The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-05

the President will
C[LMI5 appoint to fill the
%Tx1ssfs@ place of the late JUS
NM M tice Jackson. Some
EWEglsA people have Won
ELrLns1s..s dered why the APP
ESST;aETSiGE@ pointment has not
tIIlANHHNlMsyt1A already been made,
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N----IsENx1 whore a justice has
GEr,- Tn7T TIrTr7T~ been appointed dur
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,.,ss Moreover, there is really no imme-
';;ot. !, ccssity for the filling of the va
.on,v and il is not expected that the
President will seriously consider the mat
,r until his return tn this city in Octo-
,mr Justice Field has pointed out the
nscessity of the vacancy being filed about
,bot time. as the docket of the court is
.nvaral years behind. The loss of even a
sincle member of the bench would there
faro ho considerably felt and for this rca-
SON the Chief Justice and somr of his as
>~riatrs are said to have urged upon the
President the ACCESSIBILITY OF filling the
placc as early as possible.
The thing which * thought to weigh
most with the President against making
an early appointment is that it might
.uhiert the Justice selected To the hunll-
iation of sitting on the bench Tor Il short
time. only to find he was a persona grata
20 the Senate. Until an appointment Is
finally made there will continue to he
much guessing as to the appointment. At
the present time Mr.. Bissell seems to be
lbout the strongest man, not only because
# his friendship with the President. but
also because of his being a New Yorker.
from which State il is thought the APP
lointment will be made. 1t is predicted
by many that the President will follow
his custom and appoint Il lawyer not
iuown to the general public. If the Pres
.den, intends to honor any of his Cabinet
with a seat on the bench Secretary Car
Isle would in all probability be the man.
Potomac Marshes.
Ltd" by little the marshes of the Poto-
mae, which have SO long rendered Wash
ineton unhealthy. are being abolished.
When the agitation for the abolition of
the marshes began it was maintained
that the upper marshes rendered the
White House unhealthy. while those on
tie eastern branch performed Il similar
o%ffo!Sr to the United States arsenal and
navy yard. The plan which is being fol-
lowed in the matter is either 10 put the
marshes permanently under water or else
to bring parts of them permanently above.
That this work. although only in its in
fancy. has been ~pro'luctiye of good re-
suits the death rate Of Washington this
summer has shown. Physicians through
mt the city report that there is less mala-
ra in the place than ever before. and
they note a similar decrease in the sick
hess caused by marsh miasma. The I'M
prpyrmrn, in the river itself is nearly
roHplatcd. bat that on the eastern branch
Is barely under way. Here the fats choke
up most of the waterway and half poison
the air.
The plan which Maj. Twining, the en-
gineer, is following in this part of the riv-
"r will have the effect Of Strengthening
ont the navy yard channel, which now
winds around like a w. while the great
mud marshes will be changed into water
or high land. The friends of the late
Secretary Gresham always declared that
the sickness which ultimately caused his
death was brought about by the exhala-
Mons from the marshes near the State
department. At certain points of the
WIND all the air from these marshes Is
oorne directly into the departments, and
many d man owes his first sickness to
potomac malaria.
Congressional Library.
When the great Congressional library
Is completed members of Congress will
oe able to get the books they need in a
'Ss space of time than by any other sys-
ZEN on earth. Much of this will be due to
me system of shelving which Is to be
ADOPTED in the library. Many months
= investigation took place before the
una! choice of these bookcases was made.
NFAl 10 the reading-room there will open
ot an extensive book magazine or repos-
''rE hiled with iron cases consisting of
,'ers or floors rising sixty-five feet high
me roof. These tiers were put in at
WIS distance to obviate the necessity of
sing dders AS each tier Of shelves is
.u'S eight feet high it is easy to reach the
Utmost shelves without help of any kind.
,''ch stack has a shelving capacity of
WV" volumes. The librarians have also
"'en Investigating the improvements of
HGr libraries. and on the various floors
va yo' book stacks there will be elevators
books.
rFrry kind of time-saving machinery |
~"''h ingenuity can devise will be put
.I use to bring books to the tunnel
Gn'h Is to be put into operation between
"'' aptol and the library. Work ON this
IL already been commenced. A trench
Ia'"" iect long has been dug across the
rr'oi park, and in it will be constructed
-" 'A conduit six feet high and four feet
''''' This conduit will connect the
~, 'E'nt OF the library building with
, easement of the Capitol. Shafts will
D1'h from the library stacks and
trl. WI ~ I'LL" 'uh
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