Gilpin observer., 1899-05-04

The President will appoint RaInh p
Lister of the Colorado volunteers sec.
ond lieutenant In the regular army as
reward for merltorious service.
Admiral Howell has been relieved as
senior member of the naval retiring
board. He will be succeeded by Admit
raj Schley, heretofore member of the
Naval Examining Board.
The President has. committed the
sentences of Frank Odell and William
Lamoreaux, convicted in Wyoming in
1896 of manslaughter and sentenced to
the penitentiary for term of four
years. The President reduced the term
to three years.
1t is said at the State Department
that the expiration on July Oath of the
period allowed by the Dingley act for
the making of reciprocity arrange
ments and treaties with foreign gov
ernments will not terminate the activi-
ties of the department in that direction.
Senator Quay's friends announce
that they have absolute assurances
that he will be seated by the Senate
on the governors commission. A poll
has been made of the Senate and six
ty-seven votes We're positively pledged
to Quay. Dudley, of blocks of five
fame" makes the positive assertion
that Quay will be seated
Land Commissioner Hermann is pre-
pairing to increase the force Of rangers
in the forest reserves of Colorado and
the West. The average increase will
be about One-third of the present force.
The object of appointing the addition
al men Is to protect the forests from
fire and depredntions. The appoint
ments will take effect May 18th.
Senator Mcbride of Oregon has re.
ceived letter from the adjutant gen
eral, saying that General Otis has been
Instructed TO discharge every vOlun-
teer soldier who makes application for
discharge, and that it will hereafter
be useless to make applications to the
department for the discharge of indi.
vidual volunteers, as the entire matter
has been turned over to General Otis
At the request of the secretary of
state the Treasury Department on Sat.
urday drew four diplomatic settlement
warrants for five million dollars each
in discharge of the treaty obligations
Of the United States to Spain. The
warrants directed the treasurer of the
United States to pay these several
sums to his excellency, Jules Cambon
ambassador extraordinary and pleni.
potentiary Of France, representative of
the government of Spain.
A memorandum has been prepared
at the War Department comparing the
losses in the Spanish war with the first
year of the Civil war. The aggregate
strength of troops employed during the
war with Spain was approximately
275,OOO, covering the period from May
1898, to April, 1899, inclusive. During
this time the deaths from all causes
were 6,10O, or 2A per cent. The -mear
strength of the first year of the Civi
war was 216,371 with an aggregate
loss by deaths Of 1850, being per
centage of 6.8.
In the United States Court an opin
ion was handed down Monday in the
case of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., VS.
G. d. Hunt, holding that copyright on
n book, the contents of which have
been PUBLISHED serially without being
previously copyrighted, Is invalid. The
case involved the copyright of "The
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" by
the father of the plaintiff in this case
The book was first published serially
in the Atlantic Monthly In 1857, and
was not copyrighted until 1t was after
ward printed in book form.
The comptroller of the currency HIS
given out an abstract of reports of the
condition, April 18th, of the six nation
al banks in New Mexico. 1t shows
that since the date of the last report
February 1st, the total resources de-
creased from $4,230, 1856 to $4. 100, S55;
loans and discounts increased from
81, ,S3G, $50 to 81 1,013,009; the cash re.
serve decreased from 500, ,016 to $254,
Cos, of which the gold holdings de-
creased from $13S, ,6S7 to $114.937. The
Individual deposits decreased from 81.
GA 800 to 2,52S, 1870, and the average
reserve held fell from 2S.32 to 25,62
per cent.
General Otis cabled the War Depart.
ment on the both that the conference
with the Filipinos terminated that
morning. He says that they wanted
three weeks In which to allow heir
Congress to decide whether hostilities
should cease. The proposition was de-
cllncd. The representatives retired to
the insurgents lines. General Otis
says tnilL tne lnsurseHtS ure tircu OF
fighting and are no doubt seeking the
best terms. 1t Is stated ut the War
Department that the insurgent leaders
probably will confer and seek another
conference with General Otis. and the
general will no doubt grant general
amnesty.
The case Of Captain Coghlan may
be considered as finally closed. The
German ambassador. DIR. Won Holle-
ben. called ut the White House We'd
nesday afternoon and had confer
ence on the subject with the President
of such a satisfactory nature that the
mntter was regarded as settled. The
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