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goods Those that go to the National
Encampments to meet their old COM
rades, and have a pleasant time with
them, take their families, making it their
Summers vacation trip. They expect
to spend considerable money for such
things as every family expects to buy
when 1t goes to great city. This is
the invariable experience Of every city
where the Encampment has been held
OF late years. Every one of them is
eager to have the Encampment come
again. and would be quite, willing to
spend twice the original sum in enter
tanning it. But we feel that there are
many cities which are equally deserving
Of our favor, and that we should slight
none of them.
This being the case, Richmond will
have to give signs of far more spon-
taneous and general welcome than have
been yet manifested before she will be
even considered in competition with
other cities where we are certain that
there will be no question about our
welcome.
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We have secured a serial story written
specially for TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
by Hon. Albion ". Tourgee, author of
I" A Fools Errand," Bricks Without
Straw" Figs and 1histies," etc. There
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among contemporary noyelists than
Judge Tc0rgee, and in this story he is
at his best The title is "The Man
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use the authors own words in speaking
about his work. it is great treat and
no one should miss it.
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AN EARNEST REITERATION
Of the Request to the Honorable Secretary Of tn
Interior.

Hon. c. n. Bliss Secretary of Interior
SIR The the obnoxious Order No 225 Of such
momnus importance overwhelming number of that must
ask your ndu for returning again. and pressing at
non with all the respectful that command We
without Boosting that much better position know the wishes
and needs of the than other paper the country and
that the hearts
immense number of them.
Without going extended its details
and ecncat think that will be sufficient recall your mind
the single fact that Order No. 225 the cunngy invented by the
late Administration nuy June 81 $780, with
out actually repeating it They wanted that benefcen enactment
the books
Tokeep promie thenr
of the veterans while
by such execution of would all its bood away and leave
them nothing but ea arid husks what had pvdent and
eou legislation That this carrying naous
intentions the strongest why should be allowed longer
bemsh the orderboo of great Department. That
loaded down with nnumebe hateful cue niusces praccd
hundreds of thousands the motive enough for hurrying into
9 limbo of the aches troubles and mes from which n hoped
escape when power
orders invention the objects which intended accomplish the
ming ay of its framework the from whom emanaed the
Of its execution the had upon
ING men community the country all exceedingly odous to
and friend of nothing that will
please them well associated
with all that they have suffered the four years. and they want it
follow Grover Cleveland oke Smith oblivion
from which trumpet shall ever bring an awakening
When Mr. Cleveland office he that
reduce the expenditures he showed his deesead prejudice against
by the official caumny that thousands eghbohoods
have their wknown Frauds
words good by putting the would
another deprive great of the pensioners of that which
proper and adjudication of the laws had given them Order No
the devised these carry
Though they spent money hundred thousand dollars utterly
failed support his upon integrity pensioners
They found frauds he had predicted did mitigate
persecution of deserving pensioners and Order No 225 whip with
which they scourged the
Naturally them and as
stands unevoked must be stumbling block
needy and deserving who seek
justice them
Mr. Secretary the prayer of every of them you wipe
Hokemhsn sanguine that
you will do
Very respectfully your friend
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complete and satisfactory report, to careful
perusal of which / invite your close attention.
Let me call your attention here briefly TO
the condition OF membership. as reported by
the Adjutant- General:
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COMMANDER In-cHIEF'S ADDRESS.
Gen. T. s. Carkson Renders Account of His Stewardship to
the National Encampment

Recruiting
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JOHN McELRoY, ROBERT W. sHoPPELL,
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. AUGUST &c. 1897.
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ENTERED A. WASHINGTON Rosrosoe as ssooNp-oAss mArTL
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Without disparagement to any other, no one
ever had a more faithful Adjutant- g eneral.
In season and out of season, amid all the ups
and downs of so responsible and taxing a posi-
tion Comrade Burmester has been the same in
defatigable, painsiaking, and even-tempered
worker. the results of which show in his most
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To the ce-Commanders and to my official
and personal staff, who have so splendidly sus-
tanned me in my years work, vino have sen
ever ready at my call to do their duty to my
comrades everywhere, who have been so uni
fOrn-iy kind, iud lgent, and courteous, retlrn
my unfeigned this ks Without their splendid
cooperation must have fallen far short OF my
hopes.
My comrades, words fail me to express to You
the deep sense OF obligation feel at the Ugh
honor You conferred upon me. To me and
mine it will be a memorable year. / wish
.ould feel that l had been equal TO the great
task you set before me, bu. l have done my
best-who coult do more?
Let us keep the old flag to the fore. Let her
every gentle wave b to US an inspiration lof
greater devotion to our own and our country's
best interests, and every star beacon li2hs
leading us on To higher and greater ambitions
The herald., 1897-12-13

eighth inning, Tebeau reached third on
wild throw to first and scored on the
throw-in Of Donohue to center Smith
made hit to left and tried to steal Sec
ond. O'Brien failed to hold the ball there
and Smith went on to third without hav-
ing touched the second base bag. He
was promptly put out. Powell got his
base on balls and scored on Burketts
home run.
Baltimore earned a run in their half
of the eighth. Kelly started 1t with a
two-bagger and went to third on Dom
ovan's sacrifice hit. O'Bien hit safely
to center and Kelly scored.
All Americas failed to increase their
lead in the ninth and the Baltimores had
two scores to make when they came to
bat. in order to win. They made them
and won, but it was a narrow escape
from defeat. Doyle hit safely to left
field and Jennings, who can always be
relied upon in an emergency, sent the
ball deep into center for three bases,
scoring Doyle. With the score tied and
man on third, with nobody out, Balti-
more's chance Of winning had vastly i'm
proved, but even then they came near
losing. Griffin went out from short to
first and Kelly from third to first Dom
ovan saved the day for Baltimore after
two strikes had been called on him, by
knocking long fly over the head of
The herald., 1897-12-13
SPORT AFIELD

Several recent rains in the northern
end of the state have had the effect of
greatly improving the duck shooting
sport on the marshes and other bodies
of water in the vicinity of the city, and
the local market Is now overstocked with
ducks. The usual Sunday exodus of
sportsmen to the grounds Of the various
clubs was larger yesterday than for
several weeks, and nearly all who went
out returned last night with we'll filled
bags. The hunters here have had the
advantage of good weather and at the
same time have proflted by the rains
that have occurred in the north. Any
thing that scatters the ducks north of
here cause large flights toward this Sec
ton, and there have been four distinct
flights thisseason. Heretofore 1t has been
the rule that several small flights of
birds arrive from the north prior to the
first big rain here, but this year there
has been plenty of rain in the other
part of the state. driving out the ducks,
while the hunters here have not had to
contend with inclement weather, but
have been able to shoot to advantage on
clear days.
So general has become the duck shoot
Ing IN tnlS part OF the state that the
clubs that have control of the large
bodies Of water have been compelled to
restrict the shooting on their preserves.
Most Of them have rules which prohibit
shooting more than three days of each
week,an with most Of the clubs the
of days has been reduced to
two. The really big flight of ducks is yet
To come, and it may be expected after
the first general rain in this vicinity,
which may occur at any time.
A rain would improve the quail shoot
ng. The country has become so dry I
hat even the best dogs cannot do good |
work. There has been so much hunting
hat the birds have scattered to the foot
Hills, so that 1t Is now almost impossible |
o secure good bag of game without
:aking days journey from the city.
The herald., 1897-12-13

of his fights. His friends falsely &C.
cused the vigflantes Of killing him"
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Kid Lawigne, though he has twice
been victorious over him. has had enough
OF the black demon of Barbados" and
he now refuses to meet him again.
though his brother had matched him to
box the black on February 22nd at 1877
pounds. to weigh in at s o'clock in the
morning. In order that they might fight
at noon for the benefit of the camera.
which 1t was intended should make
films OF the battle for reproduction
through the veriscope. The Kid says
that having twice defeated Walcott,
there is no glory in a third battle for him.
and he takes on Young Critic instead,
whom he has also twice met before.
1t is fact seldom commented upon by
sporting writers that Joe" Walcott the
wonderful colored welter-welght boxer
under the management of tom"
ORourkes Of Boston, has never yet been
Knocked down by any one. although no
has fought men twice his size. Only
once did a blow jar him sufficiently to get
him on his feet. Then he went only to
his knees, and was down less than a
couple of seconds. The blow, however.
gave Manager O'Rourke great scare.
The herald., 1897-12-13
SnAT Erred.
The precarious Condition Of Prof.
A. H. Nys.
Premneni Iowa Edueator's Painful Experience @ A.
lated BY Him 10 Newspaper Nan.

Tho Ia grippe, that dread disease that had
such run throughout this country three and
four years since, left many who were pro-
vious1y In robust health with shattered con-
situations and seemingly confirmed invalids.
Prof. A. II. Nye, living at No. $500 Olive
Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, was among tho
number lea BY the disease in precarious
condition, his nervous System shattered, and
with general debility of his entire syetem |;
no strength, feet and limbs badly swollen, In
fact he was almost helpless. Prof. Nye Is o
native of New York State, having come west
in 1864 healthy, robust man. He i aschooi
teacher by profession, having served as coun-
ty superintendent Of schools of this (Black
Hawk) county, several terms, and he hos
the respect of all with whom he comes In con-
tact. His helpless condition called forth
tried the best medical skill procurabie. and
spent most Of his ready means In the vain
endeavor to recover his health, and had
about given up completely discouraged. He
had stopped taking treatment, being fully
convinced in his own mind that there was
no help for him, and that he would have to
spend the balance of his days a. On invalid.
a burden to family and friends. Some one
who had heard Of DR.. Williams' Pink PILL.
spoke to him about them and urged his Civ.
ing them trial. His poor success with
eminent physicians made him skeptical and
he had no faith in what was called proprie-
The herald., 1897-12-13

ries, for there was an abundance of
good plays, long drives, costly errors
and the like. Whatever else may be
said Of the games of these two teams.
there was not the slightest indication
OF their contests having been fixed. 1t
is true that they have played constant
~ together for weeks and there Is moth
Ing in victory for either Of them ex-
cept the credit of winning, but they nut
up a snappy game and play with the
same earnestness as they would if they
were contesting for the Temple cup.
1t did not take the crowd long to
learn the names of the players, and
they picked out their favorites and
cheered them, called to them what to
40, ana sWore at the umpire in a STYLE
that showed an intimate acquaintance
with league tactics. There was plenty
TO cheer, for good, close plays were
numerous. The work with the bat
by both teams was the feature of
the game, and more home runs
We're made than such games usu-
ally produce. Two and three-base
nits were scored with almost the same
frequency as singles.
AT the start it looked as if the All
americas would repeat their perform
The herald., 1897-12-13
GENERAL SPORTS

Interest among owners Of fine dogs al
| over the state is now centered in ths
coming field trials which are to be rur
at Bakersfield next month. The sue.
cess of the trials is already fully assured
A good entry has been made in the Derby
and the all-age stake promises to be
rich In English settlers, some Of the best
dogs In the United States being among
those which will compete for the sew
eral trophies Of this call. A dozen OF
more dogs owned in Los Angeles have
been entered in the several events.
After the field trials the next event of
interest to dog owners is the annual
sacramento bench show, which will be
held the last week In January.
Billiard Champion George Slosson has
received challenges to defend the title
from Jacob Schaefer and Frank Ives.
Schaefer beat Ives in filing a challenge
and posting forfeit money, and the
Young Napoleon" will probably have to
wait until Schaefer has played Slosson.
Lord William Beresford, who bought
August Belmont's five-year- chestnut
horse Keenan, for $4,000 few days ago in
England, has sold the horse for 1000.
1t is understood that Keenan, will be
sent to Calcutta to compete in the race
for the viceroy's cup.
Snapper Garrison, who will leave st.
Louis for San Francisco in day or two,
Will be candidate for the position Of
starter at meetings under the rules Of the
Jockey club next year. Garrison, at his
one attempt to handle the red flag at
D. c., was extremely sue
cessful, 1t is said, and gave promise Of a
brilliant future in this line.
The "golf arm" is a new and serious
ailment doctors in New York have Just
discovered. It comes from an indulgence
In the new pastime. 1t Is said to be al
most as bad as trolley heart and the b.
cycle face.
In England o slot machine furnishes
air for bicycle tires.
Treasurer Howe Of the Cleveland club
offers $4,000 for Arson. With so many
offers pouring in for the old man, Chi
cago may decide that 1t needs Adrian
G. for another year.
A statement appears in an eastern pa
per in which Tod Sloan emphatically de-
lies that he will ride for the Prince OF
Wales or any other English owner next
summer. He will return to America. he
says, to fulfill his contract with the
The herald., 1897-12-13
IN THE PRIZE RING

Unless the San Francisco board of su-
pervisors changes its mind, there will
be no more prize fights in that city for
some time to come. Saturday three
clubs made applications for license to
give boxing exhibitions all within the
same week. There have been so many
such shows in that city during the past
several months. and the opponents of
prize fighting have been so active of late
that when these three applications We're
made at the same time, the board de-
cided that it was time to put a stop to
them, for some months at least. 1t
therefore refused to grant any of the ap-
plications, and until there is change of
sentiment in the board there will be no
ring contests in San Francisco. 1t is be-
lieved that several Of the supervisors
may change their minds in a few weeks,
and with that understanding Critic is
said to be training for his go with
Young" Mitchell. CRITICS reputation
for sobriety is not the best. and he will
not go into the ring backed by any great
amount of money. He is said to be try
ing to redeem himself however, this
time, and promises to put up the fight Of
his life. If the supervisors refuse to
grant other permits, there will be no pos
siblity of pulling off the several import
ant fights that are scheduled by the sew
eral clubs of that city for different dates
in February
Jeffries of this city will be the favorite
in the betting in his coming fight with
Peter Jackson. Peter has looked too
often upon the wine when 1t is red. and
the result is that he is not nearly as good
man as he was before he went to Eu-
rope The Los Angeles man considers
him easy game.
In response to the inquiries of several
persons interested in puglism, some of
them In this city, the San Francisco
Chronicle publishes the following as TO
the fate of yankee" Sullivan, the IA
nous prize fighter: Yankee Sullivan
the English prize fighter, committed
suicide on May 81, 1856. He had been
placed in confinement by the vigilance
committee preparatory to being sent out
of the country with lot of hard charac-
tiers charged, like him, with ballot box
stuffing, etc. He was arrested on Nav
26th, and five days later was found dead
in his cell, having bled to death from a
self-inflicted wound in the left elbow.
Sullivan. shortly before committing sui
eide, was almost insane from being de-
prived Of alcoholic stimulants, and few
hours before his death told his jailer that
he had a frightful dream that the vigil
lantes had hanged him. The remains of
Yankee Sullivan are lying in the Mission
Dolores cemetery, in this city. He was
called Yankee Sullivan, though an Eng
ishfHan, for the reason that he had
worn an American flag in his belt in one
The herald., 1897-12-13

Twenty-Five hundred people saw the
Baltimores win one of the most closely
contested games of ball from the All
Americas team at Fiesta Park yester-
day that has been played by those two
clubs since they came to the Pacific
coast. The game was not won until
after two men were out in the last in
ming. The victory was decided by a
long drive by Donovan into center field
which, had it been necessary to have
made the run, would have Melted him
at least three bases. 1t was needless for
him to make the circuit, for that hit
brought in the winning run and there
the game ended. There was not much
difference between yesterdays game
and that Of Saturday in the playing of
the two teams. There was great deal
more bat work yesterday and therefore
proportionate amount of good fielding
work, which by the way was not quite
so good as it had been the day before.
The one thing that Saturdays game
lacked, the usual kicking at the UNI
pire's decisions, was more than made
up for yesterday, for there was an
Of this very necessary fea-
ture Of league game of base ball. An
eastern man might easily have mag
ined that he was on his home grounds,
q game in the pennant Sc
The herald., 1897-12-13

which 10 to be considered an authority
on cycling news 1t will be Z failure UNI
less its news columns are more complete
and prepared with more attention to
detail
An ingenious negro of Chicago IL the
inventor Of the latest device to add COM
fort to the cyclist. His invention Is a
spirit lamp stove which can be attached
under the saddles to diffuse warmth for
winter riding.
Earl Peabody OF the Chicago Cycle
club has eclipsed the famous record
made by Zimmerman in 1898, when the
latter scored 10S wins in a season. The
Chicago boy started out for this record
at the first season. and after being de-
feated several times at the start he be-
gan winning. Three weeks ago he passed
Zimmerman's record. and even then
did not stop his winning streak. Last
week he closed his season. at Atlanta
with ITO wins to his credit. This Is the
greatest record that has ever been made
by any rider since the bicycle came into
general use.
American bicycle manufacturers may
promote cycle shows in London and
Paris, and maybe they will invade Ger
many with a like proposition. as an off,
set against the boycott Of this countrys
wheels in England.
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According to the English newspapers,
cycltst recently broke the road record
from London to Brighton. He was ar
rested on this informal ton and fined for
driving"
The herald., 1897-12-13

tary medicine, and would not listsn b IN
advice for some days. The friend bsinR pefs
sistent however, and having hith "a the
Pink PillA would mot II up. until he hsd
finally prevailed upon he sufferer 10 and,
for box, which he reluctantly did, and eiteT
receiving them decided 70 give them mi
trial. The first box relisved him In q eur.
prising manner, yet he was not conyisced
that It was the medicine thai helped him.
but the weather which had turned pleasant
and did mot send for further supply untiI
he was again about a. bad q be76fe tkkina
the pills. Then he concluded he would makS
another trial. and took three boxes, and %.
day Is nearly II not quite a. we'll ~ before
the attack Of u grippe. It IL needless "a
state he cannot say too much for Dr.. VII,
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, far people
who have been left In poor heath from l.
grippe or any other cause. Any one wi1hinR
to test the validity of this letter can Vrite
Mr.. Nyc, No. $500 Olive Street, Cedar FALL.
Iowa, and he will cheerfhlly recommend the
medicine, and state his condition before and
after using.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain Ill tho
elements necessary to give new life and richs
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They ore sold In boxes (never IN loose forA
by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents q boz. Of
SIX boxes for $3.50, and may be had Of all drug,
gists or directly by mail Rom Dr.. Wjllisvsp
Medicine Company, Schenectady, NY. y