The National tribune., 1903-01-01
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There came near being a panic in
Washington last Saturday. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. accompanied by
the children, went down into Virginia to
spend Sunday. They had not confded
their plans to the newspapers, and came
near getting away without any of the
newspaper men knowing it. In very few
hours the Metropolitan Fellows were sell
ing on the streets of Washington with
scare heads about the President having
broken down, and being taken hastily
away" The cry of Wolf has been
heard from that direction for so long
time, however, that no one pays any at
tention to it any more. The President
simply went to the country for the quiet
day which he cannot have in Washington,
and, like family man, he took his wife
and children. They went to Rapidan,
Va. where they were the guests Of Mr..
Josiah Winner, in his fine old Colonial
mansion.
The Army Nurses of the Spanish War
were assembled in the first session of their
first National Convention held in Wash
ington, by Bugler Frank Manville, Trlm-
peter of the Astor Command, Spanish
Army and Navy War Veterans. The bu-
gle ON which the calls were made was cap
cured by Manvilie from Spanish bugler
on July Is. 1898, during the advance on
Santiago. after a hand-to-hand combat in
which the American came off victor.
Trumpetel Manville says the old bugle
isn't worth 60 cents, but that he would
not take as many dollars for it.
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Statistics show that the Russian Govern
ment uses 6.0G0,OO0 corks annually in the
alcohol industry, which it mOnopolizes.
Thomas Fortune, Special Commissioner
to the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands,
is of the opinion that Havraii would make
an ideal home for the y nerican negro.
The question is, can he make the negroes
believe it?
Who knows when Red Tape" came
into fashion in the Government Offices?
Joel Grayson, Of the House Document
Room, in roofing around among mnsty
files finds that the papers of the 10th
Congress were tied with white tape.
1t is said that Americans utilize every
part Of hog but the squeai, and of a
steer everything but the blood. The Ger
mans are about to go us one better. They
have not found any way to use the sQueal,
but they are manufacturing the blood into
a horse feed which promises to be quite
nutritious. The blood is sterilized and
steamed, and is then mixed with chaff or
bulls of grain finely ground. the husks of
peanut kernels, the inner lining of peanut
shells, and molasses. These are mixed
and dried and sold in bags costing S1.15
for 165 pounds.
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A fairy story went out short time ago
about the magnificent mansion which it
was said that Mr.. Carnegie was having
fitted up in New York City for his only
daughter Aladdin wasn't in it with this
wonderful house, according to the papers,
which, laBguishing for a sensation one
day, sprung this one while the great
Scotchman was on the high seas on his |
way to the United States. Little Miss |
Carnegie was to have absolute control
of this house, and her parents would be
simply her tenants 1t was great story. |
a gilded story, and it proved a great
lie. Mr.. Carnegie came out in a card In
the press of the country and said that it |
was absolutely untrue and that he could |
think of no greater evil that could befall |
his daughter than for her to get the idea
into her head that she was the possessor
of unlimited wealth. 1t Is altogether prob
able that little Miss Carnegie has less
spending money than the daughter of the
average tradesman. She dresses as plainly
as charity child and rumps like a tom
boy. Health is the prime requisite for
youth and this the little lady has. Educa.
ton comes Iext in the eyes of her parents,
and this she will get, but not at the ex-
pense of her health. On the whole the
Canegies seem to be a pretty sensible lot
Of multimillionaires.
The son of InspectorGenerai Bfeckin- |
ridge, of the U. S. A, was practically the
first martyr in the Spanish American |
war. Joseph Cabell Breckenridge was
washed overheard from the torpedo boat
Gushing, en- route to Havana with dis
patches for the Maine, on Feb. IL, 1898. |
A memorial tablet to his memory has just
been placed in the Chapel of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. 1t il Of bronze,
b by AZ inches in size.
There has been an enormous increase in
the patent business of the country in the
last few years, and that of the past year |
has been phenomenal. During the past |
II months 27.136 patents have been is |
sued. That is more than were issued in |
the first % years of the existence of the |
office. They were issued to the inventors |
Of every civilized country Of the globe
II the land offered covers enough terri |
: tory, indianapolis may get a military post |
In exchange for the old arsenal property in |
that city. Gen. Macarthur, commanding
the Department Of the Lakes, has been |
ordered to Indianapolis to investigate the |
sites offered.
Fitz Hugh Lee never loses an oppor-
tunity to give Cleveland a dig. In ad-
dressing the members of the Patria Club
In New York the other night, he said |
that he told Cleveland privately Of the vile |
condition OF affairs in Cuba. Il told |
him, he said. about the rebellion there
and all its brutalities and horrors, and
that it would continue for several genera
tons if not brought to a speedy close Mr.. |
Cleveland gave no attention to my reports, |
and it was not until the great inah now
sleeping his last sleep in Cantor, Ohio. |
took charge of affairs at Washington that
these atroci0us conditions were brought to
an end Another Daniel come to Judg-
ment.
President Roosevelt evidently intends TO
'swing around the circle next Spring, for
he Is beginning to accept invitations to
visit cities. San Francisco has secured
from him promise to visit that CITY In
May. to attend the dedication of the Naval
Monument concentrating Dewey's VIC
tory in Manila Bay. The completion OF
this monument marks the vivid contrast
between the way things are done in the
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