The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-08-30
NOTES FR0I WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondenea.l

House Postmaster Dead-Word was
received here few days ago OF
the death at Delaware, O., OF
Joseph L. McElroy, postmaster OF
the House Of Representatives. He
was appointed postmaster OF the house
on the recommendation Of Gen. Chas.
! w. Grosvenor and served in the office
through four Of five congresses.
Don't Want Employees in Militia
That many great corporations and
business firms OF the country do not
! regard the membership OF their EN-.
ployes in the National Guard with fay.
or is shown by the report of General
| Greeley. just issued. Inquiries address
ed 10 adjutantgenerals in the various
states showed that many firms de-
prived their employees Of their wages
while they were on military duty;
many made reductions in wages, many
! discharged men because they were in
the National Guard, and that some
declined 10 employ men who were in
military organizations.
Trust Inquiry Offices open.-The
| shutters have not been put up in all
the Offices Of trust inquiry, although
/ the July exodus from official Washing
! ton is almost universal. A few delv-
ers remain. When the cool autumn
/ comes again more disclosures Of trust
| iniquities are promised, with conven-
! lent release dates OH the outer pam
/ phlet pages. The bureau Of corpora
! tions is doing most OF the midsummer
! delying. It's agents, OF number un-
known, are securing the country
| They are doing in another way a kind
Of work that the Industrial commission
did a decade ago. All told, the bureau
OF corporations is pegging away at
ten trust inquiries. They affect lum-
Der and oil, tobacco teel, harvesters,
coastwise traffic, canals, cotton eX-
changes. patents and telegraphs. Sew
eral of these inquiries are being con
Quoted al the instance OF Congress.
Fighting "YelIow Jack"-Complying
with Secretary Taft's directions, Gov
ernor Magoon Of Cuba has taken steps
i
of yellow fever among the soldiers and
civilians at Cienfuegos, Cuba The gov
ernor has just cabled the following re-
port from Major Kean at Cienfuegos:
Everything going well at post and in
the city. All the sick soldiers con-
valescent except one. No new cases
in city. Have 23O men employed in
fumigation.' The report adds that the
people are cooperating in the work.
The ~. S." Brand-Whenever you
see the letters ~. S" branded on the
left fore shoulder OF an animal make
up your mind at once that that beast
is or was at one time the property OF
our rich old Uncle Sam" Then,
again, If you knew the key 10 the sys-
TEN of branding utilized by the Quar-
termasters Department, L. s. a., you
would in moment be able 70 tell the
organization of the army 10 which
that animal was assigned Immediately
after purchase by the government.
Last October, when the army Of Gu
ban pacification was being embarked
army horses and mules awaiting ship
ment became mixed with those of 9TH
er organizations, but il only needed
the knowledge of Sergeant Casey to
decipher the hoof brands and dispatch
the animals TO their proper organiZa-
tions. In other words these brands
serve as identification tags" Branding
public animals is not matter Of
choice. but is provided for by the army
regulations that animals shall, upon
the day received, be branded with the
letters u. S" on the left foreshoul-
der.
Canal Money Going Fast.-Condi-
| tions on the Panama canal have reach
ed a state of gravity, due TO the fact
! that construction work is developing
/ faster than was contemplated when
the estimates for expenditures during
| the fiscal year 1905 were made, nearly
a wear ago. The estimate is made
| that about $4,000 600 in excess OF the
! appropriations could be used 10 advan-
! tage in pushing forward the work dur
! ing the present year, and Col. Goe-
| thals, the engineer in charge, thinks
| Il would be in the interest of true
economy to proceed along this basis
and ask Congress at its next session
| to make good the deficiency. Already
reports show that the monthly esttmat'
ed expenditure for labor is being con
! siderably exceeded. and work at the
Gatun dam has progressed faster than
was anticipated In a statement on
the subject given out at the office OF
\ the isthmian canal commission the
situation is outlined as follows: The
time of completion of the canal ap
pears to depend now upon work at
Gatun rather than the work OF eNcava
ton. which has hitherto been gener
ally taken as the determining feature
/ The progress in this direction has been
faster than anticipated. and the ap
preparation made at the last session OF
Congress would not be sufficient u