The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-12-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.
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'Tronsides" In case he acquires posses
sion, but that he Is actuated by pat
riotic motives and that he will find
can't endure the idea Of seeing her
bombarded into watery grave. No
reply has been sent him yet. The plea
| that the old ship Is not the same,
which is the idea which Secretary Bon
aparte holds, Is all tommy-rot. Mt.
big rambling mansion has not enough
Of the original timber in her to make
toothpick, don't you know. But
1t Is Mt Vernon. just the same-the
place where Washington lived. and il
Is just as dear to the people. just as
much q Mecca for the patriotic as
though he had himself nailed on the
| weatherbeaten boards of the old
houses. Nobody thinks Of giving up
Mt. Vernon to the flames because 1t is
Mt. Vernon are not the same that
Washington trod. They have to be re-
| newed every four or five years. worn
out by the restless feet Of the millions
OF Americans who make a pilgrimage
to the beautiful old place. That is just
stitution. Mr.. Secretary Bonaparte
will have to guess again.
Oregon will soon have a full COM
plement Of Senators again. Gov.
George E. Chamberlain has appointed
unexpired Senatorial term Of the late
John Nipple Mitchell.
Mr.. Gearin is a Democrat, but had
the Endorsement Of not only the Dem
ocratic Party in his State, but also
that of the stanchest Republicans. The
March 4, 1907. unless his tenure shall
be sooner ended by the Legislature,
which will meet in regular session In
January. 1907.
John NJ. Gearin is a resident Of Null
tonomah County, Ore. He was born in
Umatilla. Ore, Aug. Is, 1851 In 1874
he was a member Of the Legislature,
and two years later was elected City
Attorney for Portland. In 1884 he was
elected District Attorney for Multono-
NAH District.
There is no hazing at Annapolis.
Hope to die, cross my heart and all
| the rest il there is. Just the same,
Midshipman Jerome P. Kimbough was
found in his room unconscious from
hazing, the other day; had been stood
on his head for 10 minutes, or until
he became unconscious. He was the
victim of two upper-classmen, Mid
shipman Tremore Coffin, Jr., and Mid
shipman Warren A. Vandeveer, both
of whom have been suspended. An in
L
| for? Congress has put an end to haZ-
ing, SO it has. The Secretary OF the
Navy says SO. The Superintendent OF
the Naval Academy says so. The Con-
gressional Committee on the Naval
Academy says SO. In fact, it is we'll
ing going on at Annapolis-except
among the cadets. They never said
1 there was no hazing, excepting they
said it for public consumption.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
made it's report to Congress the other
| day, and it is a regular-well, perhaps
| whine is not exactly the word to use,
but at any rate, the said Commission
gently kicked on good many things,
and declared that IL it was empowered
| by Congress to do more things, as 1t
believed was evidently the intent of the
law at the time that ii was created,
Why-well, things would be different.
1t urges upon Congress the delega-
| ton of authority to the Commission TO
determine what rate should be subst1-
tuted in place Of one found tO-be unlaw-
full, such rate to take effect within
reasonable time, unless set aside by Ju-
dicial proceedings.
Within the year 568 complaints were
filed with the Commission. OF these 65
Investigations were instituted, involving
the practices of 321 carriers. There
were As formal decisions rendered in
volving charges Of unreasonable rates
and discriminatory practices. Proceed
ings for injunction under the Elkins act
| were instituted against a number OF
prominent concerns.
1t would look as though 65 investf-
cations out of 568 complaints was
mighty small proportion. and of these
| investigations only As were concluded
and formal decisions rendered.
i CO
years, son of the late Admiral Porter
and Aid on the staff of Gen. Grant dur
| ing the civil war. died suddenly in Bal
| timore last week of heart failure. In
| torment will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Capt. Porter entered the United States
Army at the beginning Of the civil war
as a volunteer, and was afterWard made
Aid to Gen. Grant. He was in num-
Der of battles and was wounded.
"They say the course Of true love
never runs smooth, and then, again,
lots of it is calf love and should not be
| permitted to run smooth. Of this lat
| ter sort, perhaps, is the love of two
kids-one the 19-year-old son Of Presi-
dent Zelaya, of Nicaragua, and Miss
Barker, Of Washington, who is a little
older than the youth. Zelaya was 500
journing in Washington for some pur-
pose, and these two youngsters fell dead
| to elope, as young Zelaya knew his
father would never permit such a union.
But they took somebody into their con-
fidence, and that somebody very prop
erly "peached," and the young fellow
was simply kidnapped by the Nicaraguan
Minister here and hustled back to his
home down south. There are protesta-
tons of undying love flying back and
forth, and all that sort Of thing, but in
two or three years it is more than prob
able that they will both be happily
married-to some one else, and glad
of 1t.
Undertaken John r. Wright, who con-
Quoted Guiteau's funeral, died at his
home in Washington last week. He be-
| longed to about all the societies going
but the Grand Army of the Republic.
He was plenty old enough to have been
| q soldier, but he wasn't
British Counselor Townley and his
| wife, Lady Susan, had a narrow escape
| from death under an overturned auto
It'll act caln