Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Departmental Business at
Cabinet Meeting.
A NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE
WIN. c. HOOK APPOINTED TO Sue
CEED JUDGE CALDWELL.
Some Of the Callers Today - Presents
Received on Western Trip Now
in Executive Mansion.

IN Executive m6uS1O0s
The cabinet meeting today was devoted
to departmental business-the bringing up
of routine matters by the heads of depart
ments. No matters of Importance were
| discussed Secretaries Root and Shaw
| were both absent. The President intends
| to renew his inquiries into Post Office De-
partment affairs with Postmaster General
Payne and will have conferences frequently
with that official It is also thought he will
| in a few days go over the whole situation
with Mr.. Bristow. the assistant postmaster
general. who is making the investigation by
direction Of Postmaster General Payne.
The President has given all of his callers
who have talked with him to understand
that there will be no let-up in the investiga-
ton until every guilty man in the depart
| ment has been uncovered and punished.
New Circuit Judge Appointed.
At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting
today Attorney General Knox announced
that Judge William c. Hook Of the district
court of Kansas had been appointed as a
Judge of the eighth United States circuit
to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement
of Judge Henry c. Caldwell of that circuit
Judge Caldwell has retired after long ser
vice. He was appointed to the circuit bench
March 4. 1890. Prior to that he mad been
a district judge. He was from Arkansas.
the eighth circuit embraces the states or
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Arkansas, Ne
braska, Colorado. Kansas. Wyoming, Nortn
Dakota. South Dakota, Utah. New Mexico,
Oklahoma and the Indian territory, ana
the other judges are Walter H. Saborn NJ
Minnesota. and Amos M. Thayer or 81.
Louis. Judge Hooks elevation had peen
foreshadowed in The Star. the President
having promised the place to Kansas SEN
ators. and representatives some time ago;
1t has not been decided who will be named
to succeed Judge Hook. and the expectation
is that there will be fight among the
Kansas republicans as to who Will receive
their Endorsement.
Before Cabinet Callers.
Before the cabinet meeting the President
received a number of callers. but did not
have any important or long conferences.
Assistant Secretary Darling of the Navy
Department was about to leave for yaca-
ton in New England, and he called to pay
his@respects before his departure. Repre-
sentative Sulloway of New Hampshire and
Representative William Alden Smith OF
Michigan were among the congressional
contingent now in the city to see the Pres
ident. Mr.. Smith presented Mayor Hoyt
and Walter 1. Lillie-of Grand Haven, Mich,
and J. K. v. Agnew of Grand Rapids.
Senior Quesada. the Cuban minister, pre-
sented Carlos Zaldo the secretary of state
and Justice of Cuba. Mr.. Zaldo was call
ed to New York recently by the serious i'll
ness of his daughter. and came to Wash
ington to pay his respects to the Presi-
dent He says that Cuba is in prosper
GUS condition.
Wagon Loads Of Presents.
President Roosevelt received over three
aeon loads of presents of all kinds during
his western trip, which came to an end a
week ago tonight, and these presents have
been disposed of in the White House to suit
the tastes and desires of the President and
his family The heaviest and bulkiest OF
the presents was an immense chair made
from elks' horns A big elk in the park
at Tacoma, Wash, has annually shed his
great horns. These have been saved from
year to year, and 1T was from them that
the chair for the President was made Inc
chair is so heavy that several men are re-
ouired for lifting and moving 1t. Another
rather strange present gathered at Tacoma
was a pair of totem poles, the comDlnatlon
grave stone and family tree OF the Alaskan
and northwestern Indian. These poles.
erected over Indian graves, contain curious
characters, which furnish a history Of the
dead and the family of the dead A splen-
did set of Indian pottery was presented TO
the President by Pueblo Indians near Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and the same place
also gave him fine Navajo blanket, one
of the best ever made in the west.
gold and silver loving cup and Sacramento
a silver and glass claret pitcher and
handsome cigar case. Colfax, Cal, gave
the President box of gold and silver ore.
Stuffed deer head, stuffed mountain sheep,
i.heasants, lizards and nearly all the other
products of the west were given to the
President at different points on his jour
ney At one place he was given set or
locked deer horns taken from two large
deers that had died with their horns locked
after fatal conflict between them: Brides
and saddles were plentiful throughout tne
journey. At Cheyenne the President was
presented with a beautiful horse, equipped
with saddle, bride and every other neces-
sity for rider. The horse is now on its
way to this city, and will be placed in the
Presidents stable. At Omaha somebody
gave him bride woven from hair.
There would have been a car full of live
animals had the President accepted all the
presents of this kind offered him. AT three
or four places offers of live bear were made
to him. but he declined these with thanks
At Santa Fe, N. NJ. and Kalima, Wash,
large bears were offered him. He did have
brought back with him, however, one live
present. That was a little badger, given to
him by a>little girl at Sharon Springs, Kan.
She asked the President to name 1t after
her brother, whose name is Josiah" So
the little badger, a bright and entertaining
little fellow, was known throughout the
trip as Josiah and that is still his name.
He was taken all the way from Sharon
Springs throughout the Pacific coast and
back through the west on the presidential
train. Members Of the party took a great
interest in him and fed him on potatoes
and milk. He was taken Off the train each
day for an airing, and would then play with
those he knew and show his appreciation of
his outing. Josiah Is particular pet of
the Roosevelt children and has been taken
to Oyster Bay, where he will spend the
summer with the youngsters. Josiah is
playful, kind and appreciative. and has be-
come a favorite with all the members of the
presidential family.
There were many presents of small pieces
of gold and silver of unique design The
President refuses to accepts gifts of con-
siderable value from individuals, and those
that were brought back with him were the
presents of communities or collection of
individuals that 1t would have been difficult
for him to decline had he been SO disposed.
Talks With Judge Grosscup.
The President had twenty-minute talk
after the cabinet meeting with Judge Peter
S. Grosscup of the seventh circuit. They
discussed a numbersof present day topics,