The Lamar register., 1899-04-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

United States supreme t;onrt died here
at $50 D. m. from atlments Incident to
old age. He WAS - years old
Attorney General GriEe- has given
an opinion that the law forhidding sol.
d!ers and officers 10 sell liquorn NJ
army canteeus does not prevent tneI
being sold by others.
Acting Secretary Of War Meiklciohn
has issued orders that none Of the re-
mains % yeiiow fever victims shall ~
brought to .ke United States until
cold weather returns
Acting secretary Auen has received
a letter from the manager OF the NHi
tune Company. the great swe'ilsh
wrecEinr company. announcing tiiat y
i not possible TO raise and repair thc
vessels OF CerYern's nest sunk near
Santiago.
Among the patents granted 4ast NetA
wac one for an appSratn~ 20 As,p
mustaehes out ~ the soup. itue
t,snd n Silk with ends % webbing y
placed across the upper lip and aronifa
the back of the head I, does not I'm
prove the appearance ef the wea1rf'
hut pfumutrs cisanllDeSs
The unitcl States supreme Court
has dismissed the appeal of ne het.
tucky or ~Sip&y- Rlytbc~ In fhelr suN
FOR part Of the S1nsfs.o estate ictt 70
Fiorenrc Blythe. Hinrsiey by her faith
or. IN. late Thomas II. Hiyths q san
Praurixfo. This decision confirms N"
title OF Mrs Hiackley.
Al the suggestion Of Rear Admiral
Bradford. chIes % the bureau ef equiP-
mcut. A comprehensive srheine has
baeu adopted by the navy dcpArinlrat
uuder which coailnE stations VIII .
placed az strategic phlnts IA the Nest
l:s.ss-s. - - tn give the United STATE
cou,ral q the NirEin. Mona ana
wlndWari passages and the aPp7uash-
es 10 the Gait of Mexico,
The Presideut Of the rniio5 ssa'es
receives his saiary In q warrant htsUN
the tr,-nsurrr az b. hc<iuning of eNery
month. ana Cuiuuei Cook. one % ~"
clerks At BE- White Hous-, obtains tis
signature and rgSripi and ,ieINss!ts TIE
money to hts crssiit 10 onr ot the MaAli.
layton hauks The warrant = -iga'-l
fy the clerE ~ the waFtHnt division
and approved BY the scsTc.iary 81 the
irrasuEy or one % Ms sssis'Huis
The rereuuss of Porto Bico hs<in
to show a gratifying Increase. nccursi-
Ing to an official sta;emsut made p1h-
lie BY the War Department sitps'aE
the customs rs-cripis from the island
for the two weeks suaed March ilth
aud March lsih which Wcrr SI.'bss
AMI S4217E Estimating from ihe~e
neur,-s the receipt. from the Island for
March viii far cxersd ihcsa of estheg
January which were kiiRss. o.
February. which was S5i.oia
Trl. oautiaued illness q VIccP Pu-si-
dent Hobart CAUSES good drai %
aHxicty. lie has b-cn suffering from 2
severn cold ever siucF runErass aas
jouraed. aud even while - Fh0ea--
vile he could not throw !, 81. Ilils
has siRrr been aggravated hy an At
tack of acute ind g,,sytan. which caugcs
hlra considerable suffering. iIs j. uct
daE serously il. bu; his physicians are
worried l.-sause he keeps getting
worse. Instead ~ better,
with fuu hon0rs OF war upon thc
crest Of the saathrrn SLOPE of AriinE
ton cemetery. Thursday attefpcut. The
nation. represented by President Nc
Kiniey. his Cabinet, the counmnnd'ns
general OF the army, aud other oriirrfs.
all the regular and laiiitia organize
tlons af the district aud roncou ~.
OF I5.0l0 people, paid the lars tcnfirr
tribute Of honor and respert 20 'be
lpodiszs OF g8B officers and men no
gave their lives ON distant iafIlens Ids
for their country during the Spanish
American war.
The attorney general did not under
take TO determine whether beer was an
Intoxicating drink or not but rendered
an opinion which practically anuuls
the clause ia the army bill that was
Intended to abolish post canteens. He
construrs that provision 60 mean that
canteens may BE- continued provided
officers and enlisted men arr not re-
quired TO sell liquor Ia them. This is,
no doubt. the language Of the law II
says Just that and no more, but tll1se
who prepared If intended 10 abolish
the ean;ecn entirrly.
Aimlra. Van Reypen. surgeon gen.
era! Of the navy says that all The re
cent reports received from Maidla
showed that Admiral Dewey was In
excellent health The surgeon Of the
Boston has recently arrived back from
Manila station and the surgeon gen
ernl specially inquired OF him as TO Ad.
miral Dewey's health, The response
was most satisfactory. showing that
from the standpoint Of naval surgeon
closely Identified with the admiral. he
was In as good health us could be ax-
pecfed in such climate.