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The National tribune., 1892-05-19
service connection direct to the St. Louis Post

service connection direct to the st. Louis Post
Office.
The situation of the proposed station aud of
the office are peculiarly well adapted for this
experimental introduction of the pneumatic
tube-service One front of the pOstofice is
located on the street under which the tunnel
passes, while the proposed station is located in
a direct line and just beyond the mouth of the
tunnel where it emerges from under the street
TO enter the Union Depot short distance away.
The fact that subway ia thus provided for the
pneumatic service without the trouble and de-
lay incident to opening the street enables the
proposed lessor of the station to furnish this
service In connection with the station practi-
cally without any expense to himself and with
out any to the Government. The proprietors
of the Bridge & Tunnel Company agree to per-
NIT the lessons of the building TO use the tun-
mel for the purpose os placing the pneumatic
tubes. A double service Of four-inch tubes is
contemplated. This will not only give the
Government the benefit Of practical test Of
this service, but it will be of great value to
other localities desiring it as affording Illus
tration of the of the system, if it proves
to be all that its friends claim for it.
AS already hinted, plans have been outlined
for somewhat extensive use of this service in
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and else
where, but its introduction has been made
wholly dependent Except possibly in Philadel-
ph1a) upon an adequate appropriation. No
funds are available under existing appropria-
tions for the establishment of this service.
The Department, as repeatedly shown in the
Postmaster Generals annual recommendations,
is warmly in favor of the tubular post, and has
given the bills introduced in the Senate and
House its heartiest approval. The experiment.
at st. Louis, if successful, will prove most
potent factor in advancing the interests of this
service elsewhere, and it is hoped by the Post
master. General that 1t will demonstrate to the
fullest degree its time and labor-saving quail
ties. The conditions existing at st. Louis per-
NIT the establishment without special appro-
priation, which has always been the insupsr-
able obstacle TO the establishment of this
vice; and though the conditions apparently
existing every else, namely. lack OF the right
physical conditions, or of sufficient private en-
terprise, have thus far been serious enough to
prevent any progress, still it is easy to be seen
that the success of the st. Louis experiment.
might help along the bill for the introduction
of the system in New York, and at other places
where definite appropriation by Congress is
necessary for the purpose.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19

Agriculture and Posts and Telegraphs have not
yet been assigned.-A terrible disaster oc-
cured May IL near Brody, town in Austrian
Galicia. While 100 workmen with their wiz yes
and children were crossing the river on raft,
the raft capsizcd aud all were thrown into the
water. Sixty persons were drowned.-A
shell loaded with gun-cotton was found May 13
beneath the Highgate Archway, London. A
fuse attached to it had been half burned, and
there was every indication that whoever placed
the she'll whore 1t was found had been disturbed
in his work. The affair has caused no COM
motion beyond melting the police to keep =
closer watch on the Anarchists. large number
of whom have nocked to London in conse-
quence of the rigorous measures taken against
them in Continental countries.-The police
of ST. Etienne, France, have received stringent
orders to watch closely all strangers coming
hither during the trial of the Anarchist Rava-
chol for murder. The houses occupied by the
judges, as we'll as the courts and town hall, are
carefully guarded.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Don't Want the Pope to Participate In the
Worlds Fair.


Rev. Dr. Justin D. Fulton spoke on Sunday
night, May Is, in New York City, on the topic,
"Shall the Columbian Exposition be Roman
izedP" He referred to the growing influence OF
Catholicism in the United States as something
to be greatly feared by all lovers of freedom.
He predicted that in the near future great
war would be waged between Catholics aud
Protestants In the United States by which
Catholicism would be buried as deeply as was
slavery by the civil war. He offered resolutions
which were seconded by Rev. DR.. d. d. No
Laurine, and unanimously carried.
These resolutions condemned Mrs Potter
Palmer, the President of the Woman's General
Committee of the Worlds Fair for requesting
the participation of the Pope in the Woman's
Department of the Exposition and in the Relic
Department. They suggested to Mrs. Palmer
that If she wanted Catholic relics she should
procure some of the instruments of torture of
the 1nqusition. Referring to the announced
determination of the Pope to write an encycii-
cal letter at the time of the Chicago Fair, in
which he would trace the life of Columbus and
indicate the part taken by the Holy See. the
resolutions read:
" 1t is to be hoped that Leo XIII. will be ex-
plicit and describe the man (Pope Alexander
VII who as Bishop, Cardinal, and Pope is a
synonym for infamy. History will tell Mrs.
Palmer that the life Of Alexander VI, in rela-
ton to his daughter Lucre;a and others, is
such that it cannot be described"
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Hon. John :. Barbour Dead.

Senator John S. Barbour, of Virginia, died
suddenly at his home in Washington, on Sat
urday morning, May IA, at $50 o'clock. The
warning of his approaching end came only a
few minutes before his death, and he probably
never knew the character of his illness. Sena-
tor Barbour was - years old, but was a robust
man, and nobody thought his end was near.
All day Friday he attended to his Senatorial
duties, and was in apparent good health and
spirits. On Saturday morning he knocked at
the door Of his sister-in-law, Miss Dangerfield,
and said he had an oppressive feeling in his
chest. and believed he was going to have an
attack of the Group.
He Immediately went back to bed, and Miss
Dangerfeld summoned his Private Secretary
and friend OF the Senator, who were sleep
ing in the house, and physician was sent for.
When the Secretary and friend reached the
bedside of the Senator he was unconscious.
and he died within ID minutes after he had
awakened Miss DangerfeId. The doctor pro-
nounced his death due to heart failure.
Senator Barbour was born in Culpeper
County. Va, in 1920, and graduated from the
University of Virginia in 1S43. He began the
practice of law, and was elected to the Legis-
lature in 1647. He was elected President of
the Orange & Alexandria Railrond Company
in 1850 NOW the Virginia Midland), and was
reelected several times He retained this
position until 1888 several years after becom-
ing member OF Congress. He was elected
United States Senator in 1889. He was per
haps the richest Senator from any of the
Southern States, being a man of large wealth.
The funeral took place on Monday, May
I6. the body being taken from his home to
the Capitol at ] o'clock p. m. The Senate
met at y o'clock, and the President, Chief
Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court,
the Diplomatic Corps, members of the House
Of Representatives. General Of the Army and
Admiral Of the Navy, and District Commits
soners were on the hoor of the Senate. After
the services the body was taken back to the
Senator's home, and on Tuesday, May II, it
was taken to Poplar Hill. Nd. accompanied by
the committee Of both Houses of Congress,
where il was inferred.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
The Union Veterans Denounced.

Mrs. Clara Hoffman. of Kansas City, Presi-
dent of the Missouri State W.C.T.U., created a
sensation in Springfield. o., by a lecture de-
livered at Temperance Hall under the manage
ment of the local Prohibition Club by her
violent and sensational utterances against the
Union soldiers. Her speech was bitter TRADE
against the form of Government. especially in
its treatment of the liquor question. She
affirmed that the motive Of the civil war was
only expediency. The great army of patriots
that went from the North did not go from prin.
ciple nor righteousness; it was only expedi-
ency. God compelled them to do the right
they did not want TO do it. The civil war was
not the result Of slavery, but it followed the
firing on Fort Sumter. This utterance was
rapturously applauded.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Bering Sea Arbitrators.

1t is stated on the authority of Secretary
Blaine that Justice Harlan, of the United
States Supreme Court, and the Hon. John
Morgan, United States Senator from Alabama
have been selected by the President as arbitra
tors on the part of the United States in the
Behring Sea arbitration.
England will now appoint two arbitrators
and there are three others to be appoint ted
one by the King of Sweden, one by the Presi
dent of the Republic of France, and one by the
King of Italy, making seven arbitrators in all
The Hon. E. j. Phelps, late United States Min
lister to England, has been selected as Chief
Counsel on behalf of the United States before
the Arbitration Commission
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Immigration Fran de.

Over 200 steerage passengers in the French
steamer La Gascogne have been detained on
suspicion Of being contract laborers at Ellis
Island, n. Y. 1t is alleged that a number Of
Government employees at Ellis Island, together
with the employees of the various steamship
lines are working in coluson to defeat the
operation of the contract-labor law.
We have begun an investigation" said
Assistant Superintendent of immigration
0Beirne, which may end in the dismissal of
some Of the Government employees who are
trying to make money on the outside.
1t has come TO our knowledge that there is
an organized system of diverting immigration
to certain localities where laborers are needed,
and that the parties engaged in the business
are receiving a commission for sending immi-
grants TO those places"
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Army of the Cumberland Reunion.

The next annual Reunion of the Army of the
Cumberland at Chickamauga has been finally
fixed for Sept. Is and 16. 1t will thus take
place the week before the Grand Army En-
campment at Washington, instead of the week
after, as first planned. Western railroads will
sell tickets at reduced rates to Chattanooga
aud, if desired, to return by Washington.
Gen. Rosecrans, the President of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland, has information
indicating large gathering on the battlefield
to inspect the work of establishing the Ma
tional Park. which is now progressing with
great rapidity.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Louisiana Elections.

The Louisiana Legislature last week COM
pleted the work of counting the vote for Gov
ernor and announced it as follows: M. J. Fos-
ter, anti-Lotterv Democrat, 1888; 8. D. Nc
Emery, Democrat, 47,037; A. A. Leonard
Regular Republican, 29,459; ]. A. Breaux,
Custom House Republican. 1889; A. j.
Tannehill, Peoples Party, 9,792
No attention whatever was paid to the Re-
publican protests entered by Leonard and the
Republican State Central Committee, in which
frauds and ballot box stnfing were charged,
and offers made to produce evidence, nor did
the proposition for an investigation of the eec-
tons receive any consideration.
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something which for decency's sake looked like
an explanation. Laughter.
call for a vote, was Mr. Holmsn's only re-
sponse to this appeal. daughter.
The committee (pending further actlon) rose'
and the House adjourned.
FRIDAY. MAY 13.
In the Senate. the consideration OF the Naval
appropriation bill was resumed, many Senators
taking part in the debate on the increase in
the different items, which had been put there
by the Naval Committee. Without reaching
conclusion on the bill, which occupied the
days session, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, the Sibley tent bill was again
taken up, the question being on the amend
ment whether the bill should be referred to
the Court of Claims for inquiry, and report
TO Congress. The amendment was lost. Fill
clustering was INDUCED in for the balance of
the session, and no action was had on the
bill. The House adjourned at 4:30 p. m.
SATURDAY, MAY IA.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
There was little business transacted In the
House to-day, as Mr.. Meredith va d. an
nounced the sudden death of John S. Barbour,
Senator from Virginia, which took place at $50
Saturday morning. The usual resolutions
were unanimously adopted, and the Speaker
appointed Messrs. Meredith Holman, Wilson
wv. VA, Henderson IN. c., Hempstead,
Mutchler, Bount, Compton, O'Ferrall, Har-
mer, Payne, and Grout as committee to make
the necessary arrangements for the funeral
and accompany the remains, and, as fur
ther mark OF respect to the memory of the
deceased the House adjourned.
MONDAY, MAY 49,
In the Senate Immediately after the reading
of Fridays journal Mr.. Kenna (W. Va, owing
TO the absence of Mr.. Daniel tVa.) on account
of sickness. arose and in a touching speech an
nounced the death of Senator Barbour. He
concluded by offering the usual resolution of
sorrow and respect, and for the appointment OF
a committee TO accompany the remains to their
final resting place.
The Vice President appointed the following
Senators: Messrs. Daniel, Kenna, German, Wal
thall, Carlisle, Stewart, Mcmillan, Cullom and
Washburn.
The Senate then took a recess until 1880, the
funeral services beginning at l o'clock.
After the remains had been escorted to the
residence of the late Senator the Senate. on
motion Of Senator Manderson, adjourned till
Tuesday.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on tho sundry civil appropriation bill.
But little business was transacted. and at 12:50
the committee rose, and the House proceeded
to the Senate Chamber TO attend the funeral of
Senator Barbour.
After the funeral services the House again
went into Committee of the Whole on the SUM-
dry civil bin. without reaching conclusion
the House adjourned at p. m.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
GENERAL CONFERENCE
Methodists Convene I'm Omaha I'm Ouadren
niaI Session.

MethOdiStS Convene In OUaha In Uuauren-
NAL Session.
On Tuesday, May 10. the General Conference
indorsed the resolutions of the committee on
the Columbian Exposition, favoring the ap-
preparation of 100000 of the Government
funds provided the gates be closed on Sunday,
or opposing the appropriation If the gates be
not closed.
The next day a long resolution was intro
duced by Rev. Brown, q colored Maryland
brother, declaring that the colored brethren
were faithful and loyal to the Church, and
would remain so, Notwithstanding the false re-
port that had been circulated to the effect that
the colored brethren intended to STAN pede from
the Church II certain concessions were not made
to them. The resolution was greeted with
applause.
Bishop Joyce introduced Rev. DR.. Teggert,
lraternal delegate from tho Methodist Church
South. ringing resolution was offered calling
for an earnest effort to unite the two branches
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the
United States It was referred to the Commit
tee on State of the Church amid applause.
During this and the following day the sub
jcct of constitutional revision was warmly
discussed. At last motion was made by DR..
Buckley to postpone the consideration of the
constitutional question indefinitely, and was
carried by vote of 233 ayes to 100 nays A
substitute had been offered few minutes
mission, and adopted by the Conference. The
result is regarded as a sort of compromise
between those who hold that the plan of lay
representation is not part of the constitution
and those who hold that 1t is in reality. 1t
seems victory for the former, with the ad.
mission on their part that the principle Of lay
representation is in harmony with and sup
ported by the constitution.
On May 13 Dr.. Hanlon created sensation
by declaring that the Church is to q great ex-
tent made up of women, aud that men are
drifting away from it. He declared that the
Conference should como out squarely upon the
struggle between labor and capital and intro
duced a resolution, which was referred. Me-
mortal services occupied the remainder of the
session.
The next day an excursion train consisting
of 10 coaches left Omaha for Lincoln, where
delegates and visitors were royalty entertained
by the citizens, and a long program of speech
making was gone through.
Probably the largest concourse Of people that
ever attended religious meeting in Omaha
attended the mass meeting in Exhibition Hall
on Sunday. The special theme of the meet
ing was the American Sabbath. and Col. Elliot
F. Shepard, of New York; Bishop Warren !;
Bishop Nynde; Judge Lawrence. of Ohio, and
other speakers addressed the audience. An
overflow meeting was held In the First Baptist
Church.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Longevity and Celihacy.

At Rabbittown, Ga, lives a family Of Ave
people whose combined ages foot up t1e years,
and one Of the remarkable features ofthis very
remarkable family is the fact that they are
family of four old maids and one old bachelor
Their ages run thus: Benford Sadler, 81; Miss
Elizabeth, 65; Miss Fannie, SO; Miss Mollie,
so; Miss Sallie, 70. The latter has been an idiot
from her birth. A few months ago younger
sister died at the age of 75, and brother, the
only one of the family who ever married, aged
II, now lives in Cleburne County, where he is
rearing family Of nine children. The father
and mother of this remarkable family lived to
the ripe old age of 80 and rs, respectively.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
The New and Old Practice Cruisers.
rH,rne-'s W<eLI,tI

The lanching of the new practice cruiser fol
the use of the naval cadets merits more than a
passing notice, for it is the first time In the
history of the United States that its embryo
officers have been recognized to the extent
of modern ship armed with high power
guns. The old, obsolete type, of which the Con-
stelation is fair representative, has seen
service ever since the foundation of the Acad-
emy in 1916. Though many eminent officers
of the navy, realizing that the school of the
sailor is not to-day what it was in the time OF
Paul Jones, have strongly advocated the build
ing of modern vessel, their ideals never seemed
to materiaIize, and the faithful old Constella-
ton was commissioned for this important duty
every Summer.
The application of steam and electricity to
the modern man of war has wrought many
radical changes in naval warfare-changes
that now make IL necessary for sn officer to
be O scientist as well as q sailor. By these
titanic forces the monster gun is rapidly loaded,
the huge projectils raised to the breeeh, and
the entire battery fred with marvellous pre-
cision. Verify it looks as though the days OF
sails are numbered, and yet few seamen of
the old school refuse to accept the new condi-
tions.
"I will never believe In this 'teakettlc
seamanship," said an old retired officer to me
q few days ago. "YOu press the button, and
the propellers do the rest" he continued /;
"and though fully realize the necessity OF
both steam and electricity to produce an effi-
cient fighting machine, it is not the school in
which we should train our young cadets to
make good seamen. No, sir; send them to
sea first in an old-fashioned 'square-rigger (;
teach them how to handle vessel under can
vas alone, aud after leaving Annapolis they
will have every opportunity Of learning how
to steer ship under steam."
On the other hand the younger generation
claim that the vessel of the future will take
the sea without stitch Of canvas. Heavy
spars and rigging, they say, raise the center of
gravity, and therefore tend to destroy the sta
bility OF q vessel. For this reason the lightest
possible masts, to sustain the machine guns,
will be fitted
Both of these statements are tho extreme
views Of enthusiasts, for the day will never
come when sails can be eliminated entirely from
q vessel of the cruising type. In the region of
the trade winds, when speed is not desid-
eratum, economy at least would demand the
banking of fires and the uncoupling of pro-
pellers Would 1t not be we'll, therefore, to
effect a compromise, and send the younger
cadets to sea in q sailing vessel, while the
older ones could utilize the new steamer?
Cruisers in sailing ships are, like angels visits,
few and far between, and 1t would be poor
economy to put away the old Constellation, one
of the smartest ships afOat.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
YenezueIa,s Troubles.

The Venezuelan insurrection is growing in
strength and danger to Dictator Pslacio.
His Minister Of Finance, Senior Mattos, who
was appointed to enlist the sympathy aud
monetary aid of ex-President Guzman Blanco
and his followers, has become so discouraged at
the ever-increasng signs of discomfort, and 80
alarmed at the dynamiters' attempt to blow
up his residence, that he has handed in his
resignation.
DR.. Sebastian Casanas, the Commander-in-
Chief of the Government forces, has announced
his intention to withdraw from the Dicta tor 8
service and to leave the country.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Mai. Warmers Chance of Election.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: wish to cor
rect yog on the vote Of Missouri, given in the
are plurality figures The majority is 2556.
Kimball in 1888 reduced the plurality TO 1900.
and Mai Warner will be elected.
If you will examine into the vote Of Mis-
souri,, aud note the rate of decrease of the
Democratic VOTE and couple it with Maj.
Warmers popularity and campaigning ability,
you will understand the reason for the faith
thai is in yours, respectfully-Jo MULLINS,
Miami. No.
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
The Gar in DANCER

dispatch from st. Petersburg says that the
Russian police, acting on warning from the
police of Paris, have discovered number of
mines under the Gatchina Palace. extending
for seversa kilometers around the palace The
Government is trying to hush up the discovery.
The people of St. Petersburg are terrorstricken.
believing that the recent explosions at the
Nicolai Bridge and the death of Gen. Gresser
are connected with the plot against the Car.
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She misunderstood Him.
[Kate Fields Washington. !

Younger Brother-Nellie, If you had lived
in the days of Ananias and Sapphira, you
would have been dead long ago.
Nellie Gndignantly)-I am sure, Bobby,
never told what wasn't true in my life. How
can you be so unkind?
Younger Brother-Why, they lived about
1900 years ago. You wouldn't have hung on as
long as this, would you?
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
Doctors disagree. They

Doctors disagree. They
have to. There are differ
ences of opinion among the
best; there will be so long
as knowledge is incomplete.
But there is one subject
on which all physicians are
completely in accord, and
that is the value Of cod-liver
oil in consumption and scro-
fula, and many other condi-
tons in which the loss of fat
is involved. And cod-liver
oil has its greatest usefulness
in SCOTS Emulsion.
There is an interesting
book on the subject; sent free.
scorr & BOVINE, Chemists, 13a South 5th Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-Iiver
eil-all druggists everywhere do. s..
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The ,oay to defend the pension system and
secure its maintenance is to begin the fight no,o,
,chen the pension -haters are doing heir utmost
to poison the public mind Get up ererywhers
clubs for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1892-05-19
There's Nothing
Safer Than

"boom" towns, and easily turned If you T
always a ready market for Chicago or Ne
class collateral, too. "Resort" location
schemes-they're all very well-perhaps.
mistake in preferring business property.