The National tribune., 1907-09-05

| the Ordnance Department of the Army
with a view of reducing tn erosion of
| the barrel Of the small arm when the
model 1906 pointed bullet Is used. This
| bullet has not been issued to the service.
/ as it was desired to use up all the blunt
! bullet ammunition. The pointed bullet
! has a much higher velocity than the
blunt bullet. and it has been found that
when the pointed bullet is used the ero-
sion of the barrel is much greater than
/ with the blunt. With the blunt bulleN
( about 5000 rounds can be fired thru
! d gun barrel. Experiments have been
made with different powders. and n
powder has been developed which ear
be used with the pointed bullet without
any increase in erosion of the barrel.
In fact, with the new powder the life of
| The barrel is about so per cent greater
than with the old, whether the new or
old bullet is used.
| For red tape the War Department is
the limit. c. c. Rogers, Disbursng OF
Ger of the District. has called TO the at
tention of Auditor AlOnZo Twcedale the
| fact that SO separate payments We're
necessary in the payment of four per-
sons for teams hired to the District be-
tween July l and as, and has asked his
cooperation in remedying this condi-
ton.
Each individual payment involved
two signatures. one to the original and
one to the duplicate pay roll, and il was,
therefore, necessary TO obtain u sigma
lures. Auditor Tweedale has recon-
mended that the several Departments
be Instructed, in the preparation of pay
rolls. to provide but for one payment to
each e.nploye, and that separate pay
ments be made for laborers and for cart
and wagon hire.
The Board of Governors of the Amer
lean Cross of Honor will meet in WASH
ington, ID. c., Oct. II. 1907, to outline
the policy to be pursued by this order
of life-savers. Among other important
subjects to be discussed Will be that of
presenting annually the cross of the
order to the person who has performed
the most heroic act in the saving of life.
This order is unique among societies,
as each of its members has saved from
one to 100 lives, and in addition thereto
has received the life-saving Medal of
Honor of the United States Government.
This latter fact makes them members
of the American Cross of Honor. but in
order to receive the certificate of men,
bership each must send his name and
address to the President of the order,
Washington, ID. c.
Senator Jonathan Bourne. of Oregon,
who held Il championship record for
frequent and regular visits to the White
House last Winter and Spring, has de-
termined to remain in the East until
the question of President Roosevelt S
nomination for a third term is settled.
Senator Bourne did not return to Ore
gon after the adjournment of Congress,
but remained in Washington until the
President left for Oyster Bay. He called
at the White House every day for a
long period, and despite Mr.. Roosevelt S
disavowal on election night in 1904, he
persists that the President can and will
be nominated for a third term, or, as
Mr.. Bourne insists on.calling it, sec
ond elective term"
Since the President left for Oyster
Bay Senator Bourne has been sojourn-
ing at Deer Park, in Maryland. From
that place he is conducting a sort of
thfrd-term campaign. sending out a
great volume of letters and literature
to every part of the country. He has
with him at Deer Park a private secre-
tary and stenosrapher.
The American Minister to Portugal
reports that until recently foreigners
visiting Portugal were required to pre-
sent passports and TO pay heavy en-
barkation fees before being allowed to
leave by sea. These regulations were
short time ago modified by decree
dated April %. by which passports are
not required for foreigners entering or
leaving Portugal, except when inter-
national treaties and conventions are
to the contrary or grave circumstances
of public order demand it,
The Department of Agriculture has
recently ordered another edition Of
100000 copies of the book on Special
Diseases of the Horse"-or horse
book, as it is commonly termed. This
is one of the most popular of Govern
ment publications. and the present edi-
ton Will bring the total number of cop
les issued well over the million mark
1t is said the book has cost members of
Congress more money than has any
other similar work. for when their
quota" was exhausted they have had
to purchase their supplies from the
Superintendent of Documents Several
members have purchased over 500 cop
les for distribution among their constit-
uents.
To illustrate the magnitude of the
Departments publications it is cited
that If the animal books ordered as a
first edition-361 .000-were laid end to
end they would cover space of 81
miles in length, while if piled up flat
wise they would make los piles as high
as the Washington Monument
Almost all the diamonds belonging 10
the estate of the late Mrs. Jane l.. STAN
FORD, widow of Leland Stanford, have
been quietly disposed of, and the pro-
ceeds are TO be devoted to the Leland
stanford, Jr., University, in compliance
with the terms of the will of their own
er. The sale took place in a wholesale
mousse In London under the supervision
OF a committee consisting of Timothy
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