Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-01-09

the attending orchestra to play the |
Virginia Reel. He choose Mrs. Cowles |
as his partner and they led the dance. |
Mr.. Roosevelt chased. balanced all )"
side stepped and cut pigeon wings until |
the ladies almost had Mysteries and the
youngsters howled with merriment.
The orchestra then started TO play
"Whistling Rulus" aud Immediately the
president started a cakewalk insisting
that all join in. His buck and wing
steps would have done credit to Wash
ington professional cake walker but
young Lodge out stepped him and
appreciating that fact Mr.. Roosevelt
made him lead. Referring to the
young mans performance one OF the
dusky attendants at the White House
said Dat da young Mr.. Lodge is suit
inly de bestest cake walker l done see,
but law, you ought to see de president,
he su'tangly make dem other white folks
pick up dey feet"
The day alter Christmas Mrs. Roose-
welt and DR.. Rlxev and the children,
with the exception OF Miss. Alice, went
down the river on the Dolphin. Theo
dore Roosevelt Jr. had new gun and
was counting on a great slaughter OF
canvas-baCks but so far none have been
received at the White House. The
president is giving series of small
dinners to his particular friends but he
has given cut that he will see no one on
business unless it is OF most pressing
nature.
The advent Of Governor Shaw into
the cabinet circle is anticipated with a
good deal OF pleasure. Mr., Gage has
been in mourning since the death OF his
wife which has, Of course precuded his
entertaining. The families OF Secretary
Hay and Secretary Long are also in
mourning so that the list Of house ex-
tending formal hospitality has been
considerably narrowed down. Governor
Shaw is wealthy and his wife is said to
be socially ambitious, so that it is ex
pec.ed that he will take large house
and that his entertainments will be
frequent and elaborate.
Senator Depew must feel himself
very much married man, as he has been
through three wedding ceremonies.
According to the French law, there must
be a civil marriage apart from the
religious ceremony and accordingly the
senator and his bride drove to the
United States Consulate on Friday and
were ciyilly married, the license having
been signed by President Roosevelt him
self. On Saturday morning the happy
couple we're married at 10 O'Clock at
the church OF Notre Dame, Miss Palmer
being Roman Catholic and at IL
O'Clock they we're again married at the
Episcopal church out of respect to the
senator's religious convictions.
The death OF Senator Sewall OF New
Jersey on Friday leaves vacancy in
the senatorial representation from that
state and already there is speculation at
to who will be his successor. 1t is be.
lieved here that the governor will ap.
point senator pro TEN to occupy Sena-
tor Sewalrs seat until the legislature
shall have elected his successor. Con
gressmen John U. Gardiner and Henry
G. Loudenslager are both spoken Of as
probabilities.
Minister WI Ting Fang has filed with
the secretary Of state protest agains
the reenactment Of the Chinese exclu
sion act and HE letter will doubtless bI
forwarded to congress and referred L
There is every reason to assume tina
the bill will be promptly reenacted, tn
only changes likely being Of such ad
ministr. tive details as woLl make 1t mo
effective, but Mr.. WI is him self hel,
in such high regard that the secretary ,
state will doubtless bespeak for him
nearing Dy the cOmmLtee.
The state department has received
Communication from United State
Minister Wilson at Santiago de Chile
10 which he ssys that the Argentine
Chill controversy may b. regarded a.
settled for the time being il not for al
time. DR.. Garcia Merau, the Argen
tine minister oil Washington, says tina
his country has made material con
cessions to Chill in order TO preserv,
peace but he believes that it is bette
TO concede certain rights than to pre-
ciptate what must have been a pro
longed and bloody struggle.
The president following the exsmp''
Of his predecessors, has already set asid,
a tract OF land for forest reserve pur.
poses. This reserve s located along th,
boundaries Of Idaho and Montana and
will aggregate over one million acres
1t will be known as the Kootena
forest reserve. Mr.. Roosevelt also il
will be remembered made an earnest
recommendation to congress to set apart
a very large area in the southern states
to be known as the Appalachian fofes
reserve.
Representative Francis u. Newlands
Of Nevada gave dinner at the new
Williards' on the evening after Christ
mas TO about fifty members Of congress
and at which Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilson was the guest Of honor. The
affair was msnifestly in the interest o.
irrigation legislation for the western
states and it Ia said to have made man,