Show I u tt H N I HI H II HII J f SOME OF GF THE COLTS OF SENATE SENATEr r AND HOUSE DOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENT A TIVES f I x 1 1 X 1 Thoro oro Are One Hundred and Two Now In Many ManyX X Young and rH Men Gossip I X foal Conquests of a n Century L r 1 1 4 q I i D I j 1 I i l T 9 Correspondence Co Deo Ica 0 rho Y V guth Congress Is la now most fairly under udder way though us ILK m in previous fe 18 1 accomplished until titter niter the thi holiday It t taken t kw about the tho lutt 1111 t week weak W ol or rt two iO for limo tho new lIew senti eena lies OIB and to 10 get ot comfort settled lit ht 11 their seals scats There aio are lO of ot colts In III Hue flirt 12 32 in lu tho Sonata SOli 11 to nut 00 CO In III the house Hoime Tho Pho at It present hns haa ft n member membership ship of or 67 7 8 5 a f trout om Delaware and I t South Dakota I the latter by hy the tile death of ot Hona tor h i 10 The l political ul complexion u IOl IOlJ n a J 63 bJ US 2 Mill and G thus jiving the tho u it tear ot or 19 11 ilio Thu members and an dole dolc thOlO f divided politically I I Ills Mis M Ill It l JOO Democrats nud and P 0 1 leaving a 1 majority of or 6 over all III ot Of the floe now 19 mo tiro Republicans Republican 38 39 are and s Ii ute lIe Populists I Po or HII s Ot Ut OtHie the Hie now nol G U are alo 5 ti 1 Republicans and aMI 1 I Populist Tho Ito oC or the tho facen racen of tho the now IS IB Thoy They y como cuino all sections ot of our big country and nud thoroughly of at it being ousted 4 wholly or 01 in III purl L ly by y now nets men mon Among Amont then Is an au number of o compa I r young men with bright ein ell i Intelligent nt which I an 1111 ambition to te servo lerva their country well wall and How tar far they will tuff succeed time limo will tell toll There are arc also aims a tilt the now faces many mony that an arc strikingly though the mini unit Irr of or characters and m ii lill ai H s of ut n t s c t urea I aeu It IH is sonic what u loW the There is II almost a score of million ghee Iel among the thu Jil n coiners the most moat mo of ot whom honl Is la Oliver H IL 1 who comes from Crom rain the tho Thir Thirteenth New Mew York district With WIlh clear cut fuco taco land and II regularly le chiseled foa fea and arrayed t In ash attire he lio H Is ono one of llio 1110 figures on the tho hoor fluor most frequently pointed rut ut from the Ihl gu lI rles Mr Belmont It is isn n brother of Perry Belmont Delmont who ier in n the th nna In Fiftieth I Con Cou presses It His Is that tho the latter may nun have a n seat Heat Sl t in ill this Congress and Ivo 10 o will have IIno limo thu rather unusual unu ull tend of ot two IWO serving us au representatives f In the tho sane housu hous from the haute section Congressman Muller recently latently iu ll from rota tho tiro Sev ruth New e York Voik district and nul It Is h un understood that ferry lerry Is l likely tr be elected to fill lull tho the va vr varan ran futile py lh is III in ht tutu M tho the usual of DC lawyers over other othel profession hilt but bu t there is quito a II sprig Id hig of ot mail mul 1 men lIum whoso whose who e gc ot or practical affairs will lull bo ho useful In ht Ic lb Altogether Alo It to bo a 0 Iy body Ludy of or nn en With the tho opening of at Congress now new life Ufa Is la Indeed Into society though the thi social season 1 does 1003 not fairly begin until titter after tho Now fow ears r c The he of ot the foreign envoys which witch constitute a I prominent factor In the lifo of ot tho national are lI hel lucre h lc nearly nil of limo tho diplomatists diploma diplomatists and nn their having returned from their outings One of tho the who ho gyps not expected to return but Jut who has cone como comeback back to o Washington by b order of ot Ids his Is Count tho the rep rop a 1 I I i I L I i i 1 I 1 l h 1 of or tho the czar whose special object will bo be to 10 out tho limo tar tariff iff U In ht which wo 10 o have Involved with willi Hussla Tho o suit will ba ho the tho center of ot much social brilliancy tills this season HeiRon Hea II the first of ot these functions having occurred It Il I wU a reception given llen In ht h mor of ot M DL t y the thu court painter of ur HUB Itus HUIl ilk din l who Is h 1110 to complete tho the portrait por Ilor portrait trait of daughter of ot the tho which was WAN begun In lit Parts last A linn been luen I on Olt tits tile lour floor of or thus the orn y tor for M lr M tY who whit Is Iti already r tulle a n I lion In lashing top tOil P Tho to 10 at nt which thu tho ho with the tho theartist artist eruct and nud Ids hla was really the first Hist notable le event of oC the season and andWan Wan aa attended by lIy about 00 guests In Including Henge mull r the he wife of ot tho the Au minister the tho lie Misses tho the of ot Prance France Count von Macke Court Count of or the tho German Cerman embassy and tho the entire staff of at tho the cm eu bossy Tho rho young folks of at soel KOC et el ety are n tanking a 1111 I preparations for tho the corning coming out hull hall of ot lass Alice Alleo which will occur soon Hoon after the tM Presidents Now Year reception Thorn Thoro bias bo been n very little dancing at atthe atthe the tho ll White Homo for tor several years so tIO this event Is la anticipated with especial Interest The lost last dancing party at tit tho the executive mansion wile was given glnn by hy Mrs McKinley In lk 1699 9 In honor of tho the Mo Mc the limo Misses B t t her This was waa more inure In rho 1110 lit a n dinner dimmer dance however only a n few guentH guesta be bo boIng Ing present eat During the third year of the t he I I Irate II SOli i o t l an Ul oI aLo bo bornt rate ball ot of tons tonI ton l attended ed was Iven by Y s McKee I r t Harrisons 1 s daughter This was vas given alven In the tho big east cast quid and lint was wad I bo ho last bis 1111 affair an he kind An addition to till lip and nodal social circles 8 of tho capital 10 Is At Attorney Att torney tome torne General Knox 1 and t family tut II 1 who s ho tot for tho the first tune time sluice since ho lie took the oath of ot olilee hI last are aro permanently established here Ho Ito has hns purchased the house hOUlle built by uy Mrs George W Wi Childs and occupied by y her for tOI several years cir In K IC 1 adjoining tho the prop property property erty orty of Senator little Hale This Is 18 an nn f lIall Ilah basement house built of or cream nn brick and aid ornamented with handsome handsomely ly Iy carved The Tho ho Interior Is well suited salted for tho the needs of lit a cabinet oil car cor the spacious rooms being so 80 ar nr arranged arranged ranged that they may be bo thrown to together gether giving an aa amount t of ot floor space large enough to accommodate the tho crowds that throng to Washington re ie captions Mrs hs Knox eno Is la a n I woman of munch much per pcr perc Bonal beauty Y Yand and c possesses the tho charm and grace that come como through long so elan experience There are aro tout tOll chill chil children dren Itron In tho the family one daughter I Miss MII Knox who will be ho 10 warmly welcomed by the tho young people of the cabinet and three suns sons Rood feud Hugh and amI who are nr sturdy young Americans Knox Inoc home borne at It the capital will III no doubt soon lOon gain this 1111 rep reputation for tor hospitality nail and good cheer cheor which their home In There Piero has lilt Just been bee II placed In hl the thu holds hands of ot members of or Congress nn an un unusually u n usually Interesting document for tOI dis distribution amoni amon their constituents ItIs It ItIs Is III nn an article by Gilbert H IL on the Site geographic hlo conquests of ot tho nineteenth century appearing In the tho latest report of or tho the Smithsonian InAI Institution which that tho the explorer will noon seon bo ho Jo without a field felt of ot usefulness on all tho the exposed surface 4 i re t i j r 4 i o 1 of at the tho globe Ono One hundred years ago fo hon holl Jefferson was first elected president president sl dent of tho the only about one of ot tho time earths land surface was wall known while In 1000 1001 about ton tell elevenths had hall been beon explored anti and do dil scribed Titus Thus oue v nth of tho Ito dry dryland dryland dryland land of ot tho the world remains for tor tho the ox ux of the tho century In the old Mr Mt Orol Undo antis that Imaginative 11 tools tool much for tor granted In III the HIP undiscovered countries and nn laid out geographical to their bel t oti ott OI 11 t Individual I I dual nudes fancies Their lack of pt know know knowledge lodge ledge Is however brought Into nto sharp relief by ei maps towing In iii black the tile unknown rr of or a n hun hundred dred years ears ago n ro and the land ken that today loday remains remains unexplored In 1800 for example tho time great conti continent neat nent of In Is n as all black except for tor a 1 little while rUn rim along the oust fuat which had hull boon beon tolerably well traced by hy Vasco Va co da ha and other bold Portuguese adventurers Today although Africa rho vu n II stoic seOra or more of black spots tho the white streaks a of ot ex explorations have entered anal 1111 crossed cro od It ItIn ItIn itIn In every direction Livingstone Stan Stanley lay ley Ie linker Mungo Park curried carried tho thu light ot of knowledge In lit Attica timid and soon there will bo be Je little loft lell for tOI tho geographer to do There are oro still null largo large brook black spots spols In ht tho the arctic mail 1111 antarctic regions but lilt during tho the nineteenth century tho the northwest passage oHO to and the northeast pas aco were and explorations have beer been carded so BO close to the limo north pole that only 3 degrees degree and 27 minutes remain t to a bo ho overcome 0 1 e trem 0 Australia n a country as large larl as tho the United States wa wart IM a n blank In HOC 1600 while u Idle at the tM present time lime limen only artt n ov w desert areas remain unexplored u n ex North c tn two o thirds t thirds black In 1800 has been heen complete completely ly I mapped except for tor a II fow few cant spots In III tho tune tar rill north tho the most marked quirked contrast Is III that be he between be between tween the alto hn Asia o of oC a n hundred years ago n g o and c the tho known Asia Ashl of It 9 f to today tiny day ny The Tiro great unknown land band has hall melted away under the tho feet of ot the ex explorer explorer until as nR In North America only a IL fow tow little spots of lit uncertainty uncertain re ra remain remain main South America although still presenting much unexplored country between the he water has hns no real really realI ly I great fen unknown lit wa tracts I l Tho dark lalk continent of ot today to Is that Immense land surface hurled beneath the tho oceans mid and Mr Mtr lit says that lint to solve the tho many mysteries which the tho oceans oceana hide liMo Is la tho the problem of ot the tho explorer of ot tho the twentieth cen coil century century tury tory |