The National tribune., 1909-01-14

and fleet commanders and commanders
of vessels acting singiy may dispens'
with the test when the exigencies o
| the service require such action. TIL,
| order prescribeS the following alterna
tive propositions:
| First, to walka distance of so mile:
during three consecutive days, in {
! total of 20 hours, Including rests, The
walk in any one day to be during con
| secutive hours.
Second, to ride on horseback a dis
tance Of 90 miles during three con,
seCutiVe days, the ride on two days tC
be concluded within seven hours and
80 minutes each after starting, ano
one within six hours. including proper
rests.
Third. to ride on a bicycle a distance
of 100 miles during three consecutive
days in a total of II hours, including
rests, the ride on any two days to be
during consecutive hours.
The body of Capt Emmet Crawford.
Sd u. S. Cav, who was killed by Mexi-
can troops while following the Apache
Chief. Geronimo. and his band across
the Mexican border i'll 1886, and was
buried at Kearny, Neb., was disinterred
ard brought to Omaha From there
it was brought to Washington, and now
rests in Arlington.
Examinations by naval experts in
wireless telephony as to the sound
which viii carry the greatest distance
at sea develops that a siren under 12
pounds of steam. pressure will emit a
blast which may be heard 40 miles,
Next comes the steam whistle, the
sound of which is carried 20 miles.
Among the softest sounds which carry
a considerable distance is the whistling
buoy installed by the Lighthouse Board,
which has frequently been heard q
distance of Is miles.
81 believe that fully one-third of the
immigrants who come to this country
do SO because of false representations"
said Secretary Straus the other day,
discussing the conference he has called
of heads of labor unions to take steps
to find work for the unemployed thru
out the country Immigrants come
here with false hopes and false IDEAS,
largely as the result of the agents of
] intend to take steps to disseminate
correct information thruout Europe as
to conditions in this country"
The Secretary states that there is
enough work in the country to go
around, and the only problem is to get
the unemployed in touch with it.
Quentin Roosevelt can be a whole
circus when he liices-and ne would
like most of the time. only the fam
lily will not let him. He is a member
of the young boys ~" and runs
things pretty nearly to suit himself
The particular Y NJ. C. A to whi,fl
Quentin belongs was giving q circus
last week. and Quentin was one of the
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animals OF circus at various times.
On the recommendation of Gen.
Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, u. s. Army.
Secretary of War Wright has conveyed
back into the United States Treasury
the sum of 100000. representing the
amount appropriated by Congress in
March, 1901, to enable the Secretary
of War to purchase the right to use TIE
Isham high explosive shell and the
high explosive theorite invented by DR..
Tuttle, on the general ground that
these explosives are not suitable for
the military purposes of the Govern
ment
One hundred inmates and a dozen
of the nurses at the Government Hos
pital for the Insane were made i'll al
most to death by ptomaine poisoning
one day last week 1t is supposed that
it came from food that was eaten at
the institution, but nobody knows what
kind of food.
Now, did you ever, Bourke Cock
ran. the Tammany leader from New
York, standing by the House rules! It
seems incredible. but it is true. In
speech which bristled with polemics
and polished oratory he hurled sar-
casnn and everything but compliments
at the insurgents" for their desire to
change the rules of the House. He
declared them eminentiy fair. calcu-
lated to put the business of Congress
and Of the country thru in good shape.
When tie House of Representatives
passed the resolution appropriating
$500, 900 for the earthquake sufferers
in Sicily X got back in a quiet way at
the President
The Senate, in its resolution, passed
an appropriation for 100000, and ap-
proved the act of the President in or
dering the supply boats Celtic and Cui-
goa to Sicily with supplies amounting
to 5000, 900
The House resolution carried the
same total amount of money. but it
was noticeable that they did not say a
word about approving the Presidents g
act. The omission was noticed by Sem
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was sent to the Senate, but the House
had adjourned, and the resolution was
concurred in. for the round sum of
money and the orders already issued
! by the President were not mentioned.
BY direction of President Roosevelt,
Secretary of the Navy Newberry has
revoked the portion of the order pre-
scribing the physical test for naval ofii-
Gers which limited its application to Off
GERS below the rank OF Rear-Admira
and above the rank of Lieutenant. 1t
is President Roosevelt's idea to have
the order apply to practically every
officer on the active list.
Even the Midshipmen at the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md, will have a special physical test
to be- prescribed by the Superintendent
OF the Academy. The other provisions
relating to the length of the horseback
ride, bicycle or walk will remain as
originally ordered. The majority OF
flag officers win have to undergo the
ordeal.
The test as prescribed for naval Off
GERS is much more severe than thai
required of Army officers.
| It is said that the number of Con.
gressional callers at the White House
has grown appreciably less since tho
over the Secret Service matter.
Must Hike Back.
With the dismissal of the Grand Mo