New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-14
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington, July IL
THE PRESIDENTS VACATION PLANS
President McKinlcy's vacation plans are sun SUD
tect to slight alterations owing to the uncertainty
which continues to cloud the date on which congress
will finally adjourn. II the end comes early next
week. the President will endeayor to Keep con.
dons appointment which ne mas , Insne, 10 IN
Hsaac at on hs u %Hysf h o. en- OF
si ard Vice Presidential households 70 bu1 bers =
little question that all public business here can 9e
dpof rom o. N fG"g on or before that date
EX-SENATOR BLAcKBgRNs FUTURE
Speaking OF his plans for the future Ex-senator >.
C. S. Blackburn. who IL In Washington on oriet
visit said to-day: II shall maintain my law once
AZ nv home in Versailles where greater part OF
ny time viii be spent. I have no intention OF
adopting n new home OF breaking the ties tnat
have 80 long bound me to Kentucky. Tne peops
Of Kentucky stood By me when asked tne'r sup
port and my lot shall be cast with theirs 70 the
end Of my existence. | have, however associa,e1
Ria kburn jr.. Of Washington. and whenever ny
pisrc and al net the United States supreme
Ex-senator Blackburn T return ,a snnaTn anS
will address the people IN every county ~ y, s.nsso,
fI"e Fet term generally known BLACK
burn will he candidate Tor reeiec.on 70 s, az
and outside OF 1t are conndent that his ambition 70
represent Kentucky again in Congress VIII ne rea''
led
THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS POLAR ExPEDf.
TION-1wo scientists OF this city, c. d. Wnite ana
Charles Schuchert. under orders from the Hduona'
Museum started yesterday for Boston, where they
will Join the Psary expedition on THURSDAY Inc
expedition as Is we'll known. will carry WIN u
representatives, from various museums ana coleseS
throughout the country who take advantage OF this
opportunity 70 investigate the conditions OF Amos
phere water and earth structure at the Far North'
Some OF these parties will be put off at stations
along the route while others will accompany the
expedition far north as Lieutenant peary soes
dsembark at Disco Island off the western COAST
Of Greenland near the 'oth para,le- 1h,n ia 'ns
can Be Obtained among the natives they WIN pur-
their studies OF EARN Then mt thew viii
begin looking for the returning Ing IsaFy ne9
the eonssTSs the OF results the
expedition they are confident tnat sUIe all hs
made The collection Of polar fossils in this country
IS small while that OF European countries Is com
rners have been enabled to obtain specimens from
various expeditions and as ~ Iae smar American
institutions in facilities for the study OF poiai Hie'
SENATOR HARRIS'S SUCCESSOR-"Will Gov
ernor Taylor appoint himself to succeed tne ia'e
Senator Harris?" prominent Tennessee politician
was asked to-day. Certainly he WILL. was the
reply We'll no. not exactly that continued w., ths
politician What he will DO VIII oe an 10 Sen.
office of Governor and have himseh afpo'''e' 'e"
ator.
THE WAR IS SURELY ONER.-EX-ConeresS-
man Curtis OF New-York would like TO be ap-
pointed Government director OF the Pacinc ram"
roads Hearing of this. Colonel William Lamp OF
Norfolk who Is chairman of the Repuoicah 0'a's
Committee of Virginia voluntarily went 10 SEQ
President Mckinley and make a strong appeal In
General Curtiss behalf and thereby hangs pleas
ant tale Colonel Lamb the Confederate COM
mander Of Fort Fisher. North Carolina wnen II
was assaulted and captured by the lerry-roitei
expedition sent against it in January. soo ai'er
General Butler had made what General ".an'
called "a gross and culpable failure In the pre-
cedinr December General Curtiss brigade macs
the Anal and successful assault. Colonel Lamp
gave President Mckinley a graphic account OF TINS
assault in the course Of which he SAID ne IH
| OF Fort Fisher. as expected was nortal "oShu
to the Confederacy 1t was the beginning Oh a 4
rapid dissolution Upon the rsSeiP. OF ane World
the Confederacy was dead. President DAVIS rear n
II his hopeless inquiry III Srsss had lost
President Lincoln realized when r ne nd for
she 6 n ee sae sr04 And who
arrived the fort mmedaSey r, a,er services ers and
prpmofed him on the Held TO the persistsnsy OF
Curtis nd Of to d nr struggle
many months with all the lives saved ana NUNS III.
ssSppsd ns and t9 se R 8coa the
Federal ARMY ne . Is deserving Vi '"e
THE LINEN INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED
| STATES.-"The United States Will In the next ie"
years be competing with the European countries
| in the manufacture Of linens said j. W. ben o.
! Andoyer Mass to-day. The new tariH taxes
care of the industry In a satisfactory way. SONS
years ago people said II was idle TO tax ABOUT
| producing silk goods in this country yet the SILK
| mills at Paterson and other places are stanuihs
| refutation of such prophecies. The duties on I'M
ported silks have built up our home concerns ana
| have not increased the cost 10 the consumer
| Nearly every servant girl can afford SILK dress'
! 1t will be the way with the linen inoustv
as soon as the nov tariff gets into working order
| Through the completion OF the Southern cotton
| mills a goodly number Of Eastern plants naNe
| found 1t Improbable any longer 10 manutacture
the coarser grades of cotton goods and hence many
of these are about to turn their attention 10 tne
| production of linen threads and yarns Ihat the
| new business will develop into a great Industry
seems almost certain. AS yet we have out Ittle
| machinery for weaving the yarns into the various
| kinds of linen fabrics and what we have must pc
| imported from England. In the near future now
ever. we will be able 10 equip our linen factories
thoroughly independent OF the transatlantic supply.
The revival OF weaving-fax fabrics as seen In the
| universal crash suit has given mighty boom 70
| the linen trade that Will no doubt be permanent,
for there Is other costume as comfortable ana
| cool for summer There is a Boston house
that is making this crash goods. and turn
ing out article that is every whit good as the
| same product that comes all the way from
! Russia"