The National tribune., 1909-07-22

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under construction. The speed of the
collier will be IA knots. 1t is not in
tended to place any armament on the
collier beyond. perhaps. few rapid
fire guns TO repel torpedo attack. i
has not been decided whether to install
device for coaling at sea on the new
collier. The experts differ on that sub
ject. some of them maintaining that
under the new conditions of naval en-
gagement il will be necessary to have
more than the ordinary method OF
transferring fuel from the collier to a
fighting ship. Coaling at sea IS con-
Quoted with considerable trouble and al
much reduced speed under the most
favorable circumstances of weather and
sea. It is intended to add this collier
| to the Atlantic fleet.
Was he out for the stuff? Lord Cur
zon, don't You know. who married our
sweet Mary Letter. 1t will be remem-
bered that when Lord Curzon married
Mary Letter, daughter of the Chicago
dry goods king. II was said to be pure
love match: that he was not after her
money at all. Well, the match seemed
pretty happy: but Mr.. Letter had to put
up good deal of money to support the
style Lord Curzon carried when he was
Viceroy OF India: a great deal. in fact,
SO much that he finally declined TO put
up any more. and the CurZonS had to
leave India because they did not care
to live there any longer when they
could not support the same lavish style
as of old. Mary Letter CurZon went
into decline right after the failure cf
their splendid plans in India. and was
never the same woman after she re-
turned to England, where she soon died,
leaving three children. Lord Curzon
has been trying ever since to get his
fingers on the Letter millions, but has
not been able to touch penny. His
wife left her money in trust for her
children Lord Curzon wants more.
and he wants it now. He probably will
not get it. Mrs. Letter has usually
gone over every Summer and spent a
few months with her grandchildren.
but she viii not go this year. It is said
that there has been direct split be-
tween the Curzons and Letters, and
that Mrs. Letter will visit Lord Curzon
no more.
Here is another slap at Civil Service.
negro. Elijah S. Handy. took the Civil
Service examination for the position of
Assistant Observer in the Weather Bu-
reau. and passed way high up. He was
assigned to Pensacola, and was found
incompetent" and sent back to WASH
ington. Before he came back. how
ever. he was tried on in Mobile. and
there was declared incompetent also.
1t is stated that he passed an excellent
examination, but that the Chief OBJ
servers did rot want a colored man at
either Mobile or Pensacola, and so they
declared him incompetent" which was
the only way they could get rid of him.
One day man asked a girl to marry
him. and she said that she just couldn't
And the man said: rs II that YOU
l.l In
is the way with the colored man. 1t
wasn't that he bloomin' couldn't do the
work. but because the Chief Observer
"bloomin' wouldn't have him do it."
And there you are.
sus of 7o= 49,
And the little Root girl comes back
to Washington with an assured position
of her own. She is the wife of y. S.
Grant. Sd, who is only First Lieuten-
ant in the United States Army. She is
the daughter of Senator Root. and was
one of the Cabinet girls when she made
romantic love marriage. Now Lieut.
Grant has been appointed Superintand-
ent of the State, War and Navy Build
ing. which gives him an established
social position in Washington. and he
will bring his wife here to live Secre-
tary Root gave the couple handsome
house in Boston, where young Grant
was stationed when the marriage took
place. His position is one of RESPONSE
bility, and the appointment is on merit,
tho it is probable that the prominence
of the two families has helped out some.
U. s. Grant. Sd. is a fine, manly fellow,
with all the staying qualities OF his dis
tinguished father and grandfather.
Gen. Fred d. Grant believes that our
Army is much too small.
rha in 1.ty oil
means ought to be placed at 10000,
where it now numbers S0,000." said
Gen. Grant. I'VE ought to have at least
20 more regiments of Regular infantry
for immediate training and 600 more
officers. All this has been pointed out
to Congress. but they are decidedly
slow to act"
George w. Emery, VINO was Governor
of Utah during President Grants Presi-
dency. died at his home near Marsh
field, Mass, last week. He studied law
with Ben Butler, and after the war
went South. and sosn after that was
appointed SupervisorNpf Internal Reva-
nue. for the District lof Tennessee by
Gov. Boutwell,. who sas at that time
Secretary of the Treasury. In 1875 he
was appointed by President Grant Gov.
ernor of the Territory of Utah. That
Territory was the hardest post in the
Government service. and Mr.. Emery
was the sixth. man whom Grant had
appointed 10 the place. Gov Emery
| ruled with a firm hand. and won the
respect of both factions.
In 1876 President Grant and his fam
lily paid him visit at Salt Lake City.
and he introduced the President 10
Brigham Young. He continued in Office
until President Hayes's Administration
in 1880, when he was succeeded by
Gov. Murray When he left Utah lie
was presented a watch bearing the in-
scription:
Presented to Gov. Emery by his
friends in Utah. regardless of party
Emery County, in Utah, is named for
him.
1t isn't every college that can boas.
of ivy from the White House Chamber
! ing UP its old walls, but both Harvard
and Yale can do so now. Young Thee.
| dore Roosevelt planted bit of ivy a,
| Harvard that he dug up at the White
House. and while the President was al
Yale last week his nephew planted rho
class ivy on Vanderbilt Hall. and the
| ivy came from the White House also
II was presented by William Howard
Taft. Jr.. nephew of President Taft.
s-e
Sulzer-WiIilam, you know, OF one
of the Tammany "Deestricts" of New
| York-does not like the tariff bill Al
least that is what one would think tc
1 read his utterances on the subject The
Iircome-tax amendment was what wa:
attracting his particular attention a,
the time. and this is what he said abou
the poor thing:
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