The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-08-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, August 4, 1899.

1t is apparent even to casual VS.
itors to Washington, that the Off
cial vacation season is at hand.
The President is away and the
White House is going through its
annual renoyation. Only three
members of the Cabinet-Secre-
taries Gage. Hitchcock and Root
are in Washington. In all the 9TH
er departments assistants are in
charge, which means that import
ant matters are being let alone and
only routine work being done for
the time being. This doesn't mean
that important matters are being
neglected, but that they are not
brought up because Of the absence |
Of the heads of the departments |
and Of the President. The War
Department is, however, striking |
exception. There are fewer of its
prominent officials away from their
desks than usual at this season.
This is probably owing to a hint
given as soon as the date of Gen
Alger's retirement became known
that the new Secretary would want
lots of information and would pre-
fere to get it from first hands
Every day since he took charge,
/ Secretary Root has been putting
. his subordinates through thor
. ough cross-examination on the
. business methods of the depart
: ment, with view of informing him
self, much as he would witness in
an important case in which he was
!. counsel
No official reports have yet been
|. received of the Louisiana lynching,
!. but the information claimed to
have been received at the Italian
Embassy does not agree with what
has reached Washington from 9TH
er sources. The Embassy claimed
that four out of the five men lynch
ed were italian citizens; also that
there were no justifying circum
= stances. Tie official reports are
awaited with much interest.
Every President starts his Od
~ ministration with the hope Of be
Ic ing able to keep his Cabinet intacf
50 during his term of Office, but only
% one of them Pierce--ever succeed
% ed in doing it. But with the ex
A. ception of jackson and Tyler
4c whose cabinets went all to piece
DC for well understood reasons, Pres
&c ident Mckinley has had more chan
~ ces in his cabinet than any of tn
So presidents and his administratio
Sc is not two-thirds gone yet. Onl
SO three of the original members {
- the Cabinet are still members
IC Gage, Long and Wilson.
~ DIR. Featherstonhaugh, of Wasl
= ington, who recently disinterre
the remaines of seven of job
Browns followers, who were burie
at Harper's Ferry, and sent the
! to North Elba, n. Y, to be rel
TERED along side their old chic
probably knows more about Jol
49, Browns Inflated crustade again
- slavery than amy living man. /
. has been hunting data for year
The pike and carbine; the brow
: autograph letter, and the cane ca
: ried by Brown. which are on e
Z hibition at the National Museul
I belonging to DIR. F. Only a f,
( weeks ago he was made acquaint
Z with an interesting bit of histc
: concerning the pixies, INTENDED
: be used toarm the slaves, 1t cal
Z from Mr.. Charles IL, Blair, n
: living at Beverly, N. j., who t'
Z him that he and his father, ia
s living at Collinsyille, Conn, i
: made 1000 Of those pixies vi
s the personal order OF John Bro
{ for $1,000. He said that Bro
: said the pixies were for Kansas
s tiers, which he and his fat
: doubted, but their financial c
: dition made them too anxious
: get the contract to justify Il
asking too many questions.
f. regards his collection of Br'
photographs as priceless. de
now preparing for the South
History Association q bibhogra
on John Brown aud his ralu