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The National tribune., 1900-06-21

Commander Pealer on the Pension Question
In his annual address Comrade r. r.
Peaier, Commander of the Department of
Michigan. said:
THE thanks of the Department are due
Commander-in-Chief Shaw and the Ma
tional Committee on Pensions for their
persistent and laborious efforts in behalf
of just Interpretation and administra-
tion OF the pension laws. The Command
sloner of Pensions, the Pension Depart
ment and the President, not to secure ad-
ditional legislation, but to secure a fair
Interpretation and prompt administration
of the laws as they existed. While we
commend the effort made by our Commit
tee and rejoice in what Congress has done
to secure relief, we are not satisfied, to
say the least, with the response which
has come either from the Pension Depart
ment or the Executive. We are not ignor-
ant Of the powers of the President, and
we believe the relief could have been af-
forded in a more direct way. Where
there is a will there is a way. There
must have been an opposing force which
we do noi understand. Good Grand Army
men will not uphold any one in practicine
a fraud.
eve want nothing but the true con-
struction of the laws on any subject, and
we join in behalf of our comrades in an
earnest protest against any abuse or ne
glect iii the administration of the pension
laws. whether it comes from the appli-
Cants or those in authority"
The National tribune., 1900-06-21

EDITORIAL NoTE.-This issue closes the
series of Letters from the Field " at pres
ent. When the publication was started it
was not known that letters covering impor-
tant operations in 1862 and 1868 were in
existence. After the discovery, however, 1t
was deemed best to carry the series through
to the end Of the war, and leave those manu-
scripts referring to the earlier period for
subsequent consider ation We have decided
after an intermission of few weeks to re-
sumo the publication of Lieut.. Branum's S
, letters, commencing with his enlistment and
bringing the matter up TO The point covered
by the series just finished.
Death of Belle Boyd.
The notorious Belle Boyd, the rebel
spy, died suddenly June y, of heart dis
ease, at Kilbourn, Wis, whittier she had
gone 10 lecture. The papers are publish
ing the most absurd fairy stories as TO
her exploits and performances. Belle had
a fertile imagination, and there was no
limit TO the stuff she could invent as to
her achievements, adventures, the number
of times she was sentenced to be shot,
etc. The less one believes of this the
nearer he will have the truth.
The National tribune., 1900-06-21

| the typical Englishman at all, Stephen
Crane tells us in the July " New Lippin-
cott." He was more like the genuine Yam
kee of New England. He made his sue
cesses by his resourcefulness, his inability
to be overpowered by circumstances. AS
he said: "rhe French plan their cam
paigns just as you might make a splendid
set of harness. 1t answers very well I'M
til it gets broken, and then you are done
for! Now | made my campaign of ropes;
if anything went wrong / tied n knot and
went on"
The National tribune., 1900-06-21
CHINESE SITUATION WORSE
Alarming Reports Regarding Destruction
of Legations.

The approach of the international forces
from Tien Tsin. consisting of 1000 ma
rines, the British Admiral, Seymour, being
the highest officer in rank, has caused the
Boxers to engage in work of retrenching
and the further destruction of the lines Of
The National tribune., 1900-06-21
One Fare to- Kansas City and Return via
B. & O.

Account National Convention, Demo-
cratic Party. Tickets sold and good going
July 1, 2 and 3. good for return leaving
Kansas City until July 8.
The National tribune., 1900-06-21

of Mr.. Evans in the Pension Office will
cost Mckinley thousands of votes in this
State, and the great wonder to us is why
he does so.
There are nearly 500 Posts in this State,
and from what | know of them 30 out Of
every 100 will vote as our Post did, il
they vote at ALL
As rule, all G. A. r. men are wild
to get a whack at Mr.. Evans, in any
shape or way. That is the way it looks
to me in Kansas; and / ought to be a
pretty good judge of Kansas, for it has
been my home for 42 years.
In fact, all Western men are opposed
to Evans, and incidentally opposed to
Mckinley for keeping him where he is.
Long live McElroy and THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.-W. C. CHATFIELD, Burlin.
game Kan
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

a st. Petersburg dispatch, there is nr
doubt that the inadequate harves'
will produce famine in the provinces
of KhersOn and Bessarabia.
Fred Erie and Frank Murray es-
capped from the Jail at Savannah, Mo-,
Friday night, by saving through the
roof. Erie is charged with the murder
of Guy Speelman and X. X. Speeth.
Terry McGoveTn defeated Joe eBrn-
stein, of New York, in the seventh
round before the Nonpareil Athletic
club and 5000 people at Louisville,
Ky.
New York police are looking for a
missing clerk of the Tarrant Drug Co.,
who is said to be the only person
who knows what explosives were
stored in the building which the re-
cent disastrous fire originated.
In well, situated in the imperial
palace of precincts in Pekin, was
found the body of Emepror Kwang
Hsu's favorite wife, Shen I'll, whom
the empress dawager caused to be
drowned before the fight of the
court.
Ogden Merritt, a farmer living near
Nation, ILL.,, secured his own divorce
by giving his wife cash considera-
ton to leave him. He also gave her
a COW and pony in exchange for their
baby.
Arrangements are being made in
Cape Town to send the first batch of
refugees back to johannesburg, and
is being provided at
Bloemfontein for garrison of 1000.
Socialist labor orators raised the
red flag in Chicago, Friday night, and
were driven off the thoroughfare' by
the police, who were compelled to- in
terfere to stop a riot.
A contract has been practically
closed by one of the largest manufac-
turing concerns in Milwaukee for the
of the first complete set
of brewing machinery ever sent from
America to Japan.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Albert Danten, a teamster, was run
over and killed, at st. Louis, by his
own wagon.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.'S new
pension system will go into effect
January 1, 1901.
\ Chicago man has sued the man
ayers of an asylum for $250,000 dam
ages for illegal detention.
George j. Nook, member of we'll
known ST. Loius painting firm, died,
Friday, after long illness.
Julius Heffter, joint heir to an es-
tate in Europe, is being sought by
those interested in the division of the
property.
American steel mills have captured
contracts over European competitors,
and will equip railways in South Afri-
ca.
Gov. Roosevelt concluded his cam
paign tour Friday with the final days
speaking in New York towns.
An immense steel bridge will span
the Illinois Central yards at Glen Car
bon, ILL.,, for the use of electric rail-
ways.
Five high dignitaries of the Roman
Catholic church, it is reported, will be
raised to the cardinalate, at the next
consistory. None are Americans. Il
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman announces
that she will not pay any debts con-
tracted by her son, George M. Pull
man; that he has plenty of money to
pay his own debts.
Roslyn Ferrefs attorneys have fled
a motion for a new trial, at Marys-
vile, O., alleging that one of the
jury which convicted him OF the
murder of Express Messenger Lane il
not qualified elector.
It Is now believed that two more
men at least are concerned In the
Rice plot in New York. Jones, the
valet, is in hysterical condition, fol-
lowing his confession and attempt to
commit suicide.
The Boston Globe prints an, open
letter to Eugene v. Debs, urging his
withdrawal in favor of William j,
Bryan.
The South African situation Is fmc
proving, and Lord Roberts win. short.
v return to England with majority
IF his staff.
In snite of the oficiaI denials. saws
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

1t was the privilege OF this writer to
conduct the ceremonies of laying the
cornerstone of the new courthouse of
Tallahatchie county on the 18th of Oc-
tober, and he will not soor forget the
courtesies of which he wa the recipi-
ent. The great l. C. ra lroad recog-
nized the occasion by topping the
Chicago Express for us at oakland; Hon.
James Moone. one of Yale oushia' repre-
sentatives. met us at the depot and cared
for us at his hospita BILE home; and next
morning we enjoyed &; ten-mile drive
with him to Charlestoi Several hun
bred persons had ass mbled to witness
the exercises, which we're drawing to a
close when the rain Interfered, so that
several short addre sses arranged for
could not be delivered, On the plat
form was the venerable Judge ]. S.
Bailey, who WHO initiated in the
officiating lodge, George Washington,
M. 1877, forty-nine years ago. Of the
charter members lie is Tie sole sur
vivor. Although r..ore than four-score
years he pulled the press on the copy
Of the Herald that morning
that was deposited in the cornerstone
Judge Bailey came 20 Tsllshatchie in
1919, and was the first man TO plow a
furrow in the county, he represented
the county in the legislature in 1916.
We had the pleasure of meeting Editor
Dudley, editor of the Herald and a
member of the house, and many others
whose names have been familiar 10 us
for many years
Tallahatchie county is one Of the
best of the seventy-fve counties in the
State, and none are more law-abiding,
patriotic, intelligent and hospitable.
Lieutenant Hobson will be the guest
Of the vicksburR Fair Association this
month. !
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
STEAMER HILL CITY SUNK.
She Struck an Obstruction IN Ten
neSsee Chute and Went to
the Bottom.

Memphis, Tenn, Now. 5.-The
steamer Hill City, belonging to the
Hill City Steamboat Co.. of ST. Louis
and New Orleans, struck hidden OBJ
struction in Tennessee chute, just be-
low the city, at 1:30 Saturday morn
ing, and sank. The water covers the
lower deck, but the boat lies in a
good position, and can easily be
raised.
The Hill City was en- route to New
Orleans, and has full cargo, 80 pas
sengers, and crew of Al. All got
safely ashore in yawls.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

l Serious Charge.
Rev. Hugh Spencer Williams, of Mem
phis, preached a sermon on sleeping
churches on the morning of October 2S
Among other very plain things, he said
1T is common thing to see church
members in Memphis going to the bar to
drink, and some of them gamble and bet
on horse races. God forgive them. Many
young man has stumbled over such Ia
his destruction, has become drunkard
or gambler
If there are any such church members
in Mississippi, we repeat for them the
prayer of Dr. Williams But we fear that
the church member who will persistently
act in that way is past praying for. and
the church that won't expel him is ditto.
A business and telegraph college is to
be organized at Oxford. 1t ought to be
q success from the start.
The A. q v. New Schedule.
This schedule went into effect October
28. It means better connections at juno
tional points:
No. !, Texas Lmited-Leaves Meridian
2:45 am; Jackson, 5.34 am.
No. 8; Fast Express-Leaves Meridian
1855 am; Jackson. 2:40 pm.
No. 9. Texas Limited-Leaves Shreve-
port 3:I5 pm; Vicksburg, 9:l5 PM;
Jackson, 1925 pm.
No. 4, Fast Express Shreve-
port 500 am; Vicksburg, pm; Jack
son 2:40 pm.
Nos. l and 2wirl stop at Newton, Hick-
DRY Forest, Morton, Brandon, Jackson,
Bolton and Edwards.
On and after November / the postofficc
address of Oliver l.. Mckay, Grand Mas.
ter of Odd Fellows in Mississippi, will be
Meridian instead of Aberdeen. Mr.. Nc.
Kay has been for many years the faithful
agent of the Mobile & Ohio railroad at
Aberdeen, and his transfer is a substan-
tial recognition of his capacity for a more
enlarged field of labor.
The following new lodges of Odd Eel
lows have been recently organized by
Grand Master o. L. Mckay: Tupelo, IS
members; Eastabuchio, 25 members; Ack-
erman, 30 members; Sherman, Is mem
bers; Waynesboro, 20 members; Parkins-
ton, ~ MEMBERS
The Aberdeen Examiner is publishing
delightful sketches of travels abroad by
its gifted townsman, George J. Leftwich.
His last is devoted to Melrose Abbey.
The Shriners will hold forth in great
style at Meridian on Thursday, 22d. Ha-
musa Temple is making special prepare
tions for this occasion. There are many
candidates in anxious waiting
MI Van B. Boddie will succeed Judge
F. i. Larkin as one OF Representa-
tives of Washington county. He had no
opposition.
Jackson has become a great railroad
center About "a passenger and rs freight
trains pass through the city during every
"a hours.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
BLOWN BY BOLD BURGLARS.
The Farmers and Merchants BnnL,
at jackson Center, o., Raided
and Robbed of $1,000.

Bellefontaine, o., Nov. 3.--The
Farmers and Merchants bank at
Jackson Center was blown at two
o'clock Saturday morning, and it is
stated $500 was secured. Citizens,
aroused by the explosion, poured in
to the streets, only to be driven in by
heavily-armed and masked men, who
escaped on a hand car over the Ohio
Southern railway.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
Ten Months Mining Dividends.

New York, Nov. 3.-In the ten
months ending October 81, the metal
mining companies in this country, re-
porting to the Engineering and Min
ing Journal, paid total of $42, $685.
OIL in dividends,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
BY + l. POWER
BY ]. 1. POWER.


been received ny c1ainI agent j. >. nam
ilton. and az soon as the muster in" and
muster ont" rolls can be checked up by
Col. Hamilton and Gen. Henry, the Of
fcers and men will get the amounts due
them. The total aggregates about S4O,-
900. The amounts due the Third Regi-
ment not yet audited
The Lexington Advertiser chronicles
the death of Col. J. NJ. Stigler, at his
home in Lexington, on the morning OF
October 26, aged s. years. He had held
many positions of honor and trust, and
was efficient and faithful in ALL He en-
tered the Confederate service at the be-
ginning of the war and had reached the
rank of colonel at its close.
1t has been the custom for many years
for the big circuses showing in Jackson to
occupy the grounds Immediately west
of the Capitol, and to recognize the cour-
tesy by liberal distribution of admission
tickets. They now pay cash for rental,
and the money is applied to Capitol ex.
penses.
Population OF MisslssIppi-The Best Guess.
The following was received on the
list instant:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 1900.
Hon. ]. L. Power, Secretary Of State, Jack
son:
Population Of Mississippi one million five
hundred and fifty-one thousand three hui
dred and seventy-two q ,551 ,372), prelimi-
nary count, subject to final verifcation.
FRED H. WINES, Acting Director
This makes an increase of 261,777
over the census for 1890, being 2O.06
per cent. The increase in the previous
decade-1ssO to 1S90-was 1895 per
cent.
Having offered prize of five dollars
to the student of any school or college
who would guess closest othe official
count, the guesses were being re-
ceived at lively rate when the official
total was announced. Here are the
Gr,a
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Washington, d. O., OFT. Is, lOOO.-My
Dear Sir: have been thinking for some
time that | would write and thank you
for the valued information given out to
the people in the columns entitled Mis-
sssippi Matters 1t is good work, and
hope you will continue it. Every week
1 clip the historical items and put them
in a scrap book for future reference.
For several years | have been irving
TO find roster of officers of Mississippi
regiments in the civil war. Can you tell
me where to find itY Also, can you tell
me where / can get rosters Of the First,
Stcond and Third regiments, Mississippi
infantry
tion society in Jackson, and who are
the officers?
4 am Mississippi boy, from Newton
county. Was captain of the McLaurin
Guards for years, and your name is on
my commission. Sincerely yours,
T. Raleigh Raines.
We have mailed our young friend the
biennial report of Adjutant General
Henry, which contains the roster of Of
officers and men in the Spanish-American
war. Ihe roster OF Mississippi troops in
M tne eiy,l war can only pc oDtained at the
tbev are not comnleta The Stats His.
tor;coI ran,',;sS;aIi III, ,.,n. 800,
efTort 10 oet them m Th;s vr;ter hos
the rolls Of about fifty companies, mostly
Oldest Living Legislator.
snrino Hin Renton r;orntv Miss o..
AL. % 1000 ~, 81. nonr
~ - M 4. W. Hi.
Sn 81 az nu'.oeA n iAo a.
t,Rinss hepo.tel, san az nid T;a .on
ls oiu ileiupts u n, uie I .l'I
Leisialile; IN IePiy, WI, STAT ma Io,o
was inemoef Q, tne hegisia'ure IN lo4o'
unuei uo'. :. ", nla a. ruin '..
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10
Inst of the Plague sufferers.

Glasgow, Nov. 3.-The last of the
plague sufferers was dismissed from
the hospital.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Sta'e IA a1or OF low Hllt we wfnI ali
possible help in the way Of personal jour
mails and sketches of every phase of army
life.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

tt VIII be noticed that four guessed
1,547,59O. The first total telegraphed
from Washington WIS 1,5li,572, and
had that been correct the guess of Sam
Rosenthal, of Meridian, would have
been the best-1.51l 4S9
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Mr.. ". NJ. Darden, of Fayette, writes
thai he read with pleasure our sketch Of
fxEe Mississippi Railroad,s chartered in
1896 md says Although this has been
s. "a als ag5. istill The old roadbed can be
IS fiainly traced fs0m Natchez TO where
Il ends in snarrson ceunty aa II L were
Yesterday. ] have been tod that in some
places there can be. found cypress ties
used when the road was in operation. Il
seems to me that this is still good route
for 4 railroad. Il passes through q fer
tile and well-timbered part Of the Stats.
The roadbed is already made, and there
would be little or no grading for abont
forty miles. The attention Of capitallsts
who are spending money IN building rails
roads Is especially called TO this wdu3
located route"
The money to pay the soldiers Of tha
Eifst and Second regiments IN the SPAN
|h-American war for the time they were
n State service before being mustered
IIio the service Of the United States has
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Gu RISINFSS Slit Made Of Scotch CASHMERE stripe and cheek
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Lieutenant Hobson will be the guest
Of the vicksburR Fair Association this
month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Bishop Galloway, in handing us the
foregoing, on July 80, 1891, added these
words: Thus began the public career
of Americas most brilliant orator. The
young man soon needed noTeferences but
his own peerless genius to command not
only the patronage, but the homage of his
countrvmeH."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Jackson has become great railroad
center. About "a passenger and rs freight
trains pass through the city during every
% hours
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-10

Under the new charter fee bill, the
secretary of State has paid upward Of
six thousond dollars into the treasury
since March 9th, the date of approval.
The receipts will easily reach ten thou.
sand dollars for the first year.
, 1900-03-01
Relief Came Promptly

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I had been
under treatment with the doctors for
four years, and seemed to get no better,
1 thought 1 would try your medicine.
My trouble was change of life, and 1
must say that 1 never had anything
help me so much as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Relief
came almost Immediately. 1 have
better health now than | ever had. 1
feel like q new woman, perfectly
strong. 1 give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Compound all the credit, and would
not do without her medicine for any
thing. 1 have recommended it to
several of my friends. There is no
need of women suffering so much for
Mrs. Pinkham's remedies are a sure
cure."- MAHALA BUTLER, Bridge
water. Ill.
, 1900-03-01
WIRE FENCE TELEPHONE.
Indiana Inventor Connects cities at Small
Expense.

A telephone system has been opened
Mt Anderson, Indiana. that is one of
the most unique and interesting things
of the kind in the country. 1t is a
long-distance line, and fhe wire is the
upper strand of barbed wire fences.
reaching from Anderson to ingalls,. a
distance of twelve miles. 1t is the idea
of an eccentric inventor of Pendletop.
Cassius Alley; and he has already be-
gun to reap his little harvest. There
are two long-distance lines of the big
companies between the two points. but
Alley, with his barbed-wire affair, has
entered h list and proposes to get
business by giving cheaper rates.
The Big -Four has a b~arbed-wire fence
most of the distance along its right of
way from Anderson to Ingalls,. Alley has
taken the upper strand of wire for his
unique telephone. Three miles from
Anderson he line leaves the railway
line and cuts along farm fences. Where
n road Is crossed an overhead or under
ground wireis strung. Crossing streams
there are overhead connections. The
boxes are such as are used by the big
telephone companies.
There are two charter subscribers. A
firm has an office here and n factory at
Ingalls,, and has them connected. An.
other firm has n store at Anderson and
n at Pendleton and has them con-
nected. The lines work splendidly. AL
ley gets $50 n year from each firm.
Other places will be connected, and in
n short time all six wires on the fences
will be in service. 1t is her the inten-
ton to connect a line from Pendleton
to Greenfield, and If Alley can do 1t he
will soon have in service every wire
fence in the county. He looks forward
to n big business in the way of rural
telephone service.
In some places the barbed wire has
been insulated with n coating of rub
Der paint. Most places, however. small
boys will have to keep Off or get a
shock every time the bell rings. Hunt
ers, too, will have to look out. The ser
vice is practical N first-class in every
respect.
, 1900-03-01

An invention for steering any craft,
by mean of al ether wave on the
wireless telegraph principle has been
perfected. In naval war it is expected
to make the torpedo boat almost infal-
lible. In this respect it will equal the
famous Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which never fails to cure constipation,
indigestion, dyspepsia, %biIiousness and
malaria.
, 1900-03-01
Another Woman HeIped

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
during change of life and derived great
benefit from its use."-MARY E. JAMES,
1876 Coydon St., Bradford, Pa.
, 1900-03-01

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark,
opens March 1, 1900. A most desirable. attrac-
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