The herald., 1897-02-23
and members of fyaternal orders. Seven
thousand were in line.
AT ST T,OIJIS

and members of fyaternal orders. Sever
thousand were in line.
| AT ST. LOUIS.
| ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 22-The demon
stration of unemployed suggested ly
Gen. Coxey for Washingtons birthda,
did not ta1eplace in st. Louis. Arrange
ments were made and a call issued by
the cormittee on unemployed of tn;
Knights of Labor for all men out of en-
| ployraent to meet this morning. There
| was to be a parade, followed by speak
| ing on Twelfth street. The outlook fo'
Tire weather was so gloomy, however
| chat the demonstration was called OIL
! early. The idea was approved by somt
! of the leaders, but the unemployed did
not take kindly to public exhibition cl
their misfortunes.
CLEVELAND'S CELEBRATION.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-Presideru
| Cleveland celebrated the 165th anniver-
sary of the birth of George Washington
| by Issuing thirteen executive orders,
| far-reaching in their effect On the rec
ommendation of Secretary Francis and
| a. forestry commission of the National
Academy of Science (appointed by Prof
| Wolcott Gibbs. the president of the
/ academy, the president signed and pro-
muIGaIeu lHlTltttl tStd -
| fishing as many additional forestry res
ervations containing an aggregate area
| of Fl 379, 400 acres,
Secretary Francis report to the pres
! ident on the subject shows that the COM
, mission visited most or all of the for
est reservations and other public forests
in the United States, devoting three
months of hard travel ana careful study,
without compensation, to the work as
signed them The amount of lands in
each reservation already entered under
the general land laws is, the secretary
points out insignificant, and the po--
tions of the area described are exempte !
from the proclamations. Some OF the
sections are within the limits of railroad
grants, and in such cases an executive
proclamation only reserves the alter
nate sections. This is notably the case
in the Priest river forest reservation,
which the report OF the commission char
acterizes as the "most valuable body of
timber in the interior of the continent.
The secretary will submit to congress
a bill authorizing the secretary OF the
interior to indemnify the benefciaries in
any of these railroad land grants in
cluded within the limits of forest reser-
vations established by proclamation or
the president by patenting to them an
equal quantity of other portions OF the
public domain within specified limits.
The secretary further shows that un-
der the law authorizing the president 70
establish these reservations sixteen such
reseryat tions have heretofore been set
aside, aggregating II 500 acres. Each OF
the thirteen proclamatiors are similar
in terms, except those portions giving
a description of the lands affected by
each.
Secretary Francis says: "The deep and
growing interest in the preservation of
our forests will make the act of Presi-
dent Cleveland very popular with all eX-
cept those who have selfish designs on
the forests. The timber growth in most
or many of the older states has been
ruthlessly laid waste; in some sections
the settlers are realizing its scarcity. its
cost for domestic purposes growing
greater from year to year.
"Furthermore, these forests are the
great reservoirs of the country; they
preserve the SHOWS. which. when pro-
tected furnish a good and opportune
supply of water to the streams, but II
exposed to the sun form destructive
floods and inflict irreparable damage.
to be followed by urbroken droughts.
''This forestry committee. which has
done such good work, will now formulate
for submission to congress, through the
secretary of the interior, a forestry
policy to provide for the protection of
these wonderful reservations from the
depredations of sacrilegious man as
we'll as from the ravages of fire"
IN PARIS.
PARIS, Feb. 2o.-At the banquet of the
American University club today in hon.
or of Washington's birthday, Sir Ed
mund Munson, British ambassador to
France, presided He alluded to the
benefit to be derived from a sojourn in
the United States. He dwelt al length
upon the statements of Washington and
said he shared the opinions of many that
separation had been beneficial to both
countries.
Ambassador Eustis announced the re-
ceipt of kilograms from several govern
ors in the United States
NJ. Fabre proposed toast to France,
the glorious godmother of American in
dependence. to America, the glorious
instigator of the French revolution, fl
nally to the iudissoluble union Of the
great republics forming the vanguard
of civilization.
NJ Brunetiere, speaking in behalf of
the new French university, proposed a
toast to the increasing prosperity
of Hopkins university, to the increase
and extension of what he would call in
the domain of literature and art
Franco-American alliance.
NJ. Cohen. speaking in English. dilat-
ed upon the subject of American uni
versities and cosmopoltans in the world
of thought.
IN LONDON.
LONDON. Feb. 22.-Three hundred
persons attended the reception of the
American society at the Hotel Cecil in
honor of Washington's birthday.