The National tribune., 1903-08-06

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Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez. ''E
A1ochO.' the new Venezuelan Minister
has arrived and departed. He wa:
presented to Acting Secretary of Stat'
Loomis. and then left for the North ac
companied by the Secretary of the Lega
ton. Gen. Hernandez can not be formal
ly presented until the return of Secretar!
Hay in the Fall He is a fine example o.
the born revolutionist.
Mrs. Cushman X. Davis. wife of tn,
| late Senator Davis. of Minnesota, is mar
| ried again. The man she married is s
| ancestral acres up about Harper's Ferry
| and money to burn. Mrs. Davis is not Sc
young. and Mr.. Doll is. The marriag g
came off quite in a hurry, after an ac
quaintance of but three months. Mrs
Davis on Memorial Day dedicated hand
some monument to her late second hus
band, who is buried in Arlington.
A good many people were surprised
when the account of the wedding was
printed. to find that Mrs. Davis had ''an-
cestors." While Mrs. Davis had been
quite prominent in social way in Wash
ingtOn, she was never able to enter the
Inner circles" of the old Southern society,
if it were not for her husband. Senator
Davis's popularity, and his money, she
wouldn't have got very far even in Off
cial circles. They spitefully said that
Mrs. Davis had once worked for living,
which is not TO her discredit. She did not
entertain often. but lavishly. Mrs. Davis S
advent in the Senator's private gallery at
the Capitol was always matter of in
terest to the correspondents. There was
always train of young men. one carry
ing her parasOl. another her opera glasses,
another her pOcketbook. and if fourth
was along, as there often was, he ran
along ahead and busted the opera chair
for her. after letting it down. She was
always gorgcOusly attired in conspicuous
ly late fashion. 1t was sight to see her
sail down the receiving line at the White
House, the most splendidlygowned wom-
an there, graciously acknowledging the
bows that We're made to her, and never
seeing the heads held high in air as she
passed by.
1t was Mrs. Merriam, wife of Ex-Gov-
ernOr Merriam, of Minnesota, who
brought Mrs. Davis into such unpleasant
nOtoriety. She refused to receive Mrs.
Davis at the Gubernatorial Mansion in
st. Paul, and this came near being made
National political issue. The war went
merrily Oh for years, the two women fight
ing each other in way not altogether
sweet, but notably feminine. Mrs. Mer-
RAM finally came to Washington to live,
as the wife of the Director of the Census,
and the warfare began in Washington
again. From some source or another
both ladies were informed that the Presi-
dent would not stand any funny business
from either Of them. and that their hus-
bands would suffer at his hands If their
wives did not cease knitting each other.
Mrs. Merriam Immediately went to Mrs.
Davis and it is said all but went down on
her knees to the lady she had fouted
when she was the wife of the Governor of
Minnesota and Mrs. Dayis-plain Mrs.
Davis. A kind of armed neutrality ensued,
and peace reigned for a few months, when
Senator Davis died. and a little later
things happened in the Merriam family.
Mrs. Merriam suing her husband for an
accounting Of her money. and then both
women dropped out of sight socially.
Now Mrs. Davis comes to the front with
ancestors that will turn Mrs. Merriam
green with envy. Mrs. Davis belongs to
the Malcolms of Scotland. She wore at
her wedding the other day some very
oddly-fashiOned seed pearl jewels-neck-
are said to have belonged to her great
a Malcolm of Scotland. Mrs.
Davis found out all about these relatives
when she was in Scotland three years
ago, when Senator Davis was across the
water in attendance upon the Joint High
Commission. There is an old saying
about changing the name and not the
letter, marries for worse and not for bet
ter which Mrs. Davis evidently does
not fear This is Mrs. Davis's third ven
ture. She is one of the kindest- hearted
women that ever lived and if society were
not always snobbsh would be leader.
1t is asserted in the Department of Ag-
rlculture that cassava will make the
Southern States great stock raising
country. Slab-sided cows from the pine
forests which were fed on cassava more
than doubled their weight in 10 days. The
cost of the live weight produced was one
cent pound. and the profit made in fat
'ening beef 80 per cent. Hogs did equal
y well.
Rear-Admiral George w. Melville. prob
ably the most picturesque figure in the
American Navy, retired last Saturday. He
was one of the three brothers in the war
IF the rebellion. all Of whom did brilliant
service. His honorable mentions were
and cOuched in the highest
erms of praise. One of the incidents of
lis coolness at critical periods when he
was upon the Wachnsett, is as follows:
while the Wachusett was refitting in
he harbor of Bahia, the Confederate |
,ruiser Florida boldly steamed in and took
IN anchorage fve-eights of mile from |
he Wachnsett. then cleared her decks for |
ictioa- A Brazilian corvette slipped be-
,ween the two to preserve the peace. while |
he forts on the shore trained their guns |
o the same purpose. Then Capt. Collins |
sent a challenge TO the Florida to fight q |
naval duel outside the harbor. The |
Florida declined the challenge. Collins |
allied a council of his officers. and there |
t was decided that the most feasible |
,lan was TO ram the Florida where she |
ay. To this the objection was made that |
he shock of impact would tear the boilers |
rom their lashings and cause the death of |
very man below decks.
So L do not think that the boilers will |
Freak loose interposed young Melville, |
but if they do there need be but one man
sacrificed, for, after the engines are start
ID, can work them alone and will order
III hands on deck During the prepara-
ion for the attack Melville volunteered |
md succeeded in going aboard the Florida
md ascertaining the location Of her ma
.hiupry and the 81 Of har hat