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The National tribune., 1899-04-13

Editor National Tribune. In your issue
of March 30, in the Personals, you speal
of the death of ex-Gov. Pierpont, OF Vir
ginia, and speak of him as the last of the
War Governors. This is an error, as ex
Gov. Frederick Holbrook, OF Vermont, IL
now living here, hale and hearty, at the
age of Sc; walks out every pleasant day
and able in the season to work in his
garden, and takes as much interest il
local and National affairs as any OF the
younger men. He was Governor OF Yer
mont from October, 1861, to october, 1853.
during the most trying times Of the civil
war. He doubtless commissioned more
officers from Vermont than any other OF
our Governors. He was the trusted friend
of President Lincoln, and his advice and
counsel was often asked and listened to
by him, and many of his suggestions
were followed by the Administration.
believe that ex-Gov. Sprague, OF Rhode
Island, is also living, although l do not
know where. Kindly insert this cOrrec-
ton in behalf of all the veterans of Yer
mont-Herbert E. Taylor, Co. F, 4th VT,
Brattleboro. Vt.
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Letters on the Pension Question.

We have received many communica
tons on the pension question from com
rades throughout the country, and, II
general, the views expressed agree with
ours. We would gladly print these letters
in full would space allow. Among those
who have sent us interesting letters or
the subject are the following:
w. F. Leech, Lima o.; j. C. Mckinney
Minden, Neb.; T. +. Hathaway, South
Paris, Me-; John Carp, Co. A, 1st n. y
L. A., Central Square, N. Y; Rev. E. w.
NJ. Mcintosh, Co. A, 14th ILL.,, indianapolis
C. j. Bryant, Hopewell, Mo-; Jacob G.
Matlick, Co. B, 5th W. Va. Cav, Kinks
Vile, Mo-; Henry C. Hoppe, Sergeant, Co.
X, 18th Ill. Cav, Wetmore, Colo; Abra-
ham E. Davis, Milo, Ark; NJ. Griffin;
Corp'l James II. Stoughton, Reynolds
Butler. Pa; James Heritage. Wyandotte'
Mich; G. S. Anderson, Rossville, Pa;
L. ID. Bayes, Co. |, 36th iowa. Wauseon.
o.; James Williamson, Scranton, Pa;
NJ. Gerwig, Hope, W. Va; n. w. Green
man, Sergeant, Co: II, goth Conn, Water
bury, Conn; Charles A. Kincaid' Usage
10th Ohio; N. b., sOth Ind. Nevada City.
Mo-; Campbell Walker, Co. NJ, I'd Pa.
Cav; Marion Center, Pa; z: c. Burdick'
Sergeant, Co. G, 10th ILL.,, MarshalltOwn,
Iowa; d. A. Robertson, Lingleville, Tex;
Gustavus Pease, 9Th Me-, Manchester,
N. H.; J. Marion, 1st Ill. Cav. Monet,
Co. II, eoth Ohio, Moxhala. O.; J; S. Max,
we'll, Co. I, 1st Ind. Cav, and Co. c, I'd
u. S., Enterprise, Ore; A. b. Hacker,
Parsons, Kan; p. II. Steele. Co. X. Sd
Ind. Cav, Manhattan. Colo; Hugh NJ.
Campbell, 9sth ~. Y, Medford, Mass;
Co. b, I'd Tenn. Mtd, Inf. and Co; I, 4th
Tenn. MID Inf, Sardis, Tenn; Geo. w.
Baker, West Dennis, Mass; W. L. Sapp.
Co. B, Sd W. Va, Turnwater. Wash; II.
S. Dixon, Co. B. 10Th Ind, Newport. Mo-; {;
Stephen Tripp, 11th Pa. Cav; A. Jones,
Lake Como, Pa; Noble ,7.n f; Roberts %e SS,, Sc
White, Co. H, 115th ill.,, Panama, Mo-;
T. G. Arnold. Co: G. 122d Ohio. Millers-
burg, O.; "a soldier" Kansas; E. B.
Holmes, Co. D, 7th Ohio Cav. W. H.
Young, Past Commander, Post SO, De-
partment of Missouri, Gridley, Mo-; H.
n n HutchinsGn n:ohs Co. e sHsh 10Th XII Ns5 Elkf01k
Estes, Jackson, Wyo.; L. D. Virgins, Co.
E. 1st Iowa Cav, Wayland, Iowa; J. d.
S. Pringle, Corporal, Co. F, 18th Pa. Cav,
West Brownsville, Pa; John A: Shu-
maken. Milroy. Pa: II. P. Ingersoll, N IIh
Evans, N: Y; F. NJ. Hughes, Mill P. O.,
Deer Lodge, Tenn; Frederick Wallack.
Co. L, I'd Cal. Cav, New Orleans, La;
Charles ii. Rauert, Captain, Co. f, Tooth
N. Y, Buffalo, N. Y; William d. Sweet,
Plessis, N. Y. Alexander Law. 256 West
Fortieth street, New York City; J. Stuart
Wilson, Yorkville, H.; W. r. Gabbard.
Co. e, 47th Ky.,- Aurora, Ark; j. S. Scott,
Pierre, s. D.; George d. Simmons, Gen.
tral City, Ky; Lars E. johnson, Wiota.
Wis; d. Silversmith, Kansas City, Mo-;
N. Davis, College, Kan; VIM. II. Dyke,
Observation-Disclosures Co. x, I'd Wis.
Cav, Prairie du CHEN, Wis.,; John Rees-
man, Co. L. I'd Ohio II. A., Waynesboro,
Pa; John W. Jacoby, Co. E, s3d H.,
Teheran, ILL.,; W. H. Rosser, Mill Hall,
Pa; Jos. M. Eason, Stanford, KY; Jas.
1ozAtAt. D Croft, MINI.
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a UNIQUE HppEHL.
An Aged Veterans Letter to Henry Clay
Evans.

An Aged Veterans Letter to Henry Clay
Evans.
| To the Commissioner of Pensions:
The following communication
| Is written in relation
To my delayed application
For an augmentation
| OF my pension appropriation.
Some sort of explanation
| Why so much hesitation
And continued procrastinati0n
Would give much qualification.
| A year after my application,
| Before an order for examination
| Reached its destination,
| l went before the board for examination;
And, If they correctly reported my situa-
ton,
1t was total prostratiOn
OF my physical organization.
| received from them this information,
In utter CONSERVATION,
That cataracts were causing cessation,
And soon a termination,
| To my visual observation.
In my crippled situation
| I've labored in desperation
To protect from want and starvation
My ten children, my appropriation
| To the strength OF the Nation,
And to increase its population.
My age, seventy-seven, near the termina-
ton
| vi my earthly pioptitlofi' =.
Twenty years widower, more than nall
generation,
Charity furnishes me a habitation,
And portion OF my daily ration.
Blindness denies me the qualification
OF reading any news publication
For general informatiOn;
But for my daughters kind ministration
l should be driven to desperation.
| She prepares my frugal ration,
Reads to me some news publication,
Leads me for exercise and recreation,
Attending my daily wants her vocation.
II could obtain an increased remunera-
ton
| To keep me from want and privation
Until my life's termination
| 1t would give great consolation.
There will be no widow to make applica-
tion
| For it's further continuation.
| Should you reject this application,
| The poorhouse will be my destination.
My daughter copies this communication
From my pencil scrawls and dictation.
The National tribune., 1899-04-13

Editor National Tribune: l want to
know the amount OF salary paid the
President and Vice-President of the
United States; also to each Cabinet officer,
Justice OF the United States Supreme
Court, Lieutenant-General,M Maior-General
and Brigadier-General of the United
States Army.-Jno. II. G. Hustead.
1.-THE President receives $4,000; Vice.
President, $4,000; Cabinet officers, 5000;
Chief Justice, $40, 500; Associate Justices,
$4,000; Lieutenant General, S11 1000;
Major-General, $500; Brigadier-General,
STANDARDIZATION National Tribune.l
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it to its foundations, and thus deprive the
Christians Of their greatest Safeguard. In
certain spots they succeeded: and tie
soldiers cursed the day OF their birth, as
the ruins fell crashing 10 the ground, and
they saw themselves reduced To the al
tentative OF filling the breaches with their
bodies, or remaining TO perish where they
stood. IL is true, that in this kind OF
defense, as well as under other urgent
difficulties, they received good and manly
aid from their numerous allies, the Tlas-
calans, who fought, during the whole day,
with spirit and cheerfulness that put
many a repining Castilian to shame. But
these, though battling equally for their
lives, were incapable of withstanding long
the unexampled violence Of the assaults;
and it was soon found that the naked
bodies OF the Tlascalans offered but slight
impeachment to the frenZied Mexicans.
The Spaniards, in the expedient used to
drive the citizens from their house-tops,
had taught them mode of warfare which
they were not slow TO adopt. The palace
was OF a solid structure, and seemed to bid
defiance to flames. But the same cedars
that finished the interior of meaner
houses, formed its floors and ceilings;
every chamber was covered with mats,
and most of them were hung with the
most innammable kind of tapest y. In
addition 10 this, the 5000 Tlascalans,
who had been left with Alvarado, and
who slept in the courtyard, besides st ew-
ing the earth with rushes-their humble
couches-had constructed along the walls
of the palace itself, many rude arbors, or
rather kennels, Of reeds from the lake, to
shelter them from the vicissitude of the
rainy ason, VIII ch had, already, in part,
set in. And, TO crown ALL the cavaliers,
whose horses, as they well knew, were
each worth thousand Tlascalans, had
caused stalls to be constructed 70 them,
wherein they ". re be ter protected from
the weather. an their fellow animals,
the allies. With these arrangements, the
Mexicans were we'll acquainted.
No sooner, therefore, had they sus-
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rdgsiTg away the dead, Don Hernando
i'r 1;.ce bis sentinels TO modest them.
he guards were set, and the overworn
soldiers retired, at last, to throw theiI
wounded bodies on their pallets. But
throughout the whole night, the noises ol
men repairing the breaches, and con-
structing certain military engines
assured those who were too sore or toe
fearful TO sleep, that the leader they had
cursed was sacrificing a second night to
the duties OF his station.
(TO be continued)
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Duck River AFFAIR.

Our lively correspondent, Col. Theodore F.
Allen, sends in parting shot at Comrades
Hopkins and Sanford about the Duck River
affair, where q company of the 7th Ohio was
captured and sent to prison, and afterwards
blown up on the steamer Sultana. Having
given notice that we cannot afford more
space to the controversy about Duck River,
we can do no more than make this passing
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manner oi 9iahying IL, that, once or
twice, Don Amador noticed him, and
would have censured him sharply, but
that his attention was Immediately abb
sotbed by the necessity Of self defense.
The cavaliers had dismounted, and the
neophyte fought at the gates on foot In
the midst OF an assault, In which the de-
tenders had been driven back, but which
disgrace they were now repairing, he be-
held his ward struggling with a wounded
savage. who grasped his knees and hand,
but in entreaty, not hostility; and greatly
was Don AmadOr shocked, when he be-
held the secretary disengage his arm,
and, with shout Of triumph, plunge his
steel into the throat of the suppIicating
barbarian.
"Art thou a devil, Lorenzo," cried the
cavalier. Indignantly. THAT was a
knave's and a cOward's blow. Thou shal,
follow me no longer"
While he spoke, and left himself un.
guarded, gigantic pagan, taking ad-
vantage OF his indiscretion, leaped sud
denly upon him, and struck him such a
blow with nlaquahuitl. as, but for the
strength OF his casque, would have killed
him outright. AS il was, the shock Sc
stunned him, as TO leave him for a mo
ment incapable Of defense. In that mo
ment, the savage, uttering a loud yell
sprang forward TO repeat the blow, or Il
drag him of prisoner; when Fabueno
perceiying the extremity of his patron
and fired with the opportunity OF proving
his valor, rushed between them, and with
lucky blow on the naked neck of the
Mexican, instantly dispatched him.
"A valiant stroke, Lorenzop' said the
neophyte, losing somewhat OF his heat
as he recovered his wits. "But it does
not entirely wipe out the shame of the
other. Moderate thy wrath, curb thy fury,
and remember that cruelty is the mark ol
a bastard. Strike me no more foes tina,
cry for mercyP
AS his anger had been changed into ap-
pfobatton, so now were his censures
ebruptly ended BY exclamations of sur.
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must cure your lung troubles or THEY
WILL KILL YOU. That's the whole situa-
tion in nutshell.
Never was there cure for lung troubles
equal to the newly-discovered DR.. Slocum
treatment. This forms system of Four
Remedies that are used simultaneously, and
supplement each others curative action. Il
cures weak lungs, bronchitis, asthma, coughs,
consumption, and every other ailment of the
pulmonary region. 1t destroys every germ
that can affect the respiratory system, and
even in advanced stages of lung trouble
positively arrests the tubercular growth,
while it also builds up the patient SO that
his system is enabled to throw off scrofula,
rheumatism, catarrh, and other wasting dis
eases.
Thousands of cured cases already prove
these claims. Thousands of grateful people
bless the discovery.
The doctor wants everybody to know the
surprising merits of his system. He has
arranged to give free treatment -Four
Preparations) to all sufferers. Full instruc-
tious for use accompany each treatment
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You wan, to Make Money,

Send 10 cents for "Gold Tips" A grand op-
portunity to provide yourself and family with
an income. Thousands have made fortunes,
you Can do the me. No canvassing. Easy.
honorable, and legitimate. Hugh Bauerlin,
Box 1914, Denver, Col.
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Tho Woman Does.

Susie-Papa, what makes a man al
ways give a woman a diamond engage
ment ring7
Her Father-The woman.
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allusion to the matter Comrade G.. A.
Sheppard, of the 10th Ill. Cav, also writes
an interesting account of the affair.
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WRITE TO THE DOCTOR.

Write at once to DR.. T. A. slocum La5o-
ratories, So and 80 Pine street, New York
City, giving full express and postoffice ad-
dress, and mention THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Delay only makes your trouble worse.
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Salaries Paid by Uncle Sam.

Hoods Sarsaparilla 10 the best medicine
money can buy to make pure life-giving blood.
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(TO be continued.

EDITORIAL NoTE.-Co.tez's army con-
tinues the battle against overwhelming
forces Of savages. Many strange adventures
befau Don Amador
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enjoy in common with
brutes; and doubt
less, a conformable
philosophy will not
frown on the privi-
lege, SO long as the
loss OF il would con-
tract our circle Of
enioyments. There is
something poetical in
the diabolism Of a
fend, and as much
that is splendid in
the ferocity Of a tiger;
and though these
two qualities be the
chief elements Of
heroism, they bring
with them such ac-
CO m p a niments OF
splendor and scnti-
ment. that he would
:ob the world of half
its glory, as well as
much of its poetry,
who should destroy
the race OF the great,
and leave mankind
70 the dull inno-
cence of peace
There are more mil
lions Of human be-
ings. the victims Of
war, rott;ng under
the earth, than now
move on its surface.
The pain Of wounds
had also produced a
new effect in the
bosom of Lorenzo;
for. instead Of cooling
his courage, it now
inhamed his rage,
and helped TO make
him valiant. The
mild and feeling boy
was quite transformed
into a hear { e S s
ruf1ian; and SO great
had become his love
of slaughter, and so
un scrupulous h j 5
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Other War Governor. Still Living.

My daughter copies this communication
From my pencil scrawls and dictation.
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WARRINGTON. June 3o.-~The Ameri-
een Federation OF Labor in this city to-
hy received a telegram from Edward
noycA, Of the Miners Union. in Montana.
osiing corporation and support In a ma
tonsl labor convention, 90 be held in
chicago, 70 protest against the action
q the military authorities In Idaho.
President Gompers. while expressing
sympathy with the object OF the conveu-
DIN. declined to have the American Fed
eeasion drawn officially into action with
this particular movement.
The message fran Mr.. Royce was a.
follows.
Butte. Mont. June ~
Samuel Gompers. Washington VIII
you Join union men of the west and hold
: national labor convention at Chicago
July II to protest against the usnrpatfon
e power by the military authorities In
l6akos FED. BOYCE"
President Gompers replied.
Ed Bnyce. Butte. Mont. The Ameri-
ean Federation OF Labor authorizes its
e9neers 10 take every action In defense
q and 10 further labor interests, but ape
c1aI conventions have proven nxpensive,
ueeless. superfiucus and often destruc-
i've Of the purposes for which they were
called We shall leave no effort untried
TO prevent military or other usurpation,
and We should have Your cooperation to
that end
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. sister city in 1855. A mutual friend had
taken me back on the stage, and after
the concert Paderewski undertook to leave
by q side entrance Before he knew 1t he
was In the thick of a mob of women. I
will never forget that spectacle a. long az
i live The passage was gloomy. the crowd
was absolutely hysterical. and Paderewski
himself showed every symptom OF q blue
funk. He plowed Ills hands through his
mop Of hair until II stood out like tbs name
OF Circassian princess. his little yellow
mustache bristled like . cats. and I real
~ thought he was going 10 have a nervous
spasm. He was wearing long frock coat
at the time. the buttons OF which were
fastened by several silk loops. The entire
set was torn of. and one admirer snatched
a rose from his lapel with such violence
that she ripped the button hole clear TO the
lining. Tha. Is no exaggeration. bu: a mere
statement Of fact The badgeret artist
never Yegained his composure until he
reached his private car and got deep Ia a
game Of poker. Of which he IL passionatsiy
fond. don't wonder he breads the sight
OF a woman"-New Orleans Times.Dcmo-
crat
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DAMAGES REACH ZIG FIGURES.
Railroad TraMc Suspended by the
Numerous Washouts

HOUSTON. Tex. June 3o.-The remark
ebiy heavy rains Of the pass four days In
Texas have done damage which Will
amount to hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars. Railroad traffic II suspended tn
South Texas because OF tho numerous
Waahouts and many bridges are gone. Ev-
cry stream In this section OF the state ia
thcve high water mark. ard the angry
waters have destroyed thousands Of acres
q cotton, corn and cane, besides houses
and cattle.
A. Calvert the rise was - sudden that
when the water went through the town
several negrosw we're drowned. and five
1odlea have been recovered. Il IL rumored
Tat many farmers white and coioyed, itv-
nc IN the Rraxos bottoms. have been
efowned. hss neither names nor reliable
particulars arr yet obtainahle.
Tho big and Little BRACES rivers have
joined at Nayasota. where they are orcit-
narsty three miles apart. and the whole
country between, mostly cnttnn and corn
hhd. IL ruined II y reliably stated that
enc family Of six persons persisted. The
- N cotton and corn alone viii reach
million dollars. white another MILTON
VII not cover the ioss to railroads and
esher property.
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MINERS FIRE on A TRAIN.
Of Negroes % work In the Coal
Mines, asa Attempt 10 Prevent
Their Cening BY fierce Of Arms.

MURPHYSBORO. H.. June O-At
> O'Clock this morning Conductor william
Bryan's train on the Johnson City branch
OF the Illinois Central. bearing forty-seven
negro miners from P1na. was shot into
by crowd Of miners At IAweer. In VIII
Eamston county. One negro woman was
killed by a bullet through her heart.
The negroes were brought by Sam +.
Brush, superintendent OF the 81. Louis Big
Muddy mines. near Carsersviie. TO work
In his mine there. where there il now a
strike. The miners. fifty in number. were
armed with rifles and were hidden In the
grass behind the company's depot. When
the tran stopped the leader who was an
Italian. got on the platform and command
Ell the negroes to get out. Conductor
bryan inierfereG. but was stopped by a re-
volyer In his face. The train began to move
and the miners poured in . whitening IRE
Conductor Bryan yelled TO the negroes to
throw themselves on the floor
Half = mile further on the negroes were
unioaded and placed under charge Of
guards. They were then marched to the
mine. Intense excitement prevails In the
Carteryiiie coal field, and bloody .r.ots are
expected. A. the feeling has been intense
for weeks.
Two killed and Twenty wounded.
ST. LOUIS. June ao.--The Post Dispatch
special from carbondale says: Word
has Just been received here tina. the col
ored men from Pana received an exceed
irsiy warm reception today when nearing
the mines at Fredoria. They were met
with fusiilade Of shots, resulting In the
killing of two persons and the woundiDg
of twenty. Desuitory firing has been In
progress all morning. and the situation Is
critical"
settinx Union MinePs' Homes en Fire.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. June 3o.--Secr~tary
Ryan. OF the United Nine Workers OF
America. has received message from
Thomas jeremiah. Of Cartervsle say ng
that the negroes there are setting fire TO
the homes OF the union miners and urging
the secretary to come at once. He leaves
on an early morning train
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The most popular Of these are: The De.
serted Wife" The Mother.in-I.aw,,
Dauyhte,: The Lost Heiress." c risn-
Heart" THE Trail OF the Serpent" and
.'The Hidden Hand. The last. In dra-
matized version. was for many years ex-
ceed.ngly popular on the American and
English stage. Mrs. Southworth's stories
are located for the most part In Maryland
and Virginia They display great ingenu-
ity In the construction of plot and char
acter. and good descriptive powers. They
all have distinct moral purpose. Pre-
vious TO the civil war Mrs. 6outhwofth
was an ardent aboltionist. and by her
writings greatly aided that cause. She
was a woman OF refined sensibilities and
a brilliant conversational:st. and was
greatly beloved In private life.
Gen. Delaware Kemper.
WASHINGTON. June @.~-Gen. Della
ware Kemper, consul to Annoy. China, un-
der the first Cleveland administration,
died at his home in Alexandria. Va. to-
day.
Capt. James r. Simpson.
PRESCOTT: Artz.. June 10. Capt James
F. Simpson. u. s. A., retired. died here
ast night after a brief illness
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MORE NEW JERSEY COMPANIES.
Wsetiax Paper Trust and Another
Canal Company File Articles.

TRENTON. y. j.. June @.-~,Articies Of
mfcrporatioB Of she American Writing
tarer Company were flied today The
sathorixed capital h 81. assl ae The GEM
fshy is organized 10 manufacture and
esal In paper.
no American lsthmuS Canal Company
nnaN hisa new articles ~ incurpera tion.
NAssnK out that part 81 the original pa =
St NJ reference 60 the increasing Of
ne capital siask, which met with the dis
aFpFusA of the attorney general The
eashcyssed 81 pstai stock tn the papers
nsca today - placed 1T $50 tsAa 90 The
0hpAny Is formed "a h,ltld ship canal
Msross ths tsthuitS of Panama. and thss
Umsa, stock Is expected se be increased
70 abort Time