The National tribune., 1906-02-15
HON. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH
THE WHITE HOUSE WEDDING.

magnificent silver loving cup. The
New York delegation Is rejecting on
presenting a service Of Tiffany cut
glass. The Emperor of Germany will
Miss Alice Il beautiful gem-set brace
let when she christened his ship for
him. France is expected to give a COM
plete dinner set of her exquisite china
which Is especially making for the oc-
casion, and some very rare old tap
estries. The Rough Riders are having
Tlnany do dinner set of solid silver
which will cost a mighty sight of
money Cuba is i'm q quandary. It's
Legislature vulgarly voted $25, 900 for
present. and the President has de-
clined the ostentatious gift. Now the
little Island Republic is minded to buy
San Juan Hill and present it to Miss
Roosevelt. which Is just as funny n
proposition as the other She couldn't
possibly put it to any use.
In accordance with the recent order
of the President that there must be
less printing and more editing of the
many documents turned into the Gov
eminent Printing Office the Treasury
Department has announced the seIec-
ton of a committee to look after the
publications of that Department
The committee is composed of AS
sistant Secretary Keep, George Sim
mons. Chief of the Division of Station
cry and Printing, and John s. Mills, of
the same division.
The committee has sent a circular to
all the employees i'm the Treasury De-
partment informing them in a general
way OF the appointment and reciting
its duties in detail. Unnecessary matter
Is to be excluded from reports and pub
LEGATIONS; copy must be edited before,
and not after. going to the printing
office. Statistical he h
lished in condensed form, and the
mailing lists are to be frequently re-
vised. In addition to these reforms,
there VIII be more economy in the
Binding Department. canvas binding
being used wherever possible
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston. COM
nander Of the Department of Cali
fornia, has made known his intention
of writing to the War Department to
suggest that Congress be asked to pass
a bill appropriating 10000 each to the
families OF Capt. Charles Dakin and
Hoseman Thomas Hennessy, both Of
Engine Company No. 4, of San Fran
cisco, who gave up their lives in the
fire on board the Army transport
Meade on Feb. l.
The appropriation will be asked on
lives in the effort to save the Govern
ment property from destruction.
There is not a little heart burning
and jealousy caused by the invitations
To the White House wedding, which was
To be expected. or course, everybody
wanted to go, and only 1000 invitations
were issued. That cuts out about TO-
600 who think they We're entitled to
go. There are many women who have
been for months getting dresses ready
to wear to the wedding who did not
get smell of an invitation. But they
can play sick, or leave the city on
| pressing business and regret to their
| friends, that they could not be here
to attend, for no official list will be
| printed, and so anybody who wishes
can say that he was there, or that an
| invitation was received. The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt say that the story
that the wedding presents will aggre-
gate in cost $1.000.00O is simply
ridiculous. 1t Is probable, however that
| 100000 will not be far short. There
Will be no official list of the presents
printed either.
| John Jackson, well-known local
| character and one Of the heroes of the
civil war. died at Eastport, Md. last
week, at the age OF 80 years
Jackson was known to nearly all OF
the officers who have graduated from
| the Naval Academy in recent years.
During the blockade of Charleston he
saved the Mfantonomah and other ships