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The National tribune., 1906-04-05
THE ARMSTRONG REPORT.

It comes in the shape Of a most
agreeable surprise In this day of de-
nunciation Of our lawmakers to find
that the investigation of the Armstrong
Committee of the New York Legisla-
ture upon Insurance matters meets un-
stinted praise from the people and pa
pers of all shades OF opinion. The
Committee has done its work thor
oughly. braveIy and impartially, and.
strange to say, all the members of the
Committee are unanimous in the rec
concentrations that it makes. The re-
port fills over 300 closely-printed
pages, but every page is full of meat.
follows:
Il. The election by law of all pres
ent directors of insurance companies,
ard the election by policy-holders of
new directors.
"2. A law giving policy-holders the
right TO vote in person or by mail, can
ceiling existing proxies and limiting the
life of proxies to two months.
'3. No investments in stocks, no
participation in syndicates, and no
profit or interest for an official in any
loan except one made on his own pol
icy.
~. Political contributions prohibit
ed.
"5. Stocks and bonds now held of a
character not approved by the new law
to be sold within five years.
sc. No more deferred dividend poll
cies.
at. Policy-holders to have the right
TO sue without application to the At
torney-GeneraL'
If these recommendations become
| laws. they will put the insurance busI-
| ness upon such solid ground as to COM
mend itself far more than ever to the
people. The papers agree now that a
good legislative committee is superior
to any other committee or body that
can be organized for the purpose of
investigation and securing desired in
formation.
The Committee did its duties very
effectively in the blame it placed upon
Superintendent of Insurance Hen
bricks. who had contented himself with
drawing his salary and making a pro-
| forma routine of duties. He discov-
cred nothing. interfered with nothing,
prevented nothing, and yet presented
TO the people Snug countenance ex-
pressive Of having done his whole duty
The storm-center is now in the Leg
| islature upon the adoption Of this re-
! port and the enactment OF its recon-
mendations- The insurance men, and
particularly those who find their NAL
| feasance threatened by the proposed
legislation, are in force at Albany and
invoking every machinery to interfere
with the adoption of the report and OF
its recommendations.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The 9th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: I recent!
heard q comrade say that the 9th III
fought more battles and lost more mer
in action than any other regiment IL
the United States service from 1861 to
1866. Will yoC kindly give a brief his.
tory of that regiment?-W. F. Prime.
ley, Mead, Neb.
The 9th Ill. was fighting regiment
and has a long list of battles to iu
credit, but it would be vain to sa,
whether this Is longer than anyone
else's. Very probably not. Out of
total enrolment of LAB 1t lost PIG
killed, or 14.4 per cent. while IL dice
in rebel prisons and 2O1 from disease
Its battles began with Fort Donelsor
and continued through the war until
the very close at Orangeburg. s c.
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The ord n. v.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 93d n. WAL
ter Turk, Rapid City. Mich.
The esd n. Z, called also Morgan
Rifles, was organized in Washington and
Warren from October, 1861. and mus
tered out June 20. 1855. 1t was fight
ing regiment, and belonged to Birneyi
Division, Second Corps, Army OF the
Potomac. The first Colonel was John
s. Crocker. who was brevetted a Briga.
dier-General and succeeded by Col
Benjamin C. Butler, who was succeeded
by Col. Samuel McConihe, brevetted
Brigadier-General, and Col Havilanf
Clifford was in command when the regt.
ment was mustered out. 1t lost 12t
men killed. II died in prison and 12e
from disease.-Editor National Tribune
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The Philippine friars are beit.g
warmly defended against the attacks
of prominent Roman Catholics by 9TH
er Roman Catholic newspapers and
priests equally prominent. The Rev.
Ambrose Coleman. a Dominican, says
that the native secular clergy are not
poor, and with a little energy they
could be made self-supporting. The
haciendas outside OF the churches and
parishes were the property of the head
houses of the Orders and the Uniyersi-
ty, and were made valuable by the in
dustry of the lay brothers. This wealth
therefore belonged properly to the Or
ders and not to the Church-at- large
II the friars decided to fund their cap
ital of 100000 and use it's proceeds
for their own support, they would be
perfectly justified in doing so. 1t would
give them an annual income of $780,
900. which would be much smaller
income each than the average of the
parish priests in most countries.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
THE ALGECIRAs CONFERENCE.

The Algefiras Conference is now vir-
tually ended.T with a full agreement
reached. Tfifs is being reduced to d.
piomatlo form, for regular signature.
1t gives France three shares In the
State Bankn with one share each to
the other Nations. Four Bank Super
visors will lpe appointed by the Banks
of England. France. Germany and
Spain. France will police four ports.
Spain two. and France and Spain to-
gether the'rtwo most important-Tan-
gier and Caaablanca. The Dutch Coy
ernment declines to appoint an In
spector ofolPoItce. who will therefore
be SWISS Mr. White. the American
Delegate. says, that much has been
gained in preserving the integrity of
Morocco and the Open Door. for which
Germany contended. while Frances
special rights were recognized.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The Goth Mass.

Editor National Tribune: I should
like to see short history of the 29th
Mass. in The National Tribune. Did ii
belong to the 800 fighting resiments?-
Oliver A. White, East Norton, Mass.
The 29th Mass was organized at Paw
tucket and Cambridge from May IA.
1861, and mustered out July 20, 1865.
1t belonged to Willcox's Division, Ninth
Corps, Armies of the Potomac and
Ohio, and lost 81 men killed and 90
died from disease, etc. The Colonel was
Ebenezer Pierce, who was discharged,
and Lieut.-Col. Charles d. Browne was
in command when the regiment was
mustered out.-Editor National Trib-
une.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The 46th N. \.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish a short history of the 46th n. L.
and oblige a faithful reader of your
most valuable paper.-C. BiIininger,
Brooklyn, n. 7.
The 46th N. Y. called also the Fre-
mont Regiment, was organized at New
York City. Sept. 1. 1861. and finally
mustered out July %. 1865. It belonged
to Wiilcox's Division, Ninth Corps.
Armies of the Ohio and Potomac, and
lost 104 killed and 81 died from disease.
The first Colonel was Rudolph Rosa,
who resigned and was succeeded by Col.
Joseph Gerhardt, who was dismissed.
Lieut.-Col. Adolph Becker was in COM
mand when the regiment was mustered
out. Lieut.-Col. Germain Metternieh
was killed-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

How prone certain classes are to lis
ten to any calamity howler and how
easy Il Is for any one to attract atten-
ton by predicting disaster. is Illus
trated by the case OF an insane negress
in Memphis. Her sole capital in trade
were capacity and earnestness for un>
limited talk and some trouble with her
liver that made her see visions OF dire
full things. She has been preaching a
terrible calamity to fall upon Memphis
when the city would cru:nble by the
acre into the Mississippi River, engulf-
ing the buildings and people. She saw
sign in the heavens which would be
white dog jumping from the Court
House two days before the catastrophe.
She drew immense audiences every
night, principally in negroes, until the
scare became so general that the police
| had to take notice of it and put her In
the insane asylum. This did not stop
the scare. however. and thousands of
negroes have stampeded from the city
| to the great loss of cooks to the fami-
| lies and laborers in the more impor-
| tant works. The Southern Car Works
were struck most severely. as 200 OF
| their laboring men joined the stamped
ers. Many public works have been sus-
pended on account of the absence OF
| laborers. The railroads had to put on
excursion trains to carry the negroes
away to points in the interior OF Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
THE TARIFF TRUCE WITH GER.
MANY.

The Congress OF the German Cham
bers of Commerce heard the plain
truth from DR.. Delbruck, the Minister
of Commerce and Industry. who said
without considerable part of Amer
lean products" This Is the secret of
Germany's backdown from her threat
of tariff war. DR.. Delbruck went on
to explain that before Germany could
be Independent of America and In
shape to make tariff war she would
have to grow her own cotton In Africa,
find copper mines somewhere else in
the world, and great supplies of good,
healthful food.
While 1t is true that last year we
sold Germany s1s4.o00.0O0 worth of
goods and bought from that country
only Sis. 900, yet two-thirds of our
exports were raw materials. such as
cotton, copper. oil-cake and naval
stores, etc, which are free Of duty
under tho German tariff and will re-
main lhcSC hVtc 6OouS upoh
the profit is the lowest and Of all our
exports not above 80 per cent are duti-
able under the German tariff.
On the other hand. S5 per cent OF
the goods which Germany sells us are
dutiable. and they are manufactured
products upon which the Germans
| make great profit. They are the
things which bring direct wealth to the
country that manufactures them.
Furthermore, tariff war with the
United States would strike a severe
blow at the ocean-carrying trade which
is SO dear to the German heart. The
trade across the Atlantic with us Is
| one of the main props OF the German
| merchant-marine. Therefore. Germany
will not begin tariff war with us. al
least, until June. 1907. when she hopes
that there VIII be some change In our
frame of mind as viii render US more
| amenable to the German plans.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

new and praiseworthy chute in Mis-
sissippi. where the Senate has passed
a provision that any State officer guilty
of drunkenness can be suspended by
the Governor. II the officer is not con-
victed in a court of justice he can re-
ceive his entire salary during the time
of his suspension and be reinstated In
office. The proposition to give the
Chief Justice power TO remove the Gov
ernor was voted down. Probably the
main reason for this was that there
Justice should he get drunk.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

II these shriekers over the Mount
Dajo massacre would only read a little
American history. and understand 1t IL
they did read It. It might possibly
change their minds. We say possibly.
There are some men in this world who
only want pretext for clamoring. They
want an opportunity to raise their
voices In wailing and Iamentation, and
the cause is Of much less account than
the opportunity. Thirty-three years ago
the gentle. kindly Maj.-Gen. Candy
with two Peace Commissioners tried to
avoid such an exterminating battle as
that on Mount Dajo, and went forward
with a flag of truce to meet a similar
flag from the Modoc Indians ensconced
in the lava beds. While engaged in
this parley Ger. Candy and DR.. Thomas
were shot dead and Mr.. Meacham was
seriously wounded. Only the wise eau
ton of the commander of the troops
prevented a massacre of them also.
Gen. Miles. in 1890, only saved his COM
mand from a similar massacre by his
careful provision against treachery.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The S1st Iowa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
history of the 21st Iowa. L served
in that regiment from the organization
until its muster-out of service at Baton
Rouge In July. 1S65.-T. S. Crosley, Co
1. 21st Iowa, Mason City, Neb.
The 21st Iowa was organized at Du-
buque in August, 1862, and mustered
out July Is, 1865. The Colonel was
Samuel Merrill. who resigned. and
Lieut.-Col. Salue G.. Van Anda was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out. The regiment belonged to
e. A. Carr's Division of the Nineteenth
Corps, Armies of the Tennessee and
Gulf, and lost 81 Killed and 169 died
from Dissatisfaction National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The United States Steel Corporation
has gone right ahead doing business
at the old stand in spite of all the talk
about trusts. corporations and COM
bines. and reports that in 1905 the net
earnings showed an increase Of over
SAC. 100000. making total OF nearly
s120, 100000. The export trade for
steel and iron manufactures has great
ly improved in quality and price. A re-
port Of the company defends the prac-
tice Of selling goods abroad at lower
prices than at home by saying that in
this way unstable or obsolete articles
are gotten rid of, thus preventing the
shutting down of works. The number
of employees increased to 1S0,15S, of
whom 1926 bought 1888 shares of
preferred stock.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

prominent Germans now say that
Germany did mot care brass button
about Morocco" but only interfered to
break up the French English compact
and to enforce consideration of Ger
many in all world politics. They say
that they have developed that Italy is
in secret agreement with France, and
the Dreibund only exists upon paper
Russia was also forced to show her
hand. and that she cannot be relied
upon by Germany. which for the fu-
ture can only count upon herself and
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

most disturbing charge is made
by the Committee of the Maryland Leg
lsiature TO the effect that the officers
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad de-
hberately deprecated the stock of the
Washington Branch by emitting to de-
clare dividends through Ing pc iod
OF years when the railroad was max ng
money. They did this TO depreclats
the value of the g ock of the Washing
ton Branch in order to buy it in at less
than its actual worth.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
Senator HansbrOugh told the Presi-

Senator Hansbrough told the Presi-
dent last week:
1.-The Senate comes near doing the
right thing every time, and it will do
SO in the case of railroad legislation.
There is not the slightest question
II. my mind but what the Senate will
enact railroad legislation that will be
received with satisfaction by the coun-
try. 1t Will do so in its own way and
not be moved by clamor or pressure"
Senator Hansbrough expressed his
belief that the Foraker amendment
but employees would be adopted by a
large vote. and probably other amend
ments.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
People who look upon the Rockefel.

People who look upon the Rockefel-
lers and ]. p. Morgan as octopi. who
are constantly increasing their wealth
with operations invariably successful,
will receive a check in their theorie
by the news that John D. Rockefeller
lost s3.oO0.O00 recently in his holding
of Chicago traction securities owing to
the adverse tecision of the Supreme
Court. ]. p. Morgan lost similar
amount. The Inevitable inference from
this Is that our courts are not as sub
servient to the dictates OF financial
magnates as the Socialistic speaker and
writer would have us believe.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The 10th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 10th Ohio.-N. B.
Young. Standpoint, Idaho.
The 10th Ohio was organized at Camp
Dennison from November, 1851, and
mustered out Aug. IA. 1865. The first
Colonel was Joseph r. Cockerili, and
Lieut. Col. Henry L. Phillips was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out. The 10th Ohio belonged to
William Sooy Smiths Division, Six
teenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee,
and lost rs killed and 196 died from
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The Ohio Legislature adopted a reso-
luton calling on the Ohio Senators and
Representatives to support President
Roosevelts railroad policy. This has
brought out Senator Foraker, who
claims to be in harmony with the Pres
idents utterances for the Interstate
Commerce Commission to have the
power to substitute reasonable rate
for an unreasonable rate. but this must
be subject to judicial review. He is
supported in this position by the action
of the Ohio Legislature in creating a
Railroad Commission to fix rates. but
so amended as to provide for a full
review by the courts. Therefore, he
feels it his duty to insist upon such
amendments to the Hepburn BILL
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The Italians are much dissatisfied
over the operations of their State-man-
aged railroads. They were bad enough
before the State took hold OF them,
but now they are intoIerable. Passen-
ger trains are hours behind their
Scheduled time, and the freight traffic
Is as bad as it can be. Instances have
been given where it took perishabIe
market vegetables a month or more to
get from Genoa to Milan. and the grain
trade with Switzerland has been prac-
ucally suspended at times.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The opposition to Senator Reed
Smoot goes far deeper than the super
fetal cause of his membership in the
Mormon Church. The Seattle Post In
telligencer says that he should be un-
seated because he has taken the obli-
cation of vengeance. which must be
done by every Mormon WHO attains to
a certain position in the Church. This
obligation binds him to revenge the
blood Of the prophet on this Nation"
He is therefore In the position of a
man who has expatriated himself and
taken the oath of allegiance to a for
eign country. The Salt Lake Tribune
insists that the Mormons have restored
polygamy and re-established a rule and
a monopoly more autocratic than any
thing that Brigham Young ever inaug-
urated. and are in state of open
enmity TO the Government.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

In spite of all that Is being said
about japanese saki, beer is getting a
firm hold In the Island Empire. and
we all know that when it once starts
into country there is as little hope
of getting rid of 1t as there IS Of the
gypsy moth or the cotton-boll weevil.
Last year there was brewed in Japan
100000 gallons, or double the pro-
duction of two years previous. Japan
is finding fine market for beer in
China and Korea.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The 18th w. Va.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 18th w. VA.
r. Ruder. Fountain Springs, w. Va.
The 18th w. Va. was organized at
Mount Pleasant and RarborsYille from
October, 1862. and mustered out June
%, 1865. William r. Brown was Col
onel, and Lieut.-Col. James r. Hall
was killed at Cedar Creek. 1t belonged
to Duvars Division, Eighth Corps, Army
of West Virginia, and lost 81 killed and
los died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

During the court-martial at New
York Of Maj. Price. of the Artillery
Corps, it came out that barkeepers are
in the habit of keeping a fake whisky
to give to those who have already had
too much stimulant. The barkeeper
testified that this imitation whisky was
made of ginger ale and Jamaica ginger.
II they would only go a little further
and give this fake whisky to every
man who shouldn't touch liquor they
would be real benefactors to human
ity.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

A substantial victory has been gained
by the reformers in Philadelphia, which
will break the monopoly of the surface
and elevated tramways and admit a
rival. the Philadelphia &c Western Rail-
road Co, into the heart of the city.
The Rapid Transit Co. agreed to COM
plete certain important works accord
ing to contract, and surrendered its
stolen franchises for a subway under
Chestnut street. surface lines on Broad
street and elevated lines to the north
west suburbs. This gain is worth all
the commotion that was caused last
year by the reform movement.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
Armies. of the Tennessee and mississippi

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please inform me when the Army OF
the Mississippi and the Army of the
Tennessee were consolidated? This in-
formation will greatly oblige-Capt
William Vincent, Galena, Ill.
The Army of the Mississippi Joined
the Armies of the Tennessee and the
Ohio in front of Corinth in April, 1862
and April 80 they were consolidated
and reorganized with Maj.-Gen. Thomas
being assigned to command the right
wing of the consolidated armies. Gen.
Pope the left wing and reserve and
Buell. retaining the command of the
Army of the Ohio. The Army OF the
Mississippi was officially discontinued
Oct. 26, 1s62.-Editor National Trib.
uQR-
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

Mrs. Bellamy Storer now has her
innings, and 1t must be confessed that
she makes very good showing. She
says that the much-talked-of letter was
one written her in 1900. by Theodore
Roosevelt. then Governor of New York,
and the reason she did not give Car
dinal Rampolla the whole of the letter
was that the remainder related to per-
sonai matters. There seems to be much
more in the strange affair than has
yet developed.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05
The 11fh Ky.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
Iish a short sketch OF the 11th KY.
H. r. Bievins. Freezing. Va.
The 11th KY. was organized at Gang
Calhoun, Dec. 9, 1851, and mustered
out in December, 1864. The first Col
onel was P. b. Hawkins, who resigned
and was succeeded by S. Palace Love.
1t belonged to Cox's Division, Twenty
third Corps, Army of the Ohio. and
lost Al killed and PIT died from dis
ease.--Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

Justice Greenbaum. of the New York
Supreme Court, lays down the rule that
while labor unions can not be held re-
sponsible for lawlessness and violence
committed by their members. when
these are done without any authority
of the unions, the unions are liable
when the acts are committed by mem
bers acting as pickets. and who are not
adequately punished by their unions
Tor deeds which violate the laws.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The Capitol guides are careful to in
form tourists that none of the naughty
stories about Senatorial drinking can
apply to Senator Lodge, of Massachu-
sets, who is so much of Teetotaler
that he even "thins his water"
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

We think still more of Missouri's
young Attorney-General on account of
his Fastening to resent the fmputation
that he is a reformer. He is doing en-
tirely too good work to be included in
TINT class.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The progress of the temperance
movement In Germany is somewhat
surprising. There as here the rail-
roads have dproyen themselves to be
among the best of temperance work.
ers. The railroads are beginning to
supply their employees with coffee or
tea, which is diminishing the consump-
ton of alcoholic drinks. There is no
moral feature involved in this, for
actual practice has demonstrated that
If the men are given hot coffee. tea Or
soups at regular hours they will drink
less beer and gin. perform their duties
more cheerfully and faithfully and the
liability to accidents and blunders Is
greatly diminished. This has been
especially noticeable among the work.
men in the freight departments and on
the freight trains. Their powers Of
endurance are notably increased; there
are fewer accidents to the personnel
and material of .he roads, and the en-
ployes seem to have better command
Of their faculties. On some roads the
drinks are sold to the employees at the
nominal price OF two pfennigs (one-
half cent? and on other roads they are
supplied gratis. So marked is the eff
feet that several OF the railroads have
Issued orders prohibiting employees
from drinking alcoholics during work
ing hours.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The middlemen have gained de-
cisive victory in California IN driving
out Of BUSINESS the Raisin Growers
Company, which leaves the raisin grow
ers at liberty to sell their crops at
prices that the packers are willing to
pay. This has sent the price of raisins
down to three and four cents a pound.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

Undoubtedly Gen. Kuropatkin tells
the exact truth when in his last order
and farewell to the Army Of Manchuria
he says that the causes CT defeat were
the corruption and oppression of the
Bureaucracy.
The National tribune., 1906-04-05

The Canadian Forestry Service gives
chill TO those who would waste
American timber upon the plea that
there Is an abundance in Canada for
all the needs in sight. The Canadian
officers say that all the timber in the
Dominion would not last the United
States more than II years.