The National tribune., 1902-02-20
CHAT OfsTHE CORRIDORS.


1 merce law, such US will give the Commits
sion power to enforce penalties. Comradt
/. Miner served in the 1St Wis. Cav, and is
g now resident of Bethany, Mo-, where
o he is engaged In the lumber and banking
o business, with branches al Ridgeway. New
a Hampton, Gainesville, Cofrey. Nit AIoriah
e Gilman City, King City and Trenton. He
e is very live man in the Grand Army, in
the Republican party, and in business. lie
is also one of the leading spirits in the
= Grand Concatenated Order of Hoo II oos,
the association of lumbermen. He sa w
; the President, aud was around a good
deal among the Grand Army comrades.
, Comradc James A. Wilson. Co. D, 9Sth
H., Wildrr's Brigade. Pueblo, Colo, WAS
in the city last week, on his way to New
York on business. He is buyer of car
pets, draperies and uphostering for the
great Crews-Beggs Dry Goods Co.. Of
Pueblo.
Col. c. J. Jones, of Topeka, Kan.
known all over the country, and fauliliarly
addressed by President Roosevelt as Bug
falO" Jones, had Il talk with the President
last week. Col. Jones is urging the Pres
ident TO do all in his power to secure
legislation providing for the preservation
| North America. especially those liable to
| become extinct, such aS the buffalo and
muskOx. Col Jones believes this can par
| tally he done by means of great parks
or preserves, but Mt the same time he
| wants some law passed that will give pro
lection to the few buffaloes that have
| heen domeSticated. Col. Jones was n gFeHt
buffalo hunter in the days when the ami
| mails numbered millions. He saw that
| they were going to be wiped out and ca -
tired and preserved herd of about 100
From this herd are bred nearly all the
huffalnes in parks and domestic cnnfina-
ment throughout the world. There are
less than COO buffalocs left in the world
The few that wore in Yellowstone Park
are becoming extinct.
The gentleman in charge of the great
equatorial Of the Tinted States Naval Oh
enrvatory. is appropriately named Prof
Thos. J. See.
Cabegrams from Washington to Ma
rila are usually s"nt about = n m On ac- |
count Of the difference in time, which is |
II hours between Manila and Washing
ton. the message is received Mt the for |
ncr rl""e nj about o'clock n. m. and |
we receive a reply thereto the next morn |
Ing at about O'Clock.
The ronte of message sent during |
the late war with Srain was as follows:
From Washington to Now York: thence
to CanSO. Nova Scotia; thence across. or.
rather. under. the Atlnntic to Valnrcia.
Ireland; thence to Penzance. England:
thence +" lisbon Portugal: thence through
the Mediterranean Sea. to Tangior. on the
north coast Of Africa: thence tn the Island
of Malta: thence to Alexandria, Egvpt:
thence 10 Aden, Arabia, by way of Port
Sid and Surz: thence tn Rnmhav and
Pcnaug 70 Singaporc. on the MALAY PENN
srln: thence tn Tabam. Island of Rnrneo:
81 to |
thorp tn Manila. some gro miles south
From the fnreg6ing it will he observed
that the cable. srstrm touches at some.
thing like 1e different points hut by a
system Of renentinE stations but nine re
lays are involved.
The cable rnute has honn shortened
litfle since then hut 4 is still ~ noA miles
When cable IL established over the trims
Pacific route. aIready surveyed to Manila.
via the Hawaiian Islands and Guam. the
distance will b. shout II .2n0 miles from
Washington. Thus = Pacific cable will
shorten the route more than . 0nn miles.
and there will NOT be 10 exceed three re-
lay stations on the entire route.
The toll rates from Washington TO Ma
Mia are now S1Ga per word to the pub
ic the Government getting a discount OF
i2H cents from this rate. ,
When the now cable reaches Manila
the Government will have thore nearly. il
not quite G.0n0 mile4 Of permanently CON "
strr"tcd lard and cai,lp telegraph in the =
Fhilinnine Islands. OF this mileage. n"ar-
Y ! $40 miles arc submarine cables This
work has all been done bv the War De
under the immediate supervision
If the United States Signal Corps.
Fpo..an ~
n the navy during the rebellion. ard is :
low one Of tho Leading LAWYERS Of Find
av. O.. is in Washington. with del"ga- -
ion from that thriving young city. seek
ng an appropriation for public building v
Utahle tn the present DEVELOPMENT and "
probable future of Findlav. They make
fine showing of the growth of Findlav n
which has since 1000 erected buildings j
nd made municinal improvements aggre
nting nearly So 006 000. more than n
ouhled the circulation of their news .
apers, and greatly increased the capital :,
nd deposits of their banks.
The veterans of the l17th I'll. and of ~
Smiths Gnerrillas' generally, will he ~
lad to learn that the old Colonel of the II
1Ith-Risdon VI. M0ore-is alive and in -
nod health. He is a resident Of San An !,
prio. Tex. and has been in Washington
'oking ont for his candidacy for the Col =,
'ctorShin Of Customs Of the San An u
1nio District Col. Moore comes of old
revolutionary and Virginia stock. He is "
rsrcnded from the men who were the ~
.iputcnartS Of Gen. Geo. Rodgers Clarke ''
.ho in 11T9 made the famous expedition w
ITO the Northwestern Territory. and cap ~
Irpd Vincennes. KaSkaSkia and other u
laces from the British. and secured thar u
rlcndid country for the Americans. Col u
Ionrc's grandfather was stakeholder in III
,pprpi3 hnt rannyn1 n fIiDniS IN ppf | ~
id of slavery, and set his slaves free. "'
Ie one of the leading pioneers Qf y"
innis. and hclpcd greatly to make and n'
ppp il free State. Col. Moore was n ~
rofessOr in McKendree College. Lebanon
H.. at the outbreak of the rebellion, and "T
nyc3 at his post long az he could. but er
nally felt the call too strong. and helped 81
Iise the l17th H.. of which regiment he M
.rame the Colonel. and comma anded it ~
ith great ability till the end Of the war ne
reqUcRtly he commanded brigade. His n
'nthers all in the war. After the ar
ar he went IN Alabama and heIped great IA
to develop the coal fields there. Then.
me score or more Of years ago. he went 20
Texas and embarked in the sheep husi n
'ss. He is Past Commander of the De 20
lrtment of Texas, G. A. r. "e
In
The Commission charged with the selec- -"
mn and preparation of n site and the
ection of a pedestal and the compIetion Sti
statue of Maj.-Gen. George r. Nc mi
lellan has received favorable notices from
artists in response to the circular in