The National tribune., 1907-06-27

| with the supply of provisions to Tho
army are evidently now satisfied witt
the present manner of conducting
American mcat-packing establishments
IL issuing recent weekly instruction:
for an army ration of one pound o
preserved meat To replace freshiy-itillet
meat, the War Office has sent Il circu
lar letter to all commands in home sta
tions informing them that brands o
| American meat thus issued have beer
prepared in establishments carefully in
| spectcd by army officers, whose reports
satisfied the army council that the quail
ity of the II. eat used and the conditions
under which it was preserved and
canned were in every way satisfactory
The annual cleaning of the White
House is under way A large force oi
ture. and pretty much all of the foul
months the President is absent will be
utilized in renovating and cleaning the
exterior of the old building.
! AS the first step toward a coat oi
new white paint, portion of the walls
are being Scraped and burned to remove
the loose pigment and blisterS. many oI
which have been found on various por-
tionS of the building.
The walls of the White House were
not painted last year. The experiment
of washing with a highly recommended
preparation was made. This WAS I'M
successful. as the wash seems to have
cracked the paint and left the walls in
bad shape generally wherever it was
applied After these walls have been
properly treated. a liberal treatment OF
good old fashioned paint will be used
land the White House again will appear
in its gIistening dress of pure white.
a bronze "West Indian" medal has
Ix., ot,t
| to Rear-A dmiral Benjamin H. McCalla,
U. S. N, retired, now living in Santa
| Barbara. Cal, for specially meritorious
conduct other than in battle.
The medal was bestowed for ''rescu-
| ing crews from and in close proximity
to burning ships. after the battle of San
tiago. July 3, 1898" McCalla. then
commander of the Marblehead. took his
| ship close up. to the burning ships of
| Cervcra's fleet and saved the Spanish
sailors at the risk of the destruction OF
his own ship from the exploding maga-
zines of the Spanish cruisers.
Secretary Metcalf will leave Wash
ington on the 2?th instant for San
Francisco to make n special study OF
the shipyards of the coast. with special
reference to the prosecution of the ma
val construction therein. The disclo-
sure of the fact that existing labor con-
ditions on the Pacific Coast. combined
with the high price of material, make
| it impossible for the shipbuilders there
to successfully compete for Government
contracts with Eastern shipyards has
given serious concern TO the Naval Gen.
cral Board as gravely affecting the
plans for naval development. While in
Congress Secretary Metcalf strongly re-
sisted the abolition OF the diffcrentiai OF
four per cent, formerly allowed by
Congress in favor of Pacific Coast ship
builders. and IL is proba bile that il his
investiga tions show that that percentage
fairly represents the difference in the
cost of labor and material in the Fast
and West. d strong appeal will be made
to Congress to reestablish the protec-
| tive differeutiai. .s
| The dedication OF the obelisk erected
| in Buffalo by that city and the State of
! New York as a memorial to the late
President Mckinley will occur the first
| week in September. The monument
commission has not set the exact date,
which will depend to some extent on
the plans of President Roosevelt, Gov
Hughes: and other prominent men who
will be asked to attend the dedication
and deliver addresses.
| At last we know who Marse Henry's
candidate is: Gov. Hughes; of New
York. viii 1be the next Republican can
didate for President-it Is plain to me
as the course of the stars" was the
positive statement of Mr.. WattersoH the
other day. But you know that dark
horse" of Marse Henry was to wear d
"mustache" and Gov. Hughes wears the
English face trimming. short clipt beard
and moustache. So Gov. Hughes can't
! be the S''winner'' picked out by Marse
Henry after all.
These be strenuous days among Army
women, who as general thing keep
rather in the background. First came
the Mrs. .Ayres case. at West Point.
where woman tried to buck against
the War Department. unsuccessfuIly, OF
course. and was ordered to keep her
| No. rs off the reservation hereafter
Now comes Mrs. McNamec, here in
Washington, wife of Capt. Mc&amee. U.
$. A. who. not being pleased with some
work done by a colored dressmaker, or
dered her off the premises at the point
of gun. small one, very small, a
revolver in fact. of about 32-caliber
which Mrs. McNamee further declares
was not loaded at all. and that she
broke it and showed the dressmaker
! that 1t wasn't. However, it seems to
| have done the soaring act all right, and
the dressmaker reported at police head
/
with "a revolver in the hands of Mrs
! McNamee. and 4 warrant for her arrest
was issued. Mrs. McNamee laughingIy
assured the officers that il all seemed
very funny to her, that she had no ul.
| terror designs upon the dressmak ker, just
! wanted to have some fun with her. II
is so strange that some people have nc
sense OF humor.
| And her. is another alleged case OF
/ Smuggling" Capt. Morrow. of the
United States Army transport Fitzpatrick
/ has been fined $120 by the Treasury
Department for violating the law in
| bringing TO this port a case OF silks
laces, and other fine dress goods mark
ed used household goods" is the story
Collector of Customs Stuart. at Nor
folk, refuses TO discuss the case. but II
is learned that the box which caused
the trouble was shipped from Havana
by Maj. Herbert Slocum, U. S. A.
The goods in the case were liable 10
import duty. but If the Revenue officers
had not investigated they would have
| been brought into the country as used
| household goods" without the paymen,
of Il cent into the Treasury.
1t is understood that Capt. Morrow
will appeal to the Department to have
the fine remitted. claiming that while
the fine of three times the value of the
contents OF the case and did not know.
| ingly violate the law.
Mai Slocum is one of the best known
young officers in the service. He is 8
| son of Col. Jeremiah Slocum, the only
! brother of Mrs Russell Sage