Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-02
WASHINGTON.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |


tor who is three or four times million
aire, and whose reputation Is national.
Within the last two years this senator has
taken to drinking freely, and there has
hardly been day when he has gone to the
| senate that the close of the afternoon did
not find him under the influence of liquor.
AS he is very quiet and scarcely speaks to
anyone when drunk, his conduct escaped
notice of all but his friends. These friends
watch over the senator, and when
they see him reaching a condi-
| ton where he would be noticed,
they invariably lead him off to
committee room where he sleeps until
his carriage comes to take him to dinner.
| Within the last forty-eight hours he has
gone on spree so far beyond any previ-
Gus efforts of his as to alarm his friends.
He has ordered during the last two days
| in the restaurant below the senate chamber
| four dozen quart bottles of champagne.
| While he has not drank all his wine him
self, he has never had more than one or
two friends with him during these two
| days. He eats nothing. Whenever he
gets hungry he goes and drinks cham
payne. The result is that tonight
he is threatened with an attack of
! delirium tremens. ". E. Leeker, proprie-
tor of the senate restaurant was directed by
the drunken senator's friends to refuse to
| sell him any more liquors. Tomorrow
the rule forbidding the sale of liquor in
the capitol will be called to the private
attention of the acting vice president, SO
as to head off, if possible, the senator's
supplies at the capitol. It will be less dis
graceful if he is forced to drink in less
conspicuous place.
| THE ALASKA GOLD FIELDS.
Private dispatches have been received
here of reliable character, with reference
to the nature of the gold deposits in Alaska.
Much discredit has been thrown over the
reports of gold discovered in our north
western territory from time to time, until
the impression has become prodigal that
as gold field Mr.. Stewards purchase was
not particularly valuable. The informa-
ton alluded to is of such character that as
soon as it becomes known will result in
such rush to the gold fields as has not
been seen since the days of 40. 1t is stated
that quartz mine which will yield from
| S. to IS net to the ton has been discovered
on the mainland in southern Alas
ka, 200 feet IN width. Many others
equally rich in the same district are re-
ported, and preparations are being made
quietly, it is said, by combination of
New York and San Francisco capitalists to
start early in the spring with mills and
machinery to take possession of the mines
and mill the quartz. Plenty of coal and
timber are reported at no great distance
from the mines, so that the fuel supply
will be abundant. Two gentlemen con-
versing on this subject to-day said there
would be 10000 men from Nevada and
California on the way to Alaska within
three months, and before a year,
the mining population of the
Pacific slope would be thoroughly
demand of all surplus labor to supply the
new field, unless some extraordinary ex-
element should be created by new discov-
cries near homo.
WON'T LET GO OF OFFICE.
/ Congressman Russell Errett, who is one
of many members of the present congress
whose political career was curtailed by the
election of 1882, is trying TO retain his
hold upon the treasury teat by seeking ap-
pointment as pension agent at Pittsburg.
Errett is veteran politician, one of the
rankest of stalwarts and a wheel horse of
the Cameron machine in Pennsylvania,
but it is claimed that he is supported in
his present ambition by anti-Cameron
senators and representatives from his
| state.
THE RIVER AND HARDOR BILL.
The commerce committee of the house
are rapidly going over the estimate of the
war department, making up the river and
harbor appropriation bill. They expect to
report to the house within ten days or two
weeks. In all cases they omitted items to
which the secretary of war objected in his
| communication to the house concerning
improvident appropriations made last
session, but when the committee come to
revise Secretary Lincoln's black list it is
pretty certain they will decide to put
some items into the bill. To do
otherwise would be to admit the justice of
| his criticism that there were unnecessary
and extravaganza appropriations. Instead
of conceding this, members of the COM
mittee say they will show at the proper
| time that the black list was made up by
blind, and in some cases even stupid,
guesses It is estimated that the bill now
in course of preparation will aggregate
| 100000, and one-third of this sum will
be set apart for continuing work OF the
Mississippi river improvement, while the
remainder will be distributed among the
most important Improvements recon-
mended by the government engineers.
ARTHU ACTING AS wATCHMAN.
President Arthur played the role of
treasury Waterman at the main west door
of the treasury building yesterday after
noon. Shortly after 2 o'clock he called at
the door and asked the Waterman if Secre-
tary Folger was in his Office. II don't
know, SIR" replied the guardian of our
| wealth. ssbnt I'll 90 ND and see if You'll