The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-30

and satins most wonderfully embriod.
cred, pieces OF teakwood furniture, and
all that sort Of thing. None OF them
are 90 very large. and the value at ito
HIGHEST estimate in this country will
fall far short OF the $4,000 estimate.
Here's one time when q decoration
has been meritoriousIy conferred.
Lieut.-Gen. Chaffee has received
through the French Embassy here the
insignia Of Grand Commander OF the
Legion Of Honor. beloved upon him by
President Loubet during his recent
visit to France in connection with the
army maneuvers. The decoration has
been deposited in the State Department,
subject to the action of Congress-; for,
without its approval. Gen. Chaffee cam
not accept the decoration.
My, how these Rough Riders do muss
up the plans Of the politicians. Now
comes South Dakota, by her hero, Capt
Seth Bullock, OF Deadwood, who was
one of the picturesque features of the
inaugural parade last March. Bullock
wants the United States Marshalship up
there, and as he is in the Black Hills
country he is on the preserves Of Sem
ator Gamble, who wants to be returned
to the United States Senate. and who
believes that Capt. Seth Bullock is in
his way. But, on the other hand, Capt.
Seth Bullock Is a particular friend Of
the President, and that goes a longer
way than anything else. People get it
into their heads that because a. man is
friend OF the President, IL he comes
to Washington, he will be the dear IA
miliar of the President and get any
thing he and his people want. They
suppose that such a friend will run in
to dinner. just any old time, and that
the President will sit out on the back
porch and swap tales of the hunt and
the trail with their man exactly as
though he was ranching out in Dako-
Ia. So 1t is that the South Dakota peo-
pie are determined to give the Presi-
dents friend just what he wants, and
on occasion they will send him to
Washington to rake in the pot. La,
la. but they will get jolt when they
wake up to find that the President
any President-says ''delighted' to
every man who comes to call on him,
and that the delight most always ends
right there.
Mr.. Frederick MacMonnies, the
American sculptor, who now has a stu
do In Paris, has notified Col Brom-
well, the engineer officer in charge of
Public Buildings and Grounds, who is
the Executive officer of the Congress
sional Commission charged with the
erection of an equestrian statue of Gen.
q. b. Mcclellan in this city, that he has
completed the full-size plaster model Of
that statue and that 1T is now ready to
be cast into bronze. In view Of that
fact he asked that an agent be ap-
pointed to inspect the model on behalf
or the commission, as provided in the
contract. Secretary Root instructed Mr..
Frank H. Mason, United States Consul
General at Paris, to inspect the model
of the statue at the sculptor's studio in
Paris, and, if found satisfactory, to &C
cept it on behalf Of the United States.
Here's a story about the son of Sem
ator Wetmore Or. ID, which only goes
to prove that the son of his father, If
he had to work, could find honest en-
ployment On wager at Atlantic City
he applied to the head waiter Of one of
the big hotels for job Of waiting" on
tables. His friend had wagered him
that If he tried 1t he would spill tray
of dishes or plaster some of the ladies
with gravy, douse them with hot soup,
or ruin their temper with bath in iced
tea. Young Wetmore got the job, and
donned the towel he already had on
the dress suit, and only needed a towel
over his arm to make himself an ideal
waiter in appearance. He began his
job at dinner, and he kept hold on it
till midnight. Up to that time he had
not spilled a drop Of anything, nor had
he broken dish or a walters rule. He
collected in the six hours from six to
midnight $3.50 in tips; then he threw
up his job, having won his wager. He
confreres the other walters, and then
he and his friend took to rolling chairs
on the Boardwalk.
A beautiful large silk portiere made
IN imitation Of the United States flag
has been hung in the ante-room Of the
Diplomatic room In the State Depart
ment., It Is made entirely Of silk and
Is seven feet eight inches long, four feet
wide and one inch thick. 1t is the prod
uct of the looms In the Industrial es-
Establishment Of the orphanage MAIN
tanned at Harpoot, Turkey by Ameri-
can contributions, and is presented to
the United States Government by Ar
menian orphans in gratitude for Amer
lean benevolence.
Rev. G. p. Knapp, American mission
airy at Harpoot, recently wrote the Sec
rotary Of State In regard to the matter
as follows:
For the past 10 years many benevo-
lent people in America have been help
ing support a large number of destitute
children in these parts left orphans by
the terrible events Of 1895 and 1896
These children can do nothing in re-
turn for all this kindness, but the
thought has occurred that by sending
a sample Of their handiwork to the
American Government they can at least
in a small way give expression to the
deep gratitude they entertain toward
the benevolent American public. They
have, therefore, made silk rug in the
form of Old Glory. Six Of our Arme-
MAN orphan girls have been occupied
four months in making this rug. Each
of the million knots tied by hand rep
resents the loving gratitude which all
the Armenian orphans feel toward their
benefactors and the American people
as q whole. 1t is hoped that q place
can be given to this gift where visitors
to Washington can see this little evil
dence of the deep gratitude which 1t
strives to express"
The package was forwarded through
the United States Minister at Constan-
tinople. At the Custom-house, New
York, it was appraised at $500, and
duty to the amount Of $23.10 collected
upon 1T, the Treasury Department hav-
ing decided that there was no law un-
der which it could be entered free of
duty.
Senator Burton, Of Kansas, who was
tried in st. Louis last week for unlaw-
fully accepting money for cases before
the Post-Ofice Department. was con-
victed on each Of the six counts. He