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The National tribune., 1899-08-17

Comrade Gershom II. Swayze is Yard
master of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at
Elmira, N. Y, and served three years and
seven months in the 14th Mich, coming
home Corporal. At the battle of Benton
vile, the 14th Mich. was opposed to the
10th N. c., and in the fight Corp1 Swayze
and a comrade named Clute succeeded in
capturing the North Carolinians' flag,
which was sent home and deposited in the
State House at Lansing. A few years ago
Comrade Swayze conceived the idea OF re-
turning the flag to the survivors of the 4Oth
N. c., most of whom reside in Beaufort
County, N. G. After two years of persist
ent effort he got bill through the Michigan
Legislature, and last month he and his
daughter went to Washington, N. c., with
it, and were received in great style by the
Beaufort County Association of Confed-
crates. The return of the flag took place
in the presence of a large audience in the
opera house. Comrade SwayZe made a
graceful little speech, at the conclusion Of
which he handed the flag to mis- daughter,
who was dressed in blue. She handed it
to Miss Bagraw, who was attired in gray,
and she in turn handed it over to John r.
Ross, who was formerly Sergeant in the
10th n. c., and who touchingly thanked
Comrade Swayze for his fraternal act.
Gen. Thomas F. Mccoy died at Lewiston,
Pa, July 20, aged so years. He entered
the Mexican War as First Lieutenant of the
11th U. S., and was brevetted Captain for
gallant and meritorious conduct. At Mo
limo Del Rey, his superior officer having
fallen, he commanded the regiment, and
was accorded the highest praise by Gen.
Cadwallader, the brigade commander. At
the outbreak of the rebellion, Mccoy was
appointed Deputy Quartermaster CT Penn
syIvania, and in 1862 was made Colonel Of
the 1O7th Pa, remaining in active service
until the close of the war. His skill, cool
ness and distinguished bravery won for
him great praise from his superior officers.
For his services in the battle of Five Forks
he was brevetted Brigadier-General. Gen.
Mccoy was prominent citizen, a member
of the bar, and an elder of the Presby terrain
Church for nearly half a century. His
son. Lieut.. Frank r. Mccoy, is graduate
of West Point, and Is in the service with
the 10th U. S Cav. in Cuba. He was
among the wounded at Ell Caney a year
ago.
Capt. Chas. E. Clark. who achieved such
distinction in command Of the battleship
Oregon, and Capt. Jas. 81. Sands, who COM
manded the Cruiser Columbia, have joined
the Farragut Naval Veterans Association,
whose headquarters are at Broad and Vine
streets, Philadelphia. Both officers made
good records under Admiral Farragut.
Col VIM. E. Birkheimer, recently pro-
NOTED to the command of the 2Sth U. 8.
Vols, served as q private in Co. M, 4th
Iowa Cav, from March, 1864. to August,
1865. He was then appointed to the Mill
tary Academy. and after graduation served
with the Sd U. S. Art. He has been In
spector-General of the Eighth Corps in the
Philippines.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

ACCORDING to w. E. Curtis, the Panama
Railroad has about the snuggest cinch of
any corporation in the world. and will con-
tinue to have it until the Nicaragua Canal
is dug. 1t is only AZ miles long, but it
divides net dividend of $500, 900 a year, or
about $4,000 profit per mile. There's
| nothing "hoggish' about the management
%, no. 1t tsimply demands and takes one
third of the entire freight charge of the
business transferred from one ocean to
another. For example, if cargo Of coffee
is sent from anywhere on the Pacific to
| Liverpool or New York, the one-third of the
| total charge is awarded to the vessel bring
ing it to the Panama, one-third to the
Panama, and one-third TO the vessel carry
ing it to Liverpool or New York. 1t is the
same with the return cargo. The only
| checks upon the railroads charges are
| what it would cost to send the cargo around
! the Horn, or over the Pacific Railroads of
United States and Canada. 1t charges up
| to this limit. A harsh feature of this is that
| the places nearest New York or Liverpool
| have to pay relatively higher, because they
| are farther away by the allwater route.
For example, the important port of Guya-
quill is only $500 miles from New York by
way of the Isthmus of Panama, but Ia 300
miles away by the Straits of Magellan.
Consequently Guyaquil merchants have to
pay higher rates than those of Valparaiso,
Panama, but that much nearer the straits.
Naturally, corporation which has such
pudding" as this is desperately opposed to
the Nicaragua Canal. 1t can well afford to
contribute few hundred thousand dollars
year to the purse made up by the Pacific
Railroads as n lobby fund to postpone
action on the Nicaragua Canal.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

STATISTICIAN HYDE, of the Agri-
cultural Department, estimates that the
Texas floods submerged S1OO farms,
having a total area of 1,3SG,0Oo acres.
For period averaging eight days 2,160
square miles were covered to depth vary
ing from two TO eight feet. The total loss
to growing and stored crops, farm stock,
etc, is placed at 81 ,414, 600. This amount
would have. built storage reservoir which
would probably have held the entire amount
of surplus water.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

MORE strange bedfelIows. Boss Croker
has become an Anti-Expansionist, and he,
the professional irishman, the practical
spokesman, the robber baron Of the wide
open" saloons, gambling houses and
brothels, creeps under the same political
coverlet with the pharisaic Larry Godkin,
the professional Civil Service reformer, the
worshiper of everything English, the
sniveler over the degradation and coarse.
ness of everything American.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

THE transports carrying the 1st Neb.,
10th Pa. and the LIST Utah Battery, stopped
at Yokohama, and the men went ashore to
see the strange old land of the Morning
Sun. They produced the best impression
on the people by their appearance and their
gentlemanly conduct, and both the English
and the native papers of Japan speak in the
highest terms Of them.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

A CHANGE would seem to be impending
in Virginia. Some of the papers are actu-
ally beginning TO inquire whether it would
not be better to have q few sheep and not SO
many dogs? OF course this sounds like
rank heresy, for if the eopinion should spread
that the sheep is a superior animal 10 a
yellow dog it would end in taking Virginia
out Of the Solid South.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE HEADQUARTERS

The Headquarters of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE at the National Encampment
will be at Parlor %, Continental Hotel.
All veterans, with their wives and fami-
lies, are cordially invited TO call on us there.
They are invited to make appointments TO
meet their comrades and acquaintances,
and have their mail, etc, sent there. This
will be great convenience TO them III the
immense crowd that will attend the National
Encampment
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
FREE TICKETS
TO THE ENCAMPnENT.

We have arranged to give free tickets,
round trip, to the National Encampment as
premiums for clubs of yearly subscribers to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
We append below list of places, with the
number of yearly subscribers set opposite
each, which will be required to secure the
respective round trip tickets:
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

THE witnesses in the Dreyfus case have
got to the point where they profess to tell
"the real truth" Their gradations remind
one of the grocer's eggs. He bad four
kinds: Strictly fresh country eggs; fresh
country eggs; country eggs; and eggs"
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
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TIoNAL TRIBUNE)
SYNOPSIS.

ST and Shorty return to their regiment,
which they find encamped on the side of
Mission Ridge, near Chattanooga. They
were ordered to bring with them a batch of
boyish recruits, whom they succeed in
getting through, after some lively ex-
periences on the road. The recruits are
divided up among the companies-Co. Q
receiving seven.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
Th. Opening Of the Atlanta campaiaa.

What an ineffably imposing spectacle
of military power was presented 70 the May
sun. shining on the picturesque mountains
and lovely valleys around Chattanooga in
the busy days of the Spring OF 1854.
Never before, in all his countless of mil
lions of journeys around the globe, had he
seen q human force of such tremendous
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

THEY are complaining in Kansas and
Nebraska that the corn is growing sc
thick that men can not get into the fields to
gather it. And the price of corn is going
up, too.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

THE SANTo DOMINGO revoi iution, with
its assassinations, plunderings and burn
ings, ought to be attractive to the Cuban
Generals out of job.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
FOR JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF,

The Department of Indiana, G. r., has
for Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief, and
instructed its delegates TO do all they can to
insure his election. Comrade Robbins has
fine military and GA r.. record. He en-
listed in April, 1861 in the 7th Ind, and
continued in the service until September,
1865, when he was mustered out as Maj jor of
the 123d Ind, having filed with credit all
the grades between those two. He has been
an active worker in the GAR. ever since
its formation. He was Commander of Geo.
III. Thomas Post, of Indianapolis, the
largest Post in the Department.; was two
years Assistant Adjutant-General of the
Department of Indiana, and was Adjutant-
General to Commahdeflin-Chief Walker.
The Departmental Kentucky will present
Comrade Michael tMinton for the same
Office. Comrade Minton was one of the
young Kentuckians who promptly and
resolutely sided with the Union and en-
listed in the army. batter, he became a
member of the 9tlqKy.. Cav, and made an
enviable record. He was taken prisoner at
Perryville, and sodbadly wounded at Mar
rowbone that for four J ears thereafter he
was unable to walk without crutches. He
has been worker in the GAR. from the
very first, and has,flled all the offices in the
Order from Outside Sentinel to Department
Commander. sct 81,
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

MRS. FRANCES j. WALLACE, only
surviving sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,
died at Springfield, H., Aug. IA, aged 81
years.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

GEORGIA and Kentucky warp the color
line in lynching just far enough to take in
Mormon missionaries.
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

KENTUCKY and Missouri farmers will
get a lot of good out of the war in the Philip
pines. 1t has sent the price OF hemp up like
The National tribune., 1899-08-17

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is read every
week by many over half-m;llion people
The National tribune., 1899-08-17
PERSONAL.

(To be continued.)
The times., 1899-02-22
SENIOR oUEsADA RETURNS.
says the Cubnns Are Not Hostile to
American Soldiers.

Senior Gonzala de Quesada has returned
from Cuba and is again stationed as head
of the Cuban legation at the Raleigh.
Senor Quesada left Washington several
weeks ago and went to Cuba on 3 mission
OF Importance. He had several interviews
with General Gomez and stated that he
was highly pleased with the results of his
errand.
Senior Quesada stated last night that the
statements that the Cubans were hostile
toward the American military authorities
were untrue and that the best feeling pre-
walls throughout the island. He stated
that no friction exists and that the Cubans
made no complaint and only little dis
cretion and diplomacy were needed by both
sides to cause harmony TO continue be-
tween the Cubans and the Americans.
A cablegrem was received from General
Gomez yesterday stating that the situation
in Cuba was pleasing and that he would
confer with the American authorities at
Havana within a few days. Senior Quesada
was received by President Mckinley yes
terday and the latter is said to have been
highly pleased at the reports from the ISL
and. Senor Quesada handed the President
an American flag which came rs a present
from Major John A. Logan. This was the
first flag carried across the island.
The times., 1899-02-22
SPECIAL. 49cc
(Corset Dept. I'D fioor)
Lansburgh&Bro.
42O, AID, 424, 40 7th St.
OPPOSED TO THE JUNkET.
Conrre-.mcn Who VIII Refuse to
Accompany Secretary Niger.

Accompany secretary AAEcT-
The indications are that the pleasure
junket proposed by Secretary Alger for
himself and members of the Military Com
mittees Of Congress viii not be as au-
spicious or as generally participated in as
the head Of the War Department an:ici-
pated. \ decided opposition TO spending
possibly about two hundred thousand dol
lars for a trip which can result in 40 ben
edt to this Government, has developed in
both branches CT Congress. and every op-
portunity viii be taken to impress upon
the Secretary Of War the Unpopularity OF
his project
In the Senate Mr. CockrelI of Missouri
has started a crusade among the D5mC-
cratic members OF the Committee On Mill
tary Affairs against the junket, and has
already enlisted Senator Bate of Tennes-
see. Both these Senators have announce
that they will not participate in a Re
publican junket al the expense of the peo-
pie, and they declare that there are Others
who share their views and will also de-
cline In the House of Representatives
Sulzer Of New York. Cox of Tennessee. and
Hay of Virginia, and Delegate N. A. Smith
of Arizona have announced that they Will
not accompany Secretary Alger, and they
are endeavoring TO secure promises from
other Democratic members to remain al
home
In the meantime preparations for the
junket are going on. The Berlin. one of
the finest vessels in the transport service,
Will be used. and is now undergoing a COM
plete overhauIing in New York. She will
be ready to sail on March G. with the
party. The vessel was formerly a trans
Atlantic liner, and is handsomely fitted UP.
The party will go from New York to Ha-
fuegos. Sagua la Grande, Matanzas and
other points. and then back TO Havana.
The party will then procecd on the Berlin
to Santiago, aud from there to San Juan
and Ponce, in Porto Rico. The trip will
occupy about a month.
The times., 1899-02-22
MindmiIIa In Mexico.

Consul Kindrick. at Ciudad Juarez, in
answer TO an enquiry from a firm interest
ed in pumps in Mexico. SAYS in a report
sent to the State Department that there
is no article Of common use so much re
quired in the northern section Of that Re-
public as the ordinary hand pump. The
soil is arid and dry and free from surface
springs and small streams. There is not
sufficient annual rainfall to keep cisterns
filled with drinking water, and almost
the only source OF fresh-water supply con-
sists of wells sunk in the earth. The water
is secured by hand pumps and windmills.
They are necessary at every Mexican
home. al all the mining camps. and on the
cattle ranges. At the camps and on the
ranges windmills are used, and they are
invariably OF United States manufacture
The times., 1899-02-22
JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.
The Canadian Members Have Depart
ed for Their Homes

The Ang!o-American Joint High Com
mission has practically been dissolved by
the adjournment on Monday. II was stated
yesterday by a member of the American
Commission that it is hardly likely that
either side will so completely make
change Of front as TO concede the points
now coate2ded.
1t is but truth" said he. that the
Klondike region is purely Canadian. The
Americans will not yield any Canadian
entrance 10 the Klondike, however, ana.
therefore, the Chilkoot and Dyea regions
Will be as bitterly contended six months
from date as they are at present The
cession of d port on the Lynn Canal mat
tiers little one way or the other"
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir James Winter.
and Hon. John Charlton have already bade
farewell TO President Mckinley and are
on their way 10 Canada. Sir Louis Davies
leaves today. Lord Herschell is sNll con-
fined 10 his room through his injuries
The Canadians will return TO their duties
in Parliament and the Americans will de-
vote full attention to their Congressional
duties
The times., 1899-02-22
NEW TO MIR. UNDERWOOD.
The Eastern Experience of the II. a
o. Lines General Manager.

When f. d. Underwood left Minneapolis
to come to Baltimore to take the position
of general manager. Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad he brought with him among
other things a straw hat and linen duster
expecting to bask in the balmy Southern
breezes that frequently blow up the Chcsa-
peake Bay. Within ten days after he took
charge 200 miles OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad were blocked with snow
and Washington and Baltimore had wors
blizzard than anyone in the Northwest
ever experienced.
1t cost the road about 500, 900 day for
four days 10 get the tracks in condition
10 resume traffic, but the officials are very
proud of the fact that they beat all com
petitors in getting trains through from
Pittsburg and other Western points to
Baltimore, Washington, PHILADELPHIA and
New York. All of the through trains that
we're delayed by the storm. the officials
say, We're fortunately tied up at large
towns. so that none of the passengers suf-
fered from hunger or cold.
The times., 1899-02-22
Business in Sweden.

Consul General Winslow sends to the
State Department from Stockholm a state
ment of the stock companies chartered in
the Kingdom of Sweden for the year 1898.
1t appears that 420 were given licenses to
transact business. The par value of their
shares was S27.0OO,O 600. and their paid up
capital was $1,000, 900. Of these corpora
tiOns. were insurance companies. s rail-
way companies, 2i7 manufacturing con-
Germs, 81 ship-chandIer companies. 90 mer-
camille corporations. . banks with 4 CAPT
tai of $500, 900 each. and G2 were engaged in
various other enterprises. As compared
with the year 1887, there was an increase
Of go corporations and gain of 81, 900, 900
in the par value of the stock
The times., 1899-02-22

One of the most beautifully artistic and
socially attractive teas. given so far, in
honor of the national officers OF the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution was that
at which Mrs Edward Graves, of Massa-
chusetts Avenue was the hostess yester-
day afternoon. The handsome rooms were
thrown open and decorated in roses OF con-
trasting hues. the lights being yelled with
the same dainty color. The first drawing
room was ab!oom with pink roses. the sec
Ond with golden yellow, while the library
and dining room were aglOw with
ruby capped chandelier and candles, and
massed with roses OF vivid red. A ma
tional cOloring was given to the pretty oc-
casion by handsome flags that draped each
doorway and hung in patriotic folds along
the walls and stairway of the great recep-
tion hall. The hostess. wearing a recep-
ton toilet of silver gray satin, was assist
ed in receiving by Dolly Madison Chapter.
u. A. r., OF which society she is a mem
ber. In addition, Mrs. Graves had with
her the Misses Gore. Of Baltimore. Who are
at present her guests
The times., 1899-02-22

The claim of the Cortez brothers against
the United States for the restitution OF a
large amount of property owned By them
in Manila before the war. and now in the
possession OF the American military au-
thorities has been referred to the AttOr-
ney General for decision by Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn The COrteZ brothers are
two wealthy Filipinos. who We're never in
sympathy with Aguinaldo. and who were
bitterly opposed to Spain's control of the
Philippine Islands. The Spanish govern
ment confscated their property, claiming
that they were in sympathy with the in
surgents, The Cortez brothers left Manila
and fled to HOngkong with their families.
Their property then fell into the hands OF
the American military authorities
The times., 1899-02-22

Vice Consul Hart, of Tahiti. writing to
the State Department, says that an export
tax on mother-of- pearl shells has been
voted in that colony The tax. which
amounts to $iS25 per 2.2Oi.G pounds, IS
intended to promote trade with France
and to be Temitted when it is proved that
shipments are intended to be used Tor
manufacturing purposes in France. This
will not become law until approved in
France or sanctioned by the governor of
the colony. II passed. adds Mr. Hart. it
will injure trade with San Francisco, as
shipments to that port have been large.
The times., 1899-02-22
Mnss in Memory OF VI. Fnure.

Solemn high mass will be sung in st.
Matthew'S Catholic Church tomorrow III
memory of President Faure, of the Repub-
lie of France. who died in Paris last FIJI
day. NJ. Thiebaut, the French Charge
d'Affaires, has notified the State Depart
ment that the service will be held and has
extended an invitation to President Nc.
Kinley. the members Of his Cabinet ana
other high officials TO be present.
The times., 1899-02-22
Chinese Mining Concessions.

In communication sent to the State
Department Minister Conger, of Pskin,
says that a concession has been gcantef
E. Sabbone. an Italian associated with
the Pekin Syndicate, to work coal and irol
mines in the prefectures Of Hang-cho
and Hu-chou, in West Chinkians. The
mines, it is stated in the concession, are TO
he worked in accordance with the recently
promulgated regulations for mines and
railways.
The times., 1899-02-22

Representative and Mrs. Fowler enter
tanned at dinner last night in honor of the
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart The
guests invited to meet them were the At
torncy General and Mrs. Grggs. Senator
and Mrs. Frye, Representative and Mrs.
Dalzcll. Senator sewell and Governor voor-
hecs of New Jersey.
The times., 1899-02-22
SlaShing YOung's ribbons.

eco pieces of extra fine quality all
silk moire taifeta ribbons. 1-2 and
4 inches wide. the non-crushable
sort. In all good desirable shades.
including white. black. pink, light
blu blue, ..s etc; ,ooY Young,s prices 12hc
No. alI-silk satin and gros grain
ribbons, all the most desirable and
fashionable shades. Young's 1S/c
price Sc-our price only. L%
500 pieces of No. 2 satin and gros
grain ribbons. in all coiors. Young S
price 20 cents per piece-our QJ
No. all-silk satin and grcs grain
ribbons. Young's price 19c per &C
piece-our price ...............
The times., 1899-02-22

guished company of gentlemen at dinner
last night. The guests were Admiral Lord
Charles Deresford Rear Admiral Schley,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen,
Senator Lodge, Senator Wolcott. Senator
Morgan, Senator Fairbanks, Senator Ell
kins, Senator Foraker. Senator Hawiey,
Mr. William II. Bliss; NJ. Andre. Belgian
Consul General at Manila; Baron de
Sternburg of the German Embassy. and
Hon. John A. Kasson. The floral decora-
tions of the table were red and white car
nations.
The times., 1899-02-22

Miss Abbie Melen Chamberlain, of Cam
bridge Mass, ID. a. X. and correspond
ing secretary OF the Chamberlain Associa-
tiOn of America. is at present at IS Grant
Place. and would be happy to hear from
any of the Chamberlain visiting delegates
to the ID. a. r. congress.
The times., 1899-02-22

Mr.. Spencer Eddy who. for two years
past has acted as confidential secretary
to Secretary Hay. has been appointed third
secretary TO the United States embassy at
London. and will sail for his post today
The times., 1899-02-22

Acting Secretary Meikleiohn yesterday
issued the following statement of receipts
from ports in Cuba for the month of Jan
uary; Santiago. sS7 49,. Is; Cardenas, $50. o.
170.77; Matanzas, $27 7,Ss6.34; Zaza. $2S5.2G.
and Santa Cruz. S13S.SS.
The times., 1899-02-22

The Misses Taylor, of St. Louis. who
have been spending the latter part of the
season in Washington and are now guests
of Mrs. Vance. are decided acquisitions to
the Capitals social world. Miss Eleanor
Taylor. with her dark hair and eyes, is in
artistic contrast to her elder sister. who is
a tall and stately young blonde. Both have
had the advantages of study and travel
abroad. and in addition to rare personal
charm of face and manner, are accomplish
ed linguists and musicians.