The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

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ancient city.
Great Incohonee John w. Cherry, o
the Great Council of the Independent
Order of Red Men in the United States
who recently assisted in the induction
Of President Roosevelt as an honorary
member of that Order. has announced
that the President would be assigned
as member Of Osceola Tribe. No. ]
l. o. r. NJ, of Alexandria, Va, which
is the oldest Tribe of the Order.
Great Incohonee Cherry is havin;
prepared on parchment. TO be foldef
case. certificate commencing Presi
dent Roosevelt as a Red Man entitle
to all the rights and privileges Of IL
Order.
Secretary Root will rot head ths
United States delegation to the Thirt
international American Conference t.
be held at Rio next July. as was at frs
supposed. He has decided, however
that he will hold to his promise made
to the Diplomatic representatives of the
American Nations here last Fall ant
visit Rio while the Conference is in seS-
sion. The fact is that there promise.
to be much business of the first ordei
of Importance before the Conference
and 1t would not be prudent for the
Secretary of State to absent himseli
from his own country for the period o.
tfIIft WHICH VIII certainty De occuplet
i'm its consideration. Besides. the Sec
rotary feels that to enter the Confer
ence as q delegate would confine him
closely to Rio while he desires to also
visit Montevideo and Buenos Ayres and
perhaps other important cities of South
America before returning to the United
States. His trip will be made on Il
suitable naval vessel, probably one of
the new big feet cruisers of Brownson's
command.
The relief schooner Madsen. sent by
the Interior Department with a cargo
OF supplies for Point Barrow, Alaska
pletely destroyed a telegram to this
effect has been received by DR.. Sheldon
Jackson, in charge of the Alaska Di-
vision Of the Bureau Of Education. This
makes the fourth vessel sent to the re-
lief of the inhabitants of Point Barrow
the most northern town on the Ameri
can continent. that has been lost within
the past five years. The cargo was
transferred to the ice and carried by
the Esqui,no to Point Barrow Had
this not been accomplished it probably
would have been necessary to send Il
relief expedition overland. similar to
the trip made by Lieut.. Jarvis about 10
years ago.
The Emperor of Austria has given
the matter full consideration. and has
decided that there is no good reason
why he should send wedding pres
ent to Miss Roosevelt-and there isn't.
The Post Office Department has
awarded contracts for carrying the
mails on 3,7f1 star routes for a term
Of four years beginning July /, 1906.
length and 30.487.615 miles of annual
travel. The total compensation under
the contracts is s2.40S,193 per annum
This covers all the States and Ter
ritories west of the Mississippi River
except Minnesota. Iowa and Missouri.
And now it is said that Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth. who will soon
become the husband of Miss Roosevelt,
is slated by the Republicans for the
next Governor Of Ohio.
Former Congressman Claude Swan
son, of Virginia, was on Feb. l inaugu-
rated Governor OF Virginia. Mr. Swan
son Is a lightning talker. but was not
particularly noted while in the House
as a heavyweight thinker. His chief
merit lies in the fact that he has been
noted as clean politician.
It is announced from Japan that
Admiral Togo will visit the United
States next April. and bring with him
two cruisers.
The efforts of the Pacific Railways
and other Immigrant roads to have a
porting Army and Navy men since
1896. to the end that they might get
a higher rate Of pay, have failed.
The House Committee on Pacific
Railroads. which has had this matter
under consideration. has ordered an
adverse report on the Cushman bill
The Immigrant roads urge that the
Government Illegally avaiIed itself OF
party rates applicable only to theatri-
cal companies and other parties.
The Government declined to accept
this view Of the case, and contended
that under the charters OF these roads
Government employees are entitled to
as low rates as any other patrons In
this view OF the case the House Com
mittee concurred.
The ore reduction works Of Senator
Clark up in Wyoming burned the other
day at loss Of over half a million, but
he minded that about as much as most
of us would mind the losing Of dime
The works are already being rebuilt.
Representative Henry T. Bannon. OF
the 10th Ohio District. has returned to
his labors In the National House of
And he has a right to feel so. He is
one of the youngest members Of the
House, and has a reputation for ability
and energy surpassed by none. and
best of all his fences are in splendid
order. On the 9th of March the Re-
publicans of his District will hold their
Congressional Convention. and he is
assured of denomination without con-
test or opposition. His nomination is
equivalent to election.
Hon. James A. Norton, former Ohio
Congressman, was in tho city last week.
DR.. Norton's coming to town Is ever
a welcome event to host Of admiring
friends, for his personality Is Of that
joyous sort that banishes gloom and
care. Melancholy and he
have been strangers from his birth, and
when he ceased being a Representa-
tive from the Buckeye State the Ma
tional Capital lost huge chunk OF
sunshine.
Mrs. BERT Chapman Hansbrough,
wife Of the senior Senator from North
Dakota, is original among the social
leaders Of the National Capital in that
she Is a clever architect. and were she
not blessed with plenty Of the need
full gold she might be reaping laurels
In that hnnnroH hronch Me-