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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
The KIondike Of the Old so,a,.r

Every one Of these letters has a money
erd to it. The pension Office is the Klon-
dixie of the old soldier. and not a few men
and women who are not old soldiers seek
to pan gold out of the sands of its rivers
Last year the amount of money distributed
was more than $40, % .0oG. This was an in
crease of more than 81, 800, 900 over the sum
paid out i'll 1896, and the commissioner tells
me that there will be more paid out this
year than last. The gold mines of the
world are now producing more than ever
before. and still the total output Of them
all is only about $500. 000, 900 a year. If the
gold mines of all the world were run to
Their ful extent for the next ten years they
Couid not get out as much gold as this Of
nee ndS pa.d out Tor pensions on account of
the war OF the rebellion. Up to last June
me amount was more than 5000, 0o0. 1000,
showing a steady increase from the close
OF the war up until 1899. and an enormous
increase since then. This sum Is beyond
conception, and. as I have stated, it is on
the increase. 1t amount to so much now
each year that If every man. woman and
enid In the United States contributed 50 the
aggregate sum would just about paw the
pension bills This is equal to about $40 for
every FAMILY in our country. OF this, over
saNJ.vU goes abroad. Between 1900 and 400
pensioners live in foreign countries and
draw their money from us. The remainder
are scattered over the United States from
Florida to Maine and from Massachusetts
to California. and the streams of money
which flow here and are damned up In the
treasury are turned into the great pension
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
Hall CaIne in Rome.

Since his arrival in Rome, Hall Game has
been devoting most OF his time to the
Christian rather than to the pagan sights
of the city, says the Westminster Gazette
or. Christmas eve he was present mt the
tro. in Capite, where courses of sermons
and lectures are given in English during
the winter season. He was also present AZ
Father Fidelis' lecture on "The Bordarland
of Faith" and on the Christmas day was
entertained at dinner by Monsignor o'Cort-
nell. the rector of the American college
On New Years day Hall Game Intended
the. pope's private mass in the Vatican
Hall, Gaines visit TO Italy is said to b
purely one OF pleasure.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
You can go and get a divorce. LIN not Fl.

1ou can go and get a divorce. I'm not fit
TO be your husband any longer
wicked? No. I'm not wicked. I've
maue mistakes. When I was a boy L drift
ed dlong until l came to the parting of
lhe ways. Three roads there. you know. 1t
was "a : TO l shot, | took the wrong one.
BUT when l found 1t was the wrong one
| didn't turn back. L kept on. | fought
It's the old American way. and I'll nreD
riSht on the same road till | meet ST
That's it. But I've got Il home. Its a
happier home than q lot Of good people
nave. and I'm respected there. | can go
there. and shut the door on the rest of the
world, There are no indictments against
me there"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
A CALIFORNIA PIONEER.
Handled the First Nugget
DiScOYereI.

Mrs. Mary Sinclair Davis. who handled
the first nuggets found in California. was
present at the dinner recently given in Ros-
ton by the Society of California Pioneers
of New England. in commemoration of
the fifticth anniversary of the discovery of
gold in California.
According to the Boston Globe Mrs. Davis
vent acroSSs the plains in 1S42. She was
then n girl of but "A years. She was the
first white woman married under the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
OLD MEXICAN AgUEDUC1
THOSE OF CITY OF MEXICO 4
BEING TORN DOWN.
Interesting Ancient Lnndmnrks-1
Course of One Was the Same ai
That of the Aztec
Aqueduct.

h two old aqueducts that until VI
In " few years brought water to h Cit
Mexict from the famous spring at @
pultepec and the longer one that was s
phtd from the springs in the mountaI
twenty miles away. are fast being Ievd
TO the ground. The Chapultepec aque6
ehied III the enter of the southern part
thc clt% IN the Curiously carved old 70
tam EEown Is the SaIto del Aqua. I
fountain. It picture of which Is shown
this page. is still standing. although
:~IueuLct disappeared from the street 50
TINE ago. MaSonS ar. now ut work te
iLI uCwn the heavy arches beside VIII
runs tie street ear track TO Chapulte
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

missioner what would be the effect Of such
a law. He said: 1T would necessitate the
probability is that within three weeks a
large number of the pensioners would have
lost an they got from the government, and
something else would ave to be done for
them. There is. of course, no possibility of
such movement succeeding. it would not
be seriously considered for an instant by
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

The commissioner has the office in a bet
ter business condition than it has been for
years. He not only ordered that everything
be furnished me. but he personally aided in
my Investigations. The journey was no
small one. The pension office at Washington
ILLS the biggest brick building of the world.
l u that there has ever been a building
made of brick which surpassed 1t in size.
although the baths of Diocletian, the ruins
of which stand by the Via Nazionale, in
Rome. were a mile in circumference. This
building covers only two acres, but 1t is
three stories high and there is a big attic
up under its glass roof. 1t has a court
in its center bigger than any barn yard you
have, ever seen, and the huge brick pillars
which rise from floor TO roof each contain
enough brick to build three igood-sized
hOuSpS
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
THE PENSION OFFICE
THE BIG BUILDING WITH
HENRY CLAY EVANS.
HOW THE BUSINESS IS DONE.
WIDOWS PENSIONS AND HOW THEY
NOW INCREASING.
hIondike of the Old Soldier and the
Billions of Gold Which Have
Planned Out of It-some
Famous People Who
Get Big Sums.
HOW THE BUSINESS IS DONE,
copyrighted. 1898. by Frank C. carp.nter.)

copyrighted. 1898. by Frank C. Carpenter)
Washington, Feb. 81 spent two hours
recently travelling through the pension Of
fee Will the Hon. Henry Clay Evans. the
United States commissioner OF pensions.
I had asked Mr.. Evans to give me some
idea of Uncle Sans pension business, and
together We walked from bureau to bu-
reau and office to office, asking questions of
the officials in charge and gathering the
material which I give you in this letter.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
is A DOG LIKE HIS MASTER?
Hounds, PoOdIes. Mongrels and the
characteristics Of Thei
Owners.
From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.

From the Lewiston Mel Journal.
You've heard how much a man Is lik
his shoes. But did you ever think how
much a man is like his dog? Or how much
a dog resembles his master, if you prefer.
For instance. the driver Of the Sabatis
express came in the other day with a
brown curly fur coat on. and s~nuggled
close up to him.. on the seat of the pung,
was a curly brown spaniel. his waSgins
tail b~espeaking his happy disposition. Now
you'd know right away that the Sabatis
express. driver is a jolly, happy-go-lucky
sort of a chap. who would go through
water to do his duty.
Then there's a tall. well-bred man on
Main S~treet-you know who he is perhaps-
refined and quiet in his tastes, and what
dog does he choose? A slim, high-bred
greyhound. graceful and 1.-THE as Il serpent.
his bright eye showing an inteIIigenca
far beyond the ordinary yaller dog.
Then there is a-stylish woman in Lewis
ton, who is also beautiful. albeit n fine line
of scorn lifts her upper lip. Her pet is a
silky poodle. who hreathes defiance in
every ill-natured zip, but who is in his hest
moments a well-behaved little animal with
catchy tricks.
A Jolly. chunky man who crosses the
North bridge every day has a foIIovar
faithful as a shadow. A fat-bodied short
legged little black mongrel, whose merry
little feet twinkle along over the snow.
and who answers every word with a 70
guish cast of his eye.
OF course there are occasions whore ,
tall man owns a short nosed pug. brt yo,1
don't know the particular trait hidden i'm
der the eXteriors which connect these two
A certain dog in Lewiston having stolen
a bone from a butchers cart and HAVING
eaten what he could at the time. bnriaS
it. and went away. Fearing lest some
other dog should get it he returned dis
Inferred 1t, and buried it in another pIace
doing this three times. and finally eating
the remainder of it, thus making sure Of
1t. We won't say anything about the char
acter of this dogs owner.
But the funny dog is the Howe stree.
dog who. knowing the family to he 1ne
of the immense cat, makes 1t a point 70
worship the poor feline on every possibIa
occasion. He insists on doing near her.
and where she in despair tries To ents,,
some other room he throws himself down
in the doorway and begs her not To h1,rr,.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
Referred to the Night Editor

81 wish I knew what to do with the re-
port have written about this meeting"
HAD turned newspaper reporter. The man
a.Sing, editor tells. me TO boil it down and
stuffing out of it. and the two PROCESS
are entirely dissimilar."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
GOTHAM'S "WICKEDEST" MAN
''THE"ALLEN 1T IS SAID, Is NEARING
THE END OF HIS ROPE,
incidents In the Career of n Strangely
Interesting Character Who Has
Been known to New York
Police for Years.


tHe NOW 1oFk JournaI.
The Allen. the Wickedest Man In
New York. must cease from his wicked
ness and pay the penalty OF his third Of
u century of misdoing.
In all the history of New York no such
pronunciamento has ever been launched
against one man as the resolution Adopted
by the police commissioners and directed
to District Attorney Gardiner.
inspector Grant, in the report upon
which the resolution is based, says that
Aliens West Side Club" at No. 50 Sixth
avenue. Is a poolroom in disguise, and that
SO smooth and so wicked is Allen that all
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
Famous AutOgrnphs.

There are many rare old papers among
these pension records. Among the widows.
Tor instance, 1 find an autograph showing
that Blaine's great-grandmother drew n
pension for a long time as n Revolutionary
widow. This woman was the wife of Colo
mel Ephraim Blaine. He was a rich man. a
great friend of Washington, and he did
in 1904, and the application for pension
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

tiers and sends them to the proper divisions
for answer. From four 10 eight thousand
letters are answered every day, and the
year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
irriSating bitches every year and carry this
golden Hood to all parts of the country.
The Work of the pension ama

The Work of the Pension Office,
Office COMMISSIONS Evans and myself
spent some time in each of the divisions
watching the hundreds of clerks at work.
There were old and young men among
them. and there were plenty of old and
young women. l asked a number of ques-
tons as to the efficiency of the employees.
ana was told that while the most of them
were very efficient clerks. some were lit
te good except 10 tie up papers. One man
toid me the poorest clerks he had We're the
Old and another said the
girls in his bureau were of less yai1e than
the men. One chief of a division said
some of his best employees were coIored
ana ne pointed out a young man with a
face as black as n piece of camel coal
who, he said. could take the heart o,It ~
a pension case quicker than any man he
h'id- Ihere are examiners and clerks scat
,.reu oNer the country, so that, all told.
,ommiSSloner Evans has about 1850 men
uIIueF hln-an army more than half as
LlfSe as that which Xenophen led ON biS
famous march to the sea. In one division
/ round about seventy-five doctors. Thesn
men pass upon the medical testimony. and
lney can see a miSStatement in the owl
dence If 1t is not very carefullv coyersG
All OF them have studied medicine and nor
q rev or them have been active practftinnl
ers Another division is largely made I'm
OF o iawyers' who pass on the legal aspect
OF certain cases, and another might he
said TO be made up of detectives. for i. ia
their business to ferret out frauds.
A great part of the work of our congress-
men CONSISTS In pushing along pension
cases. 1fere are now an average of about
:"o congressional calls every day. and d1,re
ing the last four days more than oN0 cor
Eiesslohal applications for IN have
nceh received. Each of these necessitatnS
case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
The Pension Files and Mail.

Both court and offices are filled with pa
pers. There are hundreds of millions of
pages of writing packed away here. There
are enough files in the cases Of the pen-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
Cracked Whent-

Put two cupfuls Of boiling water with
half a teaspoonful of salt into a double
boiler and add half a cupful of CRACKED
wheat. Cook slowly one hour until the
copfuls of hot milk, and cook another bonmr
Stir carefully and pour into cups. When
cold and solid. turn from the cups and serve
with cream and sugar. '
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
What One Pension Case Mc,,.

Since the close of the war more than
Two million claims for pensions have been
Nieo' ana of these more than n million and
a half have been allowed. There are hum
dreds OF thousands of additional claims
med Tor increase of pensions. After the
ptnsloher dies his widow and children are
kept on the rolls and a single pension case
nleans an enormous amount Of work and
money. Every one of the claims, both
lhose granted and those pending, has TO be
Kept by itself. And when it is member
tnat a single claim comprises in some cases
enough papers to fill a peck measure. Won
fst some idea of the enormous work of the
once; Inc claims are separated into diff
lerent divisions, according TO the mart Of
me country in which the claimant lives
hach cIalm has a number. and the papers
concerning II are so arranged thar any
che OF them can be found in a moment.
lion claim contains a biography of the
man VINO asks for the pension. and there
Is no biographical dictionary so full Of
iIterestlnS Things as that comprised in the
MES OF the pension office. If n man has
ever done a mean thing in his life he had
pet.gr NOT Apply Tor a pension, for many
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
Beware of the Widows.

IF Uncle Sam could speak to the Young
republics of South America who ara NOW,
and then on the verge of war. I am s,,re
he would advise them just as Sam WeIIer,s
father advised him when he said. "Rewara
soldiers multiply like the sands of the seal
shore. Nearly one-fourth of the nine hun
bred odd thousand names on the pension
rolls are those of widows. There are aimost
a quarter of a million widows receivins
pensions. and the widows are increasing in
number every year. ] spent some time IN
of the war of 1872. There are only seven
survivors of that war on the pension roll
but there are 2.Sl0 widows who are receiv,
Ing pensions because they married old SOL
dlers who fought during that war. There
are to-day almost as many Mexican war
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

widows as there are Mexican wal veterans
receiving pensions.
The Mexican War.
The Mexican war was over fifty years
ago, and to-day there are 10. 900 men and
s.cW widows, receiving pensions for the serV-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

Did he get the horse?"
Did he? He got a horse and buggy, and
a set of harness. and a silver-handled
whip"
"Of course that was luck. No preacher
would pray for anything of that sort"
"Oh. L don't know. 1t would all depend
upon the community in which he lived"
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
1.-THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER" ONE WORD WITH YOU
 . A POL 10

less ones that this amendment will afford no relief to our public schools, because the extra assessment is for the purpose of pay ing interest on the debt. But you know we are now paying interest from the pres- ent one-half of 1 per cent. levy. Now, re- ceive this present increase of interest ac- count partially, and the schools must be first to derive benefit from such relief. The primary and grammar schools must ever remain free.
 ''I feel certain that the Loard can now give the children absolutely free schools for the coming scholastic year. You notice that the pay system in the grammar sechols last year brought in a revenue of less than $4000, and for that small sum many worthy children in the city were de- prived of the benefits of our splendid school system. This proved a great drawback to the general progress and good name of the city, and the large taxpayers, as well the poorer. classes of our people, who feel an interest in Birminghams growth are anx- ious to re-establish the free schools-hence the acton of the board of education.
 We are going to open the doors and in- vite every child of the school age in Bir- mingham, white or black, to enter, and we confidently expect the largest attendance ever known in the history of our public schools. The doors will be promptly opened on Monday, the 26th instant"
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
DIR. W. H. SANDERS,
Health Officer of Alabama, Talks of the
 Fever Situation.

pr. w. H. Sanders, health officer for the state of Alabama, was in the city yesterday on his way to York, Ala, where he will examine carefully the quarantine stations along the western boundary of the state. He regards the country around York as the most dangerous point in the state for the entrance of the disease Cases have been reported as being near Meridian and though this is not confirmed, Dr. Sanders resolved to examine for himself. q want to see that all of the quarantine officers perform their duties we'll" said he. H'
 In regard to the reported cases at Key West, Dr. Sanders said that although the health officer-.of Florida had pronounced it dengue fever, Alabama had quarantined against that city for precautions sake. He further said that if the rest of Florida qdid not bottle up Key West, that the officials of Alabama had decided to quarantine against he whole state of Florida. '1u
 Dr. Sanders said that it had never been discovered how the fever got to Jackson, Miss, and it proved that there was an undiscovered focus of infection.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
The Death of Private Jones
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 Private Ben Jones, of the First Illinois, son of Judge Jones, of Waukegan, died just before his father reached his bedside He had lain in a stupor all day. Fever had depleted his reserve force. Toward even ing he opened his eyes and said to Nurse Mary:
 You say something.
 'What?" she asked to humor him.
 He drew his breath and answered:
 You say the Lord is-"
 He was too far gone to speak it all out. But she understood. She bent over him and repeated:
 Though l walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall"
 "Yes,' Private Jones interrupted, "the valley of the shadow"
 He turned his face from her and fell asleep forever.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13

w. G. CL DEAD.
Was One of the Historical Characters
 of Mobile.

News has reached this city of the death of Willis G. Clark, who died suddenly at the Ponce de Leon hotel in Roanoke, Va.
 He was almost seventy years of age and was one of the historical characters of Mobile. At one time he was interested in newspapers of that city.
 His wife died suddenly few weeks ago and on account of his extreme age he had not recovered from the shock. He was on his way home from a family reunion at Buffalo, N. Y., where just half the orig inal family of brothers and sisters gath cred, all being over the age of 70. He leaves a brother, Hon. Francis B. Clark, of Mobile, now in Buffalo, and three mar ried sisters, all residing in New York Gen Louis V. Clark, of this city, is a nephew of the deceased The interment will occur in Mobile.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
OFF TO COLLEGE.
Birmingham Boys Beginning to Leave Auburn Delegation Leaves Today.

Birmingham is sending liberal delega- tions to all the colleges this fall-not only to the Alabama schools and colleges but to those out of the state. Among those who will leave today are the following: To the Alabama Polytechnic School at Auburn-Will Cameron. Andrew Cameron, Rob Hood and Wilbur Kelly, all of whom were there last year. The new students who will go srom Birmingham are Eugene Ensleu. Harry Y. Hall, Soss Smith, Blair Hughes, Percy Lawson and - Harmon.
 The following young men will leave for St Albans school, Radford, Va, tomorrow: Owen Brown, Arthur Smith, Eugene Nun ger. Sam Perry and Paul Earle, Jr.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
How He Works

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Now said the interviewer 'as to your method of woyking?"
 Well" replied the great author, 'T take a writing pad"
 "Yes." And a pencil" 1 "Yes."
 Seek out quiet spot-grasp the pad firmly in one hand, and the pencil in the other hand-and-'
 "Yes. And"
 And write" Ii .f
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
What aiay be Expected

From the Boston Journal.
 What may we look forward to-" asked the skeptical statesman, If we allow the flag to remain wherever 1t is planted"' "Flag root!' promptly replied his solitary hearer, who is druggist as well as TO- bust patriot.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
4 Revised Division

From the Chicago News.
 Teacher-Tommy, into how many classes Is the human race divided?
 Tonrmy-Five. Teacher-What are they?
 Tommy-Enlighened, civilized, half-cv- Iized, savage and Spaniards.
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
Sampson. the Humhuc

From the Memphis Scimetar.
 Sampson, who broke no heads during the war, nevertheless gets $4O,OOO of "head money"
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
A Good Euuipnent

From the Chicago Record. "There's one thing I've decided''
 "What's that?"
 'If ever go to war I'll take my ow doctor with me-" .4r
The age-herald., 1898-09-13
CURE A COLD IN DAY

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. 9-1-Sm