The National tribune., 1906-02-15

a magnificent silver loving cup. The
New York delegation is rejecting on
presenting n service of Tiffany cut
glass. The Emperor of Germany will
send a bracelet of great cost-he gave
Miss Alice a beautiful gem-set brace
let when she chrstened 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
Tiffany do a dinner set of solid silver
which will cost a mighty sight of
money. Cuba is in Il quandary. Its
Legislature vulgarly voted $4,000 for
a 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 a
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
ernment Printing Office, the Treasury
Department has announced the seIec-
tion 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 n 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
| lications; copy must be edited before
| after oniOp In a int inc
office; statistical matter must be pub
| lished in condensed form, and the
mailing lists are TO be frequently re-
vised. In addition to these reforms,
there will 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 $4,000 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. /.
The appropriation will be asked or
the ground that borh men lost theil
lives III llt effort TO save lllt 'ONtIh'
ment property from destruction.
There is not n little heart burning
land jealousy caused by the invitation:
to the White House wedding, which wa.
to ne expected. OF course, everybody
wanted to go, and only 1000 invitation:
We're issued. That cuts out about 10,
600 who think they We're entitled tS
go. There are many women who haV,
. hCg for rIopntbg ontfinrs 1,
to wear to the wedding who did no
get smell of an invitation. But the!
can play sick, or leave the city OF
pressing business and regret to thei
friends. that they could not be her,
to attend, for no official list will b,
printed and so anybody who wishe
: can say that he was there, or that al
invitation was received. The Presiden
and Mrs. Roosevelt say that the stor,
that the wedding presents will aggre
} gate in cost $1.00O,00O is simpl,
ridiculous 1t Is probable, however. tina
} 100000 Will not be far short Ther,
will be no official list of the present
printed either.
John Jackson, n welI-known loca
character and one of the heroes of tn,
3 civil war, died at Eastport, Nd, las
? week, at the age Of 80 years.
! Jackson was known to nearly all O
: the officers who have graduated from
J the Naval Academy in recent years
During the blockade off Charleston Ii,
saved the Miantonomah and other ship.