The National tribune., 1911-03-30

, patch from Berlin angered the AID
miral not little, and he wrote a lettel
to the papers about it which was very
promptly printed. He said:
my attention has been called to
cable dispatch from Berlin to the New
York American, and reproduced in 9th.
er papers, in which Count Won Revent.
!, low is quoted as follows:
} "I recall a remark made by Ad.
!, miral Dewey just after the peace nego
tiatfons had begun at Portsmouth, t
the effecr that America ought to have
attacked Japan at an earlier date, be.
cause she was becoming more powerful
than was compatible with the interests
of the United States
81 wish to say that this is not cor
rect. / never made such a statement
j Furthermore, my views are and Away:
have been just the opposite. 1t has
i been my aim ever since l assumed com.
mand of our Asiatic fleet, in 1898, to
cultivate friendly feeling between this
country and Japan"
Mrs Clara Robey Crook, wife of Col
\ William H. Crook, executive clerk and
i disburSing officer of the White House
died last week Col. Crook has been in
the White House for over 40 years.
There was a great cry at the Persian
! Legation the other day, and quarantine
i flags were put up and a big reception
was stopped and things "set down on
generally. A small boy, nephew of Ali
Kuli Kahn, got the scarlet fever. He
| did not ger it very bad. and was inn
mediately removed to the hospital, and
a day or two later was sitting up. But
the people had their scare, just the
same!
JTst now there is a spirited contro-
versy as to what shall be done with the
Doric columns taken from the east side
of the Treasury Building-rhe columns
which were pulled down and some that
looked just exactly like them at cost
of $4,000 apiece were substituted. The
old columns were sandstone in about
four-feet sections, while the new COL
umns are one solid granite piece The
old columns were hauled at great ex-
pense down to the grounds which now
constitute Potomac Park, and left there
until somebody decided just exactly
what should be done with them. No
body wants them as gracious gift,
and now the Commissioners want to
improve Potomac Park and want 20
get rid Of these sandstone columns
Somebody offered to take the columns
away from the park IL the Commission
ers would pay for the hauling. It
seems that nobody wants to be put to
the expense of getting them away, as IL
is thought that it will cost about 5000
to haul them anywhere else A great
many suggestions have been made for
utilizing these columns and thus beau
tifying the park. One of the sugges-
tons was that they be used in a pic
turesque arrangement about a circle,
standing some 10 or IL feet apart and
surmounted by a huge globe or eagle
or something of that character. They
claim that very pretty ornamentation
arranged in this fashion would greatly
beautify the park, bur 1t is said that
no design has been suggested that
could be put up for less than $4,000,
and this money the Commissioners can
not lay their hands on, and 1t ia not
at all probable that the incoming Con-
gress will vote 1t for the purpose. Some
one else suggested that the columns be
broken up and used to macadamize the
drives about Washington. A contrac-
tor and builder said that he could take
the columns and saw them up into
building stone, but there seems to be
general feeling that these particular
columns should be utilized to beauty
the park. Meantime they have got to
be gotten away from Potomac Park by
June l, so the Commissioners say, as
they have got to improve the park,
make drives. circles and the like.
William II. Lewis. the Boston colored
man, who has been appointed Assistant
Attorney-Generai, has arrived from his
home in Boston, and finds everything
has been made smooth for his entrance
Into his new office; that Is, everything
is smooth for him but the salary, as
his nomination has not been confirmed
by tho Senate, and Congress seemed
disinclined to confirm him at the last
session OF Congress, and there is a
bare possibility that it will not at the
coming session Of Congress. In case IL
does not. there will have to be a special
act or Congress to get money to pay
him for his service, and the Senate
may and 1t may not vote this. There
was very beautiful eruption in the
Department when it was found that
Mr.. Lewis would be given a recess ap-
polntment. A young man whose char
acter and reputation did not seem TO
be fastened on real tight, and who was
drawing 5000 year as a stenographer
TO the Assistant Attorney-General in
sisted that his reputation would be at
stake If he remained as stenographer
Tor the colored Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral, and so he was permitted to trans
fer. better stenographer was ap-
pointed in his place, and his salary was
advanced to 1920 a year. The new
Assistant Attorney General will be
placed in charge of Indian depreciation
cases There noE remain about 1900
cases. involving a total of $500, 600.
Mr.. Lewis is said to be man of su-
perior education and qualification for
the position which he will fill
Washington has spasmodic spells of
going to have a great Convention
Hail." Just now it has one of those
spells. A great hue and cry is being
raised for the erection OF a Convention
Hall inside of the George Washington
Memorial Building which influential
parties are now trying to have erected
in Washington. It is to be hoped that
this time we will get the Convention
Hall. We need it.
Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland, wild
ow of former President Cleveland, has
gone to Europe for a stay of two orl
three months. She was accompanied
by her son, Francis Grover Cleveland
Their first stop will be at Cherbourg tol
visit Mrs Cleveland's other son, Rich
ard. who is in school there They will
remain short time in Switzerland and
then Mrs. Cleveland and her young son
will make tour Of the continent, after
which they will return to this country.
Mrs. Cleveland has grown very stout
and matronly since she lived in Wash
ington, and there is very little left of
the wonderfully Winsome beauty of fb Il