The National tribune., 1909-08-19
piplomat cnpfuredI by Indians.

and later confirmed that the French
ambassador and Nine. >Jusserand were
ambushed, surrounded and captured by
a yelling mob of 800 Grow Indians in
Montana. but---hold on, it was not
so bloody as the imagination would
picture il. The Embassador and his
wife had been at the Alaska Yukon Ex-
position, and before leaving there they
both expressed their desire to see some
real live Indians living lin their primi-
tive state. Accordingly a friend had a
little sideshow prepared flor them when
they arrived at the Crow Reservation
in Montana. The Indians had prepared
for the occasion. raising their old-time
tepees and decking themselves out in
their wsr paint and fighting clothes,
and with Winchesters and other warlike
habiliments. As the party approached
the reservation Indian scouts were no.
ticed on a nearby hill. and the signals
of the Indians were visible to the par
ty. Suddenly a long column of gaudily-
arrayed Indians, mounted. dashed at
them at full speed over the hills. They
began circling around in true Indian
style, approaching the automobiles in
which they had come from the station,
and gradually closing in upon the party.
As they drew closer. without any warn
ing, there was simultaneous firing of
their rifles, and with warhoops they
swOoped down upon the party. The
firing continued for several minutes,
and it is needless to say that the diplo-
mat and his wife were badly scared.
They were taken captives to camp. and
taken to the tepee of old Chief Plenty
Cows and introduced to the head men
of the tribe. and later an Indian lunch
con was served, and the guests were in
formed that their capture was merely
an evidence of Western hospitality.
The Secretary of the Treasury has a
tentative plan afloat looking to the re-
duction in size of our paper currency to
little more than half the size of the
present bills. This is only one of many
plans which are being considered in the
proposed redesigning of the currency.
If the bills are reduced to about the
size of the French and Italian notes of
the smaller denominations the cost of
manufacture will be cut almost in two,
so far as the high-priced, specially-pre-
pared silked paper, which is one of the
main items of expense, goes.
new story, having to do with our
former strenuous President. comes to
us from Texas.
Once when Mr. Roosevelt was going
thru Texas the residents of Temple
wired him that they would like to have
the favor of a five-minute stop. Mr..
Roosevelt answered that it could not be
arranged, much as he regretted it.
Thereupon the CounciImen of the
town got together and passed an ordi-
nance providing that any train carrying
President should stop in their town
for five minutes. After that it was easy
They simply telegraphed to the engineer
at Waco about the new law, and the
Presidents train was stopped and they
were addressed.
It is expected that when the session
of the State and National Dairy and
Food Departments is held at Denver
during the week of Aug. "a something
definite will be reached as to the future
course which should be pursued by the
Federal experts. The feud will revolye
around benZoate OF soda, which, it will
be remembered, was condemned by the
Board of Food and Dairy Inspection
and its use prohibited by DIR. Wiley,
Chief Chemist of the Department of
Agriculture. The matter was afterwards
referred to the Remsen Board, which
reported that it was not injurious. On
the strength of this report the National
Food Commission ruled that manufac-
turers could use limited quantities of
it, If so stated on their labels. DR..
Wiley plans to be at the meeting. and
-
that benzoate be prohibited. Members
of the Remsen Board will also be there
to oppose him.
There is a little old black van of
wagon drawn by three white horses in
Washington that is great curiosity.
Almost any time it can be seen drawn
up in front of the Treasury Department,
where they open it up and dump out
hon int
Uncle Sans strong boxes. Its route is
down 14th street to the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, to which place ii
occasionally takes a load of old worn
out money after it has been mascerated
in the basement of the Treasury, and
leaves it at the Bureau to be made into
the pulp boards which are later sold to
the paper houses. Then it comes back
loaded with new money of every de-
nomination. 1t is sometimes loaded
down with packages which contain
about 12h pounds each, or about
the weight of the 1000 bills of which
each package is composed. If the bills
are of 81 denomination, each package
is worth $4,000. If the packages con-
tain bills of the highest denomination,
$4,000, they are worth $40,000,000
each. But only one package of that
greater value has ever been delivered
in this wagon. Every piece of new
paper money that has been circulated
in the United States in the past &c
years has been hauled in this wagon,
and the value of the money that has
been hauled in that time is equal to the
face value of all the money in the world
to-day. 1t would take string of wag-
ons 20 miles long to haul all this money,
and these packages, piled one on top
of the other, would make monument
Is miles high or carpet road SO feet
wide from New York to San Francisco.
yet this old wagon goes modestly along
its way with hardly notice from the
people who pass it almost daily.
The names of seven Army officers and
enlisted men who have been awarded
Medals of Honor since 1904 were added
to the list of Army heroes in General
order made up Friday. The seven men
who have received this distinction are
First Lieut. Charles G.. Bickham, of the
9th INF: Maj. James Robb Church, of
the Medical Corps; Capt. Charles E.
Kilbourne, of the Coast Artillery Corps;
Peter II. Quinn. private in the 4th Cav;
Lieut.. George c. Shaw, of the 9th Inf;
Maj. Paul f. Straub, of the Madical
Corps; Corpl Seth Low Weld, of the
Sth Inf. These medals are awarded
for conspicuous bravery under fire. All
the seven men attained the distinction
in action in the Philippines, with the
exception of James Robh Church, who
was in action at Las Guasimas, Cuba.
ts"is
The bitter war between Secretary Bal
linger and Clifford Pinchot will no doubt
cause some stormy scenes in Congress
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