Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents sketched
on the spot.


Rivalries OF communities and petty
iealousies of committees are already APP
parent in spots along the route Of the presi-
dents trip and are causing the executive
considerable annoyance. Dispatches from
Washington say the president deprecates
any attempt to use his visit to exploit any
factionalism or to give his presence any
political significance. He is annoyed by
the harsh criticism OF Mayor Carter Harri-
son Of Chicago, who saw in his visit to that
city a political plot on the part Of the re-
rublicans. A municipal campaign is in
progress there In which Mr.. Harrison is q
candidate for reelection for the mayoralty
and Mr.. Graeme Stewart. national commit
teeman from Illinois, is the republican
candidate. Mayor Harrison was small
enough to suspect that the republican lead
ers Intended to have President Roosevelt
lend his presence as a part Of the political
campaign.
St. Paul and Minneapolis are souabbllng
over the honor OF entertaining the presi-
dent, each city being afraid he may stay
Ave minutes longer in one than in the other.
At other points on his itinerary there are
local squabbles over the presidents visit,
and the question as to how he shall be en-
tertained and by whom. All Of this Is very
distasteful to Mr.. Roosevelt, and he has
threatened to make his own itinerary and
reach the objective point Of his trip, the
Yellowstone park, in his own time. He is
anxious to meet the people Of the north
west whom he has known for many years,
but does not care to have the tour a source
Of embarrassment to anyone. He is pre-
pared to address the people at various
points along the route, and there is no
doubt he will have much to say that will
ha intaraatinV and aiOp{dcanN
During his western tour President Roose-
welt will be preceded a few days by an
oficer OF the secret service, whose duty Il
Is to go over every foot Of ground the chief
magistrate will cover while in the cities
visited. The track on which the presiden-
tial train will arrive Is selected and the
route from his car to the carriages that
will be waiting for him and his party is
mapped out. 1t is known exactly where
the presidential car will stop and how
many steps he will have to take to reach
his carriage. The secret service man points
out where ropes are to be stretched to keep
the crowd at the proper distance and where
the policemen are to stand; also the sta
tions for carriages OF the reception COM
mittee.
The secret service gives notice Of a new
counterfeit 81 silver certificate. 1t is OF
the series Of 1899, check letter &C." face
plate No. 1T, back plate No. 240, por-
trait Of Washington, and was detected by
the nsAnherican Savings bank of
Cleveland, o. e.
The counterfeit seems to have been
printed from photo etched plates on two
pieces of stin paper between which silk
threads have been distributed. The color
| 0f fha aaaI fraaatru ttn,Aap ona L.
mineral, closely approximates that Of the
genuine. The number Of the note sent to
the secret service is 3s527571. The lathe
work is fair, but the portrait OF Wash
tngton and the allegorical figures Of the face
design are very poor. On the back Of the
note the small lettering which in the genu-
inc reads as follows:
This certificate Is receivable for GUS
toms, taxes and all public dues, and when
so received may be reissued."
Appears on the counterfeit as follows:
This certificate is receivable for GUS
toms, taxes and all purlic dues. and WIDEN
SO deceived mai be reissued." b
The thickness OF the paper should i'm.
mediately attract attention to it.
Secret service officials are inclined to
suspect that the men who are turning out
this new certificate are located in Cleveland
or somewhere In the vicinity, and orders
have been sent out to make q rigid investi-
CATION. 1t is thought the counterfeiters are
Of foreign birth or extraction.
Lieutenant General Miles, commanding
the army, has issued a general order to
the army announcing that the regulations
in regard to the presidents nag have been
amended by the secretary of war to read
as follows:
"The flag Of the president shall consist
Of q blue ground. with the oficial coat of
arms of the United States, as determined
by the State department. in the center, and
shall be OF the dimensions prescribed for
the admiral's flag No. 1. 1920 feet hoist.
14.4O feet fly.
The headquarters nag OF the president
shall be OF scarlet silk, 9 feet 9 inches
fly and 4 feet on the pike, which shall be
10 feet long, including ferrule and head.
The head shall consist OF a globe, 8 inches
In diameter, surmounted by an American
eagle, alert, 4 inches high. In each OF the
four corners shall be a hve-pointed white
star. The points OF these stars lie in the
circumference Of an imaginary circle ga
inches radius. The center Of these i'm
aginary circles, which coincide with the
%centers of these stars, are 9 inches from
the short sides and 7 inches from the long
sides Of the color. In the center OF the
color shall be a large fifth star, also OF Ave
points, which lie IN the circumference OF
an imaginary circle OF 1914 inches radius.
The center OF this circle is the point OF
intersection OF the diagonals OF the color.