The National tribune., 1903-06-18

SDuTS IIiUe LOT lucy 1Ic
made and represent the highest skill in
forging and finishing. They are of the
regulation cowboy pattern. and drop shank
large rowels, and locks with wide hand
stamped r1lsset leather straps and gold
conchas. The spurs are silver mounted
and chased with an artistic design. The
boy for whom they are intended rode much
with Capt. Bullock when the latter was
in Washington.
The President himself got a present
while he was gone that is not to be sneeZed
at At Cheyenne, Wyo., Senator Warren:
in behalf of the people of cheyenne and
Douglas, presented, to the President hhe
saddle gelding. The animal is said to be
a perfect saddle horse. 1t is fine, big
fellow aud perfectly trained. When nre-
sented, the horse at the command OF Sen
ator Warren, fell on its knees and Saluted
its new owner. Its name was Ragalona,
but the President Immediately re-chrlsten-
ed it Wyoming, in honor of the State OF
the donors.
With Wyoming there was presented n
superb saddle outfit, shsh as will make
Fasteners open their eyes. All the mount
ings are of silver, beautifully chased. The
President is very proud of the beautiful
gelding and says he is the finest horse he
ever backed.
Dr. Wiley's "poison boarders' are to
have respite of few weeks. They de-
clared that they did not get enough to eat,
despite the fact that they are all IN bet
ter condition now than they were when
they began their diet by rule. Some OF
the students. it was found, had been dis
obeying rules by eating things when away
from the chemical table, and DIR. Wiley
feels that this evidence of bad faith viii
in a measure muss up his calculations.
By the fall of an elevator in an apart-
ment house, Col w. II. Michael. CHIEF
Clerk of the State Department, got a
pretty serious shake-up one day last week
He was one Of five passengers in the
elevator. which was up four stories when
, the ropes broke. The jar and concus-
sion caused some illness, but no one was
dangerously hurt.
The Chinese Minister, Sir Chentung Ii
ang- g-Cheng. has just been made an LII. u.
by Amherst College CMassachusetts). The
honor was conferred in recognition of his
work in diplomacy.
Sir Liang-Cheng will present his ere
dentials to the President on June Is. Odd
" enough. that viii leave the Embassy OF
Germany clear at the foot of the diplomat
ic list, as the German re sresentatiye, Baron
Won Sternberg, has been unable to present
his credentials as ambassador, and yet re-
mains Minister" only. 1t is humiliat-
ing position for the representative from
Germany to fill, especially at this particu-
Lar time.
King Victor Emanuel Of Italy has sent
the President a very handsome present,
and a very rare one. The Kings gifts are
the war reports Of the illustrious Italian
yanoroI pripoa EnUona Of Sovnv III
volumes, and a copy Of Dante's "Divine
Comedy" with a comment in Latin by
Stefano Talice da Ricaldine. This COM
ment until recently was preserved in man.
uscript in the Royal Library in Turin. The
series on Prince Eugene's campaign was
private distribution among his titled
friends. The books are bound in full red
morocco, with the royal crest end Kings
monogram in each of the four corners of
the front binding.
Director of the Census Merriam sever
ed his connection with the Bureau on
June 8. and was presented with a hand
some silver water pitcher by the employees
of the Office.
President Roosevelt and his daughter,
Miss Alice, attended the wedding of Miss
Ruth Hanna in Cleveland last week.
Secretary Hitchcock has issued an Or
der which is likely to '.rile" up quack
doctors. For quite a number of years
there has been trouble at Hot Springs,
over alleged doctors" who take up their
residence at the great Government sani-
tarium and proceed to administer the wa
ters of the various springs there in a
way calculated to deplete the census sud-
denly some day through giving the wrong
water to the wrong person. Secretary
Hitchcock, under whose jurisdiction the
Hot Springs lie, has issue a peremptory
order that hereafter all those who call
themselves physicians, must be registered,
and must apply for a license and pass n
rigid examination, made by a board which
he himself designates.
Memorial Day observance has grown
to wonderful prominence, though there
were a great many people high in official
life who doubted the propriety of estab-
fishing the observance of such day. 1t
has had q salutary influence upon COM
munities, in that the authorities and va
rious patriotic societies have taken active
steps to make beautiful the last resting
places of the dead. The floral memorial
looks out of place in a gone-to-seed look
ing grave yard. More especially is this
noted in the South and in the cemeteries
where the Confederate dead lie. Very lit
tie attention has been paid to the GENE
terleS, OUTSIDE tne large cues OF the south.
and in several that lie in the vicinity of
Washington the graves and headstores
had all but disappeared. A few years
ago, however, the organizations of South
ern women, disliking the vivid contrasts
between the cemeteries where the loyal
dead lie and their OWN, took up the work
of making their own cities of the dead
beautiful. They have also adopted a Me
mortal Day. 1t runs from early in April
10 the middle of June. The organizations
of Confederates and their auxiliaries have
never been able 10 decide upon one day
for all. but decorate as their local organi-
cations dictate. 1t is sad to relate that
the Stars and Stripes are never seen in
one of these Southern cemeteries, how
ever. The banner of a lost and buried
cause is always used to mark the little
mounds, and adherence to the principles
for which the dead gave up their lives
is proclaimed by each and every speaker
over the Confederate dead. 'sThe Union
as it was and is' is certainly not what it
ought TO be, when discredited banner is
displayed in this open manner. This is
the only country on earth where such a
thing is possible.
One of those strange incidents that we
meet up with now and then, yet never
take for truth when read in q tale Of fc-
ton, happened at Winchester, Va, on
Memorial Day. Since the war a brother