The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-19
AT THE HOTELS.


IN 1873 He was Minister to Chile under
the CleveIapd administration. though he
WAS offered the post at Rome and he
also accepted from Cleveland the Assist
ant Secretaryship of State.
My business here. said Gov Porter.
is TO attend the meeting OF the trustees
of the George Peabody educational fund
With the exception Of Dr. Green. Of Bos-
ton. I am the oldest man on the beard.
and there is not in its membership of
sixteen a single member who was OHgi-
nally named by Mr. Peabody himself
The trust was created about forty years
ago for the benefit Of the people OF de
South, who were at that time 80 In
poverished as result Of the civil war
that they had no money with which l.
educate their young
1t was one Of the most noble bene-
factions ever conferred on any country
The money was 10 be used for elementary
education in the South for thirty years,
after which the trustees might apply it
IN some different way The thirty years
expired in 1867, and the board concluded
TO apply 100000 Of tbe fund to establish
"a teachers school. Ny city of Nashville
was seiected as the site Of that institu-
ton conditioned on local financial sup
port supplementary 10 that acquired from
the Peabody source, l am glad 10 t..
you that just day ct two ago the LEXIS
lature Of Tennessee with every man I'm
that body voting aye agreed to an appro-
priatiOn of $4,000 in support Of the Pea
body School II was q remarkable thing
done in d remarkable way, this passage
Of a comparatively big sum without a
dissenting vote. and am prOuder of
Tennessee than ever. We thus have a
. teachers training institution which we
confidently believe viii be one Of the
greatest in the nation.
Perhaps a great manypeOple have for
gotten that Mr. Peabody, as a young
man. lived right here in the District Of
Columbia. being engaged in business in
Georgetown. and also i'm baltimore. His
latter days were spent In England where
he did many acts Of philanthropy, ana.
on his death. rs a mark Of lpeciaI honor.
Queen Victoria had his bob sent 20 his
native land in British warship"
Hon. Robert /. Owen, o Muscogca
Ind T. reached Washingto. yesterday.
Some little while ago. unahe 10 with
stand the pressure Of Thousands Of
/ friends Mr.. owen announced his. candf-
.
the new State of Oklahoma. Il Is con-
eeded on All sides that he wuld make
an admirable Senator, both account
/ Of his long experience IN pubc affairs
and his high personal charaCte
I Mr Owen has a good strain ( Indian
blood in his veins. which wOUlcse 10
add 10 his equipment in view % he large
number Of people Of that race in he pro
/ posed new State. He is d lawye and "a
I stanch Democrat. 1t appears TIT his
4 mission here is 20 ask Of Congress some
/ relief in the way Of q further appspria-
/ ton for the expenses Of the coItitu-
/ tional convention elected 10 frame the
organic law of the new State The uney
1 appropriated has given out, and the Jn-
stituti0n. which ought to have been sr-
I fected long ago. is not yet hnisid
4 There are rumors that the appeal 20
! Congress 10 furnish additional money NJ
not meet with ready compliance.
Hon. Joel B. Fort. OF Robertson COUNT
Tenn. who is at the Riggs House, is
/ type OF the Southerner Of the old regime
with the euphonious iatonauon that IS
distinctive Of his section. and the suavity
Of the educated gentleman.
/ In Tennessee he said, We have
much 10 be thankful for in spite of the
nefarIous operations Of the tobacco trust.
which would keep our farmers IN black
poverty for ali time, if it could have its
autoCratic way. We are lighting the trust
TO some purpose, however, ana II Congress
will pass the Gaines bill taking of the
/ o cent tax on manufactured tobacco,
so that every one can buy IL. We viii have
the combine utterly whipped.
4. -.
that you may also chronicle, and that IS
the universal regret that We failed 10 re-
elect Hon Edward Carmack To the Sen
ate. Men who voted against him are al
most ready 10 cry for their folly. But IN
his defeat CaTmack is greater than ever
and the day viii come when lie will be
the acknowledged leader Of the Southern
people"
We get a tremendous lot Of money out
Of the whiskey traffic in Ohio. and for
that reason do not think that prohibit
ton will be adopted in that State at any
early period remarked Mr.. Charles E
Hard. postmaster of Portsmouth. Ohio
and one Of its most influential men, at the
New Willard.
Under the Akin law there is no IL
Icense granted, but a uniform tax of
81 600 a year is imposed on al Who sell
liquor at retail In Portsmouth there
are about - saloons. with a resulting pub
lie revenue of $4,000. After the state
government gets its part We have enough
left TO materially assist in defraying To-
cal expenses, specifically the police de-
psrtment and the county infrmary.
But there is very strong temperance
sentiment in Ohio ard / think it Will prob
al in Of
local option law. At present, cities and
townships can vote TO permit or exclude
saloons. and this right will no doubt be
extended so as 10 apply to the counties"
7 saw my first bull fight in the City
| Of Mexico a few days ago. and I never
want to see another" said Mr.. John NJ
Spellman, prominent young lawyer Of
Dallas, Tex, Al the Raleigh. Afr. Spell
man is a graduate of the law department
Of the old Columbian University. Of this
city, and was president Of his class
I went to the night" he continued.
from motives OF curiosity. but the spec
| tacle WAS in many features so brutal and
| sanguinary as 10 be utterly revolving 10
the feelings. At the performance at
/ tended enough blood was shed 10 satisfy
the most callOus and hardened devotees
of the cruel sport Thirteen poor horses
and six bulls were killed, but the Incl
dent that furnished the chief sensation
and made the day memorable was the
killing Of the principal matador q bull
I fighter from Spain with a tremendous
reputation, who was reckoned as a star
of the profession.
/ "The man made a fatal mistake IN
gauging the length OF the bulls onward
rush and was caught on its horns. He
! could easily have been saved from death
! md there been any cfLorts 10 set him