The National tribune., 1905-12-21

commend himself to the people Of Ne
vada, and 1t is thought not unlikely
that he can obtain what he desires The
population is increasing quite rapidly.
so that Schwab will be no newer citi-
zen than half the people are at pres
ent
All the veterans who served in Ken
lucky will be glad to learn that Gen.
w. L. Hobson. Past Senior Vice Com
mander-in-Chief. GA. r.. is recovering
from his many physical Affections and
is more like his former self than he has
been for years.
Maj William Jackson. of Orange.
Cal, is one of Missouri's grand old
veterans He was one of the IS Union
delegates in the State Convention in
1861 VINO voted to depose Gov. Jack
son and his rebel legislators and estab-
1ish the provisional Government that
saved Missouri to the Union. MAJ.
Jackson was born i'll the South anu
reared in Missouri. and was mem
Der of the Legislature from Putnam
County when the rebellion broke out.
He is now "a years old. and would
like to know how many of his 30 Union
colleagues are still alive. He lost all
his property during the war. and Is
now living on a pension or slZ
month. He served through the war as
Major of the Sd VI. S. NJ. Cav
The pretty little town OF Darby, Del
aware County, Pa. charming suburb
| of Philadelphia, rejoices in new ana
| fine Post Office, which occupies the
same spot it did when first established
81 years ago, during which there has
| been but nine Postmasters. Darby Post
| Office was first established Jan. l, 1910,
when the mails were carried In stage
| with armed guards. This method was
kept up until the Pennsylvania Kali
road was built. The first Postmaster
w President Madison
and held the office eight years The
next one held the Office during the five
terms of Presidents Monroe, john
| Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
| The third Postmaster was appointed Dy
| Van Buren,, and served through the
| terms Of seven Presidents, including
I part of that Of President Buchanan The
| fourth Postmaster-Jesse ID. Bunting
was appointed by James Buchanan, and
| held his position under Presidents LIN
| coin, Johnson and L. S. Grant. His
daughter succeeded him and served I'M
| til the Administration of Cleveland,
when a change was made. The pres
| cnt Postmaster is Capt. Albert Magnin,
| who was appointed in 1900 by Presi-
| dent Mckinley and who has managed
the office to the entire acceptance of the
| people of Darby Largely to his eff
| forts is due the new Post Office with its
elegant and convenient appointments
| Comrade Magnin enlisted in 1851 at the
age Of 15 in the 26th Pa, and re-en-
| listed in 1863 as a veteran. He was
| several times wounded, and was repeat
| cdIy promoted until he reached the
rank of Captain I'm the 203d Pa, and
| served on the staff of the Second Dfvi-
sion Tenth Corps. He was twice elect
ed to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and
| for the past Is years has been owner
and editor of the Darby Progress. He
| is a son Of Prof Hilaire Magnin, who
was Professor of Modern Languages
and Mathematics i'm the college at West
Chester and in other colleges and acad-
emies.
Booker Washington is In a dilemma
| The President has decided not to re-
appoint Judson w. Lyons the Regis
ter Of the Treasury, but to give the
place to some other negro. This has
| been known for some time, and Prof
w. T. Vernon, OF Quindaro University
| Kan, became a candidate and received
| Booker T. Washingtons Endorsement
Secretary Shaw was about to recon-
| mend the appointment OF Vernon
when a Chicago lawyer named Will
| liams appeared, also having Washing
| tons Endorsement. 1t seems that sew
eral ambitious negroes have been
| working against Washington and max
| ing the most of the charge that he
was posing as the boss" of the Amer
| lean negroes and pretending to speak
IOF tHcHl on ali OCCdSiOIiS NILS. VIII
| liams wife Of the applicant, and a
woman of much literary ability, siren
| uously defended Booker T. Washing
| ton against the charge, and Washing
ton was 50 grateful that he Endorsed
| her husband for the place. Now it re-
mains to be seen how he will get out
| OF the difficulty.
Gov Folks definition of graft" is to
| be used in one of the dictionaries. He
has received a letter from the publish
| ers asking permission to use his words
| in the revised edition of the work.
Brig.-Gen. Thomas H. Barry. who was
with the Russian army in Manchuria,
| will be made President Of the Army
| War College in Washington.
The first European woman to adopt
| engineering as a profession is Cecile
| Butticar, Swiss, "a years old, who re-
Gently passed her examinations with
| honor at the University of Lausanne.
Marcus A. Smith, who, after two
years absence, again represents Arizona
| in Congress, is the dean of the Terri
| torial Delegates. This is his eighth term
/ m