Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-04
WASHINGTON NEWS
President Mckinley Will Pardon
Captain Hart Of Filibustering
Steamer Laureda.
ENORMOUS WAR EXPENSES
Nominations and Changes Of Army Officers
Proposed Amendment to Constitution
-Postmasters Appointed for San
ia Fe and Roswell.

Washington, May 4.-The presiden
announced today that he would shortl
pardon Captain John D. Hart, of tn
| filibustering steamer Laureda, nov
serving two years sentence for Cubal
| filibustering operations.
War Expenditures Enormous.
1t is expected ths. the extraordinar,
expenditures TOR the army and navy OF
account of the war for the first 81,
months of the coming fiscal year viii
make the general deficiency appropria
tion bill now being held in the house
committee on appropriation, reach al
aggregate of about $l20, 100000.
Army Appointments.
The president has made these nomina
tions. To be major generals: Brigadiel
Generals Joseph c. Breckinridge, Ell
well S. Otis, John G. Coppinger, VIM. r.
Shafter, William II. Graham, J. F.
Wade and Henry G. Merriam, James H
Wilson, of Delaware; Fitzhugh Lee, Vir
ginia; w. J. Sewell, New Jersey; JOSEPH
c. Wheeler, Alabama.
Colonels to be brigadier generals
Thomas M. Anderson, 14th infantry
Charles e. Compton, 4th cavalry; Abra
ham X. Arnold, 1st cavalry; John s.
Holland, 18th infantry; Simon Snyder
10Th infantry; John G. Bates, I'd infant
ry; Andrew s. Burt, 25th infantry
Hamilton Hawkins, Goth infantry; Royal
T. Frank, 1st infantry: Jacob +. Kent,
cath infantry; Samuel S. Sumner, 9th cav
airy; Francis l.. Gunther, 4th artillery;
Guy V. Henry. 10th cavalry; John l.
Rodgers, 5th artillery; Louis II. Carpen-
ter, 5th cavalry; Samuel b. M. Young,
Sd cavalry; John NJ. Bacon, Sth cavalry;
Edward B. Williston, 18th artillery.
Lieutenant colonies to be brigadier
generals: Henry w. Lawton, inspector
general; George M, Randall, sth in
fantry; Theodore Schwan, assistant adju-
tant general; William Ludlow, corps of en-
gineers; Adna r. Chaffee, Sd cavalry;
George w. Davis, 14th infantry; Alfred
E. Bates, deputy paymaster general.
Colonel Charles Patrick Eagan, to be
commissary general of subsistence, to
rank as brigadier general.
Naval Deficiency Estimate.
The secretary of the navy sent to the
house today deficiency estimate of
$20,975, 500 for the remainder of the
present fiscal year, and on the account
for the fiscal year of 1899.
Amendment to Constitution.
The joint resolution to amend the
constitution by providing for the success
sion in case the president elect should
die before Inauguration, came up at
o'clock. Mr.. Mills TEX moved an
amendment to permit congress to levy
direct taxes; tabled by vote of 32 to 80.
Conference Report Agreed to.
The senate has agreed to the confer
ence report on the Notifications bill.
In the House.
In the house Mr.. Grosvenor called up
as privileged report from the com
mittee on ways and means resolution
to repeal the joint resolution prohibit
ing the passage Of goods in bond through
this country into the free zone of Mexico,
affecting importations along the northern
border of Mexico. The resolution, Mr..
Grosvenor said, would tend to reduce
smuggling. The repeating resolution
passed. The conference report on the
Notifications bill was adopted.
Postmasters Appointed.
The president has nominated as post
master Jacob B. Matthews, at Roswell;
Simon Nusbaum, at Santa Fe, N. M.