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The National tribune., 1908-04-30

Attorney General Bingham, of In.
diana, il striking at the root of a great
evil in beginning suits agains
20 great brewing companies Of
the State on account of their con,
Quoting retail saloons. 1t is this method
which has made the brewers such q
power in politics, In order to extend
his business brewer has kept watch OF
the desirable saloon sites in every city
taken the first opportunity to set uI
saloons there" anc nut in charge OF
each a man who would be directly un.
der his thumb sihee d n the fixtures and
appurtenancesHwer furnished by the
brewery, andsi heavy mortgage held
upon them As the saloon was a poll
tical center, ard the. keeper the creature
of the brewer the latter had a political
power far exceeding that of any other
man in the community. It is this power
in England which has lifted SO many
brewers to the peerage. They were able
to render immense help to their parties
and when these ,succe esded they got theil
reward by being lifted to the peerage
and classed among the aristocrats oi
the country.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
AN ENGLISH CRITIC ON OUR NAVY

While our Navy does not need any
testimony outside of itself as TO lis Up
to-dateness and general excellence, yet
it is very welcome that Sir William
Henry White, the famous constructor
as British warships, says that our YES
sells are as good as any afloat. All naval
men in the world recognize this We
welcome such testimony from British
sources above all others, not only be-
cause the British are the greatest naval
people in the world, but because they
have had far more experience with the
American Navy than any other. The
British always had comparatively
easy time in dealing with the war YES
sels of France and Spain, but when it
came to taekling an American or a
Dutch warship it was nip and tuck, with
the Americans winning much more Of
ten than the British. In 100 single ship
actions fought by the British with other
people than ourselves they won 80, but
in 20 single ship actions fought with
us during the War Of 1912 they lost
and the Americans won IS. What Sir
William says of the armor belt is par
ticularly interesting. He claims that
| it is only a fetish. If the ship was in
still water and loaded to the right
depth the armor belt would be a fine
protection, but this condition rarely oc-
ours in actual warfare. Says Sir Will
| liam:
You must get the exact range to hit
it at all. If the shots fall ever so little
short they will richochet and turn up.
/ If they are high in elevation, of course
they don't touch the water and will pass
over the thick armor belt. That water
line is never the real water line wher
the ship is at sea. If the ship is NOV
ing the waves formed by her motion
in still water will bury that thick arIuoc
at the water line. II there are waves
passing the ship, they rise above tina.
thick armor. If the ship heels over
ever so little, that belt goes under water,
no matter where it is placed"
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
5th and 7th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please print
brief histories of the 5th and 7th Ohio
&C. II. Beardsley, Soldiers Home, Cal
The 5th Ohio, one of Fox's fighting
regiments, was organized at Camp
DeniSon, June 81, 1861, and finally
mustered out July 26, 1865. 1t was
first commanded by Col. Samuel H
Dunning, who resigned Aug. 2, 1862
succeeded by Col. John H. Patrick
killed in action at New Hope Church,
Va. May 25, 1864. Lieut.-Col. Robert
Kirkup succeeded Col. Patrick, and
was in command at the final muster
out. The 5th recruited for three
months, but before the regiment was
fully organized a call for three-years
troops was made and the 5th volun-
teered for that length of time. AT
Cedar Mountain. Antietam, Chancel-
lorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Noun
tain, and during the hard fighting of
the Atlanta campaign, the 5th dis
tinguished itself by bravery and gall
lantry. 1t belonged to Geary's Divi-
sion, Twelfth Corps, and lost LAG killed,
and 81 from disease, etc.
The 7th Ohio, also one of Fox S
fighting regiments. was organized at
Cleveland and Camp Denison, June.
1861, and mustered out June, 1864, the
veterans and recruits being transferred
to the 5th Ohio. 1t was commanded
by Col. Erastus B. Tyler, promoted May
IA, 1862, to Brigadier-General, who was
succeeded by Col VIM. r. Creighton.
killed in action at Ringgold, Ga, Nov.
81. 1863. Lieut.-Col. Samuel McCiaI-
land then took command, retaining the
same till muster-out. The 7th was
one of the finest regiments in the SER
vice. its ranks including clergymen,
teachers, bankers, farmers, etc. While
encanped at Cross Lanes, w. Va, it
was attacked by the enemy in force,
but after an obstinate resistance was
driven from the field with severe loss
At Ringgold several officers were killed,
besides its Colonel, and all but one
wounded. 1t belonged to Geary's Di-
vision, Twelfth Corps, and lost 1S4
killed and SO from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
18th Mich.

Editor National Tribune: Will You
kindly publish a short history of the
18th Mich ?-George Church, Fife Lake,
Mich.
The 18th Mich, one of Fox's fighting
regiments, was organized at Detroit,
during August, 1862, and mustered out
June 8, 1865, those members whose
terms of service had not expired being
transferred to the I'd Mich. 1t was
commanded by Col. William Withing-
ton. who resigned March 21, 1863, sue
ceeded by Col. Constant Luce, who was
discharged Dec. 1, 1864. Lieut.-Col.
Frederick W. Swift then took COM
mand, retaining the same till the mus
ter-out of the regiment. Three weeks
after the 18th left the State, it was en-
gagged in the battle of South Mountain,
where its gallant and effective services
were acknowledged by Gen. Mcclellan.
Gen. Wilcox, in speaking of it, says.
'The 18th performed feat that may
vie with any recorded in the annals of
the war" In every action in which it
took part it acquitted itself with great
bravery. During the last of it's SER
vice it was detailed to serve as engi-
neers. 1t belonged to Willcox's Divi-
sion, Ninth Corps, and lost 1875 killed
and 154 from disease, etc.-EditO1
National Tribune. ..,.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The Symmes's hole idea has taken &
strong revival in the plan of William
Reed, of st. Louis, Mo-, to organize and
equip an expedition to explore the cen
ter of the earth. Mr.. Reed has writer
book on the subject, and is holding
regular meetings of his associates. He
proposes to start for the North, ant
expects to find instead of the pole, tha
others have sought, a gigantic opening
in which there is a great fire or vol
cano that creates the sO-cs.lled aurora
borealis. He thinks that when Greely
suspended a magnetic needle and saw
it point straight up, that Greely was
then actually over the edge Of the hole
and going toward the center of the
earth without knowing it.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

At an anniversary meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
in jamestown, N. Y, Mrs. Laura A
Fleming showed much of the reck-
mon among temperance orators. Among
other things she said:
several causes. At the close of the
foreigners, with their continental hab-
its; again, there was the connection OF
the Government with the liquor traffic
in revenues established as a war meas
ure; the homes of the country received
from the war the husbands and sons
with health and morals shattered, and
largely by drink, and so the women of
the country awoke to the evil abroad,
and realized that they could and should
do something beyond the limit of their
own homes to check the spread of de-
structive influence"
This was naturally offensive to the
veterans, and John NJ. Brown Post re-
sented it. 1t was pronounced false, and
that the veterans had not come home
from the army with their health and
morals wrecked by drink. Much the
larger proportion of the men who en-
listed in the army were strict teetotal-
ers; only a small percentage drank to
excess or more than on infrequent oc-
casions.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA INsCRIP.
! TIONS.

The Inscriptions which have been pu
upon the monuments erected by the
States of Kentucky and Georgia to theil
sons who fought in the battles around
Chattanooga are particularly interest
ing. The Kentucky inscription reads:
"As we are united in life and they
united in death, let one monument per.
petuate their deeds and one people. for.
getful of all asperities, forever hold ir
grateful remembrance all the glories OF
that terrible conflict which made al
men free and retained every star or
the Nations flag"
The Georgia inscription reads:
"To those who fought and lived,
To those who fought and died,
To those who gave much,
And to those who gave all
Georgia erects this monument"
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
SEVEN PINES

By T. C.. Harbaugh, Casstown, o.
Long years have passed since Blue and
Gray,
Each other met that fated day:
Almost in sight of Richmond's spires,
fires,
Not far away toward the sea
Rolled dark the Chickaaominy,
And thousands formed the eager lines
That filled the woods at Seven Pines.
In charge and counter-charge oft met
Grim bayonet to bayonet.
And hell it's carnival of blood
Held in that dread, encrimsoned
wood;
Men of the North, East, West and South
Went down before the cannon'S
mouth.
And all that day the battle lines
Were girt with fire at Seven Pines.
Blood flowed in many CHASTITY rill,
The trembling war-field drank its
filI
The dying, robed in blue and gray,
Looked for the last time on the day;
And over all the roar, the shout,
The onset fierce, the needless rout,
Not there to-day; the ivy twines
About the oaks at Seven Pines.
Then dropped the dark and woeful
night,
The setting of the lines Alright,
The solemn search for comrades slain,
Who'd never meet the foe again;
What cries for water filed the airi
1t seemed as if old Earth's despair
Was sent afar above the vines
That strewed the ground at Seven
Pines.
How fair to-day that countryside
Where thousands in the carnage
diedi
The cricket chirps mid shadows dim,
And birds send forth their twilight
hymn;
No charging ranks. no rebel yell
That added to the battles hell,
No bursting bombs, the bright sun
shines
On scenes of peace at Seven Pines.
They hold the plain who fought and
died
For home and country, side by side.
Two thousand graves within the wall
Where robins to their sweetheartS
call;
Here sleep the brave who met the foe
In wars red tangle, long ago. si- -s
Aye. meath the flowers and the vines
They hold the ground at Seven
Pines. "i
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

Men have queer ways of valuine
things. Mr.. Harden, who is editor and
proprietor of some society publications
wants s15O,OOO from friend of his for
alienation of his wifes affections. Yet
the testimony shows that the Hardens
have been in hot water for an indefinite
number of years, during which time
Mrs. Harden has repeatedly sued her
husband for large amounts, has left
him several times, and finally secured
a divorce. Some men would think it
was worth $4,000 to get rid of such
a wife.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

After all, the nsgros in Haiti do moi
seem to be so much more savage thar
other people. President Cabrera, Of
Guatemala, admits having had IS al.
legged conspirators against him shot to
death without trial, and that he has q
good many more in his hands whom he
is going to serve the same way. Inas-
much as there are no foreigners i'm
plicated, he will probably be allowed to
continue his butchery unchecked until
he Is sated with blood. =
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
DATE OF THE WIDOWS PENSION
RIJI

Not little perturbation has been
created in legal and official circles over
| the date of the widows pension bill be-
ing the 18th of April, which was Sunday.
of course, in the ordinary practice of
the country Sunday is a dies non, and
no legal business can be transacted
upon that day. This is derived from
| the common law, and is a matter of
statutory law in most if not all of the
States. There is nothing of the kind
in the Constitution and laws of the
United States. The only allusion to
Sunday in the Constitution is in Article
i, Section I, where it says:
IF any bill shall not be returned by
the President within 10 days (Sundays
excepted) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall be law,
in like manner as if he had signed u,
unless the Congress by their adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case
it shall not be law"
Otherwise the Constitution and laws
of the United States are silent upon
the subject. Anyone can see at glance
that it would be exceedingly dangerous
to limit the power of the President ot
the United States by any prohibition of
doing an official act or Sunday. Since
there is no prohibition, of course, the
President has full power to do as he
thinks best
After all, when we consider the i'm
mense amount of good that the approval
of the bill will 90, what more gracious
day for an act of such eminent justice
and mercy than that which the Lord
sanctified by good works. The reason
that the act was signed on Sunday was,
as we have previously explained, con-
venience for the Pension Bureau in
making out its checks so as to avoid
fractions of a dollar.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
The Missouri Dairy and Food De.

The Missouri Dairy and Food De-
partment is after the ice-cream men
and has secured a ruling that condensed
milk. gelatine and similar healthful
substances may be used in ice cream
and ices, provided they are clean and
wholesome in themselves and that their
admixture be stated on the tag or label
There must be IA per cent butter fat
in plain ice cream and II per cent for
fruit and nut ice cream. This raises
the standard very materially, compel
ling the use of almost twice as much
pure cream to a gallon of ice cream.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
THE NEGRO SOLDIERS
Senator Foraker Sustained In His Cham
pionship of the Rights of the Enlisted


Senator Foraker Sustained In His Cham
piOnship of the Rights of the Enlisted
Men.
Editor National Tribune: I wish to
congratulate The National Tribune for
giving a brief mention of the result of
Z, the Brownsville investigation in the is
sue of March 10. So far as I have no.
| ticed. and I have been regular reader
of The National Tribune, your paper
has never expressed an opinion as to
whether the President was justified in
dismissing, without honor, the entire
battalion without giving the soldiers a
! chance to be heard. 1t will be remem-
bered that Senator Foraker was charged
by his opponents with playing poll
ticS," when he first stood as the cham
pion of the rights of the colored SOL
diers, but he bore the abuse with pa
tience and demanded fair treatment for
the alleged violators of the law. Now
the Senator has practically won his
fight in. behalf of the colored soldiers,
and the President and his friends in
the Senate are compelled to back down,
because they have, from the beginning.
failed to show that single soldier of
the 25th Inf. participated in the
shooting up of Brownsville. In
view of these facts and of
the time-honored law. which gives to
the most humble citizen of this Govern
ment a right to a fair trial before he
can be punished why do the Presidents
friends in the Senate oppose Senator
Foraker's bill, which provides for
correction of the records, the re-enlist-
ment of the men and the restoration OF
all the rights of which they have been
deprived by the Presidents order? JUS
tice requires that this much shall be
done. 1t is possible that no more can
be done. ''What white soldier was
entitled to at Athens. o.. "a negro SOL
dier was entitled to at Brownsville,
Tex" is a fair proposition-S A Nc
Neil, 31st Ohio, Redwood O.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The remarkable growth of sentiment
the Lakes to the mouth of the Missis-
sippi indicates that the consummation
is not far off. quarter of century
ago nobody would listen to such prop
| osition, and Is years ago an advocate
of If would have been regarded as a
pie began to seriously consider the
proposition, and to-day the whole Mis-
! sissippi Valley is being reused to it
They are considering its possibilities and
its limitations with great earnestness
and the present thought is that We
Chicago to New Orleans, with shallowei
feeders on the Missouri, upper Missis-
sippi and Ohio as fast as they can be
provided for. The construction of stor-
age basins makes possibilities for q con-
tinuous deep stage of water on the last
of water transportation is appealing
strongly to merchants, manufacturers
and farmers. The wonderful cheapness
of coal transportation is a continual
object-lesson on this subject. Coal is
taken from Pittsburg to New Orleans
| 1000 miles, for less than could be taken
100 miles by rail, and it is beyond ali
possibility for the railroads to handle
the volume that goes down the river in
barges. What is true OF coal is in a
measure true of all the other great
products of the Mississippi Valley which
have to seek foreign market.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
MAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

ment in America at jamestown.
May 30, 1775-Declaration of Inde
pendence in Mecklenberg, N. C.
May 10, 1S61-Capture of CAM
Jackson, Mo.
Miss.
May 5, 1S62-Battle of Williams
burg, Va.
May Z. 1s62-Battle of West Point
Va.
May 8, 1S62-BattIe of Mcdowell
Va.
May 9. 1ss2-Battle of Pennington
Miss.
May 10, 1S62-Capture of Norfolk
May Is, 1S62-Fight of gunboats
with Fort Darling.
Nay %, fS62-Battle of Front Royal
Va.
May "a, 1S62-Battle of Middletown
Va.
May "a, 1Ss2-Battle of Newtown
Va.
May 25, 1S62-Battle of Winchester
Va
May 81, 1ss2-Battle of Hanover
Court House.
May 80, 1s62-Eyacuation of Cor
inth, Miss
May 1, 1S6S-Battle of Port Glib
SON
May IA, 63-Chancellorsville.
May 4, 1Ss3-Siege of Suffolk raised.
May II, 1S63-Battle of Raymond,
Miss.
May II. 1sss-Battle of Jackson.
Miss
May 1s. 1S6s-Battle of Champion
Hills.
May II. 1Sss-Battle of Big Black
River
May IS. 1Sss-Beginning of siege of
yicksburg
May 20, 1S63-Second assault on
Vicksburg.
May %, 1sS3-Beginning of the siege
of Port Hudson.
May 5, 1S64-Fight ofsgunboats with
Ram Albemarle in Roanoke River
May 81; 1s64-Battle of Wilderness,
Va
May So, 1s64-Rocky Face Ridge,
Ga.
May s-1S. 1s64-BattIe of SpotsyI-
vania Court House, Va.
May s, 1Ss4-BattIe of Buzzard
Roost Gap.
May s-1s, 1ssHsheridan Cavalry
Raid
May $40. 1ss4-Battle of cioyd's
Mountain.
May IL, 1ss4-BattIe of Yellow Tav-
ern. Va.
May 1916, 1Ss4-Battle of Fort
Barring.
May 1916. iss4-Battle of Resaca.
Ga.
May 1918. 1Ss4-Battle of Adalrs-
vile. Ga
May 25. 1S64-Batsfe of Dallas, Ga.
May %, 1864-Totopotomoy Creek,
Va.
May 10. 18s5-capture of Jefferson
Davis
May 10, 1S65-Sam Jones's surren-
der at Tallahassee, Fla.
May IL. 1ss5-Jef Thompson's sur
render.
May 10. 1ss5-BattIe of Palmetto
Ranch, Tex.
May 2s, 1ss5-Klrby Smiths sur
render
May i, 1SsS-Dewey destroyed the
Spanish fleet at Manila.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The Italians have come out with a
new remedy for musketos. They make
paste of cactus leaves which is spread
upon the surface of stagnant water, and
forms layer which prevents the mus
keto larvae from breathing when they
come TO the top of the water. and thus
destroys them. Kerosene will do the
same. but it evaporates too quickly un-
der hot sun, while the cactus paste
win hold its place weeks and even
months.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

There is an exhibition of German
thrift that will strike many Americans
as rather grewsome. 1t was proposed to
celebrate in June the jubilee of the
aged Emperor Kings accession in 1S4S.
He is now rs years old, and an insur-
ance has been taken out on his life
with a British company for s1.750, 900.
So if the Emperor should die before
June the subscribers to the fLf d will
be recouped.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
18th Mich.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly give short sketch of the 18th
Mich John Putnam, Ottumwa, S. D.
The 18th Mich was organized at De-
troit, Monroe, and Grand Rapids from
October, 1861, to March, 1862, and
finally mustered out Aug. Is, 1855. II
was commanded by Col. John M. Oil
yer, who was promoted to Brigadier-
General. Jan. IL, 1865. succeeded by
Col. Frederick S. Hutchinson, in COM
mand at the time of muster-out. 1t be-
longed to M. L. Smiths Division, F'if-
teenth Corps, and lost So killed and
272 from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
William Waldorf Astor, the Q,

William Waldorf Astor. the eapatriat-
ed American, continues TO improve
every opportunity to endear himself to
the British aristocracy, into whose
ranks he is endeavOring to break The
historic flag of the ssloop of war Chesa.
peake. which xas taken by the Shan
non in 1913, was sold at auction, and
while it was supposed to have been
bought by an American, to be returned
to this country, it is now found Out
that Mr.. Astor bought it, and has pre-
sented 1t to the United Service Museum.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

There have been some ugly charges
against the Philadelphia police. but the
worst one is that none of them will ac-
cept the badge 13 because they fear its
hoodoo. A man subject to such silly
superstition as that has no business be-
ing a policeman or anything else that
calls for sound judgment.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

Commander-in-Chie Burton has ap-
pointed the following committee to in
vite President Roosevelt to attend the
Army at Toledo, o., Aug. 31-Sept. s.
1908; S. S. Burdett, William Warner
John C. Black, John r. King and James
Tanner, each Of whom has been Com
mander in Chief Of the Order,
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
WASHINGTON, D. c., APRIL 80, 1908
NOTICE.

When you send n 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.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The whirligig of time and politics
bring strange revenges. .Iudge Alton
B. Parker is to go to Denver as a dele
gate-at-large, and do what he can to
prevent the nomination of Bryan. Four
years ago Bryan went to st. Louis to
to all that he could to prevent the NOM
nation of Parker.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

Harry Thaw thinks that he was a
good enough lunatic until after the
verdict, when the insane racket should
have come TO an end. AS he has laid
away $4,000 10 prove this, he has a
chance of success.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The ward statesmen of New York are
now earnestly considering how to get
to Denver with but little thought of
how they are going to get back Denver
is much farther from New York than
they think if they try 10 walk it.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The appointment of another Rough
Rider to office raises the natural ques-
ton how the Spaniards managed te
stand out as long as they did with such
a host attacking them.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

Senator Rayner hurls an epigram in
TO politics in saying that he is free
trader and opposed TO reforming the
tariff by its friends. He would reform
it By its enemies.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The outside newspapers are pokine
much fun at Boston for having an in
scription on its library walls of only
low conversation permitted here" This
is justifiable. since the Boston papers
would threw several kinds of fits al
finding such an inscription on a library
in the wild and woo1ly West.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

The worst assault upon the good sense
of the Japanese is the story now SET
afioat that they want to fight Great
Britain.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30
In the general overhauling of business

In the general overhauling of business
relations and practices the bankers
are seeking to prevent the express COM
panies from selling travellers checks,
letters of credit and money orders, on
the ground that the express companies
are common carriers, and have no right
to invade the banking and exchange
province.
The National tribune., 1908-04-30

If the magazines could do it, Gov
Hughes would be nominated unani-
meusly.