The National tribune., 1906-02-22


Graves and Col. James W. English, Jr.,
have not resulted in the shedding of a
drop of blood. The hold upon their
coat-tails by their frightened friends has
been firm and unyielding, and the skies
OF Georgia are clearing. Graves is to
start new paper to advocate his cleo
ton to the Senate, and the fighting will
continue to go on through the columns
Of the rival papers.
Maj. Cassius e. Gillette told story
Of hard luck on his examination in the
Greene and Gaynor trial at Savannah.
He said that Capt. Oberlin Nj. Carter
was very popular in Savannah society,
and that he, Gillette. and his family
were treated so coldly as to amount to
a practical oStraciSm on account OF his
part in the prosecution of Capt. Carter.
The attorney for Capt. Carter had told
Gillette that his conduct for braZen
efirontery was without parallel in the
history of crime He had been ac-
cused of breaking into Carter's desk
and taking his private papers.
Mrs. Taggart, the defendant in a re-
cent sensational divorce suit, is prac-
tically banshed from the United States.
Judge Eason In granting the divorce
allowed Capt Taggart. the father of
the children, their custody. and Mrs.
Taggart Immediately disappeared with
determined that his order shall be
obeyed, and measures have been taken
to secure her eXtraditiOn. If she at
tcmpts to return she will be immediate
" arrested and the children taken from
her.
Mrs. Aaron Blair, of Indianapolis, q
sister of the wife of Gen. Lew Wallace,
died suddenly at her rooms in Wash
ington, of apopleXy. She has been
In hig. faif wit
her husband and sister, the widow of
ex-senator Henry S. Lane.
Mapleton, Iowa, was draped in
mourning for one of its foremost citi-
zens, DIR. +. Griffin. who died Feb. 8.
He was born in Boston in 1S47 and his
parents removed to Rock Island Coun-
ty, ILL.,, where he worked on the farm
until 1864, when he enlisted in Co. g,
112th ILL.,, and went through the At
lanta campaign, the battles of Frank
lin, Nashville. and Wilmington, and re-
ceived the warrant of a Sergeant. He
was discharged in 1865, and entered
Hoskins Post, 81, G. A. r. He grad
uatcd from medicine and settled down
to practice in Wheatland, Iowa, be-
coming one Of the pioneers of the new
country, and enduring all the hard
ships of pioneer life of country
doctor in the early days. He was
prominent also in business and Ma
sonic circles and helpful to everybody.
He leaves a widow and four children.
Senator Crane, of Massachusetts,, is
an expert judge of paper. When he
opens his letters in the Senate he may
be seen crinkling the paper between
his fingers and holding it up to the light
to observe the watermark. before iessd-
ing the communications 1t is the habit
of a lifetime, and one of the customs of
his craft.
Edward De Mile Campbell, Professor
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical
Chemistry in the University of Michi-
gan, is totally blind, yet in his line he is
considered one of the best authorities
in the country. Tps4 s..y
DR.. A. W. Harris, President of the
Jacob Tome Institute, at Port Deposit,
Nd, has been chosen President of
Northwestern University. at Chicago.
He will be installed III July. He is a
graduate of Wesleyan University of the
class of 80. He was for a time con
nected with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and in 1893 be-
came President of the Maine State eol-
lege.
Richard L. Ashurst, who has just
been maGe Postmaster of, Philadelphia.
was born in Naples. and is a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania. He
Is a lawyer.
Thomas Watson. Co. II. Tooth Pa,
Derrick, Pa, is visiting Washington.
Like all other veterans, he would like 10
hear from old comrades.
DR.. Charles c. Haskell died at his
home in Denison, Tex, recently at the
age of 20. He had been a resident
Of the city for 3 years and had gained
a. 10Th nCta al classes
pie. The papers say that no man was
better or more favorably known and
respected. He was an active Mason
and a comrade of the Grand Army of
the Republic. He was repeatedly Com
,nander of his Post and three years ago
was Department Commander of Texas.
For 80 years he had been Sunday
school Superintendent and ever since
Ia king up his residence in Denison had
acted in that capacity in the First Con-
gregational Church. He was born in
Wilmington, VT, and enlisted from
there in the 18th VT.
Mrs. Leslie Carter is what is found
occasionally among actors and ac-
Il esSes. competent business woman.
She usually puts her money into real
estate and has been quite fortunate in
that direction. She has always been
particularly interested in iron and steel
manufacture, and has made many trips
TO view the work. On one occasion she
had the felicity of working the lever
which controlled n set of great rolls
turning out sheets of steel. Lately her
enthusiasm has gone so far as to in
duce her to buy rolling mill near
MechanicSburg, Pa
Dr. John Slade Ely, Professor of
Theory and Practice of Medicine in the
Yale Medical School, was killed at New
Haven, Conn. Feb. Z. by fall from
his horse. which fractured his skull.
Rev. DR.. Charles d. Williams, of
Cleveland, o., was conseerated Feb. z,
at st. PauI's Church as the fourth
Protestant-Episcopal Bishop of Michi-
gan The ceremonies were very solemn
and impressive and conducted by Pre-
siding Bishop Sylvester futile, of Mis-
souri,; Bishop William a. Leonard, of
Cleveland; Bishop Boyd Vincent, of
Southern Ohio: and Bishop Francis, of
Indiana The new Bishop will take up
his duties in Michigan, March ].
Senor n. veloz- Goiticoa has resigned
as Secretary of the Bureau of American
Republics and Francis YaneZ, also 4
Venezuelan, has been appointed in his
place.
The President says that he will ap
point Griffith T. Davis. of Scranton, Pa,
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Twelfth Pennsylvania District.
1t looks as If Col. Charles A. Clark
would be chosen Commander of the
Department of Iowa, G. A. r., by ac-
c,amation Efe is q lawyer of ability
and succeeded in carrying the Veterans
Preference Bill through the Supreme
Court against the ablest counsel that
could be secured on the other side.
rba MANY friepdc and oJp,irarc oil