The National tribune., 1900-01-18
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

A valued employee of the United States
Government is eMoy Cop, Chinaman, who,
at intervals of his service, conducts laun-
| dry at the corner of Sd and X streets, and
| likewise has a class of Americans to learn
Chinese. About % years ago, when 1o
years old, he ran away from China and
came TO this country. He learned English,
attended night school, worked in laundry
by day, became converted TO Christianity,
and was naturalized4 He settled down in
Peoria, ILL.,. and accidentally became a de-
tectiye, and as such is now employed by the
Government. He reads and writes English
| fiuently, and is very useful as an inter
prefer He has done good work in bringing
| to justice some dreaded "Highbinders."
The congruities are never strong point
| with spiritualistic mediums. A seeress
who has her temple on Pennsylvania Ave
nue., not far from THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE Office and which, by the way, smells
| rather too strongly Of the garlic and onions
of the Chinese restaurant below, has for
| the stars at her regular Sunday evening
seances Lord Byron and Charles Darwin,
who talk and write as muddled grammar
as all the great men who have come back to
earth do In spite of her constant commun-
| ion with the shades. she had very strong
yearning to see the Fizsimmons-C -Corbett
| fight, but begrudged the expense and in
| convenience of personal visit to the affair:
So she just projected hor astral body and
saw the fight from start to finish as clearly
as if it had taken place in her own boudoir.
This beats the long-distance telephone and
pictorial telegraphy all hollow.
Lieut.. Samuel Howard, U. S. N, who
was the pilot of the Monitor in her famous
| fight with the Merrimac, and is claimed
| to have been the last surviving member OF
| the ships company, died last Sunday, at
| his home on M street. He had been in
good health up to the time of receiving a
severe fall the Tuesday previous, which
resulted in congestion of the brain. He
| was born in Ireland, 70 years ago, and at
| the age of 10 ran away and went to sea.
He was Captain Of merchant vessel ply
| ing to Cuba when the rebellion broke out,
and received commission in the navy.
Owing to his Familiarity with the Southern
coast, he was put in command OF the Ne
osho, and then Of the Amanda, engaged
in blockading. He was at Hampton Roads
when the Merrimac came out. He had
faith in the Monitor, and volunteered to
pilot her in. His story Of the fight was
vividly interesting. After the war he went
into the Revenue Marine service, and con-
tinued there until his death. About 10 years
ago he was placed on waiting orders. He
was a member Of Lincoln Post, Of this
Newport, X. l.
Col. T. H. N. Mcpherson, a well-known
attorney Of this city, and member of Po-
tomac Post and the Loyal Legion, died Jan.
IL. He was from Shippensburg, Pa, and
served in the 10th Pa, and on Brig. Gen.
Howe's staff during the war.
F. B. Sheppard, q. S. Commissioner for
Alaska. who is in the city, will recommend
to Congressman the division Of Alaska into
two districts The country is so large that
different sections have distinct interests,
and Sitka is too distant from the placer
fields of Cape Nome and other gold camps
to be of any benefitto the people of those
localities. 4"
G. NJ. Lanberton. a well-known Ne
braska lawyer, who is in the city, saysthat
"as regards the success Of the Republicans
in electing a ma jority of the Legislature
have no doubt. Upon the next Legislature
will devolve the choice of two y. S. Sena-
tors, and two Republicans will be sent to
Washington to succeed Messrs. Thurston
and Allen. It. is thought by some that
Col. VIM. J. Bryan is not so absolutely
welded to the idea Of having the first office
in the land or nothing that he has closed
his eyes to the possibility of Senatorial
honors, In fact. some of his warm sup
pOTterS NiO lHe IIeSiutIcyJ are HOl lfilatu-
ated with the idea of his acceptance Of any
Office this side OF the White House, and
should he develop any designs on the SEN
ate they will be quick to offer opposition. "
The Poundmaster of Washington has
killed 3,01O dogs during the past five
months, and his assistants are now catch
ing about 20 day, OF which nearly all are
killed.
There is bar-room in Washington for
every AL of the population. The arrests
average one in every ] / of the people of the
whole District. In the First Precinct, where
there is a bar-room for every 113 people,
the arrests average one to every three resi-
dents, while they are only one to every 18
people in the Ninth Precinct where the bar
rooms only average one toevery 1 ,O4S popu-
lation.
The first bunker Church ever erected in
Washington was dedicated last Sunday. II
is at the corner of North Carolina Avenue
| and 4th street, southeast.
$50
Cen Greely is slowly recovering from
| the injuries he sustained a week ago by
| being thrown down on the stone steps by a
| drunken express messenger. He is now
| able TO sit up.
The trial of Benjamin II. Smell, the
Pension Examiner who murdered little Liz
Zie WeisSenburg, viii begin this week.