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

lie NAI1ONAL lRlDUNLs
vfcted in the Criminal Court at Norfolk
Va. of stealing q diamond ring from
Mamie DAILY. and was sentenced TO one
year in the Virginia Penitentiary.
Gen. Theodore A. Bingham, retired
of the L. s. Z. c.. is bound to have some
fun as Police Commissioner Of New
York City, and the outcome of his mill
tary methods will be watched With some
interest. Gen. Bingham is military
from his boot-toe to the top of his we'll
shaped head. He is straightforward
honest, upright. forceful. He has been
used to saying do so and so by order,
and so on and SO forth. and it is done
exactly as he ordered. He certainly
expects to take into the New York Of
flee exactly the same tactics, for he has
about the same power-to order.
Whether he has the same power to en-
force looks to be another proposition.
Il intend to jump into the job and do
my level best" he said. Il intend to
try to get the confidence of the people
and keep it. / suppose there are plenty
of knockers. but l don't care. 1 am
absolutely independent, and will try to
do good work We need good govern
mef,t, and that is what I am going 10
try to give
1t is his intention to take things as
they come, and if reforms are needed.
he, said, they will be instituted. Its
the biggest job / ever was up against,
said the new Commissioner. ut pre-
sents difficulties that are almost super
human. The Police Department must
be an executive department. and when
l assume the office / will simply try to
carry out the law as it is on the statute
books / have a reasonable hope of
succeeding"
Reading Matter for the Farmers" is
the title of a report just made public by
the Department of Agriculture. 1t
shows that 1,463 publications were is
sued by that Department in the last
year or an average of four for every
day ia the year.
OF these 391 were issued by the
Weather Bureau. These publications
ranged in size from circulars of one
page to bound volumes of 500 pages
The total number of copies printed was
12,475,157.
The Weather Bureau publications ag-
gregate S82.9S5 copies for the year.
Secretary Wilson believes in the value
of pictures where they are obviously
aids to the understanding, and as a re-
suit many of these publications are IL
Illustrated with reproductions of draw.
ings and photographs.
The total expenditures of the Division
of Publications for the year were $685.
039, of which $25S,172 went to pay for
printing and binding.
Representative A. BeidIer will not be
candidate for denomination to Con-
gress from the goth Ohio District He
expresses gratitude for the honors be-
slowed upon him by his constituents.
but says that he can not afford to sacri-
flee his business interests any longer by
service in the House.
Here is a description Of the Bona
parte menage in Baltimore. the home of
the Secretary Of the Navy The occa-
sion was a reception to the National
Society of Historians:
Mrs. Bonaparte received in an ex-
quisite costume of black lace over rose
satin. The skirt was trimmed with
fiounces Of lace that once belonged to
Nine. Patterson Bonaparte. The waist
was formed of lace sent to Mr.. Charles
j. Bonaparte's mother by King Jerome.
She wore the handsome diamond and
pearl ornaments which were the gifts
of King Jerome to Nine. Patterson
Bonaparte.
Few American homes can display
the historical treasures of the Bona
parte residence, and the gathering was
one to whom every object was of I'M
usual interest In the Napoleon room
they saw the famous bust Of Napoleon
I, by Henri Frederick Iselin, cut in
marble from the plaster-cast model in
Cairo. Egypt. by Louis Corbet. In an
other part of the room are the marble
Justs of Charles Bonaparte and Lititia
Bonaparte, the father and mother of
the Emperor. These are by Canova, and
were presented to Mr.. Bonaparte's
mother by Jerome Bonaparte during his
residence at Bordentown. near Philadel-
phia. A portrait Of Miss Patterson. the
grandmother OF Mr.. Bonaparte, painted
in 1926 by MasSOt, at Geneva, Switzer-
land. attracts attention and study.
There is also painting Of her by Kin
son. A portrait of Empress Eugene
and number of acknowledgements
miniatures OF various members Of the
Bonaparte family are arranged on the
wall.
"A handsome mahogany cabinet con-
tains the snuff box Of Jerome Bonaparte
and the rouge pot Of Miss Patterson, a
number of autographs OF the Bona
parties. piece Of the coffin Of the EN-
peror and other relics of interest"
The money in circulation in the Unit
ed States on Jan. /. 1906, was 1912
for every man, woman and child
In the Union, and that is also the larg-
est average sum of money ever reached
In this country.
Senator Depew says he will not re-
sign from the United States Senate This
statement was made In reply to the reso-
luton introduced in the State Senate of
New York by Senator Bracket, Ere
solving" that the New York Senate ask
Senator Depew to resign and permit
some one else to be elected in his place.
The resolution was withdrawn by
Bracket, but 1T created distinct sensa-
ton.
Here is what Representative Bower
sock, Of Kansas, thinks about several
things:
II have long criticised and seriously
objected to the making of SO many laws,
and l have long commended that men
are not made good and honest by stat
ute remarked Representative Justin
ID. Bowersock of Kansas, recently.
1.-The comparatively indiscriminate
enactment of legislation on all sub
jects-general, special and personals
a great evil and greater folly. / have
insisted that selfishness and prejudice
are at the basis of too many enactments
and that human nature and the settled
principles of business and commerce
honorable competition, and the results