The National tribune., 1906-12-27

| cu Il lew udSS ago.
The Red Cross headquarters here il
| taking steps to ascertain the exact COLI
| dition of the famine sufferers i'll China,
and if the information secured indl-
1 Gates that the famine is really as bad
as reported, it is probable some relief
measures will be taken. one OF the
measures under consideration is the
dispatch to China of one or more car
goes of American grain, which. it is
believed the Western farmers VIII
cheerfulIy contribute if sufficient funds
can be collected to defray the cost o.
chartering steamships for its carriage.
! The Ordnance Department of the
Army has decided to discontinue the
manufacture of pigskin and collar
leather leggins at the Rock Island Ar
senal. Gen. CroZier. Chief of Ordnance,
declared that the action was taken on
account of the high price it was found
necessary TO charge for these leggine,
/ due to the fact that the work is done
entirely by hand.
! President Roosevelt's Christmas gifts
I to Congress were messages, then other
messages and some more messages.
| He broke the record for sending In
! messages on all sorts of topics, and
| simply kept the asphalt in state of
"liquidity'' between the White House
and the Capitol while his messengers
We're carrying those messages to the
| big white building on the hill. The
messages will also give the recipients
| something to talk about during the
| holiday recess.
! 1t is reported from San Antonio,
Tex, that United States Senator Bailey
goes armed with a pistol, and that he
I drew If on who 1nnrn1chn1
him in a threatening manner in that
| city the other day. The report also
says that Senator Bailey made a bitter
attack on his enemies Now, really,
Senator Bailey ought to come back TO
Washington. Nobody will attack him
here, except it is battery of bright
eyes which is turned on him from the
Senate galleries, and Senator Bailey
would never turn away from such
! fire No, indeedy, He would face it
| with as brave a front as ever knight
in battle showed. Indeed, he used to
be fond of facing such a battery. and
used, when a Member of the House, to
F; lie at full length on the big leather
sofas which We're in the House at that
| time, but which have all been taken
out since and pose for the eyes of the
feminine world which visited the gal
| lery and wanted to see Baby Bailey"
Senator Bailey was the youngest. and
shall we say the "softest," Member Of
the House away back 10, yes, maybe
1t was Is or so years ago. Come back
to Washington, Senator; We'll perfect
you.
! After the conclusion of the reading
| of the canal message Vice President
! Fairbanks announced that it would be
printed and referred to the Committee
! on Interoceanic Canals Senator Kean,
] n tHrna 10
! illustrations would appear in the Rec
| ord
| mo motion to that effect has been
made,'' said Vice President Fairbanks,
land unless it is made it will not be
done"
After pause the Vice President in
quired: Does the Senator from New
Jersey move that the illustrations be
printed in the Record?"
He does not" said Mr.. Kean, with
a smile, sinking into his seat
While this interesting colioquy was
going on several Senators We're on their
feet prepared to defend that tradition
of the Senate, which requires the Rec
! ord to be free from illustrations. But
| Mr.. Kean's acquiescence made it un-
necessary for any further remarks on
| the subject
DR.. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau
/ of Plant Industry in the Department
| of Agriculture, appeared before the
! House Committee on Agriculture, and
| submitted an interesting statement re-
garding the camphor industry
! 'At the present time" he said, ia
pan controls the camphor production
| OF the world Camphor is an important
ingredient in the manufacture of
smokeless powder and in the event Of
war Japan would have a tremendous
| Il s.tafz 9th Nafi p,,t
our experiments have demonstrated
that the camphor tree can be grown
successfully in Florida and some of the
other Southern States and also in Cali
! fornia. We have also discovered way
Of extracting the camphor gum without
destroying the tree. This is accom-
plished by distilling the twigs and
| branches. 1t has proved commercially
| successful. Three thousand acres have
been acquired by the Government in
Florida. which will be planted with
camphor trees at once"
The Prince and Princess Cantacu-
Zene, of Russia, made the weekend in
| Washington more than usually bril-
| liant by their visit here as the guests
of Mrs John r. Mclean. The Princess
was formerly Miss Julia Dent Grant,
! granddaughter of Gen. and President
Grant. She is also a niece of Mrs. Pot
| ter Palmer, of Chicago. The Princess
bears the distinction of being the only
child born in the White House during
the Grant Administrations She and
the second daughter of ex-President
Cleveland are the only people now liv-
ing who were born in this historic spot.
The two children of the Prince and
Princess are with the latter's parents,
i Gen. and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant.
on Governors Island, having come over
early in the Fall with the Princess :
maternal aunt, Mrs. Potter Palmer.
Col William f Cody, Buffalo BILL
/ visited the National Geological Park,
, a few days ago, and inspected his herd
of bison that is on exhibition there.
These animals were formerly employed
in his wild West shows There arc
IL of the buffaloes in the herd, and
, they are highly priced by Col. Cody
The Colonel was here to confer with
Government officials on irrigation and
forestry. and while in the city was the
!, guest of Gen. Eugene A. Carr, U. S. A,
retired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
had a very narrow escape from seri-
Gus accident one day last week. They
= were going in hired automobile 10
? visit somebody out in the suburbs, and
> were speeding around the Chevy Chase
street car loop at high speed when theiI
/, car collided with the Chevy Chasa