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10, 1901
WASHINGTON LETTER

Special Covc1 oudcnccl
Or. L. NJ. RiXcy continues To Visit the
White House daily a. he used To dc
during the administration or President
Mckinley President and Mrs RoOse-
Welt have made no selection Of family
physician. and pr. EiNcy occupies that
position. Whether hc will remain in
that capacity when he becomes sur
gcon general of the navy is not known.
The late Dr Bates. surgeon general Of
the army. WAS the first physician Ia
President and Mrs Mckinley. When
he died. Or. Leonard Wood. now Cen
,ral Wood was designated to the posi-
ton He remained until the breaking
ont ~ the war with Spain. when he
went TO the front a. colonel Of the
rough riders. Dr Stcruhcrc. surgeon
general Of the army. was next looking
after the health of President ami Mrs.
Mckinley but only for short time
when he WAS succeeded 10y Or RiNey.
The latter called AZ the White House
daily for three years.
Currency to send Through Mails.
The recent robbery Of the Chicago
postonice and the possibility that the
robbers will dispose Of S71,OuO worth ~
stolen stamps has called attention
afrc>h 10 the need Of some Kind u sub
~idiary currency which can he sent
through the mails. IL was never in
tended that stamps hc used ~ money.
vet the enormous growth ~ tile mail
order business lin~ really brought that
result about. The mail order con
Germs accumulate large quantities Of
stamps aud 90 convert them into mon
cy often have 90 sell m a discount
Thus a "Stamp trade has sprung up
which enables burglars 10 dispose OF
stolen stamps with little danger OF de
lection The next congress viii doubt
less hc called upon 20 consider plans
for relieving This situation.
Miss RooSevcIt's Chum-.
Miss Harriet Wad>worth If New
York. daughter OF Representative
WadSworth. will be a close contempt
rary of Miss Roosevelt. rs will be also
Miss Helen Mackay Smith and Miss
Mathildc Townsend
Miss Mackay.Smnh is the eldest
daughter of Rev. Or Nackay Smith.
who is-sn charge Of the quaint colonial
church az Washington. 81 Johns.
which has been the scene Of 80 many
historic ceremonies and is one ~ the
principal places of interest 70 all sight
SccrS in Washington.
Miss Townsend viii make her debut
IN December. and has Just returned
from Europe. where. with her mother
she has spent the past six months.
ha,ing been much admired iu Paris
ana mt the German baths.
The District Budget
The District commissioners have"
transmitted 20 the secretary of the
treasury their estimates of the appro-
priations that viii bc needed for the
support OF the government ~ the Dis
tr!ct for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1903 The sum asked i Slo.Hi4NNl -
The sum asked for the preceding year
was S9.0S0. 7o394. and the sum apprO-
prlated was S7.532. 5l9@l The score
tary Of the treasury viii forward the
estimates 10 congress.
In making public the estimates Cont
missioner mcfarland stated That the
commissioners had followed this year.
as last. the policy of asking for what IS
really necessary regardless Of The pos
siblc deficit due to the diversion ~ Dis
trict funds by congress TO street cXtcn-
sion purposes.
Isthminn Canal Commission.
The iSthmisn canal commission got
together hore and is now hard 40 work
finishing up rs report. which IL prom
ises to have in the presidents hands
long enough I'm advance Of the meeting
OF congress 10 enable him To make Use
OF II in preparing his annual message.
The president of the Panama Canal
company is here trying to get the com
mission to report In favor Of huving
his canal. 1t viii Ice remembered that
IN It's preliminary report made TO Pres
ident Mckinley last year the commits
sion declared against such a purchase.
President GarheId's Widow.
Word comes from the Mentor 90
farm Of the Garticlds that the widow 81
the former president, who Is now well
OH in years. is in serious condition II
Ill health. Her only daughter, the little
MOllie OF the White House years ago.
now Mrs. j. Stanley Brown aud the
mother Of several children. has gone
with her family and mother 10 CalifOr-
mia for the possible benefit Of the latter.
They have leased for the winter beau
tiful cottage on Orange Grove avenue
in Pasadena.
The BOnapartes.
Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte and her son,
Mr. Jerome y Bonaparte. arrived at
their Washington home the other day.
after visit OF several months 10 the
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