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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

modern inventions been brought to-
gether to facilitate the rapid and COM
plete production of printed documents.
The whole building is a marvellous
exposition of the many uses to which
electricity may be put. There is not a
foot of shafting in the big structure.
Electricity runs the 800 presses and
the fifteen passenger and five freight
elevators. 1t heats the boolbnder's
tools, the glue pots and the stamping
machines, while even in the foundry
electrical currents do all the heating
except the melting of metals, for which
gas is employed. Electricity lights the
building and ventilates it, changing
the air completely once in every seven
minutes. 1t supplies the 1000 employ
ees with water for drinking and toilet
purposes, keeps the wonderfully intri-
cate telephone system in operation,
runs stitching, trimming and routing
machines, heats knives for cutting wax
and is used in many ways in the proc
esses of elecrotyping and stereotyping
There is pneumatic tube service
throughout the building to carry copy
between the different departments. In
the press room are sixty-four large
rotary, fiat bed presses, while many
other smaller presses are in use for va
rious special purposes. Besides the
Congressional Record, which is pub
lished daily during the session Of con-
gress, the printing bureau of the gov
ernment publishes the Official Gazette
of the United States patent ofice,
which is issued once week and Is
quite an elaborate affair. containing,
as it does, the decisions of the commits
sloner of patents and the United States
courts and drawings of the various de-
signs, trademarks, labels, ETC., on
which patents are issued from week to
week. The special documents printed
for congress and the executive depart
ments are always very numerous.
The United States printing office is a
building Of the renaissance style Of
architecture and Of pleasing appear
ance. but 1t is built more for solidity
and usefulness than for architectural
effect The walls are three feet In
thickness, so as to give ample support
to the weight Of the floors and the ma
chinery they contain. These floors COW
er about eight acres Of space. The
steel framework Of the building weighs
12,000,000 pounds, and about 100000
bricks We're used In its construction.
1t is splendidly lighted by 1900 win
dows, and the walls are lined with
white enameled brick. The whole
structure Is fireproof and is believed
to be a model Of convenience and safe
ty throughout.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

selves as others see them. Miss Nun
ro is well qualified to write a play
about the fashionable set. for she is
herself an heiress to millions, being the
daughter of wealthy publisher, the
late Norman Leslie Munro.
Unlike many Of the daughters Of the
rich, she is not content to spend her
life amid the frivolities of society, but
is ambitious to achieve things. She
stepped into her fathers publishing
business when he died and has been
controlling spirit in 1t. She studied
law and took her diploma in the class
with Helen Gould. She is an enthu-
siastic athlete and in the Impressionist
advocated ardently the participation
OF women in outdoor exercises. Golf,
tennis and horseback riding are her
favorite sports, and she is also good
whip and on the water could bring
either a steam or sailing yacht into
port II the captain was disabled. Be
sides all these accomplishments Miss
Munro has what is denied many rich
girls-the rare gift Of beauty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

BIGGEST GOLD NUGGET EVER DISCOVERED.
dence men, but worth $4,000. 1t is
twelve inches long and weighs about
ninety pounds.
On the Portland Beach claim in the
Nome district seven men and cook
last winter cleaned up $421,000 worth
Of gold in sixty days. The cost of op-
Grating the mine, including labor and
coal, during this period was $500 On
an adjoining claim $250,000 was taken
out. The summer mining season has
been shortened this year by bad storms,
but the total yield for the year will be
above that of any previous year owing
to the fact that winter mining has
the first time that mining on an exten-
sive scale was tried during that sea
son, and it proved practicable.
In some mines where a shaft of con
siderable depth has to be sunk in order
to reach the pay streak winter mining
is more economical than summer min
ing because there is less danger of the
mine caving in or being flooded by wa
ter from melting snow. When the
ground is frozen solid 1t may be tun-
neled with comparative ease and it is
not necessary to board up the shaft.
As timber is worth $40 thousand feet
in Nome, this latter feature is one of
no small Importance.
Every mine is equipped with boiler
and hose which carries the steam to
the mine. Attached to the end of the
hose is long piece of steel pipe, drawn
to a point and perforated with two
holes a short distance back of the
point. The steel pipe, or nozzle, is
driven into the bank by means of a
sledge, and when the steam is turned
on the gravel is thawed out for three
or four feet In all directions. Work
men shovel the gravel and dirt into
large buckets, which are dumped near
the mouth of the mine. Samples are
taken frequently, and the amount of
gold is ascertained, so that it is possi-
BILE at any time to estimate the value
Of the dump where the pay dirt is de-
posted. In the spring the dump is
cleaned up, the gold being washed out
by means Of sluice boxes, and this con-
cludes the seasons work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
Political Administration
And Business Exploitation
Professor cRAHA1 TAYLOR Chicago Theological Seminary

HERE leisure class in America draw upon for citizens
Men of business oath relax their work attend to
the duties of citizens and there few who be
found who will serve public and municipal boards
ais the right kind of men, for THERE ARE ALWAYS GRAFT
LIS READY and willing step public office as to get the
boode but it just that should be kept of office
nce in awhile you will find good who willing and
p him lies the hope of the cities
We ndivdualism making itself prominent in citizenship Your
zen objects srenuouy the government making statistics OF
I'm and his family and government interference Ihe
ARTISAN political idea shown municipal elections all nonsense
here be Republican Democratic platform in town cleo
Parties should have nothing do with the election OF council
ien, only their worth citizens being vital
But the serious danger citizenship today the business
operation ideal Why take the traction companies, which literally
u1 ANYTHING THEY WANT in municipality, denying their
ee the right of free unbiased and breeding corruption
known fact that the great traction companies Chicago have
M greater deerorang effect upon the people than all the saloons
bothes in that great city Again. take Armours beef trust
nen fighting the people, the trust compaenty looks to the
nment for protection of its interests and yet is continually
liking political responsibility. IT VIOLATES THE NATIONAL
and maintains dangerous element in its uneducated dat
lea employees, whom it uses automaons
lhe great need in municipalities today is the EMANClPAIlON
POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION FROM COMMERCIAL
rLOITATION and partisan spos We in Chicago have par
might almost say successfully accomplished this BY means
me Municipal Voters league
FEW YEARS EIGHT OUT OF THE sixTY-E'GHT
NOsRMEN WERE KNOWN TO BE THIEVES ROBBERS
~ CRIMINALS. SEVENTY ALDERMEN BUT TEN
s SUSPECTED BEING ANYTHING STRICTLY HONEST AND
oNoRARLE, THESE TEN BUT THIS IS REFORM
Nr IS NEEDED THROUGHOUT AMERICAN CITIES
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
Nome S HIammcth$
Nugget Of Gold
} Biggest Lump of the Yellow Metal Ever
Found Handled by Thousands.
Found In Post Role-"Winter
Mining a Success"

"HE biggest nugget of gold ever
M found, SO far as known. was
that discovered in the Nome
district of Alaska ON No.
bench claim on Anvil creek. In stor-
ing gold for the use of mankind nature
seems to have favored the Nome dis
trict especially and big nuggets are
common in that vicinity. but this par
ticular nugget is away beyond the
usual size and Il person attempting to
steal it would not find it easy to carry
off. 1t could not be put in the vest
pocket, and to lift it with one hand re-
quires considerable muscle. Its weight
is 1S2 ounces ana its value S3.2T6. The
big lump of gold was struck by a
miner who hit it with his SHOVEL when
digging post hoe The nugget. which
is the property of the Pioneer Mining
company, is displayed in the territorial
wing Of the United States government
building at the Lewis and Clark eX-
position at Portland. 1t is part of the
exhibit made by the Nome chamber of
commerce and is in charge of j. j. Tn
derWood. An ingenious arrangement
was devised to permit of close inSpec-
tion of the big golden lump. This ana
some other nuggets, to the value alto
gether of $4,000, were put in wire
cage so constructed that a person could
put his hand through and lift the mug
get, but could not pull it out. Over
the chunk of gold was placed a legend
reading, You can lift the nugget but
don't take it away" Lest some one
should attempt to take it away, despite
the warning, man who wears re-
volver in his belt stays in the cage.
He says that no one has yet tried to
steal it, but that visitors who think
that they can pick off a bit of gold
with a finger nail or penknife are not
uncommon.
The output of gold from the Nome
district from 1899 to 1904 inclusive
was $29.350.000. This is represented
in the exhibit at Portland by pile of
gilt blocks fifteen feet high. The size
Of each block is exactly equivalent to
the output of gold in the year it rep
resents. The biggest block is at the
bottom and is thirty-one inches in di-
ameter. 1t is equal in size to gold
worth $6,200,000, the output of Nome
and the Seward peninsula in 1904.
Near this pile of gilt blocks is a gold
brick, not of the kind used by conf
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
The Government
Printing Office
Largest Institution Of It's Kind In the
World Use Of Electricity Ia It's
Work - Removal Of Public
Printer Palmer

TN HE comment regarding the re-
moval from Office Of the public
G printer, Frank W. Palmer, has
directed attention TO the big
government institution which Mr..
Palmer until recently directed. The
printing bureau of the federal govern
ment is the largest institution of its
character in the world, and the build
ing in which Il is housed is the largest
printing Office in the United States.
The removal of Mr.. Palmer as super
intendent of this great institution was
due TO the charge brought against him
of maladmiuistration Of his Office in
connection with the purchase Of new
typesetting machines. Seventy-two
such machines were recently bought
for use in the printing bureau. A rival
of the company which secured the con-
tract for supplying them made charges
of corruption against the public print
er. A commission appointed to investi-
gate the matter found that mo corrupt
consideration, payment or promise
passed from the company to the public
printer or TO any person in the govern
ment service" However, the commits
sion found that Il fair and impartial
test of the different machines in the
market had not been made prior to the
purchase; that bias was shown toward
the company which obtained the con-
tract"
Prior TO the reception of this report
by the president Mr.. Palmer had re-
fused to accede to the wishes of Mr..
Roosevelt in respect to the administra-
ton of the bureau and was dismissed.
Because Of the great extent of its
work the government printing Office is
one of the most important institutions
at the national capital The building
occupied by the bureau is new one.
1t was some four years in course of
construction, cost about S2,J00,000 and
has been in use about two years. 1t
was built according TO congressional
enactment under the supervision of the
chief of engineers of the army, the
public printer and the supervising ar
chitect. 1t is said that in no building
of the kind In the world have so many
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

yTE Portsmouth peace treaty is marvellous and epoch
making event. nothing short of stupendous its conse
quence only to the Immediately con-
~ cerned, BUT TO THE WORLD AT LARGE, conse
quence which will be felt directly or indirectly through
the whole of Asia and Europe and which profoundly influence
the economic and commercial future of America The result is
great diplomatic victory for Russia greater victory for Japan
triumph for the president of the United States such
few achieved in history victory THE POLITICAL
IDEALS OF AMERICA which will greatly enhance her prestige
in the world at large
Russia spite her defeat and her internal troubles held very
strong cards and played them with hand She was not vet
vanued and determined accept consequences of
defeat There other criterion in diplomacy
EXCEPT RESULTS and the unyiedng Russian tactics whether
W the and his advisers responsible for hem have
peace which Russia accept without loss of and
welcome with enthusiasm release situation full of
further perils
Russia has saved her dignity and remains great power Perhaps
world better off because of the fact that she forced
her knees If the terms of peace favorable her that
friendly relations with her late antagonist replace relations
of suspicion and hatred the prestige of Wi enhanced
Russia that the whole empire must him its leading
for solution of its internal difficulties then the treaty of Ports
mouth will indeed bring LIGHT WHERE THERE HAS BEEN
DARKNESS
What be said of Japan than shown herself
wise the making of peace she brave and sful in the
wng of that the intelligence of her rulers in meeting this last
crisis AS GREAT AS THAT OF HER GENERALS AND
ADMIRALS, at which the whole world has marveed?
The MORAL victory which she has in the eyes of the
d world by her fine mgnanmiy the st by her resolve that
the responsibility of thwarng peace should lie her door,
greater than which her armies could have the field she
had kept on fighting.
AM LOST IN ADMIRATION OF HER SELF RESTRAINT
OF HER WISDOM JAPAN HAS RECOGNIZED THAT WHATEVER
ADDITIONAL TRIUMPH HER ARMS HER
GREATEST INTEREST, PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHERS is NOW
PEACE.
In peace she will win the indemnity which she has ren
pushed and the financial confidence which will be inspired in
country capable of SELF RESTRAINT will be worth
her the long than hundreds millions wrung from Russia by
the continuance of supendous conflict
IF AMERICAN
PERIOD OF CONFLICT HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD AMERICAN
RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP OUT
APPARENT REMUNERATION.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

a very able busi-
ness man and finan-
cier, but is interest
ed in other things
besides finance and
trade. He is noted
as a traveller and
bear hunter. After
Mr.. Clahin gradu-
ated from the Col
lege of the City Of
New York his ia
ther sent him on a
prolonged tour Of
the old world. and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

Professor William II. Pickering, di-
rector Of the Harvard observatory
who came near being killed recently
while on a visit to Hawaii, is an as
tronomer of wide reputation, and
among other achievements to his
credit is his discovery of the elusive
and erratic heavenly body known as
Phoebe, the ninth and latest satellite
of Saturn. Professor Pickering has
been working of late on curious
theory suggested to him by the re-
semblance he has discovered between
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

IHt VTVsVHI IdCIHC
ocean. The Hawaiian Islands were In
about the center of the lunar genesis
and Glanced in some way TO be left
behind when the moon was thrown off
and the followed out section now
named the Pacific ocean was created.
Professor Pickering has been con-
nected with the Harvard observatory
since 1887. He is forty-seven years Of
age and is graduate Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. He
recently published a work, entitled
"Atlas of the Moon," and was director
Of a party which secured in Jamaica
the most valuable series Of moon
photographs ever taken.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29


Captain Lee. following family tradi
ton, is a cavalry officer AS lieuten-
ant in the Fifth cavalry he not long
ago completed three year detail in
the Philippines. On his return he was
made captain and assigned to the
Seventh cavalry just as that regiment
received its orders to proceed to the
Philippines. He was on his return
there when the order of President
Roosevelt overlook him. He is to re-
port in person to Colonel Bromwell,
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds at Washington, about Oct 1.
The White House detail generally ter
inmates in two years. Captain Lee is
twenty-nine years of age and a short
time ago married a California beauty.
Miss Ruth McNutt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

long hun'ing trips or tours of more or
less wild regions. In this way he has
kept up his physical vigor and is an
active man at fifty-fve. A. young
man he made trip across South Amer
lea, starting at Peru and coming out at
the mouth of the Amazon. He had but
one white companion and enjoyed
many adventures on the trip. For
years he hunted every summer in the
Rockies and seldom failed to kill at
least one grizzly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

the mountains or
the moon and the
volcanic mountains
Of the Sandwich Is
lands. He thinks
there is some re-
lation between the
two and advances
the hypothesis that
the moon was orig
inally a part of the
earth and occupied
a position on 1t
corresponding in
general to that of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

George W. Perkins, sometimes called
the smartest man in New York. tes-
titled before the life Insurance inyes-
tigating committee Of the New York
legislature that he started out at fifteen
as Il clerk for the New York Life In
surance company at 500 per month.
He advanced in the service of the in
stitution until he became its vice pres
ident ut Il salary Of $4,000 a year
Then he received an offer OF partner
ship from ]. Pierpont Morgan.
After becoming a member of Mr..
Morgan's firm he remained an officer Of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

BY a singular coincidence the names
the recent appointment of military
aids to the president The south lost
a gallant soldier and public spirited cit
izen in the death of General Fitz-Hugh
Lee while working in the interests of
the jamestown exposition. President
Roosevelt recognized the martial spirit
of the south and paid a tribute to one
of its most famous families in adding
to his staff the late General-Fitz-Hugh
Lees son, Captain FitzHugh Lee, Jr.,
one of the most talented of the younger
officers of the army. He is a grand
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

the following anec-
dote about the late
Phillips Brooks:
"Years ago Bishop
Brooks was recov-
ering from an i'll
ness and was deny
ing himself to all
visitors when Rob
ert Ingersoll called.
The bishop received
him at once.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

nephew of the late
General Robert Il.
Lee and will have
as an associate on
the presidents staff
a grandson of the
great Union gener-
nj to whom Lee de-
livered his sword.
This is Lieutenant
L. S. Grant of the.
engineer corps, son
of General Freder-
- -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

he became fond Of travel On his re
turn he began at the bottom in learn
ing his fathers business and mastered
every detail of 1t, so that he is now
able to manage successfully one Of the
largest corporations in the country.
But he has never altogether lost the
desire to rove and every year goes on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
A PROGRESSIVE THINKER.
Rev. DIR. WashinGton GLADDEN., who
DiSIilSes sTaintcd Money"

DiSIil>es "Tainted Money"
The Rev. Dr. Washington GLADDEN..
who started the now famous debate
about acceptance by missionary socie
ties Of so called tainted money" was
one of the earliest to take up the study
of the problem of trusts. He is what
is called an advanced thinker" on
both religious and economic questions
He was one of the first to put In popu
lar form the results Of the so called
higher criticism" of the Bible anu
while rejecting the theory of the literal
inspiration of the Scripture DEFENDS
them nevertheless as containing a di.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

watching the boys
file in. As fast as
they were seated
the pies, of which
there was one at
each plate, began
to disappear.
Riis had comment
ed ON the number of
pies before the boys
entered, and he now
noticed that two
thirds of them had
disappeared.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

the life insurance
company, but as he
was no longer able
to devote his whole
attention to its af-
fairs he was honest
enough to ask to
have his salary cut
down two-thirds.
Mr.. Perkins is
now forty-tlree. He
can vote as direct
or in twnutv or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

bONitttC VI Mis-.
Rice in the venture is her husband.
Gale Young Rice, who is a writer, like
herself, and was formerly college
professor. The new bank has a capital
stock of S250,000 and the Rices own a
controlling interest Mrs. Rice was
Miss Alice Caldwell Hogan when she
wrote Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" and "Lovey Mary" She is thr-
ty-five years of age and is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Hogan of
Louisville, where her fathers home has
been for many years the center of So
cial life and hospitality. she was for
a long time interested in the people of
the ''po' white" quarters of louisville,
and from the individualities found
there her characters were created The
sale of Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" is said to have exceeded that of
any other book ever issued by the Cen
tury company
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

Jacob A. Riis, intimate friend of
President Roosevelt, who recently de
clined to run for mayor of New York.
resembles the president somewhat
This resemblance, says the New York
Times, once meant Il great deal to 100
newsboys They had been treated to
one of their famous dinners, where
juicy cart wheel mince pies were the
star numbers of the menu.
Jacob Riis and the chief Of police
were standing at the back of the din
ing hall where the feast was served,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
Men and Women
In the News
) Mrs. Alice Hesan Rice. Banker Bishop Pot.
ter's Story-Riis and Roosevelt Mil
lionaire John Claflin George W.
Perkins -Fitz-hugh Lee. Jr.
EH RS. ALICE

IA RS. ALICE
IV d ii EG AN
RICE, au-
thor of Mrs.
Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch,
has just made
her debut in
X e II lucky t 5
financial world,
having partici-
pated in the or
ganization of q
bank in her
home city, Lou
iSy-illa An oc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
"I ann an ngnostic."
A WOMAN WHO DOES THINGS

Miss Norma Munro, Whose New Play
Will Take on Society.
Miss Norma Leslie Munro, who has
written much for periodicals and once
edited magazine called the Impress
sionist, is now at work under the di-
rection of the well known playwright,
David Belasco, on play which will
hold the mirror up to fashionable New
York life and make some of the mem
bers of the Four Hundred see them
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29

more of the largest corporations in the
country.
Mr. Perkins relates that certain
banker with whom lie is well acquaint
ed was sitting at his desk one day
when a well known broker came in. The
broker was carrying Il little hand bag,
and he seemed in great hurry. Il
want to borrow a million" he eX-
claimed before he had even taken a
chair. The banker, though man of
long experience with many men, was
a bit taken by surprise. "A million
dollar loan is not such small mat
ter" he replied. "Sit down and Well
talk it over. Let me take your bag" ;"
Not on your life" interrupted the
broker. I've already got three mil
lions in there" And he opened the
bag to convince the banker, who made
no further delay in granting the loan