The Lamar register., 1899-11-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

lgs5 yalns.I ID sssl. isl. .ts5aTi, net In
sr,.asa sf q =, ,ser cent IN nutnNsr and
- per cent IN value. Mare than
Si2..ssl. tsAJ worth of stainred envelopes
we've Sold during the year
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey returned to
Washington from New YORK Tuesday
right A Navy Department efhrlal tsst
them ard escorted them 10 the au-
mlral's carriage. in which they we're
driven 10 the home. on Rhode lstand
avenue presented to the admiral ~ ihe
American f,sofha-
The annual report % General Hnf.
fngian. chief ~ oFslnance, shows that
the expenditures fnT tire year cn1snz
Iuue ~. is9a. faF the etstHsr,e't %.
Ecau amounted 20 s21, 5asAsssA Fer tue
sssseaast defcnsr~ tlse naIllt-ss @f guns
ssffnt,lats-i verc ~ s-tneh Titrs- loo 10
ineh rifles and ~ i2-sRtsh rlfies.
Tt,s hoard ~ health ef sh. District 81
Galufnbl, has received curious anpit.
saUioR frutu Mrs- Thomas y. Ryan ~
New York. who ssy@ that slse Is about
~ erect a residence IN sfreet Ia tlsi~
ity and desires permits te ss7stSit'ltt
81 the cellar q vault fur she burial "s
fi1s, fs,stEes ~ hsrz.saf as well as ilrF hns-
hand and two ebiisrro. wi1si diast scssle
tirae ago ia Baltimore, The sigiiea.
tian was deFEs43-
Tagutin. tba Samoan t-laud Hhsgh
falls 10 the United States In the svepnt
arransenssnt completed h@fw.en Ger
nlany aHiii England Snh5eet u gAsl'lsS
tsoB bv the United sssfys government,
bsssogIsss \ valuable AdlssS1sn to the POS
ss.ssissltk - the United states Ia the fa-
CHE. With t.at a sntaEl ARA REi rupu.
latISn. Hhisil. zrrnrtsnE 10 stn tssssssFy
barsaa ~ statistics arr bui atty sattr
square faIiss and Stsse population, =
Possesses tka slfs~t NRluAile island bar
tev IN ths SgBsh Faslfsr
ptrvctor Merriam 81 si4e csnsns. in
his annual report. sSzinsatss flsat fhsr~
wlii ~ required gpr tbs Cessassis as Iiss
gssoFe ilsaa 1900 EuunasSsssrse aysF
= ssa clerks aiasi pSeT 2vA special
sgeat< e1 Suvssat-er itsA tss esstiEW
tsnpsays,i ns rkflled Ezi-as~fs ga tiss p9se
HtntnSry ~urS. Il IS gyy7saa naenssts1 tisat
ths permanent affrp - f'ssFrsss~s' asrsfi
~ created. sfd that ;up adAiiiatsai
ch!yfS az ssarEsAasa and usnetesn aSasfs.
st8nat clerks ~ autlsartzs'si.
The seersfary q ,he treasury oh The
18th made the announcement u lti~
readiness 10 stns S2Nfsssuso II pss
cent. Uuitess Stairs tsztsti- u itsts and
- of 1891. ST fsss PFtce ss whaeh they
were sssSns4i sn The New York stock
market, TsiaSs slgssFsS arf nvt aisd
holders 81 tpurS y alfrsEiSe TBS aewaiftrs-
lated insvrs%t since CAs1ut.ss f@t. atsd
leultcrS AZ thc fsys~ VIII resrlvr iatsTrss
froER NaeesntssF LIST. tt 5hss~e EFtss*
the boAds would FeaiSFs 70 the Investor
-sres4 nsr CENT foF she Fyss aud .w-ls
for the four,
Tasv annual rvss0rt of she third A.
ststaat psyssnGastsE general cs5asAins
strong testimony in tsYur ot ttas hon,
eSts and sistsss@ury af ;hr postal s.srs-
lcw. During thc last fiscal year the
rssstmasseFw % fis- United States and
itSegr assistants hsntls,s SitsstcsSg g5rs4,
81 which Ssss0szi .sS4 was rsczstpts trom
the sale OF stamps, tsaxes. nt0aey or.
ss,er~. etc. ard the issiaaos was tiis-
hnr~ssi for various expenses, or tllsf
enormous sum Flte eNtirw lu2s 10 the
government hy burglary. fise. lad
debts. rfnl-sxzistsrnt au1 all other
forms of carstssSsaess and dishonesty
was ouly sip35s.
The President Is making efforts 10 -
ssire the protection nf Spanish prison
ers with the ixssurgeHtw to the Fhilip-
pines 4 cable message has been ssnt
10 General OTIS and by hiaa forwarded
To General Macarthur With iustrue-
ilons 10 get IL to AguiHal,i1 II possible.
relating to this subject. Tbs President
requests the kirdiy and humane treat,
IneHt Of the Spanish prisoners and the
message also contains an lutimaiion
that any Of the insurgents responsible
for the ni.fnrstn1ens OF such prisoners
VIII h. held 10 strict account when
yhey are taken lis ikts United States
forces operating Ia the islands
Il Is a source OF qualification 10
know that UBeie sam has S5ssi ~. .sT9
In gold ID his sfroHs box. with some
think ike s-ssu fsfS 80 available cash
oveE and above all IFS outstanding OBJ
Iigations. and therefore may he con
stdered what the Yankees cnll fore.
handed In fact, Uncle sam Is the
richest man Ia ihc world There Is no
other Euvernment-nud there never ha :
been one--wlth resources 80 abundant
and available. and the receipts og the
treasury are unprecedented. During
the current fiscal year thus far they
have been sisa{Is. LOT In excess OF the
expenditures, Notwithstanding the
enormous cost Of the Philippine war.
a correspondent says Denver Is
making the most active elmpaign for
the Republican convention and Kan
ssis City for the Democratic convention.
The two elites appear to have formed
H. H. IL