Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14
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the accuracy of my statement. 4 said that
in Wyoming men frequently catch the game
and willy mountain trout by scratching them
on the stomach Trout abound in the streams
of Wyoming. and the beautiful speckled
trout is found in every stream In many OF
the narrow streams running through nat
ural meadows the grass on each SIDE Is very
tall and screens man from the view OF
the fish, l have often known men TO crawl
to the edge of a stream and carefully reach-
ing through the tall grass. put one hand IN
the stream and under the edge OF the Dank.
When the hand came In contact with pis
trout the man would slowly begin scratch
ing the fish on the stomach. This has the
effect of making the fish curl up and ap-
parently show great delight in the scratch
ing. Slowly the man scratches along tne
body of the fish until he reaches%ene silis,
when he runs one finger into the gill ana
hauls the lazy fish out of the wafer. rms
is frequently done.a When SO much dispehe1
was expressed at the time told the story
Senator Frye came to my aid by SAYING ma.
he had known the same thing to pc Done IN
the trout streams of Maine.E Yes, wyoming
is the greatest fishing country on eartn, put
there is no way to catch trout half~so agree
able as that with rod and line.
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A naragranh has been added to the army
regulations which reverses 1ong-establish-
ed custom in the army. Heretofore ON
GERS of the army on the active list have
S~--S-~-
receptions at the Executive Mansion, no.
tably the reception on New Year day, but
under the regulations as revised the retired
officers will hereafter have the right OF the
line and be received first by the PRESIDENT.
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Senator Bacon of Georgia has beautiful
white marble mantel in his committee room
at the Capitol, which he values very highly.
It was put there after he took the room
upon it's being vacated by Senator Morgan,
who moved into two fine rooms in the old
library portion Of the Capitol. 1t was
necessary to put a new mantel in the ROOM
and in looking over the stock available at
the Capitol for that purpose Mr.. Bacon dis
covered that one was of Georgia marble.
That was sufficient to settle the question
to which he would have. Now he takes
pride in showing the beautiful mantel to his
friends who visit him at his committee
room as an example of one Of the great
products of Georgia which Is yearly be-
coming more and more popular The Cor
coran Gallery of Art in this city is built
of the same marble.
The Navy Department has laid down a
rule in the matter Of promotions that an
officer who Is carried as an extra number
is not advanced to the next higher grade
by the promotion Of the officer whose name
precedes his on the list, but by the adj
vancement of the officer who Immediately
follows him. This explains why Captains
Cook and Harrington were advanced to the
grade of rear admiral on the retirement OF
Rear Admiral Crowninshield, and why Cap
tain Sigsbee was not advanced, and also
why Lieut.. Col George F. Elliott OF the
marine corps will not be advanced to the
grade of colonel in that corps at the same
time as Lieut. Col. NJ C. Goodrich, the
ranking officer in that grade, who is pro.
NOTED by operation of the recent act OF
Congress making an additional colonel.
CAPTAINS Cook and SigSbee and Lieut. Col.
Elliott are extra numbers in their grades
on account of distinguished services for
which they were advanced In Hneal mum,
bers. Captain Cooks promotion advanced
Captain Harrington. Captain Cook stood
number one in his grade. Under the rule
of the department, his promotion simply
added an extra number to the list OF rea.
admirals and the regular vacancy9Was niied
by the promotion of Captain Harrington,
who stood number two, advancing captain
Sigsbee, who stood number three. to the
top of the list. At the next vacancy IN me
occur in August by the retirement OF Rear
Admiral Remey, Captain Sigsbee and the
officer Immediately below him, captain =,
M. Chester, superintendent OF tne na va
observatory, will both be advanced to the
grade of rear admiral, but Captain Sigspee,
like Admiral Cook and several others, VIII
still be carried as an extra number, ana
will not aHeCt the StdluloAS -hoAAAoSA ~
officers Of that grade.
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"There is much grumbling among Vlsitors
to Washington that they cannot enter the
front door of the White House In going to
the east ROOM" said a Capitol guide. They
take umbrage that they have to walk
around to the new side entrance. saying
that 1t is not in keeping with their Amer
lean ideas. The front entrance until re-
Gently was the main entrance for all WIS.,
itors, and strangers and people of Wash
ington go there without thinking Of the
new entrance. They are not allowed to en-
ter at this door, and are sent back around
to the new entrance. The walk Is consid-
cradle, and that may be what makes them
comment unfavorably on the new plan. At
any rate, people don't like the scheme.
After a few months / suppose nearly every
body in Washington having visitors to see
them, and going to the White House, will
remember not to go to the front door.
Strangers. unaccompanied by Washington
ians or guides, will probably always go to
the front part of the house, as that is the
part anybody would go to who didn't know
what the rules were. No. haven't found
many people who thought the new room
was much more attractive than the old