The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-26

Deen appointed ranger OF the Mesa
forest reserve at s72o per annum..
The Secretary of the Interior has
withdrawn from entry body of land
in the canon of the Grand river. Colo
rado, known as the Kremmling reser-
yoir site, for the purpose of storing the
waters of the river for use during the
irrigation season in a reclamation en-
terprise in the lower valley OF the
Colorado river. of which the Grand
river is a'tributary.
Lieutenant Colonel William B.
Wheeler. Second infantry; Major
Harry o. Pearley. surgeon; Captain
Charles S. Lincoln; Captain Alexander
E. Williams. Second infantry; First
Lieutenant William N. Bispham. as
Bistant surgeon; First Lieutenant Paul
NJ. McCook Second Infantry. recorder;
have been constituted board to meet
at Fort Logan. Colorado. for the ex-
animation OF such officers as may be
ordered before II for promotion.
The Washington police are investi-
eating an incident which occurred in
the plaza of the capitol in which an
attempt was made, before moving
picture machine. to impersonate Presi-
dent Roosevelt giving assistance TO
pretended negro in distress. A moving
picture machine had been placed where
II could command the scene and man
made up as a negro approached and
when directly in front Of the statue
of George Washington. he fell to the
pavement.
As a result OF protest OF the Wash
ington Union of Musicians against the
acceptance by members Of the United
/, States Marine Band of positions in the
orchestra of local theater, President
Roosevelt has ordered that no mem
Der of the band shall take the place
of any civilian dismissed on account
of labor dispute. The union has pre-
sented the issue in the case to the
President, claiming that the dismiss
ais were made because the men re-
fused to accept less than union prices.
The Investigations of the charges
made some time ago against Edward
A Moseley secretary of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. has been com
pleted. The result of the investiga-
tion shows that some of the charges
were unfounded in fact; that others
were satisfactorily disposed of by the
answers of Mr.. Moseley or by the as
sumption of responsibility by the In
torstate Commerce Commission. and
that still others grew out of some OBJ
jectionable methods in certain features
of administrative details. After giving
the case careful consideration, the pres
ident, having dismissed the charges
against Secretary Moseley. has directed
that steps be taken at once to bring
about such changes in methods OF ad-
ministration as the investigation has
shown to be desirable.
AT the conclusion of the Cabinet
meeting May 18th, Secretary Cortelyou
and Postmaster General Payne contin-
ned for considerable time in consult
alton with the President. The confer
ence relates to political matters. No
concealment is now made of the prac-
tical selection OF Secretary Cortelyou
to be chairman OF the Repub-
lican national committee. No Of
fetal announcement of the selection
has been made and 1t is quite likely
that none will be made until the ma
tional committee shall have taken for
NAL action by electing Mr.. Cortelyou
. as chairman. The matter is recog-
nized, however, as being quite as well
settled now as It can be in advance of
the committees action. At the con-
clusion of the conference neither Mr..
Cortelyou nor Mr.. Payne cared to dis
cuss its details for publication.
President Roosevelt had talk with
Elmer c. Dover, secretary of the Re
publican national committee, about the
preliminary arrangement for the Chica-
go convention and other matters relat-
ing to the convention and the cam
paign. Mr. Dover will go to Chicago
and on June 1st will open the head
quarters of the committee at the Audi
torium hotel. Preliminary arrange
ments are being made for the campaign
by Secretary Dover. He is in cores
pcndence with party leaders through
out the country and by the time the
convention assemblies he will be in pos
session of organization details which
he will turn over to the new commit
tee. Four seconding speeches probably
will be delivered. With the exception
of Harry Stillwell. Edwards Of Macon.
Georgia, the well known author and
writer the orators have not been
chosen.
Few permanent residents of the capi-
tai go to the top of the Washing
ton monument. The trip is left almost
entirely to transient visitors to the
CITY. A careful record is kept of the
number of visitors who go to the top
of the shaft by elevator and by the
stairway. During the last month the
record shows that 13, 1913 visitors went
to the top of the monument by eleva-
tor and 4.756 climbed the stairway,
total for the month of 1884. The total
number of persons who have gone up
the monument since 1t was opened
to the public sixteen years ago has
been 2,41S.621. The monument has
been struck by lightning hundreds of
times. In the storm Of April 9th
last an electric discharge entered at
the top of the shaft, descended to the
bottom and flew from there to the en-
gine room and boiler house. several
hundred feet away, not doing any ma
terial damage.