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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

North Carolina, Vermont and Georgia
will send delegations either instructed
or friendly to Mr.. Bryan.
Il confess to being puzzled about
Florida. AS nearly as I can find out,
all the delegates there chosen are Bryan
delegates, but certain irregularities COM
pei new primaries At the same timeI
the new primaries will give no new re-
suit. The IS votes of Louisiana, which
four months ago were regarded as anti
Bryan, are now assured him. In fact.
the votes of the States which are yet to
act will, with hardly an exception, be
Bryan votes.
ALREADY Mr.. Bryan has 553 dele
gates. He has. of those not instructed,
not less than 43 friendly delegates. But
out of the States which yet are to hold
their conventions there is hardly one
that is not to be safely regarded as sure
to send Bryan delegation
The condition of Mrs. John A. Logan
is now much more satisfactory. Mrs.
Logan was returning from visit to
Mrs Frank o. Lowden, at the New Will
lard, the night before Memorial Day.
and alighted from a car at Connecticut
avenue and L street. Before she had
reached the street the ear started, and
she was thrown to the pavement. She
was carried to her apartments, and DR..
Kingsman found that no bones were
broken, but said Mrs. Logan would
have sustained a broken hip had she
been less stout.
And Senator Jeff Davis was defeated
by an overwhelming vote for delegate
to the Democratic Convention at Den
yer. While it is true that he didn't
bust" any trusts or do anything else
that he promised to if they would elect
him Senator. he certainly made good
on the "talkee-talkee" line, and it's just
real mean, it certainly is, to leave him
at home like Cinderella.
Speaker Cannon will be compelled to
be away from Washington practically
all the recess of Congress. and has re-
quested Col. Hepburn. his associate on
the Commission created to supervise
construction of the House Office build
ing, to remain in Washington as much
as possible.
MIR. Hepburn will determine any
question that may arise, and supervise
the great amount of work yet to be
done.
Memorial Day in the District of Co
lumbia was. as always, day of hard
work for all concerned There. are
nearly 10000 graves of Union dead in
the District and its envfrons, and to
decorate all of these means labor aRd
thought. There are, nine cemeteries sS Il, N
all, including Arlington with something
over $1,000 graves. and st. Elizabeth's
where the insane dead of the Army and
Navy are inferred.
Exercises were also held under the
great Dome Of the Capitol about the
! statues of Lincoln and Grant. The
'arvices about the statue of Gen. Gram
we're particularly impressive, and the
: singing of the Star Spangled Banner
by Miss Emojean Newland. who Is one
/ of the finest soIoists in the District. was
| a distinct triumph for that young lady
She sang the really difficult National
air with great strength and power
which brought her many compliments
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

During the present session of Con-
gress a total of 1874 special pension
bills have been enacted into law. This
is the record session of all Congresses
in this respect. OF this number of pen
sion bills, 1,064 were Senate bills and
the rest originated in the House.
In order to expedite the passage of
SO many bills the omnibus" scheme
was hit upon, and hundreds OF separate
claims were put thru in one batch. One
such bill provided for S45 pensions and
another 1872.
The omnibus pension bill has come
to stay 1t gives relief to the President.
who has to affix his signature to every
! private act passed, hastens matters at
The Government Printing Office, saves
| public money and conserves the time
| of Congress.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Protests against Sunday baseball
playing continue to be received by the
War Department, mostly from clergy
men, the last being one from Detroit
minister in regard to such diversion
at Fort Wayne, Mich.
The outcome of this protest is Simply
renewal of the decision that the best
interests of the military service demand
that games such as baseball be allowed
on Sunday by troops of military reser-
vations, particularly where these reser-
yations do not come into immediate
contact with the surrounding civil COM
munity.
If it is shown the playing of baseball
Is detrimental to the moral interests of
Detroit by allowing the people access
to the post at Fort Wayne on Sunday,
this will be denied.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

The American flag with a star repre-
senting the new State of oklahoma
will soon be out
The Navy Department. the official
keeper of the flag. has issued an order
that the 46 stars shall be arranged in
six rows.
The first, third, fourth and sixth will
consist of eight stars, and the second
and fifth of seven.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Representative J. F. Laning, of Ohio.
formerly vice president and a director
Of tho defunct Ohio Trust Company,
was indicted last week on seven counts,
charging embezzlement, and was jointly
indicted with James p. Gibbs, president
of the closed bank, on charges of OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses and
Imisapriication Of the banks funds.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

The 22d wedding anniversary of for
mer President and Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land was celebrated at their home in
Princeton June 3. A large wedding
cake 20 inches in diameter. bearing the
inscription ITO G.. G. and F. f. c., June,
1908" being the initials of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland. was presented to the
Clevelands, by Princeton, friends
Mr.. Cleveland is reported to be doing
very well, tho he has not as yet taken
his accustomed afternoon drive about
Princeton ~ -'-r."
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Senior Don Luis Felipe Carlo. MINI
lister from Ecuador, has purchased a
brick and stone residence at 1914
street northwest. which will be occu-
pied in the Fall as a legation. During
the past Winter the Ecuadorean Lega-
ton has been at 1902 Connecticut ave-
nue. The foreign countries are acquir-
ing their own homes here as fast as
possible.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Poor Senator Plat Is, still paying
bills While being sued by one woman
for bigamy-or was 1t breach of prom
Use ?--at ANY rate, while one woman
was after, him, for money she didn't
get. his whilom wife, who old get ms
money 10, the tune OF $4,000. was max
ing him pay few more thousands to
settle I'D her dressmaker's bills. The
Plat menage has been almost as mai
odorous as the Thaw and Smell cases. i,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Great joy among the bluecoats in
Uncle Sams standing army and an ap-
probation of prices in the poultry mar
ket will undoubtedly follow the isstI-
ance last week Of an order by the War
Department Pausing for the nonce in
their tasks of preparing plans to move
against possible foes of the future, the
office warriors in the War Department
promulgated a proclamation having a
bearing on the application of National
holidays" to dressed chicken and tur-
key.
Dressed chicken or turkey being a
rart of the garrison ration on holidays,
| it was up to somebody to decide just
what are holidays. There is but one
| holiday in law. but many in practice.
In accordance with the terms of the
| Department order issued by the Acting
Secretary of War, and which also bears
| the signature of Maj.-Gen. j. Franklin
Bell, Chief of Staff, and Adyt-Gen
Henry p Mccain, dressed chicken and
turkey will be served at Army posts on
New Years Day. Washington's Birth
day, Memorial Day, Independence Day
| Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Il < Il ~
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Treasury authorities expect to have
the bank currency authorized by the
new financial law ready for circulation
not later than July /. The new issue
would be deferred much beyond that
time were ii not that the plates for
printing National bank currency will be
utilized, with the addition of the words
.or other securities"
According to this plan, the same form
notes will be used whether the security
| for National bank notes consists OF
Government bonds or of State and mu-
| nicipai bonds and commercial paper.
| Assistant Secretary Coolridge, of the
Treasury, had conference the other
! day with Director Ralph, of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, and it was
| decided TO issue new notes of the S.
$40 and $40 denominations as soon as
possible.
1t was brought out in the talk be-
tween Mr.. Coolridge and Mr.. Ralph that
| not more than 10 per cent of the Ma
tionaI banks issue currency in denom-
nations larger than $40. and that the
4 total number of large notes is relatively
livery small. Roughly, in fact, 20 per
cent of bank currency Is in the denomi-
| nation of IS, 60 per cent in SO and 80
lper cent in $40 notes.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Mrs. Leavitt, daughter of w. j.
Bryan. has been elected delegate-at-
large TO the National Democratic Con-
vention at Denver, and will support her
father. The convention left the dele
gates uninstructed. Mrs. Leavitt VAS
| not at the convention, being present at
hei fathers home, IN Lincoln, and did
moi know her name was to be present.
! ed. This move may result in her going
to the Democratic National Convention
as q delegate to cast vote for her
| father.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Willis J. Abbot, who has been known
in Washington as a sort of unofficial
representative of William Jennings
Bryan, and who has certainly been close
to the Democratic leader, has closed his
offices and gone West. Mr.. Abbot will
first go to Lincoln, and from there will
proceed to Chicago to look in at the
Republican Convention before it is time
for that at Denver.
: NJ -.asa5556t issued the following state
ment in regard to the situation at pres
ent:
There are now left Is States which
direct primary votes. to select delegates
to the Denver Convention. hazard the
guess that of these Is States. Idaho,
Louisiana, Utah. Arkansas, Montana,
kentucky, Colorado. Oregon, Tennessee.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

. A cock-and-buIl story was wired out
of Washington by lazy correspondents
the other night that President Roose-
welt, while breaking a young horse. was
thrown into pond of water, and would
have been killed had he not jumped
just in time and landed in the mud.
The story was incredible. because the
President is a prince of riders He Is
not such an awful pretty picture on
horse, but he can ride. and 1t would
take a mighty vicious brute to throw
him. As a matter of fact, it is stated
at the White House that there is no
truth in the statement.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

r. w. sHoPPELL & CO.. Attorne
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11


If you want to make money real fast
know Is your chance. You just buy up
the st. Gaudens $50 gold pieces and
| hold them for year. You will be able
| to get 800 each for them, and each
year that passes by will add about that
sum in value to each coin.
| Twenty-dollar gold pieces of the De
| sign by st. Gaudens, those with t.
raised figures and without the mot
| 'Tn God We Trust" are now selli,s
among collectors for as high as SIS
each Speculation in all such coins of
| the $40 and $40 denominations seems
to have become general since Congress
| decided to restore the motto. Collectors
have eagerly sought them at the banks.
| but the United States Treasury has got
hold of as many of them as possible,
!, and it is said that there are very few
| in circulation. The original issue of
j the mottoless coins was not objected to
| because of the absence of the motto.
i but because the artistic design was in
| such high relief that the coins would
not stack up, and were hard to count.
4 A change was made in this regard, and
Il q lot of the coins were issued that were
more fiat and that would stand up in
Il piles, but now that the motto has been
j restored it is believed that all of the
mottoless coins will be called in, and
that inside of a year there will be none
to be had outside of the cabinets of coin
u collectors.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

revived interest in the proposal to have
all yea and nay votes in the House cast
by a mechanical device. Leaders are
seriously considering this innovation,
and it is likely a device of this charac-
ter will be installed during the Sum-
mer.
Since the filibuster began something
like 80 working days have been con-
sumed in dilatory roll calls. 1t ia rs
from IS to As minutes to call the j
and record a vote. Under the Cons y
tuition the yeas and nays may be det
manded on every affirmative proposal.
Notwithstanding the short cuts taken,
the minority has been able to consume
time by demanding roll calls every day
IL a device is adopted whereby vote
may be recorded by merely pressing a
button. the tiresome. time-consuming
process of calling the name of every
member will be dispensed with every
time the yeas and nays are demanded
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Falling off of more than half mil
lion cubic yards in excavation on the
Isthmian Canal for May, as compared
with April, is shown in a dispatch re-
ceived at the Canal Commission from
Chief Engineer Goethals.
This decrease is attributed mainly TO
great rainfall. The May excavation was
but 2.70S,923 cubic yards.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

The Democratic flliDuster that was
In operatien since early in April has
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

The son of his father. Fighting Bob
shows all the ear-marks of being chip
off the old block. as the saying goes.
In San Francisco the other day a
bunch" of young bluejackets were
making merry in saloon. Lieut.. Evans,
who was looking around among the
amusement resorts to see if his men
were all right and not getting into trou-
BILE was in civilian clothes. and walked
into the, saloon just in time to see
woman abstract $50 from the pocket
of one of the men, The man made an
cutlery. and Immediately a lot of "bounc-
ers" for the saloon started to fire the
marines out Lieut.. Evans drew his six
shooter and threatened to kill the first
ne soa who laid a hand on one of his
men, and the whole saloon outfit pre-
& D lately fed. Lieut.. Evans then got
men outside and sent them back to
arters: OF course they were all ar
rested. but the things that Lieut.. Evans
said when he Appeared for the blue
Jackets seemed to nough. They
were all dismissed W. 1t fine or pen
atty. ,
80
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

j. the woman had paid her fare of II
cents before she left the District sht
could have ridden right along to thu
end of her trip in the white" car. Blu
not paying until she got over into Vir
ginia, she was then under the Stat
law. and had to sit in the car-or enc
of the car-set aside for colored PEG
pie. Interstate commerce protected he
from the District side, because there i
no Jim Crow" law. tho Hefin, Of Ala
bama, tried hard TO get one-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who lost
his eyesight 80 years ago, is in hos
pital here hoping to have it restored.
This eye was put out when the Senator
was eight years old. thru an accident
Three years later, also thru accident,
he completely destroyed the right eye,
and there is accordingly no hope OF
restoring that.
There is only small hope for the
Senator, but even faint as it Is he il
willing to try, tho the pain and long
waiting may result in failure. Mrs
Gore, who is The Senator's devoted at
trndant, will be with him thru all.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-11

An agreement has been reaGhed with
the British Government d. the Post
Office Department, thrl 'Gytmastei-
General Meyer, providing or a letter
postage of two cents an ounce betwee y
the United States and Great Britain an
Ireland. to become oPsrativs Oct, l,
1908.
The matter of "pehify postage, ;" as
it is called in England, has been under
consideration for some time. and as far
back as last July President Roosevelt
approved Mr.. Meyers course in urging
a Restricted union with England"
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

ing to reports of the harbor master at Seattle.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
HER FEET WERE .SOREANDCRACEED
SOIes Seemed as Though Covered
 with Knife Cuts Could Not Bear Weight of Feet Even on Pillow Was Long Unable to WaIk-Many Remedies Failed Now Cured,
WILL PRAISE CUTICURA
 AS LONG AS SHE LIVES

"Some four years ago I had the mis- fortune to have my feet get sore. The doctors could not tell me what it was. I used everything could hear or think of out all Co no avail The feet were all cracked across the bottom as if you had taken a knife and cut them every whichway. They would peel up, and, oh. mvI how they did hurt when l would try Co walk - which l was not able Co do for a long time. One day one of our ncighbors came to our house and asked what was the natter l showed him my feet and hC said he had some CutCura Ointment which would heal them up. There was only enough to apply once, but I found it helped mo SO much that l sent for a set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills, costing one dollar, and to my great joy, my feet were cured and have never troubled me since. ] shall praise Cuticura as long as l live for the great help it has been. Mrs. Margaret Trimmer, Plattin, Mo-, June 80 and July 2l, l9O7."
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
WhoI,some Advice For Boys.


 Now. you DdS who want to leave school don't hc in such a hurry to be carNmg something Think of thc fu- ure prospect rather thar the present .dyanmvr Tue man who can do somcthng really we'll whether It be Inc making cl table, the building of a house or the writing cr a book, will very seldom be unemployed lt is tho Doys in a hurry who arc little mil- r!onulrcs" on s shilngS week at 'ourtccn aud "blg loufcrs" on nothing .t eighteen. with no trade in their aagcrs and no prospect but the life Of . day laboror Go slowly, boys-youll go farther. Hurry Is a dog that often gpes or on a wrong scent Patience sud foresight are two dogs which hunt together They arc slow at finding Int they arc always "ln at the death,"
 London Scholars Own.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
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The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
AN AF%CAN RESCUE.
Saved From a Great Army of RavenOus
 Driver Ants.

Saved From a Great Army of Ravenous
 Driver Ants.
 In her West African Studies Miss Kingsley tells this sto,y about the ra- nous driver" ants: "I was In a little village. and out of a hut came tue owner and his family and all the household parasites pcnmcll, leaving the drivers iu possession, but the mother and father of the family, when they recovered from this uuwoutcd burst of activity. showed such a lively concern and such unmistakable signs of anguish at having left something behind them in the hut that thought lt must be the baby. Tn him far cor. ner for floor" shricked thc distracted parents, and Into that hut [ charged.
 "Too true. There in the corner lay the poor little thing, mere inert black mass. with hundreds of cruel drivers already Swarming upon it, To seize it and give 1t to the distracted mother was, as the reporter would say, the work of an instant She gave a cry of joy and dropped it Instantly into a water barrel. where her hus- band held it down with a hoe chuc- king contcntedly. Shivcr not my friend, at the cullousuess of the Ethiopian. That there thing wasn't an infant It was a ham"
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
THE BIGGEST HINING

With the sailing away from the ship wards this week oi the first of the 5redgss constructed for the Yukon Gold Basin Dredging company 1t is con aden,ly believed by those in position to know that the greatest mining and gold producing proposition ever instituted in the Yukon has been iuaugurated, says the whitehorse Star. That the vast concession Of the company, which comprises IO5 miles on the Stewart river, Is enormously rich is known to all who have ever washed out grub stakes ou the numerous bats of that river which gave handsome returns even when the mos. primitive meth odS were employed, However, now that the most modern gold Saviog means known to the mining world are to be used the output cannot be other than enormous. Experienced ploneer pros pec,ors aud miners agree that the com pany mentioned Of which ex-Go7ernor William O. AilyIe is the head, has more rich territory iu it's holding than has any other miulrg syndicate now operat- ing in tue Yukon. Having been lowed to the sceue Of future operations the biz gold miner and sever will probably be at work within che next ten days or two weeks. The former governor went with the dredge and will give the operations his personal supervision. The pouderous dredge wss constructed io the B. Y. \. shipyard at this place, the machinery, which is Of the mos, modern and up 10 date, being supplied bv the Rlsdeu Iron Works of San Francis o.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

By many stars have [ sworn for Love, And tender tokens Given:- How they are lost ln the fair, blue sky, Since though art Heaven
 Pacific Monthly.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
Spoiled Musicians.

Rublnstelu disapproVed of marriage for musicians, Just before his death he spoke sadly of his Russian lady pu- pills. What have I wasted all my time on them rorT he asked irrltably. Every one married! It's too provok- ing! Here they are, spoiled forever for art life. What did they study for"
 The London Musical World remarks that those who ask why we have no great lady composers may be left to think on these things"
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD

A regular meeting of Camp Skag- way No 1, Arctic Brotherhood, will be held in their hall on Broadway Tues day evening, Jul, l 4,h, at S;3O o'clock sharp. Initiation. Visiting brothers are cordially iuvit ed.
 By order ot the A. c.
 E. R. Stivers,
 Arctic Recorder
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

On macy ships have sailed with Love; All are sugulfed in Thee - Low softly they sink in Thy mighty
 deepS;
 Tnou art the Sea
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

Governor HogEatt says that the bill making a flat rate of sIOOO for saloon licenses anywhere iu Alaska, which was lost in the shuttle during the late session Of congress, will be passed when congress recouveues next December. The bill is so utterly unfair and one sided as to be entirely worthy of its sponsor. Alaska is suffering from Hog gattitiS --KaJalla Herald.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

The third of July was the three hun dredth anniversary Of the foundation of Oueb,c ry Samuel de Champlsin. The event is 70 be celebrated at the end of the month by what will be the greatest i.te iu the history of Canada. Not only will Canada, France and Great Britain be represented, but the United States will send iJs naval and other official representatives.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14
WHAT X LOVELY AFTERNOON

The Skagway Alaskan will have a linotype and other machinery installed iu the near future Jo make 1t tho b-st d lily paper, mechanically, as it long has been ed,orlal'y and from a news standpoint, in Southeastern AlaskS,- Juneau Transcript.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-14

A community of 6oOOO people which buys more per capita than ALL OTHER COUNTRIES CoMBI NET O. ght to be deserving of some consid- e,ation by the government at Washing ,oi. This is the case of Alaska accord