The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-04-26
PEOPLE.

latest idea is that he is FESTIVE under
the dictation OF political bosses. and
particularly OF Fire Commissioner
O'Brien. who Is said to stand nearest to
Mayor Mcclellan. 1t Is alleged that
Mayor Mcclellan and Commissioners
O'Brien are trying to build up q politi-
cal machine in opposition to Tammany,
and they want to make assignments OF
duty in the police force to favor that
end. Col. Bingham resents receiving
orders from any one but the Mayor. and
has had a heated interview with Com :
missioner O'Brien. who he wants to
attend strictly to his duties as q Fire
Commissioner and allow him to atten.i
to his as Police Commissioned. When
questioned by the reporters az to his
intention of resigning. he wrote ar
Italian saying on a slip OF paper, and
handed 1T to them. telling them that
any bootblack would translate II. The
words were Isl non e vero ben trovato.' .
which means, IF not true, it might wen
be true
Rev. Henry N. Couden,- the blind vet
eran. who is Chaplain OF the House Of
Representatives, has suffered a severe
bereavement in the dealt. of his son,
Henry n. Couden, Jr., who was a veter-
marian In the United States Army and
was stricken with heart disease April
Is. while riding back to Fort Lawton,
near Seattle. Wash.
During the war William g. Furay was
a widely-read and popular war corre-
s3Ondent and became editor of the Ohio
State Journal. He was q lifelong and
intimate friend Of ex-Speaker ]. War
rem Keifer. now a member of the House
of Representatives. and when Mr.. Fray
died last week he bequeathed all bis
pl Operty, amounting to some $4,000,
TO Gen. Keifer. The veterans will re-
joice at Comrade Keifer's good luck.
James Hamilton Lewis. who, during
his service in Congress as Representa-
tive from Washington. afforded much
fan-making material to the newspaper
men by his carmine whiskers and vo-
ciferous neckties, is now Corporation
Counsel Of Chicago, and has been SEN
fenced to so days Imprisonment in the
Sangamon County Jail by Judge Hum
phrey, OF the United States Circuit
Court Judge Humphrey had held that
the Alton Waterworks Co. is the prop
erty of the Farmers Loan and Trust
Co., and had issued an injunction re-
straining any one from interfering. Mr..
Lewis brought suit, which 1t is claim
ed jeopardized the sale Of the Water
works to a syndicate, and therefore
brought him into contempt of court.
He was given five days to purge him
self of contempt by dismissing the suit,
Trust an active-m minded boy to invent
new ways by which he can make him
self nuisance and annoy other people.
Joseph Petroni. II years old. Of New
York City, went into the Thalia Thea
ter with bag of snuff and began drop
ping 1t into the orchestra. Soon every
body was in a frantic sneezing fit: the
house was in an uproar and q stampede
occurred. An officer arrested Petroni
and his victims wanted to mob him,
but he was gotten away to the police
station and the magistrate fined him
50, which was very mild punishment.
Alarming reports have been current
as to the physical condition of Col
Clarence Edwards, Chief of the Bureau
OF Insular Affairs. who lately went to
New Mexico to live in a tent and try If
outdoor exercise would not cure him
OF consumption. He was broken down
by his hard work In the InsuIar Depart
ment. and his voice had sunk to nearly
whisper. The latest news from him
is more hopeful. 1t is true that a tu-
bercular bacillus has been found I'm his
vocal cords, but 1T Is confidently be-
lteved that two or three months in the
climate of Fort Bayard. New Mexico, will
restore him to health.
The trial of Representative E. Spen-
Ger Blackburn, Of North Carolina, has
been going on at Greensboro, in that
State. The indictments charge that the
defendant unlawfully received from A.
o. Davis 500 as fee for compromis-
ing case before the Internal Revenue
Bureau, and that J. Wiley Shook gave
him 5000 to compromise a case. 1t is
also charged that he received $500 for
settling another case. The defendants
answer is that he was not member of
Congress at the time of the alleged Of
lenses. his election being in November,
1904, while he did not actually become
member until March. 1905, when he
took the oath. The alleged offenses
were committed prior to March, 1906
After the testimony was all in the
Judge ordered the jury to acquit the
defendant.
The older generation will remember
with pleasure a bright, sprightly actress
who was very popular all over the coun-
try and who was one of two sisters
They were Olive Logan and her sister,
Celia Logan. Olive was far the bright
CT OF the two, and was educated in the
Methodist Seminary in Cincinnati, but
went upon the stage. and after some
years of success there developed as a
writer and playwright Later she mar
ried William Writ Skies, a prominent
newspaper man, who was appointed
Consul to Cardiff, Wales. by President
Grant. Mr.. Skies died, and Mrs. Skies
supported herself by writing and lee
turing. She became infatuated with
James ONeill. who was employed about
Days Theater. She made him her pri-
vate secretary, and In 1892 married
him. and he took her name in addition
to his own. Later she secured him q
position in the Government Printing
Office in Washington, which he lost,
and last week she had him brought
before the Police Court in New York
on the charge Of drunkenness and nom
support. He holds small place as
Waterman on Ellis Island, but squan-
ders his wages in drinking and leaves
her absolutely without any means Of
support. She is now 81 years old, very
large. and deaf, but she processes to
love her husband as desperately as
ever. in spite OF his shortcomings.
The managers Of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company seem in earnest in
their proceedings against the McCurdys.
Their latest suit is one to recover from
Richard A. McCurdy $1,O02.841.56 The
complaint charges conspiracy in the
appointment Of Robert H. McCurdy as
Superintendent of the Foreign Depart
ment Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. There was a direct cOnspf-
racy entered into ny the two MOTnrdyS