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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

GREAT LAND LOTTERIES
Nearly 100000 Acres to Be Opened to lomestsader This
-, Summer.
Summer.

Four of the greatest lotteries the Amer
lean people have ever participated in will
occur this Summer In Western States.
They will be conducted under the auspices
Of the United States Government, and the
seekers for prizes will be the people anx-
ious to take up homesteads III that section.
During the past session Of Congress bills
were passed providing for the opening up
to public settlement Of four Indian reser-
vations. One of these reservations Is In
Montana: 100000 acres of land within
its boundaries are to be thrown open to
public settlement. The prize winners must
pay the Government $1.25 per acre. In
this reservation a homesteader may ac-
quire GAO acres. The opening of this may
not occur this Summer.
THE ROSEBUD RESERVATION.
1t is the Rosebud reservation in South
Dakota, the Devils Lake reservation in
North Dakota. and the Red Lake reserva-
ton in Minnesota, that are attracting par
ticular attention at this time. Only 1O,-
416 acres of land in the Devils Lake res
ervation are to be opened to settlement.
This land is very rich and has for many
years attracted the attention of Western
people who are anxious to acquire pos
session of it. The officials are now pre-
pairing to divide this tract into quarter
sections to be lottcried off to bona fide
applicants for hOmesteads. The SUCCESS
full applicants must pay the Government
$3.50 per acre for the land if they settle
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
Against the Lee Statue.

Whereas the General Government az
Washington having created Hall for
the reception of statues Of distinguished
sons of the different States, the State OF
Virginia has rendered q statue of Gen. X.
+. Lee. As soldiers and sailors of the civil
war and now residing in the County Of
Ocean, State of New Jersey, and as
sembled in the town Of Lakehurst to cele-
brate the surrender Of the said Gen. r. Il.
Lee to Gen. Z. S. Grant and the return
of peace to our distracted country, we are
deeply panied to learn that a statue Of
Gen. Lee is now awaiting the subsistence
Of popular Indignation, and unless some
measure is adopted to forever keep it out,
it will be struggled in; therefore be it
Resolved, That as soldiers and sailors
of the civil war we earnestly protest
against the admission of the statue of the
said Gen. r. E. Lee to Statuary Hall, re-
garding such an act as an insult to tho
loyal portion of our country as well as to
the survivors of the said war. and as
placing a premium on treason and dis
loyalty, and believing that should his
statue ever be placed there that il will
never be removed.
Charles Morehouse, U. 8. N: Mark
Bozarth, 18th N. J.; Frank Hubble. 9Th
Conn. Committee on Resolutions.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

BY drawings held at the land omces q
each Of the reservations, and each draw
ing will be continued for suoh q period
as may be necessary to complete tho same.
The drawings will be held under the
supervision and immediate observance Of
committee OF three persons whose in
tegrity is such as to make their control
of the drawings . guarantee Of It's fair
ness. The members of the committee
will be appointed by the Secretary Of the
Interior, who will prescribe suitable com
pensation for their services.
Preparatory to these drawings the reg
istration officers will, at the time Of reg
istration of each applicant who shows
himself duly qualified, make out q card,
which must be signed by the applicant,
stating the land district in which he
desires to make homestead entry, and
giving such description of the applicant
as will enable the local land officers to
thereafter identify him. This card will
be at once sealed in q separate envelope,
which will bear no other distinguishing
label or mark than such as may be nec-
essary to show that it is to 60 into the
drawing for the land district in which the
applicant desires to make entry. These
envelopes will be separated according to
land districts and will be carefully pre-
served and remain sealed until opened in
the course of the drawing as herein pro-
vided.
When the registration is completed, all
these envelopes will be brought together
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
ALREADY LEGISLATED UPON.
Commissioner Ware Upon the Executive,
Pension Order

Commissioner Ware writes the follow
ing letter to the editor of the New York
Sun:
To the Editor of The Sun-Sir: The
Age Disability Pension order known as
No. 70 still continues to receive marked
attention in your editorial columns. You
seem to believe that the order was, is. and
continues to be an infraction Of the Con
stitution, and an Executive usurpatiOn of
legislative power:
II Congress should pass such an order
it would be, in the language of a Demo-
cratic Senator both wise and legal" But
has not the discussion been closed by legis-
lative action! Is the question any longer
before the American people?
When Order 70 was made. Congress
was asked to appropriate million and q
words, Congress was asked to declare the
order to be both wise and legal"
Congress read the order and the re-
quest, and after due consideration decided
that the order was legal and voted the
money to carry it out. Has not Congress
done what the Sun was DESTROYS of having
done-the ratification of the order? Does
not the order now have a FULL complete
legislative sanction? Is not the legislative
branch of the Government one Of the
sources from which we ascertain whether
their own powers have been invaded? If
the Legislative branch says that its powers
have not been invaded, and if it votes the
money to carry out the supposed invasion,
is not that an end Of it? Has not the order
become both wise and legal?"
If the matter had been furtive and the
attention of Congress not drawn to it,
then, upon the proclamation Of the discov-
cry, If Congress had refused to vote the
money, there would have been some
ground for criticism. But when Mr..
Bourke Cochran had for an hour and 20
minutes pointed out with hysterc oratory
the invasion Of the ancient boundaries of
Congressional power, and when the Ma
tional Legislature, after a geographic and
geOdetic survey had discovered that Mr..
Cochran was mistaken, then is not the nc
ton of Congress practically conclusive of
the discussion, when, having a right to do
a thing, they have recognized it as being
done?
And does not your right Of criticism end
at this point, and ought you not to permit
the Pension Commissioner to stagger along
under his already accumulated load Of
odium3 e. r. WARE,
Commissioner.
Bureau Of Pensions, Washington,
May 8.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
COMRADES.
Confederate Pensions.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I see the
South has put up howl about the Pres
ident and Commissioner of Pensions on
the age pension, but they never open their
mouths about the continued increase Of
taxes the States are putting on the people
here for pensions for Confederate soldiers.
They are getting So . month and continue
to claim more; they all want $12 per
month. They are very uneasy about
Uncle Sans treasury bursting. but not
of the State treasury. Now. l would like
some smart Confederate to answer this
question: Which treasury will stand the
$12 per month strain better, Uuncle Sans
or the State treasury? say pension every
man, long service or short service, the
Same. Give every man the same rights,
rebel or Union man. i own a little coun.
try home here In Florida, and my taxes
are increased each year for the purpose Of
paying the Confederate soldiers a pension.
| say that is perfectly right. Give them
what belongs to them. They served their
country and they justly deserve the pen.
sion.-SCOTT LovELACK, Co. /, 10th u. 8.
Cav, Jacksonville Fla.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
Three orders Have . Joint Meeting.

Sadie C. Strair, Department Press Cor
respondent, New Hampshire w. r. c.,
writes that ION April q the Post, Corps
and Sons of Veterans Of Hillsboro Bridge,
n. H., entertained the same Orders from
South Antrim. A banquet was served at
noon; during the afternoon there was q
literary program, and there were addresses
by Capt. III. p Whitaker, w. FL. Story.
Capt. o. G. Burt, Rev. O. L. Storis, jr.,
Rev. 1. C. Brown, and Others"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
A Picture of Cen. Kilpatrtck.

A snperbly-framed painting Of Mai
Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick was presented,
May 10, to the State of New Jersey at
Trenton, N. j., in the presence Of a large
number OF distinguished people, including
Mrs. Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan, q daugh-
ter of the General. Acting Governor
Wakelee accepted the painting, which was
presented by Gen. ]. Madison Drake, in
an address In which Gen. Kilpatrick's
achievements - q soldier were eloquently
described.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
UNDER RECENT ORDER.

The National Tribune is prepared to fur
nish TO attorneys and others blank forms Of
application under the recent order of the
Commissioner of Pensions. Price, 65 cents
une, 800 Pa. Ave. N. W.. Washington.
ID. C..
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

The Department Encampment OF Mon.
tana, in session, April Fl, unanimously il
dorsed Allan G. Bakewsll for Commander
in-Chief.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

This warrant is by far the largest ever
drawn by the Government OF the United
States. In 1SGS single warrant for ST.
10000 was drawn to pay the Russian
Government for Alaska, and in 1876 a
warrant for $5.5OG.OO0 was drawn in ia
voe OF the British Government on account
OF the Halifax award under the treaty Of
Washington. In 1899 $4,000. 600 was
pad to the Government of Spain as a war
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Acting under the terms Of the irrigation
reclamation law, the Secretary OF the In
terror has set apart So, 100000 Of the rec
lamation fund in connection with the fol-
lowing projects: For the Yuma project
on the Colorado River, covering about 85,-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Secretary Taft has gone to the Adron-
dacks. where he will rest for two weeks:
he will be the guest of Frederick Potter. a
Yale College friend. Two or three Yale
friends will go with him. among them Mr..
Potter and Mr.. Henry NJ. Hoyt, Solicitor
General of the United States. A physi-
clan will accompany them. Secretary
Taft is unable to speak above a whisper.
but hopes that his outiA, will benefit him
greatly.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Of this city,
was invited by the faculty of Oberlin Col
iege, at Oberlin. Ohio. to address that in
stitution last week. This is the first time
that colored person has been thus hon.
ored. Mrs. Terrell was the guest Of the
President of the college, and she was also
one of the two speakers at the Presidents
reception TO the graduating class of the
Oberlin Theological Seminary. On June 1,
In company with her sister she will sail
Tor Europe. and go to Berlin. where she
has been invited 10 address the Interna-
tional Congress of Women on "The Pro
eress of the Coiored Women i'm the United
States"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Mr.. +. Clarkson, representative of
several New Zealand papers. now travel
ing through America with ST. Louis his
objective point. is in Washington. He is
making Municipal Government his study,
and is particularly pleased with Wash,
ington, which he thinks the most beauti-
full city he has seen since he left his own
country. He is generally pleased with
American cities
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Secretary Shaw has signed the Treas
ury warrant for 100000 900 on account of
the purchase of the 1sthmian Canal rights
and property from the New Panama Canal
Company Of France, and it has been deliy-
cred to the French representative. The
warrant was drawn in favor of J. p.
Morgan & Co, Special Disbursing Agent
Of the Treasury. in the transaction with
the French company. A photograph Of
Secretary Shaw and large group Of
Treasury officials and visitors in the De-
pertinent was taken while the Secretary
signed the check
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Emil Frey. ex-President of the Swiss
Republic, ex-Minister Of Switzerland to
the United States, and officer in the Union
army during the civil war, will be the
guest in the near future of the Whip poor
will Club, an organization of Union vet
Grams which meets in this city. Mai. Frey
is to pay a visit TO America to see the
Worlds Fair at st. Louis While in this
country he will be the guest of Capt. Jo-
seph Is. Greenhut who was a comrade-
in-arms in the S2d ILL., during the war
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Representative Hit Gid is being urged
Tor tice-President. A better choice could
not be made So far as the man goes or
ability, for thar matter There is no man
in Congress to-day who stands higher in
the estimation Of his confreres than Rep
resentatiye Hit. He is diplomat and
statesman. He has been Chairman of the
Committee OH Diplomatic Affairs in the
House for many years. and has always
stood high in the councils of the Admins
tration.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Dave Leahy is Representative Murdock's
private secretary, and both hail from Wich-
ita, Kan. Dave Is q Democrat and an old
newspaper man whose fame is now CONT
nent wide:
Dave Leahy's reputation as newspaper
man started with brilliant fake which he
perpetrated many years ago. Old news
paper men will remember it. 1t was about
a child which fell into 7O-foot bored we'll.
There was no water in the we'll, and the
hole was so small that the child's body
rubbed against the curling breaking the
force of the fall. The child could be heard
crying at the bottom of the well, and the
frantic parents had sent water and food
down to it in a bucket. Willing hands
were digging valiantly to save the child's
life. For three days Leahy kept the wires
hot with the story. and restored the child
to its parents before the public learned that
it was fake. Then the pipe dreamers Of
Kansas and the Indian Territory began to
send out their improbable yarns under a
Wichita date, and Leahy was given credit
for all of them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Secretary Hay has gone to st. Louis,
where he is to represent the President of
the United States and deliver the address
of welcome to the International Press
Congress on the 10Th instant. The Secre-
tary is making an early start in order to
have the opportunity to examine the great
Exposition at his leisure.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Mr.. f. L. Cornwall, Of San Francisco,
has been making visit in Washington.
and told story of Kingdom" which
he recently visited. 1t is one Of the tiny
islands Of the Hawaiian group, and is
owned by an American named Gay. 1t
contains about 10000 acres, and Gay is
King" He is very philanthropic and
kind, however, and pays his black sub
Of these subjects, all Of whom are as
black as night, and cannot speak 4 word
Of English. Mr.. Gay raises sheep, and he
and his devoted wife are the only white
people on the island.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Washington is going to have "cat
pound. This city has had dog pound
Tor many years. hut yagrant cats have
roaned at large seeking whom they might
keep awake. and making night hideous
with their howls until it can no longer be
endured. And now the Commissioners
have about decided 10 have cat pound
and collect the felines where they can be
put to painless death. If the pound is
really established there will be a license
Zee established. and all those who desire
70 keep cats can do so by paying for the
privilege and tagging the animals.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Maj. Frey's experience in the civil war
was a stirring one. He was in the oath
Ill, and then on the formation of the SD
Ill. was commissioned Captain He was
breyetted Major for gallantry. His reg-
ment was badly shattered at Gettysburg
and he was made prisoner and held for
long time at Libby and other prisons
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

At the International Convention of the
Y. NJ. c. A. of North America, which
held its sessions in Buffalo, n Y. last
week, Hon. Henry b. F. mcfarland.
head of the Board of Commissioners Of
the District Of Columbia, was elected
President. Commissioner Mcfarland is an
old newspaper man of the very best type,
and his standing in the District of CO.
lumbia is number one. He is identified
with all the reforms that will really bene-
fit humanity, and is an all round good
fellow
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Somebody, thinking to put a poser to
Secretary Wilson, sent the question TO
the Department of Agriculture, why
does popcorn pop!" The Department made
answer:
Popcorn. pops by reason of the VIOLA
tilization of the oil contained in the kerr
mel by heat. Field corn does not pop be-
cause the outer portion Of the kernel is
more porous, permitting the escape Of the
oil as it volatiizes. while in the case of
popcorn a great pressure is developed in
the kernel by the confined oil and the kerr
mel is suddenly exploded and turned
wrongside OUT
You have to get up early in the morn
ing to get ahead of the Agricultural De-
partment.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

The Court of Claims has decided that
duties collected on goods shipped from the
United States to the Philippines after the
treaty of peace with Spain and before the
establishment of civil government were
rightfully collected, although by military
authority and not by law. The decision
follows the insular decision of the Supreme
Court in that the Philippines are United
States territory. The case decided was
the claim of Warner. Barnes & Co., a Brit
ish corporation, which sued the United
States for $S1 1876. Other claims resting
on exactly the same foundation aggregate
between $7,OOO,OOO and $S,OOO.OOO. BY
the decision this amount will be saved to
the Government
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19

Warner, Barnes 4 Co. sued for tariffs
collected at Manila upon importations of
merchandise from the United States after
the treaty of peace with Spain, and it
was argued that under the authority of
the insular cases lately decided by the
Supreme Court Of the United States the
levy and collection of such tariffs was ille-
gal, for the reason that at the time Of such
collection the Philippine archipelago was
not foreign country in respect to the
United States after the exchange Of ratifi-
cations Of the treaty by the Governme, Is
of the United States and Spain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
COMBES WEARS CRISIS
HIS MAJoRTTIEs BELOW THE
 SAFETY POINT.
Law of Congregation is in High Favor, But He Has Been
 Hard Fought on Other

Paris, March 19.-The situation of Premier Combes ministry Is gradually becoming precarious as result of it's recent parliamentary reverses. It is not thought that any immediate crisis will occur, but even the best informed in governmental quarters describe the min- istry as gradually crumbling away. Some of the recent majorities have been below the traditional twenty which is the limit of safety,
 The gradual sapplng of M. Combes's strength is not due to the pending law suppressing all forms of congregational teaching. as his majorities have been steadily maintained on that question. but the dificulties are mainly due to socialist measures for working mems pensions and employment agencies. It is said he will be able to pass the law of congregations about Easter, and with this principal work accomplished, he will not wish to remain in ofI1ce.
 The names of Nm. Miller and Etlenne are the most often mentioned in connec- ton with the possible reorganization Of the ministry There is little doubt that Foreign Minister Delcasse will remain as he is, as he Is thought to be the strongest man Of the present ministry and his recent treaty achievements are regarded as placing him among the first statesmen of contemporary France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
MARKETS MORE STEADY
EFFECT or sULLxss FAILURE
 WEARS oEE.
Ex-Cotton King Makes an Assign rnent in Order That All Creditors May Receive the Same
 Treatment.

New York, March Is.-The excitement in Wan Street, caused by the announces ment yesterday of the suspension of D. ]. suily and Company, was noticeable today. but 1t gradually subsided during the market hour and at the close of the cotton and stock markets the worst oL the effect of the failure was over. The stock market was strong all day. The cotton market was nervous and slumped sharply on, bad news in the early uorn- ing, but before the close the cotton mar iet became steady and moved up to q point above the lowest of yesterday
 If uas feared that other failures would follow. but only one, that tof J., II. Har- rIson, n minor concern. was reported Az ter a conference between MT sully and his lawyers this snprnlng: the nrm mane who at once took eaaRe. This action was taken because 1t was learned that an at tachment was About to Issue. and it wal thought best to appoint ah assignee foi the protection of All creditors alike.
 Later in the day protest against the selection of Mir Hoadley was fnnds ai the meeting of creditors. Mir. Hoadley explained that he had accepted the posi- ton of assignee only temporarily in or der to avoid the placing of attachments and that Monday the creditors would meet and select a permanent assignee Mir. sulIy had declared that he would agree to any man of their selection.
 During the day a letter was sent by suliy and Company to Robert P, Nc. DoueaIl. President of the New York cot ton exchange. in which Mir sully begged the indulgence of his clients and stating that his embarrassment was only tenn porary.
 About S1,O000 900 of margin money, due tc the cotton brokers, was released by Mr. sully signing contracts.