The National tribune., 1907-12-19

son. 1t is a cui1ariy-COnStructeu pee"
of furniture, and contains hidden draw
ers or pigeon holes.
The testator at the time he made the
will was evidently the owner of large
number of slaves, because he devises to
each member of his large family OF
relatives from one to two negros. Therc
is nothing otherwise about the will that
makes it different from the same class
of papers to-day. The will is dated
Oct. 5, 1851 and is very legible.
The grandparents and relatives OF
Mrs. Grant are inferred in Rose Hill
Cemetery, Cumberland, the bodies hav-
ing been removed a few years ago from
the old Cumberland street burying
ground, which has since provided sites
for residences
A great big loving cup lies in the
Custom House at Georgetown, and up
to now nobody can claim it. 1t is Of
silver and gold and a magnificent thing,
presented to the President of the United
States by the Mayor of Manila. 1t Is
tied up in the Georgetown Custom
House awaiting release on payment of
duty, or a special order from the Presi-
dent that it be admitted free.
The cup was made especially from
native metals, and from it the Mayor
drank the health of the President at
the big banquet he gave to Secretary
Taft during his recent visit there.
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
has been awarded a bronze medal by
the Massachusetts, Humane Society of
Boston for saving the lives of two Har-
ward students. During the last race be-
tween Yale and Harvard, Mr.. Bacon,
who was following in the Harvard
launch Veritas, saw a canoe containing
two young men capsize. He hastily
leaped overheard with another student,
]. p. Reid, and saved both of the young
men.
Senator Frye, of Maine, has again
been elected President pro tenn. of the
United States Senate. Senator Frye has
served thus for years, and much longer
than anybody else ever held the honor
He was first elected to the office Of
President pro tenn. in 1896, and has
held the office ever since, except when
he was President of the Senate.
James Douglas, Vice President of the
American Istitute of Mining Engineers,
has presented to the Government four
acres on the Palisades of the Hudson,
near Fort Lee, the acceptance of which
has been authorized by the War De-
partment.
Mr. Douglas says the land, being his
toric ground, should be in the hands of
the Government that a suitable monu-
ment may be erected there to commem-
crate the deeds of the Revolutionary
soldiers.
I'VE trust you may be spared, thru
Gods providence, to continue to rule
this great Nation until you have carried
out those great principles and policies
which to-day are important and vital
issues before the American people and
all the Nations of the world" is the
sincere wish sent to the President by
the Master Mariners Association OF
| Gloucester, Mass. in resolutions adopted
| by them and presented to the President
| by Representative Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts. When the President went to
Provincetown last Summer he received
a delegation of the Master Mariners,
and gave them such nice reception
they have never forgotten him: The
resolutions adopted by tie Mariners ex-
press qualification at the honor shown
them, and convey congratulations and
good wishes.
| Congressman Hiram r. Burton, of
| Delaware, was mixed up the other day
| in a fierce battle with maniac, and
was badly trampled upon and bruised.
He was travelling, and in the same car
was warden taking lunatic to the
sanitarium. The man became very rest
| less, and finally attacked the keeper.
The warden was getting the worst of
| it, when Mr.. Burton sailed in. The in
sane man saw him coming, and grasped
| him around the waist, threw him
| against car seat and on the floor,
where he began tramping on him. This
| brief respite, however, was enough for
the keeper, whe-seiZed the lunatic from
Ill, laI IN, rn,-i,,
him. He was tied in the baggage car
for the rest of the trip.
! Congressman Burton was badly
bruised, but spoke in Philadelphia the
same night, and is no worse for wear.
When the Postal Commission meets
after the holidays it will make impor-
tant recommendations to Congress OF
changes of method in the Post Office
Department The report of the ac-
countants, who were at work during
the Summer, was received by the Com
mission, which met in the room of SEN
ator Penrose. the Chairman.
! Reports have been received from the
heads of the respective Government De.
partments showing the cost of postage
if matter mailed thru the Post Office
were actually paid for, instead oi
franked. From them the Commission
hopes to determine whether the defici
in the Post Office Department is actual
Commissioner Ballinger, of the Gen.
eral Land Office, has issued instruction!
! for the sale of lands in Blackburn
Kingfisher, Choctaw City, Clayton
} Cross Edmond, Frisco, West Guthrie
Newkirk, Noble. Northeast Perry, Rene
| City and Woodward, Okla.
, Speaking about waterway to the
Gulf, Barrett ]. Warner, of Chicago
who was here in connection with the
Rivers and Harbors Congress, said:
THE Lakes-to-the-Gulf project is fol
, a 1f-foot waterway from Chicago. thru
} the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Illinois
River and the Mississippi River to Mem
. phis Below Memphis the Government
} is already improving the river to tha
depth. The Missouri Valley River I'm
provement Association was organized
for the purpose of pushing the prOjec
J for a similar depth of water in the Mis-
} souri,. Both plans are declared practica
l by Government engineers. The esti
I mated cost of the Chicago Mempfi
r section is 800, 100000 while the esti
mate for the Missouri to Kansas Cit.
is $20,00G,000.
THE cutting of the canal across tn
1sthmuS of Panama makes such a wa
! terway an absolute necessity if the Wes
, is to obtain any of the benefits OF tn
S canal. The completion of the water
2 way will make ST, Louis, Chicago an.
t Kansas City practically ocean ports