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I And so once more we are gliding on
through the still wooded landscape and
the larks are filling all the wide spaces of
the air with their singing and the sun
light lies warm on the hedges and fields
und this is Miss Peggy who is perched
tip here astern with more or less com
plete control of the tiller although as
ahe seems rather ahsent eyed one has to
exercise a general sort of surveillance
over her
Why whats that she exclaims sud
denly catching sight of something ahead
It looks like a series of gigantic steps
End stairs doesnt it But it is really
a succession of locks We have got to
climb a hill thats about all And it
iwill be a very tedious process Youd
better go inside and tell them we will
have luncheon now and send Murdoch
out to take the tiller
By the time luncheon was over Miss
i Peggy discovered that we were in the
last of the locks and her proposal that
we should seize the opportunity to get
ashore was unanimously and immediately
adopted
We now found ourselves on a consider
able height and all around us lay a rich
ly wooded country the abundant foliage
f which kept shimmering or darkening
is the slow moving sun rays and wide
shadows trailed across the landscape
Miss Peggy as we walked along spoke
but little perhaps she was peopling those
yoods and open spaces and darker glades
with mysterious phantoms Her eyes at
ny rate had no mischief in them now
But as we drew near to Wootton
wen she turned her attention to the wild
Bowers we were passing and from time
to time she stooped to add to the little
Vnosegay in her hand We knew her pur
pose We knew whither was going that
ariegated little collection of red cam
pions blue hyacinths yellow bed straw
purple self heal golden cowslips and the
like simple blossoms
It is a very little trouble she says
and think of the gratitude I shall reap
when they get them over there I sup
pose I may honestly say From the For
ets of Arden in the letter
Overhead the silvery gray heavens
were now mottled with soft lilac toward
the west were long bands of purple
cloud their lower edges fringed with
crimson fire beneath these and behind
the various clumps of foliage in front of
us were breadths of golden yellow that
only reached us through the darkened
branches in mild flashes of light We
s
T y
Y WILLIAM liACK
well brought up young lady to speak in
that way
Its only their vanity continues Miss
Peggy with contemptuous vehemence
And what they say to you they say to
the next and to the next dozen and to
the next hundred and they think that
girls are so simple as not to know Well
were simple enough but weve ceased to
be infants I suppose
How far her indignation might have
carried her it is impossible to guess but
at this moment the door was again open
ed and out came a tall figure with an
other Good morning while Miss Peggy
was instantly struck silent and that with
some obvious embarrassment She even
flushed slightly and to cover her not
quite intelligible confusion one had to
say quickly
Here is Miss Rosslyn Cameron wttf
wants to know all about the Highland
clans and the clansmen and their rela
tions to the chiefs And about the 45
rising too she is to be a partisan of
Prince Charlie she must be turned into
a Jacobite if theres going to be any
peace and quietude on board this boat
And who can do that better than your
self
Oh no he said with a smile no
no no all that is past and gone now
Chiefs and clansmen are alike loyal now
adays we are the queens loyal High
landers and proud to wear the title
Yes but dont you understand one
says to him how interesting it must be
to an ingenuous young student from
America where all the institutions and
habits and customs are comparatively
new to hear of this very old world state
of society yes and to hear of it from
one related to the people who were out
in the 45
Well when you think of it says In
verfask it does seem strange that the
clan system was actually in existence in
the last century and within a couple of
days ride or a single days ride you
might almost say from the city of Ed
inburgh And very little the good people
of Edinburgh knew about the Highland
ers and their ways I suppose you never
heard the story of what happened to
Lord Kilmarnock at Falkirk Lord Kil
marnock had raised a troop of horses for
the prince and had been with him all
through the expedition into England and
all through the retreat and so must have
got some knowledge of the clansmen and
their customs But what happened at
Falkirk no doubt puzzled him The day
after the battle the prince and he were
looking down from the window of a
house in town and to their surprise they
saw a soldier coming along in the Eng
lish uniform and wearing a black cockade
in his hat Lord Kilmarnock immediate
ly went down stairs and into the street
went up to the man struck off his hat
and put his foot on the black cockade
The next moment one of the Highlanders
had been seriously delayed by one or two standing by had rushed on Lord
diffieult bridges It was resolved to call i nock and shoved him away Kilmarnock
a halt for the night We were to be up
betimes in the morning for there was a
long day before us to say nothing of the
wild peril and adventure of getting
through the Kings Norton and West
Hill Tunnels So we chose out a mea
dow bank where there were some conven
ient willow stumps and alder bushes and
there we made fast and then
in the Forest of Arden and proba
bly wishing he were at home in a better
place though his courtesy would not al
low him to say so was besought to pre
pare some food for his comrades and
brothers in exile
CHAPTER X
This is Sunday morning still and beau
tiful the sunlight lying warmly over the
wide Worcestershire landscape with its
far stretching vr and copse crowned
hills its smiling farms and mansions half
hidden among woods The perfect silence
is hardly lessened rather it seems height
ened by the universal singing of the
birds a multitudinous and joyous din
that almost drowns the velvet soft note
of the cuckoo
Good morning says Miss Peggy
coming out into the white light with her
cheeks fresh tinted as the rose and her
speedwell blue eyes shining This is a
surprise I made sure it was raining
hard there was such a pattering on the
roof
And didnt you know what the patter
ing was
Since it wasnt rain I suppose it was
rats
Not at all Tt was birds They were
hopping abouf in search of crumbs among
all that rubbish that we scraped oft in
the tunnel Murdoch must get a brush
and sweep thp roof it isnt like him to
be so neglectful
I know why she says He can
hardly take his eyes off Col Cameron
and he listens to no one else I sup
pose Col Cameron is a great hero in
Murdochs eyes
Well you see the Highlanders have
a strong regard for these old families al
though the clans and clanship have long
been abolished There isnt much that a
Highlander wouldnt do for Lochiel or
Cluny or Lord Lovat or some of those
and you must remember that Ewen Cam
erons name is known slightly to other
people besides the Highlanders
I think he is almost too gentle for a
-soldier dont you she says No I
-wont say that for I like him very much
and Im not the least bit afraid of him
now Yes I like him very much indeed
and thats honest now and I dont see
how anyone can help liking him There
ls a kind of proud simplicity about him
that is so different from well from the
kind of mock gallantry that young men
think so fine Oh I wish girls could
-talk
Cant they
I wish they were allowed to speak
-their minds some people would be
prised Why theyll come to you a
stranger and theyll profess to be
so complaisant and give themselves such
fascinating airs and pretend to be charm--ed
too by your superior accomplish
ments and they think youre such a fool
as not to see through it all And of
course a girl cant say Oh gt away
and dont make a simpleton f yur
elf V
It certainly would not be usar for a
instantly pulled out his pistol and pre
sented it at his assailant the Highlander
drew his dirk and goodness only knows
what would have happened if a number
of the Highlanders companions had not
interposed on behalf of their comrade and
driven Lord Kilmarnock off And what
was it all about Why the man with
the black cockade was a Cameron who
had been in an English regiment and
who of course deserted to join the stand
ard of his chief as soon as he got the
chance and being a Cameron the other
Camerons standing around would not
have him interfered with by anyone
whatever his rank
Breakfast over Captain Columbus
makes his appearance without and pres
ently Murdoch is standing at the door of
the saloon awaiting orders
Now this being Sunday Queen Tita
would rather have given our gay young
mariners and their diligent horse a rest
but as appeared f rom our noble captains
report there were ominous rumors
abroad among the canal folk of intended
repairs somewhere or other and he him
self was distinctly of opinion that we
should at least push forward and get
through the two tunnels So we assent
ed to that poled the boat across to the
towpath had the line affixed to the har
ness and were once more gliding along
But when we came to the first of the
tunnels we found we had just missed
the steam launch which had disappeared
with its long convoy into that black hole
in the earth and as there was now a
considerable time for us to wait we all
got aGhore and proceeded to explore the
neighboring wood which is known as
Shortwood Dingle We wandered alone
through the picturesque dingle and up to
a height from which there is a wide view
over the adjacent country and eventually
back to the canal where there were now
several boats besides oar own awaiting
the arrival of the steam launch
When that far from gay vessel arrived
we were all water proofed and ready for
the ordeal all except Mrs Threepenny
bit who preferred to sit by herself in
the saloon awaiting events and consol
ing herself with the reflection that these
two Tardebigg tunnels were shorter than
the West Hill one Shorter we found
them but also much darker indeed ab
solutely dark for the bargemen did not
seem to consider if necessary to light
their lamps on this occasion We scraped
and tore our way along first the one tun
nel and then with an interval of smooth
sailing in the white day through its
rock hewn successor until ahead of us
in the dark there grew up and waxed
brighter and brighter a sort of fuligin
ous confused opalescent glare then
finally we plunged into that bewildering
glory bronze hued or saffron hued it ap
peared as we approached it and sudden
ly emerged into a sunlighted greenness
of foliage and the quietude of the outer
world
How many more of these tunnels shall
we have to go through asks Queen
Tita
Not another one that is the last The
next possible danger we have to face is
going down the Severn and I dare say
we shall be able to manage somehow
Well warlse through
Oh I dont mind what it is so long as
there is daylight she says and then she
idds looking back to the low archway
of he tunnel but I confess I am not
T
anxious for any more xperiences of that
kind
But just think of the story you will
have to tell when you go back to Lon
don says Miss Peggy putting her arm
round her friends neck fpr a moment
as she is passing along to her cabin to
get the sand and wet out of her pretty
brown hair
CHAPTER XI
The approach to Worcester by way of
the canal is extremely pleasant there are
suburban villas on sloping banks and
surrounded with gardens which at this
time of the year were a mass of blos
som The wharves when we got to them
were not so captivating of course yet
we had little reason to complain for
we found thepeople very good natured
What a wild Maelstrom of a place this
was into which we now plunged The
pavements were impassable with crowds
of people our eyes were bewildered with
the staring shop windows and signs our
ears distracted with the rattle of in
numerable wheels Our faint recollection
of Worcester had been that it was rather
an old fashioned and sleepy town now
we found ourselves suddenly transferred
from the remoteness and the silence of
those pastoral wanderings into the full
roaring blast of nineteenth century life
I expected moats and battlements
gates portcullises draw bridges and so
on said Miss Peggy as we sat at lunch
at the Unicorn but it is quite a modern
city
It is not a warlike town any longer
her hostess admitted it is more of an
ecclesiastical town wait till we take you
to the cathedral and show you all the
quaint old buildings attached to it with
their pretty gardens and ivied walls and
their look of learned repose
Late that night the miniature manager
ess of this wandering party was in her
own room engaged in overhauling her
millinery purchases of the day and dis
posing them so as to admit of their being
packed on the morrow She seemed a lit
tle thoughtful and was mostly silent but
at length she said in a cautious sort of
way
Do you know what Peggy told me be
fore we went to the theater this even
ing
r
I do not
She told me that Col Cameron had
promised to give her some relic from
Fassiefern House a little mirror I be
lieve
I was aware of it
She looked up quickly
Oh you knew And then she said
rather slowly and with no- great air of
conviction indeed she seemed question
ing instead of assenting I suppose it ia
nothing Oh of course not It is an in
teresting thing for an American girl to
take home with her especially when com
ing from Inverfask a souvenir that is
all
And yet somehow she does not seem
quite satisfied in her own mind The mil
linery does not receive much of her at
tention Finally she turns from tne table
altogether
Do be frank now tell me she says
in a half pleading half frightened way
Have you noticed anything Dont you
think that Col Camerons admiration for
Peggy is just a little too marked And
she herself too have you noticed the
way in which she speaksof him Oh
good gracious I have been trying to shut
my eyes and ears but if anything were
to happen between those two and me re
sponsible
But how are you responsible one
says to this incoherent person
We brought them together isnt that
enough she exclaims And there he
is a widower twice her age at least with
an encumbered estate and I suppose
hardly anything beyond his pay Think
what her people would say of it They
wouldnt see any romance in it they
wouldnt find any fascination in her be
coming Lady Cameron of Inverfask and
living up there in the north and winning
the affection and gratitude of those poor
people which is quite clearly what Sir
Ewen was talking about to day What
do you suppose they care for the tradi
tions of the Highland clans or for Col
Camerons reputation as a soldier eith
er Why its madness He ought to
marry a rich woman if he mfirries at all
and get Inverfask cleared of its burdens
and live there And she must marry
someone with money
I think you will find that Peggy will
marry the man she wants to marry with
out taking your advice or the advice of
anyone else
To be continued
A Curious Chilian Custom
Monday is a dies ndn in Chili Peo
ple have learned by long experience
that they can expect little from their
servants and employes on that day
They call it San Lunes sobering up
day A manufacturer goes to his shop
Monday morning to find that only a
few of his hands have reported for
duty and even they are in a seedy con
dition In some establishments in
places where labor is plenty the hands
who are absent on Monday get no work
during the week but this rule cannot
be applied in most of the cities because
labor ia so scarce that employers are at
the mercy of their help and are com
pelled to tolerate their delinquencies
The mistress of a household allows
her servants a Sunday off in turn but
seldom expects them to report for duty
on Monday and is never surprised to
receive a message from the police sta
tion Carpenters masons and other
mechanics seldom work more than five
days in a week for the reasons I have
given and there is a proverb that the
shoeshops are never open on Monday
Often the Case
He As a rule a man treats a woman
all right
She Yes but there are exceptions to
all rules you know
He Whats the exception to thia
one
She His marriage to her
At the Minstrels
Tambo Why will the next Secretary
of the Navy serve a short term
Bones I dont know Why
Tambo Because he wont bo Secre
tary Long
Tremendous discord from the orches
tra Baltimore American
A great auks egg four and three
quarters inches long and one of the
largest known was sold in London
lately for 1560 though it Tvas slightly
cracked
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On Friday the Senate passed the 2
000000 Porto Rican appropriation bill
without division Agreed to take up the
Quay case Tuesday April 3 and to dis
cuss it until disposed of the discussion
not to interfere with the unfinished busi
ness the Spooner bill authorizing the
President to govern the Philippines until
otherwise directed the appropriation bills
or conference reports Voted to adjourn
to Monday March 19 In the House it
was first private bill day under the new
rule About two hours was spent in the
discussion of a bill to pay Representative
Swanson 1769 for extra expenses in
curred by him in his contest in the last
Congress but the bill was ultimately
abandoned Six bills of minor importance
were passed
The Senate was not in session Satur
day In the House members pronounced
eulogies upon the late Monroe L Hay
ward Senator elect from Nebraska who
died before taking the oath of office No
other business of importance was rans
acted
On Monday the Senate passed the legis
lative executive nad judicial appropria
tion bill carrying more than 25000000
and the measure providing for the ap
pointment of a commission to adjudicate
and settle claims of the people of the
United States growing out of the war
with Spain For a brief time the Porto
Rican government and tariff measure was
under consideration Mr Foraker in
charge of the bill submitted some com
mittee amendments A few of them were
agreed to but the important ones were
left pending A free trade amendment
to the bill was offered by Senator Bev
eridge The House refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the Porto
Rican tariff bill and conferees were ap
pointed Rest of the day devoted to
District of Columbia business
The Senate on Tuesday received ma
jority report from the committee on priv
ileges and elections declaring Senator
Scott of West Virginia entitled to his
seat Listened to extended speech by
Mr Morgan on the Porto Rico bill In
the House Mr Sulzer of New York at
tacked the administration in a speech
upon his resolution calling upon the War
Department for information as to what
fortifications Great Britain was erecting
on the Canadian border The committee
on military affairs submitted a reply of
Adjutant General Corbin saying such
information was secret but that Great
Britain was erecting no works which
threatened American rights The com
mittee recommended that the resolution
lie upon the table and this was done by
a vote of 110 to 97 Consideration of the
Loud bill to restrict the character of pub
lications entitled to pound rates as second-class
mail matter was then taken up
Mr Loud defended it in a long speech
The other speakers were H C Smith
Mich in favor of the bill and Messrs
Little Ark Bell Colo Henry Miss
Stokes S C and Brown Ohio in oppo
sition to it
In the Senate on Wednesday Mr Tur
ner Wash stated he was informed by
the Governor of Alaska that exclusive
concessions for gold mining in the bed of
the sea near Cape Nome Alaska had
been granted by the Secretary of War
and upon that statement he based a res
olution of inquiry Senator Turner said
if such a grant had been made it was a
shame a reproach and a scandal The
resolution was agreed to The additional
urgent deficiency bill was passed Dur
ing the debate in the House upon the
Loud bill relating to second class mail
matter Mr McPherson Rep Iowa
charged that Mr Lentz Dem Ohio was
the attorney of the lobby which is fight
ing the bill Otherwise the debate was
without incident Mr Loud agreed to
accept amendments to increase the
ber of sample copies which newspapers
can send out at second class rates from
500 to 2000 and to limit the provision re
quiring newspapers to separate their mail
to those having in excess of 5000 circu
lation The speakers were Messrs Brom
well Ohio Griggs Ga McPherson
Iowa Burke Texas Bingham Pa
Heatwole Minn and Latimer S C in
favor of the bill and Messrs Moon
Tenn Lentz Ohio Vandiver Mo
Snodgrass Tenn Cochran Mo and
Neville Neb against it
On Thursday the Senate passed a reso
lution by Mr Butler asking the Secre
tary of the Treasury for information as
to the bank charters granted since the
passage of the currency bill and for oth
er information concerning the operations
of the new law Devoted the rest of the
day to debate on the Porto Rico prob
lem The House by a vote of 148 to 96
recommitted to the committee on post
office the Loud bill relating to second
class mail matter It is not thought the
bill will reappear in the present session
This and That
Two years ago the zinc mining com
panies of Missouri numbered about a
dozen now they exceed 200
The director of the census expects to
have the main reports of the twelfth cen
sus publnshed not later than July 1
1902
Caught in a snowslide near Eureka
Colo Chris Ihmsen one of the owners
of the Lucky Friend mine was swept to
his death
Mrs Henrietta Snell widow of Amos
J Snell the Chicago capitalist whose
murder has not been solved died from
heart disease
A bill introduced in the New York Leg
islature makes womens hat pins over
three inches long dangerous weapons
A cargo of 1S40 sacks of ore concen
trates has arrived at San Francisco Cal
from American syndicate mines in Corea
J M Dobie of Ramires Live Oak
County Texas owns a steer whose horns
from point to point measure 9 feet 7
inches It will be sent to the Paris ex
position
Col Schwartzkoppen military attache
of the German embassy in Paris who fig
ured extensively in the Dreyfus affair
has been promoted to the rank of major
general
i v li t
ARE ALREADY CITIZENS
This Is Senator Morgans View of In
habitants of Porto Rico
Senator Morgan Alabama spoke in the
Senate the other day dealing with some
of the constitutional phases of the Porto
Rican Government and tariff bill He
maintained that as the treaty of Paris
was the supreme law of the land it was
impossible for the United States to aban
don either Porto Rico or the Philippines
He held also that the constitution ex
tended to a certain extent at least over
the acquired territory and that the in
habitants of Porto Rico were citizens of
the United States
Comparing our authority in Cuba and
in Porto Rico Senator Morgan declared
that resistance to American authority in
Cuba would be as much rebellion as it is
in the Philippines The national power
must continue to exist in all of the isl
ands until Congress should legislate in
their regard
The world he declared must be
amused at our discussion of the question
as to whether the Philippines are part
of the United States while we are vot
ing arms supplies and money to suppress
the insurrection of one of the many tribes
in those islands
Senator Morgan said the question pre
sented to the United States Avas four
fold
1 Shall Congress provide a civil gov
ernment for the island of Porto Rico
J2 Shall we leave the island to its pres
ent form of government
3 Shall we abandon it and recognize
its independence
4 Shall we suffer it to float out among
nations as a derelict to be picked up or
captured
Referring to Cuba Senator Morgan
said The Paris treaty requires us to
occupy the island We cannot abandon
Cuba without disgrace and without vio
lating new pledged faith to Spain Nor
can we abandon Porto Rico or the Phil
ippines without inviting anarchy and in
ternecine Avar
The abandonment of the islands being
impossible as Senator Morgan construed
the treaty of Paris it was necessary for
Congress to provide schemes of govern
ment for them The President would
govern the islands until Congress should
otherwise provide Inasmuch as the con
stitution operates on all officers of the
United States to restrain them from
abuse of control naturally the consti
tution extends over Porto Rico and the
Philippines so far at least as relates to
and regulates the duties of United States
officials in those islands
Discussing the citizenship of the in
habitants of Porto Rico Senator Mor
gan said
The history of the country is conclu
sive upon us in this matter The inhab
itants of Porto Rico ought to be given as
full citizenship as any native inhabitants
of country annexed heretofore We have
not barred from citizenship any native
inhabitant of any territory annexed
Those who have not chosen to retain
their former alliance have become citi
zens of the United States without regard
to race or any other condition I be
lieve if Porto Rico is foreign territory
we cannot pass laws to be enforced
there
Concerning the tax laws of Porto Rico
Senator Morgan maintained that Con
gress should provide laws that should be
uniform throughout the United States
and Porto Rico
LOUD POSTAL BILL DEFEATED
Keceives Death Blovr in House on Mo
tion to Recommit
The national House for the second time
declared either that it believes the pas
sage of the Loud bill to amend the law
regulating second class mail matter will
not result in the saving of 20000000
and upward annually or that the saving
if made would be at the expense of the
enlightenment and information of the
people by means of the publications that
now find admission to the mails at the
rate of 1 cent a pound
The bill has three times been before
tho House once in the Fifty fourth Con
gress it was passed in the Fifty fifth
Congress and again Thursday it was
defeated After adjournment Mr Lond
chairman of the committee on postoffites
and post roads said it was three tSms
and out as far as he is concerned If
it be brought before the House again it
must be by some one else
The House spent four hours in its en
sideration Mr Moon Dem Tenn
made the principal speech against it
and Mr Moody Rep Mass the clos
ing speech in its favor Two hours were
spent in amending the bill But a mo
tion to recommit prevailed by a vote of
148 to 06 a much larger vote against
the measure ttian even its opponents had
expected
STEUNENBERG A WITNESS
Governor of Idaho Tells of the Coeur
dAlene Trobles
After presenting testimony almost un
interruptedlj for five weeks the prosecu
tion in the Coeur dAlene investigation
closed its oase in Washington Thursday
and the defense began the presentation
of its side Gov Steuenberg of Idaho
was the first witness
The Governor said he had been ill prior
to the Coeur dAlene excitement and bt
ing unable to go in person he sent a
representative Bartlett Sinclair to the
PostoJBce Department Broadens Its
Servisee to Gld Fields
In view the expected large popula
tion in Alaska during the coming sum
mer resulting frora the gold discoveries
r i
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to
Ali Ferrouh Bey the Turkish minister
the United States Has omu -
mission to take his narem w ----
feast
ton u ne
to Stock
holm Sheriff Pa
cha also took his
wife to Sweden
but she was an
Egyptian princess
the daughter of Ha
lim Pacha The
prohibition to Turk
ish diplomatists -to
toko their wives
j i nmiCAn
att p BET WlUl xneui ----
some time ago the suicide of Saadnhah
Pacha Ottoman ambassador to Vienna
for twenty years He was separated from
bis wife and children who remained at
Constantinople Being unable to obtain
leave of absence to be present at nis
daughters marriage he committed sui
cide
tti a nt rrvpnlntionaxy veterans
are still on th pension roll ffcoughthj
- tq Solution ended 120 years
nai
ago
Ui LUC IV - 0 m
rron roTKro i n ntre from oo lu
vZ t0 nf rpvolntionary soldiers
pensions Of the 69
are still drawing
000000 which has been paid in revolu
tionary pensions 20000000 was drawn
by widows One pensioned survivor of
the war of 1812 remains He is Hiram
Cronk 99 years old and his home is m
northwestern New York The last pen
sioned soldier of the revolution did not
flie until 1869 He was 109 years b
taonths and 8 days old He lived m Free
dom N Y More widows than soldiers
of the war of 1812 were pensioned In
khat war 296916 soldiers served sixty
The pensioned were 30
days or more
000 soldiers and 35000 widows To the
sole survivor of the war of 1812 the
Government is now paying 193 ajear
and to widows of that war 293097
Census taking is not the political picnic
that many people imagine Few appre
ciate the magnitude of the work The
aleventh census cost more than 11000-
000 and in the twelfth census an office
force of more than 2000 for about two
years and a field force of over 50000 for
from two weeks to a month will be em
ployed Then too the Hollerith tabu
lating machines by which the population
is counted and the returns tabulated
make census taking a huge industrial
process The census office becomes a fac
tory the director of the census a captain
of industry who if he is to be success
ful must possess all the directive energy
and genius for organization which char
acterize our most successful manufactur
ers and railroad presidents
Senator Depew receives as large a mail
as Senator Hanna which is saying a
great deal Several times a day the
pages distribute the mail in the Senate
and the pile on Mr Depew s desk is al
most mountain high He is not only
addressed in his official capacity as Sen
ator by constituents who want favors
but his personal acquaintance is so large
and his financial interests so great that
his correspondence from these two
sources alone would keep his stenog
rapher busy Mr Depew is very sys
tematic in disposing of his mail He doe3
not allow it to accumulate and thus it
does not become a burden to him More
invitations to deliver after dinner
speeches come to Mr Depew than to any
ther Senator
There is a movement on foot for the
passage of a law requiring defendants in
criminal cases in United States courts to
furnish bail through surety companies
rather than individuals While there is
very little bail forfeited in the Federal
courts compared with the State and mu
nicipal courts nevertheless there is al
ways more or less trouble in this line and
it is almost impossible to recover on a
bail bond without legal proceedings The
same difficulty was found in covering
on bonds given by civil officers of the
Government until the system of surety
companies was introduced No surety
company has ever declined to pay a bond
except in one instance where a dispute
as to liability occurred
The condition of the negro in Washing
ton has ben made the subject of inves
tigation by John W Ross who for
twelve years has been one of the district
commissioners In the district govern
government as officials clerks and mes
sengers are fifty negroes receiving an
nual salaries aggregating 28000 There
are forty negroes on the police force in
various capacities drawing 31400 a
year while there are 500 negro men and
women in the school system as teachers
whose yearly pay is 290000 These
seat of disorder On April 30 Sinclair with the negroes in various public
telegraphed urging that the President be
advised to rash troops from the nearest
available post He also telegraphed that
he had thoroughly investigated the netl
of martial law that nine tenths of the
citizens favored martial law that the
local administratioa of the law was a
farce and amounted to maladministra
tion that people were afraid to testify
and that masked men were prowlhag
about the towa terrifying people
The Governor said he had sent a dis
patch to the President calling for Fed
eral aid as the Idaho troops were absent
In the Philippines He then related in
detail the steps taken to carry out the
proclamation
WILL SEND ALL KINDS OF MAIL
tutions and the water street andsewer
departmenta bring the total up to 2600
drawing an annual of about
1000000
Commissioner of Health Reynolds of
Chicago has written a letter to Surgeon
General Sternberg at Washington pro
testing against the shipment of the bodies
of soldiers from the Philippines to the
United States and proposing a conference
of the sanitary officers of the country to
consider the bubonic plague The doctor
fears the plague may be brought into the
country in this way and he asks the sur
geon generals assistance to prevent the
bringing home of bodies until the plague
has ceased in the Philippine Islands
Enumerators for the census in June
will be furnished with badges by the
Government which are to be worn in a
conspicuous place so as to be plainly seen
and which will be their credentials for
on the Behrrag sea the Postoffice De- gathering their statistics These badges
partment has decided that mail of all j will he made of German silver one and
kisses shall e transported to Cape one fourth inches wide hv nnnn -
Receiit investigations have shown that TLlLTJIllJ fifJ Ion ield shaped
there are in the State of Maryland at v Tj wiui an eagle and bearing the
least 28000 voters who could not meet rccved df as e cams words Tfaited States Census 1900 An
n fte wetland routes have been unable order has already been placed
an educational test should one be re- for 60000
auired as has been proposed t0 carIT larSe sacks of mail of these ftadgesby the director of th
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