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HOW A NATIONAL CONVENTION
IS REPORTED.
One of the Severest Tests to Which News
paper Enterprise Is Subjected.
Great Importance of Telegraphic Facilities —'t More a Dozen
Cities 111 the I nitod States Hve Sufficient Wire Connections to
Handle Convention Xens—Hie Force of Operators and Re
porters Employed Duplicate Metvsguf berins Plants
Established by Some Nett spapers Method of Di
viding Fp the Work—At Least $1200,000 Spent
in Gathering and Sending the Sews.
Washington June 9.—One of the chief
considerations with a national commitree
In selecting a convention city is to fix on
a place with ample telegraphic facilities.
There are hardly more than a dozen cit
ies which have facilities equal to the
requirements of the newspapers at con
vention time. And. of course, within a
certain limit, only these can hope to enter
Into competition for the location of the
convention of either of the great par
ties.
The reporting of a national convention
Is; one of the severest tests to which
newspaper enterprise is ever subjected.
It can <be Imagined that the machinery
for doing the work is complex and com
plete. ' The reporters occupy a position of
almost as great importance as the dele
gates. and are nearly as numerous. At
the Republican convention in Philadel
phia seats will be provided for 500 work
ing newspaper men. The Kansas Oily
convention hall will have 600 press seats
There will be someihing less than 900
accredited delegates in each convention.
Every newspaper of nny consequence in
the > United States will be represented—
10m .s!s^f''- fe i;l3^&^^^®^ : A'^W^®C !pB E Nf* ;Sr2SB £M
WHERE THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WILL, BE HELD.
(Remodelled Interior cf the grejt hall built for the Export Exposition, the largest auditorium ever used by a Nit oal
Convention). t
some by one man. most by two or three,
• few by a corps of correspondents rang
ing In number from five to twenty. The
Press associations each will have from
fifteen to thirty men to report the pro
ceedings. to follow up the important con
ferences, and to watch daily and nightly
developments.
Some of the great metropolitan journals
practically establish duplicate plants for
the gathering and transmission of news
in a< convention city. They set up head
quarters fitted up like a newspaper office,
wlth'desks and benches and special wires,
and they create a routine as perfect and
as systematic As that Which exis's in
the' offices ar home. At the Republican
convention in Minneapolis eight years
ago one New York paper had its manag
ing editor,' Its city editor and a staff of
writers, which practically depleted the
home office of its most effective working
force. This was the first attempt at any
thing of this kind. In Chicago and St.
Lotlls four years ago other papers follow
ed the example. In Chicago one New
York paper published a daily edition on
the spot, which was virtually a duplicate
of the home edition in New York. This
same newspaper has already made ar
rangements equally ambitious for Kansas
City and Philadelphia. In Kansas City it
has leased two residences for the force it
Iritends to carry out. and it has also en
gaged a headquarters which will be com
plete in every equipment. There are not
many newspapers, of course, which will
undertake as ambitious a scheme as this,
but every one that expects to make any
show at ail will be very thorough in its
preparations.
- Preparations Are Made Early.
The staff of a metropolitan journal at
• national convention is as carefully or
ganized'as if it were a permanent affair
instead of the creature of a week. Prep
arations are made weeks in advance. The
best men on the force arc selected and
sentto the convention city in a special
car, each mon being assigned to his work,
and one of the most responsible men on
the.paper being placed in charge ot all.
Some of these are detailed to report the
proceedings of the convention. The rou
tine is lATt to the press association, but
the striking features of the proceedings
are covered in individual style by men
peculiarly adapted to the work. One will
write a general "picture;'' another will
describe especially dramatic incidents:
■ pothe will follow the political develop
ments'as'they reveal themselves. Others
will watch the doings of particular dele
gations in whioh interest happens to be
centered. Outside the convention hall
■till others will follow up the Innumerable
conferences which are constantly going
on. watch for deels and arrangements
which are likely to be sprung at any mo
ment to affect the current of events, and
pick up the characteristic incidents and
stories which lend color, and which, while
having nothing to do with the weightier
politics of the occasion, help to round
ogt and complete the picture.
All these various reports when written
•re turned In to the mate in charge, and
he Is responsible for the arrangement
•nd accuracy of everything that goes
over the wire. Usually some writer of
wide reputation is engaged to prepare
■ general review showing what has been
done and what Is likely to be done. In
aome rases a newspaper will have several
writers ;o record their impressions, some
of thetr productions being valuable only
for the names with which they are
signed.
The Most Balloting \\ orU.
The work of a press association is the
most exacting of all This must above all
tl logs be accurate, and it must be com
plete. At’the same time 1* must be un-
by political or lecal prejudice, for
Bt K'es out to new-spap rs rpr renting all
in all parts of the l nited States
The men cmrloycd ti do thU w ork will
te the best to he to nd in the offices in
Chicago. New York and V. ashing'on. Kirs’
of *ll they will have to furnish a verbat
im report of the proceedings of the con
vention. ThU. of course. Is the work of
stenographer*, who have place* Just un
derneath the speaker* platform Other
men who are familiar with political af-
Uits ill be assigned to the task of fol-
! lowing the work of committee?, of de
! scribing ipcidents and of formulating an
i unused view of the situation. Each press
| as ocia ion at the rational conventions
j will probably s nd out at least 50,0uQ
i words every day. and each association
will have its special wires and operators
j in the convention hall ready to send on
I the mtment everything as it occurs.
The arrangements for the accommoda
■ in of newspapers in the convention hall
are elaborate. The s a‘s cf the press cor
r< spondents are the most convenient and
’ accessible in the hall. They are arranged
! on (wo sides of ihe platform, facing the
delegates, with ample rocm b tween chairs
and bene! es so that the messenger bOys,
who are constantly running for copy, can
dart in and out without hindrance. Un
derneath the platform r oms are arrang
ed for telegraph eperato s, and other
rooms with tables, where reporters, if
they desire, can withdraw’ from the hub
bub of the convention to prepare their
copy.
Each of the telegraph companies es
tablishes an office in the convention hall,
and there may be heird the continual
click of instruments sending the words of
the speakers and the record of the pro
ceedings to every part of the United
States, so that almost before a tiling is
' fairly done it is recorded in newspaper
office.-*, some of which are thousands of
miles away. Each of the two big tele
-1 g*apa companies has fifty operators work
j away in the temporary office. They
| are the star men of the profession, select
i ed from Washington and New York offices
as a rule, with such other help as can le
found. Each operator is capable of send
ing from 1,000 to 2.000 words an hour, and
the number of Words sent out during the
convention sittings will range all the way
from 109,000 to 300.000. At night some o f
theope*at>rs are transferred to the cen;ral
office in the city, so that the wires are
kept crowded to their full capacity almost
for the entire twenty-four hours. Each of
the com pan es at each of the conventions
will probably average from 400.000 to 500,000
a day. Seventy-five messenger boys will
be kept busy throughout the convention
sittings, darting back and forth between
the operating room and the reporters’
table.
The Telemi>h Problem.
The telegraph pioblem is always a
serious one with each of the com
panies. Thi? is especially so when
the convention is held in a West
ern city, for there they have to
contend against the handicap of time, the
great mass of telegraphic matter being
sent East to the great cities along the
Atlantic seaboard, which are from one
hour to two hours behind. When (he ion
vemlon was held in Minneapolis in 1892
ir was found that the facilities were in
adequate. Complaints were thick that
newspaper dispatches were delayed foj*
hours, nnd in some instanc** the dis
l tches sent at night for morning news
papers were not received until some time
the nexi day. It wj? en emergency which
had to be met quickly, and nfur the first
night the Western Union Company ship
ped forty extra men from Chicago to
Milwaukee so as to hasten matter In re
lav?.
The cott ot reporting a convention is
; eomething enormou?. A menopolltan Jour
i nol whUh has a force cf twenty men is
I pa* to an expanse of at lea** SI,OOO a Jay
; for the week of the convention. In rome
cases the expense far exceed? thi? flgu e.
j The amount of special matter sent to a
j paper of any consequence varies from
<jw to 50/<X> words, and the average ccat
of this at press rates by wire is half a
rent a word. It costs to keep a man at
the convention about $lO a day. and where
special headquarters are secured the ex
travagant charge for rent must bo added
The incidental expenses can hardly be es
timated. But it is safe to say that the
cost to the newspapers of the country
of reporting each National Convention is
at least $200,000.
Nearly n Week of Hast ling.
The great newspaper work of a conven
tion usually begins on the Sunday p eced
ing the day of meeting. The Philadelphia
Conveniion this year will meet on Tues
day, the Kansas Cliy Convention on We 1-
nesday, and each convention will probably
continue in session till the clo.e of the
week.
With some newspapers the work of re
porting the conventions is in ch rge of
the Washington correspondents, who ye
selected naturally for their task on ac
count of their familiarity with public m n
and with political currents. For each cf
the. National Conventions held in the West
one of the trunk railroad lines ge. e. 1 y
placed at the disposal of the Washing on
c<;rps a newspaper train, which car.ies
them to and from the convention city.
This train is turned entirely over to the
correspondents, and they decide who ate
entitled to travel on It and make all o her
regulations. It is timed as .o reach
the convention city at least two days be
fore the gathering meets, and it usually
carries at leas* one hundred men.
The report of the routine proceedings
of a national convention is the least diffi
cult work which a seasoned correspondent
has to undertake. Skill and experience 1
count in keeping watch of the preliminary ;
work, only the obvious result of wrhlo.i |
.appears in the convention hall. There are
few things more mystifying than to at- !
tempt to follow the innumerable combina
tions and deals which are continually be
ing formed. The delegations from forty
four states are constantly meeting. The
men who direct policies and who shapa
Hmbitions never cease their w'ork. Where
there is a contest for the presidency or
a question about platforms, schemes are
formed in secret, combinations are mad*,
effective strokes are planned and all this
is going on under the surface, while the
cheeriug convention throngs crowd igno
rantly and tumultuously through the ho
ld corridors. What is visible in a ron
vention city is of least consequence. The
men who keep away from the hurly-burly,
who gather in little groups in secluded
r>omy. are really the arbiters of political
destinies, and these ore the men w'ho
h ive to be kept constantly in mind. The
reporter who knows if these things, w'ho
is acquainted personally with the lead
ers and managers, who can draw' deduc
tions from what he sees or hears or mere
ly suspects, is the only one w r ho can
wrife intelligently of what is going on
at a national convention.
Th % Op'rator*.
Slit NK AND HlzAt KSNAKE FIGHT.
One l Red II? Teeth anil the Other
It* C oil* anil Doth Died.
From the New York Sun.
Cochecton. N. Y— A fight was
witnessed by (he men employed at the
pumping station of the Standard Ol!
Company two mile* wrs: cf this place
yesterday. It was a battle between an
enormous b!ack?nake and a skunk and it
ended in the neath of both combatants.
The a hem ion of the men was first at
iractid by the strange acti ns and loud
cawing of a crow which was circling
about a spot in a field n ar by. They
\vnt to tha spot und s-aw a large black
sr.ake with it< head lapel, and within
s-ix fe<t of i was a skunk which kept
going about the snak<- as if to draw' it?
a* ton don from a small reck ten feet
away. On this rock were five young
rkunks about the size of chipmunks
The snake s tail was * o led about 'a
small oak stump and as the skunk con
tinued its lound* the snake darted its
head rrpf*heuly ic? cn my Thi? con
tin\ c ' for a shor hm*\ the circle? made
by ih*> Pkur.k gr-wing smaller and small
er. Then, qui k lightring, the skunk
sprang u;vti the sr.ake and fastened its
t*eth U the snake s neck In an instant
the snake he 4 two coil? around the body
cf r’ e skunk. Th? struggle continued for
a sh rt time ouly. and then the combat
ant* bo h 1 .y d"*ad
The enake was seven fet long. The
young skunks were left on the rock as
rone of th’ party c:r and to get within close
range of th<m.
THE MOKNING NEWS: SEN DAY, JUNE 10, 1900.
Corpora!
McFadden’s Leg.
BY JOIIX NVINTHROP GREGS.
(Copyright. 1900, by John Winthrop
Green.)
When the Sixteenth New York marched
with Grant into the wilderness. Corp. Me*
Fadden of Company B put S3OO in the
bank. The bank was hie shoe—the one on
his left foot. In due time the Confeder
ates were found in 1 ne of battle across
the line of march, and the Sixteenth was
deployed, with a hundred other regiments
to face them Skirmishing had only be
gun when Corp. McFadden had his leg
shattered by a bullet. Of course it was
the bft leg. He was carried to the field
hospital in the rear, and. after a brief
examination of the wound, the surgeon
said:
"Sorry for you. corporal, but we must
amputate the leg to save your life.”
It was a case in which the victim had
nothing to say. When he re aimed to con
sciousness his left 1 g t ad been amputated
at the knee, and he was lying among a
hundred other wounded men The loss of
his money occurred to hint at once, and
he made the fact known to a comrade
who had been shot in the shoulder.
"Go out and find my left leg and that
S3OO. and I'll give you half the money,”
said the corporal, and the man agreed.
It was easy enough to find the "scrap
heap” cf legs and arms, but not so easy
to identify a left leg. There were rights
lAGlbripse
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The Reporters.
and lefts ts the number of a hundred,
with the lnap growing all the time. The
messe ger made a selecli n and removed
the shoe, bu't th re was no money. He
tried again aid again, but did not hit it.
Then he gave up and searched no fur
tier Scon after lie let go. a soldier who
!ai been sightly wounded in the head
came along and locked the "scrap heap"
over and said to himself.
"There ara some good shoes here, and
it would be a pity to. bury them with legs
and feet. I’ll charge mine for a better
pair."
In overhauling the relic3 he came upon
Ccrp. MeFadden's left leg. He removed
the slice and found it a fit. Then he found
a r.gbt otic and wrs prov ded for. Grant
moved b the Hank that night, and the
ConfeU:; <g del the same. The field was
left in possession of tile union forces.
Next moiiiing the work of burial began.
tVhile a big hole was being dug for the
ampu ated arms and legs Ccrp. McFadden
sent word to the s rgrant in charge of
that detail about his jiCO.
' He’s crazy," replied the sergeant.
"Hete s a whole wa'on lead of left legs,
ail lo king a ike', aid how are we to pick
out his?"
No eff rt was made to fo so. After an
hour or so the last limb was tossed into
(he pit and the men began shoveling In
(he dirt. . J s they worked away the ser
geant suddenly s.jfd:
"Here, new, but you've overlooked that
1 g in the buthes. Ycu, Smith, haul It out
and dunio it in.”
"But there's sorrethirg inside the sock."
said Smith • Hoid easy now till I see
what it is.”
With his knife the soldier ripped up the
s ck, ard here was the corporal's green
backs. Only three of the party saw the
money. They winked at each other and
pock t and the find, ard later cn made a
and vie e. That clos and ih v incident for sev
eral wet ks Cos p. .McFadd n was sent to
a hospl'al n Washington and soon rallied,
ihe s lies who hud gobbled his money
went to tic front, and t,n day before
Peiersbu g. Smith was mortally wounded.
To tas his cor science he told about the,
"dlvide." and a chap ain wrote down his
corf,'S‘ibn. When the rth r two men
were call'd up liity denied the story. A
sungron and a staff otTICT b'came inter
es e!. aid Corp M, Fadden's name was a
household word in the Army of the Poto
mac. At length the guiltv private broke
down ard confessed. He got off with three
m nths in a military prison, while the
re-ge-nt was drummed out of the army.
Be we n them h y had to m ike g.-od the
Sift, and the toys of he Sixteenth chipp
el in as much mere, and so the soldier
who lost his leg and his shoe and his
t ar.k depcsP. cldn't onto out so badly
aft r all
SIRS. GITHBIE’S LONG JAVXT.
: Telegraphic Error Sent Her 100
Miles Tlimtinh the "nod Lands."
From the Sait Lake Herald.
* It may be stated at the outset that Mrs.
Ralph Guthrie is not in the habit of tak
ing 250-mile Journeys, half the distance by
stage and through the "band lands,” for
the fun of the thing.- Neither can it be
suid that she went on this trip for pleas
ure. but the lady covered the distance
from Salt Lake to Fort Duchesne all be
cause of a mistake of two letters in a
telegram. It is a remarkable story, and
local history will yet have to chronicle
•is paiallel. This Is how ft all came
la hot: t:
Sir. Guthrie, popularly known as the
"revenue man." was out in Eastern Utah
looking for moonshiners. He left last
Moi day, and arriving at Trice, sent dis
patch from there Tuesday morning to bis
wife, saying. "Come to Vernal." This was
Just to keep Mrs. Guthrie posted on his
whereabouts.
Bu< alas, the "revenue man” was train
ed in a commercial college, and there are
necessarily feme peculiarities in his pen
manship. His fatal propansl yis to make
a "g” very much like a "c." and when
the operator took the dispatch at Price,
Mr. Guthrie having by this time gone on
toward Vernal, he read it "Come to Ver
nal.” He sent it that way. and that is
the way it reached Mrs. Guthrie Tues
day forenoon.
There were only the three words: “Come
to Vernal," but' they were Mrs.
Guthrie reasoned that her husband would
not have sent for her unless he wanted
her. and she knew that he would not
have her make that rough trip unless
something had gone decidedly wrong. She
drew the conclusion that he was ill, and
the worry and suspense that she passed
through can hardly be measured.
The little woman bundled a few clothes
together, and at 3 o'clock that afternoon,
less than four hours after receiving the
dispatch. 6he took the eastbound train,
unaccompanied. The journey by rail was
tedious enough, as those who have been
over the road can imagine.
Mrs. Guthrie arrived at Price, about 125
miles from Sait Lake, at 9 p. m. At 8
o'clock Wednesday morning she took the
stage out of Price, there being three other
passengers, all men. They , rode all day
and reached the night station at 9 in the
evening. At 3 a. m. she was up again
and the trip was resumed, twenty miles
being covered before breakfast, and at 11
in the forenoon the stage drew Into Fort
Duchesne.
It sc happened that Ralph Guthrie and
Capt. Gilfoyle were standing in the road
when the outfit halted. Ralph looked Up.
Then he gasped once or twice, and the
Captain grabbed him as he staggered
against the wall.
Mrs. Guthrie alighted, her face wreath
ed In smiles at seeing Ihe "revenue man"
up and around, and In twinkling she was
at his side and had printed a resounding
kiss on his petrified Ups.
Of course, Capt. Gilfoyle wondered. Who
would not? But there was nothing for
him to do. He Just stood by and waited
for the collector to recover. Finally the
husband showed signs of returning con
sciousness.
"Why, Ralph,” exclaimed his wife,
"aren't you glad to see me?"
"Y—yes,” faltered Ihe "revenue man."
indulging in another In ake of his breath.
"Phi glad to see you. H-how is it you're
here?"
"Why. you stupid, you sent for me," was
the convincing reply.
Ralph denied it, his wife insisted and
she produced the telegram.
"Well, I'll be hornswoggled," he mut
tered. "I sent that "Gone to Vernal."
Then the telegraph office was visited
and the whole story was gone over, but
it was way nfter nightfall before the
"revenue man” began to comprehend.
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie returned yester
day from the trip.
"Oh," exclaimed. Mrs. Guthrie, "we had
a delightful trip home. Of course, it was
not so pleasant going over the' 'bad
lands' for 121 miles in an old s'age coach,
bul I think I stood the trip remarkably
well.
'UI course. It was on unfortunate er
ror. but I cannot say that I really regret
it. We were entertained by Capt. Gil
foyle In splendid style, and after staying
there a couple of days we went to the
White Rocks agency, and then were sent
by relays to Lee's ranch and back to
F-lce. We saw all the points of Inter
est. ir eluding the cliff dwellings, nnd, on
thu whole, the 'rip was wor.h the trou
ble and its roughness."
Had Mr. Guthrie not been at Duchesne,
Mrs Guthrie woull have gone r ght o
to Vernal, thirty-flve miles further, but
even as It is, she traveled over 12) miles
on a stage, all by herself, with scarcely
a stop, and that is a record that few
women can boast of.
It might be said that stage ride w.>
taken at the “expense of the telegrapl
ccn.psny as a partial atonement (or the
blunder Its operator had made, v
A QUEEN'S GRANDDAUGHTER.
SHE IS ONE OF THE VISITORS IS
WASHINGTON.
France Preparing: to BnJld a House
at the National Capital—Other Na
tions May Follow Her Example.
Sortie Comments on Senator Chan
dler—Whore Some Well-Known
People Will Spend the Summer.
Other Matters of General Interest.
Washington, D. C.. June 9.—Though our
National Capital has manygtitled visitors
from all parts of the civilized world, and
has sometimes entertained scions of roy
alty, it is not often that a personage so
near to the throne as a granddaughter
of Queen Victoria, runs over to moke us
an informal call—brings her knitting and
stays to tea, so to 6ay, like rural neigh
bors on a summer’s afternoon. Princetss
Aribert of Anhalt, youngest daughter of
Her Royal Highness, the Princess Chris
tian, traveling incognito, in this country,
walked almost unheralded into the Brit
ish Embassy the other day, with no more
"fus© and feathers" about it than -would
attend the arrival of any untitled individ
ual. She is accompanied only by a mid
dle-aged lady-in-waiting, Frou von Chap
pins, who would be called a chaperone in
America—besides a couple of servants,
man end maid; and in order to avoid at
tention, the party appears on hotel regis
ters as "Countess of Muesterberg • and
suite"—one of the Princess’ several minor
titles. This eminently sensible grand
daughter, of the Queen, upon whose do
minions "the sun never sets,” is a very
good looking young woman, with the
wholesome pirfk-arjd-white complexion pe
culiar to her island, gray-blue eyes and
a quantity of golden-brown hair, which
she wears in compart braids, coiled
Crown-fnshlon. on top of her shapely
head. She owns to 29 years, and was mar
ried in *9l to the fourth son of the Duke
of Anhalt.
•*•••••
Where the husband is, and why she Is
thus fixing in the face of all traditions
Of caste by roaming about the-world com*
paratively alone, deponent snyeth nor.
This is her first visit to this country—
and indeed to any but her own, os she
frankly confesses—and she seems to be
enjoying it with the gusto of a school
girl on a picnic. Most of the days are
spent in driving about our beautiful city
and its environs, seeing the "sights,” in
cluding the capital, the new library, Ar
lington Cemetery, etc.; but as yet no coll
has been made at the White House, and
no cards hove been exchanged between
our "first family,’" and. Victoria's rela
tive. Tuesday night the British Ambas
sador and Lody Pauncefote gave a din
ner of fourteen covers in her honor,
among the other guests being. Secretary
Of State and Mrs! Hay. the Spanish Min
ister and Duchess d'Arcos, the French
and German Ambassadors. The table ap
pointments included o profusion of ferns,
amid the maswive official service of silver
and -gold, each piece bearing Victoria's
monogram and the British coat-of-arms
Tbe Princess appeared in pearl-gray
satin, en trains nnd decollete, garnished
with passementerie, in which real pearls
were wrought amid golden threads; point
laco about the shoulders, collarette of
pear.s and diamonds, and gray aigrette
in her heir. Out driving yesterday after
noon, she wore a handsome tailor-made
costume of mode cloth, with boa of white
ostrich-tips and long feathers, white and
mode, in her picture-hat.
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Among other titled guests just now in
Washington, are Lord ami Lady Holden,
with their two, daughters and son. They
have few acquaintances In the city, but
are stopping at a hotel. and
devoting their time exclusively to
Sight-seeing. Sir John says that their
American tcur is merely for pleasure and
c bservati ti;' lut he is a very wealthy
man, with a business turn of mind, and
It Is rumored that he has his eye on a
V estern mining deal whose promoters
are now in Washington.
Baron Hegemuller. the Austrian min
ister. i. Just now in Newport with hi?
family. Ttuy are exp c*ed h re next week
and later tel gat cn will take up sum
fner quar ers in a Virginia farm-house
not far frem Washington.
The French ambassofir. M. Cambon.will
s 11 for France late in the present month,
to 'pass his vacation with his wife and
chi drnv who live in on -of the suburbs
of Paris. Cap;. Vlgnal of the ambassy
with his wife, w li sa Ia week in ad
vance of thi ambassador, to spend their
holiday abroad.
By the way, it Is rumored that France
will be the next of ths grea foreign pow
ers to purchase land in the capital of the
United Stat s for the purpose of estab-
I’shl gap rmanent legation. Two or
thrte sites are under advisemt nt.and next
month, it is raid, the Fr nch governmen.
Will decide upon cne <t them, together
with a--ehitectural plans fir the residence
ad all minor details That will be tile
fif h I gation estab'ished in i‘s own homo
in Was irg <n. The Mg, old-fashioned
de lirg now o'Cuppd by the French cm
tassy is one of the f mous.oid time homos
of the capital. Luring ante-bellum days
it was the residence of Admiral Porter,
and there the Prince of Wales was en
tertain'd during his memorable visit, a
few years ago
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The quid nuncs are also asserting that
Ruts a s coi tem iaiir g he acquisition
of property In Washitoton, for the same
purp se At nres nt the Rus lan embassy
Is housed n th? la:ge and handsome brick
tsl-ence at the earner of N.r.e.en;h and
I wrests—the stme which for several
years was the heme of firmer Senator
and Mrs. Quay. ThJ lease which the Rus
sian government now holds upon it will
xplre in less than t.irte ye rs; and those
who claim to know, assert that before
that time a ma.nlficent n-w embassy,
worthy the land of the Czar, will arise
and be ail r ady to mQvo into. Count Cas
sini, who is a most progretslve man, as
well as a favorite at court, has urged
the necessity of such a step.
It is sad that his present trip to Russia
will dec de the matter of location, etc,fas
le carries ' ith 1 im ;■ ant and proposition*
for the approval of the home government.
Several sites have recently been offered
to Count Cassini. He has stated his pref
erences very cl aily, for an embassy
quite remote from the business portion
of the city, yet within convenient dis
tanc ; with ext nsive gr unds which ran
be conver ed into an ideal park, with gzr
(ens, shade-tre s, flow-is and fountains,
w i h wot Id add grea.ly to the comfort
and pleasure of 'he embassy household
during the hot days which character!**
more than half the Washington year. It
i needless to add that there is no ap
proach to such a l'gatl n in this country
at present. The Turkish minister has been
look ng for something similar, but only
to rent for a brief p riod, in order to wall
up its garden for the complete seclusion
of "the Light of the Harem." so that
no American masculine eye may ever get
a g.impse of her.
• • • * • iiti
Justico arid Mrs. Gray left Washington
’a-t w ok for their cottage at Nahant,
which th<y have occupi and for several sea
sons ra t. It is known as the "Lawrence
cottrg " and is situa ed close to the wa
ter, in line with the fam us old Longfel
-1 w h use, which, with the one next to
it, was partially destroyed by fire some
years ago. Before taking this
waterside place. Justice and Mrs
Gray used to always spend
May and June at the old Gray homestead,
near Nahant, which is now leased to the
Rev. Howard Brown, a pastor in one of
the chapels at that popular resort.
Justice Harlan and family seldom leave
Washington in summer-time, their own
home here—a great red brick house, amid
extensive grounds on top of a hill—being
cooler and more c'omfortahle for a place
of genuine rest than they can find any
where else.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay are only waiting
the adjournment of Congress to goAo
their summer home in New Hampshire.
The house here will not be entirely closed,
however, as matters of official duty wilt
keep the Secretary of State at the Capi
tal a portion of the time. Miss Helen Hay
returned last week from Boston and will
go with the other members of the family
to New England.
Senator Til.man has given up his house
on Capitol Hill in this city, and with Mrs.
Tillman and their eldest son, will go South
as soon as Congress adjourns. The
younger members of the family have al
ready returned to the Tillman homestead
in South Carolina.
• * • • * e *
The old adage concerning sailors and
horses does not hold good in the case of
our Admiral of the Navy, so far as driv
ing is concerned, for no one could handle
the ribbons with more dexterity than thi*
"Man of Emergencies,” as his presidential
boomers are calling him. Every fine day,
when not off "swinging around the circle"
in the South or West, he may be seen wiih
Mrs. Dewey by his side, in a handsome
equipage drawn by two spirited bays,
driving into the city from their country
home. "Beauvoir.” or returning thereto
along the flowery lanes of Rock Creek,
frequented of other sentimental lovers.
It would seem that the Hon. William
Eaton Chandler is likely to have a big
fight on his hands in the near future.
Yesterday a gentleman who was for year*
enjoyed the close friendship of the New
Englafld senator sat in the Senate gallery
gazing down upon him admiringly; and It
happened that your correspondent oo
•cuplerd a seat immediately in the rear,
where she could not help hearing word*
that were uttered regardless of the fact
that "a chiels amang s’e takin’ notes and
faith, she'll print em.” Said the friend,
to another constituent of Senator Chand
ler: "What on earth is the matter with
William E! lias he gone stark, staring
mad, or is he simply tired of public lU*
and determined to quit it at the end of m
senatorial term next March?” Then ex
planation followed inquiry between > th*
two anxious constituents, and it was point
ed out thot Mr. Chandler has deliberately
placed himself in opposition to nearly
every pet measure of the administration
during this session, starting with the gold
standard hill, coming down through th*
list lo the oxnordized Porto Rican bill, and
winding up whli determined opposition
to certain nominations of party magnates.
He has even gone so far es to declare
in a. published interview that President
McKinley’s campaign managers are pre
paring to hold up the trusts for heavy
contribution in a , way which he, himself,
will never countenance." In the Senate,
on Friday last, he went after the armor
plate folk as severely as Senator Tillman.
Senator Teller and others whose recog
nized business it is to oppose the adminis
tration at all points possible. Senator
Hanna glared at him with fight in his eye.
and surprise was the least emotion writ
ten on every Republican countenance. II
ho keeps on in his reckless course of
speaking out so plainly against,the trusta
and their alliances, his friends fear that
the most powerful corporation in his state,
the Boston and Maine P.ailroad, will con
sider it a challenge to actively oppose hla
return to the Senate and will govern It
self accordingly. In times past the
ton and Moine" has done its share ln> Re
publican politics, and has also had a n
her of tilts with Senator Chandler. wt><*
s ems perilously Inclined to stick by hla
convictions, whatever befalls. Hitherto,
however, he has not been particularly
inimical to other money Interests, ahd
therefore, the powerful railroad corpora
tion, which is an immense factor in the
policies of New Hampshire and adjolnin#
states, has had to fight him single-handed,
so to speak. But if the little knight
from New England persists In harrying
the trusts and making dark insinuation*
against the intentions of the Hanna fac
tion, It is greatly to lie feared that th*
corporate Intests generally, will combma
forces with the/'Boston and Maine' for
his defeat this year Even Mr. Chandler*
most enthusiastic friends do not think
he is strong enough, strong as he is ta
fight all the money in the United State*.
-The Germ Theory.—Doctor of 014
School: The chi and appears to bo teethln#.
Doctor of New School: Impossible! Tfc#
bacteriological diagnosis and scloee* •<*
trace whatever of the characteristic teeth
ing-bacillus.—Detroit Journal „ , v