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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-10
BRAVE MEN NOT FORGOTTEN.
Site of Fort Kearny Massacre May Have a
Monument.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBJNE: My atten-
ton was called through The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE to a measure introduced in Con-
gress by Hon. +. w. Mondell, of Wyoming,
for the erection of monument to mark the
place of the Fort Phil Kearny massacre,
where, Dec. 81, 1866, Col. Fetterman and
Capt. Brown, 18th U. S.; Lieut.. Grummond,
I'd U. S. Cav, and 81 enlisted men of these
commands, with guides Wheatley and
Fisher, met death while fighting the Sioux
Chief Red Cloud and thousands of his band.
The detachment was guarding wood
train four miles from the fort l was serv-
ing in the 18th u. S. ut the time. twas re-
ported that Col. Fetterman disobeyed the
orders received from the post commander
by going beyond a designated point. Be
that as it may, in my estimation Drawer
men never served ethe flag of this or any
other country than they who met death on
that ill-iated day.
Capt Fetterman had won his brevet of
Colonel for bravery. Capt. Brown had been
raised from the ranks, and, like Col. Fetter-
man, was distinguished for gallantry during
the Atlanta campaign. Lieut.. Grnmmond
had been but short time commissioned in
the Regulars, and was spirited and DASH
ing young officer. MANY of the enlisted
men had seen hard service during the war Of
the rebellion. yea e
At the time of the massacre not telegraph
pole had been raised nor was there rail laid
west of Omaha, which, was at that time the
advance town of eiyiHzation on the Great
American DESERT as lit was then properly
called. Countless herds of buffalo, elk and
other game roamed the plains at will. The
Indian was monarch Of all he surveyed.
Our duties were principally escorting
emigrants and mailstrains through the wild
and hostile country l have seen the In
dams for days at times abreast of our escort
ready to make a charge in an unguarded
moment Our quarters were wherever night
CHANGED to oyertake ds. Owing to the long
distance from Army Headquarters and lack
of transportation oar clothing and rations
were limited.
During my term in the 18th Regulars,
1865 to 1868, not less than 800 officers and en-
listed men were killed or died from wounds
or hardships. The bones of many of them
have been bleaching for over 80 years on the
plains or in the Big Horn country. The
march or trail of the 18th at that time can
be traced from the Dak0tas to Utah and
from the British Dominions on the north to
New Mexico ON the south.
AS an act OF justice to my dead comrades
| sincerely hope that Mr.. Mondell will be
successful in securing monument to the
memory of those who gave their lives to the
advancement of .civilization.-JoHN MAR
TIN, Co. B, 18th q. S., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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We went to the door, bowed politely, and
apologized for the unintentional scare We
had caused them. We then told them We
had been in pursuit of the train-robhers, and
that wet, cold, and sleepy, we preferred to
turb anyone at the dead hour of night.
This story seemed to he satisfactory to
them, when we told them we were hungry
and asked them for something to eat. They
had just had their dinner, and the table
still stood out on the floor. They gave rs
a pitcher of buttermilk and some corn
bread, all they had unless we would wait
for them to cook Us something, which We
did not wish them to do, a. we did not care
to make our visit too tedious. This was
the first food we had eaten since the morn
ing we left Marietta, and homely as was the
fare it tasted good.
We paid them, and left much refreshed
and strengthened by our food and rest.
We started away on a road, but as soon as
we got well out of sight of the house we
changed our course, and soon after con-
cealed ourselves in a dense thicket, and
there awaited the shades of night to como
and conceal our further movements.
We had not been in the thicket long be-
fore we saw squad of mounted soldiers pass
down the road we had previously left, and
which was some distance from us. From
their loud talk and their manner of march
We concluded they were party of man.
hunters. Whether they had gained any i'm
formation at the house where We had been
we could not tell, but we laid down and
kept quiet.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-10

Tho 37th Ohio.
The regiment was organized at Cleveland,
O., from September, 1861, to March, 1862, to
serve three years re-enlisted, and was finally
mustered out, Aug. I. 1865. Col. Edward
Siber resigned March %, 1864, and during
the remainder of its service Lieut.. Col. Louis
Won Blessipgh commanded. At Princeton,
Va, while in Cox's Division, 13 men were
killed and As wounded. The War Depart
ment credits the regiment with the battles
of Fayette Court House, Vicksburg, and
Jackson. Nine officers and 1O2 men were
killed and one officer and 81 men died in
the service.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is my weekly
sunshine. Its columns teen with articles
kindred to my feelings and sympsthisA
IL HI. w." The Veterans Experienced
and, not least, the Better Half, have given
me much genuine pleasure.-John w. Bur.
nett, 4th Pa Reserves, and Co. NJ, 19sth Pa,
70 Maple street, Waltbam, Mass.
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warning, we heard the stern command:
Halt there, you! Halt, or will blow
your brains Quit aa - 50
A hasty glance around failed to discover
any safe chance of retreat. We were cap
tured, and there was no course for us TO pur-
sue but to submit to the unpleasant ineyi-
table. We involuntarily clenched our revol-
vers at the first warning of danger, but it
was useless to oren fight with a large cav
airy squad-the odds were too great We
would stand no show at all and we thought
perhaps we could, by little diplomacy,
effect our release from these captors.
fToJe continuedI
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FOR SEAsICKN ESS
Use Horsford's Acid Phospha

Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
DR.. J. FoURNEss- BR1cE, of s. s. Teutonic,
says: L have prescribed it in my practice
among the passengers travelling to and from
Europe, in this steamer, and the result has
satisfied me that if taken in time, it will, in
great many cases, prevent seasickness."
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-10
Rush's Lancers.

The 9th Pa Cav (Rush's Lancers), of
Philadelphia, June ~, will visit Fortress
Monroe, going and returning by Washing
ton. The comrades will also visit Newport
News aud the Soldiers Home at Hampton.
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ARTIFICIAL ARMS and LEGS.
Patents of 1895.

Patents OF 1906
MARkS Improved Rubber Hands and Feat arr
Durable In Construction 49, ''
1T not unusual to see farmer working In the fields
viii al AZ tihctai leg, or an engineer conductor brake
niAn. carpenter mason miner in fact, men OF every
,ocANou, wearing one or two Artificial legs OF MARK6
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"Children Teething."

MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should ways
be used for children teethng. It soothes the
child softens the gums, aliays all pain. cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for diarhea. Twenty.
five cents a bottle.
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CHAPTER Y.

Women Displayed-A Bad Scare-Capt-
ured by Old Shows Cavalry.
When night came we shaped our course,
as near as we could, without following any
road, toward the Tennessee River east of
Chattanooga. During the night march We
narrowly missed running into guard post
at the crossing of road, but fortunately
heard them in time. We went around them
and on our way undisturbed.
At the dawn of Tuesday We had just ar
rived at the foot of the mountains and
breathed easier, for we felt more secure than
We had in the open country. We concealed
ourselves in a comfortable place and wit
messed the rising of the sun. It's loneliness
and genial warmth never before cheered me
SO much as then. But we soon fell asleep
from WEAKNESS, and did not wake until
: sly night.
8 soon as it was dark we started again.
re had toilsome night march, feeling our
way over rocks, climbing precipitous plac' s
and at other times descending the steep
mountain side on the run, through bushes
and among rocks.
When Wednesday morning came we found
that we were still surrounded by mountains
on all sides, with no signs of a habitation or
human being in sight. When the sun got
we'll up and it was comfortably warm, we
lay down and took nap. The pangs of
hunger were by this time pressing us dis
tressingly.
We bad in all this time only tasted food
once since the raid began, and that was the
scanty meal we made on buttermilk and
cornbread, Monday afternoon. In this
starving extremity We decided that there
was no great risk run ir his lonely region
if we should travel by day, and after SO de-
Gliding, we pushed on with our utmost
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Wanted Idea ' ~ $: !ss;

Protect your ideas: they may bring yOn wealth.
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN g. CO., Patent Attor.
neye Washington. G.. for their q 500 prize OfIe1
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Every lady should read Mrs. Hudnut's free
offer to Invalid Ladies on page 6.
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DIR. Peters
Blood
Vita1iZer

aremedy made of pure roots and herbs.
First compounded more than one hum
dred years ago by an old German ply.
sician. Through these many years 1t
has been tried and found the true rem.
edy for impure blood and disordefed
systems. A speedy cure for kidney
troubles, liver complaints, stomach
disorders, rheumatism and every all
ment that has its cause in bad blood.
It's useless to ask your druggist for
1t. He does not sell it. The better plan
is followed, of selling only through
our local retail agents or direct. Ad-
dress
DR.. PETER FAHRNEY.
7-II4 S. Hoyne Ave-, Chicago.
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Tho s7th Ohio.

Scrofula and all diseases caused by impure blood
yield to the great purifier. Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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20 woman lovely woman nature made
thee to temper man we had been brutes
without you" Woman more than merits
all the good things that have been said of
her By the wits and poets of all times
When man lauds woman and h>r charms
and virtues, he has in his minds eye an
ideal. That ideal is always healthy wo-
man. No man makes pretty speeches and
witty toasts about woman, with the picture
in his mind of weak, sickly, nervous wo-
man, tortured by pain, and suffering from
depression and dependency. 1t is in the
power of every woman to be some mans
ideal if she will but build up and guard
Eer womanly health.
The best of known remedies for all forms
of disease peculiar to women is Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t works directly on
but one set of organs in woman's body.
It allays and eradicates pain. 1t soothes in
Illumination. 1t invigorates and curi6es. It
restores complete health to the organs dis
tinctly feminine and banishes weakness,
depression and dependency 1t is the dis
cOvery of DR.. r. v. Pierce, chief consulting
physician to the Invalid's Hotel and Surgi-
cal Institute, Buffalo, n Y If YOU wish to
know more about it write to him.
This is to tell you," writes Sister Eliza l.. de
Falcon, of Corpus Christi. Nueces Co.. TexaIf
that had been i'll for twenty years and
was hnaly cured by your medicines, the Golden
Medical Discovery and Fayoritc Prescription
1t is as easy to be we'll as ill-and much
more comfortable Constipation is the
cause of many forms of Hines. DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets cure consti patton. They
are tiny, sugar coated granules. One lit
tie "Pellet" is ger tie laxative, two mild
cathartic. All dealers in medicines.
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A Cleansing
Process

that leaves your system pure and In.
vigorated. That is the result of taking
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Mention The National Tribune.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29
GET"FING TIEELEI:,S MIXED,

There are historians ana there are
historians, as the expression goes, and
the .atcst of these Is one Captain An
derson u correspondent Of the PhiIadel-
rhia. Press, from Wiliamsport. I'm THE
keystone State" This gentleman under
takes to enlightcn the bcnightcd world
with bit of history that isn't history.
because what ?Ie relates is not so. To
begin with, this would-be historian
gives an account Of the capture Of
General FitZhuG'h Lee on the 10th Of
June, 1863 lie also tells of General
Lees daughter who was present when
her father wax captured, and who soon
after the close OF the war married Il
Senator from Texas.
Various other incidents are related
concerning "thc capture" of General
FitZ., none of which are correct. First
General FltZhugh Lee never was cap
tured by the Emion forces during the
war: second. ten days after his reported
capture by Captain Anderson in Vir-
gina, he was In front of Carlisle In
command Of the cavalry and marched
ffcTn there e. Gettsburg for the opening;
of the great batMc; third. at that TING
General FitZhuah Les had co daughter
of any age. because he did not marry
Until after the close OF the war; fourth,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29
THE EIEFIUESTATEF HACK IN THE
NEM1CRATiC BALANCE,

Tho New York Mall and EXPRESS Is
devotinE some time and space in lee
turing General Benjamin T.. Tracy. the
regular Republican nominee for the
Mayoralty Of Greater New York, and
plainly tells him that by remaining in
the field that he Is cndangerinG Repub-
iican control IN New York State: that
his conduct will cause them TO forfeit
Il Republican Senator from that State.
and that he i3 doing that which will
restore tho Empire State" Of New
! oriI back to the Democratic column in
1900. This is good, ana If General
Iracy's remaining in the field will
bring about this much desired effect
he VIII have the country's thanks.
Ii Is none of our business, perhaps,
but why should the Mail and Express
oppose General Tracy. seeing that he is
lie regular nominee OF his party. and
the Nal! and Express is such a good
Republican? These are queer times we
live III to be sure.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29
AHoTszEH :S'f'aTE.

According 10 the Chattanooga Times,
senator Morgan IL dealing out news
ana Information about the future of
Hawaii, In large ana interesting chunks.
Our contemporary notes that on his
arrival several days since at san Fran
cisco from Honolulu. he told a reporter
mat Hawaii Is going to be state.
but whether 1t will he at the time o;
its annexation. remains 10 be seen.
hawaiian commits S,@ners will recon-
mend that .: island be admitted TO
statehood. and n special act of Congress
You'd undoubtedly follow"
The Times in commenting upon the
subject takes the position that to admit
Hawaii to statehood Will simply be add
ing another rotten borough concern
that will he even worse than Nevada
! for the latter Is at least an American
community, of II kind: whereas Hawaii
| Is bat $500 American in Il popula ion OF
10000. All the balance a'c made up of
japanese. Chinese, 10000 Kanakas and
half. castes, Portuguese and other sorts.
| Tully 10 Fer cent. of these people are
such az we have excluded from citizen
snip and nearly half OF thcm--thc Japs
ana Johns--wcrc excluded from ouy
| country. The state Morgan talks 81
Glibiy about would he the political
| property of say 5000 people. composed
| or ihrce-:lflhs Americans and two-hGths
| Germans, English and other Europeans.
IL VIII nave to be actually governed by
| 'he amy ana navy no matter the form
oi government
Iht concern VIII have two Senators
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KNOW WHAT THEY WE'RE TALK.
ING ABOUT.

According TO the Alexandria Gazette,
Mr.. Hanna's purse, was SO full last fall
that it was only, tied with spiders web;
now It Is so empty that It Is tied with
cables, the necessary result being that
registration in Cincinnati is 1000 less
than II was last year; In Cleveland 1O, 900
less; In Toledo 1900 less; in Dayton
l.5oo less and in Columbus. the most
complete OF all. 1000 less. BY this. OBJ
serves our contemporary, 1t Will readily
he seen that the Democrats who stated
on the floor of the Unite States Senate
tina; Ohio was carried for Mckinley
last year by immense and infamous
frauds, knew what they were talking
about; and they were right.
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.
sample.

Why docsn'; some New York paper
rescue Cleo de Mcrode from Roster *
Biars?-Chicago Times Herald.
About the worse piece OF luck that
can happen to n busy man Is 10 make n
favorable Impression OH a bore.-Atchi-
son Globe.
~ colorado man Is asking for divorce
because his wife has cold feet Accord
insa 10 flOyle, she is the one 10 quit
Washington Post.
The race horse Presbyterian has been
disqualified on the Harlem track. That
was clearly l!ned.-Mcmph,t:
Commercial Appeal.
II Walcott did no. take himself 50 Sc
riouay. he must have had n pretty
good time in Europe thi; past summer.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
There ia an impression 10 the effect
that Mr.. Fit2simmons is not much of Il
nu%illSi. He llpSeS into silence which
sometimes LASTS for ecks--WasninE-
ton Post.
Whenever the autumn hrcczcs whis
per to the woods and fields while the
leaves merely become red. the corn In
the latter Is sometimes shocked, Phil
adclphia Times.
In declining Mr.. Wa!cott's Invitation
10 remove the limit from the .lnancInl
same, Johnny Bull shows the that Old
9hc!inaii"n TO hang onto his yellow
Washington Fust
one hundred thousand tons OF Ala
h1ma coal have been sold for delivery
ut Vera Cruz Mexico, for urr o. Next
can railroads which have heretofore OBJ
tanned their supplies f:om England.
pattfs reported Illness al her home In
NaltE may he prelude To ano:hr.
ia;ti farewell engagement IN this conn
Try she vii! sing Home. Sweet Home"
Tor 20 per scat.--New Orleans picayunc.
Kangaroo tails for soup have been
sent to London from Australia. a shin
nent OF twenty-five hundred weight
was sold nj The rate OF 81 dozen tails
In Australia they are considered great
dclicacy.
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he has no daughter married to a Texas

he has no daughter married to q Texas
Senator or to any other man.
Captain Anderson has COMPOUNDED
General Ptlzhugh Lee with General VIII
liam Henry Leo (aooney). who was
captured in the summer of 1863, and OF
this the Richmond Dispatch says that
The s!mugacl1m of truth that Is the
BASIS OF the story'is found In this: Gene
raj Witliarn Henry Fltzhugh (RoCney)
| Ice was captured in the summer of 1863
at Hickory Ill., the Wickhm place In
Hanover county, and the men who cap
cured h!!n were Part OF the command
Of Co!crlrl Spear. It is possible a negro
Het!aFed his whereabouts. General
ltioney had been desperately wounded
In the engagement at Brandy Station,
WhiCh occurred only q short time be-
iore. ana was in bed when made pris-
| oler. His family then consisted of his
iir5t Wife and two small children, all OF
| whom died. il we mistake not. during
his Imprisonment. He was taken to
| Fortress Monroe in Il wagon, or some
Other vch!clc--a fact which efrcctuaily
| disn0scs of The horsc-mounted episode
| and held rs n hostage 10 he shot, In case
tha Confederate Government carried out
certain threats of retaliation. He was
exchanged in tho spring Of 1864, but dur
ing his Imprisonment his brother, Gene
i'}l Gusts L". made of The Federal
authorities Il request which was de-
ci!ned 10 he permitted TO take ihc host
aEe's place, as Rooney was married and
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PERSONALS.

General Casslus NJ. Clay. who. as
Minister 10 Russia. negotiated the trca-
|! Tor the purchase Of Alaska. and who
year or 50 ago married IA girl of i6, is
E"JuNcnating himself by having a cat
ar1ci removed from his eye.
Miss May White. who though n white
child, has been brought M among The
B!ackGoot Indians. and refused 10 rec
otnizc 4 rich Californian, vino a few
"'&r." ago claimed her as his daugh;c-
has married Il fu!l-booded Indian of
the tribe
The standard which tho Spanish con-
Gueror Of Mexico. fernando Cortcs
used in his march from Vera Cruz 10
me City OF Mexico, neatly four cen
iuries ago. waa until recently prcserv-
ed at little church in the CAPITAL of
The State OF TiaXcula.
walter Deering, a Maine man. has
been fined s. for refusing To act ms
fence viewer and fined SO more for
trying to avoid payment of the fine.
renee viewer is an Old office created
III colonial days in New England and
as me raw mas never been repealed in
Maine it is still In force there.
Nine. Roedercr, Of Rheims. widow of
'he head OF the champagne firm, be-
'i"S 'Slut"'h!HS *iivuOJ 10 The sisters;
OF st. Vincent de Paul, in Paris ond
$4,000 10 otner charities. left a ;rus,
fund of 100000 for the support ar Inc
charitable works in which she was IN
tercstcd during her life.
The Duke OF Argyll lately Offered him
self as aliving proof Of the ADVANTAGES
of desultory reading. He has ncycr
been TO school or college, but he had al
ways read everything he could lay his
hands on. TO this he attributed his
success in public speaking. for he 'of
ten found he had read what others had
not"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

sa The hurricane which swept the Allan
I tis seast during the past few days was
& Of the woret on record and much
s Carnage was done. There Is one happy
man However, and that is Professor
Il Andrew ani Jackson De Voc. according to
/ sls Paterson, MI, Call. He predicted
sSltls torn and tcarne pretty near on
1 line. and whether st was acct.
esdta1 ot net The refessor certainly de-
sssessea ~ HI n.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

Sc In his recent speech at Princeton, cy
president Cleveland said: "Alreauy a
dangerous advantage has been gained
! IN the government by the forces Of sell
} ashness." Some people are pretty good
authority on this subject,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

! Thomas G. Alvord. who died on Tues
day CT Syracuse, became an interesting
Y agure an public life by force of longe-
witty. His career Of public service lasted
J from Tyler's administration to that OF
y Grover Cleveland
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

Willie Tyler, of Richmond. who had n
position in the Pension Bureau at Wash
4 ington, has been dismissed because II
4 tS alleged he used offensive words about
4 Union soldiers.
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s;3 Jerome 4. Jerome, who lives near OK
/ oord, mas Just given a harvest home SUP
perSfo his neighbors. and two OF the
I guests were overheard to argue as TO
j what made Mr. Jerome famous. "Hc
writes books" said one, definitely,
ne be don't" vas the contemptuous
Srstort 5st'he rowed three men in a boat
and then won the race; that's what he
I Hone.tS & Il
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

Excepting Tracy oil the New York
Mayoralty candidates are said to ride
Hhe wheel. Yet they are running agains,
ss1aSh other.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 90, 1897.
SElGIT PAGES s.

mir. Paul Dana, son of the late Chas.
go Dana. has been made editor of the
New York Sun.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

ssti..1It seems to me-" said ex-sccrct . rv
~ H. 5sserling Morton the other day, tina,
! we are soon to have an overflow from
! ane large cities of the Western country.
I lhe condition Of the farmers have i'm
proved steadily, until to-day it IS far
better than that Of the masses in the
cities"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-29

tdr. Croker Indignantly denies tina
the Prince of Wales enjoys the honor OF
y Ills acquaintance.