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The National tribune., 1900-02-15

CAPT. =. III. CoNEY, Of Topeka. Kan,
feels aggreved at recent remark OF ours
that we knew Of no pension attorney in the
country that dared say his soul is his own.
Capt. Coney, who has been valiant and
outspoken in defense of veterans rights.
has been complimented by THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for his zeal and courage. We
have never regarded him as a pension
attorney, but rather that his pension busi-
ness was merely side-issue to his other
legal practice, and conducted, as many
comrades do, more for the benefit of his COM
rades than from any personal profit re-
sulting therefrom.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THAT noble Order OF workers. the W re,
has sustained a severe loss in the death
of Mrs. Anne Wittenmyer, who died at her
home near PottStown, Pa. Feb. 2. aged ~.
She was born of Scotch-Irish Revolutionary
parentag in Sandy Springs, O., and mar
ried and removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where
she opened a free school for the children Of
the town. She was from the first promi-
nent in literary, church and temperance
work. At the outbreak Of the rebellion she
helped to organize soldiers aid socie ty,
and then went to the front as nurse, and
manager of hospitals. She collected and
distributed about $3.50, 200 of supplies dur
ing the war. After the war she went into
home missionary and temperance work
and was the first President Of the VIC. Il.
e.. in which position she continued for five
wears. She entered the Woman's Relief
Corps at its formation, and from that day
until her death was prominent in its work.
She was elected National President in 1889.
She inaugurated and carried forward To
success a movement for a Pennsylvania
home for soldiers mothers, widows and
orphan children. She also inaugurated
the movement for a National Woman's
Relief Corps Home. which was established
at Madison 0. At the time of her death
she was Chairman Of the Board of Directors
of the Home.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
A SERVICE PENSION.
Bill Introduced in the Senate to Grant Ten
Dollars per Month.

Senator Allen on Jan. 10 introduced in
the Senate the following bill, which. after
being twice read was referred TO the Com
mittee on Pensions:
BE enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States Of
America IN Congress assembled. That from
and after the passage of this act all lin-
pensioned soldiers and sailors who served
in the Army or Navy of the United States
for the period of three months or more dur
ing the recent civil war between the States
and were honorably discharged thereirom,
and all soldiers and sailors who served in
the Army or Navy Of the United States for
the period of three months or more during
said war and wrre honorably discharged
therefrom who are now drawing a pension
of less than SO month, shall draw PEN
sion of SO month, to be paid as other
pensions are paid: Prorided, That in the
latter case said sum shall be in lieu of any
pension now obtained by any such soldier
or sailor.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

Is it not strange that the only man now
connected with the Pension Bureau, or eve,
connected with it, who was really honest
who really understood the pension lows
and who could be really trusted TO do the
right thing at all times is Henry Clay
Evans? When he is not abusing pension
attorneys as the source of all evil he is scor-
ing the Boards Of Examining Surgeons. OF
some Of the employees Of the Bureau for the i,
ignorance. incompetence, or too favorable
leaning toward the poor man who wants his
rights.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
he did, but he stole you blind. Never saw

he did, but he stole you blind. Never saw
anything so rank"
Air 20 done sho' of that"
Sure of II? saw it rs plain as see the
stockade over there saw il from the very
minute he set in. He'd fixed up a cold
deck for You. and ruug it right in on YOU
whore You WIS playin' q square game"
11bbetts went off into IA torren, of curses.
by which il developed that Greene had been
skinning him for weeks ont of ererv dollar
that he could get. Shorty affected the
utmost Indignation and sympathy. and
finally proposed to teach Tibbctts a trick Nv
winch he could beat Greene. and get his
losses back. Shorty Was positive in his
Us u Inces of being able to do this. and
backed them up by doing two or three
tricks. when his hands were released for
that purpose. These quite overpowerrd
tn, dull-miudcd Georgian. II he could
only handle cards that way. he would clean
out tine whole camp. and cacklc over Wad
Gre"nc in way to pay up past scores.
But Shorty rcSolutely refused TO give any
further instruction. until he and his COM
q its were restored TO their rights. which
included being allowed 10 take their bundles
inside the stock;de with them. Once in
SID" with tn" materials with which To COM
plctc the tent. h. would devote any amount
of time 10 giving Mr.. Tibbctts full iustrrc.
| ton into all the mysteries of cold decks,
dealing from the bottom. and other devices
Tor cnSnariBg tine uIwary.
Tfbbetts finally decided that rs Capt.
WIZ had been seen going ont of camp, he
iad IN all probability forgotten about the
prisoners. and would not recall them unless
brought before his eyes. Tibbetts. in view
OF the great prize to be gained. would take
the chances on this. release the squad and
march it directly into the stockade
AS the sun was setting the boys again
reached their place of abode, and flung
| their burdens on the ground =
CTO be coutinued.)
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
Iron Brtgades."

A c. Cutler, San Francisco, Cal, notes
the ediscussioniabout the Iron Brigade" OF
the Army of the Potomac, and says that il
was made up at the Chain Bridge. on the
Potomac, in October. 1851, of the I'd, 9th,
9TH Wis. ands19th Ind. The name given
Bull Run and Antietam campaigns in Au-
gust and September. 1862. 1t was COM
manded successfully by King. Carter,
Gibbon and Bragg, and in the words of the
historian Fox suffered greater propor,
tionate loss in battle than any other bri-
gade in the Army of the Potomac"
S. Roder, Allis. Mich, says the only
Iron Brigade, he knew Of was the Second
Brigade of the. First Division, Fourth
Corps, Army Of the Cumberland, COM
manded by Whitaker. When the Iron
Brigade was in front we felt perfectly safe,
ance "Old Whit. as the boys called him,
once swore that he could storm and take
the House Of Correction in the Sweet Bye
and-Bye (only he didn't call it by such a
polite namel with his brigade, and never
lose man, for they We're hard to kill.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

ONE goo1 thing accomplish ed by the
dational Pension Con nittee has been to
measurably shut off Egans's stream of
abusa of veterans ani their widows. with
which he has been filling the press of the
country for the three years that he has been
in Office. He does not seem to be furnish
ing mlnifold typewriter reports to News
paper Row of his superlatiye keenness in
detecting frauls, as much as he did.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

SENATORS Teller. CuIlom. Allen anC
a number Of others expressed their very
natural surprise that the bill which they
had voted for to make no pension less tha I
$6 should be construed by the Pension B,l-
reau to mean that a man with 81 rating
and no more. should lose that which he had
They stated that the meaning of the la al
the time Of its passage was that the 81 mar
should be raised to So. Senator TelIe,
denounced this misconstruction as al
"atrocious and wicked thing"
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

HON. JAS. WILSON, Secretary of Agri
culture, was present at the banquet of the
Department of the Potomac, and heartily
approved of the Commander-in- Chiefs
speech. He disclaimed being able to make
speech himself, but said that in a country
which produced 1000, 100000 bushels of
corn. 50J.OOo.OOo bushels Of wheat, and
millions of cattle and hogs every year, it
was cruelty absurd that any soldier should
starve. or even be in want. There was nc
Justification in denying him his rights on
the ground of expense, and he reminded the
Congressman present that no man had ever
been defeated on the ground of voting in
favor of iberality in pensionlegislation but
the reverse was often true.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THE BRITISH have now in South Africa
about as many men as Gen. Grant moved
from all directions against Richmond in the
Spring OF 1864. This would include
Meade's. Burnside's, Buffers. Sigel's
and Sheridans forces, and those left for thu @
defense of Washington and the Baltimore
e. Ohio Railroad. But the fighting done
by them is IA very feeble comparison with
that inaugurated when Grant crossed the
Rapdan that fateful May 3, 1864
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

Mr.. EVANS MI" one of his usual do
ceptive statemoaGi 10 the Invalid Pension
Con- nittaa. in rtgard to the Medical Di-
vision of the PelSioI B Burcau. which h"
would havcIed the Committee 10 believe was
made up Of old army Surgeons. many of
them wearing medal of honor. This is
in line with his parading the number OF
veterans an l their widows employed in the
Bureau whic!i should be filled TO overflow
ing with veterans and their widows, there
are only 525 of these, in a total force of
1,741. or notInear 33 per cent. We do not
care to go into an analysis of the member
ship of the Meiical Division, since they are
all mere subordinates, who have no choice
but do exactly as the Commissioner directs.
The entire responsibility is with him. The
fact is. however, that comparatively few Of
them are soldiers, and the majority of them
do not fill the legal requirements of being
physicians and surgeons of educa ton,
skill and experience" They are clerks who
have taken more or less education after
hours. in the schools of this city, and have
never practiced anywhere. But. as we
have said before, this is imnaterial. They
are merely there to do Henry Clay Evans's
bidding, and cut down or set aside the find
ings Of surgeons of far more ability and
experience, who have the additional ad-
vantage of having the claimant directly
before them aud ascertaning his disabili-
ties by the uanstakable evidence of their
own skilled senses.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THE clumsy. sluggish way i'll which the
British attempt their turning movements y
as they term them reminds us of n song the
Army of the Potomac boys used to sing:
Way down in ole Virginny. not many
months ago.
Joe Hooker made movement. but he made
it mighty slow.
The rebels they soon found it out, and
flanked him on the right,
And that's the reason why. my boys, we're
bumming here tonight.
In the ole Virginny lowlands. low;
In the ole Nirginny lowlands, low.
What the British should do is to send for
photograph of one of Sherman's long
legged marchers in 1S64-the finest
marcher and fighter the world ever saw.
They would see young fellow, with sub
stantial army brogans on his feet, his socks
pulled up over the ends of his pantaloons
and tied there; his blanket and pup-tent
thrown over his shoulder scarf-fashion;
three days rations i'm his hayerSack. 40
rounds of cartridges in his box. and 40
more in his pocke.s. trusty Springfield
rife in his hands, and unlimited confidence
in himself and his officers in his heart.
He would easily cover 100 miles in three
days, and fight and whip anything he en-
countered. If the British had few thou
sand such as he. they would have no trouble
in finding the Beers "eend," and routing
them out of their stronghold.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

AT one tim" Mr.. Evans held up his hands
in horror at the itea Of restoring Order 1874
which he sal would cost the country un
numbered millions Of dollars. Then. at
the next visit of tils National Committee. he
told them that he was practically CARRYING
out Order 1874, and combining disa abilities.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

pet scheme for beguiling the veterans by a
Codification Commission is dead beyond
hope Of resurrection. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE killed it by simple explanation
to the comrades of its meaning and effect
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
81 and the Boys Get Out of the Scrape, and
Bring Their Bundles Inside.

ST and the rest were astonished at the
submissivcncSs of Shorty to the painful
lid degrading punishment of bucking-
and-gagging. For things incomparabIy
less Shorty had in time past filled the camp
with tumult. In fact, i'll the earlier days
of his enlistment. which ST well-remcm-
bcred. Shorty had been something OF II
holy terror" much To Sis amlzcmnnt tin at
he should so brave The tegally-consti tutcd
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

SUPPOSE that. instead Of some $50. .OOO
all told, men, women and children. OF Beers
and Free Staters, Great Britain had TO buck
up against Southern Confederacy of
about 10000, 900 people.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

In ANOTHER column Private Dalzell goes
to the root of the pension trouble with force,
full clearness. We have not always agreed
with Private Dalzell, but the disagree.
ments have been as to policy, rather than
on principle. His heart is always in the
right place, and few men equal him in
strong. clear pleading of rightful cause
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THE managers of the customary rcvo-
luton in Venezuela ought 10 import some
coaches of American football teams. so as
to give the affair little vim, and arouse
public interest.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THE legislation recommended by the
National Pension Committee amending the
act of June %, 1890, will probably pass at
an early date. But what good will tn al &c
with Commissioner who is bent upon not
carrying out the law at all?
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

DOM PAUL seems to be one of the GEN
erals who can get along very well without
a special correspondent at headquarters.
The reporters at the other fellows head
quarters serve his purposes just as well. y
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

Comrade S. A. Mcneil, formerly OF the
31st Ohio, has received upon his neck the
sharp ak of the Hanna-Nash-Dick combi-
nation, and is no longer a clerk in the
Ad dmtant-General's Office at Columbus, O.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THE necessity for such extraordinary
measures as the Court of Pension Appeals
is the strongest Indictment of the Commits,
sioner of Pensions.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

HISTORY repeats itself We started out
with Bull Run. Great Britain had on the
Tugela River a Butler Run.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

AGUINALDO seems to have at last run
clear oIt Of the sight and hearing of the
most sl5erprisiny newspaper reporter.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
RIDICULOUS TACTICS.

The dispatches give us little hope thai
the British commanders are learning much
of the practical side of war. There is still
a clamor for more artillery, and more artil-
lery ammunition. and much gasconadc
about ''the terrible effect of our lyddite
shells and Maxims." Every old infantry
man in the United States must laugh at
this nonsense about driving away an
intrenched infantry line with shell-fire. or
even shaking its nerves. though all tn G
cast-iron in England be hurled at it. One
OF the best illustrations of the futility of this
was afforded by Gettysburg. There our
infantry line lay out in the open meadows
and wheatfields, while Lee pounded them
for three long hours with 200 guns only
a mile distant. When Pickett finally
came out he found our infantry all there,
with their nerves in fine shape, and they
proceeded to tear him to pieces i'll the most
approved manner. SO far as Pickett $
reception by the Second Corps was con-
ccrned every one of the tons of iron which
Lee had been laboriously hauling up from
Virginia to hurl at the Second Corps might
quite as well have remained in the T'rcdc-
gar Iron Works at Richmond. Pickett
was whipped Just as swiftly and completely
rs if the rebel guns had not fired Il shell.
The Germans. French. AIstTians. etc,
have Il great opinion of the noisy artillery,
though Sheridan. riding over the bloody
field of Gravclottc. where the Prussian
could not find an average of one man killed
by artillery for each of the 300 guns CON
ccntrated upon the French. American
soldiers quickly learned that the man with
the muskct is the decider Of battles. Give
him a chance to dig a little hole in the
ground, or get behind IA low ridge. and he
will stay there in spite of all the cannon
in the country and he will kill everything
for "a half-milc in front of him, except another
rifCman who has gained similar protection.
The battle is really and always between
those two follows. The deadly infantry
fire is Il e settling proposition. Artillery
and everything else are merely sideshows
to the men with the muskets. The Beers
fight American fashion. They can only
Ee whipped American fashion. by rifle
men who will take every advantage of the
ground. Instead of slayishly following
German and French models. the British
should study the art Of war rs developed
This side the Atlantic.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15

THERE is not much enterprise in any
little town now that cannot discover and
arrest "A Goebel murderer.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
New Guessing Contest.

We invite special attention TO the par
ticulars f the new Guessing Contest fully
explained on page of this issue.
The best way not TO be disappointed in
the wind-up Of this contest is TO be in it.
Remember, that for every subscriber sent i'll
the club ra ser has one chance to get a share
of the $500 in cash. in addition to all other
premiums.
In order TO give a pointer" as to how the
receipts are running. We print statement
Of the amount received by the United States
Treasury at Warrington according TO the
official report for last week:
MONDAY. Feb. 5... S2.13S.219
TuaS4ay. FEB. 6..... 1.1S3.414
Wednesday. Feb. 7... 2.347 .232
Thursday. Feb. .S..... 1895. .3S3
Friday. Feb. 9................ 1.54S .919
Saturday, Feb. .10......... 1873. .504
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
PENSIONS. HERE AND ABROAD.

The last war that Importantly figures
in our pension lists ended in 1855. Oui
army was then reduced TO a purely nominal
figure of $4,000 men, and remained at that
figure for 33 years.
| Five years later Germany fought one
of the most strenuous wars in history.
and ever since has maintained a standing
army of half a million men, not counting
| reserves.
Yet Germany's total pension payments
| Tor military service amounted in the last
! fiscal year to only Sl5.42S. $50. while our
expenditure on the like account was no
less than S139. .4S2. 500. and the estimate for
this year is S145. 900 900.
The British Empire is practically always
at war in some part OF the earth. while we
had complete peace. except for Indian out
| breaks. for .33 years previous to 1898. Yet
the total British payments for army and
navy pensions during the last fiscal year
| We're only S12.13O 4lJ. or less than one
tenth of our expenditure on like account.
France. the nation that maintains the
largest military establishment III Western
| Europe, the antagonist of Germany i'll the
war of 1870. and the nation additionally
most generous To its defenders. has a total
army and navy pension list Of only SEH.-
10000. or about one-niuth of our pay
mentS.
Is patriotism lost virtue? Is il not time
Ia revise our notions, of what constitutes
title To "a pension?-New York Hortd.
The editor of the New York World only
betrays his own ignorance by writing such
stuff as this.
The S15.42S.25O mora or less. which
Germany pays for pensions only represents
a small portion of her actual pension system.
Every department Of public employment is
70, ani ihair widows.
This extends even to the old men and
women who watch the grade crossings of
railroads.
The same is true in another way of
France. The Government gives its old
soldiers and their widows substantial privi-
leges in licenses to sell Government mo-
nopoles in tobacco. matches. etc.
Great Britain pays over S25.oO0.000 in
pensions. or more than twice what the World
says. The main difference is that the bulk
of British pensions goes to the higher off
c'rs. instead of to the rank and file. as in
this country. Then there is one fact that
the World editor is ignorant of. That is.
that. in spite of the numberless petty wars
in which England has been engaged. our
war of the rebellion cost more lives lost on
the field of battle than England has lost in
all the 800 years in which she has been a
nation.
Another great fact. of which the Forid
editor is grossly ignorant, and which shows
shameful ignorance of the history OF his
country. is that orr pension roll represents
more actual hard fighting than all TIE
pension-rolls of Europe put together.
The National tribune., 1900-02-15
SCATTERING.

Charles o. Dreher. Erie. Pa, wants
to hear something from survivors of the
old Seventh Corps.
John W. Tritsch. Secretary, Goth Ohio,
Logan, o., is anxious to learn the address
of Abednego Bowers, Co. E, Goth Ohio
Twelve years ago he was at Portland, Ore.
NJ. l.. Hoagland, Navarro, o.. says that
James Rogers. of Navarro. has silver
25-cent piece with the name on it of John
Foley, Co. K, 57th Ill.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
GEAR DOING WELL.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 16.-The fol.
lowing bulletin on the Cars condi-
ton was issued at 10 a. m. today:
His Majesty has passed a satisfac-
tory day. Last evening his temperd-
ture was 1924; pulse. ~. His Majesty
slept fairly well during the night,
Temperature this morning 1905; pulse
6s; general condition very satisfac-
tory"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
Low Prices, Good Terms.

Prices of lots range from $500 to $3.50
each. according to size and location. One
fourth cash only Is asked. Balance In
installments a, terms to suit purchasers.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
Clerk Rodent aver

One of the busiest men aboard the
Sheridan is J. C. Rodenhaver, a young
man from Missouri, who is the commits
sary clerk of the big transport. Mr..
Rodenhaver is a favorite among the
newspaper boys of Honolulu who have
always been treated with the utmost
courtesy by him, He was last here IA
the transport Thomas, acting in the
same capacity. 1t is to be hoped that
he will continue to run to this port.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
SEATTLE BEER.

The ever popular Rainier beer is be-
coming a household word and will
you have glass of Seattle" is more
often heard than anything else. The
Criterion Saloon has the beer On tap or
In bottles.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
Dewey Arch Destroyed.

New York, Nov. 16.-A dozen men
with pickaxes, crowbars and shoyeis
appeared at Madison Square at mid
night to begin the work of removing
the Dewey arch
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
Special Inducement TO Builders.

TO all who will begin the erection Of
houses within 90 days, we will make
special inducements in the matter Of trans.
portation Of building material over our
railway.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
James Sheridan
Plano Tuner.

20 years practice, references II desired.
All kinds Of Musical Instruments Tuned
and Repaired. Office with the Hawaiian
Iron Fence and Monument Co., I79 TO ISo
6. King ST., Res. Occidental Hotel.
Tel, 6s4. S2-3m Lincoln Block
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
LOyEJOY { CO.,

SOLE AGENTS.:
FOR TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
HEIGHTS!
ATTRACTIONS OFFERED HOME SEEKERS
Water.

Water will be supplied at the rate Of
SIS per year for each lot, from our Pacific
Heights Water System. This Is less
than city rates.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t
fails to cure. e. w. GROVES signature
is on each box. % cents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-24
Location.

They ATE located on high ground at an
elevation Of from 400 to 500 feet, affordlng
unsurpassed scenic and marine views.