The Lamar register., 1899-05-17
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NE

hy the agricultural department 20
Charles Parker Of Santa Clara feT
SlI,osn All ssstis must ", delivered
here by IAeeeHls.r |. and the disiribu'
sion tcEta next January.
Assistant Attofney General Boyd has
rendered AZ the r,slgn-sl of the secre-
iars ~ shc treasury. a decision which
has b.-su approved lty The attorney geo.
pral ia witch be- holds that sruusae-
tioDs known amaag s;uck brokers as
puts" are not taxable urdcr the war
TryeBue net, although -cails' nre sub
Jrci 10 ths tax
An order has becu made hY the
Navy Department Tor she immediate
dispatch Of thc converted yacht Vixen
TO Blucnelds. Nicaragua The Vixen Is
DOW al Norfolk tlttihg uus for a rrnile
to the Philippines via the SueA canal
IL = said nj the Navy Department. that
no adrtcgx Of late date have t--cn re-
ocive,i from Blueaclds tcndiuE to show
the existence Of = crisis there-
rostrnns,rs Genrral smith has pro-
uHlEutod aa uries limiting thr u-e "
sigtis t-ririnE the words IT. :, Mail
10 such -frcst ears as nrc actually az
the time carrying mall aud tsrs u-ed
for no other rurHosc- The 0Tstrr also
directs that signs i-aArins N. Wgsds
Aa - aAaAAA HlaNNHN AAHH - NA-HAtNa
or displayed from cars having str'-ct
isttar lrsxez attached thereto. ths t@lx-
- themselves being n sufficient inEii-
cation that uHitsd States mail 4 car-
Flr-i on the cars.
The Pr~sl,gsnt has commufesi 30 thrsc
years the life syntsBcr % Clyde
Bennington rauvirtnsi Ia California "a
ISIS. - nathluE the Uuitesi states
mails. This communication = Erautt-i in
can-i1cra tsCu q The valuabl. aid rer-
lrr'-i the ruperuueu, by the pEtszainsF
In the PERSECUTION - his cuiAEaGHe-s 10
the yass, of Ellsworth = hsffaucs, eva
virfV'i IN Nebraska In issn Ter hiEtl-
way robbery af y mal inesssnsrg ard
sentenced Tor life. The President has
cuuuute3 thu rvntrHcv 70 1fiesn FcaFs.
The Navy Department nas issued an
offiriai order tlefaghinE Admiral J. q
Watson frem CBmuhnd AZ tbs AaFe
Island navy yard on May i5ta. and
ordering htn T. tie Asiatic <fattVs on
the IGSh to relieve AAmlrzt iAewsy.
TIE Navy Department has airs7ssiy hss
sun q plan Tor the rerUitton 81 Dewey
Ou bis arrival 50 Amertcau wafrTe h.
win b. met a. s-a by ths North At.
lzutic squadron, urdrr command of
Admirni SnmPsan. nnd csroFfrd ~
/ New NuEE haTisnT. Ofhrr details Tor =
ruusinS F,-rrpti0n arr bciug formed
Tisc postmaster general hss i.sue,i
the following ErurFal order Post
masters ~ ItTs-siif~ntial osiicss arr ~
quiresi 10 give tisrir p-r-sual s,teuFion
10 the huslus-ss - thslr 0ftscps. aud
Tor n lauErr rssriei than one os two
days withoDt authority, granted uF-ou
written agTiiigatiua a. the dfltgrfiuent.
A violation - this 0rslrr wiIi - drsiu-
I ed suffiCirut rauss- Tor rriuoval
rustmas;rrS in some rttiss have hs~eu
l leaving Es0rh % the acJnSi Adraini~sra-
tiou u t5riE otiircs 10 rhaiT assistants.
The snyerum-nt has n.rB notified
that the Spanish Suurrumsnl sriIi SCH
N puhiic nurttnn, at Havana the foat,
Ing DIR dock ~ steel which was therr
when the Is-zes- Itrotocul was Signed.
Hrcently the Navy Department bla
S-zi.rsn fur tke dosk. but tbs Spanish
government believed that nore Fneiisy
Z could h. secured u thsy arYergyl il gcf
-ale st public nHetiau. Oniy two phi
vaie concerns ars known 10 ~ con
templattug bidding Que % these Is
the Simpson DRY nocs Company ~
Philadelphia and the other is a Ncys
YORK fiFm Ia = not likely that the
Navy Department win bid
II Is sah hF friends af PrcgI,lrs4t
Mckinley that be l. becoming a. tnuch
uf an lBycteratc smoker a. was Gen.
sral Grant. and that hts present uer.
Vous cundiliOa u due 10 uyer.lndui.
g"ncs 10 tobacco. A partial excuse il
found on the Eruund that almost
every ofiic,f who has returned from
Cuba or Porto Rico ur the Philippines
has brpaEht the President l5x or
two Of clgaFS. They have bes-n 0f the
finest tobacco prVrurabie and haze
proved a temptation that could not y.
withsI0oj. The President declares
also that smoking gives hlm RELIEF
! from neuralgia, from which be has
bs-en suffering recently.
The secretary nf the interior has ne
vcrsed decision Of the general land
commissioner requiring the MarllElsu
Mining and Tunnel Company Of Pueb-
10 TO show cause within sixty days
why the entry TO Cripple Greek claims
Nos. ] and should not tc cancelled.
Land Commissioner Hermann held
that IN Oregon aus California lead
claims had prior right. This stand was
taken In the face OF n decision of the
District court Of FL Paso county. which
awarded the claims TO the Mariposa
Company In reversing the decision
the secretary OF the interior said the
land department was NOT at liberty 10