The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-08
WASHINGTON LETTER
fspecial correspondence.1

&ains 1.379,244 books, S9.869 maps and
charts (pieces). 214,276 prints (art) and
AS7.51O pieces OF music. The manu-
scripts have not been enumerated,
awaiting grouping Of the manuscripts
into volumes. The law library contains
1I8,a61 volumes. The increase Of the
library the past year was s4026 books.
1885 mans and charts. 3o.55O prints.
N,1B8 pieces of music.
wortx OF CataloguinE.
There were 1898 books catalogued
during the year. The work of reclassi-
Acst1on has been carried steadily for
ward, about 10000 volumes now be-
ing In the reclassified section.
The report of the register Of copy
RIGHTS shows that in the past year
there were 117.7O4 articles entered for
copyright. The receipts from the copy
fi9ft Office amounted to $SO.193, the
expenditures to $75.5925G showing
balance Of S4eO544 in favor Of the
,efacc.
Woman Called For Jury.
A woman was subpoenaed for jury
service the other day for the first time
In the history Of the supreme court OF
the District Of Columbia.
an. r. Scott was the name on the
subpoena, formidable looking docu-
ment issued in the name Of the presi-
dent Of the United States. and when
Miss Scott presented herself for jury
service the officials of the court were as
greatly astonished as she had been
when she received the summons. They
waived her at once. The mistake oc-
CURED because one Of the bailiffs In
consulting the city directory for names
for jury service found that Of M. F.
Scott. manager" Miss Scott Is a pref
ty young woman, although she is a
manager, and will not again be called
on by the United States to do jury
duty.
Coinage Last Year.
The annual report Of George l.. Rob"
erts. director Of the mint, shows that
the coinage was less during the last
year than for several years previous
owing chiefly to the exhaustion Of the
stock Of silver bullion.
The total Of domestic coinage was
1871 OBS pieces Of the value OF $780,
216.747. OF this $53.OO2,O07 was in gold
coin. $4.O16.368 was in subsidiary sill
yer coin, $4,000, 1897 was In nickels and
$895.894 was in one cent pieces. There
was also a coinage Of 25OOO,O00 pesos
I'm gold for the Mexican government,
100000 fractional silver pieces for the
government Of Costa Rica, 100000
half balboa pieces for the government
OF Panama and 1857 500 pesos and
1887 pieces In fractional silver coins
for the government Of the Philippine
Islands.
Inkstand For President.
A brass inkstand from French ma
chinery left on the isthmus and a cane
Of black palm wood with carved veg
etable Ivory head have been presented
to President Roosevelt by Chairman
Shonts on behalf Of the employees Of
the isthmian canal commission.
The wooden base of the inkstand
was made from a railroad tie used
by the French In the early days Of
EAudulA Cdudl cOuStFuCL1ou.
Exposition I'm Washington.
Joaquin Miller. the poet Of the Sier-
rass left with the president q few
days ago a long written suggestion
that the burning Of Washington in
1914 be celebrated in 1914 by an expo
sition in this city.
1--WE ought to have big celebra-
ton." said Mr.. Miller, ito show the
world what we have done in q hun.
dred years. We've built capital and
great city. and we have made the
greatest progress Of any country in the
world. We ought to show the nations
Of. the earth just what we have done"
For Public Buildings.
Senator Hepburn proposes that the
government shall at once purchase all
the land between Pennsylvania ave
nue.. the Mall. the Capitol grounds and
Fifteenth street and that as govern
ment buildings are needed they shall
be erected on this land. In the mean
time he proposes that the land shall be
cleared and added to the parking space
Of the city.
Senator Hepburn proposes that here
after all government buildings located
In this city shall be erected upon this
land and shall be Of such harmonious
architecture and arrangement as to
make the government buildings com.
btnation Of all that Is beautiful and
adequate to the wants of the service.
Area to Be Acquired.
bill to accomplish this purpose has
been introduced in the senate by Mr.
Hepburn. The property to be purchas.
cd involves twenty-five squares and
five reservations that contain 2.O22 1854
square feet of land. The government
now owns within the area indicated
land aggregating 1.6S5.149 feet, com.
prised in five squares. together with