Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-09-06
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Especial Correspondence.)

paign Is outlined In the following In.
structions which Acting Postmaster
General Wynne has addressed to u
postmaster who sent a letter of In.
Quiry. IN reply to your letter. you
are informed that you are not pro.
hibited from joining a political club,
nor making voluntary FINANCIAL con.
tributions outside Of government
Office or building. nor from acting as
delegate to y county, state or con.
gressional convention. You should
not, however serve as chairman Of
state or county committee. nor take
active part In conducting political
convention, nor make yourself unduly
prominent in local political matters"
| McMiiiian's Memoriai-With a view
TO erecting In Washington q perma.
nent and suitable memorial to the
late Senator Mcmillan Of Michigan, 1t
Is thought probable that one Of the
great ornamental fountains provided
for In the park commissioners plan
| will bear Afs name. Messrs. Burnham
and McKim OF the park commission
regarded the suggestion with great
favor, although no definite proposition
has yet been made for carrying 1t out.
1t is reported that Augustus st.
Gaudens has been engaged by Sena-
tor McMillan's family to make bust
| of the senator, and 1t Is thought .
replica can be secured and suitably
| placed.
Typhoid In WashIngton-Cases Of
typhoid fever in Washington have Ie-
Gently multiplied SO rapidly that the
| local authorities have become alarmed
and a special sanitary expert has been
appointed by the commissioners Of the
District to investigate the cause or
causes of the epidemic. There are
now 305 cases Of typhoid In Washing
ton, and the disease is ON the increase.
The water generally used by the peo-
| pie OF Washington comes from the
| Potomac river, the intake being at q
| point about 16 miles west Of the city.
below the mouth Of the Shenandoah.
Frequently after heavy rains the water
is cloudy and even muddy. The pro-
ject of installing a great filtration
plant has been agitated for O long
| time, but Congress has not provided
| the necessary means. Regulations
governing the milk supply, more strln-
gent than those of almost any other
city. are enforced by the District gov
ernment 1t is believed. however, that
the present epidemic Of typhoid fever
may be due to some common source
of contamination in milk sold In GER
tain quarters of the city, and an ef-
ort will be made to locate the source.
Gift to smithsonian-The Smithson.
| ian institution has received from 8. 8.
| Howland, a wealthy former resident Of
| Washington, valuable collection OF
| articles pertaining to Burmese royal.
| ty and religion which were collected
by the donor In his travels. The
articles comprise number OF house
hold and personal effects Of the Bur-
mese king, including bed, an inlaid
cabinet and a velvet saddle. The re-
ligious relics include three bronze
! figures of Buddha q pair of aims
bowls like those used by the Buddhist
priests in begging, and carved wood
en- shrine, with inlaid figures, OF the
god Buddha and his fourteen apostles.
A valuable manuscript of the Penta-
teuch, dating back to the 18th century,
Is q feature of the collection, while
other manuscripts are the Koran, Or
Bible, of the Mohammedans, the
Psalms and gospels Of st. John in
Ethiopic, and a copy Of the Pentate-
| uch in Hebrew on parchment. Among
the other articles are houdah OF the
sacred white elephant of Burmah, two
carved figures representing the Chin
ese gods of war and peace, Buddhist
prayer wheel, a sample of sacred writ
| ing on palm leaves, two bronze temple
| lamps and a temple prayer drum from
| Thibet.
Indians Starvinu-Commissloner OF
Indian Affairs Jones has received q
| telegram from Senator Rawlins or
Utah, requesting that immediate as
sistance be sent to 5000 Indians In
southern Utah, who are reported to
be in starving condition. Mr.. Jones
asked and received authority from the
secretary of the interior to purchase
$4,000 worth of supplies in the open
market and thus save the time neces-
| sary in advertising for bids. Relief
| will be sent at once. The destitution
of the Indians is caused by the failure
| of the crops, due to excessive drought.
Miles Mlssion-In accordance with
| instructions received from the Prest-
dent Acting Secretary of War San
ger has notified Gen. Miles that his
application for permission to make q
tour of inspection in the Philippine
Islands had been favorably acted upon
| by the President. Gen. Miles made
some time ago and expressed his de-
| sire to start on the tour at as early
a date as convenient. The order fixes
Sept. Is as about the time for him TO
sail. but fixes no date for the termi-
! nation of his tour. During his pres
ence in the Philippines Gen. Miles
will, of course, have nothing to do with
| the direction OF the campaign, his
| functions being restricted to very
much the same as those Of an inspec.
tor-general. He can, II he sees At,
make report criticising as severely
I as ne likes the discipline and equip.
| ment of the army in the islands, and II
he should choose to give himself con-
! siderable latitude in writing the re-
port of his observations he might even
| criti else the conduct OF the campaign
from a purely military standpoint.
His application to the president in the
present case, however. Is upon radi-
cally different basis from that On
which he made application some
months ago when he asked for author
ity TO take charge Of the Philippine
campaign.
| Progress Toward Reconstruction.
BlOemfOntein. Sept. 3.-Reconstruc-