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The National tribune., 1905-11-09

sixths at the age Of IS. and wholly
disabled at the age of 20. IL the claim.
ant cannot show that he has greater
disability at these respective ages than
is recited above, it is of no use for him
to describe his ailments. 1t is disad.
vantage, in fact, because 1T will incur
the expense and delay of medical ex-
animation. If a claimant is i'm faii
health for his age, it is useless to apply
for more than is allowed by the age"
Order.
he is more disabled than is allowed for
by the AGE Order should write to
r. w. Shoppell, or The National Trib-
une, Washington. ID. c., and a proper
blank will be mailed him without cost
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Tie age" Order.

The laws Of June q, 1896, and May
9, 1900, provided for pension, accord
ing to degree Of disability, from Sc to
sI2 per month for any soldier of the
War of the Rebellion who served 80
days and was honorably discharged.
The new GAGE" Order simply says
that any claimant who has arrived at
the age Of 81, or IS. or IS, or 70 is
presumed without further proof (and,
inferentially,, without examination) to
be suffering disability sufficient to war
rant Sc q month pension at age of 62;
IS a month at age of 65; $40 a month
at age Of 68, and $12 month at age
of 10
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Widows.

Upon the death Of your soldier hus-
band, apply for pension promptly. II
is one Of the provisions he leaves for
YOUR maintenance. In most cases the
pension will commence from date Of
application. Something Is lost by de-
ay. Write to r.. w. Shoppell, or The
National Tribune. Washington. d. c.,
and a proper blank will be mailed you
without cost.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Soc. Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have
never tried it, please send us this cou-
pom. We will then mail you an order
on a local druggist for a full-size bot
tie, and will pay the druggist ourselves
for it. This is our free gift, made to
convince you; to let the product itself
show you what it can do. In justice to
yourself. please accept it today for it
places you under no obligations what
ever.
Liquozone costs soc. and 81.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
Biggest Tree I'm Kansas.
(Kansas City Journal)

On the Munsell ranch, near SkiddH
is said to be the largest tree in Kansas.
1t is a giant sycamore that towers to-
ward the sky over 125 feet.
The tree is Fl feet 10 inches in cir
conference and rises a distance of "A
feet before the first branch is reached.
The tree is very old and has quite q
owing to it's enormous size.
The State Historical Society is plan.
ming to get title to the tree and surs
round it with an iron fence
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
To Those Who Have Never Ap.
piled for Pension.

We urge upon these comrades that
it is their duty to apply. II many are
SO well-to-do that they do not need it.
they can apply the money to help those
who do need it. Under the AGE
Order an application can be made that
in most cases. does not involve exam
nation. which probably removes q feaA
ture that was Objectionable to many.
Write to r. w. Shoppell, or The Ma
tional Tribune. Washington, d. c., and
The National tribune., 1905-11-09
A Test Will Tell
What Liquozone, Can Do for You-and It Is Free.

Also most forms of the following:
Kidney Troubles Liver Troubles
Stomach Troubles Women's Diseases
Fever, Inflammation catarrh-impure or poison
ed blood-usually indicate germ attack.
In nervous debility Liquozone acts q vitatixeA
accomplishing remarkable results
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

And now they do say that Gen.
Jose Miguel Gomez, former Governor
OF Santa Clara Province, Cuba, and
late candidate for President OF that
tight little island, Is In this country
Tor the purpose Of buying arms for a
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Where It Applies.

These are the diseases in which Lii
quozone has been most employed. In
these it has earned its widest reputa-
ton. In all Of these troubles wessup-
ply the first bottle free. And in ail-
no matter how difficult-we offer each
user a two months further test with
out the risk of penny.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

The Secretary Of War has asked the
Acknowledgement for an opinion as to
the right Of Gen. John C. Black to re-
tain possession OF the Medal of Honor
ortgi -ially awarded him after he has
received the new one issued In its stead
When Congress was induced to change
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Mrs. Shaw, wife Of the Secretary of
the Treasury. is going to Europe to
spend the Winter with her daughters,
Miss Enid and Miss Erma. Mrs. Shaw
has not fully recovered from the oper-
alton which was performed upon her
some time ago, and, anyhow, the Shaw
women have never cared very much
for society in Washington. The young
ladies are rather bOokish, and society
Is good deal Of a bore, and Mrs. Shaw
has always looked upon society doings
In Washington as very small potatoes
and few In HILL Mother" Shaw, they
call her. She is big and fat and moth
erly. with as generous a heart as ever
beat. and full Of the milk of human
kindness. 1t is small wonder that she
does not take to the hollow sham of
Official functions
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One old black "Aunty" said to Mr..
Roosevelt when he was in Roswell Wis
iting for the first time the place where
his mother, Martha Bullock, was born
and married, "You's foun' de way now,
M'ssr President, an yo'-all mus come
agin."
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Arrangement is being made by the
Pension Office to change the method of
paying pensions to persons living in
foreign countries. There are more than
5000 names of persons on the pension
list who are now living abroad. 1t
has been the custom to mail the vouch-
ers to certain pension agencies to be
paid to foreign pensioners" 1t has
been decided to pay the foreign PEN
Bioners through the various American
consular Offices
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Cleveland went to Nebraska to wit
ness the unyailing OF a monument to
J. Sterling Morton. and planted q tree.
To see Cleveland doing any manual la
Dor must have been funny sight, sure
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Mrs. Lloyd Wheaton, wife Of Maj
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, died at her home
In Chicago last week, after a months
illness Mrs. Wheaton was a member
OF the Daughters of the American Rev
olution. the Mayf1ower Society and the
Woman's Relief Corps. She was SO
years old.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

1t is getting to be a crime to
be consumptive. The camp-meeting
grounds Of Washington Grove, a far
away suburb of Washington, are barred
TO consumptives. Not one will be al
lowed on the camp-meeting grounds,
which is to say "tuff.'
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President Roosevelt says, mo next
term for me-" Some one said to him.
But what IL you are nominated?" And
the President quickly and sternly re-
sponded, But 1 will not be nominat-
ed" And there you have ii from head
nuarterS
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Pepperman had opened to be locked.
Admiral Baird said he was without
authority to have the doors opened, and
told Mr.. Pepperman that the permits
sion Of the Secretary Of the Navy must
be had. Secretary Bonaparte was out
OF town. and the matter was brought
before Truman Fl. Newberry, the new
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Mr..
Newberry frankly confessed that he did
not know what to do. as he had only
become Assistant Secretary the day be-
fore. He said. however, that he would
talk with Admiral Baird. At last ac-
counts the doors connecting the two
buildings were locked; but the eleva-
tors are running again:
President Roosevelt has had to stand
good manv hard knocks, but this il
| nearly the limit. There is wild and
woody out I'm Kansas who during the
days when Kansas was out OF her head
was elected q State Senator, and his
name is Hanna. He's not all I'm vet
evidently, for he says that he is as much
of a POpulist to-day as he ever was, and
| that the Popuist Party will nominate
Roosevelt for President, because he Ii
as much a Populist as any man who
ever voted the ticket Well, now! VIVA,
has the President done to deserve this!
Fire broke out i'm the ante-room OF
Postmaster-General Coftelyou's Office
| one day last week from crossed electric
| wires. 1t was quickly extinguished, and
the loss was slight. but--there nigh,
have been confiagration that would
have cost the Government dear. Fire
Chief Belt declares that had the fire
| been big one nothing would have
| saved the big gingerbread building
| which We call Post Once" He says
that fire apparatus Is far inadequate
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

George Washington Murray, colored,
once admitted to the counsels of the
Nation as member of Congress from
South Carolina, will have to spend the
next three years cracking rock and
bodybuilding as a member of the chain
gang of Sumter County, Ga, though he
Is the largest landowner in that Coun-
ty. The Supreme Court denied the ap-
peal of his attorneys for a rehearing.
His punishment Is for forging the
names Of ignorant negroes to land
leases.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

Theodore, Jr., is a football hero. He
is not very tall and he is lightly built,
with not very good physique, but some
way he seems to have caught on at
football. 1t seems incredible, because
he is as nearsighted as his father, and
must play by faith as much as any
thing else; but, anyhow. the word comes
that he has caught on at Harvard, and
that goes.
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

II makes a difference whose OK is
gored. We have heard that often, all
OF us. and this probably truer Of Civil
Service than anything else. 1t is a farce
and always was TO the man who wants
TO get rid of some one I'm Government
employ for whose place he has q favor
lite. Rules and rules are made to pro-
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outside business which is in any way
connected with the Department in the
way of contracts or otherwise. And
furthermore
mo officer or employe shall perform
or be engaged upon work for private
individuals firms, companies, corpora
lions or institutions without the written
consent Of the Secretary first had and
obtained through thei Chief Of the Blu
officer or employe seryes,,
To make this all the more binding
and to keep check on the clerks, Sec
rotary Wilson has appointed a commit
| tee Of three to look opt for these things
and see that the rules are not infringed.
| Maybe this barbed- wire fence is horse
high and hog tight, but then again,
maybe not. 'ssr,
All the members OF the Cabinet do
not agree with the President in his re-
cent order. At leastI four members of
the Cabinet on direct vote objected to
being "muzzled," as they termed 1t. But
| there were five votes to support the
President and SO the order stands. A
full report Of the Cabinet meeting was
In all the evening papers almost as soon
| as the Cabinet members reached their
homes; four smiled inscrutably, five de-
clared that they had not talked" The
| United States Senate has been having
| Executive sessions, barred doors, and
all that sort OF thing for about 100
years In an effort to keep its secrets
| from the public. All that they say and
| do usually confrOnts them In the even
ing papers as they read them after din
| ner.
Il TIL
The National tribune., 1905-11-09

The washington correspondents, of
whom there are close on to $50, had de-
clared war on the action OF the Presi-
dent, and they openly stated that but
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
IN DREAD, AWAIT
ANOTHER MURDER
MURPHYseoRo MYSTERY STILL
uNSoLVEO, THOUGH DEAD
BOYS PARENTS NOW BELIEVE
THEIR SONS VICTIMS OF &C
CIDENT.

Murphysboro, H.. Sept. 12.-Wheth-
er the mystery that surrounds the
deaths of Heber Worthen and Willis
ClutIs, sons of farmers living in the
southern part of this county, near
Sand Ridge, will be solved or forever
remain uncleared, Is matter OF con.
lecture to those who have assisted in
the search for the supposed maniaeal
murderer. Coroner Forshee still main.
tains that the deaths bear The evidence
of cruel murder.
The organized search, which was in
stituted by the neighbors of the famil'
les of the dead, has ben abandoned and
| those who cannot believe the deaths
| the result of a peculiar coincidence are
waiting in momentary dread Of the an
nouncement of another munier equal
as cunning as those which took thes
/ two small boys from their unsuspeet
| ing parents.
4 The officers of the law, with the e.
ception Of Coroner Forshee. have az
cepted the matter as it was first re
/ ported accidental death but the cit
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

individually with any committee OF
the freight handlers. II developed az
ter the meeting that the general
freight agents and general managers
had communicated with the freight
handlers as individual employees aud
informed each that the railroads were
paying the highest wages 4 was pos
sible to pay.
Notwithstanding the feeling of con
fidence, said to have resulted after
the individual interviews with the EN-
ployes, that there will be no strike,
the ra lroads are going ahead with
preparations for one Cots are be
| ing hauled to the freight houses and
hundreds of men have been tentative
! ly hired to take the places of the un
ion men should they vote to strike
Chief of Police Collins has promised
to furnish freight houses with police
projections.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
HUSBANDS SUIT.
To Set Aside Rapid Fire Divorce Has
Been Filed.

New Castle. Ind, Sept, II. Mrs.
Frank w. Cooper filled motion in
court yesterday to set aside the de
cree of divorce granted her husband
week ago on the grounds of cruelty.
In the motion the name of Mrs. Anna
D. Welsh, beautiful and wealthy
widow, is mentioned in connection
with Cooper.
The affair has created a profound
sensation. Upon investigation IT was
learned that only one hour elapsed
from the time that the complaint 81
Frank Cooper was filed until he hat
been granted divorce. Mrs. Cooper
alleges that she was divorced una
wares by fraud, under duress, an'
forced to sign property rights away
by Misrepresentation
Mrs. Welsh is worth about quartz
million dollars. has toured Europe ant
the Holy Land and has even brave,
the cold Of Alaska. She Is beautifu
and accomplished woman and has dom
much for this city. She has built
fine hotel, an electric light plant, ha
contributed freely to public enterpri
es, owns ten fine farms anil Is yer
wealthy. She has been an arden
worker in the Methodist chourch an
was for years regarded as the soclot
leader and until recently occupied
high social position. Mrs Coop'
threatens a $50, 900 damage suit.
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PUT UP A JOB
To Gain Favor With Her Mistress anc
Expected to Be Paid.

Toledo, Ohio, Sept. l2--After SUM
moning a wagon load Of police ana de'
clar ing that the residence OF W a.
Owens, wealthy manufactures had
been ransacked and that she had been
assaulted, Frances ZuIka, domestic
in the employ of the Owens confessed
that she put up the job to gain favor
with her mistress.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Owens We're ~
the farm the girl accepted the oppor
tunity 10 ransack the house. ny call
ing the police she thought she wous'
be rcmuneratcd by Mrs Owens, WINS
had previously cautioned her 70 sum
mon assistance should the house be On
tered BY burglars
II required some severe sweaun'
by the police TO finally make the gar
admit that she had worked fake
she was not arrested.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
NEW SENSATION
IN LIFE SCANDAL
Sold Bonds One Day and Bought
Them Back
FOOLED THE OFFICIALS
AND KEPT WITHIN LIMIT OF
STATE MENT GIVEN OUT-DiS-
CLOSURE MADE BEFORE
COMMITTEE.

New York, Sept. 12,-Selling $780, |
900 in bonds one ilay and buying them
back The next but one holiday inter
vening, in order to keep within the
statemtns made in the New York Life
Insurance company's report to the su
perintendent of insurance, was the SEN
sational disclosure made today at
session of the Legislative Insurance
Investigating committee. The fact was
drawn from Edmund ID. Randolph,
| treasurer of the New York Life Insur-
lnce company today after Attorney
Hughes, counsel to the committee, had
labored for over an hour to get di-
| rect answer from Randolph to a direct
question.
| The inquiry had dragged through a
| mass of figures during alomst the en-
tire day, but 1t was not until near the
hour for ending the session that the
sensational feature was brought out.
Earlier In the day Randolph had
handed the Hughes Schedule OF syn
licate undertakings and transactions
If the New York Life for the last ten
years. This statement was to show
J and foot note to the schedule sc
/, stated that the company had partici
Dated In no syndicate transactions that
had been closed out with a loss.
ri Among these syndicate transactions
| was the underwriting Of the lnterna
T ltional Mercantile Marine.
III Hughes drew from the witness Their
was an aggregate Or $4,oooleee, Ne'
n York Life paid to ]. p. Morgan an
9 Company, on this Joint account
Hughes then took up sales itei
lated December 81. 1908. Of $4,000
s in International Mercantile Marin
stock.
Randolph, replying to Hughes, sal
that sale was mafie to ]. r. Morga
and Company Mr. Hughes continue
4 his inquiry into the matter and aft'
4 long persistent questioning brougl
but the admission from Randolph hi
the sole purpose of the transactio
-, was tnal the company miShe W 81
~ to tell the superintendent Of insu
ance that is held only s3,200,o00 Int
national Mercantile Marine shares
Following this Hughes referred
IN item on the schedule of the syn'
cate transactions under the date
y December 30, 1904, by which $500 0
~ bonds were sold TO ]. S. Morgan al
10 Company, of London. fer s720,00o.
~ Randolph admitted this was an O.
." right sale, and the loss of $4,000 "
, charged off TO profits and loss accou
~ Various other transactions were Il
~ en- up and the committees adjourn
80 until tomorrow when Randolph's exa
~ nation will be resumed
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
GETTING READY
FOR BIG STRIKE
Chicago Frei7ht Handlers May
Wage War for Increase
RAILROADS STAND PAT
AND HURL Def IN THE FACE OF
THE UNIONS EVEN REFuS
ING TO ARBiTRATE-HIRE
STRIKE BREAKERS

Chicago, Sept 12.-The demands CT
the freight handlers union for an in
crease of 10 per cent. in their wages
or arbitration of their demands, and
demands for conference were re-
fused today
The general managers of the TWEEN
ty-two railroads center.ng in Chicago
notified President Flannory of the
union that negotiations were ended.
News of the refusal 10 grant increas
wages, arbitrate their dispute and the
declination TO hold a conference was
received angerly by the men They
Immediately arranged to call a ser
les of mass meet ngs to consider tht
acton of the roads.
At their meeting the railroad Off
cials pledged themselves not 70 dea
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
WAY BACK
To His Old Cell Virginia convice
Wants to Go.

Roanoke, Va. September 12.--One
of the most peculiar cases in the Grim
inal annals Of Virginia came 70 light
today, when Robert, better known as
Bob Conway employed an attorney
to get him back into the penitcntiary,
whore he had served 10 years for the
murder OF his wife
Conway rays he does not want to
commit another crime in order 70
break into prison, but that he actually
wants to return to the cell where he
spent 50 many days is certain, for witt
the small horde that he accumulate
by working in the state prison h'
has employed counsel to have hin
peacefully placed where he most dc
sircs to be and where, he thinks, h
properly belongs
He says he Is unable to find employ
ment since he has served as a cor
Wen
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
AN AWFUL DEATH
FOR JAP HEROES
Whe Survived War But Who
Lost Lives in Explosion
TOCO'S SHIP GOES DOWN
AND HUNDREDS OF LIVES WERE
LOST-MAGAZDN Ex-
PLoDED-ADMtRA ESCAP-
ED INJURY

Sasebo, Sept 12,-Admiral Togo's
flagship, the Mikaso. was destroyed by
fire and the explosion of the maya
zines early Monday morn ng while ly,
ing at anchor in this harbor. Humid
reds OF lives, including the members
of her crew, sand men from other ships
who went to the rescue were lost.
Shortly after midnight terrific
explosion accompanied by a severe
shock, reused the people, who assem-
bled on tie coast only 10 discover thai
a terrible disaster had overtaken the
Mikasa, Togos flagship.
Words are powerless to describe thu
sorrow attending the catastrophe
The absence of Togo from the ship a
the time Of the explosion and the hope
that the vessel can be repaired arr
the only redeeming features of tn
calamity.
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Grief In Japan

Toxic Sept 12.-The disaster to the
battleship Mikasa has cast gloom
everywhere 1t was Tcgo's flagship
and was endeared 10 the hearts of the
people,
The ship was at anchor in Sasebo
harbor whom the fire started az the
base of the ma mast, at midnight.
1t spread with great rapidly explod-
ing the after magazine an hour after
the fire had been discovered.
The NJ kasa sank in shallow water
and II ID belicveI that il can be re-
paired.
Rescuing parties were sent from
various war ships in the harbor ant
there was heavy casualties among
them.
Various conjectures are current a
To the cause of the fire Some attri
butte it to overcharge of electricity.
Great relief was felt throughout ia
pan when 1t was learned Togo wal
not on board the ship at the time o
the fire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
BANKER,
With only Rod and Reel. Landed a
Fish That Weights 5t2 Pounds.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept II, AL re-
cords were broken at Santa Catalina
today when G.. b. Ellis, banker, OF
Red Oak, Iowa. captured with rod ana
rel of Tuna Club regulation a mon.
ster shark, ii fet inches long which,
weighed by the clum committee, scaled
5l2 pounds. There was n remarkably
fine run Of tuna during the afternoon
and all the fishing launches from Ava
Ion were on the scene.
The fish repeatedly took nearly the
entire 900 feet of line on Mr. Ellis
reel and the combat lasted fully three
hours. When the fish was finally
brought to gaff It proved to be The
grandfather Of sharks. Mr.. Ellis was
totally exhausted
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
SHARPER
Got Away with $500 From the Son OF
Jesse James--Complains to Police

Kansas City, Mo, Sept 1.-THE
son of man who, according to the
police and penitentiary records, held
up many passenger trains in his day,
namely. Jesse James, reported to the
police today that he had been film.
TANNED out Of $500 by some sharp
err. The trick, young James said, is
an old one, but he never suspected
that he was being fleeced until 1t was
too late.
The police. took the d 'scription Of
the fellow, who, according 70 the story
of Jesse James son, skinned" him
and are on the lookout for him. Sc
far no trace of the man has bear
| found.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
AS AMAN
The Insane Negress had Masqueraded
For Two Years in England

London, Sept 2.-Reminiscent Of
the story Of Hurry Half Is that Of
Paul Downing, who has just been or
dered at the Mansion House to be
sent to the insane asylum at hartford.
Downing turned out to be a Georgia
negress, who for two years had bcel
masquerading In England as a man.
She was arrested on Blackfriars Bridg
on Saturday, but the police had no
suspic on Of her sex aud 1t was not
until she had been removed to Bow
Infrmary thar It was discovered that
she was woman.
AT the time she was taken into Gus
tody the negro claimed to be looking
for his wife in the omnibusscs tina
were passing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
HIGH TARIFF REMOVED.

Washington, Sept. Copy OF Rus-
sian ukasc presented by Witle 10 the
president removing the discriminating
Iautles on American imports which
grew out OF The imposition OF counter
yaillng duty mn Russian sugar BY the
American government has been re-
ce.vcd al tho state department The
document removed tha discriminating
duties on nearly everything ON which
maximum tariff had been levied by
| Russians.