The National tribune., 1910-10-20
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Postmaster General Hitchcock is de-
termined to reduce expenses in the
Postofiice Department. and in line with
klis policy of economy he has issued an
order cutting great big slice of money
Srom the compensation allowed to land
grant railroads for carrying United
States mail.
The original rate allowed these roads
was s17.10 for each 1000 pounds car
ried in excess of $4,000 pounds. Mr.
Hitchcock cut this to Sl5.39. This re-
duction comes after an exhaustive and
painstakiing investigation of the actuaI
cost of carrying the mail by the road
The land grant railroads are situated
In the middle and far West almost ex-
clusively
There is a new pure food law on in
Washington. 1t began when United
States Attorney Clarence Wilson OBJ
tanned warrants for the seizure of some
IS tons of adulterated frozen eggs.
That the frozen eggs in question are
"f1lthy, decomposed. and contain putrlo
animal substances" is the allegation
made by the United States attorney in
his petition for the warrant. Chlef
Justice Clabaugh gave the owners of
the eggs until Oct 2S to show cause
why these goods should not be con-
demned and conffscated.
In his petition the District Attorney
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are used by bakeries, causing delete
fious effect on the pastry and other
baked stuff in which they are used
He is making a city-wide investigation
in regard to the quality of eggs used by
the bakeries.
The newspaper correspondents of
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York will be interested TO
learn that Gertrude Rennyson has re-
turned to the United States, where she
will remain for some time. Miss Rem
nyson is the daughter of a veteran who
passed away Just few years ago.. She
is rather tall, a commanding hgure,
with a sweet Madonna-like face and
voice like a bird. In the halcyon wears
ghen the newspaper correspondents
used TO gather in early June at cape
NAV N J. for week of unadulterated
fun, Miss Rennyson, accompanied py
her father, used to delight the scrlbes
and the guests with her fine voice
Miss RennySon has been abroad no"
for nearly five years, singing IN the dit-
ferent court operas in Germany, Aus
tria and Belgium. She is to return TO
Belfast, Ireland. to sing in the Messiah
with the Philharmonic Society in De-
Gember She will later sing in Man
chester and London, and then goes 10
Germany for the Gastpieie and the
Beyreuth performances. Miss Kenny
bon. remains the same sweet tempered
unspoiled American that she always
was.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson, has been
abroad long enough to imbibe some OIL
the Old World ideas of women in cam
y,aigns Secretary Wilson is going to
deliver a number of addresses in the
campaign, and Miss Wilson is going to
assist him by singing. 1t will be
unique feature in American politics, but
altogether enjoyable. Miss Wilson mas
been studying abroad for number OF
years. and is said to have developed
wonderfully as an operate singer She
is charming personally.
The fifth International Prison Con-
gress. which has been meeting in WASH
ington for the last week, placed It's IN
dorsement upon the American system
of indeterminate sentences upon pa
role and farm colonies for tramps and
vagrants. The humanitarian and re-
formatory elements of penology, rather
than the retributory and deterrent fea-
lures, have been in the ascendant at
this congress. and conservative Europe
has conceded the wisdom of many
American innovations.
The Army Medical Department has
purchased 500 sets of fittings fer con-
verting railway cars into hospital cars.
1t takes about eight sets to equip an
ordinary box car, giving accommoda-
fions for "a patients. These fittings are
simple, strong and easily transported
and stored when knocked down" They
can be used either in ordinary box cars
or in passenger coaches by removing
fhe seats.
Not all the heroism of the United
States Army is found among the officers
by any means 1t will be remembered
that last July there was a fearful gun
explosion at Battery De Russey, Fort
ress Monroe, and five of the men dis
tinguished themselves by rushing to
the aid of their companions, and at
the risk of their lives pounded out the
burning powder and rags with their
bare hands. They were very seriously
burned, but they rescued the injured
ones. who were at the mercy of the
flames For this splendid action the
names of the five men have been placed
upon the honor rolls of the United
States War Department. They are
Serg't Daniel D. Brinkley. CorpI John
j. Humphries and Privates Chas. +.
Sumner and VIM. c. Wolf and Mechanic
John Englehart, of the 69th Coast Art
Corps.
At the same time, Serg't E. L. Dea-
ton. of the i74th Coast Art, was COM
mended for bravery and presence of
mind in preventing the explosion of
gun and possibly death and injury to
comrades by risking his own life to re-
adjust a gun lanyard.
Mrs. Matthew r. Scott President
eneral of the Daughters of the Ameri-
an Revolution, returned to Washington
rom her Summer home in the North in
ne to preside over one of the largest
ational Board meetings of her admin
-=tration. Only routine business was
transacted, and the quarterly reports of
the various officers were presented. One
of the most charming features of the
ldsy. and which has been inaugUrated
by Mrs. Scott since she became Presi-
dent-Generai, is the entertaining of the
of their meeting. The pretty white
marble hail of the Daughters is near
ing completion. The colonial banquet
hall and the kitchens are complete The
President-General was hostess to about
SO ladies in the colonial banquet room,
In which the decorations were pink
roses and ferns.
The night schools of the District
opened last week with an attendance OF
1000 pupils ready to take up the school
work of the Winter.
Robert ]. TracewelI, Comptroller OF
the Treasury, has just allowed claim
in favor of the State of New York, for
$7.206.57, originating in 1863, when the
State purchased abroad for the use OF
troops then going to the front in the