The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-28
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON.

Minor Matters of Interest in the Capital
City.
SUNDAY, DEC lit was announced to-day
that the Breek inrid ge- Pollard case IS No 700
on the calendar for the October term. trial
will not be had, it isquite safe to say, during
the present term, and in the opinion OF sew
eral attorneys entirely converssnt with the
matter and with the usual progress OF clear
ing the docket, fully Is months oStwo years
will elapse before the already famous ana
sensational case comes up III court.
MONDAY. Dec. IS-Word is received here that
Rev. DIR. FaEzeley has been appointed spirit
nal director Of the American College at Rome
to succeed Rev. DIR. Maldi. Rev. d. Rocker,
the vice rector, who conveyed the papal gifts
to Cardinal Gibbons on the occasion of his
Jubilee. has been authorized to officially deny
that Mgr SatolIi has teen recalled. -Secre-
tary Smith authorized the purchase OF addi-
tional supplies to the amount of 100000
mounds of beef and 13S, 900 pounds Of -four for
the CHEYENNE and ArapshOe Indians in Okla
huna, vino are reported to be in needy con-
diti0n.
TUESDAY DEC 19-An enthusiastic meeting
of the Union Veteran Legion and the Con-
fedcrate Veterans Association was held at
the Office of Corporal Tanner TO arrange for
lecture TO be given by Senator John b.
Gordon, of Georgia, in January. The pur-
comrades. The lecture will be on the closing
hours at AppOmattOx.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20-The greatest audience
of the season gathered at Convention Hail.
and for the first time in its history tie vast
auditorium was filled with people, every one
of whom had paid an admission fee. Even
the reporters who are accustomed to free ad-
mission everywhere, walked up to the box
Office and plauked down their little baf-dOi-
lars like men, for the spirit of fTee-giving was
in the air and everyone wished to con-
tribute his mite to the cause. The occasion
was a concert by the Marine Band for the
benefit of the Districts poor.
THURSDAY, DEC 2I.-The President relaxed
his rules against the reception of visitors
during office hours and gave audience to
nearly 20 Congressman Most of these got
in:o the Cabinet chamber through the inter
cession Of Assistant Private Secretary Pru-
den. There was one whose presence caused
some Comment because OF his bitter opposi
ton to the Presidents Hawaiian policy.
This was Senator Frye. of Maine. The ma
ture OF his business with the President was,
not divulged. Among the other visitors was
Secretary Morton, escorting Mr.. Dabney and
Mr. Willets the incoming and outgoing As.
sistant Secretary of Agriculture.
FRIDAY, DEC. 22.-The Secretary OF the Treas
ury requested the Secretary of State TO have
investigated reports coming from St Peters
burg that numbers of INDECENT immigrants
are being " assisted cut Of Russia and sent
to the United States. In case the facts
should be found substantially as stated, Min
lister White is requested to enter formal
protest TO the Russian Government in the
name of the United States. Acting on the
same lines, Commissioners of Immigration
are instructed to exercise the greatest cir
cumspectioB in all cases to which tho least
suspicion attaches-To-day' Cabinet ses-
zion was attended by ali the members. and
lasted about two and half hours. The Ha-
waiian and Brazilian questions were fully
considered. Secretary Gresham received
telegram FROM Minister Willis conf Tming
the press reports from Honolulu that the
sftuation remains unchanged. The telegram
was laid before the Cabinet. The telegram
is significant as indicating the practical iail-
Hre of the policy of restoring the Queen by
diplomatic methods II also indicates that
the Provisional Government docs not pro-
pose TO commit political suicide as an ACTON
mediation TO the Administration.
SATURDAY, DEC. 23.-The report of Inspector
EntwistIe and Architect Clark the Ford's
Theater Building II now stands, repaired,
aud ready for occupancy again by the clerks
OF the Record and Pension Office, states em-
phaticalIy that the building in Tot safe for
the housing of asv considerable number of
PERSONS In the light of this fact il is not
among the probabilities that the Secretary of
War will order the clerks of the Record and
Pension Office to return TO that building 1t
is believed that they will be permitted TO re-
main ia the Union Building, where they are
now located, until Congress cenyenes and
makes ether provisions.