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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13
HUNGARIAN ALLIANCES.

The marriage,of one Vanderbilt wo-
man to Hungarian nobleman and the
announcement of the engagement of
another calls attention TO the financial
condition of the Hungarian nobility. The
Hungarian aristbcracy is suffering the
same impoyerishment thru competition
with the wheat fields of America and
elsewhere that has brought the old
British families to such a low financial
condition. The ruling class in Hungary
are the Magyars, a race akin to the
ruling class in Turkey. These Magyars
at an early date seized all the lands in
the fertile Danube Valley. which is sur
rounded by high mountain walls, form
ing what is known as the Hungarian
Basin. They, in one way or another,
secured millions of Slavs people of the
Russian blood, to work these lands, and
they held them very much in the con-
dition of the slaves in the South. AT
one time they had a virtual monopoly
of the wheat market in central Europe,
and could get what prices they pleased
for their grain. For centuries the
"Banat," as it is called, was the gran
airy of Europe" and the price of grain
was largely regulated by the crops there
and the prices demanded for them.
Then competition began with the Amer
lean wheat fields, later the Russians
and others entered with enormous crops
of wheat, and the price of the grain
steadily fell until at one time, it will be
remembered, wheat sold for SO cents
Ia bushel. The Magyar landholders. of
whom Count Szechenyi, who married
Miss Vanderbilt, is type, had to give
up their style of living in unlimited lux
ury and come down to exceedingly short
commons. 1t is reported that the broth
er of Count Szechenyi has sailed for
Europe with some $1,000. 900 in good
Vanderbilt checks to repair his dilapi-
dated castle and put the estate in fair
order. Now comes the news that a
Vanderbilt widow, Mrs. Cornelius VAN
derbilt, is betrothed to another dilapi-l
dated Magyar noble, Count Hadik, and
he will get her $1,000, 300 to restore his
rundown castle and surroundings to-
something of the former magnificence.
There is something of retribution in
this, as the Vanderbilt fortune was
largely made up in carrying Western
grain to market at such rates as broke
down the monopoly of the Magyar land
holders and wrecked their fortunes.
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WARNING TO POSTS.

Commander-in-Chie Charles G. Bur
ton. in General Orders No. 3, finds il
necessary TO remind the Posts of rigid
rule governing our Order in regard to
matters of pension legislation. Para
graph Ill of the order reads:
"At the 18th National Encampment
1884. the following was adopted: Re.
solved. That all petitions. resolution.
and memorials by Posts in regard to
pension legislation be required to bt
forwarded to National Headquarterf
thru the Department Headquarters, and
that Posts be forbidden to make sep.
arate and independent applications Il
Congress for legislation upon the sub
ject Of pensions This resolution ha,
been readopted by four subsequent Ma
tional Encampments. Posts will govern
themselves accordingly"
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LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND THEN
on THAT.

| In that dreary Winter of 1865 the
prisoners of war in Andersonville, Flor
ence, Salisbury and elsewhere were ly-
ing on the cold sand, without shelter,
without blankets. without fire, without
any food beyond a pint or so of coarse
cornmeal, and without salt or meat.
They were huddled together worse than
| any farmer or stock man would pack
animals. A farmers own self-interest,
if nothing else, would prevent him from
crowding beasts together where the
| foulness of the ground would carry
| them off by disease. In the midst of
heavily-wooded country, the prisoners
were denied even the material from
which to construct for themselves shell
Ter, and to make fires to warm their
emaciated and frozen bodies. While
| these conditions existed in all of the
prisons of the Southern Confederacy,
we have the following report of the Off
Ger who inspected the great Union pris-
on at Point Lookout, Md:
Headquarters District of st. Mary's.
Point Lookout, Nd, April 2, 1865.
Brig. Gen. James Barnes, Command
ing District of st. Mary's.
"Sir: l have the honor to submit the
following inspection report of the con-
dition of the prisoners of war at this
station for the week ending April 2,
1865:
Conduct, good: cleanliness, good;
clothing, fair: bedding, one blanket to
each man; state of quarters, good; state
| of messhouse, good; state of kitchen,
clean and in good order: food, quality
of. good; food, quantity of, fair and I'm
accordance with regulations; water,
good; sinks, clean and in good condi-
| ton; police of grounds, good; drainage,
| fair; police of hospital, good; attend
ance of sick. good; there are 35S at
PENDANTS: hospital diet, good; same as
| that of U. S. Hospital; general health
of prisoners. good: vigilance of guard,
good.
Remarks and suggestions: There
We're received during the week 4,040
prisoners of war at this station, as fol-
lows:
From Fortress Monroe, Va, 1862;
from City Point, Va. 3.043; from Wash
ington, d. c., 149; from u. S. General
Hospital at this post. 100; from New
Berne, n. c.. 566. Transferred to Wash
ington. d. c.. 10 officers. ParoIed and
transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va, for
| exchange, 500 prisoners of war. Re-
leased upon taking the oath. four pris-
| oners. The average rate of mortality
| for the week was four and one-seyenth
per day.
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
"a. G. Brady, Major and Provost Mar
shall. Inspecting Officer.
Remarks by Commanding Officer
Respectfully forwarded. have nothing
Of particular importance to add to this
report.
Respectfully referred to the Com
missary-General of Prisoners.
-. Barnes. Brigadier-General, District
| OF st. Mary's."
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The battle royal on the temperance
question is 10 come off IN the chief
center of liquor making and liquor
drinking. 1t shows most significantly
for the progress of the temperance
movement that such battle is even
possible in Chicago, where "a per cent
of the population are foreign born and
s. per cent of the native population are
of foreign parentage. Among these the
Germans are most numerous. the Irish
coming next. followed by the Swedes,
Norwegians, Bohemians. Poles and
Canadians. The fight which will come
MI at the Spring elections is 10 be over
two referenda. The liquor men will
propose one referendum as TO Sunday
closing and the temperance people will
propose the other on local option by
wards and districts. The fight will be
q bitter one, and the result awaited With
much interest
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

A letter from our good comrade, Ly-
man e. Stowe, "a Mich, Detroit, Mich,
says that he is talking up The National
Tribune to people outside the Grand
Army as the best, most comprehensive
and impartial vehicle Of news from
Washington. We hope that other rcm-
rades will do the same. The National
Tribune as an advocate of justice to
soldiers and their widows should have
an extensive circulation outside of the
veterans themselves. for wherever taken
it influences the people at large in favor
of necessary measures. Wherever the
veterans can help its circulation they
are helping themselves in the most eff
fective way by increasing the number
of their friends and bringing the argu-
ments in favor Of Justice in favor Of
veterans and their wives to bear upon
those who make public opinion and in
fiuence Congress. Every subscriber that
veteran can get outside the ranks If
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

1t is interesting to learn that aduiter-
ating food products is not the result of
civilization. but is practiced among the
peoples in the lowest stage. Our Con-
sul-General at Mexico City says that
the practice of adulterating the Ma
tional drink, pulque, is universal Rice,
pieces of old leather and all such things
are found in it, and this adulteration
extends to the bottled liquor The liquor
is sold at about two cents quart. The
temperance idea is taking strong hold
of the Mexicans, and they are trying to
restrict the enormous consumption of
this liquor, and one way is to find some
other use for the maguey plant, so as
to get another source of revenue for the
planters. Pulque drinking has the same
evils as beer drinking, and detariorates
the system quite as rapidly Restrictive
laws have been passed to prevent the
sale of pulque which is more than "a
hours old, but these laws are eyaded.
There is the usual talk about drinking
pulque for its medicinal effects, precise
ly as we hear about drinking beer for
health. All intelligent Mexican physi-
clans deny that the liquor has any food
or medicinal value. It has a distinct
and prejudicial effect on the kidneys.
the same as beer. ane the constant
drinker finds his body rotting precisely
as the constant drinker of beer does
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

The anti-railroad fight in the South
has taken an unexpected turn in a COM
promise by the Georgia Railroad Com
mission establishing fiat rate of two
and half cents mile for all passen-
ger fares in the State. This is the re-
suit of the conference of the Governors,
and probably will at once become the
rule turnout the South. AS the rail-
roads of the South do not have the
density of traffic by amy means of those
in the central portion of the country, it
is possible that two and half cents a
mile is as fair a rate for them as two
cents would be for the roads in New
York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois.
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The I'd Ind. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the I'd Ind. Cav
Alexander Mcdonald. Sewickley, Pa.
Indianapolis, Sept 20, 1851, and finally
mustered out July %, 1865. 1t was
first commanded by Col John A.
Bridgeland. who resigned May %. 1862.
and after him by Col. Edward McCook.
of the Regular Army, who was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier-General April ~,
1864. Lieut.-Col. James W. Stewart
then took command, retaining the same
till Oct. 4, 1862. when he was mustered
out. At the time of muster-out the
regiment was under the command OF
Maj. Roswell s. Hill, brevetted Major
March IS. 1855. 1t belonged to NC
Cooks Division, Cav. Corps. and lost
AZ killed and PA from disease, ETC.
Editor National Tribune.
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AS The National Tribune has fire

AS The National Tribune has fire.
quently pointed out, the finances of ia
pan are in very uncomfortable shape,
with the war debt pressing so heavily
upon everyone in the Empire that strong
retrenchment is necessary The latest
news is that the japanese administra-
ton is going at this work heroicalIy,
and has already pruned $500 900 off
of the annual budget This is the best
answer to the war clamor that could be
made. OF all the countries in the world
Japan is now least prepared for another
war. The overwhelming feature in her
policy must be preparation for the in
evitable time when Russia gets in shape
for another war, and prepares to take
back Manchuria and Korea. In the
face of this any little squabble about
school children in San Francisco or the
admission of japanese coolies to our
labor market is insignificant to the last
degree. Furthermore. with all the va
porting there is in Japan about the
japanese being treated as equals, it is
a fact that not only the United States,
but Canada and Australia, are deter
minedly opposed to the free influx of
japanese labor, and, therefore. if Japan
started on crusade for this she would
have job of appalling dimensions be-
fore her.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13
DEAR TOM LAWLER,
A Tribute to His Memory From a Life
Leng Friend.

Long Friend.
Il am sorry he is gone" Such is tho
feeling and such the expression that
rise spontaneously to the lips of all
Grand Army men. Yet We know that
after life's long battles he sleeps well,
and as he is only one of the rear guard
which is constantly crossing the Jordan,
We say, Peace to him"
Thomas G. LAWYER enlisted in 1861
in Co. z of the 18th Ill, a private SOL
der. young, gallant, adventurous, full
of the mettle that marks heroic souls.
He served with that regiment thru the
tremendous campaigns of the West, Gull
minating as they did at Shiloh. at Muir
freesboro, at Stone River, at Chatta-
nooga, at Chickamauga- What a list Of
strife. of peril and Of splendor, And
thru it all he bore himself so as to
elicit the affection <and regard of COM
rades and commanders. and at last nc
was advanced to the headquarters OF
the Fourteenth Corps. remaining on
duty with that fighting organization IN
til the close of the war.
This is the brief outline of th
vices of that slender lad, whose
hair and long black mustache
mounting his swarthy face ms
WHO knew MN Always IQlnk OF
and all the passing years that tr1esg
him an enlarged frame and load a.
down with the weight of maturi
mainly did not AXE from that
battle life and the splendid oh
to high emprise.
When the Grand Army was rev, son
lied in the State of Hin, : ctter its
disastrous disruption. Tom was a mem
Der of Post /. at Rockford, and so he
remained until the close of his life, al
ways with his Post, always at his post,
a simple soldier. Altho he had con-
ferred upon him the honor of election
to the Commandership of the Post, 10
the Communicating of the great De-
partment of Illinois, and finally to the
Commandership-in-C of the Grand
Army of the Republic, yet while bear
ing all these positions and receiving all
these honors he was still Tom Lawler,
of Post l, Rockford, Ill.
His comradeship soon learned to rec
ogniZe his devotion and his steadfast-
ness in their interests, and there was
no voice of them all which swayed
hearts and judgments of the men of
the Grand Army of the Republic more
effectively than did his When he rose
in public assembly or in private session
closest attention was bestowed upon
him. and he spoke most upyaryingly the
final and decisive words of counsel OF
leadership and of advice. What more
can be said of him? Under the flag
that he loved so well, under the tender
care of the organization OF which he
was SO proud. he sleeps in Ire State of
his home, his youth, his maturity and
his age. Whether monument shall be
raised to him or whether over him the
prairie grass shall grow and flowers
planted by loving hands while the spot
remembered shall blossom is matter
of Indifference. The mans record MADE
here will be remembered while the
history of the patriotism of the coun-
try is kept alive, and while the story of
the Grand Army Of the Republic is re-
peated.
For wha, he did and was we love
him.
Green be the grass above thee,
Friend of our stalwart days;
None knew thee but 10 love thee,
None named thee but to praise"
John c. Black.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13
WILL HURT ATLANTA.

The vicious action of the Georgia
Daughters of the Confederaey will hurt
Atlanta far more than anyone or any
| thing else. Atlanta is an active appli
cant for a big slice out of the Treasury
to build a boulevard around the city,,
following the lines of the Notifications.
1t is estimated that this viii! cost about
s., 900, 900. and if the boulevard is made
it will be OF incalculable benefit to an
immense area Of farming property
which will be brought into the market
at city prices for villas and suburban
residences. Quite a large ring of At
lanta real estate spectators are behind
this pressure for an appropriation which
they reasonably hope will make many
millions for them. The foolish action
of those women will set congressman
against the proposition, and if the peo-
pie of the North assert themselves, as
they are likely to do. no Congressman
from the North will dare vote for such
an appropriation. Another thing: At
lanta has been preparing to go to To-
ledo, and invite the National Encamp-
ment to be held in their city in 1909.
This would be of immense benefit to
the business and real estate interests in
Atlanta, and bring many desirable set
tiers there and help develop the coun-
try. If this agitation from the Wirz
Monument continues, the Atlanta dele
CATION might as well stay at home. The
National Encampment is filled with vet
Grams who had an experience in Ander-i
sonville, they were fully acquainted with
Wirz and the ranking memories will
be stirred to fresh flame by this hero
worship of the cruel scoundrel who was
the instrument of all their sufferings.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

Ex-Secretary McAdoo, formerly Con-
gresham from New Jersey, and later
Commissioner from New York, is a
Democrat all right, but he is a big
American for all that. He could not re-
sist thrill of enthusiasm at the spec
tacle of our mighty fleet of 16 great
ships swinging round into the Pacific
and he says that we must be the domi-
nant power in the Pacific, and that il
is the part of wisdom to have ouI
strength displayed on those seas in an
ticipation Of possible happenings.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

The real inwardness of the squabbIes
which rent in twain the management
apparent. Hon. Harry st. George Tuck
er.. the President. has SHE'D his caster
into the ring as a definite candidate for
the Goyernoryhip of Virginia against
Gov. Swanson, who is a candidate for
reelection. All the dirty linen of the
Exposition management will now be
washed and aired in Virginia politics.
AIR. Tucker announces himself as quite
ready for any showing that his oppo-
nents may make
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

IL certainly seems that the end of the
work on the Isthmian Canal is visible
and can be calculated. Col. GoethaiS
says that it will be finished IN six years
time, and at present progress this esti-
mate seems justified. When the Amer
leans took the canal from fhe French
II WAS calculated that $1,000 200 yards
would have TO be removed from the Gu
Zebra Cut. Since that time 1880, 900
cubic yards have been eycavated, leav-
ing 44,S00.000 still to be removed. Al
the present rate this would be done in
less than five years
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The 18th Ill,

Editor National Tribune: would like
to see a short sketch of the nth Ill.,
Samuel Ricketts,.
The 18th Ill was organized at Peoria,
May Is, 1851, and mustered out Juno
4, 1864, the veterans and recruits trans
ferred to the 9Th Ill. 1t was command
ed by Col. Leonard F. Ross, who was
promoted to BrigadierGeneral April
rs, 1852, succeeded by Col. Addison s.
Norton. who resigned July 9. 1863.
Lieut.-CQl. Francis NJ. Smith then took
command, retaining the same till mus
ter-out 1t belonged TO MacArthur's
Division, Seventeenth Corps, and lost
"A killed and ~ from disease, etc.
Editor National Tribune.
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Some of the preachers are soundin.

Some of the preachers are sounding
a note of alarm over the moral degen-
eracy in New Hampshire. They claim
that divorce, drunkenness and irreli-
gion are SO largely on the increase that
the greatest need for missionary work
is at home. The State has largely lost
its original strictly American character
In 1870 of the total population of 3d.
900, 10000 were native born Ameri-
cans and $4,000 of foreign birth or par
entage. Thirty years later, in 1900
the native population had fallen tC
$4,000 and the foreign population had
risen to 16S.000. 1t is believed today
that the foreign born and native ele-
ments are numerically equal in the
State.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

A carload of coffee has been seized in
Nashville on the ground that it was a
violation of the pure food act in being
polished and colored. 1t develops that
almost all of the coffee sold in the
South is polished and much of it col
ored. 1t is said, however, that this is
not done to conceal inferiority, but is
the result of q fad. The polishing i'm
proves the look of the bean. but goes
nc farther either >beneficialIy or harm
fully.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

The Lincoln Herald. Lincoln. Neb.,
is SO deeply incensed at what The Ma
tional Tribune has said about William
J. Bryan that It threatens the editor
with the penitentiary If he should ven
ture into Nebraska. It's editorial con-
cludes with this highly characteristic
fling at the veterans:
There is one blessed thing concern.
ing q certain class of old soldiers who
are still shooting rebels and can see nc
good. no truth and no honor in any.
thing but Republicanism. the grim
reaper will get them before many more
moons. And the sooner the better for
humanity"
This would make 1t seem that the
ghost of Capt. Wirs II haunting tho
sanctum OF the Lincoln Herald.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

President Roosevelt has guessed right
again in delicateiy conveying to the
King of the Belgians the fact that the
people Of this country do not want him
to visit them. Leopold III. is about as
Objectionable a person as sits upon a
throne. His personal morals are of the
very worst, and upon this he has piled
a bad record of atrocities committed
upon the negros in the Congo to obtain
rubber and swell the ilI-gotten gains
which he squandered on his sensual
pleasures. The news comes that his
own subjects find him uncomfortable, and
he will probably be removed from tho
throne. 1t will probably end in Bel
GUM becoming a Republic after the
French pattern.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

San Francisco will spend $250,000 in
entertaining the officers and men of the
Pacific fleet. San Francisco may get
badly off at times on some questions, but
she is all right when it comes to pa
triotism and Americanism.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

Another turn of the slow wheels OF
justice has sent to Joliet another first
class criminal. Circuit Clerk John A,
Cooke, of Chicago, has been fighting his
sentence with all the ammunition thai
abundant means could supply, but the
car has moved steadily onward. He
has now been cropped and shaver,
donned his uniform and gone to work
making brooms
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

Harry Thaw, in the asylum for the
criminal insane, is where he ought TO
be. and where he will probably remain
for some years. After all, New York
is well governed. The sensational fea-
lures of Thaw's crime, which made SO
much stir during his first trial, have
ceased to have any influence, and he
will probably be made to follow the
ordinary course of ordinary vicious
criminals of his type.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

The Journal of Education proposes
the following as a test of ambitious
spoilers: did you ever perceive the
embarrassment of a harassed peddler
attempting to guage the unparalleled
symmetry of desiccated potato?"
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WASHINGTON. D. c.. FEB. IS. 1908
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.
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the veterans is an added friend for JUS
lice, and one who will make his infiu-
manner in which the veterans can bet
ter promote their cause than by in
creasing the circulation among the peo-
pie at large of The National Tribune.
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Addresses wanted.

J. A. Nolan. Niles, Mich, 45th u. s..
wants the address Of William De Voc.
who was Hospital Steward at Dart, Phil.
fppine Islands. in 1900 and 1901. DR..
st. John was Surgeon at that time.
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The Norwegians are very fond of
American flour, and it is making its
way in me Kingdom against all COM
petitorS