The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-15
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.l

bNlNB program OF fectptlOus anu OlH-
ners at the White House for the sea-
son OF 19O7'0s was announced the 9th.
er day: All the functions except the
New Years reception will be on
Thursdays, as follows: Cabinet din
ner Dec 10, diplomatic reception Jan.
Q, diplomatic dinner Jan. lG. judicial
reception Feb. 9, army and navy re-
ceptioD Feb. 20.
Seed Go Up in Fre-Fire which gut
ted the fve-story brick building on T.
street southwest, occupied by the seed
distribution division OF the depart
ment of agriculture, caused damage
amounting 10 $4,000 recently. The.
loss included destruction of seeds,
which will delay for several weeks
the distribution Of flower and yege-
table seed through government sourc-
es No one was injured.
President Greets Moro Prince
| Prince San Fulana, a Moro, diminu-
tive, swarthy and II years old, was
received cordially by President Roose-
welt a few days ago. The prince was
dressed i'm a bright yellow jacket and
had red sash hung over his right
shoulder supporting large gold
badge Of his Office as head man of the
Moro tribe OF the island of Mindanao,
! i'm the Philippine group The prince
presented the president with a double
! edged kris, dangerous looking weap-
| on, in a white wooden shield. The
! kris had been in the family of the
| prince for $50 years and was the prop
/ crty Of his father, Datto Ali, who was
| killed by American soldiers two years
| ago. He is returning to the Philip
pines from visit TO the jamestown
exposition.
Must Work or Starve-"We are not
sending troops TO the Sioux reserva-
tion to force the Ute Indians TO work."
said Indian Commissioner Leupp the
! other day, but TO avert trouble-the
! same precaution any police depart
ment would take in a city in similar
circumstances. We are standing pat
on the no work, no eat proposition.
The annuity under which the Utes
have been cared for is rapidly dwind-
ling, and we have tried to explain to
them that they must work for living,
just as we do. There is no occasion
for the maudin sentiment which APP
pears in some quarters. All the
trouble arises from the Utes convic-
tion that while it is all right for the
Sioux to work it is not right for the
Utes.' The Utes left their reserva-
III no
cause their rations were cut i'm half
and it was proposed to send their chill
dren to school so miles from the res
erVatiOn.
To Equaize Widows Pensions
Representative Lafean of Pennsylvan-
ia will go back to congress next month
prepared to push a bill to place all
widows Of war veterans on an equal
ity for pension purposes. 1t provides
for the granting of a pension of $12
per month TO the widow of every civil .
war veteran who served a minimum
OF ninety days and the widow of every
Mexican war veteran who served a
minimum Of sixty days, irrespective of
what their annual income might be, or
the cause Of the death of their hus-
bands The introduction of this bill
will be the fulfillment of a promise
made by Mr.. Lafean just prior TO the
adjournment of the ffty-ninth con-
gress The Lafean bill, unlike the act
of June 27 1890 eliminates the in
come and death clauses. Mr.. Lafean
could never understand why the wild
ow of one old soldier should receive
$l2 per month or more while that of
another got but IS, which was the
case under the existing laws-the
general law and the act of June 27,
1890. Under these two laws the wild
ows were not on an equality. Mr.. La
fean finds i'm his experience that in
the majority OF the cases the widow
whose soldier husband died of some
disease not due TO army origin had
greater care and endured more hard
ship than the widow whose soldier
husband died of disease contracted
in the service.
Conferring on Financial Situation
President Roosevelt conferred for
nearly two hours the other day with
Secretary Root, Chairman Carey OF
the L. s. steel corporation, and Henry
c. FricR, also of that corporation. The
| only statement obtainable at the
White House was to the effect that
the conference dealt solely with the
| financial situation Ii was said that
the President contemplated making no
/ direct statement at this time. From
an authoritative source il is learned
that the President is consulting with
| the members of his cabinet respecting
! the legislation 10 be recommended TO
! Congress at its approaching session,
relating TO currency reform. OF course
the secretary of the treasury has taken
] the learing part in these conferences,
| but Il is also true that the President
| Is not declining advice from any other
! promising quarter and he has spent
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