Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

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| or New York. will be candidate for
the secretaryship of the Senate.
| The new batch of second lieutenants
is composed almost entirely of young
men who are now in the service or who
served during the late war, or are the
sons of officers who were killed or did
good service in the army.
Secretary Alger has issued an order
guotlng the paragraph in the army law
apolishing the canteen and prohibiting
the sale of liquor on army reservations.
1t Is stated the provision of the law is
published for the information of all
| concerned.
An order has been issued by the War
departments increasing the age limit
Tor enlistment from thirty to thirty five
years. The youngest age at which
man can be enlisted is eighteen years.
| Inc results so far for the enlistment OF
troops are very encouraging.
The War Department has decided to
acquire such tracts of land in the Ha-
wallan islands as may be necessary for
military purposes. To this end an Off
Ger VIII be sent to Honolulu to take
possession in the name of the War De
partment of Il considerable tract near
| the capital
| The administration has decided to
take Il census of the island of Cuba as
| complete and careful as that taken in
the United States. The payment of the
S3,OO0O00 to the Cuban soldiers will
form basis of the proposed census. as
considerable information concerning
the Cubans will be taken at that time.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has is
| sued orders for Il military exploration
| of Alaska. one expedition to work in
the Copper river region and another
about Cooks inlet. Both are to carry
full equipments and supplies to No
vember Both next. and have authority
to employ Indians and natives as
guides.
Volunteers who served in the navy
| and regular soldiers who served in the
army outside of the country during the
late war can obtain their extra pay by
| writing to the auditor for the Navy De-
partment and the auditor of the War
Department. respectively. giving the
name, company. regiment. date of en-
listment, date of discharge and resi-
| dence.
About sixty senators and representa-
tives have accepted invitations for Il
| trip that has been planned to inspec,
the routes of the proposed Nicaragua
| and Panama canals. coming home by
way of Santiago and other points of in
tercst in the West Indies. They will go
as the guests of the Panama Canal
Company. The party will have an
ocean steamer to itself and will sail
frcm New York aboubt March 23rd, and
frcn Mobile April 1st
A cable dispatch from General Otis
| Is regarded rs most important by those
who read it, as indicating that hOstili-
ties might cease suddenly in the Phil
ippines and collapse of the insurrec-
tion come at any time. The reason for
the belief of General Otis that n climax
might come at any hour was not sta
/ ted, but his assumption was based on
the favorable repCr.s he had received
from various sources that the Filipinos
were tired of the war and Aguinaldo's
leadership.
Secretary Wilson is determined to
find out if il Is possible for human be-
ings to sustain themselves in the in
hospitable region of Alaska. and If so.
to show them how to do it. For that
purpose he has sent Prof. C. G. Cor
| gensen. n native of Denmark, who is
| familiar with the gardening in frozen
| zones. to establish an agricultural sta
| tion ut Sitka. to experiment with
| grains and vegetables. soils. grasses.
poultry. and the raising of stock and
forage plants. for the benefit of the
gold hunters.
The secretary of state has just re-
ceived from the Peruvian government
through the United States legation at
| Lima. n draft for $4,000, representing
the amount of the Judgment of the ar
bitrators in the case of the American
railroad man. Alexander McCord. on
account of his i'll treatment in Peru
| during II revolutionary movement
| many years ngo. The draft will be
| handed over 10 the United States
treasury for collection and n warrant
for the amount of the Judgment will
he drawn in favor of Judge Pettis, the
attorney for McCord.
1t Is announced that important
| changes are TO he made in the Presi-
dents proclamation opening the South
crn Ute reservation In southern Colo
RADIO. The eastern boundary line,
which has long been in dispute. will
extend mile farther than originally
granted. thus affecting three town
ships within the present boundary
lines. 1t has been stated that under
the terms of the proclamation as orig
lnally drafted the settlers would be at
the mercy of land jumpers when the
reservation was opened for settlement.
The contemplated changes will protect
the interests of the settlers. The proc
lnmation will go to the President on
his return from the South.
since the approval of the war rcvc.
nuc act on June II. 1S)S the coll PC
tlons under II have been $50 OH 191 ~
There have also been collected an addi-
tlonal tax on tobacco of SIIS.iSI, and
Oh fermented liquors stored In ware