Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-22


prdered to the Philippines.
Navy Department has received
HOO bronze medals authorized by
mcss for the officers and men who
4pated in the battle of Manila
3 ~ French ambassador. NJ. Cam
~ about to receive from the Uni
E, ~ of Harvard the degree of LII.
Recognition of the public SER
he performed in the negotiations
RESTORED peace between the Unit
fes and Spain.
board of construction of the
department. has decided to over
converted yacht Viking, which
ed as an auxiliary cruiser dur
~ war with Spain. to fit her for
z In the navy. This work will
put $4,000. 1t Is the present in
of the Navy Department to as
lis little vessel to duty In South
n 4ean waters.
3 feOrling to n report made to Chief
rn0Qrn the battlcship Kearsarge Is
nety}One per cent. advanced toward
mpl4tion: the Kentucky is cighty-nine
= cent; the Alabama, eighty-five per
nt.: the Wisconsin. seventy per cent;
e Illinois, sixty-iive per cent; the
d PR cent. The Albany, building In Eng
Cland, IL eighty per cent. advanced.
~ General Leonard Wood, military gov
ernor Cf Santiago province, has been
offered the presidency of the Washing
ton fraction and Electric Com
/. pany. The company has been form
sd recently and owns and controls
i directly and Indirectly. nll the street
4 t0llroads in the District of Columbia
j tth the exception of the Capital Trac-
I1|I0u Company. 1t also owns the two
1cfrtc light companies.
pator Clark of Montana Is n most
uming man. He came to Wash
shortly after his election. with
Il 70 daughters. stopped at one of
Y 3rincipal hotels for three days.
=! 3 about the city sightseeing. sat
n part Of nn afternoon In the Sen
gallery. and nobody suspected that
Was a $1J.OOO.OOO senator. When he
tlifhs from -ClarlatkaEiuaa., he in
nds to select Il house to occupy next
9inter.
q There IL still hope that n satisfactory
ttettlement of the Alaska boundary can
I. ~ reached before the Goth of August,
watch Is the date set for the reassem-
0tlnR - the high joint commission. be-
cause II of the other questions have
been ret aside and postponed until this
most Important controversy Is deter
! mined. A modus vivendi. or temporary
settlement, has finally been nccomp-
lished by the negotiations of Mr..
Chonte and Sir Julian Paucefote in
London which Is acceptable to Canada.
General Otis army Is to he increased
to $4,000 men. Although he has not
asked for relnforcements. the President
has thought best to send them to him.
General Otis has been assured repeat
edly TINT he could have all the troops
be wanted. but he las reported that
0,900 were sufficient. and has never
asked FOR more. After II Cabinet con-
Hultetfon. however. the President came
20 i&41 conclusion that 1t would do no
!. htnn4to reinforce the army III the Phil
&lpp1neR, and 5000 more regulars will
abe sent Mt once.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor has announced the acceptance
Of the offer of George II. and Edwin
3. Monroe OF lot 120N15S feet ns the
site for the public building ut Joliet
the price paid for the lot being S15,-
600. 1t was also decided by the treas
ury officials not to prosecute condemn
!, alton proceedings to acquire the proper
~ of ]. Klein Mt Freeport, Illinois, as
GAe site for the public building at that
lace. The lot offered by W. II. j.
Stratton at $1T.5OO has been accept.
ed.
The Navy Department has received
the loo bronze medals authorized by
Congress for the officers and men who
Participated In the battle of Manila
hay. The Bureau of Navigation will
see to the distribution of the medals.
those for the officers and men of the
Olympia and Raleigh being given to
them in this country, while those for
the men on the ships still at Manila
Will be forwarded. The medals are
handsome products of the jewelers.
art, one face showing bas-rclief of
Admiral Dewey. while the reverse
shows the idealiZcd head of the Ameri-
can snilor
Secretary Wilson in his report to the
President on the work of the depart
mcnt during the last fiscal year pro-
posed tlint the department should re-
ceive from time to time graduates of
agricultural colleges who should come
to work In the scientific divisions of
the department and ut the same time
pursue postgraduate studies. thus talk
Ing advantage of the facilities which
the department has for advanced study
In fitting themselves for posts of use
fulness In the department.. agricultural
experiment stations and other institu-
tions throughout the country requiring
the services Of persons able to make
Original researches In lines relating to
agriculture. The plan will be put into
operation.
The Journal of the United Service
institution of India for April last con-
Trims an elaborate report on the admin
istrntion of the United States nrmy In
the Philippines by Captain $. $. Long.
assistant adjutant general of the Brit
ish army, who Is permanently sta
toned mt Hong Kong, but has been
spending the greater part of the VIM
ter and spring with our troops In
and around Manila. While Captain
Long points out several serious defects
- sx.ofnn-nnn his rriti-