The National tribune., 1904-08-04

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Former Representative John A. Morri-
son, of Cochranville, Pa, is dead, aged 80
years. In 1880 he was elected to Con-
gress and represented that district in the
32d Session.
Hon. Hannis Taylor. late Minister to
Spain. has had the degree of LID. con-
ferred upon him by the University of Edin,
burg. He was thus specially complmented
because of his authorship of a monumental
work. 1.-The Origin and Growth of the
English Constitution"
In order to win the next Presidential
election the Democrats have not even an
even" chance with the Republicans, for
they will have to win one more vote than
476. One half of this is 23S. If the Dem
ocrats and Republicans tie on that vote
| the contest will be thrown into the House
of Representatives, and the Republicans
being in the majority, it is easy to see how
the contest would be decided: so, to win
the Democrats will have to get $50 votes
while the Republicans can win with 1913
They are telling a pretty tough yarn
about the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in Washington. A gang of
men were at work on the street here, and
tie DOSS came TuClUS up IIOHl tie Dul-
letn board early in the morning, shouting
THAI Parker had been nominated. mo
men, but pretty soon Bull Peters, whose
| always a buttin' in. asked kind of in
quirin' like, say. Boss what was Parker
runnn' for, anyhow"
Brig. Gen. Williams II. Carter, COM
handing the Department of Visayas, with
headquarters at Iloilo, in his annual re-
port on the establishment of army posts,
says of the drinking since the adjustment
of the canteen:
This has been followed by the usual
crop of saloons and disreputable people.
With the well-regulated post exchanges of
former days, weak men had a choice of
evils, and generally chose the lesser, the
pure beer of the exchange. So long as
the misguided Christian women of America
insist on carrying the canteen into politics,
young soldiers. whose powers of resistance
to temptation are below normal or are not
firmly exercised. will continue to fall vic
Tins to the plague of service in Manila
and in the Orient generally, namely. drunk
enness' dissolute company and disease"
The Government has just put out a new
Philippine coin. 1t is called a half
centavo, which means half cent in our
money. These coins are very attractive
in appearance and in point of beauty are
far ahead of our money. They are the
same size as our $3.50 gold piece. One side
pears the Inquire OF a man seated at an
anvil. looking out over the sea toward a
mountain in the distance. On the reverse
side is a spread eagle resting on a shield.
They are being made up into shirt waist
studs, cuff buttons and stickpins, but that
fad will not last long.
Gen. Frederick Funston, commanding
the Department of the Columbia and
Alaska. accompanied by Maj r. X. Evans,
his Adjutant-General and Lieut.. !. Il.
Mitchell, personal Aid, have gone to
Alaska on tour of inspection of all the
Army posts in Alaska. 1t is journey in
volving thousands of miles of travel. from
the Canadian boundary line to Cape Nome.
The trip will occupy all Summer. On his
return Gen. Funston will go to New York
to take command of the Department of the
East.
The work of marking the boundary line
between Alaska and Canada at the points
that were disputed for SO many years, is
being proceeded with by parties of sur
veyors representing this country and Can
ada. The marking follows the award of
the recent Alaska Commission that met in
London, and the accuracy of the work is
to be testified to by DR.. G. III. Tittman,
Chief of the Coast and GeOdetic Survey
for the United States, and w. p. King,
Chief Astronomer of the Interior Depart
ment of Canada, for that country. DIR.
Iittman left last week to enter upon his
duties. He will meet Mr.. King in Alaska.
and together the two Commissioners of
their respective countries will proceed to
discharge their responsible duties.
The surveying and marking parties were
put to work month ago, as noted at the
time by The National Tribune They be-
gan on the Lynn Canal and in the Stikine
River country. these being the most inn
portant parts of the country and in the
regions where the greatest number of dis
putes have arisen. Many valuable mining
interests are also conferred i'm that region.
AS soon as possible monuments will also
be erected along the 141st meridian. This
- the northern section of the boundary
line, while the Lynn Canal and the Stikine
itIver are on the southern boundary. From
the Arctic Ocean to Mt. st. Elias the dis
lance is 200 miles. This can not he
marked throughout in one season because
OF the short season, and it may take sew
eral years to complete the work. which il
being paid for by both countries out of
a special fund. The State Department
has special appropriation of 500 700
to pay for the work of the Americans
The purpose of the Boundary Commits
sioners is to mark the Boundary by the
important streams and on the accessible
mountain tops first. by the streams and
in the valleys the boundary il being
marked by obelisks of brown aluminium
five or six feet high, one side containing
the words United States and the other
canada On the mountain ranges the
obelisks will be smaller. but just as dis
tinct. as nothing is TO be left to chance
in clearly setting forth the boundary line.
The mountain monuments will be cone
shaped and will be sunk in beds of rock
so as to be permanent
DIR. Tittman does not know how long
he will be in Alaska or how long the
marking will take. 1t will be pushed az
rapidly as possible, consistent with per-
manent and satisfactory work.