Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-04-07

parades which are to be a feature of
the big Peace Jubilee, to be held in
Washington May 1916. that a spe-
eial British feature be provided for
in the parade of the Twenty-fourth,
which will be the anniversary of
Queen Victoria's birthday, in honor
ofthat day. The suggestion was re-
ceived with enthusiasm and immedi-
ate steps to carry it into effect were
taken by appointing subcommittee
to confer with Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British Ambassador, for the pur-
pose of securing his cooperation. by
the way, this Peace Jubilee is going
to be quite a spectacular event, and
it will be held when Washington is
at its best, from the sightseeing
point Of view.
1t did not take Secretary Hay more
than about two minutes to convince
the two Cubans sent to Washington
to try to get the $4,000, OcO. promi'-
ed through Gen. Gomez, to the Gu
ban soldiers, increased, of the con-
sent ofthe President 10 an issue OF
bonds by the Cuban assembly, that
they had wasted the money spent
on the trip. The substance ofSecre-
tary Hays remarks might be thus ex-
pressed: "Not a cent more; not a
bond" The delegates, or whatever
YOU might call them started for home
without having seen the President
at all, having been assured by Secre-
tary Hay that it Was useless for hem
to try.
The assistant Attorney General for
the Post office Department, has de-
cided two specific chain-letter
schemes,-one offering trip to the
Paris Exposition, and the other an
IS kodak,-to be illegal, and the
two decisions seem to cover nearly
all the schemes of that sort now be-
ing advertised.
According to Representative Ohm
.ted, of Pa, "the paramount ques-
ton before the citizens oF this great
country today, is the seating of b.
II. Robelts, member elect from Utah
to the next Congress" Continuing
Mr.. Olmsted said. "The way | hap
pened to know something Of the
drift of public sentiment arises from
NV service on the Committee on
privileges and elections. That com
mittee, of the next House, may have
to report on Roberts and | suppose
that IS the reason why the good
people all over this broad land deluge
me with letters. Every day brings
me near a bushel of letters, all pro-
testing against seating the Utah man
on the score Of lis alleged practice
Of polygamy Bulky petitions with
hundreds of signatures Of church peo-
ple came to me from North and South
from East and West. Ministers
write long communications, advising
that the seating of Roberts would be
q reproach and a shame to the nation
Hundreds Of women correspondents
write in the same vein and the SER
iousness of the writer cannot be
questioned. | have no idea what
the House will do in the matter, but
Judging from the powerful stir the
case has created, it will be difficult,
it seems to me for the House to ig
more the matter entirely"
Uncle Sam will soon be in the mar
ket for silver bullion, for the first
time since the repeal Of the Sherman
act, over which there was such a
Juror. True, the amount to be pur-
chased is not large, only enough to
mint the $4,000 Lafayette souvenir
dollars ordered by act of Congress,
to be given 10 the Lafayette monu-
mont Commission, TO be sold to help
iefray the expenses ofthe Lafayette
to be erected IN Paris as a
present from Americans to France.
July 1, OF next year, has been set for
he unwilling of the statue. Tie
lafayette dollar is to have a special
design, which has not yet been fully
determined npon.