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One by one the heads of the Depart- race therefore which for its physical
ments in Washington are waking up to
the fact that has so long been dinned
into their ears that things go by pre
ferment and not by precedence as
they should in nearly all the work
According to an announcement just
made by order of Secretary of the In
terior Garfield no favors will be shown
Senators and Representatives in the
General Land Office in the future
A statement made public at the De
partment says The General Land
Office has announced that all cases
pending in that office will be acted upon
in the regular order of their receipt
unless it can be shown that the con
trary course is deemed necessary to
avoid hardship in individual cases and
in the latter event only upon a showin
by affidavit of the individual that the
emergency which requires special ac
tion could not have been reasonably an
ticipated
As has long been known heretofore
Western statesmen found no difficulty in
inducing land officials to make special
the homestead applications of those who
were able to invoke the aid of the Con
gressional pull Those settlers who
were unable or did not enlist the aid
of their Congressmen had to wait for
the adjustment of their claims until
the officials had unraveled several miles
of red tape All this is to be changed
It was so easy for a good fellow
who had some pull in Congress to walk
in and ask that certain cases be made
special And it was just as easy to
grant the request thus retarding all
the cases that preceded and possibly
actually throwing some of them out
There is no doubt at all that great in
justice has been done in this way and
it was only after the various land
frauds were uncovered that Land Office
officials found out how deep seated this
evil is There is no use denying that
Congressional pull has its direct effect
even on the highest officials A mem
ber of Congress can make things
mighty disagreeable for those who op
pose him and when he wants a thing
he wants it and he wants it right off
Just how this order will work with the
M C s is a question That the order
is a good thing goes without saying if
it works we shall see what we shall
see It might be a good idea to watch
the other end of the line a little the
end where the land lies for Registers
and Receivers of Land Offices have not
been above asking that cases be made
special and a a matter of course
they do not make this request for pure
love of anybody
The President is going to spend 17
days on a big hunt down in Mississippi
After lie makes his trip down the great
river he will make off into the cane
brakes and bayous of Mississippi and
Louisiana where he is promised bear
and other beasties good for killing The
President is going to cut civilization for
those 13 days and he doesnt want to
be molested in any way shape or form
in his fun when he hopes to gather
strength for the Winters campaign
which is to be a hard one
Jfy but Secretary Bonaparte is
bloodthirsty and he doesnt look it a
bit He says there are not enough peo
ple hanged and he would like to see
more of an go to the gallows And
peace and arbitration has come to
naught at The Hague The signs are
surely wrong
49tli Ohio Secretary A M Ditdine
says that an error was made in the call
for the 47th Reunion of the 49th Ohio
It should be Tuesday Sept 24 instead
of Friday Sept 24 as given in the call
and will be held at Lima O
C S Tsao one of a party of China
men who have come to this country to
avail themselves of scholarships in Yale
and Cornell has been an interested In
spector of the Washington Zoo which
Is fast becoming one of the finest in
the United States We do not have
Zoos In China he declared and this
is of supreme Interest to us What we
know about animals of the kind you
have in the Zoo here said Mr Tsao
we have learned from books Of
course we have familiarized ourselves
in that manner with most of the ani
mals you have but It is an interesting
sight to us to see the animals them
selves It Is a great means of educa
tion I should think to you Americans
as well to have beasts from all parts
or the world where you can view
them
In reply to a question as to what he
thinks of the United States Mr Tsao
said It Is a great country of course
but our duty lies In China We come
here to observe and learn but we must
do our work In China My ability to
speak Kngllh is of no good to me in
China and I learned it only that I
might come to this country to educate
myhelf to better manage the affairs
which come within my province in my
native land When I have completed
a course in educational work in this
country I shaii return to China to take
up the work of teaching
It seems silly to think so but prob
ably Dr Wiley Chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industries is right He says
that the fact that Queen Victoria of
-Spain defiantly announced that she
would nurbe the baby heir to the throne
of Spain herself and not trust It to a
wet nurhe has had a tremendous effect
on the mothers of the world at least
the civilized portions of it and that
mothers since that announcement who
-have ne er nursed their own children
no give a mothers attention to their
babies If it is true well and good
but it Is a sad commentary on the good
sense and the motherly Instincts of the
rac that there has to be a fashion set
to lead women to suckle their offspring
Dr Wiley says that infant mortality
has decreased by half bince the Queen
of Spain gave exhibition of her sound
sense and overrode the strict laws of
the land of her adoption in this re
spect Its all right but it is silly Just
the same that mothers study fashion
In the matter
Prince Ranjl Smile of Baluchistan
India whom King Edward named
King of the Chafing Dish because of
the noblemans wonderful talent for
making Indian relishes Is a guest at
the Rlggs The Prince arrived in Wash-
insion iasi week and intends to spend
the Winter here
He is a most interesting personage
peaks English fluently and takes a
deep interest in the study of American
manners and customs In public he
wears costly Oriental raiment given to
him personally by King Edward Oc
casionally however lie attires himself
as would a well dressed American
Americans live too fast a life and
die too soon lie said In India peo
ple live to be more than 100 years old
and nothing unusual Is thought about
It People In my country live what
yra might term here the simple life
They are never highstrung in tempera
ment and are not given to excitement
Coming to America a few weeks ago
I was at once struck with the awful
cethe American follows in the race
or life Here the object seems to be
inoney and your citizens appear to be
l8oorlmr under a mental strain all the
tune in my countrv thA nmnio ki
fU50JfsiareJes3 ve the Pur
suit of riches than bere We have
strength is not to be compared with
any other on the globe
A trip from the West East or ce
versa cannot fail to bring one notice
able feature to every ones mind and
that is the gradual abolition of smoke
in our large cities said John Taylor
of St Louis the other night
To one who lias not traveled for
many years the decrease in the heavy
black clouds pouring out of every city
is remarkable I remember in days
gono by when the blackest and dirtiest
city was by far the busiest and it de
lighted the heart of a citizen to point
to the tall smoky chimneys and re
mark what a bustling city they denot
ed But all this seems changed now
and the largest cities seem to have
done most in abolishing the smoke
nuisance
The announced candidacy of Repre
sentative Burton of Ohio for the May
oralty of the city of Cleveland may
have an important bearing upon Na
tional politics In his announcement
Mr Burton made It plain that he had
I consulted the President and Secretary
Tart His success would naturally add
to the prestige of Taft and the Admin
istration and would make Mr Burton
the leader of the Republican Party in
northern Ohio But Ohioans are ask
ing what will be the result if this po
litical venture of Mr Burton fails
The situation in Ohio Is peculiar Mr
Burton is an open opponent of that
wing of the Republican Party in Ohio
which is led by Senators Foraker and
Dick and he wants to succeed one or
the other in the Senate It makes lit
tle difference to Mr Burton which one
of the Senators he may succeed but
his ambition lies In the direction of the
Senate and his candidacy for the
Mayoralty uf the important city of
Cleveland is undoubtedly accepted by
mm as the first stepping stone toward
the accomplishment of that purpose
The announcement comes from Mis
sissippi that Representative John Sharp
Williams will not be a candidate to
succeed himself in the 61st Congress
According to the present program
the Democratic leader of the House
minority will have a respite from offi
cial life from 1909 to 1911 the time
Senator H D Moneys term expires
Already there are a number of aspi
rants for Mr Williamss seat in the
Lower House Former Member of
Congress Patrick Henry and Young
George a son of the late Senator
George of Mississippi are said to be
the leading aspirants for Congress from
the Yazoo District now represented by
the minority leader
President Roosevelt has granted a
commutation of sentence to two years
with allowance for good fconduct in the
case of Miss Bessie L Bond who plead
ed guilty in the United States District
Court of Maryland on June 3 last to
altering and passing a National bank
note and was on the same day sen
tenced to imprisonment for live years
in the Baltimore City Jail
Miss Bond was treasurer of a church
missionary society When called upon
ror an accounting she raied a 10 bank
note to 100 Her defense was that
her mothers illness had caused her to
need money
The President administered a shock
to the California delegation In Con
gress by appointing Clarence S Mer
rill Postmaster at Berkeley Cal the
seat of the University of California The
two California Senators and Represen
tative Knowiand had recommended
Charles Thomas for the office
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of
the university learned that Thomas
had been recommended and he wrote
to the President objecting to Thomas
and recommending Merrill It is said
to be a case of personal friendship
winning over politicians
Well for the lands sake What
wont admiring friends send as gifts
You have heard of white elephants
but here is the very latest When Sec
retary Loeb opened a package which
came jn his mall the other day and
discovered a long tuft of coarse black
hair set in a leather handle of curious
workmanship his first thought was that
some Western enthusiast had sent in
the scalp of an enemy of the Adminis
tration
A letter accompanying the gift ex
plained its source and significance
Ernest Lyon United States Consul at
Liberia had sent the queer looking ob
ject Mr Lyon wrote to say that it
was an elephants tail and that mount
ed on its leather handle it was the em
blem of authority among African
Kings
Secretary of War William II Taft
and Mrs Taft will be given a reception
bv the German Court at Pntwlam u in
they visit Germany in November
ine war secretary and Mrs Taft
win De paiu unusual honors bv the
Emperor during their sojourn thr ro
Their entertainment will be a
auie one
The party will probably be nresenteil
at Potsdam Castle Seldom before has
a visit or such a nature been regarded
as of so much moment Mrs Taft will
be received in the Inner court circle
and will be entertained by the Knisnrin
xne visit is being discussed in the
newspapers over there and manv laud
atory articles about the American Sec
retary of war are appearing in print
He is discussed as a great man in the
United States
From the Department of Justice it
Is learned that money has been received
from Japan to pay the lines of the
captain and the crew of the seal
poachirg schooner Nlppo and they will
be discharged
Two Japanese seal poaching schoon
ers were brought Into Unalaska and
their officers and crew tried at Valdez
Alaska two months ago Ten -or the
Japanee who were in smil imni
sealing within the American throe mile
mnii were convicted and sentenced to
pay fines ranging from SBOfi fnr tho
captain of the Nlppo to 200 for
oers or tne crew
Under the Alaska code an unpaid
line means a day of imprisonment for
every 2 so that the captain of the
Nitiuo would have had to snrvn
eight months This Ieave3 in Jail three
members of the crew of the Kai Wo
whose fines have not been paid
Vice President Fairbanks and former
Gov Myron T Herrlck arrived In
Cleveland late the other night In a
farmers wagon having had a stren
uous trip from Canton in Mr Herricks
automobile and having encountered
two storms on the trip which was be
gun Just after the adjournment of the
meeting of the McKiniey Memorial
Trustees
The first storm occurred Just out of
Canton and after that the trip was
made without incident until within six
miles of Cleveland when the automo
bile stuck fast In the mud following a
second storm A farmer proffered the
use of his wagon which the former
Governor and his truest th vio roi
dent accepted and they arrived at the
somewhat
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D C THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 1907
James E Watson Representative in
Congress from the Sixth District of In
diana has made oflicial announcement
cf his candidacy for Governor For a
long time Mr Watson who is whip of
the Republican side of the House and
a member of the Ways and Means
Committee has been undecided as to
whether he would stand for Congress
again or for Governor
On the one hand it has long been
his ambition to bo Governor while on
the other he hoped to succeed Cannon
as Speaker of the House
Mr Watson is a member of a very
strong faction in Indiana and it is pre
dicted by noiitcians that he will have
little trouble in securing the nomina J
tion In the last race for Congress
Watsons vote fell off but it is not
taken as a real indication of a loss of
prestige
The feeling grows that ex President
Cleveland Is a very sick man and that
lie will never again appear as a public
speaker His trouble Is stated to bo
acute gastritis Mr Cleveland has al
ways been a good liver and a good
drinker as well and has failed until
late in life to obey the instructions of
his physician to cut out the luxuries
and eat just enough of the necessary
food
William Burdettc Mathews of
Charleston W Va Clerk of the State
Supreme Court of Appeals was in the
city briefly the other day and as he
used to live here some 18 years ago
tried to get his bearings but couldnt
He said the city was growing too fast
for him Charleston too is growing
rapidly he declared so rapidly in
fact that it is practically impossible to
meet the demand for houses We have
a never ending supply of coal and gas
that sells for five cents a thousand feet
and these things have brought in many
manufacturing establishments
AVhen a woman will she will and you
may depend on It
News has just reached the Pension
Office of the successful return of Mrs
Harriet Anderson a widow 57 years
of age to Xenia O whence she set out
five months ago in an old wagon pulled
by a bony old horse to come to this
city and explain to the Commissioner
of Pensions why she ought to have re
stored to her a pension of 12 a month
It was about two months ago that
Mrs Anderson arrived here and told
her story to the police who directed
her to the Pension Office Commission
er AVarner was out of the city at the
time and she was kindly received by
Deputy Commissioner Davenport who
heard her story and ordered that her
pension be restored
Lies of jealous neighbors Mrs An
derson said were responsible for tho
loss of her pension Since her husbands
death she has supported herself by
keeping roomers and with the help of
the 12 a month from the Pension Of
fice Some one sent information to this
city to the effect that she was not con
ducting herself properly and the money
was cut off That was 18 months ago
Mrs Anderson drove the same horse
to and from her home When khe left
hero it was with the assurance that the
matter would be fixed up and sure
enough when she got home there were
the papers and there was a voucher
for 120 which was the back pay she
had lost
Her neighbors arc still wondering at
her grit especially those who pro
nounced her crazy when they saw her
leave on her long journey
The New Orleans end of the lumber
combination has commenced to wince
under the investigations of Mrs Mary
Grace Quackenbos the woman lawyer
whom Attorney General Bonaparte en
gaged for the Inquiry He has desig
nated her as special counsel Officials
at the Department say Mrs Quacken
bos was retained by Mr Bonaparte
himself and that she is doing confiden
tial work for him
Mrs Quackenbos has appeared be
fore in big cases but never before has
she been commissioned by a Cabinet
member to help out In United States
cases Some months ago she assisted
United Statc3 Attorney Stlmson of New
York in the Florida peonage investi
gation
One of the noted cases she defended
was that of Antoinette Latta convicted
of murder in New Jersey and sentenced
to bo hanged at Hackensack She had
the death sentence set aside
About two years ago Mrs Quacken
bos caught two thieves who had robbed
Manuel Walls Second Secretary of tho
Spanish Legation of 3000 after the
police had given up the case
The latest topic of discussion in po
litical circles is the probability of Gov
Hoke Smith opposing Hon A S Clay
for the United States Senate next year
and the belief is growing that he will
aspire to fill Senator Clay s seat
Col Bromweil Superintendent of
Pubic Grounds and Buildings a few
days ago awarded to a Washington firm
of jewelers the task of cleaning and re
pairing tho magnificent mirror center
piece used on the state tabic at the
White House which it is thought was
selected by President Thomas Jefferson
The same firm will also clean and
replate with gold tho candelabra
which were purchased for the Execu
tive Mansion by the wife of President
Rutherford B Hayes
The centerpiece is oblong in shape
20 feet in length and In five sections
with a one Inch raised border of gold
plated combination metal around the
edges
It Is made to represent a miniature
lake in the center of the table and If
it could give back tho reflections of the
years of diplomatic circles that have
graced tho table on which It rests it
would indeed be an interesting por
trayal
In all these years that It has been
used at practically all the Important
functions at the AVhlte House it lias
never been cleaned or repaired
This work will consist simply of re
plating the metal work and recovering
one or two worn places on the back
where the mercury has been scratched
off
The candelabra have It is said been
repaired once before and tho they ap
pear to the casual observer to be In
excellent condition are slightly worn In
spots and will bo thoroly cleaned and
roplated
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the
Secretary of War was one of a party
which appeared In the Chelsea Police
Court In Boston the other dav In con
nectlon with a charge of overspeeding
me tievere pancway made against
uieir cnauueur
Judge John Smith a jurist from Ohio
was registered as the owner of the
niacnine rant Policeman Finn ar
resieu tne chauffeur who gave his
name as jonn Murks employed by
juuge bmitn or Cincinnati Ho plead
ed guilty to tho charge of running his
machine 32 miles an iiour and was
uneu iu
Capt John Albert Tiffin Hull of Dos
Moines Iowa representing the Seventh
Congressional District in that State is
in Washington und declares himself
iiKuiiifi inn continuance of the talk of
self government for the Philippines
and for a revision of the trade relations
between the United States and the new
possessions in the far East
We have those Islands said Mr
Hull who is Chairman of the House
Committee on Military Affairs and it
Is all foolishness to talk about selling
them or giving them self government
As for trade relations it seem3 patent
there should be some change that
would give capital assurance of sta
bility nnd tho natives n rhnnn o I
vclop their country
l was interested in a lumber project
the islands and T lrsr mnno
the reason that there was practically
no market at our pnmmnni ni
Herrick homo fla Wned Pse winds they did
hi i cwnal lalSuet and have one market but now thr h
none I think Secrptnrv Tiff vt
s
I
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present trip will learn more of the
sentiment of the people there and I
foresee there wlllijbe some changes in
the laws affecting the islands They
must have a stable Government and
they must huve if marttet and when
they have those thingseapital will go
mere and tho lands will be rapidly
developed
Senator DepewJreturhed last week
from his 30th trip to -Europe He Is
sun burned looks wellnnd said that
he had had a line time abroad altho
the weather in Great Britain and the
continent had been v cold Altogether
the Depews were away about two
months spending mpst of the time in
l ranee and Switzerland Senator De
pew did not wish1 to aiscuss politics
There was no politics anyway ho
thought it was dormant so to speak as
yet
Asked what he thought about tho
coming battleship cruise around the
Horn Mr Depew said he thought it
would be a good thing
What is the good of having a Navy
he asked if It Is not ready for all
emergencies and for distant voyages
The surest guarantee of peace in my
mind is to be prepared for war
That Senator Depew is not wedded
to peace and arbitration is shown by
his remark about things doing at Tho
Hague Conference He said he thought
the only countries that really had
worked unqualifiedly for peace at The
Hague were the South American Re
publics
They wanted a guarantee against
the use of force in the collection of
debts remarked Mr Depew with a
smile
Three hundred thousand song birds
destined to become pets in American
homes were imported into this coun
try this year according to Prof Henry
Oldys Assistant Biologist of the De
partment of Agriculture who knows
the haunts and habits or the feathered
creatures perhaps as well as any man
in the Government service Prof Oldys
does not attempt to estimate the vol
ume of sound that might be created by
the throats of this vast army of feath
ered immigrants if they were assem
bled in some auditorium but he ap
praises their commercial value at 2
apiece as being 600000 Based on
this estimate therefore the market
value of 1000 of these birds represents
the salary paid one of Herr conrieds
operatic stars for one nights service
As 10000 song birds usually com
prise a single cargo it Is safe to sav
that 60 vessels were required to bring
the little voyagers from their Euro
pean Asiatic and South American
nomes to this country While manv
of them will be distributed among the
zoological parks of many American
cities and not a few go to nrivate
aviaries a majority of them will glad
uen nomes whero a song bird or two
are household companions
The practice of keeDinir catred birds
tor purposes or song has boon known
almost since the beginning of the
world Prof Oldys says In fact ho
admits the origin of the custom is un
known It was habitual with the Peru
vians under the Incaa he says and
records show that cased birds were
popular In classic Greece and Rom j
many centuries ago How the voices
of bulbuls and other Singers added to
tho charm of the hanging gardens of
Babylon is told in poem and story
Most popular amongthese feathered
singers -are the canary mocking bird
cardinal nightingale and indigo bird
Since so many other things from the
Mikados realm havo come into favor
the Japanese robin has enjoyed con
siderable vogue iniAmexican homes not
only for its sweet warblings but its
rare plumage as well
The Secretary oof the Treasury au
thorized the Grand Army of tho Re
public of New Xtittt td ralsa tho Stars
and Stripes over tho new custom house
when it was opened formally Sept 23
The day was also the anniversary of
Sept 23 of 1779 when the first naval
victory under tho American flag was
won
There was a parade down Broadwav
of members from all the G A R Posts
or the city and of all naval veterans
with Col Simpson Harburger as the
Grand Marshal The ceremony of
noisting the nag took place at 3 p m
Secretary Taft and his nnrtv 1fr nn
the steamer Minnesota fnr tho Philip
pines last week Thp party besides the
secretary u composed of Mrs Taft
her son Charles Brig Gen Clarence
liuwaras Chier of the Insular Bureau
Private Secretary Fred W Carpenter
and George Long a War Office mes
senger
The party will spend eight days in
Japan Oct 4 it will sail from Nagasaki
for Shanghai arriving two or three
days later Secretary Taft will then go
to Hongkong where he and his party
will board the transport McCIellan and
arrive at Manila Oct 14
According to present plans 22 days
will bo spent in the Philippines and
Nov 11 the Secretary will reach Vladi
vostok Tho following day Irkutsk will
be reached
Tho Journey across Siberia will be
made In a special train Arriving at
SL Petersburg Nov 22 tho Secretary
will bo allowed time to pay his respects
to tho Czar After spending a day or
two In Berlin the party will leave for
New York reaching that city about
the middle of December
The very latest canard Is that at tho
celebrated Fairbanks dinner in Tndinn
apolls at which cocktails appeared on
the table to the scandal Ization of the
Methodists those same cocktails were
ordered by tho President himself Now
what do you think of that The Presi
dent of the United States accepts tho
hospitality of one of the highest men
In the land and on sitting down to the
banquet board finds that no cocktails
have been served and proceeds to or
der the butler to get some forthwith
Now you know that the paper that
would print such an Idiotic thing as
that for fact ought to bo barred from
tho family circle President Roosevelt
does not use tobacco in any form and
barely touchs Intoxicants when strict
etlquet demands tfiat he conform to
tho rules of polite society To suggest
that ho would miss tho wine glasses
and order them broueht ami nni i
such utter rot asitoodlsgust any fair
minded opponent of the President and
his policies
The transfer istannounced of Second
Lieut Philip II Sheridan from the
White House to FortrHuachuca Ariz
and thus Washington is to lose one of
ine most popuiar of lis social favorites
Orders were Issued riAt the War De
partment relieving Lieut Sheridan from
further duty under the direction of the
Superintendent of Puhlic Buildings and
Grounds and directing him to join his
i Ul wv now stationed In
tile wilds of Arizona u lwru unui
does not nourish witli the hamc degree
ui ajuenuor mat it doto In Washington
oung Sheridanfi who is a son of the
alo Oen Phil Sheridan has for the
last two years been stationed at the
hite House as one of the Military Aids
to the President aniTas such has been
conspicuous at all of the social func
tions
No reason Is assigned for the trans
fer except that it is In line with the
policy of giving other young oilicers
similar advantages enjoyed bv the
young men who have been attached to
mi- tviiuo iiouse
LC4Sherdan ls ntw nt Fort Sher
idan 111 having recently arrived at
that post after the march arm rmm
try from Fort Rilev Km
which he and Lieut Kttzhugh Lee and
Hermit Roosevelt a also accompa
nied the tOODS Vlri tho Sllhlnr nf
much adulation from the residents or
the various towns nlnnir tho lino rr
travel
Another ordor fecmnd frAm
Department directs the return to duty
gfr WJJwAJsW
I Axle XllII
i Grease ip
Helps the Wagon up
the Bill
Ths load seems lighter Wagon
and teem wear longer You make
more money and have more time
to make money when wheels are
greased with
The longest wearing and most
satisfactory lubricant in the world
STANDARD OH CO
IntrrpcnUd
fee Me Grease
as an Assistnnt Military Aid to the
President of Capt Frank R McCoy 3d
Cav who has been spending a good
part of the Summer In Yellowstone
Park with his troop This means that
there are not likely to be any more
changes in the Presidents family of
Military and Naval Aids in thfe near
future It Is understood that Col
Bromweil the Chief Military Aid and
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds who is now in Europe Com
mander Key Naval Aid now at the
War College In Newport R I Capt
McCoy and Lieut Fitzhugh Lee who
has Just completed a special duty with
his own troop of the 13th Cav will
resume their places In the official line
at the White House next Winter
That the War Department knows no
color lino and will not consider any
protests which may be made against
the assignment of the 21th Inf col
ored to Fort Ontario and Madison
Barracks was emphasized a few davs
ago by Acting Secretary of War Oliver
In a statement regarding the matter
To the War Department said Gen
Oliver the 24th regiment Is simniv
the 24th regiment and we take no
cognizance of the fact that tho enlisted
men in It are negros It receives Its
orders and does its tour of duty the
same as any other regiment We have
received no protests against stationing
me regiment at Oswego and Water-
town and no heed will be given to such
protests if they arc made
Sometimes the War Department does
wane up A monument to the memory
of the lato Confederate General Joseph
Wheeler of Alabama has Just been
completed and stands at the head of
tho tomb of the little cavalry man in
Arlington The monument stands on
the lawn directly in front of the man
sion and a Ilttlo to the right of that of
Gen Sheridan
The base is 10 feet square and the
monument Is 37 feet high The shaft
is 28 feet long and weighs 21000
pounds while tho total weight of the
monument is 76000 pounds It took
six months to complete the work
Tho monument was erected hv finn
Wheelers three daughters who i
now living at Wheeler Ala Oiw
of the shaft is left blank so that lines
may De placed there in case of the
death of Gen Wheelers son who is
now in the United States Armv On
another side of the shaft there are two
oianK lines where it was Intended to
put the highest rank of Gen Wheeler
that he held while In the Confederate
army but owing to objection by the
War Department this was not done
It Is a little remarkahlo thnt fh
War Department should decline to havo
ino Lonteuerato war record inscribed
upon the monument because the Gov
ernment now takes care of 200 or 300
Confederate graves in Arlington nnd
tho service of the occupants of each Is
inscriDeu upon the headstones which
the Government is putting there Of
course Gen Wheelers grave is in a
more prominent place right close be
side Sheridans and It would look a
little queer to see his record against
the flag cut in marble In a National
cemetery dedicated to those who saved
the flag
Robert F Broussard of the Third
Louisiana District has been In Wash
ington accompanied by a number of
gentlemen interested in the sugar in
dustry of that State and had a confer
ence with the Secretary of Agriculture
relative to the administration of that
portion of the pure food law pertaining
to tho manufacture of sugar and mo
lasses
In tho manufacture of sugar and
molasses said Mr Broussard sul
phur is used for the purpose of getting
rid of the impurities in the cane sirup
The sulphur entirely disappears during
the process of making sugar but a
small proportion remains in tho mo
lasses This proportion Is never the
same depending upon the character of
the cane but it Is never found in de
leterious quantities it on ho
oweyer that some forms of molasses
contain it in greater
percentago than
Is permitted under the Departments
regulation
We have conducted extensive ex
periments at our State experiment sta
tion to ascertain the effect of the use
of sulphur in the manufacture of mo
lasses and upon the human system We
have shown that it is beneficial instead
of harmful us the sulphur removes the
impurities that otherwise would remain
and which would bo Injurious and the
amount of sulphur that remains can do
no possible harm to the consumer We
are endeavoring to straighten out the
matter before the Department by the
time our next crop of cane is ready to
cut and we look Tor a ruling that will
be not only protective to the public but
fair and equitable to the manufactur
ers We have secured permission to
follow the old practice with this years
crop
Gen Charles S Wainwright died at
the Georgo Washington University
Hospital last week after an Illness ex
tending over several weeks Interment
with full military honors was had in
Arlington Gen Wainwright had been
a resident of this city for a number of
years Gen Wainwright attained his
military rank In tho volunteer service
during the civil war having served
thru the four year struggle with honor
He was mustered into the service as
Major in the 1st N Y L A and was
arterward Lieutenant Colonel and Col
onel of Volunteers reaching the latter
grade June 1 1862 The records of the
War Department show that Aug 1
1864 ho was made a Brigadier General
of Volunteers for brave constant and
efficient service In battles and marches
of the campaign
A plan by which European laborers
on the Isthmus of Panama may bring
their families to that place is under
consideration by the Canal Commission
It contemplates the erection of chean
houses on small tracts of land estab
lishing settlements in close proximity
to the work along tho canal The col
onization of these people It Is believed
will give a steady and permanent sup
ply of the best labor available for the
canal work and will result in clearing
and improving a good portion of the
land belonging to the Commission on
the Canal Zone
Exclusive of the contract for labor
ers brought to the Isthmus of Panama
at the expense of the Canal Commis
sion during the fiscal year ended June
30 last the number of immigrants ar
riving at coion to which port come
practically all the laborers for the
canal was an excess of 7134 At tho
macule terminal the number of nassen
gers who left there during the fiscal
year was 1313 less than the number
who entered From tho total force of
canal employes on the roll in Julv
J3U0 ine ueatn rate was 64 per 1000
as against 34 per 1000 in July 1907
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Is issuing to the press epitomized rail
way statistics that answer all sorts of
questions asked by the curious The
circular states that for the year ending
with June 30 1906 the total railway
tracks of the United States would makf
a single track of 22436317 miles an
Increase since 1903 of 626213 miles
There were in use 51672 locomotives
cars iaoByts or which 42262 cars
were in passenger service drawn by
12249 locomotives There were on the
payrolls of all the railways an aggre
gate of 1521355 employes the train
men were Engineers 59853 firemen
62678 conductors 43936 other train
men 119087 The total paid employes
during the year cannot be niven in ex
act figures because of records lost In
the San l ranclsco fires but It exceeded
900801633 by something more than
the 27000000 known to have been
shown by the destroyed books The ex
isting face value of railway capital was
14570421478 equivalent to 67936
a mile Of the stock 3346 per cent paid
no dividends the dividends paid
amounted to 237964482 an average
of 603 per cent Passengers carried
numbered 799507838 who traveled
25175480383 miles The gross earn
ings were 2325765107 an increase
for the year of 243282761 Operating
expenses were 1536877271 an in
crease of 146275119 The number of
persons killed or Injured by the rail
ways killed 10618 Injured 97706 Of
the killed i929 were employees 359
were passengers 5SS1 were trespassers
Of the injured 76701 were employees
10764 passengers 5927 trespassers
One passenger of each 2227041 was
killed and one of every 74276 was in
jured For every 70126686 miles trav
eled one passenger was killed and for
each 2338359 passenger miles one pas
senger was injured Suroly the Com
missioner has gotten down to hard pan
In details
Soldier From the Kannna line
W L Butler 7th Mo Cav Lone
jack Mo says that if the comrade who
wanted the song The Soldier From the
Kansas Line will write to him he will
send it to him
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RECENT LITERATURa
AJnslees for October has the opening
chapters of a new novel by Harry Leon
Wilson author of The Spenders and
The Seeker as well as of a new play
In collaboration with Booth Tarklng 1
ton soon to bo produced in New York
This new serial Ewings Lady so
far as can be judged by the first instal
ment is a story which will fnr surpass
anytntng mat he has previously done
It begins In the West and introduces
the hero and heroine afterward trans
ferring them to New York It is full
of action so far and evidently is pre- I
paring ior a series or dramatic cuo
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The Crrnt oclhrrfM
The recent booming of Northwest
Canada that mighty tract of land
which comprises but a handful of sot-
tiers Ls a fitting scene for Bertrand W
Sinclairs now novelette Raw Gold
in the October Popular The North
west Mounted Police have always been
objects of interest to the settled East
erners nnd it is evident that a tale in
which these men figure will be read
with an interest seldom awakened In
serials The Man Who Was Dead la
happily concluded and II B Marriott1
Watsons Devils Pulpit and Zollen
stein by W B M Ferguson are con
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such able authors as A M Chisholm
Frank AVhitlock George
William MacLeod Ralne Charles
K Moser B M Bower and Scottl
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On the breast of the brave
In the gloom of the grave
It Is gleaming to day
The history of this battery is no
irnlnfr thru fhf nrA rtf Tho VnMnnil
Tribune Company It will be a book
of about 400 pages gotten up In tho
best style at a cost of about 275 a
volume The frontispiece will be a group
of the commissioned officers and half
tones of the boys will be scattered thru
the book each one occupying a leaf
These half tones cost 150 each the
boys sending their photos and the price
The photo and the gravure will be
mailed to the sender of the photo afte
the history Is printed The edition iil
limited and the historians appointed
by the Battery Association In their de fl
sire to see the part taken by their com-
rades In the making of history spread
UDOn the records and nlaced in lihraHM
do not regret the time and cash expend
ed The book is dedicated to the dead
comrades whose bodies we left scatter
ed from the Ohio to the Gulf and to the
sons and daughters of those who re-
turned
Gen Osterhaus told E B Wolcote
Post that the 1st Wis Battery was
the best field battery he ever knew
Copies can be had or photos sent to
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The Department of Ohio Woman
Relief Corps has sent to Custodian
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urape ine sarcopnagus oi iVDranam un
coln at Springfield 111 It is to take the
place of one given in 1S99 by the ladies
of the G A R which Is now so worn
that it must be relieved and rehired inr
honor having performed a sacred duty
Tho new flag is hand made the star3J
worKUU in n nut eiuuruiuery au
companying streamer bears in uold let
ters Department of Ohio Womans
Relief Corps
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