Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-13

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The Dewey who has been welcomed
back to Washington by his fellow towns
men and who is the recipient of a ma
TONS tribute is the same Dewey as OF
yore, except that since he left here
within a short two ~years-he has had his
opportunity and seized it, and his new
measure has been taken. Seventeen
months ago he emerged from the wings"
and took a place on the stage OF marvel
Gus historical achievements. He was gu
years old when he left Washington. In
his personal appearance no noticeable
change has occurred. except that his eyes
are possibly brighter and his bearing
rather more soldierly. The man Dewey,
however, is the same. His smile is us
genial and his bows and gestures of rec
ognition as cordial as in former days be-
fore he became the national hero. His
head has not been turned by the adula-
lions of millions.
If ex-Attorney General MacVeash tries
to get his client, Captain Carter, out of
Jail on a writ of habeas corpus he Will
be going against Il stone wall. The thing
has been tried before and the highest
courts of the land have passed aflirMa-
lively OH the competency Of military
courts in times of peace to deal with
those in the military service guilty of In
fractions against the civil laws. Courts
of final appeal have held that the con-
stitution is not violated and that neither
officers nor privates can secure civil trial
on the theory that the constitution guar
antees every man charged with Offend
ing against the law u trial before u jury
of his peers. The articles of war are
held to establish the right Of military
courts to pass upon cases agreeing i'll
every essential particular with the Carter.
case.
President Mckinley is n great reader
of newspapers. Every day he goes
through ut least fifteen newspapers. His
skill in reading rapidly is as great as
that of the average exchange editor. His
time is very valuable and everything is
done to facilitate the process. The pa
pers are arranged for him by IN attend
ant. They are opened and folded so the
editorial page is uppermost. He glances
at tue ueluS Ol I'LL lNc euiIoilu4S NAiG
reads enough to get the gist of all which
bear upon public matters. Before casting
the paper aside he ~glances also at the
news columns. In addition the White
House has its special corps Of readers
who clip, classify and paste in scrap
books all matters of public interest.
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The wonderful growth Of the United
States is graphically illustrated by the
increasing size of the different official reg
listers kept on the shelves of the Interior
Department. This years Register is L
tremendous two-volume quarto affair,
weighing nearly twenty pounds. 1t will
be considerably larger than the last one
published, and that contained 2,143 agc
and showed that there were 100000 per-
sons in the service of the Government. 1t
looks large beside the first volume pub
lished in 1920, when Monroe was Presi-
lent and John Quincy Adams was See
rotary of State. Then the Register was
sn octave of 224 pages.
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Tbe regular publication of the "B.ue
Book" otherwise known as the Official
Register of the United States, is nearly
ready for the printer. 1t will be bound
uuU reNuy lOT SuUSCTlDeFS ny JIG lille
Congress meets. Although it's pages have
a dry and embarrassing look, being for
the most part an endless succession of
names in parallel columns. the Blue Book
is in greater demand than almost any
other Government publication. 1t is en-
ceedingly valuable for reference pur-
poses, containing the correct official title,
together with the residence, birthplace
and salary Of every man, woman and.
child in the employ Of the United States.
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Attorney General Griggs will direct
proceedings to be brought against Cap
tain Carter's alleged %accomplices in the
robbesy 6 IL Government ON Savannah
oooaEoeD - eooovoe the stolen money.
The Atlantic Contracting Company,
which did the work, aud which is charg-
ed with having been in collision with.
Carter in the fraudulent operations, is
made up of rich men who are supposedly
responsible. Secretary Of War Root will
have the experts of the War Department.
supply the Department Of Justice with
full data upon which to proceed against
the persons incriminatcd.
For the past two months the Govern
ment has had e. s. Holmes of the statis--
teal division of the Agricultural Depart
ment at work in Texas getting figures
as to the damage done by the Brazos riv--
err floods last July. The report says that
the property destroyed will figure up to
50, ,5S3. In the devastated region the
landlords are accustomed to advance
money to the tenants on the security of
the prospective crops; $4,000 was so
advanced. With the rent Anticipated for
the use Of the land the owners are out
of pocket $2,519,OOO.
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Brig. Gen. Charles p. Eagan, who was.
suspended from rank and duty as a result
of the language employed by him before
the war investigating commission, hopes
to obtain u vindication from Congress
during the coming session. Gen. Eagan..
is in Washington to settle matters con-
nected with the furniture Of the house he.
occupied before his departure for Hawaii
1t is understood, however, that he is try
ing to enlist the sympathy of members OF