The National tribune., 1907-04-25

strips of all sizes and converted INTO -
restaurant ter.t the feature of whirn
was its soup and pork and beans.
placard announcing thei origin of thu
canvas was attached to the tent. the
pin piercing portion of the anatomy
of Gen. Meade, mounted on his black
charger, as he gallops across the men,
orable field. The gallant Pickett stands
directly in the pathway of all the multi
farious kitchen fumes. Many old sol
diers have actually wept at the nefari
Gus ending of the soul-stirring paint
ing. L ,,
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt are
out horseback riding almost every day
now. Mrs. Roosevelt in a plain black
cloth habit, made quite short, and a
derby hat, and the President in riding
velveteens take the carriage from the
White House and spin out to the su-
burbs, and there a groom has their
saddle horses in waiting. They ride for
an hour, often longer. then come back
to the carriage and spin back to the
White House. If they start from the
White House they are always watched
by a curious crowd of sightseers, and
that is not pleasant.
Acknowledgement and Mrs Bonaparte
have been giving some unique dinners
lately to Washington people. The Bona
parties have two magnificent homes out
Baltimore way, one right in the city
and the other in the country. The Bona
parties live in an apartment in Wash
ington and do very little entertaining
here. Their town house in Baltimore
is veritable museum, so replete Is 1t
with works of art, bric-a-brac and Gu
rios gathered the world over. And be-
cause Mr.. and Mrs. Bonaparte wanted
to entertain their friends in the midst
of their Lares ct Penates, the aforesaid
friends dressed in their evening clothes
and betook themselves to the station
one day last week, where a special train
awaited them, which conveyed them TO
the Baltimore Station, where carriages
met them and carried them to their
hosts fireside and table. Attorney-Gen-
eral and Mrs. Bonaparte are thinking
of giving other dinner parties at their
country place, near Baltimore, Buena
Vista, interesting for its old associa-
Patterson and the scene Of the wooing
of Jerome Bonaparte. afterward King
of Westphalia.
The Butte Lodge Of Eiks. Butte.
Mont. Is in receipt of letter from
Grand Exalted Ruler Melvin, inclosing
a copy of a letter from President Roose-
welt relative to the reported destruction
of elk by men gathering elk teeth. Pres
ident Roosevelt states that 1t has been
reported to him that many elk have
been slaughtered for no other purpose
than to obtain their teeth, while the
carcasses were left to rot.
President Roosevelt exprest the hope
that the Lodge of Elks would take
measures to discourage the use of elk
teeth as emblems of membership, and
to discourage their use as ornaments.
Grand Exalted Ruler Melvin has there
fore taken the matter up with the Order
turnout the country, and Is urging the
discontinuance of the use of elk teeth
and the discontinuance Of their employ
ment as emblems of their Order.
Wasn't it elk or moose or some kind
Of big game that the President was
hunting up in that neck Of woods few
brief years ago? sict
And here is some more canal news
1t does not come from a United States
Senator, a Representative, a Govern
ment official or the President Of the
United States, but from an Army officer
member Of the Engineer Corps sent
to Panama to do things He can't have
been there above two weeks, and al
ready he has reported to the War De-
partment, and makes serious reflections
on the work done on the canal by Chiei
Engineer Stevens. who quit so tremen-
dous sudden, right after the President
had been down there, seen everything
and pronounced it good. Maj. George
w. Goethals charges that the reports oil
the large excavations made by Mr.. Stew
ems during the last three months are
not in accordance with the facts. and
that much Of the dirt that was excavat-
ed was dumped in places from which II
will have to be removed later.
Mai. Goethals, 1t Is understood, say:
Mr.. Stevens's figures. instead of repre-
senting actual work done, are based
steam shoveIs, and how much work
they should perform per day. They die
not take into account times when the
shovels were not working, for one rea-
son or another. It is also claimed thai
the estimates were made on loose earth
after excavation.
Maj Goethals has also forwarded tc
the Department profile survey which
he says demonstrates the fact that
much of the dirt that has been exca.
waited has been dumped in wrong place;
and will have to be removed again, the
purpose having apparently been TO push
the excavators to their limit 80 as tc
make a record, regardless Of the cffec'
tiveness of the work.
Mr.. Stevens, II will be remembered
said that he had left everything in ex.
cellent shape down there. Representa-
tives who went on the junketing com.
mittee said things were In fine shape
also. Speaker Cannon said that the
canal would be dug right away now. ir
10 or Is years, anyhow, and said this il
spite of the fact that 1t is said that the
party Of Representatives was most aw.
fully snubbed while at the canal. Sonit
way we have a sneaking sort of notion
the Army engineer is telling the truth
Your Uncle Joseph G. Cannon. Speak
er of the House of Representatives, ma!
had his portrait painted on a commits
sion given to the artist by John w
Gates. The painting is said to be al
excellent likeness.
The artist Is Harry Franklin Walt
man, who has painted the pictures o.
many public men. The portrait repre-
sents the Speaker In a characteristic
pose, and his predominating expression
is one Of good nature. It's Inspiration
came one day last August, when a dele
cation waited on the Speaker to asl
him to be a candidate for President O.
the United States.
Mr.. Mailman, after considerable per
suasion, had induced Mr.. Cannon t.
pose after he went to the Speaker
home in Danville. ILL.,, and declined t.
go away even after Mr.. Cannon sale
he had no time for such things. TIL,
artist said he would bring his canvas
the next day and go TO work. and HI
did. The Speaker gave 'sittings of from
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