St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-12-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence

sees big game when he hasn't his gun
along The recent failure of the Cen
trail National bank of Boston gave the
comptroller the chance to associate
himself with the unlucky hunter. Said
he: ut has never been my fortune since
1 I have been comptroller to be in Wash
ington when bank was forced to the
wall Three banks have gone under
since / succeeded Mr.. Dawes, but ey-
cry one Of them has kept on its feet
until business took me from the cap
ltal. Then they became weak and closed
their doors. When the Boston bank
failed, was in New Orleans attending
the bankers annual convention. | did
not think much of it when the first
bank failed, but the second occurrence
4 of the kind set me to thinking. l did
not like to go so far away from Wash
ington as New Orleans and only did so
when assured that there was absolute
ly nothing to keep me here. l had not
unpacked my satchel, however, before
the Central National went under. If
this thing keeps on much longer, shall
be afraid to go home to dinner"
Cleaning Government Buildings.
In case of the success of the opera
tons for restoring the east front of the
treasury building to its original color
/ by the sand blast process it is probable
the same method will be employed in
cleaning the dust stained east front of
\ the state, war and navy departments
i building. The east front of the treas
ury is built of sandstone, while the
newer building is constructed of gran
4 tie. Although Colonel Bingham, the
y engineer officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds, advocates the
e use of the sand blast on the east front
] of the state, war and navy departments
d building, ne says it should not be used
q for cleaning purposes on the other
n fronts of that building or in the case
4 of any other building.
d at is impossible" said he, ito clean
e q great building so well that all the
ID stone in it will show a uniform color.
u The discoloration of age and weather
n renders a building uniform in appear
81 ance and is not especially objection
"a able. 1t is not necessary that our great
n buildings here should look as though
n they were built only yesterday"
81 Hay-Morton Rivalry.
81 Former Vice President Levi P. Nor
II ton and Secretary Of State John Hay
/ are accused of engaging in friendly
II rivalry as to which shall have the cred
Fl 1t of giving the nations capital the
II most modern, up to date cafe. 1t ap-
Il pears that Secretary Hay, with a view
Il Of safeguarding his future welfare, is
building a 700 room fiat or apartment
ri house in Connecticut avenue, one of
II the SWEETEST thoroughfares in Washing
II ton. One of the attractions of the
N Hay fiat is to be q cafe or restaurant,
Il conducted on scale far beyond any
n thing of the kind ever before attempt
ed in the Capital City.
n A similar idea struck Mr.. Morton,
II and he is spending thousands of dol
II lars remodeling his hotel property in
II Fifteenth street. He game to Wash
n ington last spring and instructed his
Il business representative to proceed,
without limit of expense, to surpass
Fl all possible competitors in the public
Il house business. In the alterations spe-
cial attention is given to cafe and res
taurant facilities.
III Two Mighty Hunters.
III Secretary Moody tried to have fun
III with President Roosevelt over his fail
4 ure to kill a bear during his recent
NJ hunt in Mississippi. Il may not have
XII colored woman for q wild turkey" re-
torted the president. 81 can have just
as much fun with you as you can have
i with me-" Mr.. Roosevelt continued,
and he spoke very loud as he told how
the secretary while on his recent hunt
/ ing trip in South Carolina filled col
ored woman full Of shot, installing her
/ for a turkey. The president put few
fine touches on the story, and before he
had finished it he had the secretary
NJ buying a flock of chickens at fancy
price in order to pacify the angry ne
1 gress.
r. New Occupant of Cameron House.
M Much comment has been INDUCED in
regarding the Cameron house, in La
fayette square, which for the last two
or three seasons has been occupied by
Senator Hanna and his family. They
have given it up, and the senator has
taken apartments in the Arlington ho
tel, while Mrs. Hanna and family will
spend most of the winter in Thomas
vile, Ga.
T. Henry Thaw, son of the late William
Thaw Of Pittsburg, has leased for the
winter the Cameron house. Mr.. Thaw
Is about thirty-fve years old and a
bachelor and spends his fortune lavish
ly and gives entertainments almost
prodigal in their character. He has
spent much of his life abroad, princi-
pally in Paris, and has frequently Civ
en- very costly dinners.
Internal Revenue Collections.
John W. Yerkes, the commissioner of
Mnternal revenue, in his report for the
fiscal w ended June 80, 1902, says
That by the two acts abolishing the
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