The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence

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the latter has kept all these years as
mementos of his service at the battle
of Gettysburg. They are nicely packed
In a handsome plush box and are han
died by the junior Keystone senator
with great care.
Captain Reisinger was a noncommis-
stoned officer of the One Hundred and
Fifth Pennsylvania volunteers and had
charge Of the colors. First he was
struck in the right foot and knocked to
b ground. Jumping up quickly, he
rushed to the head of his regiment and
was Don hit again, in the right leg
above the knee. Again he went to the
head of his regiment, when another
bullet hit him in the feshy part of the
leg. Thereupon he was borne from the
field fainting from loss of blood. The
bullets were all extracted in the hospi-
tai, and Captain Reisinger has pre-
served them as personal treasures.
He has forwarded them to Washing
ton now as mute testimonials of his
right to a medal Of honor. Senator Pen
rose is trying to get it for him.
Not KNOWN at Home.
Mrs. Cortelyou, wife of the secretary
of commerce, was asked at u reception
given by Mrs. Depew how she liked
her part in official life.
MY part does not amount to MUCH"
she said, land 1 do not like the official
life of my husband. The best position
he ever had was just after we were
married, when he was a clerk in the
p%ostoftice department. He went to
work ut 8 and quit at 4. l knew him
pretty well then. Since he has been at
the White House he goes to his Office
soon after breakfast. IT he comes
home to luncheon at Ill, it is in a great
hurry, and when he home to
dinner it is very late. At 10 o'clock be
returns to the White House and fire.
| quently remains until after midnight.
The children hardly know him by
sight"
i! This was before he became a cabinet
officer. Now he will have the conven-
ployee, which extend from 8 until 4,
with a little addition to the latter hour
to give time for signing letters.
The Walk of the Justices.
Justice Holmes Of the United States
supreme court has been broken into
the regular afternoon walk of the older
members of the court down Pennsyl-
vania avenue from the capitol to Four
teenth street, which is approximately a
mile.
All the justices walk down on pleas
ant days, and they ale rather inclined
to insist that newcomers shall join
them. Justice Holmes likes +" walk,
Day, the new justice, does not like to
walk. He will be taken in hand by
Justice Brown and Justice Harlan and
told how necessary this traditional con.
stitutional is. He will soon capitulate
and will come sauntering down with
the rest of the learned judges.
seth Bullock at a Musicale.
President Roosevelt invited Captain
Seth Bullock and his wife to a musicale
at the White House recently. Captain
Seth was the first sheriff of Deadwood
and has q record for eliminating many
bad men from his community by the
simple expedient Of shooting them. He
is an old friend Of the president.
After the musicale the president said;
swell, Seth, how did you like the
music?"
at was too far up the gulch fol
me-" Seth replied in the vernacular OF
the west that delighted the president
"NeXt time you come" said the pres
ident to Mrs. Bullock, you'd better
won't shoot a fiddler"
a Hearty Welcome. .
! A member of the house was talking
the other day about welcomes that for
eign rulers give to u ambassadors.
"At one Of the public receptions il
the Whito House recently" said he, g:
beheld a greeting by President Roose
welt which outdid anything Of tina
kind l ever read about. The new Ger
man ambassador, Baron Won Sternburg
had just arrived in Washington. Th'
president observed him approaching.
"'Hello, baron,' said MI. Roosevelt
Delighted to see you. We feel you her
already
at was at the height of the Vene
zuelan negotiations, and the president
words were sufficiently loud to be hear
by other diplomats back of the line
His words produced a decided impress
sion among them"
,, Invitation ON = Slab of Gold.
What is designated as a golden inv:
tation has been extended by the Blac
! Hills Mining Mems association to Pres
! ident Roosevelt asking him to atten
the mining congress to be held at Leat
8. D., next September. The invitato
is engraved on a slab of eightee
carat Black Hills gold, five inches Ion
/ by two and three-quarters inches wide
7 1t has been forwarded to the Sout
Dakota congressional delegation q
Washington, by whom it will be pr.
sented to the president.
General Miles Long Trip.