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The National tribune., 1906-05-03
MEXICAN WAR PENSIONS.

The following act has passed the Sen
ate. and is now before the House Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions:
An Act to amend an act entitled can
Act granting an increase of pension
to soldiers of the Mexican War in
certain cases." approved Jan. 5
1893"
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
blcd, That an Act entitled "An Act
granting an increase of pension to sol
diers of the Mexican War in certain
cases." approved Jan. 5, 1893, be, and
the same is hereby, amended to read as
follows. to wit: THAT the Secretary oil
the Interior be, and he is hereby. au-
thoriZed and directed to increase tho
pension of every pensioner who is now
or the rolls on account of services In
the Mexican War, and who from age
accident or disease, is disabled fol
manual labor and is in such circum.
stances that the pension he now receive;
is insufficient to provide him with the
necessaries of life, to $50 per month
That all pensioners provided for in this
act shall be deemed to be disabled foi
manual labor when they have attained
the age CT IS years"
Passed the Senate April 19, 1906.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The I'd Tenn. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: I cannot
do without The National Tribune.
am taking four other papers, and l lay
all the others aside when The National.
Tribune comes. 1 would not do with
out it.
/ would like a short history Of the
I'd Tenn. Cav, as l was a member Of
that regiment.-John Mitchell, Redon-
do, Cal.
The I'd Tenn. Cav. was organized at
Murfreesboro from July, 1862. and
mustered out July 6. 1865. Col. Daniel
NJ. Ray resigned, and Lieut.-Col. Will
liam +. Cook was in command when
the regiment was mustered out. 1t be-
lOnged to the cavalry of the Army of
the Cumberland, and lost 16 killed and
EOS died from disease.-EditOr Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
RoBsrSe THE HEATuEN.

Lo, the Door Indian, is having very
tough time insholding on to the money
received for the lands that he has sold
to the United States. According to the
report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs there are gangs of white sharks
around the Agencies who are working
all manner of schemes to get the money
away froms the natives and make them
poor indeed The Indian seems abso-
luteiy incapable of taking care of his
money. AS a rule. not one of them
has a centa30 days after amounts have
been paid them, reaching sometimes
into the Thousands of dollars. Whisky.
gambling and worthless goods at high
prices soon rob him of all his green
backs. The Government is taking every
possible precautiOn to save the money
for the Indians. but this is attended
with the greatest difficulties. The Com
missioner writes of one Indian named
Wa-nab- -bo-zho. He is S5 years o!d
and is dying of cancer, but has over
$4,000 to his credit. The Agent is
paying him $40 a month and adds to
tfllS duulltoudl nv SO
autually in need of it, but every effort
is being made to get the entire sum
into the Indians hands, so that he can
i be robbed of it. There are many SINH
lar cases at every Agency. Another case
is reported of a chief named Pretty
bull, who was paid s3.120. 1t made an
armful of currency, but as he left the
office a mixed-blood stepped up and
claimed that he owed him $500 for
horses and had promised him $500 on
account. The miXed-blood was thrown
out of the room, and Prettybull depOs-
tied s2,5OO in bank and took s620 in
currency. At o'clock the next morn
ing he did not have a dollar, and his
creditors were coming down to see the
Agent, claiming that others had
"hoGged' the game and got away with
the money before they had chance.
he had a host of unpaid debts. Horses,
carriages, harness and saddles are
favored means of getting away with
the money. Any sort of a gaudy-loOk-
ing team or buggy captures an Indian
on sight. One Indian horse-trader
named Thomas Harney is said to make
500 eco year by this means. At the
Yankton Agency a span of horses which
one white man sold to another white
man for $55 was sold to an Indian for
s270. At the Kickapoo Agency an In
dian woman, who had an unquestioned
nn1iCnutnH title n lands
charged by a lawyer si,052.S5 fees. In
this the Government interfered sue
CcsSfully.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
VIRGINIA THANKS.

The General Assembly of Virginia
has adopted a joint resolution, reciting
that Whereas the United States have
recently, in a spirit of fraternity and
good will, restored to the State of Vir-
ginia many OF the flags under which
the sons of the old Commonwealth per-
formed heroic. and patriotic services
during the years of 1876, Therefore
the Keeper OF the Rolls of Virginia is
directed to convey the thanks of the
State to the President of the United
States and tos Representative Lamb. OF
Virginia. who introduced the bill"
The Language of this preamble and
resolution is worthy of study. In the
first place. it is ''the United States
have" which shows that the Legisla-
ture of Virginia still considers this Ma
ton a confederacy. ''In a spirit of
fraternity and good will" That is. the
United States is treating with the SOW
ereign State of Virginia on an equality.
1.-The sons of the old Commonwealth
performed heroic and patriotic SER
vices" Their services were undoubted-
ly heroic, but as to the patriotism OF
them there is a marked difference of
opinion
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
A TIMELY LESSON.

The death of Gen. Edward w. Ser
rell. the eminent engineer, as a charity
patient in a New York hospital. fur
nishes moral bearing on the need of
a speedy passage of a general Service
Pension bill. No man in the country
ever had finer opportunities for acquir-
ing wealth than Gen. Serrell. For a
long period of years he was one of the
very foremost of the civil engineers of
the country, and conducted to success
full conclusion such magnificent works
as the Hoosac Tunnel and the Niagara
Bridge He had the handling of mil
lions of capital, and precise scientific
knowledge. that had a high market
value. More than once he was believed
to be very wealthy, indeed. But re-
verses came. With age came failure
of powers and loss of property, and
charity only saved him from absolute
want. In his day he had served his
country magnifcently as a Colonel of
regiment of Engineers and the Chief
Engineer of the Department of the
South, where he executed a triumph OF
military engineering in planting the
Swamp Angel, which bombarded
Charleston, S. c. He took part in "a
battles and engagements, and always
with the greatest credit to himself and
those he commanded.
This illustrates the vicissitudes OF
life, to which all are subject If old
age and illness bring such destitution to
man of Gen. Serrell's brilliant abili-
ties and worldwide reputation. what
must be their possibilities to men who
served their country just as faithfully
and well within their spheres, but were
not so highly endowed as Gen. Serrell
The Government owes it to the men
who saved its existence that no one who
served in Army and Navy during the
great struggle shall not live and die q
pauper in his latter years.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
THE RATE BILL.

There are now about 100 amend
ments to the Rate bill pending, but the
general opinion tends to belief that it
will pass with but One-a provision for
very limited court review. The de-
bate upon it has been, and will continue
to be, extended and illuminating. The
Senators have given a vast amount of
very hard study to the measure, and
their speeches have never been sur
passed in the history of Congress. The
public has received a much-needed edu-
cation on the subject, and many popu-
lar views have been radically modified.
The rights of the corporations as well
as of the public are now much better
understood, and undoubtedly better
era of railway management will follow.
Heretofore managers have assumed that
they could do exactly what they pleased,
not merely in serving the public, but
in handling the internal finances of
those great corporations for their own
benefit and that of their particular
friends. incidentally they are begin
ming to learn that the railroads belong
to the stockholders, and must be man
aged for their benefit, instead of the
rapid enrichment of rings of favored
officials While this was not q purpose
of the Rate bill. it has followed as one
of the incidents. The scrutiny of the
railroads business will bring out facts
that stockholders have not known, and
promote the management of the roads
upon business principles that will have
to commend themselves to those who
have money invested in them.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The l1th Kan. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have been
a reader of your valuable paper for
quite a long time. All papers must
take back seat and lay quiet while I
read The National Tribune, the sol
diers' friend.
1 would be pleased to see a short
sketch of the 11th Kan. Cav. in The
National Tribune. E. Cline, Jasper,
Mo.
The 11th Kan. Cav, with the eX-
ception of Cos. l. and NJ. was organized
at Fort Leavenworth from Aug. 81,
1862, as the 11th Kan. and its desig,
nation changed to the 11th Kan. Cav.
in August, 1868, with two more COM
panies raised for it. Col. Thomas Ew-
ing, Jr., was promoted to Brigadier-
General and Col. Thomas Moonlight
was in command when the regiment
was mustered out, Sept. &c, 1865, and
brevetted a Brigadier-General. 1t be-
longed to the Armies of the Trans
Mississippi. and lost 81 killed and H.
died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The Sth Ind. Cay.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history OF the 8th Ind. Cav
A w. Grissom, Co. Z, Sth Ind. Cav,
Unionville, Ind.
The Sth Ind. Cav. was originally Or
ganized as the 39th Ind, Aug. 29. 1861,
and was changed to the Sth Ind. Cav.
in OCTOBER, 1862. and received two ad-
ditional companies. 1t was mustered
out July 20, 1865. The first Colonel
was Thomas J. Harrison. who was brew
cited a Brigadier-General. and Col.
Fielder A. Jones was in command when
the regiment was mustered out. 1t be-
longed to kilpatrick's Cavalry, and lost
147 killed and PSI died from disease
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
DEBRU,fALsZING CHECKERS.

The man who has introduced into the
New York Legislature bill to debru-
taiize the game of checkers has our
heartfelt sympathy and support. He
says with the greatest truth that where
football kills and Injuries possibly a
score of victims q year, those who suffer
from checkers must be numbered by
the thousands, and the ravages of the
game are not confined to a brief season,
but extend with more or less virulence
throughout the year. 1t is most viru-
lent in the Winter time, when other
games and occupations are at a stand
still. He does. not confine himself to
glittering generalities, but demands the
following specific reforms, each of
which must commend itself strongly to
all humanitarians and lovers of their
kind:
1. Abolish the king row.
2. Limit the jumps to one in any Civ
en- direction.
3. Restrict the bets TO one glass of
hard cider on each game.
4. Adopt a minimum age limit of 75
years for players.
3. Prohibit discussions of the game
outside of the cobbler's shop or grocery
store.
6. Compel each player to produce a
written permit from his wife
Z. Restrict the playing to one evening
a week, and stop the game when curfeW
rings,
The National tribune., 1906-05-03

Wheat was the great source of wealth
in California for years after the bottom
fell out of gold mining, but wheat in
turn slumped below the base line of
profit and other industries have taken
its place. Every year more of the great
wheat farms are being broken up and
devoted to other productions The
orange and lemon industry grows rap
idly in the South, ard it has been found
that oranges do quite as well in the not
interior valleys, even as far north as
the latitude of Philadelphia, as they do
in southern California. Fresno ships
more raisins than any other place in
the world. Petaluma is a great "hen
town." and ships eggs and poultry to a
surprising extent. The Santa Clara VAL
ley has now become n great orchard.
The beet-sugar industry is rapidly
growing, and Napa and Sonoma Valleys
are becoming the greatest wine-produc-
ing regions on earth. The main want
in California is for coal there being
only one bed, and that very poor, in the
State. Coal has to be brought from
Washington, but this gives an impetus
to the development of the water power
of the countless mountain torrents in
the State, and many unusual things
have been done in the transmission of
electrical power long distances.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
MIR BRYAN.s ATTITUDE.

IL MIR. Bryan is playing a game, he
is playing 1t with surprising shrewd-
ness. He went to the rear in 1904 with
a smiling face, as if happy in obeying
the Party's decision in favor of Alton
B. Parker. He may have even then
fully appreciated Roosevelt's astonish-
ing popularity, and realized that any
body who went up against him was
foredoomed to overwhelming defeat
Therefore Mr.. Bryan was quite content
that some other man be the Republican
chopping block. Now his friends are
calling attention to the greater number
of votes that he polled each time than
Parker received, and the more this IS
pointed out the better Bryan stands.
With the same shrewdness. he is keep
ing very quiet as to his intentions for
1908. The man who ruShes into the
Presidential field this year makes his
best bid for an early and killing frost,
which will carry him off beyond resur-
rection. Mr.. Bryan is taking no such
chances. A year from now will be quite
time enough to say what he intends to
do, and by that time the campaign will
be shaped up sufficiently to indicate
whether it will be worth while to run.
If then the campaign will look as
bright for The Republicans as it did in
the Spring of 1903, Mr.. Bryan may
gracefully wave off the Democratic
nomination to some good brother who
wants to run for the fun of the thing.
Bryan is still young enough to look
forward hopefully to 1912.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
THE MISSOURI REpUBLICANs.

Though the Missouri Republicans
have the same propensity to intestinal
fighting which has been the bane of
the Republicans in all the other South
ern States, yet this will not be allowed
to interfere, as it has elsewhere in
Dixie. with the building up of the party
and it's control of the State. AT the
last Convention of the Republican
League Clubs at st. Louis a disciplinary
resolution was introduced cOndemninS
r. C. Kerens, the old-time boss. for
instigating and promoting the bolt by
which Niedringhaus was defeated for
the Senate. This brought about a fight,
which the police had to suppress, but
after order was restored the resolution
was passed, and it will have & most
beneficial effect in the future. The
Republicans have a good State Com
mittee, and it is thoroughly and sys-
tematicalIy organizing the State, pay
ing the closest attention TO the details
in every County. Republicans are be-
ing organized, encouraged and filled
with the hope of continuance Of Re-
publican ascendancy in Missouri which
will lead to the rapid progress of the
State. Much good has been done since
the Republicans have come into power,
and this is an earnest of what will be
done in the future. Missouri will not
be permitted to lag behind the process
sion as she has been under the long
era of Democratic rule, but will be
brought fully to the front, and her
immense advantages and resources
given full play
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The people of the Missouri Valley are

beginning to think about measures for
reviving the steamboat trade on their
great river. AT one time there were
1875 steamboats, of good size running
regularly between St Louis and ST. Jo-
seph, and during a portion of the year
steamboats, went clear up to the Yel-
lowstone. These carried supplies to the
troops and conducted the trading op-
erations of the American Fur Co. with
the Indians. Now there is not a boat
running regularly on the river. 1t is
believed that by comparatively little
effort Il vast commerce can be made
to float cheaply to market by that old
time highway.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The 18th HI. Cav,

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish in The National Tribune a short
history of the 18th Ill. Cav-T G..
Mills, Sioux Falls S. d.
The 18th Ill. Cav. was organized in
May, 1868. of a number of companies
of cavalry and infantry raised in vari-
Gus parts of the State, and Jan. &c,
1865, was consolidated with the 10th
Ill. Cav. The first Colonel was George
a. Bacon, who was mustered out OH
expiration of term of service, and Maj.
Eagleton Carmichael was in command
when the battery was consolidated. 1t
belonged to the Sixteenth Corps, and
lost IA killed and 123 died from dis
ease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The gfSf Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 91st Ind, and
oblige-E. McMullen, Parsons. Tenn.
The 91st Ind. was organized at Ey-
ansyille from September, 1862. but Cos.
III, l and X were organized later to
serve six months. Three new compa-
nies were organized in January, 1865.
10 take their places. The seven old
companies were mustered out June 26.
1865, and the other companies trans
ferred to the 124th and 12Sth Ind. Col.
John Mehringer was breyetted a Brig
adler General. 1t belonged to the
Twenty-third Corps. Army of the Ohio.
and lost 20 killed and lie died from
disease.-Editor National Tribune
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
No wishy-washy Sentiment.

7. L. Steele, Co. C, I'd Iowa Cav,
Grand Junction, Iowa, writes:
THE ever-welcome National Tribune
comes to hand every week as regular
as clockwork, and is read with a great
deal of interest and satisfaction. Your
history of the war of the rebellion Is
better far than any 1 have ever read.
and l have read several. | wish par
ticularly to commend the action of Win
chester Post. of Brooklyn, and the
Brooklyn Encampment, No. 30, U. V.
L.. and also the article by Comrade J.
Bear, Co. FL, 120th Ohio, in your issue
of March S. l wish every G.. A. Il. Post
in the country would adopt similar reso-
lutions. l have no patience or sympa-
thy with the weak-kneed. wishy-washy
element that wants to pat the rebels on
the back and call them good fellows for
the pain and misery for which they
alone were to blame
The National tribune., 1906-05-03

Secretary Shaw can rest assured that
his Presidential boom is not growing in
New England. They have many causes
there for dissatisfaction with him, and
these are in the culminative mood just
now because of a well-defHed report
that he has ordered, or is about to or
der, the dismissal of all employees OF
Custom Houses and other Government
offices who are over IS. There are about
200 employees in the Boston Custom
House, of whom IS are 65 and over
About one-half of these are Union vet
Grams, and some of them have gained
such marked efficiency in their long
years of service that it seems difficult
to replace them. Age is held in far
more reverence in New England, where
longevity prevails, than in some other
parts of the country, and the people
there have vivid memories of what il
meant to be Union soldier. The Bos-
ton Globe denounces it as actually
cowardly for the Federal Government
to join in this hue-and-cry against old
men.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03

The japanese have done a great work
in civiiizing Formosa. and report that
they have gotten the island very well
under control, except that there are
occasional small bands of Head Hunt
ers, who refuge in the inaccessible for
ests and cannot be reached until the
country is better settled. Railroads are
necessary. and thus far 1 200 miles have
been built. Apparently the Japanese are
not as thorough in their pursuit of the
Head Hunters as the American soldiers
have been in the Philippines. The af-
fair at Mount Dajo was an Illustration
OF how resolutely the American troops
japanese are introducing education with
three classes of schools, one for the
japanese, one for the Chinese settlers
and one for the Malay Aborgines. The
development of the production of rice,
sugar, sweet potatoes and ramie is rap
idly increasing. Formosa is the princi-
pal source of the worlds camphor. The
production of this is nearly at a stand
still, owing to the wasteful treatment
OF the forests, but the japanese are put
ting the matter under a system and
planting millions of camphor trees, so
that they hope to eventually greatly in
crease the production. Tley are also
saving the camphor oil, which is a gain,
as the oil is worth almost as much as
the camphor. We have a large and
growing trade with Formosa, our ex-
ports being second only to those of
China. In our purchases we stand third.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The 1O1St Ind.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
kindly give a history of the 101st Ind.
in your valuable paper r. Jones, Sol
diers' Grove. Wis.
The 101st Ind. was organized at In
dianapolis in September. 1862. and
mustered out June "a, 1855. Col. Will
liam Carver resigned, and Lieut.-Col.
Thomas Doan was in command when
the regiment was mustered out. 1t be-
longed to the Fourteenth Corps. Army
of the Cumberland. and lost so killed
and 170 died from disease.-Editor Ma
tionaI Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
TIE McCUMRER RML.

The McCumber bill, which gives q
pension of $12 a month to every veteran
who served 80 days and was honorably
discharged, on reaching the age of G2
SIS month month at 20 and $50 q
month at 70 and over, was favorabiy re.
ported from the Committee on Pensions
to the Senate and placed upon the cal
endar 1t is expected that it will be
brought up Immediately after a vote
upon the Rate bill, and its friends have
great hopes of its passage.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03

The Senate has dismissed as incon-
sequential the charges against Benz f.
Daniels that he stole a mule in Wyo-
ming, for which he served two years
in the penitentiary. and that he killed
two men, for which he was not pun
ished. Ben stole the mule from the
Government, and though a jury of his
countrymen took harsh view of the
transaction, probably the Senate had
some later evidence that the mule was
danger TO the soldiers, and their lives
were saved by its being stolen. AS to
the men killed, he may have rid the
community of men who should have
been killed, and therefore he was con-
firmed as Marshal of Arizona in the ex-
peotation that he would continue his
work for the benefit OF society.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The 18th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly give a brief history of the 46th
Ind, and greatly oblige-H. V. Ran,
som. Lock Box 1s7. FRANKFORT. Ind.
The 18th Ind. was organized at Lo-
gansport from Nov. 1. 1861, and mus
tered out Sept. 4. 1865. Col. G. N.
Fitch resigned. and was succeeded by
Col Thomas H. Bringhurst, who was
in command of the regiment when it
was mustered out. 1t belonged to the
Thirteenth Corps, and lost 20 killed
and 1874 died from disease.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
The SGti Pm.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give a short history of the S7th
Pa. George W. Shontz. Entriken. Pa.
The S7th Pa was organized at York
town from Sept. 1. 1861. and finally
mustered out June 20. 1865. Col.
George Hay was discharged in 1863:
Col. John W. Schall was mustered out
or expiration of term of service. and
Col. James Tearney was in command
when the regiment was mustered out.
r. belonged to Ricketts's Division, Sixth
Corps, and lost 80 killed and liz died
from DISSATISFACTION National Trib-
une.
The National tribune., 1906-05-03
oregon has introduced sanatoria

oregon has introduced Senatorial
elections by the people without the
formality of a constitutional amend
ment. III. III. Cake, of Portland, was
placed in nomination before the pri-
maries as the Republican candidate for
Senator, and secured majority of the
votes for the nomination, which will
follow, as also his election. The pri-
maries also selected w. C. Hawley. OF
Salem, and w. r. Ellis, of Pendleton
for Representatives and J. Withycomb,
Of Corvallis. for Governor.