The National tribune., 1907-02-14

Chief Master-at-Arms M II. Belknap,
Seaman John Kelly, Boatswain's Mate
w. Procknow. and Water Tender c.
Kelner, in behalf of the crew of the
q. 8. s. Louisiana. came to Washington
last week and presented to Mrs. Roose-
welt large silver loving cup, The cup
was presented to Mrs Roosevelt in the
blue parlor of the White House, and It
was arranged as a surprise. Both the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, were very
much touched at receiving this remem-
brance from the crew of the battle ship
on which they journeyed to Panama
and back
After the presentation Masters Archie
and Quentin took the sailors on drive
in the Presidents Landau. NJ
Well, how does this strike you for an
off-hand opinion. as delivered by Mr..
Poultney Bigelow. the magazine writer
and newspaper correspondent?
The trouble with Mr.. Roosevelt" he
said on landing from a transatlantic
steamer, lis that everything he does he
considers great-and anybody who dis
agrees with him is liar.
He has misled the people and num-
Der of engineers concerning the canal,
and especially the Culebra cut. He has
declared that the Americans have low
feet. AS a matter Of fact, the cut is
not an inch lower than when the
French left It. Some one has deceived
him.
Bigelow once spent twenty-four hours
in Panama.
The Government is having to take a
bitter dose Of its own manufacturing.
The War Department has been using
all ita Give the rail-
roads TO get rates for the transporta>
ton of United States troops, but the
railroads have axed it mo" The rail-
roads say that what is good for the
goose is good for the gander, and that
If the people are to have no privileges
the Government shall have none-and
there you are.
Mrs. Harriet Pennewill Kenny. Of
Delaware, wife of former Senator
Richard r. Kenny. died last week at
her Dover residence, of Bright's dis
ease. She was forty-six years of age
and for years social leader.
Gen. James Clinton Rogers. one of
the most prominent men in Northern
New York. who served through the civil
war in the Forty-third regiment. died
at his home at Sandy Hill last week. of
dpOpieSN. ne was II great OTdtOT anu
was selected by the New York State
to deliver the Grafton at the dedication
of the Slocum monument at Gettysburg,
in 1903
He was born in Sandy Hill So years
ago in the house where he died.
Maj. John Quincy Adams Hollister.
who led the charge on Fort Fisher af-
ter Col. Smith had been mortally
wounded in the battle. and who was a
prominent citizen and physician in
Mount Vernon, died at his home in
Mount Vernon, N Y, last week. He
was 6S years old. Death was due to
paralysis. During the battle Of Fort
Fisher Maj. Hollister was badly wound
ed in the right arm andanevsr fully re-
covered from it. :oa.1
The state receptions and edinners at
the White House are over for the sea-
son. the Army and Navy reception last
Thursday being the last ofs the func-
tions of 1907. But this does not mean
that the hospitality of athe President
and Mrs. Roosevelt has been discOntin-
ued. or even suspended. as should the
precedents of past seasons be observed,
1t is more than likely there will be the
usual number of dinner parties, which
are small only by comparison, and the
even more interesting teas. receptions.
and garden parties for which in yita-
tions are invariably issued in Mrs.
Roosevelt's name only. and which con,
sequently assume an Increased value,
as the obligation of official position is
eliminated and each invitation is a per-
sonal compliment from the first hostess
of the land to those whom she wishes
to honor.