The National tribune., 1907-06-27

were only .'housfSffi goods " hch he
was shipping to His cottage in Newport
! The Customs Inspector thought differ
entity, however, an.i seized the boxes
ana opened them. finding that the
household goods ran largely to wines
and tobaccos Of hne brand. and to-
bijoutry of an artistic nature, and that
| 1t could scarcely slbe called useful
enough to be ciaSsed as ''household'
furniture. II is stated that Commander
W;nslow would not talk. after the Gus
toms officers had uncovered what they
called plain i2;aass. 6: sifitissiins. and
| so. after placing him under arrest. they
wired to the Navy Department for
somebody 10 tell them how to let go of
| their distinguished prisoner. Wire came
back to San Diego from the Treasury
Department to turn Commander Wins
low loose. which was done.
The Navy Department discoursed of
the business as follows:
| 1T was fair assumption. according
to the higher officials of the Navy De-
partment that the greater portion of the
goods which Capt. Winslow had landed
| from tine Charleston at San Diego and
which he claimed were household 81
fccts may have been taken by him
aboard the ship before she left the
| United States. He started out a year
ago in command of the Charleston with
Secretary Root, bound for the Rio ia
nciro conference, and naval officers say
it was very probable he took aboard
with him generous supply of drink
| ableS and cigars. They say he has not
been in a port during his entire trip
around Cape Horn where he would be
apt to purchase champagne or where
| he would select a large quantity Of
1 III.
| brought with him, the suggestion is
made that they may have been such as
he took aboard the ship with him. fol-
| lowing practice which naval officers
| frequently do of furnishing the cabins
in which they expect to make their
home for period of from one to two
years, and taking with them rugs, pic
lures and curios. Under certain con-
ditions, it is said, naval officers and
members of their families may bring in
goods which have been in their posses
sion for some time and which may very
properly be considered household or
/ personal effects"
| Customs officials declare, however
that the stuff that Commander Winslow
had was all dutiable, and Furthermore
! that the duty on 1t all would have
amounted to but about s205. That
seems paltry sum for a man who is
the personal friend of the President to
| try to get out of paying, especially as
he is the husband of one of the Have
meyer girls, amCng the richest women
| in the United States. The Customs ofIi-
| Gals say that this kind of smuggling by
officers In the Navy is constantly going
on, and Is particularly bad at Bremen
ton and Portland, Ore. They have had
orders to put stop to it. They say
that the warships that return to those
ports from Oriental countries are load
ed down with dutiable goods on which
not cent of duty is ever paid. Dear,
dear! Now can 1t be that those Gus
toms officials are qualifying for the CAL
lery of Liars. The Treasury Depart
ment ordered that Commander Wins
low pay the $20b3 and be released. 1t is
said that he looked much relieved when
he got that order. .iHe paid the $205
and departed for the East.
| One of the few Surviving negroes who
| represented Southern districts in Con-
| lives in Chicago He was elected to the
| House from South Carolina, and with
| the waning of his political power I'm the
Palmetto State troubles of various kinds
| fell upon him thick and fast. For some
offense that does not appear clearly he
was convicted by Jury at Sumter, s. c..
and given sentence of year in jIit
| which he does not seem to have served.
Newspapers in that part of South Caro-
| lima are now stirring up discussion of
| the Murray case. and insisting that the
sheriff secure the necessary requisition
papers and arrest Murray in Chicago.
convey him back to the State, and place
him in Jail. 1t is said that Murray Is a
| power in Chicago politics, and 1t Is
! probable that should an attempt be
made to get him back to South Carolina
it would meet with failure.
The last negro member of the House
Is named George H. White. He repre-
sented a North Carolina district in the
Ftfty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses.
and cut a respectable figure in that
body. He is at present living In Phila-
delphia, where he is practicing law and
doing very wen. He was never a vio-
lent agitator. and was respected by the
white people of his district.
The per capita circulation Of money
in the United States on June l was
s34.20, which is the highest point ever
reached. and an increase OF four cents
during the month Of May, 1907 The
per capita is based on an estimated pop
ulatiOn of 85,960,000 persons.
On June I of last year 1t was $32.45,
and on January l, 1907. it reached
| $33.7S.
Few of the younger generation who
Tedu a lew DAYS ago tndt MAJ. II. W..
Halford, Paymaster in the Army, was
to be retired from the service shortly
| realized that the officer is "Lige' Hal
ford. who was Secretary to President
Harrison-"Private" Secretary, he was
called then. The oid-timers among the
newspaper men and others whose bust.
ness took them to the White House in
Harrison's Administration recall Hal
ford as one of the best fellows who ever
occupied the trying position now held by
William Loeb. He and Dan" Lamont
share honors in this respect. 1t was not
always. easy to see Gen. Harrison. but
| Halford was always accessible, always
affable. and usually an excellent source
of news. His Army commission was
signed by President Harrison only
few weeks before the lattcr's Adminis-
tration closed. Halford. who was prom
inent in Chicago and Indianapolis jour-
| nalism before coming to Washington,
was born In Nottingham, England, and
is now sc years old.
| Yale had a record commencement,
both in numbers of members of the
graduating classes and in attendance of
figures of national Importance. A total
Of 705 diplomas were given, and fully
half dozen United States Senators
were on hand, including Senator p c.
Knox. of Pennsylvania, who has a son
in the graduating class; Morgan G..
Bulkeley, of Connecticut, whose son,
! Morgan c. BuIkeley. Jr., got q sheen