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The National tribune., 1906-11-08
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP ABROAD.

Mayor Mcclellan has come back
from Europe entirely disgusted with
municipal ownership. He went abroad
to study this problem, with favorable
inclination to municipal ownership of
certain public utilities, but seek as he
might for favorable illustrations, he
was everywhere disappointed. This
was particularly the case in Germany,
of which he had heard so very much
and so favorably. In cities like Frank
fort and Dresden, which owned their
street railroads, and whose example is
constantly quoted by Socialists, he
found conditions that would not be toll
Grated in any second-class city in the
nificant and was handled in the most
inefficient way.
The conditions in Great Britain, with
the possible exception Of Glasgow. were
even worse than on the continent. The
municipally-owned tramways and 9TH
er utilities were everywhere below the
American standard, and the services
such as American communities would
not stand for a week. He has come to
the conclusion that municipal opera
ton Is the last desperate means which
should be resorted to only when private
enterprise has absolutely failed"
Berlin was as bad as any Of them, in
spite of having lot of mounted men
with martial helmets. looking fiercely
at truck drivers and pedestrians. but
doing astonishingly little to bring about
order and expedition in the traffic. The
only good thing in Berlin that i'm
pressed him was the system of repair
ing the streets at night. which mini
mized tn. interference with travail
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served for a while in the Eighth Corps,
after which it was transferred to the
Twelfth Corps. 1t took an active part
in the battle of Gettysburg, the Atlanta
Campaign and the march to the sea-
losing during it's service 81 killed and
81 dying from disease. Gen. Ketcham
was promoted to Brigadier-General
and received brevets of Brigadier-Gen,
eral and Major-General for gallantry
and meritorious service during the war.
He was a gallant, enterprising officer,
attending assiduously to the duties of
his position, caring solicitously for the
welfare &C his men and always at their
head when soy duty was required. His
record was SO acceptable TO the people
of his district that while he. was still
at the front he was nominated and
elected to Congress, but refused to leave
the front to take his seat. He resigned
Immediately upon the close of the war
and entered Congress. where his course
was SO approved by his friends that he
was elected four times without diff
Guilty, but in the landslide of 1872 was
defeated, and President Grant appoint
ed him Commissioner of the District
of Columbia, which office he held from
1874 to 1877. when he obeyed the call
of his fellow-citizens to represent them
in Congress. He was continuously re-
nominated and reelected, except upon
two occasions, when circumstances
compelled declination of the renomi>
nation, and in his last election he
greater number of votes in his district
than were given the Presidential tick
ct. 1t was practically a unanimous re-
election, as his opponents got but 37l
and 55S votes respectively out of a
total exceeding $4,000. Next to Speaker
senior member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Gen. Bingham has not yet
served as many terms as did Gen.
Ketcham, but his service was contin-
uous, while Gen. Ketcham's was inter-
rupted. At the time of holding the last
Congressional Convention it was un-
dersIood that he was sick unto death.
but he was SO well loved by his con-
stituents that they demonstrated their
affection and admiration by giving him
his 10th nomination. 1t was under
stood that if the General should die
before the election his successor would
be Samuel Mcmillan, of Carmel. N. Y,
whom the committee have already
placed upon the ticket.
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11th Kan. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
sketch of the 11th Kan. Cav.-A. F.
Winslow, Wash.
This regiment, with the exception of
Cos. L and M, was organized at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, from Aug. ~ TO
Sept. Is, 1862, as the 18th Kan. Inf, to
serve three years, and its designation
was changed to the 11th Kan. Cav. in
August, 1863. Two more companies
were organized at Leavenworth and
Lawrence, Kan, from Jan. 81 to April
9, 1854, to serve three years, and as
signed to this regiment as Cos. l. and
NJ. The regiment was mustered out of
service by companies at different dates
from June 13 to Sept. &c. 1865. Col.
Thos. Ewing, Jr., was promoted to
Brigadier-General March IA, 1868. Col.
Thos. Moonlight was commissioned Col
onel of the regiment April %, 1864, and
was in command at muster-out Col.
Moonlight was brevetted Brigadier-
General Feb. 13, 1865. The Official
Army Register of the Volunteer Forces
of the United States Army gives the fol-
lowing loss of battles in which the regi-
ment participated:
Old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Boston
Mountain, Prairie Grove, Scott's Ford
Deep Water Creek, Lexington, Little
Blue. Independence. Big Blue, Cold
Water Grove. Mine Creek, Sage Creek,
Deer Creek. Platte Bridge, White River,
Rock Creek, Fort Halleck
Fox's Ra9imental Losses h the
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

The return of sanity in Atlanta is
indicated by 159 cases on the docket
of the Criminal Court for participation
in the riots and assaults upon helpless
and innocent negroes. The first of
these cases has ended in a fine of $500
imposed upon a ruffian for assaulting
a negro woman. IL this course is hon.
estly persevered in, 1t will be the end
of race wars. especially in Atlanta
There is absolutely no occasion for any
race war, and those who precipitated
II are rascals who are glad of any pre-
text to make trouble. What Atlanta,
what the State of Georgia and what
all other towns, cities and States in the
country want is a stringent yagrant law.
properly enforced, which will reach all
bad characters, compel them to work
daily for their living, and If they will
not, set them to work in the good roads
movement. We need good roads more
than anything else in this country, and
the experience of the South has shown
that convicts can be made valuable
members of society by employing them
tn improving the highways. Every sa-
loon loafer. white or black, should be
ferreted out and set to this much
needed work
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
A Pennsylvania Reunion.

The SD Annual Reunion of the Vet
eran Association of Perry County and
the nth Annual Reunion of the South
ern District Association of the G.. A. r..
of Pennsylvania, were held in New
Bloomfield, Pa, Oct. is. with a large
attendance of citizens from the sur
rounding country as well as veterans
and their wives. The Reunion began
with a parade in the public square,
after which there was a meeting. with
music, speeches and other exercises.
Department Commander NJ. a.
Gherst, of Reading. made an address,
which was pronounced one of the best
ever heard in that section. Addresses
were also made by Col. NJ. 3. Embick,
E. NJ. Jackson and others.
A resolution was adopted asking
Congress to pass an act making the
minimum pension of every honorably
discharged soldier $50 per month
A Campfire was held in the evening,
at which some excellent speeches were
made
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DEATH OF GEN. KErcHAM.

Unusual sorrow will be felt over the
news of the death of Gen. John Henry
Kc,cham. who had been nominated 10
times for Congress by the Republicans
of the 21st District of New York. and
who had served almost continuously
since 1866. Gen. Ketcham was a splen-
did type of the American man, who
holds himself ready at all times to
serve his fcllow-citizens and who. in
whatever place he is called, renders
faithful, able, honest service. Gen.
ketcham was q man of unusual ability
and spotless integrity, with unfiagging
zeal for the best interests of the pub
lie, and who was at all times willing
and earnest in the performance of any
public duty which might lie before him.
He was born in Dover Plains. " Y, ~
years ago, and took an earnest interest
in politics from his youth. When he
was only % years old he was elected
Supervisor of his native town, and COM
mended himself so well in that position
as to be selected by his fellow-c.tizens
for the State Assembly. At the begin:
ming of the war he was State Senator.
When the second call for troops came
out he exerted himself to raise the
158th n. Y. among his friends and
constituents in the 11th Senatorial Dis
trict of the State. 1t was mustered
into the service Oct. 10-11, 1862, and
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
ARCTIC RECORD BROKEN.

A message has been received from
that while he has not realized his SAN
guine hopes in reaching the North Pole,
attaining a point in 81 degrees six min
utes north latitude. This is only two
degrees and 54 minutes, or zoos stat
ute miles from the Pole. The great
Frost Mystery resists with astonishing
stubbornness the efforts of man with
all his boasted wisdom, courage and
energy for its solution. For mere than
three-quarters of century now the
scientists and navigators of the world
have been striving to reach the North
Pole and also to discover the magnetic
pole. For centuries prior to that time
their efforts were directed to the dis
cOvery of a northwest passage around
the continent of America which would
give Europe shorter route to the In
dies than by the long southern passage
Horn. Our grandfathers were thrilled
with the disastrous fate of Sir John
Franklin, the last of the great seekers
for the Northwest Passage. In 1S45 he
was appointed to the command of an
expedition to discover the Northwest
Passage, and sailed with the ships Ere
bus and Terror, which were fitted out
in the strongest and most complete
manner and manned by picked crews,
numbering in all 13S persons. Frank
inns orders We're to return in 1s47, ana
he was last seen by 9. whaler in BafIin
Bay. July 26, 1S45. Many expeditions
were sent out to search for him, and
among others notable American one
led by DIR. Elisha Kent Kane. The
mystery of Franklin's fate was finally
solved by the expedition of McClintock
in 1859, who discovered record which
made it certain that Franklin died June
IL, 1S47, but was survived by some OF
his men for months. "hey all perished
however, in attemptinr- to escape south
ward. Sir John Franklin's wife wo,
the admiration of tn. world by her de.
termined efforts to find her husband
and spent nearly al: her fortune in fit
ting out expeditions. The Northwest
Passage was finally made two or three
years ago, but it had ceased to attract
interest since the Pacific railroads and
the Suez Canal had greatly shortened
the route to the Indies. and the pros
pective Panama Canal gave it the final
blow. Since Their the main interest In
Arctic exploration has been in the dis
covery or determination of the physical
and magnetic poles of the earth.
The United States has always taken
deep interest in these explorations
and In 1881 Joined with other Nations
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

The meat situation has become acute
in Germany with the Municipal Coun-
Gil of Berlin heading the opposition to
the agrarian policy of excluding foreign
meats in order to raise the prices of
their own products. The Council has
adopted ringing resolutions demanding
that the Reichstag shall take up the
question and open the ports to foreign
meats in order to supply the working
mems tables. The resolutions set forth
that the consumption of horse flesh is
increasing enormously, and that cats
and dogs are being eaten in greater
numbers. Meat has become a luxury
to the middle classes and a strange Wis
itor to the tables of the poor.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
Ex-Prisoners of war.

Prof. George Young. President of the
Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Santa
Monica, Cal. says that SO far from for
giving or palliating Capt. Wirz, he
wanted to burn him at the stake as a
part punishment for the numberless
outrages he committed upon the pris-
oners. If the Daughters of the Con-
federacy could have seen Andersonville
and the naked and starving men con-
fined there they would dismiss their
plan with horror. He believes in a
Prisoners of War bill which will give
$40 month to all who suffered impris-
onment, and that all the ex-prisoners
should write to their members in favor
OF such a measure,
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AN ACCEPTABLE VOLUME.

Life Of Theodore Roosevelt, a Typical
American, for a Club OF Three Sub
scribern.
The National Tribune has limited
number of copies Of an unusually ac-
ceptable book. 1t is the life of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, by Charles Eugene
Banks and Leroy Armstrong, with in
troductory chapters by Gen. Joseph
Wheeler and Opie Read. The book Is
finely embellished, with illuminated
title page and fine autographs Among
these are excellent portraits of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and sketches of scenes
and experiences in his life. The book
is printed on heavy wove paper. in
large, clear type. and makes an attrac-
tive volume of 400 pages, tastefully and
securely bound in cloth.
1t will be sent to any address, post
paid, upon receipt of a club Of three
for one year. Address The
National Tribune, Washington.D. C.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

Graft is neither the peculiar product
of the Republican or Democratic Par
ties or the tariff system. as many howl
ers would make us believe. It nou--
fishes even in steadygoing, businesslike
Holland, and from London comes the
report that there has been an immense
grab made at The Hague in connection
with the erection of the Palace OF
Peace. which is to be built by Il con-
tribution from Andrew Carnegie. Graft
seems to be a spontaneous disease, in
digenous to every country under the
sun.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

The New York Sun criticizes the
Presidents spelling of ''thoroly' in his
letter to Mr.. Riis. 1t claims that he
should have spelled it "thurrily" Here
is where the Sun wilfully mistakes the
whole spirit of spelling reform. Spell
Ing reform does not pretend to be pho
netic, but it is only making a beginning
by the elimination of useless letters
In thoroly the ugh" are absolutely
useless and should be dropt. The "o'
has the short sound quite as often as
any other. For example: Glove, love
shove. dove, above. ton. iron, honey
son. Washington, etc, worlds without
end.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
MEN AND THINGS I SAW IN THE
CIVIL WAR DAYS.
V lanes F. Rushing,

The publication of selections from
this book in The National Tribune has
awakened a strong interest in it among
our readers. Gen. Rushing had unusual
opportunities for meeting and thoroly
studying number of the prominent
Generals of the war. and he has set
forth his calculations with great fair
ness. perspicacity, clearness and force.
His presentation is invaluable as COM
ing from a man who actually saw and
lived with them. The National Tribune
secured a limited number of copies
all that was left of an edition-aud
now offer them to its readers. The book
is handsome volume. well illustrated
and printed on good heavy paper, cloth
6aund and with gilt-edge top. This
book will be sent. postpaid, for club
o< five yearly subscribers to The Ma
tional Tribune. Address The National
Tribune, Washington, d. C.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELEcTIo,


At this time. when the railroads and
trusts are under such a heavy fire, it is
strange that Mr.. E. H. Hartman should
be guilty of trick which goes far TO
give point to all that has been said
about the unscrupulousness of the man.
ayers of those great corporations. Mr..
Stuyvesant Fish has been for years the
President of the Illinois Central and
his administration has been brilliant.
He has raised the road to a higher
standard of efficiency than ever before
in its history, and brought it up to the
highest level of the other great thoro>
fares of the country. Mr.. Hartman
desired possession of the road in fur
therance of his schemes of consoIida-
ton and of securing, it is believed, a
grand trans-continental route to cope
with his rivals. In this scheme some
necessary, and therefore the control OF
the road itself He has been trying to
oust Stuyvesant Fish from the Presi-
dency, but without success, as the own
ers of the property naturally preferred
to retain a man who had served them
so exceedingly well. By some means,
however. Hartman secured the deser-
ton of Fish's old-time friend, j. T..
Harahan, who was Vice President of
the road and had a vote as one of the
Directors. Hartman had a meeting Of
the Directors called unexpectedly to
Fish and at such time that some Of
his friends and supporters were neces-
Deneen. of Illinois. who would be kept
at home by the election. The Board of
Directors are as follows:
For Fish-Deneen, yelling, Cutting,
Beach and Fish.
For Harriman-Peabody, Auchin-
Gloss, Luttgen. Goelet and Hartman.
Doubtful-Astor and Vanderbilt.
Balance of power-Harahan.
1t is understood, that Vanderbilt is
opposed to Fish on account of connec-
ton with Harriman's trans-continental
scheme, and john Jacob Astor is in
Europe. He is, fay9rable to Fish. With
SotH6 Api AAhiii tsiC ldt
ter will have b majority, Fish will BE
ousted and Harahan succeed him as
President of the, road. Even if Gov.
Deneen is able.r by special train, to be
present at the meeting, his vote cannot
save Mr.. Fish. = Hartman will gain his
coveted connection with Omaha, and
| also be in a position to make the Illi-
nois Central azfeeder to his trans-con-
| tinental route, for the traffic which
comes thru the Panama Canal. BY hav-
| ing control of the greatest northern
| road leading out of New Orleans he
| will be able to exercise a strong influ-
ence upon the maintenance of rates
| across the continent. That is, If a cargo
| from China for Chicago shall, declin-
| ing to pass over Harriman's road from
San Francisco, elect to go thru the
Panama Canal. 1t will still have to be
| carried over his road from New Or
leans to Chicago. The device by which
he gains this power is openly denounced
by Fish's friends as "trick," and its
discussion before the public will not
tend to raise the peoples opinion as to
| the character and methods of the great
trust magnats
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

There is a pleasing sense of justice
done in the case of Clifford Hooe, the
negro coachman, who testified falsely
to the infinite discredit of Mrs. Hartje.
The jury promptly decided that he was
guilty as charged, and he will now go
to the penitentiary for seven years to
repent at leisure his attempt to earn a
Few dollars by false swearing. He got
off lucky that he was not lynched, as
he well might have been. Hooe was
so crazy with anger at the verdict that
he broke into impotent tears.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
Knows Which Side OF His Bread In But
tered.

John T. Hodges. Baltimore, Md, was
much pleased with the open letter in
regard to voting for candidates for
Congress. He knows which side of
his bread is buttered." since one of the
first acts of the Cleveland Administra-
ton was to cut his pension down. The
labor candidates are trying to defeat
his Representative. Mr.. Mudd. but their
appeals fall on dull ears. since their
claims for being the particular friends
of labor will not stand the test of his
torical examination
The National tribune., 1906-11-08

Let those who lack flesh take COM
fort. William Vaughan, the thinnest
man in the world. and who was known
all thru the United States as the "living
skeleton" died at his home in Rich
mond. KY, Oct. 81, at the fairly adj
vanced age of 65. He was six feet five
inches high and weighed less than so
pounds. which is degree of emaciation
that probably no other person in the
United States can show.
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
The G. A. n. Badge Law.

Editor National Tribune: In a re-
cent number of your valuable paper
you published law of Congress in re-
gard to the penalty for wearing any
emblem of the G. a. r. or other Or
ders unauthorized. In that law is this
language: THAT whoever in the Dis
trfct of Columbia, etc" Is 1t for the
District only or does it apply to the
United States?@S. S. Petit, Captain.
Co. D, 18th Ohio. Lodi, Cal.
This is a matter in which Congress
can only legislate for the District of
Columbia and the Territories. AS we
have frequently explained. law pro-
hibiting the wearing of G. A. r. and
other badges to be effective in a State
must be passed by the State ITSELF
Editor National Tribune.
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in establishing r circle, fiof circumpoIa,
sta lions. which it Was Intended should
remain for a period. of years watching
a favorable opportunity ts make q
rush" for the pole. c1The American
station was establishedda at the head OF
Smith Sound, with: Mar a. w. Greely,
u. s. A., in charge. Maj. Greeiy. who
is now a Major r-General. U. S. A, had
won promotion for gallantry during the
war of the rebellion, when he was an
enlisted man in Massachusetts, regi-
ment. He sailed in, 1881. and was res
cued by a heroic effort of the Navy in
June, 1883. when ut tine point of per-
ishing from starvation after having
spent three Winters in the Arctic re-
gions. He had reached the farthest
point north in the history of those ex-
plorations, having made in May. 1882.
So degrees and "a minutes. or within
396 miles of the geographic pole. Com
mander Peary, who, in 1901, hal
reached farther point than any OF his
predecessors, renewed his attempt last
year. sailing from Sydney, Cape Breton,
cially built vessel, the funds for which
were raised by the Peary Arctic Club.
She cost 100000, and was designed by
Naval Architect William E. Winant.
She had a crew of 20 men under Capt.
Rartlett. Peary planned to have his
headquarters $50 miles north of Cape
Sabine and about 500 miles from the
@1a Datxx III Il fl,n r,nta
then lie a waste of ice and snow over
which he hoped to make a dash to the
axis of the earth and complete the
journey in from a month to six weeks
from the time he left 1t seems from
the communication received from him
open water and strong gales interfered
to destroy his caches and make breaks
of open water. which, of course, his
dogs and sledges could not pass. but he
succeeded in reaching a point 81 de-
grees and six minutes north. This was
open ice, which was drifting steadily
to the east. At that point he gave up
the expedition as hopeless. and started
on his return, suffering much from
hunger and having to kill his dogs for
food. Two expeditions which were
started in support were also driven
back, and one was rescued by him on
the coast of Greenland in a starving
condition. After an incessant battle
with the ice he succeeded in regaining
his ship and returning to civilization.
There We're no deaths or illness on the
expedition, which confirms the scientific
belief in the curative influence of ex-
treme cold. 1t does not appear from
the first reports that anything of much
scientific value was secured by the cx-
pedition, tho it iy possible chat fuller
knowledge may have been obtained of
Arctic conditions and which will assist
in future explorations. Commander
Peary's hackers are, somewhat disap-
pointed at the failure of the expedition
to accomplish more ID
. The records o. previous expeditions
are as follows: or 10
Latitude
Duke of the Abruzzi. Italy ss "a 1900
Lockwood and 'hfBrainard.
Robert E. PeaFFy, United
Capt. Makes, Great Britain So 20 1875
Lieut.. Payer. Austria. .S2 90 1874
DR.. Hayes, United States. .7S IT 1861
Chas. Hall c'Polaris" ex-
pedition). United States. 80 16 1859
DR.. Elisha Kent Kane. ..7s As 1853
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The Post I'm Mexico City.

Commander J. J. Fitzgerrell. Box
2143, City of Mexico, says: You can
report to the comrades thruout the
United States that F.. o. c. Ord Post.
100, Department of Tennessee, of Mex
leo City. Is very live one. and that its
latchstring hangs out to all comrades
who may visit the city. and that they
will be received and entertained in the
most royal Style"
The National tribune., 1906-11-08
Reunion Of the 18th Pa. Cav.

The 34th Annual Reunion of the 18th
Pa. Cav. will be held at Lu Lu Temple.
Spring Garden street, below Broad.
Tuesday evening, Nov. IS. Business
meeting will be held at s o'clock. BAN
quet at T. The officers of the Associa-
ton are: David C. King. Chairman, III
East Upsal street, Germantown. Pa;
George w. Bishop. Secretary, 162 Pros
pect street, Merchantvilie, n. J.; The
ophilus H. Smith, Treasurer, 1910 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa.