The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-01-12


England the official position Of a man does not
give any precedence whatever even to his wife,
much less to his unmarried daughters There
everything goes by birth, and in the day of his
greatest power Gladstone's wife had no moro
share with him in public ceremOnials than the
wife of any common citizen, but had to take her
place in the crowd, while the wives-highborn
or lowbOrn-of stupid, ignorant, insignificant
peers took their places within the charmed
boundaries of privilege
The most of this furore is confined to the
snobby few who are desperately anxious to have
an American court established at the White
House which will initiate the practices of those
of Europe. To them only is the question OF real
interest. The less precedent" we have aud
the less copying we have of monarchical ideas,
the better.
Despite all attempts to give the New Years
reception an otiicial-almost legal character
Ii must and should remain purely social affair.
The President and his wife receive callers on
that day the same as any other American gen.
tleman and his wife If they choose to give
Miss Bayard the most prominent positon>next
to themselves in the reception Of their guests,
that is matter Of personal preference such as
any host or hostess may exercise solely. she
certainly has no business TO claim that place
because relative Of hers is high official. That
Is the way it appears through The NATIONAL
TRIBUNEs spectacles.
SAVING THE DEAD.
It is true that medical colleges need subjects
to practice upon to instruct students IN surgl-
cal knowledge, but when the subject is one OF
our own kin, or is near and dear to us, We'object
don't know that would care picayune what
became of my own carcass after l an through
coughing myself 10 death, but l know that other
people feel differently, and want the remains
Of their dead friends laid decentiy away to
rest Just before Christmas Day Capt. Amos
q n ypfp pf q FOf
was taken very Ill, and went to Providence
/ Hospital. Sister Beatrice, the Superior In
| charge, says he had but few dollars, and when
he had paid for a weeks attendance ne had but
a triie left. He died within that week, and
as nothing could be learned of his home or
Of relations the body went to the Potters-
field before even his soldier friends learned of
bis death. When the comrades did learn of
his passing over the broad river of death,
search was made for the remains, but they
! were gone. An energetic committee found
( them in the room Of a medical college here,
/ aud the disseeted portions were sewed together
sufficiently TO give them decent burial at
Arlington with the thousands that rest there
waiting the final assembly,"
OUR LAWMAKERS
It now appears that Hon James Beck viii be
reelected Senator from Kentucky without op-
/ position. None was made to him in the recent
/ eaucas Of the Democratic Members of the Iegis-
lature
Col. c. C. Matson is one of the most industri-
Gus Members of Congress. Nine O'Clock in the
morning always finds him 1T the Capitol hard
at work in his committee room.
Dir. Randall is a grandfather. son having
been born last week to his daughter, Mrs. G. G.
Lancaster, who receives his grandfather
name.
+, Senator Quay is not in love with the Winter
! weather in Washington. He says that in sin
gle day we have all the extremes from January
TO July, which is simply marderous TO man
/ whose lungs are not made of iron
BILL JONES THE AvEYGER."
The memory of Guiteau's awful crime ia
made afresh by new performance of William
Jones, who announced himself as The Avon
GER" and tried to shoot Guiteau in the am-
| bulance in which he was being conveyed from
the courthouse to the jail Mr. Jones is inoT-
/ dnateiy fond of the red-eye whisky dispensed
IN Washington, and when ne has filed up with
it is very troublesome to those with whom be
comes in contact. He alternates spells of this
kind with others when be reforms joins
church, and is an exemplary citizen. During
such times he is employed a special police
man. Last week he ended bis reform period
IN the customary way, and while nproariously
drunk knocked do.n an uHofending Big.
stander. shot at sal0on-keeer named Lynch
and tried 10 clean out the whole Lynch family
COT OFF CnEAPLY.
Sherburne g. Hopkins, the empty-pated
young newspaper man who tried TO get up
cheap sensation by sending a bogas "inferna
machine" 10 Chief Justice Waite shortly afte
the decision OF the Supreme Court in the Anar
chist cases, was let off by the Police Judge las
week wit fine Of $780, This is not so seriou
to the young man, by any means, as the destruc
ton OF his newspaper career here by his folly
As he can get no more employment here, h
I viii have to 20 elsewhere but wherever b.
may enigrste he viii not probably venture +
} get mp any more hoaxes with public men 70
} his victims.
A CHARMING WOMAN.
) Mrs. J. C. Burrows, wife of the stalwart vet
eTan who represents the Kalamazoo Distric
Of Michigan, Is the center Of a rapidly widen
ing circle OF friends in Washington. She is
4 / SLENDER graceful woman, with very attractiv
2 face, fine eyes, engaging manners and unusua
z conversational powers. She received with Mr.
Senator StOckbridge on New Years Day, an
! added much 10 the pleasures of the entertain
0 ment at that hospitable mansion.
l VETERANS IN THE CITY.
! George T. Breed, 18th Mass battery, Pueblo
Colo. Conrade Breed is Department Com
mander Union Veterans Union; Past Senio
, Vice Commander, Department Of Colorado
e GAR, and as Major commanded the 4th bat
{ talon Of infantry, Colorado National GuaFt
! and was on the Governor Of Coiorado's stat
r lie is now Justice of the Peace in Pueblo and
4 prosperous citizen.
e PENSION OFFICE NOTES.
i The Commissioner of Pensions has been not
i fed that Wiley W. Boyd and DIR. Joel g. Gu
Z ledge were, on Dec. %, 1887, on preliminar
j examination before u. S. Commissioner Brial
at Alexandria, La, bound over each in the SUI
Q Of $3.50 to appear at the January term, 1888,
: T. Court 10 answer to charges Of perjury, sui
: ornation Of perjury. forgery, conspiracy and ii
presentation Of a false claim for pension.
: NOBLE CHARITY.
!, Last week there was dedicated at Albany,
q Y, the Lathrop Memorial Home for Childre
8, which had been built at cost of $4,000 |
S, Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford on the grouE
d occupied by the house in which Mrs. Stanton
0, had been born. The building is erected as
IL memorial TO her parents. The purpose of ii
d institution is TO care for the children of Il
poor in the city, and to aid in their instructio
+ with special view 70 training in industriol
l. habits.
r SETTLERS, BEWAREi
le The President has issued proclamation q
r monishing and warning ali persons against Sc
> ing or exercising any authority over the Ian
- lying between the North and South Forks of Il
p Red River as the Commissioners Of Texas r
u fuse 10 concur in the report of the Commissi,
y appointed by the President that the South Fo
iS is the true Red River designated in tie trea