The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-17

to minor puniShments.
Il Earthquake shocks are getting to b,
as aristocratic as appendicitis. The
4 State that has not reported to Wash
i ingtOn headquarters some "tremor" il
behind the times.
i Augustus st. Gaudens, the eminen
cial Commission Of which Secretar!
| Root is Chairman, to design the monu
| ment to Thomas Jefferson, authorized
! by Congress. This monument is to bt
erected in Washington. on site not we
1 determined. Mr.. st. Gaudens is i'll, blu
prepare a model for submission to Con
gress.
The Longworths sail on the st. Loui:
/ June 2, for London, where they will be
| the guests of ambassador Reid and Mrs
Reid. Many of the functions planned
for them will be cut out because the
royal family is in mourning for the
Duke of Cambridge.
| Each sailor who rendered first aid In
/ the Kearsarge disaster is commended b,
the Navy Department in letters sent
| personally by Assistant Secretary New
| berry.
To George Brennan, seaman, is
| awarded a Medal of Honor and a gra-
| tuity OF 500 for extraordinary heroism
| and the rules of the Department are
| also suspended SO as to permit him to
| appear at the next examination as a
| candidate for Boatswain.
There will be no relief from the Gov
| eminent for the victims of the Slocum
disaster. The House Committee on
Claims. after hearing testimony. by
practically unanimous vote defeated
Il - -
| BILL giving the Court Of Claims juris-
diction in this matter. The single mi
| nority vote was cast by Mr.. Goldfogle
| OF New York. but against him were ar
rayed IL other members of the Com
mittee.
BY a vote of seven to six the Commit
| tee also refused to give the Court of
Claims jurisdiction to determine whose
negligence caused the sinking Of the
Slocum. and il it found that RESPONSE
bility should be placed on Government
officials, to authorize the Court to ad-
judicate separately any claims that
| might be filed. The total amount in
| aggregates 100000.
The plan Of the Vatican for the divi-
sion of the 100000 paid by the Unit
ed States for the friar lands in the Phil
ippines has been accepted by the Do
| minicans and substantially agreed to by
other religious orders. The Vatican will
| retain the principal. A part Of the In
terest in the form Of an allowance will
be given annually to the Philippine DiO-
cese, and the remainder to the religious
orders in the Islands, to be divided by
them according to the agreement.
At last Alaska is to have a represen-
| tative in Congress. 1t is true. he will
be sort of q figurehead, but as a Dele
gate he can talk, and that Is as much
as most OF them aspire to do. The
President signed the bill last Monday
Now Alaska can go right on booming
She has had her judiciary scandal and
her graft scandal, and was fully fitted
for election scandals. Here's her chance
for that.
Here's what Gen. Funston thinks,
written in his own hand to a friend,
and who is there that thinks differ
entity?
I'm taking the action 1 did on the
| morning of the earthquake. marching
the troops into the city for the purpose
Of aiding the Police and Fire Depart
| ments. knew that was acting without
| warrant OF law: but the Constitution
and the laws were not framed for the
purpose Of dealing with the conditions
| arising from earthquakes and tremen-
dous CONGREGATIONS. Fortunately. we
had leyel-headed lot Of city officials
| to deal with.
THE orders to the troops were trans
mitted by mounted messenger. all tele-
graph wires and telephones being put
out OF business; but I'm an hour and a
half we had them patrolling the down.
| town streets.
1.-The staff officers here have shown
| up splendidly. and it would be hard to
make distinctions between them"
A glass case to surround the ruins of
the old church at Jamestown, 80 that
the visitors to the exposition may see
what was once the house OF worship of
the first settlers In Virginia, and that IL
may at the same time be preserved from
further deterioration. has been decided
upon by the Society Of Colonial Danes
The old tower and a part Of the walls
OF this ancient edifice are still standing.
making 1t one OF the most famous of
| Americas few ruins. While valued let
| tiers and manuscripts are often framed
with glass on both sides, it is a new
| idea to treat buildings in this way.
plymouth, which Is the jamestown OF
the North, has covered its historic Rock
with granite canopy and surrounded
\ 1t with an iron fence. But rocks keen
better than architecture.
Col. John Mosby. leader of Mosby's
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since the close Of that struggle one of
the most reconstructed of reconstruct
ed Confederates. is just back from the
| Grant birthday dinner at Boston
Speaking Of the occasion, Col. Mosby
| said: They could not have treated me
better up there IL i had been Cen
Grant himself instead of a rebel SOL
der who had fought him to the las,
| ditch.
AT the dinner sat between two
| Federal soldiers whom I had captured
during the war. They were so kind To
me before the dinner that l began to
grow sorry i had ever captured them
Before the dinner was over 1 had be.
come sorry they had not captured me. ;
u George w. Honey. 70 years old. g
j clerk I'm the Land Office, died las
Thursday at Sibley Hospital, after IL
days illness. Heart failure following
an operation was the cause
Mr.. Honey was Chaplain Of the 4tf
Wis. Cav. in the war of the rebellion
At the time Of his death he was Chan.
lain OF Lincoln Post, G. A. r., and Z
Past Commander. His widow and .
. son. who Is now In Panama, suryiy.
him. The burial was in Arlington Gem
: etery. under G.. A. r. auspices.
Chaplain Honey was one of thos,
gentle, kindly natures. with a Doof