Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19

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notes issued, the engravers are now at
work upon the S. plate, and will take
up the $40 plate within a few days. 1t
will be five or six months before either
will be ready for use. The $50, $5O,
800. $500 and $1,000 plates will be TAX
en- up in turn, and will require several
years to complete. The new plates are
being prepared by the regular engravcrs
OF the bureau without assistance, and
they can devote to them only such time
as can be spared from their regular du-
ties. Before work upon the new plates
was commenced a design was adopted
which will be followed in the entire gov
eminent issue of money.
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Very few of, the old men in the Senate
show their age. No one would ever sus-
pect that Platt of Connecticut is ~, or
that Cullom of Illinois was 20 last No
vember. Senator Hawley OF Connccti-
cut is %, Gear of Iowa will be IS next
April, and Hoar of Massachusetts is %.
Senator Teller is still vigorous with his
SEVENTEEN birthday rapidly approaching.
and Frye is a remarkably young man for
his weight of nearly 20 years. Jonc:- a..
Nevada is 60, and his colleague, Stewart,
is q. Senator Bate of Tennessee, like
the late Senator Harris. will not disclose
his age. He must be 20 or t~hereabouts,
for he was a soldier in the Mexican war,
over half a century ago."
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Mrs. Dewey has shocked Washington
officially and socially and has created no
and of adverse criticism by disregarding
the customs Of the capital. Mrs. Dewey
attended the White House reception on
II Nouy Vouvsc .Iov Sho hnl ,nvo,,,vfoI Al
miral Dewey to ask for a place in the
line of callers ahead of Gen. Miles. This
was refused, and the admiral and his
wife had to wait behind Gen. and Mrs.
Miles. Mrs. Dewey became tired of this,
and Selling Secretary Long by the arm
when he passed the doorway she moved
along with him. By doing this she pass
ed the wives of the judges of the Su-
preme Court and others who were EN-
titled to precede her.
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman j.
Gage intends to end his term of office
with the close of this administration. He
says it is his intention then to retire
to private life. Assistant Secretary
Frank Vanderlip also intends to sever
his connection with the Treasury De-
partment at the close of the Mckinley
administration. But Mr.. Vanderlip will
not retire from business. He has his eye
on q New York bank-or, rather, the
bank has its eye OH him-and he will
probably become its president.
1t isn't often that we get sleighing in
Washington, but when we do the popula-
tiOn turns out EN- masse to enjoy it. Any
thing and everything that is on runners
is all right, and you see some Of the
queerest rigs imaginable. For instance,
recently on Pennsylvania avenue. 1 saw
one sleigh which consisted Of a huge
market basket on runners, and another
had for its upper works n large wooden
packing case. Both were jammed with
a grinning collection of darkies. and it's a
good guess that no one was having more
fun than they were.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided that a physician who pre-
scribes whisky, brandy, or any alcoholic
liquor. which is not compounded with
any drug or medicinal substance for the
purpose Of forming a remedy, shall be
required to pay the special internal rev.
enue tax of $25 a year as a retail liquor
dealer, provided he acts as a dispenser
as we'll as a physician. The ruling is to
apply even in cases where the liquor is
prescribed strictly as a medicine and SO
used by the patient.
The wedding of Gen. Miles daughter
Cecilia was one Of the most beautiful
and brilliant that has ever occurred in
Washington. Miss Miles has been a
great favorite here, because of her lovely
character and her personal attractions.
Capt. Reber, her husband, is her third
cousin, the son of the late Samuel Reber
of st. Louis. His mother was a sister
of the wife of Gen. Sherman.
Twenty-three years ago Senator Teller
entered the Senate. Only three Senators
who saw him sworn in are still his col
leagues-Allison of Iowa, Cockrell Of Mis-
souri, and Jones of Nevada. In the in
%tervening twenty-three years over a hun
dred Senators have died. But Mr.. Tel
Ter, although nearly three score and ten,
is still strong and vigorous.
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The preliminary estimate of the pro-
duction of gold and silver in the United
States during the calendar year 1899,
made by Mr.. Roberts, the director Of
the mint, shows a total gold production
of last year of $7,231,170. The produc.
tion of silver during the year is esti.
mated at. $74,424,696. an increase dur.
ing she year of $4,O4O,211.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin THINKS the Lawton
fund will finally reach 100000, which
will be invested for Mrs. Lawton in gov.
eminent bonds and give her an income
sufficient to provide against all want and
enable her to educate her children prop
erly.
Brig. Gen. Greedy, chief of the signal
corps, is steadily recovering from the in.
juries inflicted on him by a drunken ex
pressman.
The resemblance between Roberts, the
polygamist,. and Senator Pritchard Of
North Carolina is remarkable. They
might be twin brothers. Both are Of
the same build. have the same cast Of
features, wear mustaches trimmed alike,