The National tribune., 1911-03-23

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concerning his sortorial intentions in
case of election.
William n. Faison, Representatives
elect from the Third District of North
Carolina, rather deceived the fair ones
of the woods, as they had some hopes
that one of them at least would be
called upon to go to Washington as the
bride of the bachelor Representative.
1t has now been announced that Miss
Caroline Shepard, of Washington,
daughter of Seth Shepard, Chief Justice
of the District Court of Appeals, is en-
gagged to Representative Faison, and
that their marriage will take place some
time in May.
1t is said that in The confusion and
rush in the closing hours of Congress,
with an enormous number of bills to
engrosS and enroll, only one error has
been found so far as is known.
Lieut. Col Henry H Parmenter, at
the age of 70, died last week, and was
buried in Arlington. He was born in
Massachusetts. and at the outbreak of
the war enlisted in one of the regiments
of that State. He has since 1886 been
associated with the National Guard, and
was Chief of Ordnance at the time OF
his death,
In the new roster of Cadets in the
Military Academy will be found the
name of Robert Edward Lee. He is the
first of that name TO enter West Point
in 80 years. The other Robert Edward
Lee entered the Academy in 1925. be-
came its Superintendent and finally
Commander-in-Chie of the Confederate
army. There have been plenty of Lees,
however, who have been at West Point.
The present Lee is not Virginian, but
is a native of North Carolina, and only
distantly connected with the former
Confederate GenersI The only male
descendant of Stonewall jackson is now
Cadet at West Point, and will be grad
uated in June. His name is Thomas
Jonathan Jackson Christian.
1t is said that delay has occurred in
the execution of the special act of Con-
gress which authorized the President
Ito place Civil Engineer Robert e.
Peary, u. S. N, on the retired list Of
the Corps of Civil Engineers with the
rank of Rear-Admiral to date from
April S, 1909 (the supposed date of the
discovery Of the North Pole), with the
highest retired pay of that grade" 1t
is said at the Department that 1t is
without precedent, hence they have got
to go about il in a roundabout way. 1t
has been decided to first commission
Engineer Peary a Civil Engineer, with
the rank of RearAdmiral, and then
transfer him to the retired list of the
Navy. It Is said the commission has
been made cut at the Navy Department,
and now only awaits the Presidents
signature. His pay on the retired list
will be $1,000.
Some time ago it was stated that the
gold medal presented to President Taft
last April by the Trainmen of America
when the President was the chief guest
of the trainmen in Worcester, Mass.
had turned out to be what is called
badge gold. a really rather base metal
A thoro investigation was instituted by
the Worcester Committee of the Train
men, and it is now declared that the
badge is of 14-carat gold and all right.
so that incident is closed.
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Mrs Champ Clark, wife of the next
Speaker of the National House of Rep
ressntatives, is an ardent suffragist, and
she is hoping that Congress can be in
duced to go thoroly into the question
of woman suffrage at its initial session.
Mrs. Clark says that she believes it is
q wise thing to help her husband, but
not to the extent of being a doormat."
She says that 1t Is very foolish of any
wife to let her husband become en-
crossed in politics and grow apart from
tiidt IL ID q VILE July W pt
to accompany her husband at a mo-
ment's notice wherever he may be go
ing. She says that is the way she does.
and in that way Mr.. Clark never found
out that he could do without her.
Maj. Joseph NJ. Kelley, U. s. Army
retired, was buried in Arlington last
week. He was sc years old, and died
of heart disease in st. Louis. Maj. KEEL
ley Joined the Hath Pa, and served
with that regiment for one year. Later
he was assigned to duty with the fight
ing 69th Pa. during the civil war. After
the war Maj Kelley received commits
sion in the United States Army, and was
sent to the frontier. He served in many
the outbreak Of the Spanish War was
sent to Cuba.
There is an employee in ,I.e ..fail Re-
pairing Division of the Post Office De-
partment who displays medal of hon
or presented TO him by the late King
Ferdinand of Norway and Sweden for
saving the life of one of Russia's fam
Gus Countesses. The mans name is
James Merrill. and the life he saved is
none other than the Countess Edith
Communist, who until a few years ago
played a very important part in the
court life at st. Petersburg. When she
was girl of 20 she was travelling in
Norway to complete her education just
previous to her marriage She was
walking along the palisades of the
Glommen River, just outside Of Chris
tiana, with her governeSs, when by
some mishap she stumbled and fell over
the rocks into the raging waters of the
river. Merrill. then young sailor. who
was also walking along the edge of the
cliff, hearing her Shrek, threw off his
coat and shoes and jumped to her res
cue. After fierce struggle he saved
her life. For this he was decorated by
King Ferdinand, as has been stated.
Mr.. Merrill has kept silence about this
for over a quarter of century, but he
has the medal to prove his statement.
It is said that the officials of the
Smithsonian Institution and the Nation
al Museum are very much delighted
over the suggestion of former President
Roosevelt that Congress make an ap-
preparation for the mounting of the
specimens of African birds, beasts and
reptiles which the President secured on
his hunting expedition down there. 1t
is said that a great many of Roosevelt's
specimens have already been mounted,
some 20 in all, and five or six of these
are almost ready for exhibition. The
cost of mounting OF these specimens is
a very difficult proposition. Until some
four years ago the mountings were
made by stuffing the skins with straw
and other materials. These soon lost
their shape and color and had to be
removed Now q model is made with