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ister in 1860. and in 1862 helped raise the 122d
Ohio. OF which he became Chaplain He WAS
model Chaplain, always present with his
regiment, sharing in every duty. and a per-
petual fountain OF encouragement, sympathy
and helpfulness for his men. He was taken
prisoner at Winchester, Va. and spent four
months in Libby. His lectures and singing
dit very much to make Imprisonment more
toIerable for his comrades After his release.
he rejoined his regiment. but was subsequently,
transferred TO the Christian Commission. and
was successful in collecting an immense amount
OF money for that great organization. AT the
close OF the war he returned TO pastoral
work, but his abilities as lecturer called
him from that duty for work in larger field
lie became agent for the Church Extension
Society, and had phenomenal work in building
new churches, aud in relieving older ones OF
the burden of debt. Next he was set to
raising money for missions. and in a short true
secured subscriptions exceeding 81 COO COO
His lecture on The Bright Side of Libbey
Prison was one Of his most successful efforts,
and has been enjoyed by countless thousands.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

The President declines to comply
with the Senate's request for all the
correspondence relating to the capture
of the " Competitor" He says that it
would be inconpatible with the public
interests to do this. This may be well
questioned. The world is getting very
tired of the old-time mystery with which
diplomacy was surrounded, and it has
no place in American affairs. The
people, who bear the expense and do
the fighting in wars, have prerogative,
higher than that of any Executive, to
be fully informed as to every step taken
in international complications. The
Competitor" case is an exceedingly
serious one. Its issue may provoke war
in single day. For this reason, every
scrap of information regarding it should
be laid before the people. They should
be constantly consulted as to what
should be done in vindication of justice,
humanity and National honor.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

THE interest in the Cuban situation
grows every day. Spain is making
her last desperate struggle to crush
Maceo, and thus relieve the troops held
on the trocha for active operations to-
ward the center of the island, where the
patriots are masters of the situation.
The last dispatches allowed to filter
through the press censorship are to the
effect that Wyler has started to take the
field against Maceo in person.
Number 9 of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
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WHILE it would be pleasant to have
Colorado vote for Maj. Mckinley, yet
she has only three of the 447 votes in
the Electoral College, and whichever
way she goes will only take away from
or add that many votes to Mckinleys
majority. Senator Teller's idea that he
is the head, four quarters, and hide Of
the dog is misapprehension. He is
only the tip of the tail.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

THOSE who think that by electing
Speaker Reed Vice-President he will
introduce radical reforms into the Senate
forget that such a thing would be i'm
possible from the diametrical difference
between the Senate and the House. In
the House the Speaker, representing the
majority. has almost absolute power,
while in the Senate the Vice-President
is an intruder from the Executive
branch, and has next to none. He is
merely fgure-head, and it is doubted
if he has even power to call Senator
to order. He has absolutely no control
of legislation or committees, but must
automatically perform such routine
functions as are assigned him.
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The National tribune., 1896-05-28

POLITICIANS were set agog last week
by the visit of Senator Quay to Mai.
Mckinley, at the latter's home at Can
ton, O. Both men have maintained the
utmost reticencc as to what passed be-
tween them, but there is general i'm
preston that the meeting was mutually
satisfactory.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

A struggle, which has been long fore
seen, has suddenly broken out in all the
navies of the world, between the En-
gineers" and the line officers"
In matters of discipline and etiquet
the Navy is much more conservative
old-fogyish, even-than the Army. In
the old days the Captain of warship
was like god. He had the powers of
life and death and his hands, and his
crew were creatures, with whom he dealt
almost as he pleased. His subordinate
officers partook of some of his character
istics, and were immeasurably removed
from the crew. In the English navy,
from which the world has derived most
of its naval ideas, the officers were gen.
orally from the nobility, while the crew
was the scum of the seaports. The Off
GERS were supposed to learn seamanship
and naval tactics, while the crew did
the work and the fighting. Presently
it became necessary to introduce third
class, Of men having special knowledge
and qualifications. Each ship had to
have Surgeon, and also man to trans
act business affairs-to procure and issue
supplies, etc. From these came the
'staff" officers, as distinguished from
the line officers" When steam was
introduced skillful engineers became
necessary. They were put into the same
class with the Surgeons and Pursers, or
Paymasters, and we're held to be inferior
socially and professionally to the line
officers. As warships grew larger and
more complex the duties of the staff
officers grew more important, and then
began their struggle to be placed on an
equality in every respect with the line.
This has been partially successful, par
ticularly in this country, where the staff
officers are given relative rank. One
year ago we had sharp fight before
Congress in the attempt of the staff Off
GERS to be put on an entire equality with
the line in the matter of promotions to
the highest places. The line officers
could not find words bitter enough to
express their rage at the impudence of
Surgeons, Paymasters, and Engineers
wanting to be-real Admirals, Commo-
dorcs, Captains, etc. The struggle re-
suited in the defeat of the bill.
Now, the Engineers of all the navies
seem to have taken up the eght on their
own account. They claim, with a very
good show of reason, that in the modern
battleship the Engineer is the most i'm
portant man aboard except the Captain.
The management of her many and COM
plicated engines is higher duty than
that of handling her guns, and that the
man who has the responsibility for all
this should not be subordinate to every
young Lieutenant who happens to be in
charge Of the deck. The ship is fought
quite as much, if not more, by the Engi-
neers as by the men on deck and at the
guns, and the line officers must drop
their assumed superiority over the
"greasers." OF course, it is right that
the Engineers should be subordinate to
the Captain, as everybody on the ship
must be; but beyond that, everybody
should have exactly the consideration
which his rank and seniority entitle him.
Apparently the Engineers have the best
of the argument, and will carry their
point.
A L.. 1
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

CoNsUL-GENERAL LEE is very DELHI
crate in his movements toward his post
at Habana. Unless he hurries up, he
will not be able to report anything to
this Administration.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

The Senate Committee on Pensions
promptly reported the nominations of
Dominic |. Murphy for Commissioner of
Pensions, aud Gen. n. ]. T. Dana for
Deputy Commissioner, with a unanimous
recommendation that they be confirmed,
which was done. Later Senator Pasco
objected to the confirmation of Gen.
Dana on the ground that he had been
reported to be physically incapacitated.
The combinations were therefore recon
sidered, and laid over for further In
vcstigation.
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THE House of Representatives sat
down very hard on the Presidents veto
of the pension to Francis Il. Hoover.
The case was so fragrant that even the
incorrigible Talbert, of South Carolina,
voted to pass the bill over the veto.
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TIE rigor of the Mckinley boom is
simply the expression of the WEAKNESS
Of the people with this Administrations
meapacity and bIunders.
The National tribune., 1896-05-28
TWO COMRADES PROMOTED
Elected Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

Church.
Two men who did good service during the war
have been honored by election to high places in
the great Methodist Church. After prolonged
balloting the Methodist General Conference,
in session at Cleveland. o.. elected as Bishops
Dr.. Charles c. MeCabe and DR.. Earl A. Grams
toe, both Of whom have q National reputation
for learning, ability and good works.
Bishop McCabe is the we'll known Chap
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aud personal magnetism have made bis name
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born at Athens, o., Oct. fl. 1886, educated AZ
the Ohio Wesleyan University, ordained min
The National tribune., 1896-05-28

THE Past Commanders-in-Chie of
the GAR. who have died have been:
r. F. Stephenson, Aug. 30 1871.
S. A. Hurlbut, March ~, 1882.
John A. Logan, Dec %, 1885.
A., T.. Burnside, Sept 10, 1881.
Charles Devens, Jan. Z, 1891.
John f. Hartranft, Oct. II, 1889.
VIM. f. Earnshaw, July II, 1885.
Lucius Fairchild, May 90, 1896.
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The Russian Government has $780,
T69,ll5 of United States coined gold in
It's vaults. Everyone seems to be get
ting onr gold exceit the people of this
Country.
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Harper's Bdzar 90. dear" said the girl
with an X-ray glance. as She looked at her
bashfal lover; here's Jack agnin to-
night, and not brought his backbone with
him"
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what cloudy but no unusual changes
have occurred. Plants and foliage in
Jured by frost on the l7th and 18th are
slowl Y recovering. The general outlook
for wheat and alfalfa is very good.
The second growth OF the grapes is be-
ginning to appear and from all indica-
tions up to date the grape crop will be
the best crop in the fruit line and that
will only be partial crop. Water
plentiful for irrigation.
Las Vegas.-Dr. F. H. Atkins.-Crop
conditions all remain good, plenty OF
waterin in bitches. Grass repor ID good
on ranges. No adverse circumstances.
Los Almos.-Wm. Frank. Rather
cool and windy but crops doing fairly
well. No buds ruined by frost and a
good crop OF grain, fruit and corn is pro-
bab!9 so far.
Los Lnmas.-R. Pohl.- The past
week has been favorable to plant
growth. Wheat and alfalfa look well
although both are backward in com
parson with other years. Farmers are
planting corn. Grapes are beginning
to sprout and ii not hurt by frOSts may
make full crop.
Rincon.-C. H. Raitt.-While the
week was an improvement on last week
it was far from satisfactory. Rain is
needed very badly. Wheat is looking
well, but cool weather is keeping gar,
dens and the later crops back.
Sprnger.-Dr. l.. Hines. High wind,
first part of week. Days warm and
nights cool. Farmers planting oats anC
wheat. Plums, apricots, pears and ap
plies in bloom. Rain bal'y nee led
Plenty water for irrigation
II. b. HERsEY,
Section Director
The eagle., 1896-05-06
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Growth of Crops Very Slow EN- Account
Cold Nights and Windy Weather

quite little above the normal tempe
ratnre, bnt no rainfall was reported for
the week Warm days and cold nights
have prevailed. The first two days and
the last day OF the week were very
windy but generally pleasant weather
prevailed.
These conditions, while being ~ de-
clded improvement over preceding week
were not altogether favorable. Rain is
badly needed and warmer weather.
The effect of the severe ir osrs OF the
18th and 18th on the fruits can not be
determined with any certainty Il. pre-
sent but the outlook is more encourag-
ing than it was a week ago.
The stock ranges, except in the north
eastern part are very dry and cattle are
getting thinner. The water from the
heavy snow OF the 18th in the north
eastern portion has given the grass Il
good start.
In the lower pccos valley the nights
have not been as cool, being at II lower
altitude, and the growth OF vegetation
has been more satisfactory.
The following brief extracts from a
few ol the reports received at this office
will he found OF interest.
Alma.-Wnl. French. The frost on
the l7,h and 18th DESTROYED nearly all the
fruit crop. Alfalfa looking very vel
considering the cold nights, bnt growth
necessarily slow. Range very dry but
conditions OF stock fair yet.
Be'nalillo.- Brother Gabrial. Gar.
dens beginning to show improvement
Alfalfa quite promising. Ranges poo,
yet. Fruit trees beginning to look bet
ter although not much early fruit re-
naming. Grape vines d)inI very well
IN this section, still there is danger iron
the cold nights. Wheat growing rapid,
ly. Water plenty in the bitches.
BIuewaler.-Cul. j. $. Van DOren.- -
Wind two days first OF the week follow
ed by pleasant weather. Grass ge,tin,
go)d start. Warm days aad col,
nights.
Eddy.-A. A. Orig ,s.--Crops growin
nicely, alfalfa will he really. to cut il
about TWO weeks. Range becoming dry
needs rain, Wheat aud rye doing we
and will he ready for harvest abou
June |.
GalinNs Springs. T.. Whitmore.- =
There has been too much wind for crop
and grass to advance the past week
Very strong wind on the 22nd. Thin
the cherries and plums were injured $
10y the IroS!S that there will not b
more lha ha'f a crop. Apples injure
some, how much can not tell at presen
LlS Criee'.-Fahn Garcia Tn
Al.
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will be missin'.' They did not need any
body to advise them to get out of the
way When the elephants and lions
came and smelled the gators there was
fun, sure 'nough. You never heard
such roarin' and bawlin' / thought the
devil himself had broke loose. But this
was only the commencement of the
frolic The circus horses began to run
away.
II never seen so much commotion in
all my born days. There was forty
teams all runnin' away at once and
forty more a-tryin' to run away Peo-
pie were a-hollerin' and cussin'; lions
and tigers were roarin', and women and
children were cryin. Says l, Miss
Nancy, my opinion is that we have
played hell amazingly, and old Buck
Stobbins is going to try to vamoose the
ranch / stuck the fork into the tail
of the off alligator, and shouted, Get up
and dust, my beauties The gators
seemed to be enjoyin' the frolic. and
they threw open their jaws and plunged
right into the mass of the overturned
wagons, strugglin' horses and wild ele-
plants. When We came out on the
other side, I heard Miss Nancy say.
Great heavens. dad! look there,' and
felt something shiny hit me in the
face and when | got my eyes open my
blood froze in my veins. The off alli-
The record-union., 1896-11-08
The Massachusetts, Lobby Law.

In the passage of the Act of 1890,
which was made more stringent by the
statute of the following year, it was an
ticipated by the good people of the COM
monwealth, who still had an abiding
faith in the sagacity and single minded
devotion to duty of the members of the
Legislature, that the lobby" blemish
would forever be removed from the es-
cutcheon of the old Bay State. and that
thenceforth a legislator would be able
to make laws undisturbed by the threats
or the Establishments of the members of
the third house"
We are led to this retrospect by a
recent examination of the books in
which the legislative agents for the
year 1896 were supposed to register.
Now, at the last session of the Legfs-
lature there were some exceedingly i'm
portant measures up for consideration,
but in the book referred to there is no
evidence Of the employment of legisla-
tive agents by the parties interested in
the desired legislation. There are but
few registrations altogether, and these
are almost entirely in connection with
matters of minor Importance; the big
things. those wherein there was pros
pectively the most money, were appar-
emily permitted To take their chance of
success or failure without the aid or as
slstance of the lobby. Nevertheless, the
halls and corridors at the State House
were throughout the session thronged
with men who have for many years
been identified with the third house: and
rot only were these men on the ground,
but 1t was noted that they had very
much 10 say, in their conversations with
matters pending before the Senate or
the house. In word. the law relating
to employment of legislative agents
seemed 10 be a dead letter.-Boston
Transcript
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Robert D. Finnie, Grocer, 72I !.
COZ j STREET.

gator had the clown of the circus be-
tween his jaws, and the other gator
had snake by the neck that was seven
teen feet long. The big reptiles tail was
kinder permiscuously wrapped about
my neck l looked back and seed the
circus horses a-runnin' over each other,
and the cages were busted open, and the
lions and tigers and wild cats and leo
pards and big snakes were frolickin'
about promiscuously in the street. My
gators had jerked the lines out. of my
hand and they were going down the
street at a regular 2: 40 clip. l was
tryin' to get out my knife to cut the
snake loose when 'casouse!' we all went
The record-union., 1896-11-08
The Oldest Match Factory.

Sweden has the oldest and largest
match factory in the world. Matches
were made there long before the old.
roughly trimmed splinter of wood
tipped with sulphur was discarded with
the finder boxes for which they were
used. In twenty-five years the export
trade of Sweden in modern matches in
creased to Loco. 900 boxes year. Some
Of the machines for making the
matches which we use in these days
make 300 revolutions a minute each.
and turn out about 900. 900 boxes an
nually. Altogether. there are in Eu-
rope about 10000 factories, and they
yearly produce matches valued at $50
.0ta1 600