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long services in the Army will make
whatever he SAYS especially valuable,
and as writer be is already we'll
known to The readers Of this paper, to
which he has contributed at intervals
for the last 10 or II years.
In this connection a brief notice of
his career will not be uninteresting. He
is a native Of the State of New York,
and when young man went West and
settled in Michigan. He hapI ened to
be on a business trip at Sycamore,
Ill, when the 105th III. was being
recruited, and he enlisted as a private.
lie was at once made non-commis-
stoned officer and went with the regi-
ment, Col. Dustin commanding, into the
Western army. He was with the regi-
ment at the little affair at Frankfort,
KY, and showing great capacity as a
soldier, was put on scouting duty, with
Headquarters at Gallatin, Tenn, where
be was most Of the time during his ii
months service with the command.
Then he was commissioned as Captain
of Co. b of the 18th United States
Colored Troops, and from that time
until the end of the war served with
the Army of the Cumberland.
In the operations at Dalton his COM
pany were the first colored troops under
fire, and they continued to do heavy
fighting from that time on until they
wound up the campaign against Hood
at the battle of Nashville. He was
mustered out of the volunteer service in
the Spring of 1866, and entered the
Regular Army in the Spring of 1867,
being commissioned First Lieutenant
in the 9th Inf When the Army
was reduced to lis present proportions
he was assigned to the 9th Inf, with
which he remained until retired. Upon
entering the Regular Army he went at
once TO the plains and was actively en-
gagged IN the campaigns until Sept 80,
1877, when he was shot through the
body and laid out on the field with the
dead at the battle of Bearpaw Mountain
against the Nez Perces While he was
recuperating he was assigned to college
duty for three years at Hampton, Va,
and afterward returned to active service.
de was retired June l, last, by opera
ton OF law, with the rank of Captain
and Brevet-Major. He is a member of
the Loyal Legion, the GAR. and Sons
OF the American Revolution, and is a
Medalof-I1onor man. His great grand
father and grandfather both served in
the American Army in the Revolution
and two of the family were in the War
Of 1912.
MAJ. Romeyn speaks Spanish fuently,
and will thus have a great advantage
over ordinary correspondents when he
shall reach Cuba.
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and tried to get his partner past them.
But 1T was of no use. Shorty was in an
intractable mood. He must have a strong
distraction. If he could not fight he would
gamble.
Pm goin' to bust this feller's bank be-
fore 90 another STEP" said he stopping be-
fore one. Il know him. He's the same
Teller that, you remember, l busted down be-
fore Nashville. l kin do it agin. He's a
bum citizen gambler. He thinks he's the
smartest chuck-a-lucker in the Army o. the
Cumberland, but I'll learn him different"
Don't risk more'n o dollar" begged ST
as final appeal.
.'AH down 2" called the banker"
"Allow doublin' ?" inquired Shorty.
"Double as much as you blamed please, so
longs you put your money down." answered
the banker" defianty.
well, then here goes a dollar ON that
fivespot," said Shorty, 'skinning" a bill
from considerable roll
Don't allow moren % cents bet on single
cards, first bet" said the banker" dis
mayed by the size of the roll.
Thought you had some sand, " remarked
Shorty contemptuously. swell, then, here's
% cents on the five-spot, and % cents on the
deuce" and he placed shinplasters on the
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numbers. Now throw them dice straight,
and no tingerin.' I'm a-watchin yOu.
Watch, and be burned, !" said the Ianker.r
surlily. Watch your own business. and III
watch mine. Pm as honest as you are. any
day"
The "banker" lifted the box, AMI showed
two skies and tray up. lie riked in The bets
on tue ace, deuce, four and i've spots, and
paid the others.
Fifty cents on The deuee; 30 cents on the
five, said Shorty, laying down the fractional
currency.
Again they lost.
a dollar on the deuce; dollar on the
five, said shorty
The same iii luck
1.-Two dollars on the deuce; two dollars on
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IT may be that rigid economy pre-.
vents the Navy trying the effect of g
few 13-inch shells on Castle Moro
These shots cost from 81 900 to $4,000
apiece, and cannot be banged away as
carelessly as an infantryman used to his
40 rounds Of Springfield ammunition.
All the same there are gentlemen in this
country who would be willing to con-
tribute to pony purse to reimburse the
Navy Department for the expense of a
halfdozen shots or SO aimed by one of
Uncle Sans expert gunners at the old
stronghold of Spanish oppression. They
are not at all revengeful or spiteful. Of
course not. They have heard SO much
about these big guns and their awful
destructive shells that they merely have
a scientific curiosity as to whether they
will do all that is claimed for them, and
they can't at this moment think of any
better object to try them on than that
insolent pile of cruel memories. The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE would be willing
to join in the contribution.
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The Deacon Goes Home-Shorty Falls a
Victim to His Gambiiu. rropensitics.

The boys did not finish their tour of picket
duty till the forenoon of the next day, and
it was getting toward evening when they
reached their own camp.
What in the worlds goin' on at the
hOuse?" 81 asked anxiously, as they were
standing on the regimental parade-ground
waiting to be dismissed Strange sounds
came floating from that direction. The
scraping of fiddle was mingled with yells,
the rush of feet, and laughter.
"Ill go over there and see,n said the
Deacon, who had sat down behind the line
on pile of the things they had brought back
with them. He picked up the coffee-pot, the
fiying-pan, and one of the haveIsacks, and
walked in the direction of the house As he
turned into the company street, and came i'm
sight of the cabin he looked for an instant,
and then broke out:
"rm blamed if they don't seem to be
havin' Niger political rally there, with the
house as campaign headquarters. Where in
time could they have all come from? Looks
like a crow-roost, with some o. the crows
drunk"
Apparently, all the negro cooks Transfers,
officers servants, and roustabouts from the
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-04-28
THE REVENUE BILL.

The Revenue Bill, which has been
prepared by the Ways and Means
Committee, and is now on its passage,
provides for an immediate increase to
the revenues of from S90,000,000 to
$100,000,000 year. This is to be Sc
cured by increasing the tax on beer
from 81 to 50 barrel, raising the to-
bacco tax to II cents pound, cigars to
81 thousand, cigarets to 81, and plac-
ing special taxes from s12 to s4S on
dealers, pedlers and manufacturers of to-
bacco. Bank drafts above $40 are to
be stamped, and also mortgages and
other commercial paper. The stamps
on all these are to be of small denomi-
nation. Patent medicines, perfumery,
ETC., are to be stamped at the rate of 1
cent for every % cents retail price. A
small tonnage tax is to be imposed on
vessels entering our ports. Tea and
coffee are not touched.
The bill also authorizes the Secretary
of the Treasury to borrow in the aggre-
gate not exceeding s50O,00O,00O in
sums of not more than S100,OO0,O00 at
a time, at per cent, the whole to be
payable within a year. This will give
a war fund of s600,00O,00O for imme-
diate use.
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The absolute lack of faith in all
Spanish diplomacy is shown by the fact
that, In spite of the most solemn treaty
obligations entered into to suppress the
slave trade, negroes were brought from
Africa to the island by thousands every
year until the Ten Years war put an
end to slavery.
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THE activity all around him seemed
to stir Commissioner Evans's pulses just
a little bit, for he allowed 1,156 original
claims last week, as against 9S3 the
week before-an increase of 173. Per-
haps if Moro Castle should be shelled
he might rouse to allowing 800 cases.
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Col. JACK CHUM, of Kentucky, who
was prepared to whip clear majority
of the Legislature in the interest of Sena-
tor Blackburn, has so far shown no
bellicose spirit toward Spain.
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So far the only way our vessels have
known that Moro Castle was firing on
them was by seeing the flashes of the
guns. The Spaniards are only experts
in shooting off their mouths.
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THE Methodists can always be trusted
to rise to the level of any great occasion.
The recent Methodist General Confer
ence demanded the expulsion of Spain
in these ringing terms /:

Its sacrilegious pretext of claiming to be a
Christian Nation.
It's prostitution of the moral sense of our
countrymen by obiiging them for years to look
upon and become familiar with hendish bar
baf1sTn, so near us that we can almost hear the
cries of its victims
Its par lying power upon the Christian civil
ization Of the country by holding III darkness
dcnscr than that of the Middle Ages thcinhabit-
ants Of the fairest island of the seas.
humanity, honesty, virtue. reason. liberty
civilization and Christianity demand the expul-
sion of this last consummate specimen OF the
criminal crueities Of Il Latin civilization from
the island whose shores are touched by the
same tides that wash the coasts Of this Re-
public.
If there has been any more vigorous
trumpet sound anywhere, we have not
heard it.
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OUa War GORRESPOHDEHT.
Maj. Henry ROmeyn, U. S. A., Com
missioned as Special Representative
of The National Tribune with the
United States Army in Cuba

We have secured the services of Mai.
Henry Romeyn, Of the United States
Army, TO act as special war correspond
ent for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE 10 re-
port the war in Cuba, and he will ac-
company the Headquarters of the Army
and GO wherever the movement of our
forces may take him nearest to the
central point of interest.
Maj. Romeyn will write exclusively
for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE His
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THE war has hardly begun, and yet
the four large ships captured from Spain
represent loss of about 100000.
A bankrupt nation cannot stand this
sort of thing very long.
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THERE is no longer a doubt that we
are the grandest and strongest Nation in
the world.
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$50 hear, Adams, you've lost relative.
Was it u near or distant relative?"
Adams-Purty distant, sir; bout &c
miles,
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ENTERED At WASHINGTON rosrorroE ssoo"1 CLASSMATES
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-11
TOO BUSY TO co.

Belmont Not Numerously Represented
at Yesterdays Mass Meeting.
q The Republicans Of Belmont county
are so busy at work that few could SO
to Columbus yesterday for the big state
mass meeting. AT any rate the repre-
ssentatives from old Belmont are all
right, loyal and true, and need nothing
more than their own manhood to sus-
tain them.
The Republican city committee OF
Beliaire voiced the sentiment in the fol-
lowing telegram to Hon. George IS.
Nash, chairman of the state committee,
sent yesterday afternoon:
To Hon. George X. Nash, Chairman Re
publican Committee, Columbus. O.:
BELLA1RE. O.. Jan. 10-Our. people are
busyaa at work by reason OF restored conf
dence and the prosperity which follows the
grand victories attained through the
matchless leadership Of Marcus A. Hanna,
but a thousand loyal Republicans here and
many thousands in Belmont county send
greetings to. others Of Ohio and will re-
joice with them in the triumphant cleo
ton OF Senator Hanna. Belmont's repre-
sentatives are true as steel and need no
bolstering when honor Is at stake. b
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
,iSs Chas. w. Lancaster, Chairman.
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THE RAILROADS..

% IL . W D. j.
Having run across q statement IN a
newspaper to the effect that the 1calp-
Ing business originated With Upton ".
Dorsey, In Wheeling, about Twenty-Five
years ago, s. 2. Bowlea. a ticket brok-
er OF Toledo, wrote to Mr.. Dorsey. ask
Ing for the real facts in tho case. Mr..
Dorsey. who is member or the Amer
lean Ticket Brokers' Association, and
ia doing business In Baltimore. Nd, re-
piled AS follows; Is
Friend Bowles:-Ydur. favor OF the
18th lnst.pto hand with clipping. Tho
party who wrote that Is wrong. /
never did busiacSsiin Wheeling, but II
was the first one who bought and sold
railroad tickets in the United S,ates.3e
About 1871 or 1878 the Pennsylvania
railroad. and then the Baltimore &;
Ohio. tried to break me Up. They mr.
rested NE some Ten or twelve times. I
was ACQUITTED every time. hind then I
got tired, SO ] sued them: Tho Pcnnsyl-
vania being Nonresident Ind to lay
for them. ] finally caught n man nam
ca Grlmc5, auditor :Ofsthc PenngslyanIa
railroad, and Ben Franklin. chief de-
tectiyc. Grln,es. killed himself and they
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MoUNDsv1LLE
A D1isceiIaneous NIelanGe OF Minor Mat.
tsrs from Mursi,allis Metropolis.


ters from Mursi,all's Metropolis.
The stockholders of the Marshall
County bank met yesterday and elected
the following board OF directors: C. A.
Weaver, Dr. G. W. Bruce. I. J.. Potts. O..
L. Holiday, c. C.iMathews, Charles Old
ham anu I. B. Hicks. The board at its
next meeting will organize and elect 4
cashier and an assistant cashier.
Hon. Alex AIcveigh Miller, promi-
nent citizen OF Greenbrier county, and n
leading Republican Of this state, stopped
over Sunday with 8. F. sMeighen, on his
way home from q meeting Of the board Of
directors Of the hospital at Weston.
81 Walker Crow, who recently returned
from South Dakota, where he has resided
for the last ten years, purchased the
-Absalom Blair farm yesterday for 81 $50.
The farm was sold by special commits
eloner B. +. Meighen.
The Hook and Ladder Company and
Independent Hose Company No. ., have
rented the William Woodburn property
on Seventh street below the postofilce,
and are fixing It up for occupancy.
County Clerk Lewis issued marriage
license to Max Simmons and Mary
Smedley. both colored, and residents Of
Cameron. Y
Thomas ]. Powell, OF the Christian
church. gave bond yesterday and was
granted license to celebrate marriage;
C. Y. Benedem, the Representatives OF
the South Penn OIL Company IN Tyler
county, spent; Sunday in this city.
Col Phil. "A. Shaffer left yesterday
morning FOR the lower part Of the state
In the interest of the state militia.
Rev. D. L. Ash is preaching some ex-
cellent sermons at the revival services
being held at the NJ. Z. church.
The house committee OF the W. c. r.
o.! will meet with Mrs. Oscar Wright
this evening at GEO.
Hon. George Games, OF Bowman's
Ridge, was a business caller yesterday.
Mrs. S. a. Walton Is visiting friends in
Pittsburgh and Little Warrington ls
T. s.. Riley, OF Wheeling, was In tho
city. on business yesterday.
Miss Virginia Shafrer will spend today
in Wheeling. 5.:5.i:::as
Mrs. L, c. Brock mas typhoid fever.
aits. john Trainer Is on the sick list Il
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/: BOWLING

Never before in the history OF bowling
has so much interest been conferred in
any competition or tournament as there
IS at present In the big Individual bowl
ing contests to be decided during the
sportsmen's exposition at Madison
Square Garden, January 10 to q. True,
the howlers in Greater New York and
immediate vicinity are talking OF moth
Ing else than what IS known in bowling
circles heteabouts as The Garden
Tournament" still their out-of-town RI
walls are not far behind. VIVA: is inter-
esting most is the contest for. the in
dtvidunl head-p!n championship OF
America. The contest will continue for
nine days, beginning at II a. M, and
Closing at midnight each day. AS the
competition is open to all and the
ticket basis has been adopted, no for
NAL entry need be made. neither Is an
entrance fee necessary. The out-ot- town
oowie.s who have promised to compete
IN this contest 60 date are: DR., 3. j.
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cnRRETr IN EARNEST.
He Issues Challenge to Fita That Can

He Issues Challenge to Fitz That Can
not Be Ignored.
ST, LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 1o.-At the close
OF the second act of the theatrical per-
Torrance tonight, James j. Corbett
stepped before the curtain and an
nounced that he offers F.tzslmmons
$4,000 for finish fight, the entire sum
10 20 to Fitzsimmons II Corbett falls
to put him out In ten rounds. Corbett
intended to issue challenge on Janu-
AIRY Ii, but decided ito make 1T public
tonight. In II he says:
"As a last inducement to overcome
your obvious reluctance to meet me
again, will make that proposition still
more favorable. thus: A purse of s2o,-
900 stands ready to be offered as q prize
for meeting in the ring with you. To
this will add SO, 900 Of my own, condi-
tlonally, that you agree 10 box me to a
finish. This makes $50, 900. I,offer this
entire sum Il I fail to stop you in ten
rounds-with two provisions, viz:
.First-That the contest must con-
tlnue to finish, and a
"Second-That shall have something
TO say In regard to the appointment Of
referee who will not be unfairly pref
udIced in your favor. q
This is my final proposition. take it
or leave It J. you really want 10 fight
1t Offers II you want money-a sum is
ready exceeding your gross receipts In
five battles. If4you want reputation
you can make 1t better by! meeting me
than by meeting all the others together.
II you doubt this, ask the public each
ultImatum. Whether you will venture
or not, this isimy last challenge to you,
ani to bind the same shall post 49,
900 forfeit money the moment you ac-
cept-rcmains nailed where YOU must
see and cannot avoid It."
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SPORT. /
o 900
GARDNER ARRIVES
,,occccOococCcocC00

MI, ,lorDtns fson Pltt.l'hrgh anu y ~
,,u, Condition for III, Contest To-
whit win I,t1shaii--Thrte Warm
Contest. Assured. ,s h
oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, who
1, matched 10 box Eugene Bessaah
,w.nty rounds at the Fulton arena OF
,hc metropolitan Athletic Club TO-,
NIGHT, viii arrive In town this morning
from Pittsburgh. He was expected hero
Yesterday, but his party stopped of at
pittsburgh to meet friends and In con-
sequence thelr arrival here was delay
oil n few hours. Manager John slmcoe.
~ mo club. was talking to GardnerS
Sacktr and mandger, p. II. Sullivan.
last night. over the long distance tele-
nhone, and he was confident ms man
would conc out OF to-n!ghts bout
winner, though he conceded It would
he a protracted and desperate encoun-
for. Sullivan, BY the way, Is brother
of'thc well known "Dry Dollar Sulll-
van. one OF Boss Croker's lieutenants In
Tammany Hall politics. l
Bezenah spent q portion OF the day
a, the Bcaboutl club rooms, puttitEs on
,Sc finishing touches OF his training. a
large number OF admirers watched his
WORK during the afternoon. and ore en-.
,buslast!c over the promise for sport df
Nigh degree tonight. Begenuh Is GER
iaInly tho fastest boxer seen here since
,he Me,ropoli:ans began catering tothe
Soxing.lovlng public and that he will
make nne showing to-niSht goes
without saying.
The prellminarics will be started at
$40 D, M, the first bout being that be-
tween Baker and Bruuer, four three
minute rounds, followed by tho six
,htee-minutc round contest between
Nick Bu.ley and t.Allesone" Donald
son, the husky colored boy whose ad-
mIrers are legion. Great interest WILDE
manifested in Burlcy's showing because
he Is matched to meet Jack Bonner. the
Philadelphia middle-weight, before the
Nets on February ]. Later he Is to meet
Danny Creedon. who was recently de-
feated by Kid Mccoy. L.
The main event OF the evening viii
BEGIN about 10 o'clock, so spectators
should take the s or o'clock motors.
Honest john Slmcoo will act as ref
cree, assuring a square deal for both
the public and boxers.
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.BEEL.LA1l1R1E'



The Glass City
DR.. G. "A. Keepers and family spent
Sunday In this city with the family OF
Mrs, Sinclair. They were called home
from Duluth, Mimi, where the :doctori is
stationed as an Indian allotment agent,
by a death In the family. They will re-
turc to Duluth later this month. From
the doctor the Intelllgencer learns some-
thing OF the peculiar business that made
the appointment OF this agency neces-
isary. The law, It seems, allows Indians
50 acres Of timber land or 100 acres Of
farm land. But It developed that In
stead o; Indians getting possession of
Z the land sharks made the claims and Of
ten In the names Of the members OF a
family Of Indians who never cav the
land. 1t Is this kind OF business that is
being unearthed and since the doctor has
been at work over fifty Claims have been
revoked. In some instances no. much
resistance Is offered, as the mere discov-
cry OF the fraud practiced on the govern
ment puts the realiclaimants in dread Of
prosecution and they drop out as easily
as possible. 4, (. q = s Z. 5i z
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PLACED 1N An ASYLUM ].

Marshal Bahra returned from Column
bus yesterday, where he had accompan-
led Deputy Sheriff Foreman in charge
of Coleman Conroy, who was placed in
the. asylum. He says the opposition to
Senator Hanna Is only 4 big bold blur
on the part Of some fellows who are sore.
This may not be news, but 1t is given as
fact that. the marshal seems to have
had impressed upon him while at the
seat OF war i x - -
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IT is easy to catch a cold and Just AZ
easy 10 get rid Of 1t lf you commence
carly to use Ono Minute Cough Cure. I,
cures coughs. coIas. bronchitis, pneu-
monia and all thront and lung trou-
bIes 1t Is pleasant to take, safe to use
and sure to cure. Charles r. Goethe,
Market and Twelfth streets; Chatham
Sinclair, Forty-sixth and Jacob streets:
.sE. Schcehle, No. COZ Main street: EX-
ley Bros, Penn and Zane streets; Bow
ieE G. Co. Bridgeport. 80