The National tribune., 1906-05-17

Earthquake shocks are getting to be
as aristocratic as appendicitis. The
State that has not reported to WASH
ington headquarters some "tremor" is
behind the times.
Augustus st. Gaudens, the eminent
sculptor, has been engaged by the Spe-
cial Commission of which Secretary
Root is Chairman, to design the monu-
ment TO Thomas Jefferson, authorized
by Congress. This monument is to be
erected in Washington. on a site not yet
determined. Mr.. St Gaudens is ill, but
as soon as his health permits he will
prepare a model for submission to Con-
gress.
The Longworths sail on the St Louis
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 by
the Navy Department in letters sent
personally by Assistant Secretary New
berry.
To George Breeman, 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 n
candidate for Boatswain.
There will be no relief from the Gov
ernment for the victims of the Slocum
disaster. The House Committee on
Claims, after hearing testimony. by
practically unanimous vote defeated
n nfi TO fax- St,Iz
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 II other members of the Com
mittee.
By vote of seven to six the Commit
tee also refused tc give the Court of
Claims jurisdiction to determine whose
negligence caused the sinking of the
Slocum, and if 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
volved. had favorable action been taken,
aggregates s1o,ooo,0oo.
The plan of the Vatican for the divi-
sion of the $7.000,000 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 a sort of a figurehead, but as 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 hanG to a friend,
and who is there that thinks differ
emily?
I'm taking the action I 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 confiagrations. Fortunately. we
had a leyel-headed lot of city officials
to deal with.
THE orders to the troops were trans
mitted by mounted messenger, all teie-
graph wires and telephones being put
out of business; but in an hour and n
half we had them patrolling the down.
town streets.
'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, SO that
the visitors to the exposition may see
what was once the house of worship of
the first settlers in Virginia, and that 1t
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 it one Of the most famous of
Americas few ruins. While valued let
ters 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 keep
better than architecture.
Col. John Mosby, leader of Mosby's
guerrillas during the civil war but
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 / had been Gen
Grant himself, instead of a rebel SOL
dler who had fought him to the last
ditch.
"At the dinner I sat between two
Federal soldiers whom | had capt1red
during the war. They were so kind to
me before the dinner that l began to
grow sorry / had ever captured them.
Before the dinner was over / had be-
come sorry they had not captured me-"
George w Honey, 73 years old. a
clerk In the Land Office, died last
Thursday at Sibley Hospital, after 10
days Illness. Heart failure following
an operation was the cause.
Mr.. Honey was Chaplain of the 4th
Wis. Cav. in the war of the rebellion.
At the time of his death he was Chap
lai: of Lincoln Post, G. A. r., and a
Past Commander. His widow and a
him. The burial was in Arlington Gem
etery, under G. A. II. auspices
Chaplain Honey was one of those
gentle, kindly natures. with good
word for everybody. though he was also
man of strong opinions. One of the
best things about him was his intense
| loyalty. He did not believe in mixing
the blue and gray, not a little bit yet
he was one of the most charitable of
men, and did much along those lines
for men of the South as well as of the
North. He WAS deyotedlv attached In