The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-01

to do, caused the 1iAtrict to lose good
deal of money. He caused advertising
bills to be paid by the District instead Of
property holders, u. tie law requires. Mr..
Petty denies thatshesSever gave such an
order, and there you are.
The park policensenspf Washington have
been wearing dusty. gray-green uniform.
which looked secondhand ON first sight,
and was altogetherIa hideous sort of garb.
Col. SymOns has concluded to change the
uniform back to the old army blue" and
there is rejoicing. L There never was any
thing to compare with it for beauty or
staying qualities in color.
The Agricultural Department is now
smiling very sweetly over the beet sugar
industry and its future in the United
States. Charles f. Saylor. Special Agent
for the investigation of the beet sugar
industry in the United States. says that
the United States is bound to come to the
front now in this very important industry.
because Germany, which has always been
our natural foe because of her beet sugar
production, can not now place her beet
sugar on our markets at less than the cost
of manufacturing it here. The cartel of
Germany now makes this impossible. Mr..
Saylor says there is an end to the I'M
natural arrangement which compelled the
people of several European countries to
pay heavy tax on the sugar they con-
sumed in order to subsidize the sugar ex-
ported, and thus enable the manufactur-
ers to sell in other countries at less than
the cost of production.
| Representative Cannon. who after the
middle of November will be known as
MIR. Speaker" is in Washington looking
fit for the tussle that is before him and
evidently strong enough TO carry the thing
to finish without disturbing hair on
his somewhat sparsely covered head. He
is not talking at all. Mr.. Cannon can
give the Sphinx pointers on silence on Oc-
casion. Just the same there are people
who believe they can see him think, and
''they say" he is thinking" Mr. Hemen-
way for Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations. 'They" also say that Mr..
Burkett. of Nebraska, may go to the head
of the Sub Committee on the District of
Columbia. If this is done it will probably
send Mr.. McCleary, of Minnesota, who is
| now Chairman of the subcommittee, to
some other subcommittee
There seems to be concerted movement
all along the line to make Statuary Hall
| in the National Capitol a Confederate Hall
of Fame. Alabama has just voted to place
| in that hall statue to the memory of DIR.
J. L. NJ. Curry, who was born in Georgia,
| and who lived in Alabama for few years,
Gut received his education in the colleges
of Georgia, later graduating from Har-
ward: fle was three times member of
| the Legislature of Alabama. and served in
the 55th and 36th Congresses from that
State. When Alabama seeded, Mr.. Curry
resigned from the National House and
was elected a member of the Confederate
Congress. He also served as Colonel of
the 9Th Ala. Cav. DIR. Curry was Minis
ter to Spain for three years during the
Administration of Cleveland. He was
somewhat noted as writer of magazine
articles and as an author Who'll be the
next?
1t is said that the new Springfield rife
which is being Manufactured in the Ar
powerful arm ever designed for infantry
or cavalry. Its range1is five miles. 1t is.
said that its power Is so great that sin
gle bullet would go, through 55 men were
they in range of the single shot,
p Mr-C. d. van,' Duzer. of Nevada. the
big State that casts not quite as many
Congress to represent that handful of votes
on the floor of the House. Mr. Van Duzer
is sanguine and talks Ike one of his noun
tain streams running down hill, about his
great hopes Of the success of the Demo
cratic party In the next Presidential cam
There is 40 law asainst IT. Mr.. Var Duzer
expects to represeht forganized labor on
the floor of the House. There Is something
tangible. Mr.. Van -Duzer is Bryan
Democrat. sn -- ...a
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A Louisiana sculptor has "sculped'
statue Of Lots wife for the ST. Louis Elk
position, and very naturally he has made
the statue out of rock salt, in which Louis
lana is rich. 1t is said that the figure is
very beautiful thing.
The Library Of Congress is to be repre-
scented in st. Louis by a very large model
of itself. There will also be an example
Of the famous book stacks and the ma
chinery by which the books are handled.
Ex-Representative David Mercer, of
Nebraska, received a severe hurt while re-
turning from Milwaukee, by a stone
thrown through the car window by a boy,
which struck him on. the face.
Mr.. Manuel Hermann, Of Oregon, Chief
of the Mailing Division of the Pension Blu
reau for the last 10 years, and brother of
Hon. Binger Herman, formerly Land
Commissioner, and now Representative
from Oregon, has resigned from the Pen
sion Bureau. 1t is stated that his resigna
ton was voluntary, and due to his desire
to attend to his private interests in Ore
gon, and in no manner forced by the fric-
ton between his brother and Secretary
Hitchcock, which led to his brothers resig-
nation some months ago.
Little" Nellie Arthur, daughter of the
late President, is soon to be married to a
New York broker, Mr.. Charles Pinkerton.
Those who were much at the White House
during the Administration of Mr.. Arthur
remember his little daughter as very
charming little girl. 1t is said that she
has grown into beautiful young woman
hood.
Gen. Bates, commanding the Depart
ment of the Lakes. has kick coming.
He says that military prisons are becom-
ing necessity. The influence of old,
long -time-service soldiers spending year
or more in the guard house is very bad
upon the young recruits. and he wants
some good military prisons built and these
old fellows carted off to them.
Gen. Bates also says that the standard
of recruits is much lower than it was q
few years ago. He says too many young
immature boys are cn'is+ng now.
Baltimore is to lose historic old Fort
McHenry rs an important post, but it will
be retained, in charge of one company of
artillery, because Of its historic interest.
1t is now so close to the harbor that it is
of no value for defense. Fort Howard is
10 miles below. Theosection of Fort Nc
Henry where the fighting was done in the