Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-03
WASHINGTON NEWS

MSs. Mckinley aud their nclcc. Miss
sarah Ic;icon. have gone 10 Lake
champlain To spend several weeks.
The monthly statement OF the gov
ernmcnt receipts aud expenditures Will
show u iriicir for July OF about S.
5lS.s1. which IL slightly In excess Of
III. estimate OF the officials made one
month ago.
TIL. annual preliminary report Of
Ill" commissioner uf Internal revenue
Tor til" fiscal year ended June ]. 1888,
shows That the receipts from all sour
c"s u Internal revenue for the year
aggregated S.13.isi ..,sa. making nm In
crease of SiU.,''iI.1'E. over III" r.cripis
for the fscal year ending June ~.
ISIS,
I'll" ihlrty-I"iirtl annual rcport of
the s.'rr"t'scrvIcr division. submitted
To- Secretary Gn.. by chief WIlkl-
rliows that dnriIs III. fiscal year end
ci June ~. i>.E,. th"rr were arrested
for making or passing counterfeit mon.
cy nnd kindred crimes. G1D persons. Of
ihcS. :is w"r" convicted and .it: arr
awaiting action of the courts. ar
seventy nine eases undetermined at the
clos" Of III" previous year. slSty'four
w"r, convicted
Mr.. Eilhn i:ooi look the oath Of of
hc- ns secretary of war nj lD:i5 u.
IN. last Tuesday. The ceremony
occurred IN I'll" inrg" office Of
the secretary of wnr. IN III" prrsrnr,'
Of Secretaries EaEr and Hitchcock.
Assistant Secretary MriklrJihn. u large
number oI army officers In uniform
| niid other employees aud officials. Tie
oath was administered Icy Ju'is. Cole
oi III, Supreme Court of the District ~
Columbia.
Til" conversion 1f rnul'pn lIonhs of
the . I.'r cent. SI,anlsli war loan into
Registered bond. continues To En for
wnrl rapidly. When the loan was iirSt
| Issued there were So. i.DpD registered
b"nds sSsy,si nn original applications.
Sinrr ilnt time iii-r" hnv" i'ccn ~.
chsrE'-i S''s.Gi'i.5ip coupon hon'is for
Registered. y" that the total amount III
Registered bonds II this issue oui-tani'
Ing for the payment of the dividend
'u' August is' L. s'ss,i'D.tin.
President McNiuIs,y will sIvc n ~.
\ ''piion To .Ndinirli brSry st tiI- Willis
House when tie iniirr arrives In WASH,
ir=ton. Later "n. ik- expectation l.
that dinD-r ais. viii hr given 10 the
admiral Ht III" White House ani this,
following III" cas,nm dinner. will H. n
I'siiviiy of snnr elaboration. Tile
Vie" President nni Mrs. Hobart. II"ih.
hers Of the Cabinet ani their wives.
nni some others will i@' invii-'i. The
admiral 4. expected to Coiuc {" WASH
| !nsi"n soon after rrarhin. New York.
SECRETARY liiichcurk iins finally dis.
posed OF the cass Lake ,MinnL con.
irovrr-y. lie ANNOUNCED that the gov.
crnmcnt would sell IN I,art'rls the north
hnif Of section ia. which comprises
nearly the whsle i"Nn Of Cnss Lake.
III" 80 or murr iniru,irr' arr located
chiefly nH this hnlI.s.ciiun nnb ON the
northeastern part of section iI They
will have tu remove from section 10
Ms soon NJ possible. The decision Of
Secretary Ititchcurk closes til" cnniro'
vrrSy over til" proposed rJcrim"nt Of
the inirr,Icr- from III" cSs& lake In.
dian reservations land.
Secretary Long iIas taken notice Of
some rather personal exchanges Of
opinion between the naval bureaus In
the course 1f official business. Hrfor,
lie left the city on thr LIST he addressed
nH Identical note To each OF the bu.
rCatrs. construction. engineering nnI
equipment. directing attcntiuS To crF-
tain extracts from official letters that
were not proper and warning the bu.
r.1u chiefs that comments similar to
those contained In the -Xirncis were
entirely unnecessary and tended To re-
tnri aud prevent III" transaction uf
business 10y provoking retaliation.
Information from the kiondIIc up TO
Jun" 10Th has reached the State De.
parimcnt from United States Consul
McCouk at Dawson. The consul Gays
that Stn.Fn.DJ instead uf S2Jvbb.BD
in gold will cover the gold product for
the last twelve months. nnd adds that
reports from Alaska Indicate that more
gold will I've found thrrr than ever will
come out Of the Eloniikr. Typhoid
has broken out SIX weeks earlier than
last year. nnd there are several hun.
,lrcd destitute persons In Dawson with.
out means to get out The gambling
fraternity IL rcaping n rich harvest.
The head Of 81. Johns College,
known as Brother Fnbrirnn. has been
ticposcd and ordered tn present himself
to the Council OF Christian Brothers mt
Paris. The order was issued by Broth.
or Gabriel Marie. the superior
general of the or,lrr. because Of a con-
trovcrsy over the teaching OF classics
by the brothers in the United States.
brother Fabrican Is the ninth member
IT the brotherhood who has been or.
icrcd from the United states on nc
count OF tlicsr differences. He IL said
10 have the friendship Of Cardinal Glib.
bons and Mgr. Martinclii. who. II IL
stated. viii rn,lcaror To have him re-
turned to Washington on account OF
his high standing as n teacher.
Three new eases Of yellow fever In
the Soldiers Home AZ Hampton and
one DEATH" IL the official report re-
ceived by Surgeon General wyman
from Dr. Wasdn. the yellow fever cx-
pert. on duty at the Institution. Add
ed to Dr. Wasdin's figures previously
sent TO DR.. Wyman. this makes UP to
date forty eases In all which have oc-
CURED at the home. Of which cigh,
have proved fatal. Surgeon White tel
cgraphcd DIR. Wyman that In his opiu-
ion there was little doubt that there
had been some fever Infection In the
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