Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23

gress authority may be given for the
secretary of agriculture to disseminate
information that will make farmers
homes happier and farmers wives
more competent in feeding their fami-
! lies as the farmer Is now enabled by
the aid of the government in feeding
| his cattle and sheep.
| NJ. Cambon. the French ambassador,
called at the Department of State Sat
urday and served formal notice OF the
signature of the peace treaty at Ma-
drid. 1t was agreed that the ambassa-
dor should act as the representative of
the Spanish government in making the
final exchanges. while Secretary Hay
will represent the government of the
| United States. Although not customary
on such occasions. it is proba BILE that
President Mckinley will be present at
the final ceremony of exchanging ratifi-
cations. which in that case, will take
place ut the White House, where the
peace protocol was signed. At the con-
ference no time was set for the ex-
change. as it will depend upon the re-
ceipt of the papers from Madrid. NJ.
Cambon is to receive the Spanish draft
Of the treaty bearing the authorization
to act for Spain in this exchange. This
will take ten days or so. and then the
time will be fixed for the ceremony of
exchange.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Bos-
ton Public Library, appointed librarian
of Congre SIS by President Mckinley re-
Gently, is well equipped for the place.
He was born in New York City in
1861 and is the son of George p. Put
nam, the founder of the famous pub
fishing house of G. p. Punam's Sons.
He was educated in the public schools
Of New York and at private school,
entered Harvard College in 1870. was
graduated in 1888, was subsequently at
Columbia Law School for a year, and in
the fall of 1884 went to Minneapolis
and was admitted to the bar. In 1884
he took the librarianship of the Min
neapolis Athenaeum and he organized
the Minneapolis Public Library, free
city institution. In December. 1891,
Mr.. Putnam resigned his position and
came to Boston, where he practiced
law until appointed city librarian four
years ago. He married Miss Elizabeth
Munroe of Cambridge, and they have
| two children.
General Wheeler is about to publish
n book in which he gives n history of
the campaign in Cuba. 1t is said that
General Wheeler's book Is likely to cX-
cite n controversy compared to which
the Sampson-Schley dispute will be
whisper to n tornado, because he
claims for himself all the credit of the
victory of Santiago. A citizen of New
Zealand, who reads the volume, would
suppose Wheeler was the whole thing.
| Army officers who have examined 1t
critically claim that he steals the
glory which belongs to Lawton, Sum-
ner. Kent. Bates and nearly every 9TH
er commander in Shafter's army, and
leads the reader to understand that
without him the campaign would have
been an entire failure. They say. also.
that, in addition to belittling the SER
vices of his associates. the general is
very inaccurate in his statements.
which, of course, will give his critics
an opportunity to pound him. and they
will not fail to take advantage of 1t.
At the cOmmencs ment of the war
with Spain there were 10.327 enlisted
men in the navy. including the appren-
tices on board the training ships. On
August 10, 1898, the total number OF
enlisted men on the rolls was "a ,l23,
which was the maximum strength. or
this number II $40 We're regulars, en-
listed for three years; 10.29I were vol
unteers, enlisted for one year, and
| 2016 were apprentices. On March 1st
| last there We're IL $50 men on the Tolls,
of whom n considerable number will
be discharged within the next few
months because their term of enlist
ment expires. In the naval appropria-
ton bill. as 1t passed the House, 90,
600 sailors We're authorized. The Sen
ate reduced the number to $4,000 The
conference committee split the differ
encc. and by the law as finally passed
the maximum strength of the navy Is
to be hereafter 1880 men. But this
number is so inadequate that when the
new ships now nearing completion are
ready II number of the old ones must
20 out of commission. On the LIST of
January next it will require Mt leas.
10000 men TO property man the Unit
ed States navy.
The correspondent of the Chicago
Record writes his paper as follows:
The recent promise of Ambassador
Choate that the United States and
Great Britain would maintain n friend
ly rivalry in the worlds commerce sug-
gests an inquiry that Is not so consol-
| ing TO our British cousins as II Is to us
for the statistics show that we have
not only been rapidly gaining upon their
export trade but surpassed II last year
by more than hundred million of dol
lars. In 1865 the United States export
ed S26D, ,3S9 300 worth of domestic mer-
chandise and Great Britain SS9S, $780,
OGO. In 1898 our total amounted to ST.
233 3564. S2S and Great Britain's to ST.
l31 .0i4.331: that Is. in thirty years we
have gained S95i. l52.62S in our export
trade. while Great Britain gained only
S233, 3,5J5.2T1. Putting II another way.
our gain has been 35S per cent. and
hers has been only 20 per cent. She
has not even been able to keep pace
|
own colonies. In 1899 we bid fair to
surpass the record our exports In the
eight months ending with February last
Mnrn SSol IN LII Mhiln ihnsn from The