The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-13
WASHINGTON IEYrFD


snnto ~ He uouSe of repre-
49,, IN the rear of represents.
Inc chairs are luxur;o,,s
analrs' upholstered in hnf ,oa.sSN
"nlie me touches and sofas are Of tha
ma'erlal. The rugs aud pictnres
gre as line as those found IN =
public buildings, and here h me,o
"e ana smoke and gossip and
YET are able to keep track ~ what =.
.ns On IN the house through the
"iue' swinging glass doors. Tboro =
put one rule in the smoking room .na
II applies to that used by the Demo.
a,s as wei as that of the Repub.
iicans 1t hangs in the center Of tho
van OF each and reads, ~stranrers
anu cigarettes not permitted in this
room. The rule is religiously obeyeaI
although nobody seems to know who
nIse promulgated it. The most ot,o.
eious cabbage cigar is permitted 70 evs
naust itself, but the finest TurLish
cigarette is not tolerated for an instan ~
Congressman Joy Of Missouri.
VINO IS a confirmed consumer Of paner
pipes, inadvertently lighted one III the
republican smoking room. Before ha
naa taken a second Whit several ~
the members ordered an assistant ser.
geant-at-arms to read the rule to him
MI. Joy dropped his cigarette and
MADE his way to the house restaurant.
Where everything goes.
White House Electric plant.
Inc lighting of the White House will
pc a feature of future receptions, The
rehabilitation Of the White House in.
Guided the installation Of a complete
new electric plant. The contract was
= 20 Eaff5 Alexander q New York.
Al. Alexander sent one of the most ex-
pert electricians in the country to su.
perlntend the work. This was Charles
n. Maxwell, who had been in charge
OF the electrical exhibits at the Paris
exposition and who was formerly SUI
pe~rintendent Of electric lighting for
George A. Fuller s. Co., the contractors
and builders. Mr.. Maxwell took great
pride in the work and has received
many compliments on his successful
efforts. Speaking Of the plant. Mr..
Maxwell said:
1.-THE electrical installation in this
building is the result Of six months
hard work. There are in all about l6S,-
600 feet of electric wire, all of which is
inclosed in iron conduits, each system
being entirely distinct one from an
other"
To Patrol the Atlantic Coast.
One of the most important develop
ments Of the new system Of naval
mobilization adopted by the navy de-
partment is the establishment Of a
coast division of the north Atlantic
squadron. Its duty will be to patrol the
Atlantic coast. Rear Admiral ]. FL.
Sands, nov in command Of the League
Island navy yard, will be given the
command, with the battleship Texas as
his flagship, the squadron including the
monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Man.
tonOmoh, Terror and Arkansas and the
monitors Nevada and Florida as soon
as they are commissioned, together
with the torpedo boat destroyers Deca-
tur and Chauncey, half a dozen torpedo
boats comprising a torpedo boat t1otilla
and the submarine Holland and subma-
rines Adder and Moccasin when they
are commissioned.
Bachelors Are Scarce.
The woeful absence of the eternal
masculine in Washington has an impor-
tant bearing upon the leniency of social
arbiters. The national capital comes
dismally neal being all Adamless Eden
SO far as single men are concerned.
Owing to the dearth Of commercial
and Industrial possibilities practically
all the ambitious young men migrate as
soon al they are old enough to come
to q realization of the situation, where
as most Of the men who come to the
dream city on the Potomac as members
of congress or to assume governmental
positions are married, and not a few of
them leave sons at home and bring
daughters-aIlured by the prospect OF a
social career-to swell the hopeless U +
plus Of young unmarried women.
Senator Honr's Little Joke.
"Can l say that you have been talk
ing to the president on the trust prob
lem?" asked a reporter of Senator Hoar
when he came out Of the presidents
Office this morning. The senator smiled
his most seraphic smile, stopped, looked
at the sky and said.
,"Let me see. Yes, you could say that.
Certainly you could say IT.
'Then, senator the reporter inter
fupted.
Senator Hoar waved his hand.
Eyes" he said again, you could say
that, but it wouldn't be true"
And the venerable man from Massa'
chusetts chuckled for three blocks.
One on senator Nelson.
During the speech of Senator Nelson
Of Minnesota against the admission OF
oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona
as states the senator said that so per
cent Of the population of New Mexico
is Spanish and Mexican. Delegate Ro'
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