The National tribune., 1906-11-22
PEOPLE.

As reward for sticking to Tom Law
son in his crusade against the insur-
hnce companies, Gov. Johnson got g
heck for $1,000 from the Boston mag
nate as contribution towards his cam
paign fund.
The Pope has expressed his approva'
of us. whether Roman Catholics or not
He says we are good Christians, an;
that America is the only country where
the Roman Church has not been perse-
cuted. He has given US his special
blessing.
Richard Croker, the once powerful
boss" of Tammany Hail. whose tele.
gram denOuncing Hearst was supposed
to have helped Mr.. Hughes's cause very
materially, says he is not coming to
America for the present. He has lately
won OUT in his suit against the
Harmsworths for their publication of
charges of corruption against him. The
case was settled by retraction of the
charges and the promise of public
apology.
J. Pierpont Morgan says he does not
know where he is at with regard to
his traction holdings He says the peo
pie of Chicago have not treated him
squarely, and that his property is prac-
tically confiscated or at least menaced.
He says he has been misunderstood and
looked upon as an enemy instead of a
friend, whereas he has never wilfully
InisrepreSented anrthing and has always
tried to help people. He feels himself
wholly at the mercy of the Chicagoans
in the matter of his traction holdings.
President Hadley. of Yale, deplores
the standard of public morality in
America. In private life the typical
American is the soul of honor He is
L hnl
but when it comes 20 his public or
business life quite the opposite is the
case
Mr.. George W. Vanderbilt has been
having rather hard time at Biltmore
lately. He has been cutting down ex
penses on his vast estate during the
past year. discharging hundreds of men
and looking after things himself. Lately
his coachmen and teamsters have
struck, demanding higher wages and
shorter hours, and as the drivers and
teamsters of Ashville have been in SYM
pathy with them Mr.. Vanderbilt has
been in a dilemma. Mr.. Vanderbilt
and his family have also been greatly
annoyed lately by the crowds of people
who have attended All Souls Church,
on the Biltmore estate. of which Mr..
Vanderbilt pays all the expenses. taxi
ing up himself the morning collection.
This became so unpleasant that the
rector. DR.. Swope, was obliged to tell
these people in very plain language that
the church was not n show place. but
a house of worship. Thus it Seems
that the rich are not by any means
spared the trials of life.
Emerson says: 'If man write a
better book, preach a better sermon or
make a better mousetrap than his
neighbor, tho he build his house in the
woods. the world will make a beaten
ter illustrated than in the life of Nine.
Regue, who died in New Orleans the
other day. She was a German who
married a French butcher, and began
many years ago giving breakfasts to
the men who worked with her husband.
She was such a good cook that the
fame of these breakfasts spread, and
she soon had so many customers that
her husband gave up his shop and the
couple went into the breakfast-giving
business. In a quaint old place. with
sanded floor, near the French Market,
without any embellishments whatever
and capable of seating only 35 people,
she served the most delicious and rare
dishes 1t was one of the most attrac-
tive and best-known places in New Or
leans, and in order to get a seat at the
table for these breakfasts one had to-
speak several days in advance.
One of the best cavalry officers in
the war of the rebellion was Gen. viii: !:
liam ]. Palmer. He went out early in
the service as a Captain of Cavalry.
of the Anderson Troop. or 18th Pa. Cav.