Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-01-06

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Government Of the United States
owns IN the city of Washington 600 600
, .o,.'les OF literature. OF these about one.
naif' or 1S7,715, are in the congressional
iorary The remainder are scattered
| through the various executive depart.
l lh The daily number of readers in
a.. soessiohal library averages $500.
"' 'oo persons, including the men,
VI ooth houses and high officials of
"o'erhment are entitled to draw
;,, anu Jake them away from the build
"e' an" 'he average number loaned out
~ SUI" way Is ,446. 1t is a favorable
eoNn'nen,ary upon the honesty and care of
~ ~ pune men that during a period of
."ii's years the number of books lost or
'o' returned was only FIVE in a thousand,
large numbers of petitions, supported
~ many signatures and uniform in their
P n are being presented to the
i'"se Vi representatives. They ask the
p"ss"se OF series of laws to protect the
morals or the public. For example. to
prohiolt gambling in stocks, produce, rae
,ns pools and other forms of speculation
ny 'eiegraph, to prohibit the transmission
Vi STOCK quotations for speculative pur-
poSes' ana the transmission in the mails
Vi newspapers containing pictures or de-
'cr'p'iohs or prize fights, to prohibit the
eA.'oi.lon OF kaleidoscope reproductions OF
PRIZE nghts and other brutalizing specta-
cles' and to prohibit the TRANSPORTATION
from State to State Of materials for such
exhibitions.
ne ladies' of the cabinet are decidedly
put out by the edict that forbade their
new 1ears receptions and the dinners
mat were to precede and follow. They
90 not see any occasion for it. The Pres
ioeht dld not ask or even suggest a sus-
pension of social affairs. He told the
members of his cabinet he should close the
White House for thirty days, although he
did not think it was necessary for them
TO FOLLOW his example, but without con-
snltlng their wives, they agreed to do SO.
ne husbands have since had an unhappy
time, and the Washington social world
mas offered them no sympathy
The opposition to the ratification of the
Hawaiian treaty has simmercd down al
most entirely to the sugar trust, the Louis
lana planters and the beet-root sugar
manufacturers There are few Senators
who oppose the treaty on principle, rs
they believe it inexpcdient for the United
States to assume the responsibility of gov
erning any detached territory and several
on the Democratic side have joined the
opposition because they regard anneXa-
ton as Republican measure.
Chairman Loud of the House Commit
tee on Postoflices has been working during
the recess on the report Of the committee
on the Loud bill. and has practically COM
pleted it. He believes that the measure
will effect saving of at least $10,OO0,OOO
annually, and will wipe out the enormous
deficit that confronts the potsotiice De-
partment every year. Mr.. Loud believes
the bill is much stronger this session than
last, and while not absolutely confident,
thinks it will finally carry.
The agents of the Cuban junta in
Washington justify the assassination Of
Col. Ruiz as necessary to intimidate the
cowardly and corrupt men in their ranks
who are likely to be allured into making
TERMS WIFI lHc . IdlilSll SitHSA
through fear or bribery. They say that
hereafter no Spanish agent will dare ap-
proach an insurgent camp, and that it will
be dangerous for any stranger to do so.
The distressing death of Miss Leila Her
bert has caused shock to her many
friends and acquaintances in Washing
ton. She was a young woman of beau
tiful character, gentle, amiable and gen
erous, and was generally beloved and ad-
mired. Those who knew her best believe
that her suicide was due to fear that she
might be permanent cripple.
The tension certificate of the Rev. l..
J. Keith of Vincennes, Ind, will be can
celed. because the holder has informed
the bureau that he does not consider him
self longer entitled to a pension, his dis
ability having disappeared, and has asked
that his name be dropped from the rolls.
There is only one other such case on rec
ord
Secretary Wilson is greatly interested
in legislation for the establishment OF
postal savings banks because he believes
they are necessary to the prosperity OF
the farmers. 1t is sometimes an all days
| lob. he says, for farmer to go TO the
| town where the nearest bank Is SITUATED,
while there is postoffice in every village.
| The copyright department is most I'M
nortont branch of the Government and
indicates an enormous increase IN literary
| and musical compositions and in designs
which ore susceptible to copyright. In
| 1870 the number of copyrights granted
was 5G21; in 1880, 2O,6SG; in 1890, A.
75s; in 1896, 72,47o
The recent report of the Comptroller Of
the Currency shows that the savings
hanks of the United States are mostly
confined to the northeastern section OF the
country. Nearly 50 per cent of the num-
hor of hanks and amount Of deposits 10
represented by New York and New Eg-
land.
Tho committee appointed by the Society
of tho Army of the Tennessee to secure
tho erection of monument to Gen.
Coorgo r. Mcclellan Mt Washington has
hold Il. first meeting and elected Adjt.
| Cen. Ruggles chairman.
Ink erasers are not allowed IN either the
War or the Navy Department. except III,
der the direction OF cher OF oureau' ana
no one is allowed to erase an entry III any
IA nWo;nI record book without explanations
and express permission
Or. Sheldon Jackson, the Alaska ex-
merit. says that there is SO much gold IN
Alaska that persons who go tnere Ten