The National tribune., 1906-02-22

AS we expected, the terrible gnash-
ing OF teeth and other raging phenome-
ma in Atlanta between John Temple
Graves and Col. James w. English, Jr.,
have not resulted in the shedding of a
drop Of blood. The hold upon their
coat-tails by their frightened friends has
been firm and unyielding, and the skies
Of Georgia are clearing. Graves is to
start new paper to advocate his cleo
ton to the Senate, and the fighting will
continue to go on through the columns
Of the rival papers.
Maj. Cassius E. Gillette told story
Of hard luck on his examination in the
Greene and GaynOr trial at Savannah.
He said that Capt Oberlin NJ. Carter
was very popular in Savannah society,
and that he, Gillette. and his family
were treated so coldly as to amount to
a practical Ostracism on account of his
part in the prosecution of Capt. Carter.
The attorney for Capt. Carter had told
Gillette that his conduct "for brazen
efirontery was without parallel in the
history of crime" He had been ac-
cused of breaking into Carter's desk
and taking his private papers
Mrs. Taggart, the defendant in re-
cent sensational divorce suit, Is prac-
tically banished from the United States.
Judge Eason in granting the divorce
allowed Capt. Taggart. the father of
| the children, their custody, and Mrs.
Taggart Immediately disappeared with
| them, going to Europe. The Judge Is
determined that his order shall be
obeyed, and measures have been taken
! to secure her eXtradition. If she at
| tcmpts to return she will be immediate
| ~ arrested and the children taken from
her.
Mrs. Aaron Blair, of Indianapolis a
sister of the wife of Gen. Lew Wallace,
died suddenly at her rooms i'm Wash
ington, of apoplexy. She has been
| spending the Winter in this city with
| her husband and sister, the widow of
| ex-senator Henry S. Lane.
Mapleton, Iowa, was draped In
| mourning for one Of it's foremost citi-
zens, DIR. r. Griffin. who died Feb. 8.
| He was born in Boston in 1S47 and his
parents removed to Rock Island Coun-
| ty, ILL.,, where he worked on the farm
until 1864, when he enlisted in Co. G.,
18TH ILL.,, and went through the At
lanta campaign, the battles of Frank
| lin, Nashville, and Wilmington. and re-
ceived the warrant of Sergeant. He
was discharged in 1865, and entered
| Hoskins Post, 81, G. A. II. He grad
uated from medicine and settled down
coming one Of the pioneers of the new
country. and enduring all the hard
ships of pioneer life of a country
doctor in the early days. He was
prominent also in business and Ma
sonic circles and helpful to everybody.
| He leaves a widow and four children.
| Senator Crane, Of Massachusetts,, is
an expert judge OF paper. When he
opens his letters in the Senate he may
| be seen crinkling the paper between
| his fingers and holding it up to the light
| to observe the water-mark. before read
| ing the communications. 1t is the habit
of a lifetime, and one of the customs of
his craft. +e"o ~.-T
Edward De Mile Campbell, Professor
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical
Chemistry in the University of Michi-
gan, is totally blind, yet in his line he Is
considered one of the best authorities
| in the country. Fpos atJ -..s -
DIR. A. W. Harris, President OF the
Jacob Tome Institute, at Port Deposit.
| Md, has been chosen President of
| Northwestern University. at Chicago.
He will be installed in July. He Is a
graduate of Wesleyan University of the
class of 80. He was for. a time con
nected with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and in 1893 be-
| came President Of the Maine State cof-
| lege.
g. Richard L. Ashurst, who has just
| was born in Naples, and is a graduate
Of the University of Pennsylvania. He
| is a lawyer.
Thomas Watson, Co. II. Tooth Pa,
Derrick, Pa, is visiting Washington.
Like all other veterans, he would like TO
| hear from old comrades.
| DIR. Charles c. Haskell died at his
home in Denison. Tex, recently at the
age of 10. He had been a resident
Of the city for Is years and had gained
| q high esteem from all classes of peo-
pie. The papers say that no man was
better OF more favorably known and
| respected. He was an active Mason
| and comrade of the Grand Army of
the Republic. He was repeatedly Com
mander of his Post and three years ago
| was Department Commander of Texas.
For 80 years he had been Sunday
| school superintendent and ever since
| taking up his residence in Denison had
acted in that capacity in the First Con-
gregational Church. He was born I'm
Wilmington, VT, and enlisted from
| there I'm the 18th VT.
Mrs. Leslie Carter is what is found
occasionally among actors and ac-
| IL esses, a competent business woman.
| She usually puts her money into real
estate and has been quite fortunate In
| that direction. She has always been
particularly interested in iron and steel
| manufacture, and has made many trips
| to view the work. On one occasion she
had the felicity of working the lever
which controlled q set OF great rolls
| turning out sheets of steel Lately her
enthusiasm has gone so far as to in
duce her to buy a rolling mill near
Mechanicsburg. Pa.
| Dr. John Slade Ely, Professor Of
| Theory and Practice of Medicine in the
| Yale Medical School, was killed at New
| Haven Conn. Feb. Z, by fall from
| his horse. which fractured his skull
| Rev. DIR. Charles d. Williams, of
| Cleveland. o., was consecrated Feb. z,
at st. Pauls Church as the fourth
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michi-
gan The ceremonies were very solemn
and impressive and conducted by Pre-
siding Bishop Sylvester futile, Of Mis-
souri,; Bishop William A. Leonard, of
| Cleveland; Bishop Boyd Vincent, Of
| Southern Ohio: and Bishop Francis, Of
| Indiana. The new Bishop will take up
| his duties in Michigan. March ].
Senior N. Veloz- Goiticoa has resigned
as Secretary of the Bureau Of American
| TlepnblicS and Francis YaneZ, also q