The National tribune., 1893-05-11

Division, Treasury Depart mcnt, rendered their
reSignations, which were at once accepted
Maj. Gaines served as Captain in he 5th Ohio
from which he was promoted TO Major and
Judge Advocate. He was appointed Pension
Agent OF the District OF Columbia by Gen. Gar
field and bold that position for several years.
Col. Lang wss Major 9th w. Va Cav. (also
called the Sd w. Va. Inf, and was brevetted
Colonel for gallant and meritorious services
They have all been efficient officers of the
Treasury Department.
A prominent Naval officer here in Washing
ton has recently received letter from Com
mander William Fl. Whiting q. g. Navy. in
which the latter announces his engagement to
Miss Ella All Fong, Chinese maiden of Homo
luu and intimatng that the marriage will
take place the first convenient occasion.
This engagement has been matter of gossip
in Naval G. rces for some time. but until this
confirmation from Commander Whiting HIM
self, the subject has not been seriously con-
sidered. The officer was regarded as too stead
fast bachelor TO think of marriage. Miss All
Fong is well known to many Naval officers
greatly respected by them However, she is
not a full blooded Chinawoman Her father
married a native of Hawaii. who is the mother
of Miss Ella. Her father is reputed to be
millionaire many times over.
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For years Washington has felt the want Of q
convention hall, for outside of the Capitol
Building there was not place with sufficient
seating capacity to warrant large conventions
meeting in this city. This want has at last
been supplied and on Saturday evening, May
6, Convention Hall was brilliantly lighted and
thrown open to the public for inspection. This
great auditorium is over the Northern Liberty
Market, at the corners of K, L and Fifth
streets northwest, and contains RI acre Of floor
space, which is greater than Madison Square
Garden in New York City. The hall will COM
fortably seat 5000 people, and will provide
standing room for 10000; in fact, is one of the
greatest audience chambers in the world. It Is
accessible by every street railway line in the
city, and its fitting up, not including the cost
of the structure, has cost 100000. Hereafter
National political conventions can be accom-
modated at the National Capital.
So
Chief Drummond, of the Secret Service, has
been receiving many letters from banks
throughout the country during the past month
complaining of the manner in which silver
dollars are being largely used by retail dealers
as medium of advertising. These letters
urge that some action be taken to stop adver-
Users from putting "stickers" to these COINS
and it is very likely that the Treasury De-
partment will order that parties engaged in
this practice. or in the manufacture of these
"stckers" themselves, shall bs prosecuted
Owing to the large number of these coins hav-
ing advertisements pasted on them having
been received from banks in various parts of
the country, mostly in the West, for redemp-
ton at the Treasury Department, the Depart
meut has found it necessary to refuse to redeem
them, because it was necessary to keep several
engaged in the work of soaking the coins
in water until the labels como off before 1t can
be ascertainsd whether or not the coin has
been scooped ont and filed with lead or other
substance. Action will be taken by the next
Congress expressly forbddipg the use of coins
in this manner and in the meantime the coun-
try is being flooded with thousands of silver
dollars having the "stickers" pasted on them.
A question which IL now agitating the minds
of some of the people of Chattanooga. Tenn,
is, Did Sir. James IL. Bible get drunk when the
news came that Mr.. Cleveland was elected
President7 This momentous question has also
been transferred from its mountain hons in
Tennessee to the National Capital. Mr.. Bible
by publishing letter which he received from
Mr. Cleveland relative to the Presidential
nomination, and no is now an applicant for an
Office under Mr.. sCleveland's Administration.
The charge has been brought against Mr. Bible
that he is in the habit of INDUCING too much
in the ardent" in fact, that he gets drunk.
This is Indignantly denied by Mr.. Bible him
self, and his Representative in Congress, Hon.
Henry Clay Snodgrass, gives high indorse-
ment Of Mr. Bibles character for general So
briefly Says ar. Snodgrass: 81 have been
Bibles personal friend for four years. During
this time he has been drunk but once to my
knowledge, and that was when Cleveland was
elected. If this disqualiies him. then no
Democrat in Chattanooga is ct for Office" Now,
if they can satisfy President Cleveland that
Mr.. Bible simply let his enthusiasm get away
with his better Judgment on the occasion of
hearing that the former had been elected to the
Presidency, Mr.. Bible may yet be made happy.