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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-22
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Virginia Report.

virginia Report.
The State Board of Health is exceeding
its authority in issuing a mandate requir-
ing every inhabitant Of Reno to be vac
cinated within a certain date and cannot
legally enforce such an edict. Many per-
sons object to having poisonous virus in
jected into their systems. which in many
cases results more seriously than an at
tack of the disease from which it is in
tended to render them immune. The
vaccination of all of the inhabitants Of
Reno would put at least $1,000 in the
pockets Of the physicians of that town
who compose q majority Of the Board Of
Health.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-22
Silver State.

Wiunemuccs Silver State.
The Reno papers are booming a strike
of hot water recently made in the Wede-
kind mine near that city. They call it a
mining strike OF importance. In the
meantime the Carson papers, 10 to be
outdone, are almost frenzied in an at
tempt to create a mining excitement fol-
that section, based on a rich strike made
by an amateur ~prospeeter in his neigh
boris coal shed. Whatever the merits oil
the mines near those towns, the slush
singers of the Reno and Carson papers
are certainly working on a wide pay
streak of hot air. In the meantime gen.
uine and substantial mining develop
ments are going ahead in the central,
eastern and southern portions of the
State. There are no strikes OF hot air Oh
hot water being made or dividends oil
newspaper slush being declared. Mines
are being worked instead OF stockholders
bullion produced, instead OF ridiculous
newspaper articles.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-02-22
RAY DISTRICT VERY RICH.

Eureka, Nevada, February IS, 1902.
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in which he appeals to the patriotism Of
the workmen, and asks them to lend
their best efforts to make the ship such
an emblem of national dignity as is the
wish of his Majesty the Emperor, upon
the conclusion of which the yard force
give three cheers for the Kaiser, and
the officers salute. The superintend-
ing constructor then hands the command
ant long-handled hammer, and with
few sharp strokes the latter drives the
first rivet. few more "Hoch der
Kaisers," and the ceremony is complete.
Simple as it is. 1t serves the purpose of
adding a strong sentimental touch to the
birth of every unit of the German navy,
ard, too, it helps to inspire the men to
continued activity-a feature that is a
distinctive one in every Government
yard in Germany today.
Bristling and businesslike as We are
as nation, still we are keenly alive to
the emotional side of life, especially when
it applies to our national dignity, and
We are apt to learn much from the whole
some German practices that could be
carried out to our own benefit upon like
occasion.
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ton, occasioned of course, great deal
of gossip.
~
While. naturally enough, Admiral
Dewey could not remain here If Mrs.
Dewey found the balmy southern climate
was the sine qua non OF her existence, l
fear his absence will have a not inC0nsid-
cradle bearing On the pre-emincHt posi-
tion he has occupied IN the public eye
since that festive May Day in Manila
Bay.
Admiral Dewey has remained the great
American hero of the present genera
tion because of the apparent ease with
which he has avoided most of the STUN
bling blocks over which heroes of ordin-
AIRY clay fall and are broken. That little
incident of the gift-house transfer Just
emphasized his being a human coincident-
ly with his filling a hero's boots when
needed, and the transaction was soon
forgotten. The fame he extracted from
the Court of Enquiry as a. judicial officer
put him back into the running with the
men I'm the public eye" and his minority
report on the glorious victory" put him
again at the head of the procession.
AS the schley case does not seem likely
to come to a satisfactory popular deter
mination by any reversal of previous Of
fcial declarations, the political possibil-
tiles of the controversy may be looked to
for developments of interest; and it will
be unfortunate, / should judge, for the
admiral II Mrs. Deweys health keeps her
husband away, not only from the White
House during the official season, but
from where his inclinations will always
take him when brother officer Is con-
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Qulben Amercan Diplomats QWore ~Court Costume
By MRS. HARRIS.

tailor who made a speciality OF diplomatic
uniforms in Washington.
1t is the lapel of very elegant coat
owned by one of our former Ministers.
This gentleman came home on leave Of
absence. fell in love with a Washington
girl. addressed and married her in a few
weeks from the time of his arrival
Pawned His Uniform.
The Minister seems to have been a
spendthrift He did not have money
enough TO pay for his wedding suit, 20 he
gave the tailor his four hundred dollar uni
form as a hostage for a black dress suit.
The uniform was never again called for
and the tailor, after waiting several years
for his money, ripped the gold braid from
the old blue broadcloth and sold it for
enough to reimburse himself.
In 1929 Secretary of State Martin Van
Burep simpliled the uniform by the fol-
lowing order:
From proper degree OF respect to what
is understood to be the usage adopted bv
some Governments, requiring the members
of the diplomatic body accredited near
them 10 wear court dress upon certain
occasions, such as their presentation 10 the
sovereign or chief executive officers. the
President has thought proper to adopt the
following as the dress to be used by the
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affairs. The general is man OF discre-
tion-in spite of looks of things" recent
Iy-and he doesn't speak unless he has
something TO say He keeps his ear to
the ground" however, in most approved
fashion and when he does talk 1t Is not
safe to presume that he has done SO
thoughtlessly. That isn't his habit.
Since the observations of this column
represent my own impressions merely. /
have no hesitancy in expressing the belief
that General Miles cabinet is going to
stand him in good stead, in its keeping
tab" on the public pulse.
And who compose hts cabinet? " you
would like to know. Well, according to
the Persian proverb. 1t never does to tell
all one knows. But there is also another
little historic gem about He who runs
may read" and you may decide, after a
little reflection, that perhaps General
Miles was a more astute politician than
the general public gave him credit for be-
ing at first, when he dared to range him
self, with two other heroes, in splendid
isolation"
The issuance on Thursday last of the
license for the marriage of Payne Whit
ney and Miss Helen Hay caused not lit
tie comment and questioning as to
whether the church wedding was to be
abandoned for ceremony prior to Feb
ruary 6, the announced date.
Many reasons may be advanced why
such a procedure would be most uneX-
pected and unlikely. yet the fact remains
that there would be but slight surprise
were it to occur. The Hays are in mourn
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cerned-where the fighting is going on.
Perhaps Mrs. Dewoy's health will i'm
prove shortly. For her own. as well as
the Admirals sake, l hope so.
T..
These are days when things are ado
in, and you will find political forecast
ers keeping their weather eye on the
barometer OF public feeling. The active
storm centre seems to be about Admiral
Schley. Don't think that he was hunting
deer all the time, or most of the time,
down South. Five minutes of welcome
from Il negro hating Southern populace
may mean little or much, in proportion
as you view such things. Jumping from
the South one week to the great Middle
West the next, who can deny that the
popular mind of two sections OF the coun-
try at least is receiving a strong anti
dotal tonic for the expected shock from
unfavorable action by the President en-
the Santiago hero,s appeal
General Miles is " tending to duty and
"sawln' wood" and 1t isn't such a rank
outside guess, 1t seems to me, that the
day OF his being political factor Is iast
approaching He goes where duty caiIs,
reprimand or no reprimand, ana ne
doesn't claim the protection of any bullet
proof shield. of his own Or anyone else
invention.
One may think he knows the measure
of General Miles very well, either per-
sonally or from newspaper talk, DuI
doubt whether many people suincientiy
appreciate his versatility and lnslsnt 'nto
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to the building ways-Prince Henry, as
is the German practice, will deliver a
brief address, in which. while apostro
phizing the vessel, he will tell the story of
the new boats mission and the message
of international good will that she will
be expected to bear for all time. With
the completion of his carefully prepared
periods he will announce the name of
the boat, a custom likewise German.
Dangling by silvered wire from the
bowsprit will be bottle of champagne
decorated in this case with the combined
colors of Germany and the United States.
This Miss Roosevelt will hold. and just as
the vessel starts down the ways she will
send it crashing against the boats bows
with the words: I'm the name of the
Emperor of Germany, 1 baptize thee
Meteor. " The band will play the Watch
on the Rhine the guard of honor will
come to a present. and every officer will
touch his cap or bare his head until the
completion of the hymn. when the Hohen-
zollern and our own assembled fleet will
salute with twenty-one guns, the crews
following with three lusty cheers, and,
perhaps in the case of our ships, with
hearty tiger"
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ing for "Del' Hay, the brother of the
bride-elect and the college chum OF the
prospective bridegroom, and no one who
knows any of the persons concerned, or
who knew young Hay himself. can doubt
their aversion to a public ceremony where
gaety would have to ring outwardly while
grief was inwardly rending their hearts.
#x%
''Del" Hay was the idol OF his sister and
she his ideal companion. They were never
happier than when in one another's com
pany. No wonder that among the men at
college Payne Whitney, strong and sturdy
like himself, athletic, too, became his
closest friend there and his house guest
at vacation time.
In the list OF what are regarded by so
ciety as fortunate" marriages, you will
not in a long time find one more doubly
fortunate than this. Both tks young peo
pie are to be congratulated this time, in
stead Of, as is usually the case, only the
happy bridegroom. 1t is great satisfac-
ton to think that such an accomplished.
beautiful and sensible girl as Helen Hay
has given her heart and hand TO such a
splendid American as Payne Whitney.
with tis own ability and resources, and
the able assistance of such helpmate,
YOU may look for his star to ascend very
rapidly.
II there ever was a woman in Wash
ingtou society more beloved than the
first Mrs. William C. Whitney, the young
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After having provided an effectral plan
for securing a competent corps of employ
es the next purpose to be desired would
seem to be to ensure its greatest efficiency
by providing an incentive for each indi-
vidual to put forth his best efforts. To
accomplish this end some form of recog-
milton of able and meritorioIa service is,
of course, necessary. and III some of the
departments 1t has been attended by the
introduction of a system of promotion by
merit through examination. In the Treas
ury Department and in some similar
branches of service regular examinations
are held as often as the opportunity for
promotion occurs. They are fairly admin
istered and promotion gained through
them is satisfactory to the successful can
didate and leaves no avenue open for Just
grounds of dissatisfaction for the unsuc
cessful one. In other departments no such
plan exists, and by this failure to provide
adequate defence for its principles the
civil service system is laid open TO- The
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BrcahraClL P and rcftmNn in 0 Civil Service

lation which will provide satisfactory
solution to this much -mooted phase of the
civil service problem.
In view Of the known friendly attitude
of President Roosevelt toward the extern
sion and Improvement of the civil service
those employees who are at present in
cluded in the classified service hope to
see the Objectionable features of the sys-
TEN eradicated and the substitution of
equitable measures in their stead, in
GLIDING provisions for promotion by merit
and the retirement Of superannuated en-
ployes who have ceased to be efficient.
The number Of employees in the classified
service is large, including representatives
of all parts OF the country Every Con-
gressman and every Senator has constit-
uents in one G. more departments, and
any action toward the betterment of their
condition ought to meet with little oppo-
sitiOn for sectional causes. 1t is believed
that any fair executive action or legisla
tion on these points would meet with gen.
eral favor and the clerks therefore look
for those needed Improvements before the
end of the present Administration.
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bridegrOom's mother, fail to recall who
she may have been. Mrs. Whitney's place
in the Cleveland Cabinet circle was one
which few have approached and none
surpassed. Her cordiality seemed to pour
forth in a generous stream from an un-
failing spring of human interest. Her
coming into an assemblage was as the
streaming in Of gorgeous sunlight, and
her going as when the daylight dies.
Street from Twelfth Street west was
then the diplomatic street, and the ap-
pearance of Mrs. Whtney's handsome
equipage there always lent an additional
interest to the scene, which could be ap-
preciated to the full only by those who
knew the rare charm of Mrs. Whitneys
personality and the zeal with which she
was sought by all in the great world.
Those were the days when her daugh-
ter Pauline, was still in pinafores. She
is now Mrs. Paget, you know. OF England.
Those were also the days when Miss
Marion Cockren was a slip of school
girl, breaking hearts in amateur the
atricals for charity, playing vis-a-vis to
a welI-known youngster, now growl to
mans estate in Bobby Shaftoe.''
Here is a toast for the bride;
May she ever retain her charm of man
ner and her influence for good in the
world, and may she never cease to give US
such supremely dainty bits of lovc-Yerse
as Ashes of Roses with the mys-
teries OF their sTeet hauEtings au1 .heir
witcheries."
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assaults of its pull'-which pro-
ceeds to exercise its characteristic mill
tant energy and regains a good part Of
the prestige lost in the matter of ap-
pointments.
The system of promotion in vogue in
some Of the departments consists in the
summoning of the various chiefs of d.
visions by the official in whose power
promotion lies, to hear their recommen-
dations in favor OF any Of the clerks
serving under them who may seem to
them to deserve promotion. 1t is an i'm
possibility for the head of a department
to know personally the ability or the
character of the work performed by many
OF his clerks, and he, therefore relies
on the statements made to him by the
several chiefs of division. 1t consequently
results that clerk in these departments
is entirely dependent upon the attitude
of his chief toward him The work which
he may perform goes forth as the work
of the division. not as that of an indi-
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load is on the middle horse. The heavy
shafts are on each side and his collar is
heavy and high But. my American friend.
that middle horse, despite his dress and
looks, is the glory of the team"
In the EmperOr's Palace.
At last the great day came when our
friend was to go to the emperor. In
the Anitchkov Palace ante chamber he
found himself in the company of thirty
nine gentlemen from various parts of Eu-
rope and Asia. The dress of each one
was dazzlingly brilliant. and the decora-
tions were numerous and resplendent.
In few minutes the door to the recep-
tion room was opened and the other gen.
tlemen invited to enter, where the master
of ceremonies busted himself placing them
in line, according to rank and the usages
of good society. Finally the American
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AmeanBlN Yacht

attend the celsbfaton. The time and the
place of their attendance, as also the strength
Of detachments, to be designated by the
commandant- -in-chief OF the station in the
case Of military harbors; in all other cases
by the captain Of the port, by the senior
officer OF the garrison, respectively.
Officers of the navy TO service
uniform with decorations; men, parade UNI
form; officers Of the army, full uniforms;
men, 'ordonEaz' uniofrm.
The public is to be admitted to these
celebrations as far as conditions permit"
Just fancy the President of this demo-
cratic country issuing a personally drafted
direction of this sort. 1t is only tne
more proof OF the intimate interest taken
by the Kaiser in all that concern is
realm and its upbuilding.
The ruling house of Germany being a
Protestant one, there will be none OF the
religious ceremonial especially common
- launchings in Catholic countries but
he official function will make up, to a
great extent, for the absent touch of The
church.
The baptismal party in German par
lance are termed the sponsors, and they
do not, as a rule. exceed two or three in
number Upon them rest the burden OF
speech making and bottle-breaking.
In the first place, the ship is decked
from bow to stern. along her sheer OF
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derful national influence. Ordinarily to
the Minister of Marine is left the details
of such occasions in most countries, but
not so in Germany. The Kaiser himself
has taken hand, and hardly more than
a year ago, he issued a mandate that
set for the present, at least, the formali-
ties to be observed at such events. Under
the heading Royal Order No. 273'' he
sets forth in the following words the or
der of procedure:
THE person 10 perform the act Of baptizing
any of my ships will be designated by me.
"A guard OF honor, consisting OF one com
pany, with flag and music, IS to be furnished
- for the baptism.
The guard of honor is TO be furnished, at
military harbors, by the marine infantry,
otherwise by the troops of the garrison
The particular division OF troops Will be
designated by me in each case
During the launching the guard Of honor
is to present arms and the music to play
the national hymn. At launchings at which
| am present all German ships in the harbor
are to fire salute of twenty-one guns. When
the ship enters the water three cheers are
to be given.
In case of ships that are not launched
from the ways after christening, but
foated or towed off, the honors prescribed
are to follow Immediately upon the ehristen-
ing address. The presenting OF arms by the
guard OF honor is to cease with the COM
pletion OF the national hymn.
'Cficers free from service, well de-
tschments of navy or army troops, are to
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upper deck. with a continuous festooning
of flowered garlands and from her flag
poles futter the national flags. Just in
front of the vessel and within tossing dis
tance of her bow is built the tribune"
also gayly decorated, to which the bap-
tismal party repairs. In this case. in
stead of the German ensign alone. cur
own Old Glory will share in the cere-
monies and the honors. From the Hohen-
zollern viii be landed the famous band
of the Second naval division, and a guard
of honor of marine infantry, which will
guard the approaches to the tribune and
stand ready to carry out the Kaiser's de-
tails.
Prince Henry will escort Miss Eoose-
welt to the tribune, and. not improbably
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt I'D
miral Evans, Admiral Count Won Baudis-
sin, the German Ambassador. and Secre-
tary Hay will complete the baptigmal
party. Prince Henry, impressive rs is
his retiIue, ranks, automatically no
higher than that sweet American girl
who, with him stands sponsor for the
new yacht, and the occasion tells again
the glory of our national womanhood.
When everything is ready-that is, when
only the thin solepiece holds the craft
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for advancement upon one other in the
pay of the same master. and some means
ought to be provided to remedy this de-
feet
While the civil service rules have
proved TO be effectual in keeping incom-
petent persons from entering the service.
it has not yet been demonstrated that
the regulations are strong enough to pro-
tect competent employees from removal at
will The rules provide for the filing of
charges to which the employe has the
privilege Of replying in writing. Yet few
employees there have been who have
found it possible to make a satisfactory
answer to the charges of removal for
the good of the service" While II is
easily possible to make removals. II is
gratifying to note that instances of re-
movals except for just cause. are infre-
quent, even in the change Of Admins
tration from the hands Of one great party
to the other.
discouraging feature to the young
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'In performing the ceremonies observ-
ed upon the occasion of his reception,
the representative of the United States
will conform, as far as is consistent
with a just sense of his devotion to re-
publican institutions, to the customs of
the country wherein he is to reside,
and with the rules prescribed for repre-
sentatives of his rank, but the depart
ment would encourage as far as practi-
cable, without impairing his usefulness
to his country. his appearance at court
in the simple dress of an American citi
zen"
The Court of st. James objected to al
lowing anyone to appear at any ]evec
given by royalty in plain evening dress,
and this letter from Lord Clarendon to
our Minister to Great Britain explains
the requirements which still obtain in
London whenever the Ambassador from
the United Sta,es appears at a drawing
room or any function in which royalty
offlciates:
by the Queens Command.
Having laid your note before the
Queen, l have received her Majesty's
commands to acquaint you that her
Majesty will receive yourself and the
members of your delegation in evening
dress without cooked hats and swords;
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This will end the baptismal ceremony,
properly speaking, but the banquet-a
feature common to most festal occasions
will continue the words Of cheer and
cpeech making, and many happy incidents
are promised amid the glitter Of gold
lace and the grace of womans silk and
satin.
There is another custom common to
governmental building yards in Germany
which, had the new yacht been built
there, would have been carried out at
the time of the laying of the first keel
plate. To the German mind, not inap-
propriately, the laying of the keel plate
of naval vessel is dignified much as
would be the placing of the corner stone
of some public edifice. In this case, the
keel plates are laid upon the building
blocks, and the first two to be joined are
surrounded by a great wreath of live-oak
leaves. The artihcers of the yard are
drawn up on both sides of the building
ways.
The commandant of the station, accom-
panied by the other officers of the yard,
approaches the keel plates under the es-
cort of the experimenting constructor.
The commandant makes a brief address,
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graciously, said few golden words, and
passed on to the next.
The passage from one to another was
the dismissal of the man passed, and it
then dawned upon the mind of the Amer
lean that the post of honor had been re-
served for hini-that he would be alone
with the Emperor
And he was. More than that; he was
accorded forty three minutes III time, sust
two minutes more than had been given
the other thirty mine gentlemen COM
bined.
And more than that. Had any person
asked any one of the thirty-nine how the
American was dressed, the answer would
have been:
THE usages of polite society do not
require me to investigate a mans dress.
nor permit me to talk about it in derision
or contempt outside the walls of my
house. The middle horse of the troika
pulls the load and governs the other
two." SHINOVSKOI.