The National tribune., 1910-10-06
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NV'itN -lNo years SepdTdleu, WIN
knowledge of each other, lost and re-
united here in Washington is the tale
of two brothers. One was Charles H.
Nerble, who is Philippine War veter-
an and now interpreter, travelling with
the Sultan of Sulu. The other is Maui
rice Werble, who after selling shoes in
South Africa went to Piedmont, w. Va,
TO engage in the same business. Maui
rice had no remembrance of his brother
Charles, who went away from their
home in Germany when he, Maurice,
was only four years of age, and that
was % years ago. He heard often about
the big brother who had gone away,
and made up his mind that some time
or other he would hunt him up. The
folks at home received letters from
Charles and they generally came from
the tropics. where he had spent most
of his life. After Charles came to the
United States and served in the 18th
9nf. in the Philippines, when he became
acquainted with the Sultan. Maurice
went over to South Africa and sold
shoes, but he concluded to come back
to America to find his brother. When
he came back he found that Charles
had gone to the Philippines. He learned
thru the newspapers that his brother
was interpreter to the Sultan, and kept
up with the itinerary, and came to
washington, and at the Arlington last
week sent up word that caller desired
to see him The mutual embrace was
q pathetic thing to see.
Miss Eta j. Giffin. the assistant in
charge of the reading room for the
blind of the Library of Congress, has
returned from Europe. where she visit
ed many institutions for the blind, and |
attended the International Congress of
Instructors of the Blind at Vienna, and
the International Congress of Librarians
at Brussels.
Justice and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes,
with their children, have arrived in
Washington and taken possession of
their house on Massac achuSettS avenue, !
which they have leased Their eldest
daughter. Miss Helen Hughes, has en-
tered Vassar as a freshman, and their
eldest son has returned to his studies
at Harvard, where he was recently
made editor of the college paper. Meth
er of the young people Will be much
identified with the higher official circles
during the coming year, as they both
are attending school and care little for
society.
It is a source of regret to the military
authorities that il" is not possible to
keep troops at least four years in the |
United States between tours of duty |
the present distribution of regiments
between the Philippines and this eoun- |
try. Four years is considered none TOO |
long to recover from the enervating ef-
fects of tropical service. The majority |
of the cavalry and infantry officers have
spent more than one-half of their time
since 1898 out of the continental limits I
of the United States.
The 18th Inf. which returned home |
in October, 1907, will probably be sent
to the Philippines next year. The 24th |
and I'd regiments of infantry are also |
likely TO be assigned to Philippine SER
vice next Summer, the former of which
returned from abroad in March, 1903,
and the latter in May. 1908. Each of
these three regiments will have been at
home less than four years by the time
they are again sent abroad.
The late Chief Justice Fuller died
possessed of an estate valued at $780,
600. and that of his wife, who died in
1904, is valued at s115, 900. Both wills
were probated last week in Chicago.
Col Edward Edgar Wood, for 81
years instructor and head of the De-
partment of Modern Languages of West
Point. reaching the age of ca years
Sept II. ceased to be an officer of the
United States Army on the active list.
He was retired as Brigadier- u.
S. Army, by virtue of the act OF
Congress- which provides that Colonels
of civil war record should become Brig
adier-Generals on retirement Gen.
Wood is one of the last of the Colonel"
professors. as they have been known at |!
the Military Academy, and is the only
one left with a civil war record 1t
would look as tho the civil war veterans
are retiring from almost all of the ac-
tivities of life. They are now practi
caly showed out of the United States
Senate and the National House of Rep
resentatives There are two represen-
tatives yet on the Supreme Court Bench,
Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr.. Justice
Holmes but when these two comrades
have been retired from active service 1t /
is more than likely that no other civil
war veterans will ever be nominated TO I
the bench. !
James Clark McGreH, of Kingwood, |
W. Va, Is probably the oldest living |
former Representative in the United I
States Congress He was 81 years old /
Sept. IA. He was elected to the House /
OF Representatives from the Second Viz
ginia District in 1858 and was re-elect-
ed IN 1870. He is President of bank I
and practically a seif-made man. His :
ancestors on the paternal side were
Highland Scotch and on his mothers !!
side were Protestant Irish. His father, /
James McGrew, had command of a Vir-
ginia regiment in 1912. Altho 81 years |
old, s1r. McGrew is planning for long
er life. and has just completed the de-
tails for the erection of a large new |
building for the Bank of Kingwood, of |
which he is President
William NJ Runyon, of Plainield, N |
J., was nominated for Congress from
the Fifth District, defeating Representa-
tive Charles n Fowler, l41 to So. Mr.
Fowler was one of the rankest opposers
of the Speaker of the House in every
thing that the Speaker wanted in the
last session of Congress. In fact he is
about a maniac on the subject
Secretary OF the Treasury MacVeagh
is to receive what probably will be the
most expensive Christmas gift, OF at
least one of the most costly, ever given
in Washington. The present is beau
tiful home, costing about $3.50, 900, now
in course of construction on 10th street
between Columbia road and Boundary
Castle, the home of former Senator and
Mrs. John b. Henderson.
Mrs. MacFeagh is having the house
constructed for her husband, and il is
10 be presented to him on Christmas
Day. Mrs. MacVeagh tried to keep her
intention a secret, wanting to surprise
her husband, and she doubtless would
have been successful had not persons
who wondered who it was that was
building the handsome house on 18th
street investigated and disclosed the
facts.