The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Corps to their residences in the
West End and when the Cabinet
officers will once more occupy
their accustomed places in the
departments and at Cabinet meet.
ings. President Roosevelt is ex-
pected here this week and not
withstanding the fact that there
are two very prominent men try
ing to succeed him in the presi-
Dental chair, he is easily the
most thought of and talked of
man in the country, if not in the
world. The past summer has
been the severest in the way of
heat in the memory of man and
these cool September days and
nights are most grateful to resi-
dents and to the returning Off
cials.
The tuberculosis Congress will
meet here in a few days and dis
tinguished specialists from all
parts of the world will assemble,
read papers and exchange views
looking to the possible eradica-
ton of the great white plague.
The sessions will be open to the
public and will, no doubt, be of
interest to many people other
than the medical profession In
the National Museum building,
now almost completed, careful
preparation is being made for
the displays of the exhibits of
the tuberculosis Congress. A
large force of workmen is daily
unpacking and arranging vari-
ETY. of interesting things which
explain the progress and syste-
matte hygiene is making in all
parts of the civilized world. The
exhibits are to be located on the
main floor and are divided into
| three parts, viz: the space allot-
ted to foreign governments, the
space allotted to the United
States government and the space
allotted to the various state gov
ernments. The foreign govern
ments which will make extensive
exhibits are England, Germany,
Russia, Japan, France, Sweden,
Switzerland, Brazil, Argentine
Republic, Austria and Cuba. Of
these, the German and Swiss eX-
hibits promise to be the most
complete. One of the most per-
feet models of the many on eX-
hibition is in the German collec-
ton. 1t is a reproduction in min
iature of the Berlin Workmens'
Sanitarium for Consumptives.
This institution is one of the lar
gest in the world and has accom-
modation for fourteen hundred
patients. The model, which is a
perfect replica of the original, is
twenty feet square. 1t is a re-
markable piece of miniature re-
production England has very
complete display of pathological
specimens and the exhibits of the
other powers are largely devoted
to methods of prevention for
combating consumption. Word
has been received from the fam
Gus German physician, DR.. Koch,
that he is on his way to the city
to attend the Congress here.
During the last week, the eyes
of Washington and the rest of
the world, to no little extent,
have been directed to the remark
able flights of Orville Wright at
Fort Myer, near Washington.
Fort Myer, by the way, is no fort
at all, but simply a collection of
residences for United States ar
my officers and of barracks and
stables for cavalrymen and their
horses. There are usually about
two or three hundred men quar-
tered at the place, which is in
Virginia, just across the Poto-
mac river from Washington and
just back of Arlington and the
residence of the late General
Robert E. Lee. For the past