Evening star., 1898-09-06
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Appointments Made by the President
Today.
INVITED TO TIE OMAHA EXPOSITION
Proposed Tour Throughout the
West.
RETURN FROM THE EAST

| Secretaries Alger and Gage and Post
master General Smith were the only cabi-
net officers to attend the regular meeting of
| the cabinet today. The others out of
| the city. The President and the three mem
| bers present talked Informally over various
| questions for about two hours.
The question of completing the peace
| commission old not come up at the meeting.
| 1t was understood, However, that Justice
| White had declined the offer, and that the
| President was seeking another man. 1t is
| not believed that this man will be Senator
| Lindsay of Kentucky.
| Spain's Request Denied.
| The administration has decided that it
| cannot permit the Spanish government to
| send any gunboats to the Philippine Is
| lands. 1t is learned that the Spanish gov
| ernment asked permission to send several
| gUnboats to the islands, alleging that Span
| ish subjects are being badly treated in
various portions of the islands by insur-
| gents. The reason given was that these
gunboats should be used in protecting
Spanish lives and property at points not in
| control of the United States government.
The request was rejected without much
| discussion.
The Army to BE Maintained.
IL mas DeeH IIally OtCtueu Dy tne fttSi-
| dent that army of about 125,o0o men
| must be kept in the field for some time.
| This number will be made UP Of the regu
| lar army and 5000 volunteers. The Presi-
| dent said today to a visitor that he thought
| about G0,O00 men would be required in
Cuba, probably 25,UG0 in the Philippines
| and about 1900 in Porto Rico The re-
naming 25000 will be kept in this coun-
| try for the purpose of relieving regiments
hpc0ma weakened disease
which need to be brought back to the
| United States.
Presidential Appointments.
The President today made the following
| appointments:
| First Lieutenant Chas. H. Lauchheimer,
| United States marine corps, to be a captain.
Acting Carpenter Charles S. Taylor, to be
| a carpenter in the navy.
John Satterlund of North Dakota, to be
| receiver of public moneys at Bismarck,
N. d.
Invited to Omaha.
| President Mckinley will not be able to
| leave Washington before the 18th of this
| mcnth. The President has not decided
| where he will go or what he will do. 1nvi-
| tations are pouring in him from all
over the country, but he has accepted only
| one, and that is to attend the Omaha expo
stion. This invitation extended today
by committee composed of senators
Thurston and Allen, General John C.Cowin,
l.. Webster and ex-Mayor Broach of
Omaha. The. same committee also extend
| ed invitations to every member of the cabi
| net, the Supreme Court, the diplomatic
corps and to prominent officials of the
army and navy
The President and as many members of
the cabinet as possible will leave here Mon
day, October 10, Tor Omaha, and will be
there on the 18th, which will be peace day
at the exposition. The party will travel in
a fast special train and will reach Omaha
Tuesday night.
Peace jubilees are scheduled in various
cities of the country. 1.-The southern peace
jubilee is to be held in Birmingham, Ala,
October 10, and prominent delegation
from that state has extended an invitation
to the President to be present. The fol-
lowing composed the committee: Represen-
| tatives o. w. Underwood w. F. Aldrich
and H. d. Clayton; ex-Representative 7. H.
| Aldrch General Charles NJ. Shelley, Post
master ]. W. Hughes, Post Office Inspector
]. w. Bass, Internal Revenue Collector ].
H. Bingham E. w. Barrett, editor of the
| Age-Herald, and Walker Percy, general at
torney for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
| Railway Company.
| The President may decide that he can
| return from Omaha by way of Birming-
ham.
| The President has in mind an extended
| tour of the west and northwest and may
conclude to go this trip before going to
| Omaha. Fully year ago the President
planned to make long tour of the west
| this year, but this plan was interfered with
| by the war. The President may attempt to
partially carry out his IDEAS He has re-
| ceived invitations to various points in the
northwest. One is to peace jubilee in
Chicago.
| Secretary AIger's Inspection Tour.
Secretary AIger will probably not be able
| to go to Omaha. He has decided to leave
! next week on an inspection tour Of every
! hospital and detention camp in the United
States, to investigate stories of want and
the lack of attention to sick and wounded.
He will be away on this trip for weeks, as
he intends to personally satisfy himself as
to the situation.
Returned This Morning.
President and Mrs. Mckinley, their
nephew, William Mckinley Barber. and As
slstant Secretary Cortelyou returned to
Washington at 7:3O o'clock this morning
going at once from the train to the White
House. After breakfast the President went
to his Office and began receiving official ViS-
itors Acting Secretary Allen of the navy
and Acting Secretary Moore of the State
Department were in conference during the
morning with the President about matters
in their various departments.
Wants the 9th Pennsylvania Mustered
Out.
Representative Williams of Pennsylvania
called at the White House today to ask
President Mckinley to muster out the 9th
Pennsylvania Regiment, now in camp at
Lexington. Mr.. Williams represents min
ing district and the men of the 9th Regi-
ment are mostly miners. Mr.. Williams re-
ports that many of them are sick and that
there is destitution among some of the
families of the soldiers owing to the alb
sence Of the heads of families Mr. Will
Jams says that men who have worked in
the mines suffer more from soldier life than
any other class of men owing to the fact
that they are not exposed to heat in the
mines.
REINFORCING THE PACIFIC STATION