The Lamar register., 1899-07-26

s"s tUurt OF tlainlN his claim for
iounty growing out Of the battle of
Mahlia hay. May |, 1885. The secre-
! tsry OF the navy has referred 10 this
court a number OF these claims for In.
dicial consideration
Senator FAIRBANKS Of the high ,o,r,
commission has had conference win
President MrKInlpy aud Secretary
Hay ai the White uousc on the Alas.
kan boundary dispute. The senator
reports that from personal oliScrva.
ton he Is irmly convinced that the
contentious mnde by this government
are cprrect. aud II thc modus yIvcudi
Il agreed upon IL must he upau the
terms Of the United StntrS. Spna?rr
Fairbanks has been all over the cnun.
try in the vicinity Of KIurkwau. Dyea
SkaEwny and the territory Ia dlsuute
and nnds inc1utruyerrlblp evidence
that the rOHtenti1us ur this govern
ment arc correct ir was said thai
THIS government viii not yield a foot
of territory and that unless the Rrlt.
ish government agrees upon modus
Siveu3l Ou ihe terms which this gov.
cruInrut efFerrtl there VIII Ia no uIrpt.
lag of the high JoIut commission On
August 2nl
The Washington CorrrSpoudcnl Of
I ti5c Rocky Mountain News says: Gen
eral Horurr Porter has declined the
sssretHTyShsP ~ war. lie Was heafd
fruGi by r5hie Friday. and Il i under
stood that bs explained ILLS desire to r..
main In Paris and wordeL his refusal
10 Hs to make y; q request 70 the prrsi-
dent to nut Insist on his IPurtcF'sl re.
iurp 70 this country General POrtcr's
request viii h. respected, EiEhu Root
has h-eu rendered the place by wire
He has requested several days time 10
which to think 10 over. The President
wants lawyer at The bead of the War
Department. and wants New York 10
<rt the plae,.- II Root accepts he will
D. AiTer's Successor ~ war minister
" Mr. Rsot should decline, Attorney
General GrfxEs viii probably b. pre-
yaileSI upon TO take the piaey. and In
such al event Mr. Root win ~ Into the
peFnrtmcu; 81 Justice
TIE most absorbing and svarrary
disElsssd topic here l. the choice or
n -u'ecss-or 10 Secretary Ai<er. Among
the nnuies most prominently mention
~ i thar o. General Horace Porter
ambassador to FFaBrs. Senator Thurs
ton q Nebraska called NJ the white
House and urged the promotion OF
IS every general who hEur,h in the
n,ys,nt war hHs bern mrntlgnrd a. a
possibility. thc name Of General James
H. Wilson hsing- about the most prom
iurni in this class, A high adml.istra
tian olHriHi said to-day that the mex
secretary u wRE W'tll not only be
New Yorker but a lawyer a. well. The
authority fnr this statement WIS In
consultation with the President to-day
and be- stated that, while II may be
that a. yet the selps,tion has not been
fuHiiy PASSED upon. New York. row
without representation, has the stron
sest claim for recognition
President Mckinley s. planning to
remove the Issrrs.iry for creating de
naftment OF colonies Cabinet metn-
brrs and other high officials have ssid
that In no other way could our new
pa-spssiouS h. governed hut 10 toss
thu question OF establishing such de-
parfmrnt Into The halls Of Congress,
which has tinal authority. would In the
minds Of many politicians hr Ike
throwing a chunk Of raw meat Into
cage. of lions. The President. IL j. said.
believes that hr has disposed OF the
matter 10y the appointment of Mr.. Root
us secretary ot war, HIS idea was TO
place At the bead OF the War Depart
mrut man Of fine legal training aud
administrative ability. II " eontende'l
that Root possesses those qualifica-
tons and that he Is able TO deal wisely
with the biz questions that VIII arise
In the government Of the newly ac-
luircd Stands. Root viii give the great
sr part OF his attention ia such qneS.
;iaus The equipment OF the army and
the conduct Of the campaign VIII he
left 10 the generals in the department
and to Assistant Secretary Melklcjohn,
They have had - much experience
during the past year that IL Il believed
thar th,, army can now be handled
with little friction.
At the Cabinet meeting Tuesday n
cable from Colonel DENLY, member
OF th. Philippine commission was read
II showed a fairly satisfactory state Of
affairs. one of the Cabinet officers saih.
but IL did not say that negotiations
with Aguinaldc were IN progress. Sec
ratary Hay also had n cable from Am
bassatlor ChOate relative to the bound-
nry line negotiations, but II was not
Encouraging Later IL was ascertained
thnt the decision was reached TO allow
tht. round robin" matter TO drop Al
nm Informal conference held nt the
white House last night the subject
was Thoroughly discussed and such
nolIcy agreed upon. This, IL Is stated
was confirmed at the Cabinet meeting
Officially the matter VIII be ignored