Evening star., 1901-11-16

| where new note will be issued to re-
| place the old, and keep the circulation at
par.
\ the small bills clean and fresh by continued
reissue. In addition to the larger bills, an
issue of fractional currency similar to the
| old-fashioned shin plaster is contem-
plated, form much liked by men who
| speak of the paper bills as the most con-
Venient currency we ever had
This proposed system has received the
approval of some of the authorities in the
! Post Office Department, and is being urged
by newspaper and magazine publishers and
various commercial bodies. 1t is strictly a
! non-partisan measure. The inventor will
! present the patents to the government free.
Joseph jefferson a Caller.
Joe Jefferson. the actor, was introduced
| to the President by Senator Proctor Of Ver-
mont.
Il just called to shake hands" said the
venerable actor. 1T was the first time /
had ever met the President. l told him that
it was an odd coincidence that my grand
father called at the White House to see
President Jefferson"
Mr.. Jefferson also told the President that
he thought it would be a good idea for the
people of the United States to elect two
Presidents-one to shake hands and the
other to transact the business of the office.
Mr.. Won Holleben, the German ambassa-
DOR paid formal call of respect upon the
President. He was received in the blue
room.
The members of the isthmian canal COM
mission formally waited upon the Presi-
dent today and talked with him about the
work OF the commission. 1t was stated
that the commission did not present its
report and is not ready to hand 1t to the
President. From the White House the
commission went to the State Department
The Idaho Senator's.
Senators Heftfeid and Dubois of Idaho
saw the President today to pay their re-
spects, but they also talked with the Presi-
dent about legislative matters. The Presi-
dent has assured many western senators
that he will discuss the great need of fr-
rigation in the west in his message It
is said that this was the subject talked
over this morning. Irrigation is one of the
most important matters to the west that
will come before Congress at the coming
session.
Representative Tawney of the House
ways and means committee had a short
conference with the President.
Appointments by the President.
President Roosevelt has made the fol-
lowing appointments:
State-Herbert II. D. Peirce of Massachu-
setts, to be third assistant secretary of
state
Navy-James A. Smith, to be boatswain
in the navy.
Presented With a Box of Apples.
President Roosevelt will receive today,
through the Agricultural Department, a
box of apples from the Wolf river district
In Montana. They are the gift of Mr.
Charles Smith of Carlton, Mont, who has
prepared his offering for the White House
table in the most attractive form possible
and the mere sight OF the box will doubt
less prove enough to whet the appetite of
the entire force of executive clerks and
employees Inside in four layers are about
eighty apples, each wrapped in white paraf-
line paper, and a neat index card to desip-
nate the identity of each variety The
largest specimens are called "Wolf River"
some some OF them msasure from five to six
;nohes inohes aiong one diameter and four to five
lnches along the other. They are deep
red in color, rariegated with streaks of
sharp green and patches of deep, yellow
Reo is the prevailing tone of all the fruit
dt tspiayed. But the entire display must he
en- to appreciate how many shades of
red are possible to an apple. One variety
is mottled deep gold and cardinal red an
other includes perhaps six or eight dis
tlnct shades of red, third has. strangely
enough, no other color than red; the deep-
est red ever seen on fruit All the apples
IN the collection were grown by irriga-
ton.
MayOr-Elect Low in Washington.
Mayor-elect Seth Low of New York reach
ed Washington late yesterday afternoon
was guest of President Roosevelt last
night Mr.. Low came from New York ac-
companied by Philip Roosevelt, a cousin of
the President. Mr.. Low was met at the
depot by Secretary Cortelyou. After din
ner, at which Senator Lodge was a guest
with Mr.. Low, the future mayor Of New
York had long talk with the President
about municipal affairs in the territory
over which he is to rule. AS police com
missioner of New York Mr.. Roosevelt had
most thorough acquaintance with condi-
tions in New York. Mr.. Low returned TO
New York today.
Talk of Proposed Park.
The proposition to establish a national
park out of the Leech Lake reservation of
the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota has
excited warm support and equally stout
opposition Representative Morris of Min
nesota, in whose district the proposed park
lies and who is opposed to fits establish
ment, saw the President today Mr.. Nor
ris will talk with the President again.
Ex-senator Washburn was another Min
nesota caller.
Representative Hit of the foreign affairs
committee OF the House had conference
with Great Britain on the Clayton Bulwer
treaty will come before that committee, Mr. |
Hit probably discussed this with the Pres |
ident
Mr.. Ridgeley, the controller of the treas |
ury, presented Frank Hamlin, a son of |
Hannibal Hamlin, and VIM. j. Lauderback |
Senator Mitchell presented his son, Cap
tain Mitchell, U. S. A. Senator Burton of /
Kansas was another caller. and Capt P. H. \
McCaull of Virginia called to congratulate |
the President on the appointment of Henry |
Clay Mcdonald as Judge of the western !
district.
MAY ADMIT NATIVES TO COMPETE.