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The National tribune., 1909-12-23
A Well-PIeased Colonist.

Editor National Tribune: As have
been requested by the Grand Army
readers of The National Tribune at
found things at St Cloud, the soldiers
colony, will say that my wife, also
grandson, Paul E. Little. of Buffalo,
and myself arrived here Wednesday
morning. We found everything above
expectation. They are more than busy
building. There are at least 200 build
ings now under construction, some of
them running from 1000 to $4,000 in
value They are also erecting q bank
which cost about $4,000 and will be
a beauty. 1t is of cream-color brick,
trimmed with white brick. The walls
are nearing completion. Men will COM
25th of this month, and we are also to
have an ice plant and $1,000 school
house.
1 was out in the country and located
my five-acre plot, and am pleased with
the location. 1 am within half a mile
of the County improved road, with a
r. F. D. three times week. The eli
mate is grand. My grandson and
were bathing in the lake this morning.
The Seminole Land G Investment
Company are doing all in their power
to please all. Their agents. Mr.. King
and Mr.. White, are gentlemanly. and
pay the str;ctest attention to all inauir-
ing comrades. Orange orchards are
loaded to their full capacity, also grape
fruit.
1 have not located my town lot, but
the Company says that it will be salts
factory, and this week while you will be
freezing at Lockport 1 will be planting
my garden.-William H. <Empson, st.
Cloud, Fla.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
DEATH OF GEN. GREEN b. RAUM.

Gen. Green B. Raum died at his
ness of several weeks and at the age of
so years. For nearly so years he had
been prominent figure in Illinois and
National affairs. He was native Illi-
noisan, having been born at Golconda
in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in
1853. He was a Douglas Democrat in
politics, and went heartily to the sup
port of the Union as soon as Fort Sum-
ter was fired upon. He claimed to have
made the first war speech in southern
Illinois, and he Immediately set about
helping to raise a regiment, entering
the 56th Ill as a Major. He proved
himself fine soldier, and speedily rose
to the command of the regiment he
led successful bayonet charge at Co
rinth, and was severely wounded in
Sherman's assault on the north end of
Mission Ridge. Gen. Sherman, who had
known him from the time of his en-
trance into the army, had great conf
dence in him, and gave him the impor-
tant charge of protecting the railroads
in his rear in the march upon Atlanta.
He discharged his duty to the highest
satisfaction of Sherman, and inflicted
upon Gen. Wheeler a severe defeat at
Resaca when the Confederate was max
ing a mighty effort to cut the cracker
line and force Sherman to retreat At
the close of the, war he held command
under Gen. Hancock in the Shenandoah
Valley. Returning home he was elect
ed to Congress, and in 1876 was given
the highly important Office of Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue The In
ternal Revenue Department was at that
time in a sad state of disorganiZation
and corruption, and Gen. Raum did
magnificent work in reorganizing it and
reducing 1t to a system by which Illicit
distilling should be stopped and the
Government receive its lawful dues The
vigor, efficiency and integrity with
which he administered this office caused
President Harrison to appoint him Com
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
A Sure Cure for Rheumatism.

Editor National Tribune: 1 note in
the advertisements in The National
Tribune several sure, free cures for
rheumatism. I want to add a free
cure-absolutely free, no money re-
quired. I want to tell the comrades
and everybody. I have been a great
sufferer from sciatic rheumatism for
the past six months; could scarcely
walk; took loads of medicine from spe-
Icialists in New York and Chicago. 1t
did me no good. Now comes the cure:
came to st. Cloud, Fla. l have not
had any rheumatism since I came here
The climate here is perfect. / have
met many comrades here who have
been cured as If by magic. / had dry
catarrh; have had to cough for one
hour each morning before coming here.
am now about well of it. Our colony
is just now booming. Many new and
large, fine buildings are going up in
every direction. Will soon begin our
new $1,000 school house; the new brick
bank is being rushed along; walls all
most up. Prices of lots are advancing
Two lots on Pennsylvania avenue sold
on yesterday for $3.50; will be built up
by fine brick building. Grand Army
Hall will soon be built. Water works
and electric light plant will soon be
built. Streets are being paved and i'm
provements are being pushed along in
every direction. Nothing now will pre-
vent St Cloud from being first-class
city. Come here, comrades, and live in
peace and comfort the rest of your time
on earth. Come.-W. w. Angel, st.
Cloud, Fla.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

missioner of Pensions, which Office he
held from 1889 to 1898. Tho he was
outrageously assailed by the anti-pen-
sion press, his conduct of the office was
a strict and faithful Interpretation of
the law, and of great satisfaction to all
those who wished to see the veterans
receive what was their due. After re-
tiring from the Office of Commissioner
of Pensions upon the advent of Presi-
dent Cleveland, Gen. Raum returned to
Chicago to the practice of the law and
to literary work. He wrote well and
forcefulIy, and the readers of The Ma
tional Tribune will remember his ad-
mirable history of the campaign against
Atlanta.
The remains were brought to Wash
ington and inferred at Arlington.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

fired the whole gang out as soon as the
convention adjourned. warning every
one of them that they must not remain
in town after dark Their work went
on even during the convention. Tilden
having his watch stolen from his pocket
while he was calling the convention to
order. Upon the return of the delega-
tion large patches were arrested by the
police of Jersey City. including the Com
missioner of Charities and Corrections.
Upon the Republican side Senator
Conkling waged a successful war
against Fenton, wrestling from him the
leadership of the party. Then Conkling,
who was a spokesman. tho believing in
honesty and integrity in public office.
came into collision with the more radi-
cal rerormers led by George William
Curtis, and after years of power went
down to defeat himself. There were
years of terrific battling and exciting
manuvers in both parties. which Col.
Alexander has presented in a way Of
the highest picturesqueness and force.
The book is a highly valuable con.
tribution to our political history.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
WANTED.

The National Tribune wants two
copies Of Isl. Klegg and Shorty, the
second year of their service;" two copies
of Isl and Shorty, in the Tullahoma
Campaign, Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga," and two copies of Isl, Shorty
and the Boys on the March to the Sea-"
Please do not send any of these bobks
until you have sent us a postal stating
that you have them. Anyone having
any one Of these books will confer a
great favor by addressing John McEl.
roy, National Tribune, when the owner
of the book will be directed just how
10 send it, or if the owner doesn't care
10 exchange for the new and finer Illus
trated edition the books Will be paid
for; but under no circumstances send
the book until after corresponding
Editor.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
NEW YORK POLITICS.

Hon. D. S. Alexander, Representative
for many years from Buffalo, N. Y, and
Past Department Commander of the
Potomac, G. A. r., has devoted much
of his time for years to writing a politi-
volume is now OUT and is regarded as
so important as to receive five columns
of a notice in the New York Sun, in
which there is unstinted praise for its
accurate portrayal of the conditions in
New York politics in the years imme-
diately following the war. What is of
the highest interest is the vivid picture
of the struggle between the better ele-
ments in both parties to raise their
parties to higher ideals against the op-
position of such infinitely corrupt and
unscrupulous leaders as Boss Tweed on
the Democratic side and the demoraliZ-
ing policy of Fenton on the Republican.
On the Democratic side were such men
as Samuel J. Tilden, Charles O'Connor
and Horatio Seymour, who had high
ideals for their party, but were for g
time overpowered by Boss Tweed and
the Tammany organization. Boss Tweed
succeeded in getting hold of the State
by the aid of recreant Republicans,
made Hoffman Governor and embarked
upon career of unlimited corruption.
He was fearlessly fought by Tilden. who
at last succeeded in getting the evidence
which sent Boss Tweed to q felon's
grave.
A comic touch In introduced in the
description of the celebrated Democrat
ic Convention at Rochester. Oct. 4, 1871,
which Tweed overwhelmed with a
crowd of crooks and toughs from New
York. The character of the delegation
was so bad that the Rochester police
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

The New York Central Railroad is
the latest of the great corporations to
adopt a pension system for its en-
ployes. 1t has adopted a system SINH
lar to that of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, which gives one per cent of SAL
ary for each year of continuous service
based upon the average salary for the
last 10 years. All employees reaching
the age Of 20 shall be retired, and if
they have been continuously in the
service for 10 years they will be en-
titled to a pension. If 20 years in SER
vice and unfit for duty an employe
may be retired with a pension, altho
he may not have reached the age of
20. About 1900 men will go on the
pension roll Jan. 1 and younger men
take their places
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.
The following the bill THE NATIONAL urge Congress
to pass at the coming session.
AN ACT

To Amend the Act of June Act Apr 49, 1908 and
Other Acts.
Be enaeted by the Senate and House Of Representatives of the
Cnated States Of America an Congress assembled:
SECTION That who served 80 days mil
ary naval service of the United States war
GO days the with Mexico and who honoraby dis
charged herefrom and who has reached the years or
SHALL making proof of such facts according
regulations the Secretary of the Interior provide be placed
upon the pension roll and be entitled pension as follows
such has reached the age years SIS Der month
$50 per month"; 70 $50 per month"; years or over S0
months and such pension shall date of the
and approval of this Act Poodd that pensioners 81 years
and who receiving pensions existing
laws whose claims are pending the of Pensions may
application to the Commissioner of Pensions form as he nav
prescribe receive the benefits of this Act; and nothing con-
tanned shall prevent entitled
from prosecuting his claim and receiving anv other
general special act: Povded that receive
under other law at the time the period that
he receiving pension under the provisions Act: Prud
further that who receiving receive
under other general special law than he
would be entitled to under the provisions herein shall be nen
sionable under this Act. ~ f
Sec That rank in the shall be considered in anno
tons filed hereunder. N Nef
Sec That the clauses the Acts of o. 1890 Nav 1900
and April 49, 1908 denying to widows soldiers sailors
and Marines who married their husbands subsequent 81
are hereby repealed O'
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
The 5th Iowa Y. V. Cay

Chas w. Brown, Co. II, 5th Iowa
v. V. Cav.-- Coburg. Ore, says in
reply to Comrade Geo. Hapwell, Union,
Mo-, that the regiment was formed
thus: Cos. A. b and c were from
Omaha, Neb.; e, F, and H from Iowa:
J, X, and G from Minnesota; NJ, from
Usage Co., Mo-; l. and D he is not cer-
tain about, but always understood that
l. was from st. Louis and d from
Council Bluffs, Iowa. The regiment
was known as Curtis Horse for time
and then as the 5th Iowa Cav. All the
recruits in '62-'63 he thinks came from
Iowa, and when they veteranized in
January, 1868, the Minnesota companies
remained in that State to fight the
Indians, and the 5th Iowa was con-
solidated with the 5th Iowa Cav, to
fill the places left vacant by the Min
neSota cOmpanieS
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
APPROVES THE PENSION BILL.

The Greenville (Ohio) Courier warm
~ approves The National Tribune PEN
Elon bill. and says in conclusion:
Were we in position to effect such
result, every adverse proviso and rider
amendment or other pull-back feature
would be dispensed with. No questions
would be asked petitioner for pen
zion except: Show your discharge!
ALI right! Clerk, enroll this man at
$50 per month from this day until
1eatht'
Throw away the red tape, Cast off
The barnacles! And put shame upon
l system that doubts the honor of the
men who when boys raised their hands
20 High Heaven and made oath as to
their names and identity, and swore
eternal allegiance and patriotism to
their country and Flag. Don't ask
Them to go back over the long marches,
prison pens, battlefields and even ceme-
jeries, hunting for proof of service
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
PROVERBS.

Get wisdom, get understanding; for
get it not; neither decline from the
words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall pre-
serve thee; love her, and she shall keep
thee.
Wisdom is the principal thing; there
fore get wisdom; and with all thy get
ting get understanding.
EXalt her, and she shall promote
thee; she shall bring thee to honor,
when thou dost embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an orna-
ment of grace; a crown of glory shall
she deliver to thee.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
CHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PENSION
RIIIL

In a strong editorial in the Hastings
lMich.) Journal, written by Comrade
D. r. waylan, it is said:
What money can pay a man for lin
ng up on a battlefield where bullets
ihot and shell came SO thick in venom
,us search for patriotic blood that even
ihrubbery was whipped to shreds? No
ife could escape such a hail of death
ave by the depressions and elevations
Of the battle-ground. The recklessness
ef aim in the rage and smoke of battle
iaHed tens of thousands, because the
IRE was too high or too low. These
perils. these sacrifices besides the black
loud of diseases that always follow a
numan mass, should now be remem-
,ered and suitably rewarded
That reward should come now, while
leath spares the diminishing ranks of
the veteran members of the Grand
Army"
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
Increases in St. Cloud Land Values.

An instance of what is coming in the
matter of land values at ST. Cloud is
seen in the sale to Thomas Shepherd
of a five-acre plot owned by Thomas
Carolan. in Section IL, Township 26,
Range 80. for the sum of $500 in cash.
Mr.. Carolan was one of the original
investors in st. Cloud property. An
other thing which speaks volumes for
the future of the Colony is the interest
shown by people who have lived in this
part of Florida for some years and who
are making investments with US.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
Total. ............. 55,935

go. To each of & 9a g s' ss s ] bin tne pension " M give an of
estimated that there are about 10000 of these so that the
much figure at present
We will admit that the that we have given are but
they cannot be enlarged
against the
figures that the limit of the peOnbe veterans
pending before the
the civil war OF these applications
of vetera of he
ssP:5rl ss q ,aas a%' o'" '9Ss;i
Total ..................................
This % how effectively the @ various laws have been
consisted 1885 widows
highly of
oner Warner was reversal of the policy of mis- in trying to save
Naturally
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hch len % sa or % 3 % % were r Tn was % uafa % W ,n a year @ IRON h ' 800
ned of the be nearly great will probably
thing possible The National Tribune
have died As the pensions of these average ;sss tere
would be
at least on the first and
s.osos s7oOoooo
scrutiny Committee
speedy Success for any pension By the time The National Tribune
bill will have passed thru this poaeed euang ordeal and Pension
Gre River into that Land where they will be beyond
the Governent by the death of its benfaes This
s6,t1$52O a
Really this
from
startled
Whatever View Congress take firmly
in
for higher
been the unbroken
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

Prof. Zacheus Daniel deserves to have
some of the attention which has been
lavished upon the discoverers of the
North Pole. He has found the biggest
comet ever known, which he says is
56,OOO,o0 miles away from the sun
and more than three times as big as
the earth in diameter. 1t Is nearest
the sun on Dec. 5. This is the third
comet which Prof. Daniel has discov-
cred
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

The Norwegian sardine packers are
getting wise and using American cot
tonseed oil to pack their little fish. in
stead of the more costly olive oil. They
can get cottonseed oil for half the price
of olive oil, and claim that it is just as
good. Some of the packers propose to
be honest about the matter, and make
q campaign in America for the sardines
packed in cottonseed oil.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23


Tribune bill Of
irresulary
Homes
which Will in
satisfy the loudest grumbler a the burden
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
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.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

greatest amount OF
old tactics OF grossly
The most effective way Oh
Itehune the pension measure is to alarm the pu'' s " ~
1.-THE
striking difference
should have and
the
historical fact that at
eventually Congress has seen the
Tribune bill purely
should be given the
and making
greater maintain
themselves old comfort for their few remaining years we
National
National Pension Committee
the G. what the of Congress likely to grant and this
all Let keep
all situation trying best to see how
our opponents and critics will view the proposition
win gir & o. thn nth ~ @ ar more than tbev are At nrn
suppong that they do Report
roll at 2 month following numbers the different
At 81 years s742d
AT s4 years. ................ S1,21s
Total. ................. 152.s9s
Apparently sss
Between G5 and SO inclusive.
At S. years years 25,S4i 25S4i
At At g. YEARS. yfaTs ..':' is'SSS isSSS
AT 60 years. ................. s,%s5
Total. ..... s333s
pension
and inclusive,
At 70 years 1892
Years. .............
.....:......
Total. 9s377
additional
give $40 month There
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

$3.50 additional
Al rs and National bill
of bothci ciyu and Maxica
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23
POPE PLACES A QUIETUS
UPON RUMOR OF RUNNING
Treasurer Brown viii Hold JObfest
Now Enjoyed.

Atlanta, Nov 22.-State Treasurer J.
Pope Brown yesterday set at rest the
rumor which has placed him among
prospective candidates for governor
next year.
There is nothing in it" Mr.. Brown
sad. ''It is always the case where "a
man commits a crime, people are in
clined to suspect him of the same
thing again."
Mr.. Brown had reference to his can
didacy for governor in 1906, when he
retired in favor of former Governor
Hoke Smith.
Asked where the rumor came from,
Mr.. Brown replied he supposed it
grew out of the fact that he recently
made a speech at Carrolltown, in
which he talked about affairs and con-
ditions in the state.
Il was invited to make a speech
there and l accepted the invitation,
and that was all there was to it." he
said.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23

Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Sails
bury, N. c., who is the author of sew
eral books, writes: For several years
1 was afflicted with kidney trouble and
last winter I was suddenly stricken
with severe pain in my kidneys and
was confined to bed eight days unable
to get up without assistance. My urine
contained thick white sediment and
passed same frequently day and
night I commenced taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradual
ly abated and finally ceased and my
urine became normal l cheerfully
recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy"
Sold by all druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23
JUSTICE BREWER AN ADVOCATE OF
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

Justice Brewer, in his latest dis
cussion of public questions, insists
that female suffrage will come, not
fully at once, but by varying steps,
and further expresses the personal
opinion that it should come.
Justice Brewer does not accept the
time honored theory that to place the
ballot in the hands of women will
mean their unsexing, or the debase-
ment of the home. To the contrary,
he believes that the admission of wo-
men to the full rights of citizenship
will tell wor the moral elevation of the
nation. In politics he believes fe-
male suffrage means the Introduction
of refining and uplifting power. The
chatter about it being a hindrance to
marriage, or the thrusting of discor-
dant elements into the domestic cir
Gle, is swept aside by the justice as
having no reality. To him this is but
the senseless reiteration of hackneyed
and obsolete ideas that carry no
weight to the thinking, progressive
mind.
There is no adequate way of know
ing to what extent the suffrage desire
has taken hold of the women of the
United States. 1t has been tried in a
few OF the Western states and stu
dents of conditions there declare that
the number of women voting has de-
creased after the first novelty had
worn off. The number of women
voting in such states is a very much
less proportion of the female adults
than the proportion of male voters
to the male adults. Many women have
never availed themselves of the privi-
lege and there is a marked indiffer-
ence among thousands of them to the
exercise Of the right for which the suf-
fragettes of England are now battling
to the extent of violence and impris-
onment. In the South if there is any
trend of feminine opinion in favor OF
the granting of the franchise to women
1t Is such a minor current that it has
failed to at all center public attention
upon it. While the conservatism of
the South with regard to women is one
of its most pronounced features it is
not unlikely if the women really de-
sired to vote that the right would
soon be legally forthcoming. In fact,
from one end of the country to the
other, the opinion is freely expressed
by public men that when the women
Of this country really seek the fran
chise there is no question that it will
be granted. But the mere fact that
few of them, hopelessly small mi
nority of advanced thinkers, are clam
orous for it is not apt to bring the
coveted change in conditions. The lit
tie corps of suffragettes in this coun-
try may be the leaven that will some
day permeate the entire mass of wo-
mankind and provoke so general an
expression of desire as to lead to all
the states 1egislating along this line,
but 1t is safe to predict that it will be
many years before such a sentiment
becomes so widespread as to force
such action. The expressions of such
men as Justice Brewer, however, will
tend to strengthen the convictions of
those laboring zealously in behalf of
their sex and to tear down the barriers
of male prejudice that still survive
against such an innovation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23
MEETING OF THE MOTHERS
IS ENDED IN ATLANTA

Atlanta, Nov. 22-The annual con-
vention of the Georgia Conference of
Mothers was held in the Sunday
school room of the First Baptist
church yesterday, presided over by the
president, Miss Celeste Parrish of Ath-
ems. There was good attendance and
several splendid addresses were made
directed toward the improvement of
the condition of children and the train
ing of the mother with that end in
view. The meeting adjourned tonight
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23

Ii you are a member and not en-
tirely dead to the future material
progress of the city and county you
certainly should arrange your engage
ments so as to permit of your being
present tonight. 1t is duty you owe
to the Board of Trade and to your own
business affairs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-23

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