The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-08-17
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
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unique distinction OF having several
hundred Negro children named for him
has fallen 10 the lot Of Senator Fora
ker Of Ohio. This came about through
the part taken by the Ohio senator in
having an amendment incorporated in
the railroad rate bill providing that
all persons who pay the same compen-
sation shall receive equally good ac-
commodatiOns upon railroad trains.
Since the provision became fixture
in the bill and has become generally,
known the Senator has been flooded
with letters from Negroes in southern
cities saying their offsprings have been
named in his honor. and will now bear
the name Of Joseph Benson Jones, or
Jackson, as the case may be.
immense Undeiivered Mail.--It is
reported that over 100000 pieces
Of undeivered mail were handled by
the dead-letter division of the post
Office department last year, and the
average number Of such pieces of mail
that are received each day is now be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 The great
inconvenience and trouble caused by
the non-deliveTy Of mail are not the
only causes Of complaint; the finan-
cial loss is considerable, for it is cal
culatod that over $4,000 was turned
into the federal treasury, during last
month alone, for which no owners
could be found. The principal cause
Of such losses is The failure of the
writer's 70 place their addresses on
letters and packages. Mail matter
bearing the return address of the
writer is returned directly 10 the send
CT in case Of non-Gelivery.
Statistics Of Cities.-The census bu-
reau has just issued a bulletin on sta
tistics for 1904 Of cities having popu-
latiOn of over 10000, the cities cover
cd numbering 151. OF these, New
York had the largest land area, 209,-
2lS acres, New Orleans with 125,G00
acres, and Chicago with 1882 rank
ing next Hoboken with S25 acres
had the smallest land area. The total
corporate expenditures Of the Isl cit
les for the fiscal year 1904, exclusive
of payments by one department Of the
city 10 another, were s554,440,215, of
which those of New York constituted
$lG7, 7,0G0,l71, or three-tenths. The to-
tai expenditures increased $27,10S,713
or 5-S percent over 1903, and sS5,040,-
! 800. or ISL percent over 1902. Though
! New York has only twice the popula-
tion of Chicago, its current expenses
are nearly four times as great.
Though about equal in size with Bal
timore, BCstons current expenses are
nearly three times as great. OF the
total running expenses OF the 151
cities 6l7 percent went for salaries
and wages, and 1873 for all other OBJ
jects.
Will be No Whitewashine.-It is
said here that the Investigation into
| the alleged scandals in the Philip
pines now being conducted by Col.
Wood, inspector general for the is
lands, will so to the bottom, no mat
ter who is hit. Although the war de-
partment processes 20 have no advices
from Manila on the subject, there is 4
| growing feeling here that almost ev-
cry officer of the army and almost ev-
cry American Of prominence who has
! served in the islands in a civil capac-
ity Will be touched before the inquiry
is completed EXte nding over almost
the entire period of American occupa-
tion Of the islands, the irregularities
! have been of lCfc standing. and are
said 10 include almost every general
officer who served in the archipelago,
as well as Sovernors-gen vice-gov-
J ernors, and commissioners In addi.
tion to the work done for officers for
which they should have paid but did
not. it is said that there has been a
steady stream of costly souvenirs of
the islands made in the government
shops crossing the Pacific for army
officers and their friends. Indeed. some
Of the very officers who are now press
ing the investigation and believe that
il is important that the whole truth
should come out, have been benefi-
Charles of the system
Swamped with, ,Wcrk.-There is one
| bureau of the government that is at
present swamped with work, and can
see no relief for the next two or three
years, at least. The treasury depart
ment has announced that the work on
the plans for the public buildings de-
signed for the jamestown exposition.
which is TO be opened next April
will be taken up at once. and that all
other work in tie Office of the super
1 vising architect will be suspended un-
I'll the jamestown work is completed
Tbs force under the supervising archi-
tect is very small. and il will take
their undivided attention for several
months to complete the plans for the
exposition buildings. When the 57th
congress passed an omnibus buildings
t>.l, ii provided for the erection of 160