The National tribune., 1893-04-06

ship in Georgia which Mr.. Rncker wanted very
badly, and which he felt sure about the time
of the hat episode he wonld get. He not only
lost his headgear, but got badly left.
@s+
Mrs. Cleveland hRs been driving about town
for the past few days IN the most stylish turn.
out which ever belonged 10 the White House
stables. She banded the ribbons over pair
Of handsome, clean-limbed, dock-tailed, bay
horses, drawing low phaeton or victoria, with
rumble behind, in which sits. bolt upright, q
very black tiger in very white livery. Mrs.
| Cleveland sits on drivers cushion, and when
she has gentleman with her, which is gen.
orally the case, he is compelled to look up to
the handsome woman by his side, who holds
the whip and reins like a true jockey.
SIS
1twas current -umor in Washington last week
/ that strong pressure has been brought to bear
upon President Cleveland to have him select
Commissioner of Pensions from State east
| OF the AlleehaDies Thase who are exerting
their influence 10 this end argue that the West
has had this position too many times, and that
| ii is now the East's turn. At last accounts. Mr.
Cleveland had given no sign as TO his selection,
4 il he has made sny, but he has intimated that
the new Commissioner would be young man
of known ability, not too closely allied to prac-
teal politics.
&sa
/ Ex-Congressman Herman d. Stump. of the
Second District of Maryland, who filled very
acceptably the position of Chairman of tn Q
Honse Committee On Immigration during the
52d Congress, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent Superintendent of immigration, to sue
ceed ex-CongresEman w. d. Owen, of indiana
Mr.. Stump was the author OF the Stump bill
regulaii ing iinmi grafton, and has been intimate
| ly acquainted with questions concerning i'm
migration fer many years past. He will bring
to the Office thorough knowledge of all ques-
| tions pertaining to immigration.
x&x
One OF the strangesf things to the eye OF the
old soldier who fought for the preservation Of
| tie Union will be the number of successful ap.
/ Plieants for eEice thus far appointed by this
Administration. and which seems to have been
pfse OF the good reasons for honoring the man
/ by giving him lucrative and honorable posi-
/ tion under the Government of the United
| States, is the fact that "he Was distinguished
| and gallant soldier in the rebel army" Nine
sut Of 10 men whe have been appointed THIS
| far from the South have this Recommendation
attached to their papers asking for Office.
| The friends Of the Worlds Fair in Washing
ton are very much disappointed by the con-
! frmation of the rumor that the State Depart
meHt has at last decided not to allow the
original Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States to be taken
to Chicago for exhibition as part of the Depart
ment of States exhibit at the Columbian
! Exposition. An order permitting the removal
of these documents had previously been made,
and its revocation has occasisned much un.
favorable comment. particularly among the
Western Senators and members of Congress at
present in Washington.
4%a
A member of Congress is responsible for the
statement that the President will not allow
| Congressional delegations to afpertion the Fed
eral Offices in their respective States Quite a
number Of State delegations h.Te united in in
dorsing states prepared by them, distributing
the offices according TO mutual agreement.
| The Congressman who ia authority for the
statement that these slstes gonld not stand
asked the President. on Thursday. March 80
what he proposed TO do with these prepared
states. 81 will smash them," is said to have
been Mr.. Eeseland's reply. This information
is said to have spread dismay among the mem
hers of those State delegations who have united
in apportionipg out the Offices in their States
zsx
The appointment of Jim Blackbu brother
of Senator Blackburn, as United States Mar.
shal of Kentucky, shows that President Cleve
land considers Blaekburn's bloody minded let
ter written at the outbreak of the war in
1861. in which be said he proposed to "wade ir
Yankee blood u barred by the statute of limi
tations. Had this letter been published
in the North at the time it was written
il aight iave possibly prevented the war, as il
would very likely have scared all the Yankees
so badly that they would not have enlisted IL
save The country in tle face of such threats
lss publication some eight years ago. however
simply postponed Jim's pie" little-tba
was al, for he ha. at last been rewarded.
x*
| Henry c. Swain. Cashier of the Second Ns
t5nnal Bank Of Washington, met horr;bl,
death AT Townsend's Ialet, near Sea Island, n
J.. "Wednesday March %. 1t seems fha
some men were engaged TO burn the grass of
the meadows OF Nj. SWANS sisters farm ant
during the afternoon the wind shifted ant
threatened TO destroy the homestead and othe
inldings- BIS. Swain, seeing the danger began
ts fight The flames. The violent exercise caused
heart failure, and he fell beadloag into tn,
burning grass. He was not discovered unit
safocated By the smoke and heat. Portions o
Mr.. Swsin's body were burned to q crisp. III
: had long been resident of Washington, an,
was at oDe time connected with the banking
house of Jay Cooke & Co.
IS.
The name Of another woman lawyer viii
doubtless shortly he added to the roll of tn
District bar as Mrs. Ellen ID. Mussey applies
last week for admission TO the bar of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. The Court in General Tern
e appointed committee of three-Judge Dav
: idge, Gen. Henkle and Mr.. Job Barnard-t
+ examine the candidate and report upon he
5 application. Mrs. Mussey is the widow of Ger
d X ID. Mussey, Colonel of the Tooth u s. C. r.
= who died in Washington last Summer, and
one Of the best-known ladies In the Naiiona
G Capital. For years Mrs. Mnssey assisted he
0 husband in his legal work and became vel