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The National tribune., 1898-01-06
PERSONAL.

Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, commander of the
First Brigade of the New York National
Guard, astonished dinner party at his
house, Dee. 50, composed of higher officers
of the brigade, by announcing his resigna-
ton. He said that he had decided to do so
on the 40th anniversary of his enlistment,
which happened that evening. He had de-
ternined to remain with the Guard until
certain reforms and measures which he
had strongly advocated for the good of the
organization had been carried out This
was now accomplished, and he would re-
tire. lie enlisted in Co. c, 7th n. Y. S NJ,
Dee. 30, 1851, and was q Sergeant in the
company when it marched to Washington
in 1851. He then entered tho Ellsworth
Zouavcs as First Lieutenant, and was
promoted a Captain for gallaDtry at Iiun
Run. He resigned, and became Adjutant
of the 10th ". Y, in which he was promoted
to Captain for ga!lantry at Fair Oaks. He
served through the war on the stats OF
Gems. Kearny. Birney and Foster, and re-
turned to the militia at the close OF the war
: Adiutant CT the zth " s. II. and b.
.aa.ie Brigade Commander in 1882.
Gen. ). j. Elwel', now residing at Clevs-
land, O., distinguished himself By great
gallantry at the assault on Fort Wagner.
He was at that time QuartermasterG General
of the Department of the South, but he
Joined in the assault, went with the men
into the fort, and then volunteered to ride
back through the awful fire to bring Up re-
i forcements All the officers who sur
WED that frightful Carnage testified to his
s-freu bravery. He was wounded several
times ng the war. and was brevetted
IL sea5s 'sral. He il now prosperous
~ Ian Ii Clsyei~nd
The National tribune., 1898-01-06
A STRAIGHT CHALLENGE.

lit is the Veriest nonsense for
any paper TO be siirieking about
pension frauds in some mys-
terious. unknown localities. Let
1t test the truth about ihe PEN
sion system by investigating
the veterans and pensioners I'm
Its own locality. They are GER
tain TO be fair specimens OF
those all ever the country. We
challenge any paper in the
country 10 go among the vet
Grams in its own town or County
and make the nfost searching
Investigation Of them. let III
question the pensioners rs TO
their service, as 10 the hard
ships they endured. the wounds
and disabilities they suffered.
the prolonged. Notwithstanding
obstacles they encountered i'm
getting their claims allowed,
the amounts that they finally
received. Let their stories be
tested as to truth by their
regimenfaI records, which are
easily ebtainable. Let them lay
any one of these sample stories
before their readers, and ask a
verdict upon it from the people.
let them go amOlag the veterans
who have been unable 10 get
their claims allowed. and iDyes-
figafe their cases also.
We are sure that any man
who makes such an inquiry.
with "a determined effort to
arrive at the truth. viii speedily
come 10 the conclusion that. so
far as his community is con-
cerE ed, the veterans have been
most shabbiiy used. and that i'm
finiteiy more is due Them than
they have ever received. What
is true OF his community is
equally true Of every other in
the United States. They have
all been treated alike.
We challenge any man. any.
where. TO make such an ingesli-
gaficn. IT will not take much
time or trouble. and il will be
worth more iB the way Of arriV-
ing ut the truth than reanis Of
fnGammatOFy and utterly false
anii-pensiOn shrieling.
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The article begins thus :

The most demoralizing feature of the PEN
sion system is the existence of SO, 900 pension
attorneys. The ordinary pension attorney Is
worse than the most pestiferous ''yarmint u
that ever invaded hen roost
This is superlative nonsense. THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has absolutely no
connection with any pension agent or
pension agency. Nobody connected
with it is in the pension business, either
as the recipient of pension or the
attorney for any pension claimant. No
one of the present proprietors Of the
paper, or any employee, was ever in the
pension business in any shape or form.
All the same, fair play is jewel, and the
truth is that the above is rot of the worst
kind. OF the $4,000 pension attorneys
on the roll probably 4S, 900, or even more,
are plain, respectable comrades, who
had good service, and are now trying
to make modest livelihood by small
lines Of office work. Thousands of them
are Justices of the Peace, Notaries Pub
lie, insurance and real-estate agents, etc.
They are men Of worth and reputation
in their respective communities, and
their army service led them into adding
little business in pensions. They drifted
into it while Justices of the Peace, County
Clerks, ETC., in trying to help their old
comrades to pensions. They continue
In it largely for the same reason. Their
comrades and neighbors insist on their
taking claims, and they regard it as a
sort of neighborIy and fraternaI duty.
What few dollars a year they manage
to get out Of the business they earn very
hardly, for it takes an average of more
than three years OF writing, correspond
ence, and assiduous looking after to get
claim through; a large percentage
Of the claims are rejected, upon which
all their labor is wasted, and for those
that are successful they only get S25 in
cases arising under the old law, and SO
for those under the act of June 81.
1890. To earn this meager compensa-
tion-which an ordinary lawyer would
demand for few hours in court-they
have to + II proof equal to that
which would send man to the gallows,
were he on trial for his life, and must
comply with the endless requirements
OF the circumlocutIon-loving Pension
Bureau.
That there are bad men among them
jsss. : ~ 17,'t Va 81 ret taoE
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where $4,000 men could be gathered
together in this or any other country
without having considerable proportion
of bad ones among them. A paper re-
Gently gave up . whole page to pub
fishing the misdeings Of the pension
agents. 1t was careful, however, not to
break the force Gifts showing by giving
the dates when these misdoings occurred,
nor explaining that this represented the
bad work detected and punished among
$4,000 men for more than a third of a
century. If all the crimes and mis-
demeanors committed during SO years
by $4,000 LAWYERS, doctors, insurance
agents, bank cashiers, real estate agents,
merchants railroad men, or even minis
ters and public school teachers were
tabulated it would make startling
showing.
The Pension Bureau has, to greater
extent than any other Department of
the Government, the means of wedding
out and Furnishing the bad men among
its attorneys. The law gives the Com
missioner of Pensions and Secretary of
the Interior the most absolute power
over them. Sec. 5 of the act of July 4,
1884, reads:
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior
may prescribe rules and regulations govern
ing the recognition of agents, attorneys or
other persons representing claimants before
his department, and may require of such
persons, agents and attorneys, before being
recognized as representatives of claimants,
that they shall show that they are of good
moral character and in good repute, possessed
Gf the necessary qualifications to enable them
to render such claimants valuable service and
otherwise competent to advise and assist such
claimants in the presentation of their claims,
and such Secretary may, after notice and
opportunity for hearing, suspend or exclude
from further practice before his Department
any snch person, agent or attorney shown TO be
incompetent, disreputa5Ie, or who refuses to
comply with the said rules and regulations,
or who shall with intent to defraud in any
manner deceive, mislead, or threaten any
claimant, or prospective claimant, by word,
circular, letter, or by advertisement.
Sec. 543S, Revised Statutes, provides
that any person connected in any way
with the presentation of false claim
against the Government, knowing the
same to be false, shall be liable to i'm
prisonment for not less than one nor
more than five years, or fined not less
than 81 900 nor more than $4,000.
Sec. 54S5, Revised Statutes, provides
that any agent or attorney who shall in
any way receive more than the legal fee
in pension case shall be fined not ex-
ceeding $500, or imprisoned at hard
labor not exceeding two years, or both.
Thus it viii be- seen that every at
torney practicing before the Pension
Bureau is absolutely in the hands of the
Commissioner. He can disbar and prac-
tically ruin man at bis discretion, and
virtually without appeal. If bad men
continue to practice it is the Commits
sioner's fault. He can land them in the
penitentiary whenever he is so disposed.
The National tribune., 1898-01-06
Copyright. 1887, by tho publishers of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE
CHAPTER VIII.

A Gloomy New Years Day on tho Banks
Stone River.
ST was awakened the next morning by the
rain dashing down squarely on his upturned
face. He was lying on the fat of his back,
sleeping the sleep of the utterly outworn, and
he got the full force of the shower.
Plague take it, Shorty, said he, kicking
his snoring partner; you're at your old
tricks again-scrougin' me out o. the tent
while I'm asleep. Why can't you lay still,
like a white man?D
It's you, dod-rat you," grumbled
Shorty, halEawakening. you're at your
old trick o. kickin' the tent down You need
a 10-acre lot to sleep in, and then you'd
damage the fencc-corners.
They were both awake by this time, and
looked around in amazement.
We went to sleep nice and comfortable,
under a wagon last night" said Shorty,
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given. They were as follows,

These men did very good service for
the time that they were out. They
guarded Sherman's long line of COM
munications from Memphis and Louis
vile to Chattanooga, manned the forts
around Washington, and guarded the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad. Several
regiments were in the fierce little battle
Of the Monocacy. Others helped man
the Notifications around Washington
during Early's raid, others held part of
the line around Petersburg, and one
regiment, after a spirited defense of
position In the Shenandoah Valley,
was captured, and lost &c men in An
Jacksonville. The reports show that the
1862 men lost in their 100 days of
service 107 killed in battle and 1923
died of disease. Their service was very
far from being the picnic that some
writers persistently assert.
These are fair samples of the melange
of downright lies that is being foisted
on the country through the medium of
the Associated Press as " statistics Of the
war;"
The National tribune., 1898-01-06

COLORADO is in a condition of well
founded jubilation over the fact that she
is at length the first gold-producing
State in the country. Last year she
produced $21.147046, to CALIFORNIA;
$19.000,000. Her production of other
metals was also quite large: Silver, $12,-
1925; lead, S2,952,3l3; copper, ST.
13l.725.
The National tribune., 1898-01-06
WASHINGTON THURSDAY

one was either killed, wounded or died
in the immediate presence of the enemy.
There were probably not three men in
100 who did not go south of the Ohio
and the Potomac.
Here is another specimen
Another class of soldiers consisted of the
emergency Or 1G0-days men. There were
more than 250,000 of these. Their service
was from May 2 to August, 1864. They
were for the most part employed in forts and
barracks around Washington.
There were actually 1852 100-days
men, or less than one-third the number
given. They were as follows,
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The National tribune., 1898-01-06

THE RAID ON PENSION ATTORNEYS
Last week the present savage raid on
the pension system took an unexpected
development, in general assault on
pension attorneys. The New York
Press led off with long article on Its
front page. with these screaming head
lines:
EVANS DENOUNCEs PENSION ATToR-
NEYS.
Most Pestiferous Varmints, He DECLARES.
They Alone to Blame for Frauds on the Roll
of Honor.
Pose as Patriots at $25 for Every Successful
Claim Made.
The National tribune., 1898-01-06
Our New Watch.

Look ladies, at the announcement of our
new watch for you on one of the supplement-
pagesi Ii is an American watch, with all
modern improvements. 1t is stem winder
and stem-setter. We do not sell il hnt ni i
The National tribune., 1898-01-06

ITO be continued.l
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04
TWICE IT'S FORMER SIZE.
Ringing Bros Big Show More than
Doubled Since Last Year.

0SAeANN AAANN @@-.NN a N~%f
The fact that Ringing Bros.
Worlds Greatest Shows, which eX-
hibits in Texarkana Tuesday, Octo-
Der 25th, represents an actual iu-
vestment OF So, 700, 600, and that the
daily expenses of this huge travel
ing exposition aggregate oyer 81, 400
constitute in themselves incontrO-
vertible proofs that this Is now be-
yond all comparison the grandest
and most colossal amusement insti-
tuition ever organized. For several
years past, Ringing Bros. great
exhibition has been recognized
throughout the length and breadth
of the land, not only as the largest
and best arenic institution in Amer
lea, but it has also won a signal tri-
umphas a distinctivelY new de
parture in amusement enterprises
No enumeration of figures could
give an adequate idea OF the re
sources of the show. 1t is only by
comparison with its former great
ness that its present magnitude eau
be appreciated; it is only when it is
realized that Ringling Bros, circus
has twice as many cars, twice as
many elephants, twice as many cars
twice the number of pavilions,
twice as many people, twice as
many performers, twice as large
racing course, and seating capacity
for twice as many people as it eyer
had before, that the magnitude Of
this wonderful enterprise can be
even approximately understood.
And then, such a circus, such a
menagerie, such a bewildering dis
play of rare and costly features.
The five double trains used to trans
port the paraphernalia of the show
represent loading space of 1870
ordinary cars; the "a reason gifted
elephants, running the gamut from
the tiniest of baby pachyderms to
the hugest of elephantine nam
moths, comprise the biggest herd
of elephants ever before seen
in captivity; the three hundred
arenic specialists embrace the
very flower of the amusement
world the pick of the famous ar
enas of the world; the scores of
dens of rare wild beasts represent
fortunes, and even precious lives,
expended in securing them IN their
native jungles; ever carved and
goldillumined cage, dazzling the eye
with its glittering splendor, cost a
ransom; every gorgeous triumphal
car of the glorious new street car
niYad is a triumph of art and a
tribute to the artists Inspiration;
every one of the 400 beautiful
horses is an equine delight. The
performances are given in FIVE ar.
enas, in three rings, upon two big
stages, on a quarter-mile hippo
dome track, and in the vast dome
of the largest tent ever construct
ed.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

81 can't see how any family lives
without Chamberlain's Collie, Cho-
lera and Diarrhoea Remedy" says
J. r. Adams, a well known druggist,
of Geneva, Ala, in a letter inquir
ing the price of a dozen bottles, that
he might not only have it for use 10
his own family, but supply it to his
neighbors. The reason some people
get along without it, is because they
do not know its value, and what a
vast amountof suffering it will save.
Wherever it becomes known and
used it is recognized as a necessity,
forit is only remedy that can always
be depended upon for bewel COM
plants, both for children and adults.
For sale by Smith Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

Few men IN this country are bet
ter or more favorably known to the
drug and medicine trace than Mr..
E. j. Schail, buyer in the proprie-
tary medicine department of the
Meyers Bros, Drug Co., st. Louis
He says: "My boy came home from
school with his hand badly lacera-
ted and bleeding, and suffering great
pain. | dressed the wound and APP
plied Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
freely; all pain ceased, and IN a re-
markably short time, it healed
without leaying scar. For wounds
sprains, swellings and rheumatism,
know of no medicine or prescrip-
ton equal to it, ] consider it a
necessity, Sold by Smith
Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
irregularities OF the kidneys and
bladder in both men nand women.
Regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case
above mentioned. E, W. Hall, sole
manufacturer, P. O. box 2l8, Waco
Texas. For sale by Smith Drug Co.
Texarkana, Ark.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04
WHY THE SKY IS BLUE.

Did it ever strike you to inquire
why the clOudless depths of sky
above us are so delicately blue?
1t isn't that the gas we call air is
in itself blue. So far as we know,
it is quite transparent and abso-
lutely colourless. No; the blue
comes from reflected light.
Air is never pure; you couldn't
live in it if it were, Countless
millions OF tiny particles, chiefly of
water, are always expended in it,
and these arrest the free passage
of light. Each particle has a
double rehectiou-one internal, the
other external-and so the rehec-
tion rays suffer the usual result of
what is called interference" and
show colour.
You will notice that the sky
appears much bluer if you look
straight up than if you look across
toward the horizon. The reason is
that, in the first instance, you are
naturally looking through much
thinner layer of air than in the
second.
If there were no air, and conse-
quently no water vapOur, and
nothing to interfere with the free
passage of light, even at midday
the sky above would look perfectly
black, and all the stars palmer than
they do now at midnight,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04
Perfect Health.

Keep the system in perfect or
der by the Occasional usc o.
TUFTS Liver Pills. They reg
ulate the bowels and nroduce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bill
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, anabsolute cure
TUFTS Liver PILLS
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

You can get free lunch daily at
the Chic saloon from 10 to II a. m.
Fresh beer on tap at all hours. If.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04
EUPION OIL THE BEST!

Eupion oil Is a double process re-
fined oil, non explosive and abso-
lutely safe, and cannot be equaIed
for illumination. Inferior oil Is OIL
ten sold for EUplON Ask for
Eupion and take no other. In or
der to obtain the best results, boil
your lamp burner and put in a new
wick at least once per month.
Genuine Eupion oil is for sale by
the following Texarkana mer-
chants;
w, u, Welcome, John =. Kline,
Gate CITY Groy Co,oT = Browner
Smith Drug Co. Oscar Turner
Joseph McShene, Inter.S StOee Drug store
II. Brown, Hoffman lIdw Co.
NJ KoIloy Mrs ", u, Mooks
Williams q Williams A, h. llelmus
II, w, Dunn i, ~ Ronch
Merrlwethef q Taylor Il A, Hardin
w. A. Robinson.
Positively no oil sold from the
peddllng wagon,
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READ THIS

Clanton, Ala, March 4, 1877
certify that l have been cured of
kidney and bladder trouble by Halls
Great Discovery Waco, Texas, and
| can fully recommend it.
1913 Rev. L. B. POUNDS.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

Remember the TEXARKANIAN Job
office can supply your every want
the very best class of work at bot
tom prices.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

patroulze push and enterprise.
Bros, always keep the
best of fresh meats, etc, and
promptly deliver the same delivered
TO all parts Of thecltN
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TO THE PUBLIC:

We have the Oldest and most reliable
repair shop In TeXarkana. DO upholster-
ing, Notwithstanding and repairing cane
chair bottoms and others. Repair trunks,
guns, locks & keys, mattresses; umbrella
making and repairing d speciality. SAM
pies for upholslering and furniture Sup
plies always on hand. Old trunks and fur
nitro bought and exchanged.
Call and see us, or drop n postal card.
place Of business No. 900 Vine ST.
osAstf w. +. LOREN & co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

MY son had most malignant Cancer, for
which tho doctors said an operation was the
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-04

Absolutely the only hope for Cancer
ia Swift's Specific,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-28
PROTZMAN.
The Photographer,
The cheapest and best place
to get pictures or frames in
this part of the world.

THE paved streets of this city are
not in the best presentable condition.
There is too heavy coating of mud
for either beauty or comfort. Now
that the leaves have fallen would it
not be good time to set the white
wings to work to scrape up the mud
before the snow and ice freezes and
makes the matter worse.
ANOTHER lot of those comfortable
leather lined shoes for ladies, re-
ceived by Waters q Wilmington.
THE regular work of the University
was resumed this morning the holf
days on account of Thanksgiving
having expired. The students are
not all back yet from their homes
however and it will be several days
before the last straggler resumes his
place in the ranks. The boys have
enjoyed the breathing spell and they
are 10th to get to work again.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-28
Hot Soda at Maaera Bros. TO-DAY.

The police should stop sliding on
the side walks.
j. G. McVfcker, Druggist. keeps
the incest line of Stationery, Tablet
and Note Books in town.
ONE of our Buckhannon exchanges
says that town is not booming. We
never heard anyone say it was.
RECEPTION parties ca, get salted
almonds fresh every day at Madera's.
THE $4,000 damage suit of Clara
w. L -. ,gaInsL ?. w. NeH~'s - the
Richie Gazette. has ~ d.
Also the SIS, 900 suit of Robe.4 49, -
against the Doddridge Sun.
If YOU are hard to fit come in and
we will take your measure and get
you whatever you want in the shoe
line and guaranteed a bit w. d W
PosTEN is closing out his dry
goods, notions and shoes at any
price he can get.
GREAT values this week in Plush
Robes horse blankets and rugs at
Smiths.
THE interest in the churches is
greater than it was ever known to be
In MoTgantown and the cong cations
are larger There are still many
people however who would be bene-
fitted by church going who never see
the inside of the local places of wor-
ship.
THE ice on the dam on Decker's
Creek and the pond above the bridge
has attracted great many skaters
who are over there now enjoying the
delights of skating. There is to be
more rain or snow tonight and the
indications are that the skating will
not last long as this will spoil it.
In that case those who are out had
better get all there is in it.