The National tribune., 1910-12-01


6hlppswa timber In Minnesota. The
PdS were submitted ct Cass Lake,
Mimi. Sept Is last. and the average
prioe this year is about 50 higher than
In 1903 and 1904, when timber OF 4
better quality was sold
The District Society of Colonial Wars
erected a bronze tablet to the memory
of Col. Ninian Beall. one OF the pto-
neers of Georgetown. last week. The
memorial is great rough-cut boulder.
with bronze plato. and stands on the
terrace of st. Johns.
A few days ago Miss Harriet Shadd.
of this city. while taking a bath, lost
very valuable diamond ring by its
slipping from her finger while in the
bathtub and slipping down the main.
! The ring was a present to Miss Shadd
from her father when she graduated
| from high school a few years ago, and
she priced 1t above all her other jew
elry for its associations as we'll as for
| the cost of the ring. which was over
| $500. The very same day Miss Shadd
was taken i'll. and her case was dag
| nosed as appendicitis, and she was i'm
mediately carried to the hospital and
operated upon. As soon as she was
out from under the opiate she began
to weep and fret herself into a fever
| over the loss of her fathers present.
! The doctors said that if she was not
! quieted in some way by the return Of
the ring they would not be responsible
| for her recovery The mother of the
! young lady, almost frantic, sent for a
young plumber. who is very thin and
very small, and asked him to tear up
The floors and examine the pipes and
| see if he could find the ring He could
not find IL inside the house, althO he
examined the pipes thoroly and tore
things up pretty we'll. He concluded
that it was in the main in front of the
house, and said he was going to find
out. Every effort was made to dis
suade him from this attempt. because
of the arrow size of the pipe. the form
alton Of gases. the chance Of his being
lost if he could ever get into the pipe
and the almost hopeless task. ANYHOW
was put before him, but nothing would
deter him. He entered this 18-inch
main thru a manhole about 10 feet
from the house. and while his assist
ants held tight hold on n light string
which was tied around him to signal
II any accident overlook him, he slow
ly wriggled and worrned his way about
zoo feet thru the main. While he ex-
amined the mire In the sewer careful
II as he went carrying little lantern,
it was not until the end of about half
an hour that he found the ring. It
had lodged between two joints in the
pipe, which prevented its travelling any
farther. When Miss Shadd was in
formed that the ring was found she
became hysterical, and would not be-
lieve it until the ring was brought to
her and put on her finger. Then she
quieted down and went to sleep, and is
now getting on all right. Right now
Mr.. Adamso.. the eel-like plumber, is
being very much complimented and
congratulated. but he insists that he
was only doing a good turn.
IF sister of mine was sick" said
he, "and some one else could help her
to get better, it would be up to him TO
do it. It's the same way with me. I'd
have gone clear to the Potomac River
before I'd have quit, after what Miss
Shadd's mother told me-"
1t is now suggested that if Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. of Massachusetts,
cannot he reelected to the United
States Senate by the Massachusetts
Legislature. that he will become Unit
ed States ambassador to England 1t
looks now as tho he will be one of the
lame ducks after March 4 next
Red Cross Christmas stamps, which
are used for decorating Christmas
packages and Yuletide mail, will be on
sale Immediately after Thanksgiving
II should be remembered that this
postage stamp. and it ought to be
placed on the back of the package
1t took a Washington man to bring
the mountain to Mahomet" Frank
Padgett, chauffeur for Arthur Jordon.
of this city, was pretty well out in the
suburbs one evening last week when
his buzz wagon caught fire. He stopped,
and saw the fire had gained too much
headway for him to put it out himself,
and not waiting to turn in fire call
he put on all the speed of the machine
and fairly flew to an engine house on
Delaware avenue. On arriving there
he yelled fire" and brought all the
scantily dressed ffremen around the
automobile in wondering amaZement at
a fire coming to them. They proceed
ed to extinguish it. however, and the
damage was only about s25.
Senator Clay Dead.
United States Senator Alexander
Stephens Clay died at Atlanta Sanato-
RUM to which he was taken for spe-
cial treatment Nov. IA. Senator Clay
had been i'll for a long time, but death
was not expected so suddenly. DiIa-
ton of the heart is given as the cause
of death. but it is generally understood
Senator Clay was afflicted with cancer
of the stomach. He was buried at Ma
rietta.
Senator Clay has been in the United
States Senate since 1896, having been
chosen to succeed Gen. John B. Cor
don. He was very popular in Georgia.
and it is doubtful if any man could
have defeated him before the people.
Senator Clay was born on a farm
near Marietta, Ga, in 1853. After
completing his education he was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1877, and has al
ways followed the practice of law AL
tho old enough to have served late in
the war on the Confederate side, he
did not enter the service. 1t is thought
that Senator Clay undermined his
health by his work on the tariff bill.
He was the only one of the Democratic
members of the Appropriations Com
mittee who was not on the hospital list,
and he decided to stick to his post,
altho he was then a really sick man.
The other Democratic members of the
committee were Senator Daniel, Sena-
tor Tillman and Senator Culberson. all
very ill in hospitals. and Senator Dam
iel died few months later. His ardu-
Gus duties taxed his strength, and when
Senator Clay left here following the
adjournment of Congress his friends
realized that his condition was serious.
In addition to being a member of
the Appropriations and Post Office
Committees, Senator Clay was Chair
man of the Woman Suffrage Commit
tee. He had expected to submit to the
Senate at this session an unfavorable