The National tribune., 1903-09-17

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cent above GAL, the pesos will be gathered
in tho Pb;linninns and be sent tn China
or course. Ills would not he much of n
calamity. since it would then leave the
limited States coins the only ones circr
Iatinp in fine Islands. and the Congress.
siopaI plan of currency would fail. as il
was inevitable il should do some time.
Comrades l.. A. PARROT, 18th Z. S.
and Samuel Rogers LIST Ohio Cav. both
of Goodhope, Ohio. and both farmers
with their wives have been making a tour
of the battlefieIds, coming up by the way
of Kanawha Valley. stopping in Wash.
on to Gettysburg, where both of them par,
| ticipated in that battle
| For two days the Treasury was in n
ferment to find what had become of
S629, 157 "a realized from the sale of town
sites in the Kiowa Reservation. Okla
homa, more than two years ago. The In
terror Departments record was clear. for
the money had been turned over to the
Sub-Treasury at st. Louis as soon as re-
ceived, and Secretary Hitchcock held the
certificates of deposit. The news of the
missing fund got out and was made most
of by the sensational papers. but finally it
was found as an item il. the accounts of
the Sub-Treasurer at st. Louis.
1t is pointed out that the President and
Secretary of War allowed Gems. Thomas
A. Ruger, Frank Wheaton and Wesley
Merritt to retire without anything more
than the formal order, and with no allu-
rebellion. These Generals all had the
same rank as Miles during the war. and
performed conspicuous service. In 1865
Miles on the list of Brigadier- Generals;
Gen. Ruger was 50 ahead of Gen. Mer-
rift, and Gen. Wheaton was 81 in advance
of Gen. Ruger.
Since the Sherman statue has been set
up on its pedestal at the south end of the
Treasury Department. there has been n
good deal of criticism of the horse, which
seems to some who pass by on the Penn
Sylvania avenue cars as If headless. This
is due to the desire of the artist to give a
different pose to the horse from that of
the other statues in the city. The horses
of the others are standing with heads
erect and high. looking directly to the
front, as if gazing at the shock of battle
or other startling thing. The horse of the
Sherman statue is almost at rest, with
the head bent down little sidewise, as
if the horse had discovered something of
interest on the gronnd-a tuft of succu-
lent grass. or possibly n snake. The ar
fist thought he had to do this in order to
All of the other statues in Washington
face the White House. as if the rider were
there waiting the President to come out
and give him orders. Hancock, on the
avenue. looks toward the White House.
but there is an air about the rider and
horse as If the General had already receiv-
ed his orders and was proceeding to put
them into execution. The pose of Gen.
Scott. on 10Th street is the most effective
of all. He sits directly in front of the
north door Of the White House. and
about n half mile away. 1t seems almost
possible that the President may emerge
from the north door, and see the General
sitting there on his horse, stiffly erect. and
waiting for a command. and give it to
him. The Sherman statue is on line with
The southeast corner of the White House
and several hundred yards distant. The
statue faces the Treasury. to which. of
course the General could not seem indif-
ferent. but he has his face. however.
turned little in the direction of the Ex-
ecutiva Mansion. His hat is off. and his pO-
sitiOn that of waiting for something. either
for his troops to pass by or for instruc
tons from the head of the, Government
The reins lie lightly on the neck of the
steed, who has thus appeared to turn his
attention to other things. hence the down
Ex-senator William A. PETER, of Kan
sas, can now be seen any day in the Sen
ate room of the Library of Congress. He
is spare slender old man, and his ia
mons long. silken whiskers are streaked
with silyery white He is engaged in COM
piling a ready reference book for the con-
yenience of members of Congress. and the