The National tribune., 1909-09-16

I1E NA1lONAL 4h1DO4
Ipassed away suddenly in a Kentucky
hotel, where she was spending the Sum
mer months. n
Mrs. Murphy had been Regent OF
the Cincinnati Chapter, ID. A. r., and
State Regent and Vice President-Gen
eral of the National Society. d. A. L.
Mrs. Murphy was one of the nloSt
prominent members of the Daughters
of the American Revelation Congress
IShe was well known in Washington,
where she had done much work along
lpatriotic lines Mrs. Murphy was par
/ ticularly interested in the Children of
the Republic" an organization in which
she was very prominent. She was a
splendid woman in every way. and her
genial face will be missed from the
| National Congresses.
| Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. the brilliant
| literary and society woman, who is so
well known in washington. and who
was formerly President of the General
| Federation of Women's Clubs. seems to
| be in full possession OF all her faculties
| She says that the Nations children are
as well worth conserving as forests
waterfalls or other National resources.
and that much less attention is paid to
them. rms statement was made by
Mrs Decker in rejecting the offer OF a
Representative in Congress from Colo
RADIO to resign his office in her favor.
Mrs. Decker said she did not wish to
SIT in congress, but she said that # she
were there she would make it her chief
business to promote legislation for the
children of the country. She requested
the Representative to work i'm this di-
rection, and promised he would have
the support of every woman's club in
the Union.
Owing to the many conflicting rumors
as to the Presidents order that the
Army shall not exceed 10000 enlisted
men after July J.. 1910. this making
reduction of about 5000 men in The
know exactly what the order was. Fol
lowing is the text Of the order:
War Department. July 90. 1909.
By direction of the President. it is
hereby ordered that during the fiscal
year 1911 tJuly /. 1910. to June 80,
1910, the authorized strength of the
Military Establishment. including the
Phllppine Scouts and the Hospital
corps, shall not exceed $4,000.
j. M. Dickinson,
Secretary of War"
There will be no trouble in CARRYING
out the order as the enlisted strength
has already dropped much below the
authorized number. owing to the diff
Guilty of obtaining men. In fact it is
anticipated that it will be difficult to
keep the Army up to $4,000 during the |
next fiscal year. if the expected i'm
provement in business conditions and
extraordinary demand for labor mate
rlalize. One reason for the ssue of the
order at the time was that it might be |
used in the preparation of estimates of |
expenditures for the next fiscal year.
The Post Office Department has in
duced the surety companies which fur
nish bonds for postal employees to re- |
duce their rates of premium Is per |
cent. The Department was aided by |
the proposition of Chairman Tawney, of |!
the House Appropriations Committee, |
TO have his committee report legfsla- |
ton which would eliminate the business /
of the companies with all the Federal
PostmaSter-General Hitchcock has is
sued an order that hereafter no bond
snail be accepted from any surety or
bonding company which shall cost more
than IS per cent in excess of the rate
OF premium charged for a like bond
a thousand. The order affects more
than 100000 postal employees.
Even Vice President Sherman butts
in on the umpire" He was very indig-
nant at the ruling of the umpire in a
game at Kansas City last week. The1
game was between Kansas City andl
Minneapolis, played in Kansas CITY.
The umpire was called to the Vice Pres
denfs box after his ruling against the
Kansas City team, and Mr. Sherman in
his emphatic way informed the umpire
hat he believed that he had made an
unfair ruling. The umpire smilingly
and let it go at that.
The Spanish War Veterans were or
ganized into a National body in this
city some 10 years ago. A little later
some half dozen organizations of young
sters who fit into" the Spanish imbrog-
lio in Cuba and the Philippines ANAL
and called themselves the
United Spanish War Veterans" long,
and cumbersome title Up
IN Seattle. where they are holding their
National Encampment. they resoIuted
to change the designation to the simple
one Spanish War Veterans" and it
was done. Very wise action. i
ambassador White and Mrs White
have been signally honored by President
Fallieres and Nine. Fallieres, of France.
The French President and his wife did
our Embassador the honor to visit him
III HIS CDullfy nome. 30 far as is known
this is the first occasion during the
third Republic when the French Presi-
dent has visited any ambassador at his
house.
Lurton r. CHM, of Washington. ID. |
G.. %ss elected President of the Masonic
Relief Association of the United States
and Canada at the closing meeting of
the Association in st. Louis last week.
Mrs. Anne Z. Gridley, the famous
army nurse, and mother of Capt. Grid
ley, who lost his life on the Olympia, is
gradually failing, and it is thought the
end is near. Mrs. Grd!ey is "a, and has
been hale and strong until the last year
six weeks ago she gave up her position
in the Patent Office and took to her
bed, where her energies have gradually
fai1ed her. Mentally she is as strong as
ever. She makes her home with her
only remaining son, who is a member
Of Burnside Post, of this city.
Less than s400 was subscribed in an
swer to the appeal of the American Red
cross for the sufferers at Monterey.
Mexico. The appeal was issued on Sept. /
l, and asked that 100000 be contrib
lted by the public.
Mr. Magee, Secretary to the Red
Cross Society, says that the conditions
at Monterey are more deplorable than
at first reported, and that il is urgent
that more funds be sent the sufferers.
rwo thousand dollars was telcgraphed