Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-06
THE MIDSUMMER DULLNESS
Office Seekers Look Not Upon the
White House.
JAKE KlLRAlN AND BABY M'KeE.
Baitimorc's Pride Shakes With the
Reported Pugilistio Youngster-
The Poet Hays Mentioned for
the Ru ssian Mission.
WAsHryeroN BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE.
bl3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

Washington before Saturday night mean
while the white house holds no attraction for
the oflice-seekers. Secretary Ha!ford was
at his desk to-day, debating letters. The
mantle of midsummer dullness has settled
over the place. Mr.. Halford says he left
Mr.. Harrison and the McKees at Deer Park,
well and happy The story about one of the
babies hitting the other on the head with
stick, necessitating the sudden call for
doctor on the train, he says, was the comoi-
nation and exaggeration of two trifiing cir
cumstances not even remotely associated
with each other, and the authorized yer.
sion Is as follows: A day or two ago Benia-
min Harrison Mckee struck the baby over
the head with duster, while at play. doing
no damage worth speaking of except to the
duster, the handle of which was broken
This occurred at the white house. On the
train the baby merely got little sea
sick or travel-siclt, for which Benjamin
Harrison Mckee was in no way
res pohsible. Mrs Harrison thought a
doctor ought to see .the little girl
and the physician attending Kilran, who oc-
cupied the sleeper in front, was called in.
He found that the child needed no attention.
The story ascribng pugilistic qualities to
Benjamin Harrison Mckee may have been
told to Kilrain, for when the party got to
Deer Park he got out of his car and went to
y
Mrs. Harrison just being lifted from the
car. The two great men, Kilrain and Baby
Benjamin Harrison, Mckee, shook hands.
The whole white house party at Deer Park
will remain with Senator Davis for a few
days until the Spencer COTTAGE which they
will occupy, is ready for their reception.
The Spencer cottage is neat looking one,
with a high pitched roof, painted red.
pleasantly situated in full view of
the hotel and about one hundred
yards to the east of it. 1t is about the same
distance to the west of Senator Davis home
and but few steps to the north of the Ell
kins cottage. 1t contains eight rooms, four
on each floor, besides several small rooms for
the servants. 1t is neatly furnished and
when In order will present a very homeike
appearance A car load of furniture from
the indianapolis residence was brought there
early in the week. Mrs. Harrison and the
president are not strangers at Deer Park.
They have spent portion of nearly every
summer there for the past ten years as the
guests of Senator and Mrs. Davis, and will
meet large number of their old friends. AS
yet nothing special has been arranged for
their entertainment. Mrs. Harrison needs
rest and will remain very quiet for week at
least. After that time she may hold one or
two general receptions, and a reception may
be gwen at the hotel in her honor. The pres.
ident is expected TO go up on Saturday with
Private Secretary Halford and remain over
Sunday ana return to his desk on Monday
THE PUZZLE LEAGUE.
y, This city is great place for conventions,
but one of the most curious organizations
that has ever met here is IN session now:
being the Puzzle League. 1t is composed of
the editors OF the puzzle columns ON news
papers and men who tangle up their brains
with such things for amusement AT The
meeting of the league to-day several inter
esting papers were read and several disputed
bbe'hheII be held in New Yorl, on Tbanksaiving dav
KILLED FOR FIVE CENTS.
Washington appears to be suffering from
an epluemc OF muroers, Dut they occur
chleny among the low class OF coloreu people
VINO liVe on tne ouIshlrIs oi tIe Guy. i@nere @
have been three men OF TINS class Killed
Wlthin tne last lour DAYS, anu iast hiBnt one
was sIappec WIN an oruinary enree-pIohgeu
steel iork, winch was aflven INTO ms breast,
In quarrel over Tue ownership Oh u o-ceht
piece.
REVOLUTION PENSION
An old gentleman named Thomas l. EN-
NETT, living IN Nelson county, Virginia, acci-
dentally ascertained from Ihe records of the
pension Office u few months ago, that the
heirs of his grandfather, Churchill Gibbs, of
Virginia, were entitled TO the sum of $4,000
accrued pension money, which has been
lying to his credit as veteran OF the revolu-
tionary war for more than sixty years AT
the request of the paroles interested Senator
Daniel of Virginia, undertook a settlement
of the case and has been advised that the
amount above named will be paid to the
heirs of the estate, provided they can show
that the Churchill Gibbs, to whom the gov
ernment is indebted for the amount, was
their grandfather, and otherwise establish
their claim to the money. There are nine
grandchildren interested
un, rv,s,, ,,,,,srrn,s s,,p
TIE ihHoiAN n' SIN
Hadle Hasselh Hnooly Mann, tne
Fersian MINISTER 10 tne United STATES,
VIII shorlly leaVe tnls country lor
Europe. IN an interVleW to-uhy ne
tod reporter ne hhu oeeh uriyen out ol one
country oy the unkihu ana uhgenerous
things whlch hau Deeh written ABOUT nm
ana ana MS sovereign IA Ainerlcan NEWSPAPERS.
Inc munster salu ne naa no iauib 10
nhl Win lne g9Vernnlenl OF ts olhcers'
inquiry at the Lersiai si icsntiol lo-uas ue-
Veiops the lact tnat the hewspaper ea.ragts Its
ore n,os,iv dnnlicotes many nf them Asso,
ciated press dispatches or special dispatches
and letters Furnished by syndicates. He has
had these clippings furnished by a press
news bureau and. as they charge so much
ner clinpinp. they have not always been
careful about sending him not only dupll-
Gates hut sometimes ten or twenty copies Of
the same article. winch he has placed in his
scrap hook and translated each time as the
expressions of public opinion. MANY of
them are cableprams from London giving
the gossip about the expected visit of the
shah. and in no way ATTEMPT to express or
reflect the sentiment of the American people.