The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-28

self in their behalf, aud he has never been |
known to turn a deaf ear to one of his old
comrades.
Miss Calhoun, one of the most expert money
handlers in the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, has the remarkable record of counting
$4,000 coins in Single day, each coin passing
through her hands, aud so delicate has her sense
of touch become that should there be a coun-
terfeit coin in the lot she would detect it even
| when counting at this tremendous rate. She
| spreads the coins upon large glass-top desk
| and draws them off with the tips OF her fingers,
one, two three, or four at time, as she pleases,
| for her four fingers are all equally educated to
| the work. Her eyes have nothing to do with
| the detection of false coins. Her fingers do it
all. These have become SO very familiar with
! the exact weight of true coin, the feeling of
| it, and the amount of its resistance upon the
glass desk that piece of spurious gold, silver,
nickel, or copper money attracts her attention
instantly.
On Thursday. July 81, an exciting scene oc.
| Cured in the Committee room at the Capitol
| where the Joint Committees of the two Houses
on Immigration were investigating the Ellis
Island expenditures. Assistant Secretary of
| the Treasury Netteton told the Committee
| that there had been placed in his hands one of
| the reports of the Committee and he wished to
take exceptions to some 10 pages Of it. He said
he did not assume that the Committee would
make report until the investigation was con-
Guided, and he also refused to give up the re-
port. where did you get that reportp"
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handed to me-" replied Gen. NettIeton. "Who
by?" asked Mr.. Stump. 81 shall not inform
you" said the General. at was lying around
where anybody could pick it up" Senator
Chandler said that the report had been printed
solely for the use Of the Committee, and that if
copies were in the hands of anybody else they
had been snrreptitiousy obtained. Gen. Net
tleton said his copy had not been obtained in
any such way. Mr.. Stump angrily asserted
that there was no gentleman in possession OF
| the report, except members of the Committee,
and he added emphatically, that he meant
just what ho said. At this point Gen. Nettle-
ton and Mr. Stump were in an angry state and
| the color had left their cheeks, both being
wrought up to the highest pitch, and Gen. Net
Teton told Mr.. Stump that the Committee room
for his statement. He added that Stump
| would not be able to drag him into contro-
versy in that room. Looking the General
| squarely in the face, Mr.. Stump said: II am
| ready now" The General paid attention
to this remark, and talked about the report.
1t was with difficulty the two gentlemen were
kept apart, but it finally was settled without
resorting to blows.
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On Saturday morning at 2:30 o'clock fire
| was discovered in Heurich's Brewery, situated
| in the northwestern part of Washington, and
| although the flames were under control in an
hours time, the main building Of the largo
| establishment was almost total loss. The
fire originated in the engine-room and commu-
ncated SO quickly to the mass Of combustible
material with which the brewery was filed,
that the efforts of the fire department. were
almost futile until the building was Quilted.
The loss is estimated all the way from $4,000
to s125, 600 As the proprietor Of the brewery
was absent from the city it was impossible to
ascertain the precise loss. The building and
materials are all heavily insured.
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The Gossiper met Gen. Henry Heth one of
the Commissioners appointed to mark the bat
tlefied Of Antietam one day last week, and
| asked him how that work was progressing.
The General replied that the work was advanc-
ing slowly and that nearly everything had been
done that could be at present, and that they
were now awaiting the passage Of the Sundry
Civil appropriation bill, which carries some
$4,000 for the completion of the work. Gen.
| Heth said Congress had given the Commissions
| ers all the money they had asked for, and as
soon as the money was available, work would
| be resumed and prosecuted until the field was
marked carefully, showing the position Of every
regiment on both sides which participated in
| the battle.
President Harrison sent to the Senate on
| Thursday, July 81, the name CT Hon. Andrew
| d. White of New York, to be Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States to Russia, vice Charles Emory
Smith, resigned. Mr. White is the ex- Pres-
dent Of Cornell University, and is diplomat
az we'll as broad scholar. His ability as
diplomat was shown while he was Commissioner
to San Domingo and Minister to Berlin he
has also been State Senator. He was born at
Homer, n. Y, Nov. z 1892 He was appointed
Commissioner to San Domingo in 1871, by Gen.