Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21


written up In advance.
Lieutenant Thomas N. Brumby. iiar
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
the Manila campaign, who has been III
with typhoid fever for several weeks.
died at Garfield hospital shortly after
u o'clock sunday evening. The death
Of Lieutenant Brumby. while not .un-
expected. was n great shock TO Ad-
miral Dewey. The relations OF the two
for several years past have been init
mate. and q strong friendship Ind
grown up between them. Lieutenant
Brumby went out 10 the Asiatic sta
tion with the Admiral and had been
there with him until they both re-
turned to the United States. In his
capacity ms iias lieutenant. Lieutenant
Brumby was thrown with Dewey
practically all the time and acted as
his personal representative In many
matters Of detail delegated to him by
the commanding officer.
Secretary Gage will do nothing to re.
iicvc the money market unless the con-
diiions should become morc serious
than they arr now. which he does not
anticipate. The Interest ON the public
debt due January LIST. which amounts
to about xj.u-D.ODb. Will H. paid with.
.n tile mex, few days us usual. Tir.
checks will II, mailed TO tile bon,ihcli.
crs ms fast ns they are prepared. with
out waiting for the .xn"t date. and cou-
pons will bc ci.ii-,i nj any OF til" gov.
rrnmcni Repositories. Their. still rc-
mnins outstanding S:,.s,Eb.oso of the ~.
aud 3 per cent. tAon,is Included In the
recent call. which the in'usury IL ready
to redeem upon presentation. The
market price OF these ionhs. however.
IL n tribe above the figures offered hy
the treasury, hut Mr. Gage will not in.
rrcasc his offer. nn,i II he should make
another call II wouli 10 on til. same
terms as the last.
The President nni Secretary Root
arr nnNiou. tn srcurr. soin- legislation
for n permanent form of government In
Porto Rico ns soon u. i-ss.iblc. and II
IL probable that slpvcial message on
the subject viii tpr sent to Congress. i'm.
n,-,iinlciy after the holidays recon
m-ndinr n form OF government similar
To that planned for the territory Of
Louisiana by President jefferson In
isse,. Delegations nad petitions of the
most urgent nature arr coming In al.
most every day from Porto Rico rcpp,.
scntins that husinc.. is ssaguant and
tint ali Transaction. Rrv .c.reudr,i uu.
I'll the status of the Island ts deter.
mined and IL. laws promulgated. The
President thinks Congress will rcCp..
nisc the n~cvssity Of Immediate relief
from this anomalous situation. II Il
also proposed to reopen the block.
AIDED ports of the Philippine islands a,
the earliest possible moment in or,ic.
that business may trc resumed and the
vast quantities Of hemp nnd other val.
uabic product. that have been nccumu.
laiins during the insurr-csion may b.
shipped to foreign markets.
II appears that Mr. sibicy Of Fem.
.yivunia. a millionaire stock raiser
and oil pr-iurrr. who lives nt Frank.
lin. vCnap.o county. has created q sen.
.aiion hy di.avowinx his former views
ON the chief issucs Of the day and In.
ior.inr the policy Of the admini.trn.
tion. Mr. Sibl"y has hrcn considered
the foremost leader Of the silver
wing Of the Democratic party In the
eastern state. and ha. bccn seriously
talked of a- the probable nominee for
vicr,prr.i,icnt on the ticket with MIR.
Rryan. 1lrncr his change Of heart ere.
ntrs decided sensation. lie dc.
ciRrcs the changes In commercial nu,l
Industrial conditions in the United
State. during the last ihrCc years have
demonstrated that the free coinage Of
silver. and even biurtalli.iu. are not
essential ;o the prosperity Of the couu.
try. and that. the revival OF b,isiuc..
having occurred upon n gold standard
basis. II would bc unwisr to make any
change or even an agitation for q
change OF present conditions. lie
therefore advises Democrats to drop
the frcc.siivcr issue aud assist in main.
tanning a gold standard.
In tho House Thursday. Representa-.
tive Williams Of Illinois introduced two
resolutions. one rcgnr,ling the Philip.
pines aui the other in respect to the
Sulu islands. The resolutions read
"whcrcas. the hops has been held out
that the filipinos now waging war
against the f"rcrs Of the United States
In the island OF Luzon would lay down
their arms II authoritativcly assured
that II was the Intention Of the govern.
mcnt and the people OF the United
States ultimately to grant to the people
OF that island their Independence and
the absolute control of their domestic
affairs: and. whereas. such is the intcu-
tion of the government and the Amcri.
can people. who do not believe in wars
uf conquest or criminal aggression
against other peoples and have fire.
aucntly declared their horror thereof:
now. therefore. I've " resolved. hy the
Senate and House OF Representatives
in Congress assembled. section I. that
1, has always been our intent and pur.
pose Ia recognize the inalicnablc right
Of the Filipinos to self government and
n national Independence. and that in
pursuance thereof we shall make for
NAL recognition OF those rights and
withdraw our land and sea forces up-
on the establishment OF peace and the
Inauguration OF constitutional gov
crnmcnt or governments by the people
the said government agrees. or the said
governments agree to refund the 800
NDO.OOO which was paid by us TO the
queen of Spain: to give us In fec simple
with right OF sovereignty vested In us,
n place suitable for the naval station
and other places fitted for coaling sin.
tions and to grant the American people
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