The National tribune., 1908-12-03

In a splendid address before college
the other night, Gen. J. franklin Bell
spoke on Military instruction in the
Land Grant Colleges" He said 1T was
impossible to engraft miiitarism on this
country, but that ii was the manifest
duty of all organizations of public con-
Germ to assist in having q trained body
of men who could do military duty IN
cases of emergency. He said the neces-
sity for trained military men had large
ly increased within the last decade.
This utterance is probably meant Tor
a protest against the namby-pamby no.
tions that few "peace-at-any-prlc
people have been nursing, and their en-
deavor to keep the military spirit out
of their boys. You can't do it, however.
The love of pounding truth into OBJ
streperous miSbelieverS has existed since
the world began and it always will ex-
ist. and you might as well let II work
out in a way that you will be proud OIL
your sons. rather than let the exuber-
ance of life seek lower and less satis-
factory channels. Just so many boys
are going to wear the uniform of the
Army and Navy each year, and you
might as well accept the fact phllo-
sophically.
Some time ago some colored people
tried to get something to eat at the
tables in the big, new marble Union
Station restaurant at the tables where
white peonle were eating, and they were
ordered to go way back and sit down.
In other words, they were told that II
they wanted anything to eat in that
restaurant they would have to go to a
section removed from the front and
publicity. which had been specially pro-
vided for them Then they were
charged prohibitive prices for all they
got They then applied to the courts
for redress. Corporation Counsel
Thomas decided that colored people
had equal rights with white people in
the District. and so-weI, things may
be doing most any time now There is
a Jim Crow law in Virginia, but it
does not reach into the District of Co.
lumbia. All trains running out of
Washington for the South have cars
with small compartments in them. After
the District line is crossed into Virginia
a placard white" is put up in the larg-
er compartment of the car and one
"black'' is put up IN the other. On en-
tering the coaches and until after cross
ing the Potomac the colored people
can sit any place in the train, but they
have TO scurry into that smaller COM
partment the instant the train crosses
onto the sacred soil of oil Ferginny, and
the porter puts up the two signs, which
must remain out of sight until that
moment arrives. II q party of white
women are travelling with their chill
dren ard their nurse, however. The
nurse sits in the white compartment.
Chief wiIkie. of the Secret Service.
announces a dangerous S5 Indian
Head bill counterfeit. 1t was issued
to the amount OF $4,000 worth about
election times. Just dig up your fives
now. and see how many of you have
been duped.
The Indian Department has been no.
tilted of the death of one of the 'noblest
Romans of Them ALL a Chief of the
Creeks, member of one of the Five Civ
ilizcd Tribes He was the last medi-
cine man of the Greeks. and was nearly
a century old His name was Hut
Cho-nu-pah., His home was in Ala
bana during the war. and he was
Union to the ground. He was known
as the Alabama Prophet, and claimed
that he was under the special protec-
ton Of the Supreme Being, and claimed
power over the lightning. He was
moved to Oklahoma about IS years ago.
The Presidents turkey this year
weighed only 2S pofnds. 1t came as
usual from Horace Eose, of Westerly,
r. l., who has furnished the Thanks
giving turkey for the White House since
ways a chestnut-fed bird, reared espe-
cialiy for the purpose.
The dedication and unvailing of a
memorial arch on San Juan Hill il
honor of the American. Cuban ano
Spanish soldiers who fell in battle il
1898 took place last Sunday week. A
the same time the cornerstone of the
Raia Yoga School was laid.
Elaborate services were held, a
which the American troops. under com
,nand of Col. Yeatman. and detach
meat of rural guards. were present
Speeches were delivered by the Ameri
can Consul. Ross F.. Holiday; Gov. Ra
fal Manguiay and Mrs. Katherine Ting
ley. head Of the TheOsophists. hun
dred carriages. beautifully decorated
with flowers. took part in the parade
The Gatun Dam site seems to be
source of continued trouble to the con
tractors down in the Canal Zone Th
bIocmin' thing is under water now, AM
the railroad and the machinery AM
most everything else down Panama way
Everything is watery down there abou
this season of the year. The enginee
officers say that the caving in of tn
earth is to be expected, and while it
annoying and expensive, there IS II
heID for it until the project is prett
well along. The locks of the Gatu
Dam site are what is under water. Tn
darn itself has not yet been commenced
hrs. Roosevelt attended a musical
at the theatcr last Tuesday, and wor
a ljght mauve broadcioth, with a sma
rnauve todue to match. the trimmin
being roses OF stili lighter shade.
Representative Lorimer, OF Chicago
i'll. is i'll of blood poisoning up
Portland. Ore Mr.. LOrimer, while SUI
fering pain a short time ago, had
physician administer a hypodermic IL
lection on his arnl. The arm began
sweii. and blood poisoning is the resul
Representative Lorimer Is considered I
stand TO the laboring men in the X,
publican Party In Chicago much
Democracy When he first came
Congress he had positively the mo
pecBiiar shade of "taffy-coiored" hal
and an awful shsck of ii, too. On
,voman's head il would have been
fortune such as the famous Leslie ca
Ter hair. for instance. He had dream
rather sleepy blue eyes and skin tn
lacked as tho he used milk weed crea
every night and twice on Sunday. Il
Iorina.r made good; yes. indeed
Everybody liked him, and he made
mighty good errand boy for his co
stituency.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Will make h
formal how to the public at an aftt
noon tea at the White House Jan.