Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29

NX#T@DGI/ linn Paeha. The
W8kxnMHo prohibition to Turk
'HE8k&/ sh diplomatists to
"NSkty take their wives
ALI II. BEY. with them caused
| some time ago the suicide Of Saaduliah
| Pacha, Ottoman ambassador to Vienna
| for twenty years. He was separated from
| his wife and children, who remained at
| Constantinople. Being unable to obtain
| leave of absence to be present at his
| daughters marriage, he committed sui
| eide.
| Four widows of revolutionary veterans
are still on the pension roll, although the
war of the revolution ended 12O years
ago. They range in age from 80 to ~.
| Seven daughters Of revolutionary soldiers
are still drawing pensions. or the S69,-
100000 which has been paid in revolu-
tionary pensions $20,00O,0O0 was drawn
| by widows. One pensioned survivor OF
| the war of 1912 remains. He is Hiram
! Cronk, 80 years old, and his home is in
northwestern New York. The last pen
| stoned soldier of the revolution did not
| die until 1860. He was 109 years q
| months and days old. He lived in Free
dom, n. Y. More widows than soldiers
| of the war of 1912 were pensioned. In
that war 296,916 soldiers served sixty
days or more. The pensioned were 3d.
| 600 soldiers and $4,000 widows. To the
sole survivor of the war of 1872 the
Government is now paying $193 year.
and to widows of that war $293,O97
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Census taking is not the political picnic
that many people imagine. Few appre-
eiate the magnitude of the work. The
| eleven census cost more than $11 1,OOO,-
600. and in the twelfth census an Office
force of more than 1000 for about two
years and a field force of over $4,000 for
fro. two weeks to u month will be en-
ploye,,. Then, too, the Hollerith tabu-
lating machines, by which the population
is counted and the returns tabulated,
make census taking a huge industrial
process. The census Office becomes fac
| tory; the director of the census captain
of Industry, who, il he is to be success
full, must possess all the directive energy
and genius for organization which char
acterize our most successful manufactur-
ers and railroad presidents.
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Senator Depew receives as large a mail
as Senator Hanna, which is saying
great deal. Several times day the
pages distribute the mail in the Senate,
ana the pile on Mr.. Depew's desk is al
| most mountain high. He is not only
addressed in his official capacity as Sen
ator by constituents who want favors,
but his personal acquaintance is so large
and his financial interests so great that
his correspondence from these two
sources alone would keep his stenog-
rapher busy Mr.. Depew is very sys-
tematic in disposing OF his mail. He does
not allow it to accumulate, and thus 1t
does not become a burden to him. More
invitations to deliver after-dinner
speeches come to Mr.. Depew than TO any
other Senator.
There is "a movement on, foot for the
passage Of law requiring defendants in
criminal cases in United States courts to
furnish bail through surety companies
rather than individuals. While there is
very little bail forfeited in the Federal
courts compared with the State and mu-
nicipal courts, nevertheless there is al
ways more or less trouble in this line and
bail bond without legal proceedings. The
same difficulty was found in recovering
on bonds given by civil officers Of the
Government until the system of surety
companies was introduced. No surety
company has ever declined to pay bond
except ia one instance, where a dispute
as to liability occurred.
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The condition of the negro in Washing
ton has been made the subject of inves-
tigation by John w. Ross, who for
twelve years has been one of the district
commissioners. In the district govern
government as officials, clerks and mes
sengers are fifty negroes receiving an
nual salaries aggregating $4,000. There
are forty negroes on the police force in
various capacities drawing $31 400
year, while there are 800 negro men and
women in the school system as teachers,
whose yearly pay is $29O,OO0. These,
with the negroes in various public insti-
tutions and the water, street and sewer
departments, bring the total up to 2,6OO
drawing an annual compensation of about
$1,0O0,00O.
COMMISSIONER Oh Itedltn htyuOiuS Oh
Chicago has written a letter to Surgeon
General Sternberg at Washington pro-
testing against the shipment Of the bodies
of soldiers from the Philippines to the
United States and proposing conference
of the sanitary officers Of the country to
consider the bubonic plague. The doctor
fears the plague may be brought into the
country in this way and he asks the sur
geon generals assistance to prevent the
bringing home of bodies until the plague
has ceased in the Philippine Islands.
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Enumerators for the census in June
will be furnished with badges by the
Government, which are to be worn in q
conspicuous place so as to be plainly seen,
and which will be their credentials for
gathering their statistics. These badges
will be made of German silver, one and
one-fourtb inches wide by one and ive-
eighths inches long, shield shaped, sur
mounted with an engle and bearing the |
words, UNITED States Census, 1900" An
order has already been placed for 6O,OOo |
Of these badges by tha director of the