The National tribune., 1909-08-12

over into the Charleston Harbor was
an unavoidable accident. occurring in
the line of duty. and SO he was moi
held responsible. Mr.. Holland was
especially fine in financial news work
and, of course, was well known to al
of the great men of his day.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
NJ. Shaw is talking a whole lot, and
maybe be is saying a great deal. In
speaking at Chester, N. Y. the other
day he said: 1.-The people have made
towards of their Congressman, mas
much as there has been such an exhibit
ton of cowardice in the halls of Con-
gress, and every man who has dared to
follow his own convictions and vote ac-
cording to this conviction will be re-
tired by the people when his name
comes before them again for re-elec-
ton" And then Secretary Shaw went
on to say: Uncle Joe Cannon is not 4
coward, and in this respect he is ex-
ceptional in this Congress-" He kicked
like a bay steer over the Capitalization
of power in the Government, and, of
course, Mr.. Shaw ought to know, as he
was right there when the "centraliza-
ton" began.
There was an awful furry about the
Municipal Building one day last week.
That beautiful white marble building,
standing just across the street from
The National Tribune Office. at one
time looked as tho the whole roof was
on fire. The top of the Municipal
Building was sending up great clouds
of what appeared to be white smoke,
and the whole city inside of it came
dashing out, and half of the fire depart
ments in the city responded TO a hurry
up call. but when they got there there
G..a
very heavy rainstorm dashing over the
city of only a few minutes duration,
and the iron roof of the building, heat
ed by the fierce Summer sun. had sim
ply boiled the rain water, sending up
clouds of steam. 1t was really very
pretty sight when it was found to be
steam and not smoke. The building
cost s3,0o0,000, and occupies a block
to itself
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
wife of Representative Longworth, is
intensely interested in every manifesto
tion of the conquest of the air, and in
this she is Joined by her brother, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr. Mrs. Longworth
has been making daily visits to Fort
Myer to watch the Wrights, and on
whether they would fly before evening.
Mrs. Longworth has filled her basket
with proyender, from which she has
entertained many of her friends who
did not like to leave the grounds so
long as there was possibility of the
airship going up. She has secured per-
mission from her husband to take
trip in the airship some time soon.
So
July 2S there was buried in Winches-
ter, Va, the body of Mrs. Betty Taylor
cambridge, daughter of Zachary Taylor,
former President of the United States.
Mrs. cambridge was mistress of the
White House during her fathers in
cumbency, and will be well remembered
by the older generation.
An incident in connection with the
funeral is noteworthy, in that one of
her pallbearers, John E. Boyd. of Mar
tinsburg, was saved from an ignomini-
Gus death by Mrs. cambridge during
the civil war. Boyd was 4 noted Con-
federate scout, and Gen. Philip Sheri-
dan had put price upon his head.
Gen. Sheridan and his troops were en-
camped at Winchester, when Boyd,
who was on the way to his home, was
betrayed by servants and taken prisoner
by Sheridan's men. He was thrown
into prison in Winchester, and in front
of his narrow window the scaffold had
been built. Even his coffin was ready,
a rude box made of pine boards. His
him, when Mrs. cambridge, learning of
the plight of her friend, went in person
to Gen. Sheridan and interceded in his
behalf. Little PhiP' knew her as a
strong Southern sympathizer, but he
also entertained high regard and ad-
miration for her, and the result was
that Boyd's sentence was commuted to
imprisonment until the war was over.
rl:r1
ter known to the public as William J.
Stone, United States Senator from Mis-
souri,. is never really happy unless he
has fight week, and oftener pleases
him better. He usually selects menial
to get mad with, and then pleads his
position as United States Senator to
keep himself out of the Police Court.
His last effort in this direction was to
slap coiored waiter on Pullman car
or the Pennsylvania Railroad. He had
ordered some lunch and cocktail,
neither of which came as quick as he
thought they ought, and he remonstrat-
ed with the waiter in his usually high
cholcred way. He says that the waiter
told him that he would be waited on
in turn, and kept him nearly 20 min
utes thus waiting, which was what
made him angry. He states that the
waiter became surly and impudent, u.s.
ing language to which Senator Stone
was not accustomed, especially when ii
came from negro, and then the Sem
ator slapped him. As the act was COM
mitted near Wilmington, Del. the COL
ored waiter considered that he had a
good cause for yanking the Senator
from Missouri into the Police Court.
The Senator also got mixed up with
the Pullman porter. who asked him
what he meant by making trouble. OF
course. this was mighty impudent
question, and he naturally resented ii,
ana told him to go to When the
tram got to Baltimore two special Off
GERS came aboard, as the Senator saws.
accompanied by the nigger." The ne
gro formally identified him, and he was
placed under arrest. The Senator tells
the story after the following fashion:
They took me out to the street and
sent in phone call for the Black Ma
ria. While we were waiting for ii |
started to tell one of the policemen that
l couldn't be arrested for assault, but
he knew as much about the subject of
constitutional rights as a hog knows
about the DecalGgue. / gave that up,
about the Decaiogue. ] gave that up.
Il told them who / was at the police
station. and / offered cash bail, but IL
wouldn't go. Then I tried 70 get Sem
ator Rayner on the telephone, but he
wasn't home. A cell doomed before me.
but the Police Lieutenant finally got
permission from some one oyer the teie-
phone to release me on my own recog-
nizance.
THE whole affair was an outrage
and I'm not going to submit to il tame
ly.. The Pennsylvania Railroad has got
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