Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-03-28
LETTER..
Hadn't Heard of the son-
Cxar's Present to the President.
CurtaiIing Census Force.
Especial Correspondence.l

49, AOs ORA AN A~ y
known DULLES who were not towards"
81 never did," asserted Tillman in
his way. 81 never saw a
big fellow who domineered over weak
er and smalleS men who was not him
self a coward at heart"
eff you want to know the greatest
bully and the greatest braggart as
well as the bravest man who ever lily
ed" said Senator Wolcott, "read the
autobiography of B~envenuto Cellini."
"What was the gentleman's name?"
laughingly asked some n on the
Democratic side.
Senator McCumber had been speak
ing when Wolcott made his allus1on
to the great Italian artisan. He look
ed for a moment at Wolcott and shook
his head. 81 am not acquainted with
the party he remarked, with a sim
plicity that was simply delicious, and
then he wondered why everybody in
the senate, on the floor and in the gal
leries laughed loud and long.
The Cars Present.
Count Cassini, the Russia embassa-
dor, accompanied by Pierre Rogestven-
sky, his private secretary, called on
the president the other day and pre-
scented him with a magnificent photo
graph album containing enc of the
coronation of the czar in 1896. The
album is a present and souvenir from
the car to President Mckinley and
was specially made for the latter. The
front cover of the album has a medal
lion Of gold containing embossed photo
o-a-11 80 4Io D,-1oSnn p-1Io~ a-1 1,4~
wife.
The presentation was made by Count
Cassini in a brief speech, in which he
said that the album was a gift from
the ear to the president and repre-
sented the cars high esteem for the
head Of the great government Of the
United States. The president respond
ed in appropriate words and requested
that his acknowledgment of the cars
thoughtfulness should be made.
The photographs in the album were
gathered with much car and by the
cars direction. They are colored pho
tographs and present hundreds Of
scenes of the great coronation of 1896.
C~urtaiIing the Census Force.
In a few months, certainly by next
1d1, Z,OOO C1GIhS LII lu0 C0lSuS OIlC0
will be minus employment. Gradually
the force is being curtailed, and as the
work is finished more and more clerks
are dropped from the rolls. Director
Merriam would rather do most any
thing than dismiss a clerk, for he
knows in many instances the hardship
it entails. But with the completion of
the work there is no need for them,
and, the appropriation being cut off,
there is no way to pay them. The emu
meration of the population employed
1000 clerks. These have been trans
ferred for the most part to the agricul-
tural division, where the census of the
farms is now being compiled. After a
few months this division will close,
and the clerks will have no place to
work and will be dropped. It is be-
lieved by the officials at the census of
fee that congress will pass a bill MAX
ing the census a permanent institution.
But even this will not give employment
to the large army now at work.
A Valuable Washington Relic.
Joseph 1. Keefer of 500 Seventh
street, northwest, has presented to the
Mount Vernon Ladies' association an
ancient wooden box designed for the
preservation of valuable papers which
was once the property Of Mary Ball,
mother of George Washington. It is to
be placed in the Washington collection
at Mount Vernon.
The box is made of spruce pine and
covered with red leather. It is 6 by 8
inches square and 3 inches deep, stud
ded with big brass nails and mounted
with a large brass ring and corner
pieces. It came originally from Lin
coin Inn, England, and has been in he
Ball family for many generations. Mr..
Keefer is a descendant of Esther Ball
Chlnn, who was the sister of Mary
Ball and George Washington's aunt.
Rip Van Wrinkle In Congress-.
Hon. Thomas J.. Dreamer Of New
York was a member of the Forty-third
congress and returns to the house after
the lapse of more than a quarter of a
century. He said that the changes
which had been wrought since his ear
l1er service and the almost complete
disappearance Of the men who partici-
pated in the legislation of that period
recalled wildly to his mind the expe-
rfences of Rip Van Wrinkle. A visit to
the capitol had brought out with star
Ting effect the mutations of American
political life. Mr.. Creamer is still in
the prime of vigorous manhood. He
m as a Tammany nominee, al
though not an active member of that
famous organization.
He FOresaw the Result.
Private" John Allen. congressman
from Mississippi and dear to all his col
leagues on recount of his sunny dispo-
sition and his humor, was for a time
one Of the most solemn observers of the
counting of the electoral vote in the
house of representatives Feb. Is. But
he suddenly withdrew his attention