He is thought to have been the vic
tim of heart disease. Mr. Mosgrove
was the author of “A Kentucky Cav
alier,” and was a frequent contributor
to newspapers and magazines. He was
a member of Morgan’s command in the
civil war.
M M M
FOR MRS. J. T. JACKSON.
Represenatlve E. Y. Webb has se
cured the passage of the bill giving
to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson a pension
of S2O a month. This bill originated
in the senate, having been passed at
the Instance of Senator Overman, and
will now become law as soon as
THE WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
it Is signed by the president and the
speaker. There was talk of the possi
ble application of the “Loyalty test”
while the bill was pending, and some
doubt was entertained about its final
passage. No obstacles arose, however,
after the bill had finally been reported
favorably by Chairman Laudenslager,
of New Jersey, of the sub-committee
in the house, to which the application
was referred.
M M M
DISCUSSION OF NEGRO PROBLEM.
Special to the Banner.
Chattanooga, Tenn., February 23. —
At the meeting of the Chattanooga
Press Club, which was organized yes
terday, the following resolutions on the
race question were adopted:
“Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Chattanooga Club that the sooner
the press of the country drops the dis
cussion of the so-called ‘negro prob
lem,’ the sooner the matter will be
settled.”
M M M
BUSY ON THE ISTHMUS.
(From the Tribune Bureau.)
Washington, Feb. 22. —“President
Roosevelt’s visit to aPnama will prove
worth millions in money and years
in time to the great enterprise,” said
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, of Portland,
Ore.
