The National tribune., 1911-04-27

| iEdl TiSlCe, .NtP. hT. EsN. y III
had been respondent several days
went to the barn. tied a rope TO a
| rafter, climbed upon n partition, ad-
JuSted the moose and leaped off.
TH elve years ago another. brother
| OF former Representative Tawney
| committed suicide at his home ir
| Saunders County, Neb., in The same
manner.
Tom L. Johnson. four times Mayer
OF Cleveland and former Representa-
tive in Congress, died a his home in
Cleveland a few days ago, in his 5Ith
year. bic had been so near death for
FIVE days that frequently the physi-
clans thought the end had come, and
twice newspaper extras were on the
street announcing mis- death.
The President appointed Gen. Fred
crick Dent Grant Militarv Aid TO orr
Special EmbaSsador, John Hammond,
for the coronation ceremonies. and
Gen. Grant most respectfully declines
see no special fun in parading around
in a tight-buttored uniform in hot
weather. Geu. Greeley has accepted
the appointment Gen. Grant declined.
After a search of two years Secret
Service men arrested Harry Reporter
in Denver last week. and charged him
with making the best counterfeit sill
Yer dollars ever circulated in this
country. The coins, made largely of
tin and lead. we're almost perfect in
workmanship and for two years have
heen passed on merchants in Denver
and the street railway company there
il great quantities.
Every previous effort TO iocste tho
plant was futile. Official acIvices said
200 coins were found in Reporters
house when it was raided.
Charged with sending. munitions OF
war to Mexico, supposedly for use by
the, revoluti"nistS. under u false label.
Harvey IL. Phillips, former bodyguard
TO President Roosevelt. known social
ly in Washington and New York, and
also As the best detective and SPY in
the service Of the Mexican insurgents.
was arrested in this city recently on
a warrant sworn out by officials of the
Department Of Justice. whom he has
eiudcd for months.
President Taft has telegraphcd his
personal sympathy 20 the families of
the victims of the Pancoast mine dis
aSter. and has wired an offer OF as
sistance from the American Red Cross
Society to the Chairman OF the Red
Cross Committee at Scranton. Pa.
1t Was suggested by the President
that the $1,000 which Scra nton has
raised toward its assessment of $13.-
900 for the Fed Cross National En-
dovrnent he considered as full pay
ment for its share and The difference
of $4,000 be added to the local relief
fund.
Modern re-alsrm boxes are being
installed in the Capitol Building. A
few days ago it was discovered. when
Chief Wagner called UP the Capitol
TO say that the tire-alsrnl circuit
would he out of commission for two
hours. that there were no tire-alarm
boxes in the Capitol Building.
Fifteen years ago A number OIL
alarm boxes were sent to the Capitol.
which were placed in the storeroom
and forgotten. In the meantime the
Fire Department alarm book showed
that there were number of these
boxes in the Cap..ol ready for use.
\ bill directing the Treasury. Dc |
partment to accept a loan of $4,000 |
at the rate of four per cent was intro |
iuced in the House recently 10y Rep
rcsentatiVc Slayden. of Texas. The !
measure is duplicate OF the one in |
troduced at the recent session of Con !
gress by Representative Mccall, OF |
Massa chusetts. The proposed interest |
OH the $4,000 is. according to the |
terms of the bill, 10 he used to pur-
chase engrsvings to be added to the |
Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection |
now in the possession OF the Libra |
rian nf Congress. The $4,000 be- |
quest wgS made by the late Gertrude |
NJ. Hubbard. The will stipulated that I
{ the United States Government would |
agree to pay interest on this amount |
az the rate of four per cent the money |
should be turned over to the Treasury |
The measure introduced |
1y Mr.. Slayden is designed TO carry |
'ut this clause Of the bequest.
Having six sisters, most of them |
grown up" doesn't in the least both
ar Jimmy O'Gorman, youthful sou of |
he new United States Senator from
New York. Many boys still in knick-
,rbockers would think it d terrible
hardship, bat not so with this young
;ter He finds half q dozen sisters are
quite convenience. especially when A
sort of rivalry exists among them to
see how nice they can be to little
,rother." Young O'Gorman, however,
las not been spoiled by the atten-
Jon he gets from them They are too
sensible and tactfu for that, and be-
;ides Jimmy has many manly quail
les inherited from his father that do
lot permit of his being made too
much of a pct.
While consideratc and fond of the
girls, he maintains "A boyish independ-
,nre of them that they admire as
much as anything about him. He is
road -shoUldercd. and likes ba sebalI
md other sports that appeal to the
lorInal youth. The big O'Gorman
amily IS an especially happy one
Mise methods pursued by the former
Justice and his tactfuI wife in the
bringing up have reduced TO min
mum the number Of small jea lonsics
hat are bound 10 creep into the best
egulat.d families. Petty q,iarrels
lave been eliminated as far as can be
II a big group of healthy and spirited
american children. +
John \. Joyce. Colonel by title and
,oet by nature. broke into the Con-
,rcssional Record the other day Rep
ese ntative Bartholdt. was rcsponsi bile
Ic caught the eye of the chair. and
sied that tho Clerk might read y
ythmicai mandate from the pen of
,ol. joyce on the subject. ''fieciproci-
s." The Clerk did II.
Then Uncle Joe" Cannon arose.
DO understand" he inquired OF Or