The National tribune., 1891-12-10

are published in the report Of the Bcsrd. she |
will also bring suit for libel against them. The |
Boards report, minutes and al, embracing the !
" charges" against Miss Couzius, has already |
appeared in pamphlet form, and an editorial |
notice from Mrs. WarfeId in a recent issue Of /
her paper, stating that she intended to make
use of some portions Of the reports, is what
brought out the threat Of libel suit from Miss
Couzius.
-.
Mrs. Teller. the wife Of the Senator from
Colorado is n woman with a mind Of her own.
She is annoyed by tho proximity Of a saloon to
her residence on Capitol Hill, and has requested
the Commissioners to revoke its license. The
Commissioners complied with the request. but
the saloon-keeper asked for three months time
in which to wind up mis- business. aud the Com
missioners are disposed to grant this.
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The tests Of armor plates which have been
going on for several months IS summed up in
the report of the Board Of Experts appointed
for that purpose in the following concise Ian
guage. They arc Of the unanimous opinion
that the plates should be classified as regards
merit as follows: 1. The high carbon nickel
| steel Harvey plato furnished by the Bethlehem
Iron Company. .. The high carbon nickel
steel plate furnished by the Bethlehem Iron
Company 3. The high carbon nickel-steel
plate furnished by Carnegie Phipps & Co. 4.
The low carbon nickeI-steeI Harvey plate fur
ni5hed by Carnegie, Phipps & Go. 5. The low
carbon nickel steel plate furnished by Carnegie,
I Il 4 III.
plate furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Com
pany. Comparing the plates this trial with the
CreusOt steel and the Creusot nickel steel plates
OF the Annapolis trials Of September 1890. the
Board is OF the unanimous opinion thas o. the
high carbon nickel-steel Harvey plate furnished
by the Bethlehem Iron Company. and (2i the
high carbon nickel-stee plates furnished by
the Bethlehem Iron Compang are superior to
the Creusot steel and nickel-plates Of last year.
The firing at this years trial was more rapid
than at last years, and that the interval be-
tween the fourth and fifth shots at each plate
was about two hours instead Of four days, as
then. At this trial the plates were still sing
ing from the blows Of the six-ineh when they
were struck by the eight-ineh projeetiles.
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Hon. David B. CuIbcrson, OF Texas. was ten
dered the appointment Of Interstate Commerce
/ Commissioner by President Harrison, made va
cant by the death Of Gen. Bragg last week, but
| for reasons Of personal nature" sent q DO
lite communication declining the appointment.
/ The position carries with il a salary Of 81, 500
year, and is for six years, and it can be said
that the ex- x-Consressman from Texas IS man
in million who would decline such . iuera-
| tive and important Office.
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! One OF the propositions in connection with
/ the coming National Eucampmeut was that the
Engineer Corps lag pontoon bridge across the
Potomac from the foot Of New York avenue to
Arlington. This would greatly shorten the dis
tance the veterans would have to 90 in visiting
! that great National Cemetery, would be q graf
| ifeatioH to them to tramp once more over
| pontoon bridge, and wOald be good exercise for
/ the EngiBee. Corps which has bad no expert
| cnce for many years in that species Of bridge
/ building. But inquiries deyelOpt the astonish-
ing fact that there is not enough pontoous in the
/ whole United States at present 10 build such a
bridge. This gives a comiealIy humiliating
view Of our condition cf preparedness for war.
If We are in no better shape in other things
than in pontOons we are badly of indeed If
wc have not enough pontoons for a single
bridge, over moderate sized river, how defc-
lent we must bs in ether indispensable war
I mateTial2 OF course il would not take long 10
build all the pontoous we should want. but in
the event Of war VIC should want an immense
number Of things, and we shOHld have a rcpe-
tition of many Of the mortifyiug experiences
/ Of 1861.
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| Consul General Crawford reports from Saint
Petersburg that the Russian Government has
been trying since 1858 q scheme akin 10 the