Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

boats In THE Phil ppines will be manne,
by her experienced sailors and ma
rines.
Twenty thousand pension claim
growing cut of the Spanish war hav
been presented to the pension burea,
d'mp-to-date. OF this ummber about so
have been granted. The Spanish wa
claims are being taken up In regula
aTder, along with those coming iron
the Civil. Mexican and Indian wars,
said Pension Commissioner Evans
We are not pushing any one elias
ahead of the other. When all the Span
ish war claims are in we expect t,
throw out good many. 4 learn that
great many were filed by soldiers VIII,
went to Cuba and who afferward wen
to the Philippines. 1t stands to reason
that If these boys We're able to pas.
the physical examination required fol
enlistment in our Oriental army, they
are not entitled to pensions for disa
bilides sustained in the Spanish war
for they enlisted a second time. We
will find hundreds. perhaps thousands
of these Spanish war claims cOncocted
by the ever active pension attorneys
These fellows swarm about every army
post. l have just returned from the
Pacific coast. and while out there Wis
tied the PresidiO. The commanding of
ticer told me he has been obliged to
chase these attorneys away from the
camp time and time again. They sneak
into the army hospitals and work upon
poor sick soldiers: they visit relatives
of the dead and in the house of grief
make widows and orphans sign papers.
Is it any wonder the pension list
grows?"
In regard to the Alaska boundary
agreement an official of the State De
partment says: The United States has
yielded at several points ON the line of
its contention that the line should be
ten marine leagues from tide water
For instance, the general distance of
the line nearest Lynn canal from tide
water is. reduced to twenty-five miles
instead of ten marine leagues, or thirty
miles. At another point on the Stlkine
river the boundary is only fourteen
miles from tidewater. On the other
hand, Great Britain has consented to
leave on the American side of the pro-
visional line a section of the Porcupine
district which has always been claimed
by the United States. The only grave
issues as to the line geographIcsiiy
considered, were .hia liking of the
marking between White summit and
Chilcoot pass and the point on the
Dalton trail leading to the Chilkat pass.
The net result Is: The mountain
passes are left on the Canadian side of
the line, although Chilcoot pass and
White pass are included within the
United Stntes coast survey map MS
printed In 1887. The tidewaters and in
let's up to the heads of canal naviga-
tion are left on the American side of
the line. The absolute rights and priv
ileges of trade and transportation
through the passes and through the in
lets. rivers and canals remain there
fore. respectively Just as they were
when the negotiations We're COM
menced so far as those rights are eff
fected by the provisional boundary
line.
The Industrial commission on Thurs
day heard the testimony of Mr. Fran
els Lynde Stetson of New York. former
lawfpartner of eX-President Cleveland
and Mr.. Elbert II. Gary. president of
the American Steel Company. Mr..
Stetson. speaking on the general ques-
ton of corporation management, sdvo-
Gated the fullest freedom of compact
on the part of corporations and snid
that persons having business with
ing their responsibility just the same
as they would in dealing with individ-
uals. He deprecated the tendency to-
wards paternalism in such matters
;,nd said that legislation could not
make business men of lunatics anG
paupers. Any undue interference of
law with corporations would inevita-
bly, have the effect of doing more harm
than good. Still, he believed that all
stockholders in any company We're en-.
titled to know who their owners We're
and for all purely public corporations
such as railroad and insurance compa
MES, he suggested general publicity
Mr.. Gary explained at length the or
ganiZation of the Federal Steel Com
pany. which has an authorized capital
stock of S200.OO0.0O0. of which almost
500. 900. 900 has been issued. In reply
to questions he said the company had
never made any contributions to asss
in political campaigns. and the labor
ers of the various companies We're free
TO do as they might please in the mat
ter OF politics. He sGid he advocated
the utmost publicity in the affairs OF
corporations. Referring to the tariff
Mr.. Gary said that some protection
was necessary. but that II should no
be high enough to give monopoly I,
anyone.
The annual report OF the auditor 70
the state and other departments show
the cost OF the administration of jus
tice in Colorado and neighboriug state
as follows:
AIarshai's salary. $1,000
office deputy. S2,102: fees and eX
penses. S5,240: salary OF district attor
ney. $1,000; clerks and stenographerS
$500: travelling expenses. S62: pay o
regular assistant attorneys. $1,000: fee
of clerk. S2,iSG: fees of commission
ers. SS6l: fees OF Jurors. S5.9Il: fees q
witnesses. S5,IIT: support OF prisoner,
S1.4S4; pay OF baiiiffs. $l.G50: misce
laneous expenses. Sl,310: rent OF coui
rooms and miscellaneous items. S2,0G,
Total. S3S.9SI.
New MeXicO-Salnry OF marsha
$1,000: salaries of office deputies. "a