The National tribune., 1899-10-26
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

| - W Sllltl SlSIlal
has returned from his attendance upor
lhe International geographical Congress
winch recently met in Berlin, where h,
received much flattering attention.
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Admiral Dewey has been assigned tc
special duty with the Philippine Com
mission, now in session in the citv. This
Will give him all the pay and emoluments
of his rank.
Comrade William Henry Wilson, a
druggist and n prominent Mason of To
| peka, han., was in the city last week
He served in the 134th n. Y, which be-
longed to the Eleventh Corps.
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In accordance with the arrangements !
mentioned in last weeks NATIONAL
nnRlBuNE; n 4, Coils. A. G. NJ. Pennington,
shine, and ID. W. Burke each enjoyed the
Iull rank and command of a Brigadier-
General Tor one day last week. and then
Went upon the Retired List. This pro-
moted Lleutenant-Colonel to n Colonel,
MAJOR to Lleutenant-Colonel, Captain
| 10 MAJOR, First Lieutenant to Captain,
and a Second Lieutenant to First Lieu
tenant-five promotions in all-in every
one OF five regiments; to wit: I'd u S. Art,
1st U. s. Art, 5th U. S. Cav, 23d U. S.,
and 18th U. s., making altogether 25
promotions.
The Dewey House Committee which has
IN charge the purchase of home for the
Admiral from the moneys received by pop,l-
lar subscription, has selected house No.
I|4I Rhode Island avenue northwest,
known as the Fitch house. The house is
ne.,t one aooI 70 the east removed from the
hortheaSt corner of Connecticut avenue
and Rhode island avenue, and embodies all
OF the points that the Admiral laid down
as desirable when the committee began its
work. Thus it has a southern exposure:
Is located within the boundaries laid down
Dy nm; aiiords plenty of fresh air, having
d pretty side lawn; has a good dining
room, and, moreover, is completely fur
nlShed III modern STYLE
Admiral Dewey, on the advice of his
physician, has Cancelled the dates for his
visits to Philadelphia and to Atlanta, and
VIII accept no more invitations of that sort
before next Spring. This is not under
stood to mean any positive ill-health, but
that to a man of his nervous temperament
the strain OF all that he has gone through |
is very trying. He will keep perfectly |
quiet until next Spring, when he will ac-
cept some of the invitations which have |
been pressed upon him.
Col. Charles Bird, who is in charge of |
the transport service in the Quartermas-
yer Department, went into the Army i'm |
1861 as Lieutenant in the 1st Del. He
aiterward commanded the 9th Del and
was mustered out in 1866 as Colonel of |
the 1st L. 5. Vet. Vols He reports that
the transports Logan. Meade, and Thomas.
Which are now beng completed are by far
the finest troopships in the world Officers
Of the British and Russian armies pro
lolInce them So Each can carry about
Lhlng that can contribute 10 the mems
health and comfort. They will leave
next month with the dist Add, and 47th
., and go by the Suez Canal.
Senator Deboe told the President last
week mat the Republicans would carry ;
Father w. ID. McKinnon. Chaplain of the
st Cal. Vols, who was with his regiment j..
9 months in the Philippines, called at {
ne Wmte House last Friday and had a f.
mort tax with the President concerning !
he stories of church desecration in the Phil q
ppines. Father McKinnon said that the a
torres attributing this to American sol
lers We're entirely 'unfounded "It is J
rue, SAD ne, mat great many churches 4
ave been looted and stripped, but this has !
cen tfle work OF Chinamen in nearly every Ii
ase. The looting has usually been he +
Seen Inc evacuation of town by the
eDeis and the entry of the American forces 8
/ good many of our soldiers have relics o
nj souvenirs from these churches, but \
iey got them from the natives and the a
| recovered nearly two car c
'auS OF Vestments, vessels, and statues q
uthorities."
Archbishop ChapelIe, who has been a
Elected as the apostolic delegate to the a
hlllppines, had a long conference with p
lie PRESIDENT. The interests Of the Catho- c
in fhn I.i
nd 1t Is certain that the Pope desires that
ere snail be harmony between the heads T.
the church and the officials of the Gov r
nment. Archbishop ChapelIe is be- OF
sVer IN Americanism, and it is his in f
ntlon to promote the interests of his a
'untry and his Church in the new nos
ssions. He speaks Spanish fiuently. 1,
ld has just returned from a mission 10 Iii
uba and Porto Rico. He will discuss the a.
ture of the Church there with the Presi- II
mt before he leaves for the Orient. The el
1bans are said to be pressing for home W
lie In church matters, as well as in civil f
overnment. They want native Cuban b'
tests whenever it is possible, rather than al
ergymen assigned TO duty from other b,
,lntS.
Senator Kenney, of Delaware. is at last m
II OF peril OF the law. Some three years &C
70 ne was indicted for completely with four
hers in defrauding the First National al
lnk of Dover, Del, of S1O7, 900. The B
hers were convicted, and one died last m
lily after completing his term of Is months
the penitentiary. The other three are II
der sentence of five years each. Kenney W;
IS tried twice, and the jury disagreed both en-
mes. Last week the District Attorney Sc
lie pressed the case, and Kenney was be
co
The Washington Humane Society for 1ir
lily expressed its regret that the feelings Or
humane people were allowed to be shock fol
by the use of docked horses to draw the NJ;
rriagc in which Admiral Dewey rode. sic
The physicians want more stringent So
forccmcnt of the laws as against uuacks
medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, and 1,
special officer appointed to look up cases. H,
Al
John A. Rawiins Post 1, Department of be
Potomac, Hiram Buckingham Com du
Lnder, celebrated its 34th anniversary tn
It Friday evening.
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Work of the Pension ofice. Wa
The report of certificates issued for the ha
elk ending Oct Ii shows N1I
Army invalid Original, 20; increase and ",
iitiOnal, 304; reissue, E32; restoration Jo,
rene renewal, Al; duplicate, 10; accrued in
Army invalid (act, of June 27, 1sso,: Wa ,n
ginal, 249; increase. 176; additional. foI
reissue, %: restoration and renawol | n: