New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
rvprD1rrONs TO MANY LANDS BY THE
STAFF OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
SENATOR HANsBROUGHs ENGAGEMENT-THE
DAUGHTER or PRINCE JOHN TfLi-N-
A sc<rHERN sTATEsMANs ORA
TORICAL TILT


WASHINGTON Julv o4-The latest subject 70: sos-
sin is the engagement Of senator Hansbroush OF
North Dakota 70 Miss Mary Berr Chapman o.
this citv which was formally announced last Week
The wedding will take place in New-l ork the ia'-
Of August or early in September ana VIII ~
very quiet one After a month or 50 PHSs "
som, Of tho Eastern summer resorts Senator Hans
brough and his bride have planned to return 10 'S
capital whore they will esteo!isn themselves H.
home OF their own.
rho engagement: meets with warm approval
among the friends o. both sides, ana HaPP! anu
brilliant future is predicted for the couple. SEM
tor rores VINO Is 4 lifelong friend OF senator
Hansbroughs lancee. said yesterday III
Iating his colleague: "You have won great prize
y-,,, would NOT be so rich If you owned AZ the
Alaska goldfeds.' .,,,
Nrss chairman IS beautiful young woman
above the medium height, slender ana ~
Blond hal. silken and way. frames d '"0o -
unusual loneliness; bar physical beauty Is inc 70
n ber attractions Although only twenty-five s'io
-, .rr RECOGNITION IN the literary world, and her
littla volume Of poems. recently publlshea LylIo1
o< Love and Nature has been wei receive" am
warmly praised. Her prose writings 100 are *
earded as having unusual merit and the last story
from her pen, ~ Fashionable Hero VIII appear
in 'Harpers Magazine Tor Aug eer, would seem
n no euficient endowment Tor one inoIld Du ny nv
Gods did not stop here in bcstowng iaVors on ME-
s,tarr,4, who Is as clever with her brush as she
is with her ron. and has much muslcal ltenS $500
Se1etor Hansbrough is a handsome man, OF MAJ
Iii crscnalitv and mis- genial nature AM coruidl
manners have earned FOR nm 'oi ~
u,aIiy,sIier and rarely occupies much OF the Sen
ate's time but when nc doe> spgaHr iio nr, No,
ami terscly The affairs Of Norm (ahota ar ,i o'
iil,i - suffer in his hands for he IS an lhieiauE
abe worker: and that bis constituents ny ~ H,t
ms pJTTe' second term in the Senate began last
March. and will not expire until 4'o''
49,. ,,,,o,ad i'm he House
long since. b from the South is good man
NV, no e NOT n clever an interesting speaker
r4 g., cutie ignoran. Of this. however and IN arsu-
-. thinks himself .nvincible-a Webster or
Randolph. Not long ago D from out ~,
who Is one Of the readest and wttest deoa'e.s -,
Congress became involved IN discussio'. -
p and IN few brief moments tore that eeHt'e
mans arguments 10 sNre-S' anu
nonent up 70 ridicuie. -,
n seemed indifferent to the treatment ne LA.
roco,,,ca bur some Of his friends. imagining thA' i,
had hurt and sensitive spirit nenlhG THIS
lndTerehce:, Mad had n: too bad" said they "A
roclilar onslaught. 1t ought, not 10 DC "''0"'-
We are all very sorry ABOUT It.
,.o,. osntlenen?' asked B In his North
-, dr9Dl and looking quite concerned an
eorrv very sorry can assure you ioi any ,'I 49,,
w., hos happened But. indeed, could HOT MP
t. D would force S o. m n1tfing his head into the
ne ano us ~ he had only himself 70 blame II my
colleague is hurt ana myself as responsible
Tor This encounter; He prousnt bresst and struck
and Il put his hand upon MS o'e"'' ~
a ~statesnanlike attitude
A. e usual In summer. there Is huc" 'S''''
~ National Museum, when the annual houSo-
,,t,e a nd the overhauling and rearrahseine''' "a
49, oxhihits take place. This year there Is an uh-
W -,ourt of work 10 be done. Congress having
~ on anprooriation for the erection Of galleries,
bicb will Increase the floor space by ohe-'hIu Vi
"'-'o . area These galleries are already In
ass ~ erection and some OF the nails where
- work IA going on are. in consequence rAed
- ,d the publlc is no longer admitted. This added
roor, will permit a and more advantageous ar
o,,ent OF certain exhibits. and the authorities
80 10 Museum are congratulating themselves that
they are at last enabled 10 carry o"' So''' "a '''
net ideas in this direction
number OF the Museum staff have been sent
-, on specia missions. and large portion OF
~ ,,obe is covered by these agents. u L. Mer-
AN the curator OF geology. VIII represent the
Nm, at the International Geological Congress.
- y,,u be held in 81. Petersburg next month,
VIM 80 has already started for that far-away
capita Walter J. Fewkes and Mr. Hough Will
sgain spend the summer IN A''aul9, "nete '. ~
"'a'thistnric ruins OF the early american lhuldns
WHEN was crowned with such sasiaTtoty shtS
idh. Ststt was about three miles our OF the town
Of Winslow and near the Sross'hs y, 'e
anbh ~ bnried ruins and some OF those explored
Nv Professor Fewkes which yielded rlch ma ~
l,y' have not been lived In since before the dis
}r,:S ~ America They also explored the coun,
Wy s In which they found beautiful and varied
sor,nant OF pottery Professor Fewkes has ar;
ranged Se br6 oUSh from Mexico which is of the