New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
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Washington. November "A
TO FILL SUPREME COURT BENCH-The first
nomination to be made by the President soon as
Congress convenes will be that OF Oliver Wendell
Holmes to I'LL the vacancy the bench OF the
United States Supreme Court caused By the retire
ment of Associate Justice Gray 1t Is expected
that prompt confirmation will enable Judge Holmes
to qualify before December s. when hearings have
been set for number of cases which require full
bench One of these is the of Carbus against
the Alaska Gold Federal Mining Company tnvoIv-
the case OF the Territory of Hawaii against Osaka
AIanklchi and the first Philippine case Involving
criminal law is 70 be tried E. P Dole. District
argue the Mankichi with the Solicitor Gen
Convicted b1 a n 11Isrters vote Of a Hawaiian
jury. 1t is a question whether a verdict rendered
by three-quarters vote is valid in Hawaii since
in the case the legal status Of Hawaii in the period
OF transition is 10 be defined
THE PRESIDENT GOT BUG-Every one
knows that the President didn't get bear. but
few have heard how Mr.. Roosevelt got bug Not
many months ago Secretary Wilson imported from
China several members OF the Coccinella family
because OF their predatory habits and their ex-
IRENE fondness for the San Jose scale Many
vicssudes attended the small family OF bugs, until
only two remained but each of them had
pacty Of several thousand scales day, and Secre-
tary Wilson became enthusiastic to the pos
the President coming to the Agricultural Depart
ment and examining the preda{oTy insects az c9S
Insects around a badly infested peach tree. and
expressed such admiration for the bloodthirsty
spectacle as the occasion called for. but when he
departed OF the precious bugs was missing
The information was impaired to the President
and it is said that he seemed perfectly reconciled
to submitting to thorough search he was taken
eusconced under the Presidents shirt stud. was
I iiFsy nan Who relates the story SAYS
he is not sure which the more grat1ned-the
Secretary recover the President to be relieved
OF the valuable but ugly insect
CASE OF CUBAN CHILDREN.-Frank P. Sar-
gent. Commissioner General OF immigration. who
made a personal examination OF the Raja 4oga
school in California has telegraphed to the Treas
NV Department that his discoveries are OF such an
important nature that he prefers to present his
views on the to the board OF inquiry AZ View
the a ~ Of the Cuban children to America
has been ordered for week after next after the
Commissioner General returns
MRS. DoMINIs WANTS SSOOoOOo-"H- II. Queen
Iiliuokalaui Hawaii" as she was registered at
tbs F-bbitt House last night in conference to-
5av with her attorney here regarding measures to
ba adopted for collecting from this government
100000 or which she claims for the loss OF
the Hawaiian crown lands Mrs Dominis, as Lhe
ex-Queen is known IN this country, is accompanied
nv Mvra Heleuhe a companion and by her secre-
tary John D. Aimoku- 1t is said that the election
OF Prince Cupid as the Territorial Representative
ex9een sfi1i Yields over her former subjects he
IS expected to arrive in the city thls week s an bi
former queen and press 1T for settlement
RAIN MAKES THE MUSEUM POPULAR-A
stranger in the city to-day found his way TO the
National Museum. II had been raining. and as he
handed his umbrella 70 the Waterman at the door
he remarked. 7 suppose you don't have many
visitors on a day like this For answer the watch
man pointed TO a rack containing more than four
hundred umbrellas as evidence that at the time
there were four hundred people in the build
pie from coming here" he said; in fact it is on
Just this sort OF day that people Ike 70 come
here and study"
IT DIDN'T CALL FOR HOLY WATER-The
time was when the United States younger and
not so far removed from the good old Puritan
days. when every committee IN the Capitol
supplied with handsome Bible. with the name
OF the committee neatly Iettered the front cover
1t is rumored that IL was the custom OF some
Of the chairmen 10 open important meetings with
prayer and short Bible reading but that day is
past notary who desired 70 take deposition
recently searched the entire building for a Bible
without avail. until finally he came to the
mittee room OF Senator Wetmore- There occupy
ing the place Of honor the centre table he found
age and on IT the deponent was duly sworn. After
the affidavit was taken. however. the notary hap
pened TO open the book, and found only a sham
The centre had been neatly cut out, to ac-
ensconsed therein togetfer with Signed 1r5er og
the restaurant which didn't call for holy water.
LEGISLATION FOR ELLIS IsLAND-senator
Fairbanks. Of Indiana, VIII probably have some
thing 10 say in the Senate at the coming session
the subject OF immigration He has recently
been at Ellis Island looking over conditions there
affecting the immigration service. He is q member
Of the Senate Committee on Inngra ton. and II is
expected that he viii call I'D the House bill TO
regulate immigration early IN the session for con-
sideration by the committee
THE WILD AND wOOLLY WEST NO MORE
An "odioUs comparison drawn by a Western
Senator to-day between the cleanliness OF the
Eastern cities and those Of the West 1T has long
been the custom OF you Easterners." said the
Senator Ito cast reflections on US statesmen from
the West, whom you represent wearing cowhide
boots and expectorating tobacco juice. but you
do IL nc more came through St Paul my
way East. and to my great delight. I found a
every warning
to expectorate the sidewalks under a pen
atty OF S fine And they enforce the law.
too The first man TO incur the penalty a
Minnesotan, who has long lived IN Washington
and here the custom Of prOmiscuous sxpectoration
be common. Il is bad you Easterners
cannot come out West and learn 70 be and
tidy, are"