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Cannot Vote for Sncnker.

Three Democratic Membe.j Of Congress will
not have their names upon the roll Of the House
OF Representatives when that body is called 10
order on Monday, Dec. :. These arc Bourkc
Cochran, Joseph J. Little, and Alfred c. Chaplin,
who were voted for on Nov. 10 I'll vacancies.
There rs no question Of their election, but they
cannot be put on the rolls until their certii-
Gates arrive, aud these will not be forthcoming
until the State Board OF Canyasscrs meet some
time during December and canvass the vote.
il is possible that they will be allowed 10 enter
the caucus, but they cannot vote for Speaker in
the House. At the assembling Of the last House
Amos Cummings was in a similar predicament
aud his name was put on tho rolls on the
production OF the county certificate. Clerk
Mcpherson does not think that this action was
legal, and will not follow it. A New York Re-
publican, N. Martin Curtis, Of the pod District,
will also be deprived Of his scat until the GER
tidcate is received from the State Board.
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Col Gardiner Tufts died at his home In Con-
cord, Mass, Of pneumonia, on Tuesday, Nov
"a, aged CO years. During the civil war he
was sent to Washington by Gov. Andrew as the
State Agent FOR aiding Massachusetts soldiers.
lie remained IN this capacity for four years.
lie was then made State Agent for collecting
claims against the Government. In this he
was so successful that, as be himself has said.
If he had received commission on his c0llec-
tions, as many other Agents did, be would have
made half a million dollars Gov. Clalin, in
1868, appointed him Visiting Agent Of the old
State Board Of Charities an Office he held for
10 years. Later be was Superintendent Of the
Primary School at MOnsCn, and since De-
cember, 1854 BIO had been superintendent Of
the Massachusetts Reformatory. lie leaves a
widow aud two daughters.
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MMe4ASS
n

IN orderly book containing the fun work.
lngs OF benedict Arnolds expedition TO Canada
D. another curious work. il has a paste board
cover, aha % about lO inches square aud an
inch thick. From Il 4 see that on Jan. 81 J178
when the c0uutcrsign OF the army was Camp
bel aud the parole "Montrcal" Col. Bene.
dict Arnold WAS, by the unanimous voice O..
his officers aud troops, appointed Commander
and on Feb. :, when the parole was SCHUYLER"
nnd the connteIHign Howe" the notice came
Of his appointed by Congress as Brigadier Cen
cHl
in another journal by ma officer stationed IN
New ork Do 10 when the army was al Camp
Pcckskill, find the recon of Aru0ld's treacl.
ely. This Is Only two years after lis appoint
ment as BIigadier-Gencral The journal states
shat the Bgt.eh spies Aagc been hung, and .ag,
Sea. Arnold, hearing oi this bias ms - A.a e..
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Tin Works An Wales

As announced last week, a number OF tim
plate works in South Wales were closed down
IN consequence Of oycrproducti0n and other
causes, with the result that a large number Of
men were thrown out Of employment. Much
suffering followed.
Matters have been made worse by the dec
laratlon by the owners Of tin-Blate works in
Wales that they will close their works for a
fortnight in December and a fortnight in jan
nary. The reason given for this action is that
the owners desire 10 give the market a chance
10 absorb the stocks now on hand and by cur
failing the production 10 bring about an i'm
proyemont ia prices. Meanwhile there is
much restitution among the families Of the
labOrers
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The election TO the Presidency Of Brazil Of Gen
FlorianO PeiXottO did not, as was expected, set
tie the disturbances in the State Of Rio Grande
do Sui PexOtto has issued two manilestoes
appealing 10 the people TO cease their rcyolu-
tonary proceedings aud rcinstatc the officials
whom they depOsed.
The latest dispatches arc Of an alarming ma
ture. The National Guard has been modified
and fears are entertained that the issue will O. q
grave one. The authorities Of Rio Grande
do Sui are obstinate IN their refusal 20 comply
with the orders from Rio Janciro instructing
them 10 roinstate the former officials Of tho
State and a conflict with the Federal authori-
tics may be looked forward 10 unless better
counsels prevail.
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Anniher Mr,Icnn nnirnre.

The official report Of the stabbing Of Private
Barrett, Of Troop q, 81 u. S. Cav, by the guard
ia the Jail al Suevo Laredo, Mexico. made by
the commanding officer at Fort Mcintosh,
Tex, says that Barrett, being bostcrous, was
arrested by the municipal police Of Neuyo La
redo while on his way 10 and near tho bridge
leading TO this country. lie was taken 10 Jail
and pat under charge Of a guard Of Mexican
soldiers acting in a civic capacity as jailers.
About two hours later, under the aggrayatiOn Of
maltreatment by his custodians, he attacked
one OF their number and was brutally bayon-
eted by some Of the others, receiving three
wounds, two very serious, one Of them being
made in his back, the bayonet passing between
his ribs aud breaking of in the wound
BY q forced construction Of Mexican military
law il has been directed that Barrett be tried
private soldier before couTt-martial, 10
be held In Monterey, Mexico for assaulting
members of military guard. The authorities
in Washington have been advised Of the situa.
ton, and will no doubt take immediate steps 10
stop these rather unusual proceedings, or il
that cannot DO done have Barrett represented
by proper counsel provided through the De-
paTtment Of State"
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page 4.
Church and State In France.

N. Ribot, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs in
France, In an interview with Mgr. Ferrati, the
Papal nuncio in Paris has distinctly informed
the latter that unless the Vatican takes steps
TO cause the archbishops and bishops Of France
10 behave in a more moderate manner toward
the French Government, that France Will no
longer oppose the separation Of Church aud
State. This follows Immediately upon the trial
and conviction and hning of the Archbishop
Of AK, SOuard, who wrote an insulting letter
10 the authorities who had refused to give him
permission to leave Paris to visit Rome.
In addition il is said that NJ. RibOt informed
the nuncio that the Government has deter
mined, at all hazards, TO insist upon prelates OF
all ranks obeying the law as strictly as any
humble citizen would. In default OF this NJ.
RibOt Is said TO have remarked that the Gov
eminent would prosecute and insist upon the
most severest penalties being imposed upon
those who defed its authority.
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Work OF the Pension once.

During the week G,55l claims were received,
Of which 81 were original invalid, 233 widows.
bounty land, u navy, ~ old war, IFS accrued,
and $3.50 applications for increase; act oil
June27, 1880, I,ll4 original invalid, 4s3 widows
prior application under Old acts. LOSS.
Number Of claims received 10 date under act
OF June ~ 1880 728, 423 Claims disposed Of
10 date under said act, 29d95a.
Number Of rejected claims rcopcned, .532
The names and pUstoiiice addresses OF ,56i
comrades were furnished for tho use Of claim
ants. There were 100 LAG pieces Of mail matter
received; s0,12s letters aud blanks sent out
Number Of cases detailed 20 Special Exam
incrs 3G2 reports and cases from Special Ex
am.ncrs, 2,Ji cases on hand FOR special eKami
nation, 1,479.
Report Of certificates issued: Original, 3, 40s
increase, lsl7; duplicate, 80; accrued, lls
total a.575. Total number Of claims pending
$4,000.
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Negotiating for the Cherokee sirIp.

The Committee Of the Cherokee Council has
about completed negotiations Tor the sale Of the
land known at the Cherokee Strip, with the
United States Cherokee Commission. The COM
missioners have agreed 30 pay So 700 900 for the
Strip, or about $40 per acre, which IL about
Is cents an acre more than WAS ever offered be-
fore for the land. In consideration for this
raise in the price, the Cher0llees agreed 10 waive
al other claims or demands. This agreement
will be presented 10 the foil Cherokee Council
this week, and will undoubtedly be ratified by
the Nation
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Agents Of the Chicago people who bought
John Browns Fort at Harpcrs Ferry have bar.
gained with the owners Of tho old Kennedy
farm IN Washington county, Nd for the pur.
chase Of the farmhouse. The price said 10 be
offered is 5000 This house Is situated on the
mountain near Maryland Heights, opposite
Harper'a Ferry. John Brown, under the name
Of Smith, ronicd this farm from Jacob Fiery
lie made the house his headquarters and here
collected his pixies aud muskcts. IL Is said
that the house Is TO be carried 10 Chicago, along
with the fort.
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agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page 4


Lieut.-Gov. Chase. who succeeds Gen. Hovey
as Governor of Indiana, is 81 years old, a ma.
tive Of New York and Of honorable lineage.
One Of his ancestors, Samuel Chase, was a
signer Of the Declaration of Independence, and
another, his great grandfather, Rufus Chase,
was one Of the % Revolutionary patriots who
stole into the British camp after night and
captured and brought Gen. Prescott into the
American lines. When Gov. Chase was - he
left New York for Illinois, where he taught
school until the war broke out, when lie on
listed. Discharged on account Of i'll health, he
entered the ministry, aud preached at various
places in Illinois and Indiana up to 1856. He
then ran for Congress from the 9th Indiana
District, but was defeated by Col. Matsou. His
nomination as Lieutenant Governor in lsse
was unanimous. He is a staueh Republican.
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cape to New York "as be had sold the fort for
10000 pounds sterling"

IL was among these old papers that ] found
some years ago the evidence Of Gen. Logan S
age. lie looked much younger than he really
was; whether from caTelessness or otherwise,
his age was not mentioned in his biography I'm
the Congressional Record He was supposed TO
be an tho way from 80 20 60 years old, when, IN
reality, he was over 60 I'm looking through
these papers one day ! came across his applica-
tiOn for 100 acres Of land for his services in the
Mexican war. They were made out when
Logan was County Clerk NJ Murphysboro, Ill,
and they are signed by him as such.
Connected with them is a certificate Of his
honorable discharge at the close Of the Mexican
war. This is dated Oct. is, lSlS, and shows
that he was Second Lieutenant Of Co ii, LIST
H. Foot Volunteers and that he was enrolled
on the 29th day OF May, 1Si7. ln the CeriiG-
cate tho place for his age and the date Of his
birth were not filed out; but upon my asking
for the muster-rolls Of his company, | found
that he was ~ years old when he enlisted in
Isi7.
] do not know what became Of his 100 acres
OF land. but j DO know that there is no more
deserving pension granted by the Government
than that which goes 10 his widow, and which
amounts 10 $4,000 year. The papers asking
for the warrant are well written, and the name
which ] have traced is as plain as though
penned to-day. Id reads,
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There is a telephone in their residence, and
as it is used principally by Mrs. Binks and her
friends, it is perhaps natural that it should be
identified solely with Mrs. Binks, and that Mr..
Binks-well, Hr. Binks answered when the
bell rank a few nights ago, and this is the con-
yersation that took place:
"HullO!"
"Well?"
els this Mrs. Binks?"
"NO."
"Imean is this Mrs. Binks's telephone2"
"NO; it's the company's."
swell, is this Mrs. Binks's house2"
~ don't know. Pm beginning to think
perhaps it is"
What 2"
ayes, l guess it Is. Everyone seems to
think it is, anyway"
"Is Mrs. Binkss daughter there2"
"No."
"Well, who is this?"
"Oh, this is only Mrs. Binks's husband, the
father of Mrs. Binks's daughter, the man who
lives in Mrs Binks's house and occasionally
drives Mrs. Binks's horses. She got him with
the house. you know"
ooh. she did
Yes, she did"
though on Mrs. Binks, isn't it?"
That telephone will probably be taken out
Of the house.
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pension and laud claims which have accumu-
lated since the beginning OF the Government
and the lives OF more than million soldiers arc
wrapped up in them. The names OF the great
est men OF ouf country are found among these
papers, aud much unwfitten history can be read
between the lines
Among the Revolutionary records j came
across the papers which granted a pension 10
Blaiuc's great-graudmother, tho wife Of Col.
Ephaim Blaine. EphraIm Blaine was an oili-
Ger Of the Revolutionary army. dc was close
friend Of Washington, and during the last four
years of the war he served as CommissaTy-
General of the northern department OF his COM
mRHd. lie was a rich man. and lac gave largely
from his own private purse toward tho main-
tenanoe OF the army during the severe and
memorable Winter st Valley Forge
Whether his gifts crippled him do not know,
but on the 4th OF March, lS4s, his widow was
granted pension of 5000 year The papers
here attest her marriage with the Colonel, and
a certificate signed by Sarah II. Blaine IN a
trembling hand states that she was TIE widow
Of Col. Blaine, who died on the 10th OF February,
1904 aud that she has remained a widow ever
since the death of her husband. Accompanying
these papers ID a letter from Robert j. Walker,
who was, ID will be remembered Secretary of
the Treasury There are other papers showing
that Ephuim Blaine was COmmissary General
Of the Army, appointed by the Continental
Congress
The following is Mrs. Blaine's autograph:
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CcoryRrsur, IsoiA

OWN in the Pension
Office building at WASH
inpton, the files and rec
ords have been removed
from above 10 the vast
court. The floor upon
which the guests of
President arrison's In
augural ball danced is
now a city Of mahogany
cases with streets cut
ting through il al right
angles. These cases con-
tain much of our mill
tary history. In them
are the applicatiOuS for
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The dispatch from Wilcox, Ariz., states that
the spaches are on the war path. One man has
been killed and another wounded, and settlers
are arming to protect themselves. A telegram
from Fort Bowie says that Maj. Downing was
shot from Ambush, but not fatally injured.
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A dispatch from General Freight Agent Mac
Kenzie, Of the Mexican international Railroad.
at Eagle Pass, Tex, says that the Mexican corn
crop failure will create almost famine in all
districts in Mexico, and that the demand for
American corn will aggregate millions Of bush
els-The fact has been made public that the
major domO az Hatfield House, tho residence Of
Lord Salisbury, was priest. although the fact
was not known 10 the Premier. When rec0p-
nized the man at once left. 1t Is thought by
Lord Salisbury's family that no was a Jesuit
agent and sought to obtain information for the
Vatican. An appeal has been presented TO
the Patriarch Of Armenia 10 use his influence
on behalf Of Christian women who arc being
carried of in large numbers by the Kurds. An
appeals for protection are unavaiing, and. in
stead Of the Turkish authorities endeavoring
10 catch aud punish the raiders they arrest aud
imprisOn the Armenians who arrest them
Experiments in Tain-making has been made at
Bezwada, ia the Madras Presidency, India
where the scarcity of water is seriously affecting
the crops. Twenty bags, each containing 10
pounds Of Roburite, high explosive, were cx-
ploded at Bczwada at an altitude Of GOO feet.
The conclusions caused by the explosions were
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The Revolutionary Records Of the Pension
Office contain many old orderly books aud
diaries j once found packed away under the
stairs about a double bushel basket full Of
Bibles These were mixed up with samplers.
diaries and other papers which had been filed
D. identify the applicants for pensions. Each
Of the Bibles contained family record. and a
pension clerk told me that several bushels had
been returned 10 the families from which they
bad come, but that the owners Tor those re-
manning could not be found
Among the diaries are all sorts OF curious
things. Some record the daily dOinps Of the
soldiers at the time Of the Revolution, and
others are made up OF a mixed record Of soldier
life and farm life. ln the first part Of the
book there may be q story Of d campaign, in
the middle there are sketches by children.
showing that the young ones Of the family have
amused themselves by drawing IN il, aud az
tue latter part may be found the record Of
household and farm transactions, such as the
death OF calf, the marriage Of d laVorite
daughter, OF plan for new house OF mig men
Some Of these diaries arc surrounded bV his.
toricai associations.
found among the account books the ledger
OF MAJ Gen. Schuyler, Alexander Hamiltou's
iatheT-lu-iaw. This account book was kent
from 1875 70 l7TI u was made before tie
days Of ruling and glazing paper, aud the PAGES
arc numbered with pen. The book Is about
two feet long an inch thick and six inches
wide. lis accounts are kept in pounds, shil-
linR6 and pence.
From one item ] saw that Robert Yates, then
Secretary Of the Indian Department, the same
As Secretary Of the Interior to-day, got 25
pounds i0r three months salary. -Four hundred
dollars d year would be the salary OF Secretary
Noble al this rate, an amount which would
hardly supply the necessities Of life in Wash.
lngton to-day. j give a picture of Gen
bchuylcrs signature
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"Why don't you apply for pension? p"
It."
"How is that"
"Well, you see, my substitute deserted"
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Hare yoE done yOur duty it getting one more
subscriber for THE NATIONAL 4RiBUEEf
You should do tis, Jor Il is lie best Igay 10 ,.g
g0gT comrades.
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Harper's Magazine.
81 Der Year,

HARPERs will celebrate the fourth Centenary Of The Discovery Of america
the Recent Unprecedented Development Of our Country especially
ican tory
probable Field ite Next European War will
Mr. MILF and AP Aos Papers will also be the Austrian
n
Mr. w D. HoNTLLs will contribute novel World Of Chance chadny
popular
Among the literary features viii be
his lifelong Of
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NOTED PAPERS
Found Among The Archives Of the
Pension Office at Washington.

Bow Blaine's Great-GrandmOthcr Got n
Pension-A Look al the land Warrants Of
Us. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, ana William
4. Shprman-tIOw jefferson Davis and
Frank Pierce Got land Claims tor Their
Mexican War Recnrds-Gcn. Schuyler's
Revolutionary LedEer-LOgan's Appli-
cation foF "A Land Claim.
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A man named CARA is making trouble for
the Mexican Government. Little attention
has be,n paid 10 his movements hitherto but
at last hc'goyernmcnt has ordered 1000 troops
from the city Of Mexico 70 the frontier, along
the Mexican National Railroad. Reports are
very mgager SO far, but a revolution Is feared.
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Crimes and Casualties.

Some 20 miles east Of Tacoma, Wash, near
Canyon Station, on Green River, on Nov. % a
high bluff broke away and swept down upon
gang Of GO workmon on the Northern Pacific
track, killing - outright and wounding many
mOre-Ihe directors aud officials OF the Lou.
isiaua State Lottery arrested in Sioux Falls s.
D., recently, for violation OF the lottery mail
law, were brought before the United States
District Judge, Billings, last week who re-
leased the prisoners on $1,000 bonds each to
appear before the Dakota court at the March
term George stratton. who died in New
York from the effects of a long fast taken in
the eBdeayOr 10 beat Succs record adOpted n
boy, believing him 10 be the long missing Char
lie Ross. The Sheriff Of Cortland, n Y Is now
investigating tho case, but there Is hardly any
doubt as 10 the result.-The car house Of the
Second Avenue Traction Co., at Lakewood
Ga, was destroyed by fire Nov. 20. together
with 20 cars and several horses. The flames
spread 10 the Electric Hotel, large frame build
ing, which was destroyed. The loss TO the trac.
ton company was $4,000 and 10 hotel $4,000
-BuTglaTs entered the sacrsty ofthe Roman
Catholic Cathedral at Los Angeles, Nov. q,
and went to work on the two safes there. They
blew of the doors with dynamite. The most
valuable articles they carried of were two
ciboriums aud one osteusorium, both Of solid
silver, aud valued together at 81 0.-Miss
McEwan, Of Frankfort Ky, who was shot by
a negro last October while on an excursion
train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
aud was permanently injured, has obtained a
verdict FOR sis, 900 damages against the railroad
company.
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page l.
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That Telephone to be Taken Out.

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Rather Delicate.
IYnnkee RHlLel

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II will be a surprise to many that Grant once
received a land warrant OF 100 acres for his
services as Second Lieutenant and Repmental
Quartermaster in the Mexican war; When he
wrote the letter making the application for il
he could not possibly have foTeseen that his
wife would some time draw pension OF $1,000
q year as a Presidents widow. The applica-
ti0n was made when his prospects were by no
means bright il is dated Detroit, Mich, Nov.
O. 1859 and is ab0minably written in Grants
own hand. its wording Is short and crisp, and
Al Il signed,
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