The National tribune., 1906-02-22

vate car has prevented them from doing
business upon the capital of the farm
| ers.
| Rev. DR.. Gordon recently resigned
las President of Howard University at
| Washington. This resignation was
brought about by the dissatisfaction of
some Of the young colored men, who
accused him Of not being friendly
enough to their race and its aspirations
and not enough in favor OF social
/ equality. This feeling was not shared
by all the students by any means. Five
students, who came direct from Africa
to receive an education, have presented
him with unique cane as testimonial
of their esteem. The cane had to travel
$4,000 miles to arrive here. The head
is made of the hoof of Zaba. which
is the swifest animal in the world and
exceedingly difficult to Kill. The stick
lis of African mahogany and the ferule
made from an African Sea-lion's tuSk.
The cane is handsomely gold mounted
and bears suitable Inscriptions. DR..
Gordon is preparing for a trip to Afri-
ca, and will, in addition, visit Jerusa-
lem, Switzerland and other points of
| Europe.
Mrs. Catherine L. Benteen. widow of
Gen. Benteen, the hero of the Custer
Massacre, died in Washington, Feb. II.
Mrs Mary Emily Bates Coues, widow
| Of DIR. Elliott COues, the eminent
scientist, died in Washington. Feb. 16.
Senator La Toilette Iectured to fine
audience at the Y. NJ. c. a. rooms at
| Richmond, Va, Feb. Il, on Graft and
Grafters; or, the Menace of Machine
Rule"
Ex-Governor Yates, of Illinois. is
making a whirlwind campaign for the
| United States Senate. He favors the
Australian ballot for primary elections,
and says that the last Republican
Il
| Republican Party. All that saved it
| from defeat was that the Democrats
were worse disrupted. He charges that
the Federal jurymen We're elected by
/, the machine at the dictation of Senator
Cullom. He pays a high tribute to the
| United States Supreme Court, and
| eulogizes President Roosevelt as too
| honest to be corrupted, too sensible to
| be fooled and to brave to be scared.
Capt Mikkelsen, a young Dane, has
started on his two years Arctic ex-
ploration to determine whether there is
a chain of islands running westward
| from Cape Bathurst in Canada almost
across Bering Strait in the direction of
Siberia. 1t is expected that this will
demonstrate the probability of the
| theories in regard to the population of
| this continent from Asia and vice
versa.
Gov. ]. II. Davidson, who succeeded
to the Chair on the translation of La
| Toilette to the Senate, has announced
| himself as a candidate for Governor in
opposition TO Irving W. Lenrott, who is
| the La Toilette candidate, and a warm
/ fight at once opens with prominent men
| espousing the cause of both candidates.
| Michael Carlos served in an Ohio
| regiment and was to be married at the
close of the war, but his finance Tilted
! him because bullet had badly disfig
! lYr,.nI Iii f,nn 10 hnaa n cftt r-a1 rsa-
cluse and miser, and died about a
month ago in Des Moines, Iowa, leav-
/ ing an estate of about $4,000. a
search for the heirs develops children
! of William Carlos. brother, and a
living sister, Mrs. Anna Reigger.
referendum vote of the United
Mine Workers of America has re-elect-
| ed John Mitchell President and Lewis
and Wilson Vice President and Secre-
tary. There was some sharpness in the
contest as Lewis had charged Mitchell
with secret and dilatory methods in the
strike of the anthracite miners.
Mrs. Ellis Corey. wife of the Presi-
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration, has gone to Nevada to take
up her residence there and begin suit
for divorce. All hope of reconciliation
with her husband has been abandoned.
Brig.-Gen. Fred D. Grant has been
promoted to Major-General. to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement of
| Maj.-Gen. S. S. Sumner, son of "Old
Bull Sumner" Gen. Grant was the
ranking Brigadier-Genera but his pro-
motion causes some feeling in the Army
| in spite of the fact that sentiment had
much to do with it, in memory of his
distinguished father. Gen. Grant grad
uated from West Point in 1871, and
| became a Lieutenant in the 4th U. 5.
Cav. He resigned in 1881, and served
! as Minister to Aystro-Hungary. Later
| he was one of the Police Commission
! ers of New York. He re-entered the
Army at the outbreak of the Spanish
| War as Brigadier-General of Volun-
| teers, and served as such in the Philip
| pines. In February, 1901, he was ap-
| pointed a Brigadier-Generali in the Reg
ular Army, and was for a long time in
command of the Department of Texas,
! before being assigned to New York.
| The feeling is In regard to his over
stepping so many officers who remained
| in the Army while he was enjoying such
pleasant billets as a foreign Minister.
Herbert Hadley, who as Attorney
General of Missouri is making much |
reputation out of the Standard Oil in
vestigations, is a youthful smooth |
| faced man, with a look of quiet deter |
mination in his face. He was sue
cessful lawyer, and did not want the
nomination for Attorney-General, but
was induced TO take ii as duty to his |
party. and upon the belief that there
was no chance of being elected. He