The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-30

| Iruxtun Beaie United States Minister to
| Greece, Roumauia and Servja has in formed the
State Department that Mime. SchIiemann, wild.
ow OF DR.. Schliennann, the famons explorer of
the ruins of buried and ancient cities, has de-
| termlned TO present to the United States
National Museum r portion of the relies I'M
earthed at Troy by her late husband Mr..
Beale gives no intimstion of the size of the COL
lection to be sent TO Washington, but says its
value viii be apparent on inspection.
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| ]. Sterling Morton, the successor of Uncle
Jerry Rusk in the Department of Agriculture,
who is very successful farmer out in Ne.
| braska, declares that be can husk more corn in
given time than any man west of the Missouri
| River. 81 think nothing Of busking 200 BUSH
els of corr in day when the weather is pro-
pitious," said Secretary Morton. In a shuck
ing match with ex Senator Van Wyek, of
Nebraska, few years age, Secretary Morton
claims to have beaten his rival very badly in a
stretch of six hours. The prize in that husk-
ing contest was sorrel colt, which animal is
still owned by Secretary Morton.
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man from Texas recently made application
to the Treasury Department for appointment as
! Collector of Internal Revenue for the State of
Georgia, the State in which he was born. In
| his application he dwels at length upon his
valiant service in the rebel army, and refers to
| the commendation for bravery of Capt Long
street. of Georgia, who commanded his COM
pany. This letter of the Captain is the only
| Endorsement which the Texan sent with his
application. If Secretary Carlisle did not give
him the appointment he wished the Captains
letter TO be considered as confidential; but if he
was nominated he was willing that it should be
| published.
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Ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan, who was Min
lister to Spain during the first part of Gen. Har-
rison's Administration, and also President of
the Worlds Fair Com mission owned three dogs
while he lived in Washington. which he took
about with him almost constantly. One, tiny
terrier, was generally carried in his overcoat
pocket, or inside his waistcoat, from which
| place small black head was thrust out when
| ever a familiar voice was heard. The other
dogs were King Charles spaniels for whose
exercise on rainy days, when run out-of
doors was not very desirable, there was rugged
mansion on L street northwest an ingenious
walking machine, something on the order of q
| tread-mill.
Congressman McCreary, of Kentucky, ten
! dered his resignation to the President on
Thursday, March %, as member of the Inter-
national Monetary Conference 1t was said at
| the State Department that the designations of
all the delegates to the Monetary Conference
had now been received, and that the question
of whether new delegates shall be appointed
will shortly be brought up in Cabinet meeting,
discussed and decided. The opinion is held by
some persons who are in position to form in
| telligent views that President Cleveland has
| practically concluded not to send another dele.
/ gatiou to Brussels. If that prove to be the
case, the Minister to Belgium will probably be
/ designated to attend the conference as the
representative of the United States
II is announced on good authority that it has
been practically settled that the Presidents
wife's cousin Benjamin Folsom who is filing
the position of Consul at Sheffield, England,
| viii not be disturbed. At one time it was
feared that Mr.. Cieveland's "uo nepotism !"
rule would affect Cousin Ben" but it has been
decided that the rule is not retroactive
cousin Ben was appointed by Mr.. CIeye-
land during his first incumbency of the Presi-
dency, and be was permitted to retain his Office
by President Harrison. The fact was made
public that Cousin Ben" would net be dis
turbed by Joseph Humphreys, OF St Paul,
! uftnn 10 al;
cant for the Consulship at Sheffield, but who
changed his application to tho ConsuIship at
Manchester after an interview with the Presi-
dent.
It is now stated on good authority that the
4 heads of the various Departments will borrow
the pruning hook used by the Secretary OF
Agriculture and that the unfruitful limbs, or
rather sinecure clerkships, will be topped of
by the other Secretaries as coon az the rush for
Office subsidies and they can get chance To
examine into the workings Of the force under
them. IL is said that this subject was dis.
cussed in Cabinet meeting, and that it meets
not only the approval of the President, but tina.
all the Cabinet Ministers appeared to be
anxious TO get to work at the reducing process
As this generally takes place whenever q new
set of Cabinet officers appointed, to greater
or less extent very little alarm is felt By the
Government employees at the threatened rs
duction.
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Secretary Morton has appointed Judge Heury
. A. Robinson, of Detroit, Mich, Statistician O
the Department Of Agriculture, vice J. z
r Dodge, whose resignation has been accepted {,
take effect April / next Judge Robinson i
the present Labor Commissioner of Michigan
and was backed for Statistician OF the Agricul
? tural Department by eI-Postmaster Genera
: Don Dickinson and Private Secretary Thurbei
= The Judge is an expert statstieisn, and hi
{ reports as Labor Commissioner of Michiga,
0 have been highly commended. Judge Robin
. son has been in Washington for some weeks
but he win at once return TO Michigan TO al
Q range his private affairs. He will assume til
o duties of his new position the LIST of April
Y the date Hr. Dodge retires from the Denart
= meut, with which he has been connected 70
= the past 81 years.
q IT Is rumored st the Treasury Depsrtmen
e that President Cleveland had decided
e appoint E. G. Graves, now q resident {
Seattle, Wash, but formerly q resident of Ne,
York, Treasurer of the United States. Dul
e ing Mr. Ciereland's first Administration Nj