New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
NOTES OF THE CAPITAL.
washington. December q

washington. December 20
o,cE HoRsE IN A FIELD OF RED TAPE
Not even David Harums famous horse stories can car
ronnare with the uncompleted romance OF tne
..sgoor,sh horse" CT one Juan Gatan a native OF
isabella Province p L This horse came into the
possession of the United States government pE d
process of confscation, and Gatan appeared 10 'ie
colonel of the District of Apart for reimburse
,.r+ A hoard OF survey allowed Gatan's claim
for ss2 30 and then the trouble began From Aparil
tbe claim was forwarded 10 the acting aoJulai'
general who sent it TO Tuguegarao, whence 'le
commanding officer sent IL to CaDangah ->ue'O
,,- moro investigation: thence il went TO Iusue-
caro- thence back the adjutant general VINO @
sent il 10 EchagUe for more investigation olI
travelling reached an ocer , Of banf 5ef 20 Ecn
asue thence Dagupan, thence back 10 SIa,Iiia
ttTngeb General Wheaton who returned 1t to
Dagupan once more Il found IT'S way I'D 20 6n its
long tourney to washington. where Ad1u6ant "g en-
arsI Sorbir turned il over Secretary Root. BY
5tfe tirne Inc papers had accumulated twenty-nlne
Endorsements all favorable, and had peeh darsa
nent made by the auditor. was unfavoTaoie ana ano
with this IT cane refsT 4asz Of War. who sent it to
the Speaker Of The House Of RepresentaTpieS; ~I,9 ND
ordered be printed and now at n ast PTl'@T of
IN two languages ana . Luz bi5e fbe claim awaits
action. Meanwhile poor Juen Gatan in far away
his one, lean steed In time he, or at least his
Freat-grandchildren. may get it.
rt4E, TEXAN AND THE ANGEL-one page in
the House of Representatives has recently acquired
the nickname of c. Washington. jr Like the ms,
toric possessor of the name the page cannon zen
p lie He acquired the name in the following
fashion. One 6av pestiferous constituent sent
tn his card TO Texas member noted for his irascl-
l1ility Of temper.
Tell him am not in my seat" said this veteran
F5nt You 20 are @ IN your seat exclaimed the nice
look of mild but raarvelling astonishment swept
across the statesman's stern face Then graNeIa
5 Rd 56n SGIsnnly IN ysbotber RS rs cf Wen now
my seat. my boy. and you can tell that man So
The page departed fully satlsleo'
RECREATION BUILDING FOR SOLDIERS
Az example of unselfish and non-partisan EFFORT IN
behalf of the physical and moral welfare Of the
regular soldier is disclosed by Secretary Roots re-
Quest for the insertion OF clause in the Army Ap-
1ropriation bill authorizing the acceptance by the
government of $4,000 offered by the Philadelphia
.~l,anter Of the Daughters OF the American Revou-
ran for the erection of a recreation bulldlng for
enlisted men at such garrison post the Secre-
tary Of War may select Although it is fully recog-
rized that the government does not depend on gifts
no obiection has been raised 10 the impulse which
prompted these women to show t9eT d dEee5eS' bI ~
the soldiers. and their ENTERPRISE rs reed5Heu ns
army officers as wholly commemorate me SO,
does moi contemplate retaining any semblance of
control the proposed buGing- ms IN nj
parts OF the country. to the great advantage OF
The ordinary fighting man
RIVERS OF kUBI4A KHAN--Interestng TO SCI
,n+ifc minds are the experiments recently con-
Quoted by the Geological Survey to determine me
underground flow rivers and investigate the rate
.,f movement of the underfow- To explain Ifhs
puzzlng question measurements have been mace
in the river gravels of streams whose surface
flows have ceased, and from such measurements
more or less trustworthy results have been OBJ
tanned. One Of the most accurate and interesting
Of these is a series of experiments conducted 10y
Professor SIchter along the valley Of the Arkansas
River. in western Kansas. The method Is an cleo
trical A double row of inch and a quarter
driven wells is sunk across the channel OF the
river whose underacw Is TO be tested The Up
stream wells then charged with a strong cleo
srolyte. which dissolves and passes down the
stream with the moving water The passage of
the electroyte toward the lower we'll is shown by
rae gradual movement of the needle of cleo
-rical instrument. and the final arrival at the well
is shown by sudden and strong DETECTION of the
needle. It is exceedingly interesting 10 watch the
gradual movement OF the water which be
traced the beginning of the experiment in
tlIis indirect way By this method the rate of flow
feet below the bed of the Arkansas River was
found to be two and one-haf feet q day. Other
experiments in the beds of the Hondo ana San
Gabriel rivers. in Southern California, gave rates
Of three and one-half. four, fve and one-half and
day.