatly. A one-thousand-do
lar piano was absolutely ruined. The
water was turned of in about thirty
minutes, but 1t was as much longer be-
fore the water ceased to flow.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
Eleven Year old Murderer

TExARKANA, April 19.-S. w. Stew
art was shot and killed by the eleven
year-old son of B. X. Sweet, at the lat
ter's saloon. The elder Sweet had o
difficulty with Stewart, who, getting the
worst of it, was leaving the building,
when the son seized 45-caliber British
bulldog pistol and shot him through the
back Of the head, killing him instantly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
Notice

Is hereby given that in consequence of
the death Of Bebee Barrere, it is neces.
sary for the undersigned surviving part
ner of the NEws-HERALD PUBLISHING
Co. to collect all outstanding claims OF
the company.
All persons indebted to said company
are therefore requested to call at the
News. HERALD Office at once and settle
their unpaid accounts.
All persons having claims against said
company will please present them for
ssttlemsnt Gsonas W. BAnnnas.
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Bon Elzy HANGED.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 19.-Ben Elzy,
colored, was hanged in the Jail yard,
yesterday. His neck was broken and he
was pronounced dead in - minutes.
Ely died game. His last words were:
my sins have all been forgiven and I
am going home to Jesus" Thursday he
made q full confession Of four murders
and numerous robberies and small
crimes. He killed two white men in
this State and white man and woman
in Georgia,
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DEATH-BED CONFESSION
or . Murder for Which Another Murderer
Was Hung.

CRAwFoRDsvILLE,. Ind, April TO-
James Dennis made death-bed confess
sion that he killed James McMullen, for
whose murder John w. Coffey hung Oc-
tober 8, 1885, the rope breaking three
times. Cotfey at the trial confessed, for
what reason is not known, that he killed
both Mr.. and Mrs. McMullen, and Dennis
went free. Dennis now says he killed
McMullen, and when his wife ran out of
the house Coffey hit her on the head
and killed her. No one thought Dennis
was guilty, and public indignation CEN
tered upon Coffey, whose hanging was a
horrible butchery. They were murder
ed for money, and the house was burned
to the ground to cover the crime. DIR.
Hamilton, of Waynetown, holds Dem
MIS- written statement.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
The Australian system Of ballotinl

The Australian system OF balloting,
more or less modified, has already been
adopted in eight States and has proved
to be complete success in Massachu-
setts, Montana, Rhode Island, Connect
icut, Tennessee, Missouri and Wiscon,
sin, and doubtless will prove satisfactory
in Washington when the time comes to
try It. The procession 10 evidently
moving all in one direction, and 1t is
high time Ohio was joining II. A good
Australian ballot law 10 one OF the needs
OF tho State. Cleveland Leader,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
Fleeing Convlcts shot TO Death.

LITTLE Rock, April 21.-Three con-
vlcts attempted to escape from stock
ade at Palarin, twenty miles north of
here, and two of them, Dan Sneed and
Tom Oxford, both desperate characters.
were shot and killed by guards. Tho
third, Willis Walker, escaped.
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The Reports Arc Untrue.

ATLANTA, Ca. April 2l.-In q letter
to Mr.. I. ID. Murphy, of the Atlanta
Journal, John II. Parnell, brother Of
Chas. Stewart Parnell, says that the re-
cent reports of poverty and suffering Of
their mother are merely sensational.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
southern Ploods Dimtu,sh,ug.

New ORLEANS, April 19.-The out
look in the Southern floods is moro en-
couraging. The Pointe Coupe levee with
stands the water as yet At Helena,
Ark, Greenville, Miss. and st. Jo-
seph the river is reported falling, and
fears Of further damage are not enter
taiuad
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
Wire Worm Damagiug wheat.

ATcHIsoN, Kas., April l9.-A number
OF farmers living in the eastern half of
this county report to-day that sort of
q wire worm is doing great damage to
the wheat. The worm is about an inch
long, and the thickness of fine wire,
and OF dark brown color. Wherever
1t works the wheat soon withers.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
AdmittAd To Canada.

NIAGAnA FALLS, Ont, April 19.-Lem
Sing, the Chinaman, who was hemmed
in on the suspension bridge Thurs
day, was admitted to Canada late at
night, and immediately left for parts
unknown.
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Tho Last Of Castle Garden.

New YORK, April 0.-Yesterday was
the last day on which immigrants were
landed at Castle Garden. The $40
steerage passengers who came per the
Bohemia from Hamburg were the last to
pass through the gates.