The National tribune., 1907-09-19

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third degree. and displaced as whole
relatively to the geo1d. IN the direction
toward southeastern Europe"
Miss Mary Sherman Fitch, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W. Fitch. of
Pittsburg. Pa. and granddaughter Of
Gen. William Tecufnseh, Sherman. was
married Sept. 8. at Sharon, Pa. to DAN
MEL Webster Armistead. of Ptttsburg.
The ceremony took place at the Cole
man Hoyt cottage.nand was performed
Roman Catholic Church.
For the first time In the history of
the country, the President of the United
States will be called upon to appoint
the chieftain Of an Indian tribe. The
vacancy which President Roosevelt will
fill was caused by the death of Chief
Pleasant Porter. of the Creek Nation,
at Muskogee, 1. T.
Under the act of Congress approved
April 26, 1906, which extends the tribal
relations of the Five Civilized Tribes.
the President is authorized to appoint
a chief Of any Of the Five Civilized
Tribes when a vacany In the office of
chieftain is caused by either death or
1Hc law pEoNluSSs uo~tNcE,
that the appointee must be a citizen by
blood Of the tribe.
Out Of respect to the chiefs memory
orders were issued that all public Of
fees in the Indian Tertiary be closed
on the day Of his funeral.
Secretary to the President Loeb will
resign-to-morrow. Moral: Tomorrow
never comes" At the same time it is
stated that Secretary Loeb will neither
affirm nor deny the suggestion that he
is to resign. Probably he thinks it Is
nobody's business.
Here is a "sign of the times" from
James Tighe, of Altoona, Pa:
The old country school house Of not
so long ago will soon be relic Of the
past"
"Altho one travelling thru the coun-
try sees many of these oId-fashioned
structures, he does not realize that they
are rapidly being deserted, and that a
consolidated school house will be met
with farther UP the road. These new
buildings are graded, and many have
several high school courses, so that one
teacher now teaches only one class,
whereas in the old days the pedagcgue
taught everything from the alphabet to
Latin.
"Of course the consolidated school
house Is not so convenient to all the
children. as they have to go a greater
distance, but all of them ride to school
nowadays. The consolidated school is
much cheaper to the community. and
what the farmer saves in taxes he puts
in sleighs and wagons, so that his chill
dren may ride. Pupils can also remain
at their home schools much longer than
they formerly could, and this Is also a
great saving. We may expect great re-
Ill ,t f<~ 81 Co.,
with their poor schools have turned out
some wonderful men, and they should
do even better under the new condi-
tions."
A certain politician, who names not
himself says:
There will be 992 delegates in the
Republican National Convention of
1908. with 4S7 votes necessary to a
choice. 53t
OF these 992 delegates 332 will come
from Southern States. where the Re-
publican organization is in the hands
of Federal Officeholders: 26 will come
from Territories, where the Republican
organization is also in, the hands of
Federal officeholders: 156 will come
from States west of the Mississippi,
where Mr.. Roosevelt's anti-corporation
policies are most admired and where
his lingo battleship demonstration is
most popular. These three groups will
represent 514 votes in the convention
a safe working majority.
How easy it would be for Mr.. Roose-
Welt to control that convention! How
easy to renominate himself, if that hap
pened to be his purposei
With the Southern, Western and Ter
ritorial delegates solidly behind him.
Mr.. Roosevelt would not require the
vote of solitary delegate from any
State north of Mason and Dixon's line
and east of the Mississippi River
Richard L. Humphrey, expert in
charge of the United States Geological
Surveys structural material laborato-
ries in st. Louis. Mo, and Norfolk, Va,
declares that the danger of collapse
of concrete structures exists in nearly
every important city in the United
States
Il have examined carefully nearly
every one of the buildings that have
collapsed within the last year" says
Mr.. Humphrey, "and in every instance
the fail of the structure has been due
to carelessness of construction. From
what / have seen Of other concrete
buildings in process of construction l
am satisfied that the same errors are
being repeated, and that further col
lapses will surely come unless the Off
cials of the cities take the question in
hand now. This danger of careless con-
struction confronts nearly every city
of the country, and 1t is a miracle to
me th3t more concrete buildings have
not collapsed.
The science of concrete construction
Is not yet thoroiy settled, and until it |
is the greatest care should be taken in
the use OF the materials. Concrete, by |
reason of its superior qualities, espe-
cially its resistance to fire ard its cheap
ness, is being used extensively in these
days, and will be employed still more
in the future. 1t is a comparatively |
new material, and until its properties |
are fully known and appreciated the |
greatest safeguards should be thrown |
about it There Is a prevalent idea