The National tribune., 1906-09-20

perience. and it is doubtful if any othe
American woman has been conversan
with political leaders and movement
for so long period.
Col. Ferdinand D. Stephenson, of til
Pension Bureau. died at Hcrndon. Va
Sept. 16. in his 9th year. He enlisted
Sept. 2, 1861. in Co. b. 4Sth ILL.,: rose {,
be the Capt:in of that company. an'
then received commission rs Colone
of the 152d Ill. He was repeatedly an,
! severely wounded. At Fort DonelSOl
| he was shot thru the left arm and Grip
pied so that he never recovered from
the effects of it. In 1869 he was ap
pointed clerk in the Pension Bureau
and remained continuously in that ser
| vice except during the four years o
Cleveland's first Administration. II,
| rose to be the head of the Board oi
Review and was one of the abIeSt ON
ployes of the Office. He was member
| of Lincoln Post and the Loyal Legion
| The remains were inferred with mill.
tary hOnors at Arlington.
Medical Director Philip S. Wales died
Sept. Is. in Paris. from the effects of
cancer. from which he has been suffer-
ing for many years. He was born in
Maryland. and entered the Navy in 1916
as an Assistant Surgeon. During tn"
rebellion he was on the Water Witch.
Fort Jackson and other vessels. and
served a while in the naval hospital 1T
Norfolk. In January, 1889. he was ap-
pointed Surgeon-Genera1 of the Navy
which position he held for four years,
and later was on duty in Washington
at the head of various naval boards.
He was given a leave of absence some
months ago to go to Paris to be treated
for his disease.
Samuel A. and Diller p. Croft. con-
victed with August w. Mschen and
George f. LorenZ for defrauding the
Post Office Department. thru the sale
of the Croft maii-box fasteners. com
pleted their two years of imprisonment
in the penitentiary at MOundsyille, w.
Va, last Sunday, and We're released
They also had to pay a fine of 10000
which was done. Both of the Grofs
leave the prison physical wrecks Sam
uel was a strong, genial police officer
but now he is absolutely broken down.
a victim of rheumatism and mentally
on account of his hatred of his
brother. whom he thinks could have
cleared him by speaking. The brothers
are bitterly hostile, would not speak or
pital. and when they left took different
trains and roads. Diller b. is suffering
from paralytic stroke, and went to
Atlantic City to see if the sea air would
DO him any goOd.- Before leaving both |
he Groffs heartily thanked the Warden
Of the prison and the guards for many
and unfailing kind treatment. !
George w. Beavers. who was convict
tI,a- IL.
Danion of the GrOffs. Machen and Lor- |
anZ in prison. and has one year NOR
o serve. while Lorenz will be released !
leyt February. Machen has nearly 20 |
months yet to serve. LorenZ is having |
he best time of any in the prison. as h.
$ devoting himself to photography and |
$ the official photographer of the pris-
IN. He, is allowed many liberties and
imong others that of making photo
,raphs of the interior and exterior of
he prison. which he puts on glass paper
Weights and sells to visitors for % cents
o so cents a piece. so that he is MAX
ng money. LorenZ. Reavers aud Ma
hen have all conducted themselves 80
veil that they have been promoted to
he good-cOnduct class. and wear a
lain gray suit instead of the stripes of
he lower classes. Peavers has regained
lis health since he has been in prison
huns visitors, and never recognizes
-nybody that comes in. Machcn is in
he office of the clerk of the prison. and
With him is ]. NJ. A. Watson, the Dis
riot clerk who is exploiting the dis
overy Of a shortage of $4,000 in his
ccounts. Machen shows that he feels
he disgrace and hardship of his i'm
He has just completed his
rst term of two years minus good con-
,,ag
r similar sentence. All five of them
eciinc to talk on the subject of their
and seem to be anxious
o be forgotten by the newspapers as
oon as possible. About two-tili-,ls of
heir associates in the prison are ne
roes Of the lowest class. With all the
avors shown to them they still have to
beE number of prison rules and re2u-
atoms. and every morning at G:l5 fhey
must rise 1T the ringing of the bell
weep out their rooms. make mp their
EDS and put their cells in order Thy
re allowed to dine. however 1T a sep
rate table upon food which they hriv.
hey must retire to their cells at ihe
anne time as the others. and in each
ell is an electric light which burns IN
il S:45, when il is turned off ,
After a conference between Snrat,r I
''ph'''. VI iiiiIipfS, J nDIi'iS h. W J.
enerai manager of the Nelson Morris l
'acking Company, and Secretary Will ,
on. II has been announced from tho :
gricu!tural Department that The Chi :
ago packers would be permitted f. I
md broadcast beef that is boiled md {
naled in cans under the slisn o. .
roast beef" 4
Secretary Wilson. however provided {
hat the label should state how the q
heat was prepared and cooked. !
Secretary Wilson made the statement
lat the term canned roast beef an :
lied to this boiled product was of i
alue to the packers because tho moth Q
d had been copied by the Australian /
M south American packers. who 5
ould profit by it if the American pack G
rs were forced 10 abandon it $
Tn" new m"at-insDection law d.6n- q
lS what is "A misbranded articlc--nis-l >
randinS being prohibitad-says; ,hat aoi
rticle Of food shall be deemed 10 bel :
liSbrhnded IF the package containirg
or It's label shall bear any statement u
h3iSn or device regarding the ingrcdi-
aus or the substances contained there
!, which statement. design or dovir.
~ be false or misleading ia any par q
cular" i
1t vas stated nj the Department that -
/" decision that boiled beef may hci |,
NJ on the market as canned ro,S, a
scf' WAS entirely satisfactory to thai a
ackcrs. v