The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-11-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.

TAs annual report Of tha adtutaut
general Of the army, Br1gad1af General
Coghtn. to the secretary OF war, sums
up the military forces now In the sar-
yieD Of the United States - follows:
Regular army, 84,588: volu1tsers, "a
b74: total, 90. 100.
Prudent Mckinley has sent hand
sons marine glass to Albert Weger,
captain of the German bark Anna,
which rescued tho crew Of the Amefi-
can schooner Johanna Swan last De-
cembe9. To the mate, Carl ReimerS, be
sent . gold medal
The proposition for . national uni
vefd0 1t Washington, under govern
ment auspices, was negntived by the
committee Of the National Educational
Association, which has been In session
here. Instead the committee has sug-
gestio0 contemplating plan BY which
persons who have had exceptional edu-
cAtio0al opportunities may secure the
advantages afforded by the institutions
At Washington.
The postmaster general has issued
an order fofbtdding pOstmastefs in the
United 6tates to collect postage due in
excess Of the domestic rate on any let
ters sent by soldiers, sailors, MARINES,
Or other persons in the United Etana
service In Guam and the Philippine H.
andA The order is given immediate
effect and postmasters are directed to
disregard an ratings Of postage due In
excess Of the domestic rate, made prior
to this date.
There are three features Of interest
above all others In the annual report
Of Admiral Crowninshield, chief Of the
Bureau Of Navigation, just made pub
lie. First, In an arraignment Of Con-
gress because Of the failure TO reward
the officers recommended for advance
ment as result of the battles around
Cuba; second, the recommendations for
q change In the present system OF 70
ceiving ships, and third, tho sugges-
tons touching the new system Of train
ing landsmen.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
Pension Commissioner 81. Clay Evans
has been offered the governor general
ship Of Cuba by the administration,
providing he would resign - pension
commissioner. In q letter, Commits
sioner Evans stated be positively re-
fused the offer; that he was doing his
or exchanged" II he should b az
sion office and sent to Cuba, he might
be EXCLAIMED there also.
Dewey 10 receiving credit here for
another manifestation Of sound judg-
msnt At dinner in his honor a the
Metropolitan Club Saturday night,
Colonel Archibald Hopkins. . friend q
Dewey, was to have read q posttcal
prophecy with respect to DeWey and
DE presidency. Eyeryone expecfed II.
and all were surprtsed when Il Wss mot
delivered. Now. II n learned. tie "a.
miral strongly limited to Honkfns -
would consider the suqrsatioa q lii
name In connection with the presidSn-
CT - In bad taste and disrSsoeetful -
him,
Foe some tina neeotiatioas haxe
besn In progress In Washlnetsa -
wards establishing treaty relations b.
tween China and Mexico, The nsoo-
tia&ions have been carried on b. Am
basoador Aspiroz Of Mexico and Mn
istw WI Ting Fang Of China, ara are
now 70 far advanced that the elxniug
Of the instrument is expected to occvr
early next week. Aside from III I'm
portance in being the first treaty ever
negotiated between the two countries.
its terms are such a. To viel6 ieroe
benefits to each Of the contractdne
parties, n
1.,.
revenue bureau has held that m eI-
press company which buys or sells for
eiSu exchange Ia subject to The special
foreign tax of $50 A wear. "A n hasia
on which It transacts such business.
Captain Nicoll Ludlow has beAn n |
tired with the rank of rear admiral In
the navy on his own application. after
thirty years. service. and under TIE
terms Of the personnel bill comforting
one grade in rank In case of such n 1
tirement. Captain Ludlow Ia a son-in. |
law Of Mrs, Washington Mclean and
brother.in-law OF Mrs. Hazep,
,.,.r,.,,,.4,.,, -.
$780, ia aaath. " T., Tue casualues N
aosrnt.a- .rn,sas ,.t ~ .ue ltguiat a ana
w 1rra ~ 1900 ewen may 4 !ooe
mo sune ~, 1913, contained IN the an
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