The National tribune., 1903-03-05

Clapp, Capt. III. A. Castle, Auditor for the
Post-Oflice Department; Representatives
Frank NJ. Eddy, Page Morris, Loren
Fletcher, L. G. Stevens, James L. Nc
Cleary; Representatives-elect Volstead and
Halvor Stevenson, John J. Boobar, Grant
Van SAINT, Frank L. Kratka, Capt. y. j.
Bernard, John ID. Carmody, and 4. A.
johnson.
The President has nominated John S.
Fay for appointment as POSTMASTER at
Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Fay is the present
Postmaster and has held office SO years,
longer than any other Presidential Post
master ever served. He was originally
appointed by President Johnson on April
%, 1865. and since that time has served
under eight different Presidents. The
salary of the office has increased $50 per
cent. since the date of his first appoint
ment-froIn 81 100 in 1860 to $500 at
this time.
Baron Won Sternburg, the German Min
lister. has addressed a letter to President
Roosevelt informing him of the determina-
ton of Emperor William not to send the
statue of Frederick the Great to this coun-
try until next year.
President Roosevelt has signed the bill
providing for the erection in this city OF
statues to the memory of Brighten.
Count Pulaski and Maj.-Gen. Baron Won
Steuben, both of the Continental army.
The measure appropriates So0,OO0 for
each monument These statues are to be
placed in Lafayette Park, opposite the
White House. As it now contains statues
of Lafayette. and Rochambeau, it might
be well TO change the name to "Reyolu-
tionary Park"
1t has been announced at the law Office
Of Henderson, Linehan. Hurd d kiesal,
in Dubuque. Iowa. that Speaker Hender-
son has retired from the firm. Although
not officially announced, it was stated that
Gen. Henderson will enter n New York
law firm as successor to eN-Speaker Reed.
The collection of papers of President
jackson, which were i'll the possession OF
Montgomery Blair. Posimaster-General in
President Lincoln'S Cabinet, and on his
death passed to his four children, have
been given to the Library of Congress.
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These papers are very voluminous com
prising thousands of manuscripts and vol
umes. They include not merely letters to
and from President Jackson, but muster
rolls, military reports, and various memo
randa. They run back prior to the year
1900 and come down to the time of jack
sons death, in 1915. The most important
of them date from the year 1S12.
In transmitting the papers to the Ii
brary the children ask that the gift be
known as the Montgomery Blair Collec-
ton" The collection has been received
by Librarian Putnam, but the papers will
have TO be gone over very carefully before
they will be accessible to public inspec-
ton. 1t has been found that not only
editing but ''expurgatien" is quite often
necessary in papers of this character be-
fore the. public can have them.
The rumor is persistent that William r. |
Merriam, Director of the United States
Census, will very soon tender his resigna-
ton TO the President. Gen. Merriam was
a candidate for the new portfolio of the
Department of Commerce, but failed 10
get it. It is now said that he will take
y high salaried position in an International
credit concern, with headquarters in New |
York City Gen. Merriam does not deny
that he has received an offer from the New
York corporation.
Another resignation that is rumored is |
that of Milton Il. Allies, Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury. He will probably |
become Il member of tie Riggs Bank of
this city. to represent New York interests |
in that concern.
Postmaster-General Payne, in n letter
of recent date to a member of Congress
who WAS DESTROYS of having a change
made in the post-office in one of his towns,
told the Congressman that the incumbent |
of the post-ofice was a veteran of the
Union army, aud one with excellent war
service. as well as being good postmas-
ter. 1T is the wish of the President"
he added, to retain in the service old sol
diers who have made good public officials
and against whom charges of misconduct
have never been preferred, as in this in
stance"
Melville W. Miller, editor of the
Lafayette Qnd.) Morning Journal, will
succeed Frank L. Campbell as Assistant |
Secretary of the Interior.
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, of Aus
tria, brother of the former Crown Prin-
cess of SaxOny, who renowned her rank
for love, has decided that he will become
an officer in the United States Navy, and
has so informed his parents. There is
n little United States statute that will
spoil his game, however, which recites
that THE officers of the vessels of the
United States shall in all cases be citizens
of the United States" So, unless the
Archduke designs renouncing his rank in
the royal household, he will never serve as
an officer in our Navy.
Announcement has been made that Miss
Ruth Hanna. daughter of Senator Hanna
will be married early in the Summer. prob
ably in June, TO Joseph Medill Mccormick
of Chicago. The marriage will take PLACE
at the Hanna home in Cleveland.
There are COCO different species of but
terfies in the United States, as cataloged
by the National Museum.
Representative McLachlan, of Califor-
MIA, has presented to the President n for
NAL invitation TO visit Pasadena on the oc-
casion of his coming Western trip. The
invitation is q key of solid gold, ard around
its stem is a splendidly engraved crown. |
emblenlatic of the Indian name for Pasa-1
dena, the crown of the valley"
Mr.. L. II. du Martheray, the recently
appointed Minister OF Switzerland to the |
United States, was presented formally to |
the President last Saturday. He appear
ed at the White House in full court cas-
tune, accompanied by Mr.. Lardy, First
Secretary of 'the Swiss Legation, and one |
of the Legation attaches. Secretary Hay
presented the Minister 10 President Roose- |
welt. The exchange of greeting was cordial |
and felicitous.
Maj.-Gen Henry c. Corbin has accepted |
the invitation to be Marshal of the great
civil and military parade arranged for
April 80 next, as part of the first days
program, incident TO the dedication of the |
buildings and grounds of the ST. Louis |
Wprld's Fair and Louisiana p,,roboea IT, /