Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22
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washington June fittings are Az
,oody berlnning TO take ON a honuHS
a.ncct nj the capital, Busy as WASH
ineton IS during the winter months
whom sumner comes a general ar Va
e,bargy scents to prevail Every OVu5
who can glt out OF town LOT VA.
mer ayalls himself or neIse'l Oh w. ~,
pouunity 10 do 80 and III seques'ei ~
country hooks or near me UIal'is
breakers of the ocean recruits sul'bH VI
for the arduous duties OF the next sea
son. ot,ho,.
senators and representatives, eltner
return 10 their homes on seek populai
summer resorts. The diplomatic eoiohS
"a greatly depleted the enDas5auoi -
ministers and subaltern officials seek
inc rest at other American points OF III
their own country, TO remain away uh-
III September or october. bul tiis SUI,
mer the cabinet officers VIII not De aole
10 enjoy the vacation they custohla
take during the sultry months loI INC
Cuban problem still c0nfronts them as
well as knotty questions regarding our
other insnlar possessions. For that
reason the city viii not be altogether as
opiet and deserted looking as II usually
Is during July and August
one of the few representatives OF the
INNER body Of congress who WIZ De
familiar figure on the streets OF WASH
ington during the summer Is Francis NJ
Cockrell. the senior senator IRON MIS-
souri,. Another Is senator Morgan OF
Alabama and still another senator
Hawley OF Connecticut Senator Cock
rel has a comfortable residence at 1913
r. street. where he does the greater part
Of hls work when Congress Is not IN
session,
senator Cockrell Is noted for his me-
thodlcal way OF doing business WIN
him pnnctualty aud system are every.
thing. and he has things so arranged
that he can give every letter he re-
celyes careful personal attention While
he retains very efficient clerk TO as
slst him, the senator follows closely ev-
erytblng lntrusled to him, and the ma
jorlty Of his letters are answered IN
the senator's own handwriting mat
he Is q very busy man is attested ny
the fact that besides being a member
OF the most important committee OF
Congress, the Senate committee on APP
preparations, he Is chairman OF the
committee on engrossed bills and a
member OF the military affairs, Pacific
islands and Porto Rico, library and
rules committees,
Besides being noted for his great at
tention TO details, Senator Cockrell Is
probably the only man In Congress who
does his own marketing. This habit
he has continued for years, except when
visited by Illness and he may be seen
daily in the Center market purchasing
the necessities Of life, He does not go
quite so far az TO carry his packages
home like an everyday 'commuter,'
but has them sent to his home, and af-
ter finishing his marketing turns his at
tention TO more weighty AFFAIRS, or
course, the center Of respectful atten-
ton In the city just now Is the White
House, and the eyes Of the people are
directed to II all the more frequently
on account OF some strange shadow
graphs that are from time to time APP
pearing on the pillars OF the presl-
dental portico. The attaches have be-
come imbued with superstition, and
residents OF the executive establish
ment are puzzled TO account for the
queer shadows seen. Faces of the dead
and outlines OF the living are 20 be
traced when the conditions are right,
and every one Is asking himself II the
shadowy phenomena have any dread
meaning.
On the snow white pillars Of the por-
tico the shadows show themselves with
O startling distlnctness Of outline and
can be easily traced by an observer.
But they are defiant OF solution. About
the time the health Of the Presidents
mother became such as to cause alarm
tie shadow since called the pointing
finger" made lts appearance. II was
seen on the central pillar. Gradually
the superstitlous became imbued with
the belief that II referred 10 the Presi-
dents mother. Then came shadow
that convinced the believers In the eerle
that their supposlton had been correct.
When guard who received the tele-
gram from Canton conveying the sad
news had ushered the messenger up
the stairway. he leaned In the embras-
ure Of the hall window The story goes
that he observed strange shadow out
lined clearly on a white column. Plain
ly silhouetted was the form OF an elder