The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-01-19
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| and that the male members of the
House have very kindly put Miss LAT
! ferty forward.
1t is announced from Atchison, Kan,
that Ed" Howe has retired from the
editorship of the Globe. 1t is probably
one of the most widely-quoted news
papers in the country. This is a most
remarkable fact when it is taken into
consideration that the Globe is very
small sheet, and that the ''globules'
which are so widely quoted are sand
WICKED in between two-line notices to
get your boots heeled at JoneS's,
buy your meat of Smith" and cider
of williams" 1t took infinite pains TO
get these grains of fun out of the GLOBE
columns, and they were all ascribed to
Ed Howe, and that is another story.
Mr. Howe did not write more than half
of them They were largely written by
a lady employed by the paper for
great many years, and who is to Tor
tune and to fame unknown" altho she
has a bright and scintillating wit that
would have given her at least S1O,0O0
year on a big daily paper If she did
not wear petticoats instead OF trousers
There is a determined effort afoot to
erect a monument to the memory OF
Alexander Hamilton. The Alexander
Hamilton National Memorial Associa-
ton has been formed. and held an en-
thusiastic meeting at the New Willard
last week. over $4,000 has already
been raised for the monument which IS
TO be erected some place in this city.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
SAYS that it is not so; that Is, that he
is going to resign. A report is abroad
''on unquestioned authority" that Secre-
tary MacVeagh will only remain short
time longer in the Treasury, and then
the office is to go to Myron 7. Herrick,
of Ohio. The "unquestioned authori-
ty." according to Mr.. MacVeagh, is very
questionable.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie N. Shaw attended the diplomatic
reception the other night, and Incl
dentally talked little politics. He de-
clares that If history repeats, the Re
publican Party will lose the Presidential
election in 1912. No party ever at,
tempted to revise the tariff downward
and succeeded in the next National
election. / fear, therefore, that the
Republican Party will have to take its
punishment in 1912. If the Democrats
are wise enough to leave the tariff
alone / am very doubtful of Repub-
lican success But the Democratic Party
is hard to tell what the Democrats will
do" ga. -a.-.
Mr.. Shaw said that, of course. Presi-
dent Taft will be the nominee of the
Republican Party, but his tone implied
that nomination is not equivalent to
election.
The armored cruiser Maryland, of
the Pacific f1eet, was the pennant win
ner in battle target practice in the
Navy during the year 1910. Under the
command of Capt. James G. Gilmore,
L. S. N. the Maryland made a most
remarkable score, holding all other
vessels by several points.
Brfg.-Gen. Earl d. Thomas COM
handing the Department of Colorado,
was placed on the retired list Jan. d.
Gen. Thomas gained a reputation as an
Indian fighter, and served thruout the
civil Hlr. He was born in Illinois Jan.
1. lS47, and served in the cavalry dur
ing the war as Major before
his appointment to West Point in 1865.
Gen. Thomas was appointed Sec
ond Lieutenant to the 9Th Cav, with
which he served until he was raised to
the rank of Major of the Sth Cav. in
1859 In April, 1901 he was appointed
Brigadier-General. and has since COM
manded various departments. his last
being the Department of Colorado.
with headquarters in Denver.
United States Senator Isaac Steven
son. of Wisconsin. is a farmer, althO he
does not look like it. He is tremen
dously rich and very proud of his farm
ing ability. He has for private secrc-
tary an expert farmer, and in his leis-
ure moments spends his time discussing
the best methods of spading or digging.
so they say" But that Senator
ic 1.a' aK-ar1-hpiEy
doubted until he discovered in Chicago
the other day, on his way to Washing
ton. that some of the Iight-fingered
gentry had taken his pocketbook, con-
tanning something like $50, and rail-
way ticket. The gentleman of the but
United States Senator Stephenson had
iE another pocket a heap bigger wad
OF the needful which escaped his fin
| gers.
A bill providing a permanent resting
place for John Paul Jones, the naval
! hero, AT Annapolis, has been favorably
reported to the Senate by the Commit
lee on Naval Affairs. The measure,
which passed the Senate at the last
Congress. but which failed of passage
in the House, carries an appropriation
| Of $4,000 for the construction of a
crypt in which the body of John Paul
Jones is TO rest permanently.
Little Alice Lavinia Coatney, aged
! three years, died at the Casualty Hos
pital in this city last week as a result
| of drinking half a pint of gin. The
mother left her little daughter alone
| for a few moments, and she climbed
up and got the gin, drinking all of it.
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