Show LET lettell prom our own I 1 washington june all the members of t the cabinet as a we well 11 as the president BIB ate still in town after the meeting of 0 the cabinet inet on tuesday the president drove to Il Albini baughs gha opera house and dis dig tributes tri buted the prizes and diplomas to the of the tha bligh school ile he was wag also alao invited to perform the same office for the pupils of the acrid acad omy emy of the visitation in georgetown it at the last moment lie ho found it impossible to attend tho the closing exer clyois of the school and bent sent lit his re grets and those of mrs cleveland no appointment has yat been made to the vacant seat on tile the bench of at the U I 1 a supreme court it is doubt ful whether the subject has yet been much considered no better selection could be made however than in I 1 the he nomination of secretary lamar to te till fill the vacancy it is ia W well 11 known that secretary lamar finds finda tho the routine of the interior depart department la eat irksome on the so bench ho be would be ba more in in his bis element n las aa well as the right man in in the right t place col lamont the presidents secre tary lory left for now new york 0 on monday night it is is understood t hat a he is is to escort mrs cleveland home homa on satur day troia from her to the scene of her school days or to speak by the card of her call college I 1 e days the president will not cot t take ate another vacation in july an aa has ban been reported but he be and his bis wife will pass most of the summer at their country house just jas t outside the city where since since early in in the winter mrs Clev elands moth er has been comfortably settled cardinal gibbons Gib bona who has been in in washington since since last saturday is regarded of course somewhat in the light of a curion curiosity ity but his big modest and ana ascetic appearance and hia bid quiet and dignified bearing have disarmed even the most vulgarly curious curious and commanded respect and admiration from every ono one he has been busy since since his big advent dedicating churches attending school and college oom com mene en ement cement etc tile tea aubi lee of the queen of great britain and empress of india was celebrated in in washington by two events A grand dinner at the legation and the dedication of the victoria memorial boom at the gar held field hospital the dinner was attended by members of the cabinet all the foreign ministers Mima tars in in towo townsand tow nand and the secretaries ot of the abe britis legation as w well 0 11 as A admiral 11 amral porter in and several others the floral decorations were very beautiful specially so BO was the adornment ment of the portrait of 0 the queen at the head of the grand stair case from a floral crown at th the e top ot of the picture two streamers ol of flow ers were suspended d d ono one bearing the date ot the queene to the throne 1837 and the other tile the year of the tha jubilee 1887 A similar rib bon ornamented the bottom of the portrait bearing the letters V E R L I 1 to in brilliant colors there was no speech making but at the end of the dinner secretary ila bayard ard proposed the toast good he health ita long life and prosperity pros parity to queen victoria after th abe e toast was drunk minister west pro proposed os d the health of th abe 6 president aut and these h simple ceremonies closed the dinner the society of st george is the donator of the ward in the garfield Garfi ald hospital in commemoration comme of the jubilee A most moat useful and in re rembrance mem brance of the sympathy shown by the queen during president gar fields lost last illness a most appropriate gift one feature of the dedic dedication atio 21 exercises wis was the opening with pr prayer by by rev llev dr cissy a of f the prot protestant episcopal church and the closing in g with the he benediction by rabbi stern of the jewish synagogue by virtue of th abo 1 prayers of the baptists baptiste at the time im 0 the death of cardinal Mc mccloskey Cloakey and a jewish rabbi and a christian clergyman ministering their office at the same ceremony americo america is entitled to a jubilee ot of her own it if in fifty years her people can bring the world so near the time of one chur chono faith one baptisms baptism the church the faith the bap baptism aiom of brotherly love charit charity yi ard and religious religions toleration i the civil service commission has invited the secretaries Secret arios of the differ ent local civil service boards of the principal rin cipal cities to moot on the 0 of af pf june in washington to hold a con conference ference with the purpose 0 of f systematizing the form a of elamin examinations actions in order to make them practically th abo same in all the larger cities of the united states dr hamilton chief at ofilio the marina marin a hospital service expresses the belief that there thera is no danger of a further farther spread of the yellow fever at key west r la in every precaution having feea taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic the sanit sanitary try rules such as are ara applied to the domestic 0 a arrangements r r a D g e w ts of roy any well or dered L household 0 u s e h 0 adon would prevent tho origin of the disease A local law well enforced that would keep drains and the gutters of the streeta open and sprinkled with limo or cippera cop pera and yellow fever no longer cof wl will be the dreaded pestilence it now w is a in ill tho the cities of iho |