The National tribune., 1909-05-06

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of greetings. tho she used to send over
a calling card with an invitation to at
tend q reception at her home written
4 on it. This general invitation was read
to the Congress, and hundreds of the
ID. A. r. went to the tea. but the Presi-
ldent-General, Mrs. Mclean. didn't. The
card never had the President-Generars
name on it as one of the invited guests
| Gov Shafroth, of Colorado. used to
be one of the strong ''silver" men OF
the National House of Representatives
He was all right on every other subject
but he sure was "faddy on free SILVER
He is now Governor of Colorado, ano
they do say he is making mighty good
lGovernor. Mrs. Shafroth who was a
icharming little lady, always Hospitality
inclined but as transformations as wo-
me never grow, makes rarely good
Governors wife, too. Gov. Shafroth
has lust signed one of the oldest bills
of political history.
The bill provides that the State shall
tcontribute for campaign expenses every
1.-TWO years 25 cents for each vote cast al
the preceding general election, the sum
to be divided among the political par
ties according TO the vote cast for theiI
Irrespective candidates for Governor.
|
The Secretary of the Interior has des-
ignated approximately ISL ,176,S 500 acres
of land in the States to which the 320-
acre homestead bill applies as coming
within the provisions of the act. The
lands are such as are not susceptible
of irrigation from any known source
of water supply. The regulations under
| which entries for these lands are to be
made were recently approved.
The States in which these lands lie
are oregon. Washington, Utah. Wyo'
ming, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona,
Colorado and Montana.
| Approximately 40 per cent of the
area designated in most of the States,
except Nevada, is now held by indi-
yiduals thru some color of title, and ii
is believed that larger percentage in
/ the States of Washington and Oregon
will be found to be SO held. Were all
| of the lands designated suitable for en-
try there would be approximately 492,-
| 600 Eomesteads of the enlarged area.
4
The baseball season has opened, and
this is the English" that was thrown
at the readers of baseball news follow
| ing the first game:
| The Cardinals were outbatted by
many parasangs.
Big jeff Overall cut the cardiac re-
| SfOH VI the pidte.
The turnout from bugville was sur
prising1y large.
Zimmerman makes winning clout.
One on a pass, the other on a pune
ture.
Compiling double.
There was a gay yelp when Stein
feldt smashed.
After Overall had whitfield.
/ Overall caught him off balance, ac-
| COmDliShing Rogers demise
| But for Brownies unfortunate de-
cease he could have scored pulled up.
Moran poked a hot one.
The little fellow stabbed it.
There were two dead Cubs.
A couple of underground shoots.
| Manager Frank had not touched the
pan.
Arbiter KLEIN showed him slewfoot
print on the edge of the rubber.
Opposed to the Cub star was Left
| handed Lush.
Did you ever plant" your money so
1 that you couldn't find it? That is ex-
actly what a veteran did not long ago.
| and he got into various kinds of I'M
| comfortable places about II, TOO. His
| name is George Smith. and he lost a
| leg at Gettysburg, and he halls now
from Connecticut. He is pretty well
off in this worlds goods. and he started
on u trip SOutn, lanUlnS IN FlOrlQa, at
jacksonville, to be exact. He had evil
IDENTITY been touched" on some trip
| and concluded to hide his clearing
| house certificates" as he affectionately
| described them. He hid them. That's
what he did. leaving himself sufficient
for one evenings fun, and then he went
the rounds of the town, aud when he
came to his senses the next morning in
his room at his hotel he was penniIess.
He howled, and informed the hotel
keeper that "his leg had been pulled"
| to the extent of about 1865. The money
! couldn't be found, however, so Smith
| wired home for more money, and
| turned his face toward Washington.
| He stopped at a good hotel. and the
| next morning after his arrival found
that something was the matter with
| his wooden leg, and took il to an arti-
1 fetal leg establishment on the Avenue
to be fixed When he went back for
l the cork .eg he was told that down in
the hollow of il the mender had found
| $500 in good American money. That's
| all.
d. r. Francis, of Missouri was brief
" Secretary of the Interior under Pres
ident Cleveland. and Mrs Francis is
chiefly remembered for her determine
| ton to establish line of precedence
| in Cabinet officers and the social row
il raised. Mr.. Francis was President
| of the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. So
successful was the work of Mr.. Francis
in connection with the st. Louis World s
| Fair that japanese Worlds Fair Off
! cials have procured his promise to go
to Japan next year, and show them
| how TO run real exhibition.
| The Orientals have been trying TO
| obtain the services of Mr.. Francis for
some time. and upon successfully con-
| cluding arrangementS feel the success
| Of their affair is certain.
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale, the
Chaplain of the United States Senate.
was taken very i'll on his trip to his
| home in Boston last week, and for q
time 1t was feared that the attack might
result fatally. DIR. Hale Is very feeble
and 1t is necessary to care for him very
tenderly. There isn't a thing on earth
the matter with his brain, however
Mentally he is as active as he was Sc
years ago. but most of the other physi-
cal powers are failing.
President Taft All Right.
The Spanish War Veterans got 1t into
their heads some way that the Presi
dent was not friendly to them: perhap:
not exactly that, but at least that he Is
inclined to think the Spanish-Americar
War q little one, and that the young
veterans are demanding more than /.
their due in recognition from the Unit.
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