The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-02
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inspectors. but a number Of these In.
spcctors will be retained and assigned
to the packing houses. These men are
especially fitted for this duty and will
so materially increase the inspection as
to obviare the delays and complaints
funds to carry on the work"
An idiotic story is going the rounds
that deserters from the Union army
when caught were branded with the
letter ID" and turned loose again. OF
course, ii is pure fabrication. Deserters
during time of war, if the desertion is
in the face of the enemy, do not get off
with branding, for if they were caught
they were usually the guest of honor at
a necktic social or a firing party They
deserved such ignominious death under
the conditions and circumstances; but
the United States Government never
did such a barbarous thing as brand
human beings.
Nine members of the House of Rep
resentatives spent couple Of weeks in
New Mexico and Arizona early in OctO-
Der, going all over the two Territories,
studying the mines, the people and all
the conditions of the Territories named,
which are asking for admission as q
single State. The result of the trip is
that the Representatives will recon-
mend that Arizona be not admitted
now.
In the party were James A. Tawney,
Halvor Stevenson, and Charles r.
Davis, of Minnesota: Martin B. Madden,
of Chicago; Edward s. Minor and Hen
ry G. Adams, of Wisconsin,: Herman p.
Goebel. Of Ohio; Thomas F. Marshall,
of North Dakota. and Henry Lee May
nard, of Virginia. Mark Smith, Terri
torial Delegate from New Mexico, was
with the party for a while. OF those
who returned, Mr.. Davis Is at the Riggs
and Mr.. Maynard Is at the New Will
lard.
Mr.. Maynard said that probably the
most striking feature Of the whole trip
was dinner given at MOrenci, AriZ.
1T was unique affair."" he said. ut
was rendered to us and several others
by the owners of the Queen mine there.
We descended 500 feet into the bowels
of the earth. and in a great cavern that
had been hewn out Of the solid copper
by the miners we sat down at one of
the most sumptuous banquets that
Around the concave walls were hun
dreds of glittering candles that made
one think of fairyland."
Senator Foraker of Ohio, is quite i'll
and has cancelled all his speaking en-
trouble is liberation of the bowels with
tendency to peritonitis. He has been
unable to leave his bed the last two
weeks, and his condition gives his
friends great uneasiness.
Two towns. for which the United
States Government will act as sponsor.
will be created next month in south
ern Idaho on sites which now are an
absolute desert waste. Names already
have been chosen for them-Heyburn
for the first, which officially Is to be
erected on Nov. IA, and Rupert for the
second, which is to be created one week
later. The two towns will be seven
miles apart. Sales of town lots will be
under Government auspices
on the days the towns are erected. The
lots will be sold to the highest bidders.
While the country is now a desert, it
Is expected that the great irrigating ca
nails which the Government is con-
at a cost in excess Of $1,000
900 will make it very productive. The
towns are located on the recently con-
branch of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad.
They lisped in numbers for the
numbers came" Just read this tale Of
Millions" Capt. w. NJ Meredith, Di-
rector of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, says in his annual report to
the Secretary of the Treasury.
1.-The work delivered during the fiscal
year comprised 38,S48,00O sheets of
United States notes, gold and silver
certificates; 5000 sheets of bonds; g.
052,54 sheets of National Bank notes;
59,631,910 sheets of Internal Revenue
stamps: $4,000 sheets of Customs
stamps; 57.s73.411 sheets Of postage
stamps; 2,056,734 sheets Of checks.
stamps for Cuba, the Philippine Islands
and the Isthmian Canal Commission;
aggregating 165,354,514 sheets. The
work delivered during the fiscal year
1904 aggregated 159.918.061 sheets, an
increase for 1905 over 1904 of 5.436,453
sheets, or "a per cent. In addition to
the impressions delivered, miscellane-
Gus work was executed to the value Of
$135, 5000, as against $S9,417.72 for
1904. an increase of $45,743.0S. or SILL
per cent"
There comes from Manila sorry
wall about stranded veterans" other
wise young men who have been in the
Philippine service, and who being dis
charged for one reason and another
are unable to get back to the United
States. The wall has small foundation
IN fact, almost none, to tell the truth.
Col. George E. Pond, Assistant Quar-
termaster-General says that all SOL
diers who are honorably discharged
have right to be brought back to the
United States. and the War Department
always does it when the soldier wants
to come. 1t is fact, however, that O
good many of these young men are
soldiers of fortune" and do not care
to come home as long as the sun shines,
but when adversely camps on their trail,
they go about with hue and cry about
the inhuman treatment OF the United
States Government toward men who
have been fighting her battles Col.
Pond characteriZes the story as printed
in Manila as fake pure and simple.
IF soldier is dishOnorably dis
charged in the Philippines" he says
then his status is little better than
that of a convict, and under the law
we are not bound to, in fact cannot,
bring him back. There are also in the
Philippines number of hangers-on OF
the army and men who have been hired
for some particular service, and who
have for one cause or another lost their
jobs. Under the law we have no con-
Germ In these men and cannot help them.
The notion that the Government will or
should furnish transportation for ev-
cry fellow who gets stranded I'm some
foreign country is persistent falIacy
that l hope some day will be exploded