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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-01-14
PENSION LEGISLATION
What Comrades All Over the Country Have to Say
THE STRAIGHT SERVICE PENSION AND THE PER
DIEM BILL
An Objection to the Per Diem Bm


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In The
issue of your valuable soldiers friend, THD
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, read an editorial Of
yours in relation to Graded Service Pen.
sion Bill" reported favorably by the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions.
fully approve of your objections there.
unto, but / would also call your attention
20 one fault in said bill, the same fault which
was made In the Bounty Bill Il believe in
1867, wherein the bounty was only allowed
to those who enlisted on or after April 10.
1861, IN the army navy, etc. So In this bill
1t says that all who were mustered or en-
listed, etc, on and after the 10Th day of
April, 1861.
Now, my dear sir, and members of Con-
gress, what shall become of those poor I'M
fortuDates (of whom / am one) who enlisted
into the United States service in 1860, to
serve five years, and who did serve their five
years, and in my case the whole time in
actiye field service, with the exception Of
two months in rebel prison from June Is,
1867, to Aug Ia, 1862, and three months in
hospital, wounded, from June 8, 1853, 70
Aug. IL, 1863? And can show about as hon
orable discharge as anyone dare to show.
/ was private eight months, Corporal 10
| months, and Sergeant to the time of my dis
CudiBc az NaSEiHgtoD. ~. u, Sept. III, 1900,
where was Commissary-Sergeant for that
portion of my regiment 18th u. s. Cav.
| serving as Gen. Grants body-guard.
enlisted into the general mounted sery-
| ice OF the United States at Baltimore, Nd,
| on Sept. 10, 1860, to serve FIVE years; was
sent with batch of about 600 recruits from
Carlisle, Pa, and other parts. via New York,
to Texas, where "a of Us recruits joined Co.
c of the I'd, but since August, 1861, the
9th U. s. Cav, at Fort Inge, Capt. James
Cakes commanding; William B. Royal,
First Lieutenant. and A. K. Arnold, Second
Lieutenant, and DIR. Broodie, Regimental
Surgeon, then stationed with our company.
The latter came back with us as far as New
York City, April 26, 1861, but left rs and
| joined the rebel army.
| And because / had enlisted in 1850, and
not after April 19, 1861, although I served
all through the war, and often commanded
large numbers of those who enlisted in 1861,
and served my time out, as stated above,
| therefore was debarred from receiving any
bounty at all, as there was no bounty paid
in 1S60-JACoB BUcH, Sergeant, Co. c, 9th
U. 3. Cav, Champaign, Ill.
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A Prosperous New Hampshire Tent.

Error NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Mary J.
Buncher Tent, g Manchester N. H., was insti-
tuted last August with % charter members
We have labored under difficulties, not having
vet received q complete set Of rituals and other
set of supplies with which to carry on the work
successfully. Capt: q r. Mcdregor installed
the officers. Our first President was Mrs. Au-
pusta M. Clark. To the President aud her
efficient Secretary, Flora Kendall, is due all
the success with which the Tent is credited.
AZ the first meeting in December Mrs. Clark
was unanimously elected President for the
coming year. Other officers were elected as
follows: s. v. p, Belle Dawson; J. v. p,
Evalyn A. Grey; Sec, Flora Kendall; Treas,
Priscilla Keoler; Chap, Cleve Noyes; Tent
Musician. Florence Kidder; Guide. Hattie E
Sawtelle: Guard, Lottie Knott. joint public
INSTALLATION with w. w. Brown Camp was held
Jan. s. Past Capt. F. Fl. Chall acting as INSTALL
ing Officer for the Sons aud Past Capt. Styles
for the Daughters.
In no way do the Daughters mean to usurp
the rights Of the W.R.C., but are getting into
line that they may be able to take up the work
when the dear old mothers are obliged to lay it
down. At our last meeting the officers of Louis
Bell Corps, together with the Past Presidents
and Department officers, visited US. The BUSH
ness of the Tent was suspended, and all were
invited to speak. 1t was very pleasing to the
Tent as it showed that friendly feeling ex-
| listed.
Only two have been initiated since we or.
ganized, but several applications are pending.
| Twelve sons and Is veterans have taken the
| obligation, and many more have promised to
do so. The name we have given our Tent is
that of the only Army Nurse our local Corps
can boast of. The first donation to our relief
| fund was made by Past Department President
of New Hampshire Augusta s. Bennett.--EMMA
+. PERRIN Press Correspondent, Manchester,
|
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A GIRLS RECOVERY.
Miss Lottie Penticoff Tells Of Her
Long Illness The Story Should Be
Read by All Young Girls.
From the Democrat. Eeeport, III.

A popular young lady is Miss Lottie A. Pom
ticofI, who resides at 263 Charles Avenue, Free
port, Ill. She was engaged as clerk in large
fruit market and grocery store for over year.
but had to resign her position on account OF
her poor health.
When she was fourteen years old she was
troubled with irregularity of the menstrual
periods and afterwards with entire suppress
sions She grew pale. sallow and thin. Every
trace Of color left her face and even her lips
were entirely devoid of color. Her blood was
entirely impoverished. Her appetite was very
poor and she could not sleep we'll. When she
arose in the morning she felt no more re-
freshed than when she retired at night. She
was always tired and lost all ambition for
everything.
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from Marsailles by Frances Willard. and con-
singed to the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of the United States. These exiles were
picked mp by the French vessels at Constanti-
nople. at the time of the massacre of Armenians
in August last.
Upon the arrival of the Armenians in New
York harbor October last, the authorities for.
babe them entrance. under the provisions Of
the immigration laws until humane New
Yorker had given bond to the amount OF
SIPS, 600 that they would mover become public
charpa in this country.
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OF quilt dressing gown or tattered work.
ing coat formed the outer garment of the men,
and this was all that remained to them from
the furnishings and comforts of their homes.
When the Armenian refugees reached New
York Harbor they were put of at Ellis Island,
lily Clad and without food or shelter, huddled
among the chicken.coops and pens until relief
came to them through the Salvation Army
and bands of mercy of the w. C. T. u. These,
at least, In this year of eur Lord 1897, have 70.
fused to set up the world-old query, IAN Imy
brothers keeper"
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The hand that rocks the era.
die is tiae hand that rules the

world. Within the household IL is the
mother who is first called upon to minister
TO the wants of the sick and aIling With a
bottle OF DIR. PETERS BLOOD VITALIzER at
band she Is prepared for most emergencies.
Every mother should read copy OF : The
Surprise 1t will he sent gratis, by address,
ing DR. Peter Fahrney, ll2-1l4 s. Hoyne
Ave, Chicago. Ill
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REUNIONS.

Meetings and Other Matters Pertaining to
Various Organizations.
OHIO.
The 135th Ohio held Reunion at Elyria,
Dec. Is. Officers were elected rs follows: Pros,
C. T. Dickinson; First V.-P., Capt George D..
Williams; Second V.-P., 8. w. Nixon; Sec. and
Treas. I. ]. Demagest, Kenten, @
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The Death of Capt. Lemon.

Tippecanoe Post, Monticello, Ind, has
passed resolutions of regret and esteem on
the death of Capt. Geo. +. Lemon.
Stevenson Post, 1O2, Moriah, N. T., passed
resolutions eulogizing Capt. Lemon for his
gallant fight for soldiers rights, and regret
ting his death.
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woMAN,s RELIEF CORPS.

The National President Summarizes Im.
portant History-Relief Corps Doings.
HISTORY or THE RELIEF CORPS
National President Agnes Hit prepared Q
carefully condensed history of the Woman's
Relief Corps for presentation before the Ma
tionsl Council of Women, held at Boston.
After recountiDg the history of its organiza-
tion and outlining its aims and Objects she
stated the fact that since its organization the
sum OF 81, PAS. 2l4.6l had been expended for re-
lie1 and that the npmber Of persons assisted
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FREE I0 INVALID LADIES.

Isufered for years with uterine troubles displaoee
mente leucorrhoea and other irregularities, and q.
completely cured me without the aid OF medical att
tendance will send II free with full Instructions
and valuable advice TO any suffering woman. ADJ
dress Mis-. L. HuDNUr, South Bends Indiana.
Maution The National TTtbpnA
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SONS OF VETERANS.
News from Various Dlvisions-Words OF En-
Ccuragement.
PENNSYLVANIA.

CCUT0RGm0nSs
PENNSYLVANIA.
At Q meeting held in Philadelphis on Dee.
81. at which representatives OF 10 Camps
were present, it was moved and passed that the
body organize under the name OF the "Abra-
ham Lincoln Association Of Sons Of Veterans.
Division Of Pennsylvania" for the purpose OF
properly observing our martyred Presidents
birthday, Feb. IL. It was the sense OF the
meeting that banquet be given, at small per
capita rate to the members, to which would DC
invited prominent people In civil life. No
specified arrangements have yet been made.
Secretary VIM. d. Orr will gladly answer all
inquiries of brothers, and all are invited to
participate.
RHODE ISLAND
Division Headquarters are in receipt Of the
quarterly reports Of nearly all the Camps. Gen.
4. Z. Burnside Camp 5, is now the Oldest Camp
in the Division. Charles F. Gordon Camp, 10.
is the largest.
Mai James F. DeWolf Camp, Bristol-Capt.,
VIM. M. Graham; First Lieut., VIM. b. Max.
field; Second Lieut., Archie Dunbar; Camp
Council, VIM. II. Maxfeld, Frank Slade, and c..
Herman Usher.
silas Casey Camp, 2, WEXFORD Capt. Robert
Coughlin; First Lieut., Willard B. Snow; Sec.
ond Lieut., VIM. F. Jenkins; Camp Council.
Geo. v. Nichols, Willard r. Snow, Irwin B.
Mitchell: Chap, Thomas E. Harrington; First
sere't Jas. B. Rumbles; ON. SWIM. &. Cong
don; 8. OF g., Geo. v. Nichols; G. s., Arthur
Lord; c. of g.. Irwin B. Mitchell; Principal
Musician. Gilbert Harrington; G. g., Clarke
Potter; p. g., BENZ. s. Cook
Col. James Bartoa Camp, 10, Providence
Capt. w. H. Addison First Lieut.. Walter B.
Matthew's; Second Lieut., Willard q. Hall ;
Camp Council. Jas. F. Vance, Walter B. Mat
thews, Willard II. Hall.
Capt. Isaac d. Kenyon Camp 4, Shawnock-
Capt, John w. Collins; Lisuts. g. d. Whitford
and louis Collins; Camp Council, Past Capts.
George w. Hoxsie, O. P. McInnis, 8. B. Wells.
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survivor, of the I.t Tenn Cav

w. 4. Carter. Secretary, LIST Tenn. Cav. Asso.
citation, 965 Broad street. Knoxville, Tenn, de-
sires the addresses of all members of this regi.
ment 10 be used in a roster authorized ut the
last annual Reunion.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-01-14

Farragut Association. of Philadelphia, has
elected these officers for 1897: CON-, Thomas
Farmer; Lieut-Com., J. J. Dolphin; Lieut.,
James F. Hirst; Surg, James Z Boyle. NJ. d.;
Pay master. John Bowers; Chap, William Sim
mons; Sec. John F. Msckic Boatswsin, Thos.
Glynn; Gunner, Robert Mccully; Master-at-
Arms. Charles Cloyes: Ships Corporal. II. III.
Horn. By authority Of City Council Head
quarters have been established in the east wing
of Independence Hall.
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THE RELIEF CORPS.
Gleanings from National Headquar
ters---NoteS from Departments
A BIT OF ARMENIA.

Colony of Refugees from the ConstantinopIe
Massacre-Tke Prosecuted People In the
Land of the Free Enjoy Their First Thanks
Civing-An for Jesus Christ Among the
ssYankees of the Orient"-Some Who Do
Not Ask Gam My Brothers Keeper"
ARMENIANs IN BOSTON.
The red; white and blue of the American
Republic intertwlned with the red, white and
green of Armenia was what National officers
of the Womap's Relief Corps saw upon enter
ing the large hall on the second floor of tri-
angular building, rising TO the hight OF Ave
stories on an angle of Waitham street, Boston.
The building is owned and used for manu-
featuring purposes by a naturalized Armenian,
nj. II. Guiesian, who opened bis nall as an
asylum for 49 OF the Armenian exiles sent over
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ALL ALONG THE LINE.

The Chicago Great Western Railroad Co.,
through which the Grand Army secured the
cent. q. mile rate to the St. Paul Encampment
sent out a beautiful holiday souvenir to friends
and patrons, in the shape Of an illustrated book
of autographs, or Famss Tribute to Children"
by famous men and women.
Friday afternoon of each week the schools Of
Alton, Kan, listen to "reminiscences by old
soldiers, Who relate their war experiences and
describe scenes calculated to make moro real to
the children the fearful ,ctst of the great con-
fict for the preservation Of, the Union.
Col. J. Cory Winans,, Ghief.of-Staff Of Com
mander-in. Chief Clarkson, has been promoted
to the office of Division Passenger Agent of the
c., H. & ID. r. r., resident at Toledo. He and
his wife, Sarah D. Winans, National Inspector,
will be o valuable accession to Grand Army cir
cles in that city. oil
Encouraging reports come from the Corps Of
Salt Lake City. Nettie Palmer has been In
stalled President of George b. Maxwell Corps.
s. Jennie A. Farnsworth. Senior Vice-Presi-
dent of James b. McKeana Corps, is the wife OF
Past Commander Farnsworth, of Mexican Post.
Past Department President Delilah Lever
ton, Of Illinois, is pushing the work of patri-
otto teaching in that State, Notwithstanding
the fact that she hss BOSNIAN invalid at an In
diana sanitarium. CrC6faf Letter No. 10 was
issued in December to tho Illinois Corps.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-08
A DIME FOR DIGESTION.
The Way to Help Your Stomach Out Of
Difficulty.

When you are taken sick with pain in
your stomach or chest, nausea, vomiting,
headache, dizziness, nervousness. neural.
gia flatulence, constipation mental de-
preston, weakness, languor, loss of ap-
petite and Other similar symptoms, you
are infected with the poisons Of undigest-
ed food
Your stomach needs help.
A dime spent for a sample bottle Of the
Shaker Digestive Cordial will show you
whether or not to expect help from that
source.
II you really are dyspeptic, it will re-
lieve you after a few doses. II 1t does keep
on Till you're cured. II not, dot't take any
more, you're no dyspeptic.
Indigestion or dyspepsia Is dreadful
disorder. all the moro that so few people
believe in Its dangerousness
That Is because they don't die of indi.
gestion but of rheumatism, consumption,
pneumonia, and other diseases which they
would never have Caught" if their bodies
hadn't been starved ami weakened with
indigestion.
Shaker Digestive Cordial acts on the
food in your stomach and helps the dges.
tive juices to dissolve it. In this way it
aids your stomach to do its work without
effort and creates now strength and lifo for
your whole body.
All druggists Ten cents for trial bottle
Write to tho Shakers, 80 Reade Street,
New York, for an interesting book.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-08
He'd DAILY, (Ezcrrr SUNDAY.



According to special agent. l. N. Mills,
Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington g. Balti-
moro r. r.. who has made careful in.
vestigation Of the prospective peach crop
In Delaware and the Eastern shore, 1t is
predicted that the crop will DO almost
total failure. Several weeks ago 1t was
Thought the crop would DO large one,
but tho june drop was the heaviest in the
history Of peach culture on the Peninsula.
Growers who had figured on big bank &C.
counts when the peaches were gathered,
shipped and sold, will now have to look to
something else on their farms to swell their
bank accounts. The frosts of the early
spring damaged tho peaches in the lower
part Of the State, but up to June, when
the drop" took place, the farmers and
railroads were looking forward for a big
crop Of this luscious fruit. 1t was esti-
mated at one time that nearly two million
baskets would be shipped to market. Now
the prediction is made by one Of the best
posted men in the State that 1t will not
exceed three hundred thousand baskets
The damage was done by the curoulio,
which stings the peach before 1t natures,
causing it to rot and drop from the trees
Mr.. Mills says the farmers are greatly to
blame for the rapid increase OF these de-
stfuctive insects. In 1895 and 1896, there
were large crops Of peaches and the ground
under the trees was covered with peaches
that either rolled or fell off or were thrown
there as culls and left to rot Instead Of
tho growers picking this decayed fruit up,
and feeding 1t to the hogs, or getting rid
of 1t In some other manner, 1t was left
there for these insects to breed in, with
the consequence that in 1897. there Is an
enormous crop of these insects and they
have destIoy this years crop Of peaches.
The only section where there will DO
peaches In any quantity will be on the
Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad,
which runs from Clayton to Chestertown
The disease which has played such havoc
with the peach trees in the upper part Of
the Stattr hse not reached the trees on the
lower peach belt or the Eastern shore.
What promised to be the means of bring
Ing thousands Of dollars into our State
at the first of the season, will now be 10.
duced one half by the smallness of tho
crop. 1t Is pity that something can not
be done to eradicate this peculiar disease
known as the "yelIows' from our peach
orchards, otherwise there Is no telling
how enormous our peach shipments would
be year after year.
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OFFICE orrnr Lioar HOUSE BOARD

HFFICE OFTHE LIGHT HOUSE BOARD,
~ WASHINGTON. d. G., June "a. 1897,
Sealed proposals will be received OF this
office until noon on Saturday, the 8ist day of
July. 1897. for furnishing the materials and
labor OF all kinds necessary for the Q instr uo.
ticn. equipment and delivery Of one lrst
q ass CONS oAlte llght-vessel at Ph.iadelp hla,
"a The said vessel must be completed and
delivered within ten calendar months from
gate OF the approval OF the contract by the
Seoretary Of the Treasury. and bidders are
informed that because OF thesurgsnt need OF
the speedy delivery. the element OF time to
be consumed In construction will DO given
d.e consideration in De, ermininE the award
or the construct, and the contract will be
awarded to thelowost bestlresponslble bidder
Each proposal nut be accompanied with q
certihed check payable to the order OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury In the sum Of
i've thousand dollurs tS500O). Ths certified
check OF the successful bidder vii be re-
tanned unit IL the execution OF . formal bond
or Of contract. and the approval OF the same by
tne Secretary Of the Treasury. and the oertl.
mel checks Of the unsuccessful bidders will
be returned immediately after the proposal
or the successful bidder has been accepted.
Forms OF proposal plans aad specifications
showing what is required, can be had or seen
Dy applying to this office.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
plds and to waive any defects.
W. s. sCHLEY.
jy2-at cod Captain. U. .. NJ. Chairman:
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A FAMOUS RUNNER.
AProfession Demanding Good Lungs and
Heart.

Thos. j. Lee, of the New York Athletic
Club, whose performances have attracted
great attention in athletic circles In this
country and Canada, says: at is i'm.
possible foE mo to use coffee when train
ing Postum Cereal supplies the want to
my complete satisfaction, without any of
the Ill effects OF the former. To my mind
1t is tho best thing for athletes that has
ever been marketed"
A thoughtful man would quite naturally
conclude that if the powerful athletes
sought out and used specially selected food
in the form of food coffee it would be
wise thing for brain worker to do
An athlete needs energy, vigor, vital
force, to win.
How much greater the need of these, by
the man or women who wins by the ex-
haustiye mental processes.
Postum is delicious when we'll made,
1t must be boiled 10 minutes.
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Philadelphia, July Flour quiet; win.
ter supertine, H.75@290: do. extras, $Sa
325; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.75dI3. 80;
do. straight, $4,000; western winter,
clear, S3.75q3.90: do. straight, $395Q4lO;
city mills, extra, s31O@3.40 Rye -four
quiet and barely steady at $225dI225, as
to quality. Wheat quiet; contract wheat,
July, nGZAe.; do. August 70A@7O4.c
No. 2 Pennsylvania and No. 3 Delaware
red, spot, 7sc.; No. 2 red, July, The do.
September, 72kc.; do. October. 727sc. do
November, 73bsc; do. December, Tic. Corn
firm; steamer corn, spot. 2Sls@2S&c.; No
mixed. spot and July. 2s1aQ2sa.c.; No. I
yellow for local trade, 33GD34c. Oats quiet
and steady; No. white clipped. CARROTS
25l9c.; No. white, July, 24lsG25c. do
August, September and October. 2462Sc
Hay steady for desirable grades poo.
qualities dull; choice timothy, $l3 for
large bales. Beef steady; beef hams, 81
026. Pork dull; family, s1025@105O Lard
quiet; western steamed. $4l5 Butter
steady; western creamery, 1lll5c.; do
factory. 7RQlOlac.; Elgins. 15c: imita.
tion creamery, 9AQ125sc.; New York dairy.
1O@l4c.; do. creamery, 11@14c.; fancy
prints jobbing at l7dl20c. do extra Penn.
sylvania, wholesale, 16c. Cheese steady;
large, 6GD7Ac,; small. 61t@71sc. part skins,
3g5lac.; full skins, 2@3c. Eggs steady;
New York and Pennsylvania, 111a0l2c.;
western, fresh, 10hG11c. Potatoes firm;
sweets, southern, new. s2.25I350 Tallow
quiet; city, sAc.; country, SIC. Cotton.
seed oil steady; prime crude. 20c.; do vel.
low 23AG24c Petroleum dull; refined,
New York. Sc; Philadelphia and Balti-
more, s5.95; do. In bulk, $345. Rosn quiet;
strained. common to good, $1.72k@1.75.
Turpentine quiet at 26A@26slc Pig iron
quiet; southern. $s.25Gp1O50; northern, slO9
IL. Copper steady; brokers, $n.l2k; ex.
change, s1l.12la@11.25. Tin easy: straits,
sl3SoG139O; plates dull. Spelter firm; DO
nestle. s4.25@4S5 Metal Exchange quotes
lead at s2.70@s75 and calls the market
quiet but firm. and brokers call the mar.
ket strong at S.S5. Tomatoes, per car
rier, Savannah and Charleston, $1.256l1. so;
Florida. 15c.@$l. Long Island cabbage,
per barrel. 75MS0c. Coffee closed steady;
August s6S5a6.7O; September, sG.SoQ6S5:
October. $780, December. s6.9596.70;
March, S.15; April and May, s7.2O.