The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-12-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENT..

0SGA1 III nave dutCttu LIE RoRuAoAhsy
among the poultry growers Of the
Thanksgiving turkeys to have fed his
whole fleet.
A statement issued by the War De
partment shows that the total receipts
from all sources in the island OF Cuba
during the month of October were
$1,42S, 65O.77. The total receipts OF
the Island from all sources during the
last ten months were $12, los. 686. 30;
the average per month being $1,2lO,-
S68.53.
Representative Payne OF New York.
who succeeded the late Representative
Dingley as chairman of the committee
on ways and means and Is now one OF
the leading aspirants for the honor OF
floor leader of his party, predicts that
there will be no tariff legislation and
NO modification of the present war
taxes at the coming session OF Con-
gress.
The convention providing for the par
ttion Of Samoa was signed at the State
Department Saturday by Secretary
Hay, DR.. Won Holleben, the German
ambassador, and Lord FnuncefOte, the
British ambassador. The friction that
was marring the negotiations in the
past week was suddenly removed and
the matter Is now ready for ratification
by the Senate
For thirty days the families Of the
administration will abstain from all
social pleasures out OF respect to the
memory Of the late vice president The
ladies of the Cabinet have withdrawn
acceptances of several dinners, and a
number Of interesting affairs have been
abandoned. All the houses Of MEM
bers of the Cabinet will be closed I'M
til the LIST Of January.
1t Is announced at Republican nation
al committee headquarters here that
over half the members Of the national
Republican committee have been heard
from and have expressed themselves
as favOring Chicago as the place for
holding the next convention, and June
as the month. There seems to be no
doubt that Senator Hanna Will retire
from the Craftsmanship of the national
committee.
The President has designated Adel-
bert II. Hay to proceed at once to
South Africa as the representative
OF the State Department and take the
place Of Mr.. Macrum, the present Unit
ell States consul Mt Pretoria. The State
Department has yielded to Mr.. Ma
crum's repeated appeals to be relieved
and he will not await the arrival of Mr..
Hay before quilting his post. Mr.. Hay
10 the son Of the secretary Of state.
Daniel Talon, lord mayor of Dublin,
accompanied by his private secretary,
Mr.. Kennedy, arrived In Washington
Wednesday. Tonight, by appointment,
the mayor and his secretary, accom-
panied by Hon. Dominick Murphy Of
Washington and Commissioner Pow
derby OF the immigration bureau, visit
ed the White House and spent half
hour iu conversation with the Presi-
dent. The lord mayor will leave the
United 6tntes for home Saturday next.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
smith In general order to-day Tor.
mally declared all mail matter passing
between the United States and Puerto
Rico, the Philippine archipelago and
Guam subject to the United States
domestic classification, conditions
and rates Of postage. The same system
applies to all mail matter sent by or
addressed to persons in the United
States military, naval or civil service
in Cuba or Hawaii.
Contracts for the six new $500 ton
cruisers were awarded to-day at the
navy department In accordance with
the recommend. tons of the board of
construction, one to each of the follow
ing firms: William II. Trigg Of Rich
m0nd, Lewis Nixon of Elizabethport,
New Jersey, the Bath Iron Works of
Bath, Maine, the Union Iron Works of
San Francisco, California, the Fore
River Engine Company of Braintree.
Massachusetts, and Neafie & Levy of
Philadelphia. The latter are to build
the cruiser Denver.
The Chinese minister was visitor Mt
the state department, and 1t is surmised
that his call upon Secretary Hay was
attributable to the recent European ca
Diagrams which have disturbed him by
their free expression of purpose to
regulate the affairs of his country on
the part Of Europe and America. The
answers of the European governments
to our request touching the "open door"
have not yet been received, so that the
President will be obliged to make this
matter the subject Of special message
to congress and to treat 1t in the most
general manner In his regular message.
Members of both Houses of Congress
are receiving largely signed petitions
of sympathy with the Beers, which
ask that Congress shall interfere to
protect them from the rapacious policy
Of Great Britain by insisting upon an
arbitration OF the questions at issue.
While Congress has nothing to do with
the foreign affairs of the country, and
is expressly forbidden to Interfere with
them, there will doubtless be an effort
to respond in some measure to public
sentiment by the Introduction and the
possible passage of resolution of sym
patty.
The Democrats Of the House of Rep
resentatives, at their caucus held in
the House Of Representatives Satur-
day afternoon, selected Representa-
tive James d. Richardson Of Tennes-
see as their candidate for Speaker af-
ter n spirited contest, which lasted