The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-09-04
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)


treal shortly for Europe. The former
minister left here for Niagara Falls a
few days ago. thence 10 Toronto and
from there 10 Montreal He was ac.
companied by his family.
Big Saving on Pensions.-An in.
crease OF 81. .0S9 pensions issued. with
a saving of s1,S43.6 .666 out OF the re-
| duced appropriations for the mainten-
ance OF the bureau during 1905-l9OS.
| covering Commissioner OF Pensions
/ Warmers administration. as against
the period OF l90l.l904, is announced
In a compilation of figures recently
given out at the interior department
leper at the Cspital.-John II. Ear
ly, leper is held prisoner in a tent
at an isolated spot in the outskirts OF
this city. Early arrived in Washington
a few days ago. and was discovered
TO be suffering from the disease while
living at a Salvation Army lodging
house. Early is S5 years old, and the
health officers say he has had the di
seaSe for over year. Among the
| places In which he has lived since he
was discharged from the army at
Plattsburg in November 1906. is Win.
chester, Mass.
Reservation Opened to Settlement.
The President has issued a procla-
nation for the opening to settlement
OF the surplus lands OF the Rosebud
Indian reservation in South Dakota.
| The area comprises about 100000
| acres. The lands will be selected by
the lottery process and the drawing
will take place at Dallas. S. d., Oct.
is next Registration will begin Oct 8,
and continue to Oct. II, and applicants
can register either at Dallas, Chamber.
lain, Gregory. or Presho, S. d., or at
O'Neill or Valentine, Neb.
Letters to Suspended Cadets.-Ad.
! jutantGeneral Ainsworth has forward.
! ed letters to Cadets William T. Ros-
sell, Jr. and Harry I. Viewer. the
suspended first class men OF the mill
tary academy in pursuance Of orders
! from the President and secretary OF
war. He also sent letters to the six
third class men suspended for hazing.
! informing them that they had been
suspended until June Is, 1909, when
they will be ordered to return to the
academy, unless they shall meantime
resign. Cadet Rossel, It is under
stood, will endeavcr through congress
TO obtain permission TO return TO the
academy in a lower class.
Dutch Heroism.-A tale OF Dutch
! heroism comes from Elias Cheney, the
American consul at Willemstad, island
OF Curacao, in a report received at the
state department, showing how deep
is the feeling of the Dutch colonials
against Venezuela and President Cas-
! tro. Although the islanders are near.
! ly starving on account OF the destruc-
ton OF their commerce by Castro's or.
J ders, they refuse TO trade with Venez-
| ueans when they have the chance,
preferring to let their business go to
/ ruin than TO do anything calculated, as
they believe TO benefit Castro. They
are periodically refusing TO accept the
raw material upon the manufacture OF
which they have been dependent, when
they believe that by 50 doing they
would contribute to the Golfers Of the
! dictators.
Great Quantities Of Fake None, .-
The secret service OF the United
| States-that invisible empire which
protects the integrity Of the govern
ment In its most vital parts-is being
troubled Just now with mote raising"
| which Is causing more trouble than
straight counterfeiting. One OF
| the Chief offenders has just been run
earth in Colorado, Is under Indictment
and has promised TO be good, and
CAief Wilide has had time 10 turn his
| attention briefly 10 the fake money
] people who have been flooding the
| country with imitation bills made to
resemble lawful paper money Of the
| realm II is surprising what fad this
fake" money has become In the past
| few years. Il IS being turned out lit
orally by the CARLOAD. and some Of IL
| so closely resembles Uncle Sans pa.
per currency that r. falls under the
ban OF the law Tae Federal Book
Company OF this city is one OF the
lates--Nfenders 20 be warned by the
secret service. This concern has been
I turning out fake" money, one side
printed In green. bearing an advs
tisement and the other In yellow Ike
the face Of a gold note, containing In
the upper corners the letters IL o. u
What displeased the Treasury was
that the ~" was made identlcally like
the 90" with the exception that the
top OF the letter was cut out. SO
closely did this money resemble
800 bill that a short time ago one ot
them was passed on an unsuspecting
foreigner at Clayton, ~. Y. II was re-
turned 20 the Treasury. and Chief
Wilkie made the Washington manu-
facturers alter the novelty" so that
a -