The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-01-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETT

lner is a great Teal OF tAiR IN re-
gard to the possible resignation o,
Chief Justice Fuller, but nothing an
thentic has been learned. There il,
probably nothing in it. The only pos.
sible ground assigned for the resigna.
ton is that Justice Fuller's income is
not sufficient, and much less than il
used to be before he was appointed to
the supreme bench. 1t is stated his in
come now is only 100000 ayear. $1,000
as $ ilary, and the rent income I ron
his Chicago property. The mere state
ment of this beggarly income is enoug l.
to make any II wonder how he car
possibly get along at all. 1t at once
suggests poverty and soup houses and
other things.
The foreigners represented here in
a diplomatic way are fast assuming the
ways of modern civilization. The wife
of the Chinese minister attended the
presidents dinner to the diplomatic
corps, this being the very first instance
where a Chinese woman appeared in
society here outside of her own home.
And last night the Japanese minister
and his wife gave a tea to mark the
Gcto, a pretty Japanese girl. She waa
educated in this country and she and
her mother both speak English fluently.
Ex-Congressman Bowman of Iowa
changed his mind at the last moment
about going home and decided to re.
main here a few days longer.
Soma pf 4ha hiicar rnop,harc M
the house IRE recovering their breath
after being overthrown by the impet.
nous e%loquence and logic of Burke
c. cl1run and nearly every day there
are popgun ''replies" to him. They are
all painfully inadequate, however.
Colonel Henderson of Iowa tried his
hand ut it yesterday, but his remarks
were confined mostly to the old flag
and pensions. The colonel only spoke
about five minutes. but he stirred
things up some, though not to the ex.
tent of some his former efforts in thai
line.
There is a "ladles stock exchange in
this city, at which stoc,-s bonds and
grain are bought for ca b or on mar.
gin. 1t has private wires w New York
and Chicago, and is Exclusively for
ladies'" The women of Washington do
a good deal of specializing, and this ex.
change is to fill n want supposed to be
long felt. There are 5000 women EN-.
ployed by the government alone. and
then the wives of congressman, officials
and capitalists are given to trying their
luck. Women here were liberal pat
rons of the Louisiana lottery while il
fourished, but now they have to turn
their attention to some other method
of spending their money.
There are several decorations and
testimonials deposited in the state de
partment, which We're conferred 10y
foreign governments upon the military
or naval or civilian employees of The
government. No official in the employ
of the government is allowed to accept
such n decoration except by permis
sion of congress, so u bill is before con.
gress allowing the persons whose decor
utions are hung up in the department,
to accept them.
Edward S. Chiswick of Montana, who
is in town. says it will not be many
years before the jewel fields of thai
state will be able to supply the demand
for jewels from the whole world, such
as rubies. sapphires and opals. These
are found there in great quantities anG
very fine. Already the industry give,
employment to several thousand mer
In Montana.