The National tribune., 1906-10-25
The duty on all amounted to $4,000,
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The duty on all amounted to $4,000,
and she paid 1t like lady.
The Rev. Robert H. Harlow, Har-
wards Oldest graduate. died in Quincy,
Mass, Oct. II, at the advanced age of
80. He was member OF the class OF
1841, Of which Col. Thomas Wentworth
Higg'nson, of Boston, the well-known
writer, is the only survivor. Mr.. Har-
low was a retired Baptist clergyman.
Thomas e. Watson, IF Georgia. has
severed his connection with Watson's
Magazine. and will devote his time to
the Jefrersonian. a weekly paper he has
recently launched. c. D. De France,
secretary of the magazine company.
and W. D. Mann will be responsible for
the future Of that monthly. The policy
Of the magazine toward Socialism and
the single tax. We are told, will be more
liberal, which two tenets were particu-
larly the special aversion Of Mr.. Wat
son. He still owns one-f1fth Of the
magazine stock.
From across the water comes the in
teresting item OF news that Joseph
Letter Will follow the example of his
sisters and take helpmate from the
ranks of the British nobility. The wo-
man in the case Is Lady Evelyn How
ard. sister of the Earl Of Suffolk. and
she visited the Letters on their ranch in
Wy oming. Lady Evelyn Is q particu-
larly charming girl, and is we'll known
in Washington society, having been en-
tertained by the present ambassador
and Lady Durand.
The Theosophists of Chicago have de-
creed that John D. Rockefeller shall re-
ceive the great final reward because he
has attained perfection in one thing
that of money making. The High
Priestess of the Chicago branch Of the
Theosophical Society, DR.. Eleanor M.
Heistand-Moore, says that anyone who
reaches a state of perfection along any
lines becomes member OF the adept
class" and a candidate in good and
regular standing for the final honor Of
the great white company" or elder
brothers" On the other hand. a very
good, pious, conscientious little some
body who has arrived nowhere, Is
quite likely to slip cog in his evolu-
ton, and find himself moved back" in
the next stage. It is all very trying to
those Of us who are endeavoring to lead
worthy, but not brilliant lives.
Booker T. Washington. who address,
ed large audience of white and colored
people at Frankfort, KY. on the occa-
sion OF the goth anniversary Of the
Kentucky Normal Industrial School for
Colored Persons, dwelt on the necessity
of the W worthy blacks being encouraged
by the white race, and expressed the
nope tnat Sfeater uiSCFiiiiihdlioh III thiS
respect might be made in the future.
He thinks it would greatly encourage.
would be a powerful incentive to the
colored race to strive to be reliable,
moral and industrious. If they were
3ftener commended by the white peo-
pie of the country when possessed Of
such virtues.
The statue Grief" ordered by the
city Of San Francisco to commemorate
the victims of the earthquake, has been
completed by the sculptor, Mrs. Bran
son. She will now begin work On an.
other, which is to represent the New
San Francisco, or the resurrection OF
the old city from the ashes of its ruin.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
President of the Southern Confederacy.
died in New York, Oct. 16, Of pneumo-
MIA The remains will be taken to
Richmond, where her husband Is
buried. Mrs. Davis was 80 years of age.
but a woman of wonderful vitality, and
her life was not despaired of till the
last moment Her only living child,
Mrs. ]. Addison Hayes. of Newark, N.
J.. ana a number of other relatives were
with her at the time of her death. She
has made her home in New York City
for q number Of years, and had gath
cred about her large circle of friends.
Her later years have been much sad
dened by the death of her daughter
Winnie, commonly known as the
Daughter of the Confederacy." to
whom she was devotedly attached. Mrs.
Davis was OF distinguished parentage.
and was born in Matches, Miss Her
grandfather. who came to this country