The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER
ran.cIal cnrrespondence. !

The sum of $4,000 has already been
contributed by South and Central
American republics for the projected
permanent home In this city OF the bu-
reau Of American republics, the cree
tion Of which has been assured through
the appropriation In the sundry civil
bill of 100000 as the contribution OF
the United States toward the realiza-
ton OF the project When the eontri-
buttons from the various American re-
publIcs were apportioned pro rata on
the basis Of population. Just as the
maintenance Of the bureau Itself Is
provided for, all the republics promptly
EXPRESSED their willingness to do their
share In the work, and many have al
ready forwarded their CONTRIBUTORS
while the rest will do - as soon as
work Is commenced
Pan-AmerIcan Bureau.
Three years ago, when the present
United States minister to China, Mr..
RockhilI, head OF the bureau, conceived
the idea Of such a pan-American Dulld-
ing and obtained tentative plans for
Il, the site Of the building was expect
ed to be the vacant lot next to the Be
lasco theater. But that lot Is now
considered too small for the purpose.
The building occupied by the bureau
facing the Rochambeau monument Is
barely large enough to house the valu-
able library collection Of 5000 volumes
of state papers and documents from
the governments OF the united repuO-
lies and the working force Of the bu-
reau.
Ages OF Presidents.
General Grant was forty-seven when
elected president and Grover Cleveland
forty-eIght. but Mr.. Roosevelt was not
quite forty-three years Of age when he
became president at the death Of Nc
KInley. Presidents Pierce and Gar
field entered the White House at the
age of forty-nIne, and James K. Polk
and Willard Fillmore had reached the
half century milestone. Presidents Ar
thur and Tyler were ifty-one years OLD
when they reached that exalted POSI-
ton In life, Lincoln was flfty-two, Nc
KInley hfty-three, Hayes hfty-four'
BENJAMIN Harrison and Martin Van
Buren, ffty-fiye, Washington and John
son ffty-seven, Jefferson, Madison and
]. O. Adams ffty-eIght, Monroe fifty
nine, John Adams and Andrew Jack
son sIxty-two, Taylor sixty-hve, Buch-
anan sIxty-sIx and W. II. Harrison six
ty-eight.
John Adams Long Life.
Three presidents, Lincoln, Garfield
and Mckinley, were assassinated, LIN
coin being fifty-six. Garfield forty nine
and Mckinley fifty-elght years old at
the time Of their death. Only one ex-
president is now living, Cleveland.
Consumption claimed one president,
Andrew Jackson dying from 1t at the
age Of seventy-eight. General Wash
Ington and Benjamin Harrison died or
pneumonia at the ages Of sixty-seven
and sixty-eight. Madison, Monroe,
John Adams and Fillmore died Of gen
eral debility at the ages Of eighty i've,
seventy three, ninety and seventy -four,
respectively. John Adams has the dis
tinction Of having lived longer than
any other president. Thomas Jefferson
and James X. Polk died at the ages Of
eIghty-thre and fifty-four, respectively,
and President Pierce Of Inflammation
Of the stomach at sixty-four.
John Q. Adams and Andrew Johnson
were victims Of paralysis at eighty and
sixty-six, respectively, while President
Hayes died at seventy OF paralysis Of
the heart. Cancer caused the death Of
President Grant when he had reached
sixty-three years, President Arthur
died of Bright's disease at hfty-six,
Buchanan OF rheumatic govt at
seventy seven, Van Buren, Of asthmatic
catarrh at seventy-nine, W. II. Harri-
son Of bilious pleurisy at sixty-elght,
Tyler Of a bilious attack at seventy
one and Zachary Taylor Of bilious fe-
yer at siNy-nve.
Dickens Room In Diplomats House.
Lovers OF Dickens would be de-
lighted were they permitted to pass
day in a room set apart In her Wash
ington home by the wife Of the British
ambassador, Lady Durand. Starting
with a few engravings, she has con-
hCN hAlC otuug Oh TIC OA6 buAA
OF state parlors into a Dickens room"
She has many pictures OF spots made
famous by the Dickens tales. A print
OF the home Of the Watsons In Surrey,
which was the original OF "Bleak
House." Is framed in antique oak and
occupies a conspicuous place. Another
wall bears sketches from Rochester,
where scenes from Edwin brood" are
laid.
white House Repairs.
Extensive repairs will have to be
made to the White House before Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his family return
to 1t next autumn. While no definite
decision has been reached, 1t may be
that the president will not return to
Washington until late in October In
stead Of Oct. /, as usual
More Women Than Men.
There are 1,s29 more women In the |
capital than there are men. Out OF |
oyarY f0uFfoon xuornau IN fha Dfu&rl,k