The National tribune., 1905-12-14

ebrated by q dinner at Delmonico's.
New York. Dec. 8. The guests were
ITO In number and confined to writers
OF imaginative literature. Congratu-
latory messages were received from
President Roosevelt and distinguished
writer's all over the world. Twain
made a humorous address on the art
Of being 20. One Of the main things
he said was regularity IN regaSd to
sleeping. He made Ii an invaluable
nobody left to sit up with. and get up
again when he had to. He never broke
this rule.
Capt. Woodbury. Kane died suddenly
from heart disease at the Algonquin
Hotel, N. T.. last week. He was one
of the best-known society men in New
York and one OF the leading sportsmen
OF America. He led the way for the
weather. young men of New York TO
enlist In the Spanish-American War.
| and for gallantry at San Juan Hill was
promoted to the rank Of Captain. Kane
was an expert at polo. yachting. riding.
driving and hunting. and was q mas
ter or hounds He was q brother TO s.
Nicholson Kane, q well-known scien-
fist and sportsman.
Herbert G. Squiers, who became a
persona to the Cubans and
resigned his position az American Min
lster to Cuba, has arrived I'm New
York, but refuses to talk about the cir
| cumstances Of his retirement.
There is nothing like perseverance.
| Herman H. Vorjohan is an old resi-
dent OF the country around Lockland,
o., and still cherishes the Jacksonian
Democracy which he brought to the
West His neighbors are pretty gen.
orally Republicans and. though Mr..
Vorjohan has quite standing from his
| long residence, they have looked very
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Township Assessor. For rs years his
name has appeared regularly upon the
Democratic ticket as q candidate for
Assessor. and he has been as regularly
| turned down at the polls. He is now
| Il years old, and his neighbors determ-
ined that he should be Sratified before
he died and at the last election gave
him q majority.
Gov. Hanly Of Indiana has had In
vestigated the accounts of John r.
Ward, Adjutant General OF the State,
| and as result has demanded his res
| fgnation The committee has so far
| found shortage Of $976.
Maj.-Gen. Macarthur, U. s. A.. is in
Hindostan a guest OF General Lord
maneuvers I'm which $1,000 troops were
| engaged.
Col George c. Cotton, who il super
| customs, told the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations that he went to
Santo Domingo with a letter of intro
duction from President Roosevelt, and
President Morales gave him the posi-
ton he now holds. His salary is paid
wholly by the Dominican Government.
The diplomats of South America ex-
pect that great good will result from
Secretary Roots visit to their coun-
tries and those Of Argentine are par
| ticularly hopeful.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew has re-
signed as director of the Equitable Life
| Assurance Company and President
Morton says that the resignation was
wholly voluntary.
The execution of Mary Rogers moves
Gov. Hoch, Of Kansas, to say that he
would resign his office before he would
sign death-warrant. He would lock
murderers up for life, but never be a
party to sending them into eternity.
Newton c. Dougherty, the Peoria
School Superintendent who had O met
eOric career as a Napoleon Of finance
at the great expense of other people
and the funds with which he was in
trusted, is now learning how to make
brooms in the Joliet Penitentiary. He
hoped to receive a clerical position,
but these were filled and the peniten-
| tiary surgeon decided that he was fit
for manual labor, so he was set to
work sorting broomcorn. He will pro-
badly become an expert at this before
his term expires.
The name Of Charles e. Hughes is
being mentioned for President OF the
New York Mutual Life Incurance Co.
He has been prominent in the fnvesti-
cation of insurance affairs and made
much reputation by his ability and
| thoroughness-
Capt. Joseph Murphy, OF the 10th N.
Y, the Mozart Regiment, belongs to
III. b. Chaflin Post, OF New York, and
after the Post election he and several
comrades went into a restaurant where
they heard good music and everybody
applauded loudly. Someone got 30 en-
thusiastic that he fired or q revolver
under his table and the bullet struck
Capt Murphy's right leg just below the
knee. passing clean through. The
wound is painful but not serious. Capt.
Murphy was wounded four times dur
ing the war.
DR.. Heber Jones. President Of the
Memphis (Tenn.) Board of Health has
been presented with q purse OF S10,-
900 subscribed by q large number of
citizens in appreciation Of his success
full efforts in maintaining q prohibitive
quarantine during the recent yellow
fever epidemic. DIR. Jones was COM
PEELED to forego q large private prac-
| tice by the exacting duties of his Office.