, 1899-08-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ed June 80, 1899, there were nrrestet
for making or passing counterfeit mon
ey n kindred crimes, go persons. OF
these 21S were convicted and 293 are
awaiting action Of the courts. Oh
seventy-nine eases undetermined at the
close of the previous year, sixty-fouI
were convicted.
The conversion of coupon bonds OF
h 3 per cent. Spanish war loan int
registered bonds continues to go for
ward rapidly. When the loan was first
issued there were $50, S14,O 900 registered
bonds issued on original applications
Since that time there have been eX.
changed S61, GAG, $40 coupon bonds fol-
registered, so that the total amount of
registered bonds of this issue outstand'
Ing for the payment of the dividend
due August LIST Is S9S,4GO, $40.
Secretary Hitchcock has finally dis
posed of the Cass Lake (Mlnn.) con.
troversy. He announced that the gov.
ernment would sell in parcels the north
half of section IL. which comprises
nearly the whole town of Cass Lake.
The 800 or more lntruders are located
chiefly on this half-section and on the
northeastern part of section 10. They
will have to remove from section III
as soon as possible. The decision of
Secretary Hitchcock closes the contro-
yersy over the proposed ejectment of
the from the Cass Lake In
dian reservations lands.
The United States will not be bound
by the reported decision of The Hague
conference prohibiting the use of the
dum-dum bullet in warfare. So far we
have not been obliged to resort to the
use of this bullet, but the ordnance of
ficers have @ making experiments
to secure increased ''stOpping" effect
for the small cnlibre ball used in the
Krag-Iorgensen and these experiments
have proceeded somewhat on the lines
of the dum-dum ball. The specific rea-
son why Captain CroZier and the re-
mainder of the American delegates
voted against the proposal to prohibit
the dum-dum was because their gen
eral instructions forbade them to
pledge this government to any line of
action that would retard the develop
mcnt of inventive genius in war. Ad-
hesion TO Ii protocols is voluntary.
Great Britain also refuses to prohibit
the use of the dum-dum bullet.
Mr.. Root, the new secretary of war.
has already been requested by the
President to give General Miles rec
concentrations and views careful con
sideration. ON his part. General Miles
VIII be expected to aid the secretary
in administering the affairs of the de
partment and dealing with the mill
tary situation in the Philippines. Gen
ernl Miles does not expect anything
hui harmony, nor does Mr.. Root. Mr..
Mckinley insists upon 1t. AT the CON
ference between the President and
General Miles, the day before Alger re-
the desire for more pleasant re-
lations between the major general com
handing and the head of the War De
partment was emphasized and assur-
lnces We're given that General Miles
would receive better treatment in the
There is no doubt thai one of
the causes which led the President TO
seek Alger's resignation WAS the petty
jealousy shown by the latter toward
General Miles.
Their are now pending in the general
offices in this city applications by
persons interested for the establish
of nine additional forest reserves
in the state of Colorado. They are des-
as Wet Mountain, Clear Creek,
AIontezuma. North Fork, Cochetapaha.
Bow, UncOmpahgre. Head
of the Arkansas, and an extern
sion of the Mattlement Mesa reserves.
Land Commissioner Hermann SAYS
not all of these applications will
be favorably acted upon, and possibly
not II of them will amount to any
thing in the way the applicants intend.
He declined to make public the names
Of the applicants or the description of
tracts to be reserved. He SAYS,
however: THE people of Colorado need
have no fear that there Will he an in
crease of the number of reserves in
the state unless 1t Is found that forests
actually exist In the places mentioned
md their reservation will serve II use
ful purpose, as the protection of II
supply.
Great Britain, Mt the instance of
canada. has declined to permit the
inited States cruiser Frolic to enter
he great lakes for use by the Hin
'is naval militia as n training vessel.
II has been known for some time that
navy department recOnsidered its
to furnish the Illinois boys II
ship but the action was semi-otficially
attributed to d|isscnsion between the
I'D and the new naval-militia orga-
To-day the true status
# the affair was learned. OF
iclals are not willing to talk on
he subject, but this is considered
merely another Instance of Canuda's
tubborn and preposterous resistance
o IL simple demand of the United
states. Although the Alaskan bound
ny has been the principal point of
Ontention between the government
nd Canada, other matters of import
nee are being considered. Among
hesc Is the maintenance of warships
n the great lakes. Canada VIII not
onsider any Of the smaller contcn-
ions until she is granted n free port
n Alaska, which although fairly well
has not been actually obtain
d. She has subordinated all other is
ues to that one. and is trying 10
Gree the United States TO submit To
Ter demands by declining to grant or
linary courtesies until the United
surrenders Il free port on the
lynn canal.
The long pending treaty negotiations
between the United States and France
were brought to n successful close nt
The state department Monday. when
Cnmbon. on behalf of
France. and Commissioner Kasson, in
behalf Of the United States. affixed
hahn uianaN,tV4.E q. tI. H.