The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-09-08

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eminent, which states that decree has been
issued by that Government prohibiting abso.
lutely the hunting of all classes of seals within
the Jurisdiction of Chloe. Magellan and Juan
Fernandez Islands. This dispatch was sent to
this country for the purpose of informing the
citizens of the United States of the promulga-
tion of this law.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Crounse
returned to Washington last week from his
visit to his home in Nebraska, and was busy
all week with the duties of his Office. Mr..
Crounse's stay in Washington, however, will
be very limited, as in short time he will re-
linquish his position of Assistant Secretary and
return to Nebraska, where he will later enter
actively upon his canvass for the Governor
ship, to which Office he has been nominated
by the Republican party of Nebraska Mr..
Crounse has not yet rendered his resignation
| to the President, and has not decided just when
| he will do so, but it viii be within week or
| two.
Baron Fava, the italian Minister to this
country, who but recently returned to Wash
| ington after an absence dating back to the New
| Orleans massacre of Italian subjects sailed for
! Europe last week rather hurriedly. and for a
1 few days it was not known for what cause.
! 1t was also stated at the time that the Baron
would not return to Washington as Minister.
This is not true, however, for a letter from
! Prince Ruspali, an attache of the Royal Italian
Legation, who is now at Newport, r. J.. states
! officially that Baron Fava will return to WASH
| ington the latter part of September to resume
his duties. 1t is understood that the Baron's
| journey to Italy is due TO a great honor con-
! ferred upon him by King Humbert. The
Minister was invited by the King to be present
| with him and his Court at the Columbian naval
display at Genoa when 157 men of-war of all
nations will be In line. The United States
will be represented by the Bennington and the
Newark, and it will be Baron Fava's duty to
be especially polite to the American warships
The entertainment of United States officers
viii be his care. After the display at Genoa
and short visit to his family, Baron Faya will
return directly to Washington to assist in the
preparations for the demonstration In New
York on Oct. IL.
For some time past the Treasury Department
authorities have suspected that Chinese immi-
grants were coming into the United States by
way of Canada, and efforts have been made to
prevent such proceedings Last week Acting
Secretary Spalding notified by letter I. 81.
Tuohey, United States Deputy Collector of Gus
toms at Montreal, that United States Inspect
ors inform him that employees connected with
the Canadian Pacific Railroad aid Chinese to
pass over that road from Canada to the United
States, and that since May last 200 Chinese
have taken the trains at Toronto for points on
the Michigan frontier. Mr.. Tuohey is in
structed to present these facts to the officials Of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad with view to
putting stop to the practice.
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Mr.. W. E. Curtis, of the Bureau of American
Republics, Department OF State, sailed from
New York on Wednesday, Sept. /, on the
steamer City Of Paris. for Spain, to present
to the Queen of Spain and to the descendants
of Christopher Columbus the formal invitation
of the United States Government to be present
at the celebration of the 4O0th anniversary of
the discovery of America. Mr.. Curtis will also
request in the name of the Government, the
loan of certain Columbus relics, which, if
granted, will be brought over by United
States mau-o war for exhibition at the Column
bian Exposition at Chicago
"a
James N. Weinberger, for many years a
! trusted and most capable clerk in the Treasury
| Department, was found dead in his bed at q
! boarding house on Pennsylvania avenue on
Wednesday morning, Aug. 81. Weinberger
| began to drink heavily several years ago and
WAS discharged from the Treasury Department,
after which he plunged into series of de-
! baucheries which only ended when he took
! opium TO end his wretcbed career. He had
been separated from his family for some years
/ owing to his habits. Weinberger left letters
/ for his wife and for the Coroner, III the latter
stating that an inquest was unnecessary. as he
had taken opium with suicidal intent.
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Considerable indignation has been expressed
by the temperance portion of this community
over the action of Mr.. Hazeton, Attorney for
/ the District of Columbia, In dsrnissing his
Assistant Mr. Neil Dumont, from his position,
/ and one or two meetings, which might prop
erly be termed Indignation meetings, have been
| held, protesting against the removal of Mr..
| Dumont. Without paying the least attention
TO these protests. Mr. Hazleton went ahead and
appointed a young attorney, Mr. George K.
French, as his assistant, in place of Mr.. Du-
mont And again this has brought certain
| class of citizens to the front, who loudly pro-
test against Dir. French's appointment, and one
of the oldest and abest members of the bar of
the District, Col. w. A. Cook, has stated openly
that Mr.. French is unfit for the position, and
that he will prefer charges of unprofessional
conduct and perjury against the new appointee,
which charges are the outgrowth of civil suit
in which Col. Cook and Mr.. French were OPP
posing counsel The affair is somewhat mixed
and the bar of the District is stirred from cen.
ter 10 circumference about the matter. The
| Attorney for the District must not be confused
with the United States District Attorney, as
the former officer is simply the law officer OF
! tho District Commissioners, while the latter
attends 10 the United States business.
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1t having officially been given out by q
| Methodist newspaper in Chicago that Mrs. Gen.
John A. Logan had stated that she proposed to
| raise 81, 0e0, 600 for the American University
| at Washington, Mrs. Logan has been kept busy
| answering inquiries of various newspaper cor
| respondents. In answer to these correspond
| an,s she states that Hva pronose Tn oroaniya q