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THE REPORT OF THE BOARD.

tension of his powers.
THE REPORT OF THE BOARD.
The report of the Board of Inquiry
is all that could be expected, and settles
the matter in every reasonable mind.
The kernel of the whole matter are
these facts:
/. The Maine was assigned to her
anchorage by Spanish official.
g She was blown up from the out
side by a submarine mine Of unusual
power.
These two pregnant sentences contain
the awful issue of SPANS treachery. The
enormous force of the explosion shows
that it was no ordinary, clumsily- devised
Internal machine, such as might have
been used by an irresponsible zealot.
The mine must have been constructed
with the highest technical skill known
to military engineering.
1t must have been placed by naval
officers fully informed as to the hellish
work to be done, and how to do it most
successfully. They also chose their time
with the greatest shrewdness Every
thing connected with the affair shows a
special knowledge, skill and aptitude
not to be found outside of the limited
circle of men who devote themselves to
the study Of this particular branch of
warfare.
There are comparatively few men in
the world capable of such a work, and
very few men in Spain. They are all
in the Spanish army or navy.
These conclusions are simply unavoid-
able.
The mere statement of the fact pro.
nounces the verdict Of guilty on the
Spanish Government.
BY transmitting the findings of the
Board to Congress, with an Endorsement
of their correctness, with no recon-
mendations, and with promise to send
as soon as it shall have been received
SPANS official reply to his communica
ton, the President has apparently rele
gated the whole matter to Congress, anc
expects it to indicate what the next steI
shall be. Meanwhile he continues witt
all activity his preparations for war.
If the Spanish reply shall be in &C
cordance with official, semi official, ant
private utterances SO far, and prior t.
making known the findings of the Board
then it will become the immediate dut,
of Congress to determine what step
must be taken to punish this outrag,
upon us. Something must be done. Tn
injury is too grave to be submitted to
Our National honor is involved as
rarely has been in our history.
This would seem to logically and in
evitably bring us to the :" last argumen
of Kings" and Nations-war. w
must punish Spain proportionately t
the wrong done us.
F.! How we shall go about this rests wit
Congress to determine. The Constitu
ton clothes it alone with the power " t
declare War, grant Letters of Marqu
and Reprisal, and make Rules concern
ing Captures on Land and Water"
| Two or three obvious courses are ope
for Congress to take:
/. 1t can do as it did with France i
179S-order our war vessels to attac
Spanish vessels wherever found.
2. 1t can instruct the President I
capture the city of Habana, with til
intent of discovering and furnishing tn
perpetrators of the outrage, and to hol
the city until satisfactory reparation ha
been made.
, 3. 1t may declare that by a lon
series of crimes against civilization an
J humanity, eliminating in this outrag
against us, Spain has clearly forfeite
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Deaths in the nlinoi. soldiers, Home.

E. l.. Higgins, Adjutant, Illinois Soldiers
and Sailors Home, Quincy, H., sends the
following list of deaths: Edward Howe, Co.
G. 10th H.; Edward Evans, Co. A, 11sth
ILL.,; Chauneey Milford, Co. f, list U. 5.
Eng; Willis S. Snowden, Co. /, nth Mo-;
Alonzo c. Bellows, Co. Il, 18th Mich;
George W. Mann, Co. \, list Mo- Cav; and
Squire Watkins, Co. X, l11th U. 5. Z. T.
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AN ALwAYs-DISGRUNT PAPER

AN ALwAYs-DIsGRUNTLE PAPER
The Philadelphia Record, which never
had a good word for the men who fought
to save the country, has long wall over
"the Pension Deficiency" in its issue
of March 81. After giving a mass Of
garbled statistics the Record goes on to
say:
Except as matter of partisan exigency, or
on merely sentimental grounds, nobody pre-
tends to make serious defense of this slow pro-
cess of National pauperization. When pen
sions-that is to say, gifts from the Govern
ment-are to be had for the asking, it is not
in human nature to refrain from joining in
the grand assault upon the public Treasury.
There is no disposition in any quarter to inn
pute blame to the steadily increasing army OF
original applicants for pensions under the Act
Of 1890. That mischievous measure has
nearly doubled the pension roll since its en-
actment; yet the stream of applicants con-
tinues undated, and, indeed, has materially
increased of late. Where they all come from
is mystery which the plain people do not
pretend TO be able to solve, and which even
the officials of the Pension Bureau find OBJ
scure and harassing. All that they know is
that with each succeeding year the outgo for
pension payments increases, contrary to the
anticipations of the public and of veteran
Government officials.
This method of squandering the public
money-and it is nothing less-cOuld not
60 on unchallenged forever under any system
OF responsible free Government. If nearly
one-half or more of the Federal revenue,
which the people pay, is to be devoted to the
largeSs and benifcence of a system of pen
sion payments on account of war which
ended 33 years ago, what would remain for
the survivors of the next great struggle IN
which the Republic should engage? The
deserving veterans of the civil war have been
long since amply and gratefully provided for.
Aside from these obligations, what remains
of the bullying and ever-increa sing pension
list is mere public plumber, none the less
robbery because disguised under an easily
assumed mask Of patriotism. The response
bility for this spoliation rests upon those who
make and administer our pension laws
What an irritating mass of falsehood
and absurdity. q Pensions to be had
Tor the asking Think OF that, you
men, who' after serving long, bitter
years IN the heid' and then breaking
down prematurely from the results,
nave lmportuned the PENSION bureau
ior years 1or Jlstice, nave run the gantiet
OF numoerless aa5a, have piled
PROOF upon pr ~ DaFe ught TO the
ends OF the IL - t9E 1itlonai EVIL
dehce' ana ST. % g sickness Oh
heart from hope long d.
That misc isure the
act OF June rs io5o Dill DIS
cussed Tor eight years IN Congress, IN
the National Encampment' on the
stump, and III soldier gatherings. Ii
was decided to be measure OF eminent
justice, and so received the approval OF
the PRESIDENT OF the United states ano
has received the approval OF tour Con
crosses since.
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Deaths i'm An oklahoma Post.

AdTt V TraSk, of George \. Custer Post,
St, Alvaretta, O. T., writes that two COM
rades have died recently: j. o. Morris, Co.
l., 9TH I'LL. Cav, at Alvaretta, and Andrew
Wilson. Co. b. 6Sth Ohio, while on visit
to Missouri. Both were members of the
Post
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The press agents of Bob Fitzsimmons
and Kid Mccoy neglect to say that
either Of their principals has any desire
to take fall out of the Spanish army.
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WHEN it comes to a showdown the
boosted Spanish navy will be found a
dead match for worthlessness to the
Spanish army in Cuba.
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TIE last and the most serious foreign

The last and the most serious foreign
war that Spain had for many years, was
with Chile and Peru. 1t began with
Peru in 1864, and the next year Chile
came in. There were many furious
manifestoes in very rhetorical Castilian
on both sides, with sonorous references
to "God and Liberty" on one side, and
"spain's glory ana val on the other
side, but not SO many men killed in the
eight years the war lasted as would mark
the Inauguration rof new saloon and
dance hall in Western mining town.
Nov. 26, 1865, the Chilean steamer
Esmeralda" captured the SPANS h
Gunboat "Covadonga without much
resistance, and Feb. 7, 1866, the Chilean
and Peruvian fleet and that of Spain had
an all-day's battle at such safe range
that nobody in particular was hurt.
March 81, 1866, the Spanish fleet
caught Valparaiso unprepared for a
visit, and shelled the city three-and-a-
half hours, inficting immense damage
which fell mainly upon the foreign
merchants. This ended all pretense of
active operations. The United States
finally interviewed, and treaty of peace
was signed at Washington in 1871.
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I'm GwISE TER KILL YE, RIGHs HERE"
and settin' an example to the other niggers
nothin'? Git down on yer knees and say yer
prayers, if We know any, for We Amt minnit
to live"
The trembling negro dropped to his knees
and began mumbling his prayers.
whats the matter there?" asked the
Deacon of the teamster
80, some mans ketehed his Niger tryin' to
run away to our lines, and's goin' to kill
him" answered the teamster intliflerently.
"Goin' to kill him." gasped the Deacon.
care we goin to low that?''
''Taint none o. my business" said the
teamster eooily. It's his niger; [ reckon
he's right to do as he pIeases"
81 don't reckon nothing O. the kind, said
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WE are opposed to Civil Service be-
cause it is diminution of the peoples
rightful authority over their servants.
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PENSION DECISIONS.
Cases Disposed Of by Assistant
Secretary Davis.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web
Ster Davis has rendered decision in the
claim of Adolphus Limoges, Co. ID. list
Mich. Cav. which has a bearing upon in
jures received N line Of duty.
In his opinion, the Assistant Secretary
says:
The assault grew out of an alteration
concerning some property belonging to Mr..
CuthbertsOn, which had been taken from
him by claimant 1t was a controversy
about purely personal matter having no
connection with the performance of any
military duty. The fact that claimant at
the time the assault was made, was en-
ing his horse} does not settle his status
as to line of duty with respect TO the
injury. We have To take into consideTa-
the assault.
ever to provoke an assault or if what he
duty as q soldier. he would unGueStiOnably
have been in the line of duty But in TAX
ing CuthbertsOns pocket-book ne stepped
outside of the limits of his duty sob
dier, and acted solely in his capacity as a
private individual. Whether IS motives
were good or bad is immaterial.'
Cases are cited to show the general tenor
of the decisions in cases similar TO the
Limoges case. After careful consideration
Mr.. Davis says ne is of the opinion that
the appellant claim for pension under
the old, or so-called general, law was
properly rejected and the rejection Is ac-
cordingly affirmed.
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In the case of the widow OF Henry c. A.
Smith, L. 5. n, the sailor was pensioned
for disease of the heart. The attending
physician certified that death was caused
by " pneumonia. exhaustion and purulent
infltration. - after an Illness OF three
months duration. The widow claim was
rejected on the ground that the alleged
cause of death was not due to- the disa-
bilty for which the sailor was pensioned.
The Assistant Secretary holds that mas
much as the principal desideratum in
case of lobar pneumonia is the maintenance
of the proper action of the heart, to which
the treatment is mainly directed, and in
view of the fact that the sailor was PEN
stoned for disease of that most important
viscuS, and that the evidence in the case
shows said disease as well as pneumonia
was an important factor in death cause, the
question as to the relation acute disease
OF the lungs to the pre-existIng chronic dis
ease of the heart is one OF complication,
not OF pathology. The claim Is reOpened
and submitted for Republication and allow
ance.
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1s1zsrp At WASHINGTON posrOfnoz sszoosOoss"sTTEF-
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No. S-for Eureka, Payson, ,Provo,And
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Arrive Salt Lake City.
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No 2-from Ogden and the West $40 n m.
No l-frUm Ogden and the West. 7.3O p. m
No. From Eureka, Payson, Provo
and all intermediate points. 1910 o. m-
No. n-FrUm Park City and intsrme-
Only line running through Pullman palace sleep
ing cars rom Salt Lake City 10 San FrAncisco
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&Er~HTHI MHEHSss5I
OregORShOrt Line Railroad.

Trains arrive anc depart at Salt Lake City daily
1n Eject May 8, 1851
ARRIVE
From Chicago, Omaha, 81 Louis Kan
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From Helena, Butie, Portland, San ~
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From Chicago, Omaha, ST. Louis, KAN
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From Me- eur, Tiutic, Provo. Nephi,
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ssAixed train from Terminus, TOOele
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DEPART.
For Chicago, Omaha Denver, Kansas
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For San Francisco, Ogden, Cache Val
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For Chicago, Omaha, Denver, KaLSaS
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For Butte. POIIsnd and san Francisco SIS >. N.
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SMi1ed train for Garfield Beach
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Trains SCUM OF Jusb run daily except sunday.
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HEREroFoRE we have been in
favor of law and order. But If
members of our race are to be re-
garded and treated with the ut
most contempt BY those who be-
ieve in the teachings of the re-
igion of the cross, for no other
reason than on account of the color
of our skin, and if we are to be
denied our just rights, then We are
in favor of anarchy and revolution.
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Il. C. SMITH AND HIS ANTI
LYNCHINC BILL

SEvER1L years ago H. C. Smith,
editor of the Gazette, of Cleveland,
Ohio, succeeded in getting the
legislature of that state to pass his
anti-lyDching bill which makes it q
ine Of s.. 900, to be paid by the
county IN which the lynching oc-
ours, the amount to be paid to the
relatives of the person lynched.
The circuit court Of Ohio has re-
Gently declared the anti-lynching
Law constitutional, and the relatives
of Click Mitchell who was lynched
at Urbana. Ohio, in June, 1897,
win be able to collect 5000 from
the county in which he resided.
During the gubernatorial cam
paign In Ohio, last year, editor
Smith fought Governor Bushnell
because the Governor failed to do
his duty in the Click Mitchell af-
fair. At that time the Freeman
and the majority of the other
negro newspapers, which arc con-
Quoted In the interest of the
Republican party, denounced Mr..
Smith for possessing the manhood
to fight for the interest of the
negro regardless of the conse-
quences. But today these same
papers are engaged in landing MIR,
Smith to the skies.
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SERvIcEs at the A. NJ z.
church, 2nd s. between State and
End E. Sunday, Nov. 20, 1898.
Preaching morning aid evening.
Subject at ii am question and
answers. Subject 7:SO pm. Ezekiel
between the hills. Class meeting
at IL O'Clock. Sunday school at
ESQ pm. Board meeting at 2
pm Monday evening. Lyceum at
8. pm. Monday evening.
REv. A. WAsEEE, Pastor
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CHIPS

The entertainment given last
Thursday night by the Qneen Of
Sheba Chapter No. IL Order Of
Eastern Star was q grand success
IN every way. Nothing occurred
to mar the pleasure of the evening
and there were many leading and
wen known people in attendance.
Ms.W. r. Hough, Mn. Laura Grant.
Mrs. C.. Galloway. Mrs. Willis
Dudley, Mrs- A. ]. Spears, Mrs.
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SOUTHERN SENTIMENTAL
ISM

SOUTHERN SENTIMENTAL
ISM
As Seen By a SoEtherRer through
a flash light thrOWn opOn South
erR PrSsdiees comes a UiesO Of
.Patri0tism not to be retisbed By
true AmericaRs.
A gang of chill billies" down in
Texas, refused to receive their pay
from a negro paymaster. They
say those young g>bucks are soldiers.
Soldiersl Not . bit of il. Not
one of them would pass a grave
yard alone at night. Amy one of
them would run from his own
shadow. But they are southern
born" and their training will not
permit them to receive pay at the
hands of negro officer of the gov
ernment, although they can take
e. q trusted friend, the dirtiest
negro pinp I'M the country, and
alp around in the dark to meet the
flthiest NEGRO" vench In creation.
Consistency thou art indeed a
jewel"
Some of those same little tin
soldiers never had $3.50 in cash
In all their lives. But suppose all
the white people would decide to
not receive "nigger money" who
can conceive of the state of affairs
things would assume. The last
one of these scullions should be
court-martialed for insubordina-
ton, condemned and pardoned on
the condition that they 60 home to
wash dishes and nurse the baby for
the rest of their days, or go to
some schoolwhere common sense Is
taught, and made to stay there
until they satisfy the govern ment
that they are not the biggest fools
among other escaped lunatics.
Up In Knoxville the other day a
motley crew of toy soldiers "south-
ern gentlemen" raised some dust
and tried to raise the devil because
news was received that colored
regiment was to be brigaded with
them.
They contended that their south
ern training would not permit
them to quietly submit to such an
innovation. They dictated TO your
Uncle Samuel to put the ''Smoke
Yankee'P with the New York sol
diers or some other northern troops
q they had no such objections as
southern troops had.
In other words the New York
men are real soldiers and patriots,
They we're reared with an eve to
common sense; IN short they are
not fools ike We southern boys
and If they do have feelings along
this line, they have sense enough
TO keep their mouths shut, and not
make asses Of themselves ike we.
southern city dudes and Country
yaps."
A few weeks ago / was passing
along In front of the leading hotel
IN this city my attention was at
tracted to q crowd of soldiers,
among whom was the colonel of q
regiment. They surrounded .
drunken negro well dressed) and
a. ] halted ! saw the colonel strike
the negro blow which felled him |
to the pavement. The negro was
zoo drunk to defend himself or to |
escape the assault of the gang Of |
cowa7ds. ! 1interfered, and one Of |
the scamps made toward me. III
informed him in short order that / |
wa perfectly sober and that if he !!
struck me be would have to call |
out his regiment to settle the diff |
cnlky. BE soon disappeared IN the !
hotel lobby.
Thst Is the hind Of stuff many of /
the southern reginsnts are made
Of. They s.e simply the old mob !
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no YOU KNOW TIA. d.
OZoNIZED ox MARROW

has been sold for over forty years, IS used
by thousands and has never failed %
sIra;ghten kinl<y hairs Everybody Is de-
lighted with H. This wonderful prepara-
ton was invented by Buck & Rayner, who
about two years ago sold the formula and
exclusive night OF manufacture to the
Oz0nized Ok Marrow Co. This company
IS now the only maker Of the genuine and
original Ozonized Ok Marrow (copyright-
edl. All others are limitations.
Prs e.nts Sid ~ drurrislL Rsad alrurtiss-
- e..seec.s - -. paear Wrlt. q Iha ozSnlzs1
s-lar sri1g fuil parti.1l. an1 nssEl'a as Dspsz
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Britman and Miss Elenore Dudley
and the other ladies who assisted in
getting up the entertainment should
feel highly gratifed over the sue
cess which attended their efforts.
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NAPoLEoN, the great warrior.
exclaimed that he cleared three
newspapers more than he did three
hundred thousand bayonets." And
judging from the actions of the
people of Wilmington, n. c., they
feared one little negro newspaper
more than q great general fears q
million well disciplined soldiers.
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Nothing could be airer. more philantLropic
or carry more JOY in its wake than the offer Of
i a Slocum, NJ. c.. Of es Pine street, New
York City.
Confident that be has discovered an absolute
cure for consumption and all pulmonary COM
plants. and to make its great merits known, he
will send. free. three bottles (the Slocum new
system Of medicine) to any reader Of the BROAD
Ak, who IS suffering from chest throat and lung
troubles or consumption.
He invites those deSirous OF obtaining the
remedies to simply send him their express and
postofhce address. and receive in return the
three free bottles.
Already this new scientific course Of medi-
cine has permanently cured thousands OF ap-
parently hopeless cases.
He considers il his religious duty-a duty
which he owes to hunanity-to donate his infal-
lible cure.
Offered freely. apart from its inherent strength,
IS enough to conmsnd IL, and more so IS the
perfect confidence OF the great chemist making
the offar.
He has proved consumption to be a curable
disease beyond any doubt.
There vii be no mistake in sending-the mis-
take viii be in overlooking the Doetor's gener-
Gus invitation. He has on hle in his American
and European laboratories thousands of ftestmo-
nialS ofexpeTience from those cured. IN all parts
OF the world.
Delays are dangerous; mail your address tc
I. A.. Slocum, NJ c., os Pine street, New
York, and when writing the Doctor, please men
ion reading this article in the BROAD AK.