Bisbee daily review., 1902-09-21
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.l


 be sent out by the agricultural depart. ment during the coming year to farm. CTS on lists furnished by senators and representatives. The number of seeds that will be contained in these packages will run up into the billions and they will weigh about 1000 tons. This will be the most extensive seed distribution in the history of the de partment of agriculture, and Secre tary Wilson is making every effort to make it the most useful to the az ricultural communities. Heretofore ere has been much complaint about the quality of the seeds sent out; Many Of them have failed to grow lis year all conlrac.Ors have been don away with. and lie department La: made its purchases iu the seed mar. kets through its own eXper,s.
 Each senator, representative ana del egate in congress will nave to his cred it l2.OOO miscellaneous packages. each containing smaller packages 0. bve kinds of seeds. In addition each w.ii have 500 packages of novel. .ieS-tiIat is. new or little known varieties of peculiar merit-and each will have 5Uu packages of flower seeds.
 Will Fight New License Law
 The various clubs of this city nave combined to fight the new law fixing $500 as the annual license fee for the bar privilege. Hitherto the clubs have paid but half this sum, and now that the license fee for all dispensaries of liquors has been raised to $500 they think a distinction should be made be- cause their patronage, being exclusive, is necessarily limited and unproftable except under very favorable condi tions.
 Notwithstanding the great notoriety given to the vote in the house of rep resentatives to prohibit the sale of in toxicants in the capitol 1t Is still possi ble to Quench any brand of thirst there. Some representatives received much newspaper credit for their advo- cacy of the reform, but they all felt sure it would end in defeat. It does every year. The prohibition rider dies an unnoticed death. but the mem
 
 for 1t are welcomed home as conquer ing heroes. That is one of the humors of congress as witnessed from the out side
 Miss Susan Quay. Miss Susan Quay, who has been chosen to christen the warship Penn sylvania, is the only daughter of Senator and Mrs. Matthew s. Quay. Miss Quay resembles her illustrious sire too closely to lay many claims to beauty, but she is nevertheless a most attractive girl. bright, vivacious and extremely popular in the younger sen atorial circle The Washington home of the Quays. in fashionable K street. is the center of gayety for young peo- pie at the capital who hail from the great state of Pennsylvania. Just now the family iS at Lake Placid, in the Adirondacks. where they have a cot tage
 Bid. For n New Battleship. :. Not less than five bids will probably be received for the construction of the sister ship of the battleship Connecti cut. which is to be built by contract,
  the Brooklyn navy yard to test the question of the relative cost of con. tract construction and navy yard con- struction The first which it Is be- lieved will certainly submit proposals are the Cramps of Philadelphia. the Union Iron works of San Francisco. the Bath Iron works. the Fall Rives company and the Newport News con- pany. As 1t Is to the interests of the private shipbuilders to make favora ble showing in competition with the Brooklyn navy yard. It Is expected by the department that some of the bids may be quite low.
 May Accept Gifts. No question will be raised to prevent the acceptance by the officers of the , army and navy of mementos bestowed by Prince Henry in appreciation of courtesies received by him during his American tour. The souvenirs which he gave are not looked upon as gifts bestowed by foreign ruler within the inhibition of the constitution, but as merely tokens of personal esteem and appreciation. As a matter of fact, the gifts mentioned in the dispatches from Berlin designed for distinguished Americans who participated in Prince Henry's reception in most cases were presented personally by the prince be- fore his departure from this country
 Mr. Babcoek Buys . House. Representative Babcock has just bought the house in which John J. In- gals lived here while senator. It is 1 situated at the corner of North Cap itol and B streets. close to the capitol building. and the price named is S15. GOO. Babcock began life as a lumber iack. He was advanced to have charge