The National tribune., 1908-04-16

j cut the five-pointed star will never for
get il, and so you are teaching patriot
ism. If any have failed to receive their
| stars after reasonable time, or do not
understand the patterns or directions.
will try to explain again by patterns, il
the stamped and self-addressed envel-
iope is sent.
II A Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray has been
4 before the Committee on Indian Affairs
of the Senate this last week, telling a
long story of the wrongs of the Indians,
a matter in which she seems to have
!, meddled quite a good deal without war
i rant. She told the committee how bad
ly the Indians had been treated by the
Indian Office and the Indian Agents, and
| that Congress had been fooled into do
ing very unjust things to the Indians.
Her story was not convincing, however,
because Chief Plenty Coos, of the Crow
| tribe, followed her as a witness, with
several others of his tribe, and they
! told a different story. One Indian
| brave" said emphatically, white wo-
man heap d-n fool"
Senator Dixon brought out the fact
that Plenty Coos was with Gen. Crook
| in 1876, and fought with him in ad-
vance of the Custer massacre. He was
asked why ne had been named Plenty
Coos, and explained that the name came
from the coo stick on which deeds Of
valor are recorded by the cutting of
notches, the driving OF the nails or the
hanging of scalps He explained that
he used to live in the center of fighting
tribes of Indians of other nations, and
that he amassed so many trophies of
| battle against hostile bands that his coo
stick would hardly hold them all. There
fore, he was called Plenty Coos, and
made-the big chief of all the Crows.
/ Senator Brandegee wanted to know
whether the scalps or his coo stick
were white or Indian. Plenty Coos said
| that the sallies of his tribe had been
always against the Arapahoes, Chey-
ennes, Piegans and Sioux, and never
against the white men, who had always
been the Crows friends. He declared
that his scalping now is confined to al
falfa and oats; that he had ceased to
war and now shakes hands with every
body.
On the trip home from the South
Miss Ethel Roosevelt had the supreme
pleasure of running the engine for
something like 80 miles. She expressed
desire to ride on the engine, and was
accompanied to the big mogul by Lieut.
Lee, the Aid who was sent to bring
Mrs. Roosevelt home from New Or
leans. Once on the engine she found
that the engineer was man whom she
had met when he visited the White
House recently, and, of course, the
young lady and the engineer We're
chummy at once. She expressed a de-
sire to run the engine, and was permit
ted to do so, pulling the throttle wide
open at one time, so that the train was
speeding along at 20 miles an hour.
Well, now, what do you think of
that? Italy gets on her ear, so to speak. |
and refuses to have sent over her wires
anything concerning the AbruZzi- Elkins |
marriagei So many untrue things are
being said, it is stated, that the authori- |
ties have concluded that the whole dis |
cussion is bringing the Italians into dis |
repute. Now. that really is right SEN
sible way of doing things. for it gives
the public rest-or ought to, at least. |
Brought untineIy into the world. |
Representative and Mrs. French. of
Idaho, have been trying TO rear their
tiny baby in an incubator. The little
creature, which weighed but three
pounds at, birth, has been getting along
pretty well with that excuse for a moth |
er until last week, when at the age of |
three months the small life went out.
w. b. Hoggatt, of Alaska, has pre-
sented to the House Committee on Ter
ritories arguments against a bill TO pro-
vide a Territorial form of government
for Alaska. He said that Alaska is not
yet ready to be made Territory; that
its total white population, scattered over
a vast area, does not exceed 80, 900 per-
sons; that until the natural isolation of
Alaska's communities is overcome By
transportation facilities the best form
now obtains.
The Governor said that inasmuch as
the voting strength of the district would
lie within a few communities where
mining interests or the saloon element
would have control, it is extremely
doubtful that a good House of Dele
gates could be elected. and that laws to
be passed by a Legislature such as is
provided under the Territorial form of
government would, in the case of Alas
ka, be apt to lead to endless corrective |
legislation in Congress.
Delegate Gale, of Alaska, the author
of the bill, spoke in its support He
said that the white residents of Alaska
are for the most part men of the hardy
pioneer type, and that as Americans
they are enIitiea to receive the benefits
of a Territorial form of government.
The widows of Surg. James Carroll,
u. S. Army, and DR.. Jesse w. Lazear
late Acting Assistant Surgeon, u. S.
Army, have been given pension of
S125 a month each by a bill which
passed the Senate. These Surgeons to-
gether with Surg. Walter Reed, of the
Army, were on Commission to inVes-
tigate the yellow fever epidemic in |
Cuba in 1900 and 1901, and placed their
lives in jeopardy by demonstrating upon
their own persons the truth of theI
theory Of the Transmission and propaga-
ton of yellow fever infection by mus
ketos
The widow of DR.. Reed had previous
ly been given a pension of $125 a month.
The five Democratic members of the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
have succeeded in defeating both the |
Warner and the Foraker pills for the (
restoration to duty of negro soldiers of
the 25th Inf. who were discharged with. /
out honor because of the affray at
Brownsville, Tex. The success of the |
minority was accomplished by voting as |
a unit against the divided majority. The |
effect will be to cause both bills to be |
reported adversely. majority vote of |
the Senate would enact one of the bills. |
however, and Senator Warner is hope |
full that his measure will yet become |
law.
The essential point of difference be-
tween the two bills is that the Warner
measure provides that the President |
may reinstate any soldier upon becom- |
ing satisfied that he Is innocent of the |
charges against him, while the Foraker |