The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-08-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.l

SiNs@d certain percentage OIL the salary |
secured to the one procuring place.
remarked an official of the civil service
commission
Now. the person who thus advertises
and who no doubt receives numerous
responses and frequently is successful |
little dreams of the danger attached |
to his offer for government position. |
The person thus offering a tempting
price for an appointment in the federal
service does not realize until too late
that he has placed himself in the pow
er of an INSCRIPTIONS person to be
blackmailed Such is the fact, how
ever
The official then called attention to
section 1871 of the Revised Statutes,
which is part of the civil service law
and relates to appointments in the fed
eral service 1t provides that every
person who, directly or indirectly, Of
fers OF agrees TO give or bestow any
money. property or other valuable con-
sideration whatever for the procuring
or aiding to procure any such contract
office or place shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be impris
oned not more than two years and
fined not more than 100000"
Real American Flag.
In compliance with resolution pass
ed by the house of representatives
March l, 1901, the flag that for the past
IL years has hung draped above the
speakers desk has been transferred to
the department of agriculture. This
magnificent emblem, made of silk rails
ed in the United States and woven by
American hands with American ma
chinery, is still in a perfect state of
preservation. Its only defect lies in the
insutficiency of stars representing the
states of the Union, there being but
IS, the number of states in the Union
at the time the flag was presented. 1t
was the desire of Speaker Henderson
that this flag should be replaced by
one containing stars representing the
full number of the sisterhood of states
at the commencement of the new cen
tury, and so the old flag came down,
and new silken banner with As stars
was draped in its place.
| In accordance with the desires of the
house the architect of the capitol had
| splendid walnut case eight feet high
and two feet wide, with glass doors,
| constructed for the old flag. The case,
containing the flag tastefully draped
upon it's staff, was delivered to Secre-
tary Wilson, and it will have the place
of honor in his Office.
Big Map For the White House.
| The coast and geodetic survey has
for some time been preparing map of
| the world for the war room" at the
White House. 1t will cover one whole
side of the room, which means dimen-
sions of perhaps 80 feet by Is. 1t con-
tains all the geographical information
of general nature that a president of
the United States and his corps of te-
legraphers would seemingly need to
know. 1t shows the location of all the
/ ocean cables in the world, of all the
coaling stations. of all the docks where
ships may be repaired, and every foot
of soil, including the smallest inlands,
| is marked so as to Indicate the sover-
eighty to which it is subject. This is
/ done by the adoption of a color for
each of the great colonizing powers
1t is surprising to note the number of
small islands which already belong to
the United States through their acquisi-
ton for one purpose or another by
American citizens.
/ Will Marry Man She Never Saw.
Of 10
ular girls in the diplomatic set-that is,
among the women folks-must go back
to Turkey to marry q man she never
saw. She is the young sister of Ali
Ferrouh Bey. the retiring Turkish
minister, who sails for home from New
York on July s.. Miss Ferrouh has ell
deared herself to the girls and young
has never been allowed to meet man.
She is 20, beautiful, winsome, clever,
witty. She loves even the little free
dom that she has had here. But now
she must go home the affianced bride
of a rich Constantinople merchant.
This is only Mohammedan custom.
The merchant paid court not to her,
|
proved and accepted him. A few days
ago Miss Ferrouh was astonished to
hear that she was betrothed. The
beautiful young Turkish girl had been
i rapidly imbibing western ideas on love
and matrimony. Still she will obey,
just as the Koran directs.
To Entertain Conventions.
The citizens of Washington who had
the management of the last presiden-
: tial Inauguration have decided to estab-
lish a permanent convention fund, from
which to derive means for the enter
tainment of the numerous organiza-
tons that hold here their national
meetings. 1t is recognized that Wash
ington is naturally convention city
and that it is especially pleasant for
many organizations to meet at the CAPT
tai of the country. The citizens are
glad to entertain such visitors and in
the course of the year do so in man
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