Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
rspeeiaI correspondence.l

ka along the Yukon is made quite ca
couraging 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 aud
Holy Cross Mission. Although the sea
son was unusually late this year, new
potatoes, cabbage, caulifower. beets
and other vegetables were 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 a 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
We're found on the lower Yukon upon
which there was an abundant and
often luxuriant growth of grass over
six feet high The abundant moisture
,Iag
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 We're
the guests of Washington during the
funeral ceremonies the police drew a
deep sigh of relief and congratulated
themselves that no untoward incident
had marred 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 majority of the
| great men of the nation are extremely
averse to having guard, either in uni
/ form or in civilian clothes. and as their
| wishes are supposed to be consulted
/ it requires a great deal of diplomacy
and finesse to keep a watchful and pro-
/ tecting eye upon those who are to be
! guarded.
| Pickpockets could easily have reaped
4 a harvest in the crowd: but. much to
| the surprise of the police, not many
| cases of theft occurred. General James
1 LongStreet of Georgia, United States
/ commissioner of railroads, was reliev
! ed 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.
Mfnister wu on Anarchists.
! Minister WI Ting Fang called at the
/ treasury department the other day to
/ 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
/ quired certificates from the American
| consul Mr.. WI accepted his defeat
| gracefully.
Il think the government ought tc
! pass laws excluding anarchists rather
| than Cinnamon he said good humor
/ edly. 1.-The Chinese are law abiding
/ people, anyway. You ought to depor'
I all anarchists and pass laws making II
/ high treason to attack the life of either
the president, the vice president or any
! cabinet officer, senator or congress
/ man
/ No OmciaI Gayety the Coming Win
ter.
/ If the precedents set by President
Arthur are followed by President
/ Roosevelt, the coming winter will be
+ entirely devoid of official gayety il
4 Washington. The official mourning viii
] extend over six months and viii be
vigorously observed. The official mourn
/ ing will end on March IA. 1902. and
I as this date falls after Shrove Tues
1 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 OF
the official and social world at the
! White House. This period of mourning
( is observed strictly. All stationery used
I at the White House is deeply bordered
/ in black. as is also the stationery at tht
state department The other branches
/ of the government viii not observe this
requirement. The presidents visiting
I cards and the cards of the cabinet viii
also be black bordered.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The PhiIadeIphfa has sailed from As