The Lamar register., 1898-12-21
NEWS


The President has named General
Brooke as military governor of Cuba
The President has nominated Lieut.
enant Hobson TO be naval con
structor.
General calixto Garcia, the Cuban
patriot, died OF pneumonia In this city
on the 1lth.
There were 546.s52 visitors TO the
congressional library in Washington
during the last fiscal year.
Rumors from Berlin that the United
States will relinqulsh all claims TO sa-
moa are denied by this government
Representative Bell has introduced a
bill giving the town OF Victor Ger
tain vacant tract OF land for water
reservoir.
Senator Teller has introduced bill
giving the city OF Boulder large tract
OF land for park purposes and also for
the preservation OF native trees
Mr.. Simon, the new senator from
Oregon, Is the smallest man in Con
gress-smailer than General Wheeler
and Senator Wilson. who weighs only
90 pounds.
The House has passed the urgency
deficiency appropriation. which carries
SOS. .sa5, ,s92 The largest OF these was
an item OF 100000 for an emergen
cy fund for the War Department.
Surgeon General sternberg testified
before the war investigating commit.
tee the other day. He laid the chief
blame for the inefficiency Of his de
partment during the war to insuftici-
ent appropriations.
The President and party left Wash
ington at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
over the Southern railway for a weeks
trip through the South, the primary Oh
iect being TO attend the peace Jubilee
to be held in Atlanta. Georgia.
Last Monday senator Morgan
bruugt up the Nicaragua canal bill and
It was discussed for some time. Some
of the senators urged Postponemcnt
until after the report OF the commits
sion sent TO investigate IL had hceu
made.
Assistant Secretary Yanderiip Is
sending some uncommonly Interesting
and valuable reports from Porto Rico
to the Treasury Department. and has
been instructed to visit Cuba before
his return. This teaches that when In.
formation Is wanted II Is well to send
newspaper man after IT,
Inc secretary of the navy has add
ed 10 the ornaments OF his Office the
fgurehead OF the cruiser Cristohal
Colon. which was destroyed In the bat,
tie OF Santiago It Is a beautiful
bronze bust OF Columbus. made after
the portrait in the Marine museum al
Madrid.
Bishop Hurst Of the Methodist
Church. returns TO Washington after
tour Of the Pennsylvania cities, with
the assurances OF contributions Of ST.
100000 from the rich Methodists Of
that state for the American University
In this city. He was assisted by Chap
lain MeCahe.
A most gratifying Improvement In
the health OF the troops stationed in
Cuba and Porto Rico is exhibited by
the reports TO the War Department
from the commanding officers. The
long daily lists OF sick and deceased
soldiers have shrunken and are some
times entirely missing.
Ii Hung Chang has applied TO tho
chief of engineers in Washington fof
information concerning the measures
that have been taken by our govern.
ment to confne the Mississippi to Its
banks, and has been furnished with
a quantity Of charts, plans and other
documents descriptive OF the leyee sys-
tenn and the operations Of the Missis-
sippi river commission
Interviews with several members Of
the House naval committee disclose
the fact that the bin TO he reported
from that committee win closely fol-
low the recommendation OF Secretary
Long. This win give fifteen new war
vessels and will carry with il the naval
personnel recommendations which viii
give to the navy 10000 men and $500
apprentices.
A canvass Of the Republican sena-
tors dlscloses only two votes on that
side against the ratification OF the Par
is treaty, those of Messrs. Hale and
Morrill,. Senator Hoar deplores ex-
pansion and annexation and all that
sort of thing, but will not say that he
intends to vote against the treaty Mr..
Spooner and Mr.. Mason are counted
among the doubtful.
The adyiees received by the War
Department from Manila represent
Aguinaldo as being in very obstrep-
erous mood He is said to be growing
more insubordlnate daily. but Secre-
tary Alger believes that after the
peace trenty is signed and our peopIe