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The National tribune., 1890-07-24
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
GleaningS from National Headquar-
ters---NOtes from the Departments.
Mrs. ANNIE WITTEEMYFR. National President
Mrs. ABBIE LYNCH, National Secretary.

To specially aid and assist tho Grand Army of
tho Republic and to perpetuate the memory of
their heroic dead.
To nssist such Union veterans need our help
and protection and to extend needfui aid to their
Willows and orphans; TO find them homes and
employment, and assure them Of sympathy and
friends to cherish and emulate the deeds Of our
Army Nurses, and of all loyal women who render
ed loving service to their country In her hour Of
peril.
To inculcate lessons of patriotism and love Of
country among our children and in the commune
ties in which we live: to maintain true allegiance
TO the United States of America; to diacountenance
Whatever tends to weaken loyalty and to encour-
age the spread of universal liberty and equal rights
to all.
Women OF good moral character and correct de-
portment who have not given aid and comfort to
the enemies of the Union, who would perpetuate
the principles to which this association stands
pledged, and who have attained the age of 10 years.
shall be eligible to membership In the Woman's
Relief Corps
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CALIFORNIA;

f1he Assistant Acknowledgement OF the different
Departments respectfully requested 10 forward
o copy Of the Department rosters for 1850 to TIE
NATIoRAL TnIBuHE.l
CALIFORNIA
The roster Of this Department for 1890 shows there
are ll9 Posts within It's limits This In n slight re-
duction over the roster of 1882 due the fact that
the Department Of Arizona il n separate Uepart-
ment Of our Grand Army family. aud the Posts In
that Territory were la the Department of California
The Foster shows the formation OF Posts from I4s
10 lOo; the baby Post barring tho number 1855,
CofnFade A. i. Buckles, OF Fairfield, IL the De-
pRrtment Commander, who has ConlrAds II. O.
Masleller for his Assistant Adjutant- General.
CONNECTICUT
The roster Of the Nutmeg State for 1890 shows
there GO Posts IN existence being AN Incyea., al
two the roster Of 1889 The field Is we'll 0ar-
nered In this Department. and there are but few
who are eiigihle for membership who have not
connected themselves In active fellowship We
have received the rosters OF all but eight OF the
Posts In this Department. and believe we will RS.
ceive these also. C0mrade John O. Broatch is De-
pnrtnenL Commander, who has retained the sery-
Ices OF Comrhde John III. Thatcher as his Assistant
AdIniant General. Tho Headquarters of the De-
partment lie at Middletown, Conn.
GULF
The trouble between the white and oolore6 Posts
OF this Department has mt last eliminated In an
order from the Commander-in-C Chief for "A court
martial 10 try Capt. Jacob Gray, Past Departmen mt
Commander. on several charges preferred by Jos.
A. Mower Post. No !, and two members Of the
Commander-nChiefsS STAFF. recently sent TO New
Orleans To Investigate the Of the rival Posts
The court will he presided over by Gen A s. bad.
ger, with Col. Frederick Spead as Judge-Adyoeate.
and will meet July "A.
IDAHO
The roster OF tho Department Of Idaho for 1890.
the " Baby State" shows the existence Of IS live
and energetic Posts, speeding the doctrine Of Fra
teTnity, Charity and Loyalty As this distant
ment within the limits Of the Territory 40 RECENTLY
invested with Statehood. think the general
rejoicing will result In q still further increase in
Posts and membership. Comrades, see to il that
every worthy ex-UniOn soldier and sailor is en-
rolled under our banner. COmrade w. Il Riley of
Hal ey. IL Department Commander, and ComTade
II. II. Ptcotte In his Assistant Adjatant- General
The headquarters Of the Department is at HALEY,
Idaho
ILLINOIS,
The roster Of this Department for 1890 Is not vet
printed for distribution We have received the roll
OF members of the 2ith annual Encan pment which
was held at Quincy, ILL.,. March L. 1880 from which
we gather that at that date there were 6S4 Posts ia
the Department, which Is Increase of II over the
roster OF 1885, This is one of banner Depart
meD.s, and with the exception of the Department
OF Ohio aud New York. contains more Posts than
any other Department Ia our family The baby
Post bears the high number of 692 and is located
at Aid. At this time have no doubt enough
additional Posts have been formed TO carry the
The National tribune., 1890-07-24
For Commnnder.In.Chior. cte.

Gettysburg Post, lel, of Boston, has Endorsed
Commander Harrison Hume for the position of
Senior Vice COMMANDMENTS Chief The Post will
use all honorable means 30 secure his election.
John j. Fry, GlRndorf, o. announces that Gen.
A. V. Rice and Col. J. J.. Long. both of Thomas
Allen Post, SOS, Giandnrf will each have a strong
support for Commander-in-ChieL
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What the Records Show.

Following is a statement showing the number Of
Posts and the number OF members Ia good stand
ing for the quarter ending March 81 1890 with the
exception Of the Department OF New Mexico. mo
report has yet been received from that Department
for thai quarter, and the figures given those Of
the quarter ending December 3i.l The loss in
membership for the first quarter Of this year In
sl60. Total amount expended for charity for the
year ending March 81, 1880. is s22i .055.59
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Generarorder. No. Is.

General Orders, No. Is.
The 24th National Encampment win convene al
Faneuii Hall. Boston, al "a. m Wednesday, Aug. 10
After the morning session OF that day. the other
meetings OF the Encampment will be held at NJ usie
Hall.
By order Of r. A. ALsER. Commander ia Chief
GEo. II. HOPKINS, AdlutAnt-G General.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

scrofulous humors, hives, pimples, and boils
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
druggists.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24
DEPARTMENT NEWS.

fThe Assistant Acknowledgement OF the different
Departments are respectfully requested 10 forward
o copy Of the Department rosters for 1850 to THE
NATIONAL TnIHUaE.l
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MISSOURI:
NEW Jersey

Ulro DahiRren Post, IS. Elizabeth, recently pre-
scented n handsome flag to the Orphan Asylum
The ceremonies were witnessed by several hundred
persons. The exercises by tho children. including
q flag drill. were varied and entertaining. TIL,
presentation made behalf of the Post by
Rev. w, IL, SheTmer. and Rev. E. @. Cobb re
spondcd for tho managers and children OF the Ia
stitutIOn,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

locomotives are fitted with automatic
train brakes. There are S6I,ll cars
used, of which %. 665 are in the passen-
ger service and s54 ,03l In the freight
service; %, SAC passenger cars and 66e :
5lS freight cars are fitted with automatic
brakes.
The statistics of accidents show that
during the year $50 passengers have been
killed and 2l46 passengers injured. This
shows that one passenger has been killed
in every 1928. 1873 passengers carried.
and one passenger injured to every 22o.-
o24 passengers carried. The rate OF NOR
tally in England for the year 1888 IA one
passenger killed for every 6, 49,. 33G car
RED. aud one passenger injured for
every 527, Oh carried. This diserepan.y
may, perhaps, be explained by the fact
that the number of miles truyiled per
ticket is in this country much greater
tn In England. or employees in the
United States 1872 have been killed and
20, OPS injured during the year. These
figures show that one death occurs for
every S51 employees and one injury for
every thirty five employees. Or IL SINH
lar statement be- made for trainmen that
Is to say for engineers, firemeu, con-
ductors and other trainmen, one death
occurs Tor every III employees and one
INJURY for every twelve men employed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
HON. Ire the Folks 2

''Oh, they re all well except Mother ,
she's about the same. Poor Mother,
worn out by household cares, exposure
and overwork. No wonds- she gives up
at last and takes to her bed. But OIL
how much brighter the family fireside
would be II mothers chair was not
vacant. The doctors don't seem TO be
doing her any good. She says their
medicines don t seem to go to the spot.
She feels so weak and longs for strength.
"Oh! give me strength, - she murmurs.
Why not give her the remedy her system
Graves? Her Impoverished blood nnd
shattered nerves are starving for just
such ingredients as are contained in b.
B. B. botanic Blood Balm). Then try
bottle of this excellent remedy. Ii Is
truly woman's best friend. It quickly
relieves pain and restores health,
strength and functional regularity.
James w. Lancaster. Hawkinsyille.
Ca. writes; my wife was in bad
health for eight years. Five doctors and
as many more different patent medicines
had done her no good. Six bottles OF b.
b. b. has cured herr
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
TIE RAILROADS
The Probabilities OF an Extension OF
the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande to LIanO.
The Fort Worth and Albuquerque Scheme
Not Dead Yet-Diff rent Gauges on Rail-
notwithstanding StatisticI-NOtes.

The question US to where the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande railroad will be
extended to from Comanche, 1t Is said -,
will be settled in q very short time, and
all indications point TO San Saba and
Llano as points on the lire. There have
been several conferences with prominent
citizens of those two counties aud the
resident officials OF the road recently +,
aud 1t ia regarded as about settled, that
the liberal offers made to the company
by both San Saba and Llano will be ao-
cepted. When the work of extension
from Cnmanche will commence is not
known, but Us the line from Dublin to
that point is nearly completed IL is not
improbable that the further extension of
It will be taken up In the near
future. The building OF this
line of road into the country
southwest of Fort Worth is going to be
OF vast benefit 10 this city. Nearly all
Galveston, not because the people there
prefer Galveston as market, but be-
cause the railroad facilities TO the latter
city are better. With direct line to
Fort Worth the trade of an immense
area OF country will be diverted In this
direction, fact fully appreciated by the
business men OF Fort Worth.
II is reported that the proposition
mad. the com pany by the Llano and San
Saba people has been forwarded to New
York and that i. will be acted on by the
Rio Grande people without delay.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Fencing Railroads

A party of railroad men were discuss
ing the wreck of the Texas and Pacific
freight train which occurred just west of
the city Yesterday morning. IN which
both life and property was lost. and
during the conversation one of the party
snid:
Railroads should be compelled TO
fence their entire lines. There is no
telling how many lives have been lost on
account Of this not being done. 1t is no
uncommon thing to hear of just snch ac-
eiuents as this one-a train thrown from
the track by COW and The life of some
poor devil of brakeman. an engineer or
q fireman lost, 10 say nothing of the loss
IN property 10 the company. The losses
which railroads sustain In this way would
on some roads pay for fencing the line
from one end 10 the other. Then II
should be done as protection to the
public and the men working on the
trains
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
THE GAUGE OF RAILROADS.

Inc Lack OF Uniformity Said to BE the
Cause of Many Accidents.
Lack of actual uniformity in the gauge
OF railways which are nominally o.
standard gauge Is believed by CORE
spondent Of the Railway Age TO be the
cause OF many otherwise unexplained ac-
c'dents TO trains, and his argument Is
very reasonable. He shows that of 54S
railway companies in the United States
whose tracks are nominally of standard
gauge, 1923, or Is per cent. use the gauge
OF Tour feet nine inches, while 419. or II
per cent, have the gauge OF four feet
elght and half inches: thCt Is on Is per
cent. of the standard gauge roads the
track IS half an inch too wide. car of
the Pennsylvania railroad, whose
gauge is four feet nine inches,
has play between the wheel fanges of
three-fourths ofn inch but when IL is
running on connection road OF four
feet eight and one half inches guage
there is Il play of only one fourth of an
inch. With tight gauge the tendency
of heavily loaded cars will often he to
mount the rail, and the correspondent
believes this 10 the cause of a great num-
Der of derailments. II Is certainly un-
fortunate that exaet uniformity of gauge
does not exist in this country, because
while no advantages can be seen in u va
Ration OF half Hn inoh, the disadvantage
and possible danger are evident. The
subject demands attention and when uni
formity In some other perhaps more i'm
portant matters has been secured IL will
doubtless receive it,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Climatic Influences

As the spring months pass and change into the
heated summer term, the system becomes ener-
waited. the food IS no longer rel shed, the stom-
ach becomes deranged. there is g loss Of appe-
tite. and The situation is described by saying
one feels tout OF sorts.'' In the healthy and
robust these symptoms pass of without anything
but brief Inconvenience, but there are thou
sands who have inherited or acquired ills, and
this class needs gentle and harmless tonic and
regulator.
That wonderful new discovery, Acid Iron
Earth, which physicians have Endorsed, seems
to have been designed by nature for Just sucn
seasons and just slch temperaments. The sim
pie extract CT a marvellous mineral earth, devoid
of alcohol in any form. free from drugs or any
artificial element, Acid Iron Earth, tones up the
system. promotes digestion, assists the assini-
lation of food. and imparts rem ewed vigor and
new Life to the feeble ald euerva.ed. Aud the
most important point is that this improvement
is not II usive or temper ary, which ceases when
the use ceases, but Il steady an / constant
gain, without any reaction or other evil effects.
Nor Is Acid Iron Earth alone remarkable as a
curative agent. II is no less efficient as a pre-
ventive OF diseass. especially OF malaria. debil
fly. bilious attacks, indig .stion, dyspepsia.
old proverb. ION ounce OF preve1tion is worth
pound of cure is again e-elsplifed in the
judicions use, especially during the heated
term, of Natures own remedy, Acid Iron Earth.
have been sufferer for about eight months
with dyspepsia. I was induced by friend to
take Acid Iron Earth, and 1t has entirely cured
me. / feel like q new man, and recommend
Acid Iron Earth to all, as l know it TO be a good
remedy. THOMAS A. EMMETT,
Deputy Tax Assessor. Mobile County.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
The Albuquerque.

The Fort Worth and Albuquerque rail-
road scheme IS not dead though Il is in
very bad shape, and something must be
done and done quickly to prevent 1t from
going The way of the Dallas, Archer and
Pacific scheme. Parties are at work
quietly in the city endeavoring TO save
the enterprise from falling through, and
a few of the leading business men-men
who have the welfare of the city at heart
and who realize how great q benefit
the building of this road would behave
signilied their willingness TO contribute
literally 10 SECURE the road. A few more
such as those who have already come to
the front would make the Fort Wor th
and Albuquerque road n certainty, and
there is some hope yet that this will be.
If those gentlemen who subscribed to the
$40 900 bonus. will get together and dis
actuated them when the bonus was
being raised, there is hardly doubt that
d plau for building the road to Spring.
town this fail would be hit upon. A
GAZETTE reporter has met with two citi-
zeus in the city who have said they wonld
contribute $4,000 each to the capital stock
OF the company In order that the road
might he built TO SpriugtOwn. A few
more of this kind aud success would be
assured. 1t Is a matter of too much i'm
portance 10 Fort Worth 10 be allowed 10
die from a want of the right kind of
action
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
rAcrs AND FIGURES.

Interesting Statistics Furnished by the In
tersiRte Hallway Commission.
The report OF Statistician Adams OF the
interstate commerce commission shows
that the railway property of the United
States is controlled by 1905 organizations.
The number OF men employed is 704 .743,
showing that 1909 men are employed for
every 100 miles of line. This evidences
greater efficiency than is attained on
foreign roads. For example, in England
there are 346 1926 men employed, which
gives l74S men for every 100 miles of
line. The efficiency of the men cm-
ploYed on American railways is shown by
the fact thar each engine has carried
what is equivalent TO 2 .274. AIS tons OF
freight one mile and 3s2 .362 passengers
one mile. The total number OF passen-
gers carried by rail IN the United states
was 472, III ,S43. The total number OF
tons of freight carried IVES 539 ,639 .5S3;
the average haul for each ton OF
freight was l27. SO miles. showing q ton
mileage OF GS, 727 .223, jag. The table
showing the equipment of railways is es-
peciaiiy interesting. IL shows 20, 036
locomotives, OF which S079 are passenger
aud Is. i40 nre freight locomotives; 77oS
passenger locomotives and S74S frsight
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
A Belterl knight.

The immense avoirdupois of Col. J. P.
Moore, general livestock agent of the
Texas and Pacific has been embellished
lately by the addition of gorgeous
bellyband OF the most dudish pattern.
II was presented to him 10y his many
friends, who made up a purse to pur-
chase il, aud the presentation took place
ut the uptown Texas and Pacific ticket
office, City Secretary Early making the
presentation speech, courhed in just such
language Us the occasion demanded.
The belt is of the broad red and black
stripe, with white buckle attachment.
There was no belt in the city large
enough to go around the colonel Is portly
figure, but by dint of .plicing this Cir
die was made fit, and IL is
decidedly becoming to the rotund
figure of the elephantine wearer.
There were large number of gentlemen
present when the presentation took
place, and loud cheer went up when
the colonel received the band with the
statement:
''l will accept and wear this belly
band, but will kill the first man who
guys me about 1t. Now, come on across
the street.
The crowd went, following behind the
now belted knight, who did the honors
the rest of the evening with becoming
grace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
General and Personal.

w. &. Coffey, travelling passenger
agent of the Little Rock and Memphis
road, was i'll the city yesterday.
Col. c. c. Gibbs general land agent of
the Southern Pacific, with headquarters
at Houston, was in the city yesterday.
NJ NJ. Jewett, livestock agent of the
! Missouri, Kansas and Texas, is just
/ back from the Panhandle and saws TINT
the movement of cattle from that section
is about 20 start up. The Katy will have
several train loads from Ruthford this
week.
/ A Boston exchange says: There is
steady absorption OF the Atchison by New
| York parties. II ia estimated that 90
600 shares of stock have gone to New
York in the past few days, although
| transfer books may not show it.
A circular has been issued from the
Union Pacific headquarters announcing
the appointment of w. H. Baldwin,
vice. president of the Montana Union,
with headquarters al Helena, to be as
sistant vire-president of the Union Pa
citc with headquarters at Omaha, to take
effect September l.
On account of the freight wreck on the
Texas and Pacific west of the city yes
terdny morning, no trains left this city
for the west until 1880 in the afternoon.
The local train between Wills Point aud
Wpatherford was abandoned, the regu-
lar morning through train which was de-
Iayed here going out on its time.
The Union Pacific company is shovel
ing the snow out of Alpine tunnel for the
purpose of getting out about nifty cars OF
coal showed in last winter. II is not now
the intention of the company to keep the
route open during the winter, as there is
not, IL is claimed, enough business TO pay
for operating n train, even il IL costs
nothing for opening snow drifts and re-
pairing wushouts. Some time, il Is
thought, there will he enough business
done IN iron and coal to keep the road in
q passable condition.
The boring of the great Tennessee Pass
tunnel, OIL the Denver and Rio Grande
railway, has been completed. 1t is bv
all odds the largest railway tunnel In the
Rocky Mountains and pierces the sum-
nit of the continental divide at AN ele-
walton of over 1000 feet above timber
line. The tunnel was built to shorten
the Western line of the Rio Grande rail-
WY. Work was commenced only last
December and it has continued night and
day ever since, three shifts OF eight
hours "a h working at both ends. The
distance is 1850 feet.
The contracting freight agents of the
United States and Canada will hold
their fourth annual convention la Dem
yer, beginning next Monday. The
membership of the association has in
creased wonderfully during the last year
and now numbers several hundred. A
letter has been received In Denver from
President Rising, stating that fully 200
will be present and that the meeting will
be the most important yet held.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
SMALLPOX OR cHIcKESPox.


DR.. Rutherford Requested to Investigate the
Disease at Waco.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX. Aug. 2s.-McGregor was
quarentined against Waco on account OF
rumors of smallpox, and to prevent any
further injustice, Governor Ross in re-
spouse to request from Mayor McCui-
Loeb, wired DR.. Rutherford, stare health
physician, to come TO Waco
imm diately. Smallpox or chickenpox
whatever It NAV be. the city authorities
have adopted vigorous measures to pre-
vent its dissemination and every case Is
thoroughly Isolated and Guaranteed :.
DR.. Rutherford IL now on tie Mexican
border or was yesterday evening. but is
expected to arrive Ia Waco Tomorrow
night. 1t is presumed DR.. Rutherford
will put quietus on the now preralsnf
rumors that the disease i spreading.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Government In.pec,ion.

special car, containing party OF
United States officials, passed through
Kansas City Friday. en- route from the
Pacific coast TO Washington. The party
consisted of United States Railroad Com
missioner Fl. A. Taylor, his wife, son
and daughter, Engineer Col. Thomas
Hosserd and Commissioner Tayfor's pri-
vate secretary, John s. Martin. Com
missioner TAYLOR said: 81 lind the rail-
roads in the Northwest and West in ex-
cellent condition, in fact. better than
ever before. There Is little construction
under way. but the roads are doing
good business. cannot make any de-
tailed statement, US have not yet ar
ranged my matter for my report, but
my first statement about covers the re-
suit of my trip. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Renora, sot.e..

have removed my stock OF sewing
machines from Sos Houston street TO los
First street. between Main and Houston,
opposite B. c. Evans Co., where / am
hitting up the most complete sewing ma
chine emporium in the state. Parties
wishing TO rent or buy the celebrated
New Home, or the Domesfic, White,
Household or Singer machine will nlways
mud these standard makes in stock. 1
keep needles. oil, attachments and the
different parts for sewing machines In
stock. All sewing machines repaired
aud warranted. Respectfully.
=. J. sHucx. Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
wan Chnnre ,he Line.

The main line of tins Fort Worth divis-
ion of the Union Pacific Is to be changed
where it crosses the divide. Between
Elizabeth and Parker's station there Is a
very steep grade for more than twelve
miles. Il Is little more than per
cent, or AT lenst so steep that the OIL
cials End difficulty 10 getting heavy
trims over the divide. The long hill has
always heen source OF worry to the
company and finally they have dscided
TO abandon she steep grade. or rather