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FREE ALCOHOL.

The Free Alcohol bill Is at last law,
having had an arduous course through
both Houses of Congress, where it was
opposed at every step by the :nanufac-
turers of wood alcohol. The alcohol 70
be used in the arts is to be denaturize,.
by the addition of wood alcohol. hut H..
manufacturers of the latter do not think
that the market they would gain in this
way would at all compensate them for
what they would lose by selling wood
4icohol as a substitute for grain spirits.
SO long as nothing but taxed alcohol
would be used the wood alcohol dealers
could keep the price of their product
Up to nearly the price paid for grain
pirits. say. In the neighborhood of 81 a
gallon. Now they will have to come
Town to whatever price may be estao-
isiie 1 for the dcaaturaized alcohol. SAY.
- cents q gal ON. 1t is expected that
he denatuii.e1 al oiiol will targe.y taxe
he p.aee o. gasoline for all engines. in-
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THE DISGRACE OF ILLINOIS.

The heaviest burden of the odium
from the Chicago revelations falls upon
the State of Illinois. Substantially every
thing disgusting. disgraceful and de-
grading found by the Investigating Com.
mittee could have been prevented. and
should have been prevented, by proper
factory and sanitary laws and their exc
cution. Most Of the States have suffi-
cient factory and sanitary laws. and il
Illinois has them not she should lose no
time in enacting them. 1t is altogether
likely. however, that the laws on the
Statute Book were sufficient to have
compelled the slaughter-houses to he
cleaned up and put in proper sanitary
condition; to have had the workrooms
made entirely healthfuI for the en-
ployes. and to have prevented the gross.
~ immoral conditions that were found.
There is simply no excuse for the off,
Gals of Illinois, for the men and wo-
men OF the State who assumed to he
on the watch-towers over the public
health and morals. that things were
found to be in the condition that they
were and to have existed all these years
without any public protest Illinois.
like other States has never lacked Tor
reformers 10 have lifted up their
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THE r6srAL SERVICE.

The National Tribune takes q special
and deep Interest in all that pertains to
The great ,postal service Of the United
Itates The capable and faithful off,
Gals who, conduct this service-Post-
masters. RailWay Mail Clerks, Carriers
and all engaged in it do not receive
the recognitions and reward that are due
public servants of their attainments and
responsibilities The National Tribune is
striving tod mike the people far better
acquainted With excellent work that is
being done for them in every branch
OF the postal service. 1t is work tina,
Is closely related to the happiness and
prosperity Of every man and woman In
the country, and the postal people
should receive at least as much atten-
ton and recognition as are given &c
the Army. Navy and other great De.
partments OF the public service W.
have been paying close attention to o.
that concerns Postmasters. Clerks an6
Carriers. and shall extend this featur
OF the paper. Being at the seat OF Gov.
eminent. The National Tribune has the
best Of facilities for early and accurat
information as to all which concern.
the postal service.
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The labor leaders make a great mis-
take in not appealing directly to the
public when there is a disagreement be.
tween them and employers. The Amer
lean people are eminently just and fair
minded, and their prepossessions are al.
ways in favor Of the workingmen. II
the leaders would make q fair state
ment Of their grievances they would
have the powerful assistance of public
opinion. Unfortunately these leaders
decide upon strikes in secret conclave
and bring about collisions without any
reference to public views upon the sub.
ject. The strike in Chicago Is an illus.
tratien OF the other way of proceeding
and 1t Immediately enlisted public sym.
pathy and support The strike is q
walkout of 800 egg-candlers. Immense
quantities OF eggs come to Chicago, and
before they can be placed i'm storage
they have to be "candled" by experts;
that Is, each egg Is held up before q
candle and an expert can Immediately
tell whether it Is fresh or not. The work
is done mostly In dark Easements, and
the Gamblers assert that 10 hours work
on the stretch Is harmful to their eye
sight and general health. and they are
therefore striking for nine hour day
at their present wages OF 50 q day. II
will seem to everybody that their re.
quest II entirely reasonable.
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|, Unity" the organ Of the Unitarians
urges strongly that Memorial Day be
celebrated on Sunday, and this could
be made in the interest Of "undogmatic
undenominational, religious phases o,
fgreat beauty and Significance. 1t anG
Thanksgiving Day might come to be
the most distinctive American holy day,
Nm the calendar OF the universal church
a day that would commend itself with
equal acceptability to Jew, Catholic anG
Protestant, conservative and radical
orthodox and heterodox" Unity
thinks that this Is the surest way to res
cue the National Sabbath from desecra
tion by sports, gaming and reckless
dissipation.
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No great catastrophe has ever received
the immediate and thorough study to
which the San Francisco disaster is now
being subjected, and the conclusions al
ready arrived at are very interesting.
Prof. 0. A. Leuschner. of the Observa-
tory at Berkeley, just across the bay
from San Francisco, says that the earth
quake came chiefly in two shocks. The
first series lasted about 40 seconds then
diminishing in force for 10 seconds. The
second series lasted about Is seconds.
The direction was mainly from south
southeast to north-northwest. The re-
markable feature was q rotary motion.
with the sum total of all the dispiace-
ments representing a very regular ell
lipse. The actual displacement Of the
earth's crust was about half an inch
and the velocity about two inches per
second. The strain on the earth's crust
had been growing for half century at
least. possibly a whole century, and
therefore it is not likely that we shall
have another disturbance for many
years. The shock was felt most serious
ly on the filled-in ground OF the bay
No serious damage was done to we'll
constructed houses built on solid
ground. The instruments show 80 dis
tinct shocks, the longest duration OF any
being eight seconds.
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The 5fh III. 9. CT.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give a short history Of the 5th u.
S. c. T. 1 was Corporal of Co. A. R. III.
Jones was our Captain.-Geo. Scott.
Huntington. w. Va.
The 5th u. S. c. 7. was organized at
Camp Delaware from August, 1863, and
was mustered out Sept. 20. 1865. Col.
Giles w. Shurtleff was brevetted q
Brigadier-General March Is, 1865, and
resigned June IL, 1865. Col. James w.
Conine was discharged Sept. 13. 1864.
Lieut.-Col. John B. Cook had command
at the time Of it's muster-out. 1t be-
longed to Paine's Division, Eighteenth
Corps, and lost 81 killed and 168 by dis
ease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The Governor of Maryland has ap-
pointed Hon. VIM. Pinkney Whyte to
fill out the term of the late Senator
German. and the selection gives general
satisfaction. Mr.. Whyte. who is now
! 50, is a leading lawyer of Baltimore
was elected to Congress before the war
but the Know-Nothings successfully
contested his election: was appointed to
the Senate in 1858 to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Reverdy John
son: served as Governor of Maryland
for four years. and was returned to the
Senate in 1885,
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voices In season and Out Of season O0
many and various topics. ranging from
race suicide to splitting on the sidewalks.
Here. however. was. N the reports are
at all true. hygienic. social and moral
quagmire equsling. IL not SURPRISING,
the viiest conditions to be found any
where in the world. There was nothing
theoretical about IL. IL was an abso-
lutte. unmitigated. fostering morass OF
the worst kind. IL existed under their
without their notice. without their lift
ing a syllable of protest against IL. 1t
was not only injurious TO the last de-
gree to the people or Chicago and the
State of Illinois, but Il was an offense
against their fellow-citizens in every
city and State I'm the country. Much as
they owed to their own people. they
owed far more to the people OF the whole
country. This is high duty that can
not be evaded. IL is the first moral les
son taught In the Bible. where Cain
asks. Am I my brothers Keeper" We
are all to a certain extent our brothers
keepers. and we are all responsible that
nothing that goes out from US or from
our households shall do him harm. The
State of Illinois has been allowing things
TO go out to the citizens of other States
which have been strongly detrimental to
their health. 1t was the duty of Iin-
nois to see that this was not done. and
the failure of the State is a gross Of
Tense to the reople of other States
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The 51st Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give a short history of the 51st Ohio.
have been reading The National
Tribune, and have seen accounts Of
other Ohio regiments, but not of the
51st.-Nathaniei G. Guthrie. Free
port, o.
The 51st Ohio was organized at Canal
Dover. Sept. II. 1851. The 10th, 45th.
Goth. and 101st were consolidated with
1t in the latter part Of its service. It
was mustered out Oct. 3, 1865. Col.
Richard w. McCiain resigned Sept. 80.
1854. and Col. Chas. HI. Wood was In
command when the regiment was mus,
tered out 1t belonged to Stanieys
Division, Fourth Corps. 1t lost lfz
killed and 234 died OF disease, etc
Editor National Tribune.
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But little was said In the accounts OF
the San Francisco disaster OF the excel.
lent service performed by Co. A. Vet
eran Reserve Of the California National
Guard. Oakland. Cal. which Is claimed
to be the only organization of veterans
in active service In the National Guard
Of any State. This company was organ
tied during the Spanish War and ten.
dered it's services to President McKin-
ley 10 days after the sinking of the
Maine. with the offer to go anywhere
and do any duty that he ordered. The
veterans take great pride in the organ
ization. and think that there Is much
about 1T that might be we'll copied by
the younger men. They went on duty
Immediately after the earthquake show
ed the need of their services. and were
sent to guard the refugee camps at
Adams Point and Oakland. The Mayor
and in obedience to this they were or
dered to that town and did duty there
until relieved by the Regulars. The cit
liens of Berkeley expressed the hope
that there would be no promiscuous
shooting, Is to which exaggerated re-
ports had come from San Francisco.
Capt. Garlock replied: my men are all
veterans of the civil war. and made a
reputation 40 years ago. They take too
much pride in this to behave otherwise
than as gentlemen" When they were
relieved from duty the Marshal Of
Berkeley sent them a very compliment
airy letter. When they first offered their
services AdJt-Gen. Lauck hesitated
about accepting them, which the people
say almost raised a mutiny in the COM
pany. 1--WE amt feather-bed soldiers!"
they shouted, land we're young as we
used to be when a guns in our hands"
An inspection Of their lines on the dark
stormy night showed that every man
was at his post attending strictly to his
duty.
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Monument to Wfrx.

w. E. Wheeler. 10th Wis, Los An
geles, Cal, was a prisoner for IL
months most of the time in Anderson
willie, and is deeply incensed at the prop
osition to erect a monument to Wirz.
He has seen him knock down weak.
invalid prisoners, and stamp his heel
in their faces
John Coburn, 111th Pa, National
Military Home. Tenn, regrets the prop
osition to build a monument to the
inhuman butcher, Wirz. The Daughters
of the Confederacy add insult to injury
by proposing such a thing. JEFF Davis
should have been hung on the same
scaffold with Wirz.
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The 35th Wis.

Editor National Tribune. Please give
brief history of the 35th Wis. Should
like to hear from some of the old boys
through The National Tribune.-Rob-
ert Parkin, Merrimac, Wis.
The 35th Wis. was organized at Mil
waukee, from November, 1863, and
mustered out March Is. 1866. Col.
Henry ORR resigned July q, 1865, and
Lieut.-C0l. George III. WaIther had COM
mand at the time OF the muster-out.
1t belonged to Benton's Division, Thir-
teenth Corps. and lost two killed ard
274 from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
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cludaNg automobiles. THIS expectation
will hardly be realized. since while al
cohol Is cleaner and more pleasant 10
use than gasoline, IL lacks Its heating
and propulsive power by fully 20 per
cent. which IS strongly against its use.
1t has great use. however. in Germany
and France, where this is .fostered by
the Government making protection
against gasoline to favor the farmers
who raise potatoes to be converted into
alcohol
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-06-14

The Germans are developing quite an
industry in the extraction OF the casein
from SKINNED milk, which is then en-
ployed in the manufacture Of fine pa
per. playing cards and in the stiffenlne
OF textiles. 1t is used In dyeing to fiji
the mineral colors. and Is particularly
valuable in forming an artificial ivory
called galalith, which is an excellen,
substitute for celluloid. The casein 1.
hardened by means of formaldehyde
and makes substance more brilliant
and more solid than celluloid and cas-,
TO work into host of articles, such a.
penholders, combs, piano keys, buttons
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such striking form to keep It before tn

such striking form 70 keep II before the
eyes Of men greedy for riches.
There is one punishment, however,
which should be melted out to them
The names of the men who are respon-
sible for these uncomfortable horrors
for this gross attack upon the heath
and decencies Of their fellow-citizens of
the whole country. should be placardsd
SO that the people may know whom
they have to hold in odium. The
should not be allowed, after such Of
fences. to spend the rest of their lives
in obscurity. unmolested by any public
knowledge of their guilty responsibility.
This would be a defect Of justice, all
only furnish another reason for main
tanning a belief in the Internal regions
for those who escape their deserts I'm
this world.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-06-14

The manner in which the American
watchmakers are getting possession OF
the world excites great establishment
Forty years ago the best watches were
made and all the improvements were
invented by English makers. At tina,
time there were only $4,000 watches
! made in the United States and $4,000
, I'm Great Britain. Now the manufac.
lures in Great Britain have increased
/ to 226.000 watches. while more thar
2.75o.ooo were turned out in the United
States. The Swiss watches are also 60
/ Ing down before those of American
4 make.
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; Senator Blackburn, Of Kentucky, is
given a consolation honor for the last
days of his official life, in being select
ed as leader of the Senate Democracy,
to succeed the late Senator German. In
the present situation the honor is purely
nominal. AS far as the Democratic Sen
ators will acknowledge leadership, their
real leaders are Bailey and Tillman
with Morgan skirmishing up to the front
when he feels we'll and young.
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MEMORIAL DAY.
Services Of Unusual Interst at Vsrtous
Points.

There was a larger crowd at the An
tietam National Cemetery on Memorial
Day than ever before. Antietam Post,
of Sharpsburg. had charge OF the exer-
cises. Between 5000 and 1000 persons
were present.
At New Haven. Conn. a monument
was dedicated to Cornelius Scranton
Bushnell. who was the moving spirit in
the construction of the first monitor.
The monument is the work OF the Bush
nell Memorial Association. which was
organized to do justice to the memory
of the man who contributed so much to
the development of that great war ves-
.nl
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1t is simply too aggravatine that TILL
man and Bailey were not able to deliv-
er Rate bill which was opposed by a
majority of the Republican capitalistic
Senators" 1t was a most magnificent
Democratic prospect, and the failure
NATURALLY leaves a wormwood taste in
the mouths of the Senators from South
Carolina and Texas.
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Grover Cleveland has put on record
that he will not again be candidate
of the Democratic Party quite as de-
cisively as President Roosevelt's asser-
tion that he will not be a candidate
When asked in Philadelphia If he would
fpermit his name to be used he an
swered, Positively not; not under any
circumstances"
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y The late hours kept by the people OF
the United States cost, it is estimated
more than 100000. 900 a year for ar.
tificial lighting. OF this electricity taxes
$100.o0O,000; oil, $50, 100000: gas, $35,.
100000; acetylene, $2.500.000, and nat
uraI gas, $1,700,O00.
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! Now would seem to be golden op-
portunity for an enterprising syndicate
to advertise meats from inspected stock
and packed in thoroughly sanitary fac
tories. That would be a road to wealth
beyond the dreams of avarice
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-06-14

The VIM. ]. Bryan boom took a most
unexpected development last week. with
sthe Louisville COurier-Journal. ex-Sen-
ator Jones, of Arkansas. and ex-Post-
master-General Villas, of Wisconsin,
coming out unreservedly for him.
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We are OPPORTUNITY reminded that
the toothsome peanut contains more
nutriment than beefsteak. But you can
not smother peanuts in onions, nor
serve them with Lyonnaise potatoes, and
make what's left into hash.
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= Machen, Lorenz. ct al, must deeply
regret that they did not go into the
Pennsylvania Railroad service. instead
of that of the United States. They
could have made so much more money,
and escaped the penitentiary besides.
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There is prospect of reviving the
steamboat trade upon the Missouri Riv-
err. At one time there was a great COM
merce carried on with boats running in
high water far up into the Yellowstone
River. The railroads and the uncer-
tainty and dangers from the shifting,
treacherous current Of the river finally
destroyed this trade, and for years there
has not been a steamboat running regu-
larly upon the great stream. 1t is said
that the death blow was given by the
insurance companies refusing to issue
risks, and as the boats cost all the way
from $4,000 to $4,000, they were en-
urely too big an investment to run risks
with. The Kansas City merchants are
now making efforts to revive the old
trade in order to get their goods from
cheaper than the railroads will carry
them. The railroads reduced rates as
long as the boats were kept running.
but as soon as these were driven off the
rates advanced to a higher figure. I'm
der the present freight and passenger
schedules 1t is said that a 500-ton boat
can make her cost in four trips. There
are seven feet Of water all the way from
Kansas City to st. Louis, and 50O-ton
boat would draw &c inches when empty
and six feet when loaded. One of the
troubles that resulted in the failure of
the last line OF boats established was
that the stockholders would insist upon
loading the boats with their own freight
and leaving that of other patrons un-
touched upon the wharves, although
this paid higher rates than that which
they were carrying. This difficulty is
one that stands in the way of the adop-
ton of the present plan to put three
boats into commission,
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The revelations make it appear that
1t was more profitable to be clerk I'm a
Pennsylvania Railroad office than to
have held a fat Government place.
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Memorial Services.

In spite of the torrential rainfall. the
Grand Army of the Republic of Lowell,
Mass. had great crowd I'm attendance
upon its Memorial services, held Ia the
First Congregational Church. w. III.
Worcester was Chairman, and the ora
tor Of the day was Scion W. Stevens
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Department OF Colorado a.a wyo-i.s.

The 9th Annual Encampn1ent OF the
Department Of Colorado and Wyoming
will be held at Greeley. June IL, Is and
IA. The railroad companies have made
a one-fare rate. The order for the En-
campment calls for proper celebra-
ton OF Thursday. June IL, the 1asth
anniversary of the adoption OF the Star
Spangled Banner. This Is to be made a
special Flag Day In every city, village
and home, and every business man is
asked to hang out the Flag I'm front Of
his place.
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The packers say that they are thor
oughly cleaning up places which they
said were as clean as could be made.
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In 81 ISlerg In Japan.

Louis Huddlesan, ycorraiitos. Cal.
wants to hear from 81. Shorty. Anna
Belle. Maria. the Deacon and the ~hc4e
eaooodie. He wants to, know IL any
,ne knows for fact that Field Mar.
shal o5 ama,s real name ks 81 Klsgg.
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May E. H. Hartman. the railroad
magnate, broke all records by arriving
In New York in II hours and q min
utes from the time he started from San
Francisco.