The Meeker herald., 1900-12-22

Lieutenant General Miles had q alight
accident while heading the csnAsnnial
parade, 4 break in his hoss3s saddle
girth giving the general . fan. The
head Of the parade had Just passed the
President'sSreviewin stand and Gen
eral Miles, having .saluted thA Presi-
dent, had turned hi horse toward the
House wing Of the capitol. The SADDLE
girth suddenly parted. and General
Miles was seen to fall aideways, Gen
eral Miles suffered nothing save the
Inconvenience and annoyance Of the
accident.
While the capitol was being rebuilt,
after its destruction by the British
army in 1914, the two houses Of Con-
gress met In private dwellings. It was
not until 1927 that the two wings were
completed and not until 1857 that the
dome was finished. The total expendi-
lures up to that time reached 918, ,00O,-
900. Since that date two winp have
been added, with a marble terrace,
which have brought the entire cost Of
the building to $1900O,OOO, which 10 q
small sum compared with that expend-
ed upon several of the state capitols,
which do not approach 1t In magnitude.
dignity or beauty.
Mr.. Madden, third assistant post
master general, has introduced an in
novation In his annual report 10 the
President. He commends BY name tan
postmasters out Of the $1,000 In the seg-
vice as worthy Of distinguished not1ce
because Of their efficiency. The name
Of Charles U. Gordon, postmaster 1t
Chicago leads the list, and the others
are: George A. Hibbard, postmastsr
at Boston; F. B. Dickerson At Detroit,
r. w. BaumhoR at st. Louis, @. G.
Dewstoe ut Cleveland, George L. Holli-
day at Pittsburg, Richard Hayward at
Providence, T. H. Baker at Louisville,
A. w. Mills at Nashville. Fred G. With
oft at Dayton, Ohio.
The Senate committee on military af-
fairs continues Its hearing upon the
provision Of the military
bill. Rev. w. F. Crafts gave the re-
suit Of his own observations Of the op-
Grafton of the canteen At Newport
News after the close Of the Cuban
war. He said he had found II - low
as the lowest saloon, and that . regu-
lar orgie was In progress the day hewas
there, the report being that most OF
the soldiers ut the post deserted that
night. He quoted General Sternbefg
as saying that the canteen causes
many soldiers to contract the drink
habit, and General Miles ~ opposed
to the use of intoxicants by the soldiers
In the tropics.
In discussing the ship subsidy bill
in the Senate, Mr.. Hanna maintained
that in order to build up the American
merchant marine it was necessary to
have not only capital and experience.
but 1t was necessary likewise ITO af-
ford our foreign carrying trade pro
tection-some kind Of inducemeu4-by
law" II this protection should b. NJ
forded, said Mr.. Hanna, the growth Of
the American merchant marine would
be ON q par with the growth Of the
shipping industry Of the great Lakes.
Discussing the rise and fan at the
American merchant marine, Mr.. Fan
ma declared that the beginning 0f the
decline In the industry was cofnc1dent
with the outbreak Of the Civil War.
Strong opposition win develop TO any
attempt that may be made to reduce
the tax Of 10 cents a pound upon tee.
Republican members Of the ways and
means committee explain that when
the war revenue bill was under con-
sideration the principal importers Of
tea and merchants appeared and ex-
planned that only the refuse or poorer
grades Of tea were being sent to this
ground that It would insure the impOr-
is asserted that the tax has had the ef.
feet desired, and that the tea now i'm
ported is not deleterious to health, hut
IL nutritious and Of good quality.
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing presidential appointments: Mineral
land commissioners In Idaho, @. A.
Black of Washington, T. A. Davis Of
Idaho, H. B. King Of Idaho; also Hunt
ington Wilson of Illinois, to be secre-
tary Of the legation Of the United
States to Japan; William D. Bynum Of
Indiana, to be commissioner to revise
and codify the criminal and penal laws
Of the United States; B. H. TAtem Of
assay once at Helena, Montana; Dan.
lei n. Mcmillan of New York, to be A.
sociate Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
New Mexico; to be major generals:
Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton and
Brigadier General A. Chaffee, United
States volunteers.
4uC CpEutTStVHt VI tAe CdUltOl W00
laid by General Washington with Ma
sonic ceremonies and barbecue feast
on September 1s. 1893. Seven years
later, in November, the building was
sufficiently completed for Mr.. Jefter-
son, then vice president, to call joint
session in the original senate chamber,
which was in the basement under what
IL now the Supreme Court. The HOUSE
Of Representatives met In Temporary
quarters in the basement Opposite,
which 10 now occupied by ofl1ces At
tached to. the Supreme Court. A few
months later better accommodates
were prepared in a temporary building
on the capitol grounds, called ..thc
oven" because of it's lack of ventila.
ton. The first permanent hall of rem
resentatives, which IL now the statu-
ary hall Of the capitol. was occupied In
October, 1907.