Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-04-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.l

cialms against them or give up their |
positions.
1t is understood that some of the
clerks are SO hopelessly In debt that it |
Will be impossible for them to settle |
their accounts with their salaries, and |
many Of them are greatly worried. The |
chances for the blll's passage are said |
to be good.
The delinquent debtors among the |
clerks, as their side of the matter, say
that 1t Is all but impossible for the av-
erage government employee to live In
Washington on his salary. They de.
clare that Washington is far and away
the most expensive city in the United
States in which to live and that while
the cost of living In Washington has
doubled In the last ten or fifteen years
there has been no advance In the salary
Of the average government clerk.
Alleged Indian Frauds.
| President Roosevelt has taken per-
sOnal interest In the charges of fraud
and corruption which are said to have
occurred in connection with the affairs
of the Five Civilized Tribes in the In
! dian Territory. But for his interfer-
ence indictments against several par
ties alleged to have been engaged In IL
| legal practices would have been quash-
ed Now, however, under his orders
the interior department Is pushing its
Investigations with increased vigor,
/ and 1t is reliably stated that in the
near future a number of new indict-
ments will be reported against not only
several men already indicted, but they
will also include number OF persons
whose names have not heretofore been
brought into the cases.
When 1t became known to the presi-
dent that the district attorney for In
dian Territory had been instructed to
quash some indictments already found
he Immediately sent orders counter
handing this proposed action.
! An Interesting Girl.
Though she has been only a few
! weeks in the world, a little girl is
J getting much attention from official
J and diplomatic Washington. This lit
J tie girl is the daughter born to the
J minister from the Netherlands. Nine.
| Won Swinderen was Elizabeth Glover,
daughter of a veteran Washington
banker, and before she was won by
the ardent suit Of the Dutchman she
was a belle in the capital. She was
presented 10 the minister by Mrs.
Roosevelt, and the presidents wife at
tended the wedding that was the out
come of that meeting. 1t was quick
courtship-four months long. Mrs.
Roosevelt has taken a deep interest in
the happiness of the couple. When the
baby was only few hours old clus-
ter of roses came from the mistress OF
the White House with a gold spoon.
Bill sewan Has His Troubles.
Bill Sewall, the Maine trapper and
guide who was recently appointed col
lector of customs for the district OF
Aroostook, has troubles Of his own
Sewall has for many years enjoyed
the personal friendship of the presi'
dent, and when the latter made his
trip into New England two and halt
years ago he went out of his way to
WISH Tic Olu Suiue 3 hOnlC. SS"oAA
: who was in Washington recently, Is
trying to get rid of one government
lob that he may take up another. Fol
many years he has held the office OF
postmaster at his home town, Island
Il Falls, and Is still holding down the
> place, but he wants to assume the
. office of collector.
Can't Give Up His Old Job.
The trouble is that nobody wants Il
be postmaster, and Sewall Is having
trouble giving up his old job. He mus
. hold ON to the postoffice until victim
, turns up and allows him to take TIL
y better paying one. Postmaster Gen
o eral Cortelyou Is contributing to tn
. torture of Sewall by not Fastening TIL
o selection of postmaster. Il round
u man who would take the postotnce,
70 said Sewall, "and have made my rec
). ommendation, but the postmaster gen
E. eral or whoever it is that names tn
q new men hasn't seen fit to act yet.
II want to get busy on my new place
'e I'VE held down the postmastership lon
u enough. There's whole lot to do L
that collectors place, l want to say
Why, my county alone extends owe
300 miles along the Canadian border
he When a fellow spreads himself GU
he over 800 miles he's got to be prett
IN keen, let me say"
oL Preserve the Falls of Niagara.
President Roosevelt was urged tn
other day to use his influence to Pre-
7 serve the falls of Niagara as one OF tn
great natural wonders Of the worle
Mrs. Miriam Mason Greeley OF Me-
" York, president of the National Societ
IL of the Daughters of the Empire STATE
" presented to the president petition
a bearing $500 signatures, praying ths
Sc the president and congress, through til
enactment of suitable legislation, PR
r. vent the destruction of the grandeur
Id Niagara falls by the diversion of To
y, power of the falls by corporations.
The president assured Mrs. Greele
A. that he was in cordial sympathy wit
th the movement started for the presery;
OF ton of the falls and would do all
lg could to promote it.
Arctic Exploration.
Sc Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, comman'
II or of the Anglo American polar eXped