The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-29

where, passed suddenly away from
earth into the Great Unknown. They
were Mrs. Wilson, wife of Brigadier-
General Wilson, and Mrs. Ridgely, wife
of the Controller of the Currency and
only daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Cullen, of Illinois. The former was the
dear and lovely gentlewoman of years
gone by of the placid type, whose very
presence was a rebuke to the undigni-
ned rush and worry that the modern
world thinks necessary. The younger
woman was an equally strong and
beautiful character, of slightly differ
ent type. OF high education and mark
ed intellectually, her most striking
trait was love and devotion to her
family and home. Idolized by her gray-
haired father and mother, her hus-
band and children, her loss in the
prime of life is something unspeaka-
Gle. She died at hospital in Balti-
more, of one of those many surgical
operations which the doctors pronounce
successful" She leaves two beautiful
daughters, one of whom was to have
been presented to society in Washing
ton next winter.
Congress is at last ~hurrying itself
to finish by holding every-night ses
sions, often into the small hours of
the morning, as it always does when
obstinate wrangling over bones of
contention has prolonged the term un-
seasonably. The big Capitol building.
with its breezy corridors, softly shaded
nght, hidden electric fans, iceWater
fountains galore, and cooling refresh
ments of all sorts to be found in the
Dasement-restauran is one of the
incest places in the world in which
10 spend the summer evening There
fore people eagerly watch for the bea
con light beneath the goddess of Lib
erty aloft on the dome, which is the
signal of night session-Visible for
miles beyond D. c., in the adjacent
states of Maryland and Virginia; and
when it shines forth the tribes go
up, as the children of Israel followed
the pillor of fire. But also for those
eloquent orators who love to wander
unfettered in the fiowery, paths of I'M
obstructed speaking before admirine
gallery audiences. While latitude of
debate is tolerated by day, as the pro-
longing of the session till midsummer
shows, soon as the shadows of evening
fall, speeches political must adhere
vigorously to the Philippine text, and
the slightest wandering therefrom is
sternly checked by warning from the
presiding officer. By the way, IL has
been fully demonstrated that the
House can furnish. on the shortest no.
tice, as fine a vaudeville team as the
country can boast. Last Sunday a
large delegation OF members sailed
down the Potomac. seventy miles or
so. and back again by moonlight, on
the fine revenue cutter. Algonquin.
The air was bracing. the scenery in
spring. and so were the refreshments.
both solid and liquid, set forth IN the
mess. Under the combined influence
Of these happy surroundings and con-
genial companionship, a regular flow
Of soul" ensued. Representative Ham
iltOn. OF Michigan, who Is an orator
~ no mean ability, rendered some top
zeal songs Ia an enhancing tenor
voice. His Interpretation 0f negro mel
odiea on enoores developed sur
prife-fof Mr. Hamilton b. 81 great
in that line aa ever was chfiaiy. or
Hny burnt cork artist on the minstrel
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