The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-09

companied by some friends, and as they
rounded into Pennsylvania avenue. h,
was exclaiming upon the twinklint
lights chasing up and down that broaC
thorofare, with vehicles behind them
Now, Just see what valuable thinl
it is to be able to avoid all these We
hicles, not one of which you can Sc,
in this darkness" when a shrill, boyisf
voice said: You daggone crazy fool; why
don't you have your lights a-goin p
rudely reminded that he had left thu
Capitol without lighting the lamps OF
his automobile.
| Frederick J. Lowers, of Philadelphia
who is one of the oldest of the candy
kings, was in Washington the Other
day and discussed very entertainingiy
the manner of the connection of sweets
He said that Americans are the grea
candy eaters of the world, and that New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Bos
ton, in their order, are the great CANDY
manufacturing centerS of the world. He
referred to the candies of so years ago
and said that most of these candies
were coarse and hard and admitted thai
most of it was unwholesome- Now,
he said, candy making is fine art
He declared that pure candy in mod
crate quantities was no longer menace
to the healthy stomach, and said that
American candy now goes to the Ameri-
can soldiers at Manila, and to the Brit
| ish soldiers in the Transvaal; and that
candy sweets take their place among
the articles that go to make up high
living.
Jan. 20, Carnation Day, was very
generally observed in Washington by
people wearing the pink carnation in
honor of the birthday of the late Pres
ident Mckinley. The carnation was his
favorite flower, and he never was with
out them upon his Office desk and sell
dom appeared in public without one on
his coat lapel.
Representative Joseph Ware n
Keifer, of Springfield. Ohio. celebrated
his 18th birthday anniversary Jan. 80;
and the Honorable Joseph from Spring
| field, Ohio. looks. if anything, younger
than the Honorable Joseph from Dan
vile, ILL.,, the two men being about the
| same age. The Honorable Joseph from
| Ohio is better known probably thru the
country as Maj.-Gen. Joseph Warren
Keifer, and was Speaker of the House
of Representatives of the Forty-seventh
Congress, which convened Dec. 5, 1881.
Gen. Keifer is a native of Ohio, and
served with great distinction in the war
of the rebellion, being made Brig
ladier-General for gallant and dis
Itinguished service during the campaign
ending in the surrender of the insur-
gent army under Lee. He was severely
wounded a number of times. He has
filled many offices of trust since, hav-
ing been sent to the National House
of Representatives from the Forty-fifth
to the Forty-eighth Congresses. inclu-
sive. He was reelected to the Fifty
ninth Congress, and has served ever
IA,tt rol. IJn 20
the first Commandments of the
Spanish War Veterans. He is the hon.
orary President of the Gettysburg Uni
versity Club, and was their guest at a
splendid birthday party and banquet
Speaker Cannon is contemplating a
visit to Europe. Some Sc years ago he
made a tour of the European continent,
and has not been across the water since.
Now that he will no longer be held
down by Speakership duties, he is max
ing his >plans for Summer tour and
long rest. About four years ago, the
/ day after the adjournment of Congress,
or, to be more exact, March 5, he, with
large majority of Congressman, made
tour of the West Indies, and it is
said that the Speaker was the jolliest
man in the jolly crowd. He hopes to
celebrate his 18th birthday abroad.
Protest has been made by the retail
merchants against the Commissary
stores in Washington and Annapolis.
The retail merchants say that the Gov
eminent sells goods at cost to civilians
as we'll as to its soldiers and sailors,
and that thus Uncle Sam comes into
competition with the retailers, which
they consider unfair 1t is said that
any person may buy goods at the Gov
eminent stores at cost, regardless of
whether he is connected with either
the Army or Navy service, for whose
benefit they are maintained; and ii
might safely be added to that, the
things that are bought of Uncle San,
SO cheap are of the very best materials,
and probably so guaranteed, and that
cannot always be said of retailers.
Speaker-in- probability Champ Clark,
of Missouri, finds that his troubles are
piling UP. II will be remembered that
Champ Clark and one of his consttu-
ents In Pike County. Mo, agreed that
I Representative Clark would ride down
( Pennsylvania avenue to the Capitol on
the gay that Clark was elected Speaker
Of the House. behind a pair of mules.
The man with whom he made the
agreement Was col. Luke Emerson, and
ne war to furnish the mules. Col.
.
mules ready, and has given them extra
feed ever since the last Congressional
election. He declares that they are
stylish as peacOcks and sleek as moles,
and the finest-lOoking pair Of mules in
America. Col. Emerson is going to
come 10 Washington and bring those
mules and see that Clark carries out
his part of the agreement, which was
made FIVE years ago, according to Col.
Emerson.
Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry. u. 8.
N, retired died of pneumonia Feb. 1,
and was buried in Arlington with mil
/ itary honors. The military escort con-
sisted OF a battalion of sailors and a
battalion of marines. headed by the Ma
/ rine Band.
A crisis has been reached in the work
of raising the Maine. The original APP
preparation has been exhausted, and all
the expert engineers and skilled work
men have been discharged until there
is an additional appro priation. The
elaborate arrangemcn'B for raising the
| Maine will all be deserted and the work
will of course be indefinitely postponed
Representative J. Hampton Moore. OF
| Pennsylvania, has Introduced bin in
the House providing Tor an approDria-
ton of 100000 Ior j memorial OF
statue in Washington to Maj.-Geh
George Gordon. Meade. commander OF
the Army of the Potomac from before
the battle of Gettysburg until after the
surrender at Appomattox.
Senator WetnIore. of Rhode Island
ri. inc ~ gf1 .I To-