The National tribune., 1900-07-05
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

Director Merriam, of the Census Bu-
reau, requests a contradiction of the re-
port which has been circulated in some
portions of the country, TO the effect that
the Census Enumerators are not to be
promptly paid. sThey will be paid" he
said yesterday, "as soon as their reports.
properly certified to by the Supervisors,
are received. We require CT necessity the
certificate by Supervisors, but when this
is forthcoming we have the money with
OF the $1,000 Enumarators, only about
1000 or 1.200 have sent in their port
folios. The entire payroll for Enumera-
tors amounts to $3.900.000.
Admiral Dewey's Chinese servant hav-
ing bought a cornet and begun to learn
to play on it, the Admiral's views as to
the admission of Chinese to this country
are liable to undergo a change,
The Geological Park received three i'm
portant additions last week. The first is
caribou, captured near Lake Edward, in
Canada The caribou is known as the
American reindeer, and is rather u rare
specimen in geological collections. This
one is in excellent condition.
A second is California condor, rare
species of the larger of the vulture fam
lily. The new arrival is yet baby, but
when grown, DR.. Baker says, it will be
fully as large as the fierce condor of the
South American mountains. A new male
sea lion has long been desired by the park
authorities, and a healthy and full-sized
specimen arrived last week. He proceed
ed to make himself perfectly at home in
the sea lion pond, and its older tenants
accorded the newcomer a royal welcome.
The west front of the center of the Cap
itol, formerly used as the Congressional
Library, is being remodeled into a refer
ence library for congressman, and sump-
tuous committee-rooms. All these will be
finished up in the finest and most com
Portable style, at cost of about Sl50,0O0.
BY direction of the President, Brig
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has been assigned
to the command of the Department of the
Lakes, with headquarters at Chicago, and
directed to proceed to that city and enter
upon the duties of that command accord
ingly. He relieves Rrig.-Gen. James Il.
Wade, who has held that command since
the retirement of Brighten. Anderson
several months ago in conjunction with
his regular command, the Department of
Dakota, the Headquarters of which is at
st. Paul.
Senator Augustus Octayius Bacon, of
Georgia, sab, is very angry. Some time
ago the Associated Press sent all over the
country a very circumstantial and terri
flying story to the effect that the distin-
quished statesman from the banks Of the
Ocmulgee was at deaths door from the
effects of eating sayory mess of muSh-
rooms, culled by himself, and that relays
of physicians were working over him, try
ing to save him for the Constitution,
Southern Rights, and Anti Imperialism.
The Senator denies the whole story, ex-
sept that he may have been temporarily
indisposed, with his stomach on a strike.
But this is not so unusual thing in a
city where so many elderly gentlemen are
trying to crowd in more than seven good
dinners in a week, that the Associated
Press should make a fuss over it. But
what stirs up his dander is the SANDER
upon his favorite delicacy, and upon his
botanical knowledge. IL any man in the
world knows q luscious, fne-hayored, edi-
| bic mushroom from an inedible, poisonous
one il is he. No man is less likely TO make
such a mistake. He would like some way
to connect the author of the libel with the
Crime of '13, and the extension OF des-
potism to foreign islands, but SO far has
been unable to do so.
BENZ. II. Smell. the Special Examiner
| of the Pension Bureau convicted of the
| foul murder of a little girl, was quietly
hanged last Friday in the District Jail.
| Toward the last he made a strong play
| that it was clearly feigned.