The National tribune., 1909-02-11

t Mrs. John p Davis, sister of Mr..
l Stephen E. Elkins, and her children
S who were passengers on the ill-fate
5 Republic. have again started for Eu
rope Mrs. Davis had pretty toug
: experience, and was dropped into tn
sea when the exchange was being mad
from the Republic to the Florida bu
nothing daunted, she took passage o
the Adriatic, and expects to be gon
for several months.
President Roosevelt has appointed
committee of three to consider wha
shall be done with dependent children
The committee will consist of James {
West, Thomas NJ. MuIry and Home
Folks. They form permanent commit
tee to consider the needs of dependen
children, and have the power to en-
4 large the committee. This is in &C
cordance with the resolution adopte,
at the recent Conference on Depend
ent Children called by the President t,
! meet in Washington a short time ago
Complying with the recommendation
| of the conference, the President ha
transmitted to the Governors of tn,
| different States the conclusions of the
conference. In his letter to the Gov.
ernors the President said that he wa:
sending the conclusions without wait.
ing for the publication of the proceed.
|
| President wrote:
"I heartily indorse the declarations
of the conference and bespeak your CO.
! operation in getting the same before
! the people of your State directly inter
ested in the subject-matter thereof"
The letter also was sent to State
| Boards of Charities and other similar
bodies
The President is preparing to send
n Cnnprpgc q Cnnniat ruit i'm, n
short time. in compliance with the rec
ommendation of the recent conference,
with reference to the care of depend
ent children in the Territories and in
the District of Columbia.
Secretary James E. West has distrib-
uted in response to requests 1000 copies
of the conclusions of the conference.
copies.
Representative Douglas. of Ohio. ap-
peared before the Subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee in
charge of the sundry civil bill few
days ago to ask an appropriation of
S50,000 to remodel the lecture room of
the Smithsonian Institution for a Ma
tional art gallery.
Mr.. Douglas declared that the Gov
ernment of the United States owned
many valuable paintings, valued at
more than $1,000. 900, and had no suit
able place to display them. He said
that he would introduce a separate bill
for this purpose if the provision for an
art gallery was not carried in the sun
dry civil bill.
The custom of naming our new Army
posts and forts for former Generals in
the Army is being followed as fast as
forts are constructed
Brevet Brig.-Gen. Rene e. De Russy,
u. S. Army. who served with distinction
in the War of 1872 and the civil war.
has been honored by having the mill
tary reservation at Kalais Island OF
Oahu, Hawaii. named Fort De Russy
The military reservation at Kapahuli.
Island of Oahu. Hawaii, has been
named Fort Ruger. in honor of Maj
Gen. Thomas II. Ruger. U. S. Army.
who served with distinction in the civil
war
In honor of Brevet Ma. Gen. Emory
Upton, U. S. Army. the military reser-
vation at Queen Emma Point, Island
of Oahu, Hawaii, has been named Fort
Upton.
Brig.-Gen. Royal T. Frank. u S.
Army. has been honored by having the
military reservation on Carabao Island.
Philippine Islands. named Fort Frank.
Batteries at various reservations have
been named in honor of Brig. Gen.
Gustavus A. De Russy. u. S. v; Col.
Leverett H. Walker. Z. s. Army; Maj.
Benjamin. H. Randolph, u. S. Army:
Maj Frank S. Harlow. u. S. Army;
Col. John e. Greer. U. S. Army; Capt.
William NJ. Crofton, Z. S. Army. and
Lieut.. Edgar +. Koehler, U. S. Army.
Old Furniture at Auction.
When you get into the home of a
noveau richie in Washington and dis
cover something which smacks of hav-
ing belonged to somebody who had an
cestors. you can be pretty sure that it
came from an auction sale. Whenever
a Ministry changes hands and the in
cumbent is ordered back to his own
country he sells all the furniture at
auction. Every day in the week you
see in the Washington newspapers adj
yertisements of sales of furniture, pic
lures. tapestries. silver. bric-a-brac and
articles of vertu. COLLECTIONS made by
some member of some foreign Lega-
ton who is leaving the country Peo-
pie flock to these sales and buy indis-
criminately. Because the tapestries are
ad~srtised to be priceless" and the
furniture as having belonged to the
Queen Anne or some other age, people
who do not know tapestry from n tape
line. or Queen Anne from Queen Guen-
ivere, buy, buy, buy. and pay exorbi-
tant prices. just because the things
have once "graced" the home of
Foreign Minister. Most of the truck is
manufactured right here in the United
States, and a good deal of it will not
hold together till the purchaser gets it
home. This is another. evidence of its
antiquity" Just now several sales are
advertised. One is that of Minister
Corea. of Nicaragua Mr. Corea has
been here for some dozen years. and
was both capable and efficient. But in
the turn of fortunes wheel Mr.. Corea
is turned down. And there is bit of
tragedy. possibly. in the little adver-
tisement of the sale of his effects. Min
lister Corea had a gem of a home, fur
nished first for bachelor quarters. but
furnished as a jewel box is lined Then
he married. There were all sorts of
hints of tragedy there. Minister Corea
was to have married Southern beauty.
Mrs Illah Jordan. a rich widow, who
was head and shoulders taller than
her lover. hard story was told on
veins. and after coming North and
being presented at the White House as
his fancee Mrs. Jordan believed the
cruel story. and declined to marry Min
lister Corea. At least, she didn't marry
him.
A few months later pretty girl.
daughter of very rich contractor,
made her debut in Washington society.
Her mother. rather impossible sort
OF Mrs. Malaprop. announced that
Tnafn Belle was to make a diplomatic
nlsrriage. Just like that. Pretty India
R-,Ee who WAS rich enough IN have