The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-12-25
WASHINGTON LETTER


within tbe p4st fsz weeks The D-
rct commissioners h2v@ reeceiTed Ell
5 ue-oas Communications trou 5DGIvkdu
} ais ard citizens associations ~ II,
: District reLasive u lEe proposed Use q
> white granite F8s7ead q white MARIA.
n the construction q -ae rev Crscz
station in Washington Il zaar4r 81
Ct the cs11u1an1 aE&ggs : Z g-eres-
sgai1Sz n construction q Ibe -e-uE
n2l building our d bite granite.
, COMMISSIONS Mazf4rbzd stated -
ceEst2! that lie DEs,r1 authorities as
Of the spiEsgu caa7 uls8E ehe p-,vs.
EAols q the ac1 pE cu4zs au-5o-zzz,r
the construction IF tbs U2Ecn s.szo-
tHeE hare Discretionary wers as 70
toe kind q material 10 BIZ e-B2cyed
\ paragraph n sec-5un = u 7he so
providing for 3 Union -aflr<1G station
n Washington states that -rGe 1e-rp5-
8sl station contemplated in e5ss At
shall cost not less rhaa sA0ssl0. and
stall oe monumental IN charzcter nd
ths plans cheg=of shall be subSAa, %
he approval Of the Commissioners ~
The District Of Columbia
Prcr-st Against Marine Band.
President Miller Of The National Fed
GRAFTON Of Musicians called On tha pr-~
Aeuc the other day. acczy7urs 15-i br
Secretary Moody u The nary depart
EenL- n protest against she acceptance
by fhe Marine band 81 engagements Of
4 private o. public nature for ~ltc1.
t1e organization receives pay. P-e&-
4snt Miller states that his ORGANIZATION
Vigorously r@ssuIs tie private worE
which The Marine hand Is aIIpwed 70
DO He submitted L paper giving his
views and chs feeling Of the Fedora !
lo1 4 Musicians and the president !
s11o 11zt r. would ziTe The whole ma |
Ter his sols5dsrat ton /
Nj Miller c1uTeEds thai members q /
the Marine band are well paid for rhatr
services ~ rn= government and there
fore should l9z b. allowed % accent |
Sp@-a8 engagement which lepr!ve -
villains NJ that which justly belongs toi
then IN 1he recent Chicago oe.ebrs-
ton ii w1!ch the Mar5re band took
par and rec~.yaI scaA pay. 800 o1h-
Eu>Sc.&R~ refused so participate aa9
Nj Miller declares that III the future
-~ 1890 N--- ~ y - a ~ =
L whenever tbs. Marine hand IS on
ployed 81 ( private function.
General Cerbin VIII Be Missed.
General Henry & Ccr5in will b.
missed III The var department II =
generally oonce3-d that no other man
En"ws SO much ahsogt the army the
war department and its relations to
congress and the public as General Cor
bin. II has been his good fortune tn |
nave served As adjutanr general dur
the Spanish Ear He acted as chief
staff TO The president and military
aid 10 the secretary OF war Some one
suggested 10 General AIger when the
war clouds wen lowering about that
sone good officer was needed as z mill
tary secretary. AIger mentioned The
20 Corb5n.
There wont b. room for such Z man
and myself in the same building" he
-! Will be all -he military gar
Rotary ron need
He was, Not only that, bat be was
thief Of staff in effect and virtually
commanded the army subject to the z
president and secretary Of war. That f.
III INC clEsI % stan does now. }
An Interesting xhibi l
Some Interesting WORK is now in :
progress in the Smithsonian Iaborato- '
les IN th@ way OF preparing an exhibit .
Il fish and reptiles for the St. Louis ex- l
Perhaps the most remarkable l
'art Of the exhibit will be a collection q
Il models Of deep sea fishes enlarged {
o ten or twenty times their natural
ize- Many fish inhabiting great depths I
re very small yet at the same time L
Iceed3ngly curious. and it is with a '
TO exhibiting their remarkable or Q
ans that reproductions are being made c
+ large size.
Potomac oyem :
The wDra Of improving the Potomac .
iver below Washington under the pres a
Mt project has been completed. and =
'encTaI Gillespie says no further ap- =
i required therefor. \
hannel only 2OG feet wide is, however.
a. rather contracted for a riy-
r Of the width and Importance Of the
'otoEnac and especially in view Of the [
,catiOn Of the Washington navy ward o
pom its shores.
1t il believed that an increase in y
'idth Of this channel to 400 feet will b
be authorized by congress. u
October Deficit.
The CON paratiye statement of the "
overurnent receipts and expenditures d
that for the month of October. d
the total receipts were $46,9 u
II and the expenditures 1901. 47S. u
.avins a deficit for the month Of 81
at.2tD. With the exception Of the u
lonth OF July there has not been a p
sonthly deficit since April. 1889. The q