The National tribune., 1908-05-21

plication of organic diseases. Is be-
lieved to be on the road"to recovery
Col. Mosby's son, three daughters and
two sisters were at the hospital at the
time. ,rr
Memorial services Tor Gen. Theodore
J. Wint were held rat Arlington Ma.
tional Cemetery last week, when 81
survivors of the 9Th Pa. Cav, of which
he was a member, gathered around his
grave and paid high tribute.
A monument to cost $4,000 is under
course of construction in Arlington
Cemetery. 1t will be Pennsylvania:
tribute to her sons who perished II
battle or after the close of the war
The appropriation for the erection OF
the shaft was made by the Pennsyl'
vania Legislature at the last session.
Senator Tillman, who leaves thi:
week for Europe to remain until he IL
quite cured of his nervous trouble, ap
peared on the floor of the Senate las
Friday, and received royal welcome
from both Democrats and Republicans
Friday, May Is, Admiral Thoma.
hauled down his flag, and Admira
Sperry hoisted his and took commane
of the great fleet in San Francisco har'
Dor.
Once we thought that the "HudsoI
Bay Country was one of the wors
places on the inhabited globe. Jus
you read this story, an interview witt
a man who knows what he is talking
about:
The utilization of Hudson Bay fol
commerce seems near at hand, says
Mr. William Winter, of Ottawa, Canada
The recent movements in Canada have
materially changed long-standing theo.
ries about Northern conditions. Re
gions which have been deemed of littk
value, because of the supposed cold o.
the climate, are being developed into
prosperous farming communities. The
suspicion that fur companies nave helc
back immigration for their osyn selfish
ends has been confirmed.
Supposedly inhospitable territory
has been proved rich for agricultural
uses. The lands along the northern
border of the United States are rapid,
filling up with settlers. New States are
gaining in population ana lraductiye'
ness.
1T is a matter of time alone unit
the eager search for land Carries home
seekers much farther north. The prop
osition is now made to make For
Churchill, on the west side of Hudson
Bay, q shipping point for grain and
other products of that new country.
The Canadian Government has beer
studying conditions for number OF
years 1t has been found that there
is safe navigation to Fort Churchill fol
three and a half to four months of each
year after July 1. The distance from
that point to Europe is much shorter
than that from Montreal or New York
"By building a few hundred miles oi
railroad connection can be made with
esta blished lines to the southwest. A
new outlet by way of Hudson Bay viii
save freight rates to present shipping
points. 1t will help to develop a coun-
try toward which the attention of set
tiers is already turning III
when the remarkable advances
made in the Canadian Northwest in the
last few years are reeailed- the posi-
bilities of this newt proposition seem
more hopeful A DECADE ago found few
people who dared to hazara prophecy
of what has been realized since 1900
1T may be that the next decade will
show as surprising results lin a region
long counted of little value to the hui
man racea
That certainly does knock our pre-
vious notions of the geography "gally-
west" = cef
An unusual wedding took place in
the rotunda of the Capitol. near the
painting of "The Surrender of Corn
wallis" last week, when Miss Lois M
Palmore, of Goochland County. Va.
and Farley b. Palmore embarked upon
the high seas of matrimony. The con-
tracing parties are second cousins
They returned to their home in the Old
Dominion Immediately after the cere-
mony@ 700 80" '-' ' -,
The. wedding was solemnized only
after Vice President Fairbanks and
and given their consent Both con-
graduated the bride and bridegroom
after the wedding ceremony.
More than 100 visitors, who CHANGED
to be in the rotunda at the time. wit
messed the ceremony and showered the
young couple with congratulations
The Rev. Harry G. Spencer officiated
at the unique wedding. which was sol
emnized at 4 o'clock.
Being a member of Congress is not al
cakes and ale after all. Last Frfday
afternoon, when Mrs. Roosevelt was
giving a garden party in the White
House because the soggy grass would
guests influenza, and she had a pretty
fair attendance of frock-cOated mem
bers of Congress, who had their best
white weskits laundered to do honor to
the occasion, and had on their prettieSl
peari-gray neckties, ditto gloves. But
alack. Mr.. Speaker Cannon. who could
not go to the garden party. because his
big boy school would get to playing
pranks, was probably mad because he
could not go. At any rate, the House
got ready to send the currency bill tc
the Conference Committee. and found
itself without a quorum of Republicans
to act The Sefseant-at-Arms could
not round up enough members from
the cloak rooms, so the Speaker took a
hand
Il guess there is nothing to do but to
send you boys to the White House to
gather 'em in." declared the Speaker
So to the White House the Sergeant-at-
Arms and his assistants went
One Republican member. Mr.. Huff
of Pennsylvania. was busfly engaged
talking to the First Lady In the Land
b no respeeter Of persons; when you're
called you just go. The Serseant-at.
Arms nabbed Mr.. Hun: at least hi
tapped him on the shoulder and uttered
the talismanic words. TEall of the
House." and that fetched him. Mr.
Huff knew better than to try to get
away. Representative Longworth start.
ed to take refuge I'M the sacred uppel
regions of the White House, but the.
caught him on the fly, and he had to go
And so it went. The cali of the White
House developed duor,im. and tina,
quorum was hustled into oTautomobiles
carriages, any old vehicIep that would