New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-04
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Washington. September Z

Washington. September Z
HE'S SAVING WOOD NOw.-"I am not In poll.
tics now" said ex-Representative Hulins. OF West
| Virginia. II am saying nothing and saving wood"
| This is literally true. Mr.. Hung is now devotng
his entire attention 70 his lumber business. "Busi-
ness is improving very rapidly In West virginia
| continued Mr.. Hulilg II notice II more especially
| In my own line OF course We are selling more
lumber and are getting better prices for H. This Il
Of prosperity tRroashout I the Country The i'm,
provsment In business conditions has caused dc,
branches o. The trade think the whole country
VIII 20 ahead nov upon steady and healthy
J and those who nave been at work are getting bet
snd ana ruler i 1e In the Kanswha valley
strike i hampering matters somewhat; About ~
other % per cent are working full time and at in
creased wages. l.. the mines which at work
msnded and the9 Sre running full time and get
ting more fc~ theft coal. Siren efforts are be-
lows out on a strike. and they may be successful
yet II IS hard work for the agtators. however. be-
the thar their arst duty is 70 their families
| and as long as they are getting what they ask It
Is pretty hard 20 ma ke up their minds TO go out on
sympathy strike"
| SOME PATENT STATISTICS.-For the week
ending Tuesday there were 4i3 patents and designs
Issued from the Patent Oflce TO residents OF the
! United States and 81 TO citizens Of foreign
| tries. New-York headed the list with 20 patents
granted TO residents OF that State. Connecticut fol-
lowed With 81; Massachusetts, ana Pennsylvania, q
each ohio, 80; Illinois. 30; California IL; New-Jer-
sey. Il; Missouri Il; Indiana and Michigan 10 each:
| Kansas. Y, Iowa. Texas and Wisconsin, II each
| England led 30 far as the patents issued to resi-
dents Of foreign countries are concerned with nine
| teen. Canada had nine, Germany six. France and
| New-Zealand four each. Scotland was repre-.
| sented by three Belgium by the same number
The Netherlands. Russia and Sweden had each ons
There are not so many patents issued in the sum.
notable feature in the records Is the great number
| OF patents issued 10 the Northern and Western
states according to population. as compared with
the Southern
WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY
Anybody who kpows Senator Wellington knows
that he will do all in his power TO prevent Dr.
Washington g. Tuck from becoming Collector Of
Internal Revenue Dr. Tuck. it will be- remembered.
the temporary chairman OF the convention
which defeated Wellington's man. Wellington says
that Tuck shall not get the Federal office This re-
there Were two canddaes or the place Of Clerk
q the Go1rt Of Appeals and one OF them General
Wellington 20 find out how the latter stood
Il have always been very friendly TO YOU and
tor to Genera Rutherford ''',''''
Il do not see how you could be otherwise" was
General Rutherford's reply for helped you long
ago to get the Congress ional nomination in the
BY p the Way y added aide MI Mr. WSli1gton how IL
the Montgomery delegation going to stand on the
I'VE arc going to vote for the best interests Of
the Republican party was the reply. -,
became excited and angry. Then will beat you.s
he exclaimed hotly. Il will beat you If you don't
'::well" said General Rutherford quietly Il don't
p S you can a9 ff i, shs vote AGAINST you win
A MODEST BUT HONORABLE RECORD
Senator Hanna's visit Buffalo is justified the
ground that he is old soldier This fact though
heretofore published Is not widely known. He was
a Lieutenant IN Company c, 18th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. in 1851 During the regiments time OF SER
no ONAr rod
pany was stationed at Fort Bunker Hill. near
Washington. and manned the guns Of that fort
IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE SOUTHERN
FARMER-Traveers from the South for some
time past have talked hopefully OF the material
prospects of that reviving section OF the country.
Among the notable things remarked upon here are
two-dversity OF crops leading TO the production on
the farms and plantations OF all the cereals; nayy
etc needed for use and the far better condition OF
tention Is paid 70 matters which have heretofore
occupied little Of the care and TINE OF the cn
farmer. busy with the labor problem worried over
bad crops and giving small heed TO many Necessary
An Intelligent North Carolina otcehoder returned
today from M oHh VACATION Ssd n ne was pssssd
Wb he fine S' crops rtI Of
bacco-but perhaps most OF al WIN me eAce'.rns
farmers are devoting more time than formerly TO
cleaning out the yards and gardens the nonS
Saees fhe farms look heater and ssf
from weeds and shrubbery."
MR. HARRITYs sUCcEssoR.-Colonel James
Madison Guffey the man selected by the Reading
convention TO succeed Mr.. Harrity on the Nauona'
Committee from an old DemocraCic 1Aiu"''
His father a Democrat. and his rour oro'he"
are well-known Democrats In Western fennsyi-
vsnia John Ciufrey the Coionels el lest brother -
the only one who has ever held political once No
WAS Sheriff OF Westmoreland County back IN ths
seventies. He A candidate four years ago hos
Surveyor OF the Port az Pttsburg. but was tu5nSxc
down by President Cleveland because Colonel Gul-
fey had been opposed 10 me csar "a man AZ
ton at Chicago in 1882. Colonel Guney a me "
He then lived IN clarion County. where ne was en-.
gagged in the production Of oil lie nnaiy sttT SS !,
he was resident Of what was then known as ne
oil country" Colonel Gufey secured ne men ne
XXIst District. composed Of Indiana. Jefferson.
Arn1stronr Forest and clarion counties. II was IN
iSS when the greenback craze was sweeping az
wosr .yervthinz before !, in Western Pennsylvania
There were three candidates in he feld General
Harry White now Judge White, OF lndiana xouny!
was the Republican nominee Ooiohel Hu.,s ;H ~
tbe Greenback candidate. The latter mad been
Democrat until the greenoscH cea1 C1 dropoe1
out Of active politics for several years va nis
the early eighties ma o'o G;1ev Ieft Clarion
COUNT and sought new heds in when 10 h saoo,,
They PIttsburg opened an I rrl,ory N 81"
e1a'S of thlt city Their first lucky strike
was in the Washington COUNTY gas oet rss. IN
~ 9IinGrv The Ciufreys were among the hrst 70
harness" big wells ana utlIlze M
heating and Manufacturing purposes. OUT OF "h .
- r1ade A million TWO or dollars. Al the
snra time they were striking paying OIL weils not
49, ia Washington County. but elsewhere tolo-
onF -, is regarded a a prince among good fell
lows He spends money avishly. but not foonsniy.
~" nos aIuavs been A large contributor 70 Dem9.
a. ,n carnaign funds both local and National ~
e. said that in jim CampbeIs campaign 10Y
s,ssrnor NJ Ohio against Mckinley in 1885. Colonea
~, Contributed several thousand dollars. Colo
III ,r,ev is about fifty years old, and is rather
n tt.,,ras1iio in his dress lie Is small. spareiy
pa, nan. wears A broad-brimmed hat, almost o.
u ~ snnbraro order: low-cut waiscoat, which DIS.
W a rIea,ed shir, bosom. on which he wears
PaSSs Cluster Of diamonds. worth possibly eco Of
e. 1o His hair which he wears rather long ara
Colonel jiuffey will ~ his psrtys nomi.
Zoe FOR Governor next year
SENATOR ELKINS ON "PROsPERfTY."-sen-
= r1L,rs 81 West Virginia. called upon Secre.