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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14
CLAIMANTS SHOULD GIVE COMPANY AND
REGIMENT.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau Of pensions
Washington, April Z 100

washington, April Z, 10U4.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: It does
not seem to be we'll understood among the
veterans that in calling up claims for pen
sion 1t Is necessary that the number of
the claim and the company and regiment
each instance. Hundreds of letters reach
the Bureau every day with only the name
given. 1t Is impossible for the Bureau to
locate q claim with the name alone.
Claimants do not understand this, and
therefore complain that their letters are
not answered.
Your valued paper has a wide circula-
ton among veterans and their widows, and
statement from you Of the above re-
quirements in their correspondence would
be for the mutual benefit of the Pension
Bureau and those doing business with it.
Yours very truly.
E. f. WARE
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

"If the ladies will permit me-" be said
gently, removing his cap and twirling il
nervously In his bands. Twill recite the
burial service. was a theological stu
dent in New York, and was Just about to
take orders when the Flag was fred on
and l enlisted. I shall re-enter college
when I go back. If my services will be Of
any value"
'Oh. sir" sobbed the poor little widow,
1T will make me so happy. You see, he
brought up that way, and the baby hasn't
been baptized, but / meant to have 1t
done when could. It hurt me so to think
that the little thing would not have q
word said over her to show that she was
Gods child"
"And-shall we have a hymn?" asked
y1f s sou wo wh s hsf besaa ap Mas
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14
THE PARKER BOOM.

The arrangement which was foreshad-
owed in The National Tribune some weeks
ago as to the alliance of New York with
the South, seems to be carrying out very
effectively. The result Of the primaries
in New York State has given Judge
Parker 800 out Of the 40 delegates, or
enough at this moment for a two-thirds
control of the Convention. The inevitable
rush to get on the bandwagon will Of
course greatly increase this preponderance
and make Tammany's resistance unavail-
ing. They are even now talking conf
IDENTIFY of the unit rule, which will make
the New York delegation solid In the
Convention. The unit rule will probably
be the tactics everywhere. The Hearst
men see the danger from it, and are max
ing q violent resistance wherever it
is proposed. All the same it will undoubt-
eddy obtain in the delegations from New
York, Pennsylvania, New England, New
Jersey and the South, so that at this
writing, 1t looks very much as II Parker
would enter the Democratic Convention
with enough solid, welldisciplined votes
out any thing more than factious opposi-
ton developing anywhere. The momen-
tum this boom has already acquired puts
it In the position of rapid growth from all
those whose necks are craned to catch
the first sight of the winner and to hurry
into his line. OF course, quite as promi-
nent booms as this have been blighted by
,xnIxy bat ooIxe
day az il the nomination Of Judge Parker
was quite as certain az any uncertain
thing can be.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14
THE late Queen Isabella II. was the

THE late Queen Isabella II. was the
worst talked-about woman In history.
While she was probably no moro immoral
than many Of her predecessors, the most
was made OF her delinquencies by the
Carlist party, which was waging a civil
war to place . degenerate scion of the
Bourbons on the throne, and enable his
particular gang to plumber tho poor old
country. Bad as Isabella II. may have
been. she was an angel compared to Don
Carlos.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

1T appears quite certain that the Jap
anese have effectualy cleared out all the
Russians south of the Yalu River. and
this with comparative ease. The only ac-
tions have been some Insignificant skirm-
ishes with trifing losses-probably 20
killed on both sides would cover the entire
loss. The Russians stripped the country
OF all it's supplies as they retired. but this
will not embarrass the japanese much,
since the positions they want to hold can
be readily supplied from the seacoast
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

THAT the japanese have plenty of initia-
tive and dash is everywhere conceded. The
question has been as to their staying quail
ties These are now to be tested. The
Russians have the reputation of being the
most stolid and immovable Of European
froops
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

NICHOLAS l. gave up the struggle for Sc
bastopol against the relatively small
armies which England and France sent
thither in the Crimean War, decla ring
himself hopeless of victory since the lack
of morale in his officers tripped him up at
every step" The intense interest now is
whether the Russian officers have i'm
proved in morale since the Crimean War
60 years ago. So far Admiral Makaroff
and some others have shown a great deal
of dash and competence while others
have shown sadly the reverse
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

RUSSIA is talking great deal about the
wonderful big guns she is sending to New
chwang. It il q vast deal more important
to get enough good infantry there with
plenty Of ammunition and rations. Heavy
artillery has always proven q broken reed
unless 1t was backed Up By IN abundance
Of Infantry.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

Mr.. CLEVELAND is having great deal
of trouble proving that he never had a
negro to lunch with him at the White
House. In addition to Taylor, of Kansas,
Fred Douglass was there often at lunch
time, and stayed for hours. Was Mr.
Cleveland so inhospitable as to send either
away hungry?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

IT HAS not been a great while ago since
d. B. Hills party colleagues pronounced
him politically very, very dead. Just now
he seems to be calling the turn with shin
ing Success
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14
TIE COST OF THE NEW ORDER.

In his letter to the Senate Secretary
Hitchcock inclosed a letter from Acting
Commissioner of Pensions Davenport, in
which it was affirmed that Commissioner
Wares order does not enlarge but simply
construes the Act of June q, 1890. and
its amendments and closes as follows:
1.-The amount the order will increase pen
sions annually, and particularly when the
same shall become fully operative, can
be only roughly estimated. There are sup
posed to be living to-day about $4,000 ex-
Union soldiers of the civil war Of these
are pensioned under the Act Of July II,
1862, known as the general law, about
265,0O0, and under the Act of June %.
1880. about 42S.G00, aggregating 693. 900,
which. deducted from the whole number of
survivors, leaves 1872 900 who have not ap-
piled for pension. To state definitely how
many of this number failed to serve the
required so days and receive final honor
able discharge would be impossible. One
fourth seems q fair estimate and reduces
the number to 136, 800. To say that Is, 900
Of these have reached the age of 81 and
will apply seems q reasonable estimate.
Ii these 10000 are all placed on the rolls
at $5 month or $72 year. the output
for pensions will be increased S., 100000
annually.
''The pension roll is diminishing rap.
idly. owing TO deaths Of beneficiaries: and
in all probability this decrease will offset
any gains caused by claims of soldiers to
have reached the age of s. and upward"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

KANSAS is laudably eager to be the
first in everything, though her pride does
not seem to go out very much toward the
fact that she is the first State to have a
Senator actually sent to jail
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

If SENATOR BURToN's ignominious fate
will be real warning to others, it will
diminish our regrets for brilliant young
man having gone very wrong.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

RUSSIA predicts that the war with Japan
will last % years. She must be going to
send her battle-shipts to the East in very
small annual instalments to make them
hold out that long.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

JUDGE PARKER is maintaining a silence
that is luminous as to bis candidatial fit
ness.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

IF THE Democrats want to interest the
veterans in their ticket let them put on
Judge Miers, of Indiana. for VicePresi-
dent
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

THERE are two important conditions
in naval warfare. One is to have a pre-
ponderance of force which will crush out
opposition, and the other is to have light.
swift ships which will be excessively
threatening and damaging. The japanese
have Il so-much stronger feet in the East
than the Russians that they have forced
the Russian ships into the shelter of the
land Notifications at Port Arthur, but this
does not end their work by any means.
Before the Japanese can attempt land op-
erations with any safety, they must make
sure that no Russian ship can get out to
play havoc with their transports which
carry men and supplies. If only one of
the Russian war ships could escape from
Port Arthur, she could dodge the heavy
fighting ships and among the transports
she would be like weasel i'm chicken
coop. Herce the intense anxiety of the
japanese TO either destroy all the Russian
ships or else so thoroughly block the har-
Dor that none of them can get out, and
will have to be surrendered when Port
Arthur falls by an investment from the
land side.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

In THE discussion over the new order.
Senator Gallinger said that the "Commis-
sioner of Pensions had always felt that he
had some latitude in determining the de-
tails T.: the Act of June q, $780," and
that he did certain things which might be
criticized under strict law. Our readers
viii remember that we made some re-
marks similar to this while Mr.. Evan
was in Office.
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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-23
Wants the Earth,

The Central Nevadan published at
Battle Mountain says:
1.-THE Tonopah Railroad company
has our thanks for an invitation to
be present at the celebration of the
completion of its line into Tonopah,
to be held held on the 25th, 26th and
9th OF this month. The invitation is
signed by Alonzo Trip, general
superintendent, and John w. Brock,
president of the company, and a pass
over the line is enclosed. If the
Southern Pacific, the Virginia and
Truckee and the Carson and Colorado
would send along passes over their
lines, the editor might take in the
celebration, otherwise we do not
think we will be able to attend"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-23
Protecting the Investors.

There is no country more lax than
the United States in its protection
OF the individual investor in mines,
and until legislation is enacted in that
direction the investor must do what
he can to protect himself. Adver-
tisements are published and circulars
and prospectuses issued broadcast
where no responsibility rests on the
writer or officers of the company for
the statements. Often the capital
cation is not mentioned but only the
price of shares; sometimes no men
ton is made OF title to the property
while the widest and most mislead-
ing statements are deliberately made
with intention to deceive the over
trusting buyer Of stock. Sometimes
even the company has no title at all
to the ground, but merely an option
to purchase the so-called mine, and
this state of affairs is generally con
cealed. In the daily papers and
journals throughout the east and
middle west, advertisements are
found of Tonopah and Goldfeld prop.
critics of alleged marvellous richness
which are totally unknown to the
majority living in the district. Shares
must be sold for the advertising con
tinues and sometimes some work is
done, but in n%inety-nine a out OF
a hundred a failure will be made as
nothing serious was ever intended,
and then the mining industry is again
abused. OF course a certain propO.
sition of wildcat will always be ii
evidence, but it would be a wrong
condition of affairs that they SHOULD
predominant over the legitimate ven
ture- Let the would-b be investor in
vestigate, let him accept the report.
of mining engineers of ability and in
quire into the standing and integrit,
Of the officers of the company and h
then stands a fair chance of making
a success.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-23

evidence, as at Steamboat Springs,
Washoe county, New, and at Sulphur
bank, Cal. Curiously enough, the
principal mineral deposited in each
of these instances is cinnabar, though
at the former place, it is said on
good authority, both gold and silver
also exists. An attempt was recently
made to mine at Steamboat Springs,
a shaft being sunk in the deposit,
which, had it proven successful, would
doubtless have furnished mnch valu-
able information in reference to the
formation of mineral deposits; but
the great heat of the workings, the
sulphurous gases, hot water and the
low grade of the ore found made the
attempt commercially and practically
abortive.
The Comstock Lode at Virginia
City, Nevada, affords one of the most
notable examples of extensive min
eral deposition as a result of solfataric
action, and without doubt mineral is
still being deposited in that system
of assures. To what the bonanza
deposits owe their origin is a matter
for discussion .-Mining and Scientific
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-23
LEGAL.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
STATE OF NEVADA &c
COUNTY OF NYE

ITO DAVE NEIL, YOU r HEREBY
i notified that we have expended Three Hun
dred Dollars, in labor and improvements, upon
the following mining claims. to- wit: The
Mountain View. The Daisy and The Last Chance
all sinuate near Hannapah, in the County OF
Nye. State of Nevada, as Will appear by proof
Of labor now on file in the ONCE Of the Recorder
of said Nye County, in order to hold said mining
claims, under the provisions of Section 1924, r9-
vised Statutes OF the United States, being the
amount required TO hold the same for the year
ending December Dist. 1903. And II within
ninety days from the service of the notice Tor
within ninety days after this notice by publ
c~ation). you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion Of such expenditure as a "
your interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribed under section 1924,
OF said Statute.
Signature:
c.. K. JARVIS.
Tonopah, New May %. 1904,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-23

The published balance sheet Of the
Carson Carnival shows that collec-
tons amounted to So, 507 95, the ex-
penditures being the same, and the
committee are certainly to be con-
graduated on their successful finance.
f. H. Lathrop, who is interested
in the Tonopah- Belcher Mining COM
pany at Lone Mountain, is again in
Tonopah and is interesting himself in
Goldfield.
O. o. Kincaid, who is interested
in the Midnight Mining company Of
Lone Noun tain, has returned to
Tonopah from Baker City, Ore.
oANTONE cigars are made of the
best tobacco by skilled union work
men.
DR.. F. 0. Chamberlain and wife are
registered at the Merchants hotel.
Key Pittman and wife returned
from Carson City on Monday.
Hon. Tom McCabe arrived from
Carson Monday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

last December has been followed BY q
tidal wave of reform, and violations
are no longer permitted, the passes are
stopped
1t would not be fair to attribute this
action Of the theatrical managers en-
tlrely to this one reason, however
The fact is the demand for passes has
been abused to such an extent that
often half the audiences were pres
ent on paper" With the strict en-
forcing OF the new ordinances the
seating capacity of nearly every the
alter has been materially reduced, and
II they are to continue to be operated
at profit the seats must be sold and
not given away. Then, too, the man
ayers have been doing a little figuring
recently, and they find it is cheaper
to comply with the laws than it is to
buy leniency at such cost as has been
demanded of them. Some managers
claim that 1t has cost them in the
past $500 a day or more for 'tprotec-
t1on,' which in the end proved to be
no protection at all. as all have finally
had to comply with the laws or re-
main closed.
Another item Of expense which has
been cut of is that of show window
advertising which was paid for in tick
cts. In future theatrical advertising
in Chicago will be confined to the COL
umns of the newspapers, and such bill
boards as are owned or controlled by
the houses using them. This will
mean a saving-in tickets-to each
house of from 5000 to $500 a week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

to health unit the kidneys are cured.
Read how onewoman was restored by
using Doan's Kidney Pills:
Mrs. H. A. fan Sickle, 81 9Th Ave-,
s. W., Roande, Va, says: Kidney
trouble was hereditary in our family
and had ben SO continually afflicted
with the dise.se that I began to de-
spair of even temporary relief. Some
times I suffered SO severely that was
confined to my bed. The aching In my
back was intense and the kidney dis
order caused an excess OF uric acid IN
my blood which impaired my digestion.
was compelled to deny myself of many
OF the little delicacies OF diet. The
doctors diagnosed my case as conges-
ton of the kidneys ! had about given
up hope when | began using Doan's
Kidney Pills, but took only a few
doses when their eurative powers were
proven to my satisfaction. / have
never been without them in the house
since"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all
dealers; price. SO csnts; or mailed on
receipt of price by Foster Milburn Co..
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for free trial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
SENATOR'S FROM KAESAS

John T. ingalls, "fated succession
is wildly recalled to mind by the
present trouble in which Senator
Burton finds himself. The brilliant
Atchison statesman SO designated the
line of Kansas United States senator's
that started out with Gen. James H.
Lane.
Those in the "fated succession"
says the Topeka Capital, were James
H Lane, Edward G. Ross, Robert
Crozier, Alexander Caldwell, James
N. Harvey, Preston B. Plumb, Bish-
op K. Perkins, John Martin, Lucien
Baker and the present Senator ].
Ralph Burton. Lane committed sui
eide. Ross committed political sui
eide by voting against the impeach-
ment of Andrew Johnson, and was
driven out OF his party. Crozier,
who served abou: year by appoint
ment, died without leaving a single
mark by which his brief senatorial
career can be remembered. Caldwell
resigned after two years service to
escape investigation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
AND THEN. HE. RANG OFF.
Thought He Had Sure Case on the
Young Lady, But She Switched 8
Him Finally.

The manager Of the big store stood stock
still outside the little boxhke chamber
which held the telephone Of the establish.
ment, for he was very startled manager,
indeed. Within the chamber he could
hear Miss Jones, the typist, speaking; and
this, says the Chicago journal, is scrap,
OF the conversation the scandalized man
overheard:
Il love you dear, aad only you! I'm.
weeping my heart away Yes, my darling,
speak to me once more! I love you, dear
II love you SOL"
The young woman rang off and stepped
out of the cabinet to confront the angry
manager.
MISS JONES'" be said, that telephone
has been fixed where it is for the pur-3
pose of convenience in conducting business,
and not for lovemaking in office hours. |
am surprised at you. Don't let it occur
again"
The young woman froze him with o.
glance.
Il was ordering some new music from
the publishers for No. 3 department" she
explained, icily.
And then the manager felt that this was
cold world, indeed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

tho straits to the commerce and thu
navtes of the world, excepting at the
will of Turkey, until the treaty of Paris
Of 1856 opened them again to the
unrestricted passage Of merchant YES
sells.
England felt the strength Of the
Turkish Notifications in 1907 when she
sent fleet of warships past them to
compel the sultan to renounce an al
lance he had made with Napoleon, and
renew an alliance with England. The
Turks were so taken by surprise by
the act of England that they did not
seriously oppose the entrance OF the
naval feet, but when, at the end Of q
week, the feet was forced to repass
the forts it was only at a great loss
to the English
There is nothing in Turkey upon
which money is SO lavishly expended
as upon the Notifications on both sides
OF these straits. Gen. Miles inspected
these Notifications at the time of his
visit to Turkey during the Greco-Turk-
1sh war, and says of the Notifications
along the Dardanelles:
For several miles after entering the
straits (from Constantinople) there are
no forts, the channel being wide and
the banks high; but about ten miles
from the mouth the stream narrows and
there is sharp bend Here are the
most formidable works defending Con-
stantinople, consisting of ten forts on
the European side and five on the Ash
attic. All of these forts have been mod
ernized and mount the heaviest of re-
cent guns. After passing this point OF
the Dardanelles the straits widen again
and there are no more fortidcations
until the mouth is reached. Here again
the banks bristle with guns
From the Black sea Constantinople
Is protected by the Notifications along
the Bosphoros. Should the Black sea
fleet attempt to pass into the AEGEAN
these are the first Notifications they
would encounter Along either bank
of this 20 miles of narrow waterway
are stretched II forts Some of these
are SO antiquated as to be comparative
ly useless, but many of them are mod
ern and mount heavy ordnance. Some
of the older ones date back as far az |
the fourteenth century. The pictur.
esque Roumelia Hissar, or Castle OF I
Europe is among the most interesting
Of all the forts along the Bosphoros,
but it is comparatively useless Tho
like the Dardanelles, is IA
nous in history. Darius with his 7OO.-
700 men crossed here, as did also Keno