Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-11-23
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NOTES FROM WASHINGTON,
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

pOlntment III lne army, hS SWth con
duct may be properly termed ungcn-
tlemanly and contrary to the best in
terest of the service, He has there
fore refused to appoint former Lieut.
William p. Crawford of Camden, :. c.,
second lieutenant in the regular
army and thereby satisfied the girls
friends. who have made determined
fight against the young mans ap-
pointment. There is nothing against
young Crawford on the file save the
fact that he refused to marry the
young woman to whom he was en-
gagged, and there would have been no
obstacle in the way of his appoint
ment had she not permitted her rel
atives and friends to protest against
his selection. Crawford served during
the war with Spain as a captain OF
volunteers. He had most creditable
record and was slated for appoint
ment last summer as second lieu
tenant of infantry. along with hun
dreds of other young officers serving
in the Philippines.
No Redress-Zavier Hccht. natur-
allied citizen of the United States
and a native of Asace-l l.orraine.
called at the state department the
other day and asked that Germany be
called upon to explain the action Of
its officials at Rufach, Alsace.l. l.or-
raine in arresting him while on
recent visit to that country to settle
up the estate of his mother. Hecht.
In letter filed several days ago cont
plains that he was not only arrested,
but thrown into foul prison and kept
there for "a hours, in spite of his
American passport and naturalization
papers. He says the German officials
spat at the passport and declared that
it was worthless in Germany. He
says that he complied with the local
requirements by notifying the police
of his arrival in the place, but was
seized in the house of his relatives
and roughly hurried to the Jail, where
he was held for about "a hours and
then ordered to leave at once. Not
withstandng these indignities, Hecht
was informed at the state department
that there is no redress.
Roots Report-Secretary Root is
giving much time to the construction
of his report, as it covers many very
important subjects, including the re-
organization of the army along lines
adopted by Congress at its last ses-
sion; the introduction of civil gov
ernment in the Philippines, with an
account of the progress made by the
military and civil authorities in the
islands, and description of the work
of the government in Cuba under
Gen Leonard Wood.
Still on Pension RoII-According
to Commissioner of Pensions Evans,
DR.. Mary Walker the eccentric WON.
an suffragist, whose advanced ideas
on the subject of woman's rights
caused her to adopt mans attire
many years ago, will not lose her
pension because of her utterances re.
garding the assassination of the late
president. The commissioner says
that even If it could be proved that
DR.. Walker had uttered the alleged
reasonable sentiments there is no
law under which she could be de-
prived of her pension. Dr. Mary
Walkers husband was a soldier in
the Union army and served with
Sherman in the famous march to the
sea-"
chamberlin Effects SoId-All of the
furniture and personal effects of the
late John Chamberlin have just been
sold at auction at his famous club
house, recently closed and advertised
for rent. The beds on which so many
distinguished men have slept, and the
tables about which the bon vivants
have gathered were all disposed of, as
we'll as the collection of autograph
portraits, by which Mr. Chamberln
set such great store. These photo
graphs sold at ridiculously low
prices, and in fact the only articles
that brought anything like their val
ue were the sporting prints that
adorned the walls. The only portion
Of the furnishings o. the house which
1t was thought worth while to cata-
logue were the autograph pictures and
the racing prints Of these the latter
brought the higher prices, from $l2
to $25, and averaged from So to 80.
The autograph photographs were sold
for little If anything more than the
autographs were worth.
lglesais' Arrest-Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor has called on the president
in regard to the arrest of Santiago
Iglesias in Porto Rico. Iglesias re-
Gently went to the island under the
auspices of the Federation of Labor
to organize the laboring men into
trades unions, and Secretary Cortel-
you. by the presidents direction,
wrote letter to the civil authori-
ties describing the nature of the
mans mission. Upon Mr.. Gompers'
representation regarding the ar
rest of Iglesais. the president sent
a cable message to Gov. Hunt at San
Juan asking the reason for the dele
gates arrest and he has been re-
turned.
A Big TotaI-There has been a
large increase in the daily number Of
visitors to the top of the Washington
monument since the installation of the
new electric elevator in the shaft.
During the month of October 14.OCO
persons made the ascent, 1926 of
whom were carried up in the elevator
and 3OSO reached the top by means Of
the stairway. This makes a total of
1,992,2S6 visitors since the shaft was
first opened to the public.
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