The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-01-21
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
The Weeks beings at the Ma
ti0naI Capital.

foundly shocked the large circle Of friends and
ac1ualnianocs Of the family. On Friday even
ing she assisted her parents At t;ieir regular
weekly rgrtr..ion. She seemed 10 be III usual
health and IN the hes. o. spirits her gayety aud
viyacifv being 50 conspicuous as to occasion
remark She retired at about $50 O'Clock IN
the morning, greatly fatiCGod. As she was to
assist Miss cleveland az the White House rec2p-
lion Saturday afternoon, and was greatly IN
need OF rest she requested her sisters not TO
call her Tor break fast. At , o'clock Saturday
afternoon she had not yet made her appearance,
and Miss Mamie Bay2ri went 70 her room 10
awaken her. She fcumd her dead in bed. Med!-
cal aid was instantly summoned and efforts at
Tesuscit&tj0n were made, but without avail
the golden bowl was broken" The Physicians
expressed the opinion that she had been dead
Two or three hours. although Che color had not
wholly disappeared nor the limbs assumed the
Iigid:tv OF death. Heart disease is supposed
10 have been the cause.
hsrav Be imagined the blow was 4 crushing
one TO the family. Mrs Kayard was quite
Frustrated, while to the sisters of the deceased
the shcc's WIS scarcely less severe Secretary
Hayard was IL his Office at the state Depart
mont when 4 message from the stricken house
hold informed hi'I of his bereavement For
moment lie WAS almost stunned and twas only
with the greatest effort that he WAS able 10
control his Icciircs With whitened face he
hurried fron! the bGiidnG entered his carriage,
and was driven 10 his residence, on Massacilu-
sets avguuc, where :hc sad EcT5 proved TO DO
true.
Miss Clevelands reception was set for 8
o'clock II was within 10 minutes Of that time,
and the ladies already dressed and ready to de-
sccnd. wondered III the non-arpearancc Of Miss
Bavar3. whose puactUalty On such occasions was
urovcrliial A large number of guests had al
ready arrived. The Marine Band was at lis
usual post in thc large Ycstibnle. a messenger
Mr. Bayard's private secretary - arrived
,.,l I'D fn
President Immediately. The latter was IN
the library. convcIsng with a friend. lie
Cayc his message to Col. Lamont, who at once
conveyed il TO the President The latter was
greatly shock ed, but recovering his selfPosseS-
sion he went with Col. Lamont and told the
sad news to Hiss Cleveland and the ether Ia
dies ia waiting. or course the reception was
Immediately given up. The band aud the
callers were dismissed and the doors OF the
White House were closed.
Miss Bayari was 26 years Of age. She was
great favorite in society, IS we'll for her per-
sonaI attractions as by reason ofthe high social
position she occupied. Her face would not
have been called handsome but she WAS intel
ligent YivaciOUs and gifted with rare powers
as a coHyoTs;Ji i0nalist. Size was socially AM
bilious and il is said that her wishes in no
small degree influenced Mr.. Bsyard in finally
accepting the iiTst place in the Cabinet offered
him By Mr Cleveland, aud 10 assuming the
duties of which lac was 81 first so aversc. The
remains Of Miss Bayard were conveyed TO VIII
lnington, Del. the home Of the family, for in
terment.
COMMODORE TEUXToN's FOLLY.
There IS some stir among Republicans over
the fact IS il is claimed, that within the past
few months considerable number Of ex Union
soldiers who were employed in the Norfolk
Nayy-yard have been discharged and their
places flied by ex-COnfcderate soldiers. A list
= -. 4 md
said to be quite long one. 1t also appears that
Commodore 1ruxton. who is in command at the
Norfolk Eard, has very fUolishly caused to be
removed the inscriptions upon certain cannon
there, captured from the rebels during the war.
These guns have been or exhibition as trophies
in q small park at the entrance of the yard.
The inscriptions simply Informed the visitor
when, where and by whom they were captured.
Comu0iure TruXton had These painted over SO
that they might no longer otiend the tender
seasbiliticz OF the people from whom the guns
were taken. He seems 10 have done this en-
tirely on his own responsibility, without the
order or the knowledge of his superiors. A
dry dock 1t The yard has borne for more than
90 years an Inscription setting forth that il was
destroyed by the rebels in 1862, aud rebuilt
by the United States Government in 1863
The tablet here the names of }. w. Livingston,
COmmandart and ". II. Lyons Superintendent
of Machinery. Truxton caused the removal Of
this tablet. Superintendent Lyons, who has
been at the yard during all the intervening
years, protested so vigorously against the action
cf TTGXton that the latter removed not only
the tablet, but Lyons also. The management of
the Navy-yards under Republican administra-
lion has always been fruitful theme for the
criticisms of the opposition, and it is now pro-
posed 10 inquire whether the political rcgercr-
ating influence Of the present regime has
reached IS far as Norfolk.
MISS ANTHONY AT HE POST
Susan 3. Anthony is here. with the same
abiding faith in the ultimate triumph OF
woman suffrage that has sustained her through
so many years She comes to Washington every
Winter TO watch for any opening TO drive the
wedge into Congress. She always puts UP at
the Riggs House, Mrs. Spoford, wife of its pro-
pretor, being stanch friend Of the cause
Every year the National Woman Suffrage
Association holds ifs annual meeting here. This
year il will meet Eeo is and H. and Miss
Anthony and others are making great prepara-
tons To stir up the Congressman on the subject
Susan has been spending the past six months
with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, at the latter'5
home in New Jersey, engaged IN completing the
third volume of the history Of this reform
movement, which brings il down TO date
The yeaIs-it would be hazardous TO guess
how many-have dealt kindly with Miss
Anthony. Her hair is silveTing, hut she looks
little older than she did decade ago, when she
advocated the cause Of her sex fror1 the plat
IDIi4iS "a tliC how.
OF late she has acted Is sort of Commander
in-Chief Of the suffrage forces, having general
direction Ct the campaign, but leaving the
active work in the field 10 younger women
Miss Anthony is always wound up" and
ready 10 talk almost indefinitely on the subject
that has been the absorbing one of her busy
life. She looks bcRignantiy through her gold
spectacle, ard talks cbeerily and hopefully
as Il she we're just entering upon her mission
10 this vale of tears. She has a strong faith
that she viii live to enjoy the full frnition of
her hopes. She says Speaker Carlisle went back
on her IL the last Congress. He promised her
that he would appoint select committee on
woman suffrage, and did not do it. The Senate
appointed such a committee, Of which Mr. Lap
ham, OF New York, member. Miss An
thOny leaned heavily on Lapham as a tower of
strength for the cause. but beyond a little talk
and a few promises nothing was accomplished
Now he las core from the Senate and there is
none &c quite ill his place
GEN. CURTIN's GRIEF.
Quite a buzz has been created in political cir
cleS by the resignation OF Representative Cur
Tin, OF Pennsylvania. from the Craftsmanship of
the House Committee on Banking aud Cur
Iency. Two years ago, at the organization of
the 36th Congress, Mr. Curtin was appointed at
the head o. the Committee on Foreign Affairs
place that was greatly desired by Representa-