The National tribune., 1903-05-07

of circulation based on United states
bonds was S347. 564 1855, an increase for
the year of So, 450, 963 and an increase for
= the month of $9,214,541.
The total domestic coinage executed Mt
the mints of the United States during
April, 1908, was S2,141. go. as follows:
Gold. S137, 400; silver, $1,S09,OOO; minor
coins, $194, $50.
The monthly comparative statement OF
the Government receipts and expenditures
shows that for the month of April, l90o,
the total receipts were 3.326, 100 and the
expenditures S41. 1868. S14. leaving sur
plus for the month of 81 ,562, 2S6.
The receipts from the several sources OF
revenue are given as follows: Customs,
S22, ASS. 129. increase, as compared with
April. 1902, $1,6i0.000; internal revenue,
S1S.O64, 500, decrease S3.192,006: mis-
cellaneous, $2,773.414. decrease S33S.OOO.
The expenditures on account of the war
Department were 50 sos 1872, increase ST.
100000; Navy, $6,412,3347, increase S34o'-
900.
For the 10 months of the present fiscal
wear the receipts exceeded the eXpendl-
lures by $50, 419.6fG:
Comrade Z. L. Walter. Cd n. Y. Cav,
who is an architect at Scranton, Pa, has
been in the city on visit.
Comrade Winfield Scott Hunter. of the
33d Mass, who now resides at Waynes-
boro. Pa, is in the city for some consid-
cradle stay. He received u severe wound
at Gettysburg, where his regiment did
great work in wiping out the Louisiana
Tigers. He is in the lumber business, and
has extensive holdings of timber land in
West Virginia.
Col Thomas Symons. L. S. A, the new
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds.
who takes the place left vacant by Col.
Theodore Bingham, arrived in the city last
Friday, and, after presentation to Mrs.
Roosevelt, went to the War Department,
where he formally took possession of his
new BERTH Col. Symons is a fine, sol
dierly-looking man. a graduate of West
Point. and has quite reputation as an
Indian fighter.
Somebody started the report that one
of the reasons for assertions in the navy
was the .scanty fare Here is the bill
of fare for week. There are good
many hundred thousand laborers' families
who would like to be as well fed: Break
fast. fresh beef stew, bread, butter and
coffee: dinner, baked fish, tomato sauce,
boiled potatoes. bread and coffee; supper,
macaroni and cheese, fried potatoes. timed
meat, bread,-butter and tea. The Sunday
menu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., baked beans,
bread butter and coffee; dinner, roast
beef, boiled potatoes, biscuits and cocoa;
supper, cold roast beef. cheese, apple
sauce, corn bread and tea"
! On May 1. "Manila Day." the Navy De
partment had hoisted over it a fine new
Flag of the largest dimensions made by
the Government, ~ by 50 feet. mere e
was enough wind to carry it out and it
proudly foated all day long ION the loyal
winds that loved it well.'
George L. Lorillard. son Of the late
Pierre Lorillard. has been appointed Sec
ond Secretary of the Legation at Havana.
Since Harriet Beecher Stoves great
story, ''Uncle Toms Cabin" has been
barred from the New York libraries, The
Man Without Country" will probably
have to follow suit before very long.
Washington was given a great treat the
other night, in which 1.-The Man Without
Country figured. Many have read
about Philip Nolan, and felt sorry for him,
and not a few have shed real tears for
him, but to know him, really and truly,
one should hear the venerable author read
his story. This is what few people did
last Friday night. The Rev. Edward
Everett Hale read to them his greatest
story. and 'The Man Without Country
seemed to be alive and right there on the
stage. DIR. Hale is well down the western
slope of life, where the shadows grow
CANT and gray for most people, but he
seems to have found the sunshine even
1 there. He says of Philip Nolan that he
( Sc raal That ic Jur;no
! the war of the rebellion very young sol.
der declared that he wished that he had
/ not been born in the United States. On
this infamous declaration DIR. Hale pinned
his story, but dated it back to the days OF
the Aaron Burr plot.
The Chinese Minister is adopting Ameri
tan customs rapidly. He moved on the Isl
of May. The magnificent new Chinese
old house into the new was the rule fol
May /. The new home is to be elegantly
Furnished, partly with American furnish.
ings and partly with Chinese. The new
Minister has some rare old Chinese hang
fngs. cabinets and china, which will be
displayed in a regular Oriental room. Nc
attempt will be made to mix things. The
American part of the house will be Ameri
can. and the Oriental part will be distinct
ly Oriental.
Grace Reformed Church, better known
in Washington as ''The President.
Church." will be completed so as to b,
dedicated by June Z. 1t is said that tn,
services Of dedication will extend through
out the week. The old church was a tin,
brick affair." with its main entrance on al
alley. The addition TO it is not so yer,
large, but is neat and pretty.
Baroness Hengelmuller wife of the EN-
basador of Austria Hungary, slipped Oh
the polished floor of the dining room Of tn
Embassy last Sunday and broke her ankle
Secretary Cortelyou has appointed rs
Special Examiner in the Bureau of Cor
porations L. Dana Durand, of Michigan
and Jeremiah w. Mitchell of Maine Spe
cial Attorney.
Lieut.-Col. L. Cubillo, Of Spain. Is i
Washington for a short stay, and will the
visit some of the great gun factories O
this country. He is here to buy armo
plate for the Spanish navy, and guns a
well. w. c. Accles. of London, who az
companies Col. Cubillo, says: There is nc
nation in Europe to-day that does nc
look to the United States for its implt
ments Of war"
The Post-office scandal grows no small
er, but it seems to be resting There M