The National tribune., 1908-12-10

Gov Magoon, of Cuba, has been
called to Washington by Secretary OF
War Wright to discuss matters con-
nected with the ending of the American
| intervention in Cuba.
Edward D. Hayden, Vice President
and Secretary of the Boston &c Albany
Railroad, died of apoplexy in his pew
at the Unitarian Church, in Woburn
during the morning services a week
ago, aged IA.
Mr.. Hayden was a native of CAM
bridge, and was graduated from Har-
ward College in 1854. He was a mem
Der of the National House of Represen-
tatiyes from 1885 until 1889.
Outside of the Chinese Embassy
there was just one lone lorn Chinaman
who did a single bit of mourning for
the dead rulers of the F'lowery King
dom, and he was chop Suey man.
His name is Tsue Lung, and he runs a
place on Pennsylvania avenue. He has
been here for great many years, and
tho thoro Chinaman he has taken to
some of our customs and grated them
on to Chinese ideas, and they are funny
enough sometimes. He wore Grape on
his sleeve for President McKinley's
death, and had put it carefully away.
So when the Emperor and Empress of
China died out came the Grape, and he
wore it for three days. He said he
could not wear it longer, because his
business was none too good, and Grape
around had a depressing effect
The other Chinese residents were
perfectly stolid over the matter They
said it wouldn't make any difference
to them who died or who lived. They
-
be no more oppressed under one ruler
than under another.
1t begins to look as if all the attacks
on the Navy have some little foundation
in fact. for President Roosevelt is now
discussing the advisability of appoint
ing a commission to reorganize it.
There isn't any money to pay COM
mission with, so nobody Is doing the
grand and lofty tumbling act in an
effort to get upon it. 1t will be
thankless job at best, and may be
turned down after long and arduous
labor with much expenditure of gray
matter. 1t is not thought possible for
the work to be completed before the
Inauguration OF Judge Taft.
The people of, Los Angeles, Cal,
Admiral Evans is coming to end his
days among them, wanted to do the
old 'sea dog honor, and started
movement to buy him home. When
Admiral Evans heard of it he simply
billed" and the things he said are
embodied in the phrase. Thou shalt
not swear Admiral Evans has no
desire to be considered pauper to
start with, and then he probably
J,a- -.
to Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Ad-
miral Dewey, and the swift condemna-
ton which came when they died and
their families parted with the property.
There is not a house that has been
thus presented to the Nations heroes
which remains in the possession of
the family, excepting Admiral Dew
ey's. He stiIl has nominal possession
of the house presented to him., but it
is only too well remembered the stir
that was created, the storm of indig-
nation, when he made a wedding pres
ent of the house to his wife. Mrs.
Dewey was so angry over the row that
she would not live in the house for
years. but she at last got over that,
and they now live in it.
Ward Burlingame, for 27 years Chief
Clerk in the Dead Letter Office at
Washington. d. c.. and former private
secretary to four Kansas Governors
and three Kansas Senators, died at his
home in Topeka last week, aged 70
years.
He was Secretary to United States
Senators James n. Lane, Preston B.
Plumb and George P. Caldwell. He
was also secretary to Cows. Carney,
Crawford, Harvey and Osborne. In
1880 he was appointed Chief Clerk in
the Dead Letter Office, which position
he held until 1907.
Former Representative Tom John
son, of Cleveland, o.. had daughter
who was the, apple of his eye, the heart
Of his soul, and she insisted on marry
ing theatrical playwright named
MariaTi, and now this daughter has
obtained a divorce from her husband.
Tom Johnson was serving in Congress
at the same time Bryan did, and their
two daughters were friends. Now both
are unhappy after making practically
runaway matches, and both young ,yo-
should have made happy homes for
good men.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter
of President Roosevelt, has been pre-
sented with a pair of beautiful jeweled
bracelets, the gift of the late Empress
Dowager of China. to whom she paid
visit during her trip with the party
of officials and friends taken by Secre-
tary Taft to the Philippines some
years ago.
The presentation was made by Tang
Shao ii. the Special ambassador, who,
with Prince Psai Flu and two secre-
taries, called by appointment at the
Longworth home. When Mrs. Long
worth was married the Empress Dow
ager sent her pair of handsome gold
earrings.
There are also some presents for
Mrs. Roosevelt, while to the President
are to be given several hundred VOL
unes of Chinese literature. printed in
the Chinese language. and handsomely
bound. These will, it is supposed ul-
timately find their way to the Library
of Congress.
And all this time we have been eating
near" maple sirup! Now, really, this
! is too, too much. Buckwheat cakes.
homemade sausage and maple sirup
has been the ideal breakfast for more
years than most of us care to tell of in
| figures, and now comes this iconoclas-
! tic Department of Agriculture of ours
i and proves that the pure maple sirup''
i that we have been getting with that
dear Ohio stamp on it amt pure" al
| all; in fact, that il has not a grain OF