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The National tribune., 1903-11-26

Of The essanisatlou wes changed 70 ~ TO
2dmft CoatraCt Sursssn4 10 the Camps Of
Spanish War veterane Under thie clause,
DR.. McGee 10 eligible for membership, and
she proposes to take advantage Of It.
Dr.; McGse's .snt. e ACTING Assistant
shs 8 Il, only woman "a Who ia viii ever Be- aai eli
eible under the clause msntioned. She is
National President OF the Spanish War
Nurses' Association. DR.. McGse is now
the eponsor for Nelson A. Miles Camp,
s. w. A.. and has resigned that honorary
Office to make application for regular men,
bership.
DR.. MCGEE is \ member Of the Mary
Sherman Miles Auxiliary, which has just
been restored to its rights in the National
organization, Its charter having been de-
clared suspended by the Past National
President, Mrs. Flora A. Lewis. The new
National President, Mrs. Isabelle Alexan-
der. of Ohio, has restored the charter, and
cleared the Auxiliary of all blame in tie
matter. DIR. McGee was solicited to be-
come member of some other Auxiliary,
but declined, preferring to remain outside
the Order to joining any other Auxiliary.
fore the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs last week and submitted h.s
charges against Gen. Leonard Wood,
whose nomination is now up for conhrma-
ton; Maj. Ratbbone has no attorney, but
has arranged this brief for the convenience
of the committee. In addition to the brief
he submitted for the perusal of Senators
an epitome OF the various charges, to
which he expects to address himself dur
ing the hearings. In the rough, these
charges are as follows:
Maj. Rathbone charged Gen Wood with
issuing orders and instructions to the
courts In the postal cases, in violation of
article 3ST Of the penal code of Cuba, and
in manner prejudical to the rights and
interests Of those under trial.
He charged Gen. Wood further with
authorizing the use Of ex-parte depositions
in the postal cases, proceeding which is
contrary to law and the principles OF law,
and in this case contrary TO instructions
given by the Secretary of War.
Also with accepting gifts from an or
ganization commonly known as "Jai AIai."
to which he granted a 10-year exclusive
concession, the same being violation of
the so-called Foraker law, which pro-
hibited the granting of franchises or CON
cessions during the occupation of the is
land by the American authorities, and
Maj. Rathbone alleges that the acceptance
of these gifts constitutes violation of
article 397, penal code of Cuba.
Maj. Rathbone charges Gen. Wood with
completely with another army officer in
the preparation and publication of an ar
ticle rejecting discreditably upon their
ranking officer, Gen. Brooke, in violation
Of an accepted canon of military service
and constituting an offense commonly
known as conduct unbecoming an officer
and gentleman"
He charges Gen. Wood also with direct
ing and causing the Auditor of Cuba. by
a military order, to violate the law in the
treatment of accounts, with utilizing the
services of an ex-convict, with whom he
was an intimate, personal associate, in an
effort to displace his superior officer, and
The National tribune., 1903-11-26
History of the War for the Union.
3y GREEN B. RAUM.
Late Brigadier-General.U U. s:voIunteers.

OBTAINS review of the events which led
sion; account of the uprising to the
Union; and memories of the author in connection with
the Western Army from the battle of Belmont to the
Grand Review at Washington.
The story of the for the Union is which the
of the United States lose interest They
recognize fact that the military episode in
the annals of war;
marines field of in four making Is States
District of Columbia of mi'f'- Gn'-rN2S
the entire population North and South in the
event of such magnitude and impOr-
ance involved such farreachng the
country the
est attention of the American people.
the stirring occurred under Grant For
Thomas and their heroic and
soldiers with which this work deals portion of this story
past two years the with Army This
volume illustrated with battle and portraits
of the printers contains 800
printed best Of with clear type handsome cloth
binding, title in gilt.
The National Tribune and the author have
received letters commencing this work From these the
following letter from Gen John G. Black Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, is presented:
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
John c. Black Commander in Chief.
Charles A. Partridge, Adjutant- General.
Chas Burrows Quartermaser General.
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER IN-CHIEF,
Memorial Hall,
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 12, 1903.
Gen. Green B. Raum Chicago, LII.
Dear General: have read through number of months
the delightful articles under the title with the Western
Army" which have appeared in The National Tribune
The National tribune., 1903-11-26
A CURE ron ASTHMA.

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The National tribune., 1903-11-26
A cKANGE TO MAKE MONEY,

have been selling =" "Non-Alcoholic F'lavering-
Powders for the past six months, and have made
fsls.0o. Every family buys three or four boxes
The favorlng powders better in every respect
than the liquid extracts and are lovely 10 SELL do
not have TO canvass People send 10 me Tor the pow
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average $50 % per week. get my havOrIng poy,ers
from the California Fruit 4 Chemical Co., ST. Loue
MO- Write them aud they will start you in bust
nest &c
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

cages become ciogged by ca-
tarrhal deposits. stopping the
action Of the vibratory bones.
Until these deposits are re-
moved a cure is impossible. The
inner ear cannot be reached by
probing or spraying hence the
inability OF aurists or physh
clans to cure. Ear drums are
The National tribune., 1903-11-26
Deafness Cured

By No Means Until AETNA" Was Discovered
Ninety-fvs per cent. Of all cases Of
deafness brought to our attention 10 the
result Of chronic catarra Of the throat
and middle ear. The afr pas.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

Senator r. NJ. Cockrell, who is known
n Washington as Garden Sass" Cockrell.
md by tlIe adherents of the Lost Cause a
Drigadier-General Cockrell, takes no per-
sonal stock in the attempt of some Mis-
sourians to boom him for President.
which he rightly fears may be a covert
attempt to lay him on the shelf. With ali
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

Fred Sharon. son of the late Senator
Sharon, Of California, and brother-in-Iaw "
of Senator Newlands, of Nevada. has
bought Beauvoir, the Summer home of
Admiral Dewey, on the Woodley Lane
road. intending TO delnolish it and erect q
nalatial residence on its site.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

He charges Gen. Wood also with direct
ing end causing the Auditor Of Cuba, by
u military order, to violate the law in the
treatment Of accounts. with utilizing the
services of an ex-convict, with whom he
was an intimate, personal associate, in an
effort to displace his superior officer, and
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

The largest number OF women in any
line of work are employed in the United
States Postal Service. Some of the high
est-salaried women in the world are EN-
pioyed thus. More than one-ihird of them
are past middle-age, and many are past
20 years. Many of the women are mail
wagon drivers. having long and lonesome
trips in uninhabited parts of the country
In great numbers they are employed in
the rural free delivery. Nearly all the ex-
perts in the Dead Letter Office are WON
en-. They have To perform tasks which, T.
the average person, would seem impossi
bic. 1t is their duty to take charge OF
the pieces of mail which go astray eyery
year, and they must see that these waits
get to their proper destinations il possible
and il not they4are returned to the senders
Many of the rural post offices are intrusted
to women. The work is usually light, and
it is the general opinion that women i.
such positions have performed the bes,
work for the Department.
The President didn't know II. but he
cTtainly WAS hunting various kinds OF
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

1t has been good while since Con-
gress has had in if men who openly raced
their o8n horses. When there is good
goiEe at the tracks in Washington. mem
bers OF the House often sneak off under
pair with some strait-laeed member
who does not care for racing, and attend
the races. betting a little, and sometimes
lots, but for Congressman to own race
horse. and run it openly, is really quite
a novelty.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

From the Seventh Kentucky District
comes Mr.. South Trimble, who is just 40
years DID, and the horse South TrimbIe.
which cleaned up things at Benning last
Thursday is a Kentueky-bred nag which
bears the name of the NJ. c.. from the
Seventh Kentucky District. Mr. Trimble
concluded that he would enjoy witnessing
the race made by his namesake much bet
ter than he would enjoy the drubbing
which Gen. Grosvenor was going to give
the members Of his political stripe, so he
hied himself to Benning race track. and
was happy all afternoon. He is happy
yet, for South Trimble, the horse, won
out
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

Nay, nay, Mr.. Bell, unless you are
hunting trouble in the shape of mis-
phced period, or slovenly enunciation
which the stenogTaphic machine distorted
into something entirely different from
what YOU meant to say, you will revise
your every utterance before it goes 20 the
world. The wise man always does, the
fool-oh, well, it makes no difference what
be does.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

The Senate will now look wise, wrestle
with the bill for week or so, and then
pass it.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

Wait till Mr.. Bell gets another whack
at Congress, however and unless he does
ss Bryan did, rearrange the paragraphs
Of the old speech and introduce some new
business, he will hold his new speech back
for revision exactly as Gen. Grosvenor did
That is, he will if he has any sense STEM
ographers are mere machines, and orators
generally talk for effect. Words in cold
black and white, sentiments uneolored by
the support of appiauding friends, take
on an entirely different meaning when read
after the heat of argument has cooled
and reason holds sway.
The National tribune., 1903-11-26

One of the really meritorious bills which
Congress ought to pass Mt once was in
troduced by Senator Galiinger. 1t pro-
vides for the erection in Washington of
monument to the memory of the volun-
teer and private soldiers Of the ITnion
army, and the sum asked for is $1OO. 600
n commission is to be named, to consist
of the Secretary of War, the Superinten-
dent of Public Buildings and Grounds. the
Chairmen, respectively, of the Senate and
House Committees on Library, and the
Commander-in-C Chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic. No part of the appro.
priation is to be available until plan
has been definitely settled upon.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
WENT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET.
Mrs. A. E. Johns, of New York, Plunges
Into Creyasse in Yosemite Valley.

Yosemite Valley, Gala. Especially
Mrs. A. E. Johns, of New York city,
who has been staying in the valley TOT
a few days, was found Tuesday morning
in a steep crevasse back OF the Sentine!
Dome. Monday Mrs. Johns started
from Glacier Point Hotel to walk to the
assures, located some two miles from
the hotel, and did not return at night.
Early Tuesday morning searching
parties started out, and one OF them
made a discovery that filled the specta'
tors with horror. Far down the SEN
tinel assure, whose crevasses drop III
some places for thousands of feet, SITS
pended on ledge that jutted out from
the steep side. the almost lifeless form
of Mrs. Johns was found by Mr.. Pat
ter, hotel clerk She was too weak to
speak, but was able by feeble signs to
make Mr.. Potter know that she still
lived.
After trying in vain to work his way
down the mountain side to her, Mr..
Potter was forced to 60 to the hotel
for help. Provided with plenty OF rope:
and carrying a stretcher, party OF
eight made its way back to the crevasse,
where the work was commenced OF try
ing to extricate Mrs. Johns from her
dangerous situation
Mrs. Johns is suffering much from
nervous shock, but as no bones were
fractured she will recover.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
USED DESPERATE MEANS.
Tombstone Desec-ated and Bible Mutilated
to Forge Evidence.

Kansas City (SpeciaD.-The last OF
the suits brought by w. c. Priddy and
other heirs OF Nancy Priddy to secure
possession of residence property on In
dependence Boulevard in this city val
ued at $1,000, 600 was decided against
the compliments by Judge James Glib
son in the Circuit Court. Nancy Prld-
dy died in Oregon in 1892 at the age
of &c. A tombstone placed over her
grave was put in evidence by the de-
PENDANTS, who asserted that the figures
had been changed to 90 in an effort
to prove that the woman, when she
transferred her ~ronerty years ago, had
not been OF ace. 1t was shown also that
the family Bible containing the date OF
birth had been mutilated. In deciding
in favor OF the defendants who include
some OF the most prominent men OF
Kansas City, Judge Gibson said: .!
believe the tombstone was desecrateed
and the family Bible mutilated Tor the
purpose of this suit"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
Refuses to Receive l..

The State Department has received
reply from Russia stating that it
neither would receive nor consider the
matter OF the Jewish petition on the
subject OF the Kisheneff outrages. This
information came in the form Of cable
gram from Mr.. Riddle, the American
charge at St. Petersburg, to whom was
committed the delicate task OF inquir-
ing OF the Russian government as to its
attitude with respect to the presenta-
ton OF the petition.
1t is believed that this will end the
matter and that no further steps will be
taken by this government to bring the
views OF the petitioners to the atten-
ton of Russia, although as yet no con-
sideration has been given by the Presi-
dent to the course to be pursued in the
light OF Russias response to Our in
quiry.
The reply that Russia would make to
all suggestions on the subject OF the
Kisheneff massacre was forecasted
some weeks ago in All authorized state
ment, when the public was definitely in
formed that Russia regarded the affair
as an internal matter, as to which she,
in the exercise OF her own sovereignty,
must refuse to receive suggestions
from any other government or outside
source
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE DEAD.
Widow of the Famous Leader Passes Away
From Old Age.

Augusta, Maine (SpeciaD.-Mrs. Jas.
G. Blaine, widow OF the noted states
man, who was the Republican candi'
date for President in 1884, died at the
Blaine homestead here.
Mrs. Blaine was 70 years of age.
From Washington, short time ago,
she came to the old family residence,
on State street. She was in an enfee-
bled condition and had been under al
most constant medical attention since.
During the past week she failed rap
idly. Her condition was due to a gen
eral breakdown of the system.
Mrs. Blaine's maiden name was Har-
riet Stanwood, daughter OF a leading
citizen of the State of Maine. She met
her husband while both Of them were
teachers in a school in Kentucky. They
were married at Pittsburg, and later
came to Augusta, where Mr.. Blaine be-
came editor of the Kennebec Journal.
She left one son, James G. Blaine,
and two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Bealc
and Mrs. Walter Damrosh OF New
York.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Russia Agrees to Open Door.

The open door in China is assured.
After years of hard work Secretary
Hav's efforts have been crowned with
success. and what threatened for a
time TO be a serious difficulty with Rus
STA is Strengthened out in most AMIGA
bic manner. The State Department re-
ceiyed official assurancesfrom the Chi
nese government that in the near future
il would open to the worlds trade sew
eral new ports in Manchuria, two, and
possibly three, are now being consid-
cred in this connection. Not only has
the Chinese government given this mott
6cation. but Russia has officially con-
viewed the formal assurance to the
United States that it will not oppose
in any way the opening OF these ports;
This means that the details which Will
undoubtedly include the making OF
treaty are to be arranged by the repre-.
sentatives of the powers at Picking, and
until this is done the particular ports
to be thrown open will not be known
but it is understood that they will be
Mukden, the most important internal
port of Manchuria, and Ia Tung Kao,
on the Yula River. Although in the
official communications received no
time is set for the opening OF these
ports, it is understood that the promul-
CATION will be issued soon after the
Russian evacuation in September.
1t was stated that before Count Cas-
SIM left Washington, and during the
call of Secretary Hay upon the Russian
Ambassador at the embassy on une
2S. the intimation was given by the Rus
sian Ambassador that he was author
lied by his government to state that the
pledges given by his government that
Russia would not interfere with Chlna's
granting OF the open door in Manchu-
ria were then in process OF realization.
1t is stated that he further assured the
Secretary of State that before he
reached his home the formal announce
ment OF the open door would be made.
Later Mr.. Hansen, the charge OF the
Russian embassy, during his call at the
State Department, reiterated these
pledges and reduced them to the form
OF written promises, intimating that he
would be able within few days to add
final Improvement of the government to
his undertaking.
1t now remains for Mr.. Conger to de-
fine the treaty which he is negotiating
with China the terms and conditions
under which the new ports are to be
opened.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
SLEEP THAT ENDS IN DEATH.
Pope lie, Lying In Coma on Brink oil
Eternity.

Rome (By Cable).-The Pope lies
in a state OF coma, and there are grave
doubts in the minds OF his doctors
whether he will ever completely emerge.
His immediate dissolution seems to be
only avcrted by the reliability OF the
action OF his heart. His pulse, though
weak, continues steady. Shortly after
midnioht DR.. Lappon said:
"Thc Pope at the present moment is
in state OF coma, which may be called
a condition preceding the last agony,
the duration OF which it is impossible
to forecast, although everything leads
to the belief that this condition cannot
last To be more exact, he is still III a
state OF torpor and stupor from which,
however, he rouSes occasionally when
he hears sharp sounds as, for instance,
the insiStent voice Of one OF his famil-
lars calling loudly for him. Lett alone
he rclapses Immediately into a condl-
ton OF torpOr. AT intervals he muir
murs in his sleep, continuing to have
foreboAngs that he is being abandoned
by his valet, Contra, and myself These
are the symptoms OF incipcnt cerebral
anemia and general exhaustion.
"He can no longer turn i'll his bed
without assistance, and is being KEEP
alive by artificial stimulants. During
the last % hours he has had two injcc-
tions OF camphorated OIL three of CAT
feline and two hypodermics OF salt wa
ter, besides drinking stimulants."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

A number of Rhode Island cotton
mills shut down on account OF the con-
dition of the market.
Four persons lost their lives in
fire at the Bonner Springs Sanltarium,
near Kansas City.
Benedict Himmel, a farmer living
near Erie, Pa, shot and killed his
wife and himself.
Dr. Barnett, the acting chief Of the
sanitary department, announces that
only three cases of yellow fever have
entered Havana harbor this year.
Five workmen were injured by the
parting of the cable of an elevator in the
new Hotel Stratford, in Philadelphia.
The sale of the Clarion Steel Com
pany to the United States Steel Corpora
ton has been conSummated.
Hudson Samson, well-known philan-
thropist in Methodist Episcopal Church
circles, died in Pittsburg.
The strike of the employees OF the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Com
pany has been declared off.
William Thacker, white man, was
lynched at Flemingsburg, KY.
The steamer Nadjeka, plying on the
Volga, has been destroyed by fire near
Nizhniy- Novgorod. Twelve persons
were burned to death.
According to decision Of the Utah
Supreme Court, a man is under moral,
but not legal, obligations to support his
plural wives
War Secretary Brodrick announced
in the British House of Commons that
it had been decided to keep force OF
$4,000 men permanently in South Africa
w. E. Ashton, calling himself an
American author, was committed for
trial in London, charged with forging
checks for $4,000 in the name of Laird,
Scholes & Co., OF Philadelphia.
The British Foreign Office has no
information OF the reported seizure OF
some 20 islands off the coast Of Borneo
by American warships, and not much
importance is attached to the report.
The United States International Ex-
change Commission was received in Ber-
lin by DR.. Won Nuremberg, the undersec-
retary for foreign affairs.
Several persons were killed and 20 or
20 injured in the wreck of the South
port express near Liverpool.
A young woman, frenzied by religious
mania, attempted to burn herself to
death on the beach of the Gulf of Fin
land, near the Sergicyo Monastery,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
STUNNED WITH ROCK THEN HANGED.
Kentucky Mob Was Tired OF The
Laws Delay.

Maysville, KY. iaD.-Enraged
at the hardness of the courts, mob
broke into the Flemingsburg Jail and
hanged William Thacker, white man,
who had been given life sentence for
the murder OF John Gordon two years
ago.
Thacker in a quarrel with Gordon at
Foxport shot and killed him and then
sat on the body with Winchester rifle
in hand, while he smoked his pipe and
dared anyone to attempt to arrest him.
AT the time Thackcr escaped, but was
later arrested and lodged in jail at
'Flemingsburo. He was given two
trials and finally got life sentence.
Gordon was a good citizen and an
noffensive man. After being sentenced
Thacker appealed to the Court of APP
peals. and was waiting for another trial
Thacker had some money and was able
to command the support OF some infu-
entail men, and it was feared that he
might escape punishment altogether.
The mob collected at Mount Carmel,
where Gordon once lived, and came in
to Flemingsburg by twos and threes
in order not to arouse suspicion. They
advanced upon the jail shortly after
midnight. The jaier refused to sur
render the keys He was overpOwered
and the keys taken from him. Thacker
was hurried to a tree near the jail and
was given time in which to say his
prayers, which he refused to do, but
begged for his life.
To hush his cries, he was hit on the
head with a rock and his unconscious
body strung up until life had become