The National tribune., 1900-03-01
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

The House Committee on the Library has
favorably reported House bill So72 appro-
priating $50. 900 forthe preparation of a site
and the erection of n PEDESTAL for a statue
of the late Nh. Gen. George B. Mcclellan
selected by and the pedestal to be erected
under the supervision of the Secretary of
War. the Chairmaa of the Joint Committee
on the Library. and the Chairman of the
Mcclellan Statue Committee of the Society
OF the Army of theiPotomac.
Gen. John McNulta. of Chicago, well
known throughout the West because of his
Identification with the receiverships of rail
roads and other great corporations. died
suddenly shortly after o'clock Thursday
evening at the Hamilton House. of angina
pectoris Gen. McNulta. who was about
so years of age, had been apparently i'm the
best of health during the day and had re-
turned TO the hotel only short time before
he was stricken. Medical aid was hastily
summoned, but 1t was evident to the phySi-
clan that his case was a hopeless one. and
he died within an hour after the attack.
Gen. McNulta was bora in New York City,
but removed to Illinois and engaged i'll the
practice of the law at Bloomington. He
! entered the 1st III. Cav. as Captain. and
then raised and commanded the oath Ill.
and was brcvcited a Brigadier-Gencral for
gallantry AT Spanish Fort He was St.
verely wounded. He was member of the
Add Congress. The deceased leaves a wife
and two children in Chicago Il son in Mon
tana and another son, who is Lieutenant
in the Regular Army, in the Philippines.
Benz H. Snel. the Pension Bureau clerk
who foully murdered little Lizzie Wcssen-
berger. has been sentenced to be hanged
May II. He maintains Il stolid dcmeanor.
| Ion rTfit f1 IL,
BY direction of the President the new
military post at Magnolia Bluff, near Sc
attic, Wash, will hereafter be known and
designated as Fort Lawton in honor of the
late Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Lawton L. 5. V.
| Colonel and Inspector General, L. S. Al,
who was killed IN action at San Mateo.
Philippine Islands. on the 18th day of
December. 1899
Chairman Babcock has appointed the
Executive Committee of the Republican
| Congressional Committee. as follows: Rep
rcsentaGye John A. T. Hull. of Iowa;
Representative Joseph G.. Cannon. of
| Illinois; Representative David H. Mercer,
of Nebraska; Senator Rcdficld Proctor.
of Vermont; Senator J. H. GaIlingcr of
New Hampshire; Senator George ". Nc
Bride, of Oregon: Representative H. G..
Loudcn5lagcr, OF New jersey; Representa-
tive Charles A. Russell, of CONNECTICUT:
Representative VIM G. Lowering, of Massa-
chuSett5.
The City Directory shows 327 men end
| women bearing the name of Washington
| Most of them are cOiorcd. and the only plain
| George Washington" is q hostleF Marth,
Washington Is a W;lShcrWOman: John
| Adams now runs an oyster depot; Patrick
Henry is a Representative from Missis-
| sippi; Thomas JEFF crson digs sewers. Robert
4 ig, tI.gt IL
clerk in the War Department; the 20 A ndrcW
Jacksons are coaclmcu, buffers. etc; jeff
Davis is a carpenter; John Wesley n brick
layer; Phil II. Sheridan, Il truck gardener:
Sir Walter Scott drives Il cab: Franklin
Pierce is a porter; James Buchanan is Il
lawyer; Henry Clay Il clairvoyant; and
Edwin NJ. Stanton a bartender. There
are 10 Andrew Johu3ols, one OF whom is q
Chief Of Division in the War Department:
and the other mae, machinist3, cooks.
ldborcrS, ctc. %.
With the as5istance of Gen. Ludlow.
Secretary Root is trying TO work out plan
by which Il Reserve List shall b. consti-
tutcd Of Young men fitted for instant mill
tary service.
Briefly stated the purpose is to haze the
military schools aud colleges of the coIrn-
try brought into close touch with the RafrIl-
lar Army. The work of officers detailed rs
instructors in these institution is To Inc
watched and a progress roll of the pupils
under thcif instructions is to be kept.
After tn blys g. out into civil life it
is intended that they shall be kept traC k
of: if they go into the National Guard
they will be given opportunities for special
courses of military study and thrown as
much US possible into the military atmOs-
phcrc. The result of all this is expected
10 be that in time OF war or emergency
necessitating the sudden increase OF the
army there will be a long roll of available
men for appointment.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed was in
Washington on business one day last Wcek
In the morning he called at several of thc
Executive Departments and paid his re-
spects to the Secretaries. Later he was
at the Capitol, and met some of his former
colleagues. He held quite "A reception i'm
the Ways and Means Committee room.
***
The annual report of the Commissioner
of Patents for the year ended Dec. ~
1899. shows that the total receipts of fhe
Office amounted to 81 ,325, ,457. a sum bu,
twice exceeded since 1895. After deducting
the expenditures for the year there was y
surplus of s113,673. The Patent Office has
now paid into the Treasury S., ,O86. $40 more
than it has drawn out. The number of
patents issued, including designs and re-
issues, was 25,527. Il number but once ex-
ceedcd. The number of patents expiring
during the year was 18, 135. In proportion
to population, more patents were issued to
citizens of Connecticut than to those of any
other State, one to every 945 inhabitants.
Senator Hoar is supersensitive and
irritable OH the subject of his age and
feebleness. Recently as he got onto a car,
the conductor, noticing his aged appear
ancc, assisted him. where;it the venera b. G
senior Senator from the old Bay State fell
into rage and expostulated vigorously at
the audacity Of the conductor and the sug-
gestion that lie could not take care of him
self. The next day. much to the poor en-
ployes despair, Mr. Hoar wrote to the