The National tribune., 1907-07-18

3 these dismissalS should be made for i
, is well known fact that these veteran!
and their dependents did their worl
well, and their places We're filed by
lot of younger people who could easil,
do other things. OF course nobody like
that-eXcept the said y. p. who wer,
2 delighted to be let into soft snap
Well. the other day big job YVES don,
for the Bureau of Education, and th'
: proof readers let two very bad typo
graphical errors get by them in tha
: particular job, and the Government
l Printer charged the Proof Readers VI
| with it-enough to pay for doing tina
particular page over again for TIL
whole edition. And some more Cain i
stirred up. Formerly. it is said, whel
! mistakes have been made the men wh'
made them were laid off for day o.
: two, and it went at that. This thing o
timing for the mistakes has never be
fore been attempted, it is said. and ST
there is more troubles.
Vice President Fairbanks has ac.
cepted an invitation to deliver an ad
dress at the unvailing of Victory monu.
mcnt, c1mmemorating the battle d
Lake Erie at Put-In-Bay. on Aug. ;
next. An elaborate program is being
planned for the occasion. Many not
able visitors have signified their inten-
ton of being present.
From now until October the Govern
ment employees will be turned loose
from the Departments at 1890 on Sat
urdays, and need not appear again un-
| til Monday morning at o'clock. Pay
goes on just the same. Government
clerks have an awfully hard time of it.
| The United States GOLFERS Ajax and
Brutus are each minus crew. For two
/ tho hos haan n l.
most entirely by Cinnamon, and the
Ajax, about six months ago, fell heir to
| the cOOlie crew of the collier Cesar,
which had been sailed by Mongoiians
almost as long as the Brutus.
The Government has decided now to
replace the Cinnamon by Americans,
and the two crews, 90 men in all, will
be started back for Hongkong.
Extraordinary precautions have to be
taken to make ii certain that none of
the coolies remain in this country in
violation Of the Chinese exclusion act.
Twenty-six years ago James Abram
Garfield, Goth President of the United
States, was mortally wounded by a pis-
tor bullet discharged by the assassin
Guitcau.
Guiteau was executed in the District
mitted in the Pennsylvania Railroad
Station just as the President was pass
ing from the ladies' waiting room into
the main waiting room Mr.. Garfield
accompanied by his Secretary of State.
James G. Blaine, was about to take the
train for tour thru the New England
States
When he received the fatal shot that
day, July ,, 1891. the President fell to
the marble floor without uttering a
word. He was driven to the White
House, where he fingered for many
weeks He finally died a Elharnn "
J.. on Sept. 19, 1881
Guiteau was executed in the District
Jail. The scaffold on which he was
hanged is now useh for all the District
executions. -.
The place in the PENNSYLVANIA Sta
ton where President Garfield fell when
shot was marked by atbeautiful memo
rial bronze for many years. but it be-
came such a nuisance that the railroad
authorities finally removed the bronze
and there is now nothing to show that
the tragedy took place there.
An appeal is made to American pa
triotisin and also to the pockethoohs 70
demonstrate their devotion to the Re-
public by taking steps to further per
petuate and eYalt the memory of one
Of the Republics founders. one of
Paris historic houses. once Ben. Frank
Inns home, has come on the market.
The desire is to have Americans make
it museum. ''
The house is situated a. 26 Rue Pen
thievre. not far from the Ministry of
the Interior. The owners declare that
the house was built by Franklin for
himself, he preparing even the plans
a1d that its authenticity is beyond con-
troversy.
A guide book to old Paris says that
his was the house where Franklin lived
in 1875. II was afterwards occupied b.,
Lucien Ronapar,e. 1t bears on it's front
Franklin's name. surTaounted by a me-
damon portrait of him. The house has
been kept in good condition. 1t is de-
clared TO be perfectly solid. It's frontage
is II meters. 1t occupies 700 square
meters.
Senator Dcpew seems to expect that
Mr.. Roosevelt will run for President
next year. Interviewed over in London.
he says:
Il don't doubt that Mr.. Roosevelt isl
quite sincere when he says he will not
accept the nomination. but maybe he isl
not quito so good at reading the future
as he thinks he is"
Mr.. Depew doesn't think the Demo-
Gratis have anybody fit for the nominal
ton available. but he adds:
That's AL right. They wouldn't hav.
a ghost of chance even if they could
and run him
The President had as luncheon guests |
recently Sir John Harrington. the re-
entity appointed British Minister to |
4 AbEssinia. and Michael +. Bannin |
whom the President has appointed a !
Of the Board of Indian Com
missioners. Both declared that their yis- |
its we're of q private nature.
Sir John, who is known as n mighty
hunter and a nature writer to whom |
not the least suspicion OF fake" may be |
attached, said that he had spent most !
Of his visit discussing big game shoot
ing with the President 1t is said that |.
the President and Sir John have in |
mind a trek together in Africa, say. |
in 1909.
While Sir John refused to admit |
that he had been advising the President |
as to the ways of King Meneiik's court. |
it is more than possible that they dis |
cussed those matters. and the outcome |
may be the advancement of Frank r |
the United States Consul Gen |
eral at Ads Abeba. King Menelik's
court city, to the rank of Minister.
Mowrer. who went to Abyssnia some |
time ago. returned after six weeks |
stay at his post. with n sad story of the |
cost Of living in an African court There |
We're so many court functions, he eX- |
planned. that 1t cost more than his SAL |
larry to keep himself i'm clothes. He
wanted to'b be mafeGa Minister The |
matter is still pending at Washington |
Mr.. Cleveland probably wrote mora |
letters with his Own hand while he was |