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Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

IS lots, 25x13O, located about 20 miles
from Los --ngeles on the Santa Ana car
line; $500 will handle these fine lots, or
will exchange for small grocery
LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
ATToRNEYs-AT-LAw

ATTORNEYS-AT.LA
LAWYERS LSAGUE-PROBATE, COR
poration. bankruptcy, adjustments. COL
attended to. here and all over the world
by able responsible and bonded lawyers
Ex-Judge G. c. POLK In charge Of the
Los Angeles department 428-9 Mer-
chants Trust Bldg.
MARRIAGE AND PROBATE LAWS A
speciality. No fee without success. q.
p. MOREY. 521 Stimson blk, cor. Sd
and Spring. Phone 671S. Open even
ings.
DIVORCE LAWS--ADVICE FREE; NO
fee without success; private. 122 w.
THIRD ST, room 221. l to p. m.
R. J. ADCoCK. ATTORNEY. 8O7 Bull
LARD BLOCK.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Massage, bath and manicuring estab-
lishment; the finest equipped place in
Los Angeles; located in center of city; 8
rooms. clearing $40 per day; long lease;
$1400 will handle this fine proposition.
LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Confectionery and ice cream; the
finest equipped place in Los Angeles;
located on Broadway, center of city;
years lease; $1,000 will buy this excellent
proposition; lease and fixtures alone
worth three times price asked. LEAHY
e. SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

the state, for sale or for rent. equipped
with all modern appliances; business
for April exceeded 5000; located about
20 miles from Los Angeles; in fine busi-
ness town. LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Grocery store, located about 20 miles
from Los Angeles; doing a business OF
SI25 per day; mas two wagons and two
horses; this place will invoice about
$1,000. This Is a bonatide proposition.
See LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GREAT sACRfFfCE@
Half interest in first class restaurant,
S225; seats S.; large dining room, extra
fine kitchen; everything the best.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

we SHIP T5PIs sRftdED GooDs 70
HaNtI dfSs s EAt 5SSigS reduced rates.
BEKINS VAN AND STORAGE CO.,
140 South BroadwaH
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Grocery, building and lot 40x14O doing
fine business;, living roomsi horse
part of city; this we consider the best
buy in the city; $780, LEATIY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Grocery and fruits, $500; one living
room; rent only $40 per month; doing
for for sale before; we consider this a
snap. LEAllY & SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

s6O-LARGE BUILDING 1875 WEST
14th st. ALLISON BARLOW, 213 S.
Broadway, room 124.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
COMRADES. HAVE PATIENCE.

There is a good deal of not unnatural
unrest among the comrades as to the
allowance of their claims under the Nc
preston in letters to The National Trib-
une and to the Commissioner of Pen
sions, which makes a great volume of
mail every day. We want to say again,
as we have frequently said, that there
is no use for the comrades to write;
that they cannot expedite the allowance
of their claims nor affect their course
in any way. They must remember that
the passage of the bill brought an ava
lanche of applications, more than 300,-
900 in all. The first work was to regis
ter these, and large portion of the Bu-
reau's force was turned to this, while
the remainder carried on the ordinary
work of the office, adjudicating and is
suing claims under the former laws.
The registration of the claims as fast
Jas received by the office making the date
of the allowance of the claim, and no
matter when it is finally adjudicated
the pension will begin upon the date of
fore, 1t makes no real difference to the
comrades when the allowance is made,
since all that they will suffer will be
the Inconvenience of waiting some time
longer for their money. The Pension
Office is doing phenomenal work in
the way of adjudicating these claims,
and is turning them out now at the rate
of $4,000 a month This is something
absolutely unprecedented in the history
of the Bureau, but it will take several
months yet to complete the allowance
of all the claims that have already been
filed. Let the comrades have patience
and confidence. Writing letters will do
no good, but rather some injury, since
every letter received has to be filed and
answered, and this takes some time that
would otherwise be given to the allow
ance of claims. Let us reiterate that
there will be nothing lost by waiting
If the claim has been sent in it has been
placed on file and the pension has be-
gun.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

| best in the world was open to him. He
| belonged to one of the most distin-
guished families of the State, was a pic
| ture of manly strength and beauty. and
had talents of no common order. She
saw him rise from one step to another
until he became Vice President of the
United States and WAS candidate of
the ProsSlavery Democrats for Presi-
dent against Lincoln. Douglas and John
Bell. Ttben fortunes tide turned, After
his defeat fort President, Breckenridge
was elected tn the United States Senate.
but he thade the unfortunate choice of
siding w,ith the Secessionists, and was a
leader among those who tried to drag
Kentucky out Of the Union. He remained
in the Senate some time after the war
began. doing shis best to prevent any
effectvei measures against Secession,
but was5 s5expclled Dec. 4, 1861. He en-
tered the. Confederate army, where he
at once was made Major General, but
it seemed that the rank was too high
for his abilities. Altho he had abun-
dant opportunities for distinction, he
achieved no credit at any time, and
when assigned to an independent COM
mand was uniformly unsuccessful. He
was given strong force in 1862 to attack
and defeat the small Union force which
thad advanced as far as Baton Rouge,
La, under Gen. Thomas Williams Tho
| Williams's force was depleted and sup
posed to be greatly demoralized by the
! effects of that terribly malarious eli
mate upon the New England boys, sent
! to the Department of the Gulf, they put
up a severe fight against Breckenridge,
and drove him from the field. He was
Early's second in command during the
campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, tho
but little was heard of him. He was
maintained in place by Jefferson Davis's
favor and in January, 1865, Davis ap-
pointed him Secretary of War He was
present with Joseph r. Johnston at the
negotiations for the surrender of the
latter's army, and afterward separated
from Davis in his flight and made SEN
sational escape in an open boat across
the sea to Cuba. lie remained in Eu-
rope until 1868, when he returned to
this country and resumed the practice
of the law at Lexington. Ky, where he
died May II, 1875.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
POSTAL REFORMS.

James L. Cowles, Secretary of the
Postal Progress League. furnishes the
following program upon which his
league is working:
First-A general two-cent four-ounce
letter post, one cent per each additional
two ounces
Second-A local one-cent four-ounce
letter post within city delivery limits.
Thrd-A local rural post limited to
the different rural routes. all mail mat
ter in one class. weight limit. II pounds;
parcels up to one pound, one cent; par
GELS one to five pounds. two cents: par
GELS five to II pounds, five cents.
Fourth-A tiVe-cent registration fee.
Fifth-A two-cent foreign letter rate.
Sixth-A fractional postal currency
and postal insurance
Seventh-The substitution of space
for weight in determining railway
mail pay.
Eighth-An appropriation Of SEQ, ,00c
for an experimental door-to-door rural
service. using auto post wagons.
Ninth-An appropriation for similar
experimental city collection and deliv-
cry service.
This is certainly comprehensive pro-
gram. and embraces many features
which the people will have to be edu-
Gated up to. if they ever are. Some,
however, seem desirable reforms even
at this moment. As to the first iteIn,
Mr.. Cowles points out that since 1897
England has had the maximum weight
of letter to be delivered for two cents
made four ounces. AS to the second
London has had a wo-cents-a-pound
letter and parcel rate as long ago as
1880, and the cities of Germany and OF
Switzerland have for years had rate
of one cent for package not exceeding
eight ounces. Mr.. Cowles believes that
the proposed local rural post will i'm
mediately place rural service on a pay
ing basis. AS to the fourth item, five
cents is the common registration fee all
over Europe.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
THE ENGLISH KING AND QUEEN.

Comrade Matthew A. White, Lloyd
Wis, says that he is an Englishman by
birth, but has been in this country a
great number of years. He believes
that the English people, as whole, are
strongly attached to the persons of the
present King and Queen, and it has
panied him to see filings at those mon
archs in The National Tribune, where he
expects much higher grade of thought
and writing than he finds in ordinary
newspapers.
We think that the comrade is mis-
taken in his belief that he has ever
seen in The National Tribune any re-
Election or innuendoes against Queen
Alexandra. who is woman of the high
est type. and deserves all the esteem
and love which she receives in such
large measure from the British peoples
AS for King Edward. we plead to hav-
ing at times made good-natured filings
at him, precisely as we have at Kaiser
Wilhelm. the President of France and
the rulers of other Nations. Unquestion-
ably Edward VII. is very popular in
Great Britain, and makes a King that
exactly suits s5 per cent of the British
people. He was always as Prince OF
Wales unusually popular with his peo-
pie, and since he has become King is
even more so. The same must be said
about the Emperor of Germany. While
we have at times criticized the Kaiser
strongly, there is no doubt that he prop
erly represents. from first to last. the
German people. and that his course
with occasional exceptions. has the en-
tire support of the whole German Ma
ton, except that portion which is in
chronic opposition for variety of eco
nomic. social. political and religious
reasons
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

In the obituary notice of Ledyard
Bill. formerly a publisher in New York
City. and known also as a writer, it is
said that:
At the outbreak of the civil war he
was one of the organizers of a Union
League Club. in Louisville. KY, the
first in the United States. but on ac-
count of his strong pro-Union senti-
ments he was forced to leave Louis
vile, going to New York in 1862.
The statement that he was forced to
leave Louisville is rather surprising,
since there were hosts of good Union
men in Louisville. who stayed there
thruout and held the State firmly To
the Uaion, and sent several splendid
regiments into the Union army While
the Secession leaders We're noisy and ex-
ceedingiy aggressive, those of the Union
were uncompromisingly brave and res
olute and at the first collision the Sc
cessionists found themselves strongly
in the minority. This was SO conclu.
sive that after this preliminary skir.
mish they subsidized completely and be
gan migrating TO Camp Boone, wher,
their friends were concentrating under
Gen. Buckner.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

April Z, 1862. and served until the close
of the war, being discharged May %
1865. He was engaged in many battles
among which were Smokers Gap
Kernstown, Harper's Ferry, Opequan
Winchester, Cedar Creek and others. He
was in front of Petersburg when she
city was captured, and was at Appomat-
tox under Grant when Lee surrendered
1t may be truthfully said that there was
no braver soldier in the army than /. NJ
Adams, and that he never missed a
battle in which his regiment was en-
gagged.
After the war closed he soon took
rank as one of Jackson County's most
public-spirited citizens, engaging in
various lines of business, and in 1892
was elected as Sheriff of the County
He has also served as Mayor of Ravens
wood, President of the Board of Edu-
cation of Ravenswood, and is now filling
his second term as Postmaster of Ra-
yenswood. He h IS been Commander OF
Dan Frost Post for several terms. and
has also served as President of the So
ciety of the Blue and the Gray for IL
years. an association in which he has
taken special interest, holding Reunions
each year until it has become one of
the most notable gatherings in the
State.
Commander Adams has a beautiful
home and a family that stands high in
the estimation of his town and County.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
, Gen. Hunter and the University of yir-
ginia.

F. s. Reader. Major, 5th W. Va. Cav,
New Brighton, Pa, calls in question a
recent statement in the telegraph that
Col. j. NJ. Schoonmaker, of Pittsburg,
was court-martialed for refusing to
obey orders to burn the University Of
Virginia. Maj. Reader was at Gen.
David Hunters headquarters during
that campaign, with Col. d. H. Strother.
as Assistant Provost-Marshal. There
was no order issued to burn the Uni
versity of Virginia, but there was an
order to burn the Virginia Military IN
stitute. Maj. Reader says: Il remem-
ber distinctly that some of the troops
began the destruction of the Library
of the University, which was stopped.
but a number of old books were taken
out. This was reported to the General,
who came to Col. Strother and was
furious about it. threatening dire pun
ishment to anyone who had been guilty.
1t was some time before the Colonel
got him soothed by stating that none Of
the men about headquarters were guilty.
I served in the same brigade with Col.
Schoonmaker under Gen. Averell in
1868. and I believe in this campaign he
commanded a brigade, but L never
knew he was court-martialed.s What
are the facts?"
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE
CUMBERLAND.

The Reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland will take place
at Chattanooga. Oct. 1911. At the
meeting of the Society in 1904 Chatta-
nooga was made its permanent head
quarters The annual address will be
delivered by Col. NJ. III. Fitch, Inspector
General on the staff of Gen. Absalom.
He has q high reputation for scholar
ship, and his address is anticipated with
interest The only surviving corps
commander of the Army of the Cum
berland is our comrade, Maj.-Gen. o.
O. Howard, who will go from Burling-
ton, Vt, to attend. The Southeastern
Passenger Association has granted a
rate of one-cent a mile each way south
of the Ohio River, and equally favor
able. rates are expected from the North
ern lines. Tickets will be good return
ang until midnight, Oct. 80. Gen. Gates
p. Thurston is President and Maj. w. ].
Colburn is acting as Corresponding Sec
Yetary Lieut.. Chas. E. Stivers, the Sec
retary of the Local Executive Commit
tee OF Chattanooga. will give prompt
attention to any inquiries.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

the South has for many years been re-
ceiving the lions share of the River
and Harbor bill and other expenditures
for public works. OF all sections, the
south has the least reason to complain
as TO any burden of pension payments.
THE PERILS OF \ SECRETARY.
On his former hunting trips the
President took with him Secretary
Loeb and the papers had much to say
Of the perils encountered by Mr.. Loeb
from the deadly jack rabbit while the
President was off chasing bobcats,
iaguars and mountain lions. on this
trip Mr.. Loeb has had such important
business to attend to at the White
House that Assistant Maurice c. Latta
has been taken in his place. and now
oresides over the tent in the Tensas
canebrakes, which is the temporary
White House. IN some unaccountable
way, probably due to actual ignorance
Of the conditions, the papers have paid
no attention to the perils TO which this
gentle and amiable young man has
business at the White House know,
Mr. Latta, while being an admirable
Secretary, has one of the gentlest and
most engaging of personalities Young,
tall, slender. with face of sweet seri-
BUSINESS and voice and touch as gen.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
GROUND SQUIRREL OR CHIPMUNK

GROUND SQUIRREL OR CHIPMUNK.
they quote Prof. Hornaday, who says
the chipmunk does not become dor
mant; it comes out in the Winter and
enjoys the light and warmth" In the
West the chipmunk is generally called
the ground squirrel, and is a familiar
object to all the men and boys in the
country. Every one who has lived in
the country has doubtless opinions upon
this subject, and will be ready to give
them. The natural histories say that
the chipmunk or ground squirrel is a
connecting link between the squirrels
proper and the spermophiles or prairie
squirrels. Some people call them also
striped or cheeping squirrels or hachees.
They are from five to six inches long,
with a tail of about four and a half
inches. and five longitudinal black
stripes on the back and sides, not ex-
tending over the rump. The latter is
pale chestnut, with the under parts
white and a down white spot behind the
ears. This is its shape and coloring
from Canada to Virginia. There is a
smaller animal of the same kind called
the Missouri chipmunk. which has the
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
The list and 1s7th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Kindly
publish in The ational Tribune short
histories of the list and 18th ILL.,
David Farquhar, Marquand, Mo
The list Ill. was organized at Chi
cago July %, 1862. to serve three
months, and mustered out Oct. %.
1862. The Colonel was Othneil Gil
bert. 1t lost 23 died from disease.
The 137th Ill. was organized at
Camp Wood June 5, 1864, to serve 100
days, and mustered out at the .xpira-
tion of that term. The Colonel was
John Wood. 1t belonged to the SIX
tonnth Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
and lost seven men killed and 42
wounded in Forests raid on Memphis
in August, 1S64.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Commitments to Our History.

S. H. Fairfield, Alma, Kan, writes: 81
have been a subscriber of your paper
a good many years. L want to say thai
1 prize it more highly than any 1 take
have read the history which you
wrote of the civil war. 1t is in my opin-
ion the finest that has been written
have often wondered where you got
your information in regard to the Mis-
souri, campaign and the condition OF
things at that time. Your account CT
it was almost perfect. 1 have been In
Kansas 81 years, and was ali thru the
border war. I was Military Postmaster
at Kansas City for six months during
those early struggles. am reading now
YOUR history of the Peninsular Cam
paign. which is exceedingly interesting,
and will, 1 believe, go down in history
as truth. Your criticism of the Gener-
ais is just You have put Mcclellan
lust where he belongs in history"
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Section 1854.

Editor National Tribune: I am
anxious to know the provisions of Sec
ton 1854 Revised Statutes, but 1 can
not find lawyer in our town who has
it. 1t refers to the preference given to
old soldiers in examination for civil
service appointments. Would you
kindly inform ME thru your paper?-
o. A. Stubbs, Central City, Neb.
The following is the section:
"Sec. 1854. Persons honorably dis
charged from the military or naval
service by reason of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in
the line of duty. shall be preferred for
appointments to civil offices, provided
they are found to possess the business
capacity necessary for the proper dis
charge of the duties of such ofices."-
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

alarming Gdispatch that the nature fax
ers are sSnceoniore in rebellion. and he
starts with aIIa aspeed to the Presidents
tent. that the big snapper will get in
his deadly work, seize the Secretary as
he ATTEMPTS to rush by, drag him down
to the dark waters. where number
of snapper friends have been invited
10 comerfor an informal luncheon. and
that viii, be the grewsome end of a
yourg pan ,ef great promise. whose
SWEEP, sympathetic smile has been the
Joy and bright rainbow of promise to
the offifSSi7seekfrs thronging the White
House nLet ans all devoutly pray that
this direful calamity may not come,
but at the same time have manly forti-
tude to confront the sad possibilities
of such a happening.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Dalton, Ga.

Editor National Tribune: Who was
the commander at Dalton, Ga, in the
Spring of 1865? l was in the detach-
ment sent out from Dalton TO Spring.
town to break up the guerrillas, and We
certainly broke them up in fine style.
tho | came near being captured.-J. Fl.
Mcpherson.
The commander at Dalton in March,
1865, was Col. Hiram F. Sickles. 147th
Ill. March 13 the guerrillas captured
five railroad hands. and Col. Sickles sent
out small detachment under Maj.
Bush, using all of the horses and mules
in the post to mount the men upon
The detachment met a force of about
20 mounted Confederates, and had a
sharp little fight with them, in which
they killed two and captured one. losing
one man wounded.-Editor National
Tribune
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

Pennsylvanians have been much in
arrested in a case made by the Dairy
and Food Department against Charles
Kephart, of Altoona, on the charge of
selling dried peaches containing sui
phurous acid. The trial was interesting
on account of the determination of the
amount of preservatives to be allowed
in food products, as it involves the ques-
ton of the use of sulphur in all dried
fruits. The chief chemist testified that
he found five grains of sulphurOus acid
in two pounds of dried peaches. This
seems an infinitesimal amount. as it will
be recalled by those of the present gem
Grafton that their mothers We're in the
habit of administering a spoonful or
sulphur to them at almost any old time.
The amount of sulphur is not really the
question at issue but the effect of sui
phur upon fruit tissues. Does it change
them so as to make them harmfully in
digestible? All preservatives render
food indigestible by stopping the neces-
sary digestive fermentation in the stom-
ach. There was no defense, n fine of
$50 was imposed, and an appeal was
taken, and the question will row go to
the Supreme Court.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
The 8Ath Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me brief history of my regiment. the
64th Ohio.-A. D. Holcomb, New Lex
ington, o.
The 6ith Ohio was organized at Camp
Buckingham from NV s, 1861, and
mustered out at different times to May
81, 1865, with the veterans and recruits
retained in service until Dec 3, 1866
Col. James w. Forsyth. of the Regular
Army, was discharged Jan. 1, 1852; Col.
John Ferguson was dismissed; Col.
Alexander McIlvain was killed at Rocky
Face Ridge, and Lieut.-Col Samuel NJ.
Wolff was in command when the regi-
ment was mustered out. The regiment
belonged to Newton's Division, Fourth
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and
lost ia killed and 100 died from dis
ease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

There will be general qualification at
the acquittal of Senator Borah, of Idaho,
of the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the Government out of valuable Idaho
timber lands. The case was submitted
without argument on the part of the
defense, and the jury was out just long
enough to take one ballot. The verdict
was greeted by cheers and applause,
which the court officials made no effort
to restrain. The charge was clearly the
work OF political enemies and those who
wished to make prejudice against him
in the prosecution of the Haywood case.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
DEATH OF MRS. nRECkINnIDGE.

A memory of far-away things, forgot
ten by nine-tenths of the present gener-
alton, comes with the news of the death
of Mrs. Mary C. Breckenridge. widow
of Gen. John C. Breckenridge, who died
Oct. s in New York, at the age of 81.
She was born in Scott County, KY, and
married to her husband as long ago as
1S43. Few women who lived saw
greater vicissitudes in her lifetime.
When she married Breckenridge he
seemed a darling of fortune. and all the