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The National tribune., 1909-11-11
TILE SPANISH sWINDLE.

Tho Spanish swindie has reached
such magnitude that our Department
of State has felt it necessary to issue a
circular in regard to it. Our Consul
General at Barcelona, Spain, says that
there are band of swindiers operating
in various towns and cities of Spain to
fleece Americans of their money. Their
method of operation is to send per-
sonal letter purporting to come from
political prisoner from Cuba, who is at
the point of death and has but one
friend, the prison priest. The prisoner
is rich-has a fortune of cash on de-
posit in the United States, but the GER
ltiticate of deposit is concealed in Sc
cret receptacle of his valise. This Valise
is in the hands of the court at Carta-
gena, and will be held until the prison.
er or his representative has satisfied
the costs of the trial. The prisoner has
an only daughter. He is dying in pris-
on, and mis- whole thought Is of this
girl. He has no friend or relative in
Spain to whom he can trust her. There
fore, he turns to some generous and
He begs him to send money to him to
get the vaIise released and secure the
deposit in the bank OF 100000. The
money is to be sent to the priest, who
will at once secure the yalise and start
fo- America, where he and the generous
donor will get the money, and after the
donor has been literally rewarded give
the remainder to the daughter. This is
usually the first letter. and is quickly
followed by others, in which the pris-
oner pathctically alleges that he is
nearing his end, and help must come
speedily. The third letter purports to
come from the good priest himself. who
writes in bad English, announcing the
death of the prisoner, and so on. FIRE.
quently there is a bogus newspaper clip
ping announcing the death OF the fam
Gus Cuban patriot. This swindle has
for nearly 20 years, and there are con-
federates in this country who get pos
session of some victims name, family
history, etc, and send the information
to Spain to be used. Recently the line
of operation has been changed, with
the prisoner having become a noted
Russian banker, who absconded with
some millions of rubles, killed another
Russian in England, and finally took
refuge in Spain, where he is imprisoned
for manslaughter. The character and
operations of these scoundreIs are well
known to the police in Spain. but ow-
ing to the popularity of Spanish law
they cannot be proceeded against. since
to do so the felony must be consum-
mated in Spain in the presence of wit
nesses.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

|sideration. The negros are not one
fourth of the population of Maryland,
and the ratio is constantly decreasing
as the negros go farther south and i'm
migration from the North and Europe
increases. Absolutely all that there is
amendment is TO put the State perma-
nentIy under the control of a little
ring of corrupt spoilsmen, and this is
so well understood by the better class
of Marylanders of all parties that this
is the second time that an attempt to
fadopt Constitutional amendment has
been defeated by decided majority.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Coy Glasscock. of West Virginia, has
administered some wholesome disci-
plihe in mastering out of the service a
company OF the National Guard which
refused to respond TO the order for
duty. The trouble was the arrest of
two negroes charged with assauiting
q woman, and only 10 members out of
the company of 100 obeyed the order
to report for duty. The Governor was
compelled to call out company from
another town
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Comrade Lucius L. Starr, q soldier
in the 39th ILL.,, and member of Wau-
kegan Post, No. 374, Department of
Illinois, had the misfortune to lose his
eyesight few years since under cir
cumstances that appeal to the sympa-
thy or his many friends. He, with a
number OF his neighbors, engaged in an
old-fashioned bee" the purpose being
TO provide the Winters wood for the
widow of dead veteran. While en-
gagged in this laudable work a splinter
iaw, striking him and so injuring one
or his eyes as to cause the sight to run
out. A few weeks later the other eye,
in sympathy with the injured one. en-
tirely failed him, and he became totally
blind. He had been a hard-working
prudent, sober farmer. About this time
the barn on his little farm was burned
TO the ground without any insurance,
and he was compelled to rebuild the
burned structure in order to rent the
farm to advantage. This proved a
somewhat heavy burden. but he accom-
plished the work, and has made the best
OF the situation. His good old wife
and an invalid daughter are in failing
health. The rent from his little farm
barely pays his insurance, taxes, and
the rent on some rooms in town, and
for sometime his living has been made
entirely from his pension OF S12 a
month. Recently the comrades of his
Post voted to give an entertainment as
benefit. The free services of the De-
partment Chaplain, I. Villars. were Sc
cured. and he delivered lecture to a
large audience. his subject being, DUTY
and Destiny" The net proceeds of the
entertainment were a little moro than
s135.
The action Of the comrades of Wau-.
kegan Post was certainly commendable,
md the liberal patronage indicated that
he community was in sympathy with
the action of the Post IN behalf. of a
blind veteran.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

DR.. Cook, having skinned all the
cream off the polar discovery lecture
field, has gone somewhere for a good
rest while the Danish institute is in
vestigating his records. Peary has
wasted his time in abusing his rival.
and probably would not make enough
now to pay his hall rent, if he went
upon the platform. The people have
settled down to the belief that both
reached the pole. and now have no
more interest in the details than they
have in those of the last Presidential
election. Cook had sense enough to
gather in the dollars while the news
was fresh: Peary did not.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

many gain jim war when it is rising so
rapidly in peaoe?, What couls Ger
many gain in war. above all, with Eng
land? The so-eafed British colonies
are independent democratic Nations
that England does not hold in prop
erty right and consequently canot eede.
For India The question is not choice
between Briton or German for its
ruler. Its future will be either British
or Asiatie. Australia is overshad-
owed by the power that tomorrow will
dominate the Pacific Ocean-Japan,
perhaps. perhaps the United States
certainly not Germany. And war
would cost us Germans the best of our
markets, a market that even today is
worth 100000, 900 marks annually.
1his is our determining argument for
peace"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Castro only bobs up from the dense
obscurity which has enveIoped him for
several years By an attempt to pull off a
revolution in Venezuela, which was
nipped in the bud with surprising ease
By the Venezuelan officials. Nobody in
Venezuela seems to want any more of
the lame little Indian, except a few
patriots who got left when the Gomez
Administration passed around the pie.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

There are said to be four political
parties in Nicaragua: The Musketo
Indians, who are against all Nicara-
guans; the Zelayaites. who are trying
to hold on to the Government; the
Estradaites, who are made up of all the
fellows who have not been given share
in the pillage; and the American mer-
chants, who are sore against all the
other outfits
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Georgians have never been anything
like as great takers as the South Caro-
1inians, but at Savannah the "goober-
grabber" orators kept up the flow of
eloquence until a. m. The Charles
tonians pointediy rebuked the long
windedness Of their neighbore on lone
Tybee'' by confining their speeehmaking
TO brief address of welcome by the
Mnvnr-
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

A Paris meteorologist comes out with
a new form of weather prediction. He
finds that the Winters of all the years
ending in nine have been unusually Sc
we're But wait until you hear from the
corn-husk and muskrat hole man be-
fore laying in an extra supply Of coal.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
Isogan's Division.

Frank P. Eckert, 124th Ill, Minneap-
oils. Mimi, says that Comrade A j.
FIorey is right in one way and in an
other wrong. Logan never asked tor
a detail from any other corps for any
purpose. What Logan's Division could
not do no other could. Comrade Florey
should not have left out the Old Lead
Mine Regiment, the 45th Ill.,, from the
First Brigade, Third Division, Seven
teenth Corps.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Prince Henry Of Prussia is to go to
The North Pole at the rate Of 20 miles
an hour in one Of Zeppelin's big bal
looms. PeaTy says that q balloon will
get frost-bitten before ii reaches the
Arctic circles. The probabilities seem
to support Peary, but as Germany has
plenty of Princes we are quite willing
TO have one Of them used to make the
eXDeriment
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
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., 1909-11-11
The Lincoln Way.

Moses A. Cleveland. Willoughby. O.,
wants to keep the project of the Lin
coin Way before the people and get all
members of Congress and others inter-
ested in it. 1t is one of the greatest
enterprises that has been suggested.
proper scheme of subscription ought
to be put on foot to secure funds.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Senator Aldrich is in the West, to the
confusion of the men who have been
painting him with horns and q tail.
He is impressing everybody as sound.
sensible man. who knows what he is
talking about, and is therefore CRATE
IfI relief from the fusty fiot-air artists
who have been holding the center of
fhe stare
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

The absolute dominance of Spain by
the Roman Catholic Church is shown
by there being less than $4,000 nom
Catholics in a population of 10000, 600
or these only CASA are Professionals, and
but 400 Jews. The remainder call
themselves Rationalists. and hold all
sorts and ends of beliefs.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

When Senator Tillman cordially
greeted the President at Charleston and
sat down TO the festive board with him,
the change from Rooseveltism may be
said to have reached its limit.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

We can afford to be calm during the
visit of the English Suffragettes.
Whenever our women really want suf-
frage they can have it. All they have
got to do, as usual, is to mention their
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Now let us see Mayor-elect Gaynor
trotted around the track TO get guess
at his Presidential possibilities
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
PROVERBS.

The curse OF the Lord is in the house
of the wicked: but he blesscth the hdp-
itatien of the just.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Physically, George Washington was
six feet two inches high, but his moral
statue exceeded all measurements.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Out West. where they raise corn by
the hundred million bushels, and use
up 90 per cent of it inside their County
lines. they give the merry ha-ha to the
talk of pellagra. A man who fills up
three times a day on good rich corn
meal in bread. cakes or mush, and
symphonized with ham and eggs,
cream. and sorghum molasses, may out
live Methuselah, if nothing but pellagra
kills him.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Capt. Y. W. Black, 1853 East Ssth
street. Cleveland, O.: 81 want to thank
you for your efforts to help the veterans
IN your National Tribune pension bill.
All comrades should stand by you.
Those who are not in Posts should get
into Posts at once. Let them wake up
and get in touch with their comrades"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

j. D. ostrander. seth ". Y, Allaben,
n. Z: IT wish to add my mite Of praise
for what The National Tribune is doing.
Let US all stand solidiy S.r It"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

d. B. Barnes, Hawarden, Iowa: 'tI
have read The National Tribune pen
sion bill and shown it to all the COM
rades here, who without dissent pro.
nounce it just and much-needed
measure"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
There comes tbe renort from Nicara-

There comes the report from Nicara-
qua that American sharpshooters in
the Estradist army have won a decided
victory for the insurgents by shooting
down the Zelayist officers. 1t appears
that the Americans went into the fight
"allee samee Meliken man." and shot
as il they meant it. The practice in
the South American revolutions is for
the soldiers to make noise and most
of the guns go off in the air. In few
minutes after the engagement opened
the commander of the Zelayaist forces
and some so officers were killed. and
the army fled from The field In terror.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
AN ACT

To Amend the Act of June $780, the Act of April 1905
Other Acts
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

VIM MUIR. Sd Tenn, Ben Davis, Mo-:
II cannot express to you how thankful
am for what you are trying to do for
the veterans"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

At regular meeting os Johr a. Gris-
void Post, Troy. N. Y, The National
Tribune pension bill was indorsed by
unanimous vote. John Tallmadge, Ad-
jutant.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

C. P. Taylor, 37th Wis, Barron, Wis,
IT am strongly in favor of your bill, as
1t viii do the greatest good to The Iarg-
est number"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

John NJ. Barham, Brownsville, Ore: |:
Il most heartily approve of The Ma
tional Tribune bill in every respect, ex-
cept that it should make some provi-
sion for prisoners of war"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.

The following is the bill The NATIONAL TRIBUNE will Congress
TO pass at the coming session.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
The National Tribune Pension BIZ.

R. Craig, Cornwall, Ont: ST am deep
ly grateful to you for your pension bill.
I was wounded near Newbern, with a
ball going thru my right arm above the
elbow joint. from which have suffered
all my life. I am now drawing S12 g.
month. 1 cannot sleep nor do any man
ual labor, and your bill will be a God
send to me. I served in the Sd n. Y.
Cav. in those trying days"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

A. NJ. Town, Chesaning, Mich: Your
bill is all right. Those who are not 20
years old are fast getting to that mark
Everybody should support the bill
heartily"
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

A. C. Steadman, 31st Iowa, Milo, Mo-:
'I heartily indorse your bill, and believe
it will meet the approval of all old COM
rades. / am 6S years old, and served
three years in Co. A, S1st Iowa."
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Moses Wisner Post. Ithaca, Mich. A.
J. Brown. Commander; Wm. Stahl Ad.
jutant. indorses The National Tribune
pension bill by unanimous Eote.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

Beaver Valley Post, Beaver Falls. Pa,
j. w. Graham, Adjutant. unanimously
Endorses The National Tribune pension
bill.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11

wn. Mckinley, C. A. r. Post. rs,
Snow Hill, Md. and VIM. R. Gavin,
Commander. Post rs. Snow Hill, Nd,
unanimously and earnestly indorse The
National Tribune bill, and will do all
possible to secure its passage.
The National tribune., 1909-11-11
WASHINGTON. d. C, NOV. IL, 1903,

Office nth and L streets Northwest.
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Entered at Washington, d. c, Post ounce
as sccoud-olass matter.
JOHN McELROY, Editor.
The new era., 1909-08-05
COMES TO DEFENSE OF WOLF
Naturalist Calls Attention to Good
Points In Animal That Hereto
fore Has Had Few Friends.

Three times within week / have
heard evil men compared with wolves,
to the great scandal of the latter. For
years l have spent my winter vaca-
tions in studying the wolf packs of the
far north and l find nothing to war.
rant our comparing them with men
who oppress their fellows. On the
contrary. wolves do not steal from
one another; they never kill one an
other, either quickly. like Turks, or
by slow starvation, like the food spec
ulators; neither do they kill weaker
creatures Unfortunately, like our
mighty hunters. And they never, even
when hungry, attempt to corner the
food supply for themselves.
If wolf, having killed a deer.
which was more than he could eat,
should attempt to claim the whole
carcass for himself. or to prevent 9TH
er hungry wolves from feeding freely,
there would be never a word or
growl uttered in protest; but his
selfish claim for more than he needed
would last Just long enough for the
nearest wolf to reach his throat-a
SuOTl SuIlll SluCe lue spring Ol d VOL
is like CLINT of light In Its speed and
certainty. In word. wolves do not
compete-they cooperate with one an
other; and their sociology. such as 1t
is. is in many respects better than
our own, since 1t rests upon natural
and wholesome instincts
The wolf. like all other purely nat
ural animals, hunts only for food,
takes the first thing which satisfies
his hunger, and then let's all other
animals severely alone. One day last
March I followed the trail of eight
wolves for a distance of at least ten
miles. They had gone through swamps
where rabbits, their natural food, were
plentiful; they had passed through
three deer yards, one of which con-
tanned dozen animals, and had
Jumped two deer so close that they
must have heard or smelled them; but
they had not chased or hunted sin
gle animal. And the explanation lay
at the other end of the trail. They
had killed buck that morning, had
eaten what they wanted and were now
minding their own business. as all 9TH
er wild animals dow. ]. Long, In
New York Independent
The new era., 1909-08-05
Law of Attraction.

and women to men are full of the most
perplexing Inconsistencies and contra
dictions imaginable. 1t is. for instance,
a physical law that magnetism Is not
simple attraction Of one thing for an
other, but the difference of two oppos-
ing forces Of attraction and repulsion,
of which the former is the greater
The same law holds in relation to the
attraction of men and women for each
other, in which, as rule, the mascu-
line is the superior force.-T. P.'s
Weekly, London.
The new era., 1909-08-05
CALLING DOWN THE BoASTER
Good Little Story Told by William
Dean HoweIIs as a Rebuke to
Spread-Eagleism.

"It was William Dean Howells,"
said Chicago editor. who first re-
buked us Americans for our spread
eagleism, for our foolish boasting. I
see that Mr.. Howells has just joined
a mems society for the promotion of
woman suffrage. Trust him to be in
the forefront always.
Il once heard Mr.. Howells deliver
fourth of July Grafton in Maine. The
orator preceding him had boasted a
good deal. Mr.. Howells showed that
some of the mans boasts were even
impious.
"He said that these spread-eagle
boasters deserved the rebuke that the
little child administered to the cack-
ling hen that had just laid an egg.
The child, angered by the hens con-
tinuous cawk-cawk-cawk, cawk-cawk-
cawk-cawk. shook his little finger at
her and said:
You fink you're smart But bod
made dat egg. You touldn't help but
lay it,"
The new era., 1909-08-05
COULDN'T GET 81 TO ENTHUsE
Hired Mans Remarks Could Hardly
Be Said to Be in Nature of
Of Compliment.

The young lawyer having been
nominated for the Office of county at
torney, thought to surprise an eccen-
trio genius by the name of 81 who
was working as hired man on the
young lawyers fathers farm.
well. 81. what do you Think" the
young man began.
Sometimes one thing, Lonny, an
sometimes mother"
But, 81, they have nominated me
for county attorney"
"They might "a done worse, Lon
ny. Howsomever. don't holler till
you're out of the woods"
The young attorney was duly
elected, and on his next visit to the
farm announced the fact unctuously
to 81, who was at the woodpile, saw
in hand.
well. 81, l am elected by large
majority. What do you think of
that?"
well, Lonny, down in our parts
where / was raised, when we wanted
a stopper N hadn't any cork, we
generally took a corn cob. b."-Youth's
Companion.
The new era., 1909-08-05

Bournemouth is OF necessity popu-
lar; but none the less is she eloquent
in her special appeal to the cultured
and the refined. 1t is to Bournemouth
the lover of Nature repairs for solace
and for rest. 1t is to Bournemouth
the wearied brain-worker HES for a
brief respite from daily toll, to clear
his brow Of the frown of over-think-
ing" 1t is to Bournemouth that all
who seek repose repair to find health.
giving breezes and to solace the spirit
by listlessly watching in half-dream
e. The crisped ripples on the
beach
And tender curving lines of creamy
spray"
1t sufflces here to say that Bourne
mouth holds out manifold inducements
to rich and poor alike. There are
beautiful drives beneath a continuous
leafy canopy of pines; there are walks
by cliff and sea; there are perfect
roads for pedestrian and for cyclist;
there is human society in it's many
places OF public amusement, and
There is society where none intrudes
By the deep sea and music in its
roar"
There Is an earthly paradise in Eng
land, and that paradise is Bourne
mouth.
The new era., 1909-08-05
Regulations.

1.-THE Autocrat," remarked the Re.
cordite Person, made a remark the
import of which escaped me until the
other day. He said: Many man
has a reputation because Of the repu-
tation he expects to have some day
That's not a half bad remark" sug-
gested the Practical Person, but my
son-just out from college, you know,
and in the habit of thinking hump
backed thoughts, as 1t were-said
something only this morning that ap-
pealed to me: Some men, he said,
get reputation and keep it; other
men get a reputation and make 1t
keep them"
The new era., 1909-08-05
He Bit.

He Bit.
The city man was jogging on to-
ward the summer clearinghouse in
a rickety old wagon. The driver was
glum and far from entertaining, and
the city man felt rather lonely.
Fine field over there" he ventured,
after long silence.
Fine" grunted the driver.
"Who owns it?''
"Old man Bit"
"Old man Bit, eh? Who are those
children stacking up hay?"
"Old man Bits boys"
And what is his idea in having
them out there in the field such hot
day."
wal. l reckon he thinks every lit
tie Bit helps, stranger. Anything
else you want to know? Get up here,
hosses."
The new era., 1909-08-05

west of Spokane, in accordance with
the wish of Chief Oliver Lott, who
lost his life by drowning in a shallow
pool below Sheep Creek falls, few
weeks ago. The induction ceremonies
performed by eight chieftains and
headmen of the Coeur d'Alene. Kali
spell, Nespelim and Colville tribes,
were witnessed by 600 persons, includ.
ing two score Of white. who were
guests at the banquet which closed the
all-day celebration. Chief Sam is a
fine specimen of the North American
Indian, and his conduct Of the red
mems affairs since the death of Chief
Lott shows he has many of the quail.
ties of leadership. He Is 26 years OF
age, six feet in height and is as
straight as an arrow. He has won nu.
merous trophies in athletic competi.
tions on various reservations in the
northwest He is popular with mem.
bers of his tribe, who have promised
to support him in an undertaking to
induce his people to lead honest and
Industrious lives