The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25
Col. Benjamin Franklin Hart died \.

Col. Benjamin Franklin Hart died &C
PaSsafc. y. j.. Jan. Is. at the age OF al.
lie was veteran of the war, COM
manded a company at Gettysburg. and
In 1885 was in command Of the State
troops during the riots attending the
strikes on the Delaware. Lackawanna
d Western Railroad.
II Is found that the estate left by the
late President Harper, OF Chicago. Is
quite small. and consists almost en-
tirely of life-insurance policies. He
gave away great amounts of money dur
ing his life particularly TO the Ameri-
can institute Of Sacred Literature. a
publishing concern I'm which he was
greatly interested. He also gave much
money TO needy students.
Henry Pratt Judson. Professor OF
Political Science and Dean Of the
University OF Chicago. has been ap-
pointed Acting President OF the Uni
versity.
r. Il. Davidson and d. & Foreman
propose most interesting feat in the
duplication Of the journey OF Lewis and
clark on their return from Oregon.
They will make the trip from Portland.
ore, TO Hampton Roads following the
Lewis and Clark route from Portland
T. Pittsburg. From Pittsburg they will
either go by the way Of the Lakes 10
the Hudson River or cross over the
mountains TO Cumberland. Md. and go
j. for publicity and advertising in the
interests Of the jamestown Exposition.
Judge Nathaniel \. Gearhart one OF
Duluth's beSt-known citizens died Jan.
10, Of Bright's disease He was born
in New York in 1S43. and enlisted I'm
the 10th =. Y. At Gettysburg he was
severely wounded and never recovered
from the effects. He attained the i'm
mense weight Of $40 pounds. which had
probably something to do with the
disease that carried him of. He was
prominent and active member Of ]. b.
Culver Post, Of Duluth. a GOTH Degree
Mason. and stood at the head Of the
Duluth bar The funeral was con-
Quoted by the Grand Army of the Re-
public and Masons.
Ex-Gov. Odell. Of New York. stands
on shifting sands with regard TO the
Chairmanship of the State Republican
committee. While he denies that he in
tends to resign or go to Europe IL is re-
garded as pretty certain that the ma
jority of the committee, and probably
President Roosevelt are distinctly op-
posed TO his retention of the place, and
his successor will be elected at the COM
ing meeting. A very lively Gubernatorfal
campaign Is In prospect. and Odell is
regarded as entirely too much ballast
and should be thrown overheard. There
are three strong candidates for the
place: Ex-Lieut. Gov Timothy l.
and FasSett The latter are two very
pronounced Anti-Odell men. Mr. Wood
ruff who is in active business, would
have to make much sacrifice in order to
take the place. but will do SO If II will
lead to his being elected Senator The
President declined to promise his in
fiuence toward this in an interview Mr..
Woodruff had with him last week, but
said that he would occupy the same
neutral position he did between Ex-
Gov. Black and Chauncey Depew.
Mark M. Pagan, the Mayor Of Jersey
City, is man who carries the literal
teaching of Christianity into his bus
mess and official life, and he does ii so
quietly as to not attract attention ex-
cept from its persistence and infalli-
bility. Everybody is becoming more
sure all the time that he will do in
office precisely as his Christian code
of morals would indicate. and this CON-
viction has led to his reelection for a
third term. He was born In 1869 OF
very poor parents. and began life as a
newsboy helper on wagon and then
frame-gilder and an undertaken. He
has accomplished much in equalizing
taxation. and says his highest object is
TO make Jersey City a pleasant place
to live in
Mrs. Hetty Green stands at the very
pinnacle of the successful women
money-makers of this country. She
900 and held it against INSCRIPTIONS
lawyers ard every other form Of pri-
yate graft to get her money away from
her. She says that she has made 1t by
judicious investments and not by
speculation-only fools speculate. She
is said to be the only woman in the
country who could buy UP whole rail-
road for a present to her son. She
wrote out a check for the entire price
Of the Texas Midland Railroad. and
transferred the property to Mr.. L. III.
r. Green, who now lives in Dallas,
Tex. Ned Is a good boy" she said.
land l have entrusted him with the
management of all my property west
of Buffalo, Mrs. Green lives in a
shabby fat in Hoboken, for which she
pays about IS week for four rooms
on the third floor, and allows herself
but one servant. She has her offices in
the building of the Chemical National
Bank, near the New York Post ONCE.
She abhors publicity, does her shop
ping under the name of NASH and
has the same on her doorplate.
Mayor Mcclellan is described as q
youngish-looking man, blonde, square,
chinned and slightly toop-shouldered.
He walks down to his office about
o'clock every morning with a gait that
is not hurrying but is unwasting OF
time, and thumpS the pavement as he
walks with a heavy cane that strikes
faultleSSly but never conSpicuouSly,
most Of the time wearing a gray or
brown business suit. He was born in
Dresden, Germany, and graduated from
the Military Institution at Ossining.
He secured employment as reporter at
$40 a week. which was later raised to
$25, but he never made a striking sue
cess in journalism. He struck the
fancy of Richard Croker, who wanted
to bring into Tammany young men Of
good family connections. and gave him
the position of Treasurer of Brooklyn
Bridge. at a salary Of $4,000 a year.
While in this position he studied law at
night at Columbia College and married
Miss Heckscher, who has been his
ally and coworker ever since, acting as
his secretary and helping him prepare
his campaign speeches, which are never
delivered until they have been thor
oughIy revised by her. She dips into
politics. and her friends are retained i'm
office no matter what Tammany may
think about it.
w. s. Elliot, the Indiana man who
has steadfastly refused his pension, is
a farmer near Kokomo, Ind, and
served about six months in Co. H, 147th
Ind. For several weeks he was in the
hospital at Harper's Ferry suffering