The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-11

who seemed bewildered, almost under
| the advancing car. He struck forward
to reach her, but only, succeeded in
throwing her into the, fender. while he
himself was thrown some IL feet away
by the impact of the car. Both were
cut. Mrs. Gallinger about the head. SO
that she had to have several stitches
taken, but they picked themselves up
and went to the dinner party. where
DR.. Johnson sewed up their wounds and
later entertained his patients at dinner
| Ii is not a little remarkable that Sena-
tor Gallinger is largely responsible for
having tenders placed on the Washing
ton street cars. He fought for them
manfully when the matter was up in
the United States Senate a few years
ago, and now he thanks his lucky star
| that he did so. for had it not been for
the fender Mrs. Galiinger would have
been ground to powder under the pom
derous wheels of one of our largest
electric cars.
They're after him. so they say--Mr
President of the Canal Commission
Shonts. President Shonts is connected
in an official way with the Glover Leaf
Railroad Company, and refuses to give
up his holdings. and so has been very
severely criticised. This has cut him
deeply. for he is the kind of man whose
actions are scarcely open to criticism at
any time, and the President has been
led TO believe that Mr.. Shonts would
just as soon resign from the Canal Com
mission as not. So the President had
Mr.. Shonts over. the other evening. and
talked him into giving up all thought
of resigning, it is said. The President
seems to think that if Mr.. Shonts can
be induced to hold on till after Congress
adjourns in the Summer the worst will
be over, and he will then have smooth
sailing.
The report that Senator Burton. of
Kansas, will resign his seat in the Unit
ed States Senate is stamped as untrue
by himself. He declares his intention
of waiting for the verdict of the United
States Supreme Court in his case. Even
then he will yet be a United States
Senator, and unless he resigns he will
have to be tried by the Senate on the
merits of the case.
Picked rats. Ugh! But that is
what they are.
Some months ago rats were very nu-
merous in Manila and the surrounding
parts of Luzon, and many of them were
affected with disease which was some
times communicated to man. The dan
ger of a widespread pestilence induced
the health officers to offer a bounty of
half cent (gold) for each rat brought
In. The natives set to work with will,
killing. trapping and snarling rats, and
the result was that several thousand
were received daily for several weeks
by the Health Department
About this time Maj. Edgar A.
Mcarns, a Surgeon i'm the United States
Army and an enthusiastic naturalist
and collector, arrived in Manila and
became attached to the Board Of Pub
lie Health. He soon perceived that not
all OF the animals brought in were
common house rats, but that many Of
them had considerable scientific value,
and that some belonged to species
wholly unknown to naturalsts. An
empty whisky barrel was obtained and
partially filled with formalin. and for
several weeks DR.. Mearns spent his
leisure hours I'm sorting over rats. pre-
serving those which, were Of value in
the barrel of formalin. This was filed
National Museum through the Quarter
master-GeneraIs Department of the
Army. It's arrival is awaited with a
good deal of interest by the mammal
ogists of the MUSEUM, as it will un-
doubtedly contain the most complete
collection of the small mammals Of
the Manila district that has ever been
made in the Philippine Islands
The Empire State showed up with
empty seats when Congress convened
last week. Senator Plat is i'm the
South In very frail health. and Senator
Depew-wel1, he seemed not to be
Senator Depew has been in his seat
very IT, tie since the Equitable scandals
began to be aired. Mrs Depew has
gone to Europe for the Winter, it is
thought, to be with her mother who is
ailing. Senator Depew has with him
his niece. Miss Paulding, who was his
inseparable companion up to the time
or his second marriage. but who has
made her home elsewhere since until
now. The Depews have always had a
house in Washington and entertained
lavishly during the season, but it is
thought that they will not open house
at all this Winter. Senator Depew looks
much broken-older and worn. All his
debOnair looks and jolly smiles seem to
have vanished. He seems i'll al ease
when i'm the Senate Chamber-so much
SO that his friends have noticed it,
Representative Bennett, of New
York, has introduced a bill i'm the
House appropriating s1OO,0O0 for the
construction of special train for the
use of the President of the United
States, the expense of travel to be paid
at fuil rates out of the Treasury. The
Secretary Of the Navy is also authorized
to set aside q warship for the Presi-
dents use.
Contrary to all-shall 1T be said
.'hopes" or just expectations ?-ex-
Governor La Toilette, of Wisconsin, was
sworn in and nothing dropped While
he and Senator Spooner are sworn per-
sonal enemies. as became a gentleman
and Senator. the senior Senator from
Wisconsin called upon the junior Sem
ator to pay his respects, and when the
time came the two gentlemen sat side
by side in the Senate Chamber until 1t
was oppoptune for the new Senator to
take the oath of office. Then the two
gentlemen trotted down the main aisle
Of the Senate together, arm in arm,
and the gentleman with the pompadour
hair, yclept, Mr.. La Toilette, Of Wiscon-
sin, became a United States Senator.
and presumably hostilities will now be-
gin. BY courtesy of Senator Spooner.
who Is Chairman of the Committee on
Assignment Of Senators to Committees.
Senator La Toilette has been given q