Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-12-15
JEWS FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

IColonel w. J. Bryan's resignation mas
zen received and accepted.
4 The President has named General
brooke as military governor OF Cuba.
|lThe President has nominated Lieut.
3ant HobsOn to be naval con-
3ructor.
HGcneral CaliXto Garcia. the Cuban
ntriot, died of pneumonia In this city
b the 11th.
h There were 54G.S52 visitors to the
uring the last fiscal year.
| Rumors from Berlin that the United
tates will relinquish all claims to Sa-
boa are denied by this government.
n Senator Vest says he will put Il stop
b the present plan of railroading pri-
ate pension bills through the Senate.
A Representative Bell has introduced n
Ill giving the town of Victor n GER
ln vacant tract of land for u water
3nservOir.
I Senator Mason announces that he In
ends to devote his entire energies Mt
his session of Congress to the passage
the postal savings bank bill.
Senator Teller has introduced a bill
living the city of Boulder large tract
land for park purposes and also for
be preservation of native trees.
Mf. Simon, the new senator from
|regon, Is the smallest man In Con-
tess-smnller than General Wheeler
nd Senator Wilson, who weighs only
pounds.
The House has passed the urgency
Efficiency appropriation. which carries
i9. .S95. .S92. The largest of these was
b item of $3.OOO.OOO for an emergen-
fund for the War Department.
A report submitted to Congress by
le commissioner of fish and fisheries
lows an expenditure Of S1SI 500 for
be propagation of food fisheries dur
X the fiscal year ended June 30 last.
FTrhe President and party left Wash
Hgton at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
FER the Southern railway for n weeks
tp through the South. the primary OBJ
1T being to attend the peace Jubilee
be held in Atlanta. Georgia.
Hast Monday Senator Morgan
fougt up the Nicaragua canal Dill ana
Y was discussed for some time. Some
4 the senators urged postponement
7htil after the, report of the commits
lon sr,t to Investigate 1t had been
&ade.
Assistant Secretary vanderlip is
Ending some uncoInmonly interesting
bd valuable reports from Porto Rico
y the Treasury Department.. and has
ben instructed to visit Cuba before
Is return. This teaches that when in
ls oil 10 UnIl IN lpn1
newspaper man after 1t.
Vine secretary of the navy has add
4 to the ornaments Of his office the
Eurehead of the cruiser Cristobal
plon, which was destroyed In the bat
of Santiago. 1t is beautiful
fonze bust of Columbus, made after
ID portrait In the Marine museum Mt
1adrid.
EBishop Hurst of the Methodist
&hurch, returns to Washington after n
5ur of the Pennsylvania cities, with
be assurances of contributions of ST.
"A, 900 from the rich Methodists of
Dat state for the American University
y this city. He was assisted by Chap
lin McCabe. u..tH .-
EA most gratifying improvement In
Vi tue tloopS S'"tioS" So
hlba and Porto Rico Is exhibited by
Re reports to the War Department
bonn the commanding officers. The
hg daily lists of sick and deceased
kldiers have shrunken and are some
ines entirely missing.
Hi Hung Chang has applied to tha
hef of engineers in Washington for
concerning the measures
BAT have been taken by our gU:efn-
lent to confine the Mississippi to It's
links, and has been furnished with
] quantity of charts, plans and other
bcuments descriptive of the levee sys-
im and the operations OF the Missis-
.hpi river commission.
EInterviews with several members of
Do House naval committee disclose
ke fact that the bill to be reported
Dom that committee will closely fol-
|lw the recommendations of Secretary
png. This will give fifteen new war
RsSels and will carry with 1t the naval
3rsonnel recommendations, which VIII
I've to the navy 10000 men and 2,0oo
Pprentices.
IA canvass of the Republican sena-
9rs discloses only two votes on that
lie against the ratification of the Par
treaty.. those of Messrs. Hale and
orrill. Senator Hoar deplores eX-
Ansion and annexation and all that
prt of thing, but will not say that he
ltends to vote against the treaty. Mr..
boomer and Mr.. Mason are counted
hong the doubtful.
EThc advices received by the War
Department from Manila represent
Agunaldo as being in a very obstrep-
tOus mood. He is said to be growing
b orc insubordinate daily, but Secre-
|dry Alger believes that after the
Pace treaty is signed and our people
.fttlc down to the business of organ
ling government he will be suscept-
nc to kindly influences.
|yrhe secretary of the treasury has Is
9"d a circular letter of instruction to
|3llectors of customs, assessing coun-
|2rvaling duties on sugars imported
pm or the product of countries paying
mort bountics thereon. This action