The National tribune., 1899-02-09
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

doll rs to certain importers in New York
and elsewhere. The Treasury Department
has held that the Dingley act went into
effect at midnight of July %, 1897. The
General Board OF Appraisers, at its meet
ing in October OF that year, decided that
the law became operative only when Presi-
dent Mckinley completed the legislative
act by affixing his signature, which was
at 4:06 p. M, July "a, or 80 hours and six
minutes later than the Treasury date, and
the United States Circuit Court has
affirmed the decision of the General APP
praisers, so that the Treasury will have to
repay all the incre duties exa ted be-
tween IL p. M, July 20. and 400 p. m,
July "a.
| l met Gen. II. V. Boynton on the street,
and inquired OF him as to the condition in
which the great encampment had left
| Chickamauga Park. Most excellent"
he replied. "If any thing it was great
benefit, and the Park is now in finer
shape than ever. The regulations were
| strict, and there was no destruction OF
any kind beyond the barking of few
! trees where horses were hitched The
| roads stood the test OF heavy hauling over
| them by six-mule teams, and with very
| slight repairs were put in exec llent con-
Park has been given good top-dressing
OF fine fertilizer, and when the Spring
comes it will bloom in beauty. New ork,
Kentucky, Wisconsin, Georgia and Hi
n0is have put up, or are putting up,
splendid monuments, which " i'll be deGi-
Gated next May, when we expect grand
time"
|. Some years ago the Postoffice Depart
ment created a Board OF Geographic
Names with the object of simplifying the
names OF poStoilIces and bringing about
more uniformity in their spelling
One OF the rules adopted by this Board
was that where a poStOflice consisted Of
two names they were To be consolidated.
Several attempts have been made recently
to carry this rule into operation, but each
attempt has been met with such storms of
disapproral on the part OF the residents OF
the place that the Department has been
sorely troubled as to just what to do. AS
a matter of fact in many cases such
changes were not only without reason,
but ridiculous. In recent years the COM
pilatiOn Of the Postal Guide shows many
changes in line with this rule. There is
much contention over the matter. and il
may be that another Board will shortly
be appointed to adjust the subject.
Represents tive- elect r.. J. Gamble, OF
South Dakota, says that no State is
aouriShing TO the extent Of his. The
flrmers and cattlemen are happy over
abundance and big prices, and the out
put Of gold last year was only second to
that OF California.
All the paper money of the United
States is hanoi ID by one man-.John
Brown, u negro-who receives salary oil
81 200 d year. 1t is his business after the
notes have been received from the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, and red seal
affixed to them, in the Treasury Depart
ment, 10 put them up in packages OF 1Co
each and seal them. He works in a wire
cage in one end OF the room of the Issue
Division. After he seals up the packages
they are put away in the vault until
needed. He is not under bond, nor are
any OF his How employees, but the
Treasurer, Ellis III. Roberts, is under a
perpetual bond OF S500,000 and if, quar-
ter OF d century hence, one Of the pack
ages were found TO contain Only waste
paper, or be even a bill short, Mr. !
Roberts's bondsmen would be called upos
to make the loss gohd.s MIR. Brown is thu |
second man to hold the position. The
first was John T. Barnes, delegate t. |
the Convention which nominated Abra |
ham Lincoln, who held the place from
1861 until his death in 1894. Mr.. Brown
became an assistant messenger in 1872. |
and was promoted a clerk through com |
noted to his present position.
Another millionaire has teer |
added to the Senate by the Il sction |
VIM. A. Clark, Democrat, from Montana
to succeed Lee Mantl-. If the reports o.
his wealth be correct ne will far overtor |
all the rich men In the Senate. He is
reported 10 have an annual income o
nearly 10000 900, derived from a g, 90
acre plantation in Mexico, upon which he
raises coffee, tea, tobacco and rubber, big
copper mines and smt tiers I'm Montan;
and Arizona, extensive beet sugar in
forests in California, copper wire works ir
Eiiz1bethport, N. j., etc. He has made
all this since 1852, when he crossed the
plains to Colorado, driving an ox-team.
In accordance with the promise mad.
by the President in his recent tour in the
South that the Government would assisi
in the care OF the Confederate dead tn,
Secretary OF War has Instituted an in
quiry in regard to the location of sucl
graves in all parts OF the South. The col
lection of this data has been intrIsted l.
Gen. Wright, OF the War Records O1ice,
who has special charge OF the compilation
If the records Of the so-cailed Confederacy.
When this information has been collated
il will probably be made the subject OF {.
communication to Congress.
II. d. Andrews, OF Salt Lake City, says
that ii was an unfortunate thing for Utal
that Roberts was elected To Congress
since il gives the people OF the country
the impression that Utah is relapsing into
polygamy, which is not the case. 1t has
been abandoned by all but few, and the
Mormon Church has renounced it.
|
Mrs. Senator Davis has received from
the Sultan OF Turkey the unusual dis
tinction Of the Order Of the Chefakat, o.
the third class. The badge is beautiful
jewel, intended 10 be worn upon the breast.
Representative Tawney, Of Minnesota,
has introduced resolution directing that
on Feb. Is the flags on all Government
buildings shall be displayed at half mast.
in memory OF the destruction of the Maine
and the loss of 266 American lives.
1t is believed that the Anglo-American
High Joint Commission is rapidly ap
preaching an agreement. At present il
is occupied with the Alaskan boundary |
and the question of reciprocity.
Col. VIM. p. Hepburn always makes
good speech, particularly when he is at
lacking the jobs, in the Rivers and Har
bors bill. His fellow Representatives,
who are trying to get appropriations for
creeks where, as Jerry Simpson would
say, the fish have to be lightered over tn.