The National tribune., 1907-09-19

unless there should be q poor cane
crop. and there is no Indication of that
at prfsept. With poor crops. however.
the people have little to do. and that Is
what breeds trouble. Gov. Magoon Is
making a great success of his work
there. He has many problems to meet,
but he Is solving them all SATISFACTORY
ly"
Mr.. Thompson has been in Cuba for
six years as legal adviser to the United
States Legation. He returned to this
country to be married, and is now on
his honeymoon. His bride is a daugh-
ter of Col. George r. Peck. the we'll
known Chicago lawyer. formerly of
Kansas.
Among the rare mementoes of the old
days in the Federal Capital. preserved
by Washington family, is small bell
shaped like an old-fashioned cow-bell.
1t once hung In the office of the old
City Hotel, in Alexandria, and was con-
nected by wire with the bell-pull in
the room on the first floor. opposite the
parlor of that hotel. which was used
by Washington as his headquarters in
Alexandria from the time the building
was erected in 1890 to the time of his
death in 1893. This hotel fell into the
hands of Frederick Schwab exactly as
II stood when Washington entered 1t
the last time. In 1892 Mr.. Schwab con-
cluded to modernize the hotel, and took
down the old bells and bell wires, care
fully preserving those of authenticated
historical interest. The bell which had
been so often tangled by the strong
pull Of Gen. Washington was presented
by Mr.. Schwab to Capt. Richard NJ
Goundie in 1893. Capt. Goundie COM
manded the I'd Pa. H. A. at the close
of the civil war. Capt Goundie pre-
5ented the bell to his wife, Mrs. Mary
V. Goundie. as birthday present. and
/ it has called her guests to supper every
birthnight anniversary since that time.
Mrs. Goundie is a Past President of
Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps. and Is
Senior Aid and Chief of Staff to the
President of the Department of the Po-
tomac Woman's Relief Corps.
Sixteenth street, the most magnfi-
cent residence street in Washington,
goes straight north, tree-shaded and
lined, is having time of it
just now with its name. Sixteenth
seems plebian and common. Awhile
ago it was designated by the residents
along the street as the Avenue of the
Presidents" but for some reason the
Commission didn't choose to accept that
name. Now there is determined effort
to name it Fourth of July avenue"
which certainly is the limit in street
nomenclature.
The War Department has declined to
grant the request of the Mayor of San
Francisco for tents to accommodate the
patients in the city hospitals who are
to be removed from the buildings to
reduce the chance of extending the raw
ages of the plague. Acting Secretary
Oliver was urged to comply with the
application by Surg.-Gen Wyman, but
he failed to find any legal authority for
the gift of the tents. He replied, how
ever. that he would sell the city of San
Francisco any number of tents neces-
sary to assist the local physicians in
their efforts to stamp out the plague.
The President is quite determined
that Army officers shall learn how to
ride. The War Department has issued
a general order putting into effect sug-
gestions of the President regarding
horsemanship in the Army in his letter
of criticism to Secretary Taft last May
The order provides that the Medical
Board, which examines officers for pro-
motion, shall conduct such physical
tests as to. the officers skill and endur-
ance In horsemanship as may be neces-
sary to establish his fitness for promo
ton"
All field officers are to be tested in
horsemanship at least once every two
years. The first Of the tests are to be
made on or before Nov. 1 next. The
but he Is a good rider and a daring.
long-distance rider. The President runs
more to trunk than to legs, and so Is