The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-09
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/ LIZ n c.s MhWduhCts w ASKS.
Where can / get an authentic account
of the recent great earthquake in Cali
| fornia?
In addition to the many magazine
articles which appeared at that time,
theee has recently been published a
volume of $50 pages, edited by David
Starr Jordan. President of Stanford
1 University, entitled 1.-The California
Earthquake of 1906" There has also
been reprinted as House Document No.
1 719, First Session Goth Congress, Bull
letin No. 324. Series r, of the u. s.
Geological Survey, with many illustra-
tons from photographs, THE San Fran
cisco Earthquake and Fire of April IS,
1906, and Their Effects on Structures
and Structural Materials"
| w. 3. c., Girard, Kan, asks: Please
tell me If a soldiers pension is taxable
If invested in post office money orders
Post Office money orders are not ex-
empt from taxation, and as pensions
are so small in amount one is apt to
disregard them when taxes are consid-
cred, altho il they should amount to
| sufficient to come under the sum taxed
as personal tax they would not be ex-
empt. For the exact statement of the
conditions you will have to consult
your own State tax and exemption laws.
F. McC., Buena Vista, Pa. asks: What
are the dates of Mrs. Lincoln's death
| and burial? I mean the wife of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln was born in
Lexington, KY, on Dec. IL. 1918, and
died in Springfield, ILL.,, on July 16, 1882,
from stroke of paralysis. Her re-
mains rest by the side of her husband
in the beautiful memorial raised to the
memory of the President at Oak Ridge,
near Springfield.
]. H. p, Newell street, Brooklyn
| Borough, N. Y, asks: What is the rec
ord of Col. w. F. Stewart, supposed to
| have served in the civil and Spanish
| wars?
We presume you refer to the famous
Col. William F. Stewart, whose friends
| have been recently trying to secure a
consideration of his case by a military
court. but which was not granted by
| the President Col Stewart was an
pointed from Rhode Island as a Second
Lieutenant in the 4th Art, on Dec. /,
1866. He was advanced to the rank of
First Lieutenant on Nov. 10, 1869, and
to that of Captain on Aug. IA, 1889,
| meanwhile graduating in 1871 at the u
S. Artillery School at Fortress Monroe.
He received his majority on Oct. /, 1900,
| and was assigned to the I'd Art His
next promotion was to the grade of
Licutenant-Colonel in the Coast Artil-
| lery Corps on July %, 1902, and he
became Colonel on Aug. IL, 1903. He
did not enter the Army until after the
civil war, but was in the service during
the War with Spain.
!. S. B., Lincoln, Neb., writes: Will
you send me the names of all the men,
bers belonging to the United States Ma
rine Band in Washington at the present
date? / should like very much to get
the names and picture of them IL you
have ha1f-tone, or could get clipping
of their picture from paper or a cir
| cular, providing that it has been taken
within the last six months
We know of no printed list of the
members of the U. s. Marine Band.
Such list could possibly be obtained by
writing directly to the Navy Depart
ment or to the leader of the band,
Lieut.. VIM. II. Santelmann, whose adj
dress is U. s. Marine Barracks, Wash
ington. d. c.. or his residence. No. 311
First st. Southeast postcard print
ed in colors, showing the Marine Band
grouped near the White House, was in
circulation year ago, and might pos
sibly be procured at one of the post
card agencies, such as that at 1417 F
ST. Northwest.
w. B. c., San Jose, Cal, asks: What
is the church affiliation or religious be-
lief of Secretary Taft?
According to an official statement re-
Gently issued. Mr.. Taft, like his father
before him, is a member of the Uni
tartan Church of Cincinnati. He has a
pew and attends the services of the Uni
tartan Church, at 14th and L SITS, Wash
ington. d. c., of which the Rev. DIR.
Pierce is pastor, but he sometimes goes
with Mrs. Taft, who. like her family. is
an Episcopalian, to st. Johns Episcopal
Church, which she attends and where
she has pew. Their daughter was
confirmed in that church last year.
Mrs. E. L.. Danville, ILL.,. writes: Can
you give me some information in regard
to the Payne family? Robert Payne
came from England, think about the
first of the 18th century. He was law
yer and very wealthy and had four sons
and one daughter. They settled in Vir-
ginia or North Carolina. Did any of
the Payne family marry in the Lynn
family? My grandmother's maiden
name was Anna Lynn. and 1 have been
told that her mother was OF the Payne
family.
We know of no genealogy of the
Payne family. altho there was published
in 1894 a three-page excerpt on that
family, which was sold by the dealers
for so cents. You had better write to
some one of the dealers who make a
SptCldity OI I1dlulllS American Reneal-
ogies or family histories, such as A. S.
Clark, 21S Washington St, Peekskill,
N. Y
]. II. MEG, Good Hope, w. Va, asks:
Please give me the formula for pre-
pairing whitewash used in whitewashing
the White House; or, at least, it is re-
ported that a part of the White House
is painted with some kind of a lime
whitewash.
We presume you refer to the receipt
for whitewash which has been sent out
by the Lighthouse Board of the u. S.
Treasury Department, which has been
found to answer on wood. brick and
stone nearly as well as Oil paint, and is
much cheaper. 1t is as follows: Slack
one-half bushel unslacked lime with
boiling water, keeping it covered dur
ing the process. Strain it. and add a
peck of salt. dissolved in warm water;
three pounds ground rice put in boil
ing water and boiled to a thin paste;
one-half pound powdered Spanish whit
ing, and a pound of clear glue dissolved
in warm water; mix these well together.
and let the mixture stand for several
days. Keep the wash thus prepared in
a kettle or portable furnace, and when
used put it on as hot as possible, with
painters or whitewash brushes.
w. E. c., Covington, KY, writes: III
would like to get a book on snakes.
written in SO easy a style that 1 can
understand it. What would you recon-
mend?
You can procure thru any book store
THE Reptile Book" by r. l.. Ditmars. !