The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-22
THURSDAY

such as they have never been able TO
get while in garrison in this country.
1t is also admitted that the two bri-
gade camps were established chiefly to
have on hand q force drilled and
equipped for service in China should
conditions there become such as to re-
quire the presence of American troops
for the protection Of American citizens
resident in the Empire and their prop
erty.
Tom Lawson-he of Frenzied
Finance-was hero the other day, and
the earth never tipped a single little bit.
Miss Grace Thurston, the young and
beautiful daughter of ex-senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, died last week Of an
operation for appendicitis. She was to
have been married in a few weeks.
Senator Tillman, Of South Carolina,
left Washington last week for Column
bia, the Capital of his State, to engage
In one of the hottest political fights of
his career.
Legislature is investigating the State
dispensary system, of which Mr.. Till
man is the father, and claims have been
made out that the system is failure.
bill has been passed by the lower
branch of the State Legislature exempt
ing the city Of Charleston from the op-
erations of the dispensary law and per-
hitting it to return to the license sys-
tenn If it wants to.
Mr.. Tillman characteriZeS this legis-
lation as the result of "a dirty bar
gain," and made other remarks of q
somewhat sensational character that
caused the Dispensary Investigating
Committee to summon him to Column
bia for the purpose of having him re-
peat his charges officially and give evil
dence in support Of them.
Rev John Eaton. Familiarity known
as Gen. Eaton, died in Washington, last
week, after an illness of two days. Two
years ago he suffered stroke Of pa
ralysis. from which he never entirely
recovered.
Gen. Eaton was the organizer of the
American school system in Porto Rico,
under the military occupation, when he
was commissioned there in 1898, and in
this field attained prominence as an
educator.
The advance Of the Union armies
through Tennessee. together with Pres
ident Lincoln's proclamation Of free
dom to the slaves, caused the negroes
to flock I'm such numbers to the Union
lines as to embarrass military opera
tons and threaten serious epidemics
of disease. In this emergency Gen.
Grant selected Gen. Eaton, who was
then Chaplain Of the eth Ohio, to care
for the contrabands. He had under
his supervision all the homeless. ragged
men, women and children within
CIRCUITS lines. Bringing order out of
chaos, they were organized. the best of
the men, into regiments. while the 9TH
ers with the women and childen, were
put to work raising cotton. which was
CV~ln fo1 IN,
which helped to relieve the Government
of the burden of their support Chaplain
Eaton was appointed to the Colonelcy
of the 63d Regiment of Colored In
fantry, from which he was raised to the
rank of Brigadier-G General by brevet.
Gen. Grant, in his Memoirs, speak
ing of him, writes: '"rhis organization
and care Of the Contrabands in 1862,
1863, and 1854. was the commencement
of the Freedmen's Bureau"
Gen. Eaton was the close friend of
Grant, and of most of the noted men
OF his day. He was made Commissioner
OF Education, and made many trips to
Europe on educational missions, in
which he was recognized superior. He
was greatly interested in Indian edu-
the uplifting and betterment of the hu-
man race.
Forty-two States, besides the District
of Columbia. will send delegates to the
Divorce Convention in Washington this
week. There will be Governors. preach
ers and lawyers, besides a big repre-
sentation of the feminine SEX
Brig Gen. William p Vose, Z. s. A.,
retired, died of cerebral hemorrhage at
his home in Washington, Feb. 10.
James w. Davidson, Consul at An
tung. Manchuria. after nine years. has
resigned because the salary is INSULT
cient, according to his letter just re-
ceived by the State Department.
Even with the increase the new Con-
sular bill now pending before Congress
would provide, the salary would be in
sufficient to compete with other Consul
lates in this growing field of CONNER
cial and political activity" the letter
reads.
The Department Of Agriculture has
issued circular setting forth it's views
OF most of the grass seed sold. This
circular deals with blue grass. orchard
grass. clover and alfalfa.
The Department gathered seed from
all parts Of the United States. buying
in the open market. and of the seed
examined about one-third was found
to be adulterated. The degree Of adul-
teration varied from 10 per cent to Is
per cent. The names of upward of 100
firms found to be selling the adulter-
ated seeds are printed in the circular,
and publicly exposed.
George w. Beavers. formerly Chief
Of the Division Of Salaries and Allow
ances. Post Office Department. indicted
in connection with the Post Office De-
partment irregularities, entered a plea
of guilty as to the indictment charging
conspiracy. He was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for two years in the peni-
Tertiary at Moundsville, w. Va, and has
been taken there.
1t is very easy to introduce things
into the United States Senate.
A petition asking for the expulsion
of Senator r. G.. Plat, of New York,
from the Senate. which had been filed
with the Vice President, was laid be-
fore the Senate one day last week by
that official. The document is signed
by c. w. Post, the promoter of the Post
check bill. The petition is supported
by afidayits of Mr.. Posts secretary,
&. F.. Dawson, and his brother to the
effect that Mr.. Plat in the course of
an interview. announced that he would
fight the Post check bill proposed by
Mr.. Post because Post checks would