The Lamar register., 1899-02-15

or s-tsiAzsSl by EkR United states ios -
1 federal building. national eenlet.sy.
she Fors Marry reservation and indisa
{ Scaoaas. and at~o reserves any
! have haen or may hereaftcr p
cylaaruaed hy the Court u Private
l Isnd C'sssnS or other authority or the
I United S-ateS II ai~n AUTHORIZES thr
naror and clerk q the city 20 eXes'its
3e,lis - quls claim ~ pcrNass cniiiit7i
to tissr prs-..nt holdings of real ess4ts
Chairman Hopkins 81 the cens'i'
committee wants 10 krrp the eNpenSF
| ~ fakfnx aud printing the next Census
uithia SInosaufa The Crfsus -
isg.b cost Sll .iti6sI25sS hut u ss pfa-
t.ossssi 10 rsylurs. the suhicris % ~
dnfry hy onlitsu< vial statistics
yhIrb are Furnished now weekly ~
tnsr,is or health. debts and mort
macvx the Indians. which can ise ~
r-srtrJ uposs hy the Indian hurr1u.
AlaSka. which was covered by thf
last census crime pznpFrisn1 AMI ~
n~rol.uce. which ar, rovercd hy stare
t,aaris - charity Ssh and hshrFt's,
fa.nstons Iusurauce. transportation
irrigation ownership nf fartiS apd
homes aud s5iueati1p. wsiigh zrc riN-
erred by other brancke- q The Sovefss
mcnt or the several states Ian auurAi
inqulrteS.
The rrunGs,.d effort On The paFt -
tb,. S,siurnftfs-c ca military AFFAIR %
-ei immediate consideration ot nc
army reoFEanlE1tion bin pruiulses 10 a.
the most iulf-sgtant frafurc oi the 40
g,.-ginr-s 0r the senate during ~
pr,.-.uf week Lines an. dividssl very
sharply ou THIS biii aud the cunifst prsf
IT, cunssderstion win unltssitosia l4s'
h, both nprre and stubi-sTu- iiir Re
unbliean ns.inbers q The COMMITTEE
tnanifs-s- = strong dctprmiuafirn 20
pr,-sS the hill ry.atriisss of al oshfr
nsesxuurs ana their first etrort via b.
10 ss-lrs ,au~.uf fFOui tie committee
on appruprtAtsons q - tbe spfTupr,-i
iyons blis aside until ihs army rs'1ssan-
iHatiou h'll can D. disposed of, b.
Desnecrs;s. nos only on the mthiaTF
eommiits-.. but throughout thc Seiiats
VIII resfs; any eaefi 10 - The army ritl
through. They ~ny. however. thrr Wiu
not Try 10 preveni consideration ~ tac
bli.
A Message was received AZ thH Nas
Department Thursday announcing ihs
dispatch Of the First TeHpcs~s-e r'.@l
mrnI 20 Ilallo to relnfcrye General Ni-
Ter. but {; Is not CERTAIN that Il viii ar
rive at It's destination 10 time 30 take
part In the attack. II Developed to-day
that under the terms % the inStTes-;iosss
sent TO General Miller By G;cu~rsl OTIS.
the former u To present an uitlTnatufu
TO the natives. dirrctlsg that they evacs
nafe the town and permit the landing
of the American forsez by . o'clocR
February ioth, or II viii b. immediate
ly bombanisd and forcihly occuIEsed.
General Miller now has between -~ssr
! -.
VIII Increase his command by anoshe=
Thousand. n il not expected that Gen
eral Miller VIII ind amp great difiieuliy
In occupying ihe port. as u = easily sp-
preached. Decentralization unier the
guns Of the naval vessels can he readily
accomplished and the meu-of-waF viii
materially asSis; the military In driving
the natives out Of the city.
The commission which has bceu In
yestignting the conduct Of the war
! made is report to President Mckln-
ley at the White House on the 9th
Recorder Mills then read aloud for
nearly an hour the salient features Of
the ts5.ppp-word document. lie was
interrupted frequently By the Prssi-
dent. who questioned the commission
AT leugih upon the various sections a.
they were presented Concerning Sec
4 EtNlE1 AAAbE XIV AAAhAAAHEAN HNNNA-faAN
stated their conviction that there werr
I evidences of bureaucracy in the Wat
I Departments conduct OF the war. and
/ that the secretary had failed 10 have
/ the. necessary councils with the heads
Of bureaus IN his control In effect
/ they intimnted that the secretary was
I not fully informed. a. be should have
| been, with reference TO the practical
/ operations Of his chiefs and Gf the
I field manipulation Of the army. The
/ President drew out from the commits
! sion unanimously structures upon Gen
/ eral Miles. II WAS stated 10 him that
| the commission could not touch upon
the matter In detailed report. as II In
/ part concerned strategicai operations
! with which they were not supposed 10
/ have anything TO do. Nevertheless.
they were firmly Of the opinion that
| General Miles has trumpet up the beef
/ scandal because the War Department
refused TO carry out his plans Of cam
I paign Several Of the commissioners
/ declared their belief that had General
Miles been permitted 10 have his own
/ way the war with Spain would still
/ have been wagiug. They referred in
contemptuouS terms to General Miles
I refusal to be sworn. and declared that
he had convicted himself Of malice and
negligence In falling to report from
Porto Rico to the secretary OF war
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