The National tribune., 1909-06-17
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CORRESPONDENTS. : D
A Word to Correspondents.

A Word to Correspondents.
Please do not write on. bothsides of your
letter paper. Sign your full name, tnot neces
saliIy for publication,) and write it and al
proper names very distipctly-,, Do not alb.
breviate your words. Giye your postoffice and
either the name or postofiiee address has
been overlooked. Do not mix business ques-
| tiOns and correspondence Use separate
of PaPs5 ether by mail or in The
| National Tribune.
J. A. F., Pittsburg. Pa: Thaw is still
! in the insane hospital. His attorney
made an effort recently to secure new
trial. but the New York Court of APP
| peals held that Thaw. in making tile
plea of murder justified on the ground
| of insanity. took the chance of being
| locked up in an insane asylum, because,
even altho he pleaded insanity only at
| the time of the shooting of Stanford
White, Justice Bowling had ample op-
portunity of studying him and deciding
whether or not he was still insane.
| .Insanity." saws the decision, may be
chronic, with lucid intervals. or it may
become as dangerous as Malay run
ming amuck. There is no method In
actual madness"
F. D., New York City: The town OF
Olustee Cor Ocean Pond). Fla, where
Confederates, under Finnegan, fought
battle on Feb. 20, 1864. is 46 miles
west of Jacksonville, and this latter
city is 172 miles north of st. Cloud,
where the veteran colony is located
Tampa is 80 miles west by south Of st.
Cloud.
L. G., Raymore, Mo-: The next Ma
tional Encampment of the G. A. R.
will open at Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug.
Q. and close Aug. IA. The railroads
make a reduced rate.
b. F., Malta, Mont: All of the
speeches appearing in the Congresslon-
al Record are not delivered in Congress.
The words applause, laughter, etc.,
with which these oratorical efforts are
interlarded are doubtless introduced in
the manuscript where applause and
laughter should naturally occur If the
speeches had been regularly delivered.
The members prefer to give leave to
print" rather than to listen to some
speakers.
Steenerson, of Minnesota, has intro
duced bill providing that on and
after July 1, 1911, letter carriers of the
Rural Delivery Service upon routes ex-
ceeding "a miles in length shall be paid
as compensation for their services at
the rate of $3.50 per mile per annum
for the first "a miles, and $1S.75 per
Ullle per loA coSh uuuilAohai
mile of route over 2t." The present
maximum compensation Is 5000.
NJ. H., Galeton, Pa: Free transporta-
ton is furnished to soldiers who are
without means and need it, on first adj
mission to a Home, after their applica-
ton for admission has been approved
by manager, provided they stave no
adequate means for paying cost of
transportation themselves and funds
are available for the purpose. At the
present time the appropriation for
transportation at the Southern (Hamp-
ton, Va) and Mountains johnson City,
Tenn, and Hot Springs, S. d.
Branches is exhausted, and no more
will be available until after July 1 next.
Free transportation is not furnished to
soldiers upon readmission to the Home.
The following persons only are entitled
to the benefits of National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and may
be admitted thereto upon the order of
a member of the Board Of Managers,
GERS, soldiers and sailors WHO served in
the Regular or volunteer forces
of the United States, I'M any war
in which the country has been
engaged, including the Spanish-Ameri-
can War. the provisional army (author-
ized by act Of Congress, approved
March 2, 1890, in any Of the cam
paigns against hostile Indians, or who
have served in the Philippines, in China
or in Alaska, who are disabled by dis
ease, wounds or otherwise, and who
have no adequate means of support,
are not otherwise provided for by law,
and by reason of such disability are in
capable of earning their living. There
are 10 National Homes for Volunteer
Soldiers. The Office Of the Board Of
Managers is at 346 Broadway, New
York City, where applications for ad-
mission should be made. The Home
for Disabled Soldiers Of the Regular
Army is at Washington, d. c., and is
distinct from the Volunteer Homes
A. B. K, Lima, o.: Opinions differ
as to the danger ex-President Roose-
welt Is subject to In his African hunting
trip. Inasmuch as "beaters'' are used
to scare the animals OUT Of hiding, so
that the hunters can get a chance to
see them before shooting, it ought not
| to be dangerous. The beaters run about
| half-naked, and few of them are ever
| injured. The rhinoceros is said to be the
only vicious animal and one hard 70 kill.
| The lion will not put up a fight unless
cornered. With the exception of the
rhinoceros the killing Of other African
big game Is said to be Ike shooting
cows in back yard" Mr.. Roosevelt
runs greater risks from insect bites and
| from climatic diseases than from wild
|
hazardous than knocking babies on the
head.
F. C. p. Fargo, N. D.: The Chicago
wheat gambler, Patten, is said to have
made couple of more million dollars
by forcing up the price of wheat by
means of corner. He bought wheat
for delivery in May at about 81 BUSH
ell. He settled with those who gambled
against him at rate of $134 a bushel.
Few farmers got any of that increase
Men who speculate in and monopoliZe
the necessities of life should have a job
in prison. There should be laws passed
to stop this game of exploiting the
needed things of life. 1t can be stopped
but 1t will require the organized INTEL
Iligence of the many.
G.. II. d., Burlington, Ind: Soldiers
or citizens who have not taken up a
homestead have the right to do so on
any unappropriated agricultural land,
regardless OF the fact that they once
made a ming and paid the first fees.
In such cases they did not begin settle
ment, and they have a chance to try
again and complete settlement and ac-
quire title.
E: ". W., Cohocton. N. T.: Soldiers
who may lose their discharges can get
a certificate in lieu of discharge by
writing to the Adjutant-G General of the
U. S. Army, War Department, Washing.
ton, d. c. IL d
Veterans Should Read 1t.