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CRIME AND CASUALTY.

One man was fatally injured and SOW
erai others seriously hurt by freight
train wreck at Bucyrus. Ohio
Ferdinand Bros and Joseph Princi.
Kohem1ans. working for the Stevenson
Lumber Company, we're killed By lightning.
ut Chicago.
News has reached Quebec from st. AL
ban. about forty miles west. that on Fri
dav IA TREMENDOUS landslide occurred ut Il
waterfall rising 100 feet above the river s..
Anne section OF land "A mile In length.
with farmhouses and their contents. was
thrown into tho river bed. Ten persons
lost their lives.
"A broken axle on a freight car caused
"a complete wreck OF thirty nine cars load
ed principally with coal, at Upton. Pa ,on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. John Saus-
sernan. brakeman. was instantly killed.
Harry Marks. a coal miner. was fatally IN
iured 1t IS believed that at least five
men are buried under the immense heap of
wreckage There are four tracks at the
place. and passenger trains went around
ON time
Marshal silcock. OF Shelby City, Ky.
was shot and killed by Pat Cain. drunken
laborer. The Marshal tod Cain to go home
and sober up. when Cain drew a pistol and
shot the Marshal dead.
Harrison Price. age Gfty-two years. 4
second cabin passenger. committed suicide
by shooting on board the steamer Saale on
the voyage from Southampton to New
York
-~l;eddy" Wilson. lynched by IA mob at
Missouri Valley. Iowa. for killing Marshal
Adna. had spent seventeen years OF his life
In prison.
Twelve lives wers lost and $500. 600
worth OF property destroyed by the land
slide at st. Albans Que.
"A crank named Camille Reinhart
called at John d. Rockefeiler's residence
, in New York and said he had come to Get
his share OF the SS5. 100000 held by Mr..
Rockefeller.
+ Henry G. Young. OF the wholesale rag
firm OF Young Bros. was found dead in Il
secluded part OF Erie. Pa. The CorOner's
verdict was that Young had met his death
through foul means. a bludgeon having
| been used to crush his skull.
Miss Viva Castle. stepdauchter OF ex-
! Congressman Castle. of saltwater. Mimi.
| was shot in a Minneapolis, cafe by rs
! Scott Blake. the wife OF the proprietor
| The affair Is shroudei in mystery.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Judge Nathaniel Spring Berry died In
New York. aged 9s years He served six
terms in the Legislature. and was for two
terms a State Senator
Frank Uatton, editor OF the Washing
ton Post. who was stricken with paralysis
Il few weeks ago in his office. died Monday
afternoon. Ever since he was Frustrated
his family and friends had hoped that he
might recover. aud as lac as Sunday
evening his partner in the ownership OF
the Post, Beriah Wilkins. stated that the
indications were favOra bic for such Il con
summation. But there came a fatal change
Monday morning, and by mid afternoon
the distinguished editor was dead.
William W. Farwell. for many years
Judge OF the Circuit Court OF Cook County
and more recently professor OF equity. jul
risprudence and pleading In the Union Col
lc.e OF Law. died Monday morning at Chi
cago OF pneumonia. He had been Ill for
two weeks
United States Senator Francis Il
Stockbridgc. Of NJ .chisan. died at o'clock
Monday evening at the home OF his
nephew. James : iloughtelin:. >. Banks
street. in Chicago The end came uney-
pcctedly while the Senator was in his room
with nurse. Although he had been
thought critical and his death came as an
unusually severe blow to his wife and
friends At kalamazoo. his home. his
death caused manifestations OF sincere
grief fr III his many friends. by
whom the Senator was gener-
ally beloved for his sturdy char
acter' and open handed generosity. His
liberal gifts TO Kalamazoo College and the
Young Mems Christian Association will re-
main As monuments TO his great hearted
ness His business partner. : =. Browne.
and Banker Dayton. another intimate
friend. were novel TO tears Is they learn
ed Of his death
Miss Hattie Blaine youngest daughte r
| OF the late James G. Blaine. was married
| in the his ORIG Washington mansion 10
| TruN,on Beale. ex- Minister to Greece
| Obituary: At Cleveland. Captain Ed
ward Kelly. an old lake navigator: In
| California. John Reinhart. OF Milwaukee
at London. Edward n. Robinson. o. san
| Francisco
| -Geor,e ". Abel. mar aging proprietor
! OF the Baltimore sun. died suddenly from
! pneumonia Tue,day. He was TO have
! sailed for Europe.
x-Distrct Attorney Francis Wellman
| Of New York. confirms the report that ht
is TO marry Emma Juch. the prima doan:-
| Julian o. Davidson. who had achieved
| fame as marine painter. died at SOUTH
| Nyack, n ". aged - years.
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AND INDUSTRIAL

-Accordin., to BradStreet'S, trade Is de-
crensing In the large cities Labor dis
,urbances are assigned as the principal
cause.
Colonel ". y. Rend. OF Chicago. LARGELY
Interested in Per usylvani;t and ohio coal
fields. will let his men return to work at
the old scale unless the strike is soon
settled.
by the suspension o: bank in St
Joseph Mo-. the City Treasurer is de-
prived Ivy law o. any place to deposit the
city funds.
Great Northern strikers Missed the
proposition by St Paul business men to
submit the trouble to arbitration.
WISCONSIN Central receivers issued
mrnifesto announcing their intention to
-umc work on the ore docks at Ashland
and warning all persons against interior
cnce.
Through the efforts of the business
men OF St. Paul and Minnca polls the Great
Northern strike has been settled. the men
securin. most of their demands
--RiotouS demonstrations characterized
the parade of unemployed in Cleveland.
Several motormcn who refused to stop
their cars were badly beaten.
A highly sensational comp, amt against
| has teen filed at San Francisco by John K
Robinson 1t demands an accounting,
Robinson alleging that he was defrauded
of ten shares of stock Of Central Pacific
Railroad ia 1877. at that time, the COM
planant alleges. the stock was worth
81, 200. 900 in cash and 151. $50 acres of land
held in trust. hut to which directors claimed
| private ownership Robinson prays for
| Judgment for 81. 200. 900 with legal interest
| A sensational feature Of tie suit is all
! legation that Attorney A, A Cohen. while
| supposed d bitter enemy OF the railroad
! companies really in their employ,
| drawn, $4,000 year. and that While
! serving in that capacity he contracted
| with Robinson to conduct his lawsuit
| Robinson alleges that the suit was COM
! promised by Cohen under these circum-
stances for $1,000. of which Cohen re-
! tanned so per cent. AS his share
| The twenty fourth annual report OF
! the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
| Railroad. submitted to the stockholders,
shows reduction in the funded debt dur
| in- 1898 from S44. 49,. 900 to SAB. 942. 900 by
| the cancellation for the sinking fund OF
$3.50. 600 in bonds secured by first mort
| gage. The total amount OF bonds thus
| Cancelled is $3.50. 00l.
| III. O. Smith. member OF the Stockton
| Cal. firm OF Southworth & Grafton, gro
|! GERS. has fled petition OF insolvency.
| Indebtedness. S234 900: assets. S355, 600.
The business of the frtc 10 roc affected
| and Southworth's interest in the firm Il
| held in trust for the benefit OF his creditors
| Accommodation TO friends and the depre.
/ citation in the value Of real estate is as
| si.ned as The cause
The Portland (OrecOnl Savings Bank
which was closed during the financial crisis
| of last July. has resumed business
The Diamond Match Company proposes
| 70 form com bination to control the ma n
| ufacture of matchc, throughout the worl..
As a par, CT the plsn it intends to estab
lish an immense ia ctory a, Liverpool
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-10
FOREIGN.

Switzerland has reduced the CLAIM, IN
the arbitration he, ween America and Chill
from 81 co l,o0) claimed TO about sac. 600
"A sharp shock of earthquake was felt
at Athens at o:.5 IL III. tuesday. Several
Fighter shocks folio we'd. bat no further
damage was done. Rerorts from the
0tricken districts confirm the most alarm
lns reports as to the loss OF life and amount
Of damage 1t Is believed that xhr1 thu
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-10
Hits Of Things.

SMOOTH taper fingers are generally
In the highest degree artistic.
FOOTBALL was crime in England
during the reign OF Henry VIII.
In the space of one minute the poly
nus can change is form 100 times.
GLASS BLOWN is represented on an
Ecvptian monument dating 1909 b. G..
The frCck coat first made its appear
ance in England in 1910. In the reign
of Henry VIII.
HENRY PETIT, the English play.
wright vi O died recently, lott Al estate
Valued at about SIS COS.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-10
Ancient Smelling.

The book OF Job. written about 1870
g. c.. describes very accurately sew
e:al processes Of smelling metals.
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TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
Running a Train Under Difficulties In Dixie
Land.

Land.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / should
like to know whether either of the boys who
were placed on guard of the locomotive at
CORTLAND, 30 miles from Demopolis, Ala,
are still alive. Four companies of the 9th
Wis.-Maj. Jefferson commanding-were
ordered to CORTLAND to relieve the small
garrison stationed at that place. The guer-
rillas under Roddy were pretty thick around
| there, and having cut the telegraph wire,
were burning cotton and committing other
| depredations
We were ordered on board freight train,
| and before the Major was aboard the train
started with rush. The Major called to
stop the train. Being on top the cars we
heard the Major, and with another cOmrade
we hurried toward the engine, and leveling
our muskets at the engineer, ordered him to
stop and 90 back and get the Major, who
placed the Secesh conductor and employees,
except the engineer, under arrest and sent
Yankee stationary engineer to watch Mr.
Secesh.
One side of the engine had been disabled
in the mad start. We proceeded down the
road, stopping to remove Instructions In
some places cotton bales were placed on the
track and were fired; old ties and railroad
iron were also across the track, compelling
US to go SO slow that the boys could jump
off and pick melons. We were about all
day going the 80 miles.
When we arrived we found that the gar
rison had gone off in some other direction.
We were ordered to go into camp near the
train The writer, with three comrades, was
detailed to guard the engine, fearing Roddy's
men might slip in during the night and
destroy it.
After everything had become quiet, the
engineer came and said there was no water
in the engine, and he wanted TO run it out
to pump some We were little suspicious,
and said we would 90 and see the MAJ or,
who said perhaps he was right, and gave us
permission to run down the track only half
a mile and return, as many times as was
necessary. At the outskirts OF town we
ordered him to stop and return. In reply
he wanted TO know what we were afraid of.
Again we ordered him to stop, and still we
went faster. / ordered the sentinel on post
to bring up his gun and let him feel the
bayonet. Then, cursing rs for set of
towards, still with his hand on the throttle,
he sent the engine fairly on the jump.
Knowing the rebels were near by, we thought
we would try another remedy, and ordered
the guard to raise the hammer; remarking
80 the engineer could hear, that if we ran
into the rebel camp we would blow him up
anyhow. Then he quailed. He stopped
and ran us back, cursing US all the time as
a set of cowardly Yankees. When we got
back he got off, and we thought then, and
still think, it was only pretext. i saw a
prisoner of Roddy's men soon after, who
said we came almost to their CAMPO. III.
HALL, Co. /, 9Th Wis, West Union, Iowa
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fighting of the battle. Gen. s. s. Carroll
was in command the first day, and was
responsible for what occurred. On the Sec
ond day Gen. E. B. Tyler had full COM
mand.
Gen. Shields was at Luray on the evening
of the 9Th. and en- route to the field on the
morning Of the 9th, when he met his retreat
ing army IA miles east Of the battlefield.
The fact of his being wounded in this en-
gagement is also mistake. He was wound
ed in the battle of Kernstown, near Win
chester, Va, March 3d. 1862, and was at this
time carrying his arm in a sling, the result
of the wound received at Kernstown.
little incident may be cited to show
what Gen. Shields thought at the time
when he met his retreating army. One of
the advance among those in the retreat was
the first person to whom Gen. Shields spoke
of the result of the days action. The sol
der said to the General, "All has gone
wrong to-day; we are badly beaten" The
Generals reply was, My boy, nothing bet
ter could be expected of the children when
the old folks are not at home"; forcibly
referring to the lack of his own presence on
the battlefield.
One of the mysterious things, the out
growth of the war, is the continued effort
on the part OF members OF the late C0nted-
crate army to magnify numbers in the armies
against which they contended. 1t certainly
does not add to the credit of any COM
mander, or to the most ordinary Confed-
crate soldier, to belittle or to diminish the
glory that crowned the courage and energy
of the Union armies on many well-fought
field. No such disposition is apparent
among the Union soldiers. They have been
willing to give credit 10 the Confederates, as
usually constituting minority and fighting
worthy of a better cause.
1 would not call public attention to this
misstatement of facts by Col. Oates, were it
not that this address, delivered on the occa-
sion before referred to, passes into history
bound in special volume, finding its place
in the great libraries Of the United States,
to be read by the children of the future !;
and therefore hope that Col. Oates may be
directed to the official records, and that
when an opportunity occurs he will correct
the mistake, and do justice to the dead Gem
eral whom he processes he would otherwise
honor.-THos. H. MCKEE, LIST w. Va, Z
Grant Place, Washington, d. c.
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rived in position on Alsop's farm, three miles
northwest of Spottsylvania, for the purpose
of charging on the enemy's works; but the
order being countermanded, we threw our
blankets down and our bodies on them. We
did not then fall asleep, because we had been
asleep, but no sooner were we down than
that unwelcome command Fall in" rang
through our ears. / repeated the order to
the boys, but was powerless to pack up my
things. Communication between my brain
and muscle had been cut off until the col
umu moved / then could grab my outfit
and drag it along.
We were moved some distance to the rear
to support heavy battery, in case our help
should be needed. In the light of the blaz-
ing guns and near by them we again fell
down 10 sleep, and think it was the sound
est sleep ever had.
In the morning when / awoke branches
of trees and trees had been cut down during
the night in our midst by the enemy's shells
and shot. cannon had been overturned and
soldiers lay sleeping only to awaken at the
bugle-call of heaven.
1t was here that Capt. hampton, of Co. K,
added his mite TO the precious price paid for
the maintenance of the Union. No soldier
shed better blood than that man did. he
had not the silly pomposlty TOO often 1ound
in officers, but he had something better-a
true heart in his bosom, heart that went
out after the interest of men, and soul that
did not finch in time of hattie.
On the 18th we moved a short distance to
the left under heavy fire, and took new
position. The roar of muskets and thunder
of artillery shook the earth with their fear
ful detonations.
Since the morning of the 5th our regiment
had held position in the first line-of-battle
of its brigade, fact for which / cannot &C
count unless it was believed by the War
Department that the 126th Ohio could put
the rebellion down if backed by enough of
men, or there may have been some peculiar
ity about the regiment that the General de-
sired to have it killed first that the fittest
might survive-FRANCIs CoRDREY, Co. Z,
126th Ohio Fort WAYNE. Ind.
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the former just after he had given the order
to charge on q house occupied by Confederate
sharpshooters. / would like to hear from
some of my old comrades who must live in
the vicinity of Jamestown, N. Y. Where
are Burnside 81. F. SMITH, Clark and
Samuel Ely, Joe Mathews, Robert Faleoner
Rixey }, Tip Howard and Oscar Gates?"
why Don't They Writer
D. s. Orcutt, Co. L, 18th Pa. Cav, St.
Charles Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa. w. W. Cole,
1S9th N Y, Sabula, Pa, and William Bell,
Sd KY, 600 Crescent avenue, Covington, KY,
ask why the men of their regiment do not
write to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Each
suggests that his regiment reune in Pittsburg
during the National Encampment, and de-
sires correspondence on the subject.
Information.
Mrs. Eliza J. Barry, 10 + street north
west, Washington, d. c., wants Information
regarding Jacob Barry, Co. A, Cloth Pa last
heard from in 1874; supposed to have been
buried in North Dakota. Amy information
will be thankfully received by his widow.
B. II. Trip, Reno, No. wants to corre-
spond with comrades who want to make a
home in northwest Arkansas, the apple
orchard of America Postage should be in-
closed.
Henry Vauter, Muncie, Ind, wants the
address of Thos Blackwell, of Sd Pa. III. a.
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RETRACTS NOTHING.
Davenport Advises His Critics to Read More
Carefully.

Carefully.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reply
to COmrade StOutenburgs article in your
issue of May "a regarding the losses OF the
9Th n Y. at Second Bull Run, / desire to
ask him to read my article again, in which
he will see that / have nothing to corr, ct
and respectfully refer him to the authority
he quotes, Col. Fox.
I said distinctly and plainly Gloss of life, .
and not greatest percentage of killed, wound
ed and missing, which are correct, as he
quotes from the same authority. He will
find, in Col. FOx's book, the 9Th n. Y. at the
top of the list-117 in killed at Manassas.
Now, as have the names of 119, and also
Sc instead of So, in killed or died of wounds
at Gaines's Mill, my comrade can take Col.
Fox's book and figure for himself. But will
also give him some more statistics which he
can verify from the same book.
i ask him, however, to leave out of his
calculations the heavy artillery regiments,
which were four or five times the size of the
infantry or cavalry regiments.
In the first place, the 5th n. Y. was two
years regiment; enlisted when the pay was
81 a month and no bounty. We have the
names of 181 killed in battle; that makes it
stand about one-six tell in that respect with
the over 1900 1t lost, including Chancel-
louisville, its last fight more in killed or
mortalIy wounded than any other regiment
up to that time in the Army of the Potomac.
Only one other exceeded it, and that was
in the West-the 9th Ills, with 1877, with a
total loss for three years and three months
of 216; 1913 were killed at Shiloh their to-
tai loss there being $3.50 out of SIS, the great
est loss in killed and wounded of any infan-
try regiment during the war. Yet the per-
centage was only 63.32 per cent. The 18th
Pa. Reserves comes next to the 9th with a
three years service of 1876. Next is the 18th
Mass, with 157. (At Antietam, loss was 49,
Their total war loss was 241.
The above is enough for our purpose on
this head. Now, in percentage of killed to
number engaged in any one battle, the 1st
Mimi, with its loss of 1877, three years,
stands first with 1882 per cent; next, 18th
Mass, 26.S5 per cent; third, 141st Pa, 2475
per cent; fourth, 9Th N. Y, 24.49 per cent.
Now, we will take two engagements: 5th
N. Y. first, 1916 per cent; second 69th N.
Y, 1884 per cent; third, 9th N. H, Is per
cent This is the regiment that lost the
greatest number of the infantry killed or
died Of wounds during the war (295), and in
three engagements is ahead of any other in
the percentage Of 1856 per cent.
Let every organization stand on its own
bottom. There was glory enough for most
of them when at tie front, and little too
much sometimes. when we were not think
ing about statistics but thinking about go-
PORT, 5th N. Y, 218 West Thirty-eighth
efraat Nou VorL City
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The National Debt.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please
state what our National debt was at the
close of the war, and what it is at the pres
ent timer. C.. SELLARs, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
[July 1, 1885, the National debt was
81, TIE, 236, 1889. May l, 1894, it was $685.
O41, 3SO.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER,
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns

1.-THE Editor would be glad TO receive articles of
from 600 to 600 words serial papers of greater
length for publication the first page of, and
written exclusively for, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The subjects submitted should be OF interest TO the
veterans in general. and should he treated with
especial regard historical accuracy OF statement
Articles on the behavior of some particular regi-
ment or brigade some field whereon IT dis
tinguished itself, in some campaign in which II
took a prominent part, in some siege wherein 1t
acted Extensively or extensively; "reminiscences
Of prison life the march the camp, personal
adventures all such are solicited, will receive due
consideration, and If available will have early in-
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The forth Ill.

This regiment was composed of four COM
panies from Piatt and six from De Witt
Counties, and was organized at Springfield,
H., during September, 1862, to serve three
years. 1t was mustered out of the service
June 80, 1865, in accordance with orders
from the War Department. 1t left the
State Sept. 80, 1862, under command Of Col.
Thomas Smell, who continued in charge
until Dec. IS, 1863, when he resigned. He
was succeeded by Col. Joseph J. Kelly, who
also resigned. Col. Francis II. Lowry, the
next Colonel of the regiment, died of wounds
received at the battle of Franklin, Tenn,
Jan. l, 1865. Thomas J. Milholland, Lieu
tenant-Colonel, was in command of the Or
ganizatiOn when it was mustered out Upon
the organization of the Twenty-third Corps,
in 1863, the 107th was assigned to that COM
mand. It participated in the battles of
Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and the fighting
around Atlanta, besides many other engage
ments. The number of deaths while in the
service was 152, of whom 80 were killed in
battle or died of wounds received in action,
and the remainder of disease and other
causes.
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The Face is the Index to tn,

character, and to the health as well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in poor COM
plexion, pimples and facial eruptions. The
remedy is not in external applications-in
lotions and creams" but in blood cleans
ing tonic. There are tonics and tonics I;
"bitters" and sarsaparillas without end
the drug stores overflow with them. The
test of years is the only sure criterion in
judging medicines. DIR. PETERS BLOOD
VITALIZER has enjoyed an unquestionable
reputation for more than century. 1t
purifies and quickens the sluggish circula-
ton, freshens the entire system, and clears
the brain by restoring the bodily organs to
their normal health. Not on sale at drug
stores. Can be secured Of local retail agents
only. For particulars, write DR.. Peter
Fahrney, Chicago, Ill.