The Springfield herald., 1909-09-03
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

flEWs FROM WASHINGTON.
E. n. Baumhardt, w. ]. Benott, C. F.
Payne and II. d. Forter of Denver and
B. j. Lee of Pueblo have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
Under the enlarged homestead act.
allowing 800 instead of lG0 acres, Act
ing Secretary of the Interior Pierce
designated for settlement 5i2,4S0 ad-
ditional acres in Montana, making
total acreage SO designated in that
state OF 2G.03O,0S0. Under the pro-
visions OF the same act. 123,330 acres
OF land in San Juan county. Utah.
have been similarly designated.
Send the wagon. A man slipped on
the ice and is seriously hurt" When
the desk sergeant at a Washington po-
lice station received this message. the
thermometer was lowering around So.
But it was all true. Edward Wells,
employed at an ice company's ware
house, was helping to load a wagon
with ice and slipped while standing on
a large cake. Another cake was slid
ing toward him at the time. and he
did not get out of the way. Three of
his ribs were broken by the impact.
That the Dutch ship Andyk is en-
route to the United States with chol-
era aboard is inferred from cable
gram from the American consul at
Rotterdam received by the marine
hospital service through the State De-
partment. The cablegram reads:
Cholera Andyk Wednesday Balti-
] ic int tod
as meaning that the Andyk sailed from
Rotterdam for Baltimore with one or
more cases of cholera aboard. The
vessel is slow steamer and is not
expected to arrive off Cape Charles
before September Sth. In the mean
time the hospital service will take
steps to prevent landing of passen-
| gers or crew until thorough investi-
cation shall have been made. Sur
geon General Wyman OF the public
health and marine hospital service ca
hled Assistant Surgeon Robert A. G.
Wollenburg, stationed at Naples, to
proceed at once to Rotterdam to assist
American Consul Listoe in seeing that
the Treasury Department regulations
regarding vessels sailing for the Unit
/ eu states are carried out.
Officials OF the department of COM
merce and labor feel considerable con,
cern. it is said, because of failing to
receive the report of Agent w. l.
Lembkey, giving the number of seals
taken on the Pribiloff islands by the
North American Commercial company
which leases the sealing rights from
the government. The report should
have been received by August 10, but
nothing has been heard from Mr..
Lembkey. The fact that there were
known to be number ofeJapanese
pelagic sealing expeditions in the vi.
cinity of the islands, is the chief
cause for the alarm. Mr.. Lembkey took
with him two mountain howitzers and
a quantity of sidearms. All of his
men were thoroughly armed. Raids
on the islands have been numerous
in the last few years and the Japan.
ese were particularly daring, it was
said. about the time the season closed
The revenue cutter in that vicinity
was kept engaged in patrolling and
watching sealers who kept so close to
the islands that unless under known
surveillance they did not hesitate to
kill the herds in ruthless manner.
An express wagon loaded with nine
black barrels and one huge box con.
taining trophies of the Roosevelt hunt
ing expedition in the jungles of Az
rica arrived at the Smithsonian insti-
tuition. More will follow. Secretary
Richard Rathbun of the institution
| was startled when he saw the pack
ages were marked with the initials
1T. r." placed there with white paint
and large enough to be seen city
block away. 1t will be some days be-
fore the cases are broken and their
contents inspected.
1t is regarded as certain that the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
take an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court from the decision OF
the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago, in the Missouri river rat.
case
A Washington man expects to join
the ranks of the flyers" with new
aeroplane. Harry A. Orme is the
! builder OF the machine, which is con
structed on the biplane principle with
some new features. If conditions are
favorable the machine. it is expected,
Will be given triaI this week.