The National tribune., 1908-04-30


grounds. 1t provides for the purchase
of all the land between the Senate
Office Building and the Union STATION,
and on the west of North Capitol street
TO Massachusetts avenue. This wouia
include all property from First street
and the Plaza, and between North Cap
itol street and the Capitol grounds. 1t
ought to pass Then Congress ought TO
buy all the land in the first row Of
blocks on the west side of the Capitol,
and get rid of the miserable shanty town
which borders Capitol Park.
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Gen. Miles has sold his beautiful
home here in Washington. 1t is prob
able that he will never again make his
home here.
A large party of Oklahoma citizens.
most of them from Tulsa. in the new
State, were in the city last week. They
include business men, manufacturers,
school teachers and officers of the Tulsa
Municipal Government. The party IS
making tour of the large cities of the
United States, studying civic conditions
liz order to better regulate their own
city.
The Pension Commissioner wishes 1t
distinctly understood that widows do not
have to make new filing to get their
increase of 81 month. He aas ar
ranged with the pension agencies Of the
country to put the law into effect auto
matically, and it will require no action
on the part of those widows entitled
to it.
Rear-Admiral George Beall Baich, U.
S. Navy (retired), died last week in
Raleigh, n. C. He had gone to Raielgh
from his home, in Baltimore, for the
80 t-e 10
was in his S7th year. and entered the
U. S. Navy at the age of 16. He was
retired in 1888. Death resulted from
an attack of pneumonia, which set in
about a week ago.
Admiral BaIch had scarcely complet-
ed his course at the Naval Academy
when the Mexican War began, and he
was Immediately sent on active duty. He
then received his first command, that
of the Z. S. S. Falcon. and was with
Commodore Tatnall in the musketo fleet
operations around Vera Cruz to cover
the landing of Gen. Scott's army. He
participated in the joint attacks on
Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan
d'U1loa.
Balch. then a Lieutenant, went to the
Mediterranean service, in the old steam
er Princeton.
AItho a Southernsr, Admiral Balch
was thoroly loyal. He had also seen
slavery and the methods of making
slaves in all its horrors as naval Off
Ger. He did not hesitate an instant
when the crisis came, and instantly vol
unteered for active duty against the
South. His record was a gallant one
all the way thru.
'Tt is a fact, notwithstanding all the
denials which periodically appear in
the public print. that the United States
and all the white Nations are losing
their trade and commerce in China, par
ticularly, and the far East generally"
Charles r. Brown. business man of
Shanghai, China, made this statement
at La Normandie, where he is stopping.
Mr. Brown has lived in China for 40
years, and claims to be well qualified to
discuss this matter.
Another semi-scandal in high lifei
This time ii is the daughter of ex-Sen-
ator Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, who is
making trouble for her husband, Maj.
George Richards, of the United States
Marine Corps He has sued for
divorces on the ground that tho they
have been married 10 years, Miss Mills
has never been his wife in fact, tho she
has borne his. name. Mrs. Richards is
somewhat daffy on the subject of reli-
rights of married women. Her husband
wants children, and she thinks he Is
not pure" enough to raise family.
tho she makes no charges of any kind
against him. As matter of fact, if the
matter were sifted to the bottom the
woman Is too lazy, selfish and cold to
care to become q mother, and il is a
mercy for the children that they have
not come to the Richards home. Miss
Mills is the kind of woman who makes
marriage a farce.
Senator Dick, of Ohio, has introduced
q bill giving campaign badges to all
soldiers, sailors and marines who served
creditably in the Spanish, Philippine or
Chinese wars. and who were not in the
service Jan. II, 1905
Gov Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, the
man whom the veterans viii never for
get, is, like the prophet. without honor
in his own country, also He is running
for reelection, and tried to speak at
Marietta. Ga, and the denizens would
have nothing of him. No, indeedy.
They pelted him with orerripe fruit
cowbefis boots and horns and other
noise making contraptions- He stood II
awhile. and then hiked out of the town
The report comes that ambassador
Reid is quite Ill in his home in London.
The House Insular Committee, after
listening to a statement by Secretary
Taft, voted TO report favorably bill,
which has already passed the Senate,
placing within the control Of the Phil
ippine Government all shipping regula-
tions in trade between ports of the
United States and ports or places in
the Philippine archipelago and between
Philippine ports, and postponing the
mental coastwise laws to the Philippine
Territory.
One of the most mysterious rob-
berries in the history of the Govern
ment was recalled in the Senate when
Senator Burrows reported from the
Committee on Finance a bill for the
relief of William Boidenweck. Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Chi
cago. The bill passes TO the credit OF
MI Boidenweck the sum of $173,000
which was stolen from the Chicag1
Subtreasury more than a year ago. AL
tho the Secret Service agents of this
country and the police of many other
countries have been working ever since
to get trace of the money, which was
I'm $1,000 bills of known serial numbers
nothing has been discovered worthy oi
being called a clew.
Here is q portion of the President.
strong plea to Congress for more battle.
ships. Who shall dare to say that he /: