The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-06

was never revised Dy tne autnOf. DIV pctS oAo
being offered two to one that Bryan won't sac
riice that glowing squirt about. the crown OF
thorns and the cross Of gold. It's too popular
with him, and cost too many anxious medita-
tons to get it up.
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The President appointed MacGrane Coke, of
New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States
to Guatemala and Honduras, vice Pierce nj. Is.
Young, who died in New York recently while
on leave of absence Mr.. Coke was born In
Alabama 80 years ago. hut has resided the most
of his life in New York State his present resi-
dence being at southfelds, Orange County.
He was graduated from Yale University in
1879, and for some time was an assistant to the
United States Attorney for the Southern Dis
trict of New York, till 1888.
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American plate is not forgotten in the
coming campaign. At the Republican Congress
sional Committee quarters is Mckinley can,
made entirely of American tin by an Ohio COM
pany, and this is being manufactured IN large
numbers for the campaign. Maj Mckinley
has one, and the can bears his portrait, with
the motto Protection and Prosperity"
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An Army officer stationed in Washington is
Summer widower just now, as his better-half
and the children are enjoying the heated term
at watering. place. The officer, notwithstand
ing his enforced term of bereavement, dresses
as Immediately as ever and is very fond of
appearing in spotless linen, particularly in the
evening. When he came home from his daily
labor the other afternoon the colored cook
for he keeps bachelor hall-approached him
deferentially, and said:
"Cap'n, does yo' want de ducks TO- brekfus,
an how does yo' wan 'em cooked-roas'ed, or
how?"
"Ducks," exclaimed the master of the
house, in surprise. 81 don't want any ducks
this time of year, and / didn't order any,
We'll, dey is heah jes' de same. man
brung 'em dis mawnin', an / said, Watts
dem I? an de man say, Ducks fer de Cap'n.
AM TUX 'em am put EN- Oh de ice terectly, 70
dis hot spell don't do no kind O. poultry no
good. An KEEP 'em right on de ice all day"
Thereupon the Captain was escorted to the
refrigerator, and saw a very limp but carefully
tied bundle containing his new white duck
suit. in which he intended toappear that even
ing. He didn't say much.
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Copies of the supplementary Blue Book touch
ing the question of the boundary between
British Guiana and VepeZuels, issued by the
British Government and laid before Parlia-
ment on the 2lst inst. reached Washington,
and have been supplied to tho Venezuelan
Boundary Commission. The volume embraces
new maps, showing considerable extensions of
the territory claimed to have been occupied by
the early Dutch settlers in the disputed tracts.
The purpose of the entire work is to show
specifically that prior to 1745 the Dutch exer-
cised control over the territory clear westward
to the Orin0co
The relic hunters and souvenir preservers are
the bete-noir of the Capitol officials, and cost
the Government good money every year by
their Wholesale raids on furniture and other
articles. 1t is Of course, the visitors who do
this, because the average Washingtonian has no
use for souvenirs from his resident city. 1t has
been necessary to take the finely upholstered
leather sofas out Of the ladies' reception room Of
the Senate and put in their places less persliable
wooden and cane settees. This. done, to
prevent the furniture being carried off in small
sections 1t has been the custom to have none
but fine quality and rich furniture, not only in
the Senate chamber, but in all the ante. rooms,
lobbies, and reception-rooms. The furniture in
the Presidents room, the marble lobby, and the
ladies' reception room is of leather, that in the
Presidents room being red leather embossed in
gold. Before the opening Of this Congress all
the furniture was gone over and renovated,
that of the reception-room and lobby being en-
tirely renpholstered. They looked very fine.
1t was not long, however, before the buttons
with which the tufting of the upholstery was
held began to disappear. The visitors would
probably cut the buttons off the vests Of the
Senators and Representatives If they dared but
there they are confined to swinging on the but
ton holes. Buttons of the furniture are. by no
means all they take but this is their principal
fad. 1t is not the intrinsic value of the arti-
Gle which attracts them, but its quality a
souvenir. While sitting on the nicos soft leather
sofas they dive their hands down into the up.
holstery and cautiously twist away until they
are in possession of button or two, go that at
the end of day the sofas are as innocent Of
buttons as David CopperGslds Pegotty after
demonstration of emotion. Finally, all hope
of ever satisfying the cravings for these but
tons was abandoned by the Senate custodians,
and last week the leather sofas were taken out
and very plain settees made of wood and rattan
put in their places
A brand new campaign joke is being sprung
ia Washington now. Some enthusiastic Re.
publican will declare to friend of the opposite
hat ha of "a ~
Inhabitants where Bryan will not receive
single vote, and offers to back his statement
with two to one bet. When the rabid Bryanite
is duly landed and the money posted the CAM
pagn bunco-steerer calmly cites Washington
as the place where, indeed 10 votes will be cast
for any body, and gathers in the money.
ARMY AND NAVY.
The Secretary Of the Navy has disapproved
the proceedings, findings and sentence of dis
missal imposed by court-martial upon Passed
Assistant Paymaster Edwin b. Webster lately
attached to the Yorktown. The officer WAS ac-
cused Of having retained bond exacted from
his Pay Clerk, w. J. Tobin, after having dis
missed the clerk. The Secretary finds that
there were grave informalitics in the proceed
inas of the court, and. moreover, inclines the
befief, based principally npon the testimony of
Chief Engineer Harric Webster, brother officer
the Yorktown. that the money, amounting
To 81, 500, placed in tho Paymaster's hands by
Tobin's mother, was technically loan and not
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