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LIFE OF MAJ. MCKINLEY.
THE MOST COMPLETE, CONCISE, AND
GRAPHIC YET PUBLISHED.
BY JOHN McEL9OY.
NO. II OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
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into the army as private soldier in the 23d
Ohio; his long service carrying a musket;
his successive promotions, won by good
service; his muster-out after four years of
service; his entrance into the law, and then
into politics; and his distinguished career
since. 1t is all given in full. yet so concise
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beautifully illustrated with pictures Of Nc
Kinley at different ages; of his wife, father,
and mother; of his modest home at Canton,
o., aad of the commanders under whom he
served.
1t has 30 large pages; large, clear type;
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NO BUSINESS IN THE CONVENTION.
Senator Teller has sent the following
telegram to the Colorado Republican
Convention:
Hon. IRVING HowBERT, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
/ wish to say TO the State Convention,
through you, that do not desire TO go to
the National Convention and cannot 20 I'M
less the State Convention is in accord with
my ideas in declaring that in the coming
campaign the silver question is the para
mount issue. The State Convention should
act with the full knowledge that do not
intend TO support a candidate on gold
standard platform or on a platform of doubt
ful construction. If this course puts me out
of sympathy with the Republican sentiment
OF the State, as a portion OF the Republican
press allege it will, accept that result with
all its logical consequences in preference TO
an abandonment OF principles and stuItifica-
ton of my record, made, rs l conceive, under
the instructions of every Republican State
Convention held in Colorado during the last
IL years. III. Nj. TELLER.
This is frank and manly. All the
same he has no business in the Republi-
can Convention, and any delegation
sent on such a basis should be refused
admittance. Any man, or set of men,
who proclaim in advance that they will
not be governed by the action of a Con-
vention unless that action suits them,
have no right to participate in It's de-
alterations. Senator Teller's very un-
satisfactory course on the Tariff question
shows that he is no longer Republican,
and the sooner he formally leaves the
party for more congenial surroundings
the better it will be.
A great deal bigger men than Senator
Teller have found themselves uncom-
fortablein the Republican party's ranks,
and the party has gained when they left
it. Among them were Andrew john
son, Charles Sumner. Lyman Trumbull,
Carl Schurz, J. d. Cox, J. r. Doolittle
and Walter @. Gresham.
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San Francisco Argonaut: BICYCLE fashion
item-Falls hurt just as much this year as
ever No changes have been made in them
They are worn principally on the knees and
elbows.
Life: The Heress-You are wrong when
you say that he has no idea of the valne of
money. The fellow has proposed to me twice.
e
Chicago Record; "Old chap, I've been duck
shooting. don't you know"
Duck-shooting2 Why, you don't know a
tame duck from wild one"
"Oh, yes, do the wild ones get away"
Fiegende Biaetter: Fair Patient-You are
the only physician have consulted who hasn't
ad vised me to go abroad.
Doctor-They can afford it. They've got
more patients than have.
e
Life: "Miss Swift is learning to ride
wheel, she tells me-"
Bat she rode one last year. Why does she
have to learn again?"
Another fellow is teaching her."
N
The San Francisco Argondut gives list of
the estates of So California millionares, all of
whom made the most of their fortunes in
mining. The aggregate apprsisement of the
estates reached $l75OO0,OOO. The Probate
Court distributed this property to over 400
heirs. and probably it soon underwent another
subdivision among several times as many more.
Thus, death seems to be very active in break
ing down great aggregations of property, and
i'll redistributing them among the people.
The rush of immigration has started anew.
A larger proportion than ever is made up of
Italians, who seem much more anxious to get
81 so day working on American railroads and
in iron mines than to fight the Abyssinians
for merely board and clothes The fear of
being drafted into the African army sets many
Italian youths to turn longing eyes toward
America. One steamship recently brought
,2O3 of them to New York.
80
Let me call the attention Of the Temperance
reformers to the rapid increase of the cocktail
habit. Experts say that cocktail is a much
more deadly form of the Serpent of the Still "
than straight whisky plain beer. Also, ex-
perts say that vermouth is only used for max
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The Spaniards sentenced the men
captured on the Competitor to death,
and would have promptly executed
them but for representations by our Sec
rotary Of State. Now we are informed
that as an act of great clemency their
lives will be spared. The Spaniards
feel that they are conceding enormously
in doing this, which shows how brutal
and far behind the age they are. Dur
ing the war Of the rebellion we captured
thousands of men engaged in carrying
arms and munitions to the rebels and
never executed one Of them, or even
thought of doing so. The worst that any
Of them suffered was a brief imprison-
ment. The brutal murder of the crew
of the " Virginiua," captured during the
former Instruction jim Cuba, still rankles
in the American heart. 1t came very
near producing way at the time, and it
would have been better for all concerned
if it had, for Cuba would now be free.
If the Spaniards had carried out their
intention and murdered the "Competi-
tors" crew, war could not have been
avertcd, for the American people will
not stand the commission of such atroci-
ties SO near our shores.
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sMoorH-rAcEp POLITICIANS.


Wiseaeres at Washington say that n smooth
face Is boodoo in politics, and this is the strong
est influence against Mckinley No clean
shaved politician has ever succeeded in reach
ing the goal Of his ambition:
William III. Seward Samuel J. TiIden.
William T. Russell. Arthur Pue Gormas
HOke Smith. Wilson & BisseT
John q. Carlisle. William NJ Eyarts
William Mckinley, Thomas B. Reed.
Levi p. Morton.
/ have another list which seems In havs
escaped these gentlemen's attention. Is ruus:
George Washington, w. IT. Harrison.
John Adams, John Tyler,
Thomas Jefferson, J. X. Polk.
James Madison, Zachary Taylor.
James Monroe Millard Fillmore,
J. O. Adams. franklin Pierce
andrew jackson, James Buchanan.
NJ. Van Buren,.
All these shaved clean.
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ITALY says she is going to stay in
Africa, and arrange a modus viucndi
with the Abyssinians. Whether she
stays will depend upon her putting up
a much better fight than she has yet
done. If she does not TIE Abyssinians
will run her into the Red Sea at the
next surge they make.
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ties so near our shores.

THERE has already begun what we
are certain will be of infinite benefit
to humanity. This is the development
of wind machinery for the generation Of
electricity. There is an incalculable
amount of energy in the winds which
may, and sometime will, be appropriated
to the uses Of man. WindmiIls can be
constructed to convert this into electrical
power, which can be accumulated in
storage batteries to warm and light
houses, plow fields, thrash, winnow and
grind grain, churn milk, and do all the
hard labor about farm and house. A
Frenchman has already a windmill in
successful operation which at nominal
cost furnishes constant light for his fac
tory from 10 storage batteries which it
charges when the wind blows.
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THE English do quite as many queer
things as we. 1t is now proposed to
honor the memory Of the great turf
patron, the late Duke of Hamilton, by
a " Great Memorial Race Meeting" A
memorial horse-race is a new idea this
side the Atlantic.
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ents with showing of having done
something substantial for the benefit of
the veterans, and for the cure of crying
evils.
The House of Representatives has
done its duty.
Let the Senate do its.
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IT really looks at last as if the Meth
odist Churches North and South are
coming together. If this shall prove TO
be so, the war can be said to be really
over. The Methodists are fighters from
start to finish. They began long before
the war, and kept it up with a great
deal of animosity for years after Apo
mattox, and after slavery, which was
the origin of their dissension, had been
buried forever. Now if the Presbyte-
rians will follow their example, and
come together, Peace will her wheaton
garlands wear"
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WEYLER complains that the Cubans
will not fight him as he wants them to
do. This is an old complaint. Napo-
Icons antagonists all made it. Very
wisely, Gomez nor Maceo do not propose
to put their 10000 imperfectly-armed
men where Weyler's 100000 can get q
fair chance at them.
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THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD.

Gen. Sherman's account of the dis
covery of gold in California in this
weeks iIlstallment of his Memoirs, and
those which follow, is simple, graphic
and intensely interesting. No one
should miss it.
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CONNECTICUT is waking up. -Four
new, and apparently very live, Camps Of
Sons of Veterans have been organized
within month. This is good news.
Let the other Divisions emulate the
good work of the Nutmegers.
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THE Venezuelan Commission con-
tinues to "report progress" and we are
led to hope that it is in the direction of
upholding the Monroe Doctrine and
Venezuela's rights.
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IT is found that the X rays may be
made very useful for discovering internal
machines. In an experiment recently
made at Paris, every detail of such a
machine inclosed in wooden box was
revealed-the cartridge, powder, nails,
screws, etc
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"GEN." WIN. BOOTH is evidently
quite alarmed at the schism in the Sal
walton Army, and, obstinate though he
is, sees that he has gone too far. He
has made overtures to his son Balling-
ton looking toward a reconciliation
through restoration to the command of
the Salvation Army in America. But
Ballington declares that he will not re-
sumo command, but will go ahead with
his own organizations Gods American
Volunteers" sG
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LET THE SENATE DO IT'S DUTY.

the Picker Pension Bill at once, and
pass it before adjournment 1t has
ample time to do this, for the bill has
been thoroughly considered in the
House, and the honorable Senators have
already pretty fully informed themselves
as to all its provisions. They know
Just precisely what evils it is intended to
remedy, how grievous those evils are,
what an immense number of persons
they affect, how loud and universal
the demand is for a remedy, and
how thoroughly the Picker Bill
does the work. They cannot affect
ignorance on any one of these points.
Every Senator from the Northern
States has had these facts earnestly
pressed upon his attention for many long
months They are just as well informed
upon the subject as were the Represent
atives who passed the bill with such
decisive majority. 1t is idle to say that
they are not, and that any heightened
consideration is now necessary.
There are enough real and professed
friends of the veterans in the Senate to
pass this bill at once, with a majority
proportionately as large as that which it
received in the House of Representa-
tives.
If every Senator who has professed
sympathy with the injured and oppressed
pensioners, who has denounced the prac-
tees which the bill proposes to correct,
and which we believe it will correct, will
unite at once upon this plain, practical
remedy, its success is assured, for there
are enough of them TO pass it over the
Presidential veto, if it should be vetoed.
Talk about the lack of Republican
majority in the Senate will not suffice.
This is not a political measure, but
measure Of justice to veterans. Party
lines do not enter in. 1t should have
the solid support Of every Republican
Senator, of all the Populists, and Demo
Gratis from the North. There are 43
Republican Senator'S who should sup
port it to man. To these should be
added the Northern Populists- PETER,
Allen, Jones, Stewart, and Kyle-and
Democrats-Palmer, VOORHEES,, Turpie,
Hill, Murphy, Smith, Brice, Roach,
Villas, and Mitchell, of Wisconsin.
Here we have 5S Senators who should
be heartily in favor of this measure, and
ready to support it with the utmost
vigor, for every one of them is fully
impressed with the cruelties and in
justices to thousands of their constituents,
which the bill will correct. For the
same reason Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia Blackburn and Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, and Cockrell and Vest, of Mis-
souri,, should earnestly support the
measure. They have thousands of vet
Grams in each Of their States, for whom
they profess the utmost sympathy and
affection. Now comes an unequaled
opportunity to show this in a practical
way. Let them support this bill.
Every one Of these 90 Senators has
for years been protesting the most sin
cere devotion to the interests of Union
soldiers. They lave solicited their
votes on this ground. Now let them
do something substantial in the way of
Justice TO them, not as favor to the
,,o4arape hut nc fulfIlpnopt ne tLn;
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THE furore about the expulsion of
Missionary Knapp from Turkey, and
over the other outrages upon our citizens,
seems to have suffered the premature
fading of other features Of our vigorous
foreign policy"
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THE SENATE PENSION COMMITTEE.
The Senate Pension Committee, which
has now the fate of the Picker Pension
Bill in IFS hands, consists of the follow
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LAST year the United States produced
more gold, more silver, and more pig
iron than any other country in the world.
OF pig-iron we. produced 20 per cent.
more than England and SO per cent.
more than Germany. 1t is evident that
times are improving,
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ing cocktails Turning to that friend Of my
elbow-the Report of the Bureau Of statis-
tics-I find that we imported the enormous
amount Of $4,000 gallons of vermouth in 1891,
but by 1896 this had swelIed to OBS 900 gallons
As there is "only dash Of vermouth " in each
cocktail. these figures are eloquent as to the
growth Of the mixed-drink demand.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Walker - Er-wheu
you run into man the rider is as likely to
get the worst OF it as the pedestrian, isn't he?
Wheeler-You bet he is The last fellow
rode into only lost a 'front.' tooth, while had
four spokes broken. and my sprockes wrenched
all out Of true.
Though less than one per cent Of the popu-
lation Of Germany are jews yet 81 per cent.
OF the lawyers Of Berlin are Of that race. 33
per cent. of those at Breslau. and 81 per cent.
of those at Frankfort. This helps on the anti
Semitic crusade
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DEVELOPMENTS in South African
matters continue toqshow the Jameson
raid in still more unfavorable light,
as an utterly excuseless attempt to
"jump"- lot of valuable mining lands
for the benefit Of a crowd of spectators.
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THERE are 627,709 whites in South
Africa and over 100000 blacks. The
future of the country is a matter of
speculation, but the probability is that
twill always remain black. The blacks
are brave fighters and good workers.
They will not perish under civilization
as the red men do, but rather developin
numbers and strength, as they have done
in America If SO, they viii increase
far faster than the whites, and regain
possession Of the country as fast as they
learn white mans ways.
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ing Senators

These arc the men to whom we must
look for prompt action on this measure
of justice.
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NO BUSINESS IN THE CONVENTION.

Let the Senate do its.
The Irish standard., 1896-11-14
Ice Cream Is High.

4 Down In Mexico man advertises ice
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