The National tribune., 1907-02-14

fam1HeS IN this CITY i've IN renteC
| homes. Next to the District of Colum
bia the State with the largest percent
age of rented homes is Rhode Island
| and after that South Carolina. Tht
Southern States all rank high as renter.
| because of the negros. The smalles
percentage of rented homes is found II
North Dakota, South Dakota and Okla
homa.
| The Army Quartermasters are in {;
Quandary concerning barracks and 9th
er buildings in the Philippines. 1t 1.
| found that lumber taken from the Unit
ed States does not answer the purpose
at all. and that there will have to bt
| probably main reliance upon metal al
building material The white ant
which abound in great numbers art
very destructive, and If lumber is uset
| at all it must be treated with a specia
and expensive process as means u
| preservation. That increases the cos
of construction in the Philippines and
adds to the problem of providing shell
| ter for the troops at the various sta
tions.
1t is mistake to say that Senator
| Curtis, of Kansas. is the only man o
| Indian blood to sit in the United State.
Senate, for there have been several 9th
ers who had Indian blood in their veins
Senator Logan might have been a full
biooded Indian so far as looks go, and
Senator Curtis is a smaller Logan, look
ing very much like famous "Blacl
Jack of Illinois. Senator Quay, OF
Pennsylvania, was proud of the fac
that he had Indian blood in his veins
In the House Senator Curtis had as 6
colleague for several years Llewellyr
Powers, former Governor of Maine, anG
now serving his third term in Congress:
from the Pine Tree State. He is tall
swarthy and strong-featured-in fact
the strong lines of his face. the promi.
nent cheek bones and the curves of the
eyebrows suggest the Indian, and Gov
Powers is proud to acknowledge thai
his ancestor named Chase, of only three
generations ago, was half Indian.
A descendant of tribe that flourish
ed in the pine woods of Maine long be-
fore the Puritans landed at Plymouth
Rock. Gov. Powers is ever alert when
Indians from the West visit the House
He has friendly greeting, telling each
one in colloquial disregard of grammar
''Me Indian, too
Gov. Powers is in the SOS, is a law
yer.
The fact remains, of course, that Sen
ator Curtis comes the nearest being an
aboriginal" Indian than any other man
ever elected TO either house of Con-
gress.
Harvey c. CARRIER is the only Demo-
crat in the present Ohio delegation. He
Is Chairman of the State Committee
and the only Ohio Democrat who has
given Tom Johnson a good thrashing In
recent years Because of his official
power in the State organization. CARRIER
will have much to say about the next
Ohio delegation in a National conven-
ton He is a hopeful cuss, and delights
in stirring up strife between the oppos-
ing Republican factions. CARRIER is just
40, and has had two terms in Congress
He began as a railroad telegrapher. had
charge of the Western Union Office N
his home town Of Greenville, and then
served two terms in the Legislature.
Accident Bulletin, No. 21, which has
Just been issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. for the three
months ending Sept. 30. 1906. shows the
total number of casualties to passen>
gers and employees of railroads while on
duty to have been 1880, as against
16,937 reported in the preceding three
months; making an increase of 2.913.
The number of passengers and employees
killed in train accidents was 267, az
against 1914 reported in the preceding
three months-an increase Of rs.
In a temporary lull of the proceed
ings in the House one day last week Mr..
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, entered, and.
looking over the ''beggarly army OF
empty benches" turned to a colleague
and inquired:
what is going on? Eulogies?"
And when, at that moment, Mr.. La
mar, of Florida, rose to occupy the
floor for an hour to discuss what he
termed the gross defects of the Hep
burn railway-rate regulation law" it
seemed that Mr.. Sibley's inquiry must
be answered in the affirmative.
There is now no question about the
United States ranking as the third naval
power in the world. This fact is con-
ceded by the naval experts. and the Bu-
reau of Naval Intelligence Of the Navy
Department has recently published a
table for the information Of officers of
the service, which shows conclusively
that this country ranks above Germany
and just behind France.
The Naval Year Book. which has Just
been published by authority Of the Sem
ate. and which is compilation of the
utmost interest to naval officers. also
placeS rne OHlteu STATES tnlrO IN tne
list of great naval powers.
According to the table published by
the Bureau of Naval Intelligence. the
active United States Navy on Jan. I.
1907, consisted of 1S battleships. eight
armored cruisers. a. cruisers, 18 tor
pedo-boat destroyers, 80 torpedo boats.
eight submarines. and ~ coast-defense
vessels. including the big monitors.
Besides these ships. this country has
under course Of construction nine bat
tleships. Of which four. the Nebraska.
Kansas. Minnesota and Vermont. will
be completed by March. 1907; four ar
mored cruisers. Of which two. the Cali
fornia and South Dakota will be COM
pleted by next March: three cruisers,
three torpedo-boat destroyers and four
submarines.
Japan, at least of an unpleasantness in
which navies may be called upon to
show some power. 1t u Of interest TO
know that only eight powers of the
world are classed by the Bureau of
Naval Intelligence as having great
navies. They are, in the order of their
relative strength. England. France, the
United States, Germany, Japan, Russia.
Italy and Austria.
England ranks so far above all the
other Nations that 1t really stands in a
class all by itself. having built on Jan.
1, 1907. and ready for active service. Sc
battleships. 80 armored cruisers, 1O1
cruisers, lat torpedo-boat destroyers,
81 torpedo boats and 20 submarines.