The National tribune., 1900-02-01
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

ganized after all. Ex-Representative Chas.
G. Bennett, of New York, is to be elected
Secretary, and Capt. Dan Ransdell, of
Indiana, Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr.. Bennett
We'd with Col. j. Hamilton Lewis, of Wash
ington, in personal beauty and elegance of
attire. He has a fine, auburn mustache,
and curly hair, and his raiment is quite
wonderful. 1t is supposed that he will
marry the daughter OF Thomas B. Reed.
Capt. Dan Ransdell, known and beloved
to veterans everywhere, was Marshal OF
the District under Gen. Harrison, and will
make an ideal Sefgeantat-Arms. His
appointment will be particularly pleasant
to the comrades of Indiana,
No one knows when Senator Chandler
begins to speak just where and what he is
going TO hit, and there is always consider
able nervousness among his colleagues
until his aim develops. The other day he
asked Senator Money if there had been an
election in Mississippi. The Senator re-
replied evasively.
az wish the Senator would examine his
mind" said Chandler, in his innocent
manner, land tell me whether he thinks
that there was an election"
"Oh, yes" was the answer, a" there was
an election, but didn't know what to say
about it. am as afraid Of Senator
Chandler as 1 would be of a monkey in a
powder magazine; 1 have been victim OF
/
| Chandler chuckled.
| Claude NJ. johnson, Superintendent of
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, is
almost as much of an offense to the organized
labor societies as Henry Clay Evans is to
the Union veterans. But although he
is a political worker, appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland, in reward for partisan
services, and displaced a good and COM
petent Union veteran,-Capt. w. NJ. Mere
dith, President Mckinley has so far
declined to remove him. Last Saturday
MIR. Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor; Fl. w.
Szegedy, President of the Central Labor
| Union. and Andrew Furuseth, repre-
sentative of the Sailors Union held long
conference with the President relative to
the obnoxious official.
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Mr. Glynn, of New York, has introduced
| in the House two bills of interest TO labor.
One bill provides that hereafter upon all
'work conducted by the United States Gov
ernment S1.50 day shall be the minimum
price paid for unskilled labor. eight hours
| to constitute a days work. The other
bill provides that convict-made goods
can not be sold outside of the State or Ter
ritory where they are made.
1t has been found necessary to acquire
larger strip of land adjacent to Indian
Head. as a protection against disaster from
the gun tests at the proving-ground. There
are now 1 900 acres in the tract, but 300 or
| 400 acres more are wanted.
! The Committee on Mileage is considering
whether Brigham Fl. Roberts is even en-
titled to travel pay from Utah and back.
| Allen Merritt, Postmaster of Washing
| ton. has been making some tests Of the
automobile for mail-collectiOn, and
| these have given satisfactory results. The
automobile has cut the horse-and-wagon
| time in two, and sometimes done better
than that. Ali the hotel mails were de-
| livered recently in 80 minutes, where the
wagon-time was an hour and half.
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Gen. Wager Swayne, the grand old
Colonel of the 43d Ohio, and Brevet Major
General, U. S. A, retired, was in the city
marine cable in the Pacific, and against
a Government line. The General is in ex-
cellent health, though hard worked by
his large law practice in New York.
A young man who was arrested for
window-smashing last week is a frank
exponent of the doctrine that the world
owes him living. Up until within few
years ago he was aninmate of an orphan
asylum. He has since been laboring,
internationally, as he could get a job that did
not make too much demand upon his
strength and time, anG recently being out
of work, deliberately picked up a brick
bat and sent it through plate-glass win
dow. Somebody's got to support me,
he explained to the court, "and ! guess the
Districts better able to do it than my rela,
tives." He was given a job out at the
farm"
Last week test was made at Indian
Head of an armor-p!ate representing 442
| tons of turret armor of the battle-ship Ala
bama. The plate was Ia inches thick and
was fired at by a 10-inch gun. The first
shot penetrated Az inches and the second
10 inches. and both shells were smashed.
The plate was accepted.
| New Orleans wants S6OOO,OOO for i'm
proving the Southwest Pass, and West
| Virginia and Kentucky S4,I05,000 for the
Big Sandy River.
| A public reading-roOm devoted to current
newspapers and magazines was opened in
the Congressional Library last week. and
has been well attended. Congress will be
asked for an appropriation to keepthe room
lopen till 10 D. m.
Mrs. W H. Emory, widow of the late
lMajcr-General. died at her home in Wash
lington last week She was 81 years old
and the mother OF Commander W. II
Emory. L. S. N; of Thomas Emory, OF
lSyracuse, n. Y, and of the late Mai
Campbell Emory, Z. S. A; aunt OF Lieut.
Richard Wainwright, U. $. N. The de
IceaScd was related TO or connected with the
most prominent families Of Philadelphia
and of Maryland. She was niece of the
famous Secretary Robert j. Walker, and
more than 90 years ago made her appear
ance in Washington society, a girl of Il
Then, and after her marriage, at the age of
10, she was the wit, the belle, the toast OF
the colrtly circles Of that day, sought after
admired and celebrated on all hands.
| Last week the Senators of both parties
held "a caucus at the same time and Senator
Teller was left alone in the chamber. He
could not go with the Republicans be-
cause of his views on Free Silver, nor with
| the Democrats on account of his opinions
on expansion and other issues.
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Gen. Adolphus W. Greely has improved
greatly from the precarious condition in
which he was for several weeks after the
assault that led to his illness. He was
able TO go to his Office twice last week.
The last time he went, however, he con-
| tracted a rather severe cold, and is now
again confined to his room.
Prof. Alfred j. Henry has been selected
to be Chief of the Meteorological Division
of the Weather Bureau, to succeed the late
| Prof. HaZcn, killed by a fall from his bi-
cycle. Prof. Henry has been in the Wealth
er Bureau for 20 years.
Capt W. Fl. Slater late of the 18th n. j.,