Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19
BIrs oF wAsHINeroN LIZ.
Minor scenes and Incidents sketehsd
an the suof

Everybody knows that President Roose
welt is an all-round athlete, but Il is no
90 generally known that he has gathere
about himself a cabinet Of men who's
tastes in that respect are similar to hi
own.
OF the cabinet oflcers chosen by Presiden
Roosevelt Messrs. Shaw. Taft Moody, Met
calf and Cortelyou are men who delight II
sports. and Moody, Metcalf and Cortelyo,
each achieved distinction.
Secretary Metcalf is slightly above sll
feet in height, straight as an arrow, and Il
fond OF almost all outdoor sports II,
rowed stroke on his class crew. He played
base ball, the old-fashioned type Of foo
ball, rode the bicycle and was an exper
swimmer. In later years Mr. Metcalf ha,
taken principally to shooting, fishing and
golf.
Postmaster General Cortelyou, who wa,
born and reared in New York City, played
base ball until he entered college and al
| Georgetown and Columbia was the crach
pitcher for the varsity team.
Notwithstanding his $50 pounds, Secretary
Tafts chief sport is horseback riding, with
golf, catching and boxing as diversions
Tim Murnate, the base ball writer, de-
clares that the profession of base ball lost
a star catcher when, in 1876, William H.
Moody. the present attorney general. with
a Harvard sheepskin in his hand, turned to
the law. Mr.. Moody was captain and
catcher OF the famous Haverhin club, and
when he entered Harvard, in 1872, as a
freshman, was placed behind the bat on the
| varsity team.
Secretary Shaw Of the Treasury depart
ment finds that the horse fulflls all his
desires for recreation and sport. In fact.
| hn ell l.
the only equestrian who can follow the
| Iowa man on his famous mount, Prince
The New York Herald records the cabi-
net changes under President Roosevelt as
follows:
John Hay of District of Columbia sec
rotary of state died in Office on June go
1906. VIII be succeeded by Elihu Root Of
New York
Lyman ]. Gage of Illinois, secretary of
the treasury, served under Mckinley, en-
tering ONCE on March 4, 1897, resigned; sue
ceeded by Leslie NJ. Shaw Of Iowa on Feb
ruary l. 1902
Elihu Root OF New York, secretary OF
war under Mckinley. succeeding Russell
A. Alger of Michigan, who resigned before
Roosevelt came in; succeeded by William
H. Taft on February /, 1904.
P. c. Knox OF Pennsylvania, attorney
general under Mckinley, resigned to be-
come United States senator from Pennsyl-
vania; succeeded by William H. Moody on
| July 1, 1904.
| Charles Emory Smith Of Pennsylvania
postmaster general under Mckinley, re-
signed succeeded by Henry c. Payne OF
Wisconsin. who died in Office. and was
succeeded by Robert ]. wynne of Penn
sylvania on October 10, 1904, who was sue
| ceeded by George B. Cortelyou on January
1, 1905.
John d. Long of Massachusetts,, secre-
tary OF the navy under Mckinley, resigned;
| succeeded by William II. Moody, who re-
signed to become attorney general, and
was succeeded by Paul Morton of Illinois
on July /, 1904, the latter resigning on
| July /, 1905. and was succeeded by Charles
J. Bonaparte of Maryland on July l, 1905
Ethan Allen Hitchcock OF Missouri, sec
rotary of the interior under Mckinley. en-
tering Office on December q. 1895 still IN
ONCE.
James Wilson OF Iowa, secretary of ag-
riculture under Mckinley. entering ONCE
| on March 8. 1897; still in ONCE.
George y. Cortelyou of New York. APP
pointed secretary of the department Of
commerce and labor by President Roose-
Welt on it's formation February is, 1908. re-
signed TO become chairman OF the repub-
lican national committee; succeeded by
Victor H. Mstcalf of California on July
l. 1904.
There was lively fiuttering Of hearts in
the pension office last week. Being the
last OF the fiscal year. the usual annual an
nouncement OF promotions had come, and
with It the decision on part OF a remark
ably large number OF old maid clerks not
to take them, but to surrender TO Cupid
and withdraw from the public service. The
first girl 10 go asked for her annual vaca-
ton. and said that as she had been en-
gagged twenty years she thought It was
about time for her to get married-but she
would hold on until the end OF her vaca-
ton, anyway. Her time was up the other
day, and she did not return. A day later
came letter announcing that she was'a
happy bride. In rapid succession seven
old maids in the musty and dusty old Pen
sion Barn went the same way, and Com
missioner Warner says he has had several
more warnings. The other women clerks
are in a state OF excitement over the
matter.
The task of counting the cash in the
treasury, incident to the induction OF Nor
gan II. Treat Of New York into the once
of United States treasurer as successor OF
Ellis H. Roberts, who has held the posi-
ton for more than eight years, is now pro-
crossing Sixty employees are engaged In
the work. which involves an inventory OF
the s, l52, s,725 in the thirteen cash vaults
OF the treasury The retiring treasurer said
that his AFFAIRS were in such shape that
the count could be completed in three
months. although when he came into ONCE
II lasted from July l TO the latter part OF
February. on March 81 OF this year therc
were Isl. iS1s7s standard silver dollars in
the treasury, SslsS7S.s7 OF subsidiary silver,
IS $50 SO OF gold coin, t2ls,sSo in gold GER
tincates, $5s6 O99, 80 In government bonds de-
posted as security for national bank note
circulation, besides United States notes
silver certificates. national bank notes in
process OF redemption. etc. The weight OF
the coins in the various vaults Is about
5000 pounds Every coin must be counted.
The Treasury department is agreeably
surprised to md that the national commits
sion OF the St. Louis fair did not spend all
the money appropriated for H. The records
Of the department show that although the
! government gave the commission $4,000 a
year 10 spend. or $1,000 for the four years