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The National tribune., 1896-08-27
An Indignant Expression.

The following resolutions were adopted by
Charles j. Biddle Post, 23s. Kane at recent
meeting. They We're presented by Comrade
Craven and adopted unanimously:
Whereas, in a recent decision OF the Comui..
sioner oi Pensions. our eomrade Edward p Shaw
one OF the brayest soldiers of the volunteer army
oil the United States. who enlisted when "a bow nd
served during the war Of the rebellion who was
ehoi i've tlmes. and is to-day total wreck totally
lncHpactsted for the slightest labor because OF
those shots, has been denied a pension for total
Disability after evidence Of the most conclusive
character had been furnished the Pension Depart.
fneht That be was entitled 10 the same: Therefore
Eesosved. That the members of Charles J. Bid.
ole fosi. %s5 Department Of Pennsylvania Grand
army OF Inc Republic. do hereby declare our un.
aeallhea condemnation Of the act of the Com m
sioner OF Pensions in rejecting the application fo
an increase OF pensiao Ia the worthy and merito
T,ous case o. our sadly-affiicted comrade, Edward
4. Shaw. of Kane.
Eesotued. That i1k unprecedented decision, &c
mailieslly UNJUST as To be incompre hensibl. n
every conlrade OF this Post who have long nee,
familiar with the total disability aud des,i,n,e cir
aeplore- sr-er ,...4-s
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
ST. PAUL'S BIG CHORUS.
Drilling the 1000 Children Who Will Form
a Living Flag.

Living Flag.
TSt Paul Pioneer Press.1
Suggestions of anarchy and the French Rev.
olution of bewhiskered oratory and the assem-
blieg of the Faubourg st. Antoine, were para
doxicaily awakened by the wildly red liberty
caps of an excited crowd that poured into the
Auditorium past confused heaps of chairs and
tables disorderly masses of dull timbers and
gaudy bunting But the intimidating host
once seated In the galleries above, the repel-
liant spell was abruptly broken by gentle Ce-
elias mysterious magic. From 1000 rosy lips
burst forth the tender plantiveness of Just
| Before the Battle, Mother" The tenuous treble
of childhood, too often rasping in the ndivid-
nal, had gained by manifold addition a rotun-
! dity and sweetness that was the reverse Of an
| ticipated clamor. And the time they kept was
surprisingly exact.
| On all four sides stretched that bond that
connects wild straying humanity with the
eternal good-children of every variety
children that were small and children that
were smaller. Tiny things of eight and nine,
! waving their thin little legs and twisting their
elastic necks while they looked in all directions
at once, and gggled if they forgot the tune.
Half Of them were boys, half girls, the latter's
faces distinguished by their authority and
superior wisdom. Only in his middle life is
| man the lord of woman. And when the altos
"came in" with their rich, echoing second y
the older children were in evidence.
The whole was the great flag chorus, which
is tn be stationed beside the line of march u
symbolic living, singing American banner
EACH child has, as is now well known, car
aud cloak of the same color. The red girls
will be all red. the blue boys all biue and tn.
white children unanimously white. But the
blue babes may exhibit stars on their blueness
No attempt is made at the rehearsals to simu
late the color effects of the flag and the cos
tunes worn for Identification were mingled il
a delightful holiday confusion. the red, o
course assuming an undue prominence
This was the FIFTH rehearsal the children hav
had and the first since June H. Mrs. Z. NJ
: Newport President OF the Ladies' Com ittee
Mrs. John Il. Brooke, Chairman of the Ladies
House Committee, and Gen. L. G. Mason, Pres
ident of the Citizens Committee, were guest
of honor the platform. Gen. Mason, befor
D the Gag chorus departed addressed the children
as effectively as tic uproar would permit. II
remarked that the two points of most eyiden
] interest to outsiders the children
choruses and the receptions by the Lade.
> Committees. He praised the children for thei
efforts, and he told of the excellent accommo
9 dations to be provided for them ut the cir static
: on the line of march, where. during their lon
r wait they world enjoy every protection fror
A the weather. Until that moment the 1900 ha
o kept reasonably tranquil. But as the word fc
{ dismissal came the girls fell TO chattering an
the boys to whistling and crying aloud as the
: tumbled headlong over tue seats in infantil
ambition to make up for lost noise.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
TIE GRAND ARMY.
What is Being Done by the Veterans
for the Good of the Order
HENRY WILSON POST.
An Organization Whose Members Were All
i'm the Regular Army.

An Organization Whose Members Were All
i'm the Regular Army.
rnioue among the Grand Army Posts of the
countrv is Henry Wilson Post. IL. Department
of the Potomac located at the United states
Soldiers Home in the District Of Columbia.
Particular interest attaches to this organ'zs-
ton from the fact that all its members saw
service in the Regular Army, and no volunteer
soldiers can belong. The following report OF
the inspection of the Post has been iorwaroeo
TO the Commander-in-Chef:
GEN. l. \. WALKER COMMUNICATING:
At meeting of National Aids-de-Camp OF TINS
Department. the undersigned were designated
to visit and inspect Henry Wilson Post, ID, o.
this Department, and TO report to Chiei OF Stah
not later than August j. We visited the L ost
Wednesday evening, July ~, ana respectfully
submit the following:
Membership of Post, ia, nearly all of whom
were present in Post room in full uniform IN
GLIDING white belts and gloves; oincers iuiiy
uniformed and wearing swords; Ritual work
A J. without the use of books or cards Inc
books of the Adjutant and Quartermaster were
kept in frst-class condition aud were without
blot or erasure. A complete descriptive list
of each comrade is carefully kept, and
every comrade had signed the Constitution
The comrades are all square on the BOOKS
and a snug sum in funds is in the hands oil the
Quartermaster. The best of discipline pre-
walls in the Post-room and the Post rs In every
way in healthy and prosperous condition
During the last year Wilson Post was the BAN
ner Post of this Department in the matter OF
recruiting, and bids fair to keep mp its record
this year. as it musters one or more recruits
each month.
The membership of this Post is made up en-
tirey of the inmates of the United States Sol
diers Home, the most of whom are bachelors,
and consequently they have no Relief Corps,
but they have formally adopted Lafayette Re-
lief Corps, auxiliary to Lafayette Post, 20, and
dispense their charity through that channel
During the last year they have contributed
with lavish hand, and, aided by the good
women of Lafayette Corps, have done much to
alleviate the suffering of needy comrades OF
the GA. E.. and the widows and orphans of our
former comrades in this Department
This is, perhaps. the only Post in the G. A. X.
whose membership is made up exclusively of
soldiers who served in the Regular Army, and,
IN order to call your attention to the long serv-
ice of the comrades of this Post. We submit the
following table, giving longest and shortest
service, the average service, the aggregate serv-
ice; also, the length of service and aggregate
during the war of the rebellion.
Table Snoring service Of Henry Wilson Post. IL.
Number. Total service. Service during the
war of the rebel
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
PENNSYLVANIA Soldiers Organizing.

Chairman Elkin, of the Pennsylvania Re-
publican State Committee, is making special
effort to organize the Union veterans for Nc
Kinley and Hobart. In every town i'll which
there are number of old soldiers there will be
an organized club, and they will be supplied
with special button and other campaign ac-
cessories. The first club of this character was
organized in Harrisburg last week. About 100
veterans out of $50 who had signed the call
met at the Board of Trade rooms. Maj. i. b.
Brown. Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs
presided. committee of which Gen. Thomas
McCamant is Chairman, was appointed to pre-
pare an address to the old soldiers of the State
urging them to organize for Mckinley and
Hobart. The Sons of Veterans will also be in
ciuded in the call. At the next meeting AdJt
Gen. Stewart W ill address the club The names
on the roll of the club include those Of a score
of former Democrats.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
"THE SAME OLD GANG"

The Way 1t Appears to a Georgia Comrade.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Have just
read your editorial on the Same Old Gang"
and will give you little dot that I wish
now / had clipped for you. If you use it,
don't mention my name. My statement
can readily be verified by writing to the
Erening Press, Savannah, Ga. That paper,
shortly after the Democratic Convention, in
terviewed 9 large number of the leading
business and professional men. 1t and the
Morning Ne4cs had been strong sound
money" papers, as Savannah had been q
strong sound money city. Mr.. Walter j.
Charlton, a leading lawyer, prominent DEM
ocratic politician, and an ex-Confederate
officer, who had been for sound money, gave
quite lengthy response to the interviewer,
expressing his reasons for accepting the
platform, Tillman, Altgeld, and all, and
among other things said; am to-day just
as was in 1861. i believed then and believe
now that, morally, politically, and religious
", the firing on Sumter was right"
I believe / give you the paragraph verba-
tim. The idea that he further conveyed
was that the South fought the Yankees from
1861 to 1866 against overwhelming odds,
and were defeated but now they had got
the West to join them, and this was their
chance. So, to paraphrase your words, it
was the same old gang" reinforced by
the West, and the same old fight"
When / read it. / said to myself that had
/ been the most ardent free coinage man,
should quit right there, for was in the
wrong crowd. / have been fighting for
these fellows for % years. swearing to my
Northern friends that the sentiments OF the
war were dead in the South, and all, save
few fools, were glad it ended as it did, and
yet during the past few weeks have heard
that idea expressed one wey or another 80
times that we could not whip them ~
years ago. but we are going to do it now"
If they do you can count me among the
victims, for l feel that the conditions Of
1860 and 1896 are identical, and the man
who shouldered his gun in 1861 fights with
Mckinley now, or else has lost his patri-
lotism.-VETERAN, Savannah, Ga.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
Number Total service. Service during the
war of the rebel
Total MEMBERSHIP Of Post. liza.

Total membership of Post, ia.
Aggregate number of years served, 1906 !;
longest service, 81 years; shortest service, two
years; average service. 1872 years; aggregate
service during war of the rebellion, 3935 years
longest service during war of the rebellion, four
years; shortest service during war of the re-
beliion, two years; average service during war
OF the rebellion. three years FIVE months.
These figures were taken by your committee
from official records on file with the Governor
OF the Home, and are reliably correct.
LORENZO ID. BUMPUs,
-,e :; 49, B. L. CHASE,
JACOB MOORE
Aids-de- Camp, National Staff Committee.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
INDORSE MCKINLEY.
Favorite Candidate of the Veterans Eve

Favorite Candidate of the Veterans Every
where.
At the annual Reunion of tho Association OF
the l01st and 103d Pa, at Butler, Pa, last week,
Comrade John A. Reed, of Pittsburg. read the
following:
"To Comrade William Mckinley:
1.-THE 101st and l03d Pa. Veteran Volunteers,
in annual Reunion assembled, send greeting
as comrades, and wish you every success and q
glorious triumph in the great trust that lies
before you"
The resolution was passed with whirl.
Ats Reunion of the 117th N. Y, at Sauquoit,
N. Y, Comrade ]. b. Jones offered the following
resolution:
Whereas our worthy comrade, William McKin-
ley, has been nominated for President of the
United States by the Republican party, and reaiz-
ing that lie should be the standard bearer Tor every
loyal citizen and veteran soldier: -
Resolved, That we, the members OF the lth
Regiment Veteran Association. in Reunion assem-
bed, send him greeting and our heartfelt ,aoorse-
ment and hope for success.
The resolution was greeted with prolonged
applause and loud cheering. The veterans
proposed three cheers and tiger for " the next
President" which were given with Will.
Secretary Estes was directed to telegraph the
resolution to Maj. Mckinley.
At the Reunion of the 25th Ohio battery ana
Co. A, 32d Ohio, at Alliance, Aug. 20, Com
mittee on Resolutions, composed of Comrades
Ross Rue. George Walker and ii. B. Clarke, In
their report offered the following resolution:
That tender TO our gallant COMMANDER VIII
liam Mckinley. comrades greeting, ana we
pledge TO him our individual support for the nigh
est office in the gift of the American people,
The resolution was received with cheers, ana
on the roll-call was unanimously adopted. A
large audience was present, listening to the
proceedings, and the reference to Maj. Nc
Kinley was received with great applause.
CoNNEAUT, o. Aug 81.
Comrade William Mckinley. Honorary men,
Der of I he 29th Ohio Y. j. Association The 29th
Ohio Veteran Volunteers, at Camp Harper,
Conneaut, sends greetings. Members present
stand 80 to for Mckinley and honest money.
j. B. SToRER, Secretary.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27

Burnie; V.P.'s, Capt J. J. Emerson, ChaA ".
Bennett. f. L. Greene; Sec. and Treas, Lieuh
Ii. F. Rice, Gray, Me-; Chap, +. A. 9owsn.
VERMONT.
c. NJ. Ferrin, NJ. D., Secretary, ESSEX June
tion-Reunion 9Th VT. at Montpelier. Sept. II.
Gen. Thomas will be present, aud particularly
desires that every one Of bis old boys who can
will come and see him at this time. Col II. r.
Dutton and Maj. II. NJ. Pollard are expected -
be present and give addresses
The 11th annual Reunion of the Lame'lls
Valley Veterans Association was on Morris
vile Fair Grounds Morrisville, Aug. 2. There
was good attendance. and the speakers we're
Congressman III. Henry Powers, Of Morrisville;
Hon. ID. j. Foster. of Burlington, and Wallace
Fl. Parker, Of Cambridge. Music was furnished
by the Hyde Park Band. The next Reunion
will be held at the same place. The new Off
GERS of the Association are: Com, Col @. w.
Doty; 8. v. C., James Stephens; J. v. c. Eph-
rain Massey; AdJt, p. 5. Scribner; O n, q.
NJ. George.
WISCONSIN,.
The eighth annual Reunion of the walworth
County Soldiers and Sailors Association vas
held at Elkton, Wis, Aug. 13. From 5000 to
5000 people attended the meeting. About 800
old veterans were in line. At the business
meeting held in the Cous house all the old off,
GERS were unanimously elected. excepting Sur
geon. The roster for the ensuing year is a.
follows: Pres, George w. Wylie; Y.-P. III. II.
Rogers; Sec, L. w. MoreieId; Treas. o. Cars
we'll; Chap, c. A. Hobbs; Surg, g. c. Blsnch-
ard. After the election of officers exercises
were held in the park. Secretary More6eld
delivered the address of welcome. Speeches
were made by ex-Gov. w. d. Howard, ID. Lloyd
Jones, Department Commander; Past National
Command r- in Chief A. G.Weissert, Coils. J. A.
Watrous. E. b. Gray, s. III. Talmsdge, Maj. A.
J. Cheney. and Rev. J. ID. Cole. The meeting
closed with large Campfire in the evening.
1t was one of the most enthusiastic meetings Of
the kind ever held in Walworth County.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27

Eugland's nickel trade is passing through
a severe crisis, owing to the diminished con-
sumption of the metal in German coinage
and the competition of the French Nickel
Company, which has reduced the price from
81 pound to 81 cents.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
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free. The STERLING REMEDY Co., Box 3, In
diana Mineral Springs Ind. Agents wanted.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27
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The National tribune., 1896-08-27

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RECENT LITERATURE.

When weak. weary and worn out. Hoods Sarss
parilia is just the medicine to restore strength.
The National tribune., 1896-08-27

Before Fourteenth National Convention.
Aid to Patriotic Teaching-The Flag In
Observation-Disclosures Liberty Bell-Indi-
ana and Her Flower Mission-West viz
The National tribune., 1896-08-27

decorated gally and the streets were thronge0
with people. The parade took place at 1890 a.
M, taking in all the principal streets of the
town, thence to the Alhambra Theater, where
the address of welcome was made by Mayor
Mccullough and the response by John W..
M0reland. Short talks were made by the
comrades. At 4 p. m. another parade took
place. in which 500 were in line. After taking
in all the main streets, business was resumed
at tho theater. Apollo was named as the place
of meeting in 1897. A Campfire was opened at
o'clock in the evening,
| The 18th Pa. met at Erie. Aug. 20. There
| were 13o survivors present, and among them
was Alonzo Faust, the color-bearer who
| planted the regimental eolOrs on Lookout
| Mountain, Aug. 8, 1862 Capt. J. ID. Bantley
was elected President for the ensuing year.
| and Capt. N. W. Lowell. Erie, Secretary. Capt.
| N. W. Wells, Erie. and Austin w. Merrick were
elected Vice Presidents. r. ]. Salesman, the
Democratic Mayor, in his welcome to Erie, de-
| livered stirring appeal to the voters to vote
| against and oppose the party whose platform
| contained financial scheme to pay soldiers
pensions in 5O-cent dollars and to repudiate
the National debt aud National credit.
REGULARS. 3sss1,
/ Last Thursday the survivors of the 18th u.
s. gathered in Reunion at Portland, Me. Many
/ of the men of this regiment who saw service in
| the rebellion we're recruited in Maine. The
regiment is still in active service, and the vet
| Grams of its wartime history are still as proud
| of it as they were when it was the Fighting
| 18th !" of rebellion days. Among those who re-
ceived warm welcome was sSergt Andrew
Clifford, who il now on the Retired List, after
% years of gallant service. With the veteran:
came their wives and children, and to an out
slider the gathering had the appearance of q
family reunion. It WAS toted that the nex
meeting be held on the third Thursday of Aug
ust, 1897, at tho Preble House, Portland. The
following officers were elacted: Pres, james
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
AN INTERESTING GROrp

Your wife is thinking about getting
her winter wrap and BONNET now, and. rs
she wishes to save YOU all the money She
can, she says she is going to fit herself
out ut the Bazaar. They have II grand
assortment of capes, cloaks, hosiery, un-
derwear. etc. and about the finest mil
linery stock Roanoke has ever seen Take
your money to 81 Salem avenue and see
what II fine opportunity YOU will have for
getting the very best goods for the least
money. This store carries n comnletc
line of everything n woman wishes to
wear for her adornment, and no mistake
can be made in doing your shopping
there. Their trimmed hats and hornets
are models of millinery art, and all the
alXiliaries necessary are kept in their
large and complete stock.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
AN ELECTION FIGHT.

Yesterday morning on Campbell street
a number of gentlemen became involved
in political discussion, which waxed
warmer and warmer until the whole talk
narrowed down to two menu. VIM Boyd
and y. w. Finch. Boyd denominated
Bryan and his followers, mentioning
Finch particularly, as scoundrels, with a.
very offensive adjective attached, which
was resented by a blow in the face Boyd
was game and went. for Finch's throat,
but caught hiEi in the mouth, decorating
his gums and loosening tooth Boyd,
however, was conside rably bruised up
aud his face Theoretically blows from his
antagonists fist. After considerable
blood had been drawn the combatants
were separated by the bystanders, and no
special harm resulted except to their own
personal appearance. The police were
soon on the scene, but rs no one would
prefer charges of fighting or give any
definite information regarding the set-to
they were powerless to make any arrests
Both gentlemen regret the occurrence
since their passions have cooled down.
Mr.. Finch is u much larger man than
Mr.. Boyd and on that account is sorry
that he struck him.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
THE DAUNrLEss TROUBLE.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 31.-W.'A Bis
bee, owner of the tug Dauntless, which is
being held at Fernandina, in charge of
the cutter Window, for violating the nav
igation laws by having it's lights out at
night and by leaving jacksonville with
out clearance papers, communicated with
the United States assistant district attor-
ney to-day, saying That he would pay, un-
der protest, the SOC fine claimed by Col
lector Baltzell, of Fernandna. on the first
charge, but that he refused to pay the
$500 fine assessed on the second charge.
The assistant district attorney commune
Gated the matter to the Treasury Depart
ment ut Washington, but no instructions
have been received.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
NITRO GLYcERINE ExpLoDEs.

Cincinnati, Oct. 31.-A special to the
Times tar--fron. Geneva, o., says hun
dred quarts of nitro-glycerine in the En-
pire magazine near that city exploded at
$40 Il. III. The conclusion was felt for
miles around. Hundreds of windo VS.
We're blown out walls cracked and chin
neys torn down. 1t is reported that II
wagon was unloading at the magazine,
but no trace of wagon, horses or men can
he found. Indeed, the wreck is absolute.
y remarkable fact is that larger auanti-
ty of nitro glycerine stored in the Hercules
magazine, not more than seventy five
yards away, did not explode, though II
portion OF the wall was blown ill.,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
FOOTBALL YESTERDAY.

Allegheny defeated the Roanoke team
yesterday in Il closely contested and we'll
played game by II score of 81 to 0. 1t was
an ideal afternoon and several ladies were
present to cheer on the crimson and blue.
At no time during the game was Allie
ghany's goal threatened although the
Roanoke team made several good gains
They always lost the ball'on downs, how
ever, and to their lack of team work is
due the loss oil the game. Allegheny on
the other hand played IL good, snappy
game and worked we'll together. Several
times the backs made thirty yard runs
aided by good interference. Gano,
Withers, Mcclure and Travcrs Coe made
the touch downs for Allegheny, all play
ing good ball. 1t is worthy of remark
that the game was entirely free from all
Objectionable features. There was moth
ing at all to offend. 1t was Il clean, gem
tlcmanly game throughout. Even DR..
Broughton mighv have enjoyed it. 1t is
hoped that all future games will be char
acterzed by such good conduct on the
part of the players. The umpire was Mr..
Obenshain: referee, Mr.. Duke.