Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17

Il have seen some funny things on my
trips with President Roosevelt" said
secret service man to a Star reporter. but
one of the funniest on the last west
ern trip. The President was scheduled to
stop five minutes at a western town. The
railroad authorities had been told that the
stop must not he extended over hve MN
Utcs under any circumstances, ana 10 go
ahead when that time was up. The pro-
,,r.rn WIS for the mayor of the town TO
lump aboard and briefly present the Presi-
dent to the thronS of people who woulu
coagregate in the rear Of the Preside MS
sr.cial Cur The President would then
make a talk of three or four minutes.
II an went OF according TO program IN the
first part The mayor climbed aboard ana
cot the President to the back platform.
NV lcllow-citizens. neighbors and friends
I,rau the mayor this is a proud day Tor
Us We have here the President OF the
United States, who is loved by every man,
woman and child in the land SHAH not
teI Won much about him, though, as you
know him Further: you do not want to
hear ne. anyway. You want to near MINI
and I shall in a minute give way 70 ou.
INDUSTRIOUS guest But the mayor forgot
about the time and was still spoutns away
when the signal was given ana the tram
started Of We had to lift him off the
train Well we could hear the people
roastirg Tim as the train pulled away
and we never knew what happened to MIN
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The city cost office authorities have estao-
Ushad a sort of lost and found bureau
that is said to be accomplishing sood ie.
suits in bringing about the restoration oI
lost property to its owners. Many ar,ic.es
are said TO be lost in the post once os
hurrying and scurrying humanity ior II ap7
nears that nearly every man, woman az ~,
rhrd who visits the mail department Is III
-. 1rsf what occasions these rusheS
- not known. unless it is the sugSeSti.e-
ness of the rapdity with when olcie SCI fis
1,,r57las tha mail matter intruSteo ~ lii'
care for delivery s,i,-ary
h,,1Iefin board near the general delVery
window contains the announcements Vi ,.'G
,,ari,,ls articles found in the puluihs. a ~
r earb notice is the statement liat ny
on -, - ostrnaster's room is the deposl-
- So -i,cb articles and that the owner
can have their property py s% hi -
otficiaI and establishing ownership o
Among the recently found packages W. W.
IN .n,taIuing postage stamps. uocu-
vents and other things. A prooch Taa
found and placarded recently put VIZ ..es
II is set with diamonds or lniltatIoiI ,aa
- NOT stated A lost pipe IS also diil'oui ~
~ ~ bulletin board, but the lnforfhatloh
- LACKING whether it is genuine me- me-,
schaum or just a common everyday
deem ,.,,os 10 sai5 7, be
49,, Iar,est Of all and embraces many COZ
ors and sizes, all showing more " 20 =;
- and tear" About the rarest iId -
said to be cash, although p4ss"e ~, nften
sometimes in large quantties' ii0
fonnd by the sweepers and others.
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There is an old fellow in Washington VINO
claims the police arrest him on the si's IN.
o. nrovocation and send him GOWN Oh
the farm 70 fill in time on the charge u
varrancy. The real trouble with the aseo
man. however. is his fondness for hre-
water" and the result has been that he
has suent many moons at the workhouse
in one of Keeper Zinkham's striped UNI
forms.
victim. 1.-The cops are sure to vag me-, ana
NV life is one of worriment. with dods-
Ing the police and hustling for vital sta
tistics. CO. wan
yes vital statistics-grub, food, chuck'
anything you choose to cali It,
The old man has been seen several times
of late walking about the streets with ms
coat off and his sleeves rolled up. Usually
he has a screw driver. a hammer or some
other tool in his hand.
working now. Billy?" queried friend
who stopped the old man as he was hurry
ing along.
Nav. / amt workin'." came the reply,
I'm f0olln' the police. l make 'em believe
am working or they'd send me down 10
the cage a hummin-
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high official to a group of them the other
day will have hard picking this summer.
The prospects are that there will be little
doing in an official way in the national
capital for months to come if, indeed, the
city is not practically deserted BY the prin-
cpal officials after the LIST of July. The
President will be away and the White
House will be established al Oyster Bay
for the summer Secretary Hay will be re-
Cuperatng at his summer home at Lake
Sunapee, y. H. and most. OF the other
members of the cabinet will be out of the
city, with the result of a practical suspen-
sion of all important business far this
city IS concerned Secretary Taft. who
probably makes more copy for the news
paper men than any other cabinet officer
because Of his manifold and important du-
ties. including the administration OF Phil
ippine affairs and the construction of the
Panama canal, leaves here early in July on
his Inspection trip to the Philippines and
Will be away about three months. And to
add to the dizziness. all the executive de-
partments will begin their Saturday early
closing movement on the lst proximo. With
all the banks closed at y o clock and all
the government offices closed an hour later,
Saturday Will be a particularly dull day
from a news standpoint during the sue
ceed!nE three months. But I suppose the
newspapers will be able to cone with the
situation. and having the entire world as
Il source ~ supply will scintillate and in
struct as 7 al
Storys statue or Chief Justice John Mar
shall f. the only work OF art that adorns
the west terrace Of the Capitol grounds.
Passing by il recently with an old Virginia
friend he called my attention to the severe
judicial Expression Of the face, and yet. he
said. he always thought when looking a,
II that he could discover a latent, restrained
trace ~ humOr about the lines of the
mouth. and II never failed to remind him
%! an aHecdote which used 10 be told sew
tftl generations ago about the famous in.
terpreter OF our Constitution When Mr.
Marshall was residing in Richmond one OF
ms neighbnrs was Col. Pickett, who was a
man OF wealth, lived well and was not con-