The National tribune., 1909-06-17

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The officials of the Navy Department
are thoroiy aroused over the report o.
the Special Examining Board. which
has declared that Annapolis cadets are
deficient mentally and physically. This
report, sas. compared with the West
Point report. makes the Academy al
Annapolis suffer severely. Failing eye
sight and heart trouble are the common
complaints at Annapolis, and now the
Special Board is going to find out why
this is thus. To help the eyesight the
entire lighting system of the Academy
is to be changed before the next year
of study begins. II is said that the
Examining Board is convinced that the
bad lighting of the Academy is the
cause of failure of eyesight, which in
turn has been the cause for the resigna-
tion of several of the cadets of the class
just graduated. If this proves to be
true, it is more than likely that there
will be some cause for heavy damages.
for the eyesight of the young men was
good when they were admitted to the
Academy. and if it is proven that inn
perfect facilities have caused weak
eyes. then those who have for this rea-
son been debarred from service which
they have labored hard for will certain
~ have cause for damages 1t is thought
by some members of the Board that
overzealousness in pursuit of athletic
honorS has made the hearts weak of
the cadets. Whatever the cause, the
Secretary of the Navy means to find out
and remedy it.
The retirement of Embassador White
from France is an assured fact. and it
is to come right soon. Francis Bacon,
formerly Assistant Secretary of State.
is said to be slated to fill ambassador
Whites place. There is mourning in
Paris over the coming change, for Mr..
White has been well liked in the gay
French Capital, and Mrs. White has
been of splendid assistance to her hus-
band in keeping up the social end of
the office.
Bids have been opened by the 18TH
mian Canal Commission for enough
dynamite to blow the National Capital
into Kingdom come" The item specl-
fed in the sealed proposals was 9.2T2.-
006 pounds of dynamite. for use in the
digging of the Panama Canal. Two
firms submitted bids for the entire con-
tract. while two other firms asked for
only small portion of it.
After SC years of perfect service. the
Rev. DR. e. +. Bittineer, of Washing
ton. has resigned as stated clerk of the
Presbytery of Washington. DIR. Bit
finger feels age creeping on. and wants
to rest His resignation was accepted
with regret. and if was only after long
debate that the resignation was accept
ed. The Rev. T. z. Dav.s. pastor of
Westminster Memorial Church. was
elected TO succeed DIR. Bittinger.
1t is reported that there is to be a
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and consular circles. At least 10 for
eign berths are to be changed. and {,
number of new men are to be sent out
The positions pay from $1,000 to $4,000
year. 1t is expected that a majority
of the new attaches will be selected
from the list of candidates who under
went tnoro oral and written examina-
tions by State Department officials
some time ago This means thar a
number of the present Secretaries and
Assistant Secretaries will find them
selves separated from the service.
United States Senator George T. Oil
yer. of Nevada, is among those indict-
ed by the Esmeralda County Grand
Jury of Nevada as officers of mining
companies charged with conspiring
with other officers of the said compa-
nies to defraud Nevada out of its bull
lion tax. Senator Oliver is not at all
alarmed. and declares that there is
nothing in the Indictment that can be
made to stick.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
purchasing in the open market samples
of tubereulin. serums and anti-toxins,
of foreign and domestic production.
which are sold in the United States for
the detection. prevention. treatment or
cure of diseases of domestic animals,
and testing them.
The Secretary has just made public
the result of test by the Bureau of
Animal Industry of a serum treat
ment for a disease of COWS. The re-
port of the Bureau says that the prep
sration is not a serum. and that the
sample bought and tested contained
approximately 9S per cent of water.
the remainder consisting of carbolic
acid, oil of cloves. and very small
proportion of what appeared to be some
form of vegetable matter.
IF it isn't one place it is another
down in those little South American
iiggings. Honduras faces another
revolution" is the headline in the pa
pers, and off we post little gunboat
TO protect our interests. The Paducah
was posted of to protect our people
who are residents of Ceiba one day last
week Our Consul in Honduras Albert
Rrickwood. Jr.. wired the State Depart
ment that communication had been
seyered between Ceiba and Tcgucigal-
pa, the Capital of Honduras. so he was
afraid that life and property might be
in danger from the revolutionists.
One expects a woman TO care for her
personal appearance. and TO take every
means possible to overcome any blem-
fish upon her comeliness. but men, as
a general thing. do not think much
about those things. At least, we are
told that men do not care: but many
times the experiment has been tried of
seeing how many women and how many
men In a given number who pass a
nlirrored window will pause to look al
themselves. and 10 men pause to every
three women. pathetic case hap
pened I'm Washington last week. Hugo
CHASER one OF the Attaches Of the Ger
man Embassy here, had a much disfig-
ured lip. In an accident his upper lip
was torn and piece had te be cut out
Glaser fretted and worried over this
until he was morbid. He found a sur
geon who said he could fix the Iip TO
be as natural as IT had ever been and
submitted to the operation. THE op-
Grafton was eminently successful, but
the patient died. within half an hour
from the shock.
La Toilette and Penrose fighting each
other in the Senate Chamber or any