Evening journal., 1903-10-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
Ispec.al correspondenee.l

NAAr-N'r Win AAi| ReAN ~-'f''fN'+
style Of the buildings
The main entrance TO the government
building consists Of a portico Of eight
Ionic columns feet in diameter and |
40 feet high, surmounted by an entab-
iature and attic. The attic is enriched |
by eight colossal female figures II feet
high, representing music, painting, |
sculpture, architecture, agriculture |
manufactures, transportation and COM
merce.
On each side Of the central portico
and just above the top of the attic are
groups Of four figures each. A seated
female figure, IA feet high, represent
ing America, with a torch in one hand
and an eagle at her feet, is surrounded
by three young athletes, each 10 feet 6
inches high, typifying the youth and
strength Of the republic Each has a
laurel wreath in his hand.
The dome is surmounted by q quad
riga. A Goddess Of Liberty IA feet high,
bearing a torch in one hand and an
eagle in the other, stands in the tri-
umphal chariot, drawn by four colossal
horses. The horses are guided by two
nude male figures. each II feet high.
New Food Law Is All Right.
I'VE are finding that the new law
under which the department Of agrl-
culture is authorized to issue certif-
Gates to exporters of food products is
working smoothly" said Dr.. Wiley,
chief chemist Of the agricultural de-
partment under the new law when
ever an exporter desires we viii make
a chemical analysis to determine the
purity of his product. If after inspec-
ton we find that he proposes to send
abroad something that is pure and
wholesome a certificate is issued TO him
addressed to the officials of the country
to which his products are TO go.
''This certificate of good character is
helpful to him in many ways and acts
as q letter of introduction. 1t is issued
with the distinct understanding that it
shall in no way be reproduced for ad-
vertising purposes. So far our inspec-
tions have been confined almost exclu-
sively to -four, breakfast foods and
wheat, and It is indeed gratifying TO
be able to say that In every instance
we have found no obstacle to the is
suance of the desired certificate"
Not Disqualified by Age.
BY the appointment of Joseph
Fought, civil war veteran, to a posi-.
tlon as laborer in the treasury depart
ment the president has done away
with the age disqualification as ap-
piled to veterans of the civil war in the
examinations for laborers before the
civil service commission.
Fought, who is a strong ablebodied
man, had tried on several occasions to
secure a laborer's position in the de-
partment, but had been disqualified
each time by the lowering of his aver
age in the examination by the rating
for age. His case was taken up by
Judge /. G.. Kimball. commander Of
the department of the Potomac, G. a.
r., ana after long fight he induced the
president to issue an order to the com
mission doing away with the age limit
I disqualification whenever an applicant
was physically qualified TO perform
such duties as might be assigned him.
He Has Always Been Strenuous.
The other day three officials of the
navy department were discussing the
strenuosity Of President Theodore
Roosevelt. 'IIe has always been siren.
uous," one said. "He has always been
a doer, inpatient of delay, a foe to
dallying. l remember once, when he
was assistant secretary Of the navy
some measure or other was in discus.
sion, and he desired to push this meas.
ure through, but, as so often happens
there was postponement, there was rec
tape.
HE rose suddenly one afternoon
The session he was attending had last
ed an hour, and nothing whatever had
/ been done.
Gentlemen he said, If God had re
ferred the ark to a committee on nava
affairs like this, it's my opinion that II
wouldn't have been built yeti"
burglar Insurance Rates Go Up.
''As the result of a little demonstra
ton in the Office of the secretary of tn,
treasury few weeks ago the rates o.
burglar insurance all over the country
are in process Of readjustment," de
clared Mr.. Albert +. Cochran of Chi
cago. "That demonstration proved how
easily steel plates can be punctureC
with a carbon point attached to an ordi
nary electric light gas fixture. In hf
teen minutes a hole large enough for
mans arm was drilled through a stee
plate.
1T has attracted the attention o
makers Of safes and steel vaults gener
ally, as wen as of firms whose business
IL is to insure property from the opera
ton Of burglars The rates for sucl
insurance will be materially increased
I Hard to Pin Down.
"Why don't you pin Hay down ant
get an answer to your questionsT ask
ed man who had seen the secretar.
Of state duck when asked some lead
ing questions by newspaper man.
"Pin him down." said the newspape
man. "Why, ! tried that the othe
day, and he told me what whisky wa
in twenty different foreign language:
BY the time he got through / didn'
know whether he thought l was drum
or not but didn't try any more TO 'pl
him down on foreign questions"
Philippine Marines Coming Home.
The navy department has directe
the return to the United States froI
the Philippines Of all officers and me
OF the marine corps who have been
service there for thirty months q
more. About 800 officers and men wi
be affected. They win be brougt
home on the Solace. and a like numbs
| Viii Ln $1,000 rr-... aI.n mil 81.