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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25

IL Is the equal OF the bills that have. by
their strength. been creating such great
amount of enthusiasm among local vaude-
Williams during the past few months. and
IN many cases and many ways II r. far
superior 10 them 10 Is headed by what
was conceded. by everyone present last
evening, TO be the greatest troupe OF ami
mails ever seen I'm this city
Even those who came prepared for
something remarkable were astonished
by the marvellous feats performed bv
these wonderful animals. and judging
from the amount and frequency OF the ap-
plause the seals made their initial bow 20
Keith patrons under very auspicious cir
cumstanccs. They play musical instru-
ments. end even attempt singing I'm the
most laughable manner. but the most re-
markable fcats OF their act were their OK
hibitions Of Juggling and equilibrium.
One Of the seals balances a billiard cue
On the end Of which Is piece Of fsh, on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25
KEITH'S new THEATRE

III one wishes to see everything that Is
worth seeing at Keiths, he must go early
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25
new PARK THEATRE.

"A Bunch of Keys" the familiar and
successful musical comedy in three acts,
by Charles III. Hoyt, was given before
large audience at the New Park Theatre,
last evening, and was very warmly re-
ceived.
The play opens with the reading of
Mr.. Keys will, in which he bequeaths
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25
A CARD.

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25

"The Liberty Bellies" at the Providence
Opera House for the week is a roilicking
boisterous, not TO say strenuous enter
tainment that is distinguished by novelty
In general and in particular.
Time was when things like this new
musical comedy were more frequent IN
the course OF a season than they are now
They served as reliefs in the interims OF
problem plays. the society drama and a
trial or the legitimate which is to say
shakespeare. Hoyt reveiled and John Nc
Nally had beginning in them.
Big musical productions have rather
crowded out the more simple sort OF en-
'tertainment typihed by the ringing LIB
erty Bellies while the rural drama and
the swashbuckler fad have contributed TO
crowd out pretty much everything OF a
trivial kind this season. Hence the COM
ing or the Liberty Bellies" TO town Is
something OF an event. 1t punctuates the
round OF bills with a breezy exclamation
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25

and stay until the curtain falls upon the
final number for such an all round, thor
oughly enjoyable bill has not been seen
at that popular theatre for long time.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
Work O. the Pension office.

The report of certificates issued for tho
week ended Sept. - shows:
Army Invalid. Original. ): increase, :.'ta
reissue, 20; restoration, I; renewal, il; sup
Elemental, Z; duplicate, Z: accrued, 11J. To
tai, 5G9
Army Widows. etc: Original, 20: reissue
I; restoration. /; renewal, 90;r duplicate, Z
accrued 1. Total, 1I6.
Navy Invaids: Renewal, !; accrued, 3
Totai, 3
Navy Widows. etc: Original. ..
Army Invaiids twar with SPAIN: Original
80: increase. I: reissue, .; duplicate, !. To
tai, 30.
Army Widows etc (war with Spam: Orig
inal, 10.
Navy Invalds iwar with SPAIN: Original
9; reissue, !. Total. 3.
Navy Widows, etc. (war with SPAIN: Orig
inal, l.
Army Invalids iact of June 81, 1890: Orig
inal, 217: increase. GJ9: additional. 13S; re-
issue, %: restoration. 3: renewal, 26; supple
mental, .; duplicate, 21; accrued, 100. Total
1,2J1
Army Widcws. etc tact of June 27, $500
Original, OIL reissue. /: renewal. 4; dupli-
cate {: accrued. g. Total, 2SG.
Navy Invaids tact Of June "a, $500: Orig
inal. Il: increase. q: reissue. .: renewal, i;
duplicate. 1; accrued. S. Total. "a.
Navy widows, etc. tact of June -, 1880
Original, T.; accrued. /. Total. IL.
Mexican War Survivors: Increase. i: reis
sue. Ii; duplicate. l. -Tota.. 90
Mexican War widows: Original, !; dupli
cate. 1. Total, >.
Indian Wars ns3e- ~, Survivors: Original
); duplicate, L. Total, g.
Indian Wars lls32-i2) widows: Duplicate
Tota!s-OrigipaI., Bl7: increase. 1,O3l; add
tional, IFS; reissue So: restoration. II; re-
newal. 1876; suBp!oneGtai. i6; duplicate, ID
accrued $50 Tota.. 2.l27.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries A's1ered and sugses'
H0rfs Made.

Friend, New Albany, Ind.-1t is not
understood whaf pension law you have
reference to by THE law of 1897" If you
mean the act Of AIarch 6, 1896, with re-
gard to the conififencement of invalid pen
sons under the act of June %, 1890, said
act has been virtually nulifed by De-
Ogy.
: A. II. R.-The' pension under the gem
eral law of First Lieutenant who held
such rank when pensioned disabilities orr
ginated, is not necessarily SIT. That rate
is allowed only in cases where the disabill-
ty is such that if an enlisted man he would
have been entitled to from SS to SIG.
A. S. c., Fearis, ky.-lf a general law
war of rebellion invalid pensiOner dies of
pensioned disability, his widow married to
him since March ). 1899. can obtain pen
sion by showing that she and pensioner
lived together from marriage until his
death. Questions should be plainly put
and nothing left to be inferred as to what
the inquirer may mean.
Il. ID. W., Westashiwin. Canada.-U.
S. Pensioners do not forfeit their pensions
by becoming naturalized citizens or sub
| jects of Il foreign country.
Il. T.. National Military Home, CAL
| Ordinarily Il soldier honorably discharged
is entitled to transportation and subsist-
ence to place of enlistment, or the statu-
| tory Communication thereof. But it is held
by War and Treasury Departments tina;
a soldier honorably discharged by way OF
favor is not entitled TO either. The ques-
ton has been taken into the L. $. courts
and will be decided by Supreme Court.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
sTONEMAN's RAID on MACON.

the enemy, who set upon him. He had
heavy skirmishing, and not hearing from
Gen. Stoneman, he withdrew to Conyers,
where he learned somewhat of Gen. Stone
mans movements. He then returned to
Decatur and resumed his position on the
left of the army.
Gen. Stoneman left McCook and Gar
rard to take care of themselves. So, in
stead of there being united force of 49,
GOO men at Lovejoy's on the evening OF
July %, as contemplated by Gen. SheT-
mans orders, this splendid cavalry corps
was divided. McCook at Lovejoy's, Gar
rard ut Flat Rock and Stoneman near
Covington. The inevitable result of this
wide separation Of forces was the dis
astrous failure of the enterprise.
In commenting on Gen. Stoncman's ac-
tion in this matter. Gen. Sherman says:
His mistake was in not making the first
concentration with McCook and Garrard
near Lovejoy's according to ORDERS
Gen. McCook conducted his part of the
brief campaign with promptness ana skill.
The misfortune which befel his command
was not the result of any mismanagement
on his part or want of soldierly quail
ties on the part of the men, but from the
fact that the enemy was enabled to CON
centrate a largely-superior force against
him, which would not have been done had
the junction of all the cavalry been made
as was ordered.
| The Confederates were greatly flushed
with their cavalry victory; it seemed to
them to be a rent in the dark cloud of
war through which the sunshine of greater
victories in the future could be discov-
cred.
Brig Francis A. Shoup, Chief of
Staff to Gen. Hood, made the following G
memorandum in his record of daily move
ments for Aug 1:
.HToday docarvoc to bo aJ with n
white stone; good news has flowed in
| from all distant points. The Jonesborough
| raiders, under McCOok, returning from
| their scenes of spoliation, ran against Gen.
Roddey near Newman. The check there
given them enabled Gen. Wheeler to over
take their rear. After some desperate
| fighting victory declared in our favor:
some commands surrendered in toto and
others being picked up in squads after
being dispersed. Their whole history is
summed up in Gen. Wheelers dispatch
from Newman:
1--WE have just completed the killing,
capturing and breaking up of the entire
raiding party under Gen. McCook.'
Some $50 prisoners, two pieces of ar
tillery, 1,2O0 horses, and equipments cap
tured. Equal success attended us against
Stoneman's enterprise
"On his return from the Oconee he was
| met by Gen. lversOn, who records his fate
in the following dispatch:
Gen. Stoneman, after having his force
routed, yesterday surrendered with 500
men. The rest of his command are scat
tered and flying towards Eatonton. Many
have been already killed and captured
"a pathetic dispatch was received from
Gen. StOneman to his wife, detailing how
he came to grief The damage done by
Stoneman's party to the Central Railroad
is greater than at first supposed.
He burned the bridge over the Oconee
and tore up a considerable portion of the
road The damage however, is being
rapidly repaired. All quiet along the AT,
lanta line"
! To be continuedl
The National tribune., 1902-10-09

Stoneman at Clinton, attacked him, and
obstrncted his retreat. Stoneman, manu-
vering, withdrew to Hillsborough, where
the fight was renewed. The Confederate
forces gathered strength. Stoneman re-
treated to Mulberry Greek and to jug
Tavern, but was unable to either whip the
enemy or escape from their grip. Gen.
Stoneman's courage and capacity for n
fight stood high. His division was conf
posed of a splendid body of men well COM
manded, but, of course, these veteran SOL
diers could not perform the impossible.
Gen. Iverson, who led the forces against
Gen. Stoneman, was able to bring large
ly-superior force into the field, and Stone
mans cavalry had to face the question of
fighting their way out as best they could.
Col. Adams brought his brigade out al
most intact; Col. Capron's Brigade, after
hard fighting, was considerably scattered.
Gen. Stoneman, with a considerable por-
ton of his division, was captured near
Macon. His loss was about 22O killed
and 600 captured.
There can be but one explanation for
the course pursued by Gen. Stoneman; he
had conceived the idea of releasing the
Union prisoners held at Macon and An
dersOnville, and had secured permission
from Gen. Sherman to make the attempt
with his own division. after the work of
destroying the road at LovejOy'S Station
was accomplished.
This idea took possession of him, and
controlled him. He sent Gen. Garrard to
Flat Rock. and left him there without or
ders to join McCook at Lovejoy's Station.
Gen. Garrard remained at Flat Rock
until July %, awaiting Gen. Stcneman' S
arrival Gen. Stoneman did not come.
His stay there attracted the attention of
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
MUSTERED OUT.

BROwN.-At Owensboro, Ky. Sept. 16.
William +; Brown. Sergeant. Co. T.. Eth by.
Cav, aged Go years Comrade Brown was
driving in OwensbOro, when his buggy was
struck by n passing vehicle. and he was
thrown to the ground. his head striking on
the paved street. resulting In death about
four hours later. He was a member of James
S. Jackson Post, 3 He is survived by a
widow and one daughter.
BURLINGTON.-At Lawton. Mich. Sept.
Is, James W. Burlington. Co. f, 122d y. y.
aged SO. He was mustered into the service
at Syracuse, n. Y, August. 1862. He was
severely wounded Mt Cold Harbor. and soon
He was Past Commander of L. G. Woodman
Post, 1876, which attended his funeral In a
body. widow and nine children survive.
ELLENBERGER.-At Port Matilda, Pa,
Sept. 20. Christopher Ellenberger, Co. T., 4Jth
Pa, aged 10 years.
KELLY.-At Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. q, Ed
ward NJ. Kelly. I'd Iowa Cav, aged Ga.
McKENZIE..At Hermitage, No. Sep. 10
George NJ. Mckenzie, Co. G, 29th H., and
McKIRBEN.-At Winfield. Kan, Sept. 20
Lieut.. Hugh Mckibben. Co. c.. 164th Ohio
aged 76. He was a member of Syverd Post
POTTER.-At Dixon, H.. Sept. "a. Thad
deus S. Potter. He was born at Amherst
| Ohio, March II. 1898 Comrade Potter serv
ed In the three months and three years ser
close OF the war. in the 176th Ohio. He was
wounded at the battle of Antietam. The fu
neral services were conducted by Dixon Pos
299. widow and one son survive.
| PURSHALL.-At Faribault, Minn., Sept
| 10, John r. Purshall Captain, Co. A, 6tl
Ohio Cav. He had held many offices of hon
| or and trust in the city of Faribault and Ric,
County. He was member OF Michael Post
| 123
I wALLS-In Snyder Co.. Pa, Sept 10
VIM. Walls. Co. f. 6Sth Pa. He enlisted
Aug. 16. 1862, and served with his compan.
until Jan. 15 1864, when he was transferred
| to the Veteran Reserve Corps. COmrad
Walls died while travelling through Snyde
| Co., Pa. He was buried with G. A. X. rite
by John c. Arnold Post, 407, of Port Trevor
| ton. Pa. (Friends of the deceased shoul'
communicate with Jas. C.. Schaffer, Com
mander of Post 407, Port Trevorton, Pa.)
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
The 2sth N. Y. Monument at Cedar Mountain

Survivors of the 2sth n. Y. ON Aug. 8 ded-
icated regimental monument erected to
the memory Of those comrades who fell in
the Battle Of Cedar Mountain. This monu-
ment Is constructed of great blocks of gran
lite, weighs 40 tons, and stands % feet high.
The cost was $500. The monument com
memorates the services of this gallant
regiment which, Aug. 0, 1862, marched
up the slope Of Cedar Mountain 357
strong, and In the battle lost 81 killed, 81
wounded, and 92 prisoners; total loss. 2lO
Every officer was either killed, wounded or
captured, and the regimental colors fell Into
the hands Of the Confederates.
Col. y. +. Brown, who lost an arm at
Cedar Mountain, presided at the dedicatory
services. Prayer was offered by Rev W. r.
Williams. The orator of the day was Judge
oren Britt Hrown, Of Dayton, o., son Of
Col Il. f. Brown. Gen. Horatio G. King
read an original poem. Comrade S. S. Mar.
vim presented the monument to the Govern
ment. Gen. T. e. True, of the Quartermas.
ter-Generals Department, on behalf of the
Government, received the monument
At the business meeting of the association
at Cnlpeper, Va, held in connection with
the dedication Of the monument, resolutions
were passed thanking Judge d. A. Gimsley
and other Ccnfederates for their hospitality
George Irish was elected President; n E. G
Wadhams. Vice-Presldent C. w. Boyce, OF
Buffalo, Secretary
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
Blue and Cray Meet in pennsylvania.

A unique feature Of the Annual Reunion
Of the famous Rinsold Cavalry at California,
Pa, Aug. %, was the presence of the Nc
Neil Rangers, c. S. A. The COnfederates
participated in the parade, marching arm in
arm with their former antagonists. The ex-
ercises, after the parade, in the chapel of
| the Normal School. were attended by fully
5000 people. On the stage were seated the
Mcneil Rangers, with Capt. Mcneil in the
center and Capt. Hart, of the Ringgod Cav
airy. on his left. The chairs of these two
officers were covered with American flags,
with crossed rifles above the flags. To the
| right and left of both officers there was Il
minglng of the blue and gray.
The exercises opened with patriotic airs
by the band, after which choir composed
of the chOirs of the different churches III
California sang, MY Country "Tis of Thee"
Dixie" was played by the band and rs the
first strains of this oldtime song broke on the
| afternoon air. the entire audience jumped to
their feet with cheers, and hundreds of hats
and handkerchiefs were waving. To add TO
the enthusiasm created by the melody, the
rebel yell rose above all. Almost a similar
sceen took place when the National anthem
was played, the "rebs" standing up in their
chairs, waving their hats and yelling for the
only flag of their united country. When the
din had subsided the band played March
ing Through Georgia. but before half a
were again wild with enthusiasm and the
| o,d-fashioned rebel yell again shock the raf
tiers of the Normal School. AS the last note
of the song died away Capt Jesse Mcneil
aIose anu, turning 10 MS oi.i coIhraueS-iu
arms, called for the rebel yell They arose
| as one man and swinging their hats above
their heads, started the echoes in the val
ley with their wild yels. AS the battle yell
OF the .Johnnies' rang through the building
| sobs were heard here and there throughout
the large audience. Handkercheifs were hid
| ing many moist eyes before the yell had
ended.
| Among the officers of the RinggOld Cav
airy who attended the Reunion were Lieut.
Col A. J.. Greenfield, McKees Rocks; Capt
j. b. Hart Washington, ID. c.; Capt Frank
Hasson, Washington. Pa; Capt C. ]. Nc
Nulty, Washington, Pa; Adjt. J. J. Isenber
| Indiana County, Pa; Capts. j. b. Gibson
and j. Y. Chessrown and Lieut.. John Hol
land, MOnogahela, and Capt. S. G. Krepps
| Brownsville. Pa.
The officers of McNeirs Rangers who at
| tended the Reunion were Capt Jesse Nc
| Neil. Seymour, H.; Lieut.. l. s. Welton
Petersburg, W. Va, and Lieut., John H.
| Cunningham, Harness, Ill.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
Crocker's Iowa Brigade.

Nearly 400 survivors, many accompan-
led by members of their families, attended
the 18th Biennial Reunion of Crocker's
Iowa Brigade. The city of Muscatine en-
tanned the brigade and the Both Iowa in a
most generous and hospitable manner. The
streets were beautifully decorated, and
the electric lighting at night was the most
beautiful ever seen in an Iowa city. Maj
Gen. John Macarthur, of Chicago, the
last surviving Commander of the Fourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps, was present,
and though enfeebed by advanced years,
thoroughly enjoyed the Reunion and the
splendid ovation which the comrades of
the Brigade gave him. The meeting was
the 25th Iowa, and the comrades frater-
nized in the most cordial manner. Among
other distinguished guests were Col.
Cornelius Cadle Adjutant-General, Seven
tccnth Corps; Gen. J. ii. Stibbs, Colonel,
18th Iowa, and Brevet Brigadier-General;
Col. ID. ]. Palmer, 25th Iowa, Col. w. b..
Bell. Sth Iowa; Maj. ID. w. Reed, Secre-
sion. Col. W. +. Keeler, who long COM
mandcd the Both Iowa, and President of
the Regimental Reunion Organization, was
warmly greeted by his devoted and loyal
comrades of the Both and the citizens of
Muscatinc. Though the weather was low
erlnS and unpleasant, notninS cOuid daA-
pen the enthusiasm of the comrades.
The meetings at the Opera House and
the parade We're attended by every vet
eran whose health would permit. Col. III.
IL. Rood, President of the Crocker's Bri-
gade Association, presided ut two we'll
attended meetings in the Opera House.
The first evening, Wednesday. was more
in the nature of formal meeting. The
second meeting, Thursday night, was a
campfire. At both the Opera House was
crowded to its utmost limit. Perfect or
der prevailed. The music was varied and
delightful. Rarely, if ever, have old SOL
diers had better or more inspiring meet
ings. Comrades were in attendance from
Maine to Arizona. and the fine spirit of
fraternity, which has been such a distin-
guished mark of the Brigade from its Or
ganzatiOn to the present time, was every
where manifested. 1t was decided the
next Reunion would be held at Waterloo,
Iowa, at date fixed by the officers Of the
Association. The old officers were unani-
mously reelected. Col. II. H. Rood, Mt.
Vernon, Iowa. President; Capt. G. w.
Kepler, Mt Vernon. Iowa, Recording Sec
rethry; ID. w. Bushnell Council Bluffs,
Iowa, Corresponding Secretary, and Peter
I<iene, Dubuque. Iowa. Treasurer. Pro
ceedings of the Reunion at Jefferson and
Keokuk had been printed and were pre-
sented for distribution at Muscatine. Com
rades who did not receive them can pro-
cure them of the Recording Secretary by
forwarding 16 cents for postage.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
CONFEDERATE HOMES.
Views of Veteran of the Lest Cans

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l note
in The National Tribune request from
the Commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic that lGrand Army men con-
tribute toward erecting Il home for eX-
Confederate soldiers. In the same con-
nection / also read your editorial indors-
ing the position of the Commander of the
Grand Army.S -
| fully inderseT the humane intentions
of both the Commander of the Grand
Army and your editorial. As to your po-
sition in the matter l am satisfied you owe
much of your Endorsement to the Com
mander. whom you naturally suppose is
best posted in the matter. as he has been
down South, and no doubt ought to have
some reason satisfactory to himself in en-
couraging this idea among Gram! Army
men. But the Commander of tii.. Grand
Army, i think, has not been as well post
ed as some of us. That he has acted up
to the standard of true manhood and the
genuine impulses OF humanity there can
he no doubt, but there is great opposition
to receiving any Dcnefaction from the
North, both among those not in need and
those in need, among Confederate soldiers.
The writer has sounded the men in the
Homes established in the South for ex-
Confedcrates, and they are opposed to be
ing helped by the North; bitterly so. In
spite of this view of the situation Oh the
with members of Congress to get Nation
al aid for them, and you know the history
and the fierce opposition in that body from
Southern Representatives..
| The Southern people are opposed to
| Northern aid, and have spurned it in both
the Senate and the House. Those of us
who favor National aid are few and far
between. The Southern Confederacy is
just as completely in the saddle in the
South as the Union is in the saddle at the
| North
Confederate soldiers in considerable
numbers are being fed on pie Mt the Gov
crnment restaurant in Washington, and
are paid $1,000 q year to eat it, yet these
same pie-eating ex-Confederates are un-
willing for the men that they left nj home
to be fed either ON Government pie or
bean SOUP even in "A Government Home;
| and, stranger still, the private at home in
| the poorhOuse to the decision of his pie
eating comrade says 'Amen." Strange,
On this line is the resolution passed by
| the Confederate Camp in New Orleans
declining the proffered help. .'Ephram is
welded to his idols; let him alone'
| If Grand Army men want to help the ex-
| Confederate soldier, who has laid down
his arms and returned to his fathers
house, let them raise the money and build
a Home in Washington and take it in
charge. and put the management of it in
the hands of Grand Army men. and in
vite the needy Confederate into it. This
will unite the charity of the Grand Army
with those COnfederates who think the
war is over, and that need and charity
all sons of the same Father. - w. A.
JOHNSON, Co. ID, I'd S. c. care of p. S.
johnson, Parcel lUheck Room. Passenger
| Depot, Atlanta, Ga.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
Reunion of the oath N. Y.

A pleasant gathering of survivors of the
24th n. Y. was held at Fulton, n. Y, Aug.
20. Capt. William b. Ferguson, Co. G, pre-
sided Comrade f. c. MOsher, Co. f, acted
as Secretary. The following officers were
elected: Active Pres, Parker o. Wright,
Oswego; Honorary Pres, John Rat!gar,
Osweso; Vice-Pres., David Hamer. Frank
Executive Committee W. d. Ferguson, Full.
ton; E. L. Huntington, Mexico; c. Wolever,
Fulton. committee was appointed to con-
fer with other regiments of the Iron Bri-
gade," relative to holding meeting of that
organiZatiO Comrade Norm G. Cooper
read a lengthy letter from Maj. E. P. Hal.
stead.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09
c. D. PENNEBAKER. JOHN PAUL JONES
PENNEBAKER & JONES,
ATTORNEYS and Counselors,
1881 F STREET, WAsHINGTC

1881 STREET, WASH1NGTON, u. U.
Special attention to adjustment of accounts Of civil
war Volunteer Officers.
We think very few officers were properly paid
Widows (even If remarried), or other heirs, are eni
tied Write for details.
We are especially anxious to communicate with Off
their heirs who O were not paid for recruiting
services for services rendered prior to muster in
(2) who were denied bounty by reason of promotion
t3, who dismissed from the service; ~ who were
denied travel pay by of resignation for personal
reasons convenience; (5l who were not mustered
and paid because command was below minimum mum
ber 6 who lost u S. pay by reason of State pay
panf