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During the week 1912 claims were re.
ceiyed, of which l35 were original invalid
2i9 widows. q bounty land, 81 navy % old
war, 272 accrued, and 2.O7O applications for
increase; act Of June q, 1890, 1916 original
invalid, So widows
Number OF claims received 20 date under act
Of JuGe %. 1890, G6J.IJ3. Claims disposed of
20 date under said act. III, 5Gi.
Number OF rejected claims reopened, 61O.
The names and postofice addresses OF 29g5
comrades were furnished for the use Of claim
ants. There were l0J05J pieces Of mail matter
received; 79.i2j letters and blanks sent out
Number Of eases detailed TO Special Ezamin-
ers, 81; reports and cases from Special Ex-
nminers, 32l; cases Oh hand for special ex-
animation, 1890.
Report of certificates issued: Original, 1888 ;
increase, 2i5; duplicate. o.; accrued. 1872; total,
Co.'s. Tota! number Of claims pending, !, $685.
500.
Commissioner Rlum on juno % signed in
valid army pension certificate No. GOO.OOO.
granted for various disabilities incurred dur
ing the late war. Widows aud minors certifi-
Gates have been issued to the number of 29j.-
Al; navy iEvalids, II. $40, and navy widows,
J,G57.
There have been paid since July /, 1861. TO
survivors of the war of the rebellion, the war
Of 1912, the Mexican war and the war of the
Revolution, or their widows and children, an
aggregate of S3l, PSI lG,000.
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AFcar,ul Ixulo,ian.

During storm a. Galveston, Tex on Fri.
day, jane 20, holt If lightning descended
aud struck aud exploded the p9Wdcr-hou of
the American Powder Company containing
1000 kegs .! powder. The conclusion caused
ihc o&I ios.on OF three other powdcl. houses.
Although these houses were nearly four miles
from Galveston, the explosion caused tie
houses to rock aud sway ia tho city, rs IL in
On he thr0cs o! an earthquake. Glass was broken.
GoDTs thrown open, plaster fell from the walls.
goods t4mJlcd from the shelves. and peoplc
sgo0a ag!at, not knowing what was 10 como.
Chaos and ruin marked the region In tic
vicinity Of the powdor-houses. A hole was
iouhd where The American Compauy's powder.
house stood Us feet ia circumference aud Of
immense depth. Sc@Utiing bricks and mortar
were thrown 10 great distances. No lives were
lost, but Z nuiabcr Of cattle were killed,
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY . E9

great men OF the world to-day. lie Is the
Government in Mexico, and his rule is that of
the ir0n hand in the glove of velvet lie is
the only man who has been able TO give Mexico
peace, and the people appreciate that his rule
means progress safety of property, and freedom
from revolutions lie is in fact. more OF a
monarch than Republican President, but the
people Of Mexico, rs they are to-day C0nstitut-
cd, could be governed in no other way, and the
day when the Republic Will be rs much a Gov
eminent of the people as ours is necessarily
very far in the future. The people appreciate
this. They are satisfied with the Government
aud the most popular man in Mexico is the
President lie is, perhaps the strongest man
Mexico has ever had. Let ne tell YOU hoY he
received me. As entered The room saw only
two men. One was a straight, WCll-formcd.
modesto looking business man. Of apparently 30
years Of age. The other was Mr.. Mariscal, the
Secretary OF State, aud IS / shook hands With
him he presented me 10 the business man,
who was President Diaz. lie was dressed in
black getaway cloth coat, white vest and light
trousers. There was nothing loud or ostcuta-
tlous either about his dress or manners, and he
shook my hand aud gave mo 4 seat at his side.
Then we talked through the medium Of Sccre,
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Many people in the United States are prone
10 look upon Mexico as a land Of heathendom.
Few appreciate the extent Of institutions OF
ITS Capital 10 is true that a laTge-a very
large-nai Ority Of its II 600 900 PEOPLE are icno-
rant and degraded, but IL is also true that they
are fast improving. aud that both land aud
people are in the march Of civilization. Take
Mexico City. IL has better order than New
York. Ii is better paved than New York. IL
has less crime than Boston and IL has fewer
business failures than Philadelphia. 1t has
good schools, aud its system of education Is
compulsory. il has night schools as well rs
day schools aud though the children all study
cut loud. they are bright aud quick 10 learn.
Mexico City has OYER 300 different schools.
and these include academies and colleges Of all
Kinds. 10 has great conservatory Of music
a medical college, a school Of mines over 100
years old, an agricultural college a Jaw school,
a great National academy Of art, and a Ma
uonal museum.
Mexico is a city Of thcaters and clubs. II
has one OF the largest opera houses in the
world. IL viii seat over 3,GgQ, aud IL ranked
for long time next 10 that OF san Carlos in
Naples. This opera house is built ike the
Earopean iheaters, aud its walls are made up
OF boxes which rise in balconies one above the
othcl from the pit 70 lie roof. The lrst night
visited IT, Emma Juch was singing in &" 10.
ine class Of people rs you will find Ia the
Grand Opera House in Paris. Both men and
women IN the boxes were in evening dress.
and the variety Of complications made by the
luierm.Xture OF Indian blood ranged from dark
mahogany 70 rich JCCsey cream. In the box
10 tie right Of mine sat Baron Zedwitz the
German nOblcman who married the rich mil
llOualre American, Miss Caldwell: and on my
lett was the family Of a noted Spanish haeien-
dado,' WHO has a million acres Of land near
here, ana whose daughters are among tie
prci.lcst Of Mexican bellies. The hundreds Of
oiber boxes were flied with like characters.
aud The whole theatcF seemed walled with
human June flowers. The body OF the opera
house, or the pit, was filed with men who
Kept their hats on until the curtain rose. and
pat them on again between the acts As soon
as an act closed, every man ia that great pit
below jumped 10 his feet clappo1 an orera-
glass 10 las eyes, aud looked at the crowd OF
ladies above staring at such rs he fguciod as
long IS be pleased. The girls seemed to like II,
aud saw many quiet Irritation going on
i gisiea two Othcr theatcrs, each Of which
was neatly as lurge as the opera house, aud
iOuud excellent tr"apos playing at all. The
prices OF boxes and seats were cgmuarafi lively
cheap, aud yOn can take your thca:cr here on
tie spanish plan, by which you pay FOR what
You get, and take jus: what you want. in the
pit al Tie Theatre Principal. paid - cents 10
see one act Of Carmen" and / went in one
night 20 another thcatcr 20 SEQ the last act of
q famous comedy flr A like amount
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Jay Ewing, the United States Consul at Van.
cOuvcr y. C,who not long ago refused 10 honor
her Majesty, Queen Victoria. 10y rising, when
81 banquet given IA the Queens honor while
9" God Save the Queen was being sung. is
again in trouble The arrival of the first
through traa from Vancouver 10 Whatcom.
Wash, was celebrated by an excursion aud a
demonstration by the citizens Of Nhatcum. In
honor VI the British guests the Union Jack was
conspicuously displayed on an arch side by side
with tie stars and Stripes. Ewing who was
one 20 the cEcur-i8uists froa Vancouver. de-
uauded that the Union Jacl. be taken down.
and ~ "A half-drunkcn mob backed up his Dc.
nand the Union Jack came down. Ewing has
rendered his resignation.
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The National Palace Of Mexico, or the Cap
itol OF our sister Republic lies just to the left
oi the Cathedral facing one side Of the great
public square ri the city as the Cathedral docs
the other. Soldiers are continually on guard
az It's great gates, and il looks entirely differ
ent from the Capitol building at Washington.
IT IS an immense, long low white baiidiug
OF two stories, with long iron balconies run
ming along Its second story, and with great
courts IN Its center which are rooted only by
the blue skies OF Mexico. Around these courts
the rooms run in tiers having windows on both
sides, and the inner windows oueniug into
great galleries. which are separated from the
courts by columns. it is in this palace that the
great Government Departments have their
Offices Here the President receives his callers
and holds ms Cabinet meetings. Here the
Treasury Department transacts its business.
and here Secretary Mariscal, the James @.
Biaine OF Mexico. acts rs Secretary Of State.
The Senate OF Mexico meets here. Its sessions
are held IN loup narrow hgh-ceilinged room
on The second floor and its members have more
dignity man have our Senators az Washington.
The PrcsdoutOi the Senate las purplc crown
above lis scat, max ing "a look like the throne
OF king. and each speaker must stand I'm
little pulpit AZ tie side while he delivers his
GRAFTON. The day that visited The Chambcra
dark-iaced Indian hacicndalo or farmer was
taikluG, lie read ms speech from manuscript
and the remainder Of the 4O.odd Senators sat
stlitly in their chairs aud appsuded. The
only man Hho did not smoke was the speaker.
and when The President put tho question Of
TIC passage OF The Bill he took his cigarct from
his mouth and whitfield between the paragraphs
The clerk sm0"rd, the members smoked. aud
The very air WIS blue with fumes. I had 10
leave the room, however, before the vote was
taken. All OF the votes are secret. and the
Senate, like The House and other parts Of the
great Government Of Mexico, are hat The pnp-
pets Of the master nj the head. Tho able ana
autocrtic President, Poriirio Diaz The
method OF the election OF the President II the
Senate Is peculiar. The Senators are elected
Tor four years, and each one has q term as
President Of TIC senate during that time This
la zone by making the presiding offers term
one month, ard giving every man chance
here Is. think, no increase Of salary: lut
should President Diaz die, the President OF the
Senate would Ice President Of the Republic un-
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The States OF Iowa and Nebraska was visited
with one Of the most disastrous storms that
las been known for years. Ia tie northwest
cru part Of Iowa several small towns have
been completely demolished. the houses Icing
SWEPT away by The floods. At Neville. town
q % houses, only one house remains. The
people got most 81 their goods out Of the uay
Of The flood, but The homeless crowd are
camping oat ia Tie fields. At Cherokee, Iowa.
over 800 lcispns arc rendered homeless and
Gosutgte 10y the flo3l, aud the resources Of
the citizens are taxed 10 the utmost. Cor
TaCtiougi.le aud Aureiia are still under water.
Several lives wore lost. Tho storm was not
50 severe ln Nebraska, but has done great
damage. 10 lives are reported lost The dam
age To the growing crops is incacuab!e, and
great restitution must follow.
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Prof. Grar.s New Invention.

Prof. Elisha Gray, of Highland Park, sub
urb Of Chicago, H., will shortly give a public
exhibition of his latest invention. the tclauto-
graph, which is destined to revolutionizo teleg-
Taphy. This instrument not only transmits a
message long distances by wire, but reproduCes
at the receiving point perfect fac-simile of the
message rs il was written. Pictures and dia-
grams may also be transmitted. ITS" can DO
crossed and as" dotted. erasures and inter-
lincatious made ct will. The sender writes on
q pad which does not move except as desired,
and matter can be transmitted at the writer's
ordinary speed. 1t is not necessary to keep
the pencil On the paper, and the receiving in
strument can enlarge or reduce the proportions
Of the writings or drawings.
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Indians Making Trouble.

Indian Commissioner Morgan has received a
telegram from superintendent Collins, of the
Moqui Pueblo Indian School. at Keam's Canyon,
Ariz., in which he says that the Indians have
threatened TO kill the whites and foreibly take
their children from the school, and requesting
that military achievements be sent to the
school. The dispatch was referred TO the Sec
rotary OF War, aud three troops of cavalry were
ordered to the scene of trouble. The difficult
ties arc said to have grown out of the fact that
the Indians are bitterly opposed to sending
their children 10 school, This trouble among
the Indians may mean another Navajo war.
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AND the ragged peonage Of Mexico Enoo!ing on
ht Stone hoors before images u the Virgin aud
Tie Saints, which stand behind glass doors. clad
in All the glitter aud tinscl OF silk lace and
NelNei aud you get some idea Of this church
- Dr. 80 large that yon can wander for hours
Through i,s many cAapcls its stone walls are
many feet thick, and ID measures nearly 400
leet from one end Of lis interior 10 the other.
y nos" lii,c all the church property in Mexico.
beionga 10 the Government and us priests dare
not ~ o. hcstrects oZceplnP in citizou's cloth
ing. Tic people haFc plundcrrd ii again and
again dnuug the revolutions II the past. and
much Of iis wealth has disappeared. Us won
ceFiul statue of tie Assumption. which was OF
gold and silycr, Is no longer here.
This vas the most costly statue IN the
world, 3t Was ser with diamonds and was
worth sl0s5003. The golden Iamps. one Of
which was So heavy Chat man could NOT ljst
d. ahq Which was worth 10000, are also gone.
auo about ilc only ur'i c.e remaining which ig
WORTH fortune isa ba.ustFIde about the choir
made ~ aH anna gam Of different metals and
moro valuable iban silver IL weighs 70 tons.
hud was made ln Chiaa huHdrcds OF wears ggo
TOT tliis church. party al capitals q. o. acrcd
20 take b. aud replace ii with a balustradc IN
VIC same SIC Ol solid silver but Tile priests
refused. Why it has been pared lv ti.e Gov
eThinent DO not know. ID Is ca.v Ia see
however THAR the Church mu.t have been inns
mcnf. ly rich iu tic past Gold Leaf IS every.
whore hha 10 reproduce the drcur4t ous Of tie
cathedral as they arc to-day, would take ibe
ahnu1. output u sOuIC OIL tic best silver mines
iu Mexico.
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actor. A generation AGO IL was the Rome Of
the New World. TWolhirGs Of the propcrty
OF the whole country belonged 20 the Church,
and the cost Of The churches and converts must
have been nearly equal 10 that of all the other
buildings ia The country. Every small town
has It's great cathedral, and the hills Of Mexico
arc dotted with great churches Many Of these
have now been confscated. Some are turned
into hotels, run by Mexican unbclievers, others
are used ms residences, and here in Mexico City
many OF the nunuCrics and monastCries are
turned into stores and business houses. The
Mexican Packing Co. which is putting up a
pork and beef packing establishment, has filled
The great church at San Iazaro with modern
machinery Tor making soap, ice oeoIargarine
ana Tor Tie killing aud preserving of cows and
pigs and there Is another church which is now
used ms a chocolate factory. The National Ii
brary OF Mexico City is kept in the magnificent
building which Was once the church OF san
augustine, and rs great nayes are now walled
Win tile shelves containing about 10000 vol
umcs, which are free TO an who care 10 read.
other Libraries arc in other churches and the
tendency of the advanced Mexican Of to-day
seems TO be more toward politics and Lusi-
ness than toward religion. The only rel-
Elou oi The country, however, is Catholicism,
aud i am told that the lower classes are ia
some places very iutocraut aud supcrstiiiGas.
0aia an American resident 10 me last night,
. Mexico stall believes lm religion, although She
has shaken oil the priests. Let there be an
earthquake here aud you will see everyone Of
these people drop down on their knees aud
pray. The richest lady in her silks will sink
nio the dust by the side Of the poorest Indian
gul IN cotton, aud the men will all al once be-
come as derout as the women. TIE Church IN
Mexico is very strong stiil. Ii is very rich, but
MS priests Keep their wealth concealed. Ii has
the love and fear of the lower classes and 50
per cent. Of al they earn goes into its Golfers
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III successor could be elected. This Is n
least the law Of tie subject The problb lity
Is that the strongest man IN The land would
assume Tie Government, and President Diaz, ID
he knew he was about TO pass away, might die.
tate Eis Successor.
u was in this great palace that had an au-
dicncc with President Diaz The iu.aryie,g
was arranged By the Mexican Secretary az
State, through letters 81 introduction which 7
carried with mo from Washington aIr. L. d.
buiicH ~ our legation. accompanied me aad
acted as Interpreter. Driving into lie great
court past the files Of soldiers, WHO cave ~. I,
mil'aIy salute as we passed we wgrc ashsrcd
up par o. stone steps aud into n long rcccp.
ton room, where were a dozen and mose sux.
lons ia"es, hll hoping 10 lave a talE With tho
hhirr ol Mexico. Oar appointment al once
admitted as lni0 The inner Wait.up-rooln. ana
here we remained for PERHAPS 10 lniuuteg.
lhere were many distinguished mun there.
ia q dozen Senators, fgg Cabinet Ministers.
tic son Of thc late President Jaurgz. and Others
sal on Tie sofas oil the room, which was corar.
oUsly lifted up when Maxim liam was Eryfrar
q Mexico, aud Tlirl las not boon cla.r,l
rs we waited j could not help thinking az The
wonderful history Of the place where I was
6itting aud tic ghosts Of the past crowded
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The mn \. Y. al Gettysburg.

Two hundred survivors aud friends Of the
lllth y. Y. dedicated their monument on Fri
dav, JuGc2G, on the battlefield Of Gcttysbury on
Hancock avenue, just south OF Zicgicr's Grove.
The monument j. "a bronze soldier with his gun
at the LOAD The exercises were PRAYER Nv
The liev. stephen &. Hopkins; unvailing of the
monument by w. ID. MacDougall. u. $. Navy;
Grafton by Benjamin b. Snow; address By Cen
Clinton j.. MacDOugall, Colonel, nth, aud
bencd.c.i0n by RrY nuukins
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he Cathedral Of Mexico was for years the
center Of the city in different sense from its
location. ID was the head church OF the great
ecclesiastical body that ruled the people. and
its walls were loaded with the wealth of the
country il is still ia al probability the finest
cathedral on the North American continent.
J have visited the greatest churches Of the
world, and the great buildings OF Italy. Ger
many France and England are not finer or
more costly than this Think Of a vast build
ing whose walls alone cost - 100000. Have ID
cover acres Of ground and Lee lis interior hlaze
with gold and silver. with rare old paiutinps
aud rich carvings Let il have q motley crowd
o. ricAly-dre-s ei people mixed with the dirly
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
GENERAL.

Mrs. Cora Belle Fellows Chaska has applied
for divorce from Sam Chaslsa, the Indian whom
she, Washington society girl, married cou-
pie Of years ago. They have been living in
South Dakota, and have one child.-The New
Albany lIud.) Division Of knights Of ST. Ed.
ward has been accommodated by Bishop
Chatard for giving Sunday excursion, whore
there was beer and dancing. The division will
10 longer be recognized as n Catholic society,
and is suspended from the National organize
ton. The relation OF members 20 the Catholic
Church IS not affected. Cardinal Gibbons. at
the dedication Of ST. Mary's Church, in Wash
ington, Sunday, took occasion to refute the
statements made to the Holy See that the spir-
itual condition aud needs Of foreign speaking
Catholics in this country were not properly
provided for. The Bishops of the United
States. while discharging their duty toward
the great English body of the faithful, are never
unmindful Of the spiritual wants of those who
speak foreign tongue.
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Cairo. There is no more picturesque CAPT.
tai in the world. 1t lies ia great bowl in
the mountains, and the eud Of every street
IL walled by the siivcr-and-bue hills In the
distance. About 10 and not many miles away
lie great lakes in the great plain which forms
the bottom Of the bowl, and a look at the town
from balloon would show slvcry canals run
ming here aud there through the vas. level Of
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He Capital Of Mexico
is one OF the great
cities Of the world. 1t
is rs big as 81. Louis
and as gay as Paris.
Some OF its streets arc
paved with asIhalt
like those of Washing
ton. its houses in
Inauy quarters arc
like Madrid S, and its
suburbs are not un-
like those Of the
nnOrcr 0uartpTg II
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themse.vca upon me- This palace Is on the site
"hero I0nieluMa bad bis lRiacc when Cullcz
landed al Vera cruz and marched In b. Wey-
lco 10 conquer him. After be was overthrow
mnch RI Oh city was divided up among Cor.
~ soldiers DF iet. and tAi4 spot icl 10 CoItez
VINO hn.lt "a pa.acc here and governed tic pco.
pie from ~ This i'ul@uS stood here until
built and th.s LAS formed the seat Of Govern.
mcni s.Gce THAI time. il an immense build.
lhg o. hundreds 0i rooms, and The PRINCIPAL
ones q; Hose age furnished much Ike Tie bar.
Tors Of Ju1el States millionaire. Tie room
Through which tho gorgeous Aia-de.CamD
ushcrca us into the presence Of the President
had paper OF the AGest ofrod satin. and sat on
HeA upholstered sofa willie chaitsd with
TIC President President Diaz Is Que Of the
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Special Agent L. J. Hinton says that the great
Colorado plateau can be made arabic by means
Of irrigation, and thus add 50Og0OOg acres To
The productive area. lie says that the Bear
Valley system Of irrigation is the finest Oh tho
continent.
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MEXICO CITY.
The Capital Of Oar Sister Republic
as il Looks in 1891.

Streets Like Paris, Buildings Like Madrid.
aud BETTER Order than New VorIx-1he
Grand Cathedral and it's Sc, 900 Candle
HticS-How the Church IS Kept Under by
the Government -Monastelies Turned Into
Pork Factories and Nunncries into Hotels
and Libraries A Look al the Scnate-A
Chat with President Diaz.
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hat-roofed houses Such a view would show
hundreds Of miles Of paved sidewalks. acres
upon acres OF parks aud plazas, mighty churches
rising with eHameled and porcelain domcs
above the ordinary buildings and a great Ca
thedral in the center with Two immense towers
piercing the sky.
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tary Mariscal for sometime together The Secle-
tary Of State TRANSMITTING my English into Span
ish for him, and the Presidents Spanish into
English for me. At the close of perhaps half
an hours conversation tho President arose,
aud the audience was over.