Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-29
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

"'liic temperance people take on the
question IL simply absurd. The attor-
hcy general must interpret the law ns
lie finds Il, but" h" added. Il should
bc very glad to see prohibition nr the
| cantccn.'
y special ag"ni of the pension depart
mcht Is NJ Worcester. Massachusetts.
investigating II novel pension claim.
John j. lluinTrr. n helpless veteran,
hhS been receiving So per month. RE-
Gently Ii" wrote the department that he
was receiving too large II pension AMI
| that $40 would he sufficient lie X Ell
ur"ly helpless and requires an attend
ant.
| Owing to the advance In the price Of
iron ani copper 1t has been found that
the plans for several projected public
buildings. which We're made II year or
NOR" ngo. will have TO be modified In
Moninna there ARE three buildings. for
III" construction of which the lowest
blds were considerably above the ap-
preparations, and hence plans for low
or priced buildings will have to he re-
advertised.
Secretary OF State Hay has received
u brief official dispatch from Bartlett
Tripp. commissioner at SamDn. saying
that peace had been restored on the
| Islands; that the commission had Sis
| taincd the decision of Chief Justice
| Chambers In the contested ease OF the
election of II king: that Malict0a Tanus
had resigned; that the kiugshp was to
he abolished and II provisional govern
mcnt established.
! Tic work Of the fish cnmmi~iou Is
| practically completed for this ycir.
According to the officials of the com
.hu
July LIST, they will show that II has
been the mos: successful year In the
| history Of the commission. The great
| bulk Of the work has been In the col
| lection aud dlStriEutiOn Of the Gigs ani
| fry Of commercial food fish. and 'his
year more cod. white fish. pike. perch.
bass, fiat fish and lobster have been
! planted than ever before.
i Actin" on The Suggestion OF GrIln";;l
| Miles tina, the availability Of the aGtI,
mobile b" tested FOR ::r:my Use. several
| machines have bcCH ordered. with the
request that three hr furnished NJ ;h'
| earliest possible date. III" sicual
corps Intends to test the aiit0m hl'.
carrying weight. over such roads rs rN-
tend from this city to For, Mycr. sir
| ginia. II the tests are in favor uf the
machine its use will nr extended -
| \
! actual hostiliti"s In the Philippines.
| While no decision las set been
1 reached as to tile number of men to Lc
| raised 70: the provisional army. the
! President has authorized II continual
tion Of enlistment beyond the nu,n-
her required for the regular army. This
means that the President proposes TO
have enough soldiers ready for service
| shn fnr l,,, al,
necessity of providing General Otis
with additional troops. 1t seems TO
| be the Impression In army circles that
| nine regiments. suiiicicn; to form three
brigadrs of II total of 1i.l3O men. will
he organized and put in condition 10
he sent to the Philippines in time to as
-sist in the operations in the fall.
The Industrial commission has some
what changed its plan for the work of
| the sub-commiSSiOEs during the sum
mcr months by revolving its order for
| the appointment Of special commits
| sions to investigate the elevator trust
and the mining industry west of tho.
| Mississippi river. and instead ant!lor-
| iZing all the regular s,h,-cummiSsions
to sit during July and August. Under
| this arrangement the agricultural conl-
| mission will take up the elevator OucS-
| for this purpose, and the mining com.
| mission will 90 west for the purpose
| of looking into the conditions affecting
mining in that region. The latter com
mission will hold its first meeting in
Denver on the 10Th of July. The sub
commission on manufacturers will
make Il tour of New England during
| the summer.
The members of the civil service
commission cmphaticnlly deny that
| they have criticised the Presidents
civil service order. either publicly or
privately. or that they have furnished
! Information or material to people and
newspapers that have criticised it,
President Proctor says he is lot re-
Sponsible for any opinions that have
been expressed in I'll" newspapers. and
! that no interview that has been pub
| lishcd with him is authentic or author
| iZcd. except on" that appeared in the
| Washington Evening Star. in which he
| merely expressed his regret thar the
order had been iSSuod without being
first submitted to the cOnmiSsi0u ana |
remarked that there were things in 1t |
that the commission would not have |
approved. Mcssrs. Brewer and Hnr-
low, the other com '"iSSiOnprS declare |
that they have not gone even that far. |
and have expressed no opinion and F.!
made no comment whatever.
The secretary of tho interior has
promulgated rules in relation TO the So
lection of reservoir sites by cattle
growers in the western states. and
they will go into immediate effect. All
applications for such rights now on file
will. according to til" ruling. have to Lr
withdrawn and made TO conform to
the requirements of the new rcguln-
tions. The rules We're issued owing to
the abuses of the former system Of res
arvoir sit" entries many of those who
wished to locate homes being excluded
by monopoiiZcr$ Of public lands. Sew
rrnl hundred tracts In the same lOcaii-
ty in Kansas wUr" found to have been
located by the same man as reservoir
sites. Eight thousand locations were