The National tribune., 1910-11-17

other day quite a number of interesting
facts were brought to light. Mr.. Eckert
was for many years President of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
During the war he was head of the
military telegraphers under President
Lincoln. and his funeral was attended
by his staff of Civil War Telegraphers
He was laid TO rest in the rarest OF
tombs, beneath the old cathedral of St
Patrick in Mott street, New York. This
tomb, which Gen. Eckert provided for
during his life, Is said to have cost him
$4,000, and yet he was laid in it with
the simplest Of ceremonies. 1t is thot
that this will be the last burial in New
y Nork'S famous Catacombs, built more
than 100 years ago after ancient Ro-
man models. There is laid away in 1t
a strange, mixed company of the city's
famous celebrities. These include the
original DelmOIico, Charles O'Connor
once partner OF Samuel ]. Tilden, and
'Honest" John Kelly.
out of past that is best possibly
shrouded in gloom, with a black cur
tain dropped between US and it, comes
the story of the death of Mrs Enoch
Allen, of Omaha. This, of course,
means nothing 10 the rising genera
ton, but Mrs. Enoch Allen was for
merly the wife of Guiteau, the MUIR
derer of President Garfield. She died
at her home in Omaha, Neb, Nov. 1.
The fact that she was once the wife of
the assassin has been kept so secret
that only the friends of the family were
aware of the relationship. She was
married to Guiteau at Freeport, ILL.,,
and separated from him two years be-
fore the tragedy, and made her home
in Boulder Colo, where she was at the
time that he committed the murder,
and was called as a witness in the case
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Postmaster-General Hitchcock ran
up against a circumstance when he
changed the old name of Tottenville to
Bentley Manor. Along in the early part
of the century the town was called
Tottenyille, but this was so much like
that of another town nearby that there
was a protest and the name Bentley
Manor was bestowed upon the town,
and for years it Dore that name. Then
the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton got busy and proved that Bentley
was tory, and disloyal to the Ameri-
can Revolutionists. They showed that
the original Totten had been a gallant
soldier in the Revolutionary War, and
that therefore his name should be per-
petuated. The Postmaster General on
this representation sent his inspectors
TO Bentley Manor, and they found that
bentley was an old tory, and that the
people of that neck of woods did not
want Bentley Manor, and so "Totten-
Vile" comes hack.
The old scrap will soon be on be-
tween the Diplomatic Corps and the
White House official set; that is, be-
tween the cavaliers and the Puritans
Traditions in the White House and
among the old residential set of Wash
fnRtnn have QiHfITS hal
really sacred day to be passed quietly,
IL not in the bosom of ones family after
the teachings Of the old Puritans, GER
tainiy very quietly with ones friends,
attending church and Sunday school in
the American way and then gathering
the family about a bountifully spread
board for a 2 o'clock dinner 1t is a
mighty good way to spend the Sab
bath. 1t is good way to spend it even
II one has no religious training or scru-
pies at all. Most of us are engaged day
in and day out in q heated and hustling
struggle for living and attending to
our social duties, the same occupying
anywhere from "A to 16 hours a day,
leaving little enough time for rest and
sleep, hence a Sabbath quietly spent is
soothing to the nerves and restfuI to
WORKOUT constitutions
Such a life does not appeal to the
European diplomat with his idea of
.oyment Altho Mrs. VIM. H. Taft, the
Presidents wife, is strict Episcopa-
ilan and goes TO church and adheres to
the tradition, the diplomatic set has
done much as 1t pleased, and in doing
SO has had the following of practically
the entire social set in Washington
Sunday breakfasts in suburban homes
at which hundred or so guests have
Deen entertained, have appealed to the
smart set Dinners in the Country Club
ana CheVy Chase are interesting d.
versions, and the diplomatic set lead
srs enjoy them When the White House
heads have been keeping the Sabbath
Sacred" the Ernbassadors have been
holding smart afternoon receptions,
costly dinners, and making the day the
smartest and liveliest Of the entire
week
1t is not so many years back since
the suggestion that troops were to be
sent to any of the Western posts or
forts brought a thrill of horror to the
hearts of the feminine part of the
Army-nameIy. the wives of the off,
GERS. The reason for this was that the
houses for the officers were often built
or rouGh-Eewn sandstone, but i'll put
together and not infrequently of sod,
With all the attendant discomforts of
houses erected al these materials on
the Tar frontier They possessed no
facilities for either heating or lighting
ana were dreary enough places at best
50 II rather Startles one who is ac-
quainted with the conditions of the old
Army domieiles that the new post of
Fort sill. Okla. viii be modern and
comfortable far beyond most of the up-
to-date city dwellings. Barracks, Off
GERS quarters. Storehouses, stables
powerhouse and other buildings are be-
ing erected on a plot of ground sepa-
rate from the old post, which will be
abandoned. The buildings are of re-
inforccd concrete construction and
they are built according to the latest
plans. designed 10 insure comfort of
officers. enlisted men and horses The
accommodation being provided are
sufficient for full regiment of six bat
teries of field artillery. There are three
batteries of field artillery now on duty
at the old post OF Fort SILL and IT Is
expected that the new buildings will be
ready to receive them and three addi-
uonal batteries by next May.
One of the features of the post which
Is bound 10 attract attention is the
- powerhouse, which is to furnish all
light. heat and power to all the build
1ngs- The heating pipes will, OF course
be carried in conduits underground, but
the electric wires will be overhead
The Washington friends OF Senator
EllIins. of West Virginia, were shocked
Dnd startled when they learned that he
had been brought back to Washington
in a special car and upon a stretcher
last week. There is grave danger, IL is
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