Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-08
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence.

agriculture in the cold, region of Alas.
ka along the Yukon is me- lie quite en-.
couragng by official reports received
at the United States department OF
agriculture at Washington. Professor
c. c. Georgeson, who is in charge OF
the Alaska experiment stations, has
spent the summer in the interior and
along the Yukon valley, visiting the
experiment station established by the
department of agriculture last year at
Rampant, just outside the arctic circle,
and other points where experiments
were arranged for.
Good gardens were found all along
the route, especially at Eagle City and
Holy Cross Mission. Although the sea-
son was unusually late this year. new
potatoes, cabbage, cauliloWer, beets
and other vegetables We're ready for
the table before the middle of August,
and lettuce, radishes and turnips,
grown in the open, had been in use for
some weeks. Flower gardens contain
Ing large variety Of ANIMALS grown
from seed furnished last year were in
full bloom. At the station at Rampant
rye seeded the previous fall wintered
perfectly and was ripe in July. Spring
seeded barley had ripened about the
middle of August, and there was quite
a prospect for oats and wheat to ma
ture.
Extensive areas Of excellent land
were found on the lower Yukon upon
which there was an abundant and
often iuxuriant growth of grass over
six feet high. The abundant moisture
and long days during the summer
months account for the surprising
luxuriance Of vegetation in that far
north region.
Hard Work For the Police.
With the departure of the large num-
Der of distinguished persons who were
the guests of Washington during the
funeral ceremonies the police drew a
deep sigh of relief and congratulated
themselves that no untOward incident
had married the stay of the nations
great men in the national capital.
Wherever there is anything out of the
ordinary in progress in a large city
there is always more or less danger to
the important visitors. and upon the To-
cal police falls the duty Of protecting
them from harm. This is not always
an easy matter. as in addition to the
possibility of murderous attempts on
the part of fanatics there is an almost
general dislike of surveillance on the
part of those to be. protected for the pO-
lice to overcome. The ajority of the
great men of the nation are extremely
averse to having guard. either in uni
| form or in civilian clothes. ar - their
wishes are supposed to be cu.-agltod
1t requires a great deal of diplomacy
and tinesse to keep watchful and pro-
! tecting eye upon those who are to be
guarded.
Pickpockets could easily have reaped
harvest in the crowd; but. much to
the surprise Of the police. not many
cases Of theft occurred. General James
Longstreet of Georgia. United States
commissioner of railroads, was relev-
cd of his pocketbook, containing rail
road passes and about 500 in cash.
| He was entering the capitol in COM
pany with his wife when he was JOS
| tied by two young men. One Of these
men, it is believed, took the pocketbook
from his hip pocket.
Minister Wu on Anarchists.
| Minister WI Ting Fang called at the
| treasury department the other day to
see about the cases of two Chinese
students who were detained at San
Francisco because they did not have
certificates signed by the American
| consul at the port from which they
sailed.
Assistant Secretary Taylor told Mr..
| WI that it was impossible to admit
any Chinese who did not have the re-
uuired certificates from the American
consul. Mr. WI accepted his defeat
gracefully.
IL think the government ought TO
pass laws excluding anarchists rather
than Chinamen.' he said good humor-
eddy. "The Chinese are law abiding
people, anyway. You ought to dcport
all anarchists and pass laws making 1t
high treason to attack the life of either
the president, the vice president or any
cabinet officer, senator or congress-
man."
No Omcial Gayety the Coming VIM
| ter.
If the presidents set by President
Arthur are followed by President
Roosevelt, the coming winter will be
entirely devoid of official gayety In
Washington. The official mourning will
extend over six months and will be
vigorously observed. The official mourn
ing will end on March IA, 1902, and
as this date falls after Shrove Tues
day the official social season will be al
lowed to lapse. Therefore the New
Years reception of 1903 will in all prob
ability be the first formal gathering or
the official and social world at the
White House. This period of mourning
is observed strictly. All stationery used
at the White Ho0p is deeply bordered