The Lamar register., 1899-10-25

has been set Tor tue NthbiGEs hNA ~
will probably take nlace In the eoming
season. Captain ReiSsr Is a member of
General Miles stan, and served In the
war With Spain as colonel OF voiun-
teers.
President Mckinley win, II Is expect
I'D. devote considerable attention IN his
forthcoming annual message 70 an
other executive branch of the govern
ment, with a Cabinet minister at its
head. to have charge OF Interstate and
foreign eommcrcr II seems 20 be pref
" well settled that a recommendation
will be made for a new Department OF
commerce. but its full sc0ie II stiH
matter for discussion.
Admiral Dewey will Accept no more
invIlatlons before next spring The
following otfiriai statement on The suts-
icct WIS made at hls offiec today!
Acting on the advice o; his physicians
Admiral Dewey fnds that X VIII ~
necessary TO cancel his engagements
he has eutFveSi into Ia ylsg ccTtain cit
lcs and To decline all Invitations for ths'
l,r-seut The invitariOis for h's
Philadelphia and Atlanta trips have
bsseu cancelled by Telegraph
The Dewey house cornmiftV~ which
has in charge the purchase u hogss
Tor the admiral frVun the Moneys ~.
cs'lye-1 hy popular subSyrtlsldn, has -.
lt~cteti bouss. Ne. igi5 Rhosis Island
avcnne. northeast. known ~ the fiich
house, The house is ueN 8os1g SeanaS-
81 from the curEeF q Coauectaeut ave
nue., In what Is regarded as the NEST
desirable section of the city u Is uu-
sierstDosi that rhe atauun; % thc tsasP
ular subscription was sufficient 20
cnvpr7 the c,ast 81 tlsa lloaS- lfs f1rRi-
rure and all Incidental expenses.
Surgeon General stcrnber- states that
amEEr prpyiNion bad bss-a made by. the
War Department. Ter s0rrly troops ~
The Philippines with us.dirni attend
auis, In addition 10 IhasF now on thstr
way 70 Manila, EseneFsl SspTnlrrS said
teu commlssis,srzt nls,itcal agi3cerx aud
twenty-five contract sur.cans src IN
der pTslcrx to rupors ta General 0iis
ThGTc are to-day IA the Philippines
seventy fcHrale nurses. snd orders were
given to-day to thirty monc 10 sail
YrUm New York Tor MNnTa. TiJrrc are
i,.2sl privases Of the hospital cor7ss Row
in the Philippines and go arr under
ouiers,
Commissioner Hermann % tha ssu.
cral iasd ostiee has decided Ia ease
arislng In Colorado thar Il IL unlaw ful
20 take cuzi frSn public lands under
coai dcciarst0ry statement. and that
the y1Ftles purchasing the coal taSs
obtsgneSi can be held responsible for
the value o. the zui~ until The govern
mouf has recovered fnii satisfaction
for the amoun; % 5hc trwsp2ss- This
tneanS that claimants have not ;bs
priviisec 10 mine coai for sale OF spsc-
ulAtisn. and that the purpose Of a cs-al
dcclaSat0rg statement = 70 puofcc; thr
claimant IN a preference right % easry
Of mlncs opened and Improved by hlus-
RrgEadsrr General Guy V. Henry,
who Was for lnng pSriod IA command
OF the American troop. In the island
Of Porto Rico. has ls-rn assigned 20
csnmand OF the Department OF the
Missouri, With headquarters in New
York CITY. There are practically no
troops In tue Department to which hs
has bevsn assigned. General Merriam
having slTc,. General CuppinEer's ne
tirsmsnt commanded Il ia connection
with the Department of Colorado. II
j. probable tina, General Henry win b.
Gfyea the command Of the Department
OF the Lakes, with Headquarters as
Chicago. when General Andersen re
tires on January iOIh, ncXt.
The President has orierVd to promo
lAnA 10 EEaDN uI n-lEGNAer GefHrNl III
the regular army OF the following col
onels; Colonel A. C. ~ Pennington,
Second artillery Colonel Royal r.
Prank. ffrst artillery. Colonel Louis
II. Carpenter, Fifth cavalry; Colonel
Samuel overshlne. Tsseuty-tlllrd in
fanrry: Colonel Daniel W. Burke, Sew
eHte,snth infantry. These officers aE,s
10 be placed on the retired llst ht IN
terynls OF one day each. The War De-
pa-tment was able TO make these
changes owing TO the retirement OF
General Shafter from the regular
army. After they shall all have tt-en
appointed and retired in order. Que va
cancy will be left in the grade OF brig
adler general In the regular army. and
II Is the common impression that this
place will be given TO either General
Lawton or General Macarthur.
Twenty thousand pension claims
growing out Of the Spanish war have
been presented 90 the pension bureau
up-to-date. or this number about 500
have been granted. The Spanish war
claims are being taken up In regular
order, along with those coming from
the Civil. Mexican and Indian wars
said Pension Commissioner Evans.
We are not pushing any one class
ahead OF the other. When all the Span
ish war claims are in, we expect TO
throw out a good many. | learn thai a
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