The National tribune., 1903-12-10

for Mrs. Cannon has long been dead. It
is supposed that the ring was swept out in
the refuse of the Office, and that it had
lain undisturbed all these years. 1t was
unharmed, n
The main building of lthe United States
Government Exhibit at the Worlds Fair in
St. Louis is to be decorated in red, white
and blue. Miss Temple. an artist of
Washington, has elaborated the scheme of
tri-colored decoration in the National col
ors. She will make liberal use of the Flag,
also, and the scheme is said to be most
beautiful. ~
The Jefferson Memorial Association pro
poses to erect in Washington great struc
ture as a memorial to Jefferson, and the
Sons of the American Revolution have de-
cided to offer one of four ''cornerstones'
which they suggest shall be- laid. -Four cor
nerstones is new idea, but passing that,
what is the matter with the Sons of the
American Revolution building the whole
business? What else has the organization
to do with its money? 1t is wealthy or
ganization: a man has to be rich to sup
port all its style, and why not proceed to
build the Jefferson Memorial all itself?
Apropos of the cornerstones, one is to
the country, as Mr.. Jefferson is thought TO
be the father of public education one to
the press" the freedom of which Jeffer-
son believed in, and one to the religious
organizations, las Il reminder of the great
work of Jefferson in causing to be enacted
the Virginia statute for religious freedom
Now listen to that, win you! Why, the
orthodox churches wouldn't let jefferson s
name be mentioned within their four walls,
if they could prevent it. Jefferson's relig-
ious freedom" and religion are of no
kin, if history and Jefferson's own writings
are to be accepted as evidence
With dozen policemen about him and
half dozen Secret Service men. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, while attending the funeral
of his uncle in New York City, was ap-
preached by crank, who handed him - a
letter. Either Secret Service men and
police are stupid, or else it is quite impos-
sible to protect the President TheMplice
of New York got brought up standing be-
fore the Commissioners. but they declared
that they were not to blame.
1t is said that the daughter of Fred
erick Douglass by his first wife intends to
try to break the will of the white wife
who died last week. The white wife left
the Douglass house for memorial to her
husbands name, and left her money and
personal effects to be used in securing
all mementOes connected with the life Of
Douglass to place in this house. She also
made every preparation possible to have
the body Of Frederick Douglass brought
from Rochester, n. Y, and laid beside her
own, in the cemetery at Anacostia. The
children say%that the body of the famous
negro shall rest in Rochester, and that
their fathers money shall come to them.
Ex-Representative john G.. Carlisle has
been named by the United States as ar
bitter in the case of the Santo Domingo
Improvement Company against the Santo
Domingo Government.
The Board of Managers of the National
Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
held its annual meeting in Washington
last week. There We're present Gen. Mar
tin Z. McMahon, President: Col John l..
Mitchell, of Milwaukee,, Vice-President;
Gen. Thomas J. Henderson, Second Vice
President; Col. George w, Steele, Secre-
tary; Gen. Charles NJ. Anderson of Indi-
ana; Col. Sidney G. Cooke, of Kansas;
Gen. J. Marshall Brown, Of Maine; Mai.
William ii. Bonsall, Of California; Capt.
Henry. p. Palmer, of Nebraska, and. Col
Walter p. Brownlow. Of Tennessee.
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In the report of the Secretary it was
shown that there are, ut present .20,553
disabled veterans in the various Homes.
In round figures, the organization expend-
ed S4,000,000 for the care of the soldiers
and their Homes. The number of inmates
increased 200 in 1903 over, the year pre-
ceding. The organization paid over. $3.50,
GOO to the7yarious State Homes.oYryii -
+Jyaf y y. ess's .tz.,,l.s
1t was announced that the new branch
at johnson City, Tenn, had been COM
pleted, which gives the organization
Homes in the following places: Central
National Military Home, Montgomery
County, Ohio. rthwestern-National
Home Togus, Me. Southern-NationaI
Soldiers Home. Elizabeth City County,
Va. Western-National Military Home,
Soldiers Home, Los Angeles County, Cal.
Marion-NationaI Military Home, Grant
County, Ind. Danville-Danvile, III.
t-fftf Ah~ zfn n.y. s-s9,--
Capt Loeffler. who has been Door
keeper of the White House Offices for
about 30 years, has a crouch. He is a
Prussian, maybe-anyhow, he was born
over the wafer somewhere, but has been
in the Regular service of the United
States for more than 45 years. He is ev-
cry inch n soldier, with snow-white hair
and military moustache, pointed as you
please. He has kept watch and guard
over the door of all the Presidents since
Arthur, and usually goes with the Pres
ident wherever he goes. The ofher day
Capt. Loeffler started into the President's
Office. and raw recruit of a Secret Ser
vice man tried to stop him! And these
men are expected to keep cranks away
from the President.
The President will deliver the Memo
rial Day address at Gettysburg National
| Cemetery. He says that there are two
places at which he has always desired to
speak; one of them is Gettysburg, and the
other is Arlington. Col. Eugene Ware
Commissioner of Pensions, has also ac.
cepted an invitation to speak on that day
at Gettysburg.
The Presidents menagerie has been in
| creased by the addition of wildcat A
| full-grown specimen of the Georgia
| ''painter" just about as wild and ugly as
| they grow them came by express the other
day, and was Immediately turned over to
| the Washington Zoo. The Zoo will be
| overstocked presently with the live stock
| tokens of remembrance sent the Presi
| dent.
Representative Ollie NJ. James, of Ken
tucky, who has been one of the prospec
tive catches of the 5Sth Congress, took tc
| himself wife last week, marrying Miss
Ruth Thomas, of Marion,> Ky.
Some two years ago one of the Paunce
| fote girls lost valuable brooch. 1t was