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iCTOCRAPIIS OF THE CABINET
Peculiarities of tha Signatures of President
McKinley's Advisers.
AN HOUR A DAY OF NAME-SIGNING
Soiih- I'hmi'n of Ciiarnolrr an llevenleil
Uy tUv ClitroKrniilili! fct)in nf
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for btKiiaturcn.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 23. It you
are wall acquainted with a cabinet odcer
the best time to sco him la when he li en
gaged in signing his mail. Of course, mes
sengers B'l private secretarUs will not
allow you to pass the entrance to private
offices unless you are known to them. Uut
onto you are received and they learn to
know your features, Dnd out what time the
cabinet oillcer signs his mail and you are
sure of a dally Interview.
Few people unacquainted with govern
ment methods realize the time spent by
tho heads of the different departments in
appending their signatures to public docu
ments and letters. In each department the
exact hour at which the "head" will sign
mall and documents Is known and in the
five minutes previous to the hour a stream
of messengers pours out of the offices of
the dllferent bureaus and down the long
marble corridors, converging at his olflce.
The documents and letters are taken In
charge by a private secretary and by him
classified. He alto Informs himself of the
nature of each. Theu the signing begins.
The private secretary sits beside the cab
inet officer Indicating to him the nature of
each letter or document. A messenger also
utands beside him and as each signature
Is appended hs messenger lift letter or
sheet and with a pad carefully dries the
Ink With this assistance It Is surpris
ing the number of signatures that can be
appended In nn hour. There nro few days
when a cabinet oillcer spends less than
that time at the task. The work becomes
mr.rr or less mechanical and that Is why
be enblnet otneer will talk to you while
engaged In it.
onlft Mkiiiti.
The secretary of state has a signature
which his mossengar und secretary declare
Is made alway.4 with a single nervous dash
of the pen. That Is a way Mr. Hay has
of doing things. If he wants to sco the
secretary of war or secretary of the navy,
wirh both of whom he has to consult fre
quently, be dors not send his messenger
for them, but with sudden energy pushes
back his chair and darts down tho broad
balls of the slate, war and navy building
with short, quick, nervous steps that push
the ordinary Individual to a "dog trot" to
keep pace with him. He never loops over
the bottom of ht "J" and the final "Y" of
hts signature ends In a straight lino with a
ll'tle hook adjusted M the end.
At the Treasury department the clerks say
hat Mr. Cage has tho "Kasslest" signature
In th" cabinet. Juft what they mean by that
oily the clerks know. Mr. Gage uso a
Hunt pen and always rolls his hand over bo
its weight rests on his little finger. He gets
a tlrm grasp on his penholder by thrusting
It between his first and second finger nnd
closing his thumb firmly over It. Although
Mr. doge's signature Is perhaps the most
ornato In tho cabinet few of bis colleagues
can beat him for speedy signing. It U
claimed by his privato secretary that the
clzo of tbe loops on his Y and J and G indi
cate tho degreo of good humor bo enjoys on
given day. When matters In his depart
ment are moving btuoothiy nnd to his satis
faction and the same thing Is true of his
Mgestlvc apparatus bo uses big and generous
loops In his signature. When matters are
In an unsatisfactory statn be Is stingy with
tho loops and makes them shortened, lean
things that his messenger hardly has to
blot.
t'uiier Suuii utoriii hy ir'retnry Itoot.
Mr Hoof, the secretary of war, comes
nearer adopting the now stylo- of "vertical
writing," now being taught In tho public
schools than any of tho cabinet members.
Ho nlways Joins bis first name to tho Inst
nnd If there Is room on tho lottcr, commis
sion or communication ho Is fond of making
n single looped llourlsb under his name. He
never accepts the Initials or privato mark
nf a clerk or nfcslhtaut a3 a guaranty of tho
contents of a letter. On the contrary unless
Its full import Is known to him he suspends
further work, he tots the electric call bells
nUachcd to bis desk to going and summons
tho heads of divisions to him until ho has
f-atisflcd himself on tho point In doubt. Mr.
Itoot'o method of signing the thick parch
ment commissions for array officials is odd
nnd original. Ho always ubes a special Ink
which leaves a flno gloss. Piling the com
missions on his desk he banishes everyono
rise from bis private office and starts to blgn.
Knowing that the uso of tbe blotter would
deprive tho Ink of Its gloss ho lifts each
rommlsslon by ono corner and tosses It up
In tho air, allowing It to float gently to the
floor. When ho gets dono tho floor Is llter
slly carpeted with theso commissions strewn
about with only euuh care ns prevents one
from falling on top of tho other and blurring
.tho signature of tho under commission. On
completing his work tho secretary carofully
ricks his way across tho commission strewn
floor to tho door of his office. Then, as he
goes awsy to luncheon, ho directs his pri
vate secretary to pick up the commissions
after tho signatures have been allowed to
dry for fifteen minutes.
.stickler fur Form.
Perhaps tho mo3t particular of any of
the members of tho cabinet as regards the
mode of expression of his official corre
spondence Is Attorney General Griggs. He
Is a stickler for exactness of stylo and Is
prone to alter adjectives and adverbs, sub
stituting carefully and with consideration
other words which suit him better. The
mall and vouchers which require his sig
nature aro never brought to hlra until be
touches a certain button in his desk which
sets a gong to ringing In the offlco of the
chief clerk. It Is called the "mall bell"
and Immediately the clerks from the dlf-
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fcrent divisions hasten to tho offke of the
chief t lerk with everything requiring the
signature of the attorney general. Mr.
Griggs has the peculiar fatuity of being
able to sign hta mall very rapidly, alt the
time talking on any topic desired, but
never missing the contents of the letter.
His office displays on its walla an unusually
extensive "raorgae," which Is the official
slang for the portraits In oil of those who
have hold the office under psst administra
tions, done at government expense. His
thief clerk suggests that the surveillance
of the score of faces which look down upon
him at his work gives him a sense of re
sponsibility even In the smallest details.
Trouble With the Nuim- of Siulth.
There has been much discussion as to
which of the members of tho cablnot is
required to sign his name moat frequently,
but there Is a disposition to concede the
palm to the postmaster general. A single
Item among the scores which aro Included
In hts allotment Is tho signing of the com
missions of the fourth-dags postmasters
There aro 70.000 of theso alone, and as
changes occur which result in his being
obliged to sign two or three commissions
for some of the offices, It is consorvatlvc
to say that for this featuro of his office
duties alono 100.000 signatures are required
annually When Mr. Smith became post
master general and the business of the of
fice was turned over to him he was asked
what style of signature ho would adopt.
Promptly enough he said he would always
sign his name In full, "Charles Emory
Smith." His predecessor In office ven
tured tho prediction that when ho learned
the extent of tbe daily tasks of affixing sig
natures to commissions and official docu-
YELLOW JACK'S RULE IN CUBA
Dreaded Scourge in Havana Oiertaxe
American Military Resources,
LOCAL HOSTILITY TO SANITARY MEASURES
Tlioronuli Work of the Ulnltifeftliin
L'ori nmt It t iiiOiulnrlt- Amniitf
the Cubim Ctilrt Oiuvcn of
the I'ri'ictit I2iltlpinlc.
The actual sanitary conditions now exist
ing In the city of Havana are little com
prehended in this country. Still less, per
haps, Is It understood that yellow fever
has attained the proportions of an epidemic
there this summer. It Is a startling fact
that up to August S the death rate from
this plague had been exactly eleven times
as great as last year, the number of deaths
being seventy-seven against seven. A few
days later Las Animas hospital and Mili
tary hospital No. 1 were crowded to tho
limit of their capacity, physicians, nurses
and even the disinfecting corps were
worked night and day and the sanitary de
partment had cabled to New York for tnoro
nurses. By the middle of the month the
record was broken for the year with forty
seven new cases and thlrty-slx "suspects."
From that time on tho situation became
exceedingly serious nnd the American au
thorities In Havana aro having a flghl
which will continue for many weeks.
of the I'rado anl Including tho l.gis'eira
an 1 Teiegrapho hct U. tho Louvre unistuzo
cafes, the new and handsome lielmonlco's.
the Tacon theater, tho L'nlon club, Havana's
largest club, the Olarlo dp la Marina news
paper building and a host of cafes and
restaurants and apartments, which are filled
night and day by the crowds that help to
mako Havana picturesque and attractive.
This very summer yellow fever cases
several of them fatal have been taken from
tho Inglaterra. the Louvre, the Sluzo and
the Tacon theater, and tbo blario de In
Marina building developed to many cases
that the sanitary department finally ordered
It closed. Yet, In tbe very faca of the per
manent conditions which make such an
alarming stato of affairs possible, it is a fact
that when some time ago tho American
nutSnrltiM trlil Ihrt ptnflHmpttt nf InHlnir
the Cubans have charge of the yellow fever
1 hospital they neglected It to such an extent
that It was necessary to take It away from
them. Kven Salvador Clsnoros. who aspires
to tho presidency, took occasion recently to
cast a slur on the expenditures mado by tho
military government for the prevention of
yellow fever, and resented the proviso of
the late proposed charter that t'ue United
States should retain control of tho sanitary
department.
The disinfecting corps takes action after
n case of yellow fever is reported In a
house. Some twenty Cubans In charge of a
captain go to the premises and within the
next hour the house looks as though It bad
been through a combination earthquake,
cyclone and washout, particularly tho
latter, for after you are turned out of your
room and your belongings hastily thrown
Into closets and trunks tho hose Is turned
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OFFICIAL SIGNATURES OF THE CABI.NET.
mcnts ho would surely shorten the signa
ture. The postmaster general reached a
similar determination In a few days, but
In a mock despair declared that the name
"Smith" was one which must have a dis
tinguishing Christian name to go with It,
In view of the largo family of Smiths in
tho country Then h tried "C. Emory
Smith," but after a day or two decided
that tho stylo of signature was too much
affected by cockneys. Then he tried "C. E.
Smith," but Immediately there came to him
the protest against his dropping tho family
name of "Emory." At last, os a final re
sort, ho adopted his present style of sig
nature, "Ch. Emory Smith,-' slurring tho
"Emory" so as to greatly shorten it. When
Mr. Smith entered the cabinet he had one
of tho clearest and most legible signatures.
A certain amount of nervous energy and
the pressure of official routine has altered
the signatura to what It Is now.
IlieKltilr Slsn(tirca.
Few cabinets in the past have contained
a less legible writer than Mr. Long, the
secretary of tho navy. Washington rumor
has It that he was obliged to have the namo
"John I). Long" placed at the upper loft
baud corner of all the department and even
of his private stationery because of thu il
legibility of his signature. Mr. Long Is
original In most things. He differs from his
colleagues In the cabinet as well as bis pre
decessors In his way of conducting his de
partment. HIg manner of signing his mail,
documents and commissions Indicates this
originality. At ono side of his private office
ho has had a small walnut Btnnd with a
standing top erected. Its top Is at such a
height that he can stand erect and leaning
against the desk sign his mall. A shelf Is
so adjusted that ho can raise bis left foot
and rest It there. The thick walnut slab
of which It Is made has long been worn deep
with tho Imprint of tho secretary's boot
He is particular about the way his type
writing Is done and will reject a letter be
cause two letters In a word aro transposed.
Like Secretary Itoot, Secretary of tho In
terior Hitchcock Is very particular about
understanding every phrate of any commu
nication to which he signs his name, and If
there Is any doubt In his mind always lays
asde anything not fully understood by him,
signs up the balance of his mnll and then
semis for tbe chief of clerks responsible.
Mr Hitchcock possesses an Infinite capacity
tor details In consequence of his years of
business training and never delegates to
another a task which be can dispose of him
self. Ills signature Is one of the clearest
and most carefully written of any of tho
cabinet autographs.
An Agricultural Autoicrnph.
Mr. Wilson, the secretary of agriculture.
iays good bumordly that he signs his name
"Just like a farmer." and Just as he was
aught to do In a country school house years
ago. He never Indulges In llourlsb except In
altlng a perpendicular line when be fin
ishes up the "W" of his namo and he
sually forgets to "dot tho 1" In his last
name.
The record In tho United States, and prob
ably In the world, of the rapid signing of
'bo name consecutively many times Is held
n Washington, and tho distinction belongs
o Colonel J. O. Timet. During President
folk's administration Colonel Borref was
onnectcd Tlth the Treasury department,
'londs to the amount of J13.000.0o0 werfi Is
ued and It was necessary for either th
-cretary of tho treasurer, It J. Walker,
o sign them, or for some one In his stead,
te delegated Colonel Berrct to affix his
ignature to each ono of the forty coupons
n each bond, UO.OOfl coupons In all. Colonel
icrret signed his name 1,000 times the first
'ay of the work and kept this average up
very day, completing bis task In thirty
Jays.
Mothers endorse It, children like It, old
folks use It. We refer to Ono Minute
rugh Cure, It will quickly cure all throat
and lung troubles.
Tho fight against yellow fever began with
the first days of the American occupation,
with General Ludlow as military governor
of the city. With the Immedlato organiza
tion of tho sanitary department and tbe
engineering corps heroic efforts were made
to clean tho city and put It In decent
living condition. Tho success which
crowned these efforts has long been a
matter of record and It may be stated at
once that the principal reasons for thu
year's virulent outbreak are, first, a heavy
Immigration; second, favorablo climatic
conditions. The actual and primary rea
son, however, Is that the carthbed of the
city of Havana Is a permanent reservoir of
infection, which Is freely permitted to pass
through tho city from ono end to tho
other through the sewers.
Infection front SiMvrrn.
This earthbed contains untold millions of
yellow fever germs which are constantly
escaping from tho open sower traps and
through the crannies of the abominably
paved streets. Thore Is absolutely no hope
for a total extermination of yellow fever
In Havana until tho city is properly
sewered and paved with an hermotlcally
scaled paving. Then, with due restrictions
on Immigration from fever-Infected parts,
chiefly Panama and South America, and
with a continuance of tho stringent sani
tary precautions now enforced by our au
thorities, Havana and other Cuban cities
may become safe residences for Americans
and other foreigners and the danger of Im
porting the fever thenco Into our own coun
try will bo removed. The work begun
under General Ludlow has been continued
under General Wood and there is a splen
didly organized sanitary department which
is now working night and day to savo lives
and check tho spread of the disease. Major
H.ivard, the chief surgeon of the
Island, has general supervision of
everything; tho Immediate work Is
under tho charge of Major W
C. Gorgas, assisted by Dr. Theodore C.
Lystcr, Dr. Shocker and a complete office
and hospital staff. Tbero Is also what is
known as a yellow fever board, consisting
of Drs. Gulteras, Flnley nnd Alberttna
and Major Gorgas, who is a surgeon and
physician, tbe duties of this board being to
inspect and give a decision on all reported
suspects. Tho regular fever commission
sent here to study the dlseaso and renort
upon It is made up of Drs. Carroll. Laiar
and need, Americans, and Dr. A. Agramonte.
the Cuban specialist in yellow fever and
other tropical diseases. The Cuban
physicians, by the way, who hove received
their education In this country or abroad.
rank with tho best yellow fever experts In
the world. The work of the Cubans trained
in the sanitary department under American
methods has also been highly efficient. All
these, with the American women' nurses who
care for their stricken countrymen, and
the forces of the disinfecting nnd house
cleaning departments, makes up a small
army. Tho expense of carrying on the
fight against the fever is about JS.000 a
month, and this Is inadequate and falls to
cover certain points.
Tho city Is divided Into ten districts, each
In charge of an lusprctor. whose duty Is
to nae mo men of his corps Inspect twenty
houses within that district each day, nnd to
send In every night to tho chief office a
printed blank filled out with a report of the
condition or umerent houses, recommenda
tions ns to what should be done, etc. This
Is the house-cleaning department, and their
surveillanco of these Cutan houses, with
their Infested and frequently filthy courts,
their incredibly vile sanitary arrangements
and their general lack of decent living con
ditions U Indispensable and is tho most
valuable precautionary measuro possible,
liril Localities Affrctdl.
Strange though It appears to those un
familiar with the subject, It is a fact that
one of tbe chief Infected districts Is In
the very heart of tbe city, lining both sides
.'or spa. c between the two diviiin w.il s
. traighf through tho ity
Buck of the great audience ball was th'
note lending to the palace Itself. The pal
ace consisted of four buildings, the cuir.il
oae being the emperor's own naldeneo, on
cither side of this were butldlags call d
the Uastern puluce and tbe Wturn put
are, while the fourth building, which whs
ornately gilded, is called the Hull of tho
Uolden Dragon. The emperor's palace wiu
.'overed with eloth of a deep red color,
the Chinese vermilion. The center of the
room was covered with a large rug of a
sort of rough velvet worked with yellow
dragons. It contained no seats or any con
veniences except the throne Itself, for
nmong the Chinese no one, however high
his rank, Is permitted to assume any other
than a kneeling position while In the pres
ence of tho emperor. The throne was placd
on an elevated dais, uscemled from beh ud
by a splendidly curved staircase, and sup
ported by a large copper dragon he.ivi y
gilded. Around the hall 13 a gallery which,
according to the eunuchs who were guard
ing the palace, was for tho use of the or
i hestra, which plays while official recep
tions are going on.
This palace Is considered by the Chlneso
aa tho most important of all the Imperial
buildings. It was tbe scene of the famous
reception given by the Emperor Kanght In
1722, when on the sixtieth anniversary of
his reign he Invited to tho palace, as his
guests, all the men of the empire over 60
years of age. North beyond this building
wo passed tbo Palace of Earth's Hepose.
Hero "heaven's consort." as tbe Chlneso
empress Is called, rules over the Imperial
harem. Between this place and tho northern
wall of tho forbidden city wero the Imperial
gardens, full of dainty pavilions and marble
bridges running across the canals and reach
ing out to artificial Islands which stood In
tho llttlo lakes, covered with groves and
dotted with temples.
On the right, as we marched past the
empress' palace, stood the Hall of Intense
Thought, a. templo devoted to Confucius and
the other great sages of China, while Just
north of It stood tho Imperial library, or
the Hall of tho Literary Abyss, as tbe
Chlneso call It. Back of tho palace stood
another gate like all those wo bad passed
through boforc, then another court yard,
then through tho back or north gate, over
tho bridgo across the moat which surrounds
tho forbidden city, Into the lnclosure at tho
foot of tho Mel Shan or "coal hill," and the
fcpectacle was over.
There? was considerable disorder nmong
the troops during tho march through the
palace grounds, for everybody was trying
to get glimpses of all the sights. It was not
much, but It was more than nny living
whlto man Is likely to see again. Tho build
ing wero closed, eunuchs stood about on
watch and most things of value seemed to
have been removed. The city looked as 'If
it had been abandoned for some time, for tbo
courts were dirty and unkempt and tho
buildings decidedly old and dusty.
There were cheers and considerable elation
and a decided disposition, not too well sup
pressed by somo of the officers, to mako tho
spoctaclo as humiliating as possible to the
Chinese. As they marched out the north
gate the Japs and Russians lined up on
cither sldo of the stono causeway, and then
stood at salute, cheering tho rest of us as
we marched through between their lines. It
was a great demonstration and has had a
profound effect upon the Chinese. They
uro not likely to forget it for a long titno
to come.
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All persons suffering as described above have a
certain remedy in
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For Office Rooms
Imitator unit Mtlit It utor.
When you ask for Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic, don't bo cheated with cheap Imi
tations on which the sellers make money!
nowarc! Druggists, 10c, 25c, SOc.
Co to all tho offlco buildings arouud town and look at their rooms. You cr.it
find plenty of them vatnnt and you can probably get nuy size room you want.
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THE BEE BUILDING
aro first class and the few that aro vacant are Just as good as those that aro
occupied. Rents are no higher than lu buildings whuh may burn up like a
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looso with a solution of -bichloride of
mercury and every nook and cranny
drenched. Following this process tho doors
and windows aro sealed, a nozzle inserted
In a door and formalin gas pumped Into
tho room until the hardiest germ must
succumb. Tbe law forbids you to enter tho
room for forty-eight hours. The warning Is
superfluous you have not tho slightest
Inclination to enter It for twice forty-eight
hours and then you come to grief, for even
the faintest odor of formalin gas causes
poignant regret. The opposition of the
Cubans to tho necessarily drastic methods
la one of tho most serious obstacles en
countered by the sanitary authorities. I
know of one Cuban landlady who refused to
allow milk, ice or medicines to be brought
into her houso to an American guest who
had the fovcr, in her wrath against the
Americans who put her to tho trouble of
having her houso invaded by the authori
ties. Sho made such a row at headquarters
that her house was put "under tho red
star," which means that now only Im
munes aro allowed there and that an In
spector visits tho place nnd questions the
boarders weekly. In somo Instances the
Cubans deliberately conceal tho fever and
report It as somo other Innocent disease:
In all cases they aro bitterly and un
alterably opposed to the work of the dis
infecting corps and the house cleaning and
resort to various subtlo Cuban devices to
avert the much-dreaded visitation of either
of these departments.
Sinister Attitude of Cubitus,
Tho reason Is not far to seek: Cubans
ore by birth Immune, or If they havo tho
fever thoy have a very light attack, usually
In childhood, which they dread no moro
thnn wo do the measles. A Cuban does not
die of yellow fover; it Is chiefly Spaniards
and the unwelcomo Americanos who do
that, nnd, since tho Americano Is nt least
persona non grata to tho majority of the
Cubans, why, what 1b the difference If they
do have It. anyway? A shrug of tho
shoulders that significant Latin shrug
and tho equally significant and sinister
Cuban srallo represent the attitude of this
people in the matter. Nor Is there the
slightest concealment of sentiment con
cerning this. Many of tho Cubans say
openly that as Boon as tho unwelcome
Americanos depart from the Island and the
Cuban flag floats over Morro these idle pro
cautions will be abandoned. Shortly before
I left Havana one of the ultra Cuban
papers published an editorial of this tone
nnd concluded by saying that since tho
Americanos did not like to havo yellow
fever tbo sooner they got out of the Island
the better, so that tho Cubans would have
no more trouble about It.
Tho belief that yellow fever Is con
tagious Is, by tho way, an error. Visitors
are allowed at tho yellow fever hospitals
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be non-Immune, and out of thirty non
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IN Til 13 l'OIUIIlHMSV CITY.
nilnipicn nf tho Abmlr of Mobility In
tli Clilnene Cnpllnl.
The Interior of the forbidden city, writes
the I'ekin corrcsnondent of Le.i
is divided Into three parts by two walls'
running entirely through it from north to
south, the eastern section of the city be
ing given up to the offices of the Chlnene
boards of government and to the treasury
of the nalace. while that on thn u-ot
tains a great variety of buildings memorial
halls to distinguished loverolcn ami mhoi.
ars, the guardian templo of tho city, nnd
the government printing office. Wo were
not, however, allowed to do any Investlga'
tng, and tbe procession was kept in the In-
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