The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-11-17

| The President is busy preparing his annual
| message to Congress and at the last Cabinet
meeting some of its principal features were
discussed. It Ia understood that it will be
quite brief, and will be devoted chiefly to a
review Of the work of his Administration. He
will also recommend that some bipartisan
measures be taken to secure fairer elections
Regarding the tariff, it is not known what will
be said, beyond asserting that the country has
reached degree of prosperity never before ex-
! perienced, under the Republican tariff laws.
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| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury A. Bay
ard Nettleton, who has been Acting Secretary
during the absence of Secretary Foster in Ohio,
has rendered his resignation, to take effect De-
cember l. Gen. Nettleton informed President
Harrison and Secretary Foster early in Octo-
Der of his desire to relinqush his present Office,
In order that he might 60 into private business,
but at their request consented to postpone
his retirement until after the election. Gen.
Nettleton was the Colonel of the I'd Ohio Cav,
and did such splendid service that he was bre-
veted Brigader- General.
IS.
President Harrison and ex-Secretary Blaine
attended the same service at the Church of the
Covenant on Sunday, Nov. 6, and united in the
sacramentsl observance. The Presidents niece
and brother were with him. He has expressed
a wish that his recent affection be regarded as
private, not public, affair; which makes it
| probable that, beyond the month of mourning
agreed upon by the Vice. President and the
Cabinet, there will be no social recognition of
IL The Whita Honea for,ilr u;l If roprsa
be in retirement and in mourning all Winter,
but the official State dinners will probably be
given.
case which had been tried in the courts of
the District of Columbia, and verdict of
100000 rendered against the Richmond & Dan
vile Railroad Company, was settled out of
court last week by the company paying s. l..
Stockbridge the plaintiff, $4,000 damages.
Stockbridge had been seriously injured in
railroad accident, brought suit, and the jury
rendered verdict of 100000 damages. This
verdict was set aside by Judge Cox as excessive,
and now the parties have compromised the
matter by the railroad company paying Stock
bridge $4,000 without the trouble and cost of
further litigation.
SIS
The foolish bettors are now paying their elec-
ton wagers, and some of them have really the
best end of the wager. Most of these bets are
for wheelbarrow rides through the streets of
the Capital, and 1t is mooted question
whether the man in the barrow has the softest
place, as the man between the handles can
make the ride of the occupant decidedly IN.
comfortable. One of these wheelbarrow pro-
eessions viii have full brass band accompani.
ment Another man who had a very fine mus
taehe, OF which he was proud, sacrificed 1t be-
cause President Harrison did not get as many
electoral votes as he expected.
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a queer suit was heard before United States
Commissioner Mills last week. A widow lady
was arrested upon q warrant sworn out by her
servant girl, charged with violating the postal
regulations by breaking open letter 1t ap.
pears that the widow had lodger to whom
she is engaged TO be married. The lodger went
to New York, and while absent wrote to the
| servant-girl. The widow being somewhat jeal-
Gus, broke open the letter which her intended
had written the servant, copied the contents.
she said. to use them in breach of promise
like this aud had her mistress arrested. She
was held in $500 bonds for the Grand Jury.
~
Private letters received by parties here In
Washington indicate that N. Patenotre, the
French Minister, has not been entirely unsuc-
cessful in securing the desired authority, during
his visit to Paris, to buy what he considers
suitable site at the National Capital for the
French Legation in the United States The
| French Minister is said to be deeply disap-
pointed over the failure of his efforts. Tho
difficulty appears to be in overcoming the Geo.
| nomical prejudices of the Chamber of Deputies,
/ and not in winning the approval Of his imme-
date superiors in Office. According to a friend
NJ. Pstenotre repudiates the suggestion that he
has gone abroad for wife. He regards 1T as
good joke but insists that he is heart whole
and fancy free. He will return to Washington
about month hence.
At the Treasury Department il is said that
the coinage Of the souvenir half-dollars for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago will
begin at the Philadelphia mint within the
next two weeks, and will be made from old
/ COl0e WHICH udf6 uccH btOlcu IN Inc United
States Treasury, and which have already been
sent to Philadelphia. The work will require,
probably, two months time, and the coins will
be ready for shipment about the latter part OF
January, 1893. 1t is said the pieces can be
coined at the rate of about 80 minute from
each press, several of which may be used. The
design, ss presented to Director Of the Mint
Leech and the Commission, has been approved,
and contains on the two sides a profile OF
Columbus and the Administration building OF
the Worlds Fair. The coins are said to be
very pretty.
The recommendation Of Maj. Moore Chisi
of Police of Washington, for an increase oil
$4,000 over the appropriation for the curren.
year for the maintenance of the Police Depart
ment, is justified by the suburban development
alone. if no other reason could be assigned
The extension of Washington for the past few
years has rendered the police provision greatly
inadequate. There are only 10 policemen to
protect the vast suburban area between Rock
Creek and the Eastern Branch, and north to
the Maryland line, which portion of the Dis.
trict has grown wonderfully in the last three
years. and is dotted all over with handsome
residences There are quite q number of new
villages In the District all of which require
; | notice nrotectiou and without douht thu nra.