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The National tribune., 1901-07-11

month, and all I'm expected to know is
how to stand guard and do the facings.
But it's your rice, you can husk it as you
please. The Colonel ordered us to turn
it over to you. and here it is"
"Confound the rough, rasping stuff,
grumbled the Commissary. II don't know
anything about how TO handle it. Here,
Sergeant, just issue this to the companies.
Let them find out how to handle it as best
they can. The Government didn't COM
mission me for a thresher, miller or
general manufacturer-onlyt to receive and
issue what is given me. If the men want
to eat that stuff whole, it's none of my
business. Let the Surgeons look out for
the consequences"
There was commotion in the regiment
after the rice was distributed, and anxious
inquiries from all sides as to what was to
be done to reduce it to an eatable condi-
ton.
After enjoying their superiority of
knowledge for awhile. and jibing the
others about their lamentabie ignorance
of a common article of food, 81 and the
rest came down, and explained to Co. Q
the process of pounding. 81 cut down a
young maple, and followed out the trunk
into trough, in which the rice was
quickly pounded huskless with the
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
THE CLEVELAND FUND.

The report Of the National Encampment
Finance Committee at Cleveland, June 30,
showed that the subscriptions to the en-
tertainment fund amounted to SS1, 600.
John d. Rockefeller had subscribed
$4,000; Senator Hanna, Gen. Barnett, and
seven others subscribed $1,000 each; and
the Pennsylvania and other railroads en-
tering the city, $500 each.
This is very good showing for Cleve-
land, and gives earnest of fine display
at the National Encampment
While such contributions as those of
Messrs. Rockefeller, Hanna, Barnett, and
others, are generous gifts, from which the
donors will receive little return, II any,
the same is not true of the remainder
which must be regarded as very profitable
investments.
The National Encampment will take to
Cleveland, and pay out to it's citizens any
where from S2,500,0OO to $4,000, 900. Il
has done this to every city where the
National Encampment has been held, and
the universal testimony is that there is no
other such bringing gathering as
the Encampment of the G. A. r. 1t Is
eAA~ OulAH6 VA LILO fclcIduS, luey
take their wives along, and make pur-
chases in the big city Of things for them
selves and homes that they have been
saving for for long time. The subscrip-
tions Of the railroads, particularly, are
beggarly, in proportion to the returns
which they will reap. Think of what the
Pennsylvania Railroad will get from its
contribution of $500 1t will probably
get that much back from the visitors from
one city alone-say Pittsburg.
While being properly appreciative and
grateful Of what Cleveland is doing to
make the city attractive during the week
of the National Encampment, let it not
be forgotten that the veterans viii take
some millions of dollars there to pay good
prices for substantial goods, and that
Cleveland is casting bread upon the water
that will return 40-fold.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
COMPTROLLER DAWES.

Last week Mr.. Chas. G. Dawes, Comp
troller Of the Currency, rendered his
resignation to the President, to take effect
Oct. /, in order that he might be able
to enter with more freedom into the candi-
dacy for the Senatorship from Illinois.
This manly step has been generally COM
mended by the press of the country, al
though there is much regret at the public
service losing such valuable official The
veterans have a very strong interest in
Mr.. Dawes, since he is the son of the late
Gen. r. r. Dawes, who rendered suSh
signal service during the rebellion as COM
mander of the 9th Wis, of the famous
Iron Brigade, and one Of the 300 Fighting
Regiments. Gen. Dawes raised a COM
pany for the 9th Wis, and became its
Captain July 16, 1861. was promoted to
Major, and finally to Colonel. He COM
manded the regiment on that eventful
first day at Gettysburg, when it won
laurels by its magnificent fighting and the
part it took in capturing q rebel brigade.
From the time of Mr.. Dawes's entrance
into the office of Comptroller he became
noted as an official of unusual breadth Of
comprehension and executive ability. He
was at once confronted with the great and
complicated failure of the Chestnut Street
National Bank, of Philadelphia, and the
very able manner in which he handled an
unusually trying situation won for him
high reputation. He found his Office cum
bered with the fag ends of the crisis of
1898, and devoted himself to Strengthening
matters out, and securing for the deposi-
tors of the broken banks the utmost that
could be saved from the wrecks. He re-
formed and readjusted the costly receiver
ships, consolidating many under one re-
ceiver, and taking otherwise steps to
make sure that the utmost in all cases
should be realized from the assets. Dur
ing his four years he has had collected and
paid over S25,O00,0OO, which is believed
to be an unprecedentedly large percentage
from this species of resources. During his
administration he has created 7S5 new
banks. His annual reports to Congress
have been regarded not only in this coun-
try but In Europe as markedly able dis
customs of banking and monetary ques-
tions
He aspires to succeed Senator Mason,
whose term will expire March 3, 1903, and
is already receiving satisfactory assur-
ances from all over Illinois.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
oPFNIyG THE IypI.yIANDs

The i residents proclamation, embody-
| ing the plan finally decided upon by the
| Interior Department for opening the
| Observation-Disclosures lands TO settle
ment, embodies several of the amendments
suggested to the original plan, and prom
iSes to work at least far more satisfac-
tOrily than any previous opening.
Only those who can hope to satisfy the
officers that they are bona fde home
steaders need take the trouble to go to
the Land Office for registration. They
will be put through a careful examination
by the officers, and such as can show
themselves qualified will be given certi-
ficates allowing them to go upon the lands
for preliminary examination, which they
will have from the 10th to the Goth of
July, inclusive, to make
When the applicant passes the regis
tration a card will be made out, COM
pletely identifying him, and bearing his
signature, which will be sealed up in an en-
velOpe, without any distinguishing mark,
ard beginning July % these envelopes will
be drawn out by an impartial and fair
committee, and each card given a num-
ber in the order in which it comes out
This order determines that of choice in
the lands. The lucky ones will have their
selections confirmed at the rate Of 125 a
day, beginning with No. l at 8 a. H.,
Tuesday, Aug. 6.
HonOrably- discharged soldiers and sail
ors only can make application by an agent,
but the agent can appear for but one ap-
plicant.
While there will be necessarily a great
number Of dsappointments, this method
of procedure will greatly reduce the num-
Der, and will prevent the riot. swindling
and litigation that have characterized pre-
yious openings.
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THE STORY OF A THOUSAND
FRESHMEN.

We shallbegin the publication next week
of narrative of three years service with
the Army of the Potomac that will prove
of surprising interest. 1t is the story of
the every day life in camp, march and
battle of one of the gallant Three Hun
dred Fighting Regiments" told by one
of its Captains, as jolly an Irishman as
ever cracked joke or faced an enemy.
In the narrative we shall follow them
from home to Washington and on to the
South to their baptism of fire and blood
at Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, the Wild
erness, Spottsylvania, and other fields
where the gallant Fifth Corps made its
name immortal in the annals of the Union.
~ The regiment was officially known as
the 9th Mass, and called in the Army of
the Potomac "The Irish Ninth"
It's history sheds luster on its race and
the gallant army of which it formed a
mart
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able to scale down one OF the proudest Of
the ducal houses of England to 80 cents
on the dollar. This is a fair reduction for
badly shop-worn goods, for the English no.
bility is badly rundown everywhere except
in fashionable novels, but the time is not
far off when all these European titles can
be had at junk-shop prices. The late Vic
tor Emanuel used to say that there were
two things he never refused any respecta-
BILE appearing man: A cigar and the title
of baron. Titles are getting to be as cheap
everywhere as in Italy.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE

We have secured room 135, Hollenden
Hotel, Cleveland Ohio, for the headguar-
ters of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
during the National Encampment. This
is directly across the hall from the Ma
tional Headquarters of the G.. A. R., w.
r. c., and Ladies of the G. A. r., and all
comrades are invited to make use of it.
They can make appointments to meet their
friends there, direct their mail to be sent
there, and otherwise make it their con-
venience. We shall be glad TO meet there
all the readers of the paper.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
PICKETT OR PErFIGREw?-THE NORTH
CAROLINA VIEW OF THE FAMOUS
CHARGE

The North Carolina troops at Gettys-
burg have always felt particularly sore
over Pickett and his Virginians monopo-
lizng all the credit for the famous charge.
They insist that it was mostly North
Carolina affair, and not an exclusively
Virginia matter, as the Virginians would
make out. A pamphlet setting forth the
North Carolina views has been written
by Capt W. II. Bond, OF Scotland Neck,
n. u, and an officer on the staff of Gen.
Pettigrew. This has had wide circula-
ton in the South. BY the authors per-
mission We shall publish some extracts
from 1t in an early issue of The National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11

GEN. 10 WHEELER is now being feted
by the aristoerats at Newport, r. ]. 1t
will be remembered that, for few weeks
service in the Spanish War, Gen. Wheeler
Is now receiving the pension of a Briga-
dier-General on the retired list-S4,125 a
year. Yet how these exclusives foam at
the mouth at the idea of private, who
served his country for an average Of two
years, being entitled to $15O week TO
keep his poor old soul and body together.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11

This showed what the Pension Bureau
could do in the way of allowances when
it wanted TO. Such real work as that of
the last week would speedily clear the
docket of the long held-up claims. 1t is
no trouble whatever for the Bureau to
find 1884 completed claims to allow in a
week, out of the accumulated mass of
years, whenever it is inclined to. 1t could
allow double that number quite as readily
That every man has been allowed his
pension who was entitled to it," Is a
brazen statement, contradicted by indis-
putable evidence from every community
in the country.
A particularly irritating part of all this
is that when Mr.. Evans asked for his an
preparation all the soldier hating papers
jumped on the ''immensity of the pension
expenditures" and the veterans suffered
in consequence. This was his first OBJ
3ect- Then he could turn around at the
end Of the year and sing psalms through
the papers as to how his utterly unheard-
OF honesty and shrewdness had saved So
100000 of this to the Treasury.
This is the way the veterans are Knocked
and traduced in their later days, that one
man may blow his own horn, and make
himself great in the eyes of the people
The National tribune., 1901-07-11

In spite of all the boasts of superiority.
the German banking system seems inferior
to our own, and that country is now suffer
ing from a number of discreditable and
disastrous failures
The National tribune., 1901-07-11

In spite of the vicious Iibeling of
American goods in Germany, we managed
to increase our exports TO that country
SIo0O0O0 last year, and they are now
near the 100000, 600 mark.
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600. 900 .sAyED. y

Commissioner Evans gives out that he
will be able to turn back into the Treas
ury about S5,G00,000 of last years appro-
priations for pensions. In an interview
with the press he says:
Il had no knowledge until very short
time ago that there would be a surplus in
my Bureau this year. The clerks in my
Bureau adjudicate the cases as promptly
as they can, and no one ever asks whether
there is enough money in the appropria-
ton bill to cover all the pensions issued,
pr whether there will be a surplus. When
Z appeared before the Appropriations
Committee and asked for $4,000, 600,
Chairman Cannon asked me If | thought
that sum would suffice. l told him | did
not know, and that l regarded the pen
sion appropriation bill merely a letter of
credit. If the pensions issued by my De
partment during the year exceeded the
sum given me by Congress, the deficiency
would have to be made good next year. If
It did not use up the entire appropriation,
/ would turn it back into the Treasury
The amount of money at my disposal cut
no figure in the work of my Bureau, and
every man who was entitled TO a pension
during the past year has received il. 1t
seems that | have five millions left this
year. Next year l may lie five millions
short"
And he actually pretends that he ex-
poets the public to believe such stuff as
this
He knew precisely as well how much
money he was going to return to the
Treasury when he asked for the appro-
priatiOn last year as he does today. He
knew that he was going to follow the
practice he has followed ever since he
came into office: of keeping careful tab
on the grayeyards, and allowing no man
or woman on the roll until some one had
died and made place for him or her.
This is known to every clerk in the Pen
sion Bureau, every man who does business
with the Bureau, every one who has the
slightest knowledge of its operations.
Every weeks total Of allowances is com
pared with the death-report, and the word
passed around to increase or decrease. A
month ago the total Of original allowances
for the year had reached about $4,000.
which was less than the sum total of the
deaths UP to that time, and the word was
passed to be more liberal. The result was
that the original allowances suddenly
jumped up from an average of 914 for the
weeks of May to the following for June.
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

Did you see those folding lunch boxes in Phelan, the tea mans win dow, only 19c each?
 The Benson Furniture Go has every up to date article for house furnish ing. See Crawford range.
 No money down for either mems or women's suits, hats or shoes at Gate ly & Brennan's.
 Saturdays prices on fresh meats at Castles hold good this week. Spe- cial prices on lamb, 5c and Sc.
 The education furnished at Mon- roe's Business college will fit you for any kind of business.
 Reid & Hughes have something to say about their black cheviots today. Several new weaves.
 Everything new in black and col ored dress goods at Currans. Broad cloths and cheyiots in profusion.
 Turnbull has bought the fancy goods stock of T. w. McGarry Go, and will open up bargains to-mor- row.
 Conlon Bros will have a special sale tomorrow on black and colored dress goods and waist cloths.
 Get dne of those $1 umbrellas at J. B. Mullings. Will not change col or All prices up to SIP.
 The Mammoth Market will have 8 10c sale of meats, beef, veal, lamb and poultry tomorrow afternoon.
 Miller & Peck claim to have the the best stock of mems winter under wear kn the city. Listers and raglans.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
BETTs' ACCOUNT.
In the Affairs of Connecticut Indem-
 nity Association.

III Iue AudlfS OI COuueCIlCuL lhoCAh
 nity Association.
 Tn the long drawn out case of Fred erick A. Betts, insurance commission- CT, vs the Connecticut Life Insurance company of Waterbury, the New Ha- ven Trust company filed an account of its stewardship in the superior court Saturday as required by law. The re- port is a summary statement' of the orders of the court in the cause during the six months preceding the doings of the receiver and an account of the condition and prospects of the estate. The summary gives the assets as fol lows: Cash in general fund, $623. .01 :; cash in special fund. $400: cash in Platt collateral, $4 All .42; total, $5. .494.- 43. Concerning the prospects of set tlement the receiver cannot make any definite report, as the settlement is de pendent to so great an extent upon the outcome of litigation; but the most inn portant matters have now been sub stantially submitted to the courts and the committee on claims and it is hoped that within the next six months a good progress may be made toward a final settlement.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
RUN OVER BY AN ICE CART.
Little Josephine Mccarthy Killed on
 Ridge Street Saturday Night.

Ridge Street Saturday Nlgnt
 Josephine. the 6-year-old daughter of MT and Mrs John Mccarthy of 2S Pleasant street, was killed on. Ridge street Saturday night by being caught under the wheels of an ice wagon be- longing to the Spring Lake Ice Co. With a group of companions, the Me- Carthy girl was playing under the cleo tric light near the Merriam school when John Carmody drove along in the ice wagon. There was nothing unusual about what was going on and the man drove on until he heard the screams or the children and then he stopped and to his great surprise learned that one of the children had been run over 5y the wagon. MT Carmody picked up the child and held her in his arms, where she died without a struggle. one of the wheels of the truck passed over her head and crushed it so badly that death was almost instantaneous. MeG- ical Examiner Crane viewed the body and gave permission for burial. The body was taken to Ansonia for burial on the 10:50 train this morning in charge of Undertaken Mulville. The sad accident is a great blow to her par ents. and while no one attaches blame to the driver of the team, still it is safe to state that it is something that he will remember the rest of his life. The bearers were Edward Bowling, Bartholomew Hurley. William Bergin, Michael O'Donnell, William Sheehy and Frank Lynch.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
A CoMPARATIvE p1AaRAM.


 (Showing the Number of Divorces in Inl-s
 portant Countries.)
 ents, as they are obliged to when they get married
 In France the divorce evil is con sidered only second to what it is in the United States. Previous to 1797, in fact, it is said that the number of divorces in France exceeded the num- Der of marriages. Now the proportion is by no means so great, though still sufficiently alarming. In France a di- vorce or separation may be had for number of causes, classified as "vio- lence dangerous to hfe,"" ""ordinary yio- lence" and misconduct" Among the cases of s'misconduct" for which French divorces have been granted are calling the wife bad names" "the re- fusal to go through the religious as we'll as the civil ceremony" and "ill- treatment by the husband of the wife's parents"
 Before a couple can be married in Germany the permission of the par ents must be obtained, if the man is less than 25 years old or the bride less than 24. If an officer or private soldier in the regular army should be married without the consent of his superiors he is liable to imprisonment in fortress for a period of three months When an application for di- vorce is made, the judge is first re- quired to attempt a reconciliatio If children have been born the difficulty of securing a divorce is greatly in- creased. Hopeless insanity Is recog- nized as good ground, as are 'insu- perable aversion" to each other on the part of the petitioners, and ''quar- relsomeness," "serious defamation of character" and tres striction of per- sonal liberty" "Extravagance'' is an- other cause for divorce in Germany, which is often taken advantage of.
 Divorces are not granted for any cause in Italy, though separations, which amount to the same thing, may be obtained. A widow who marries within ten months of the death of her husband is fined S200, and the same fine is assessed against both the man she marries and the official who per- forms the ceremony.
 A peculiar cause for divorce allowed fn Spain is violence used towards the wife by her husband to compel her to change her religion"
 So far as the statistics of divorces are concerned, the United States occu- pies an unenviable notoriety. In sin gle year the divorces granted in this country were nearly twice as many as those granted in all the other civilized countries of the world. The smallest number of divorces in any given year Is credited to Great Britain and Ire land.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
CAUSES OF DIVORCE.
They Differ in Almost Every
 Country of the World.

To Reach International Uniformity
 in Laws Governing the Seyering of
 the Marriage Tie Seems an Impossi-
 bility.
 New York. October 14-Under the appropriate chairmanship of New York lawyer the Inter- national Law assocIa ton, meeting at Glasgow, gave up one session to dis cussion of the divorce laws of civilized nations, and adjourned after reaching ;, the conclusion that there was no hope of reaching anything like uniformity
 As illustrating the impossibility of reaching uniformity in divorce laws, brief summary of some of the more important features may serve. Thus, in the republic of Argentina, in South America, divorce is unknown, though its place is taken by what is called a personal separation" based on any one of a number of causes, including cruelty and ill-treatment. Under the laws of the republic no widow can re- marry for ten months after the death of her husband, or after securing personal separation"
 In Austria-Hungary no diyorces are allowed between Catholics. Before even separations are allowed the par ish priest is obliged to try his best to affect a reconciliation. Divorce be- tween Jews may be had by mutual con- sent, and in the case. of Greek orien- tals, where ''irreconciliable hatred" is considered to lead to tragic results.
 In Japan the causes of divorce are all in favor of the husband and against the wife. Thus, one of the principal causes is the disobedience of a wife to the commands of her husbands parents. Again, if a woman shows any signs of Jealousy her husband may put her away, and a petition for divorce will hold if the woman be shown to be talxative to degree which displeases her lord and master.
 In Belgium it is not possible to ob- tain divorce after ''2O years of mar riage, or after the wife has attained the age of 45 years" No divorce by mutual consent" shall be granted at any time, unless the parties to it shall first obtain the consent of their par
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
Fortitude of a Martyr.

Bishop Tucker, on the occasion of his recent visit to Toro, ordained na- five of Uganda who has worked for five years on the edge of the great pygmy forest. 'sThis remarkab ble man." says the bishop, shas been beaten, impris- oDed, put in the chain gang, had his house burnt down and all his property destroyed; and yet he has borne it all with a smile upon his face and song apon his lpsi"-London News.