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The National tribune., 1899-09-14
EvANs,s CONDENSATION.

Several times in the history of the Grard
Army of the Republic, the National En-
campment has found it necessary to criticize
the Commissioner of Pensions, but never to
visit upon any one the unstinted condemna-
ton it has unanimously passed upon Com
missioner Evans.
I Even Lochren did not move it to so sting
ing rebuke. Then we were in the hands
OF declared and open enemy, from whom
We had no reason to hope anything: Now
1t is professed friend, who adds hypocrisy
to injustice, and aggravates cruelty by
tlreless slander.
With all the force that can be given Ian
guage the Encampment denies absolutely
the view of the law which Evans inherited
from his predecessor, and has still farther
harshened by his own animus. 1t points
out that the opposite view had the support
of such peerless lawyers as Benjamin Har-
rison and John W. Noble, while his has not
the sanction of a single lawyer of reputa-
| ton.
1t convicts him of going even beyond the
worst phases of Lochrenism in his eager
ness to withhold from the veterans and
their widows that which the laws granted
| them, and of having converted his Office
into spouting geyser of defamation which
has constantly filled the papers of the
| country with ISLANDERS against the men
AMI women to whom the Nation owes
houndless gratitude. 1t points out that
this unintermittent flow of disparagement
| is never relieved by a single word of az
probation of the gallantry, hcroism and
self-sacrifice of those men and women,
though his Bureau must TEEN with multi
tudinouS testimonials which could net
fail to move heart less icily cold.
itshows that he has as little justification
for his ISLANDERS as for his pretended law,
and then, stating its hopelessness of relief
from him lays the whole matter before TIE
President. citing the law which specially
charges the Chief Magistrate with tie over
sight and control of the Commissioner of
Pensions.
The whole matter is therefore appealed
directly to President Mckinley With tie
utmost respect, with impressive dignity, III
carefully ly-mcasured words all the more
fo-oeful for their thoughtful circumspec-
ton, the President is informed that his Com
missioner of Pensions has utterly failed to
carry out the spirit and intent Of the laws
and that he has done this with a rersistert t
zeal which seems to imply a perverse an
mus. The Encampment is a jury which
presents unanimous findingof facts to tie
President. 1t does not embarrass him
with SO much as a recommendation as to
his action upon them. The Encampment
which must always maintain tie nost
exalted and American view OF the Chief
Magistrate, took the proper attitude that it
was only necessary to present the facts IL
the President He could not fail to act
properly upon them.
So the matter stands at the present writ
ing
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
EX.PRISONERS OF WAR.
Two Hundred Survivors Parade Officers EIeetr

The parade OF the Union Ex-Prisoners of
War occurred Wednesday morning about
200 survivors taking part. Four veterans
carried the banner, on one side of which
was a gloomy picture of Andersonville
Prison, and on the other a terrible and
death-shrouded census, which read as
follows:
"Union soldiers killed in the 12 great
battles of the Union. %, 1858.
Union soldiers killed in two Confed-
crate prisons. 25,S79: Andersonville, 49,
705; Salisbury, 12,114.
"Union soldiers killed in all the battles
of the war, 81 ,302.
"War Department estimate of Union
prisoners who died while in the hands
| of the enemy. or within few months after
release, II 600"
The Associations banner, which was
carried in the parade, bears the names
of the following Southern prisons: Ander-
sonville, Ga; Castle Thunder, Va; Libby,
Va; Belle Island, Va; Charleston, S. c.;
Columbia, S. G.; Cahaba. Ala; Sails
bury. N. c.. Florence, S. c.: Black
shier's, Ga; Macon, Ga; Danville, Va;
the end of the list Union soldier is repre-
sented escaping from the chaInel house at
Andersonville in rags.
The 9th Annual Convention was held
| Wednesday afternoon at Odd Fellows
| Temple Among the things touched upon
troductory speech was the bill now pending
in Congress allowing a pension of 50 per
| day to the Union prisoners.
The matter of the 500 which the As
sociation had pledged at its last meeting
toward the arch which the Woman's Relief
Corps contemplated erecting over the
| spring in Andersonville Prison, also came
up for discussion. The amount yet want
| ing was more than made up by a subscrip-
| ton taken on the spot.
Comrade c. F. Hopkins, a member of
| the New Jersey Legislature, was intro
duced amid applause as the man who
had secured from d State Legislature the
only appropriation for a State monument to
those who had perished in Andersonville.
Mr.. Hopkins described the measures taken
by the Womans Relief Corps to preserve
and care for what remained of the famous
prison, which he had visited recently.
The election of officers resulted in the
unanimous choice of the following: Com,
James Atwell. Pittsburg; V. c.. David T.
Davies, Philadelphia; Chap. Rev. John S.
Ferguson, Keokuk, Iowa; Historian, Lewis
r. Fortescue. Philadelphia; Q. NJ. Stephen
NJ. Long, East Orange, n. j. Executive
Committee, John d. Walker. Pittsburg;
John II. Neabrey. Cincinnati; isaac c.
Seeley, Minneapolis; J. B. Cotty. Missouri
After the election. Commander Atwell re-
appointed Quartermaster Long as Ad-
jutant-General.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
NAVAL VETERANS.
Fourteenth National Convention Decides No,
to Admit Veterans Of Spanish War.

The 18th National Convention of the
Naval Veterans met in ST. Georges Hall.
Rear-Admiral j. F. r. Foss presided.
The meeting was opened formally in
a characteristic way by the shrill blow
ing OF BOatswain's whistle piping ~all
once ordered two Orderlies to guard the
door and to allow no one but duly accred-
tied persons to enter the cabin" After
the Orderlies had reported admiral. tire
gangways are closed" the first business
of the Convention was taken up. which
was the reading of the report of Admiral
FOSS.
In his report he announced that char
ters had been issued to two new Associa-
tons in California.
The first business taken up was the
question of admitting naval veterans of
the SpaniSh-American war. The intro
duction of the resolution provoked gen.
eral wave of protest. n it was decided
finally by an overwhelming vote to post
pone the. resolution indefinitely. The
Faragut Association of New York, which
has on its rolls over l .0O0 associate meni-
bers. made up of the al veterans of TIE
recent war, refused to abide by the decision
OF the Convention, and left the meeting in a
body.
Past Judgr-Advocate Charles Cowley
of Lowell Mass. offered resolution
which WAS IeaItiy agreed to. providing
for the appointment of a committee of three
tn solicit subscriptions for statue of Rear
Admiral John II. Dah]gIen. The pro-
posed statue will cost SIS, 900. and is tc
be ere ted on the City Hall plaza, along
with Il ose of Reynolds AZ d Mcclellan.
The tie of the commanding officer was
changed from Rear-Admiral to Commo-
dOre Commanding. Much other routine
business wGs transacted.
Rea Admiral Sampson and Capt Chad
wick sited tie Convention on Thursday,
and Wee warmly greeted by the ship
mates. Both delivered brief addresses.
A ,eiegation from the Ladies of the
Naval Veterans. headed by Mrs. Annie
r. Sears. Chaplain, of Baltimore, was adj
mitted to tie Convention.
The follow ing officers were elected;
CommOCoIe Commanding, George L. Sea
vey, Chicago; Fleet Captain. Isaac II.
Baker, Boston: Fleet Commander. James
A. Miller; Lieutenant-Co Commander. john
o. Shaw. Bath. Me-; Fleet Lieutenant
Samuel Il. Dixon. Detroit, Mich; Fleet
Master. Charles l.. WeeCen. New Bedford
Mass; Fleet Ensign. John H. De Barry,
Philadelphia; Fleet Surgeon, j. l.. CilIey
M. d., Cincinnati. o.; Fleet Paymaster
E. +. Dustin; Fleet Engineer, E. A. Beze-
ley, Providence. r. L.; Fleet Chaplain, A
s. M. Williams; Fleet Advocate, c. F.
Goodin. Chicago; Fleet Boatswain. Louis
Bennett, Baltimore: Fleet Secretary, Fred
erick E. Haskins Fleet Historian, VIM.
Simmons.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
THE VISIT OF THE COMMITTEE.

1t has been arranged that next week the
Commander n-Chief-Albert ID. Shaw
and the members of the Special Commit
tee-Comradcs r. B. Brown, J. W. Burst,
John Palmer, Charles Clark Adams, and
Daniel E.. Sickles-will visit the President
and formally present him with the resolu-
tions adopted by the National Encamp,
ment.
This event will be awaited with much
interest.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

paper in the country which is making a
determined, resolute fight for the rights of
veterans and their widows. 1t should re-
ceive the active, earnest support of every
one OF them. This is from purely tactical
reasons if no other. The more subscribers
and readers it has the stronger fight it can
make. To get up clubs for it, and extend
its circulation, is the surest way of helping
win the battle.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
Lost Treasure.
Hongkong Telegraph.

1t is stated that yet another expedition
is being arranged to recover the treasure
lost when the ship Gen. Grant foundered
off the Auckland Islands more than so
years ago. The Gen. Grant. with Balla-
rat miners on board, was ON her way from
Melbourne to London in 1866, when she
was becalmed off the Auckland Islands.
Driven onto the shore by a heavy swell, the
vessel was forced into cave, where she
sank, and out of 80 persons on board but a
few were saved. 1t is known that there
was large quantity of gold on the Gen.
Grant, and many unsuccessful attempts
have been made to recover it,
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
Ladies' Naval Veteran Association.

The Ladies Naval Veteran Association
held its Annual Convention i'll the Y. NJ. C..
A. Building during EncannTment week.
By a vote Of TIE Cony ention TIE descend
ants of soldiers of the Revolution were adj
nitted to membership. Relatives of the
sailors of the Spanish-Ameriean war will
not be admitted
Prominent arong those who were pres
ent at the meeting W. s Mis-. Harriet W.
Green. wko is desCerds nt of tie Indian
Chief NiartonomCh. wEo engaged in tie
War of 1872.
These officers were elected: Captain
Commander Miss Annie r. Sears; Com
mander. Mrs. Lena Raddit2; Senior Lieu
tenant. Mrs. Z. A. Witcher. Jersey City;
Junior Lieutenant. Mis-. Hannah w.
Green. Providence: Paymaster. Mrs. Ellen
Trayers: Char. Mrs. Cora B. StCne; Sec,
Mrs. Jennie Laird Providence.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

THE court-martial, by vote of five to
two, has declared Dreyfus guilty, and
sentenced him to 10 years further i'm
prisonment. This is the occasion of a
new spasm of journalistic Mysteries, which
will still further cloud the air with an in
extricable maze of lies. II is evident to all
thinking men that Dreyfus is merely a
football between two tiercely contending
elements,-or rather many diverse ele-
meats,-arrayed for the moment on two
opposing sides. Undoubtedly Dreyfus is
a good deal of rascal, but his personality
is, after all, of secondary consequence.
He is merely a marker for the line of battle.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

COMMISSIONER EVANS is industriously
engaged in filling the press Of the country
with ISLANDERS and Misrepresentation of
pensioners. He is trying hard to educate
public opinion against every man and
woman on the pension roll. THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE is the only great paper
in the Nation that is opposing the antidote
TO his poison. Let it be circulated every.
where, that it may tell the truth, in opposi.
ton TO his Misrepresentation.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
PERSONAL.

Comrade Geo. Munger, formerly Cor
roral, 4th Mich. Cav. was the man who
rushed his horse in front of JEFF DAVIS, and
with leveled carbine compelled him to halt.
He received special commendation in the
report of Lieut.-Col. Pritchard. The $780,
OOe reward for Davis's capture was divided
according to rank and pay, and Comrade
Munger received $500. Comrade Munger
lives at Marcellus, Mich, and is Past Com
mander of his Post
Gen. Alger has declined the nomination
for Mayor OF Detroit
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

EvANS'S defeat is the more overwhelm-
ing from the effort he made to prevent it.
He announced through the newspapers that
the Administration was going to throw
its whole influence in his behalf, and he
vent to the Encampment to manuyer the
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.

There has been the inevitable annual
hazing row at West Point. This time the
victim was Ulysses S. Grant, ILL.,, son of
Gen. Fred. d. Grant, and who was ap-
pointed by President Mckinley in response
to request written II years ago by Gen.
U. S. Grant and few days before he died,
to whoever might be President at the time
the boy should be of age to enter the Mill
tary- Academy. The President has di-
rected the summary dismissal of Cadet
Philip F. Smith, of Nebraska, forihis leader
ship in the hazing.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
Regular Army Officer, Discharged !. 1870.

All surviving officers of the Regular
Army who We're honorably discharged
under act of Congress, approved July Is,
1870, are requested to send without delay
their addresses to Isaac d 'Isay, late Captain,
9th U. S. Inf, Kansas City, Mo. Mem
bers of GAR. Posts knowing such COM
rades will please call their attention to this
notice. Important business on hand.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
Ninth Army Conn Reuulaa.

The Ninth Army Corps survivors held
their Annual Reunion in Odd Fellows
Temple Thursday. An eloquent speech
was made by eX-Lieut. Gov. E. c. Richards,
of Ohio, who was elected President of the
Corps for the ensuing year. j. G. Steven
soii, of New Castle, Pa, was elected Secre-
tary. Representatives from Massachu-
sets, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois also
spoke. There We're about 10 Pennsylvania
regiments in the Ninth Army Corps, and
all were represented.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

THE taste for the boycott is spreading
everywhere The jews and Jewesses Of
Kansas City have resolved not to visit
France. nor handle nor buy French
goods until the innocence of Dreyfus is
concealed.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

VIM. WALDORF AsT0R is not quite so
out his New York property, because he
knows that he cannot invest the money so
well in England.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

"Bread-and-Butter Brigade" which he had
moved on Philadelphia. This was differ
ent from Lochren, who. when the National
Encampments were moving on his works
had sense enough to stay away, and let
things take their inevitable course
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

OF course. ex-Gov. Altgeld sees direst
connection besweea the Dreyfus verdict
and the Expansion policy. Altgeld is
capable Of attributing the dry weather
out West and the potato-bugs to "lm-
pcrialism."
The National tribune., 1899-09-14

THE best way to help wiz this fight
against Henry Clay Evans is to get up a
good club for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Every reader of the paper becomes at once
an earnest opponent Of the Commissioner
OF Pensions.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
CoMRADE H. CoNEY, who. with Com

COMRADE P. H. CONEY, who, with Com
mander Coulter, of Kansas, has led the
brilliant fight made in Kansas and the
West against Commissioner Evans, was
the center Of general interest among
the comrades at Philadelphia, and every
where received warm recosH lion and
praise for his gallant unselfishness in
standing up for the comrades.
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
INDIANA.

INDIANA.
W. r. Way. Secretary. Winchester
writes that the date of Reunion of the 84tF
Ind, at Lewsville, has been changed from
Sept. 10 to IS, in order to permit members
to attend dedication of the Indiana Sol
dierS' monuments at Chickamauga, Sept
20.
The 10Th Ind. veterans met in Reunion
Aug. 2i. at Michigan City. Ind, when 9:
survivors answered to roll-call. Many oi
the veterans were accompanied by theil
wives and daughters. Comrade VIM. Fl
WhitSel was elected President: o. G.. Sabin
late Regimental Quartermaster, First Vice
President; l.. Craig. Second Vice-Prcsi-
dent; Charles j. Sweezey, Treasurer. and
James f.. Houghton. Plymouth. Secretary
Tn" regiment broke ranks to reform at
North Judson, Ind, in 1900.
59th Ind, at Spencer, Ind, Oct. 10 and
II. Members are requested to write the
Secretary, r. Alex. Brown, Worthington,
Ind.
NEW YORK.
Tenth Legion Veteran Association (56tf
n. Y, Troops and ID, 1st N. Y. M'td
Rifles, and 7th and 8th indp't batteriesl
Sept. u. W. ii. ID. Blake, New Paltz
n. Y.
OHIO.
26th Ohio, at Courthouse, London, o.
Sept. 10 and 20. S. +. Robinson, Secre
tary, Columbus, o.
46th Ohio. at Rockford, O., Sept. 10 and
20 A. NJ. TRULY, Secretary, Rockford, o
39th Ohio, at Xenia. o.. Oct. 4. P. d
Barrett, Secretary, Wilmington, o.
PENNSYLVANIA.
5Sth Pa, at louisville, Pa, Sept. 20
George W. Glidewell, President, Eldreds
vile, Pa.
23d Ind. Battery, at New Haven. Ind.
Oct. 26. Vim. H. Ringwalt, President
Halls Corner, Ind.
The second Annual Reunion of the sur
vivors, in Nebraska, of the 7th Pa. Cav
was held at the home of j. +. Diener Syra
cuse, Neb., Aug. 1919. Cos. A. f, and ID
were represented. The officers for the en-
suing year are: Pres. j. F. Diener, Syra
cuse, Neb.; Sec, l. S. Meyers, Hendley
Neb.; Treas. John Tonkinson, Waverly
Neb.; The next Reunion will be held a
Hendley Neb
The National tribune., 1899-09-14
REUNIONS.
ILLINOIS

I'D ILL.,, in Supreme Court Room, Capt.
to Building, Springfield, Sept. %. d. +.
Lawler. Secretary, Green Valley, ILL.,
Sth ILL.,, in Room 20. State Capitol, Sept
2f. W. W. Weldon, Secretary, Williams
vile. III.
66th H.. in State Capitol. Springfield,
Sept. %. j. NJ. Moody, Secretary, Paris,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-16
Hinta About Milking.

Always confine cows in the stable
to be milked. 1t is better than having
them chase one another around the
yard.
Have the stable clean and have the
COW clean or you can't get clean milk.
Lime and whitewash for walls and
posts is a good thing. Land plaster is
a good absorbent in the stable.
Before commencing to milk, brush all
loose dirt from the sides and udder of
the cow.
After a little manipulation of the
teats and udder, the milk is ready TO
come down." Then is the time to
take it and do not delay.
Milk as rapidly as possible without
Irritating or worrying the cow
No definite rule can be given as to
how the teats should be handled in
milking, as cows differ and hands diff
fer so much; but be sure of one thing
please the COW if possible.
There should always be friendly
feeling between the COW and the milk
er, and mixers should not be changed
II it can be avoided.
A COW will not give down" her milk
to a milker she hates or is afraid of,
and what she does give will be deficient
in butter fat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-16
Binding Corn Fodder.

Corn fodder that Is cut and left
standing in the field is often greatly
damaged because Of the loose way in
which the shocks are bound. A handy
and effective way to draw the shock
together for tying is to take strap
and fasten an iron ring two or three
inches in diameter to one end. By
putting the strap around the shock
near the middle and running the free
end through the ring, the shock can
be brought to its smallest compass and
held there while additional layers are
being put on. There is little difficulty
In keeping fodder which is we'll tied,
and this method insures tight, compact
shocks that will stand wind and storm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-16
Money in Cherries.

1T Is encouraging to note the increas
ed paintings of cherry orchards as in.
dicated by orders received for large
numbers of trees by nursery men
throughout the country. There are few
orchard crops that will pay the profit
year in and year out that cherries will,
and the trees are subject to the attacks
of fewer diseases and insects than any
others. The one possible objection to
the culture of cherries has been the
ravages OF birds, hut this can be some.
what remedied by planting the outside
rows for the benefit of the birds.
When this is done they will rarely at.
tack the fruit on the trees in the mid.
die of the orchard.
The best soil for cherries Is an or.
dinary rich garden soil that Is not wet.
The larger growing trees, Hearts and
Bigarreaus, the sweet kinds, should be
set twenty feet apart, and the sour
kinds, Dukes and Morellos. twelve to
fifteen feet apart each way. Among
the best of the sweet varieties are Gov.
ernor Wood, large yellow with red
flush, early; Yellow spanish, very large
yellowish, white tinted with red, me-
dium; Windsor, large, almost black
fine grain and Of good quality, late
or the sour varities, Early Richmond,
red juicy, early; Montmorency, large,
bright red, mid-season, and English
Morello, large dark red, nearly black,
late, are the best. Cherries come In
bearing In two or three year from
planting the ordinary sized trees OBJ
tanned at the nursery, a full crop result
Ing In four or i've years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-16
Headquarters at NeIsonviIle.

DIR. Lutz the dentist who has been
visiting our town for the past year,
has fitted up the best dental offices
in the state at Nelsonville and will
make that place his headquarters for
an indefinate length of time.
All parties having dental work
done to the amount of five dollars or
over, will have their car fare paid to
Nelsonville.
A full upper or lower set of teeth
without plate almost at the same
price as the old style. Think of 1t
a full set of teeth without a plate too
cover the palate, nothing to interfere
with taste or speech, no place for
seeds to get under and spoil meal,
holds tighter, is lighter, stronger,
more natural, and better in every
way than the old style bunglesome
plate. This is the greatest invention
of dental science. All infringements
will be prosecuted,
M. III. LUTz Dentist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-16
It's up to the People.

Less than year remains in which
to gather facts, and information that
will influence your vote for the next
president Of the United States.
That grievous wrongs have been
committed, and grave errors allowed
to exist without effort at correction, is
evidenced by the speech, writings, and
comments of eminent statesmen and
jurists; congressman and leading men
of business; professors and clergymen
in every state.
Party affiliations have been ignored
in the outcry against thrusting aside
the safeguards of our fathers and rush
ing pell-mell into the affairs of Europe.
The situation is deplorable one if
not alarming; as is also our domestic
affairs dominated by gigantic Trusts.
The evils are not of spontaneous
growth They are the result of years
of labor and expenditure of millions
of dollarsl Beginning with the dis
placement Of American silver for
English gold, the cunning of Eng
lands diplomacy in shaping the des-
tiny of our Republic is apparent to
any ordinary observer seeking the
true inwardness of events.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has fire.
quently called attention to each and
every move as it was transpiring, and
during the campaign of 1900 will
present its readers with truthful
array of facts that will be extremely
interesting and startling.
No fair-minded American, be he
Republican, Democrat or of other
political faith, can afford at this critical
time to ignore the truth. Partisan
prejudice, with the Trusts as dictators,
is far more degrading slavery than
that which existed previous to the Civil
War of'6I-64.
Trusts in the United States alone
have representative capital greater
than all the gold and silver in the
world. These will spend many more
millions of dollars to suppress truth
and facts and mislead all who fail to
look beyond their plausible decep.
tons. Read the Enquirer and you
will be able to discern the truth and
combat falsehood. A victory for
Trusts and the Mckinley Admins
tration in 1900 will end the era oi
greatest good to greatest number.
Watch carefully the
Cincinnati Enquirer.