The National tribune., 1907-08-22

!, to the friends Of the people on it, who
have also disappeared
The Captain of the schooner Luke
Z. Olsen, returning to Honolulu from 6
cruise to LaySan Island. reported thai
he was unable to find the island after q
12-day search. 1t Is thought that the
island sunk because of seismic disturb.
ances 1t was inhabited by Max Schlem.
mer and family and number of Jap.
anese laborers. The Government tus
lroquois Will renew the search.
Laysan is one of group of small
islands in the Pacific Ocean northwes
of the Hawaiian group.
j. Donald Cameron, who is building q
castle on knob of the South Mountain
near Carlisle. Pa, seldom comes to
Washington. Until 10 years ago he was
a popular and familiar figure here. He
is now ~ years old. In Hayes's Admin
istration he was Secretary of War and
then he came to the United States Sem
ate. He 1t was who managed Garfield $
| campaign, in 1880, and was Chairman
of the Republican National Committee.
Like his father before him, Simon Cam
eron, the son was a stalwart of stall
warts. but in his latter life he has taken
| put passing interest in politics. His
summers are spent at his farm at Done
gal, and there once a year 1t is his Gus
tom to entertain his friends Cassatt.
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Be-
rlah wilkins, the well-known Washing
ton publisher. both now dead, were
among score of friends who formerly
made an annual pilgrimage to Donegal
as guests of Mr.. Cameron. His wealth
Is very large, and includes valuable real
estate in Washington.
According to mail advices reaching
| the War Department, Gen. Darlington,
who was sent to the Philippines to in
Vestigate further the alleged irregulari-
ties in the Army. has reached Manila
and entered upon his task. 1t is charged
that number of officers had quantity
of expensive furniture made at the Gov
ernment's expense for their own use
and for shipment abroad as souvenirs
when the matter reached the notice of
Gen. Wood. the latter reported the af-
fair to the War Department, and an in
vestigation followed. Secretary Taft
then instructed Gen. Darlington to go to
Manila and follow up the investigation
thus begun.
Mr.. j. G. Emmett, of Oxford, England
has been visiting in Washington, and. OF
course, he has been interviewed, as
everybody is. He is student at Ok
ford University.
and others who desire municipal owner
snip wish to give specific instances of
the success of that system, they point
to Great Britain as a shining example of
what wonders it works." he said.
NOW. in many cases municipal own
ership has been emnently successful in
England and Scotland. but it has proved
a dismal failure in others. 1 take Lon
don as an example.
ON one side of London the city owns
the tramways; on the other the tram
way Is owned by private company. 1t
has been shown time and again that
the privately owned company not only
gives It's patrons better service, but also
Is cheaper and safer. Say what you
will. the city-owned lines are not going
to be as well supplied with efficient men
as the others. Political appointments
VIII be made in spite of any rules that
may be laid down. and the appoint
ments are ratified whether the man has
any capabilty for the position or not.
On the other hand. private company
PICKS out the best men 1t can and sees
that they attend to their duties. Po-
litical influence does not enter into the |
question. If the man is failure he |
goes, for the company Is not going to |
lose any money by taking chances with |
inferior men. In Glasgow municipal
ownership has really been succeSsf,,I |
i
hardly see how Ii can be efficacious here |
In fact, l am positive that. if unbridled.
1t would end In the worst type of pa
ternal government"
The State Department has been in
formed by a cablegram from the Amer
can Legation at Madrid that the Span
sh Government has ordered the remov-
al OF the excess tax on importations of
American flour. Hereafter the rate will
,e the minimum tariff dues paid by flour
rom countries receiving the most ia
'ored Nation treatment, and it is ex- II
pected that the result will be a large Il
Increase in the export flour trade with 1
spain as there is believed to be con-
siderable shortage in the usual cereal
;rop In that country this year.
secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
department, is for plain United States
It all times. He wants no Latin bosh"
,ound about him when there is an Eng
ish word that will fill the bill His dis
IKE of imitation Latin brought to light
ne 1act that the Agricultural Depart
neht was about to invent new Latin
word: That is why orders have been
ssued to change the Latin words "fruc-
us, "cereales.' "forestes" and flores !"
elected for the shields of four malo
md female stone figures on Tho na,,