The National tribune., 1908-10-15

The Chinese Goyernment is sending a
syecial envoy here to thank our Gov
eminent for returning the surplus of
the Boxer indemnity fund. He is COM
ing with big suite, and the Govern
ment will probably spend more than
was returned. before the Envoy and his
party get back to the Orient. These
Orientals know some things about
spending money that would make one
of our millionaires turn green with
envy.
UnitedNSta Senator HaEsbrough, Of
North Dakota, has announced he would
be candidate for the Senatorship two
years hence, to succeed Senator McCum-
ber
Hansbrough is now serving his 18th
year in the Senate. He was defeated
for denomination on tho Republican
ticket at the primaries last June.
The itinerary of the return home from
Manila Of the battleshfp fleet has been
announced at the Navy Department..
The feet will leave Manila Dec. I. ar
rive at Colombo Dec. IA, steythere SIX
days, and then depart for Suez, which
ships will pass through the canal and
coal at Port Said as expeditiously as
possible,
They are to spend the month Of Jam
uary and a few days early in February
in the Mediterranean, going in twos or
threes to different ports in the Leyant,
the Adriatic Sea, and on the African
coast They are to reach New York on
Feb 22. My! my! but won't they get a
welcome.
DIR. G. Suto, Professor in the Inn
npT q XII.
sumoto, Professor in the higher medicai
college of Osaka, and DR.. Y. Kon, Pro-
fessor in the medical college OF For
mosa arc In Washington.
The mission OF the Japanese doctors
In this country Is the comparative study
of the educational institutions. They
will, visit Harvard, Pennsylvania, Co
iumbia, Yale, and Johns Hopkins uni
Yersities.
Fire destroyed the Sc. Charles Hotel
building In Richmond. Va, last Sun
day, in which were Senator James B.
McCreary's law Offices and the Ken
lucky Register newspaper office. Five
other buildings were burned or dam
aged.
A German firm has brought out
German edition of one OF President
Rooseyeit's books, titled "A Cowboy
Among Cowboys"
The critics say that the book has an
smmeasurabie chronological value De-
cause 1t is the first graphic portrayal
Teuton readers ever had OF the pic
turesque vanishing race OF American
plainsnen.
And now comes the expected. Mr.
Early, Washington's now famous "1ep-
er," says he doesn't think he has lep-
rosy, and never has thought SO. He
says that he Is getting well, and he
kicked "like BAY steer SO to speak.
Mrhen some famous doctors OF medicine
and surgery offered to treat him free
of charge by injecting '1eprosy FL
trate," q new remedy discovered by
Nastin. Mr.. Early axed them mo-" and
''no" goes in all probability. Mr.. Early
said all along to the newspaper men
that he did not think he had leprosy,
but, you see, he was getting all the
dainties Of the land, and all the pennies
from the children, bouquets OF roses
and carnations, and was In the center
OF the stage right In the limelight for
several weeks. He has fine new tent,
reinforced for cool weather, 2 gas stove
70 heat and cook, a either to play upon,
ana he has been having perfectly
lovely time. He also draws a pension
of S7a a month for stotal disability"
1t Is getting cold now. and people have
dropped Mr.. Early as curiosity, and
he bankers for his wife and baby. Mrs.
Early ia herself a suspect now, and IL
under quarantine. One OF the foolish
things done in the early hysteria about
fhe case was to send for her. She Ii
said to be In delicate condition. She
has been provided with o neat frame
house close to where Early lives in hts
tent, and goes over TO see him every
day. The authorities have about de-
cided to let the Earlys live together
again, and that will cut down the watch
60 ono house. Anyhow, something has
20 be done for Early. AZ he objects to
tying longer in q tent.
Washington's school children will
nave nearly 100000 spent on the
Improvement OF their minds during the
school year, IL the requests Of the Board
of Education are granted. To main
tain the army OF 1.s40 teachers who
daily instruct in TIE scores of schools
and to provide proper places for the
growing regiments of children, an In
crease Of nearly half a million more
than that asked for this year Is needed
by the Board.
Every cent of this sum is needed, too.
The Washington public schools are not
what they should be by any means. It
can't be said that the teachers are all
that o real good American citizen might
like them to be. Many of them are
partisan to the limit, and will not teach
United States history properly. Not so
very long ago, as I know personally,
there were many teachers who refused
20 have the American Flag raised over
their heads The school buildings are
not all OF them UP to date. and some
dozen or more were condemned last
year, and cannot again be used for
school purposes. The school buildings
are very badly crowded. too. Congress
should be more liberal, and II 10 to be
hoped that the District will get what It
asks for.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt-Longworth, who
has been soiourning at the White HOUSE
while her own home was being put in
Srder, IL back on the campaign trail
with her husband, Representative Long
worth, who is making some speeches In
Ohio. Representative Longworth Is q
right good taIker, too. He Is pretty
good mixer, and while not humorist,
he yet manages to hold his audiences
Tho other evening a young lady In
Washington took an overdose Of some
strong medicine, and tho emergency
ambulance was called to take her into
hospital. At a corner the horse stum-
blea, the driver WIS thrown and hurt
and the horse disabled. The crowd
that quickly gathered learned that tho
young lady would die II not treated
quickly. so with a shout for help a
man In evening dress announced that
he would be one TO run the ambulance