The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-12
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
George r. Carter, who succeeded San.
ford B. Dole as governor Of Hawaii,
has been in consultation with the presi-
dent on a number of matters connected
with the administration of territorial
affairs in the islands. He will not re-
turn to Hawaii for some time, as there
are a number Of judgeship appointments
in Hawaii TO De settled. The terms Of
seven judges have expired, and their
reappointments must be determined up.
on.
Porto RfcO's New Governor.
Beekman Winthrop. who is to sue
coed William H. Hunt as governor of
Porto Rico, in preparing for his duties
has had several interviews with the
president concerning affairs in the is
land. The change in the governorship
will occur early in July, aad Governor
Hunt will then come on here and take
the oath of office as Judge of the Unit
ed States district court of Montana,
to which place he was appointed a good
while ago.
Senator COckre1l's Injury.
Senator +. M. Cockrell of Missouri.
who was run down by a bicycle a few
days ago, sustained many bruises and
had a small bone broken in his right
shoulder which will confine him to the
house for some time. The senator was
on his way home from the market,
which he visits daily, when the acct
dent occurred. For nearly thirty years
Francis Marion Cockrell has been in
the senate. He is now in his SEVENTEEN
year.
When he first entered public life at
Washington he gained not a little fame
by making daily visits to a market.
from which he always carried away an
armload of vegetables. When his
friends chaffed him about this habit
he was wont to tell them that the mar
ket was the only thing about Washing
ton that reminded him Of home. For
many years his daily luncheon in the
senate chamber has consisted of two
large red checked apples.
The Original Roosevelt Club.
President Roosevelt has received two
gifts which he prizes highly. They
were presented to him by Dan A.
Brown of Chicago. president Of the
Original Roosevelt Club of Illinois, the
organization of which was effected
Sept. 3, 1901. 1t is said to have been
the first club organized for the cam
paign in 1904 in the United States. One
present was the gavel, bound with sill
yer and suitably engraved. presented
to Mr.. Brown on the organization Of
the club. The other was a campaign
pin of solid gold, the design being in
tended to represent a pair of nose
glasses such as the president wears,
with an embossed likeness of Mr..
Roosevelt in one lens and room for a
similar likeness of the vice presidential
candidate in the other.
Free Ice For the Sick.
Commissioner Mcfarland has an
nounced that the philanthropic Wash
ington gentleman who last year fur
nished free ice for the sick and, the
babies of the needy has renewed his
offer to furnish ice for the poor again
this summer. This generous Washing
ton citizen has authorized Mr.. Macfar-
land to make all the arrangements for
furnishing the ice and to draw upon
him for the money needed, only stipu-
llating that his name shall be withheld
from the public.
Statue Of Frederick the Great.
Major John S. Sewell, corps Of engi-
neers, who is in charge of the con-
struction work at Washington bar
racks, has been instructed to erect q
suitable pedestal on the terrace in front
of the new Army Wal college for the
statue Of Frederick the Great present
ed to the United States by the emperor
of Germany. Congress has appropriate
ed $4,000 for the pedestal and the ex-
penses connected with the erection of
the statue. 1t has been arranged that
the statue shall be dedicated with APP
propriate ceremonies Nov. 10 next.
Shad.
The present season has not been a
profitable one with the fishermen down
the Potomac, they say, because Of the
scarcity of the fish. The catch of shad
has not been as large as usual. The to-
tai catch this season as shown by the
reports of Gwynne Harris, inspector
of marine products. will aggregate
about 137.SOO, while last year the catch
amounted to 1S4,444.
Hot Weath and Uniforms.
At the beginning of the first hot
weather there was an agitation in the
war department for a modification Of
the order relative to uniforms. Officers
desired to appear in the gauzy seer
sucker or the Tapping alpaca or the
polka dot cotton jacket or anything
else that was cool and that did not re-