THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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NEWS
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HERE
PERSONAL iO POLITICAL
Other Matten of Interest Con- jj
denied From the More J
Important Telegrami. 6
Washington.
Tho public building bill, carrying
$19,288,500 In authorizations lor In
creasing cost of public buildings, etc.,
besides $3,095,000 for continuing con
tracts, was passed by tho houso.
President Taft will not appoint tho
flvo Judges of tho court of commorco
authorized by tho now railroad law
until December noxt. Tho law docs
not bocomo effective until August 18.
Tho comptroller of tho currency has
authorized tho following national
banks to begin business: First Nation
nl, Laurel, Nob., capital $40,000; P. A.
McCormack, president; J. II. Coburn,
vlco president; W. T. Graham,
cashlor; C. D.Young assistant cashier.
Richard Parr, tho customB deputy
nt New York, who materially assisted
tho government In recovering ovor
$2,000,000 in tho sugar underwolgh
Ing frauds, Is to bo rowarded to tho
extent of $100,000.
Tho following Nebraska postmast
ers havo been appointed: Anoka,
Boyd county, Mortln K. Klrport, vlco
II. W. Parekon, resigned; St
Michael, Buffalo county, Edith A.
Nickel, vlco D. M. Hcndrlckson, ro-movctfT-
Table, Custer county, Oscar
A. Ollne, vlco P. M. Sperry, resigned.
Family and nusincBS reasons woro
given at tho state dopartment as the
causo of tho rotlromont from tho
diplomatic sorvlco of James Flynn
Stutesman, American minister to
Bolivia. Tho report that Mr. Stutes
man was stopping out in order to
make a placo ln tho servico for Fred
TV. Carpenter, former secretary to
president, Is denied.
General.
The senato passed the postal sav
ings bill by a vote of 44 to 24.
Sweltering weather ln tho cast
caused many fatalities.
Young Roosevelt, Just mnrrlcd, goes
to work In San Francisco July 1st.
Two South Dakota ran;hmen fought
with revolvers. Ono of thom was
killed.
Tho senalo passed n bill providing
for campaign publicity after elections.
Roosovelt has now becomo editor,
doing work in this lino for tho Out
look. Wheat went up several cents In Chi
cago on roports of dryness ln tho
northwost.
Cooling nights and some rain in tho
wheat belt caused sudden reaction ln
the price of that ccroal.
Mr, Roosovelt mado it plain to In
torvlowors that ho was homo for rest
and quiet, and not to talk.
Tho statu department has sent a
Bharp noto In reply to tho representa
tions of President Madrlz.
Secretary of State Knox was com
mencement orator nt tho University of
Pennsylvania exorcises,
In a speech ln tho houso Repre
sentative Itansdcll advised Immigra
tion to tho southorn states.
Ex-Presldont Roosovelt will rest
for two months nt Oystor Bay, mean
time not saying a word about politic.
Tho greatest demonstration that
Now York over witnessed was that
pulled off on tho arrival of Roose
velt. Joseph Wondllng, nlloged slayer or
Alma Klllnor, tho Louisville girl, has
been located on a ranch near Houston,
Texas.
Wilbur and Orvlllo Wright, tho Day
ton, 0 aviators, woro each given n
degree of doctor of laws at Oberlln
collogo.
' It has practically been arranged
that tho coronation of King Georgo
will tnko placo about tho middle of
May, 1911.
President Taft Is anxious about tho
publicity bill nnd 1b urging that con
gress socuro its enactment beforo ad
journment. Fight Promoter Rlckard has a faint
hopo that Governor Gllletto of Cali
fornia may rolcnt and lot the fight go
on in San Francisco.
Every tnembor of congress counts
on bolng ablo to spend July 4th at
homo and not go back to Washington
again until Dccomber.
Winston Spencer Churchill, secre
tary of homo nffairs, gave a dinner In
London in honor of William Jennings
Bryan at tho houso of commons.
Frank Grlllo, a "whlto slaver", con
victing of holding young girls captlvo,
was sentenced ln Brooklyn to ten
years' imprisonment In Slug Sing.
Beginning July 1, conformably with
law, thcro will bo organized n divi
sion of corporations in tho ofllco ol
TKe Old JimeCelebratiori
THE old-time celebration is the kind I Wee the best:
The girls, they looked their sweetest, all ln fluffy muslin dressed j
And the marshal of the day,
Mounted on a prancing bay,
Rode about a-shoutlng orders, and a-clearlng of the way.
Into town the folks came pouring,
While the anvil shots were roaring,
With the bird of freedom soaring
Alt the day.
CONGRESS IS DQNElTHE KING'S SALARY
i
ITO LABORS FINISHED LATE ON GGGTfje V. Gets $2,350,000 ffJiy
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Annual Expenses.
1AFT IN A SMILING MOOD
Oh, the old-time celebration always meant n big parade t?
Thirteen floats of lovely maidens, all in starry Hags arrayed,
And the Goddess, Llb-er-tee,
Waved the emblem of the free, .
Bitting on her throne of beauty, unconcerned as she could be.
And the "horribles" came after,
Clad in rags and causing laughter,
And nobody acted dafter t '
Then than me.
The old-time celebration meant a picnic in the grove
Oh, the patriotic fremiea that the ''noted speakers" wove I
Why, if England with her men
Had swooped down upon us then, '
We who "licked her twice already" would have "licked" her once again I
For we tweaked the lion's tall .
Till we seemed to hear his wall
Echo over hill and dale,
Field and glen.
On the old-time celebration there would always fall a shower,
Splashing on the red umbrellas, dripping from the leafy bower -.
And the women, helter skelter,
Seized their skirts and ran for shelter,
While the air waa cooled and freshened, which before had made us swelter,
Then the bunting's dripping ted.
In the lemonade was shed,
And on many a lady's head, I
There to welter.
Investigation to Be Made of Goro
Charges By House and Senate
Committees.
In Addition His Queen, tho Prince
and Princesses of Royal Family
Are Liberally Supplied With
Pin Money.
London. Tho king of England and
tho president of tho United States ar
allko ln ono rcspoct thoy nro bothj
dependent on tholr respective peoplos
for tholr salary and allowances, tha
purso strings bolng held by parlla4
niont ln ono case and by congress ln
tho other. Tho methods of doing!
Washlngton.-Presldent Taft walk
ed out of tho capltol at 11 o'clock
Saturday night smiling.
Tho second session of tho Sixty-
first congress had Just adjourned, and things differ ln tho two countries, but
t -II L I . 1 i
no naa signed praciicauy nit mai
lers of legislation that had been
placed before him. He received con
gratulations from his cabinet and
from members of both branches of
they amount to tho samo ln tho end.
and tho peoplo foot tho bills. Buti
kings cost much mora than presU
dents. Somo peoplo thought it ai
big ralso" when tho president's sal-
congress upon successful paBsago of ary was Increased from $60,000 to-
most of his pet measures.
Mr. Taft shook hands all around
and continued to smile.
Tho last measure signed was a
Joint resolution to authorize tho sec-
$75,000 a year, with $25,000 a year
for traveling oxpensos, but tho Brit
ish king and royal family cost a gdo'dJ
many times ns much.
At tho beginning of every rolgn nny
So the old time celebration, vhlch we celebrate In story,
Ended when the day was ended, ended in a blaze of glory)
With the pin-wheels flashing, whizzing; , .
And tho rockets crashing, sluing, , f
With the anvils booming, roaring ;
And the fireballs looming, soaring,
There were bombs that broke in. air,
Throwing starlight everywhere ;
Roman candles, Are balloons,
Firmaments of stars and moons ;
Then the set piece "Washington'
Told us that the day was done
Died at last each glinting spark
And home we traveled through the dark.
Declaring
Her
Independence
retnry of war to loan tents to the annual sum is sottlod on tho king by
Appalachian exposition to bo held in parliament and in addition allow-
Knoxvllle, Tenn., In September, ances nro mado for each member ofj
which Mr. Taft oxpocts to attend. hiB family nnd for all tho expenses!
Each house of congress marked its pertaining to tho royal household and;
closing hour by voting for an invest!- to maintaining tho honor and dignity
gatlon of the McMurray Indian con- of tho crown. Under tho British sys-
trncts. Instead of tho usual scene of teln theso expenditures constitutor
comparatively undignified relaxation "tho civil list" and tho nccount is,
from the business of legislation, both kept separate from tho ordinary ox
houses devoted exceedingly serious pcnBes of tho govornment. Formerly!
attention to tho charges of attompted cortaln sources of rovenuo, callodt
bribery and othor forms of improper "hereditary rovonues" wero Bettlodj
Influence made ln tho senate on Frl- on mo crown, out or wnicn not oniyj
day by Senator Gore of Oklahoma tho royal expenditures proper, but!
and. subsequently in tho houso of me expenses oi mo civil service, ovh
representatives by Representative eryming except mo army ana navy,
woro 10 oe paid, unaer mis system
the king could uoo tho rovenues ar
ho liked and If he saved anything It
went to swell his private purse
whilo If ho ran ln debt or created n
llnl"M 111X1 lull
Tho nubile buildinKS bill passed
does not carry any money approprla- the commission of international rev
Uon. enuo.
Former Governor John H. McGraw Joseph Pulitzer proprietor of tho n BOjdior and hor grandfather beforo
of Washington, died at his homo In wow xorK worm and at. l-ouis I'ost him and when aho was so littlo ns to
ROM tho tlmo she was
flvo years old Gloria
West had been lmbuod
with patriotic fooling
and a reverence for
tho constitution of hor
country.
Her father had beon
Murphy of Missouri.
Two separate investigations are
provided for, ono ln each house.
for a moment Thero wero so many Each body passed a resolution creat
wnvs to tnko thnL Incr n anient committee of Ave mom-
vpb " ohn nM with pinnm ot ,Ar nnrniift tho innnlrv to tho hot, deficit parliament paid it. Tho accu
daring in her oyes, as she looked torn during recess of congross nnd to mulated debt nt the end of a rolgn
Bquarely nt him, "draw up a constltu- report whether any of its members wuuuuwm j many mhiiuiibi
tion and we'll havo It put beforo tnq are or have been Interested ln any Ui
whole house." r nnntrnrt Tho present system of making
In tho morrv tof nf tho mnrnlnft TTnMl n Into hour In tho dflV tt What might bO Called Bpeclfld appro-;
When Gloria had laughingly presented! looked rather as if the matter would P"auons ior mo crown unies irom.
to hor professed admirers a document en hv default. But as soon as tho
wherein alio had sot forth her acts on two houses reconvened at9 o'clock
Seattle.
The Iiouio passed the bill providing
for tho continuation of reclamation
projects
Tho Americans Interested ln tho
Dispatch, Is said to bo on his way uo unnblo to got up into a chair with
out bolng'llfted, sho had to sit Bolcmn
ly by the sldo of her sisters and
brothers and listen to tales of hero
Ism told by hor father.
On every Fourth of July, as regn
back to New York ln a serious condl
Hon.
Princess Fedora of Schloswlg-Hol-
stein, the youngest sister of Empress
onE nnd blttor flsht waged by rival Auguste Victoria, died suddenly oi
Interests and German newspapers hot disease Tho princess was born iariy aa that dato rollod around, Gloria
against tho Doutscho Vacuum oil JUI J 18' and all tho members of her family had
company, ono of tho branches of tho iU resignation oi iionry ju. neriz, Poon forced to Bit patiently and re
Standard Oil company, havo Just collector oi internal ruvonuo in tno Hpectfully In a circle about tho old
ucored a big victory, tha public prose- Chicago district, was requested by the dining room while their father read,
utor, after a thorough Investigation, woaHury uopnrimeni ai mo instance impressively bo Bho had bellevod
having decided that no noceaslty ox- ' I'rosiuont latt. every word of tho declaration of in
uncio joe cannon did not go to dependence.
now lorn 10 grcoi Lionel noose- No flrncrnnknrn no tornmin n
Ists for action by his oiflco against
tho concern.
Tho houso adopted a rule wh'ch
will prevent Emothorlng ot legislation
In committee.
Tex Rlckard doflnltoly announced
the Jeffries-Johnson fight will bo held
nt Reno, Nevada.
Tho wholesale prices far reflnod oil
volt. When asked whether ho would hratlnn of nnv Knrt tv niA in ,
attend tho L.g reception Cannon w.t rnmiw .,nn -f- ..i.i
got away at this
West family until aftor this patriotic
duty had been dono. And then tho
old flag was drawn high on its polo
and tho various members of the
family woro allowed to celebrate ln
their own ways.
Gloria wob nineteen now. and
sand: "I can't
time."
President Taft soys: "I am elated
at tho legislation which has beon en
acted by this congress. It has ful
havo beon reduced from ono and one- filled tho pledges of tho party. It la
a groat satisfaction to mo that we though her father had long since
Nroni .t-ii fin nnmnnnv mnu ni. thn I iiuvii him:iiiiiiihhiiiii hii m nn ' i
uwuu.m w. u.un...b wu - r .......... paBsea on io mo resting placo of
provnlllng price throughout tho coun- Tho liouso has adopted tho senato bravo soldiers, tho old custom nf
try now Boven nnd .ono-half ceutB a statohood bill, rather than lot It rondln the declaration on tho mnm.
Ballon. Tho Standard controls moro go back to conference, whore It was ing of overy Fourth of July Btill pro-
iiiuu Buyumy jjui toui ui mu laiiuuu I lunixu mu buuuiu cuiuureiico wquiu vailed In tuo family
ouipui oi mo country. kui u. it prcvius nat congress and And thoro woro m.n, rniHf
utuuvuvn vji umu ' uuumimwiu vuu imuni. uiuoi. nullum yuu uuuaii- Tor tno nlnco nt fjlnrln'o oltn T1,
Harmon for governor nnd endorsed Unions of the now states. younJ men m tho preWy eatcrn
Jilm for tho presidency. with tho thormometer registering town would cladlv lmvn inin ,h
Tho foaturo of tho Edlnburg mis- in tho 90s thousands of Benlor Week clreln evon thnntyh If mnnnf nwi..4n
. a . , - I I " CJ UVMt MWOU1ULU
Bionary conieronco was n louer irora guests on Thursday watched tho Cor- submission to tho win of th h,..i
I-. 1.11- 1.1-1 II I .. ... ... .
a uniuunu uiouuy uuuiiuuiiuiuk uo 71011 seniors marcn 10 mo armory to ful Gloria.
wur. rccoivo mo r uin omas from President i ,.,m, , i ,
rrl, -4 n A .. I o-l. " uu BUOmil
... -vui WUU....OU w. ui- jucou uuuiu ounuruiun. ucgreuB wero to tho wishes of a moro masculine Dor-
unirnnnr i innn ifiininnrn t e nun. i rinxni nn i ii t ,inn t n i ....
son,' sno said to hor sister one eve
ning when tho latter young woman
wnB preparing to go to make a dls
tasteful duty call for hor husband.
"Anrt Whnf urAtilil ,1eit .
mrntnd na mnklnir ti annnrh dnclnrlntr i ' ..".. . " . v. 7"u,u. Juu uu n8K0a
- " uouui uu uuuuu, ui uiu ou-uuiiuu tu i me Bister muuigontly
that gambling was protected ln Chi- tronchment program. It probably will VA RBBOrt my ,ndo '
uo out tnrouKti uurinR mo closlnir
iNourasKa nau a rnir representation days of tho session
mis year in tno conunencomont oxer
polntmont of John Rustgard to suc
ceed John J. Boyse as United States
Rttornoy In Alaska.
John Fltzpatrlck, president of tho
Chicago federation of labor, was
conforrod on 70G graduates.
Tho nouso committee on public
buildings nnd grounds decided on an
omnibus bill carrying approximately
$20,000,000. Tho bill is smaller than
clses of (ho Wisconsin university. Tho
following woro given degrees; Grndu
nte school, Master of arts, Robert
Ellis, B. 8., University of South Duko
ta; Weeping Watery Neb., 'Wllford
my Indopcndenco and "
"And havo war instead of penco In
your family," interrupted tho wisor
eiBtcr.
"Not nt nil," protested Gloria laugh
nouns. "And bo shall abide by It."
"Ho?" asked her sister In surprise
"Thon havo you decided which ono it
shull bo7"
uiorm wbb noncommittal. "At
least, if I navo, he doesn't know It.'
Bho aald. "If is poor policy to rii.
ciubu mu uiuuuuvurB ot war, you
Know."
"You'ro bound to shnvo war at all
ovonta," wbb hor Blater'a parting comment
Following a fancy, Gloria had asked
eIx of her most constant admirers to
tho rending of tho Declaration nt tho
indopendonce, each had folt an un
derlying strain ot seriousness and I
' -
at night, after a recess slnco after
noon, the matter came up with a rush
and crowded galleries listened with
intense interest to the proceedings
which ended In tho voto to probo the
.charges.
During the proceedings ln the sen
ate in tho "marble i-oom" adjoining
tho senato were ex-Senators Long oi
Kansas and Thurston of Nebraska
who have been mentioned ln connec
tion with the Indian contract matter.
President, Taft arrived at the cap
ital about 10 o'clock with various
members of tho cabinet. They went
to tho president's room, where the
chief exocutlvo Btood by to act upon
moro Important bills coming to him
from the two houses. The closing
procedure was of tho usual order.
Tho gavels of tho two presiding of
ficers fell at approximately the
agreed hour, and the long session of
the sixty-first congress camo to an
end.
.'V'?::3!KHbssst
TjM-':'-'riPTf fwBffp BbSSBsbbbbb
BILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED
King George V.
the reign of Goorgo III., when the na
tional debt was so enormously in
creased by the American war that
tho peoplo demanded reform, espe
cially in tho abuses of tbo civil list,
nnd ln tho practiso of conferring lifo
Amount Includes Continuing Appro
priatl6ns of Over Hundred Mllllono
Washington. More than a billion
dollars vas appropriated at tho pres
ent session of congress, if continuing nonalonH on roval favorites. In 1782
appropriations are incorporuieu in mu parliament passed a civil list act abol
totals ot me genorai appropriation jshiDg many useless ofTlces. reducing
measures. Insofar aB these flgureP tho pension list and providing for
could bo obtained, from mensuros ciOBor supervision ot tho roval ox-
which underwent cnangos in mo last pencllturo.
hours Of thO 8e88lon. the total Of tllO A I),. hoHnnlntr of Onnon Vlntn-
each wanted to talk with hor. Joking- appropriation exclusive of continuing rla.B reign the annual grants for tho
iy iuv uuu bibii.u m mureuy mun.uB appropriations was $894,080,943. Tne crown wero fixed and sums voted as
thomBelvoB slavoa to her whims honco- .mount of tho continuinc approprla- fN. Priw mimo jsnnnna- Hnin.
forth, then, nnd forever all but John tlonB of the iast flBcai year WaB about rieB of 'household, $G50,300; expenses
Gloria Turned and 8aw Him.
Hammon
Evon In vlow of its bolng tho
veriest jest, ho refused, laughingly
though it was, to add hla name to tho
list under Gloria's perpendicular
scrawl. Gloria had been accordingly
piqued, and though Bho smiled and
dancod and mndo morry, still sho won
dored why ho had rofused so trifling
a fancy on her part
At last thoy wero nil gone and
$160,000,000.
Last Sunday In Washington.
Washington. Freed from legis
lative matters, President Taft spent
his last Sunday for tho summer in
tho national capital in n quiet way.
Part ot the day ho passed on the
back portico ot tho White house. Ho
attended church ln the morning and
Personal.
ti. Tnrrri..,.Tr.i.ann ii,.t.f .-in i,v. lnB "wo're going to havo a constltu
lilnn,, In TJonr. M..un,ln l,u" uu lUUlUjr, BHO aUQCU With
Roosovelt soys ho will keen Bllcnt " " r . . 'u..l',r.tB81V0 Pro-
Klng. u. A., univorslty of Nebraalin, on political matters for bouio tlmo.
Lincoln, Nob. Prosldont Taft says platform plodg-
Twenty federal soldiers aro report- ob lmvo been kept and that cotiKrese
ed to havo been klllod and many more has mado a good record.
than thut injured when four cars of u President Taft was gratified ovor
Jruln, in which Mexican troops woro tho dofont ot tho nniondmont to ex
Velng transported on tho Manzantllo otupt labor unions.
dne , of tho national railways in the Labor organizations loBt tholr fight
Jtato of Col I ma broko loose from tho to gain exemption from prosecution
locomotive nnd dashed down a steep under tho anti-trust and interstate
grade. coitiinorco Iuwh.
With Wapollo county alono to hear Theodore Roosovelt, Jr., JUBt mar
from, returns submitted to tho oxo- rled, will mako his homo ln San Fran
cutlve council, which Is making tho cIsco.
omclal canvass of tha lawn voto. W 111. Andrnwa dnntnn flint thn
shows that Governor Carroll has 88,- president hua taken a hand In pushing 0,d hm8tead on tho morning of her
e votes to warren uarst. insurKent. him forward ror omce. uu.u
85,804, a unofficial majority for Gov- Senators will onjoy the services of "x eha11 declora my own indepond-
ernor Carro 11 ot 2.774. massour in tho bnthrooms In thn onc on U,B tty. so said to John
Yalo college men wero much dlsan- marhlo offlco bulldlnsr. iiammon, "and overy ono of you bovs
pointed because President Taft could The Aloxandor-Roosovelt woddlnK BnoU B,Rn Won 1 u bo tun7for
not attend commencemont ninrrlBna tnnu ninrn t Now York. mo Bn Oddea roguishly.
Tho uody or Alice Brown, aged The senate confirmed Charles F. "?"u 4 urow uv consmution
eighteen yoars, waa found with her Hnuko ot Tacoma. Wash., to bo second l? ,nBUro a Poct union, Gloria?"
throat cut In a clump of bushes near assistant commander of Indian uffalrs,
Cumberland, , mb. uuck Noian is un- an offlco created by tho present con-
der arrest. iv 1 gress.
liiMntinil iir I Vi Cnnrntniiv X7nin nnd a
L ; "rJ V.MCOUU,u fow other friends nt the Whlto house.
on tho old brick walk. Presently she
heard one pair of steps coming back.
Someono bad forgotten something.
"Glorln." said tho deep volco ot
John Hammon, "Just ono momont be
foro you go,
Dakota Timber Fire.
SturglB, S. D. Forest Ranger
Smith has been called to tho scone
of a timber tire In the national re
serve Troops from Fort Meade may
Gloria turned and saw him in tho bo ca,Ied out llght tho ,lame8.
moonlight. "Yes," aho acquiesced in
the young man asked, half in jest,
half in earnest.
Even Qlorla's quick wits failed her
such a atrango littlo volco that Bho
hardly recognlzod It.
"I that is I havo drawn up tho
constitution," ho Bald, his hand on
his pocket.
"But you didn't sign tho declarn
tion," Gloria reminded him, n little
pout on her Hps
"I'll sign anything If you say thla
Is all right road It," he broko off
suddenly, thrusting a folded nnner
into her hand. "Look at it and toll
Estrada Captures Two Towns.
Washington. Nows of tho capture
of household. $802,500; royal bounty,
$GO,000; contingent, $40,000; totnl,
$1,925,000. In addition tho quoen
might grant life pensions not to ex
ceed $0,000 a year ln any case, to
persons whom sho might consider
worthy, provided that all pensions
granted should bo reported to par
liament by tho twenty-ninth of July
each yoar.
On tho accession of King Edward
VII. (1001) it became necessary to
readjust tho civil list and a commit
too was appointed to investigate and
report on tho subject. The commit-
too reported a bill which was paBsod
Increasing the annual appropriation
for the civil list from $1,925,000 to
$2,350,000, distributed as follows:
Tholr majesties' privy purso, $550,-
000; Bccond-clasB salaries of royal
household, $629,000; third class ox-
by tho Estrada forces or two towns PenBf8 of "J"11 household, $905,000;
within n day's march of Managua, the
seat ot tho Madrlz government,
reached Genorai Castrlllo, roprosontn-
tlvo In Washington ot tho Estrada
govornment in Nicaragua Sunday.
Gay 8eason at Beverly.
Bevorly, Mass. Tho Bummer capital
is going to bo nn exceedingly gay
repair nnd decoration of royal pal
aces, $100,000; royal bounty and alms,
$00,000;' contingent, $40,000. In nddl
tion parliament grantod an annual al
lowance of $100,000 to tho prlnco ot
Wales, $50,000 to his wlfo and $40,000
each to tho king's threo daughtera
nnd other special grants. By tho
death of King Edward Queen Alexan
dra cornea Into n life pension of $360,,
v uu ton . - .r. nil,!, .,,, rv urn cornea into a mo iiuubiuh oi jou.i
mo If you think It will Insure us a p ,laco h,B .""T W th n"1 lnV 000 a year and all of tho surviving
perfect union, dear." already settled down in mo presi
Perfect union, dear." M""'"u.jr """,uu children of Queen Victoria continuo
Ano in mo mooniignt Gloria unfold- u " " 4, . 7 ,V T' ( n to draw life pensions.
nani- r. nnj npctnntlv awaits tho com nte of Pros ' '.7 .
vu fi i4 j ng iiiju WliulU I
Ita foldB a rlnst. She did not ni, dont Tnft. It is anticipated that Miss
"Dear, glvo mo your hand and lot IIolon Taft will prosldo In placo of her
mo draw up our constitution," ho "oinnr v somo m uiu iuuuiiuuh io uu
said. "Will you?" given hero. MrB. Taft's health' is evon
Bho did; and 1t fitted bo well was vot far from robust and Miss Taft
so fitting, as Gloria put It some lonn may offlclato as mistress of tho Bov-
minutes afterward that she decided 'i"ly Whlto House for a tlmo. There
to accept It vill be much golf and automoblllug.
It Is set likely thero will bo any
material reduction In the civil list
grantod Georgo V. from- that of King;
Edward, which totaled $2,350,000
year. Compared with this- tho presi
dent's salary of $75,000". a year with
$25,000 for trayollng expenses does
not seem oxcoaslvoi
