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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-25

Mr. Louis llellbfon says he has
sold more high priced lewery In the
last ten days, than during any time
for 4 like period In his trade, The
republicans when they read thus
will nod their heads, look knowingly
aud attribute the same to "Me'a"
prosperity, but we say init" peo'
pie when they begin TO yet poor
find II Ia no use to hoard money,
for II does not accumulate fast
enough for them, and when they
begin TO spend money they 70 at
II right aud buy any aud every
thing they zee or want,
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the night, The people had the ut
most confidence In him aud invited
him to a place In the Ben Glur pan
tomime, where he acted as one Of
the Roman soldiers, Being of fine
physique and good muscular form
he made a splendid looking picture
of vigorous manhood on the stage,
It was on the evening OF going on
the stage, that he arrested man
by the name Of s, o, Watson, and
taking from his pockets t3i In
money, After Watson was tried
and fined, he was given Sll by
ThIelman as all the money taken
from hIm Watson claimed he had
ga when he was arrested, and 80
vigorous did he kick that Mayor
Hardin began an investigation, He
found that TbeIlman had bought u
$50 suit at one Of the tailor shops
here, and when the officer was ask
ed where he got the money TO pay
for this suit, he acknowledged that
he got II of Of Watson and said II
he would be allowed he would take
the clothes back aud get the money
aud restore II to the owner which
he did, Mayor Hardin dismissed
him from the force aud he left on
Friday nights nortn bound train
Tor Hot Springs,
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monntlng o specially, ~.
Diamond inaoG of Watches and pa
Iargesst. 6yor sSorS shown in the ety. .o.
mOnds eyodI e,dors rs solicited. All goods
cooHiST o,ooiS With guarantee
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-25

" ''10Il For sFANpAND PAPER pAIHRN9'
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-25
L6DWIDGE & GO.
Plumbers 4 Gas Filters,
Texarkana, Ark.

DO hfst-claes work, under positive
guarantee, Prices as low rs can he made
Estimates made on all now w0rM All
jUhbng VIII receive prompt attention,
VIII carry d complete luO 0l Plumbing
Supplies, Call at Water Co, 0ilse
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1t Is the custom of grandmotbcrs to tell their
grandchildren that the world now is not nearly
50 good as when they we're young that times
have changed sadly, sadly since 81 the good old
days" Queen Victoria however can never
have this privilege of ting her head over
the day of her youngers. because her gallant
chroniclefs, as they write to celebrate her CON-
ing Jubilee, will have it that almost all of the
worlds progress and reform has come to pass
in her day. and they even give one to think
that she Is mainly responsible for ~.
1t is pleasant TO recall the successes of the
world. and good to remember that England has
had wise and virtuous Queen who has never
opposed the right but the day has long past
since Kings or Queens have held the truth aud
right in the hollow Of their hands to dole out
as they see it to their loving subjects. We
now know that God does not risk all wisdom
or virtue in the hands Of one individual. but
rather gives it to the common people to carry
forward rs far as they able, with scholars
and poets and priests and Kings NIL helping to
mako the path easier for .bem, that they may
carry the precious trust farther. TO the COM
mon folks is due our thanks that the world is
as good as it is, and especially that SO much has
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the affairs of her country almost entirely to its
statesmen. In 1861 her husband died, and she
has mourned him ever since. She and her
children are sll homejy, solid-lookiDg people.
plain in speech and attire, except when court
ceremonies require gorgeous costumes ana
formal hospitality. She has grown very
heavy. and IS lame. She Is sbous 1S years old
aud quite feeble. ard is no doubt somewhat
tired of this world, despite the pomp and cir
cumstance that do surround her, and is prob
ably willing to join her good man ON the
other side when the Lord wills ID, the same
any other good woman who has lived long,
useful, busy life.
The Jubilee commemoration will begin on
Sunday, June 90 when religious services will
be held in every church the werld over where
the British flag flies. The next day is known
as Accession Day, but the many celebrations
will be deferred until the following day, when
Fictorias 60year.' reign will have been ac-
tnally completed. The chief attraction VIII
be procession from Buckingham Palace to 81.
PauPs Cathedral and return. The Queen. rid
ing in = carriage, will be escorted by the Prince
OF Wales and other notsbles. English aud
otherwise. After services at 81. PALS thu
Lord Mayor. attended by the Corporation. will
deliver suitable address at the Mansion
House. Then there will be other public
demonstrations and various entertainments
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MUSTERED OUT.

F1sH.-As Arkansas City, Kan. May 10. Jas.
F. Fish, Co. C., S4th Pa, aged 90. widow
and five children survive him.
EE1LoGG-At Norwalk Conn.,. May is Enos
Kellogg. aged g. COmrads Kellogg served
three months in Co. +, Sd Conn, regiment
organized under President Lncolns first call.
He re.enlisted in Co. III, 18th Conn. was elected
CAPTAIN, and served until the close of the war.
He was member Of CHAM Post, IL and
other societies.
BRowS-At the Soldiers Home, Milwaukee,
Wis.,. recently, Peter Brown. Co. 3. 9th H.,
and member of George Hall Post, III. Beaver
Dam, Wis, aged Go. lie leaves a widow and
children.
PENouITE-4t Minneapolis, Kan. May IS.
James F. Psnquite, Co. ii, 9th Ohio. aged %.
Deceased was gallant soldier. Since the war
he has been prominent in /. o. D. +. affairs.
PoRrEE-At Scottdale. Ps., recently. Samuel
s. Porter. a member of w. +. Steward Pest,
Un:ontown, Pa. de leaves family.
SToRY.-At CentermoreIand, Pa, recently,
of heart disease, Samuel Story, Co. Il, 9th q,
and member of Post 323.
BEUCE.-At Centsrmoreland, Pa, recently,
A. q. Bruce. Co. II, 18th Pa. Cav, aud u mcm-
Der of Post 323.
NEwLASD-At Groveland, Kan. recently.
John Newiand, 10Th Mo-, and First Lieutenant
in 151st Ill. lie leaves widow, two daughters
and sou.
DaILY-Nebraska, May 2, H. B. Daily. Co.
E, 18th Iowa. He was u member of Matthias
Post, 155.
SEvERY.-At Monson, Mass. Oct. %, 1896,
George NJ. Seyery, Corporal. Co. L. 3lst Mass,
and Lieutenant, Co. X, LIST La. He was twice
Commander of Post loo. de leaves widow
and four children.
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SOLDIERS MEMORIAL

An advertisement on another page
shows that we have at last succeeded in
a search We have been making for years
Knowing the strong desire Of the COM
rades for some artistically beautiful and
otherwise satisfactory memorial of their
military services with which to ornament
their homes, and transmit as precious
heirloom to their children, We have
sought far and wide for something that
would fully meet all requirements. We
have at length found such one and
secured control of it for our subscribers.
1t is far and away the best thing of the
kind we have ever seen, and we know
that all our people will thank us fol
putting them in the way Of obtaining il
so easily. Every one who has seen il
| has been enthusiastic in commentator
of its beauty. 1t is one of the cherished
adornments in the home of President
Mckinley. Read the advertisement
carefully.
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JUDGE GIBBONS, of Chicago, has de-
cided that the American Tobacco Com
pany is an Illegal corporation, and its
agents are forbidden TO do business in
Illinois. This corporation is popularity
known as the Tobacco Trust, and seeks to
control the price of this staple for the
whole country, and eventually to mo-
nopolize the tobacco business by killing
of competitors.
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Sat
REPORTS COMING N.

Two weeks ago we took strong grounds
against the abuses which have grown up
under the system of partisan Medical
Examining Boards appointed under the
Cleveland regime. We proposed then
to receive reports as to the names, polltl'
cal utilization of the members OF these
Boards, their personal and professional
standing and military service. We
promised to keep the source OF informa-
ton confidential and to tabulate the re-
suit and lay it before the President and
Commissioner of Pensions. These re-
ports have been pouring in for the past
week and are being tabulated. They
show some peculiar conditions and curl
Gus practices.
Many of the Boards appear to be
composed wholly or with a majority OF
members distinctly hostile to the pen
sion system. Many of them are men
who have been active partisans OF the
"offensive type. They are in numer-
Gus cases striplings whose fitness has not
been gagged by medical knowledge OF
professional or personal character, but
by service at the primaries IN behalf O
political friends of Mr.. Cleveland. Or
the other hand many are superannuated
old time "Copperheads," notorious fol
opposition to the war and the men wht
wore the blue. Others are reported to b
drunkards and incompetent from thell
habits to perform the duty expected o
them. Others were in the rebel army
and comparatively few were themselve
Union veterans
Below will be found resume of thu
information received up to the hour o
going to press: sas7se
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sHERMAN's MEMOIRS.


The things that will specially interest
the student of war history in this weeks
instalment of Sherman's Memoirs are:
/. That the march was Sherman's own
conception, and rather tardily acqui-
esced in by Gen. Grant, and accepted with
strong misgivings by President Lincoln.
Gen. Grants attitude is surprising, for
he could always be relied upon to see
quickly and clearly any chance to deal
the rebellion an effective blow, and to
see as possible and likely things that
other men recoiled from as impossible.
2. Sherman's own doubts as to the
point on the coast at which he would
arrive. 1t has always been supposed
that he had nothing else in contemp1a-
ton than Savannah, to, which point the
Government had sent war vessels and
a feet of transports with supplies. But
it seems that Sherman was not so sure
of getting to Savannah, and kept other
points--notably constantly
in mind. OF course, it would have been
a great achievement if he had come out
at Pensacola Or some point on the
Georgia coast south Of Savannah, but
it was a still greater one to come oui
where he did, and it added immensely
to the force of the blow he struck at the
rebellion.
3. The comedy feature obtrudes itsel
when it is remembered that some week.
before, while negotiating with Sherman
and plotting for the withdrawal O
Georgia from the Southern Confederacy
Gov. Joe Brown furloughed the Georgii
militia to go home and gather the crops
They seem to have put in some good
effective work in crop-gathering, ant
had their haryests all in nice shape t,
/ be conveniently handled by Sherman
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SEND Us IN THE DETAILS.

We want to have full information to
Law before President Mckinley as to the
personality and composition of every
Board of Pension Examining Surgeons
In the United States. Let the comrades
see that these are sent us in their own
Counties We want the names, politics
length of practice, service in army, i
any, professional standing, ETC., of eacl
member.
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MAKE HASTE.

SasssAS AhAoAE"
The fact that should be kept con-.
stantly before the minds eye of the
present Administration is the appalling
one that Death is eternally mastering
out more than 100 veterans every day.
Before this Administration is one year
old more of them will have passed over
the Dark River than Rosecrans had at
Stone River, or Grant at Shiloh.
How many Of these, even with the
greatest energy that Commissioner
Evans can infuse into the Administra-
ton of the Pension Bureau, will pass
away defrauded Of the Nations Justice ?
How many will sink into their graves
repining at the cruelty and ingratitude
Of the Government for which they gave
the best in their young lives?
This sorrowful thought should and
must dominate all others. 1t calls 70,
urgent methods in facilitating the allow.
ance of all just claims now before the
Bureau. The need of veterans every
where is as dire as was that O.
the Government when they forsool
everything to rush to its assistance
There can be nothing more appealing t.
the heart than the spectacle of one o
these veterans, stricken with disease arc
pinched by want, waiting with almos
despairing heart for the moiety of relic
which the Government owes him, am
which will give him at least some of tn
necessaries of life to make his last day
more comfortable. A few dollars givel
at once will be more than any sum mex
year, when he will be forever beyond al
earthly relief
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THE SONS OF VETERANS.

One of the most conspicuously able of
the sons Of veterans in the United States
is Hon. Webster Davis, of Kansas City,
Mo-, and now Second Assistant Secretary
of the Interior. He is brilliant orator,
and his administration as Mayor OF
Kansas City showed him to be possessed
of executive ability of the very highest
order. He is an enthusiastic Son Of a
Veteran, and has ardent belief in the
growth and usefulness of that organiza-
ton. In an interview with THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE yesterday be said:
believe the Order of the Sons of Veter-
ans could be made one of the strongest aud
most powerful organizations in the United
States
Indeed, it could easily be made million
strong it it could but get the hearty and en-
thusiastic support of all of the surviving
Union soldiers. / ain glad that THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE has been taking SO much
interest in it,. The old veterans are rapidly
passing away, aud those who remain with
us are getting quite old, and of course can
not take as active part as they formerly
did in building up the GAR. organization.
Hence their organization is gradually grow
ing smaller.
Then it remains for the children to take
up the work of caring for their fathers and
mothers in their old age, and the more pow
erful the Sons of Veterans organization be-
comes the more easy it viii be to OBTAIN
justice for the old veterans.
Ii the Order of the Sons of Veterans were
million strong all public men would give Il
their ear, and while it would not be pollt
ical organization, yet it would be worth tht
time of any public man to court Its frIend
| ship. Then all the interests OF the Ole
soldiers and their wives would be perfectly
safe in the hands of their children.
There should be no jealously OIL the par
of the old veterans, for the organization ba:
been founded for their benefit, and of course
they should all take strong interest in III
upbuilding and growth. What the organiza
ton of The Sons of Veterans needs is mar
ut it's head who is known throughout the
Republic for his ability, worth, and force O
| character. Such man could take hold o.
it. and by calling about him some active
! young men to attend to the detail work, M
could soon make the Order one of the creates
in the country.
The man who, believe, would fill thu
bill entirely, is Senator John M. Thurston
lie is the son of gallant Union soldier, aslt
is one Of the best known men of the land
an able statesman, a gifted orator, a splendit
lawyer, and one of Gods noblemen; surely
il he could possibly be prevailed upon t.
accept the place at the head Of the Sons o
| Veterans of the United States, it wouh
certainly brighten the future outlook 10
this worthy organization.
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THOSE who are alarmed about the
progress of Socialism may take comfort
from what Liebkneckt, the leader of
Socialism in Germany, says about Eng
land. He is disappointed at the little
progress Socialism is making in that
country, and attributes it to the entire
freedom Of speech allowed there. He
says:
In England you may hold meetings as
much as you like, keep on speechifyiDg
until the speaker and the hearers fall in
fainting st, rail at the Queen to your hearts
content, and call the Ministers of State all
the bad names under the sun, without police
interference You may utter as many in
sulting remarks as you please about the
royal family, and you will not be arrested
for doing So All this prevents Socialism
from gaining strength.
The absolute freedom of speech, the
press, and the ballot in this country is
the best guaranty against Socialism and
Anarchy.
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The National Tribune Will Issue a
Very Fine Humber for tho
National Encampment.

We are preparing to issue splendid
number for the National Encampment.
1t will contain u pages, so as to give
the Commander-in- Chiefs address, the
accompanying reports, the proceedings
of the National Encampment, abundant
illustrations, ETC., while emitting none OF
the many attractive features that at pres
ent distinguish the paper.
Every comrade viii desire copy Of
the paper for preservation for its value
as a history of the great gathering.
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THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Veterans Think Changes Should be
Made in Their Interest.

Comrades have been free in writing to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE about the Civil Service.
There are several things about it which they
think need changing, and below are given
their opinions on the matter:
Edwin B. Lupkin. 18th Me-, Weld, Me-,
wants President Mckinley to draw the barbs
ing the Pension Agencies ought to be revoked,
leaving them as at present. He says that as
the present members OF the Examining Boards
were appointed without examination, require
them to be examined, and divide the 100
points required to be made into: English, 25 /;
knowledge of medicines and diseases, %
knowledge Of surgery. %; service in the army,
25.
Thomas B. Smith, Corporal, Co. A, 95th N Y,
says: Along the Gulf coast every position in
the Postotiice. Lighthouse. aud Custom house
is under the Civil Service law. / do not think
1t right that positions be given men who never
entered the army, while old veterans, broken
down by disease or suffering from wounds, are
unable to make living by hard work. There
should be some reform"
The Boys in Blue Republican Club Of Mus.
kingum County. o., 600 strong, have adopted
resolutions in which it is declared that We
demand of President Mckinley and the Nom.
bers of Congress. whom we have by our voice
and votes assisted TO their Offices, that he and
they restore to their positions the ex-soldiers
and other Republicans who have been removed
for evident political reasons; that the positions
in the Government service placed in the CLASH.
fed service by ex-President Cleveland during
| the last six months of his term and especially
the local Boards OF Pension Exaniners. be I'M.
mediately taken out Of the classified service
| and that said positions be filled by Republicans
and as far as possible by honorably discharged
| ex- soldiers"
| w. A. Harris Post, BellvilIe. w. Va, have
adopted resolutions condemuatory of Mr. Cleve
land in putting the Pension Examining Sur.
geons under Civil Service. and donunciatory oil
| the Civil Service laws as fraud. They earn
| estly request their Congressman to take steps
| for the repeal of the same. They believe that
the Boards OF Surgeons now in control are no,
in sympathy with the rights and interests Of
soldiers; that many of the older Surgeons who
are in active practice and in full sympathy with
the soldiers will not undergo the annoyance Of
| Civil Service examination. Hence the fate o
the soldier will fall into the hands of very
young men, not much interested in the soldier
| and knowing little of his hardships
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IT appears that there has been an
entirely too free coinage of pardons else
where than in Illinois. A writer in the
Outlook has found that 80 per cent. of
the life-prisoners in Wisconsin are par
5oned, 40 per cent. in Ohio, 80 per
cent. in Massachusetts,, and SO per cent.
in New York. The average term served
by Massachusetts life-prisoners who
have been pardoned is but 81 years,
while in New York it was but 81 years.
Thus any man who is sentenced to
imprisonment for life in New York has
more than three chances out of five that
he Will be free in about six years. This
is a gross abuse Of the pardoning power.
The courts of this country are every
where of the highest character. The
criminal trials before them are con.
Quoted with the utmost fairness and
justice, and at enormous expense to the
taxpayers, in leaving nothing undon,
to guard the rights Of the accused. Elk
ecuiiye clernency is only meant to b.
used, and should only be used, in rar
and exceptional cases, such as no perfec
ton in the laws or the judicial machiner,
can completely guard against To pan
don even SO low proportion as 10 pc
cent. Of the convicts is TO make an en-
tirely unjustifable arraignment of GU
judicial system.
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"hoT OFFICERS OF The UNITED STATES
The Solicitor Of the Treasury Decides So as to the Exam
ning Surgeons.

crushing of Mr. Cvends appons to the
Boards Examining Surgeons dealt from totally unexpected quarter
Ee standing them by President Ceveands ORDER they reached
for still of the Boards applied for official quarters and the Gus
allowances pertaining thereto This brought their status under the co
searching the Treasury Department. and the matter referred to
Of Treasury The TRIBUNE has
copy this entire herewith for 1t wey
and important and goes very heart of the matter Here is
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foragers when they came through. 1t
is somewhat late in the day now, but it
would be still in order for Sherman's
Army to adopt resolution of thanks
to the Georgia militia for the very essen
tial aid given to make the March to the
Sea big success.
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TIE commercial and industrial climax
Of the Victorian age is the Trust. 1t is
a close copy of the English monopoly u
1t is rapacity reduced to an exact
science, and in conjunction with the
modern department store is doing away
with commercial INDEPENDENCE.
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