Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-05
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
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Turkish Minister DepartS.--It has
Just been learned that Mehmed Ali
Bey, the deposed Turkish minister to
the United States, will sail from Mon
treal shortly for Europe. The former
minister left here for Niagara Falls a
few days ago, thence TO Toronto and
from there to Montreal. He was &C.
companied by his family.
Rls Saving on Psnslons.--An in
crease of 371, ,Os9 pensions issued, with
a saving OF $1,343, $3.50 out of the re
duced appropriations for the mainten-
ance of the bureau during 1905-190S,
covering Commissioner of Pensions
Warmers administration, as against
the period OF 1901-1904, is announced
in compilation of figures recently
given out at the interior department.
Leper at the capital.-John R. Ear
ly, leper, is held prisoner in a tent
at an isolated spot in the outskirts Of
this city. EARLY arrived in Washington
few days ago, and WIS discovered
to be suffering from the disease while
living at a Salvation Army lodging
house. Early is 35 yeas old, and the
health officers say he has had the d.
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 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
1S 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
jutant- General Ainsworth has forward
ed letters to Cadets William T. Ros-
sell, Jr., and Harry T. WeeVer, 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 15, 1909, when
they will be ordered to return to the
academy, unless they shall meantime
resign. Cadet Rossell, 1t is under
stood, will endeavcr through congress
to obtain permission to return to the
academy in lower class.
Dutch Herolsm.--A tale of Dutch
heroism comes from Elias Cheney, the
American consul at Willemstad, island
Of Curacao, in 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'
tion of their commerce by Castro's or.
ders, they refuse to trade with Venez'
uelans 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 patriotically refusing to accept the
raw material upon the manufacture OF
which they have been dependent, when
they believe that by SO doing they
would contribute to the Golfers Of the
dictatOrs.
Great ousntIties Of Fake None. =
The secret service Of the United
states--that invisible empire which
protects the integrity OF the govern
ment in it's most vital parts-is being
troubled just now with mote raising"
which is causing more trouble than
straight" connterfeitIng. One OF
the chief Offenders has Just been run
earth in Colorado, is under indictment,
and has promised to be good, and
Chief WillIie has had time to turn his
attention briefly to the fake money
people who have been flooding the
country with imitation bills made to
resemble lawful paper money OF the
realm. 1t is surprising what a fad this
fake" money has become in the past
few years. It is being turned out lit
orally by the CARLOAD, and some of II
30 closely resembles Uncle Sans pa
per currency that it falls under the
ban of the law. The Federal Book
Company Of this city 10 one of the
latest Offenders to be warned by the
secret service. This concern has been
turning out fake" money, one side
printed in green. bearing an adver
tisement, and the other In yellow like
the face of a gold note, containing In
the upper corne the letters Il. Q. u
What displeased The Treasury waa
that the .'U' was made identlcally like
the 20" with the exception that the
top Of the letter was cut out. So
closely did this money resemble
500 bill that short time ago one Of
them was passed on an unsuspectinG
foreigner at Clayton, N. Y. It was 70
turned to the Treasury, and Chiel
WiIkie made the Washington manu-
facturers alter the novelty" SO thai
the 'U'' in the II. o. u" should be Z
fullAedged III and not halfway co.
OF course, no prosecution was under
taken by the government.
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