New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-19
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

- - nosa ~ tbe,r new and airy quarters
! in the building 70 the north or the Capi'o' 20
under way, Just at present whn' a'' ~, 49,.
known as seconds" being moved. i"e,e "a
onds" are simply duplicated copies Oh W. rhov
under the provision OF law for copyrls"'' 80
have been stored for years In inaccessible aho oo
scure corners-dumped. as It were, al ranu'"' az. n
never disturbed For many years man W W.
name Of Wheeler was in charge Of this department
Of the Library He was ana dsismss os banks
safe deposits His savings WHICH were bonds
able / Is said were sSc4e,ed among the
the vaults conHded to his charge rev ynaraysls
he whn ew hoHrs after
symptoms He bereft OF speech tsn,, s" Attempts
To reveal TO his family the hiding PLACE eS If with in
bonds but without success rseis s his family
has been able since his death TO collect inc tmcr
but the face value Of me oonas said to be keep
Ing sharp lookout for the treasure and hoos : nG5
likely that any Of the many ncrnv Within the mex,
few weeks.
NJ p HANDY FOR cOMMfsSiONEt'-"G EN-
ERAI-Amorg the names suggested Tor the o'i'Oe
OF Commissioner General to the Paris ENpo'i'i'.
none seem TO possess stronger backing than ina. VI
Moses r. Handy the managing editor OF me o"'-
cago Times Herald" Major Handy seems pecuiiar-
Is qualified for this post, by reason OF MS iaeh..
cation in an official and active way with the fniia
delphia and Chicago cxpositions and his experience
the manager Of the foreign work No Of Conn.,
Europe and came I'm contact with the ehposm rn
Ing point in the history Of the Chicago undertaking.
and the idea and the execution were ms ne n SUI
5n of of Which shf e S
Been e ever ins Since the moGe followed by expo
sition management. 1t IL not TOO much TO say tnat
,bs one of the Reen h reset is said
to entertain the highest opinion Of Major HANDY
abilities.
CONVEY THE WISE IT CALI."-The success
of young Mr.. Casey in having his name placed on
the tablet Of the new building for the Library OF
Congress of its architects" seems TO have
encouraged others 10 follow suit similar lines.
No more striking illustration, certainly. OF the art
OF conveyance has been furnished within tho la II
few months than by one Marcus Baker. Of the
Geological Survey and temporarily connected with
the Commission ITO investigate and report upon
the true divisional line between the Republic OF
Venezuela and British Guiana" Mr. Bakers Work
In the volume just issued by the Commission Is
labelled Partial List OF Maps of the Orincco and
Essequbo Region" Under this comprehensive
headline placed the words. "Ry Marcus Baker"
Then follows introductory Note" OF less than
IA page and a half. followed by the list" which
fully is pages Each pSsS Is m
with the subject knows that this catalogue, sub
siantiay as.it appears in this volume is ne re-
suit of years of labor on the part OF Mr.. Phillips.
the photographer Of the Library of Congress From
him the Commission purchased this catalogue, rec
ognzing It's value and importance. Whether that
fact. however. justified MIR. Baker in decorating
w Of the rsa he Cold of
number only one and one-haif as his own WORK WORK
IN the be art IF y peT 70 @@ mind
seems 5 b pTcTary oenss ease Oh
PRINCE KOON TO SEEK AN EDUCATION IN
| AMERICA-Prince Flu VIVA Koon, the second son
of the King of Corea, man who is probably des-
tined TO play an important part In the future az
fairs OF the Orient has arrived In Washington.
| He Is accompanied by PAX Wong Klu, formerly
Corean Charge d'Arraires In Washington, and Six
Sung Goo Prince Koon has come 10 this capital
10 study political institutions; TO perfect hmseii III
English Of which he already, speaks enough to
lie is a short. smooth, faced man. we'll along In
Of observation He viii probably enter one of the
Seg Gm sTe AND we'll Th to eose the
methods of government In practice mere Prince
kcGR may he be IHs crows Prince
and IS in poor physca aea nspbew h Of ths
present King. who may make trouble in case the
Crown Prince cannot succeed his father.
LIFE IN ALASKA-The nomination OF John g.
Brady to he Governor OF Alaska will give satisfac-
ton to the people of that sometimes badly gov
ernsd Territory C. s. Johnson. who was tnlied
States Attorney for Alaska in President Harrsons
Administrator WOuIu nave hheu NHc dPP""'"N"N
though Mr. Johnsons chief desire is TO obtain repre-
sen,ation in Congress for Alaska. He has lived In
Alaska ten years and Is settled at Juneau. the
prncpal town In the Territory 10 miles from Stka
the capital Mr.. Johnson was delegate to the Re
publican Convention at st. Louis. and as menioer
OF the Committee Platform succeeded In getting
the plank adopted TO give Alaska representation IN
Congress The bill TO give Alaska delegate Is
pending and Mr. Johnson Is in Washington to aid
In its passage He says: our people want two
thirgs-home rule and representation In Congress
Another resident OF Alaska who is familiar with
affairs I'D there said to-day: The statement that
the Presidents selection Of John G. Brady for Gov
ernor Is a victory for the missionary element, as
agans; the business men of the Territory, Is not
fair statement So far the missionary work gees
| am an outsider. But am ready TO say that the
missionaries Sitka have been suffering and
pa lent under extremely trying crcums; ances. They
doing splendid work among the natives by their
schools with Industrial depart ments. where various
trades are taught and training given for self-suQ
port. Nobody away from there knows however.
what the missionaries have had to contend against
because OF the liquor brought into the Territory in
spite of the law prohibiting the sale OF liquor,
cept for medicinal purposes and that on high IL
cense Liquor Is smusgled into Sltka and every
other port IN southeastern Alaska Oh the regular
STEAMERS. which arrive once fortnight. The native
Alaskan takes kindly to civilization, and behaves
beautifully long as he drinks water But when
under the same ntiuencc though the mission and
The native village at Stka are mile apart. there is
them. 1t is not simply the natives getting drunk.
but at one time. when the company OF marines was
stationed here of them would get drunk TOO
and 80 into the native village Then things were
about as bad they could be- The Governor was
a coed Presbyterian and a strictly temperate man,
but absolutely without backbone He could hardly
walk stones throw from his own house without
passing more than saloon with It's wde-opsn
door and unlicensed bar yet he confessed himself
poweress 10 correct the evil And TO a certain
tent, he For, the other hand. the judge Of
the highest court in Alaska was strictly intem-
perate man. and. with the officer In command OF
tho marines who seldom drew sober breath, the
two oft in the Silly night" engaged in noisy
demonstrations which made sleep impossible for
quiet. respectable people in Siika The missionaries
complained. and protests sent again and again
| 10 Washington. 1t a long time, however. be-
fore anything was done 10 put stop to such dis
graceful things. but finally President Harrison
moved the judge. The captain OF the marines got
frightened and eased up little. though he was al