The National tribune., 1908-06-04

ii Upon investigation il was discoveries
: that trench to the depth of three fee
: had been dug. presumably during tn
n civil war, and number of barrels o
el flour put in it. Many barrel slaves ant
l a white substance resembling decayet
ii flour were exhumed
n The cavity started on the east sid.
: of Main street, near the law office o
ei r. A. Hutchison, and ran in a north
Il westerly direction to the west side of thu
: street.
Rev. DIR. F. NJ Bristol, friend Of
the late President Mckinley. and pastor
: of the Metropolitan Church in Wash
s. lngton, was elected a Bishop of tn,
], Methodist Episcopal Church at the Gen
| eral Conference last week Dr. Frank
i Bristol is wonderfully eloquent mar
and patriotic to The hearts core He
believes in the practical kind of pa
!! triotism which makes for good citizen
J ship.
| President Roosevelt will leave the
White House for oyster Bay about the
| goth of June. Mrs. Roosevelt will re-
! main at the White House until the
President can go with her, unless the
/ heat gets too great. In that event she
will go on to the country home The
servants, horses and probably the chill
! dren will go on the LIST of June.
| There seems to be an epidemic of
crazy dogs in Washington just now, ana
\ so all dogs are ordered muzzled That
seems cruel thing to do. and surely
! it would be much better to put a dog
quietly to death than to have it going
around all the time with wire cage
over its mouth. Dogs in town are a
nuisance, anyhow
|
President Roosevelt has received a
pair of beautifully embroidered deer
skin gloves a gift from the Cree In
dams of the Hudson Bay region, north
ern Canada. The presentation was made
!! by Rev. Arthur Santmier, missionary
| and teacher among the Indians.
Mr.. Santmier was stationed last year
600 aniles away from a railroad, and
this year will move 800 miles farther
| into the interior.
President Roosevelt is known among
the Cree Indians as the Great White
Father" the same as he is among the
tribes of the United States, and is bet
ter known than King Edward
Mr.. and Mrs. Santmier We're received
by the President and spent some time
talking about the Indians of the North
The President was pleased with the
gift, and sent a message of thanks to
the donors.
The President has signed the bill
providing for the reorganization of the
militia of the United States and its
arming and equipment at a cost not to
exceed s2,000.000, and gave the pen he
used for the purpose to Gen. ]. A
Drain, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the National Guard Associa-
ton, who was active in the movement
to secure the legislation.
Assistant Secretary Oliver, of the War
Department. who has been specially
charged with the execution of the pro-
visions of the new law, says one of the
first steps to be taken will be the APP
pointment Of board composed of five
representative officers of the organized
militia to consult with the Secretary of
War regarding the condition and needs
of that branch of the Military Estab-
lishment.
Colorado may emphasize the fran
chise for women in the State by sending
two women delegates to the NATIONAL
Convention to be- held in Denver inl
July. 49, 100 .aG.-
Following the movement on foot inl
Denver to seat Mrs. Ruti. Bryan Leavitt
there is d strong undercur.rent among
the Democrats l'Df Ell Paso County toll
tender the honor of delegate to thcl
convention to Mrs. Margaret HOWELL
Jefferson Davis Hayes, the, only living
daughter of Jefferson Davis.
How's this: Secretary of War Lukel
F.. Wright,SGSld Democrat. of Memphis
Tenn, IL will be after July 4 mex whenj
Mr.. Taft retires from President Roose-
yelts Cabinet. That was the authorita-
tive word that came from the White
House.
Gen. Wright was Governor of thcl
Philippines for time, but Mrs. Wright,
who is a Southern woman, was yeryl
high and mighty with the dusky-
skinned Filipino women, no rnatterI
what their rank, wealth or social sta
ton, and soon Mrs Wright found her
self beautifully boycotted by society.
She just fused, IL is said, till Gen.
Wright got himself sent to Japan Ill
was no better there. for the little Japsl
are also dark-skinned, and Mrs Wright
finally got the General to break away
and come home. They do say that she
is very commanding, and wants her
own way or she just won't play. that's all.
How she will get along in the Cabinet
is matter for speculation. Mrs. Wright
was the daughter of Admiral Semmes,
who commanded the Alabama. Wright
was in the Confederate army
Politically, the Presidents friends arel
aghast. But you all know the Presi-
nent Dy tflS time. he promised thel
South a Cabinet Office. and this was his
chance, and he proposes to redeem hisl
pledge.
John C. Eyersman. private secretary
TO Representative Mckinley, of Illinois.
has left Washington for Chicago, where
he will proceed to open the Cannonl
headquarters.
Mr.. Cannon's boom is TO be handled
from the Auditorium Hotel. and Mr.
Eversman will remain in charge of the
booming for some time, until the other
'Cannonaders" arrive on the scene.
Here is story which comes from
Indianapolis about Master Quentin
Roosevelt, and ii may or il may not be
true, but it sounds like the inventive1
genius of the youngster:
Mrs. Mary Stubs Moore who hasI
served as State Statistician nearly twoi
years and who concluded to marry in
stead of asking the Republican STATED
Convention to nominate her for the Of
fee, has Just returned TO INDIANAPOLIS
from Washington, where she was fe-
dictated by the President as being the
only woman who ever held an elective
Office in Indiana and doubly felicitated
when he learned that she had married
and would not hold office again.
"Ah," she reports the President as
saying, .that's fine. That is much bet
ter. I am delighted"
Mrs. Moore was greatly impressed
with Quentin, whom she saw playing
baseball and of whom she heard this
story:
"when the Governors We're in confer
ence at the White House Ouentip was