Evening star., 1902-02-01

, down. said Mr.. Clark. and have frequently
spoken to Senator NORTH and others WHIT
| by public consent are looked upon guar.
dians of the building, but find that they
think 1t has done and Is doing more good
than harm, and have consented te
let IT remain there, but I am not sure II
| Is there properly why don't you take II
down then?' asked the newspaper man
Mr.. Clark thought moment for ar
answer, and then gave the old one, there Ii
no appropriation for the work
And this reminds me again." said the
official, that If some public spirited citizer
care to expend another half doilar-the con-
tinued absence of the appropriation, addi-
tional one, / mean-on a similar sign II
will be welcomed by the visiting public, fol-
the sign of which I speak rusted out and
fell off several years ago and there has
been none there SINCE
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81 went to some trouble some weeks ago.,
said a west end dairy lunch proprietor to
a Star reporter, ito try to learn what be-
came of the inauguration<da day claims against
the Pennsylvania militia, but got no satis-
faction and, indeed, but little information
The public will remember the claims which
were brought against the state of Pennsyl-
yania for damages and the loss of goods In
consequence of the raids of the members OF
the various Pennsylvania militia regiments
who were here on the last Inauguration
day. The claimants were led to believe
that there would be no objection made on
the part of the authorities of Pennsylvania
to payment providing that the evidence of
damage and loss was satisfactory, even If
the names of the offenders could not be
given. With that idea l had my own claim
fully made out and sent to the ad1utant
general of the state. Not hearing anything
about the claim i got friend who was
on visit to Harrisburg to inquire ABOUT
it. He was told that an appropriation
would be asked from the next legislature
in Pennsylvania to pay the proven claims.
This looked like progress anyway l nave
asked friend up there since to further
investigate. He has done so and tells me
that my claim has been knocked higher
than kite, and that evidence has been
presented to the adjutant general to the ef-
feet that don't now and never did,oWn any
place here and therefore never lost any
thing during the keystone raids. I have
tried to convince my landlord that the ad-
jutant general has been correctly Informed,
but he insists on my paying rent. The
man who swore me out of ownership Is
think, one of the men who led the raid on
my place and goods Other claimants have
been paid off the same way.
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There are lots Of queer things about
stocks" observed a stock broker to Star
reporter, s'but about the queerest is the
idea that so many physicians have that
they know it all. and are therefore natural
dealers IN stocks. I admit that some of
them know a great deal, and that others
are learning a great deal from day to day,
but am not sure that doctors are as prop
erly equipped for stock dealing as are men
of other occupations. Personally, do not
like to have any dealings with them, but
maybe lambs are grown as much for their
fleece as their mutton. and 1t all should be
counted under the head of sport. I have
case in mind Of a leading specialist who
died recently. He had at one time the
most enormous office practice. His income
ran up to hundreds of dollars per day
month in and out. He was awfully clever
at his profession and had the money-get-
ting science at his fingers end-that is.
getting money from his patients. They
simply crowded In on him and showered
their money into his lap, as It were. He
insisted on having one hour each day to
himself and this hour he devoted to stocks.
Almost as certain as the day came he
brought to stock brokers nearly every dol
lar he earned in his Office and 1t. remained
with them, for as an investor he was one
os the rankest failures 1 have ever known.
He was game, however, and kept 1t up till
the last. His. however. is not the only
case could mention among doctors"
During President McKinley's long serv-
ice in the House of Representatives he &C.
cupied desk No. 90. IN the disposal Of the
old desks this one was purchased for 81. 30
by Representative Jenkins Of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Jenkins, however, did not know that
he had drawn a prize until some time after
he had secured the desk. He took it be-
cause he also had been occupying the seat
for some time. An enterprising employe
of the House who had been looking up the
history of desks at which notable MEM
bers had sat traced this one as the seat Of
Mckinley. In this same search desk No
7s was found to be historically valuable
as being the seat of Brigham H. Roberts
the Mormon member from Utah. during his
short sojourn in the House, and also the
seat of the late William L. Wilson, author
of the Wilson tariff bill, and later Postmas-
ter General. The table which was re-
moved from the room of the ways and
means committee to make room for a new
one has been secured by Representative R.
B. Gordon, who values 1t highly on account
of its having been the table upon which
President Mckinley drew his famous tariff
bill.
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