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The National tribune., 1903-07-30
BEDFORD COUNTY VETERANS.
A Reunion of Quite Unusual Interest at Bed
ford, Pa.

The 11th Annual Rounion of the vet
Grams of Bedford. Co, Pa, held ut Coal
dale, had many unusual features. The
town was beautifully decorated, and n
large number of prominent men We're pres
ent. Judge LOngenecker, an old soldier
of splendid record and civilian of promi-
nence, presided. Hon. John NJ. Reynolds,
whom the veterans will pleasantly remem-
ber as one of their very few friends in
Clevelands second Administration, intro
duced as one of the speakers, Col. Henry
II. Adams, of New York, his business
partner and President of the Colonial
Iron Company. He said that Col. Adams
sprang from an ancestry which had fur
nished two Presidents, who enlisted at the
age of IS years in the 125th Ohio. and
whose service in the army was embellished
by many gallant exploits. He had been
Commander of Lafayette Post, New York,
and delegated by his Post to decorate the
grave of the Marquis Lafayette, and was
one of the leading spirits in the movement
for placing the flag On all the school
houses in the land. to which enterprise he
had devoted much labor and money.
Col. Adams's speech was an unusually
fine effort, showing scholarship and re-
Search as well as true 1eellnS ana elO-
quence. He presented some astonishing
facts and statistics, among which was that
at the beginning of the war the entire
wealth of the Nation was only about S4O,-
000.000,00O. the accumulation of over 24O
years. In the AZ years since then, the re-
suit of the industrial forces which the vet
Grams of the war had helped to set in mo-
ton, this wealth had grown to the enor-
nous sum of over $4,000, 100000. a sum
sufficient to purchase and pay for the king
doms of Greece. Italy. Austria. Turkey,
Russia. Spain. Portugal. Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden. with all their ships, their
mines. their factories. their ancestral
homes. and their diadems and crowns
Not merely in the creation of wealth has
America become preeminent. She leads in
free education. There are 2J0.G00 public
schools in which 100000 children are
taught. He closed his speech with a bril-.
liant tribute to Puritanism, and what il
had done for this country and the world
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Sept. 10: Fishers Hill. Sept. 30: Cedar
Greek. Oct II and Oct. 10. 1864. Taken
prisoner at Beverly. w. Va, Jan. IL,
1865: paroled at Libby Prison. Feb. II.
1860 My greatest personal danger was
at Cedar Creek, when two shells burst so
close TO me that | was in the smoke. The
first killed and wounded four men on my
left: the second wounded the man next
10 me on the right | was knocked down
and part of the stock Of my gun broken
off. When i tried to get up everything
seemed going round. l found my gun 80
feet away"
Comradc James Durham. Rehobeth,
Md. reports as follows: Born in Cole
County. Mo-, 1871. Raised on a farm.
Enlisted in the 11th L. s. Inf. in March,
1861 Joined the regiment in May. 1864.
near Spotsylvania Court House, Va, and
was assigned TO Co. {. Was with the
regiment in all the battles it was en-
gagged in until Lee surrendered. Was
wounded in the face 18th of June, 1861.
near Petersburg. Va. Promoted Corporal.
September, 1864; Sergeant November.
1864. and Orderly Sergeant in May, 1860.
Discharged March, 1867. Am now Post
master at Rehobeth and keep Il general
store
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Colorado and Wyoming.

The 24th Annual Encampment of the
Department of Colorado and Wyoming
was in session at Cheyenne, WyO, June
II, 1S and 49, when the following officers
were chosen:
Commander, ii. S. Vaughn, Denver
SPRING.: Wyo.; ]. V. C, Geo. II. Young
Evans, Colo: Chaplain, C. A. Brooks
New Windsor, Colo; Medical Director
r. Smith, Castle Rock, Colo.
Council of Administration, VIM. H
Rogers, Denver, Colo; A. S. Artist
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Edwin L. Ames, Denver
Colo; Thos. J. Foote, Denver, Colo; I
r. Smith, Castle Rock, Colo.
Comrade l.. A. Slack, of Cheyenne
Wyo., was chosen Delegate at Large ant
g. X. Carson, Evans, Colo, Alternate a
Large. The delegates chosen are Davi,
Beattie, Sterling, Colo; n. A. Baker
Denver Colo; X. c. Goss, Denver. Colo
and the Alternates, A. Glover, Pueblo
Colo; Chas. Wallace, Denver, Colo; T.
i. Pitkin, Denver, Colo.
Commander Vaughn established Head
quarters in Room 80, State Capitol Build
ing. Denver, Colo. and has announced tn,
following staff: Geo. A. Hamilton, Den
yer, Colo. Assistant Adjutant-General
w. w. Ferguson, Victor, Colo, Assistan
Quartermaster-G General; John l.. Boyd
Denver. Colo, Judge Advocate: A. A
Burleigh, Colorado Springs, Colo. De
partment Inspector; j. S. Fritz, Victor
Colo, Senior Aid; J. ii. Moser Denver
Colo, Chief mastering Officer; J. Proctor
Fletcher, Arvada, Color Bearer.
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years. at this little mining town. My
present occupation is assistant bookkeeper
for the St Bernard Mining Co., originally
st. Bernard Coal Co. l was not in the
war of the rebellion. but Iny father. y. b.
Gilliland, and all his brothers. five in num-
ber, were on the Union side. l was too
young for the civil WAR and too old for
the Spanish war. l am just the right age
to enter another guessing contest, which
| hope you will announce soon. l have
been taking The National Tribune for
several years. during which time l have
secured many subscribers. 1t is such a
good paper that | hope to add many more
new names to its subscription list"
Comrade Geo. Wineland, Reading, Pa,
reports as follows: Il have been guessing
nearly all of my lifetime. and this is about
the first time that l hit the right spot. ]
was n soldier during the war of the rebel
lion, having enlisted when liz years of
age, in Co. Il. 1st Battalion, 18th q. S.
Inf. Regular Brigade, Fourteenth Corps.
During the Atlanta campaign my com
pany was consolidated with Co. Il. I'd
Battalion. | served three years, and re-
ceived my discharge on top of lookout
Mountain. / am in favor of the straight
S12 per month pension bill. Have been
a subscriber of The National Tribune for
many years, and appreciate its efforts in
behalf of the Union veterans"
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

LaGrippe is a germ disease which
makes direct attack upon the nerves.
When the fever runs high, the blood be-
comes thin and poor; it is filled with i'm
purities from the wasting tissues and
used up cells; the nerve force is reduced
to the lowest ebb and the heart is strained
to its utmost capacity to maintain the cir
culatiOn.
The congestion of the minute blood YES
sells which follows the onslaught of grip
germs brings an acute aching throughout
the body, chilliness and fever. cough and
sore throat and n general sense of weak
ness. 1t is this intOlerable aching of the
body in general and the sudden loss Of
strength which proves beyond a doubt that
LaGrippe is disease of the nerves.
Those persons with over worked or run
down nerves will have excruciating pains
in the spinal column and unbearable head
ache. followed by utter inability to sleep,
and brain fever or insanity. In nearly ey-
cry case the heart action is affected, ow-
ing to the weakening of the heart muscles
and the sudden withdrawal of the nerve
force or vital power. Its weakened walls
are dilated its feverish valves are strained
to the utmost capacity. it fiutters. palpi-
tates and skips beats. Pains shoot through
the left breast and around under the shoul-
der blade. There is a choking sensation
III the tnroat, Il 1eeilnS Oh oppression IN
the chest and heart disease, with its long
story of suffering and sorrow, has been
ushered in.
DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine will re-
store the appetite, bring sweet sleep,
strengthen the weakened nerves and mus
cles, rebuild the wasted tissues. restore
health and establish a reserve of 1erve
force which will successfully prevent the
after effects of LaGrippe.
Should the heart at any time khow
signs of weakness, such as palpit5 ton.
fluttering or pain, or by shortnesd of
breath, DIR. Miles Heart Cure should be
taken in conjunction with the Nervine
Heart disease is curable Send for; free
Book on Diseases of the Heart and
Nerves.
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind
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History of the Army of the Ohio.

Capt. S. +. Moore, 11Sth Ohio, Will
Jamestown, o., writes a very earnest ap-
peal to his comrades of the Army of the
Ohio to stand by and assist Prof. ]. Fraise
Richard, the historian, in every possible
way in the writing of the history of the
army. Prof. Richard has been working
hard and spending much money in getting
Up the history, and deserves all the as
sistance which can be given him by the
men who fought from East Tennessee to
North Carolina. The memories of Nash
vile, Franklin. Wilmington, Kinston and
GoldsbOro ought TO stimulate the survi-
vors to see that the history of their glor-
ious army is made what it ought to be.
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Gen. Frank wheaton at Cedar Creek.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The an
nouncement in The National Tribune, June
25, of the death of my old commander,
Gen. Frank Wheaton, and the interesting
biographical sketch that accompanied the
mournful tidings, was one more impressive
reminder that the fight of time is unin-
termittingly adding to the silent army
sleeping beneath the grasses and the flow
ers.
Gen. Frank Wheaton was eminentIy a
fearless and skillful officer, and since we
Bailey's Crossroads, Va, in July, 1865,
have often scanned the pages of history,
hoping and expecting to find my favorite
Generals praiseworthy career written in
letters of living light. Almost invariably
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Missing.

Frederick Meier, farmer residing near
Caroline, Tompkins County, n. Y, disap-
peared from his home April 90, 1901, and
since then nothing has been heard of him.
He is five feet six inches high and about
II years of age. He served three years
in the Union army as a member of Co. B.
109th N. Y. His wife, Mrs. Frederick
Meier, Statewide Springs, Tompkins Co.,
N. Y, and children are exceedingly
anxious to hear from him.
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News From Winners.

Comrade G. W. Mckinley, Catawba,
Ky. reports as follows: Born in Hig-
ginsport, Ohio, 1914. Enlisted in Co. b,
34th Ohio, Feb. %. 1864; discharged July
y, 1860. Present at Cloyd Mountain
May 9, 1864; was on the Hunter raid to
Lynchburg, June. 1861 at Winchester,
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Against the Lee Statue.

Col Tom J. Jackson, Commander Of
Judson Fitzpatrick Post. Newton, Kan,
who does not believe that Grant surrend-
cred to Lee at AppOmattox. introduced
resolution in his Post. which was unani-
mously adopted. declaring against the
erection of the statue of Lee in the Capt.
tol.
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

B. F. Giililand. ST. Charles. Ky. re-
ports as follows: Il was born in Hopkins
County, Ky, 1852. Have lived in same
County all my life. l began work for the
st. Bernard Coal Co. (which wish to say
is one of the best companies on earth) on
Nov. II. 1874. Have worked in the ca
pacity of weigh boss. store clerk and book
keeper for the above company for 2Sla
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
THIS MEANT WAR.

Spain speedily declared war against the
United States, and on April %. 1898, a
resolution. which originated in the House
and speedily passed the Senate, was ap-
proved by the President declaring war
with Spain to have existed since April 81
and authorized the President to 'use the
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
A BOARD OF NAVAL OFFICERS,

of which Admiral Sampson was Chair
man, investigated it and reported that the
explosion must have occurred from an ex-
traneous cause. Consul-General Lee, who
was nearby at the time and quickly on the
scene of action, testified to the same eff
feet. Some believed that it was the direct
work Of the Spanish authorities; others,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-13

name and comprises an area OF about
$4,000 square miles. It's present popu-
lation is about four hundred thousand.
including an Independent tribe OF In
dians, who are said to number about
eight thousand. 1t is the most north
ern of the nine constituent common
weaIths Of the present Colombian un-
lon and to most foreigners is better
known than the republic itself. The re-
suit is that one of the most beautiful
and interesting countries on the con-
tinent is habitually misjudged by what
little is here seen OF it
And yet, strange to say, this is pre-
cisely the section Of which Colombians
seem to feel most proud. Like de-
formed and useless member Of family,
it is sort of pet of the household, hu-
mored and spoiled and habitually de-
ferred to by all the others. 1t has al
ready cost the central government. In
the way of reclamations growing out or
local disorders, more than the entire
state would bring If put up at auction
and yet, if you would touch the pride
of the average Colombian at the most
sensitive point, just intimate that MS
Government might be induced TO part
with the sovereignty of the isthmus.
HE believes Panama to be the navel
of the world and that at some time or
other, and in some manner not clear
even to his own mind, it will be the
source of fabulous wealth Stranger
still, he seems to have the impression
that this particular spot is coveted by
all the nations of the world, and that
the United States of the North. as he
persistently calls the title Of our Gov
ernment. is merely awaiting some IA
vorable pretext TO take forcible posses
sion of it. Nevertheless, every time
the Federal Government OF Bogota gets
into serious trouble with it's 'revolu-
tionists' on the isthmus 1t importunes
the Washington authorities to inter-
vene for the preservation OF order
there"
There is at least one man on the side
Of Colombia that it would be pleasure
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-13

OF course, Colombian paper money Is
not worth much, but the war snug
glers Of Curacao and Trinidad do not
want money, or rather they have plen-
ty of it. What they want are conces-
sions and mining patents, and no coun-
try can give more of these than Co
lombia-
Again, there is a branch of the ORR
noco, the Meta, which Is just gettlng
on the maps, that Is navigable Tor
large bungoes and even for small hght
draught steamers to a point WITHIN
three days mule training or Bogota-
This avenue OF contraband we could
not we'll shut of without holding the
mouths Of the Orinoco and, higher up,
Ciudad Bolivar itself. and If we did
this there would still be twenty chan
nels known to the smugglers through
which the Bogota Government could be
supplied.
l think It may be accepted as a fact
that 1t Is incorrect to say, as has Deen
said, and upon such high authority In
the last few days, that Colombia Is in
capable of waging war. 1t seems 10
me there is no country better situated
for carrying on a twenty or thirty
years war, and, then, she has nothing
else to do. It is perhaps an idle pur-
suit to speculate as to whether Colom-
bia will fight or not, but l must say
that / have vet to meet any one al
all couversant with conditions there
who has any doubt that the upshot OF
the present affair will be war IN
which we shall inevitably become In
volved.
The following statement, however
written by William L. Scruggs
formerly and for many years our dip
lomatic representative in Colombia
sums UP the situation, and 1t should be
remembered it was written before the
question of the canal entered upon its
present phase. 1t states valuable facts
and explains many things which have
not been made clear:
1.-The so-called state 0f Panama Is
co-extensive with the isthmus OF that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-16
NOTES OF THE CONGRESS.

d r. Roberts who is delegate from
Cache county 10 the Irrigation con-
gress. is representing the SmOot- Loose
syndicate in the matter of securing
electric car franchises in the northern
part of the state, and says he has al
ready secured franchises in Cache coun-
ty from Preston in the northern end. to
WellsviIe in the south. The syndicate
already has applications in through
Cache. Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and
Utah counties. The towns of Richmond.
Smithville and Wellsvile have granted
the franchises. No application has yet
been made for franchise in Logan,
Mr.. Roberts home.
J. H. Kurtz of Ephrata is the only
Pennsylvania delegate to the congress.
Mr.. Kurtz is a brother Of T. J. Kurtz.
a well known citizen of ogden.
The morning trains up from Salt
Lake were crowded 10 their capacity.
carrying not only the Salt Lake county
delegates. but many from Utah points
to the south Every effort was made to
secure seats for all. but some were
forced to stand Up during the ride.
Land and Water Commissioner Jo-
seph MacKnight is one Of Salt Lake
City's delegates to the congress. Mr.
a resolution today wednesday, re-
questing the secretary of the interior
TO have some forestry experiments
made on the Salt Lake watershed. with
viaW TO making the citys water sup
ply more certain and ample. The city
now owns all It's watersheds. and Mr.
Macknight is anxious to have the gov
ernmeEt take UP the matter of placing
more trees on the area which deter
mines how much water Salt Lake gets.
Clifford PinchOt of the bureau of for
estry Will be in Provo next Saturday
for the purpose of finally passing upon
the forest reserves in Utah He will
confer there with prominent officials of
Utah and other counties, and the meet
ing viii be a most important one IT
VIII likely be attended by state officials
and others interested in the question of
forest preservation and water storage.
The Cache county delegation consists
of about fifty prominent irrigators, or
hcials and business men. It includes
Congressman Howell. County Commits
sioner Anderson, d. r. Roberts, Presi-
dent j. II. LinfOrd Of the Is. Y. college.
Experiment Director J. A. WidtsOe Of
the Agricultural college, Water Com
missioner James Meikle. Samuel Ros-
kelley, County Treasurer William G.
Parkinson and other prominent men of
the county.
salt Lakers will envy the Ogden peO-
pie, who are honOred by the visit of the
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congress. when it is learned that the
dagO musicians who were so prevalent
in Salt Lake during the past week or
two are in ogden playing the same old
tunes.
Senator Kearns, David Keith and
Frank Knox occupied one seat ON the
crowded Oregon Short Line train COM
ing up from Salt Lake in the forenoon
yesterday The seat had q busy hour
Pussy Jimmy was I'm the next car
ahead. so il is impossible to tell Just
what the three distinguished Repub-
leans said on the voyage to Ogden.
r. A. Mcdaniel formerly we'll
known Salt Laker, but now "a resident
of Baker City, Ore. is a delegate 90 the
congress.
Among the conspicuous figures at the
sessions yesterday were Governor
George O. Pardee of California, Gov
ernor prince Of New Mexico. Governor
Wells of Utah ana Senator Paris Glib
son Of Montana.
Commander BOoth-TucIzer and Colo
mel Holland OF the Salvation Army
manifested much interest En- the pro
ceedinEs at yesterdays sessions.
Lorin Farr. Utah,s greatest living an
cestor. was a spectator much observed
by visitors.
Up TO last evening / .27O delegates had
presented credentials This makes the
eleventh Irrigation congress more than
twice as large as the largest previous
meeting The congress at Chicago was
attended by over 500. and was the
greatest up to the present time. There
We're less than 400 delegates at Colo
RADIO Springs last year. Utah is entitled
to the chief CTedi for he unBarelleIed
attendance this year, over half of the
delegates being from this state Every
indication is that the present congress
Will be the greatest. not only i'm point
Of size but in achievements. Of any
ever held.
A prominent Mexican with the El
PasO delegation is Francisco Mallen.
who is Mexican consul a the city OF
FL PasO.
EX-United States Senator Joseph NJ.
Carey Of wyoming. author of the IA
nous Carey land bin, is q delegate TO
the congress. When his name was an
nOunced as a committeeman from Wv
Oming during the afternoon session. it
was given a hearty round Of applause.
The Utah delegation caucused at
noon yesterday and reelected John
Henry Smith as vice president for
Utah. and r J. iKeseI as executive
committeeman from Utah
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use IL
No Proposition too Great.

use il.
No Proposition too Great,
Now. my friends. there are some
objections urged TO this idea. What
are these objections In the first place.
they say, the proposition is so mon
strOusly big that the American people
cannot handle it. 1 don't believe it,.
l 90 not believe there is any practical
question too big for the American peo-
pie to handle L believe that if some
of the engineers right here today should
make a careful survey of the KaW val
ley, for instance, they would find that
the loss last spring would equal the
cost of preventing floods there.
Another objection urged is that it
viii add TO the already large army Of
government employees. and that this adj
dition would mean a great number OF
men who might exert q political infiu-
ence. In this country we have many
letter carriers. postmasters, United
States marshals, etc. who are gov
eminent employees. Almost any one
can be a postmaster or "a United States
marshal. ] take it. but it takes scien-
tific men TO do this work, and we
know that the scientific men employed
by the government don't NEEDLE in
partisan politics.
There is another objection urged. 1t
is claimed this is extending paternalism
toe far; that the government doesn't
want go into business, that every
thing that can be done by private cap
ita, should be done that way. But the
storage of water and the prevention of
floods enters so largely into our com
munity life that private life cannot
handle it. 1t is purely governmental
task
What I want to know now is wheth-
er we can prevent floods. If we can
prevent floods the cost, no matter how
much, is not too great to prevent this
great loss of life and property.
4 have been over much of the west
ern country between the British line
and the Rio Grande, and il appears to
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On the Short Line special for Ogden.
which left Salt Lake at 7:3O. there were
three parties in as MANY private c9rs
Senator and Mrs. .Kearns. who had As
Slstant General Manager Calvin's car.
mad for guests Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Bam-
berger and Mr. and Mrs David Keith.
General Manager Wells and wife came
IN his private car with a party of
friends and General Manager Bancroft
with friends in his car completed the
list