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WAsHINoToN, D. G., AprII2l, 1900.


proposes, but God dlsposes," should be
paraphrased TO read "A witness pro-
poses, but the house military COMMITTEES
dispOses," that Is, where q witness Ia
summoned TO appear In its august pres
ence. had though that when / penned
my last that BY this time would be
skipping across the continent on my
way TO the wild and woody west, soon
to be angling for bull trout, or fleeing
into the mountains Of the Ceur d..
Alenes, where the dynamiter used to
roaIa, bat now m0nrneth for his lost
cause. Not day In the committee
room but most damaging testimony lie
brought out, and those fortunate enough
to gain access to the room during the
introduction Of evidence, and all others
who read the papers giving accounts OF
the proceedings, can not, IL they be nn-
biased, avoid coming TO but one con.
clusion. namely, that the blowing up Of
the Bunker Hili and Sullivan concen.
traitor was preconcerted affair gotten
up by the anarcbistic element OF the
Ceur d Alenes, and winked at by the
legally constituted officers Of Shoshone
county. and who violated the oaths they
took when they became such. won't
write any more Of this, but will en-
deavor TO follow the strain l started out
on, that is, to write of Washington and
vicinity.
Arlington, where 1900 heroes sleep
their last sleep. is but a half hours run
by electric cars from this place, and
however much one regrets TO visit a
cemetery, one can not regret visiting
the "white city" where hundreds of
magnificent monuments tower aIoft,
and thousands. less pretentious. mark
the last resting place Of the loved ones
WHO sacrificed their lives that ours may
be IA union. one and inseparable" or
those who lie buried In Arlington.
1000 are marked unknown" all on
rising piece of ground separate and
apart from those who have marble or
granite shafts erected TO their memory.
When visited the cemetery, maby hun
dred graves were strewn over with mag.
niiIcent bot house flowers, and the
guides told me that not day passes
but worshippers at the tomb OF all that
they had ever loved best on earth. daily
appeared. aud with baskets OF beautiful
flowers, they would with loving hands
strew these beautiful emblems, aud
tenderly touch the soil which covered
their dead as though their touch were a
dissertation. Truly, Decoration day at
Arlington must be grand, however sad
Should | be here Oh the next Decoration
day. shall surely attend.
The navy yard is we'll worth going TO
see. Ten MINUTES car ride from our
hotel and we are inside the entrance
gates. Free access is given 10 all per
SONS, the only stipulation being that
visitors are not TO carry of any Of the
Is inch guns which have been com
, plcted." Oae sees huge cranes which
lIft-and by a slight pressure Of the
haDd-ihe huge monsters, which, when
completed. will hurl 500 pound shot
eight miles. is turned as quickly as one
Z can turn a lead pencil. When the guns
are placed beneath = turning lathe,
which Is In itself monster piece Of
machinery, and the dressing down pro.
cess is in progress, and huge shavings
Of steel are cut away like dust falls be-
meath = circular saw, then one becomes
impressed with the belief that nothing
is impossible under the sun.
! went with an excursion to see the
/ performance OF the submarine boat
! Holland, and Was faVoradly impressed
with IL, Fortunately. l had a pull
and was permitted with a card from
Senator Cockrell, Of Missouri. which
gave the a carte blanche 10 a trip on the
yacht Sylp (Which, by the way, is the
presidents yacht 10 visit the Indian
Head testing grounds when the Holland
was 10 perform. WAS like fish out
OF water, among a bevy OF beautiful
ladies and high toned congressman, but
as have never lacked gall" pulled
through all right. The performance of
the Holland was splendid, far beyond
what one was led TO expect, The first
performance, after run Of six miles
from the navy yard, we saw the Holland
suddenly disappear, bow first The Syip
was on the stardoard side OF the Holland
and the yacht Josephine was on the
( port side, each about thee hundred feet
distant from the Holland. whose where.
abouts could only be told by mast
each on bow and stern, each mast not
over four inches in diameter, and not
more than eight feet above the water.
For two miles the submarine boat ran,
we keeping the same distance from her
when suddenly she emerged from be-
/ meath surface, and the cheers from the
spectators was deafening. immediately
The Hollands crew came from below for
breath Of fresh air, and in ten minutes
the Holland went down stern first
After run Of eight miles she re.
appeared, evidently in good trim, and
in condition to convince the specta.
tors that but one nation on earth had a
/ finer submarine navy, and that is
Spain, thanks to Dewey. Sampson and
Schley. This letter being long enough,
will say more in next. Yours,
WM. NJ. PIPKIN.