The National tribune., 1894-07-05

can be supplied at very low cost. Or If he
wants to give his library a military aspect, he
can accomplish his desire for song. The
highest price asked for any article in the lot is
$7.75 for q Spencer breech- loading rifle with
Staber attachment. The lowest price is %
cents for a sword. This is the Governments
bargain sale.
Hon. John W. Foster and Mrs. Foster have
returned to Washington. When Mr.. Foster
went abroad nearly year age, it was to repre-
sent the United States in the Bering Sea arbi-
tration proceedings at Paris But since he has
been away he and his wife have made round
the-world tour. The journey was through
Egypt, Palestine, and the Holy Land; thence
through the suez Canal and down the Red
Sea to India. Then China and Japan were
! travelled through, and the return to this coun-
try made by the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Foster
will spend the remainder of the Summer in
northern New York
"The Republicans have frst-cI show of
making large gains in Missouri this year." said
Col. D. P. Dyer, of ST. Louis, ex- United States
District Attorney, the other day. "There are
three State officers to be voted fora Supreme
Court Judge, State Railroad Commissioner and
! Superintendent of Public instruction. If the
Republicans are careful to put up the very best
men for these Offices they will win. The Demo
Gratis are almost certain to lose five or six Con-
gressional seats. 1t is pretty generally con-
eeded that Charley Joy, who was unseated by
the present House, will come back to Congress
by a big majority. There are a great many
Democrats in ST. Louis who think he was un-
! fairly deprived of his seat, and they are going
to back up their belief by voting for him."
II
Representative W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania,
says that his resolution to define and punish
anarchy in this country was hurriedly prepared
and may be improved after it gets into the
House, but thinks that in general way it
reaches the spot. He thinks immigration is
largely responsible for the prevalence af anarchy
| in the United States, and will probably make a
strong efort before the session is over to get
action on his bill to amend the Immigration
| laws
| r.
Senator Walsh, OF Georgia, has formally an
nounced himself as candidate for the full
| term from his State, which begins next March.
| Georgians are very unwilling to talk about the
Senatorship, because Speaker Crisp has not yet
decided whether he will be candidate for the
place 1t is felt that Mr. Walsh has something
of mortgage on the seat from the fact that in
his short incumbency be has woa a good deal
of strength in Georgia and the people are dis
posed to return him.
One Of the plans Of this Congress in which
veterans are interested, and which we have
before mentioned. is the bill introduced by
Representative Henderson, of Iowa for ma
tiouaf park on the battlefield of Shiloh, which
was fayorably reported by Representative Outh-
waite. of Ohio, from the Committee On Military
Affairs. The battlefield embraces 1900 acres,
over which the State of Tennessee will grant
Jurisdiction to the United States The bill
/ gives the Government authority to institute
condemnation proceedings, but to avoid entail
ing hardships upon residents who desire to
retain their home, they will be permitted to
! lease their lands at nominal rent on condi-
tion that they keep the grounds in good order
Land can be acquired fer $12 an acre, the report
states. The roads are unchanged since the
battle was fought, and it is proposed to restore
| the field as nearly possible to its former
| condition, the States cooperating by erecting
tablets 10 mark the stands of their regiments.
| 1t is proposed to have the work done by a
committee of three veterans, one of whom
| served in the Army of the Tennessee, under
/ fvoy in Avn oF ~ fha
/ commanded by Gen. Buell., and one from Gen.
Johnston's Confederate Army of Mississippi
The bill for the establishment rn the Interior
! Department of new bureau, entitled the
National Bureau Of Public Health, which was
introduced into the House three months ago,
/ has lain in the rooms OF the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce ever since
its introduction. 1t was drawn up by the New
! York Academy of Medicine, several represent
ativesof which appeared before the committee
to urge it's immed late passage. Objections to q
number of its provisions were presented by
/ IneIIbers of the committee and series of
amendments were offered, upon which agree
mept could not be obtained The bill before the
House Committee has not been favored by DIR.
| Wyuan, the Supervising Surgeon General of
the Marine Hospital Service. With pardonable
pride be points to the record of his Bureau. and
declares that it is capable Of even more satisfac-
tory work. He believes that, with the powers
| wiIich now appertain to the service of which he
is the Director, that service can be made to pro-
vide for the protection OF the public health. In
his view, the new scheme Is unnecessary and
expensive.
IL there is ene public building whose appear
ance is more disgraceful TO the National Capital
than the pile Of brick known as the Pension
Office, it is the sarcophagus dignifed By the
title Of City Hall in front Of which the weFst
statue that ever claimed to represent Abraham
Lincoln perches at the top of 5O-foot shaft
The hall was built in part by funds derived
from . lottery It's corner stone was laid Aug
Il hot th,C L a3u. .ofL