Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

SlOll I1tI Eyes dIC
blue, her complexion faultless and her
hair a soft chestnut brown. She is tall
and graceful. She will assist her mother
at all of her receptions during the win
ter.
The wife of Admiral Dewey has raised
anothe- --ciai tempest in Washington by
announcing that she will not be able to
return calls except by card. Before her
marriage Mrs. Dewey's visiting list was
comparatively short, but when she be-
came the wife of the hero of Manila and
the admiral Of the navy she was natural
ly the object of particular interest, and
there was a long string of carriages in
front of her house every afternoon, bear
ing people who expected that she would
reciprocate their attentions. Now, when
they are informed that she does not in
tend TO take the trouble to visit them in
person, but merely to send card by the
hands OF her footman or through the post
Office. they are inclined to say saucy
things.
Any one who watched Speaker Hen
derson count the House at the opening
session would have known he was new
hand With the gavel. He actually count
ed the members, whispering the figures TO
himself with painful accuracy. Reed was
not so careful. When the presence Of a
quorum was questioned, Reed used to
close his eyes, swing the gavel in wide
circle over the heads of the Congressman,
and instantly announce: ''The chair
counts 179 members, and a quorum is
present" Then Reed would settle back
in his chair with the proud consciousness
of man who never made a mistake.
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The director of the census estimates
that over 10000 enumerators will be re-
quired to take the census next year and
that at least $500 clerks will be needed
10 tabulate the results and to reduce the
facts gathered by them to a form that
will be of value to the country. Over
2.0DO special agents will be employed
The industries of the countries about
which special agents will be assigned 10
gather statistics have been grouped into
sixteen classes. Expert agents will he
put in charge of these groups and have
immediate supervision over and direction
of the force Of 1000 "hustlers."
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The gavel with which Speaker Hender-
son called the Fifty sixth Congress to or
der is made of wood taken from the
Spanish cruiser Reina Christina, which
was captured by Admiral Dewey at Ma
Mia. The gavel is artistically carved
and heavily mounted in gold. 1t was pre-
scnted to Gen. Henderson by the Gov
ernor OF Iowa. The wood from which
it was made was brought back to the
United States by a soldier of the Iowa
volunteers. 1t is always customary for
the Speaker to open Congress with a
gavel made OF wood that has historical
connection.
The briefest biography in the Congress
sional Directory is that of a Missouri
Congressman. Dorsey w. Shackleford
of Jefferson City, elected to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Richard Il.
Bland. The longest biography is that OF
Chaunccy NJ. Depew. 1t occupies nearly
a page in the Directory and would fill
half column of a newspaper. Nothing
has been allowed to escape, from the
hour he was born TO the day he was
elected to the Senate.
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The President has indicated TO the Gov
ernment Board OF Commissioners for the
pan-American exposition that he desires
them to make complete exhibit at Buff
falo in 1901 from the Philippine Islands
that will represent the condition, the hab
its, customs. the commerce, the amuse-
ments and the industries of the peoples
the resources of the archipelago and its
advantages for trade, immigration and
the, investment of capital
49,
One OF the first resolutions passed by
the Senate was one requesting the Presi-
dent to inform the Senate whether this
Government has any information as to
the proposed sale OF the Galapagos ISL
ands, by the republic Of Ecuador to
Great Britain. These islands are fifteen
in number and comprise $3.50 square
miles. They are only 500 miles from
Panama, and would virtually guard the
western entrance to the isthmian canal. |
Their purchase by an European power, Il |
10 claimed, would be direct visitation Vt
the Monroe doctrine.