The National tribune., 1906-12-06

ing after a short weeks illness Hi:
sudden death comes as great shoch
to his wide circle of friends and manN
distinguished men in public life mour-
his loss Only last Monday he was tax.
en- i'll with acute indigestion.
MIR. Rurch had the qualities ef /:
honiface that are born into man, nn;
made. He not only took care of hi:
guests; he became their personal friend
AS Representative in Congress. the laIe
President Mckinley made the Ebbitt
House his headquarters, having apart
mentS on the second floor where al
ways. Mr.. Burch was a welcome guest
Oliver p. Morton, of Indiana, while
Senator, also made the Ebbitt his
home. and warm personal friendship
existed between himself and the mau-
ager. This was true as to many pubic
men.
Among the officers of the Army and
the Navy Mr.. Burch had a wide circle
of friends who used always TO make
his hotel their home in Washington,
and the stamp Mr. Rurch gave it thru
these friendships still remains, for the
Ebbitt Hotel is q favorite haunt of tha
officers of both branches of the sei'-
vice.
The members of the Grand Army %
the Republic had a warm side for Col.
IL.
well bestowed, for he was always NEST
gracious and conSiderate of the vetcr-
ans
President Mckinley, on his first in
auguration. was driven from the F.b-
bitt House TO the Capitol to take tfo
oath of office.
1t was at the Ebbitt House that til.
members of the Egan courtmartial lived
when the alleged "embalmed beef fur
nished to the troops iii Cuba was under
investigation. Mr.. Rurch had a meal
of the soldiers beef prepared at his
board so that they might have a prac
teal demonstration of the food served
to the troops.
He leaves wife, two sons. DR.. w
Thompson Rurch and II. B. Eurcii, ana
a daughter, Mrs. X. J. Hampton, CT
Louisville. KY. All were with him when
the end came.
John Wesley Gaines, member of Con-
gress from Tennessee. who is i'll with
appendicitis in St Louis, is reported 10
be recovering, and it is thought that in
few weeks he will be entirely well.
His son, John Wesley Gaines Jr., lett
this city few days ago for st. Louis
where he has been at the sickbed of his
father
There has been a perfect fuTore II.
of q su Idea in the Washington schools
over the selling of huge salted and zo,i-
pickles and brandy" candy 10 IT,
school children, young ladies being ai-
dicted to the pickle habit and the
younger children to the candy. 1t has
been discovered that the Commissioners
have no law by which they can SHUT
either Of the articles out of the scieo.4
or away from the children, except it he
under tha pure-food la~. "hich they
are now Investigating. 1t is pity that
children Of a tender age are not pro-
tected By parental discipline from eat
ing deicterious things, but it is true that
parents 60 not pay the least narticie !
of attention to the mass of impure foo
that their children eat, and then the.
weep and wall. and have the doctor.
and 81 tut get their mourning ready, |
when Katie or Walter get the stomach |
ache ft - XII. Half the candy that !
children ku' is unfit for food When |
sugar sei'5 at six cents a pound and
higi-coiorea candy at 10 cents pound !
you can jE-t make sure that the canlyl |
is simply slew poison to all who eat |
1t. OF course. pickles are indigestiblcl |
at best, but when children arc permit
ted TO hay them by the pint and ent
them as though they were apples ildi- |
gestion Gld all its kindred ailments Is
bound to follow. This impairs thal
health 20 such an c--tent that children |
cannot Gtuiy, their teeth are injured,
eyes get sore and characters are infii-
encad Ey tie state o? physical condition
into which impure food throws them.
Unite, States Senator Bcveridge. in
an address. declared there should be a
National lew governing child labor.
-C9Etinuing. he said:
II Md. on the first day of tho next
session %s Con Sress. TO introduce such
bill. qt viii forbid any carrier Of
tnterSt &c commerce from accepting the
products of any factory or minc that
employs children un6er II years of age
The bill VIII not be easy to pass. but
ultimately ta:s reform must come
Col. william H. Mieh2el. formerly
Chief Clerk Of the State Department.
and now Consul General at Calcutta.
n2s reported that there is n growing
se7u-aert awong the coolies of india
&c cIt into the occidental world for
sc purpose of earning higher wages
:ian is possible in In liza, where in most
ccaliiic@ tho average wage is not rnorcI
2an 50 or 8 2 month. In suggesting
he feasibility of occurring laborers iu
ndia TO work on the Panama Canal
-'ol. Michael says:
while Chinese coolies are being
ough; for this work why would Il not
q ad=i5able to consider the Indian
coolies? The latter is stronger and
1core Intelligent than the former and
is as well. If not better able to with
stand the heat and trying conditions of
the Ithoiu@. There is not the same
prejudice against the Indians as exists
with respect to tine Chinese and it
might lie that Il trisl Of 1.000 or 1000
Indian coolies would so demonstrated
their fitpcss that other and larger drafts
would be desirable upon India for la
borers for work on the canal"
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main wasi
elected President of the District Fed
GRAFTON of Woman's Clubs last wee..
Mrs. Main is one OF the handsome ma
irons OF the District whose whole irel
seems to be given over to good deeds
Mrs. Main is Vice president-General in
charge OF organization of Chapters of
the Daughters of the american Revolu-
tion. is something or other I'm active
connection with the work for the blind
In the District and belongs to clubs AMI
clubs and clubs. She is always eagerly
sought wherever she is and is q safe
and sane leader at all times.
And now look out for the Revision
lists" Nebbe so that will be a new
party. Anyhow they are talking about
organizing the next House and takingI
Speaker Cannon's scalp when he comes
up for reelection, Now wouldn't that
make YOU smile? Besides you know,
you couldn't very well take n SCALP, YOU
know, that had no hair on it. Speaker