The National tribune., 1910-01-27

The Secretary of the Treasury, be-
cause OF the increase Of the issue of
currency from S123.000.000 in 1901 to
S4l5.0Ot,G0O in 1909. says that an IN
crease in the regular force Of the
Treasury Department is an absolute ne
cessity. The question is under the man
agement OF the Comptroller of the Cur
rency. II IS current work. and the regu-
lar force is compelled to work overtime
in order 10 keep up with il.
The Government is still in possession
OF 122,O00.00G acres of coal lands in the
West. of which 70,000.000 acres are un-
der the control of the United States
Geological Survey. Representative Mon
dell of Wyoming. has introduced q bill
which he hopes 10 pass. and if it does
it will unlock the gates of these re
served coal lands by permitting aEricul
tural entries on all coal lands in the
United States. The bill applies to about
$4,000 0O0 acres of coal lands all classi-
ned, and as much more unclassified. |
The bill, however, doesn't apply to the
coal lands of Alaska.
Not long ago we were in 4 boundary
dispute with Great Britain on our
northern lines. Now we seem to be in
one with Costa Rico on the far south |
Some time ago the King Of Spain set
tied a dispute between Costa Rico and |
Panama as to the boundary lines be- !
tween the two. but after the matter had !
been arbtrated il WAS found that it was |
impossible to mark the boundary as /
laid down by King Alfonso. Now the /
representatives of the two Governments |
are coming to Washington to lay their ]
respective claims before Chief Justice |
Fuller who has been named as arbi-
traitor.
II is said that as Il barometer of bUSi-
ness conditions thruout the country the
receipts Of the various post Offices are
regarded rs of great value. During the
month of December IS of the so largest
offices in the United States showed a /
considerable increase over the cerre- L
spending month q year ago. The in
Creases varied all the way from .02
Per cent at Albany, n. Y, TO S0.77 per
cent at Providence +. !.
Cha ttanooga and Memphis reported .
the only decreases. being 7.75 and 1.64
per cent respectively. This was report
ed to have been due to the falling off
of third-class matter. principally circu-
1arizing by liquor dealers, due to the
local prohibition laws.
Robert Bacon. American Embassador
TO France. has been elected honorary l.
President of the American Club of K
Paris. The President ". S. DaIliba is i
making elaborate preparations for a
welcoming banquet the club will give {
:
turn from Africa.
Representative Champ Clark. leader
OF the minority in the House. in place
OF being in Washington to help out the
Insurgents, is off making after-dinner
speeches. While he processes to love
AIR. Speaker Cannon personally, and
says that Mr. Cannon has done him !
great many kindnesses he at the same {
time takes the opportunity to knock !
what he calls 'Cannonism." u
To show how up-to-date everything :
is IN Washington, the Secretary of the
Interior kindly calls the attention of
Congress to the elevators in the In
terror Department which were put in |
service over 30 years ago. In the first
place. these same elevators are little
sheet-irOn cages only big enough to
carry half dozen and unable to lift
over goo or 400 pounds weight, and are
really not safe as well antique in
character. This is practically true of
all of the older Government buildings
In Washington, however. In most of
them the lifts move at the rate of an
inch minute and every once in awhile
fan TO the bottom. An appropriation
Of $4,000 has been asked for the in
stallation of four new electric lifts in
the Interior Building.
The cruisers Birmingham and Salem.
now at Norfolk, soon viii leave for
South American waters for a further ,
test of the wireless telegraph apparatus
with which they have been equipped.
The first test. which took place off the
Virginia capes. was only partially sue
ceSsfui
Many notifications are being made
In the apparatus with view 10 insuring
communication from the ships to the
wireless station at Brant Rock, Mass
e diET4 of off
the South American coast however, the
ships Will be only 1000 miles from |,
Brant Rock Later they will go to the (
African coast If the apparatus works
acceptably at the latter distance.
Lieut.. Sweet. who has immediate
charge of the wireless telegraph expert
ments of the Navy Department, left
Washington recently to inspect the
ships before their departure.
Altho hazing has been entirely
wiped OUT at West Point, three West
Point Cadets are said to have been
found guilty of hazing. and their dis
inissal VIII follow the approval of the |
sentence by the Secretary Of War, who
under the law. is allowed no alterna- Is
tive in the matter. The names of these {
three cadets have not yet been an
nounced, but it is understood that they L
were members Of the third class, and
that they haZed members OF the fourth Is
CLASS. Iney VIII prODdbiy Dc dismissed
for three or four months. and then the
President will pardon them and they
will go back all right. At least that is Il
the way IL nearly always happens. l.
A resolution has been introduced in
- Congress and has passed the House to
bring about the disposal of 100 tons of !
''useless paper in the vaults of the /
Capitol. In this mass are $4,000 copies
of the messages Of President Rooseyelt
1t is said that there are more than 700,-
600 public documents in the Govern
nent vaults awaiting transfer TO the
Capitol, where they are TO be distribut-
ed, but there IS no room and things are
in bad way generally.
II is very easy 10 introduce n bill in
Congress. OF course, getting il passed
is another proposition. Representative l.
Lamb, of Virginia, is now looking out
for the interests OF Gen. George Wash
SngtOn. who in his day was something of
a land owner. Representative Lambs |
resolution has been introduced in the !
interest of Col. Robert T.. Lee, Jr., and |
asks for something over 1000 acres of !
land in the Virginia military district of |
Ohio, which was owned by Gen. Wash |
ingtOn. The resolution states that this !
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