The National tribune., 1907-07-04

present epidemic. He says that the
chief cause is the negligence of parents
When the first attack is noticed it !.
generally considered a cold, and no
until 1t has gained virulence is its rea
nature realized.
The Treasury Department has beer
informed of a cockHey tampering will
y. 8. money. A brokerage house oil
Broad street, New York, which makes
a strenuous effort when paper currenc!
is plentiful at the Subtreasury to suppl.
its customers with crisp, new bills. wa
disguised to find a few days ago th'
reverse side of batch of Treasury So
gold certificates defaced with a rubbe
stamp. The bills were brand new, an(
the head of the firm, when his cashie
called his attention to the vandalism
was wrathy.
What made the broker angry was tn.
fact that the name stamped on the bill
was the business card of an Englishmar
representing an English company II
New York. Somewhere in the back o
his head the Wall Street man had {
recollection that it was about as seriou
an offense to deface currency as to us,
the Flag for advertising purposes. II.
made inquiry of the United States Dis
is Federal statute attaching a penalty
of 500 to just such an offcnse.
Capt. r. F. Nicholson, now detailed
at the Bureau of Navigation, has beer
given command of the new battleshiI
Nebraska, and will assume the discharge
of his new duties on July 1. The Ne.
braska was built by Moran & Brothers
Seattle, and only recently was accepted
by the Government and ordered placed
in commission on July l. She was sever
years in building.
This is the third time that Capt
Nicholson has been ordered to sea duty
on the Pacific. He was navigating Off.
Ger of the battleship Oregon on hel
memorable run around the Horn tC
Cuba. arriving just in time to partici-
pate in the battle of Santiago, taking a
conspicuous part in that engagement
More recently he brought the cruiser
Tacoma from Seattle TO the Atlantic.
Harvard has honored Secretary Root
ambassador Bryce, Embassador JUS
serand and the Duke of the Abruzz
with degrees. At the session when these
degrees were given Secretary Root took
occasion to pay high tribute to the
Roosevelt Administration. and the Duke
pronounced Harvard to be one of the
greatest intellectual centers in the
world.
In his address to the Yale Alumni
Secretary Taft declared that he was not
trying to dodge office.
Before sailing for France on board
the steamship La Savoie, Jean Jules
Jusserand. the French ambassador.
took occasion to say that President
Roosevelt is the greatest man of the
Western Hemisphere-head and shoul-
iers above every one else"
1T is not true said the En- AMBASSADOR,
that | am going to submit to my Gov
errment a new treaty relative to the
commercial attitude of the two coun-
tries. 1t is true that two or three small
questions call for attention. There is,
for instance. the attitude of the cham
Dagne corporations. The French people
would like to have the same treatment
as is accorded the Germans. with their
sparkling wines. in the new treaty be-
tween Germany and the United States.
The French Government made some
in this matter to the United
states Government. and the latter has
replied with a counter-proposal. / hope
that the matter will soon be satisfac-
sorily settled
The first official announcement that
any of the Government offices are to
"lose a half day on Saturdays was made
BY Public Printer Stillings that the Gov
Printing Office. in accordance
with a notice from President Roosevelt.
will be closed at noon on Saturdays un-
Ill further notice.
1t is thought that this order will be
IA force during July. August and Sep
tember. This will permit the several
hundred employees to leave the city for
the country or seaside resorts on Sat
lrday afternoon, where they can re-
main until late Sunday night or early
Monday morning.
And now it Is the McCumber Vice
boom which looms more
,r less large on the political horizon.
II the movement has not yet assumed
monumental proportions it is, perhaps.
because it Is so new. Unlike many of
he other booms. that of the North Da-
tota Senator originated outside his own
State. To be more explicit. the PUNK
'utawney (Pa.) Spirit is to be credited
With being the first to realize and COM
nent on the advantages which would
accrue to the Republican Party thru
he nomination of Mr.. McCumber.
Speaking of candidates for Vice Presi-
lent to run along with Knox" says the
Spirit, 'if We We're permitted to pick
he man. we would select Senator Nc
lumber, author of the new pension
aw.' Further along the Spirit says
hat its choice is a "clean-cut. forceful
nan. and his character is absolutely ir-
eproachable. He is a most amiable
md sympathetic man. sound on all the
public questions of the day. and looks
s much like a farmer as Uncle Joe
'annon. AS a campaigner he has no
uperiors. With voice as clear as the
'oice of a bugle, and sentences so keen
md precise that they fall like hatchet
trokes. he would make distinct hit
With the people everywhere. Whoever
$ nominated for President. McCumber
ught to be his running mate
The State Department is Offering a
nance to young men to get into the
Service outside of the usual
!,annel of direct examination for that
ervice. This is by means of the corps
# student interpreters on duty in China
md Japan. The Diplomatic Service Isl
n need of young men who are willing
o bind themselves to go into the Orient
md make a study of Chinese and Jap
Inese in order to render expert assist
nee to United States Consular officers.
The compensation Is low, beginning at
4, 900 per annum, but the places are
to prove attractive. because
lnder the Departmental regulations
hese interpreters are in the line of pro-
notion into the Consular Service. The
Department will conduct an examina-
ion in this city Aug. IA and Is. and
pplicants must be between the ages of
8 and 26 and unmarried.