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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-24
RAILROADS

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eS2kN Chesapeake and
s 49, SssS Chic Railway.
EFFECTIVE JULY 5. 1891.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
s..o BROAD STREET STATION.
s'So a. NJ. Daily, with parlor car fos
principal stations, Nc"poit
News. ola Point, Norfolk ana
Portsmouth
so /. NJ Daily. with Pullman fs7
local stations. Newport Vows
Old Point, Norfolk and Ports
mouth. Connects daily with
va Dominion steamships Tor
,o.oo =, New York
IV'@9 A NJ. Local train. except Sunday.
Win psrlor car. for Rouceverte
connects az GOrdonsvllle for
lanse. Cuipcper. Calverton
Manassas. Alexandria and
Washington at Union station
charlottesville, FOR Lynch
ouIg; at Basic Tor Hagcrs-
2'lS T. NJ. Daily. with Pullman 20 GIN
ginnau, Louisville and 81
LOUIS. Connects at Covngton
Gaily for Virginia Hot Syringe.
Stops only at important
stations. Meals served on Din
ing Cars. No. Z, Local Train,
AN'NA DANAAff ANllNMH abtN'
tiain from GordonsYle to
Goshen.
$50 7. NJ. Accommodation. except sun
,o.,o day Tor Charlottesville.
W.'O +. NJ. Daily FOR Cincinnati, with
Pullman 10 Hinton. W. Va, and
fordonsyille 90 Cincinnati
and Louisville. Meals served
on dining car. Connects at
stanton except sunday tor
winchester, Va. and at Gov
i,ngton Va. daily Tor Virginia
mn 49,. Hot Springs
TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH STREET
Ga STATION.
500 A. NJ. Daily FOR Lynchburg and
GHtton Forge. connects at
bremo. except Sunday. for
Rosney; at Lynchburg daily.
WIN y. a. W. r. r.. and the
southern Railway Tor south
west and South. except SUM
diy at Balcony Tor Lexington.
ana M Besscmer Tor New cas-
ue, and at W. clifton Forge
E.no p =, with No. I FOR Cincinnati
o'VV T. d. EXCEPT Sunday. Local accom-
mediation for Gladstone.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
90. BROAD STREET STATION.
So a NJ. DAILY from Cincinnati
i0'VV a. NJ Mondays only. from Waynes-
1918 A. NJ Daliy from Norfolk and old
Point.
$50 P. NJ. Daily from Cincinnati and
AfNNiNhNIENs
$50 P. NJ. Daily, from Norfolk and old
Point.
7'so ?. NJ. Except Sunday from Romeo
verte
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION
$40 A. NJ. Except Sunday. from Glad
stone
$40 p. NJ. Daily from clifton Forge and
Lynchburg. and. except Sun
day, from New castle. Lcxlug-
ton and Rosney
JOHN ID POTTS.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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Pursuant 10 a deed OF trust, dated the
21st OF February. 1895. and duly recorded
in the clerks office OF the Henrico County
Court. Deadlock 14S A, page 253, TO me
the undersigned. default having been made
I'm the payment Of a sum OF money there
in secured, and being required by the ben
eficiary so to do. / shall sell at public auc-
tion at the HenricO County Court House.
on SATURDAY. AUGUST %, 1897,
at II o'clock NJ, the PROPERTY describ-
ed as follows: That certain tract OF land
lying and being in the county OF Henrico,
Va, containing one hundred and eight
acres, more or less. situated on the north
side Of Bottoms Bridge Road, bounded
by the lands OF Hurst, HOltzback and the
Chickahominy Swamp. About forty acres
OF this property is cleared, balance In
young timber; Improvements consist or n
house with several Out-buildngs. This Is
an opportunity 10 buy a bargain.
TERMS: Cash as to expenses OF sale.
all taxes due and enough TO pay note OF
one hundred and four dollars and seventy
cents, and interest from March p, 1875;
residue In two equal installments at six
and twelve months. with interest 20 be Sc
cured by deed OF trust on the property.
JOHN II. REDWOOD.
au2f-td Trustee.
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NV Geo. II. Valentine. Auctiopeer.

TRUSTEE AND RECEIVERS AOC-
TION SALE or CHOOSES IN
ACTION.
BY virtue OF deed OF trust from II. Z.
Koss 10 the undersigned trustee, and duly
recorded. and also as receiver, acuns IN
der tho order OF Court. will sell at pub
lie auction, in front OF City Hail. on Broad
street - .,-
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9TH. 1897.
AT u o'clock NJ. list OF chooses I'm action
formerly belonging to the business OF
Geo T VALENTINES. 500 east Broad street,
an 10 hour Of sale. Terms, CASH.
y. r. BARRET, Trust. & Recv'r.
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Southern
Railway.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY o. 1891
TRAINS LEAk j. latHMJND, "A.
2.O0 A. H., No. AZ, southern Express
daily Tor Atlanta, Augusta and point
South. Sleeper kcnmend to Dan,
vile Greensboro. Salisbury ang
Charlotte. Sleeper open az 5.al
L. H.
Connects at Dauvilc. Salisbury
and Charlotte wltn liz Washington
and SoutAwcetetn Limited 80. 3d.
carrying sleeper New York 20 Aslr.
Vile, Hot Springs Cnatitheosh ahe
Nashville, Ncw YORK ~ Memphis
New York 10 NsN orleans. New
York 90 Tampa. ana nl Tt-ciass ual
coach between Washington ant
Memphis. Connections are maui
for an points ln Texas aud caiiior
mia. Sleeper open ior OCCUPANCY
Il 70 noon NJ. =. Solo train daily TOT
Charlotte y. G., connects az Nose
ley with Farm Vile and PowhataE
railroad. Al keysviile Tor clarke
Vile. oxford. Hcnserson. ana Dur
ham. Raleigh, and WINSTON altui
AZ Danville with No. 80 Onitea
States fast mail solid train. day
Which 5e carriss sisepers New York 70
New Orleans aud New York 20 Jack
FOnglla. Through Sleeper Salisbury
10 Nashville Via Chattanooga also
Pullman tourist sleeper every we'd
nesday Wash inet0n 20 San Fran
cisco without change.
400 p NJ. No. H. local DAILY. except
Sunday for Keysville and interme-
TRIMS SliiS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
6S5P. n. from Atlanta. Augusta. Ashe-
vile and Nashville.
$40 A. NJ. From k-ysviile; $50
Nos. 81 and 81. between Manchester and
MeauOlis Va.
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/, CADFMY or Music.
cADEMY or MUSIC.

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25TH.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Al. G. FIELDS BIG WHITE MIN
STRELS
Sixty Ministries. The great CORNER 70
family, Tom Donnelly, Eddie FOX Oll't
Young, Doc Quigley Everything new
Seats on sale Monday. au---"l
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SUMMER REsohis.
I lnlIAIAln mp HnIEl AND SPRlMGj
Summer Rest.

T-,,ts oo-o,.ra.t,o vacation resort TOT
se Inns Per uoen is delightfully."- sit
,,aieS op thn Southeastern slope Of the
Blue Ridge mountains, near or, urre'i Ticb-
station, Virginia, us miles HUM '''0''
mond.
Po1 r% - pTii Tct eis over Chesapeake and
Ohio railway, $3.50. IN g., orr,ation
apply at the Summer Rest onlSe' tirida,,
FRANKLIN street. Tuesday anu i'''
from TO L. VI.
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II AMPDEN-sIDNEY COLLEGE.

The 122d session will open September 49,,
1891 Healthful location, moral. social and
religious surroundings; high standard for
graduation: courses leading TO the degrees
OF a. b.. b. L.; b. s.. and A. NJ; excel
lent literary societies, special attention to
physical culture; expenses moderate. For
catalogues address, RICHARD MIL
WAINE, President, Hampden-Sldney, Va.
jy29-tu, IN, saTw
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n RAND HOTEL

u -' nv 80. Nh.
Broadway and Thirty-hFst s"ee'
York go, 81,
The Grand has been rehtteu VIII -. 49,
trio. Ice and Refrgerating planiis, IN ,,'i
plumbing Handsomely I ~ '' icl,,t,.5 Cor
family and transient patronage, ana is
i'm the heart OF the theatre and shopping
districts. ,r
IT is in every respect ''up-to-date.
Army and Navy Headquar teis.
European plan. ,,-....
WIN. G. LELAND. Proprietor.
Formerly Of Leland House 5cnIooi'
Lake. N. Y; Hotel Bennett Blnsnaiilc.u''
n. Y. au2i-tu' th'saloHi
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Valuable and Well Located
REAL ESTATE
INTHE WEST-END,
Consisting Of Business and Res
idence Property, as below
located and numbered:
I.-Corner Store, No. 6l9 West
Cary Street.
2.-Brick'Dwelling, No. 6Io West
Cary Street.
3.-Brick Dwelling No. GOA West
Cary Street.
4.-Frame Dwelling, No. 7 South
Pine Street.

AT the request OF the parties in interest
we will SELL by auction. upon the prem
iscs on -. .v-1.,.c,r
TUESDAY. PATH DAY OF AUGUST,
1897,
commencing at $50 T. NJ, and in the or
der following-viz: ,,- rDrc.r-
FIRST. That exceedingly valuable BRlCN
STORE. situated at the southeast corner
OF Cary and Pine streets g.,
Second. That highly valuable LOI, win
large BRICK DWELLING, situated on
the north line of Cary street, and known
as No go. ,o,,-
Third. That comfortable BRICK
DWELLING, No. Coz
Tourth. A LOT OF LAND, IL shaped,
with the FRAME DWELLING No.
south Pine street thereon.
The location OF these properties are
such as to commend themselves 10 all
in quest Of home and business sites
These sales also afford the opportunity
10 place into recirculatiOn your mill
dewed greenbacks. which II withheld
much longer from old Sors rays VIII
necessitate their return TO the Treasury
for redemption. Times arc brighter, ana
now is the time TO buy real estate. Buy
now. and your profit will be assured
TERMS: At sale. -
CHEWING & ROSE,
au15 Auctioneers.
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lTrGUjpp'c Boarding gphnOl
Monroe Park. Richmond, Va
SD SeSSiOn-Sept. 10th 10 June 10th,

UNIVERSITY ard COLLEGE RECORD
SELECTED from Report of Last Ten
Years" shO wing HONORS WON in If
teen higher institutions l5ee Catalogue
p. 800.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-1690-'9l OIL:
4 Degrees. 1t Diplomas; 1896 80, Degrees
q Diplomas z Of the NJ. AS OF the
year.
V. VI. I.-1SSs-'S9. 4 Graduation Degrees.
! y. s. Lieuts Sergt and Sergt. MAJOR
1881, % JacksOn-HOpe Medal, with %
d. G.. and b. s., Of the Captains i
Lieut..
ANNAPOLIS-lSg6 1st at entrance, 9Th
stand in IS
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS and UNIVER-
SITIES-9 representatives,, Z graduates, z
Il. p. degrees O.ehieh and CornelD.
For Course Of Study. Yearly Advance
ment, Terms. etc, apply 10 MURRA NJ.
INQUIRE, Attorney, 80 Chamber OF COM
merce, or TO JOHN L. INQUIRE, Princl-
ual.
aug14d.exsu2w; tu.t ,sat2w ID, exsu3w
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-24

- CHooL OF ENGLISH SPEECH AnP
- EAPRESSION. MARIE Var AM
LAuGhTON. principal; The SoRiey. Dos
ing voice a speolaitv' English Literature,
Aesthetic Physical Culture. and the
Philosophy Of Expression: based upon me
principles Of Delsarte SpeciaI ana uor
maj courses. Circulars upon appheatloh'
au2l-lm
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-24

Opens MONDAY, September 10Th; New
pupils enrolled FRIDAY ana sAlChbAi .
18th and 18th. .,
A wsll-eGulpped gymnasium uree 10 a
pupils under "A competent instructor. A
limited number of bOarders taken. Circu-
lars at the bookstores and Chclt drug
store. opposite schOOi-hOuse. For further
particulars address the principal al Ash
land, Va, TIN September 10Th; after that
107 north Pine street aul4-tse-O
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RICHMONDCOLLECE

Courses in Literature. Philosophy Sci
ence, and Law, leading 20 degrees OF
Bachelor Of Arts. Bachelor Of Science.
and Bachelor of Law.
Courses entirely elective. City students
may study en- any one of the twelve de-
partmeuts of Latin. Greek. English,
French. German. Mathematics, Physics
Chemistry, Philosophy, History Express
sion or Law, and pay only for the classes
they take.
No charge for library gymnasium, or
baths. -Four instructors In gymnasium.
Session begins September 2ad Address
Pres't +. ". BOATWRIGHT
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STEAMBOATS,
old DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM


old DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
" PANI.
DAILY SERVICE
e. Steamers leave Norfolk
I: ]. /: !. a:
IeSN for New York direct. pas
tAASys% via G. and o. railway 3.35
A. NJ. TO connect with
u steamer at Norfolk.
DIRECT STEAMERS leave Richmond
Monday passengers and freight. and
Friday freight and steerage passen-
gers only at T.. NJ Additional steamer
tfreight), leaves Richmond for Norfolk
with main line steamer for New York.
FROM NEW YORK, passengers can
leave DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. FOR
Richmond Via Old Point or Norfolk.
DIRECT STEAMERS via James river
route, leave every Saturday passengers
Sailing from company's pier, 20 North
river 3 +. NJ. Saturdays. 4 j. III.
For full information apply to
JOHN II. MAYER Agent,
1912 east Main street,
Richmond Va.
W. L. GuIllaudeu. Vice Pre- sident and
Traffic Manager. New York.
CHANGE or SCHEDULE.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
PANY.
Commencing next week the old sche-
dule will be resumed. Steamers leave
Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday al p. NJ. Leave New York for
Richmond Monday Wednesday and Sat-
urday at i. NJ.
20, mo. F. MAYER.
au21-3t Agent.
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AUCTION Sales.--future Days.

oOO-~0O.0Y~-O-o-~-~-~-~
BY Charles A. Rose,
Real Estate Auctioneer.
No. II north Tenth street.
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS!
q Dy T. NJ. Workman * Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
1913 east Main street.

TRUsTEE's SALE
Il OF
SMALL FARM NEAR SEVEN PINES.
ABOUT s MILES FROM RICH
MOND.
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MISS FRANCES LEIGH STARR

viii organize n class in Elocution ana
Dramatic Action in this city september
~. 1877. Write at once, as the hunoe,
Of pupils will be limited. Address untll
ward 500 east Clay street. Richmond Va.
aus 2, sepS
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UNIVERSITY VIRGINIA

MISS ELLETTs SCHOOL FOR
vi YOUNG ladies AND LITTLE
GIRLS will reopen September 23d al III
east Franklin street students prepared
for college Circulars al west ana
Hunters bookstores auz2-tt
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SCHOOLS.
~~~0-~~0~~-0~~~-~~~~~~-N - =
NOLLEY's SCHOOL FOR B01S'
~ IO7 NORTH PINE STREET,
near Monroe PARK.

G. NJ. MOLLY. A. NJ. Principal.
d. n. RUCkER, ABB, Associate IIlnclpd'
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
Ex-Prisoners at Buffalo.
Italy.

National Commander Sheriff., OF the Ex.
Prisoners of War Association. has issued orders.
In substance, he states that the Headquarters
of the National Association will be at room 62,
Hotel Iroquos, and that the Headquarters and
Bureau of Information of the Buffalo branch
will be at room 4S4, Ellicott Square. The Ma
tional Executive Committee will meet in room
62, Iroquois Hotel, Monday evening at Z clock
The annual parade will take place Tuesday,
Aug "a. at $50 a. m.
All Union ex- prisoners of war will report to
s. N. Long, Adutant. General, at Headquarters,
parade. All ex.prisoners are earnestly re-
Association or not.
The parade will move promptly in the follow.
ing order: Military escort, Naval veterans ex-
prisoners of war; Erie County survivors, regi.
mental organizations, Sons of Veterans. Route
of march will be over level asphalted streets, as
follows: Franklin to Church. to Main. to Ex-
change, where line will be countermarched to
North, to Circle and disperse.
The National Convention will meet on Tues.
day, Aug "a, at 3 p. M. in German American
Hall, corner Main and High streets
Union Ex- Prisoners of War Campfire will be
held in German American Hall, corner Main
and High streets, on Tuesday, Aug. "a, Mt 8
p. M.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Union Ex.
Prisoners will establish Headquarters in Room
62, 1roquois Hotel, where all wives, mothers,
sisters, and daughters of soldiers who were coz.
fined in rebel PRISONS whether they lived to
reach the Union lines or not are requested to
call and register.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
pERSOnHh.

The Commercial Travellers Sound Money
Club has indorsed Col. Fred Grant for Minister
to China, believing that the appointment
would be strongly in the interest of developing
our business with China.
Past Commander w. L. Distin, of Illinois,
has been appointed Surveyor General of
Alaska, and at once left for his post of duty.
Comrade Distin served through the war in the
18th Iowa, and was Commander of the Depart
ment of Illinois in 1880. He is one of the FORE
most citizens and business men of Quincy, I'll.
medal of honor has been awarded to Lieut.
COL J. II. Patterson, 22d Inf, Fort Crook. Neb.
At the Wilderness Va, May g. 1864. this officer.
then First Lieutenant, 11th U. s., under the
heavy fire of the advancing enemy, picked up
and carried several hundred yards to place of
safety a wounded officer of his regiment. who
was helpless. and would otherwise have been
burned in the forest.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has awarded
medal of honor to John j. Nolan, of AS Broome
street. New York, N. Y. At Georgia Landing,
La, Oct. 81, 1862, this soldier, then Sergeant
of Co. X, 9Th N. H., and color-bearer of his
regiment, having been Frustrated by cannon
shot that also severed the flagstaff, refused to
give up the colors to comrade, rose, gathered
up the flag and continued to carry it at the
head of his regiment throughout the engage
ment.
Jacob Yeager, of Tiffin, o., has received a
medal of honor for heroic action. At the bat.
tie of Buzzard's Roost, Ga, in May, 1864, Yea
ger, then a private of the 101st Ohio, saw a
shell fall in the ranks of his company. The
fuse was burning, but Yeager picked up the
shell and threw it into nearby stream.
A medal has been granted to Chester S. Fur
man, of Bloomsbury Pa, one of six volunteers
who charged log house near the Devils Den,
at Gettysburg, which sheltered a squad of Con-
federate sharpshooters and compelled their
surrender.
Comrade Newton Ferrec. a prominent and
active worker in the ranks of the Department
of the Potomac, GAR. has received WELL e.
served promotion to the position of Chief of
the Notes. Coupons and Currency Division of
the Treasury Department.. Comrade Ferres
has won this by long and exceptionally faith.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
A NIW SERIAL.

We have secured a serial story written
specially for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
by Hon. Albion w. Tourgee, author of
"a Fools Errand," Bricks Without
Straw" Figs and I'histles," etc. There
is no more forceful or popular writer
among contemporary novelists than
Judge Tourgee, and in this story he is
at his best. The title is "The Man
Who Outlived Himself" 1t is an
American story true to life. 1t is
"thrilling, terrible, and pathetic" TO
use the authors own words in speaking
about bis work 1t is great treat and
no one should miss it.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
TRIBUNETS.

Brooklyn Life: Who're shall we go?
Sheen her second ride-I leave that en-
tirey to my wheel.
~
Indianapolis Journal II seem to have lost
all hold on him." she walled. The other mar
ried woman looked sympathetic. "You are
not referring" shed asked, "to his having
shaved of his whiskers?"
-
.Jtdge: Affable Customer-You shave diff.
ferently in Ireland from what you do here,
don't you?
Barber Mullgan (just over)-An' in fwhat
way. sorr?
Affable Customer-Here you mix lather
there you lather Mcks.
-.
Pick-Me- Up: Bridget has her kitchen full OF
company. Mistress, from the head OF the stairs
Bridget, it is 10 o'clock"
Bridget" Thank ye, mum. AM will ye be
SO koind ez to tell me fwhin it's 1872"
~
It is complained that the Soldiers Monu.
ment at Troy. N. Y, represents the fight of the
Monitor and Merrimac as an event of the War
Of 1912.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19

AT the last session of the Michigan
Legislature there was a law passed
which goes into effect Aug. 81, and the
operations of which are awaited with
much interest by the comrades. 1t pro-
vides that in every public department,
and in all public departments in all mu-
nicipal corporations and upon the public
works of the State, honorably discharged
Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of
the late rebellion shall be preferred for
appointment and employment. Age,
loss of limb, or other physical impair
ment which does not in fact incapacitate,
shall not be deemed to disqualify them.
1t is provided, however, that the ap-
plicant shall have been a resident of the
State for at least five years, and Of the
County in which the Office or position is
located for at least two years, and that
lie shall possess all other requisite quail
fcations.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19


AN association has been incorporated
at Steubenville, O., for the purpose of
erecting monument to Edwin M.
Stanton. 1t should have brilliant sue
cess. Edwin M. Stanton's fame is one
that will steadily grow the more the
history of the war is studied. He was
one of the very greatest men ever pro-
duced by any country, and never re-
ceived anything like his share of the
credit for the victorious prosecution of
the war.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19

THE report comes that Gettysburg
Post, of St. Paul, MINI, has elected
Ii Hung Chang an honorary member,
and sent him a certificate and badge.
There must be some mistake about this
While Ii Hung Chang is very great
man, according to Chinese standards,
and friend and admirer of Gen.
Grant, there is no reason for his affilia-
ton with the GAR, and honorary
memberships have always been strongly
discountenanced by the National En-
campment
The National tribune., 1897-08-19

The striking miners continue to main
tain the good conduct which character
lied them from the first, and public
sympathy, in consequence, becomes more
pronounced in their favor. 1t is seen
that they have real grievances the
company store-system, the dishonest Jug
Cling with weights, ETC. Public opinion
also discriminates between those opera
tors who have treated their men fairly
and those who have not. All these ad-
vantages of peaceable agitation of a
labor trouble are lost when violence Is re-
sorted TO.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19

II Is very singular that with all the
bowling against this country by the
Socialists and Anarchists none Of them
ever leaves it for one that suits them
better. The sun IS just as bright and
the soil Just as fertile in countries where
they can set up Government and a
society to suit themselves. Let them
20 there and try it
The National tribune., 1897-08-19

FLORIDA has passed a pension law
providing for a tax of half mill on the
dollar on all the property in the State, to
pay pensions TO ex-Confederates. The
Florida papers are lamenting the gen.
eral rush there is to take advantage of
this. Sixty applications were forwarded
in one day from one small postoffice.
OF course all the property Of North
ern people who have moved into the
State, or have sent money there for in
vestmcnt, is subject to this tax to pay
pensions to the men who fought to
break up the Government.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
HEADQUARTERS AT THE NATIONAL
EsCsMPMENT.

The Headquarters of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE at the National Encampment
at Buffalo Will be al Room 154, Hotel
Iroquois, where we will be very glad to
meet all our old friends.
Subscribers can have their mail ad-
dressed there, and make appointments
to meet their old comrades at that room.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
oUR BOOK OFFER.

Every reader should carefully con-
slider the offer of premium books made
on another page. 1t is something un-
precedented in journalism. We actually
give away books of the highest historic
and literary worth to subscribers to The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE This is an un-
equaled chance to get books of un-
surpassed interest and value. Read the
offer carefully.
The National tribune., 1897-08-19
THE EXAMINING SURGEONS.

The President did not reach, before
| his departure from the city, the matter
Of the Solicitor of the Treasury's de-
cision that Pension Examining Surgeons
are not in the eye of the law officers OF
the United states.s Until the President
takes some action, that taken by Presi-
dent Cleveland continues to govern, and
all Boards the income of whose members
exceeds $500 a year are regarded as
under the protection of Civil Service,
and the membership cannot be changed
except in accordance with those rules
That includes 206 of the most import
ant Boards in the country.
There are 1,24O other Boards, whose
members receive less than $500 year
in fees, who are not covered by Civil
Service rules, and can be removed at
the pleasure Of the Commissioner of
Pensions. So far $50 of these Boards,
or more than one-half the whole num-
Der, have been changed, which shows
most laudable activity on the part OF
Commissioner Evans, as it is an average
Of more than three for every working
day since he entered office.
The presentation by THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE of the strenuous wishes of the
comrades all over the country, and its
collection Of evidence as to the character
of Cleveland's appointees have had a
potent influence in promoting this re-
suit. As soon as President Mckinley
returns we shall appeal to him for action
on the Solicitor of the Treasury's decis-
sion, and not rest satisfied SO long as
single man inimical to the veterans re-
mains on any Board in the country.