The National tribune., 1906-03-15

he calls attention to two instances
where large corporations have at
| tempted to override the law and gain
advantages that il was not to the pub
lie good to have them secure. One of
| these is that the Illinois Tunnel Co,
whose franchise provides that its con-
duits shall always remain 81 feet under
ground, has attempted to 'evade this
restriction, and when detected in. such
evasion and stopped tried to steal in
1.-THE connection one Sunday morning.
The other is the Illinois Steel Co.. which
Ehas filled in large sections of the lake
without legal right. Mr.. Patterson
says that he does not believe in dis
tributing all the property of the coun-
! try equally-'among the people. but he
believes that the ownership of all the
things from which money springs
| should be vested in the entire com
| munity.
Augustus B. Maze. who was for 80
years in the New York Post Office, died
at Denver, Colo, Feb. 81. He enlisted
| in Duryea's Zouaves as a private, and
during his service rose to be a First
Lieutenant. He belonged to John A.
Dix Post and the Holland Society.
| Gov. Dawson denies emphatically
| that he met Senator Elkins at dinner
| in Washington and agreed to put in a
| . legislature that would re-elect him
| Senator, and be rewarded by Senator
| Scott'S seat. Dawson says that he does
not propose to be tied up with Elkins.
but is mainly. anxious for Legislature
| that Will pass his Railroad Commission
bill and his State Tax Reform bill. His
record as Governor of the State is the
all-important thing with him.
In recent years no political leader in
New York State, of either party, has
had son with taste for politics.
Senator Platt's son shows neither apti
tude nor inclination for the game. Boss
Tweed left no son, and Boss Kelly died
childless. Richard Croker had three
boys, but none of them cared for poll
ties. The only remaining son, Richard,
has not even voted for several years
Murphy, the present Tammany leader
is childless.
Albert Douglas. who was nominated
to succeed Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor
says that he will not ask Gen. Gros-
venor to come to his support during
the campaign, though he has always
taken an active part in support of the
General. He expects to be elected,
whether Grosvenor and his friends
support the ticket or not. His relations
with Gen. Grosvenor have heretofore
been very cordial, and he hopes that
he will haze the Generals assistance
in his campaign.
Charles S.1Bowie, aged 106, is work
ing at a logging camp near Shelton,
Wash, and, is doing a good days work
in spite of his age. He claims TO have
been a Mason for "a years and to have
been born on Christmas Day in 1893.
He tells quite a lurid story of his early
life, claiming that his father was John
A. Bowie. for whom the Bowie knife
was named, and that his mother was
a descendant, of the Aztecs. He served
in the Navy during the War of 1912,
and was aboard the Constitution when
she captured the Java off Brazil. He
served under Gen, Jackson at New Or
leans: went to the Mediterranean un-
der Decatur; fought a duel with a fel-
w-officer, in which the latter was
killed; was court-martialed and dis
missed from the Navy; fought eight
months under Simon Bolivar, the
South American Eiberator; served un-
der Sam Houston in Texas. and in the
English army in the Crimea, for which
he draws yearly pension of five
pounds. During the war he was in
Lees army; was captured at Antietam,
but escaped, and had part of his tongue
shot away at Gettysburg. The old man
seems to be voluble claimer.
The Grand Jury of New York has
under consideration bill indicting
Col. William ID. Mann, of Town Topics,
for perjury.
Anthony Comstock, the noted pro-
tector of the morals of the American
people, has the customary fauts of his
class in the use of Incorporate Ian
guage. He made a mistake last week
in calling an attorney opposed to him
liar. The quick answer to this was
a punch in the left eye, another in the
right and third on the jaw, to which
Mr.. Comstock made no return. but
tried, without success, to have his as
sailant arrested.
The President will appoint James e.
Sullivan, of New York, to represent
the United States at the Olympic games
in Athens. which are to open April %.
Mr.. Sullivan is well known among the
athletes of the country. and his selec-
ton is fitting recognition of his
standing among them
The State Department has at last
succeeded in getting the French Minis
ter Of Justice to Indefinitely postpone
the incarceration of Elliott f. Shepard.
grandson of Vanderbilt who was sen-
fenced to three months Imprisonment
and $120 fine and 1000 damages to
the parents of the girl whom he killed
with his automobile. The postpone
ment of that part of the sentence in
volving Imprisonment Is thought to be
hopeful of a final pardon.
DR.. Henry John Wynkoop, OF Bath,
n. Y, has been appointed a member
of the Board Of Examining Surgeons
of his place to succeed DIR. Il. Il. Grant
who recently died.
Hon. w. w. Clark, of Wayland, N
Y, will be appointed as the successor
of Justice John r. Parkhurst, of the
Supreme Court of New York. The bars
of Livingston, Yates, Ontario, Cayuga,
Seneca and e. Monroe Counties have
unanimously requested his appoint
ment, and the Governor has signfied
his intentionoof accedng to the request
of the bars.
Mrs. Sarah Rumbly, mother of Cen
Walter @. Gresham, died at her home
near Lanesyille, Ind, March 6, at the |
age of 98. She had been married twice, |
and was the mother of eight children.
Maj. C. E. Gillette, late of the Corps
of Engineers, U. S. A., says that the |
reason for his resignation was that the |
good ship Philadelphia was in distress, |
and 1t would have been desertion for
him to leave her. Typhoid fever is |
almost epidemic in Philadelphia, and
will continue until the filtration plant
is completed. He disliked very much |
to resign, but felt that his duty called |
him to that work, and IL he finishes it |
up In a short time and furnishes the |
people with pure water he will be sat |
isfied, even IL he has to be thrown into |
the scrap-heap afterward.
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