The National tribune., 1907-11-07
mile VOYAGE on Dec. Is.

mile voyage on Dec. Is.
With the exception of three, all the
battleships will leave the navy yards
at which they are now being repaired,
on Dec l. The Virginia and the Min
nesota, now at the Norfolk yard. will /
yard, and the Kentucky, also at Nor
folk, will sail on the same date for the /
Boston Navy Yard At New York and
Boston these vessels will be dry-docked
and their under bodies scraped and |
painted, it being impossible to give them |
a more thoro overhauling in the limited
time available.
According to the naval officials. there |
was so much other work at the Norfolk |
yard that the three 5attleships now
there could not be given proper over |
hauling. The Minnesota, the Kentucky, |
and the Virginia are directed by the |
recent order to be at Hampton Roads |
in time to sail with the rest of the fleet |
on Dec. Is.
Orders were issued also by Secretary
Metcalf for the installation of the new
fire-control system on all vessels on the |
Pacific Coast, which will join the Allan
tic battleship feet when it arrives in the
Pacific. These vessels comprise three
battleships, six armored cruisers and
two protected cruisers.
There hasn't been such a stir in the
South since Sumter was fired on as
there was one night recently down
about Norfolk. Great guns began to
thunder about 10 O'Clock at night, and
searchlights swept the waters of Ches-
apeake Bay and Hampton Roads. Peo-
pie rushed out of their houses in a
panic down there, and the rumor,
amounting to a panic, spread that the
Japanese were coming thru the Capes.
AS a matter of fact, an order from
Washington had set the troops at Fort
ress Monroe at night practice, and the
President, not having taken the people
of the country into his confidence, great
alarm was felt. 1t is said that there has
not been such practice for many, many
years.
Mrs. Harriet Earhart Monroe, for
merly of Kansas. now of Washington,
and lecturer of note, withal very
bright lady, nominares Champ Clark
for the Presidency. Champ Clark, of
Missouri, you know. My. Wouldn't he
rattle round in that big chair!
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of In
this country may be toadied to by many
alleged Americans, but that does not
make the aliens like this land as an
environment for their growing daugh-
ters. Here is the Baroness Won Rosen
rushing off to st. Petersburg with the
pretty and clever Baroness Elizabeth,
whom Washington fondly hoped would
be among the buds of the season. Bar
oness Won Rosen let her daughter have
Ia few glimpses into society last Win
ter, but this year back she goes to her
native land, where Elizabeth will be
presented at court and spend her time
in the decorous way Russians prescribe
for unengaged girls. Too much liberty
is permitted on this side. the foreigners
say; and the women of the Legations
have shown unwillingnesS to leave their
daughters under the domination of
American girl friends. The Minister
from Sweden has six daughters, but
they are safely in the parental nest,
and will not come to this country until
their education shall be finished and
they have been presented to society in
Stockholm.
Orders have been issued at the Treas
ury Department which will make every
Chinaman in the land happy. The De-
partment has overruled the Inspectors
who held that dried cuttlefish and fiat
fish, better known as squid, must pay
heavy duty.
All over the country the Cinnamon
complain, and now the Treasury decides
that these articles of food can come in
free. Customs Collectors have been ad-
vised Of the decision.
1t is not generally known outside of
the service that many of the ships of
the United States Navy have their own
newspapers, published on board by the
| jackies. The Kentucky Budget Is is
sued on the battleship Kentucky, the
West Virginia bluejackets read the Dit
ty Box, the Pelican is the official organ
| of doings aboard the Louisiana, the
Buckeye caters to the sailors on the
Ohio, and the Wisconsin's crew is proud
of the Badger. All the news of the
ship and its company is condensed into
these little sheets, and many an issue
contains witty sallies at the expense Of
some comrade or ditty descriptive of
some feature Of ship life.
1t is the proud boast of President
Roosevelt that there are never any diff
ferences approaching disruption in his
Cabinet. The rumOr recently that there
was trouble in the official family moved
the President to tell a story, "a story
Of Abraham Lincoln" remarked the
President. Lincoln had an important
question to decide. He propounded it
to his Cabinet and forcibly expressed
the opinion he had reached. What do
you think Of it. Mr.. Secretary of State p
he inquired of Mr.. Seward. The Sec
Iretary set forth views Numerically op-
posed to those Of his Chief. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury. the Secretary of
War, the ney-General, Postmas-
ter General, Secretary of the Navy and
Secretary of the Interior all agreed
with Mr.. Seward. Well said Lincoln,
slowly, let's put the matter to a vote.
All In favor of my views will say
Aye AYE" announced Mr. Lin
coin gravely. No one else spoke. All
opposed will say may" The Secretary
of State, the Secretary of the Treasury
and the rest of the Cabinet voted no.
l'Gentlemen, there are one aye and six
nays He paused. Then with a twin
kle in his eye, The ayes have it,
| And that, gentlemen, means there
was no disagreement in Lincoln's Cab
met, and there is none in mine''
| Statistics of the number of big game
annually killed are now obtainable from
several States. and form a fairly satis-
factory basis for estimating increase or
decrease from year to year, Is the report
of T. S. Palmer, Assistant of the Bio
logical Survey of the Department of
Agriculture. In Maine the number of
moose shipped thru Bangor was 1876, a
slight falling off from the record of ZIG
in 1905. The deer shipments, however,
showed decrease of about 20 per cent,
3,572. as compared with 4,791 during
the previous year. In Vermont the
Commissioner reported that 634 deer
were killed, an increase of about 125
lover the number shot in 1qO5 Tn Nov