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The National tribune., 1894-05-17
AT PITTsBURG LANDING.

On a par with Arlington in public regard,
although comparatively insignificant as re-
CARDS the number Of their dead are the Ma
tiOnal Cemeteries at Shiloh and Gettysburg
The Shiloh metropolis contains only 3 597 tablets
in all its rows and aises and avenues, 235
for the known and 1852 for the unknown, and
that of Gettysburg just five besdstOnes less, or
1892 The bodies that sleep there are almost
entirely of those who fell in action, although
not all of those who fell are there to be sure.
At Gettysburg are 1880 labeled graves and
1912 nameless, yet each bears marble head
stone at the end. The martyred Lincoln partic-
ipated in the ceremonies attending the formal
conservation of the place on Nov. 49, 1868.
The biggest National Cemetery in point of
population is the Vicksburg, where 1868
heroes sleep OF these the known number is
1913 and the unknown 1920. The Nashville
Cemetery comes close to it in number of dead,
having 1886 sleepers, taken from hospitals
and outlying battlefelds, with much smaller
proportion of unknown.
Fredericksburg Cemetery is greatest and most
melancholy of all in the number of its I'M
known. OF the total 1924 soldiers buried
there, 12,7S6-an enormous proportion-are
nameless The cemetery occupies Maryes
flights. There the Union dead remained where
they fell, and Identification and burial by their
comrades were impossible. Hither also were
borne many bodies from the Wilderness and
Charlottesville.
The Vicksburg Cemetery stands second to
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
UNDER THE TREES AT CoRINrH.

Fredericksburg in the number of its unknown
sleepers, and nextis the mournfui Enclosure at
Salisbury, n. G., the site of the old prison pen
where out of total of - 1877 interments all but
l02 are unknown. When the place fell into
Union hands the dead were found piled promis-
cuously in Is trenches, each 240 feet long. These
were opened and the bodies tenderly reinterred
in al orderly manner.
The Memphis Cemetery contains % 9S4 graves
-5l66 known and S,8l6 unknown-collected
from the camps and hospitals around Memphis
and from Island No. 10. Fort Pillow, and minor
places. The Andersonville Cemetery contains
the bones of 1902 prison-pen victims, whose
names are all known save 923.
In the Chattanooga Cemetery sleep 1908 of
the fallen from the CORY fields of Chattanooga
Chickamauga and Resaca. At the Chalmette
Cemetery, near New Orleans, lie the bodies of
1880 Union soldiers and sailors brought from
all parts of the State.
The Jefferson Barracks Cemetery contains
the bones of 1852 soldiers including l. IO6
Confederate prisoners, taken in the early battles
of the war in Missouri. At the Marietta ga
Cemetery repose 10.160 Union soldiers, col
lected from various parts of Georgia, and at
Beaufort, S. C., rest 9279 bodies OF soldiers and
sailors who died on the South Atlantic sea-
board. Half are unknown.
Next TO the above in point of size are the
National Cemeteries at Hampton. Va, with
$685. interments; Richmond, with 6,545; the
Soldiers Home, District of Columbia with
6,424; Stone River. Tenn. with GAG; Poplar
Grove, Va, with 6.199; Corinth. Miss, with
5,724; Little Rock. Ark, with 1893; City Point,
Va, with 5,l5S; Mound City, Ill., with 5253 !;
Cypress Hills, near Brooklyn, n Y, 800;
Antietam, Nd. 4,736; Winchester, Va, 4.4s2;
Florence, S. c. 30l3; WOodlawn, near EImira,
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Russia's Population.
II1.,.I.. Lz..1

The population of Russia at the beginning
of this year numbered about 124 600, 900
souls. These are distributed in the follow
ing manner: In the so Governments of Rus
STA in Europe there are about $4,000 900 in
habitants; in the Yistula country, 100000 !;
in the Caucasus, 8,000,00O in Siberia, A.
100000; in Asia, 100000, and in Finland,
2.380,000.
These figures are worthy Of note. The
Russian army in time of peace numbers
about $4,000 men, which, compared to the
population, is but small number Other
countries, such as Germany and France
have already more than l per cent. of their
populations permanently with the colors
Should the Tsar one day, by single stroke
of the pen, choose to follow the example of
other European powers, he would be in COM
mand of by far the largest number of men,
under one sovereign, in the world.
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near Washington. It contains 1855 inter-
ments-12, 216 known and 4,349 unknown. Its
location, overlooking the Potomac and directly
facing the Capitol. is perhaps the finest in the
world. Interments Of soldiers were first made
in it on May 13 1864, and the first soldier placed
beneath its sod was a Confederate
Arlington was the central resting Place OF the
dead from all the Washington hospitals and as
soon as the war was ended the recovered
bodies from all the battlefelds in the vicinity
and north of the Rappahannock, notably Bull
Run and Chsntilly, were gathered into it,
Of the 4,349 unknown dead there, the bodies
of 2 Ill rest together under a large stone sarco-
phagus. bearing this inscription
Here lie the bones of 2,111 unknown SOL
diers Their remains could not be identified,
but their names and deaths are recorded in the
archives of their country, and its grateful citi-
zens honor them as of their noble army of
martyrs. May they rest in peace"
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The National tribune., 1894-05-17

OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY OF THE An
TIETAM.
gled swamps and obscure mountain passes was
attended with much difficulty. Pains were
taken TO preserve all the memorials of identity
found on the remains But in thousands of
eases there was not vestige or mark or any
thing by which Identification could be effected
This was particularly true of remains found on
the battefelds that were most disastrous to
the North.
IN many places, especially in New England
and in the State of Illinois, the Government
purchased burial plats of limited extent. where
both Union and Confederate dead were in
TERED.
By the end Of the year 1868 70 National
cemeteries had been founded at great expense,
and in them, in connection with 800 local GEM
eteries in various places, the Government as
samed charge of 316233 graves OF these the
names Of 1857 64 had been preserved, and were
indicated on the headstones. Concerning the
remaining lao, 469 il is alone certain that they
died fighting in the Union armies.
Since 1865 i3 additional National cemeteries
have been established, with Ia 59 more graves,
making g in all, with an aggregate sleeping
population Of 33l 900. Five of these contain
the remains of soldiers other than those en-
gagged in the war for the Union-one being
located near the City of Mexico and four others
being used solely as attachments to frontier
military posts in the West.
The most beautiful of all the National Gem.
eteries, and the greatest as regards the number
OF identified dead is that on Arlington flights,
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
A N INDIAN AVETAk KING.
Weird Ceremonies of the Last of the Chip
pewas on Going to Reservation.
f5fjyneonoIis .To,rn0I

pewas on Going to a Reservation.
Minneapolis Journal.l
The Chippewa Indian has left his haunts
near Hnckley, Mimi, his favorite camping
ground, forever. The Indian Agent arrived
at Chengwatana Pokegama a few days ago
and persuaded the remainder of a once
famous tribe to remove to White Earth res
ervation. 1t required all the inducements
the Government representative could offer
to persuade the people to go.
Following a custom that has been in
vogue with the Indians since the white man
first invaded his haunts, they held what
might be considered farewell pow-wow on
the banks of Lake Pokegama. Wednesday
morning birch-bark canoes were seen glid-
ing swiftly along to the spot where the
Chippewa Mission was established and
where the first printing was done in this
State.
At an hour before sunset the place was
swarming with copper -colOred Indians and
tan-faced half-breeds. A large number of
white people were also present to witness
the strange ceremony of leave taking. An
old squaw, Pi-a-gic, bent with age, was seat
ed upon a small mound around her were
congregated the tribe. Not sound was
uttered for quarter of an hour save the
grooming of the wrinkled old woman who
faced the setting sun; the others sat with
their faces toward the east.
AS the last of the glittering sun was fad
ing from view little papoose, at sign from
Pi-a-gic, brought a cone-shaped bark vessel,
filled with roots of cedar trees and dried
grass and leaves, from the graves near the
old mission. This was lighted, and as the
smoke and flames rose in the air the voice
of the old squaw was raised to wall.
The assemblage soon took up the death
chant of the Indiana weird, wild, uncanny
sound and doleful in the extreme The
chant was continued for Is minutes, when
the leader beckoned an old man to her side.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
Could Not BE Too Hard.

A friend of Landseer's asked him to paint
his dog for him, but on the day fixed the
animal was found to have been stolen. The
artist promised to recover it if possible, and
went to a well-known dog-stealer telling
him to let him have it at once, no questions
asked. The man said he could not possibly
find it under fortnight, and, at the end of
that time, appeared with it.
"You see," he said, i did steal the dawg,
but sold it to such trump ov a hold lady
for such han howdacious price, l thought l
must let 'er ave the benefit of it for fort
night"
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
SATURDAY. MAY -.

In the Senate, at IL o'clock, under the agree
ment made yesterday afternoon, the tariff bill
was taken up the pending question being on
the amendment of the Finance Committee to
increase the duty on fannie acid or tannn from
80 to rs cents per pound. The Republicans, in
opposing the 75-cent duty yesterday, got more
than they bargained for, as Mr.. Jones offered
to-day to substitute go for rs cents
Debate followed in a desultory manner.
Mr.. Aldrch moved to substitute rs cents on
fannie acid for Mr.. Joness modified amendment
to reduce the increase proposed originally Of
10 cents to go cents per pound.
The motion of Mr.. Aldrch to make the duty
rs cents per pound resulted in yeas 16 nays 25;
no quorum. The roll-call developed quorum,
but when the vote required on the motion it
had run down again to yeas II, nays %. Sena-
tors PETER and Irby both voted nay.
The day wore On. The Senate spent four
hours on the tariff bill and disposed of two
items. The duty on fannie acid or tannin was
fixed at so cents pound, and on tataric acid at
20 per cent. ad valorem. 1t had reached but
had not acted on the item of alcoholic per-
fumery when the hour of adjournment "a p. M
arrived.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
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that remains of the martyrs of our Nation.
Nearly half a million graves are in our % Ma
tional Cemeteries This Government OF the
United States, while not always kind to It's
living heroes, yet neglects not, upon its honor
these beautiful gardens which it has established
and to which it gathered for preservation those
relics of the slain, from battlefield and lever
swamp, hospital and prison. Money has been
spent without stint TO make these Natlonal
Cemeteries what they should be-the simplest
yet grandest and lOvliest God's-acres IN the
world, lavishly adorned by Nature, perfected
by art and guarded over by "0ld Glory" The
very atmosphere around them is sacred, and
the sympathetic visitor may fancy halo hover
ing over them; for in them rest exclusively the
men who died in the cause of freedom.
The administration OF these sacred places IS
in the hands of a large force of superintendent,
overseers and gardeners, whose operations are
in turn supervised by the Quartermaster-Gen-
erals Office of the War Department. Liberal
appropriations are supplied by Congress every
year for their support. They are most scrupu-
lousy cared for.
In this the American Republic sets an ex-
ample altogether unapproached by any other
nation under the sun. All civilized nations
have taken pains to inter the bones OF their
military chiefs and high officers, but to the
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
It Ought TO Do.
lPuck.l

Pigley-Shall you send your son to col
lege?
Hogson-No; l had one set up here for
him.
Pigley-What does it consist Off
Hogson-A gymnasium in the hennery, q
sawdust ring in the open lot. shell in the
duck pond, the smokehouse for secret
society, aud 400 lunches Of cigarettes.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17

ington with full knowledge that Congress had
passed law for the regulation of the Capitol
grounds and had declared that he had made up
his mind that the law was not valid, and thar
he would not obey it.
no sympathy with the proposition to raise
Senate committee to investigate the absurdities
of the Coxey movement, but he had less SYM
pathy with the suggestion of the Senator from
Nevada Mr.. Stewart) to allow an appeal to
such committee from the Judiciary Depart
ment of the District Both propositions were,
in his judgment, absurd and unworthy of seri-
Gus consideration. He had had a very deep and
lively sympathy with the misguided and misled
men whom Coxey had brought to Washington,
but he had no sympathy with the leaders.
At this point the morning hour expired and
the resolution went over without action. 1t
now goes on the calendar, from which it can
only be taken by majority vote of the Senate.
The tariff bill was taken up.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
Came TO STAY.

When Grants army crossed The Kappa
hammock, Lees veterans felt sure of send
ing it back as tattered and torn as ever it
had been under the new Generals predeces-
sors. After the crossing, the first prisoners
caught by Mosby were asked many ques-
tions by curious Confederates.
What has become of your pontoon-
train ?" said one such inquirer.
I'VE haven't got any" answered the
prisoner.
How do you expect to get over the river
when you 60 back?"
Oh" said the Yankee, Eve are not going
back. Grant says that all the men he sends
back can cross on log"
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
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The National tribune., 1894-05-17

In the House, the Naval appropriation bill
was taken up and debated
When the House met at the night session
there was a fair attendance in the galleries and
on the floor The House Immediately went
into Committee of the Whole private rem
sion cases, Mr.. Dockery (Mo.) in the chair. Six
private pension bills were favorably acted on,
and at 1927 o'clock the House adjourned.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17

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The National tribune., 1894-05-17
In the House, the Naval appropriation bill
continued under discussion.
MONDAY, MAY ID.

i, a
In the Senate, the Repu bicans continued
their policy of annoyance.
Several times quorum was demanded, and
each time the Democrats came forth from the
seclusion of the cloak room and made up the
necessary number to permit business to go on.
Seven items were considered and disposed
of. The result was the fixing of rates of
duties as follows: On alcoholic perfumery So
per gallon; alumina, alum, alum cake ETC., 4-10
cents per pound; carbonate of ammonia, 20 per
cent. ad valorem; on muriate of ammonia, 10
per cent, and on suphate of ammonia 20 per
cent; backing of all kinds, and on bone char
suitable for use in decolorizing sugars, 90 per
cent. ad valorem crude borax, or borate of
soda, one cent per pound, and on refined borax
TWO cents per pound; refined camphor. 10 per
cent. ad valorem; chalk, 20 per cent. ad
valorem.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
FRIDAY, MAY IL.

In the Senate, the tariff bill was considered,
voting on the amendments occupying the time
until 5:55.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17

VUIEI oFOI AT SIUNE hIVEK-
n. Y. 3.075, of which 2,96S we're Confederates,
and Firms Point, n. j., 2,645, of which l,434
were Confederates.
Over 5000 Confederates in all are buried in
the National Cemeteries, principally. however.
at Woodlawn and Firms Point, and at Jefferson
Barracks. Mo-, Camp Butler, H., City Point
Va and Loudon Park Md
The National tribune., 1894-05-17
WEDNESDAY. MAY 9.

III tne SENATE ME- Allen caIled up MS resO-
luton for the appointment of a special commit
tee to investigate the police interference with
the Coxey demonstration on the Capitol steps
May /. Mr.. Allen spoke with feeling. He had
waited a week after what he termed the out
rage committed upon the Capitol grounds be-
fore introducing his resolution, expecting that
one of the Senators from Ohio, the State from
which Mr.. Coxey came would take some step
toward its Investigation.
Are you not Mr.. Coxey's counsel?" asked
Mr.. Daniel, interrupting the Nebraska Sena-
tor.
No, SIR" replied Mr. Allen, emphatically.
Has not Mr.. Coxey full legal remedy if he
has been injured in his rights?"
81 decline to be diverted from my line of
thought" said Mr.. Allen. rather sharply.
But" persisted Mr.. Daniel, 81 simply de-
sired to question the proprety of dragging this
matter into the Senate when Mr.. Coxey has
remedy in court"
Mr.. Sherman said that the Senate was not
the place for discussion of Mr. Coxey's per-
sonal troubles. The Police Court had settled
the matter, and the police had done what the
law commanded them TO do. Mr.. Coxey should
have presented grievances in regular and law
full manner. When this Coxcy movement was
first started prominent citizen of Ohio had
come to him and had asked if he would present
Mr.. Coxey's good-roads petition. He had re-
piled that he would. Moreover he had told
this gentleman that IT Coxey desired his bills
introduced he would introduce them, although
he had not a particle of sympathy with him.
His reply had been carried to Mr.. Coxey, and
the latter had sent back word thanking him.
but saying that he did not care to have him
(Sherman) present them.
Mr. Coxey had said he intended to present
his petitions in person the steps of the
Capitol. He started out deliberately to violate
the law.
The tariff bill was resumed. Mr.. Aldrich
speaking.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17

In the House, Mr.. Talbot announced the
death of Mr.. Brattan, the usual forms were
gone through with and the House adjourned.
The National tribune., 1894-05-17

In the House. the printing office bill re-
ceived consideration.
Mr.. Bankhead offered an amendment strik-
ing out the clause that the cost of the building
should not exceed 81, 100000 and inserting in
lieu of it the provision that before any work is
done on said building suitable plan for the en-
tire structure should be drawn up, giving an
estimate of its cost, the same to be submitted to
Congress at the earliest possible time. The
amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment providing
that the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds be constituted a commission to select
a site for the printing Office, the site to be on
ground now owned by the Government. This
was agreed upon.
Al 3:42 the Committee rose and the bill, as
amended, was reported to the House with
favorable recommendation, and. the previous
question being ordered. the amendments were
agreed to in the House.
The resolution of Mr.. Holman to recommit
the bill TO the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds with instructions to select a site
on a Government reservation, was agreed to.
The Naval appropriation bill was called up.
Mr.. Cummings in explaining the bill, said the
estimate of the Secretary OF the Navy was
nearly $29000000, while the amount called for
by the bill was $25. 280966. Notwithstanding
that the Secretary had scaled down the esti-
mates of the Chiefs of the Bureaus. the COM
mittee had still further reduced the Secretary's
estimates 81, 67O,3l3.