The National tribune., 1909-09-16


as the Supervisors have authority to
appoint enumerators. 1t would be pos.
sible for them to 'buildnup powerful
political positions ,!r7of
| Mr.. Carpenters letter was written at
the direction of the President and Mr..
| McHarg Immediately communicated its
contents to Director Dnrahd AS this is
not a season of polticab activity. it is
| likely that the effect will he wholesale
designations on the part of persons
holding local Republican or Democratic
Party positions.
Peace has its hprrorseno less than
| war" to paraphrase things little. The
papers last Monday morning noted
thru the Associated Press dispatches
no less than II automobile accidents
and the death of seven people. and
every one of the accidents was caused
by fool manipulation of the automo-
biles. In Washington there were four
automobile accidents. two of them be-
ing collisions with street cars. the
chauffeurs and motormen trying to see
which could cross streets first. and
each accident preventable by the exer-
else of common horse sense. Forum
ately the automobiles were in each in
stance smashed beyond repair, and
there is some satisfaction in that That
no one was hurt makes the smash yet
more satisfactory. 1t begins to look as
tho the average owner of an auto must
lose all the sense he was born with
the minute he gets into the machine
If the auto has really come to stay
the fool-killer ought to get busy. or
else pedestrians and horse users will
have to get off the earth.
mi.
the Summer home at Manchester-by-
the-Sea of Gen Garcia Velez. the Gu
ban Minister. and left a baby boy Mrs.
Garcia Velez and her little son are do
ing nicely.
The Legation headquarters is located
in one of the cottages at the Mascono-
mo Hotel The General is away from.
home at the present time.
TaXidermists of the Smithsonian In
stitution have finished unpacking the
cases containing the skins of animals
s"nt back to the institution from East
Africa by former President Roosevelt.
The consignment consists of one large
packing case and five small ones.
The large case contained a collection
of skulls of animals which Mr.. Roose-
velt had killed, while in the smaller
cases were packed birds and small
mammal skins. which were collected
by Maj. T.. A. Mearns, who represents
the Smithsonian Institution on the eX-
peditioH.
The scientists of the institution find
the skins of the small animals and
birds far more interesting than the
larger skins. as they say some of the
specimens may prove new to science
and many of them are unquestionably
new to the Smithsonian collection
The officials also feel that they have
reason to congratulate themselves on
the excellent condition in which the
arrived.
Vice President Sherman felt very
keenly the death of Mr.. Hartman. the
railroad magnate, and does not care
who knows it.
Mr.. Hartman was a man of unusual
genius" said Mr.. Sherman. His death
Is distinct blow toithe. American bust
ness world. Mr.. Hartman in operating
his railway property seemed always to
His foresight was un-
usually keen and active.9
The bursting of a steam pipe on the
Colorado. which is a part of the feet
On its practice stuntato the Philippines.
,aused the death of two of the men
who were scalded By the, steam. They |
we're L. M. Lepetsky., an ordinary sea
man. and c. p. McDernnott, a coal
,asser. i-fsEq 'e--HSf;i |
d - ncug t..-tf !
Alack! For the LACK. OF a aehousekeeper
% tell them how to do it properly the |
ine new Municipal Building is just
about to be carried away with reaches |
Of all the pests in house a roach Is |
the nastiest and the most |
lifficuIt to get rid of. They eat any
n ino fInt 1,fa ,t,a \.
he thousands are finding it an easy
natter to subsist on books and yalua- !
Die papers containing records of Dis |
rict transactions.
1t has been found that in every de- |
)artment i'm the new building where |
furniture from the old building has |
seen installed the reaches exist by the |
Nothing of a digestible nature. from |
he standpoint of a bug. is immune !
rom their attacks. Typewriter ribbons |
make nightly feast, and pretty girl |
find them resembling |
screen doors on their arrival at the |
each morning. Carbon paper |
)y the ream has been pounced upon by |
he insects, and wherever the newest |
sheets are kept there may be found |
he fattest of the insects.
The valuable records, bound in book |
'orm, are also subjected to the on !
;laught. The glue used in binding the |
looks seems to form an excellent meal |
or them
The District Health Office has been |
,alled on to assist in Kidding the build |
ng of the pest.
The old truck moved from the den |
n which the Commissioners lived for so |
many years before the marble palace |
vas builded was brought over to the |
new building and stored for nearly a |
'ear in the basement, and here the |
caches which came along got splen- |
lid start 1t really is a problem how to |
get rid of them.
The President has appointed Col. |
George b. Cotton, of the District ofl
Columbia, Governor of Porto Rico. Col. !
;olton went to the Philippines as Lieu
enant-Colonel of a Nebraska regiment
When the Santo Domingo question
anne up he was made Collector of Gus
oms of Santo Domingo. and organized
he customs police and greatly assisted
n the settlement of the Mnances of that
country. After this he was appointed |
nSular Collector of Customs of the
philippines This Office he now holds.
having come home on leave at the in
tance of the Bureau of Insular Affairs
o assist the committee in the prepara-
ion of the Philippine tariff bill.
Mr.. Cotton speaks Spanish fiuently,
md has a large experience with Latin
Americans. The President regards
lim as diplomatic in the extreme, and
leclares that he has-every hope that
hr. Cotton Will BECOME f. popular with