The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-02


the first great Commander of the Amer
lean Navy. finds its permanent abode in
the crypt of the new chapel of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, IL will
twice again be moved. Secretary Bona
part. in a letter to Gov. Warfield of
Maryland. has stated that OH April "a
next the body will be taken from its
temporary resting place at annapolis
and placed in one of the halls Of the
Academy. attended by ceremonies in
which President Roosevelt. Gov. War
field, and Gen. Horace Porter, former
ambassador to France. will participate,
each being expected to make an ad-
dress Then, when the new chapel is
finished, the body will be placed, with
out ceremony, in the crypt. which, 1T
Is designed, shall ultimately become a
sort of naval Valhalla. This program,
when completed, will have resulted in
the body of the distinguished Revolu-
tionary Naval Commander having been
moved four times since his death, more
than a century ago.
The ways of would-be servants are
past fathoming. The wife of a we'll
known naval officer in Washington re-
Gently advertised for a cook. The es-
Enlistment presided over by the off,
GERS wife is in accord with their undis-
puted social position, but they are not
rich. Consequently, when one appli-
to the wife that her price would be $50
q month she was told that such wages
were out of the question. The cook,
not deigning to notice the remark,
went on at length to give her superior
qualifications. touching especially on
her ability to get up smart luncheons
and dinners. Again the lady of the
house said that she would not pay $50
for q cook. Seeing that her determin-
alton was unalterable, the applicant for
the place prepared to take her depart
ure. As she was nearing the door she
remarked, patronizingly: Il see. You
are trying to live within your income!"
PantalcO PignatorO, an Italian, re-
siding in South Connellsville, Md, has
sent President Roosevelt giant lily
made of tin. specimen Of the Italians
workmanship. Pignatoro is employed
In the Baltimore & Ohio shops He ac-
Quired the art in the old country. He
spent three months in the manufacture
Of the lily. When completed it stood
six feet high and weighed $50 pounds.
The lily consists of Is petals. On the
inside of these and on the top are
painted Is red, white and blue stars,
representing the 13 original States. The
exquisite piece of workmanship was
shipped by express to the White House.
Congressman 0. w. Underwood, of
Alabama. was taken suddenly ill at his
home in Birmingham the other day
and his condition is such as to cause
alarm to his friends. Physicians think
his ailment is a general nervous break
down, superinduced by over work.
A. G. Kennedy, of New York City,
has filed exceptions to the account of
Mrs. Annie E. Mckinley, executrix of
the estate of the late Presidents broth
er. Mr.. Kennedy alleges that about
$4,000 represented by life insurance
policies on the life of the late Abner
Mckinley has not been accounted for by
the executrix and that Abner McKin-
ley's share of the estate of the late
President Mckinley, amounting to $780,
600 or $4,000. has not been divided
among the creditors. Mrs. Mckinley
has recently taken to herself another
spouse.
AIRY. does not like the education of the
Occident. He says: "A Western ed
ucation lays too much stress on dates,
facts general information-all those
things that one can look up in a jiffy
in the encyclopedia. The Oriental ed
ucation is better in that it deals only in
such things as develop the mind, leay-
Ing general information quite alone. OF
what great good is general Information,
after all?" And then Hori says: The
futility of much of il was well brought
out the other day in a conversation be-
tween two students Think of it, said
the first student: it would take 12.OO0,-
600 years TO pump the sea dry, pump
ing at the rate of 1000 gallons a sec
ond.' The other thought. Then he
said: And where would they put all
the water?" OF course. that story was
old as Methuseleh. but ii sounds funny
from the mouth of an Oriental.
Three young officers detailed to duty
at the Executive Mansion for special
duty as Aid to the President Of the
United States are Lieutenant-Com-
mander Albert A. Key of the Navy,
who has just returned from a tour of
sea duty on the Asiatic station. and sue
ceeds Commander Cameron MGR Win
slow as Naval Aid to the President
Commander Winslow is in command Of
the Presidents private yacht Mayfiow-
er, Capt. Guy V. Henry, 18th Cav. son
OF the late Gen. Henry. now at Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga. and Second Lieut.
Philip III. Sheridan, 5th Cav son Of the
late Gen Sheridan. stationed at Fort
Apache. AFiz. A grandson of Cen
Grant and son of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
were previously assigned to duty as
Aids to the President. The Preeiden.
likes TO do this sort of thing.
The Civil Service Commission has
forwarded a circular letter to all Gov
eminent employees warning them
against campaign contributions i'm yio-
lation OF the law. The letter is not UNI
like those ordinarily circulated when
election campaigns are in progress, but
the necessity for the warning was en-
phasized by discovery made by Com
missioner Green when engaged in. in
vestigating differences between the
Postmaster at Goshen, Ind. and his
clerks Mr. Green reported to the Com
mission that when the clerks were un-
der examination they told him that
during the campaign of 1902 they had
contributed five per cent of their re
spectiye salaries to the Republican
State campaign fund, and that the con-
tributions We're made through United
States Circuit Judge Baker. who re-
sides at that place. and when questioned
on the subject Judge Baker is said to
have admitted the truth OF the state
ment The sums contributed were no,
large, and as IL did not appear that
there hid been a recent offense the
Commission did not feel justified in
making formal charge against Judge
Baker.
One OF the interesting features Of the
annual report of the Treasurer of the
United States is as follows:
For the past two years the expendi.