The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-05
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rnent OF that particular branch Of ths
police service. Since the new squad
has been on duly on the principa.
t~horoughfares OF the city it has cor
rected 4 large number OF abuses OF
the police regulations.
The charge OF maintaining the
handle bars OF his bicycle on a plane
four inches below the plane OF the
saddle was preferred against Charles
A. Smith in police cour the other
morning, and upon conviction the de
PENDANT wab compelled to pay q fine
of 81 The regulation was made sew
eral years ago TO prevent scorchers
from coiliding with pedestrians by rid
ing head down at q high ate Of speed.
Very few res have been made late
~ for this violation of the regulation.
Free Quarters For Veterans.
a large number OF letters are re-
ceived from day TO day by the officials
af the citizens committee in charge
of preparations for the coming ma
uonal encampment of the Grand Army
Of the Republic asking as to free quar-
| fers for veterans To all these COM
m~unicaticns reply is made that the
allotment of free quarters is e1clu>
Siyely under the control OF the national
headquarters of the G. a r. at Min
neapolis, and that all applications for
such quarters should be made there.
In a circular letter sent out some
time ago by the committee to the de
partnent commanders OF the G. a. B
and division commanders of the Sons
Of Veterans. attention is called TO this
matter. The citizens committee Is
earnestly DESTROYS that all the old
veterans who wish to come. but who
may lie debarred through inability TO
meet the expense of quarters while
here, maj be provided for, and so ez-
presses itself in ail replies TO letters OF
the subject
The District a Territory.
The District commissioners have re
ceiyed from Secretary Of State Hay g
letter similar 10 those sent to all gov
ern0rs OF states and territories In the
United States representing the scholar
ships Offered 10 Americans under the
terms Of The will Of the late Cecil
Rhodes. Mr. Mscfariand has moved
that the papers be referred TO the
board Of education for its report, and
after the receipt Of that the commits
sioners will formally reply to the com
n~unication of Mr.. Hay.
The receipt Of the letters settles the
neoted question as 10 whether the Dis
trict OF Columbia came under the head
OF a state or territory within the mean.
ing OF the wiz or was merely g city.
The letter being sent to the commits
sioners by the secretary Of state is ac-
cepted as evidence from high authority
that legally the District of Columbia
exists in the status of 8 territory of
the United States.
District Pays Union Wages.
In response TO a recent communica-
ton from James E. Mitchell, acting
secretary Of the Building Trades Coun-
Gil, regarding the rate of wages paid
to employees in the District repair
shop. the District commissioners have
forwarded to him the following men,
orandum from G. P. Coleman, superin-
tendent of repairs:
THE following mechanics employed
by this department are receiving union
wages: Carpenters. s. per diem: paint
ers, $3.50; tuners. $3.50; bricklayers,
$3.50, and laborers, SI.50 per diem.
The only mechanics who are not paid
union wages are the plasterers. Last
summer only two applications were re-
ceiyed for this class of work, and in
each case $3.50 per diem was asked.
As a very small mount of plastering
patchingl has to be done the two men
who made application were employed
and gave entire satisfaction"
Night Work at White House.
A night force of carpenters has been
put to work on the interior Of the
White House. For the first time in
the history Of the old building work
men are driving nails and manipulate
ing saws and other tools by electric
light The night force began work in
the ancient attic.
-Four bedrooms, presumably all for
servants, are being built in the attic,
which, before the Roosevelt admins
trahon. had been used for storage pur-
poses only. A driveway is building
from the White House t. the execu-
tive avenue, between the White House
and the treasury.
Estimate For Deaf and Dumb.
The initial one of the District esti-
mates for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1904, has reached the commission
ers, coming from DR.. E. NJ. GalIaudet
president of the Columbian Institution
For the Deaf and Dumb at Kendall
Green DR.. G%allaudet asks hat the
commissioners include in their esti-
mates to congress an item Of S1o,5OO
for the expenses attending the insruc-
ton of deaf and dumb persons admit.
ted to the institution from the District
of Columbia. This amount is the same
as has been appropriated by congress
annually for several years past
Not One Objectionable Picture.
Two women We're walking through
the corridors of the Congressional
library the other day leading a little
boy between them. They were evil
IDENTITY from the interior and were very
much interested and edited by all they
saw After they had carefully st1f-