The National tribune., 1903-07-23
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The President is being pestered TO
death at his home in Oyster Bay by peo-
pie who insist on going to see him on busi-
ness. He has had to inform great many
people that he will not see them and that
the business they wish to transact can be
carried on with the heads of Departments
here in Washington. The President says
that all the company he wants to see at
Oyster Bay will be invited there by him.
Representative Frederick Lands. of In
diana. an automobile and a clothesllne, got
mixed up together the other day, much to
the discomfort and hurt of all three. TO say
nothing of two young ladies, another man
and the chauffeur, who We're also In the
automobile.
Gen. Nelson Miles was scheduled for
9O-miie ride from Fort Sill to Fort Reno
last week, and the papers went INTO
spasms over it, declaring that Gen: Niles
was going to perform this 'prodlglons
feat to show the President that man OF
60 years of age who could take trip ike
that WAS not ready TO retire from active
service. Gen. Miles probably got a good
deal of fun ont of the trip. Most If it is
over country through which he has hunted
redskins in many weary campaign. ana
he knows every foot of it. 4 90-mile
horseback trip would never worry Il man
like Gen. Miles.
Secretary Root grew up on the farm of
his father. in New York. 1t might not be
a
tary Roots father was Professor in
Hamilton College, and his farm was
simply an extensive garden, where he cul-
tivated flowers and trees, vegetables and
everything else that caught his fancy. He
was especially fond of trees and of one
particular big hemlock which stood on
somebody else's farm. but which the Roots
used TO pass quite often:
The vista that stretched away from this
IL, nd oil anrl
Root used often to say: Il wish | owned
that tree," Prof. Root died, but his boys
went on living at the old place: Grin
Root became Professor of the College as
his father had been before him. Elihu be-
came Secretary of War; but time was
Kind to the old hemiock tree, and it stands
to-day just as it stood when the little
Elhu. a barefooted boy. acquired stone
bruises in its vicinity. 1t belongs to that
boy now. He had to buy three farms to
get il, but he bought them, and all be-
cause his father loved the tree.
The Marine Band was 105 years old
July 13. The members of it had little
day. and played Hail Columbia that
quaint, cumbrous old tune which was first
played by the band in 1903. They also
played The Mockingbird," which was
written for and dedicated to Mrs. Harriet
Lane Johnston, who died last week. They
played many other beautiful old-fashioned
pieces and the leader, Prof. Santelmann,
gave a little history of the band. When
the band was organized it was specially
provided that mot more than one for
eigner be enlisted to two natives" 1t has
now more than three foreigners to one
native. President John Adams signed the
bill which created the Marine Band, July i
il, 1888
Judge Robert w. Wilcox, ex-Delegate
frpm IN is q /,
died of blood poisoning, the result of an i
operation. By the death of Judge Wilcox ,
ex-Queen Lii loses one of her best friends,
and her chances of winning anything in
the Crown Lands has gone glimmering. {
Judge Wilcox was highlyreducated man,
but seems to have been always on the I
wrong side of every subject. He was con- !
demned to death for his part in the re- :
bellion in Hawaii, in which Cleveland or {
dered the Flag hauled down, but the SEN {
tence was commuted to 30 years in the
pen, and finally. in 1895, he was pardoned.
Then he ran for Delegate from Hawaii, =,
and was elected two terms in succession. /
He was defeated by prince Cupid last /
Fall {
Venezuela is soon to be represented {
here by very remarkable man, if the
press notices that herald his coming are |
true. He is a man of the People, and is
known as 'El Mocho,' which is Venezue-
Ian for Cripple. He was a carpenter by ,
trade, and cut his left hand with an ak,
which left that member much deformed, i
hence his name. Then Ell Mocho took to
the army, and has been in over 200 bat
ties, in not one of which did he come off
victor. He has led revolutions against {
three Presidents of Venezuela. and for the
past two years has been shut up in q :
dungeon at Maracaibo. On one occasion :
he was driven in chains through the streets ,
of Caracas. Although he has been in rev.
olution against President Castro, it is said .
that Castro is now going to send him to
the United States TO represent Venezuela. I
1t might be good plan to get him away I
from home and let the people down there /
have little peace, but this country will
stand none Of his revolutionary tactics.
DR.. D. z. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industries, has advised the
Massachusetts, authorities that the foot ,
and-mouth disease seems to be effectually ;
stamped out so far as Massachusetts cat
tie are concerned. DIR. Salmon thinks that /
the entire quarantine can be raised now.
Justice David Brewer, Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, says of the I
lynchings that are of such frequent occur ,
renee of late: Every man who partici-
pates in the lynching or burning of negro ,
is murderer pure and simple" He can
not see wherein one crime can be made
to pailiate another.
The Department of Agriculture through
its Bureau of Foresty will give consider
able attention TO the Island of Hawaii
and by reclamation of its forests prevent
the threatened destruction of the produc-
tiyeness of the soil. 1t is said that tho
devastation of the mountain forests by
reason of the ravages of wild cattle and
the failure of the natives to take care of
the timber growth has played havoc with
the valley plantations. The cutting down
of the forests has left the valley farms at
the mercy of foods and landslides, and is
running the irrigation system of the
islands, for irrigation is necessary during
several months of the year, William NJ.
Hall. Chief OF the Division of Forestry,
left for Hawaii last week to begin thor
ough investigation.
Now won't this jar the self-satisfedi
Englishman? Representatives of the Of
fee of England's Colonial Secretary and
of the authorities Of East India have been
compelled to seek information from the
Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States as TO what is TO be done for the
starving millions of India. "The East In
dians are only able to procure one meal a
day. Tell us how to give them two
meals" impiores England's Foreign Oflce.
Secretary Wilson very quickly answered
that he could give the East Indians three
meals day. and it would be grub that