The National tribune., 1903-10-22
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On the recommendation of Capt. Willard
III. Brownson, Commandant of the Nava
Academy. Secretary Moody has authoriz
ed the dscontinuance of the rule prohibit
ing smoking so far as it applies to the
members of the first class. In the opinion
of the Secretary the members of this elias:
are quite old enough to be relieved of sucl
a restriction.
The report of the Governor of the Ilocos
Sur Province shows that the financial con
dition of the Province is better than had
been hoped for. and that since the sur
render of the Insurgent forces in April.
1901. public order has been i'll 10 way
disturbed. The province is also preparing
TO erect 81 public school houses. which is
just about 50 more than it has ever had.
They will be supplied with 33 American
teachers and 157 Filipinos. In all the
pueblos where American teachers have
been employed, a large number of boys
and girls are already speaking the Eng
fish language. The condition shown is
most fiattering. And how all this must
make the Antics sQuirm.
The Postmaster-Ge General has been in
formed that the Postal Department OF
Great Britain is preparing to issue book
containing postage stamps to be carried
in the pocket. similar to the book issued
by the Post Office Department of this
Government.
What dreadful names the United States
does get abroad. We are called Stat
Until" in Italian: "Estados Unidos." in
Spanish; ''Etats- Unis.' in French: We
reinigte Staten" in German. and some
old thing that can neither be pronounced
nor spelled. ''in United States" by the
they call us plain limited States" and
have done with it? Congress ought to
proceed to make it penal Offense TO dis
tort our proud old National name in any
such abOminable fashion. "Vereinigta
Staten indeed, Why Germany ought
to be sued for libel.
President Roosevelt wants to "LeXow"
| Congress in its investigation into Postal
affairs. 1t is rather a sad commentary
on the dignity and integrity of that BODY
of honorable gentlemen, when the Presi
dent concludes that an ordinary Congress
sional investigation will result in n water
haul, and desires to go outside of the ord.
nary procedure to make Congressman deal
honestly in the matter.
The new pure food laws are raising
small storm among importers in New York.
and DR.. Wiley has been sent for 10 help
them out. 1t was not Thought that the
pure food bill wGuld cut much ice when i.
became a law. but it is certainly making
things hot for the importers who try 10
get their wares in under improper labels
and then fix them up on this side by adui
terating, but still clinging to the old abe,s
which recite pure goods.
| Miss Alice Roosevelt has a new fad.
She has taken to Il high road cart and n
tandem team. She handles the ribbons
fairly well, but is not yet out of leading
strings. as her tutor goes with her all the
time. 1t is said that the young lady had
a bad half hour with her father over per-
hitting The attentions of Poll Parrot Lehr
| at Newport.
The ODD Z. s. is ordered to the Philip
| pines. and is to sail on the Sheridan on
the 31st The order started a perfect
| epidemic of marriages, and 10 officers
of the regiment viii take brides with them.
all of these to be acquired between this
and the sailing. Capt. John II. Hannay
started the ball rolling by asking a mum.
| Der of his friends to act as ushers at his
wedding. and found that they We're all
looking for ushers also. The weddings
are all scheduled for about the same time.
One of the few remnants OF the old
navy pttl SDIl II WAS hfloWU
to us as the Monocacy. and was built in
1863. i'll Baltimore. The old vessel was
an iron, schooner-rigged, sde-wIeel dou-
ble-ender, of which there were seven con.
structed. about 1863, and all given In
dian names. The Suwanee, a sister ship,
was wrecked, and the others We're sold
in 1869.
When the Maine was blown up by the
| Spanish, the old Monocacy was in Asiatic
waters along with the AshuelOt, and a lot
| of other old tubs, which had been the butt
of the Orient press for a number Of years
They We're called the ''ironmonger's hope"
because they were always being locked
| for repairs They called the Monocacy a
'washboilcr' and .'jnrickisha," but just
the same she came into play as soon as
ships were needed in the Philippine war
and did very good service. She was in
command of Commander r. II. Wise in
the battle of Taku. and since that tine
has been lying in a mud dock in the Pei
Ho River. She was appraised at $1,000,
but was not worth half that for old iron.
Some Jap named Hoshimote bought hel
last week. however, paying for her
S11 600. Nobody has any idea what he
intends to do with the poor old hulk. for
it would not be possible to turn her into
a yacht.
w utH tue eHuSslSdulu NitiDIai
/ Guards turn themselves loose in Washing
ton at an Inaugural parade, they usually
proceed to tear up the town and rough
house" everything in sight. At the time
of Mckinley's first Inauguration their dep
relations were of such character that
the Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia made complaint to the Governor of
Pennsylvania. The same thing was done
at Cleveland's second Inauguration. At
the second Mckinley Inauguration the
Pennsylvania troops broke one prosper
GUS saloon keeper up in business. A third
| appeal has been made to the Governor of
Pennsylvania, but the attorney writes that
he has been unable to get any satisfaction
out of the State authorities, and does not
believe that it will be possible to make the
State pay.
1t was decided by the Committee on Ar
engagements of the last Inauguration that
Pennsylvania National Guard would
never again be officially invited to Wash
ington for any purpose whatever. While
not all the men who comprise it are hood
| lums and toughs, there are enough who are
to give the whole body a bad name. 1t
was said when they were here the last
time that they were not responsible for the
men who had committed the atrocious
acts; that their ranks being depleted they
had picked UP a3y body who would come
along to fill up the gaps, and had got
some pretty hard cases." The saloon
keeper whose place was wrecked proposes
to push his claim in the civil courts.
The Government Printing Office has