St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence

two WOmeu az IAC uCoSuiy. NoI 10
tbe title vain one. The women are
c,sssed as experts" and their duties
are reckoned important.
From 9 to 4 o'clock each day, except
Sunday, they may be found in the
basement Of the big and dirty gray
brown building wherein Uncle Sans
sinews of commerce and war, peace
and prosperity, are kept. Hour by
hour they carefully 60 through the big
niles of waste paper dumped. out for
their critical inspection from the ca
,nacious maws of the hundreds of bas-
Ikets which are supposed to catch the
litter of officials and clerks, from Sec
rotary Shaw down. 1t is the word
supposed" that gives these experts
employment. Too often document or
,paper of value slips inadvertently into
the baskets and were it not for the
watchful eyes of these women would
find its way into the fiery furnace Of
destruction.
People have been wont to joke about
the ridiculous titles that certain gov
eminent employees bear, and in pop
ular farce of few years ago there
was a character who styled himself
the official cleaner of government GUS
pidors. But there are, in fact, two Of
fetal examiners Of wastebaskets in the
treasury department.
The Annual Overhauling.
The interior of the White House Is
10 receive its general annual overhaul
ing during the absence Of the presi-
dent and his family from Washington.
Some minor changes that are desired
by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
will be effected.
In the presidents Offices painters are
already at work repainting doors and
other woodwork.
The new driveways in the front Of
the White House grounds have about
been completed, little remaining to be
done.
During the absence Of the family
from the White House the main door
at the north portico will not be closed
to visitors, as heretofore, and those
visiting the east room may enter that
way as we'll as by the new eastern en-
trance, opposite the treasury depart
ment
7 Ia
Systematic violation of the law pro-
hibiting the admission Of contract for
eign labor has started new and rigor-
GUS investigation by treasury officials.
Specific violations of the contract labor
law are being investigated at New
York by order Of Commissioner Cen
eral Sargent. One glaring example is
that of Hamburg American steamer
arriving there May 20, which had 1900
immigrants on board, mostly Russians,
Roumanians, Greeks, Galicians and
Hungarians. With few exceptions
these immigrants were under contract
and were sent to cattle ranches and
farms in the northwestern states.
Another practice in violation Of the
immigration law is the temporary ex-
change of money between steerage pas
sengers, SO that penniless immigrants
are enabled to show up enough money
to permit of their admission.
Admiral Dewey at Summer Home.
The admiral of the navy and Mrs.
Dewey are now at their summer home
in Woodley lane, near Washington, and
propose remaining there at least until
the middle of August and possibly
through the entire summer. The ad-
miral drives to and from his office in
Washington daily, while Mrs. Dewey,
to whom the seclusion of the country
is especially delightful in summer,
makes few excursions into town, but
at all times extends gracious well
come to the friends that come to her at
Beauvoir.
Will Investigate Indian Complaints.
The president has ordered a thorough
investigation of the affairs Of the
Kiowa and Comanche Indian reserva-
ton in Oklahoma and has appointed
Francis e. Leupp of this city to make
the investigation. The investigation
is based on charges made by certain
Kiowa Indians, including Delos *.
Lone Wolf, a Kiowa, living at Hobart,
that of the 2,759 allotments made to
persons purporting to belong to the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes,
under the act approved June 6, 1900, a
number of the allotments were illegal
and more allotments were made than
there were Indians.
Executive Offices Will Be Open.
The executive offices in Washington
will be open throughout the summer
with Mr.. Forster, the executive clerk
in charge. The president will also
maintain an office at Oyster Bay, the
two offices being in direct communica
ton by telephone and telegraph. While
the president expects to direct ant
watch the post office investigation, N
desires to be as free as possible IRON
official cares during his period OF res
and recuperation as the work OF tn
coming winter will severely tax hi
strength.
Vacancies In Consular Service.
There are two or three good va
cancies to be filed in the consular serv
ice The best of these is the consulsh1l
at Manchester, England, made vacan