The National tribune., 1906-09-27

S this instance, as well as in all other in
stances, was such as any honorable law
, yer IS glad to accept, and my clients arr
entirely satisfied with the manner ii
which l have protected their interests.
, Sept. 16 was George Washington Dal
, In Budapest, Hungary's capital, and the
entire population from morning unit
night gave itself up to enthusiasm over
the unvailing on monarchical territori
of monument to the first President oi
the United States. The Stars and Stripe:
and the Hungarian colors intertwineC
were to be seen everywhere.
The monument was unvailcd amid
scenes of great enthusiasm. Herr Ra-
kavski. Vice President of the Chant bel
of Deputies, was the orator of the day
He dwelt at length on Washington's
great work for the cause of civilization
not only for the United States, but for
all the world. He said the standard set
by the father of the American Republic
had Influenced Louis Kossuth. and that
by that standard Hungary's greatness
would be attained.
! Mr.. Bryan disapproves Of United
States Intervention in Cuba.
II am very glad that the Administra-
ton recalled the sailors landed at Ha-
vana," he said. while we should do
by offering the good offices of our coun-
try, We have no business interfering
with their local affairs. They must set
tie the dispute among themselves, but
l would be glad if both parties would be
willing to accept mediation with the
idea of bringing about an agreement
through the good offices of our Govern
ment."
AS it happens, the Cubans are short
| talk and long fight and thew
would have the whole bilin' cleaned out
while an arbitration fest was getting
ready for business.
Mr.. Bryan says: MY Madison Square
] Garden speech has been misrepresented
and misquoted." Well. and what of it :,
| Some 10 years ago Mrs Eleanor A
H. Magruder, wife of the famous Gen.
eral, loaned to the Smithsonian her al
most invaluable collection of Pompeiian
and italian relics, principally specimens
| of pottery of three periods-the Etrus-
can, or pre-Roman, early Roman and
later Roman. The collection is interest
| ing from an archaeological viewpoint. and
for the fact that it is one of the finest
collections in this country. Mrs. Ma
gruder is dead and this collection is to
be disposed of, and, of course, the
Smithsonian has not money enough to
buy it, which is a thousand pities and it
will probably be gobbled up by collec-
tors.
Gen. Funston. who. since his arrival
in Washington, on orders from the War
Department, has been in consultation
with officials of the War Department
regarding plans in the event OF inter-
vention IN Cuba, left Washington Satur-
day for Havana. In response to tele
gram from Gen. Funston, asking IL he
should proceed Immediately to Havana,
Secretary Taft wired that he would like
to have Gen. Funston come at once to
the Cuban capital.
The State Department had no dis
patches from Havana Friday. except
one, of a private character, from AS
sistant Secretary Bacon. It Is explained
at the Department that Secretary Taft
and Mr.. Bacon will not communicate
with the Department upon matters af-
fecting their mission. They arc not
diplomatic representatives of this Gov
ernment in Cuba. and could not well
report negotiations with the insurgents
without granting them recognition. and
so far as the State Department Is con-
cerned, 1t knows OF no other Govern
ment in the island than the regular
legalized Government Of which Presi-
Oent PaIrna Is the head.
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bacon are the spe-
cial representatives of the President in
the Cuban matter. and their communi-
cation Is direct with him. Arrange
ments have been so made that the Pres
ident is in direct touch by wire from
Oyster Bay with Mr.. Taft in Havana.
Samuel Bland Arnold, one Of the Lin
coin conspirators. who in recent years
maintained that injustice had been
done many of those persons caught in
the Government dragnet following the
assassination, died at Baltimore last
week. He was a bachelor, 72 years old,
and had lived in that city for some
years.
A few years ago he made q lengthy
statement, telling of the several plots
to kidnap Lincoln. He was in one of
these conspiracies. but he insisted there
was never the slightest intention of
killing the President. The scheme was
to kidnap and take him South and hold
him captive. Wilkes Booth, Mr.. Ar
mold said, had no accessory in his as
sassination of Lincoln.
Thomas Kittera Wallace died the
other day of cancer of the throat. Chief
interest in his death is the fact that he
had been 55 years in the Treasury De-
partment as a clerk. While q man of
sterling qualities and to be trusted at
all times, he never got above being
simple clerk, though he was borne upon
the rolls for 55 years in this one De-
partment. Young man, IL you want to
be remembered in the world for deeds
that men do and call good, do not be-
come Department clerk. 1t is death
in life IL you remain at 1t, and you are
likely to IL you once get into Govern
ment employ.
Capt. Ira L. Fredenhall. of the Quar-
termaster's Department, Philippine Is
lands, Is charged by Prosecuting Attor-
ney Cotton with misappropriating pub
lie funds. The specification alleges that
while FreGenhall was in charge of the
iron junk works he stole 1915, and also
extracted s125 from the petty cash,
known as the "slush fund.-" and appro-
priated the total amount to cover a
shortage, the nature of which 10 not
explained. The case involves three civil
employees of the names of McChesney,
Quirk and Stokely.
And now II II ChicaEol E.a, breezy,
don't-care-a-blank Chicago, that IL OBJ
jecting to colored troops at Fort Sheri-
dan. Fort Sheridan, be 1t known, IL the
swell society post of the Northwest, and
Chicago relies upon this post for its
uniformed swells at society functions.
This being the case. tho War Depart
ment is being importuned to send white
troops there instead of the promised
colored ones. It should not be forgot
ten. however, that several times white
men have been glad Of the proximity
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