The Lamar register., 1899-03-22
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

nffFnfnfT OF tHANhN va AfI~AA NAGlfNANf
whlch arr regarded as standard au-
thorities
since tbe approval of the war reye.
utn act ssn June i5. lSls. The collie
iiens under Il have been s62.0i2. ipl =.
Tbefe have also been rollecsed an afiili
tianal tax on iobaccp of <T7S.4s7. aud
IN feriuentri liqucrs stoTssi 10 ware
houses. SiGf.sslT.sie, niHkine total of
SCI az, fp5S5 dsrivc'i from the war
rcvrnne act fram the time ~ IL uas-
age up fo the IL " February THE Tar
..e-i part ~ this sum. $50,
comes from thr sale sf documentary
and pruprirtrf- stamps, S2sAu>s. .45l
from the tnctsaSF In tho tax ur trcs'r.
s. iG2 61i represents the ineryasc ia
The tax gu -nuG ana tobacco. and So
s1cin5S on ciEars and ptsnnvtirs. Prom
lseacies S2iSas5l has breu rssaltrst-
As tar tiii for thc estabushinrnt II
burean of asiurstie sciences in iae De-
partuicui oG Agriculture faiird in Con
grpss Secretary Wiisrn has cuu-sn1esI
to take the matter az an8 ancuurAxe
such Instruction IN ihF agricultural usi-
l..etss AMI such inVts~tiratissns Rt she *
Is,islnratai stations ~ win rHrry nuf the
ohj.sfS af tie Ntiloissl TsuGissf.e SrisuSR
A A-sfzriafl1a Ia ss=kiUg thls leEislaii7u.
The Stale EFahEs-a aud farmers ta.si'
tufes VIII else eucuurarn thc neNemcni
and d j. hop.-i that A. tiss next Con,
rress atthor5ty may ~ given Ter the
-s.rretarg ~ sxricsifure 90 disss.ts tlate
iufarufaiien thar viii uiaIkr faTulsfr'
homes htpp,ssr snd tarn~rs wives
a5orc rolnpeteuf fn fev-iiax ihrir faiIii-
LIS as tbs FARMER iS new rt.ahif.i ~
the al - the currruwrut IN feeding
his cdtlia and she.sp
". Caishsu fas French ambassador
called ai the Department u state sat
uF,lay and served fntuaai n1tic~ % tie
sizlAutiuirv oT the geacr trssFy si Niaa
drid Il uhs agreed that th~ ainbasss.
Dor sarutd acs ~ ttar representative sf
the Sfaufsh zuyefnneats ia rnAklses ~
maj rNelauGl7s. uhiie SstreiArr Hay
VIII urprrrrns the .arFsnfnTHf ~ Tie
Tuiissi States -Althuugs nul Customary
% seeb esa-.qus r (. i.rotahir ihHi
p'r1-siicpf iakigiry uih - i.Ts-seuf ~
caIisus. whirh ~ thaf case. vii take
ulacp AZ fhr Whiig Houa. y bcrc tiae
rgsaco pfU,a.rRsi uas s.Eneai ~ fbs curi-
frTcu7e ~ time yETs ~ f0r itae VH'
caAuEs. a. " ufi ds-yend uT-aH tizv re-
crirt Il lhr Eafsrs fosm Mafrsi- ".
Cauil-3a isEa rs--s.Nr the Spanlsh dfaft
nr ths trraiY h~arfuE 10 su5haEisafioa
50 ncf far Spaia 20 this exrisaaeP. This
VII iaes ten tiays - "a. AMI tarn fse
time vlii ise hss,a fer TIE cereinony ~
exrhanrr
Herbert Putuant. librarian - rbs Bsle-
ton Puhiic TlhEury. apfpail5sd librarian
% Coaxrcsa ~ ppssssisnt MclSinisy te
centiy. : sell rzgpgpfsyi Tor Tls piars.
lie was boris ~ Ncw fgk CITY ~
1SaiI and . he 80 q Gsor.s 4. T't,'
a. - -. saa4f a..
iislln~ h1usss - - r. runau's Soas.
Ho WIS sducate5 in The pebble sehfnis
af Nrw YuTE and - s private school
enfcry-d Harvard Calissr Ia iS5N Was
Eraduattzt ia 1874 sgas subsequently ~
Caiuuihsl law School tor ytsr ani is
tbe fail ~ 1876 wvnt 20 Mlulsafs9lls
and was admllfssi a. thr bar. iE issf
hs suok tizs uorarsau~hip q thr Mia
nsNIs5ti- AJirrasuM as4l b. uTEauiHssi
she NiBnezp pslis pHhlle tilrsry, \ free
ciry institution In I.ccrints-g. 1901,
Mr. Putnam rtsiguei his lasltsun ani
ealnr t0 Hostdn where he prsctifr.t
law uutl appointed rIty librarian four
years ago Ho married Mis- Elizabeth
AIunp1e u Cambridge, and they kAvc
two childFeu-
General wheei3r i about 20 publish
book In which he gives = history ~
the campaigu IN Cats II = said that
General Whseier's f-.ak = likely 10 rx
cite a controversy epsnIarsAi TO which
the SanpsgDs Sehlcy dispute viii BE- a
whisper 10 Tornado berauS- he
claims FOR himself all the eredit Of the
victory of Santiago. citizen VI New
Zssniand, wh1 rcads tle volume. would
suppose whs-eier was the whole thing,
Array 0gfirers who have examined Il
critically claim that he steals the
glory whlch belongs 20 LAwtDn, SUM
uer. Kent. Bates sud nearly every cth-
pr commander in SltafteT's army. and
leads the reuler 10 understand that
without him the campaign would have
bsen an entire failure. They say. also,
that. Ia addition to bellItling the ser.
vices % HE associates. the general Is
very inaccurate in his statements.
which of course. viii give his critics
an opportunity 10 pound him, and they
viii not fail to taks advantage of X.
At the commencement Of the war
with spain there were iO.3sT enlisted
men IN the navy Including the appren
tices ON beard the training SHIPS on
August u. 1898. the total number of
enlisted men on the rolls was 2t.i2J
which was the maximum strength. or
this number lI.sio were regulars. en-
listed FOR three years: 10, 2J7 we've vol
unteers enlisted FOR one year. and
2.0l6 were apprentices ON March LIST
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