The National tribune., 1908-08-13

the statue there. for the big buildin,
dwarfed it till 1t looked like a child
toy. Washington is hopelessly full o
badly designed statues, and the wor,
now comes that some of the centur
old trees in Lafayette Park. whicl
fronts the White House, have got to g
to make space for some poor statues o
things will be stiff. inartistic, impossi
BILE The statue in that park that give
it its name is one of the awfulest fake
in the National Capitalize statue O
Lafayette. Disposed about the statu
are some figures in bronze and tw
babies with abnormal heads. The thin
is artistically horrible
The poor butchered old Treasur
Building looks like it might have gon
thru battle. The old columns on tn
east side are all down. and the ston
has also been peeled off the Sides On
of the great mOnoliths of granite which
are to replace the older sandstone pill
lars has been put in place. There wa
trouble enough getting it in place, too
The huge pillar was loaded on
wagon, drawn by a span of 25 large draf
horses, for removal from the freigh
yards at 14th street and Maryland ave
nue. southwest to the Treasury Building
When the wagon reached point neal
the District Building on 18th street TIL,
wheels broke thru the asphalt stree
and the horses were unable to proceed
further with their load.
The large stone pillar was left on the
truck all night. The big wagon will
the large stone weighs about 40 tons
The driver of the team with severa
attendants left the freight yards at I
O'Clock, and proceeded slowly up 14tf
street. The first 10 horses were two
abreast. then came five horses abreast
followed by two teams of four horses
abreast, and then the two wheel horses
Everything went along smoothly unit
they had passed the District Building
when the asphalt gave way. Big jacks
were brought to aid the horses to get
the wheels out of the ruts, but to re
avail.
When % horses were attached to the
wagon next morning, after the pave
ment had hardened up during the night
the wagon with its heavy load was
moved easily. Then the mOnolith was
hoisted from the wagon over a pile OF
stone to place on the sidewalk along
side the wall upon which it was later
placed.
Young Theodore Roosevelt has start
ed new stunt" at Manchester-by-the
Sea. where he is spending a few weeks
1t has a number of imitatOrs, and bids
fair to become quite popular. The
stunt consists in running a canoe thru
the surf to a distance of 100 feet from
the shore, and then letting it be carried
to the sands on the crest of high waves
Five times out of six the topplins
waves swamp the craft before land Is
reached. and there is rare sport recoT-
ering II.
Work of excavation for the Panama
Canal is going forward in a way that
is very satisfactory to the War Depart
ment. Reports for July show that 3.16s.-
$40 cubic yards were taken out, an in
crease of 100,0 900 cubic yards over last
month, and an increase of more than
200 per cent over the same month last
year.
From PARKWAY Ilocos Norte. prov
ince in northwestern Luzon, Philippine
Islands, was received last week at the
InsuIar Bureau. in the War Department
an expression of sympathy at the death
of former President Cleveland. The
message was written originally by Fran
cisco Soriano, Governor of the Province;
was transmitted to the Philippine Gov
ernme1t at Manila, and by the Cover
nor General was sent to Washington
with request that it be transmitted tc
Mrs. Cleveland. Gen Edwards, Chiei
of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, has
complied with the request. The mos
sage of Gov. Soriano follows:
'Laoag, June 81. 1908.
"Governor-General,M Manila:
The Government and Province OF
Ilocos Norte express their sympathy for
the death of former President Cleve-
land.
"soriano. Provincial Governor"
John Hays Hammond, recent candi.
date for the Republican Vice Presiden-
tiaI nomination, has subscribed $4,000
toward the sustentation fund of 1925.
900 which is being raised for the en-
largement of the new College of Politj
cal Sciences of the George Washington
University.
There Is a pretty little "life-saving'
story told about Secretary Taft, which
shows the humaneness of the man ant
that he is pretty active for one of his
weight It happened while he was In
Cincinnati, just as he was leaving the
train on his arrival there for his Motif
cation. Judge Taft climbed down from
the Big Four train at the Grand Contra
Depot, and was walking down the long
train shed arm In arm with his editor.
brother, when he snatched a little cir
from in front of the engine of Balti
more & Ohio train on an adjoining
track.
A woman and her baby were hurried.
w climbing aboard the Pullman step.
OF, another train. AS Taft got abrcas
of the vestibule the little one turnct
to see the big candidate. The mother
xt.N Il ftnEf =
was the Pullman porter at the step
The child lost her balance, and rolled t.
the cement floor of the train shed ant
in front of the engine on the next track
The train was just pulling out, but Taf
Ieaped upon the track and grabbed tn'
child.
After kissing the baby he restored 4
to its mother without saying a word
and hurried on.
The question of the allotment of mile
age for the Army is engaging the atten
ton of the military authorities. 1t APP
peared last year that Congress was crit
icalIy disposed on this question, anC
many inquiries were propounded to rep
resentatives of the War Department
who appeared before the Appropriation
Committees concerning the disburse
ment of mileage and the means which
were taken by the War Department Il
keep such payments down to mini
mum. 1t seemed to be overlooked a
the Capitol that the Army had increased
and, what was more to<the point, tina
the demands upon Army officers in tn
way of travel were several times great
er than they were in other years.
The large amount of travel Is on &C
count of inspections Of militia organiza
lions, attendance at service schools. re
cruiting duty, and horsemanship tests
1t was discovered at the Capitol tina