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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-12
Worlds Fair Notes.

Upon the fire cxtinguishers at jackson
Park, the managers have found it neces-
sary to put the sign, "This is not drinking
water"
The majority of the visitors seem to be
from the heart of the country. They wear
soft hats, they carry no canes and they do
not use gloves.
Here and there at long intervals will be
found completed exhibits. The Austrian
section is completed and shows simply
dazzling display of Bohemian glass.
Smokers are having hard time of IL.
They are allowed to purchase cigars in the
Casino restaurant, butnot allowed to smoke
In the open air or In the restaurant itself.
The "brick man-of war;" made Of wood
on brick foundation, is attracting con-
siderable curiosity. Uncle Sans collec-
tion Of models Of ships il an interesting
enc. 11 GH *0 Y-
Some concerns, It appears, sell the food
70 the walters, who thereupon 60 out upon
the door and get what they can for it with
out producing any bills Of fare.
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THE MARKETS.
w. H.. Brooke sM Co.

BLOOMSBURY MARKETS.
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Bleunt win be Minister.

WASHINGTON, May 10.-Oficials Of the
state department confirm the predictions
heretofore made, that Representative
BlOunt would be appointed minister resi-
dent to the Hawaiian islands.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-12

CAhDsM, N, J., May 10.-Pstsr Dsvo was
stsuok bya Psnnsyivsuis railroad train.
asas IasS Camden, aad inakantly killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-12
Wall Paper

gives your walls any effect and
a touch Of luxury that money
could not otherwise supply.
To get the best, that is the
question; but that is neither
difficult or expensive if you 90
to the right place to buy it.
Ours is the place, the variety
is here. the prices are right,
If you want, we put it on
your walls and guarantee the
work. Workmen sent any
where.
Window Curtains too, are
here, prices right.
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s'It fits like the paper
Ion the wall.U

Of course it does if its the
right kind, and it adds every.
thing to the cheerfulness of the
room.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

He served Mr.. Toomer until his death. shortly
after the His unusual intelligence quick per-
ception, and good judgment gained Nathan the
respect and esteem of all the white people, and lie
acquired considerable property. He then married
the daughter Of Dixon the big cotton planter and
IT - well known that Dixon left his large 20
this daughter. Last month Natlan's wife died,
and she lief. all her property to her husband
Ex-President Harrison expects to visit Tennessee
this month. He will be present at the marriage OF
his ueiee. Miss Lizzie Harrison, TO William p.
Buckner, of Cincinnati. at Murfreesboro. on the
9Dth. Miss Harrison is the daughter Of Carter b.
Harrison, who is United States Marshal Of thu
district
Joseph King a blind veteran Of Chelsea Mass,
is perhaps, so far. the only restored the
pension-roli after being suspended. He enlisted
in Co. A, 2ith Mass, aud Feb. 8. 1861. while the
regiment was preparing to attack Roanoke Island,
lie was wounded by the explosion OF shell.
which threw him violently to the ground. and
subsequently caused deafness in one ear and
partial deafness in the other, well as partial
blindness. He can now only distinguish between
light and dark. Seven years ago he was granted
a pension after special investigation had been
made of his case. Last Spring the Pension Bureau
received letter from one whose name Is not
divuiged. stating that King received his injuries
/ from an explosion in plumbing shop some time
the case was specially examined. resulting in the
restoration of his pension.
Philadelphia intends 20 put monument in
/ honor of James A. Garfield in Fairmount Park.
/ The sum of $4,000 has already been raised to pay
/ for the monument. and Augustus st. Gaudens has
been selected its designer Recently he submitted
sketch of the proposed statue 10 the Garfield
Monument Association The designer proposes TO
devaie from the more conventional pose of stand
/ ing figure in citizens dress and suggests design
which will retain the personal associations Of the
subject and at the same time give opportunity for
| more freedom and originality OF monumental treat
ment. This elaboration Of the general scheme first
advanced iusures greater expenditure than the
proposed of SIS. 900 but the association is Of
the opinion that monuments not erected every
day. and that statuary especially if it be for public
edfeation, should be the best
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
MAKE THEM ALL ESPECIAL"


But one adequate reason can be given for
procrastination in the settlement of all the
claims now before the Pension Bureau.
That reason is that the longer settlement
is delayed the less money it will take to
settle the cases. 20, -
PROFESSIONALLY this is the wish and the
feeling of very large number of men.
1t is the most shameful reason that can be
avowed. 1t intends making the Govern
ment resort to the very meanest form of
repudiation-that OF, cheating its credit rs
by refusing payment until death makes
payment impossible.
If any man really and honestly believes
that every deserving veteran should be pen
stoned he must know that the only course
is to diligently seek to determine who are
entitled to pensions, and give them to them
without delay.
With $4,000 veterans dying every year
the greatest haste that can be made in the
allowance of claims will not prevent very
many of the most deserving veterans being
defrauded Of their rights by death. How
many, therefore, will go 10 their graves I'M
requited, at the present rate of allowance by
the Pension Bureau?
The 31st of December, 1894, it will be %
years and seven months after the last organ
lied rebel army surrendered. Certainly
that is time enough for this Government to
investigate and settle all the pension claims
arising out of that great war. 1t should
not ask for more, and it cannot, decently
The mere statement that this is something
for the benefit of men who were in the
prime of manly vigor so long ago as 20 years
and seven months carries the whole case.
Any thing for them or relating to them cries
haste for at most their years are very few
There is simply one thing to do if the
veterans. That thing is to put enough force
into the Pension Bureau to close out every
case by Dec. 81, 1894 This course is so
clear and just as TO admit of no discussion.
Every veteran and every friend of the
veteran should endeavor to impress this
upon his Senators and his Representatives
Let us have immediate action by Congress
in law which will make every case now
before the Bureau special" and set clerks
enough to work to secure its settlement by
Dec. 81, 1894.
Comrades, this is urgent. Act at once
upon it.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
The Harris ment,

The amendment offered last Thursday night
to the repeal bill by Senator Harris strikes out
the decaratory clause of the Voorhees, substi-
tute and inserts in lieu of it six new sections.
They provide that the seigniorage profit
from the coinage of silver bullion shall be
coined into silver dollars with full legal tender
quality at the rate of not less than So. 100000
per month"; and that they shall be covered into
the Treasury.
When all the seigniorage or profit from bull
lion is coined the Secretary of the Treasury is
to purchase, every month. silver bullion at the
market value sufficient to coin lamount left
blank every mouth, aud is to have the same
coined as fast as purchased, into standard silver
dollars.
When circulating notes Except National
bank notes. of less denominations than $40 are
received at the Treasury or Sub-Treasury they
are to be counted, recorded and destroyed, and
other like notes are to he reissued of not less
denomination than $40 There is like pro-
vision as to National bank notes.
The coinage Of $3.50 and So gold pieces is to
cease. and such coins are TO be withdrawn from
circulation as fast as they are received at the
Treasury. Holders of standard silver dollars
are to be permitted to deposit them at the
Treasury and receive certi fcates for them of
not less denomination than $40.
In reply to Mr.. Allison, Senator Harris said
that the blank was left so that the Senator
from Iowa or any other Senator can test the
sense of the Senate as to the amount with
which the blank should be filled.
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A "PENsIoN REFoRMER,s" VIEWS.

Hon. J. O'Neill, of Massachusetts, has
been proclaiming for months that he intended
to lead in the work of pension reform in
the House of Representatives this Winter,
and that he was industriously gathering
materials for that purpose. Up 10 date he
does not seem to have been very successful
taking the chair at the Massachusetts Demo
cratic Convention Sept %, he made speech
in which he said:
The Democratic party believes ia the payment
of liberal pensions to those who deserve and need
them 1t believes that to the passage of the act of
1890 the laws were never too liberal TO the men
who fought for the preservation of the Union; il
stands now fairly and squareiy in favor of giving
pensions under all the old laws TO those wounded
or diseased while in the line of duty and il also
believes in giving PENSIONS under the act of 1890
TO those who incapaciiated from earning a
living by manual labor and are in need in accord
ance with its provisions.
Ii believes in maintaining tho pension roll as a
roll OF honor, and ii does not believe that this can
be done by placing the men who left or n
leg, spilled their blood OH the field Of battle on
the plane the men who deserted, or who
never service. 1t does not believe that men
who able to earn their own living should by an
erroneous construction of the law be paid higher
pensions than the who were crippled upon the
battlefield.
No member Of tho Democratic party anywhere
! will attempt to interfere with anyone drawing a
! pension honestly under the old law, but honest
men everywhere object 10 the payment of pensions
under dependent pension bill to those who are
not dependent.
Will Mr.. O'Nell kindly specify a single
| instance in which "men who left an arm or
leg or spilled their blood on the field of
| battle" are placed son the same plane as
men who deserted Or never saw service y?
We certainly know of none, and we chal-
lenge him to point out one.
If Mr. O'Neill believes in "the payment of
liberal pensions to those who deserve and
need them." why does he not appear as an
earnest advocate of the prompt settlement
Of the III $50 cases now pending in the
Pension Bureau, so the claimants can be
able to get not liberal payment" but any
payment at all before they die?
Mr.. O'Neill objects to the payment OF
pensions under dependent pension bill to
those who are not dependent" In the first
place, the act of June 81 is not and never
was dependent bill" The dependent
feature was carefully considered before the
passage of the bill, and stricken out in re-
Spouse TO the overwhelming sentiment of the
veterans and their friends against any man
being compelled to make declaration OF
pauperism before receiving the benefit of the
law. Mr.. O'Neill, disregarding the intent OF
the Congress which passed the law, would inn
nose the pauper feature in all its odiousness.
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DEC 81. 1901.

This ought to be the jubilee period of the
Pension Bureau-the day when it will at
last have completed the work it began 33
years before-.hat of Gearing for him who
bore the heat and burden of the battle, and
for his widow and orphans
No one, then. could have dreamed that
this noble work could have been drawn
out over so long a period, bnt if it is only
completed by the end of the 33d year after
the beginning of the war we must perforce
be satisfied.
Let us see that it is so completed. II
should be, and it can be, if it is so deter
mined. Congress can provide that it be
done, and Congress will do it if the people
demand it. Let the comrades exert them
selves to arouse public opinion to demand 1T
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See our offers in another column.

EVERY veteran should do whatever he
can to extend the circulation of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE, and at once. Now is the
time when the need of the paper is greatest /;
now it is doing the most effective work for
the comrades, and now they can help that
work best by pushing the circulation of the
paper everywhere. The stronger they make
it the better it can fight for them the wider
its circulation the more friends they will
have, because it tells the truth in regard to
them, and refutes the lies and ISLANDERS of
their enemies.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

THERE are 1856 pensioners residing
abroad, who draw a total of $500, 967. o. or
an average of Sl'72.9 apiece year, or
S144 Al month. OF these much the greater
number, 002-are in Canada. The next
largest number-740-are in Great Britain,
and the third-590-are in Germany. The
smallness of this number disposes very con-
clusvely Of the rebel fiction about the i'm
mense number of foreign mercenaries that
we hired TO subdue them" very large
proportion of these foreign pensioners are
native-born citizens, whom business has
taken abroad There is / pensioner each in
Bahama, Bolivia, Comoro Islands, Korea,
Fiji, Greece, Guatemala, Madeira Roumania,
Siam, and ST. Helena; 2 each in Brazil, Bull
garia, Cuba, Malta, Mauritius, Ncarauga,
and Portugal; 3 each in Bermuda, Hon.
duras, Liberia, New Zealand, Peru, Russia,
and Turkey; each in India, Japan, and
South African Republic; each in Chile,
China, and West Indies 7 each in Central
America and Spain; in Belgium; Is in
Holland 10 in Hungary 20 in
Denmark 81 in Hawaii; 26 in Australia
80 each in Norway and Italy 32 in Sweden
81 in British Columbia; 90 in France; 81
in Mexico and SO in Switzerland.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
Medal of Honor Legion Campfire.

At the Holland House, New York, Oct. 16.
Adjt James |. Christaucy opened the fourth
National Eneampment of the surviving SOL
diers to whom were given medals of honor
granted by special act of Congress to all officers
and enlisted men in the army and navy who so
distinguished themselves in action by deeds of
personal bravery that they were deemed worthy
of some distinct mark of recognition from the
Nation.
Only about 500 of these medals were award
ed, and less than 200 of these picked men are
now living. Those survivors form the Medal
of Honor Legion. and they were gathered to
transact the busiHess of the Order, aud to enjoy
a complete social union.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Com, Gen. James 2. 0Beirne,
New York; S. v c., Col. Robert L. Orr, Phila-
delphia; J. V. c., Alexander Mack, New Lon
don, Conn; Chap. L. p Norton, Homer, \. Y.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

Now it is the very young and very pretty
Mr. Bailey OF Texas who revives the old
scheme of excluding from the pension roll
any man who has an income of 5000 year,
or owns property valued at $4,000. How
would it do to introduce a bill that no Sen
ator Or Representative should receive $4,000
a year who had an income from any other
source? 1t would be quite as sensible and
equally just.
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Disability Pensions Granted.

The Secretary of the Interior has trans
mitted to the House, in answer to resolution
calling for information. statement prepared
by the Comm ssoner of Pensions regarding the
act approved June %, $780, granting pensions
to soldiers and sailors who are ncapacitated
for the performance of manual labor. Up to
and including Oct. H. 1888. there were ST. 1886
original invalid, and l20 821 additional invalid
applications filed under this act or total of
63S, 2l7 invalid claims.
The total of widows and other dependent
claims was I6S. 107, grand total of SOC, 1924
The total issue of all classes prior to March 16.
1893, was 451 991. and the total number rejected
was 3d. CAT. Since that date "a. 40 claims have
been admitted, and 62. GAO rejected.
Copies of all the orders and regulations
which have been at different times issued by
the Department for the better enforcement OF
the act of June q, 1890, are appended for in
formation.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
OLE GOLD MATCHES.

We have reduced the prices of all our
watches TO keep abreast of the recent de-
cline incident TO the times. It cannot be
expected that such condition will long
prevail. Take for example the Waltham
repeater, that formerly sold for at least S135,
now offered at $65 This is below what the
watch cost the manufactures. 1t will never
be offered at such price again short of the
life of generation, if at all.
The moral of the situation is: Save money
by buying now what you went while it is
cheap.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

THERE are sc surviving soldiers and sail
ors of the war of 1912 ON the pension-roll
One of these, John Downey of South Caro-
lima, is 106 years old; John W. Ireland, of
North Carolina, is los; two are 104; two
are 1903; two are 102; two are 101; five are
100, and six are 80. The youngest man on
the roll is John LumbersoD, of Baltimore,
who served in the Regular Army, and is 81
years old.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
Mr.. Hornblower Net Yet Confirmed.

Although there has been great pressure
brought to bear to have the Senate take action
on the nomination of Mr. Hornblower of New
York, to be one of the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court. the Committee on Judiciary
moves slowly in the matter. The meeting Mon
day was as barren of results as were those
which have preceded it. The committee abso-
lutey refrained from even discussing the
nomination. save in the most casual manner.
No member of the committee can be pre-
vailed upon to guess at time when the
nomination of Mr.. Hornbower will be re.
ported to the Senate, although the belief is ex-
pressed that the report when made will be favor
able, but not unanimous.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

EVERYDAY honesty requires not only
that debts shall be paid, but that they shall
be paid within given time. This is what
is lost sight of in the pension question. Too
many think that if the Government promises
a man a pension, it makes little difference
when it is paid to him, if ever.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

THEY are now able to give the exact cost
of the Worlds Fair, and the figure is $780,
261, 4S0, Or more than three times as much
as was first calculated upon. Chicago is
probably the only city in the world that
would have had the nerve to treble the
original estimates in order to make more
striking success.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

LEE surrendered April 8, 1865; Johnston,
April 26, and Kirby Smith May rs. That
was all % years and four months ago. By
Dec. 81, 1894, it will be % years and seven
months, nearly the lifetime of a generation.
Can it he that the Government will ask the
men who compelled those enemies of the
country to surrender to wait still longer for
their rights?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
Somewhat Mixed.

They had asked DIR. Sandblast, the eminent
Surgeon. to carve the festal fowl, and he stood
over it with the carving-knife held delicately
in the first position. 1.-THE incsiOn, you will
observe. gentleman" he began, dreamily,
Commences little to the left of the median
line, and-oh, excuse me, Mrs. Parmalee, j
thought was in the-may help you to q little
of the femur?"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

OUR enemies are very glib with their wish
that every deserving veteran shall have a
pension" but they are suspiciously careful
not to fix date UheB it shall be given him.
Let us have a date inserted in these "grate-
full " speeches and planks of platforms. It
should not be later than Dec. 81 1894.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
indianapolis Treasury Empty.

The Republicans have taken hold of the In
dianapois City Government Monday, and the
new Controller discovered that the city is
absolutely bankrupt. with an indebtedness oil
nearly $4,000 falling due within the next six
months. There is but 81. 600 on hand. The
Election Inspectors were stood off until Nov.
10. and money must be borrowed at once with
which to pay the salaries of officials. Nothing
criminal. however, is charged against the re-
firing officials
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

THE veterans do not want single I'M
worthy man pensioned and they see no
reason why anyone should be, with proper
administration of the pension system. But
they think very earnestly that it is much
better to occasionally pension an undeserv-
ing man than to let thousands of deserving
ones die lacking their pensions.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

WE note With pain that the total number
of allowances of the Pension Bureau for last
week fell to 1,458, of which only ITO were
original cases. The 5000 and more en-
ployes do not seem to be ambitious of raising
their record
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19

HAVE you written your Senator and Rep
resentalive, urging them to aid in such steps
as will make every claim now before the
Pension Bureau Especial" and be settled by
Dec 81, 1894? We think this is your duty,
and if you have not already performed it
YOU should lose no time in doing so.