The National tribune., 1903-01-22

" F. r NEWCa

The National W. c. T. U. has been
urging that Women Inspectors shall be
appointed for the Port of New York. The
; National President of that organization
says that youngvwomen are being brough,
to this country under the decoy of hon,
orable employment, and on landing are
taken to disreputable houses in New York
where they enter upon lives of shame. To
ferret out the truth of This monstrous
charge. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
has concluded to appoint five women In
spectors. They will have no picnic, for
their business will be to board vessels az
all hours of day or night, in all sorts OF
weather, and their Investigations Will be
frequently carried on IN the steefase.
President Roosevelt came in from
walk the other evening, his SLOUGH hat well
down over his eyes, and was denied en-
trance to his own grounds by Whlte
House policeman! Even when he an
nounced that he was the President, the
policeman was reluctant to let him pro-
coed.
The applications of negro officers OF the
Volunteer army of the Spanish war are
being pressed for promotion in the Reg
MAR Army. and there is trouble brewing.
1t is said by the negro officers that ADJ t.
Cen Corbin is holding up all such appil-
cations.
Secretary Moody seems not to be very
valiant horscman. While at Annapolis
the other day, the horses attached to the
carriage in which himself, Senator Hale
and two others were riding, frightened
at something and ran away. Secretary
Moody got the carriage door opened and
jumped He landed on his face, and got
scratched up pretty badly, but not seri-
ously hurt The others remained in the
carriage and were not hurt at all.
Last week the tower on old st. Mat
thew's Church Roman Catholic) was torn
down. The church is not so very old, its
cornerstone having been laid in 1888, but
it had many historic associations. The
big bell which hung in the tower has been
silent for many years, but its first deep
notes were heard when its tolling an
nounced the near approach of the rebels,
as it was supposed, after First Bull Run.
Its chief mission during the troublous days
of the war was to toll when the rebels
turned their attention Washington-ward.
The funeral of Gen. Sheridan was held
from st. Matthews. The church got too
small for its large and wealthy congrega-
ton, and another house of worship was
built further out in the Northwest. The
old church is now in the market, and the
tower, being unsafe, was ordered down.
It is thought probable that the old bell will
be deposited in the National Museum.
where it naturally belongs.
Prof. Schurman, President of Cornell
University, who stands on a pinnacle most
of the time. says: "Haul down the Flag
whenever its work is done" All very
well, Mr.. Professor, but is the work of
the Flag ever "done?" Will the time
ever come in those Islands, blighted by
centuries of misgovernment, when the
work of the Flag can be considered &C
complished and its mission ended? The
Bible and the Banner of Freedom al
ways march together. Will the time ever
come when the Bible will be said to have
accomplished its mission, and it be re-
tired from duty? How, then, can we
''haul down the Flag" in a land where
the. people do not yet know the first lei
ter of the alphabet of Freedom? If Prof
Schurman's advice is taken, the Flag wi.
remain "put" till "the Heavens are rolled
up as a scroll and every mountain and
island are moved out of their places"
Hawaii is in high dudgeon at the Sem
ate Commission, which suggests Molokai
for a National leper settlement, and re
ports that there are many lepers scatter
ed about the other islands who should be
gathered in and cared for on Molokai. 1t
is hard to see where the kick comes In.
Molokai was set apart as a leper home by
the Hawaiians themselves, long enough
before we took her in, and it is WELL
known fact that there are lepers all
through the islands.
It is plain to be seen that the Represen-
fatiyes of the "Powers" do not care a
whole lot about Senior Quesada, the Cuban
Minister. He is very nice little man,
and he has a charming wife, but they are
ton in diplomatic society, and are prac-
ticafly among .those who Also" etc.
The bodies of 20 soldiers who died
while in service in the Philippines were
buried at Arlington last Friday morning
with military honors. The customary vol.
feys were fired, and taps was sounded as
the bodies were lowered into their graves.
The services were conducted by Chaplain
Pierce, I'd Cav, now stationed at Fort
Myer. A troop of the I'd Cav. acted as
military escort, under the command of
Capt. Trout. The burial was in the Span.
Ssh War section of the cemetery.
The Secretary of War has expressed
desire that the bill for permanent
camp ground for the instruction and
manuvering of troops of the Regular
Army and the National Guard in the
vicinity of Camp Douglas, Juneau Co.
Wis, shall become law.
The East Room of the White House is
now thrown open to the public for the
first time since the general tcar-up in the
Spring. Entrance is no longer made
through the great north doors under the
porch whose steps have been worn by the
feet of the Presidents and their guests
since the time of the elder Adams That
doro is now reserved for the elect. "fETen
as comes in kerr;dges." as one of the at
tendants remarked, the general public
goes round to the east side and enters thu
"coat-box corridor" then tramps I'D tb,
basement stairs and i'm to the East Room
Is is the only part of the Mansion which
Is now open to sight-seers.
Robert Poole. who built the Dome ot
the Capitol, died last Friday at lis HON,
in Baltimore. Mr.. Poole was an iror
founder of worldwide fame. The Capt.
fol Dome, all of iron, and the heavy iroI
casting and columns of the Urea sur,
building being his work. Both are til,
wonder of modern architects today.
DR.. A. H.Simonton, of Alabama, want
q position as Acting Assistant Surgeon il
the Navy. He has remarkably goo,
record as an Army Surgeon, and when ex
amined for the position he desires, passe
high. The Medical Board was obliged +
reject him. however. because his girth
such that il would be impossible for hir