The National tribune., 1906-09-13
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fEVFkC.
At the Irrigati1n Congress at Boise
Idaho. Senator HeyhArn made a bittc-
attack upon the Administration for
estry policy. He said that the Admir-
istration had no right TO have any pol
icy except that set forth in the statutes
Policies belongeAG to" Monarchies and
Kingdoms and not to- Republics. The
Administration had no right to say to
the people what II would give them and
what 1t would not. 1.-THE Senator d.
| forests conserving fmaisture as all non
sense. and said that the President had
been misied by Bad and not disinter-
ested advisers. At this there were loud
| cries of mol" and. much kissing. but
Hepburn defied the audience and pro-
posed to say his say. Among other
things he denounced the National For
estry Association. saying that lone OF
it's Vice Presidents. Weyerhauser. owns
more timber land than any man in the
world; that is. more timber than was
originally stolen by any man in the
world"
Officials of the War Department fear
that Lieut. Louis Y. Cauifield. of the
Francisco earthquake. He was on leave
and in San Francisco at the time Of the
disaster 1t was thought that he left
that city for Manila on the day of the
earthquake. but the War Department
has received word that he has not
reached his post. Lieut.. Caulfield was
an excellent officer. and his superiOrs
are persuaded that he would not desert.
The young officer was veteran of the
Spanish-American War as a member of
the 9Th U. S. He took part In the fight
at San Juan, and was later promoted to
n First Lieutenancy and transferred to
the 9th u. S. In 1900 his regiment was
sent to the Philippines. and he was Civ
en- commission with the scouts. He
was born in New York in 1874.
Miss Margaret Livington Chanler.
heiress of many of the Astor millions
and one of the social leaders in New
York's 400" is engaged to marry
Richard Aldrich, of the editorial staff
of the New York Times. The prospcn-
tive bridegroom is without money. but
Miss Chanler is woman who does her
own thinking. During the Spanish War
she Joined the Red Cross Society. won't
to Cuba. and established hospital in
Ponce in Porto Rico. where she nursed
i'll and wounded soldiers. For this Con-
gress. by special act, presented her
with n gold medal. She is the head of
the Municipal League in New York, and
has devoted much of her time and
money to the work of political reform
At the meeting of the International
Policy Holders Committee at New
York, Sept. 6, Bishop Charles c. Nc
Cabe, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, was unanimously dropped from
membership on the committee. This
was because of the Bishops letter say
ing that he had not authorized the use
of his name in the committees address,
and urging that the organization IN
dorse the administration tickets of the
two mutual companies. Those preseAt
claimed that the Bishop had not OBJ
jected or criticized the address OF the
policy holders, whiciiI had been before
him for four weeks.
Gov. Folk. of Missouri, has been serf-
ously ill for some time. and his cOndi-
ton shows little Improvement. His
physician says that hefis suffering from
a severe attack ofimalaria, and will be
able to resume his duties in a short
time. His indisposition brought about
some disagreeablehtal that it was put
on to prevent htsj meeting Bryan and
assisting in doing homer to the peerless
leader Gov. Folk has emphatically
denied any intention to slight Bryan.
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Miss Annie f. Campbell comes across
the ocean with story that she was Il
guest at dinner IN Belfast, Ireland,
given to William u Bryan. and at whicjl
she. heard Richard. Croker tell Bryan
that he intended to come to America
and work and vote for him. Mr.. Croker
said that he was anxious to get Tam
many Hall back into Washington: tha.
Tammany had lost its power there. and
that it could be regained by giving
strong support to Bryan.
Augustus Van Dorm. who was kiIle.,
recently in duel at Gonzales, Tex.
with Tom Hunter. was a son of the
noted Gen. Earl Van Dorm, of the Con-
federate army. who was in command in
Arkansas and afterward in Mississippi
and Tennessee. He commanded Bragg's
left wing after the battle of Stone River,
and made great deal of trouble for
Rosecrans about Columbia and Frank
lin. He was finally killed by jealous
husband.
Jacob Senger, said to he the oldest
mail carrier in the United States, carry
ing the star route between Attica, Ind,
and Kramer, five and a half miles north
of the former city, has resigned his po-
sition for rest. Mr.. Senger celebrated
his 8Sth birthday on Aug. 6, last. He
has been covering a star route for six
years. and in that time has missed few
trips.
Representative Williamson, of Ore
gon. convicted in that State of having
conspired to defraud the Government
in connection with public lands, has
brought his case before the Supreme
Court of the United States on writ of
error.
Gov. Stokes of New Jersey. was TAX
en- i'll last Sunday. and is now confined
to his home. The physicians say that it
is a nervous trouble resulting from
overwork, and that rest Will bring a
complete cure.
Frank S. Butterworth, who in 1895
was known as Yale's greatest quarter
back is a Republican candidate for
nomination as State Senator in New
Haven. Conn. He is a son of former
Congressman Ben Butterworth, of Ohio.
Not Prompt Enough.
]. ]. Cook. 18th Ill. Cav, 1855 In
diana Ave. Chicago. H.. has been a
reader of The National Tribune for