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Show ABOUT THE CAPITAL, Senator Proctor, of Vermont, will build for his own use one of the best residences in Washington, the marble for which will be brought from his own state. The dining-room walls will be of Mexican onyx. David P. Tn0.rrsoN, the new minister to Turkey, speaking of himself, says that he- is "a blacksmith by trade, a surveyor by profession, and a banker by occupation." He has served as governor gov-ernor of Idaho one term, mayor of Portland three terms, and state senator four years. 1 Sex atom Randall L. Gibson, of Louisiana, hae suffered from the gout more or less for thirty years. His condition con-dition was such a few months ago that he was anxious to retire from the senate, sen-ate, but his friends objected so strongly that he refrained from so doing, although al-though conscious that his condition was critical. Dennis T. Fltnn, Oklahoma's delegate-elect, read law for several years in Mr. Cleveland's oiliee in UuiTalo. He was at that time a young Irish lad, f rosh from the country, and had gone to Buffalo on a venture in search of fortune. for-tune. On leaving Mr. Cleveland's office of-fice Mr. Flynn went to Kiowa, Kan., where he practiced law and edited a newspaper. |
