The National tribune., 1910-08-11

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just as pretty feet. When in Washing
ton Miss Kcrcns was ALWAYS q belle. and
she made a decided social Impression IN
Vienna, where she prcSides over her
fathers household and superintends his
lavish entertainments. In that eXclu-
sive Austrian city Miss Kerens has made
decided headway, even in the royal set,
and is splendidly liked by eVeryb body
She has elected to marry Mr.. George II.
Colket, of Philadelphia. He is i son of
the late George H. CollSct, who was for
many years President OF the Hunting
ton & Broad Top Mountain Railroad
Company. He was graduated from Yale
in 1907, and is now in his senior year
as a law student at the University of
Pennsylvania. ambassador kerens has
a lease on the Kalowrat Palace in Nien-
ma, one of the most magnificent of the
old palaces there, and has wealth
enough to run it in accordance with the
position which an American Embassa-
dor occupies. His daughter is already
a leader in the most brilliant circles of
society in the Austrian Capital. and it
is more than probable that when she
marries-the date is not yet Set-Miss
Kerens will remain as hostess of her
house in Vienna for some time
to come.
Acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw
Oliver will shortly appoint Board of
Army Engineers for the express pur-
pose of drafting plans for raising the
wreck of the battleship Maine from Ha-
vana Harbor. There was some doubt
in the minds of the War Department as
to what authority they had to use the
100000 that had been appropriated,
and as it is we'll known that this sum
will only be a drop in the bucket in the
great undertaking, fear was expressed
that the work would not be commenced,
but it seems that the War Department
to go straight ahead and use
the 100000 as far as it goes, and trust
to the good will of Congress for the rest
There must be some truth in the old
saying that "all things come to him who
waits" Brig.-Gen. Harry r. Anderson
is to receive $240 from the Government
for services rendered 40 years ago. Gen.
Anderson served as Cadet at West Point
from July, 1864, to January, 1865, six
months and 1S days, and the Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury has ruled that these
services in the academy class as actual
services in the Army, and that Gen.
is entitled to pay.
Rev. Eli L. Latham, veteran private
Of the 18th VT, Co. C. in the civil war,
Is engaged in missionary work in the
new Republic q Panama in the inde-
pendent line. HE was in like work in
Cuba for seven years. He is the only
working among the natives
outside of the Canal Zone, and is also
the pioneer of this kind of work in that
field. His address is Chitre.
Personal relics of the late Lieut.-Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, U. S. Army, have been
donated by his widow to the United
States National Museum. They include
a number of gifts presented to him by
fellow members in the Army, and sew
eral valuable specimens of Chinese and
Philippine weapons collected by the de-
ceased officer while serving in the far
Eastern possessions. The list includes
a pitcher presented by the officers of
the West Point mess, a punch bowl and
ladle presented by the staff of the Adju-
tant- Generals Office, silver cup pre-
sented by the Adjutant- of the
States of the Union during and since
the Spanish-American War. a cup pre-
sented by the officers of the Corps of
U. S. Army, and a punch
bowl presented by the officers of the
oath u. s., Gen. Corbin's old regiment.
are Chinese gun, a Chinese sword,
Moro bolo, a Moro machete, a Moro
dagger, several Australian boomerangs
and throwing stick. The latter collec-
ton also includes several rare Moro
vases. an Igorot rice bowl and a ham,
nered brass tomtom.
The Marine Hospital Service is to be
on the effectiveness of its
employed in San Francisco at
rat killing. 1t is stated that 80 laborers
are employed in the work in that city.
Eight thousand traps are used, and in
the month of May 1851 rats were
caught. The bait that was used con-
sisted of 312 pounds of bacon, 104
pounds of cheese and 800 loaves of
bread. The object of this attempt at
rat determination is to prevent the
plague. The report states that the last
case Of human plague was discovered in
San Francisco two years and a half ago,
and the last case of rat plague was
found Is months ago. The work that is
being carried on now is for the exter-
mination of rats and the permanent
of the sections most infest-
ed by them
Congressional Prayers.
There is a good deal of quiet laugh
members get together over a prayer
made by the Rev. DR.. Couden when he
was Chaplain Of the House. Chaplain
Couden, who is known as the blind
Chaplain, having been totally blind for
nearly half a century from bursting of
shells in the war, is a very special
pleader, making an appeal to the Most
High In very personal manner. In
this particular prayer he was deploring
muck -raking. and told the Lord all
about it very effectively. 1t recalled to
mind prayer made by a Chaplain a
good many years ago, which was re-
called by member of the House, who
stated he had actually forgotten who
made the prayer or who was Speaker
at the time. He only remembered the
incident. THE Journal Clerk" relates
the member, rushed into the House
and up to the desk while the Chaplain
was praying. The Chaplain stands
right beside the Journal Clerk while he
prays. The Clerk looked over the pa
pers on his desk In a very hasty man
ner, and then leaned over to the Chap
lain. slamming his papers about all the
time. and said: Keep on praying. We
can't find the Journal
MIR. Chaplain was so startled that
he faltered in his prayer, but after a
moment he seemed to grasp the situa-
ton. He bowed his head still lower
and continued to pray. The usual
time devoted to prayer in the House is
about one minute. Members began to
shift uneasily on their feet, to look at
their watches. and. instead of bowling
their heads in reverence, they looked
evidently, had been informed of the
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