The National tribune., 1903-06-04
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Andersonville to the dead of that State
who lie there. He went through Wash
ington last week on his way to Anderson
vile, to select site for the monument
He was captured in front of Petersburg
on the 10Th of July, and remained in
AndersonvilIe until nearly the last Of the
prisoners were taken out in 1860.
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Miss Roosevelt is bound to be in the
swim. She has purchased big Red
Devil automobile. at n cost of $2.50O
and proposes to take her father on some
long trips OH his return from the West.
Miss Roosevelt has an independent for
tune of her own. She will spend her
Summer with her maternal grandmother.
Miss Roosevelt does not spend much of
her time at home.
I Here's a pretty condition Of affairs!
I Three of the nine students of the Column
bian University of Law declare they will
not appear or take part in the commence
ment exercises of the school, if Mrs.
Emma Reba Bailey. the only woman
member of the graduating class. is given Il
degree. The faculty has Judged her ft'for
a degree, but the male members of the
graduating class say she is not. As they
will be biting off their own noses to spite
their faces, nobody ought to take much
concern in the matter. The class has
known from the beginning of the term
that Mrs. Bailey was studying for sradua-
ton.
The White House is putting on its Sum-
mer dress. The waIlsaof Red. Blue and
Green Parlors are hung with silk velvet of
the hues that give them name. and the
Summer sun and dust would play havoc
with the colors and texture. so those who
visit the historic apartments now will find
the walls dressed in white crash toweling,
which is laid over the velvet 1t is an
easy matter to take up the rugs. of course,
and the beautiful polished floors have now
a chance to be seen.
Representative Payne, of New York.
who is chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House. goes on record
as 'stand patter." He is tetotally op
posed to any revision of the tariff. He
says that the Iowa Idea" is not gaining
any ground, and seems to think that it will
be ''deader' by the time Congress con-
venes.
Mrs. Roosevelt went to Groton last
| week to attend the graduation exercises of
the school which her two sons, Theodore
and Kermit, are attending.
Charles Hallam Keep. of Buffalo, n. Y.
has been appointed Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury to succeed Milton Il. Allies.
who recently resigned to accept the Vice
Presidency of the Riggs National Bank.
Mr.. Kemp is young man yet, being only
40 years old. He is a graduate of Har
ward University. and since leaving col
lege has been practicing law, his specially
being along investment and financial lines
1t is said that his appointment is accept
able to both Senator Platt and Gov. Odell,
of New York.
A little boy of 13 died in Washington
last week. Along with the obituary in the
Washington papers. appeared the follow
ing. signed "By His Uncle
ooh, Robbie, why did you wiring my heart
Oh, Robbie, why did you blast my hopes!
Oh. Robbie why did you disobey-
Or was it Fate?"
The poor little chap must have done
something awful to deserve such roast
as that-at % cents line. If Robbie's
spirit is loafng around anywhere in space,
he ought to get busy at the blasting busi-
ness again, and fix that "Uncle's" good
right arm so that he can't perpetrate any
poetry is only fit for the humorist's col
umn, any way. 1t is altogether probable
that 'Robbie's Uncle" was really attempt
ing to be tearfuly pathetic in expressing
his sorrow at the loss Of beloved neph-
ew. but he succeeded in being only scream
ingly funny.
The United States Government proposes
to issue set of postage samps for the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition, the denomina-
tons to be l, 2, 8 and 10 cents. The engrav-
ing tobe done on these stamps is now under
discussion. The head of Napoleon is sug-
gested for one, Jefferson for a second and
Mckinley for a third. President Loubet
has been mentioned for tie fourth, but he
is living and he is not an American, which
would seem to bar him under the law. If
NapOleon's head is used, It will be placed
on the five-cent stamp, which goes to all
countries in the Postal Union.
The slashing among Second Lieutenants
has begun. Those who took to the army
because it offered kind of aristocratic lift
in their social conditions, and who are too
indolent to improve sufficiently to main
tain their positions, are resigning, or being
honOrably discharged. A few who were
indOlent and ignorant, studied little, but
failed to pass the rigid examination re-
quired, and were ''plucked," or, in plain
English. failed. They hoped that "infu-
ence" would keep them in the service. The
time has gone by when push" will keep
a man put" 1t may help him to get
there, but he has got to do his own hang
ing on or quit.
1t has just been made known that Presi-
dent Mckinley made a personal cOntribu
tion to the relief fund in Cuba of 5000. He
gave this long before war was declared,
and requested that 1t be not made known,
as he dreaded the comment that would
have been made. and then it would have
complicated matters very much indeed had
it become known. before war was declared,
that the President of the United States
was contributing to fund for the relief
of the Cubans.
The Vote for Lincoln and Mcclellan.
Capt. j. B. Kirk, 101st Pa, Lima, O.,