The Glenwood post., 1904-02-13

the party Of friends and members of
the general staff. Governor Taft and
Secretary Root took their places at
the long table where stood John Ran
dolph, notary, who administered the
oath OF office to the incoming secre-
tary. Then there were congratula-
lions showered upon Secretary Taft
and good-byes were said to Secretary
Root. Every army officer on duty in
Washington was aligned at the door
way, and the brilliantly uniformed col
umn passing before the retiring and
incoming secretaries formed a pretty
| spectacle.
The monthly statement of the direc-
tor of the mint shows that the tota!
coinage during January was s7,51S.72O,
as follows: Gold, 2760 900; silver, S4,-
$1,000; minor coins, S96,780. In add
ton. 100000 silver pieces were coined
1or the government of Venezuela.
The Senate on the End inst witnessed
the unusual spectacle OF a religious
service conducted by a Protestant
minister and a Jewish rabbi. The daily
prayer was delivered by Rabbi David
Philipson, a professor in the Hebrew
College at Cincinnati. The service was
/
Chaplain Hale.
| On February LIST Justice Brown oc-
cupied his seat on the bench OF the
United States Supreme Court for the
first time since last fall. when he was
threatened with loss of sight He has
recovered the use of his eyes. After a
brief sitting the court adjourned to
meet again February 23rd. The adj
/
fording opportunity to give considera-
ton of cases which have been argued,
including the Northern Securities mer-
ger case.
Under the Dingley tariff law frogs
legs are dressed poultry. This was Of
ficially decided by the secretary of the
treasury after he and the experts of
the customs division had made an ex-
haustiye study of the subject for three
months. The question arose about
| November LIST when the auditor for the
| Treasury Department wrote letter to
the secretary informing him that GER
tain collectors of customs along the
! Canadian border were admitting frogs
| legs under ten per cent duty for raw
or manufactured articles not speci-
| fically provided for. The weight of
the evidence and the secretary's per
sonal experience were on the side of
the contention that frog wa2 4 bird.
I Mr. c,orl,a tho nav Demoor. tic
,,a,,,ho,. Fron, A,.i,opeas ,r,da ~ -.
a,,oaaL H. a. con,,o Eahr,,,r, 80 H.
sre1,a t,,,o ho,,rs ord .nno,,roaI ,is
| or,,.,.,o,,,o,t 80 a,,or,, 1or;t;a,
40 prn.;ao,t ~ no,poot,on - H.
pan,r,a rauo1t ava IN tha noaot;a an,,
of tho tro.ty with tho neu, stota IJa
even said that in view Of the provdca-
ton given by Colombia, the Presid ent
might have been expected to go far her
than he did il advancing the causi Of
Panama. He declared that there Vas
more popular support of the coursi OF
the Presidents policy among De1lo-
Gratis than among Republicans, and laid
that the Democratic votes necessary to
ratify the treaty were assured.
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1rr;tad St,tos cunrero Corrt Io
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a oIoi,aa H., tho I,nd onn,n, n M ras
onant ~ tha orason Mi,itar, ~
Waao, Rod Comnanv nado ~ tes
,rha Jnois;or VIZ favnrobia Wv III ~,
nv, md ,,,inet tho ,o,onu u nt
iThayo ara on non ocres Of ,,na -
and IL ;s yaIr,ed Of e. soo ooo nv asa
,yas orsued three tiyoes fo,. tba S M
con,nany hv Judge I n DiIlor =, "a A
II Rrowne and for the govarnns,t hv
tho soIicitor peneraI Tho chiof i,s .
too ana I,sticos Harlan and u nn
dissonted anu
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