New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-02
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.


,,,, ,,,r,,xcrs oF y )3S-The other day
tho President appointed y. H. Warner. Jr'' OF
MARYLAND as Consul Leipsic, Germany. III.
Warner IL in every way competent to Ill the oi-
flee for which he has been nominated ie
orro,dod bv several Senator's and Representa-
lives and has the backing OF large "",,D
influential citizens In the District OF 'oi"'"o'' ~
Is the son OF a bank president ana loon an 49,,
part in the campaign OF last fall whc" '.s
in MARYLAND IN he election of Mr. Wellington 10 INC
United States Senate. Mr.. Wellington hmseii 'eoo'
mendcd young Warner for the post Oh ,o'''u ~
Southampton place OF even greater '''p -
than Leipsic For some reason or o'he'
he is now Directing 10 Mr.. warner comm 49,.
as Consul to Leipsic and to-day appeared o''o.e
the Committee on Commerce TO urge MI ""'"
rejection bv the Senate. He asserted IL Is H"''
that the time had come when his position wiz" ''o
President must be defined, and ne cue" VI, or
pontments of Daniel Grosvenor ana he'oe.' ,e"'
instances where the Presden. ha diomrned with
his prerogative" The committee anJo. In tur,her
out action and with no day fixed ior the Iuie''
consideration of the question pu, meeting
that there will be either commute r,In, ,io5
called at an early day to act upon tle Uittc. on
that the chairman VIII POI fo, tna m@ntng Al
though the issue the appointment ~ ~ ~ ,,,hia
not one of great pqllt,ca tt IN. scale against
Mr. Wellington and threaten his authorlly ~ e., AZ
land politics There has been Mary land Republicans
with MI Wellingtons arrogant ine.', 'nnoead in
tatng to the whole party ndt tSo HdmnIsra-
ton have given him a strengh which ne n',s EN-
not otherwise have, ana nave reI i. iimid about
were opposed to him more or lrsS ~ '', one who
placing themselves In antagonism to IT, on n,,i.ude
might have the ear OF the me President in
this matter however. is liable TO bring ano", which
ton between him i'm sna S9e MARY
land TO resist his authority IL Is Iesr,hroyr in
at all improbable that he may pe pomnation Of
Mayor In Baltimore In when gIeat oe Course he
satisfaction has been engendereo ny ''e
has pursued
"CAPTAIN" PALMER EXPLAlNS-"CaptaiN
Jullus A. Palmer secretary to ox-Queen Liiiuoka-
lani says there Is no truth in the runor 'ha'
monster petition is being forwarded here from
Hawaii by the ex-Queen's subjects in her FAVOR
The people In Hawaii" he says nave as se'
| learned nothing about the treaty having oee"
signed We were not expecting such an act Oh TIC
part Of che Administration, SO petition ot '"'
kind mentioned was not deemed necessary CoIn.
bad and the slam Tr The
rsacbed there IL would take several days to cir
culate 1t among the people, WISH ap ~ on Tues
day was wholly without political signlhcance ~
merely in the nature OF soc,ni s ch taks
IT'S yadiournment and the Senator's and Representa-;
tivcs leave Washington for the summer c as Wen
| as the Queen she should pay the visit she IS a
great stckler after etiquette. and desired to make
| the call on this account
| TROUBLESOME SOFT CRABS.-The soft crab
causes "a good deal of trouble at this time OF the
year between the States of Maryland and virginia
| one OF its peculiar tricks Is to leave us laVor'e
| lair at Crisneld in Maryland. and wander OH INTO
the neighboring State the crabbers OK course io-
| lowing 1t Is then that Virginia gets out her guns
| and begins to burn powder. Recent dispatches re-
| port heavy firing and 1t Is all. probably. on ac-
| count of the migratory crab. Governor OFerrall
Of Virginia IS no less an admrer ana an6 b
Is said TO have declared recently that he VIII pro.
tect the crab which seeks the shelter OF the GA
Dominion at all hazards. even II he has to de-
| populate Crisied in order to do it, Thus the soft
Ss to esoes wh haTS this wos
be fair. we allow the virginians; says the cham
and make ali the money and hold offices and lord 1t
over us in general and the Virginia authorities
crabs in return We are beginning to think that
Virginia is getting selfish over the shellhsh.'
| SENATOR'S FAULKNER'S BULLET.-Eyer
since the war Senator Charles j. Faulkner, of West
Virginia. has carried bullet In his right leg. 1t
is neither a Confederate Union bullet. al
though the Senator who wds only boy when the
war broke out. service in the great conflict.
He served with the cadets of the Virginia Military
Institute at the battle of Newmarket. and after
ward aide to General J. c. breckenridge and 20
General Henry A. Wise surrendering with the lat
ter al Appomattox. The bullet which the Senator
has been carrying around for over thirty years,
however was fired from revolver which he was
handling carelessy. 1t made serious wound
Surgeons probed for it in vain. and its exact loca-
ton never determined After time. when
the wound healed. the missile ceased TO make its
presence felt and for years past only memory ana
ner OF the accident. Since so many successful
has had a desire to ascertain just where the bulle,
had eS & 1h exact h%d 6e
Woods Of the Architects office Gs Of the Capitol who
b ber of on S Xay M as and last
night he discovered the little leaden missile IN
witnessed the experiment. among them Senator
Of aGd Ms SH s s shoIp
The ss 2 @aet m I ca ar of M
leg. Mr. Woods suggested the possibility that t
was button on the clothing SO second expert;
revealed the object in the same position. Senator
Of b at o"ff was n
distance from the spot where the surgeons had
along, senator Fauiknar has no intention OF Ia
ing the bullet removed as it is perfectly harmless
greatly interested in the experiment. how
ever. as IL had always been more or les OF n'ys-
ALTGELD FOR CONGREss-The proposition to
elect Ex-Governor Atgeld OF Illinois to the present
Congress IS going the rounds of the press The
plan Is TO choose Atgeld in the place OF Representa-
tive Cooke who recently died. His election would
no doubt add a remarkable man to The popular
o. the n M ose erred hts son src t
by G579 plurality in November last, and there are
Indications that the Ex-Governor IL able TO over
come this plurality now. The odds are decidedly
| against him Still, he Is OF varied resources
| and he may decide at the last moment to make the
| race
AN OLD CONSUL DISPLACED-The appoint
ment OF Henry Bordewick : Consul at Christania
Norway displaces man who has held the place
since 1869 Gerhard Gade. norwegian. was APP
| no,nted by General Grant, and during the success
| sive Administrations he has not been displaced
| AIR C;ade was in Washington Il few weeks
| his wny 10 Chicago to attend the wedding OF his
| son who is "a resident OF the United States. Mr..
| Cad. has always been citizen or Norway al
| thouvh he has learned the English language and
J has given considerable attention 90 American af
| fairs He is wealthy The new appontee