The National tribune., 1903-09-24

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be practicable. The conformation of the
shore line makes telegraph lines equally
useless.
Members of the District National Guard
who are employed in the Government
Printing Office can do what other people
cannot. They can draw two salaries from
the United States Government. They can
draw their salaries as employees of the G..
L. y. and at the same time draw pay as
members of the District National Guard
when in annual encampment. The Comp
trollcr of the Treasury has so decided.
On the four sides of the Sherman statue
are bronze placques. representing notable
scenes in the Generals history. One repre-
sents the battle of Missionary Ridge. and
Gen. BOyntOn says that that is a most ex-
traordinary faithful representation of the
ground over which Sherman's men fought.
Another represents the battle of Atlanta,
July %. 1864; third shows the army in
bivouac. with Gen. Sherman. according to
his custom, walking up and down in front
of camp fire, while the sentry detailed to
stand in front of his tent has been ordered
to sit down and rest, and has gone to
sleep. The fourth represents the begin
ming of the march to the sea, with Sher-
man sitting on his horse, the troops march
ing alongside of him, and the burning city
in the background.
The Society of the Army of the Ohio
held meeting last week to make arrange
ments for the unvailing of the Sherman
statue, with Capt. George Redway Chair
man and j. Praise Richard Secretary.
Committees were appointed and general
progress made. The annual meeting for
the election of officers will be held at the
Ebbitt House, Thursday evening, Oct. 10,
at :! o'clock.
The Navy people certainly have the
courage of their convictions. Secretary
Moody proposes to ask Congress for over
500, 100000 for 1904 aud 1905. Last year
he asked for S9S,91O.9S463 and got ST.
1O1, 791.
| The Ordnance Bureau of the War De-
partment is also quite liberal in its re-
quest, and will ask for S1S.000,OOO for ar
tillery' particularly heavy seacoast guns
| The President has granted full and I'M
conditional pardon to George ID. Crosby
and b. Il. Crosby. convicted at MOntgOm-
cry. Ala. for violation of the peonage
| laws. They were sentenced to imprison-
ment for one year and day, and have
been in prison since June 20. The Judge
| who sentenced them recommended their
pardon and the President says that the
prisoners have undergone the humiliation
of imprisonment in the penitentiary, the
sting of condemnation by their neighhors
and wide publicity for their crimes. Thei.
| families are destitute. and the President
thinks that all the good that can be secured
by their trial and conviction has accrued.
For some reason not SO far discovered.
| Washington is Il suicide center. There are
certainly enough blasted hopes and blight
ed aspirations in this hotbed of political
ambitions to induce men to end their lives,
but it is not this class who seem to kill
themselves. Most of the self sayers are
men who have had no connection with
politics or public life. Up to date. 40 per-
sons have killed themselves in Washing
ton this year, an average of six per month,
| which eclipses any former record. Physi-
clans have been studying the epidemic, but
so far have not found any central cause.
The men and women were just tired of life
for some reason or another, and killed
themselves. About the only generalization
that can be made is that hot weather is
more productive of this thing than the
colder months. While there were only two
suicides in January, three in February.
and six in March, the warm weather of
April raised the number to 10; in the rainy
days of last May, it fell to three then
to rise to six in June; in July seven, in
August eight, and four so far in Septem
Der. In the past 10 years the average
number of suicides has been about 30 per
| annum.
DIR. II. W. Wiley, the head of the Chem.
| istry Division OF the Agriculture Depart.
ment, is back from d trip to Europe, full
Of plans and theories for new work. 1t
will be remembered that last year he con-
Quoted the poison Cafe" at which a
number of volunteers boarded. All the
meats they ate were those which had been
preserved with chemicals according to the
methods said 10 be in use by the packers
in America. Oct. he will begin another
experiment as to the healthfulness of
wines and beers which are preserved by
salicylic acid. The facts are that both the
wines and beers are so preserved in Europe
for transportation to this country, and the
progress of this experiment will be
watched with interest Germany and
France have been so 'fresh" as to our
ure to have some stunning developments
as to the character of their exports. DR..
Wiley says that one of the leading wine
experts of Europe told him that the Amer.
| leans got little beyond the labels in the
wines that they purchase. Very little of
| the wine that comes to this country is
really the vintage indicated by the labels
Almost anything else was substituted for
this. The same is told of the Scotch whis-
ky which is made-'ip product intended
for the American market.
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The Labor Unions are making a very
strong campaign against bookbinder Mil
Ter, who was reinstated upon the Presi-
dents order. and they are sending copies
of resolutions adopted by the Bookhinders'
Union declaring that Miller has "outra-
geously violated every moral and in two
instances the criminal law; that he has
broken every obligation to his Union, and
has been tried and found guilty of fla
grant -unionism."
Silver seems to be going down a little
again. A couple of weeks ago the Treas
ury Department paid 1927 cents an ounce
for 100000 ounces for the Philippines.
Last week the Director of the Mint bought
900 ounces at 57.95 cents.
Senator Redfeld Proctor, of Vermont,
fell into the hands of the law while hunt
ing in New Hampshire last week, and was
brought before Justice of the Peace at
Croiden and fined $40 and costs-$17. 80
for having killed raccoon in violation of
the game laws. He pleaded guilty and
said he did not know any better.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, is planning q
little spectacular entertainment for the
coming session of Congress in q deter
mined effort to unseat Reed Smoot, Sena-
tor-elect from Utah. Senator Dubois's
purpose is understood not to be the unseat-