Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1889, Page 7

NEW FACES IN conaress. | ae Men Who Began Their Careers in the National Legislature This Week. —_—_s-——. Sketches of the One Hundred and Six- teen Representatives Who Have Made Their First Appearance—NotableChar- acters Among Them—Members Who Have Served Before. —+--— The commonest pastime in Washington for a fortnight after anew Cougress assembles is to sit in the House galleries and study the new pbysiognomy and anatomy below. ‘Th ate is never new, for changes there are so few and ro small in proportion to the whole number of Senators that the new faces are soon identified and analyzed. But the House is one-third new every two years. Half a dozen of the members who took fresh seats Monday afternoon have been in Congress b ong them were Gen. Banks, who was speaker years ago: H. L. Morey, to whom Gen. Garfield did not write a certain letter once upon a time; Rosweil P. Flower ond M.H.Dunnell, of sand-hauling fame. But 118 of the new men were taking their initial experience in congressional life. New faces have not changed the democratic side of the chamber as much as the other. Mr. Reed found Tuesday that he must go diligently at work to get acquainted with his own forces. ‘The Speaker's eye was likely to recognize more men from the minority than the majority. The south has replaced 27 of its 97 members with new men. New England has retired over half of her Representatives in the Fiftieth Congress and 13 new men, not including Gen. Banks and Jokn W. Candler, who are former members, were sworn in. Four of the nine Pacific coast delegation are new tothe House. Forty-two of the LIS western members are strangers. Thirty-two of the 70 Representatives from the middle states are novices in the “bear pit.” THE NEW ENGLAND DELEGATION. Massachusetts came near sending an entirely new delegation, for nine of her old members Bt at home. There are six millionaires among the new men and all are noted for their desire to entertam. Charles $. Randall is a big, heavy old gentleman, with snowy hair and mustache. New Bedford is his home and he made his wealth in sewing machines. Elijah Mor: a sunny gentleman who dresses in broadcloth and already knows eve 3 the House, is a self-made man. He 1s proud to tell how he be- gan as a poor boy peddling his stove polish from a bas- et on his arm, From that basket his plant bas de- veloped into a dozen big build- ings, a railroad line and several big branch houses, Morse is aman with a big expanse of fore- head, flowing, breeze-tossed side whiskers and a pair of very cuu- ning black a He is a Sunday ELIJAH MORSE. school teacher and a bel; r in a hereafter- Therefore he has not relished the chatting he has received this week froin his fellow mem- bers on the stories a support to Messr and McKinley. He has a ready tongue and will do his share of speech makii 1 who is already quite at home on the ‘atic sich » takes the seat of young Al- Lowell. He is not rich. practices law best dressed man in his row of seats. J. H. Walker of Worcester looks like a well- bred Engishman. He wears a smooth face eur- rounded by snowy cheveanx de frise. He is a retired boot and shoe manufacturer and has a large fortune. He has published through Houghton, Mifflin & Co. an esting book on “Mouey, Trade and Banking. Rodney Wallace.another Massachusetts mem- ber. is a rich manufacturer and an authority on the tariff. One of the most interesting men from the Bay State aad one oftenest pointed out is John F. An- drew, jr., son of the famous war govern- or. He is a good dresser, worth a mil- ~ bi rented the house, on 16th street just above Scott circle, where he pro- poses to entertain as well as the son of his father knows how. = He resembles his father in ce is a lawyer d acumen a were less ri e would father enjoyed as an adve CONNECTICUT. Connecticut has sent over sor ers. Simonds of the first dis smooth. pa He nm fea dl force. Ithe rn the fame his shrewd work- to Washington . the New York Sun. Simonds drew up the Connecti oleomar- garine lew, the first tm the count He belongs to the grange and owns a big farm. ‘ir. Simonds served three years in the war and is’ popular Grand Army man. He fills the lecture ent law at and has wr E. SIMONDS. books on patent law, They say he will be made chairman of the committee on y ents, as Osborne of Pennsyl- Vania does not want the place. w. His an- \ EE Ld FIFTEEN FROM NEW YORK. New York has fifteen new untried, raw re- cruita. Brooklyn sent «n entirely new delega- tion. Wallace, who succeeds Deacon White, is @ member of Stewart L. Woodford’s law firm. John M. Clancy, an honest looking Irishman, takes the seat that the late Con- Sressman Mahoney had. Clancy is an ex- saloon keeper with something of a for- tune and a big heart. He has been alder- man and assembly- man repeatedly and’ will make a good, hard-working mem- ber, He is not an’ orator or a scholar and his language be- trays his nationality, but his wit is dry and refreshing and his good sense is as plain as the nose on his face. T. J. Magner, who takes the seat Archie Bliss has warmed so many years, is one of the “kids” of the Honse, being but thirty years old. He began life as a teacher and is a lawyer. Four of the eight members for Manhattan Isiand are new men, Iceman Turner, from the sixth, came over promptly Monday, just four days afer his election to succeed Faage Fitz- gerald. He is a “neat but not gaudy” young fellow and has a witty tongue in his head that will open doors to him on all sides, Gen. Bryce’s successor. E. J. Dunphy, makes good impression. He is a son of a Tammany hallehieftain anda protege of Chauncey Depew, with whom he studied law, _ Tim Campbell's conquerer, J, H. McCarth: is the smallest man in the House, He studi law with Jas, T. Brady and made a name as a debater while in the legislature. . John Quinn, who once had three saloons running at one time, is a “bigger” man than Col. Merriman, whom he sueceeds. He has a bucketful of raw brains and can talk well on oceasion. He has been an assembly- man and an alder- i He is public spirited and popular in his district. He will work like a beaver this winter to get the world’s fair for New York and will prob- ably accomplish more than if he were a JOHN QUINN. Daniel Webster. He is true to his friends and make promises slowly and carefully. Out in the interior of the state there were five changes and the five new men are lecidediy creditable to their constituencies. D. Stivers, the successor of Bacon, looks like espeare, is a straight, tall, bald- headed man of sixt: seven years, althoug! he dors'nt look to_be J. M. CLANCY. a d Moses who over forty-five. His 3 ii neat as a geods clerk's, is the son of a New Jersey farmer and began life ran- ning a country stor In 1863 he was elected county clerk of Orange ty and guit tradeafor good, nm October, 1869, he was appointed by President Grant U. S. internal revenue ‘M, D. STIVERS. collector. He continued in charge for fourteen years altogether. when 2 consohdation of dis- tricts transferred his charge to the Albany de- | partment. During his long period of service, and while handling millions of dollars of public ads, nota breath of suspicion assa y and integrity. He bought ¢ ¥ Press yeats ago and is now its ¢ les J. Knapp is a banker and ver: lives at Deposit Hopkins, His prede- cessor went crazy, bat was allowed toserre ont his term, which he did ina very amusing way. Knapp is a hard-beaded business man, although he graduated fromm Hamilton college and might have been a poet or a doctor, Quackenbush, from the Troy district, isa giant, straight as an Indian. He is rich and bas been sheriff of his county, John Sanford of Am- sterdam, a... dark-complexioned young fellow, who has made many friends this week, is of a notable family, His father and grandfather were both in Congress. He is a carpet mannfacturer and succeeds George West. the famous paper maker. Sanford is Yale man, thirty-eight years old and ‘still a bachelor. He is a fine business man and he and his brother, it is JOHN SANFORD. said, will inherit several millions. The member from the Ogdensburg district, Fred. Lansing, has spent most of the week tell- ing stories back by the cloak room. He is aman of medium height, a good talker and dresser and is making friends, PENNSYLVANIA'S HALF DOZEN, There are six congressional novices from Pennsylvania, All are good politicians and keen as new jack knives. Lewis F. Watson, the eighth new-comer, satin the Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh Congresses, He is a big. handsome and rich old fellow. He was the first man to strike oil in Pennsylvania, Mutehler is another old member who reap- pears. He is a democrat from Easton. He has the eyes of a sloe and a morrocco leather com- plexion, but he is a very sharp man or he wouldn't be a democratic Congressman from NY Pennsylvania, David Brunner of Reading, is a notable Pennay democrat. He isa carpenter by trade warty, wise old man, He Inid by his wages when a Seca man, and put himself through Dick- insou college. He bought an academy and began what has been his life work teaching. He is now president and pro- prietor of the Read- ing business college, and he hasa snug for- tune from his suc- cessful career. He has written a gram- mar and a work on “The Indians of Berks Frederick Miles is an old member. t ntle- rved in the 3 a is tall. lithe to be hard 3 five, when it ix a fact that he is forty-ei He was in th ic lie is a brother-in-law o: the poetess of passion, NEW MEN FROM NEW JERSEY, The Jersey fledglings are Sawuel W. Fow- fer, Charles D. Beckwith and Jacob A. Geissen- bainer. Fowler is» Princeton graduate and o good lawyer. He is a hard student and a self-made man, Beck- with has William Wal- re WIELCOX. ature im 1862, f Ella Wheeler Wilcox, trict. He is a practi- cal politician and bas been sheriff. Geis- vephainer is a mil- honaire lawyer, who only returned last week from a summer road. He looks Prince Bismarck is a man of blood ‘a iron, He prac- tices law in Gotham and goes to Freehold to spend his summers. “ bpd — = a jumbia college, as F- A. GEINGENHAINER. his father betore him, both of whom were Lutheran ministers, Mr. Geissenhainer's grandfather came from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania during the revolution. He built the first hot blast iron furnace in this country at Pottsville in 1835, He took out 4 patent for the process but his heirs formally donated it to the pablic. ter Phelps’ oid dis- | County,” besides a series of articles on the mineralogy of that DAVID B, BRUNNER. county. Matt. Brosius, the Lancaster member, is a man forty-six years old. He graduated from the Michigan university iaw school in 1861, | aud after serving through the war began 10 | practice. His right arm was shattered at Ber- | mada Hundred. He is a Quaker andan orator. | Joseph A. Scranton of the Scranton district | is a story-teller and a judge of terrapin. He is something like Matt Quay in politics, ‘The Waynesburg — member, Ray, is & | stout, well dressed lawyer, about thirty- eight years old. He | also edits a paper at his home. C. C. Townsend is one of the promising men in the delegation, Gov. Beaver is a con- stituent of his. He looks as if be were thirty-five years old, but is forty-vight. He served two years in the army. He is en- gaged in manufactur- —c. ©. TOWNSEXD, | ng various kinds of ison and steel and is some- | what interested in gla» making. Cultertson of the Erie district, a millionaire manufacturer, succeeds W. L. Scott, His wealth is largely in Michigan lumber, and be has a big yard in Chicago, He isa tall, big man, lain spoken and evi- mtly je-made, M. B. Wright of the fifteenth district is a cool, reserved man, who never says a word too He is a politician all through and not only looks somewhat like Matt Quay but acts like him. He is ably as sisted by his wife, who 8 a M. B. WRIGRT. private secretary, is MARYLAND'S NEW MEN. Maryland has two new men—Herman Stump of Belair and Harry Stockbridge, cn» of the edi- torial writers of the Baltimore American, Stump is a hand- some old-school gent , With a snowy moustache and a ruddy com- plexion. For some inscrutable reason in the divine econ- omy he is still a bachelor. He made a strong fight for “ nomination and election, supposing he wquld be pag) majority and have ® democratic ad- ministration to as- sist him in making wise laws, He comes of the Prus- sian family of Von HERMAN STUMP, Stumpf. who came to this country early in the eighteenth century and purchased large tracts of lan i fied Harford and Cecil counties, Maryland, which the family have since possesse He was born Angust 8, 1836, at the family country seat, “Oakington.” in Harford county. After receiving a classical education he studied law with his cousin, Hon. Henry W. Archer, at Belair, Harford county, and was admitted to the bar in 1855, where he has since continued the practice of his profes- a He was president of the state senate in MR. STOCKBRIDGE is a surprise to himself as well as his friends. He ran against Isidor Raynor, a strong and popular democrat, and unexpectedly beat him, He is thircy-cight years old, but looks younger. His profession 13 the law. He is spare and nervous in build and has a keen, penetrat- ing pair of black eyes, His hair is turning gray early, He is a hard student, a fo ble. trenchant writer and a good speaker. He will come quickly to the front in the House, where, nowa- days, young men are ii, STOCKERIDGE. atapremium. He is in great luck to be the only republican from his end of the state during a republican ad- ministration and he has patronage galore to distribute smong his patriotic friends. THE OLD DOMINION. Virginia made more changes than almost sny other state ip the last congressional elec- tions. Five of her delegation are new men, Paul Carrington Edmunds is a typical old-time Virginian. With his full beard and long hair he looks like Justice Lamar. For thirty years he has been a farmer, He was educated at the University of Virginia and William and Mary college, where he read law. POSEY @. LESTER Of Floyd Court House is the only clergyman in the House. He grew up during the war, self- educated for the most part. For atime he was a singing school teacher. He is the tallest mon in the nding 6 inches in his gs,and weighs pound voice conauers space with terrific volume and force, while it is 1 musi 205 he was or- work ministry in imitive Bap- chureh, whic: pined in 1 dained to the of the tist e LESTER, the work of an as made full proof of his 4 traveled and pre istry. He bi 2,000 mil le or conv asteamboat and ri # preacher, the with which’ he pre extended travels, tog: from hi many ee ca, using nearly of vel . froma dump eart to ability as manner and his her with the productions nu, have given him an acquamtance and ee of popularity second to none in hisehurch, Since 1833 he has Leen associate editor on Zion's Landmark, a religions peri- ocheal of his church published at Wileou, N.C, He never given his attention to politics prior to July, 1888, more than to keep some- what posted on general principles involving the interest of the country at larg state in particular. He never sought political honors, and when urged to become a candidate for Congress refused to seck the position so much #s to attend the convention that nomi- nated him, John A. Buchanan is a Washington Court House lawyer. He has been a law partner of Gen. Joe Johnston’s brother Beverly and bas served sever! terms in the legislature. E. C. Venable or the Petersburg district is a handsome tobacco merchant forty-six years old. He is a University of V: uate and taught school # ¥ irginia and Louisiana, John M. Langston contests his sent, Henry St. George Tucker of Staunton brings snoldand honored name back to Congress, He is one of the young members—born in Win- chester in 1853—the son of John Rudolph Tucke who Was a Representative in Con- gress from Virginia trom 175 to 3887, and the grandson of Henry St. George Tucker, who was president of the court of appeals of Virginia and subse- cuently professor of law at ‘the University of Virginia, St. George Tucker graduated from Washington and Leeuniversity, at Lex- ington. Va, in 1875, and in 1876 graduated in law from the same institution. His dis- HENRY ST, G. TUCKER. trict is the same his father represented with such distinction and to the honor of his state. TAR HEEL MEN, North Carolina has the only negro Congress- man in the House. He is H. P. Cheatham, a golden-rkinned =mu- latto, thirty years old, He is a quick, shrewd, capable young lawyer, One of the first things Mr. Cheatham did Monday was to seek out Mr. Adams, the new doorkeeper and ask him to retain one member of the fold- ing room staff. “I know he is a demo- crat,” said Cheatham, “but he is a steady, industrious young man, and for peculiar reasons I want him retained. I was given — H. P. CHEATHAM. to his mother when I was a little boy as a wed- ding present. I told his widowed motker I would try my level best to keep her boy in work,” _ The young man is still at his job in the fold- room. Cheatham was educated at Shaw ‘sity, and taught school for awhile, He is tall, strong and good looking. B. H. Bunn, who succeeds John Nichols, is a lawyer-farmer. reputed to be a good poker player and a wit of no mean degree. H.G. Ewart, a little, brainy republican, comes from Hendersonville. Skinner of the first district 1s an old member who has come back after a rest. GEORGIA’S ONE CHANGE, Georgia made but one change in her delega- tion, sending Rufus Lester in place of Tom Norwood. Lester is an old politician and a man who knows how to brew the best punch in Georgia. His hair is very curly and shiny and his figure is globular. ROBERT BULLOCK. Florida sent one new man—Gen. Bullock—in place of Dougherty. The general is a strong man. He is sixty years old and was a captain in the war with Osce- ola. He served through the rebellion and has been in the Florida legislature several times. In 1874 he was caucus candidate of bis party for United States Senator. He has aided in foundi since the war the H. female institute of Lake Weir and subse- juently the Lake Weir bautauqua and Ly- ceum association, an institution in further- ance of learning and gts morals. Noman a persistontly sate ant ly state improvement of | Ui. Clarke, @ rich Mobile piantcr, and Lew Turpin of Newbern. Turpin is a plucky young man who began life for hirself at fourteen by manufacturing nitre for the confederate government, PELICAN REPRESENTATIVES. Louisiana has sent two new men—H. Dudley Coleman and C.J, Boater, one a republican and the othera democrat. Coleman will be famous before the House is a month older. He is the only republican member from the guif states; representing the district with the largest white majority in Lonisiana. Born May 12, 1845, in New Orleans, he stands 5 feet 11 inches and weighs 170 pounds, Mr. Coleman has a thin, rugged face with strongly marked feat- ures, brown hair and heavy mustache and “ gray eyes. He is @ quick, active busi- . indefatisza- nd energetic. He can make speeches every day inthe year a, and never Sepeat himself. He will be forty- five years old next spring, He was born in New Orleans and has lived there all his life, ex- cept the time spent in the war. | He was educated in the public schools and enlisted in the second Washington artillery when sixteen years old. He returned from the war when not quite twenty years of age, having fulfilled the duties of high private un- til the surrender of Appomattox. at which time his wealth consisted of 50 cunts in confederate money. Returning to Louisiana he found em- ployment in a country store at $5 per week. this he left for a position with Thomas H. Bodley, dealer in machinery and agricultural implements at No. 9 Perdido street. His orders were to muke himself generally useful and to learn all he could. ‘That he obeyed his com- mand is proven by the fact that he now oc- cupies said premises as owner and head of the firm. In 1838 the firm was forced to suspend. owing nearly $300,000. The ercditors granted an extension of one. two and three years, Messrs, Coleman & Brother offering to pay dollar for dollar, which Mr, Coleman did down to the last cent—a fact of which he is justly proud, Ze D. COLEMAN. MISSISSIPPI'S NEW MAN._ Mississippi sends one new member in her delegation of seven. Clark Lewis is his name and he is a fine specimen of a self-made south- erner. He was the son of a poor man and just as he bad earned a little money by teaching his hope of a college educa- tion was cut off by the war. He enlisted es an infantryman, bunt broke his leg be- fore he saw service, As soon as he could he went into the cav- alry. In seven months he was sent home disabled. Then he tried the artiliery and served through the war—the last six months of it as a prisoner of war at I a Y. After the war he taught school, kept sto farmed, and served in the legislature. He is a mauly, able fellow, tall, handsome, and kindly. He is a Farmers’ alliance man, MISSOURI'S BIG SIX. Missouri has six new Congressmen, all strong men, The city of St, Louis made a clean sweep, F.G, Niedring- haue, arepublican,suc- ceeds John O'Neill, long one of the wits of the democrati¢ side of the chamber. Mr. Niedringhaus was born at Luebbe West- phalia, North Ger- taany, October 21, He was put in father’s shops, an with his brothe: trained im hanica, CLARK LEWIS. his partien- the glazing. paint- i and tinners’ trades. He landed in St, Louis on vem? 1855, F. G. NIEDRINGHAUS. when eighteen yecrs old, and sought employ- ment atthe tinner’s bench. He began at the extremely low wages of 4 per week, of wi he saved about $1.50 per week. After wa’ ing events in St. Louis for six months he wrote his brother, Wm, F., in Germany: “Leave everything behind and come; there is an open- ing for usin St. Louis.” After the brothers had worked together two years at the bench they saved cnongh money to start in business of their own, It was a success from the begin- ning. Being general mechanics they turned their attention principally to manufacturing, and in 1862 began the stamping of tinware and the manufacture of anything offered, all of which— under their close attention—built up and pros- peredso that in 1868 they were enabled to begin manufacturing on a large scale, They then incorporated their business under the name of the St. Louis stamping company, but kept the stock in their own hands, except a portion divided among their sons, In 1874, in connection with his brother Wm. F., he in- vented “granite iron ware.” In 1881 they built large rolling mills, 80 that at present—between the factories and rolling mills—they employ about 1,200 people. He has a family of ten children—three sons and seven daughters—the eldest being twenty-eight and the youngest about seven years old, Glover's district will be represented by the man who came sonear beating him once be- fore—Nathan Frank, Mr. Frank is the son of Abraham Frank, one of St. Louis’ big wholesale merchants. He is the only mem- ber of Jewish descent in the House and isa lawer of great ability, He is the author of “Frank's Bankrupt Law,” a legal text book that has gone through four editions and eight reprints, Hehad the largest practice in Missouri under the bankrupt NATHAN FRANK. law. He is slim, tall, has a sallow complexion and a glittering eye. W. M. Kinsey, who comes from Martin L. Clardy’s old district, is an Ohio man reared in Towa, where he was admitted to the bar. He served in the army. He is neither tall nor stout and has a heavy dark moustache, R. H. Norton of the seventh district was born in Missouri just forty years ago last month, He was educated in the St. Louis university, He is a large, tall fellow who knows how to dress well. He makes good speech and is a well-read lawyer, Tim Tarsney’s brother Jim comes from the Kansas City district. He was born in Michigan, and at seventeen enlisted, joining his company in the field at Antie- tam. At Gettysburg he was badly wounded and taken prisoner, He was released a year anda half later and was in the ranks at Appomattox. He went back to Michi- and joined a class the ublic schools, a be erated be studying wi! ye. In 1869 he sehool and if 1872 he went to City. Tarsney is a capital talker and stumper. He canvassed the first Michigan district in 1868 for Judge Chipman, now the Detroit member, and he has been calied to the state in nearly every campaign since then, “BROTHER” TAYLOR, Tennessee’s most notable new man is Alf Taylor, who ran for governor against his brother Bob. He isaashort, fat, bulbous man, but J. C. TARSNEY, Septet from Aun Arbor law Ola Kaintuck bas Abb 4A. LOR, retired some int fellows in Polk Laffoon, Hunter Jedee Thomas and the Taulbee. W. T. Ellis, Laffoon’s successor, iss dressy, brilliant lawyer. Isaac is atanner's son, who made money in City real F | of power. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGEs, estate. He has thin lips, bine eyes. light hair and a sharp expression. Gen. Buford is a ‘eat friend of his and named one of his race jorses after him. Paynter, Judge Thomas’ successor, is a mountaineer of the old fashioned sort, although but thirty-four years old. He is tall and ianky and dresses like» woodchi . Wilson, the republican who takes Tanl- J. H. bee's place, used to be a pension clerk here in Washington. He is stoop shouldered and lean, but las a keen face. He used to be an editor, but is now a lawyer, SIX FROM ILLINOIS. Illinois has greatly improved the appearance of her delegation by sending six handsome new members. From Chicago comes Col. Abner Taylor, who got married the other day so romantically. He is a soldierly-looking gentle- men with iron gray hair and mustache. He is a resident with Speaker Reed of the Shore- ham, and knows practical politics so well that he will soon be a cronie and adviser of the man Charles A. Hill of the Joliet district looks like a farmer with his Joshua Whitcomb beard and serious face. Scott Wike is a new democrat from the Quincy district. He isa good lawyer with a round smooth-shaven face. The handsomest mun in the delegation now is George W. Fithian of the Aurora district. He is thirty-five years old, was born on a farm and learned the print- er’s trade. While set- ting type he read law and was admitted. He dresses with most scrupulous care.wear- ing a close-fitting cut- away and snowy high collars. His eloquence is matter of rumor here already. — For- man, the young Belle- ville lawyer who beat. Jehu Baker, is an in- teresting — Illinoisan. He is thirty, has a good figure and a clean profile. Georg« ae W. Smith, who takes the seat long occupied by John R. Thomas, is » With brown hair and ‘heavy mustache, steady solid man of brains. He has spent much of his time since March 4 in Washington and is better informed on the routine duties of his district that any other new member. SIX NEW HOOSIERS, There are six new Hoosiers. Elijah Voor- hees Brookshire of Crawfordsville is a name- sake of Sen»tor Voorhees, who once repre- sented the same dis- trict as did Godiove S. Orth and ex-Sena- tor McDonald. He is lawyer, but prefers tarming. in which he has been quite suc- cessful, though he is by no means rich. son B. Brown is y years old and a ive of Indiana. He read law with Cyrus Dunham at Indianap- olis when the latter was Secretary of State. He began practice in 1860. In 1866, on motion of , he was admitted to practice before ne Court of the United States, Gen, le him secretary of Wyoming in 1873. sof the counsel for the prosecution ute, who killed Gov. McCook at This made him famous, He in Seymour, Geo. W. Cooper is a Hoosier an] 4 graduate of the university at Bloom- ington, FE an active lawyer. C. A. O, Me- G, W. FITHIAN. handsome lawyer, He isa FE. V. BROOKSHIRE. Jere Blac the § { Clellan ¥ successful lawyer and railroad man, He one of the original directors of the Fort Wayne and Jac. road and a trustee of the ‘*nickel pl He has built big flouring mills, carriage and wagon works, nnd organized several banks, He takes Capt. White's se THE BU NE STATE QUINTET. Four new Buckeye members were sworn in Monday. H. L. Morey, who was in the Forty seventh and who was unseated in the Fort hth Congress by his co Campbell, reappears in the joy of all his many friends. He 8 a solidly built man, tail and bandsome, with an open stron, When in Congress he got through rnsion for women nurses in the war put gencral bill pensioning the Haynes. a banker from Vremout, ex-President ayes home, takes Mr, Romeis’ seat. He is spare and wears an iron-gray beard. J . Owens has Beriah Wilkins’ seat. He is a duplicate in looks of Ben Butterworth. He dresses like a clergyman. ‘Theodore E. Burtorf suececds Martin Ambrose Foran in the Cleve- land district, He is an Oberlin boy, thirty-six years old, and educated for the pulpit. He turned to the law before becoming a clergy- man, M.L. Smyser is the startling-looking man who comes from the Akron district. He isa good lawyer, thirty-two years old. He has a savage-looking mustache and piercing black eyes. and nurses who were disabled. W. rich MICHIGAN MEN. There are four new Wolverines—C, FE. Belknap, who succeeds Ford; A. T. Bliss, who has Tim Tarsney’s seat; F. W. Wheeler, who succeeds Spencer Fisher, and Sam Stephenson, the rich lumberman, who has Seymour's seat.’ Belknap has a big rough mustache and a wild eye, the two features making him look like @ man terribly in earnest. He is a jolly talker, a careless dresser and a good wire puller. He can make a good stump speech and is inclined to take things easy. He was born in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., and is forty- three years old. When fifteen years old he en- listed and he saw three Years of: active service. taking his part in several ©. E. BELKNAP. 1 Bey big battles, marching to the sea and winning a major’s shoulder straps. He was commissioned a captain when just seventeen years and four months old. He was wounded seven times, Ho is a wagon manufacturer and employes one hundred men. A. T. Bliss of East Saginaw is a millionaire lumberman, He was a captain in the tenth New York cavalry and is a prominent Knight Templar. He is avery shrewd busincss man. Frank W. Wheeler is a millionaire ship builder. He isa large full-bearded man, thirty- six yearsold, His tather was a ship builder be- fore him at East Sagi- naw, Young Wheeler served before the mast and became master of a vessel. Ho nas the largest and best equipped wooden ship- building plant in the United States, He is # genial,warm-hearted man, aud a prominent church supporter at home. Sam Stephen- son is a brother of the old isconsin mem- ber, “He is rich os ine logs can make him, and as shrewd a man as the woods can show. He was borna subject of Queen Vic- tori in Nova Scotia, F. W. WHEFLER. but has no reason, he says, to find fault with this country. THE BADGER STATE. There are three fresh Badger state mem- bers. Van Schaick, who was not in the Fif- tieth Congress, sat in the Forty-ninth. He comes from Milwau- Lee, is as gayas aboy. and looks t half as old as he is, which is seventy-two. The new men are Bar- wig, Brickner and (yron wears glasses and dresses very nicely. He is a lawyer and lawyers the state has sent bere in a long while. He is the author of a text book on federal jurispru- dence that = ranks high. He is tall and thin. with a high the sallow skin is tightly drawn. He 3. F. LACEY, has ‘brown chin whiskers and a clean-cut ,expression. James P. Flick, who comes from Gen. Hepworth’s district, is aslim tall country lawyer of very jolls disposition. Joseph Reed of Council luffs has Joseph Lyman's seat. He left the supreme bench of the state to come to Con- gress. Judicial dignity marks his bearing and conversation everywhere. He has gray hair and a flowing white beard. He is a man of independent mind and dissented from his fellow judges on the prohibition law which would probably have defeated him had he been a candidate for re-election to his judicial position, His nomination for Congress was unsought. Jonathan P. Dolliver, who comes from the district long and well represented by Adoniran Judson Holmes, now Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, is the baby of the chamber. He is thirty years old and its youngest member. He was born in West Vir- ginia. the son of Rey, J. J. Dolliver, a Methodist circuit rider, He grad- uated at the Uni- versity of West Vir- ginia’ and went West ag soon as teaching earned money enough to take him. He has not made much headway as a lawyer, but is a good stump JONATHAN P. DOLLIVER. specker, and by making a lucky speech in the state convention that sent Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson to the Chicago convention in 1884 he has been rapidly advanced in his polit- ical career. He has black hair and mustache irlish countenance. His neck isa hitching his compact round head ick shoulders. He looks as if he could make the welkin ring when he gets started on a speech. ‘MINNESOTA'S NEW MEN. Minnesota has returned but one of her delegation in the last Congress—John Lind. Mark H. Dunnell, Secretary Win- dom’s old foe, is back again, however, tion, Darwin S. Hallis a Wisconsin man who has been very success ful in business in St. Faul andin farming in Renville county. He began life for himself as a lumberman at the age of sixteen, For several years he “rafted” on the Wis- consin and Mississippi rivers, Then he went to school two years. He served all through the war. In 1866 he took up a farm in DARWIN HALE. Minnesota, He has been in the state legislature several times and was register of theBenson land office eizht years, He is a genial, faithful man. He is popular with farmers and his farm of 500 acres on Lake Preston is a model. Samuel B. Snider, the Minneapolis and St. Paul memt was born at Mount Gilead, Obio, in 1845, and educated at Oberlin colle; He enlisted in 1861 at the age of sixteen, and was wounded at the bat- tle of Stone and Chickemanga. He is a millionaire, having made his money in Gogebic iron mines. He is short, stout and hand- some, He is the best SAMUEL SNIDER, dresser in the delegation, 8. G. Comstock is the largest and perhaps the ablest man in the delegation, He is a Maine man, nearly fifty years old. He looks like a which very popu- in his district, jar where there are 20.000 Scandinavian votes. He read law in Ban- gor and graduated at the University of Michigan. He settled in Omaha, where he was achum of Henry M. Stanley when the jatter was a newspaper reporter. Not getting much practice Com- stock trudged up into Minnesota, took a shovel and went to work on the Northern Pacific road. When he came to the Red River of the North he setth shingle. There he s' ‘din the little town of Moorhead and made @ fortune by laying out towns along the Manitoba railroad. He has sat in the state legisiature for many years. NEBRASKA'S NEW MEMBER, Nebraska’s one new member, W. J, Connell, is tall, handsome man, with sandy hair and 8. H. COMSTOCK, ed down and hung out his long and very straight, He succeeds John Mc- Shane, the cowboy member, and is one of the best lawyers in Omaha. He began life a poor boy in Ohio, and by bard work, teaching a district school two or three rs, managed to t his law education, Once at work in Omaha he rose stead- ‘y. He is o shrewd, inny young man, ‘wor! several hun- dred thousands and sure to make a suc- W. J. CONNELL, cessful member. THE NEW COLORADO MEMBER. Hobea Townsend is the new Colorado mem- ber. Unlike Tom Patterson, Belford and Judge Symes, his predecessors, he is not gifted with red hair. It is the first time in ten years the state has elected any but a tawny-haire: man Townsend's fine,hand- some face is sur- rounded by a heavy head of gray hair. He is tall and large anda } fine appearing man, He i is an Ohio man, who enlisted before he was twenty years oldandserved through the war. He practiced law _géveral Merfiphis, and in 1879 went to Sere = see og 2 le ebcth HOSEA TOWNSEND. lost and made money in the mountains. He is a good lawyer and a fine story teller. He knew President Garfield well in Ohio and would have been inted chief justice of New Mexico but for iteau’s insane act, CALIFORNTA'S TWO, California sends two new men in Judge De Haven and Thomas J. Clune. De Haven is a Missouri man and a “‘Forty-niner.” He learned to set type on the Hamboldt Times and worked in that office a? i iy i : e a | E A g E i i tH E | quent talker forehead, over which | companion and tells + Harte, a ee Stories almost as we! PROM THE NEW STATES, ‘The now state men are a bright, active body Of westerners. The only old member re-elected Dakota, Heise ho hos lived for twenty years af south- is Judge Gifford of South New Yorker Canton, a little prairie village in the eastern corn the now state Judge Pickler, is an active, hand his prime, as straight as an Ind keen. H.C, Hanshrongh member. i a young. ¢ a bronzed face and dark t also dited » paper im one at Devil's d banled his pr i type over- land with oxen eighty miles bevond the rails road in IS82 and in the interval has seen® flourishing town grow up and has himsolf got te Congress. Thomas ~ H. Carter. the Mon- tana member. was clected a delegate from his state when it was a territory and again when it was soon afterwary | admitted as a state. He is & man of me- diom height, well built, active and quick in his mental processes, He nows his state from one corner to every other aad is very popular at home, as he is bound to be here. THOR. He served in the army, is a goo: r. and owns mines. He 1s progress nthurins~ tic over the future of his state, He is a great prosclyter of youth who want to go west and grow up With the count SAT. rant —— _ THE WAYS OF WOMEN, How They Will Dress in December—A Pretty Gown for a Blonde. Some. of tur Frexon evening dresses have the wide sash knotted twice in the back, not tied in a bow, Brack Corp Passewexrente is prettily used asa girdle from thé side seams with the points turned up as they are on the waists and skirts, Nexr to the red-and-black contrast in hate and bonnets the union of black and yellow is accorded most general favor. Boxxets made of “piece” fabrics (velvet, cloth and plush) have a more extended vogue this season than for some time past, It is not necessary that the material of the bonnet and gown should match, but they should harmonize artistically, Fans usually match the gown in color. Low Stoes the color of the gown, with hose to match, are worn for full dress, Isexrexsive Snot Cuoaxs for opera wear are in white or some delicate shade of cloth lined with pale satin. In shape they are a riect circle, with a space cut in the center ‘ge enough for the high collar. Tue Dispray or Prams is unusually richand less gaudy than formerly. two colors only being displa; Ose Sort Ccru in the center of the fore. head, so fashoinable in Paris, is becoming to oval faces with narrow foreheads, Sureves vor Eve very high donble putt « cealed beneath the garnit Duess is re yowns are usually & mere strap con= of the corsage, arded as especially d for young ladics, the front bein drawa down V shaped through an rugrates buckie of gold or silver placed Jlirectly in front, A Noverty 1x For, known as “basque pelo- rine, the front ¥ fitted to the form and pointed, whiie & is a ronnd cape, Fer Snoviper Car With tabs in front, are very stylish, They are oftenest made of seal skin, with an Elizabethan collar that reaches to the waist, A New Fearvre i Fiat Mvrrs isa ruffled border at each cnd of a different kind of far. A lining of figured satin shows inside the frilled ends, Kouxp-Neckep Boprces will be fashionable for indoor wear all winter. Togvrs anv Jackers of the same mater the gown are liked, and fur is the ‘rimming. Vey Heavy Sixx Cons, tipped with balls as big as lady apples aud tied in many knots at the ends, are now much worn as s Ox Jackers gold is conspicuons, but at the same time it must be used with care, PassemeNteRic Bonpens are so essentially decorative they have become a most popular garniture, the points of some of which reach far up the skirt. Ox Bowvers fruits closely are c vely, but it secms equ: certain they will not be chosem for general wear, Proutnest Amoxo rae New Prams is the fife, ond is shown in the softest material It is very rich in coloring, L beautiful re@ ground patterned with green and Line bara, and as the tints arc somewhat subdued the effect, though bright, 1» by no m. zi Buerross, of the material framed m gold, are made to order for use on directoire coats, and are very pretty ald novel, Small buttons that are not conspicuous are geners sen, A Gows LaTeLy Mave up for a blondo illas trates a desirable mode of applying velvet Tho skirt is of Eiffel-brown benguline and ig laid its entire width in broad box piaits, witiy no edge trimming. The basque, which ig pointed both front and back, fits with greatex- y rial ag favorite mustache, both very | actuess, and a hook at the back of the skirt om the band fastens toan eye at the waist-line of the basque, rendering it impossible for it to move out of povition—a fault, by-the will cause a perfectedly adjusted basque to ape pear ill-fitting. In front is a Figaro jacket of velvet, the edges of which are outiined with a heavy fringe of cut jet, Tho high collar is formed of a jet band, ad the veivet sleev which are fall at the tof have cuffs of bs jet galloon. A bounet of Eiffel-brown felt aor companies this gown; a pouf of black velvet is arranged about the edge, and the gurniture consists of a group of blackbirds placed just i front. Furs of biack fox are worn, the m being quite larg ‘his warm Eiffel shade of brown looks extremely well wath black trime mings of any kind, but especially with those of black ‘ amnesiac Daneman: The Earth Getting Larger. From the American Geologist, ‘The earth, traveling in its orbit around the sun and onward with the entire solar system around some unkuown and still greater centet of attraction, is constantly traversing new re- gions of space, which it depictes of meteorie dustand meteorites, thus steadily—no matter how slowly—increasing in diameter. Now let this growth continue till the earth has just twice the attractive power which it now post sesses; we would tLen have twice the num! of meteorites and oayeg nse quantity of falling annually u) it now. Fortunately Aes, heads the earth has as yet attained very formidable dimensions, we may look upon it as an estabisbed fact it constantly gains in weight, and that in portion to such gain its attractive power pe tive f {the is attractive force of the sun is 80 enormous that a perpetual hail of meteorite and a torren® of dust particles must rush upon it from all di- rections, aud some of the foremost velve it