The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-17

The President has nan,sd 0enesal
Brooke ~ military governor OF CUBA.
The President has nominated Lieut.
enant Hobson to be q naval con-
structor.
General Callxto Garcia. the Cuban
patriot, died Of pneumonia In this city
on the 11th.
There were 548.s52 visitors to the
congressional library In Washington
during the last fiscal year.
Rumors from Berlin that the United
States will relinQuish all claims to Sa-
moa are denied by this government.
Senator Vest says he will put stop
to the present plan OF railrondinR pri-
vate pension bills through the Senate.
Representative BELL has introduced n
bill giving the town OF Victor II GER
tain vacant tract Of land for a water
reservoir.
SenatOr Mason announces that he ln-
tends to devote his entire energies nt
this session of Congress to the passage
OF the postal savings bank bill.
Senator Teller has introduced bill
giving the city OF Boulder n large tract
of land for park purposes and also for
the preservation OF native trees.
Mr.. Simon. the new senator from
Oregon. IL the smallest man In Con
gress-smaller than General Wheeler
and Senator Wilson. who weighs only
G pounds.
The House has passed the urgency
deficiency appropriation, which carries
&fD. S05. SOP. The largest OF these was
an Item Of &3.OOO.OOO for an emergen-
cy fund for the'War Department.
A report submitted to Congress by
the commissioner Of flsh and fisheries
shows an expenditure OF $1S1.SOO for
the propagation OF food fisheries dur
mig the fiscal year ended June 30 last.
The President and party left Wash
Ington nt 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
over the Southern railway for a weeks
trip through the South. the primary oh
ject being to attend the peace jubilee
to Ike held In Atlanta. Georgia.
Last Monday Senator Morgan
brougt MP the Nicaragua canal bill and
II was discussed for some time. Some
Of the senators urged postponement
until after the report Of the commits
sion sent to Investigate II had been
made.
Assistant Secretary vanderlip is
sending sOmc 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 Ii wanted II IL well to send
newspaper man after II.
The secretary OF the navy has add
cd TO the ornaments OF his office the
tigurehead OF the cruiser Cristohal
Colon. which wns destroyed In the bat
tie 0H Santiago II IL n beautiful
bronze bust OF. Columbus. made after
the portrait In the Marine museum at
Madrid.
Bishop Hurst Of the Methodist
Church. returns to Washington sitter n
tour OF the Pennsylvania cities. with
the assurances OF contributions OF ST.
WO.U0O from the rich Methotlists Of
that ytate for the American University
In this city. He was assisted by Chap
lain McCahe.
A most gratifying improvement In
the bealth of the tr0ops stationed In
Cuba and Porto Rico IN exhibited by
+. the reports to the War Department
frum the commanding officers. The
long daily. lists of sick and deceased
soldiers have shrunken aud nre some
times entirely missing.
III HING Chang hns applied TO the
chief Of engineers In Washington fol
information concerning the measures
that have hs.en taken 10y ou- govern
ment, to confine the Mississippi to It's
hanks. md llnn been furnished with
n quantity Of charts. plans and other
documents descriptive NJ the levec syS-
tenn aud the operations Of the Missis-
sippi river commission.
g, Interviews with several members. Of
the House naval committee disclosc
the fact that the bill to be reported
= from tllat committee will closely fol-
low the Recommendations of Secretary
: Long. This will give fifteen new war
=. vessels aud vii carry with II the naval
peryOnnel Recommendations. which will
give 10 The navy HmO men and 100
: apprentices.
I" A CANVASS Of the Republican scnn.
tors yitario~ea only two votes on that
side against the ratification Of the Par
N tr~pty. those VI Messrs. Hale and
Morrill,. ,Renstor Hoar depiores ex-
spansiod and annexation AMI NIL that
boTt tuuu1ks put uDt tuut uS
intends 10 vote against the trcnty. MIR.
kl,Oouer rnd Mr.. Mason are counted
among the doubtful.
The sdvICss received by the War
Department from Manila represent
Aguinaldo as being In very obssrcI,-
erous mood. lie 1. said 10 bc growing
more innuls0r,iinntc daily. hut sscrc.
tary Aigcr believes that after the
peace treaty II signed nni our people
settle down 20 the buslncss of OrRnn'
ixing q government he will be susccpt.
ible 10 kindly innucnccs.
The secretary of the treasury has ~.
sussi . cirruinr letter of instruction to
collSctoru ~ customs. asscssing .coun.
tervnilinx duties on sHKnr imported
froSh or the product ~ countries ynyin.
export l,ountis.a therrOn. This action
n taken under ss~tion ~ the act NJ
ikdl7. which hxcs u discriminating duty
IN such cnsrs equal Ia the amount Of
the bounsy patd. rltf1 fH
Representative Bailey of Texas Inns
decided 10 sains the question of the
right Of Major. tacscrsl Wheeler 10
partiripats d sl,e 1,ssn~etilnsu 0f tlss
ticuse. nhoula hr nttempt 10 exercise
tle privilege Of \ tn~mt~r. lie will
niD raise the Qu<.~ti0n ~ against cith.
~ II shFve otl~r m~Mlrsr os thr
Hous" WIN enterrd the service In tiss'