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should have adequate appropriations, ane
laws to efface and control the present I'M
healthy conditions. He thinks that Wash
ington should be made the most beautiful
city in the world. And so it should.
Washington has been shivering in the
coolest snap that has visited the city fol
many long year. The cold was steady
and without accompaniment of wind
Snow and a slight rain covered the streets
and walks with a glare of ice like mir
ror for sickness, and accidents have been
numerous. When the mercury crawls
down to 3 above it is pretty chilly in this
vicinity. That doesn't often happen.
Civil Service Commissioners Cooley and
Greene have decided to ask Gen. John G.
Black. recently nominated a member OF
the Commission, to succeed the late John
II. Proctor, to become Chairman of the
Commission, which is an unexpected honor
for a new member but one that IS very
fitting the man to whom it is rendered.
Senator Alger, Secretary of War dur
ing the Spanish-American war, will give
a reception to Secretary Root, the retir-
ing Secretary of War: on Jan: q, at the
Senator's residence. The President, mem
beers of the Cabinet and Senate and House
will be present. rs will also other distin-
guished New York and Washington peo-
pie.
Young Teddy and Kermit Roosevelt
have returned to their school at GrOton,
Mass. They had very gay Christmas
holiday, not little of the pleasure being
the splendid skating which the crisp Win
ter weather affoGded..
Mr.. Jones. Commissioner of Indian At
airs, was before the Committee of Indian
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heard ON the proposition to open UP In
dian lands TO the amount of 100000
acres. Commissioner Jones is of the opin-
ion that the proper thing to do is to throw
these lands open for settlement, with the
consent of the Indians if it can be OBJ
tanned. and without if not obtainable. He
says that that is the only solution OF the
way in which to elevate the Indian and
settle for all time the Indian question. He
says that, of course, all property rights
should be guaranteed to the Indians.
The testimony in the Gen. Leonard
Wood case has been ordered printed and
is not to be made public. The brief made
by Senator Foraker, setting forth the
views of the majority on the nomination
of Gen. Wood to be a Major General, and
the views filed by the minority will also
be printed in the same volume.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Chaplain of
the Senate. had quite an experience Fri
day morning on his way to pray over the
House of Lords" Az his carriage was
passing up Pennsylvania Avenue he saw
a woman fall, and FASTENED to her relief.
She proved to be the cook lady" of the
German Embassy, and had broken her
leg in her fall, so DR.. Hale placed her in
his carriage and drove with her to the
Embassy. That trip left him mighty lit
tie time. and the famous Octogenarian had
to hustle. like fun to get up to the SEN
ate and INTO his clerical robes of satin in
time to pray over the unregenerate solons.
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Little Ruth Cleveland .is dead. There
is not 4 mother or q father in the land
who will not sorrow with the ex-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland in this the first
real sorrow that has come to their home.
Ruth was their first born. She was just
past her 18th year, having been born in
New York, Oct. 3, 1891, and was tod
ding little tow-headed child when. Mr.
Cleveland came back to the White House
as President in 1893. She was not
pretty or even winning little child. but
she grew to be beautiful girl, with heavy,
dark curis and round, sweet face. The
Cleveland children were kept so closely
guarded while residents of the White
House and 'Red Top" the country home
here, that very few people ever got a
glimpse of them. Mrs. Cleveland was
morbidly afraid of Ruth's being photo
graphed or kidnapped. The Clevelands have
four other children, Esther. born in the
White House, Sept. o, 1893; Marion, born
at Gray Gables. Buzzard's Bay. July q,
1895: Richard Foisenf,s born in Princeton,
n. j.. Oct.s2S, 1897, and Francis Grover,
named for his father and mother, born at
Gray Gables, July 1s. 1903.
Because of the exciusiyeness Of the
Cleyelands concerning baby Ruth" as
the first daughter was known, story
became current that the child could not
talk. OF course. it was not true. for
Ruth was bright child, and could chat
ter as fast as ANYBODY.
Senator Martin. of Virginia. has a bill
before Congress for the purpose of pur-
chasing the Mclean House at Appomat-
tox, made historic by the surrender there
of the Army of Northern Virginia under
Gen. Robert e. Lee. Secretary Root.
however. disapproyes OF the bill. and has
given the Senate Committee his opinion
States TO buy. all the historic spots within
its borders. Secretary Root says that the
Government has its hands about full with
the care of its Battlefield Parks, which
have already cost over 80 000.0 600 and will
cost half a million more before they are
complete Military Parks, as authorized by
Congress. He says also that it will cost
an annual outlay of $4,000 a year to
maintain these parks after completion.
The elections contest between Ey-Repre-
sentative Kahn and Mr.. "Liver'n'ash, - of
California. seems to be getting ready for
the start-off. Thomas j. Walsh. Registrar
of Elections of San Francisco, arrived in