The National tribune., 1906-11-08

the mOVlng-picture people got onto 1t
as well as the newspaper and the the
atrical people, and altogether the,
made themselves SO obnoxious that they
nipped in the very bud this brilliant
scheme for revolutionizing anti-nuptia
entertainments.
Col. John H. Buxton, formerly of Lau.
rel. Nd. left there few years ago an6
located in the vicinity of Fort Williams
Ontario. where he engaged in mining
operations which have proved highly
successful. Recently Comrade Buxton
organized mining and milling COM
pany with capital stock of 81. 900. 900.
of which he is Vice President and
General Manager. Comrade Euxton
who is an old friend of Past Com
mander-in-Chief King, has many
friends in Maryland and Washington
who will be pleased to hear of his sue
cess.
George Harring, the English phiIan-
thropiSt, who gave away immense sums
to hospitals and other charitable enter
prfses, among these being a donation
of 100000 to the Salvation Army, died
in London. Nov. 2, from an operation
for appendicitis.
Sir William Ramsay. the greatest of
English scientists. says that he has not
under consideration an invitation to
Institution at Washington, and did not
dream of coming to the United States.
]. Pierpont Morgan is having plans
made for a beautiful Italian garden 70
occupy the site of his daughters house.
which adjoins his own residence on
Madison avenue, New York City He is
having new house built for her and
when she moves into it he will have the
present house torn down and the garden
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he intends it shall be the most beauti-
full small garden in the country.
1t is rumored that z. H Hartman
is to retire from the Presidency of the
Union Pacific Railroads. The reason he
gives for this is said to be the desire
to devote more of his time TO the Sc
curing of line of railroads from New
York to the Pacific Coast, and from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
The French Senate has appointed a
commission to consider the proposition
of transferring the ashes of Emile Zola
to the Pantheon.
The Pope was considered by his ply
sician sufficiently improved in health to
receive the English pilgrims the other
day. The audience did not take place
in the consistory, however, which would
nave necessitated the Pope's walking
but was held instead in the throne
room. The Pope was carried to the
throne, and the pilgrims filed by him,
kissing his hand. Tho he looked yery
pale and was languid, his general con-
dition was thought to be greatly i'm
proved.
We are to have another new maya
zine. The project has plenty of money
and enterprise behind it, represented
substantial citizens, and it is ainied to
make the magazine the equal of any
in the country. 1t will be called "Uncle
Remus's Magazine and it is neediessl
10 say that its editor will be Joel Chand-
Ter Harris.
George w. Cable. author and of late
years lecturer, is said to be engaged to
a daughter of Robert Stevenson, former
of Congress. He will be mar
ried some time this month, and will
take his bride to Northampton, Mass,
where he has resided for some years
past.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., while ad-
dressing his Bible class recently. ex-
pressed himself with regard to many of |
he crying evils of the present day. Re-
,erring to the sin of intemperance, he |
said, Il do not think it is any greater |
sin in the eyes of the Lord to drink |
beer than to drink water. 1t is a queS-
ion of the abuse of the beverage
The Duchess of Marlborough remains
silent on the subject of her separation
from her husband. The Duke, how
ever, has publicly announced that the
Iced of separation has not yet been
signed. and that the children, the two
title boys, are with him at Blenheim.
T0h ,1e, al
'ailway sent out its first car, Nov. l,
n Cleveland. 1t was filled with city
etc, and started amid a scene
If wild enthusiasm, great crowds hav-
ng collected to witness the departure.
\. B. Dupont acted as conductor dur
ng the trip, and the genial Mayor him.
elf, his face wreathed in happy smiles
If satisfaction, Changed the gong and
urned on the juice"
Upton Sinclair, author of ''The Jun
e," the book which started the slaugh-
er-house investigation. has established
Socialistic settlement or home col
NY at Englewood, N. ]. The building,
Which he calls Helicon Hall, is a low,
ong, picturesque structure, succeed
nd white paneled and surrounded by
eautiful trees. Inside it is most at
ractive, suggesting anything but the
qualid tenements described by Mr.. Sim
lair in his novel. The rooms of the
Iouse have already been taken or en-
aged, with graduate of Cornell in
tailed in the kitchen as cook, and a e
ewspaper woman from Chicago as
all the work being done on
ne cooperative plan. Mr.. Sinclair says
is colony is simple business PROPOSE
on. He is simply forming an associa-
on of persons of moderate means in
rder that they may secure the benefits
f the application of machine processes i,
their domestic affairs.
Warden Flynn refused to allow Mrs.
larry Thaw to, carry in small straw y
lat to her husband the other day. She !
lid he was suffering from colds and i
on account of the dampneSs Il
his cell, and she had brought the mat
, spread on the floor, but the Warden
Ouldn't let her bring it inside the Jail.
T. c. Dawson has been upholding the 4
gnity of the United States in Santo q
omingO for the past year without
earring shoes. AS the court costume Z
that country consists of dress uni \
,rm coat with epaulets over pajamas,
lie informality of shoeless feet attract y
1 no special attention. but Minister n
awson says he did not do it to be =
zarre. but because his feet We're SO I
vollen by some tropical disease that
e could not get them into shoes. He
as come to this country on a three
onths' leave to have his feet treated. II
The Chicago Daily Socialist, the new
ocialistic organ of which Joseph NJ.
atterson is editor has made its ap-
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