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CpuBo, and will thon 1)6 tfarrled on to thtf living
apartments. This stairway will be surrounded
jtfith balconies. At all receptions in the future
ilie entrance will bo on the east side through this
colonnade and into the dressing: rooms. Hereto
fore the executive offices had to be used for this
purpose. The improvement contemplates separate
"rooms for the diplomatic corps and the cabinet
people and another for specially invited guests or
Ahoso' 'whose names appear in the list as Tn tho
3lud Koom.' This stairway will open off all tho
drawing! i-oomS, and the procession 61 the presi
dential" 'party down ltho grand 'stairway will bo
Visible? f roid ' tlhe BW Iloom. Heretof oYd 1 only
thoso' gathered in th'e main corridor could see-this
entrance: The present private stairway will be
Vemove'd and its space1 and the corridor on which
tit opens 'Wiirbe thrbwri into tho adjoining apart
ment' and will foifnl'thd hew state dining room,
a hall o'nly" 25 feet 'slorter than tho East Room.
The family dining room will be, as at present, on
tHe northwest corner tif the building. The presi
d'dntSvill take possbssidri of his new offices in the
office building on 06tober 1, but the White .-house
propeV will 'not be-'ready for occupancy before
December 1. " ' i
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Tfie "White house Was first occupied by Presi
dent, tJohn. Adams in' 1800. The cofner-sto'ho was
Jald 1y Washington in 1792. In "1,814 When the
.British' captured Washington, the White house
yas burned. It was restored in 1818: T.ho New
iYbrk World's" correspondent, referring to' the in
spection made by President RooseVelt of the -work
of repairs, says:
sOne of the workmen1 gave the president a
fragment of tho oldtairway which loads to -the
alcoves. -The staircase contained the only wood
which remained in the White house after -it- was
burned by the British forces under General" RosS.
In "tearing it' away frbm tho walls a portion was
discovered plainly showing the work of the flames.
I A section of this was sent to the National mu
scum, to be preserve'd as a relic. Every day relic
hunters have been busy around the White house.
They beg scraps of the paper and tapestry of the
alls of the East" Boom, the Blue Room, or any
of 'the apartments now being- remodelled."
1 That "nothing succeeds like success" is shown
?by cpmparing, the-.reception accorded Lord -Me-'thuen'oiulila
return 0 England July 10 with the
extensive preparations for the demonstrative wel
come that is to be accorded Lord Kitchener. It is
probable that Methuen was immediately under
flre a hundred times where Kitchener was not at
all exposed. Methuen was brave to the point of
recklessness. Whatever may be said of his judg
ment, it is conceded, that he established the repu
. tatioh of being one pf the most courageous men
that ever led an army to battle, and yet when
INEothuen, re turned, to .England, there was no de
inpnstratibn. It is said,-however, that the masses
o?the' English people give evidence of their ap
preciation of -the services of this brave and im
petuous soldier. , Success, however, came to the
British -flag while. Kitchener was the recognized
loader and it may be depended upon that" to
Kitchener the honor and the glory belonging to
. tho soldier, so. far as concerns the British victory
in vSoutiT Africa, Tvill "be accorded by the English
people.
r The year ISOi'will go" down in Iiistbry as the
year of the "great 'drouth." The drouth was uni
versal in character, and sections of country that
!iad not before, within the recollection of the old
est inhabitants, suffered from lack of rainfall; be
came; parched and dry. The early spring of 1902
.threatened' a repetition of the drouth, but fears
svere dissipated in June, only to give way to tho
fear of floods. Throughout the entire west, and
especially Jn the semi-arid regions, the rainfall
during the present year has broken all records
Jto July 10. A vast amount of damage has neon
Bone by high water in Nebraska, Kansas, Mis
Bouri, Iowa and other sections of the west, but
tiappily the farmers- were able to harvest most of
jthelr wheat crojj, which was exceptionally heavy.
)dbrn 'in tho great corn belt is late, but with
plenty of warm weather and a timely rain or' two
in August it promises, a heavy yield. -
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I An example of what public opinion may ac
complish has been furnished in tho case of the
(telephone girls at Des Moines, la. The girls in
''central" demanded shorter hours with a mini
mum wage of $1 A day, which was refused by the
telephone company. The girls immediately went
. tout on a strike and the efforts of tho company to
Jfill their places with girls brought frpni outside
cities were ndt successful. The labor unions' bf
t)o- Moines, aided by universal public opinion in
favor of the striker, brought the telephone com-
pariy to terms. The public took the part of the
strikers and 'phono users began ordering their in-(
struments out. Finding its revenues threatened
the company succumbed and tho 'strikers were
taken back on their own terms.
Tho Earl of Arundel and Surrey, only son of
tho Duke of Norfork, who is earl marshal of Eng
land, 'died on July T. The earl was 23 years old
and a cripple and imbecile from his birth.', ltd was
ifidefeasably heir to the dukedom of Norfolk, tho
earldoms of Arundel, Surrey and Ndrfplk, atid
would have enjoyed the baronetcies of F'itz-Alan,
Clun, Oswaldto and Maltrave. The father, who
had charge of all tho coronation preparations,
was forced to remain at his post of duty whilo
nis oniy son ana noir was siowiy trying.
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William E. Curtis, the well-known corre
spondent, declares that a Turkish crisis is near at
hand. The abuses of tho government have become
unbearable, and tho people, though long-suffering
show signs of a general unrest. Tho state of jtho
;empiro shows the coming of a long night of an
guish.. Shameless iniquity pervades every branch
of the government, and simony, treachery, ex
tortion and bribery are practiced on every hand.
The people, after years of submission, to .theso
evils, are becoming restless and- signs of reyolt
are manifest on every hand.
Two Chicago women recently bought through
tickets" from their home to San Francisco; their
tickets 'calling for a continuous passage. They
engaged a state room in a sleeper, but on arrival
at penver Were notified to take anbthei4 car"; the
'one they w,ere in being billed to "set oUt"'Jn tho
.Denver yards; The Women refused to leave tho
car, declaring that they were entitled to tC cdn
tinuqus passage to point of destination. The Pull
man officials threatened, but the; women refused
'to budge.' , Finally the'W was sent on jthrough
with , ,th ; triumphant. Chteago ' women t still ' 'on
.board. r " " !.?"' ' "" "! '
It has been officially proclaimed that peace
reigns over all the Philippine Islands, but it'.seems
that the Sultan of Bacolod, Mindanao hasnot yjet
heard-.of, it. ..He has. sent a letter to tho Mcon
.raander ofthe American expedition at Lako.Lanao
in which he threatens to begin offensive opera
tions against the Americans .early in August. The
Eultan rules over a warlike lot of Mohammedans,
and Teports indicate that he is strengthening his
position and accumulating goodly stores of mu
nitions of war.. - . , :
J. Pierpont Morgan was in Berlin last week,
and was invited to a special audience by the em
'peror. 'The Berlin papers have' contained some
sharp comments on the visit of the American
financier. The Neuo Freie Presso remarked:
"Without his check book Mr- Morgan would
never have been the emperor's guest' Continuing
the Same paper says: "Gilded by the imagination,
his trusts appear to be excellent, but tho first
moment that public confidence is disturbed tho
system will undergo a severe trial,"rand concludes
by saying: "Could a thought reader have pene
trated the secret recesses of the minds 'ofr Em
peror William and his guest, what startling -contrasts
might he not have discovered. In Emperor
William's mind, perhaps; a yearning for fame
and splendor; in that of Mr, Morgan the- hope of
new trusts, and rising prices. How fortunate it is
that social politeness veils such opposltes."
On another page will be found a strong edi
torial which recently appeared in Hearst's Chi
cago American contrasting, tho exponses of tho
army and navy with the expenses of agriculture.
More than one hundred and eighty millions spent
on war and on preparation for war, while only
a little more than five millions are appropriated
for the department of agriculture!
It is a showing that ought to make an impres
sion upon republican farmers. It must bo -remembered
that peace has been proclaimed In the Phil
ippines; republicans boast that tho war is over,
and yet here we are, under tho new policy of im
perialism, appropriating $180,075,273 for the army
and the navy and only $508,960 for tho depart
ment of agriculture as tho Journal puts it, near
ly twenty times as much appropriated for killing
people as for feeding them!
Could the policy of imperialism be better il
lustrated? ..".:
It .would bo well for the demopratlc farmer
to show this to his, republican neighbor. ;and ask
him to think about it before he votes.
Western railroads have, suffered immense
damage by 'reason of floods during the" past two
weeks. As a result freight shipments have been
long delayed and business men greatly discom
moded by tho irregular mall service.
On July 1 a law wont into effect In the staW
of South Carolina prohibiting tho sale; ownership,
or uso within thd state of tho pocket pistol. It is
provided that no firearm wolghing less than three
pounds or measuring less than twenty inches In
length shall bo used. Nothing smaller than this
can bo carried, either concealed or exposed. Tho
penalty for violating this law is n fine of $200, the
informer to receive one-half of tho fine.
Tho entirely unexpected has happened. It is
reported that a great gold strike, has been made in
Searsburg, Bennington county, Vt. A lode of
gold-bearing quartz which carries what is .called
pyreius, composed of sulphur, arsenic, and iron,
with silver and gold, tho latter in largo quanti
ties, has been uncovored and it is estimated that
thero are" 10,000 tons of gold-bearing oro in sight.
Tho remarkable discovery is attributed to a Colo
'tado minor.- ' . r
A Washington dispatch to tho Chicago Tribune
says: "Tho "war -department has been asked to
'furnish official" evidence that a commission as an
army officer1 has boon Issued to Lieut. Howo F.
Busscho, Twenty-fifth infantry, now on duty with,
his regiment in tho Philippines. Lieutenant
Busscho Will receive a check for $1,000 from his
family 'in Germany- as soon as information is
forthcoming from tho Washington authorities.
Lieutenant Busscho was an enlisted man in the
regular service 'who gained by his attention to
duty and his fitness for the place tho recommenda
tion to appointmont as second lieutenant. Ho
passed his examination creditably, and has been
duly appointed. His father is Baron Busscho,
who lives in Berlin, and' who has now written to
the secretary of war and asked tho war depart
ment1 to furnish him with properly attested evi
dence 'of his son's appointment to Che army- that
'the courts may authorise the Bussche estate to
'pay tHtf ydungr officer $1,000. The fatherex
plained that by vlrttid'of'a legacy established- W
years ago oy a generous and military mciineuf an
cestor, each member of the family wh& obtained
ac"eminiBeloa in rany arviiy was to-'reoelVeJ,$l,OW
'to "be used for the'pur'poee of equipment" - '-J '
A Washington dispatch to the Chicago Tri
bune conveys this information: "Marion Erwin,
special assistant to the United States attqrney gen
oral engaged in the. extradition cases against Ben
jamln D.' Greene and John, F GAynor, now fugi
tives in Canada, has filed a report taking excep
tions to the conduct of the Canadian authorities'.
The entire .report of Attorney Erwin, whiph 4
. quite a detailed one, will be called to the attention,
,of tho British authorities by Secretary ot .State
Ha"y. Gaynbr and,Greene are wanted Inthe Unitou"--States
.to answer, charges connected with, tho em
bezzlements of Captain Carter at Savannah, Giu
Mr. $rwin says tho fugitives have employed coua-
sel closely connected through family and profes
sional ties with th$J3anadian officials whQse dutau,
4t Is to pass uponhe extradition cases."
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The coal strike has reached the stage where.
we may expect tho federal judge to take a hand
During the last poal strike a. .federal Judge ,en-'
joined a- minister, from praying for tho strikers,
and another, .federal judge enjoined thp striker
from walking, on the public highway. V
Tho Commoner sends greetings to tho Owykee
Avalanche of Silver City, Idaho, formerly a re
publican paper, but- now a supporter of the prin
ciples of democracy. May the Avalanche convert
its former readers to Jeffersonlan principles and
prove a power in tho securing of good goverm
ment.
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Four thousand- coffins made up tho cargo of, tr"
vessel recently cleared from San Francisco for the
port of Manila. They were for smallpox, bubonic
plague and cholera victims in the -Islands th'at
afford such wonderful opportunities for Amerlcaa
enterprise. -
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The president has commended the official con-
Suet of tho members of his .cabinet and they have
given h'im credit for what they nave done, But
.the publip will Still be permitted to form it
. opinion regardless of. the exchange pf complimentas
An aged'woman at "Evansyille, Ind. died pa
,.July i while reading tho Declaration of Inde- ,
'jPendence. 4Tho Indications aro that quite a num
v ber.ot g. p. p. leaders would drop-dead, politically,
if compelled to read the instrument".
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