The National tribune., 1906-03-15

which Mayor Dunne stands Is not COM
| prehensive enough and his program is
not farreachfng enough. In hts letter
| he calls attention to two instances
where large corporations have at
tempted to override the law and gain
advantages that it was not to the pub
| lie good to have them secure. One OF
| these Is that the Illinois Tunnel Co,
whose franchise provides that it's con-
| duitS shall always remain q feet under
ground, has. attempted to sevade this
restriction. and when detected in such
| evasion and stopped tried to steal in
| the connection one Sunday morning
| The other is the Illinois Steel Co. which
has filled in large sections of the lake
without legal right. Mr.. Patterson
trbuting all the property of the coun-
| try equal1y'amOng the people, but he
believes that the ownership of all the
things from which money springs
| should be vested I'm the entire COM
munity.
Augustus b. Maze. who was for so
years in the New York Post Office, died
at Denver. Colo, Feb. 81. He enlisted
| in Duryea's Zouaves as a private, and
during his service rose to be First
Lieutenant. He belonged to John A.
Dix Post and the Holland Society.
Gov. Dawson denies emphatically
that he met Senator Eikins at dinner
in Washington and agreed to put in a
Legislature that would re-elect him
Senator, and be rewarded by Senator
SCOTS seat. Dawson says that he does
not propose to be tied up with Elkins.
but is mainly anxious for Legislature
that will pass his Railroad Commission
bill and his State Tax Reform bill. His
record as Governor Of the State is the
all-important thing with him.
In recent years no political leader in
New York State, of either party, has
had a son with a taste for politics.
Senator Platt's son shows neither apti
tude nor inclination for the game. Boss
Tweed left no son, and Boss Kelly died
childless. Richard Croker had three
boys. but none OF them cared for poll
tics. The only remaining son, Richard
has not even voted for several years.
Murphy, the present Tammany leader.
is childless.
Albert Douglas. who was nominated
| to succeed Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor,
says that he will not ask Gen. Gros-
venor to come to his support during
the campaign, though he has always
taken an active part in support Of the
General. He expects to be elected.
whether GrosvSnor and his friends
support the ticket or not. His relations
with Gen. "Grosvenor have heretofore
he will haze the Generals assistance
in his campaign.
Charles S.1Bowie, aged 106. is work.
Ing at logging camp near Shelton,
WASH, and ~ doing a good days work
In spite of his age. He claims to have
been a Mason for "a years and to have
been born on Christmas Day in 1899.
He tells quite a lurid story Of his early
life, claiming that his father was John
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was named, and that his mother was
a descendant Of the Aztecs. He served
in the Navy during the War of 1872,
and was aboard the Constitution when
| she captured the Java off Brazil. He
served under. Gen, Jackson at New Or
leans: went to the Mediterranean un-
der Decatur: fought duel with fell
low officer, in which the latter was
killed; was court-martialed and dis
missed from the Navy; fought eight
months under Simon Bolivar. the
South American Lberator; served un-
English army in the Crimea, for which
he draws q yearly pension OF five
pounds. During the war he was in
Lees army; was captured at Antietam.
but escaped, and had part Of his tongue
shot away at Gettysburg. The old man
seems to be q voluble claimer.
The Grand Jury Of New York has
under consideration a bin indicting
| Col. William d. Mann, of Town Topics.
| for perjury.
Anthony Comstock. the noted pro-
tector of the morals of the American
people. has the customary faults of his
class in the use Of Incorporate lam
guage. He made a mistake last week
| in calling all attorney opposed to him
| a liar. The quick answer to this was
a punch in the left eye, another in the
| rsrpf md h r1 fI,0 To- "a hi h
Mr.. Comstock made no return, but
| tried, without success to have his as
| saiiant arrested.
| The President will appoint James f..
| Sullivan, Of New York, to represent
| the United States at the Olympic games
| in Athens, which are to open April %.
Mr.. Sullivan is we'll known among the
athletes Of the country, and his selec-
| ton is fitting recognition of his
| standing among them.
The State Department has at last
| succeeded in. getting the French Minis
ter Of Justice to indefinitely postpone
| the Incarceration Of Elliott +. Shepard.
grandson of Vanderbilt, who was SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
and $3.50 fine and $4,000 damages to
the parents Of the girl whom he killed
with his automobile. The postpone
ment of that part of the sentence in
| vOlving imprisonment Is thought to be
hopeful of final pardon.
DR.. Henry John Wynkoop, of Bath,
N. Y, has been appointed a member
of the Board Of Examining Surgeons
| OF his place to succeed DR.. b. II. Grant,
who recently died
| Hon. w. w. Clark, of Wayland, NJ
Y, will be appointed as the successor
of Justice John F. Parkhurst, of the
Supreme Court OF New York. The bars
OF Livingston, Yates. Ontario. Cayuga.
Seneca and Monroe Counties have
unanimously requested his appoint
ment, and the Governor has signified
his intentiontOf acceding to the request
Of the bars.
Mrs. Sarah Rumbly, mother of Gen.
Walter @. Gresham, died at her home
near Lanesville, Ind, March 6, at the
age of SO. She had been married twice,
and was the mother Of eight children.
Maj. c. e. Gillette, late of the Corps
of Engineers. U. s. A., says that the
reason for his resignation was that the
good ship Philadelphia was in distress,
and 1t would have been desertion for
him to leave her. Typhoid fever is
almost epidemic in Philadelphia, and