New-York tribune., 1903-03-16
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Washington. March IS
TWO SINCERE coMPLIMEETs-AnOng the
.hrour Of we'll dressed people that strolled down
coenecsscut-ave. this afternoon were enc Of the
oes. known justices Of the Supreme Court and q
companion. Passing a woman who had been
famous In Washington society for her beauty for
more than several summers the justice, with that
latitude which elderly gentlemen sometimes permit
ia az the glory of her spring fnery and, Tishous
oetUtifui, wcman,' WHO is that old codser.T,. -.
she replied. ''is one OF our best Judges.
CONSUL GENERAL EDwARDs's sKYsCRAP-
ER.-Major Edwards. % North Dakota who has
tust been appointed consul general at Montreal
won 8 large share of mis- popularity by erecting in
Fargo the tallest building west Of Chicago. The
true iuwRrdness Of its height, however, ts known
90 few. and Is best told in the words OF one OF the
majors chums. as follows
,raS %hsn Tss ,st e m the owner OK st
cIsSs nSWSpaper dtd ret necessarily mean to have
sys es'9STS gs3Ssds2 Dam ns6t e .Ssp 81
his nsy m Fr get sset reo xoaSe xG Ss'S got that build
ing high enough slrsady WY r SS9f o y9u .aS IH0 the
major; Yeg see, have contracts! @ to pay for the
And the only wonder" adds the majors churn,
'is that the building is not going Up still
MISSOURI TO BcsToE.-champ Clark the
verbally picturesque member Of Congress from
Missouri. started for Boston last night to begin
lecture tour OF the country. Mr.. Csrk Is 10 oaIk
on the iriustrious Americans OF history. Hts
lecture is illustrated. and he announced just De-
fore leaving town that he wanted to break the hoo
400 the lecture at once. He nad ne t., SAG, oe
oedep Foed paoe le 'aas to anee S his When aE
Ip9iss on II. IsesTTe tour IanaS hs will wh BE-
sithoush differing from Mr.. Clark in politics VII
99fs s5aSry with Mr hl crE IN RfssnF tonF VIII m end in
4 NINE FOR AN oFFIcE.-A new scheme for
facilitating action on application for ONCE has
been sprung by a would-be postmaster out In MIS-
souri, The candidate for the place lie woman
she believes Mr.. Smith to be Postmaster General
and writes:
the Secretary 10 the President informing me ne
once at this place for your Consideration. W?uid
IKE to say fgshs s61t T EOS deed tse to ou half
interest in forty Of mining land that n hSvS;
5Tstk ns sh3 d1 i his is coGnty Hoping you wi 0e
offe-ded by my ofer but that you Will cSnsider It
You Would be comforting a great favor and one 21
tpectfulIy.
KINETfC DEMoGRAPHY.-One OF Uncle Sans
new army surgeons in the Philippines, almost
psrslvzed the Interstate Commerce Commission re-
Gently with requsftion for all available tnforna-
tion on "Kinetic Demography." CHIEF Clerk con-
nelly too wise TO commit hlhselr dhu Iie4 eis
Endorsed the letter. Send at once F1naIy: VIII Wit
the help Of dictionary subordf1a'e e
npn1tation me lines He forwarded such pubiica
tous She subject were at hand ana ino0Fseo 9,
the reQUisirfon. The nedicus DOCTORS peoahucuS
has been supplied
ATTRACTED Mr.. CONTIGUOUS ATTENTION.
To few is knoHn the little incident which resulted
in the selection OF Frank Hitchcock for cniet cerK
of the Department Of Commerce and Labor Mr
Hitchcock is Columbia Law College man snd SO
hen Mr.
graduated he met with exceptionally enthusi-
astic reception by his classmates. This attracted
Mr. CorteIyou's attention, and he has followed the
young mans career ever since As chief OF the
Division OF Foreign Markets OF the Agricultural
Department Mr.. Hitchcock has done some remark
only of secretsry CorteiyoU but of other officials
Of the Sovernment and wnen the new s,esrotd[y l
name me was fRe only one consfdered Secretary vii
sr ss espef ef e. his nh
said the Secretary recently = pick out & the nrlsnI @
tlen the other members Of the Cabinet snap them
up, and have 10 begin anew
WANTED. MORE ENERGT-Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow has just received
letter from a man out in the West which reads
follows:
Sir Say arc the postmasterms m Of n KaPssS PssS
a ds 10 n S II IN the Ph s We have night
trains that bring in HTsn1 s hers R But dhs oeoeR ae IS
ao sysT ss1 gets it g9 him Rs,S5s i've ' He has
and nobody likes TO kick, because they dislike 10
get the hi VIII Of his relatives, Business men
coming OF this bunch Of ideness every morning.
So do she rural delivery men. | am sure am
not the only one that would like 70 get his mail
But '4 few people ike to be Counted on the side Of
kckers. Couldn't you give him hit genue
hint about early 90 bed and early to rise makes
a man successful in business and wise. In any
ether place they would have ousted such incidence
long REPGBl-lCAN FA1HOI>
DEADLY DoGGEREL-Admirai MeIviiles YER
esiiltv has frequently occasioned favorable COM
rnent IN The Tribune His latest accom- plishment
Is that OF rhymnE. and in this, in everything
else ne turns his efforts practical The last
naval appropriation. from the time II was con-
structed in the House committee. all through fits
legislative career almost TO the moment Of agree
in conference carried A simple harmless
looking provision that retired officers called into
Gctiye service should thereafter retire with the
rank they would have had II they had not
retired in the first place. In anticipation OF Its
enactment, numerous applications from long re-
tired ensigns and lieutenants were made to the
Navy Department for soft, semi-clericai assign
Cants expected 10 retire as captains. and In some
instances rear somiTals. The matter escaped the
notice OF the Congressman in charge Of the bill
until the last hours OF the session, when each OF
DUN from the engineer in chief of the navy:
Song OF THE RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER
Ia like q nice. soft fob
Where could simply be
OF weekly visitor
TO draw saIsr&e:
And then that got burdSnsons.
An feemed inclined to bore me,
Ii like 20 have some fellow paid