Evening star., 1896-02-22

1t attended to. A holiday or a few more
of them in year would give them time to
have old snags filed, etc. OF course. there
are a number of 'sundown' dentists, as
there are 'Sundown' physicians, where this
wcrS could be done after department hours,
but most people prefer to have their
mouths attended to during the daylight
hours
''The regents of the Mt. Vernon Associa
ton will be called upon at their coming
meeting III April to act upon some very i'm
portant nlatterS."S> said a lady who takes
a great i: terest in the affairs of Mt. Ver-
non. LAS the electric railroad will soon
have its cars running from this city d-
rect TO Mt. Eorron, it opens up possibii-
ties Of a greatly increased travel she said,
'.:Hl the association will have to arrange
for it. While the steamer will, no doubt, con-
tinue 10 carry the usual large number there,
the electric road win increase its travel
very MACH The income to the association
of - GEMS from each visitor to Mt. Vernon
VII during the coming year swell the fund
much that il is iu the rarge of possibiii-
ties THAI the erdowment fund will soon be
large enough IA properly support the place,
and the plan long looked forward to of free
admission - Mt, Vernon will be carried
out.
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- Things are coming to pretty pass these
days" observed the keeper of one. of the
leading downtown boarding houses, when
Congressman are rcducing~ther expenses.
Only a few days ago /. found that one of
my Congressman boarders from a southern
state looking up rooms and board for
himself and wife in another house, for the
reason. as his wife told ME, that they
wanted to reduce expenses. 1 charged them
$50 per month for room and board for them
both, and they were actually trying to get
1t for $40. though they firally had to pay
$50 The wife told me that they wanted to
save $1,000 per year out of her husbands
salary OF $1,000. and that she knew of
others who were doing So
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Among the guests at the Arlington is c. O.
Oret. now of juneau. Alaska, but formerly
Of indianapolis. In talking of Alaskan af-
fairs. he said: THE people of that territory
are waiting very anxiously, and many of
them impatiently, for the disputed bound
airy line question to be settled. They do not
intend to submit to Canadian rule if they
can help it. nor do they favor Great Britain
having any part of the gold fields They
are also much interested in the measure to
purchase large number of reindeer, and
make the natives self-supporting by raising
those animals. although the section that
will be Immediately benefited is far north
of Juneau The Alaskan Esquimaux are
much more intelligent than those of the
Atlantic coast, and are Industrious as
class. They learn readily, and will make
good citizens If proper efforts are made to
civiliZe them They are peaceable, and re-
gard white men as their friends, which
makes the question of dealing with them
very different from that of dealing with the
American Indians. If the reindeer fur
nished in sufficient numbers those people
will be self-supporting."
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Milton Chamberlain of Deadwood Is al the
Material Speaking of the needs Of his
section, he said: "One of the measures in
which we are most greatly interested is that
providing for reservation courts, now pend
ing in Congress. I suppose realize the
necessity more than most sections do for
the reason that the Sioux Indians of Pine
Ridge and Rosebud agencies are now
brought to Deadwood Or to Sioux Falls for
trial. They have to be taken to Valentine
or Chadron, Neb, and around by rail dis
taEce about the same from Washingt
to Cincinnati, and the attendance of law
yers and witnesses is not only matter of
great expense, but of most annoying incon-
venience Many of the cases are but petty,
and yet tnis long and wearisome journey
has to be taken..no matter how trivial the
case may be- We are watching the Pick
Ter bill establishing reservation courts with
a great deal of interest,"
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The delegation Of prominent citizens Of
Los Angeles, Cal, who have been at .the
Shoreham for the past week leave for
home feeling encouraged as to the prob
able success of their mission, to secure an
appropriation for the purpose of deepening
San Pedro harbor from a depth of four
teen feet to eighteen feet. Col H. G. Otis,
editor and proprietor of the Los Angeles
Times. said: There is no opposition to
the measure, the only question being as
to whether or not the disposition to cut
will defeat the measure or
reduce the amount awarded to so small a
sum that no benefit can result. We have
been treated with the utmost courtesy, and
our visit has been an interesting and, l
believe, profitable one. If We get what we
ask for it will very greatly increase the
foreign trade of the Southern Pacific coast
and southern California, which has had
most phenomenal growth during the past
few years, will continue to increase in
wealth and population very rapidly" Col
Otis left to attend the publishers conven-
ton in New York, but will return to
Washington in a few lays.