Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
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w ASlilNGION, Jullt lOlll, 1907
The awful deluge in Pennsylvania
awakened universal sympathy here
and the Morning Post has already be-
gun to receive subscriptions for the re-
lief of the sufferers at Johnstown.
General Schoheld, acting Secretary of
War is by direction of the President
already considering means of relief and
by tomorrow some plan will be sub
mitted by which the National Treasury
may furnish succor. The President
sent telegram of sympathy Saturday,
and requested the Mayor of Johnstown
to make a sight draft on him for his
subscription.
The local inundation has reached a
higher point than ever during the flood
of 1881, which was mid-winter disas-
ter The loss to the Government and
to corporations and private individuals
is very great. The loes of life, fortu-
nately, will not reach ..alf a dozen in
this vicinity. Pennsylvania avenue is
flooded and the street car lines have
closed travel No trains arrive from
the west or north. Boats ply avenues
a mile for the river proper. The repu-
tation of George Washington as sa-
gacious engineer in selecting the site
of Washington for the Capitol is suf-
fering severe strain. The extensive
improvements OH the flats are nearly
ruined.
The great ponds of the L. 5. Fish
Commission filled with carp flooded
and the fish escaped yesterday much to
the delight of the small boy. A carp
twenty inches long, was caught on
Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the
National Hotel. In the evening thous-
ands of the fish were attracted by
the electrical lights, and could plainly
be seen disporting in the flood
Nearly two hundred pounds of letters
addressed to Mr.. Cleveland during his
presidential term were consigned to
the flames the other day. They were
epistles from cranks. and represented
the oldest tumble of insane whims
that could be imagined. They did not
generally consist, as might have been
expected, of requests foT official favors.
The cranks who address the President
are generous and long only to give, not
to receive. The letters were full of
advice on civil service reform, tariff,
foreign affairs, Samoa, Oklahoma, and
everything except the White House
rats. There was nearly two hundred
letters from one David God, seemingly
on as many different subjects. Many
of the epistles were from people evil
IDENTIFY demented on religion. and in
these letters the strains of piety are
inter- dpted with worse TRADES of filthy
obscenity, blasphemy and billingstate
than ever fell from the mouth of a
Seven Dials fisherwoman. Expurgated
of the filth, the collection would have
been of value to a dime museum.
As specimen of the most curious
letter is the following from Vermont:
Dear Mr.. President: When l got up
this morning and went to light the fire
/ found the stove pipe gone, l looked
all around the house for it but could
not find it. Finally l found it leaning
up against the door on the outside OF
the house. The weather Is warm and
pleasant now and can get along very
we'll without any stove pipe. Very
truly your friend, J. II. Whiting"
What devils dance of ideas is this
The writing is fair and legible; the sig
nature is made with flourish. There
were a dozen letters from the same
man on as many inconsequential sub
jects.
Sir Julian Pauncefote is the last man
you would select as swordsman, es-
pecially Knight of the foils. He is
heavy of figure and INDECENT in manner,
his eyelids are fleshy and theexpressiou
of face dull. Like most elderly men of
his class in England, the British minis
ter shows in appearance the triumph
of wines ana rich foods over the once
splendid physique that early training
developed. And yet Sir Julian gives
promise of making fencing popular in
society here. Those who
know him say that he is the most st.ll-
ful and enduring foilsUan seen here in
years. These upper class Englishmen
are always physical surprises. There
was Lord Sackville; he had the same
bored INDECENT manner, aud yet he was
a magnifcently preserved man aud
could reel off ten miles on the high
road in a manner that would make a
professional pedestrian envious.
Land Commissioner Stockstuger
handed in his resignation Saturday and
it has been accepted to take affect July
LIST. Ex-Commissione Stone, of Iowa,
who was appointed Deputy Commits
sioner of the General Land Office seve-
raj weeks 400 is eXOected To succeed