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The National tribune., 1893-11-02

and served two years and three months being pro-
NOTED TO the rank OF Lieutenant He was 40 sur.
prised when lac received tie notice that his pension
with back money had been allowed that he could
hardly believe it. He will receive in the vicinity
OF $1,000
The author Of that popular air a. Ny Country Ills
Of Thee" IS stll living and Is hsle and hearty for
one Of his years. His is Rev. ;. F. Smith,
and recently he celebrated his S5th birthday at hls
home. He lives Boston, Mass, at Newtoa
Center and often supplies vacant puIpits in tho
State. He wrote the celebrated song over 60 years
ago, and ], at once sprung Into popularity.
The children Of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home enjoyed recently at Knights,Own
a rare treat At the hands Of John Robinson, pr.
prietor of the we'll known Robinson circus. Over
500 OF the orphan children. escorted by their band
and governesses. marched from the Home
aad admitted free Of charge to the afternoon per-
formancs. During the afternoon lemonade and
other refreshments wers served at the expense Of
Mr.. Robinson. and nothing Jeff undone that
contributed TO the chiidrens' entertainments
There numberess stories told about Ben But
Ter, both Of his legal aud Of his coOness in
the face ofdsngcr. Here is one that deals with
totally different side Of his nature: Tbs narrator
had an important Law on, and believed that
Ben Butler was the 10 win II. Butler Was in
Washington, he went to the capital and after
succeeteo ia OBTAINING an interview WIKI
the General, who declared that he WAS over
wiieImed with work. He would not take the case
for 1900 day. General" said his visitor, a.
the General turned abruptly to his work. I Was
born ia the same town with you" He gTunled,
but wasn't otherwise affected far the visitor
could see DO you remember little Miss -
And the boy who used TO send notes to her, and
the boy who used tn take thems / am the boy
who took tie notes. And 1 am the boy that
II
hand / guess I'll take your case, after all 4" hs
said. And lie did, and won it.
niece Of Abraham Lincoln Miss Matte Todd
is Postmistress at Cytbiana Ky. She was appoint
ed by President Hayes, and has held her place
ever since.
Gen. Russell A. Alger has been elected PresI-
dent Of The Wait Saving Association Of Americs.
outcome of the Worlds Congress Auxiliary,
organized at Chicago recently. II il for the pur-
pose OF federang all existing societies for the pro-
lection. assistance, education and training Of all
destitute, neglected, OF depTaved children.
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PERSONAL.

short time ago we published in this column an
article stating that the G. F. Jewett Publishing
Com pany had entered suit against b. F. Butler for
breach OF contract. Since the entering of the suit
the General has died, but last week the came
up and was settled. The publishers claim that
they entered into contract with him for the pub
LEGATION of his book. and that without any cause
whatever the work was taken from them. One of
the principal reasons assigned by the General for
tile break ing of his contract that G. +. Jewett
was compelled to- fee from the country in disgrace
A majority of the full bench of the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts decided that Gen. Butler had no
right TO take the contract from the publishing COM
pany without giving due notice, and awarded q
verdict of $500 10 the plaintiff.
Miss Louise Imogene Quincy. the poetess, Is a
candidate for POstmistress at Auburndale. suburb
of Boston, Mass. She has very good backing.
and stands excellent chance of getting the posi-
ton. She is the daughter of the late Gen. p. Z.
Quincy who commanded the 9th Mass. in the war
of the rebellion. and participated with great
bravery in Sc battles. Gen. Quincy died in Boston
several years ago. his career having been niater-
ally shortened by a wound received at the battle
of the Wilderness. For many years after the
he held the office of Register of Probate in Boston.
Charles J. McIntire for the Judge Of Probate at
Middlesex. Mr. MeIntire was born in 1S42. and
while student enlisted as private I'm the IL IA
Mass. and served with 1t continually during the
war. participating in all lis battles. BE has the
honor of being the first private soldier who was
elected President Of his Regimental Association.
He Is also the author of the published history Of
the battles and campaigns of that gallant regiment
In public life he has held many offices. in which he
was able show his wonderful ability, and unless
all signs fail he will receive the Office to which the
Governor has nominated him.
Harrison Dewey. aged 80 years. of South Royal
ton. W.T. 1t is stated broadcast. is a very lucky
man. having received word from the Pension Office
that he had been granted q pension of SIT per
month, beginning prior to Oct. T. 1853. He enlisted
In the I'd w. June "a. 1861. IS deriy-Sergesnt.
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This is precisely the information the pub
lie wants to make up correct judgment Of
the pension system.
The numbers win show that the cases are
taken in regular order, without picking here
and there to get those which will make a
showing one way or another.
identify the pensioners among their present
neighbors, who are judges of how worthy
they are of their pensions.
The companies and regiments will iden-
tify the pensioners with their old comrades,
who can testify as to their services.
The dates of enlistment and discharge
will show the length of service, when the
pensioners went to the defense of the Ma
ton, and something of the service they rem
dered it.
The dates of applications for claims will
show how long pensioners were kept waiting
for that which it was at last acknow lodged
to be due them.
The reports of the various Examining
Boards will show the opinions of skillful
physicians al to their disabilities, and what
should have been the rating for them. II
will be interesting to compare these with
what they finally received, and we think the
public is entitled to the Commissioners,
opinions as TO the business of those ratings.
We reiterate with the utmost earnestness
that we believe that this informationois due
to the public. The people of the United
States have certainly the right to know the
class Of men to whom nearly half the reve-
nue. of the Government is paid In pay
ment SO large-in fact, in any payment by
the Treasury-there should be noquestion as
to its rightfulness. A great force of trained ex-
perts isemployed at heavy expense to see that
thesepayments are right, and there should be
some official and authoritative exposition as
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

THE american Farmer, 1929 New York
avenue, Washington, d. c., is a fine, large,
we'll illustrated semi-rnon.hly paper, full of
practical information for the farmers, and
ouly so cents year. 1t makes a splendid
offer for Club Raisers, and will give to the
one who sends in the largest club during
November-no matter trhat he size Of the
elUb-a fine gold watch, a gold ring,
with genuine diamond and sapphire,
or irst-eaIss sewing machine. The one
who sends in the second largest club
will get fine Elgin or Waltham watch, or
a Stevens breech-loading rife, as he OF she
may choose. The one who sends in the
third largest club viii get silver watch, or
a set of Dickens's works. This is a fine OPP
portuniiy for club-raisers. Write for sam
pie copy of the paper and begin work. 1t
may take you only an hour or two to get
one of these prizes.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

Comrade, have you written to your Sena-
tors and Representatives asking that they
take steps TO have every case now in the
Pension Bureau made special, and settled by
Dec. 81, 1894?
If you have not you should at once do so.
This is matter of the greatest Importance.
1t is simply preposterous, as matter of
business and administration, that hundreds
of thousands of claims should be lying in
the Pension Bureau unsettled % years after
the close of the war. If there were no deeper
interest in it than the adjustment of Gov
ernmental accounts, the matter should have
been settled up years ago. The Govern
meut fastened to close its accounts with
the men who lent it money. 1t put their
claims on satisfactory interest-bearing
basis. and handed them their money back
even before they wished it. Every man
who sold the Government mules boots and
shoes, uniform cloth, picked pork or hard
tack was paid up promptly soon after the
close of the war, and his account gotten off
the books.
It would have been regarded as scandal
Gus mismanagement of business if this had
not been done.
Only the debts due the soldiers-;he
sacred debts incurred for loss of life, limb,
and health remain unpaid, and are allowed
to drag on year in aud year out while those
to whom this is due die by thousands every
month.
Let us end this scandal with as little
augmentation of it as possible, by having
every case settled by Dee. 81, 1894, or within
80 years after the surrender of the rebel
armies.
Congress can have this done, and it should.
Let us see that it does.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

NORTH Carolina gold fields are attracting
more attention every month, and the pros
pect increases that there will be very large
output Of the precious metal from that State
inside of few years. There are so or GO
good mines in Randolph aud Montgomery
Counties alone, which have been proitably
worked for a number of years, and which it
is believed are capable of being greatly ex-
tended as attention is turned TO the devel-
opment Of processes for extracting the ore.
II the extraction of gold from low-grade
ores had been pushed 10 the stage it has with
poor silver ores, a vast amount of gold al
ready mined from them would be at once
put on the market.
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to how they have done their duty. The men
TO whom these payments are made challenge
such an exposition. They are calmly con-
fident that it will show them clearly en-
titled to every cent that they are receiving.
They know well, too, that if this can be
shown the people will be entirely salts
fed to have not only the present amount,
but a much greater one pasd them. They
are unutterably weary of this constant out
rageous maligning of the men who saved
the Nation--this incessant slanderipg and
depreciation of american manhood.
The flower of American manhood gathered
around the Nations banners in the dis
tressful days of 1876 The very best
that our Institutions, our civilization, our
schools, our churches, our family life
could produce, enlisted to save the Govern
ment from destruction. Such publications
as the above, made with an air of authority
and repeated from week to week, would show
that the Union armies were pack of
thieves, towards and cheats.
LIT us have the investigation for the sake
of American manhood
Let us have it for the honor of the volun
teer soldier.
Let us have it for the credit of the Pen
sion Bureau.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

GEN. JOHN McNULTA has begun an inn
portant suit against the railroads entering
Chicago, and in the interest of the syndicates
which built aud operated hotels in the vi
cinity of Jackson Park during the Worlds
Fair. These allege that the railroads, by
refusing to lower the rates to reasonable
standard, kept immense numbers of people
away from the Fair, and caused heavy losses
to the hotels and other places of entertain
ment. Gen. McNulta says that the action
of the roads amounted to conspiracy in
law, and they are thus liable for exemplary
damages. He says:
For regular limited trains. fare fog the round
trip should have prevailed: for cheap coach trains
cent per mile within a 30o-mile limit; a maxi
mum of 2.5e to Atlantic and Gulf points, and $50
to Pacific coast points. with reasonable stop-over
privileges TO rest aud 20 80 days, according to
distance, for the round trip. This would, think
hive yielded larger net revenue to the roads, and
at the same time. If given from the opening would
have equalized the flow OF travel. kept money in
circulation, aud done much to avert loss.
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the Pension Bureau. 1t is utterly incon-
ceivable that there is anybody connected
with the Bureau so utterly unfit for their
places as this story would make them out.
This story is characteristic of the mass OF
lies preiudieial to the veterans with which
the country is flooded
There is one sufficient and convincing
answer to be made to all this. 1t is to make
the investigation that we have for weeks
urged upon the Commissioner of 1000 or
1900 cases taken consscutively, and One-half
each from the beginning of third years re-
spectively of the administrations of Commits
soners Black and Raum.
We urge, with renewed earnestness, that
such defamaiory publications as these, so
injurious to the reputation of soldiers and
the Pension Bureau, require that the Com
missioner take immediate steps looking to a
complete vindication, alike of the veterans
and his Office.
Let him at once cause to be drawn from
the files 1000 Or 1000 consecutiveiy-num-
bered cases, and give the press and the public
the following facts concerning them:
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But Not a Union Soldier.

C. J. Starkweather, who keeps repair shop
at St. Louis, became converted at a Salvation
Army meeting the other night and publicly
confessed to being poker player and the keeper
of poker room. The next day hs confessed
that he had been drawing fraudulent pension
of SIT month from the United States Govern
ment.
Starkweather was not a soldier in the war of
the rebellion, but III the Regular Army. his line
of duty being fighting Indians. White on
picket duty lie fired bullet through his left
wrist He has forwarded his papers TO the Pen
sion Office with Il confession to the above facts.
He has heen drawing "a pension for a dozen
years His confession was sent to Washington.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02
WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU

WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU
Giving the Pension Bureau credit for
everything, including 1T reissue cases, 81
"restorations," 62 duplicates" etc., each of
work, the total number of certificates issued
last week was 1,714. AS there are in round
numbers 5000 employees of the office, it took
nearly three men whole week on each case,
Or it took II men working a whole day.
Tais is the way "the Nations debt due it's
gallant defenders is being paid"
The National tribune., 1893-11-02
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THERE viii be interesting times for the
farmers in Congress this Winter, and The
american Farmer will keep its readers care
fully informed as to all that is going on. 1t
will be sent with The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
one year for S1.25.
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., NOVEMBER ., 1893
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

w 10 1SEAEN GlN~OAA(1N ISCL~A@.
One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of 5,2E5
survivors and .2S2 widows. and
something over 5000 eases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes "a total Of -, 1877. or sew
eral thousand more men than
tIle United States Had i'm Mexico
at any one time during the war.
These all receive either s. or
SIC q month.
Among the names are those
Of the widow Of Gen. Samuel
Cooper, "a New Yorker by birth.
who was Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak Of the war. and used
his position TO aid tie rebels in
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position to become
Acknowledgement of the South
ern Confederaey, and Ofsieiaaed
as such until the rebellion cell
lapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing pension since June
@. 1857.
The widow Of Thomas J..
'SfOaeWaH''l Jackson. who
WAS next TO Lee the most pepu-
lar commander OF the rebel
arInies.
The widow Of 8Fai.-Gen. George
II. Pickett. Who commanded "a
division ia the rebel army.
Tie W issOW of Nlai.-Gen. Gideon
j. PILLOW. who commanded a di-
visiess IN the rebel army.
The widow Of LieHt.-Gen. A. r.
Hill, who commanded 0Iie of
the three corps Of Lees army.
The widow Of Sidney Smith
Lee, Who was dismissed from
the Navy for "goEIg over to the
enemy and afIerward became
a Commodore IN the rebel navy.
Brighten. JAS. Il. Chalmers.
who was FORESTS chief LIEU
tenant.
Maj.-GeH. Dabney III. Marry.
who commanded the rebel
tresHDs at the battle Of ChicE;a-
saw Bayou.
Hen. y. Ii. Maxey, Late United
States Senator from Texas, who
has been drawing his pension
since May %. 1857. He Was a
MaioF-sseneraI in the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. Y. George. Senator
frOn Mississippi. and who
served in the rebel army as "A
Colonel. The number of his
certificate il 1914.
Hon. &. H COEquitf, Senator
frOnT Georgia. who was Il Major
General i'm the rebel army.
draws "A pension under certiii-
cate 1919.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
al the Governments expense, and
affergaTsi fought 10 destroy tIse
Government. They went ON the
roll AT once, while last April
there were pending the claims
Of I45.5:s0 widows Of Union sol.
diers who had not yet been able
To get 0n the roll.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

TRAIN-RoBBING seems to have waned az
rapidly as it waxed in popularity The
promptneSs with which several robbers were
landed in the penitentiary took all the at
tractiveness out of the business
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

ONE of the most effective arguments of
the soldier-haters is their claim that =" the
soldiers themselves are divided Let not
this be said in Ohio. For this once. ut least,
let every veteran in Ohio vote solidly for
Mckinley, if for no other reason, than for the
effect that it will have on the soldier-haters
all over the country.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

IN making up yonr reading matter for
next year do not fail to include The Amer
lean Farmer. It is a splendid paper, and
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE and it will be
sent one year for $1.25.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

PRESIDENT LINCOLN set Jan. l. 1863, as
the day upon which the negroes shouli be
free. Let Congress set Dec. 81, 1894, as the
day upon which all the va Grams and their
dependent ones shall he freed from he vex-
atious delays and soul-wearing prccrastina-
tions of the Pension Bureau.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

II is noteworthy that Mayor Harrison,
who was, it was thought, far too lenient in
his judgment upon the criminality of his
city, should be victim of the most senseless
criminality
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

THE murder of Mayor Harrison is one of
those wanton, senseles 50 crimes which simply
paralyzes comment. There is nothing to be
said, or can be said, except to express horror
at such senseless crime.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

: THERE are 42600 veterans in Ohio. Let
them form solid Mckinley column, by
division in mass" ard make the soldier
haters recoil
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

You can all do something inI the present
fight on the pension system. Getting more
Subscribers for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
is one very effective way. The paper should
have its circulation doubled by The time
Congress reassembies Then it Will be IN
immense power for good work in behalf of
the old soldiers
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and The Ameri-
can Farmer for one year for $1.25. This is a
splendid combination, aud will give mora
coed reading matter for the same price than
can be got anywhere else
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

To double the force of the Pension Bureau
from no until Dec. 81, 1894, will not cost so
much aa to keep the present force working
for an indefinite number of years to come.
True economy dictates that the force be
doubled, and the work finished by the end
of 1894
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

MAYBE there are others worse or than
we are. The years on the planet Neptune
are 10000 days long. Think what time
the poor veterans there must have if it takes
their Pension Bureau 25 or 80 years to find
out whether they deserve pensions or not!
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

HAVE you gotten up club for THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE? If not, will you not
assist in the fight for veterans rights by
doing so at once?
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

WITH at least 1000 veterans dying every
month, Dec. 81, 1894, is not too early date
to fix for the final adjustment of every
claim now before the Pension Bureau
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

SOME TINE the Government must say to
every claimant whether it will or will not
give him pension. Why not say that be-
fore Dec. 81, 1894?
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

THE duties of next week: Vote for Nc
Kinley, renew your subscription to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and send in your sub
seription to The american Farmer.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

Ecery man Who iuore the blue, and ere7y
friend of his, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. II gires more and better matter
than any other family soeeLlg paper, aud costs
only tao cents a week.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

EVEN Minnesota shows up as gold pro-
Queer, and reports veins six or seven feet
thick which assay $45 to, the ton.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

THE Ohio veterans bear the fortunes of
their comrades of the whole country upon
their votes. Let them be solid for Nc
Kinley.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

III there ever was citizen of the United
States who was thoroughly indicated that
man is Czar" Reed
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

HELP us in our fight for veterans rights
by pushing the circulation of The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE everywhere.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02
MAKING TIMES EASIER.
Next Saturday the Pension Agencies will
,gin the disbursement of Sl2, 100000, as

This So, 100000 will do an immense
amount of good in relieving the financial
striDgency. 1t will go directly into the
pockets of common, everyday people, and be
used by them in paying their debts, in buy
ing necessares Of life, and so on. These
millions will not be boarded up in safety
deposit vaults, or behind the time locks of
National banks.
The ters of thousands of pensioners who
receive them in little sums of from Sc 10
$50 each will at once begin paying them
out to their doctors, druggists, groeers cloth
iers, dry-goods merchants, butchers, and
bakers, and before the end of the month the
So, 200 900 will have done the work of at
least SlGO,O00000 in tie way of paying
debts and starting the wheels of bus ness
into activity.
twill be seen thatthe most of this money
will 90 to the South and West, where the
need Of currency is greatest Indiana will
get $2700,000, or more than 81 head for
every man, woman and child in the State,
an average OF So for each family. The South
will get S5900,000 = nearly one-half =
through the agencies at Knoxville, Louis
vile and ST. Louis.
Nothing could be more timely and help
fui, except more money discussed to more
pensioners.
The National tribune., 1893-11-02

A MAJORITY of $4,000 in Ohio for VIM.
Mckinley will make the pension-haters
pause in their evil ways aud think.