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INAUGURATION OP
TAFT AND SHERMAN
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PRESIDENT TAFT
BY EDWARD Β. CLARK.
Washington, Mar. 4.—Standing on
the east portico of the capitol, just
after noon, William Howard Taft took
the oath of office as president of the
United States, an immense throng of
his fellow citizens witnessing the im
pressive ceremony. James School
craft Sherman already had been sworn
in as vice-president, in the senate
chamber, and the people acclaimed
the new chief executives of the na
tion.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Taft has been in civil pursuits all his
life, the military display which accom
panied his induction into office was
greater than that which marked îlie
inauguration of the militant rougfe.
rider president, Theodore Roosevelt;
four years ago. Washington was
filled with civilians and soldiers and
sailors. From the earliest daylight
hour the streets were crowded with
people. Pennsylvania avenue, the cen
ter of all things in Washington, was
packed with the crowds, every man
and woman in which sought, by an
early arrival, to obtain a place of van
tage from which the great procession,
which for hours passed through the
broad thoroughfare, could be seen.
Meet at Executive Mansion.
Early in the day the president-elect
met the out-going president in the
White House. About an hour before
noon, the congressional committee of
arrangements, consisting of Senators
Knox, Lodge and Bacon, and Repre
sentatives Burke, Young and Gaines,
arrived at the executive mansion and
informed the president and the presi
dent-elect that congress was in readi
ness for the ceremonies of the actual
elect were escorted by the congres
sional committee into-the senate wing
of the capitol through the historic
doorway of bronze on the east side of
the building. They went directly to
the president's room where they re
mained until the committee of ar
rangements came to them and an
nounced that the senate was in readi
ness to receive them. Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Taft then walked to the sen
ate chamber, taking the seats re
served for them !n the first row di
rectly in front of the vice-president's
desk.
Vice-President Fairbanks and Vice
President-elect Sherman drove to the
capitol together and went directly to
the room of the vice-president. In
turn they were escorted to the senate
chamber as the two chief figures of
the occasion had been escorted before
them. Mr. Fairbanks went at once to
his place as presiding officer of the
senate and Mr. Sherman took a seat
at the left of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Taft, just across the center aisle of
the chamber.
Edward Everett Hale, the veteran
chaplain of the senate and one of the
most picturesque figures in the Uni
ted States, offered prayer. Immedi
ately following the prayer, the oath
of office was administered to Mr.
Sherman by the outgoing vlce-presl
dent, Mr. Fairbanks. The new vice
president next delivered his inaugu
ral address, and then at once, as the
first duty of his new office, he admin
istered the oath to the newly elected
senators of the United States.
March to East Portico.
As soon as the senators-elect had
been sworn into office, a procession
Photograph copyright by Clinedlnst, Washington, D. C·
BLACK HORSE TROOP OF CLEVELAND, O.
inauguration. At half-past eleven
President Roosevelt and President-to
be Taft entered a carriage, Mr. Taft
sitting at the left of Mr. Roosevelt. In
the carriages immediately following
were the members of the congression
al committee of arrangements. A body
of veterans of the civil and Spanish
wars acted as an escort for the out
going and incoming chiefs of state.
Escorted to Senate Wing.
The president and the president
INSULT DROWNED IN BUBBLES.
Old-Time Enemies Drink and Forget
the Stormy Past.
Two men who had been introduced in
the last days of the campaign, one of
whom lived in Washington, the other
in New York, harked back to the
civil war. The Washington man had
enlisted in the First Iowa infantry
when he was 15. The New York man
had bushwhacked with Quantrell.
"Your regiment," said the ex-bush
whacker, "was the first Yankee regi
ment I ever saw. You came through
tny town and camped until you were
ordered to the front. The sight of
you fellows in your new uniforms,
marching away to fight the south, cre
ated in me my1 first longing to shoot
as many Yankees as I could."
The man from Washington, still a
commanding figure, who became col
onel of the regiment in which he went
out as a private, answered: "I re
member our visit to your town. We
had been warned that it was a rebel
hole. I recollect that the first in
sult to me as a Yankee soldier oc
curred in your town. I was walking
was formed to march from the senate
chamber through the rotunda of the
capital to the platform on the center
portico of the east side of the build
ing. The sergeant-at-arms of the sen
ate and his fellow officials of the
house of representatives led the way.
The platform upon which President
Taft took the oath of office extended
well out from the portico until It
overhung the broad plaza to the east,
where directly to the front were gath
in a street where there was a crowd.
An urchin spat on my new uniform,
and I slapped his face. An assem
blage gathered, and a young woman
punched oft my cap with the end of
her parasol. Fortunately for all of
us, several members of my company
came round the corner. The south
ern chivalry disappeared, and the
mudmulls of the north beat retreat to
camp."
"Yes, that's right," replied the New
Yorker; "I was the chap who spat
on your new uniform."
They went out of headquarters to
gether fnd across the square, where
they sat down to luncheon.
"I have often wondered who the
spirited southern belle was who
knocked off my cap," said the Wash
ington officeholder.
"That was my sister," said the ex
bushwhacker.
"Ah, wpn't you please give her my
compliments, if she Is living, a· I
trust she still may be."
"She is still living," said the ex
bushwhacker, "and it may interest
you to know that when the cruel war
was over she married a Yankee btiga
dier. I'm in bis business ae manager."
ered the cadets from the military and
naval academies, to the rear of whom
were the other military bodies. Be
yond the cadets, extending to the right
and left as far as the open ground
reached, were gathered the thousands
upon thousands of civilians.
Taft Takes Oath of Office.
The white-haired chief justice of the
United States. Melville W. Fuller, ad
ministered the oath of office of Mr.
Taft, who, when he had taken it, bent
and kissed the Bible held in the hand
of his country's chief jurist. Imme
diately following the taking of the
oath, President Taft delivered his In
augural address.
The president's speech frequently
was interruDted by applause and at
its close the greatassembly broke into
cheers. The president was congratu
lated by those who were close to him,
including the retiring president and
the other chief officials. President
Taft then entered a carriage which
was at once surrounded by the mem
bers of the Black Horse troop of
Cleveland, O., which formed the spe
cial guard of honor. The president's
carriage was driven north and then
down the hill by the senate wing of
the capitol until Pennsylvania avenue
wrns ronrh£»r1 Prnni that nnint thp
president drove slowly to the White
House along the thoroughfare filled,
save for Its center, with crowds of his
cheering fellow citizens.
Make-Up of Parade.
The guard of honor attending Presi
dent Taft was followed immediately by
a mounted police guard and a full mili
tary band. Then came Maj. Gen. J.
Franklin Hell, chief of the general staff
of the United States army, who was
the parade's grand marshal, and hie
staff. The military division had the
right of way after the president's es
cort. At its head were the West Point
cadets in their gray uniforms, march
ing with the perfect alignment for
which the military students are famed.
Behind the stripling soldiers came the
stripling sailors, the midshipmen from
the naval academy at Annapolis. Im
mediately behind the future officers of
army and navy came the regulars of
the military service, veterans most of
them, who had seen service In Cuba
and in the Philippines, and, many of
them, upon the plains In the days be
fore the Indians had left the war
path for the ways of peace. In the line
were the 2,600 men who had formed
the Cuban army of pacification.
Atlantic Fleet Sends Men.
In the waters of Hampton roads for
ten days the fleet which had made its
record breaking journey around the
world had been assembled. The bat
tleships, the cruisers, the destroyers
Vice-Preeident Sherman.
and the torpedo boats were drawn
upon for "jackies" to give the sea
service an adequate representation in
the inaugural ceremonies. There were
3,000 sailors from the Connecticut, the
Illinois and the other ships of Sperry's
fleet in the parade. The marines fol
lowed the sailors.
The regulars of the government
service led the way, their conceded
right. Behind them came the men
who, in time of war. form first the re
serve force, and later when brought
into real soldiers' c,hape, the backbone
force of the government's army—the
National Guardsmen of the states of
the union.
Many Civic Organizations.
In the rear of the military division
came the civic organizations. There
were in line more than 100 clubs and
political associations from all parts of
the country, nearly all of them wear
ying some unique and distinguishing
uniform. The American club of Pitts
burg acted as personal escort to
Thomas P. Morgan, the chief of the
civic organizations' committee.
Among the organizations which had
a place in the parade were several
from President Taft's state—Ohio.
Among these were the Citizens' Taft
"I want you to have a bottle on
me," said the ex-rebel, in the wind-up,
"as reparation for the insult of 40
years ago. Bubbles are better than
bullets."—The Sunday Magazine.
Misapplying Music.
"I went to a fashionable wedding
the other day," remarked a man who
has little time for such things, "and
I was decidedly Impressed by the
character of the music that was played
while the assembled guests were wait
ing for the wedding party to arrive.
The principal number played by the
orchestra was an air from one of the
most modern operas. It marks the en
trance of the heroine of the piece,
who is coming on the scene to take
part in a wedding of complaisance
with the hero, who is generally regard
ed as one of the greatest blackguards
the world of opera knows. Every
character on the stage knows that the
Buddhistic wedding ceremony that is
to take place is a sham and the mar
riage turns out to be a tragedy of the
shabbiest sort. And yet that music
was played in a church that stands
for intelligence if any one congrega
tion in this town does."
club and the Stamina Republican club
of Cincinnati, Uniform Rank Knighte
of Maccabeee, Cleveland; the Repub
lican Glee club and the Buckeyo Re
publican club of Columbus.
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky,
Minnesota and other states of the mid'
die west and of the south were repre
sented by associations of citizens, po
litical clubs, and by prominent state,
county and municipal officials. Many
veterans of the civil war who served
in the ranks of the union or in the
ranks of the confederacy were present
in the parade. There were more for
mer confederates in line than were
present at any previous inauguration
of a Republican president.
Luncheon at White House.
As soon as President Taft reached
the White House he entered and was
greeted by the members of a specially
λ w
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell.
invited presidential party,including the
governors of several states, prominent
federal officials, personal friends of
the president and the members of the
presidential family to a remote degree
of relationship. A light luncheon was
served in the great state dining-room,
and as soon as it was over the presi
dent walked across the grounds of the
White House to the presidential re
viewing stand built on the south side
of the avenue directly in front of the
main entrance to the White House and
facing Lafayette square. The presi
dent took his place on the reviewing
stand, and with him were the mem
bers of tl\e presidential party. Vice
President Sherman stood on the imme
diate right of the chief executive.
Across Pennsylvania avenue directly
in front of the president was a huge
stand for spectators occupying the en
tire length of one side of Lafayette
square.
President Reviews Parade.
As soon as the president appeared
on the reviewing stand the leading
band of the procession, which had been
halted to await the appearance of Mr.
Taft, began to play "Hail to the Chief."
Gen. Bell gave the order to pass in re
view, and the great procession, having
its head at the White House, moved
forward to nass before the chief magis
trate. As body after body of soldiers,
sailors and civilians passed, they sa
luted and the president saluted in turn.
It took the procession three hours to
pass the reviewing stand. It was a
great sight, full of interest and color.
Under the direction of the trained mil
itary chieftains who had given their
time to the perfection of details, the
parade passed quickly and in perfect
form. When in front of the review
ing stand some of the civil marching
clubs showed their proficiency in drill
by performing evolutions. The regu
lars and National Guardsmen, how
ever, swept by in perfect military pre
cision. The parade was worthy of the
occasion that called it into being.
Inaugural Ball in Evening.
When the last of the parading bod
ies had passed the president returned
.o the White House for a short rest
before preparing to go to the great
inaugural ball, which was given in the
['Pension building. The ball was the
brilliant affair that it always is. It
was attended by a tremendous throng.
In the center of the great hall which
occupies the lower floor of the struc
ture a space was roped off. The vis
itors stood outside the open place wait
ing the arrival of President and
Mrs. Taft and Vice-President and
Mrs. Sherman. They came finally and
stayed on the main floor for some
time, and then retired to the presi
dent's box in the gallery above, where
they watched the proceedings below.
On the great mall on the Potomac
side of the White House in the even
ing there was a brilliant display of
fireworks, a display that was co
incident with the continuance of the
inaugural ball.
lne aay, Willi «"» lus aucuuiug
monies, was one that was worthy of
the event which made it a time of
celebration.
Deal in Rotten Eggs.
It would not seem that a law against
the sale of rotten eggs would be neces
sary in these days, but Pennsylva
nia seems to think one expedient. It
appears that in Philadelphia there is
a large trade in "rotit" and "spots"—
spoiled, cracked and dirty eggs—and
a bill has been offered in the Penn
sylvania legislature to make th-Mr sale
and use a crime. "Rots" and "spots"
are bought by wholesalers, who sell
them to bakers at about six cents
a dozen. With ,thia fact known, ttae
housewife who I gets poundcake for
10 and 12 cents a pound may under
stand how the baker can make it so
much more cheaply than she can.
A Traveling Clock.
The new traveling clocks are in
every sense what their name implies.
Instead of the square one· that took
several inches of valuable space in
the traveling bag, these new ones are
a thin model watch, encased in leather
about four inches broad and long.
They are made to fold flat, just as
the leather picture frames do, and
can be tucked in the pocket of one'·
bag without encroaching on spac·.
WHEAT MAY 60 TO $1,25
JAMES A. PATTEN, KINO OF FIT,
MAKES PREDICTION.
Has Squeezed Nearly Three Million
Out of Four New Yorkers,
and May Oet More.
Chicago—Wheat went to $1.19 α bush
el Saturday, but it is expected to «kip
by that point within the next forty
eight hours, under the careful guidance
of James A. Patten and the shorts who
have not covered their lines are expectcd
to scramble wildly from utter extinction,
for Mr. Patton has said forcibly:
"Wheat will go to $1.25 per bushel."
In tho meantime, while the Chicago
shorts are vainly trying to seek a hole
whereby they may escape, there is eon
sternation among the "wise men of the
East," including Reginald Yanderbi1·:,
W. II. Moore, Jesse Livermore, Jr., J.
Brant Walker and others of tho million
aire plunging set who inhabit Wall
street. When wheat touched the $1.19
mark on Saturday the Eastern million
aires faced losses of millions, and if it
goes to $1.25 a bushel, as Mr. Patten
predicts, the Wall street bears on wheat
will find themselves pinched as they
never have been pinched before.
The four New York millionaires are
•an ill in lii* abort flhnilt 20 000.000 liUsh
els. Their combined losses are now fig
ured at about $2,720,000. This is based
on the calculation that they sold short
at $1.00, and could cover at the present
time at $1.19 a bushel, showing a loss
of 13 cents a bushel.
PACKERS SUED FOR MILLIONS
Charged With Combining to Control
Price of Meat in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark.—Alleging violations
of the anti-trust law, suits to collect
penalties aggregating $19,800,000 have
been filed against six big packers in the
second division of the circuit court by
Attorney General Norwood. The defend
ants are Swift & Co., Jacob Dold Pack
ing Company, Cudahy Packing Company,
Morris Packing Company and the South
ern Beef and Provision Company. A
penalty of $3,300,000 is asked for each
defendant.
A penalty may be exacted for each day
the law has been violated, and the enor
mous sums asked are based upon that
provision of the law.
The packing companies are alleged to
have been in an illegal combination to
control prices of meats in Arkansas and
defeat competition. The combination has
existed since Jan. 19, 1907, according to
the allegations of the petitions.
LIFE TERM FOR 46 CENTS
Chicago Highwaymen Get Full Ben
efit of Illinois Law.
Chicago—Theft of 4G cents, accom
plished with the aid of revolvers, brought
quick and severe retribution to three
highwaymen. They were sentenced to
life imprisonment in the Joliet peniten
tiary.
The severe punishment was made pos
sible under the law which provides life
imprisonment in cases of highway rob
bery committed with the aid of deadly
weapons.
The defendants were Harry Dalrymple,
Edward Schillhorn and Robert McGants.
An hour after the robbery one of the
robbers was arrested. He confessed, and
in another hour his two companions were
captured. The next day two of them
confessed. The same day all were in
dicted. They had been in the county jail
only a day when they were taken into
court and placed on trial.
LUKE E. WRIGHT NOT SLATED
Report That He'Is to Qo to the Su
preme Bench Is Denied.
Washington.-"-''The report from Mem
phis that I am to be appointed a judge
of the supreme court by President Taft
shortly after inauguration is all bosh,"
declared Gen. Luke E. Wright, secretary
of war. "I am not slated for any govern
ment position ill the next administration,
and it is my intention to return to Mem
phis a few days after March 4 to resume
the practice of law. The statement that
I have taken a five years' lease on the
house I now occupy here is not true,"
added Secretary Wright.
ÛJtAXn LÛAflljiW» iïlAJUKli Χ.
Third Member of Missouri Legislature
Dead This Session.
Jefferaon City, Mo.—Ε. M. Kerr, a
representative of Hickory county, died
Sunday. He is the third member to die
during the present session, and leaves the
Republicans without a majority in the
house. Seventy-two votes are required
to pass bills, and, while the Republicans
originally had one more than this num
ber, they now have one leas. The Demo
crate also lost one by death.
Four States Name Delegates.
Baton Rouge, La.—The call of Gov.
Sanders, of Louisiana, for a Southern
States child labor conference, to be held
in New Orleans March 29, 30 and 31,
has brought favorable responses from the
governors of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis
sissippi and North Carolina, who have
forwarded a list of delegates appointed
by them to attend. The convention will
be held for the purpose of discussing
child labor laws with a view for more
thorough uniformity in the several states
of the South.
Honor "Uncle Remus."
Atlanta, Ga.—"Snap Bean Farm and
the Sign of the Wren's Nest," as the
late Joel Chandler Harris styled his home,
is to be purchased by the friends of "Un
cle Remus" and presented to the publie
as a memorial to the distinguished writ
er. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Uncle
Remus Memorial Association has under
taken to raise funds for this purpose.
The ladies desire that the fund shall be
secured, if possible, from the children
who have found delight in the writings
of "Uncle Remua."
I
Gossip of Washington
What Is Gointf On at the
National Capitalr
Clerk Weds Prince in Travel Romance
WASHINGTON.—From government
clerk to princess is the change
made by Miss Georgie Jeffrey, former
ly a clerk in the office of the auditor
of the post office department.
She is now the wife of Prince Alfred
Ahrenheim-Gagarin, adjutant to his im
perial majesty, the czar. The wedding
took place in Canton, China. The
prince and princess are now traveling
In the far east, but will ultimately go
to St. Petersburg, where they will
make their home.
The romance which culminated In
the marriage of the American girl and
the Russian nobleman had its incep
tion on an ocean steamer bound for
the far east. Miss Jeffrey, who was re
garded as one of the best clerks in the
post office department, was transferred
at her own request from that depart
ment to the Philippine-service.
She left Washington early in Octo
ber bound ror jvianna, uui suuppeu u·
Denver to visit friends before leaving
the country. While visiting in Denver
she became acquainted with friends ot
her hostess who were also bound for
the east and who had taken passage on
the steamer which was to carry her tc
Manila. Miss Jeffrey learned that they
were to make several side trips and so
she obtained an extension of leave
from the Philippines and decided to
join the party of tourists.
Whether the prince was a member
of this party or whether Miss Jeffrey
met him after the ship passed through
the Golden Gate has not been made
known. At any rate, he was a passen
ger on the steamer, and the acquaint
ance which formed then resulted in a
pretty little love affair. The prince con
tinued with the party through their
travels in China and Japar. and the
love story progressed in the most sat
isfactory way.
While in Hong Chow the party went
for an outing. The funny little native
rig in which Miss Jeffrey was riding
collided with a carriage. Miss Jeffrey
was thrown to the ground and injured
painfully, but not seriously. It was
not long after this that the marriage
took place.
Capital Is Cordial to Little Countess
THE Countess Luise Alexandra von
Bernstorff, only daughter of the
German ambassador and Countess von
Bernstorff, has found the national cap
ital of her mother's native land much
to her liking. Ever since the arrival
In Washington of the kaiser's new rep
resentative and his family, they have
been entertained constantly. To all af
fairs given for the younger set the
"little countess," as she is frequently
called, has been invited.
Countess Alexandra was born and
educated abroad, and is making her
first visit to this country. She speaks
the language with only a slight accent,
for her mother, who has lived in for
eign countries ever sij»ce she was 15
years old, has never dropped the Eng
lish tongue, but has spoken it to her
daughter and son, the latter now a
student in Germany.
A year ago the daughter of the Von
Bernstorffs piade her debut in society
at Cairo, Egypt, where her father was
his country's representative up to a
few months ago. She feels as if she
were making a second debut since com
ing to Washington, for she has taken
part in all the affairs given for Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, as well as in many of
the official functions.
Since the dismantling of the German
embassy by the Baroness von Stern
burg, who recently sailed for Europe
with her mother to spend the rest o!
the winter on the Riviera, the house
has been placed in the hands of dec
orators and furnishers, and the ambas
sador and his family have been obliged
to live at one of the hotels. The em
bassy is expected to be ready for oc
cupancy in April.
The Countess von Bernstorff and her
daughter wish to know all about the
city in which they live, and they are
seen frequently on pleasant mornings,
guidebook in hand, learning about
historic houses and places. They have
strayed already outside the foreign and
official circles to meet people of inter
est, and it is confidently expected that
the German embassy will be thorough
ly cosmopolitan and democratic during
the present incumbent's regime.
House Committee Clerk Courts in Demand
THERE is no abler servant of the
United States in the capitol build
ing than James C. Courts, the diminu
tive clerk of the house committee on
appropriations. Without him the great
committee would be often at sea.
It would be almost an utter impos
sibility for Chairman Tawney or any
other head of that great committee to
carry in his mind the vast details of
the appropriation bills which it brings
into the house, carrying amounts vary
ing from a few to more than $100,000,
000. Some member of the house wants
to know afcout some item in every
bill and frequently the whole house
wants to know about a good many of
them. Chairman Tawney can answer
offhand as many questions as any
other chairman who ever stood in his
shoes, but it is Courts who, when he
sits down, is almost hidden by the
desk in front of him, but is the ready
prompter when the chairman's mem
ory fails. Between Tawney and Courts
practically no time of the house is
wasted in getting necessary informa
tion for all comers.
When congress recently voted $800,·
000 for the relief of the Italian earth
quake victims, an unusual scene was
enacted in the house. A misunder
standing had arisen between the presi
dent and congress as to the amount ol
the relief and the bill prepared by the
house committee on appropriations
did not fit with the president's mes
sage by $300,000. Courts was sum
moned by a general alarm and re
sponded readily, pen in hand. A con
ference was held at the speaker's ta
ble lasting about two minutes, and
those two minutes brought $300,000
more relief to the sufferers of Italy.
Courts and his pen fixed the bill and
Courts later rushed the bill to the en
grossing committee and had it in the
senate in record time.
When congratulated by members
and civilians alike later, Courts mere
ly smiled. When, however, some one
ventured to suggest that it was an in
spiring sight to see congress act so
generously and so quickly, Courts re
plied: "I once knew a congressman
who made a speech in Faneuil hall,
Boston, and bragged about the passage
of a pension bill carrying over $100,
000,000 in forty minutes. Finally he
swelled up in his patriotism and ex
claimed: 'Can you beat that?' some
body in the back row replied: 'Lord, I
hope not.' There is such a thing as
being too quick on the trigger."
Secretary Satterlee's Zest for Duty
Herbert Livingston satter
LEE, son of the late Bishop Sat
terlee and son-in-law of J. Pierpont
Morgan, recently appointed to suc
ceed Τ. H. Newberry as assistant sec
retary of the navy, was one of the
board of visitors at the Naval acad
emy last June and entered into his
duties with a zest and interest that
was particularly pleasing to the acad
emy staff. He insisted upon seeing
everything there was to be seen, ate
In the mesa hall, went out in the
launches and watched the drills. At
last he decided that be must slep in a
midshipman's bed; so he was assigned
to a room on one of the decks.
Now at the very time the board of
visitors was at the aeademy the West
Point-Annapolis baseball game was on
and the West Point team were to be
given a rousing send-off when they
took their departure, which was fixed
for very early in the morning of the
night that Mr. Satterlee played at be
ing a midshipman and slept in Ban
croft, or "Bankrupt," hall as the mid
dies facetiously call it, apropos of
their cronic penniless state. "All out"
was called promptly and those who
did not turn out quickly enough to
Bult the middy officers were uncere
moniously dumped out on the floor,
mattress and all. The officer of one of
the decks rushing hurriedly around
at the last moment to see that all had
obeyed his summons came to a room
whose occupant had not stirred, but
with hi· head buried in the pillow was
soundly sleeping. "Here, you, get up,"
called out Mr. Midshipman, and meet
ing with no response, said, "Oh. you
wont, won't you?" With that he
rushed toward the bed and taking
hold of the mattress was about to
jerto it down on the floor, when a
sleepy voice said, "What's the mat
ter?" and a sleepy fase, wearing a full
beard, emerged from the bed clothes.
It was Mr. Satterlee qf the honorable
board of visitors who had been so un
ceremoniously aroused, and when this
fact dawned upon the brain of the en
terprising midshipman he beat a
hasty retreat.
Cocoa Crop Will Be Large.
Santo Domingo's cocoa crop will be
unusually large this season, accord
ing to present indications. The first
gathering will be in April, and mature
trees will yield a second crop in Aug
ust. Santiago is now in wireless com
munication with the capital, Santo Do
mingo.
British Shipping in Bad Way.
The output of the British shipbuild
ing yards amounted in 1898 to only
about $900,000 tons of merchant steam
vessels, or little more *han half of the
preceding 12 months. The number of
British ships now laid up at home
and foreign ports Is estimated at
1,000,000 tons.
Yacht Buiit of Concrete.
Daniel B. Banks, a member of the
Baltimore Yacht club, has had In use
for 11 years a yacht constructed of
concrete re-enforced with steel rods.
The craft is a slow sailer, but rides a
heavy sea easily. Several years ago
the yacht was driven on the rocks in a
storm, but was not injured.
To Push American Goods.
Santiago, Chile, is to have an "ex
hibit of American goods" in the fall
of 1909.