New-York tribune., 1902-12-09
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Washington. December 8
THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH.-Among the Presl-
DENTS visitors to-day one on whom, according
- ,,is oup notion the mantle of Elijah had de-
scended heavily Il have been selected t. Work
out the problem OF Elijah being carrisd lhro
heaven in fiery golden chariot said an oio coi
ored man who gave his name as Eli GARRISON al
,be vyt,tte House to-day The old man had stopped
Senator FRYE as the latter went out Of the "hl'e
House. and asked that protection be given 10 MN
tJv the District Commissioners My granofa'ner
was the servant Of General Ross VINO vac we b be
Wsshingtons staff said the old man man t,e and ihey ey
married white woman Ever since tnaI @ Ie 100 ,
st nsxe Oe bad the Returning Board in 1876 and could
RFs Rbif feTe sdT tod s me She believed give the
Presdency 70 the tn senubcans G1 as they
were for Cold and Solomon built ms len eg1Pe e+r pL
gf and started him in the direction of the Capitol
GERMAN TRADE WITH CUBA GROWING
Interesting figures showing the rapid expansion O.
,-o--,,, trade with Cuba are furnished by 6 h
NIurpbv consular clerk at Frankfort They sho"
TO what extent Germany is approprlathG 10 hei
self tl,e Cuban market. The figures are as 1oio"9-
In the wear 1895 TO 1887 the annual exportaton 10
Cuba from Hamburg amounted to between 2.vv"V' sc
and 100000 marks (s4760eO and s114coO; IN 1875 il
was 100000 marks ts4O4e 500; in 1899. 5ocoV" mar
81 4o4oO, in 1909 sseoooo marks 4eD ano IN
1901 10 ecno50 marks ts 427.6 500 The importation INTO
Cuba from Hamburg OF rice alone increased IN the
last wear from 100000 100000 marks (s2olSo 10
S1e7l e0. Shipments of other articles lncrsasen ~@ ~@
~ follows: Malt from 60oeo $4,000 marks Glir-oV
to Ss'5S SO S So+Sh 10 So S5: hosiery from ssco 70
aqs 6a marks 1861 $50 TO SlsO4s ana @ Pa1eI' Pag ,a
son Of Cuba's export trade with Germany Is 5Iso
favorable althoush tne , results ~ ver ear In 1875 Ger
many imported from C96a m Tsas E0 l marks
Il 59 s0sl: in 1899 j $4,000 marks (29Z 4VG,; IN IN
100 Is 2p61a0 marks tSS.1416e). and in lSh l-''VO
A NEW WIT AND FRESH JokE-fhe tiouse fI',lse
of REPRESENTATIVES has acquired ne" IiieiI"
who in due time may rival the Senates galaxy ol
el,icrammatic stars. The new was, Jndse ,a IoIuuE
Russell who succeeds the late r c De GraIlefeio
from, Texas MADE himself solid with the cioa>-
room by the following little anecoote oL HIS 80
.assor R.,sseII and De Graffenreid at one iilhe
sturlped their district, and waged conhlcI On INC
platform and in open air meetings. Fln-liE' as
star argument De Grafenreid read an eN'Iao'
from a speech by Champ Clark, praislng the
formers services in the House. This was a trump
card for Champ Clark wGs exceedingly PopuId-.
l,,dse Russell. nothin- daunted. made MS answer
I7y picking up a weekly paper Gentlemen ne
said Il propose to show you that an lnoofseiiei4e
M, Champ Clark is valueless because it is SO very
common. Champ Clark will ind2rse anything oIi
earth Here. in paper P19ilshed ~ ~ressn,sn S1%t
who has euogtzed my friend De tIrailet IIITi Ell,
wing IJ a Zen mes more glowing ulogy OF Dr.
~ Bifters' If you've anything you want IN.
ITnf Gr se Il out and Champ Clark will ndorse it"
Champ Clark did not figure IN the Campaign lieie-
after
CONGRESS PLAYS FREEZE oUT'--MemberS
or the House of Representatives discovered tnls
morning that 2 situation without precedent since
The present hail was occupied e1isted- Goal 's
no longer 10 be had, even by an amendment 10 'he
constitution, and the legislative chambers are
heated by wood fires. Fifty tons, an emergency
rpl1 is still in the bins but this supply would last
only five DAYS The situation is simply this
said Elliott Woods the superintendent OF the Cap
itol. yesterday. the Reading Coal Company mas
the contract for supplying the Senate SIDE VII, Win
anthracite coal, and is doing IL On the aouSe a.
side, however, the contractors were not SO IortI-
nate as 20 have coal and were ulanie 20 & tGrLLs De
it AS z consequence. with soft coal barred out
We haTe 1 70 SoTehep oGl T. $50 when Congress as
ssbled j. the CAPITOL for the first TINE g.. to De De
House wings were first occupied.
MR BEVERIDGE-s DEFENCEs--The caller on
senator Bcveridge at his rooms the Portland in
the last few days must have been impressed with
the idea that TIE Senator should prove an author
Ity or fortiacatons- Seated at his desk in the
corner Of the the Senator has been fanked on
every side with documents, census reports, essays
dictionaries and aliases Honilies on the moral
1Brptude Of New-Mexico, census bulletins the
nationality OF Oklahoma residents have contributed
5heir share TO The fortifcations tine with which the
The preparation Of his report on the OMNIBUS state
approach within less than hailing distance. AS
result of his Herculean labors the Senator has COM
leave the advocates of Statehood for New-Mexico
and Arizona not leg TO stand on
a QUESTION OF SENATORIAL COURTESY
The clerk of tlle Joint Committee on Printing
'e.Yed novel communication from fair CORE
spondcnt to-day. 1t reads follows:
Joint Committee Printing, The Capitol
Gentlemen: Please do not give date OF papa
marriage in the EeNt edition OF the Congressional
Ienectory- am the eldest daughter. and the date
given in the directory Is q clean giVeaWay for me,
as am not Married ALI tie boys look up the date
and then calculate Papa promised attend this
tor me before tie first edition came out but
lie forgot il. dc not think any end govern
nlent can he served by thus giving away my age,
SO please attehd TO il. Yours respectfully, -.