The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-09-13
Washington Gossip.

VI kelhIlue OF IKE suDetduCo bOOut
one and one quarter inches square.
On the label is printed in blue let
tiers something like this: U. s. In
spected and Passed 207: The In.
spector simply slsps the little tag
on the piece OF meat and the mois-
ture makes Is stick. In a short time
the gelstine dissolvss and the blue
letters remain on the meat. IL can't
be removed except by cutting I, off
and is absolutely harmless.
Government officials have unearth-
ed the fact that the Standard OIL
Company saved q quarter OF q mil.
lion dollars during the last three
years in the shipment OF oil from
Chicago to st. Louis, owing TO the
discrimination In it's favor OF freight
rates by the railroads.
The Government will not comply
with the demand OF the White River
Indians that they be removed to the
Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
Commissioner Leupp Is convinced
that the best plan is TO gradually
absorb them into the general mass
OF population as was done with the
Indians In Indian Territory. The
Indians In Oklahoma the Commits.
sionsr states are on the whole pleas.
ed with the chance to become
citizens.
On September l, the army put in.
to operation the Pudd'nbesd Wilson
system OF Identification. The thumb
print Of every man in the service will
be taken and filed away with the
army records OF his enlistment;
Hereafter there will be no unknown
dead. II a soldiers body Is mutt
lated his identity will still be pre-
served, for his thumb print will tell
who he Is.
Pension Commissioner Warner
merely laughed when shown the
story OF John Brady, which has ap.
psared in the newspapers lately.
John Brady, so the tale goes, was
left supposedly dead on the battle.
field, but really recovered and later
Joined his friends; years afterwards
he applied for pension but it was
refused him on the ground that he
was dead his name having been
carried on the roll as killed In battle,
The Government was notpensloning
corpses. swell, then, pension my
widow" the iaceteous John is alleg
ed to have replied. This Commits
sioner says the whole story is fab
ric alton pure and simple.
President Roosevelt : recent order
in regard to simplifed spelling has
raised a storm of protest from those
who think that the English language
is In danger OF being swallowed uI
in a food oigo-as- you.please orthog'
raphy. As a matter OF fact the
changes suggested are largely con-
cerned with those words which car
be spelled In more than one way
Moreover the list is q small one and
not likely to seriously affect the ruin
which those who are not acquainted
with the Presidents order think vii
follow.
The studied Indifference OF thu
State Department to the affairs II
Cuba has aroused the interest o.
keen observers. There is evidently
much more being done than the pub
lie has any idea Of. Affairs In Cuba
have reached such a state that tn,
intervention OF the United States i,
not altogether improbable. The &C
ton Of the State Department wher
1t does come will undoubtedly reves
that the department is thoroughly
prepared to act, in spite OF It's pres
ent attitude OF unconcern.
A troop Of elephants In q show
which is one Of the attractions at {
popular pleasure resort just OUTSIDE
OF Washington, broke loose the 9th
or day and started up the country
The manager Of the show offered {
reward Of $500 for the capture o
two Of the beasts, the others havin|
been Tetaken. Pswnee Bill, the "a
NOUS scout who was here with hi
show undertook to capture tn
brutes. After q chase Of two miles
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