The National tribune., 1907-06-20


The presentation was in some ways
notable occasion tsA delegation. con-
sisting of =. 7. Powrfsi'of New York;
Eugene l.. Burke. of san Francisco; ].
h. Farrell. of AubuIn. y, Y. and M, J.
Regan. OF Boston, 6ffiters of the Ma
tional Association Sf Baseball Leagues,
called at the White House, and after
they were shown into the Presidents
office Mr.. Farrell read a speech to Mr..
Roosevelt. beginning
Mr. President: ~ Nation is known
by its sports" and continuing at some
length. 1t was inferred that Mr.. Far
rell. by the use of the word sports"
for President Roosevelt. in replying.
paid a high tribute 10 baseball. He
said it was the typical American game.
and was TO be appreciated. especially
because men of middle age could play
it.
The President also received from his
visitors. in addition 20 the speech and
the admission card. a certificate of hon
onarY membership in the National As
sociation of Professional Baseball
Leagues.
Postmaster w. Seward Whttlesey,
of Rochester. n. Y, has received an
opinion from the Post once Depart
ment at Washington relative to the de-
livery of mail III apartment houses, ten
ements. and business houses in which
there are no elevators.
There is no obligation, says the De-
partment, to have carriers mount stair
ways, beyond the ground floor in apart
ment or tenement houses, or the first
floor in business houses. OF course this
goes everywhere there is free de-
livery.
If you have any $4,000 bills lying
around in your pockets or bureau draw
ers, you'd better cash them. as the issue
of that denomination of the present day
is to be called in. This action has been
IA of the said $4,000 bills were among
those which vanished in Chicago last
Winter when the sum of $4,000 dis
appeared as if by magic from the Sub
treasury.
While at Birmingham. Ala, on his
way to Selma to attend the funeral of
Senator Morgan, Vice President Fair
banks denied a story which recently
caused wide comment in the Southern
press. The story was to the effect that
Mr.. Fairbanks recently said in a speech
at Chattanooga that the late Gen. JO-
seph Wheeler told President Mckinley
in Mr.. Fairbanks's presence, when ap-
plying for service in the Spanish war.
that the applicant had followed the
what Gen. Wheeler said" declared
the Vice President, was that under
the dictates of his conscience he had
fought once against the United States
flag, but now desired to fight under it
before he died" The Vice President
said he regretted that what he had said
at Chattanooga had been garbled.
Gen. Wheeler once made exactly that
statement to the writer. i don't believe
that the little old Confederate was par
t:cularly proud of his career as "a
wearer of the gray.
Post Office inspectors Holmes
Greenaway and Kline ohave been sent
to Cincinnati to investigate charges that
certain railroads have been SousinS the
Government in the matter of furnishing
postal cars
1t is asserted that The roads have
been furnishing cars that are so feet
and over in length, when, in a great
many instances. half that size would
be large enough. i costs the Govern
ment $50 per mile extra for space more
than 40 feet in length.
Inspectors are at work all over the
country on the matter The inspectors
ride on the postal ears in order to Sc
cure data for their reports. while the
various railway mail service division
superintendent furnish them whatever
they have at hand relative
to the amount of mail transmitted over
the various lines.
The additional cost alluded to is over
and above the salaries paid the clerks
or the compensation which the rail-
roads receive according to the weight
of the mail carried, as provided for by
contract.
Senator Beveridge is to marry again. |
His first wife, charming woman who
was in every way companion for him
and who was loved by everybody who
ever knew her, died about seven years
ago. She was a Miss Katharine Lang
ley. The new wife, Miss Eddy, is a |
niece of Mrs. Marshall Field. Both her
father and mother belong to families
long prominent in Chicago. Her moth
er was Miss Abbie l.. Spencer, daughter
Of the founder of the firm of Hibbard, |
Spencer. Bartlett & Co. Miss Eddy was
graduated some years ago from an
Eastern college, and after her gradua-
ton spent some time abroad. She was
presented to Chicago society four or
i've years ago. and since then has spent
a part of each year In Europe. travel
ing sometimes with her mother and at
Dther times with Mrs. Marshall Field.
She is linguist of rare ability and
has been presented at several of the
courts of Europe. Miss Eddy has great
charm. She is tall, slender and
graceful and has wealth of golden
hair, which she wears in heavy braid |
.wined about the crown of her head.
She is not possessed of any great
wealth in her own right, altho the Eddy
family is one of good financial stand
ng.
One would naturally suppose that
Prof. H. w. Wiley, the food sharp"
md Government expert, would be eX-
careful of his diet and the
.hings he eats, but he isn't a bit Prof.
Wiley eats anything that is set before
nim without regard as to whether it has
been canned. preserved, or whether it
S stale from the market or fresh from
he garden. He is no more abStemiouS
han other normal persons. and altho,
II the request of his fellow-members
ne selected for his club a brand of
scotch whisky which stood the Severest
est of his scientific analysis. he is not
particular about being served with that
brand whenever he may order Scotch
Dr.. Wiley's attitude toward his country
men in the matter of comestibles Is
hat announced by the ancient peda-
cog. to-wit: Do as / say and not as
do. Prof. Wiley is a wholesome"
looking man with clear, rather pink
skin. rather large of body, wide of girth.
md jolly as can be- ~
Speed the parting, welcome the COM
ng guest, Senator Morgan is scarcely
under the sod difference in the
politics down in A In hama and amonp