The National tribune., 1907-05-16

ern country. It's sin,.,Jiy gigantic
crack in peyfecth.' level ground. and il
imperceptibie so nfeef back from the
brink. The crack isosome 80 miles OF
more in length, manning out onto leve
ground at the two ends, and in its
widest part is probably 500 feet from
bank to bank, and go feet sheer down
from the center. IT. has the appear
, lions of the two, sides fitting into each
other, but the new theory is that 9
great meteorite fell there and cracked
, the earth open. 1t Is one of the won.
ders of the world Some strange fos-
sis are to be found in the bottom and
along the sides of this wonderful hole
in the earth. In 1882 the railroad
bridge was constructed over this canyon
after months of hard work, and The
line from Albuquerque west to the
Colorado River was pushed on through
the San Francisco Mountains. The
wonderful petrified forests of Arizona
are quite close to the canyon, and are
another wonder. Great trees so feet
long, three feet through and more, lie
just as they have fallen, some across
each other, some sticking out of The
iSreat hills, others prone upon the
ground. and all turned to stone. The
petriiication of the trees seems harder
| llldn any TOch ttdl IS kTOWH, anu III
takes diamond polishing apparatus
to polish it up. Although full Of cracks
and seems. the slabs of this petrilied
wood polish to a wonderful gloss aud
ARE much sought after for table tops
land such articles as onyx is used for.
l'Fhey are of the most brilliant colors,
land show every ring of the wood. Very
tine cryStallizationS are often found i'll
1.-THE cavities. and these make beautiful
jewelry. 1t is time that some one
Ilearned something about this wonder
land of arizona.
Baron Rosen, the ambassador of
Russia at Washington. has Informed
the Department OF State that La So
ciete Russo d'Oiselerie has organized
an exposition of barnyard fowls, to be
held at st. Petersburg next Autumn,
with a section devoted to fowls raised
lin foreign countries. The Russian Gov
eminent extends an invitation TO ex-
hibitors from the United States.
Rule of the United States Govern
Inent in Alaska was criticized severely
| by Maj.-Cen. Adolphus w. Greedy,
Commander of the Northern Division
of the United States Army, in an adj
dress before the Geographical Society
of Chicago.
THE same trouble predominates in
1EtldSka lO-udy Didt mas CndfdCtefl2eu
the attitude of the United States Gov
Iernment toward all the aborigines with
(which it has come in contact said
| Gen. Greedy. "It never treats them
fairly. 1t has put the Esquimos, or the
Alaskan Indians, on the road to ruin.
1.-Two years ago the United States
courts were fiasco 1t was a wonder
10 me that the entire lot of Govern
ment officials Were not handled by mob
/ law / have been mining G
where. az the old saying goes. they
hung five men before breakfast for
Hess ,provocation than was imposed up
ION people of Alaska. Tho courts were
only Instruments of private interests"
Gen. Greedy said the "biood-thrilling'
| episodes in Alaska described by certain
writer's are exaggeratiens, and that's
no joke. either; but something worse
than the ''Gobcliss" II get Gen. Greedy
| If he goes on cEticizing the Govern
ment in that fashion.
Ex-senator "Bily" Mason tells of a
political campaign in South Dakota
wherein he had been called upon by
the State Committee to take a part
When Mason arripediaat his first town,
where he was to deliver a speech the
next day. he found that the two So
called hotels were crowded to the doors.
Not having telesraphed for accom-
Imodations, the Illinois man discovered
that he would have to make shift as
best he could.
He was compelled for that night TO
sleep on a wire cot that had only some
blankets and a sheet on il. As Mr..
Mason is a man of considerable avoir-
Gupois, he found his improvised bed
anything but comfortable.
We'll" asked the proprietor, when
the politician appeared in the morning,
"how did you Sleep" r.
''Fairiy we'll answered Mason, '.but
1 certainly looked like Il waffle when 1
got up
Senator Baiiey's implacabIe foes in
Texas have raised against him the old
question as to his relations with Will
liam Jennings Bryan. They are charg-
ing, among other things, that the SEN
atnr boltcd Mr.. Bryan in 1895, and has
been opposed to the Nebraskan ever
since. The fact is that Mr.. Bailey did
not bolt Mr.. Bryan =. -SA6 in the sense
in which the Gold Dem ocrats did. The
Senator was then 4 comparatively in
conspicuous member of the House. He
fought Mr.. Bryan's nomination In the
Chicago Convention as a member of
the Texas delegation. and soon after
that came to Washington, and, after
consultation with many Democrats of
National reputation, wrote to his Con-
greSSional Committee at home declining
TO accept the denomination which had
been given him a few weeks previous
~. He plainly stated that the cause of
his desired withdrawal from the race
for reelection to Congress was his dis
inclination to follow the lead of Mr.
Bryan, whom he con sidered more of
Populist than Il Democrat. Mr.. Bailey's
constituents refused to accept his dec
hnat1on, however, and he was continued
in the race. In his cam paign he cx-
planned that he preferred Bryan to Nc
kiniey, and for that reason supported
his election to the Presidency. Not
since then have Messrs. Bailey and
Bryan been on very cordial terms, tho
when they meet they speak, and some
times they advise together. Senator
Bafey's friends assert that at the pres
ent time the Texan is an enthusiastic
supporter of Mr.. Bryan.
"Old men for counsel. young men for
work. is the way it runs now. James
Rudolph Garfield, the youngest Cabinet
officer of modern times, has just had
placed upon his willing shoulders, by
order of the President, more weighty
responsibilities than those intrusted to
faHy other member of the official house,
hold With the exception of the Phil
|ippines. every Territory and fnsular
possession Of the country will hereafter
be under the jurisdiction of Mr. Gar
field as Secretary of the interior. BY
the PreSi6ent's direction all raportS