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The National tribune., 1907-10-24
NAMES PENSION LAW.

The last session of the Maine Legis-
is now law:
Section /. Any person who has served
b. enlistment in the Army or Navy of
the United States in the war of 1861,
on the .aota of Maine, any person not
on the quota of Maine who has served
in the Army or Navy of the United
States in said war, ana who was Il resi-
dent of this State at date of enlistment
and at time of making application for
pension shall have been a resident of
the State at least five years, also any
person who has served by enlistment in
the Army or Navy of the United States
in the War with Spain, on the quota of
Maine, and who has been disabled by
disease, wounds or other injuries con-
.racted or received in said service, and
who is unable from his own resources
and the United States pension to obtain
a livelihood for himself and those de-
pendent upon him, shall be entitled to
a pension from the State, not exceed
ing IS, provided he has been honorably
| discharged from said service. No such
pension shall be paid by this State to
persons residing in other States.
Sec. 2. The widow during her widow
| hood, orphan children under IL years,
| of age, orphan minor children over IL
| :
| disabled by accident or chronic sick
ness, or the dependent child, parent or
| sister of any soldier or seaman de-
ceased, are entitled to the same pen
sion as is provided in the preceding sec
ton and under similar conditions, pro-
vided that not more than sS month
shall be paid one family
| Sec. 3. The two preceding sections do
not include any soldier or seaman who
was not resident of this State at the
time of entering the service, or who has
not since become a resident thereof.
Sec. 4. Any citizen of Maine who
served in the drafted quota of the mill
| tia in the Aroostook War, has been
honorably discharged and has been un-
able from his own resources to obtain
a livelihood for himself and those de-
pendent upon him, shall be entitled 10
a pension from the State of 81 month
The same shall be paid in accordance
with the regulations provided in the
following sections.
| Sec. S. The execution of this chapter
| devolyes upon the Governor and Coun-
Gil. who shall regulate the proof re-
quired to entitle applicants to the bene-
fit thereof. and shall issue certificates
| therefor.
Sec. 6. Upon the issue of such certif-
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
NEED FOR RADICAL REFORMS.

Every days developments in the
| financial world brings new and stronger
support to the Presidents attitude in
| insisting that business generally in this
country shall be brought back to a safe
and sane basis. There was imminent
need of radical housecleaning in the
business world when such rottenness as
that which has been developed in the
| investigation of the traction affairs in
New York remained so long undiscov-
cred. The vigorous probing by the Pub
lie Service Commission shows that un-
der guise of making improvements and
safe investments a lot of ''financiers''
have made away with over S1.000,O00
Of other peoples money in the Metro
politan Securities Company. Lawyer
WINS. who is managing the investiga-
ton, thinks that he has only made a
beginning, and is now on the track of
a S250,O00 check for which there is no
reliable accounting.
Still more to the point and bearing
directly upon this urgent need of busi-
ness reforms are the sensational revela-
itSdiuiii5 Tie opeleitiohS VI Il
Augustus Heinze and his brothers.
Heinze has been the great copper king
in the West, and his operations there
have been of really royal magnificence,
since they involved the mastering of
real armies of men, and the fighting of
pitched battles for the possession of
mines. The method of the Heinzes in
banking has been similar to that of Mr..
Hartman in railreading. After get
ting control of one bank they used its
money and securities to get control of
the stock of another bank, which they
thru an endless chain 1t passeth the
understanding that this operation
should go on as long as it has, but at
last the New York Clearing House Com
mittee called a halt and set examiners
to work. Fortunately it was found that
the assets of the banks which had been
put thru this operation had not been
seriously impaired, tho one of them,
the Mercantile National Bank, very
large institution, was found to be in q
highly critical situation. The other two
large banks were the National Bank of
North America and the New Amsterdam
National Bank. The magnitude of these
institutions is shown by the National
Bank of North America having loans to
the amount of s15,O00,000 and s13,-
100000 of deposits while the New AM
;terdam Bank had s4,474.000 loans and
s4,945, 900 deposits. The cash reserve
Of all these institutions had been inn
paired below the legal limit. All the
HeinZes and their accomplces. the
Thomas brothers and c. w. Morse have
been compelled to withdraw from the
directorate of every bank and corpora
ton in which they were. The Mefcan
tile National Bank is only kept from
suspending by the other bankers carry
ing it along. which they have now done
to the amount of s1,137,000. The 'ex-
pectation is to reorganize it with men
at the head in whom the people can
have confidence. All this salutary'
housekeeping is an exceedingly bitter
pill for such reckless financiers, and
will be a wholesome lesson to others
who have emulated their "Napoleonic"
ideas of finance.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

What is threatening to call halt in
railroad legislation and check untenl-
pered screamers whose sole stock in
trade is empty vituperation of railroads
In general is strong demand for more
railroads, especially in the South and
West West Virginia alone wants 1000
miles more of railroads, and it is esti-
mated there is strong need of $4,000
miles of railroad between the Potomac
and the Rio Grande. The people who
want these railroads desire, of course.
that they shall be properly regulated by
an intelligent law giving the builders
and those who put their money in rail-
roads certain and sufficient return
upon ther investment. They are nat
urally disposed to be impatient with
men who simply yell denunciation at
railroads
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
Rebel Artillery Captured.

Editor National Tribune: On July 5,
1863, 800 Of the 18th Pa. Cav. and 100
of the 1st N. Y. Uincoln) captured n
wagon train and three pieces of artil-
lery at Cunningham Crossroads, and
the claim is made by comrades that
that was the only artillery lost by Gen.
Lee in his Gettysburg campaign. VIII
you place me right in this matter? If
Albert Grove or Henry Swope, who were
once members of the 18th Pa. Cav. and
S7th Pa, are living, 1 would like to
hear from them. The State of Penn
sylvania has appropriated $4,000 to
erect a monument at Winchester, Va,
and as the 18th Pa. Cav. and S7th Pa
have comrades buried there we might
meet each other there next Fall. All
other States who have soldiers buried at
Winchester. Va, have monuments except
Pennsylvania, but Pennsylvania has
more dead buried there than any other
State. as / understand 1t. and 1t is time
we get there before we are all gone
Maiden Valentine. Altoona. Pa
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

DIR. Edward A. Ayers, a physician oil
standing, is an alarmist of the first or
der. He asserts that the mosketos last
year killed 250,O00 Americans by in
fecting them with malaria, yellow fever
beri-beri, dengue and other terrible dis
eases. DR.. Ayers's alarm will have
good effect, however, in inducing the
general drainage of stagnant water AMI
bettering the surroundings of our cities.
If some other physician should sound a
general alarm on the diseases commune
Gated by rats. we might get rid of those
vermin, and save the country every
year more than its Army and Navy
cost
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

The people of Porto Rico are ex-
ceedingly disappointed because we are
not taking more of their coffee. They
claim that it is much superior to any
other coffee that can be gotten, and
since they have lost their former
monopoly in Cuba and Spain they are
suffering because of lack of market
in the United States. For some reason
there has been a sharp decline of i'm
ports of Porto Rican coffee into the
United States. In 190i these amounted
to 2,415.559 pounds while in 1906 there
were only 303,455 pounds. The higher
grade of Porto Rican coffee has q
strong, peculiar flavor, of which the
Spaniards are very fond, but up to
which Americans are not educated
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

cate THE Treasurer of the city, town or
plantation where the pensfoner resides
shall ttss notifed thereof, and shall pay
quarterly frem the Treasury of said
city, town or plantation. to the PEN
sioner,i then amount specified and for
the time specified in said certificate,
and tdke vouchers therefor. and the
same shall be reimbursed to said Treas
urer ff6m the Treasury OF the State.
Sec.iF. The necessary blanks shall be
issued TO tfiti Mayors of cities. Select
men Gfitowns and Assessors of planta-
tions. as the Governor may direct, and
the expense of printing and distribution
shall be paid out of the Treasury of
the State. q
| Sec.tS. N0Ibfiicer of any city, town or
plantation shall receive any fees or
compensation from the State for SER
vices performed under this chapter or
in carrying its provisions into effect.
PENNSYLVANIA IN THE REVOLUTION.
In recent article in The National
Tribune giving the number of troops
furnished to the Revolutionary Army
there was one of those slips which
will occur in the best-regulated offices.
which left Pennsylvania out entirely, a
great injustice, as the Pennsylvania
troops We're in the Revolution as in all
other wars, spIendidly reliable part
of the army. Like all the other Colo
nies, Pennsylvania's quota varied greatly
from year to year, but she was always
strongly represented in proportion to
her population. The census of 1890,
taken seven years after the treaty of
peace, showed Pennsylvania to have a
proportion of these were Quakers, who
did not believe in the war. In 1875 she
sent 400 men into the army and the
next year had 1895. or more than any
other Colony, except Massachusetts and
Connecticut. AS the army at that time
numbered S9,761, she had more than
one-ninth of the entire number. In
common with the other Colonies, her
contingent dwindled in numbers during
the war until in 1882 she had but 1895
men out of the $4,000 then in the Con-
tinental army. AT that time the Massa-
Connecticut 1,732, New York 1,19S, and
Virginia 2.204. Pennsylvania furnished
some of the best officers to the Conti-
mental army, among them Ma. Gen. r.
y. G. Muhlenburg, splendid type of
the German Lutherans who did so much
to make Pennsylvania what she is. Gen.
Mad Anthony Wayne, who might be
called the w. S. Hancock of the Revo-
luton, and was one of the most bril-
liant commanders. was Pennsylva-
nian, born in Chester County.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
TIE DEATH OF MRS. MARY J
HOLMES.

The death of Mrs. Mary J. Holmes
again illustrates how little one-half Of
the world knows of what the other half
reads. fdMrsl Holmes was the authoress
of 80 novels which have had the Wild
est CIRCULATION in the country, and yet
few peopleNwil confess to ever having
read one. z She began with Tempest
and Sunshine" published in 1854, and
ended with d'Connie's Mistake" in 1905.
Every librarian in the country will say
that there Is steady and decided de-
mand for Mrs. Holiness books, and her
publishers have made fortunes out of
them. ioThere are all manner of ex-
plantations of this success, which has
been entirely Independent of the critics.
the newspapers and what is usually
termed 'the reading public" The best
explanation is probably that she had n
real story to tell, one which appealed
to the sympathies of the readers, and
they read it, despite her style was crude
and her sentences trite and hackneyed
Her heroines were always fragile young
ladies with intellectual minds" Her
heroes were tall and broad-shoulder-
ed," who could lift the light forms of
the girls as if they had been feather
weights" Her bad women were gross
iy bad and hypocritica1, and her scoun-
drels revealed their innate wickedness
by throwing Bibles across the room and
otherwise mistreating the sacred book.
Her novels may not be literature" but
was ever made the worse by reading
them
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
Philadelphia has had a taste of what

Philadelphia has had taste of what
unlimited Chinese immigration means
in 4 deliberate assassination accomplish
ed by hired murderers brought clear
from San Francisco. 1t was fight be-
tween two Chinese societies or tongs,
and the object of the murder was to
prevent testimony being given to con-
vict former murderers. Two very inn
portant witnesses were killed, but the
police, tho taken by surprise, succeeded
in capturing a number of presumable
criminals, who had strong evidence
upon them in the shape of loaded re-
volvers and empty cartridges. The next
difficulty will be to get Chinese to swear
against these criminals. as the spectacle
of the two dead witnesses will have a
strongly deterring effect.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
WASHINGTON, D. c.. OCT. "a. 1907
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address. 4
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

Every day brings fresh testimony to
the growing effectiveness of our Grand
Jury system. Last week the Grand
Jury, in st. Louis indicted both an actor
and poet. More power to the Grand
Jury! II it keeps on in this way this
country will soon be much better one
TO live in.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

Miss Jeanes's bequest of $4,000. 900 10
that il shall give up athletics of all
kinds, has been fruitful theme OF dis
cussioa by the papers. All manner of
advice has been offered to the faculty,
and they have been vigorously inter-
viewed. From this it is gathered that
the faculty is not at all disposed to ac-
cept Miss Jeanes's gift with the condi-
tions. They are reported TO have said
that tho they will not be ready to de-
eide until December. that not all OF
Wall Streets gold will tempt them 10
give up intercollegiate sports. Some OF
the papers incline to have Swarthmore
College accept the conditions. and Civ.
an exhibition of how a college may be
able to get along without athlstics The
$3,000.000 might be expended in direc-
tions TO make the college possibly more
attractive than sports would. However
this is doubted. Into this discussion
come severe animadyersions against
people who will try to fetter their be.
quests to colleges with conditions thai
limit the colleges freedom of action
This seems entirely unjust Miss Jeanes
for example, may be excessively old
maidish as to athletics, and her seueam
ishness about boys getting hurt may b'
ridiculous. Undoubtedly it is. All tn,
same, the money was hers to give a.
she chose or withhold. If she wante,
to have an institution where athletic
would be excluded, she had the righ
to will that her money should be s,
used. and the people who do not wan
to comply with the conditions have NJ
right to grumble If they don't get tn,
money,
The National tribune., 1907-10-24
COL. LEOPOLD MARKBREIT.

Record-Conhned for Months ms q
Hostage In nm Underground Dungeo..
A Brilliant Civil Career.
Col. Leopold Markbreit, President of
the Cincinnati Volksblatt Company, was
born in Vienna, Austria, March 13, 1912.
and is son of Leopold and Jane
(Abele) Markbreit. The family came
to America in 1s4S, and located in Gin
cinnati. where the father died in 1s4s.
The mother of our subject survived un-
til March 80. 1890 OF the children
three survive-Leopold, Mrs. Gen.
kautz and j. Markbreit.
Col. Markbreit received his education
in the public schools of Philadelphia.
SanduslSy. o., and Cincinnati after
which he read law with his brother-in-
law, Hon. Frederick Hassaurek After
being admitted to the bar he became
member of the law firm of r. B.
Hayes (afterward President of the
United States) & Ma.kbreit. The firm
was dissolved by both members enter
ing the army soon after the outbreak of
the rebellion. Col. Markbreit served
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

Those who think they can look into
the future say they see a deep water
channel from Chicago to New Orleans
lined with heavy concrete walls all the
way.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

Upton Sinclair, the Socialist, and the
author of the grewsome "Jungles," which
led to the Chicago packing house ex-
pose seems to be vide ranger. Ap-
parently he is now preparing TO give
an equally lurid, soul-sickening picture
of New York society, and is carrying
his preparations to the utmost verge OF
realism. He was recently disguised as
a household servant in the Vanderbilt
livery at the seaside home of Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. A fellow-servant
caught him making notes, whereupon
he was given the grand bounce and con-
fessed to his identity.
The National tribune., 1907-10-24

The production of gold in the United
States continues to increase, and the
figures for 1906 amount to s94,373, 500,
against sSS,1S0,7O0 for 1905, a gain of
$6,193.100 Two-thirds of the gain was
in Nevada, while Colorado showed a
loss of s2,766.700. Montana, Califor-
mia, South Dakota, Washington, Idaho.
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Wyoming showed also a decreased pro-
duction, but Virginia's little mines
showed an increase of from $4,000 to
$4,000. The production of silver show
ed a slight increase, with a total pro-
duction of 56,517,90O fine ounces, worth
s3S,256, 400. Arizona, California, Ida
no and Utah all showed gains in silver.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
ken YE BURNS ?" ASKED SMITH.

him Smith was great admirer of
Burns and had fine collection of
Burns manuscripts and editions.
That was Calls cue. He walked
over to the garden, found Smith
and talked of many things. At the
proper time, delicately and unob-
trusively, he introduced the subject
of Burns.
"There was the poet" he said.
"FOr fine sentiment he has them
all beaten. l read my Burns every
day."
''Ken We Burns?" asked Smith,
much interested.
81 should think | did," proclaim
ed the enthusiastic Call. "Whv, |
know most of his poems by heart.
They can have their other poets,
but as for me, give me Jimmie
Burns
Jimmie Burns" snorted the ell
ragged Smith. Jimmie Burns!
Augh! Billie Washington! Char
lie Napoleon! Sammie jefferson!
Get out of me sight, ye ignoramusp
And Call never did get his palms.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
cLubI,.,

l. tal Name two beliefs concerning
the nature of the globe that were held
by Europeans of Columbus time.
(b) Name two causes that led to the
establishment of settlements in America.
2. What part of America was ex-
Plored by Balboa, Cabot, Lewis and
Clarki Give the approximate date of
the explorations of each.
3. In the Revolution. how did the
British plan to get possession of the
South! Why did their plan failf
4. Discuss briefly: British imprison.
ment of American seamen under Wash
ington's administration.
8. When was the Louisiana Purchase
madsi Name four states formed from
this territory.
Q. Why would it have been inadvis-
able for Lincoln to issue the Emanci-
patton proclamation earlier than in
1857
7. Give an account of one of the fol-
lowing: the battle of New Orleans
(lSl5); the capture of New Orleans
(ls62).
8. What is meant by "the spoils sys.
tenn When was it introducedf What
was the attitude of President HAYES
toward this system!
8. Explain the process of naturali-
zation.
10. When and how did Hawaii come
to be annexed to the United Statesi
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
GEOGRAPHY.

l. Locate the Tropic of Capricorn
the Antarctic Circle. Over what nor
tion of the earth are the suns rays
vertical on June 2lst!
z. Compare and account for the diff.
ference in, the climate of the east anC
west coasts of the United States.
3. Bound: Canada ON the south
Russia on the west; Brazil ON the
North
4. What are isothermal lines3 Why
are they not parallelH
5. What is watershed? A river
basin! An estuary? Give an illustra.
tion of each in South America.
0. With tegard to the State OF
Washington, note; its elevation, its eli,
mate, its railroad connections with the
east, its exported products.
T. In what ways could you make a
comparison of the islands of New Zeal.
and and Madagascar valuable to a geog.
raphy class!
8. What political relations now exist
between the United States and Hawaii &?
Philippine Islands! Cubat
8. In Ohio, what and where is each
OF the following; Adena, Maumee, Ser.
pent Mound?
10. Name three cities on each of the
following rivers and state one important
fact concerning each: Danube, Missis.
Sippi,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

In those ancient days Walter
Wellman, even then a hunter after
the north pole, was one of the most
assiduous of the players that as
sembled every night in the poker
room of the Press club. Mr.. Well
man was ever cautious player, and
it was the irritated and ANNOYED
Colonel Sterrett who spread con-
tlnuously the rumor that Mr.. Well
man was man who could be easily
induced to quit the game when his
stack of chips had grown to respect
able proportions. Colonel Sterrett
declared that he had made list of
the excuses offered by Mr.. Wellman
for breaking away from the game
while still a winner and that Mr..
Wellman had never repeated him
self.
1t was while Mr.. Wellman was
preparing for one of his dashes for
the pole that he met Colonel Ster-
rett in Shoemaker's and insisted on
telling at great length of the prep
arations he had made for resisting
the arctic cold. Quite a little crowd
gathered and listened attentively.
Then Colonel Sterrett spoke.
Walter, you have told us with
great circumstantiaIity of the meth
Cd to be adopted by you to prevent
your face being Frozen" said Colo
mel Sterrett. "That is the last thing
that concerns us. What we want to
know, Walter, is how in thunder
you are going to keep your feet
warm "-New York Telegram.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
SERPENT I'I POISON.
The Venom of the Cobra Is Deadly Al.
most Beyond Belief.

1t was in the autumn of 1891
that Calrnet;e, while acting as di-
rector of the meteorological insti-
tute of Saigon, Cochin China. first
commenced his experiments on the
naturalization of serpent venom in
the animal system. He had excep-
tional opportunities in the matter
of serpent venom wherewith to car
ry out his investigations, iaasmlch
, as band of cobras had recently ut-
tackled village in the vicinity Of
Baclieu, and by order of the gov
ernor of the district no fewer than
ninety specimens of the terrible Ma
ia tripudians, or cobra de capello,
were forwarded in barrel to the
institute.
Forty of thes reptiles arrived
alive, and several were at once sac
riticed to secure their venom glands.
Each gland, resembling both in size
and shape Il shelled almond, con
tains about thirty drops of venom,
and in this transparent limpid liquor
is embodied toxin of extraor-
dinary strength. AS is well known,
this cobra is the most dreaded of
all serpents, and it is widely dis
tributed over India, Burma, Suma-
ira, Java, Malacca and Cochin Chi
ma. Until Calmette, however, set
to work to Systematically study the
nature of this reptiles venom but
little precise or reliable informa-
ton had been obtained as to its
character. 1t was, of course. nee
essary in the first instance to as
certain, within as narrow a limit as
possible, the, exact degree of toxic
power inherent in the venom and to
determine if possible the precise
dose lethal in respect of each varie-
ty of animal experimental upon.
A correct calculation of the guam
tity of venom required in every case
was, however, found to be quite i'm
possible, for so virulent is the
poison that single drop of an
emulsion produced by pounding up
eight glands in 800 grams of dis
titled water is sufficient, when in
troduced into the vein of rabbits
ear, to kill it in five minutes. All
the mammals to which Calmette ad- |
ministered this cobra venom, such |
as monkeys, dogs, rabbits, guinea
pigs and rats, succumbed more or |
less quickly, according to the size
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