Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-07
WASHINGTON.
bF THE WHITE HOUSE
SHE pEPARTM ENTS.

BIZ IHE ~NtG "SSSG
IHE DEPARTMENTS.
nl-r, have i,.cn issued from
,,TtlTtmeni To Civ. effect To
announced decision of Ss'c-
10 reduce III. for,c Of
f,, troops in Cuba.
IruuTt-rs aud cisb, com
Infantry now at saniihs"
- I'rinciI. province. Cuba.
Iume.
) Berlin OF Omaha. Nebrns:
VA apI-oin's,i supervisor OF
r.u.tis ,iistrict Of Nebraska.
ntmrut completes the -ntirr
"a. supervisors.
-uilun provi,iins for III. par
m,a was signed NJ the Stat"
saturday by Secretary
W., II0i.-iA.n. the German
Y. and Lord i'aunccfotc. the
Iussaior. The friction that
ns the negotiations In the
was suddenly removed aud
i now ready for ratification
bate.
lLrnt has designated Adcl.
ay 10 proceed at once TO
tira as the representative
= Department and take the
Marrum. the present Unit.
|uHsul at Pretoria. The State
i has yielded tn Mr.. Ma.
it,-i appeals to i'c relieved
uoi await the arrival Of Mr..
quitting his post. Mr.. Hay
" the secretary Of state.
bal pfart OF Secretary Of the
llirhcock. just made public.
|mlnr up the work In all Of
u. Is OF special Interest by
t. statements rcgar,iin. pen.
At the close of the fiscal
w-r, p9i.5i9 pensioners. u
I /. iri during the year. The
,.uunI value Of all pensions
81. The Spanish war prob.
nrp.ns. the pension roll dur.
ning ilsc.il year.
Dewey viii walk at the
hr army and navy at the
lsc reception on New Years
id NJ General Miles. because
with u full general Of the
j. Miles. being only n major
huks with n rear admiral.
zen discussed with some AMI
Washington ever since the
.if Admiral Dewey. and his
J. quite sratiiic,i to have the
r''ldcIl by the War Depart
" annual report Of Secretary
made public. much space is
the future OF Cuba and Por-
To army reorganization.
OF the kind usually handled
'rctary OF state now occupy
Ion Of tn. War Department.
Mr.. Root an opportunity to
acumcn rs n diplomat and
Attention Il called In tho
the inadequate size Of the
lndlnI army. hut no definite
Nations regarding au In.
nadc.
assistant Postmaster General
decision In the case Of Mrs.
Drown Mt Modus. C0nuccti.
lnccs that "thc department
u that 1t will bc inrompRti.
he best interests OF the ser.
ain married women as post
Ks, The department has
ruled that when n female
"l"rk mnrries II will be nee.
her to resign from the ser.
sinnsters under this ruling
will have to call for the res
pr such employees and recon.
I successors to the depart
iniinnry report of the income
railways In the United
he year ending June 20, 1890,
He'd 10y the statisticinn to the
commerce clmmission from
= OF operating railway com.
presenting 1S5.245 miles OF
N"l prior to November oath,
t n" gross earnings of the
mhrN"cd In this advance re-
Tor the year ending June
Nl'Nli .233,4S4. or $7,O67 per
nc. Passenger earnings were
~: freight earnings. S9l3,-
hu other earnings from oper-
"i. .G6i. The gross earnings
'hc flnal report for 1898. were
~ million dollars less than
pnt.
port OF Postmaster General
the fiscal year 1899 opens
"n''nt of the financial opera.
ne department for the last
ils follows: Ordinary postal
N",, ,,'3i.Il0.51: receipts from
Ter business. 81. .2S6, 1854 go; to.
from all sources, S95,O21,- :
al expenditures for the year.
""-; excess of expenditures
I'S. W,GlO,1IG.I5. The first
'''"I with this statement
lH,ahds attention is the large
ll'r annual deficiency. As
WIN the deficit for the tis.
rilulllg June 30. 1898, which
-lM@'oH, 1t shows n reduction
'".Sd. or 2G.T per cent. The
General declares that If
smut out of the second-class
Partmcnt would have Il large
'"'rhts of the House of Rcp-
rs at their caucus held in
4" OF Representatives Satur.
noon seclcctcd Representa-
E$ ID. Richardson of Tennes.
Ut, 1T candidate for Speaker nf-
w. contest, which lasted