The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-09
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D.. c., Now, 27th
o. H. OLSON.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Now, 27th, 1908
On Monday evening at 2 o'clock, Presi-
dert Roosevelt touched an electric button
which lit up the large convention hall on
5th street, between X and L str, cts, in
which is held the Salt De tcshland' fair
this week The fair is given under the
auspices of some local German organiza
ton, and is somewhat in the nature of a
street fair. The first floor of this exceed
ingly capacious hall is devoted exclusively
to market booths where produce and pro-
visions are sold. On the second floor is a
miniature reproduction of Nuremburg,
Germany. with its quaint buildings and
irregular streets. Here too were booths
at which were sold variety of merchan.
disc, ranging from canary birds to toys.
Flowers we're vended by girls gowned in
German costumes. giving the place truly
native atmosphere. AS an object lesson
of German village life it is not without in
terest. and was said by those who may be
presumed to have seen the original 20 be
faithful picture of villages along the
Rhine. One of the attractions was rep
resentation of the eruption of Mount
Pelee and the awful catastrophe that visit
ed St. Pierre on the island Of Martinique
recently. 1t was the most vivid portrayal
of this calamity that one could we'll
imagine The gradual change from sun
set to dawn; the enhancing beauty of a
tropical moonlight bathing the slumbering
city and resting on the placid surface of
the ocean; the illumination of the build
ings at night, as we'll as the storm pre-
ceeding the eruption and the terrible event
itself, we're all enacted with realism that
was thrilling and Accordingly interesting
The principal attractions of Thanksgiving
Day were the races at Be.ning, which
have continued several days, and the
Georgetown vs. Lehigh foot ball game.
Leh gh won the game, the score being IL
to 6. 1t is estimated that five thousand
people witnessed the game.
The contest for the position of federal
judge for the Northern District of Iowa
has resulted in dead lock. Reed. of
Cresco, Wright of Sioux City, Dawley. of
Cedar Rapids, Remley. of Iowa City, and
Healey, of Fort Dodge, are the candidates,
The last named has the support of Sena-
tor Dolliver and Judge Conner. Reed has
up to this time received the votes of Sena-
tor Allison and Congressman Haugen.
Wright is supported by Congressman
Thomas of the nth Congressional Dis
trict, and Dawley and Remley have the
support Of their respective congressman.
Owing to the energetic and efficacious
campaign of Judge Conner and Senator
Dol]iver it is thought that Senator Healey
will be given the appointment, as his age
and general qualifications are evidently
conductive to long and creditable service
on the bench.
Congress met again today only to adj
journ until Tuesday, The practice seems
to be to meet at intervals of three days,
and after short session to adjourn. This
procedure does not seem to meet with the
approval of the minority. and today Will
Jams, of Mississippi, and DeArmond, of
Missouri, made soma hostile demonstra.
tions in order to make manifest their oppo.
sition to this course They we're success
fully repulsed, however, by Paine, OF New
York, chairman of the Ways AID Means
Committee
Congressman Walter l. Smith, of the
9th district, is spending few days at his
home in Council Bluffs. He started west
last Friday evening. and will probably re-
turn during the early part of next week
On coming down 14th street the other
day | encountered an agitated crowd of
people near the Saint Louis Hotel On
the ledge of the fourth mansard story of
the hotel sat young woman, and all
about her from the windows issued clouds
of smoke. The crowd Gale to her stay
where you are don't jump, and just as
it seemed she must disobey their injunc-
ton and leap to the pavement below, the
ladder company succeeded in raising a
ladder to her window, and three or four of
the hremen calmly hurried up the ladder
and safely conveyed her 20 the street.
With the element of danger and tn: pain
full uncertainty eliminated, the incident
possessed all the features of a successful
melodrama. Itappears that the young
woman was recent bride, being the wife
of young medical student who was at
the university pursuing his studies at the
time of the fire, all unconscious of the peril
of his wife's posilior.
One of the favorite topics of speculation
amongst politicians seems to be the ques-
ton of candidate TO lead the democratic
hosts at the next presidential campaign.
OF course German. Cleveland, Parker and
Hearst are the names most commonly
mentioned in connection with the office,
but there are few others whose names
are mentioned tentatively. No one seems
to possess the Clements to inspire con
fdence in the mind of the voting public
of those mentioned by the democratic
party.