El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22

war department is lying back on II
laurels now, smoking . pipe, the stats
department is leading strenuous life
trying to ring up Mrs. Tsu-hsi-tuan-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
kung hln-hsien-chung-hsi and her
young protege ard tame emperor,
whose precise name l forget. So far
its efforts are not as successful as they
might be. And OF news there IL none.
There is much telegraphing and
furtive communications going on be-
tween the powers, but our foreign
office people" are nos lcquacious.
Daily there are long strings OF diplo-
mats waiting In she state department
ante-cham bers, but they live up to the
current definition of Q diplomat as "a
man sent abroad to lie for his country, "
when they are interviewed.
Mr.. WI alone IL tslkative on occs-
sion, but he has more to say about his
last grievance than anything else.
There IL q man named Morrison over
In Chinsland and he took occasion to
call Mr.. WI an untruther In the Lon.
don Times recently, whence the Rrie-
vspce- Probably the Chinese minister
has never put exactly the worst side Of
his country's dealings before us-thst
not being his business-bus he certain
ty has told straight stories so far. And
anyhow we owe the first communica-
ton with Conger to him.
Still in the clubs IL is doubted wheth-
er It 10 sltog ether we'll to trust too
whose men Mr.. WI is. That old gen.
tlemsn lie hard form alton, not bsing
In the least altruissic nor yet fanaticsl
In his devotion TO the American eagle
(uncoined). The double headed poultry
Of she Gear IL much more to his taste.
By the way, man was telling me q
day or so ago, that the double-headed
eagle idea WAS started by she ancient
Hittites, once . mighty people, but now
only known in history By tho casual re-
ferences to them In the Bible. Queer
thing It 10, how that particular notion
should travel from . forgotten people
Of Asia Minor and get into the arms of
Russia and Austria.
CRIME OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MONEY
We are glad to see the Boer war 10
getting ended at last by Kruger's
flight. L. has long lost its interest.
But the aftermath is with US. There
is q Washington PHOTOGRAPHER pretty
much OF 3 mental lightweight in
various ways-who worked in she
interior department until the Spanish
war happened along, when he enlisted.
He served with Miles at Porto Rico
q ID had fair record. Coming back
he went to work again 10 the patent
Office and amused himself making
photographs of bsnkbills. That is
against the statutes made and provid-
ed. Complaint was made to the secret
service people, and he got into trouble.
News was scarce just then and tho
affair made q sensation. but it soon
died down, and the gentleman was
given The advice to 60 and sin no
more.
A STORY OF WEB. DAVIS.
Now he Gays that 1t was Webster
Davis, then assistant secretary Of the
interior, who smoothed matters over.
Then one day the young trouble'hunt- |
er began advertising for miners"
men of military exper-
ience." to go to South Africa. and |
shere was another sensation, during |
which he lost his place. Now be comes |
put with . signed statement, alleging |
that all along he was q mere mask for |
Webster Davis in the advertisement, |
and that the latter gentleman received |
all of the 10000 or more letters that
came in; wherefore he charges the or
atoricsl ex-secretary with reasonable |
dealings with the Beers.
Davis was at the time engaged In . i
row with the commissioner of pen
sions and WAS getting more amusement
put of 1t than he bsrgsined for, where |
fore one day he decided that he needed |
. vacation and set Fail for South |
Africa, leaving q wad OF promises and
difficulties behind him with the young
man. The latter alleges that he was
cruelty deceived, and has never re-
ceived the slice of the Kimberley |
diamond fields he WAS promised, nor
has he even been repaid his out-of- |
pocket expenses. Neither has Davis |
given any attention to the 20 letters
which the aforesaid young man has
mbarded him with since the hope he |
grew cold. Wherefore the |
young man is saying things In the
,apers. Also his enthusiasm for pro-
3oerism ia on the wane