The National tribune., 1911-04-13

L
erai says that he will esta blish special
facilities for the handling by freight
of all mail matter from such publish
ing centers as Augusta, Boston, Spring
field, New York, Philadelphia and Chi
cago. He says that If arrangements
can be made with the publishers for a
finer separation in the publishing
houses and an earlier mailing of their
matter that the slightly slower means
of transportation will not affect the
regularity or promptness of delivery.
It is said that Mrs. Maldwin Drum
mond. who lost $4,000 worth of jew
elry on board a transatlantic liner.
has traced the supposed burglar to this
city. and that the suspect is a woman.
1t is impossible to get any really good
information as to who the woman is,
or how she got the jewels. Anyhow.
I'D to the present, Mrs. Drummond has
not been able to make good her suS-
picions.
Rev. T. D. Carrolrs sombrero is caus-
ing 81 varieties of trouble in his par
fsh The Rev. Francis De Sales Carroll
is Assistant Rector of the Episcopal
Church of the Ascension in this city.
He preached in n parish away up IN
AriZonia for a year or two, and be-
came very much attached to the WIDE
brimmed sombreroS worn out there.
When he came here. not thinking ms
hat had anything to do with the efficien-
cy of the brains under it, he kept right
on wearing his sombrero. Some of his
distinguished parishioners kicked. They
kicked right hard, so the Rev. Francis
De Sales Carroll got him a narrower
brimmed sombrero, yet his men ana
women parishioners kicked. this time
more particularly the women. Then
ID I~t-ata ta.agc No Snl
scriptural go to- in mind, went back
to his broadest sombrero. and in effect
said to his pariShiOners: Il am going to
wear this, and what are you going to
do about it," He des not see that
there should be any kick if it is COM
Portable, and so he intends to keep on
wearing it. He finds it is impossible to
pIease-everyone. Rev. Francis De Sales
Carroll comes from a family which has
it's way. He comes from the famous
Carroll family, of Carrollton. Md. He
is only 2S years of age, and after grad
uating from American schools he stud
led abroad first in Barcelona, Spain,
then in Rome. His first assignment
was in a little town near Deadwood, S.
n brilliant speaker.
The War Department has called a
halt upon ornamentations and inscrip-
tions in Arlington and other National
cemeteries. The Department has no
objection to a gun or carriage on the
grave of an officer buried in Ma
the family crest and other things
will not b. permitted
The highest paid woman in the Gov
ernment service has gone up another
notch. She Is Miss Margreat V. Kelly,
Of the office of the Director Of the
Mint, Treasury Department. She now
draws $2,250 per year, but after July
l she will not only draw s2.500. but
will be the third employe in rank in the
big mint establishment, presided over
by George E. Roberts.
Next to Mr.. Roberts is Maj. r. E.
Preston, for many years in the Bureau.
Secretary MacVeagh has designated
Miss Kelly as Acting Director in the
absence of Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Pres
ton. AS both these officials are often
away from the city on business con-
nected with the mints, Miss Kelly will
sign as Acting Director. The fact is
that Miss Kelly has often been in
charge before, but has never been Off
cially recognized by an order, as has
now been done. Miss Kelly was for
years private secretary to several Di-
rectors of the Mint. and knows the
Count Tolstoi, of St Petersburg, third
son OF the late Count Tolstoi, who re-
Gently died in Russia, was in Washing
ton very briefly last week. He regis
tered at the New Willard, writing in
bold hand the single word "Tolstoi."
He then went to the White House for
a chat with President Taft. Tolstoi
stated that he expected to remain in
Washington several days, but evidently
his talk with the President caused him
to change his mind, for Immediately on
his return from the White House he
hied himself away to New York. 1t
may be that the Count expected to in
terest the President and incidentally
the United States in buying the Tolstoi
acres in Russia and helping to pre-
serve them in the name of his father.
1t was stated when he started to come
over here that that was what he was
coming for.
1t is not likely that he got much
satisfaction IL that was his errand. The
President is intensely American, and
has known a whole lot of famous
Americans to whom he would much
rather erect memorials than to Toll
stoi, as great a writer as he was.
Former Representative ]. C. Sibley.
of Pennsylvania, is now facing long
life and contentment as a gentleman
farmer, and declares that he was never
SO happy in his life before.
Have you a pair of cannon concealed
about your person? If you have, ii
would be well for you to have a better
hiding place for them, as Belgium is
on your track. Maj. Sylvester. Chief of
Police, has just received a letter from
the Attorney for the King of Belgium.
who respectfully begs all his honor
able colleagues and police officials to
have a general lookout made for these
among dealers in antiquities" The let
ter states that this pair of cannons was
stolen on Jan. 10 from the Army Mu-
scum at Brussels. Belgium. They are
small and made of bronze and weigh
about 73 pounds each. The cannons
had the cOat-of-arms of King Leopold
on the breech of the guns. just how
anyone may be supposed to have
brought a couple ofS72-pound cannons
across the water without detection the
Belgian authorities have not stated;
but, just the same. the blue-coats of
Washington are keeping sharp look
they find them they will be promptly
returned to Brussels, postage prepaid
The American Flag protected man
in Brazil very quickly the other day.
Il. +. Brown, a New York manufacture
er. was arrested in Rio de Janeiro
pending charges that subsequently
proved to have been without basis The