The National tribune., 1909-11-11
In Honor of the Dead
An Inspiration for the Living
LINCOLN
MEMORIAL TABLET
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CHARLES BURROW s
RUTHERFORD, N. J.

about what Is being done there. But
; right on top of that case another Sehsa-
! tion is that Chief Justice ulier an
} nounces that the case of tine felloW
Poplar Lumber Company against .. y.
Chapman will be stricken from the rec
ords because of their scandaIOt1S ma
lture. The case came up from the iIourt
of Appeals, and was decided in favor
: of Chapman, and the company asSS u II
review on various grounds, stating Hlat
the opinion of the Court of Appeals Is
lSo grotesque in it's conclusions OF law
land preparcd with so little care and
study as TO be almost unintelligibie,
even grammatically, not toSSay legally
The Chief Justice did not quote any
portion of the papers, but, referring to
them in a general way, said that they
were $50 impertinent and improper that
they would be stricken from the docket,
in order to protect the records of the
lcOurt from scandal
A strange case might come up before
the United States Supreme Court, and
lif it did it would prevent Mr.. Justice
Harlan from sitting with his associates.
W. S. Harlan, a rich lumberman OF
Florida, with four Of his employees, has
been convicted of peonagc, and if after
sentence it should be carried up to the
lSupreme Court of the United States it
would be found that one of the Asso-
ciate Justices is an own uncle of the
chief in the suit The five men referred
to were convicted more than year ago,
and the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals affirmed the sentence. Harlan
land his employees have disappeared, and
the Government is moving to collect on
their bonds to the extent OF $4,000.
i Washington will in all probability BE-
1.-THE scene of great international avia-
tion meet some time next year. The
aero clubs of Washington and Balti-
more are hard at work. and they be-
Iieve that their plans are going to ma
IterialiZe. They have received in the
lneighborhood of $1,000 already for the
Entertainment of the guests, and prep
laratiOns for the meet, and will prob
lably ask Congress for some assistance.
as the Nation is personally interested in
the trying of airships of various kinds.
/ The War Department has been noti-
fed of the death of Mai. Gen. Robert
Up. Hughes, u. S. Army, retired, at his
home in Philadelphia last week. Death
twas caused By a complication of dis
leases and old age.
| Gen. Hughes was n veteran OF two
wars, and was brevetted in the civil war
flor galantry in the assault on Fort
Gregg, Va. In April 1861, he enlisted
as q private in the 18th Pa, and when
mustered out had attained the rank of
lColonel of Volunteers He was appoint
ed Captain in the Regular Establish
ment in 1866. and at the beginning of
1.-THE Spanish fVar was brevetted Briga-
dier- General of Volunteers. He was re-
| tired as a Major General in April, 1903.
at the age OF GA years.
! The Mints of the United States Treas
ury have executed coins to the value of
4 81, ,020.06 2,640. In addition to these
there were 10000 silver pieces minted
4 for the Philippine Government. Out of
over two million dollars worth of mint
Iage there were actually 1T,227,350 coins
1 made, 265,350 of these separate coins,
4 some double-eagleS and some half
leagles; 24S, 900 half and quarter dollars
were made, and 16,714,000 of the new
Lincoln pennies, valued at $16T.140,
were issued. All of the original ~. d.
B." Lincoln pennies have been given
out. 1t viii be remembered that there
was a great deal of discussion about
4 these at the time. because of the prom
inence of the designers initials, which
caused a change of plates, leaving but
one initial on the plate. There were
/ 2S,32S,0O0 of the Lincoln pennies is
sued, and not one of them now remains
! in the United States Treasury.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, with her
daughter Ethel, and accompanied by
| Mrs. RoOSevelt's sister, Miss Carow, are
visiting Rome, where the party occupies
Il suite of five rooms in the Hotel Via
LudOvisi. The Roosevelt party We're
visited by the American Embassy Staff
and Director Kennedy, of the American
ICatholic College, and arrangements
were made for Mrs. Roosevelt, her sis
ter and Miss Ethel Roosevelt to have
private audience with the Pope. After
the visit in Rome is completed they will
all go to Naples, where they will engage
rooms in the Excelsior Hotel. Mrs.
Roosevelt will remain in Naples until
the arrival of her distinguished husband
and son Kermit from the African wilds.
The people of the Fourth Congress
siOnal District of Virginia, as well as
4 the whole National Congress, were
much shocked to learn of the sudden
death last week of Representative
4 Francis Ives Lassiter. of Petersburg,
Va. Mr.. Lassiter was a comparatively
young man, only about IA years old. He
twas prominent lawyer in Virginia,
graduate of the University of Virginia,
and at one time was q practitioner in
Boston. 1t was an attack of heart dis
ease that carried him away in less than
;, six hours. He had apparently been in
the most perfect health.
Dum-Dum Donation.
Our DR.. Stiles, of the Marine Hospit, ii
Service, is going to get himself into II OF
water If he Is not careful. He is I he
author and inventor of the hookw1 rn
which is said to be not only Staying 5,eus
of thousands down South, but up N ortl
they refer to this peculiar diseaS @ as
the lazy bug" because DIR. Stiis has
said that the ravages of this queey crea.
ture, which fastens itself to the intes.
; tines or some other parts of the interio,
animal man. Is the cause of TIN e dislike
for work of SO many thousands of the
poor whites in the South. John ID
Rockefeller, who has money to burn
has rendered DR.. Stiles az id his co.
. workers million dollars for inyestiga.
ton into the hookworIa disease. ant
now comes Bishop w. a.. Gambler. OF
the Southern Methodist Church, witt
eyes flashing, hair brisUing and forIlef
: tongue dipped in vitrio,, to go after ouI
DR.. Stiles and to fling defiance and his
: ducats in the face OF AR Rockefeller
He calls it q "dum-4um" donation, an6
says:
''It is to be hoped that our people
will not be taken in by Mr.. Rockefeller's
, NermifuSe fund and hookworm commits.
!, sion. The habit of singing out the
South for all sorts of reforms, remedies
. STOMACH TROUBLES CURED