The silver star., 1899-04-28

Brick are 70 be admitted free TO en-
eourage building operations
The conrr Of inquiry upon meeting
Tuesday morning Immediately went
INTO executive session TO consider is
findings There viii probably be no
more witnesses examined.
The payment OF the twenty per cent
extra pay 10 the American troops In
the Philippines has been extended TO
include all our soldiers now in service.
and will continue untll hostilities In
the Philippines cease. The troops IN
the Philippines. both officers and men.
VIII be given the TWO months extra
pay when mustered out.
The Wade court Of inquiry will hold
one session Saturday afternoon for the
purpose Of hearing further evidence
Major Lee viii make a presentation in
behalf Of General Miles. summing up
what he claims the inquiry developed
IN subsfantiBtion Of the generals orlgi-
nal charges Another night session
VIII be held 10 permit the reading OF
the official reports which still remain
undisposed Of To-day was spent In
going over the testimony.
Secretary Hay has notified the Unit
ed States consuls who were obliged TO
leave on account Of the war TO resume
their posts la Spain. Two Of these Of
ficers, Consul w. II. Bowen, at BARGE
Iona. and Richard ". Bartleman al Ma
lsga. are now In New York The third.
J. Howell Carroll. consul at Cadiz, IL
now AT Gibraltar Most OF the sub
consular officers remained in Spain
throughout the war and were undis-
iurbed. some even continuing TO dis
charge part OF their official duties.
They VIII also be continued in the ser
vice.
Secretary Of War Alger has cabled to
Governor General Brooke an order ex-
tending the maturity OF all liabilities
'collecfabIe by the sale Of real estate
until May ]. 1901. The Cuban planters
who presented the question to the adj
ministra'ion. are fairly well satisfied
with the order. and have returned
home. The extension granted VIII en-
able the planters ~ plant. grow and
market crop before any Of their OBJ
legations will mature. and In the course
Of the extension period II il believed
the debtors aud creditors VIII In most
cases be able 10 adjust their differ
enceg.
The following Important diplomatic
changes have been announced as the
result Of the last Cabinet meeting: W
W. KOckhill. now minister to Greece,
has resigned that post Arthur Sher-
burn Hardy Of New Hampshire. now
minister TO Persia, has been promoted
to succeed Mr. Rockhill. William y.
Lord, OK governor Of oregon. has been
~ ,,.t, "a.
Hon. John y. Irwin of Iowa. formerly
governor Of Idaho, has been appointed
minister 10 Portugal 10 succeed Law
renee Townsend. transferred 10 Bel
GUM In place OF Bellamy Storcr. who
goes To Madrid.
In the United States Supreme Court
an opinion was rendered Monday by
Justice Peckham pronouncing invalid
portion OF the state law Of Michigan.
relating to the sale OF lOOO-mile rail.
road tickets. The part OF the law af-
fected IL that providing that these
tickets shall be good for two years and
shall be sold at n reduced rate Justice
Peckhnn said that the provision was
not the exercise Of n power TO fix maxi
mum rates and not fair regulation
of the railroads, but an Improper inter
ference. the Legislature having no
right TO discriminate, as IL done In this
net I'VE cannot" he said. regard this
exceptional legislation az the exercise
Of lesser right which II included In
the greater one 10 fix by statute maxi
mum rates on railroad companies"
The chief Justice and Justices Gray
and Mckcnna dIsscntcd.
Adjuiant General corbln says that
General Otis viii respect the standing
order OF the war department to send
the volunteers home In the sequence In
which they reached the PHILIPPINES
The first command 10 leave Manila will
therefore probably be detachment OF
the California artillery. as General
Otis has cabIcd that he would send the
first troops home on May 9Th. and no
steamer can leave ON that date which
has capacity for carrying an entire
regiment. The sequence In which the
volunteers left San Francisco for Mn.
Mia was as follows First California.
Second Oregon. detachment OF tho
California artillery. Companies A and
u. Utah artillery; Tenth PENNSYLVANIA.
First Colorado, First Nebraska, First
North Dak0ta. Thirteenth Minnesota.
First Idaho. First Wyoming, First
Montana, First South Dnkotn, First
Washington. Twentieth Kansns. First
Tennessee. Fifty-iirst Iowa. troop OF
Ncvndn cavalry and First Wyoming
Battery.
A highly important decision 10 set
tiers In the West Inns Just been rcn.
dcrcd by Judge Vnndcyenter, assistant
httorDey general. The decision wns
made M the request Of the secretary
or the Interior. BY II settlers on forest
RESERVES Will he permitted 10 take up
'lcu lands outside Of the reservation
pending n full survey OF the reserves
by the director Of the geological sur.
vey. Land Commissioner Hermann
hnd recommended thnt lnnd Offices bc
Instructed not IN nccpt claims for lieu
lnnds until the surveys had been I'm
Nhcd. He held TINT the settlers might
select lind which Inter would he found
within the lines OF the reserves. Set.
Tiers can now take up lieu lands out
side or the reservation by rclInduIsh.
Ing rights ~ lnnd on the reservation,
The nssIstnnt attorney general snld, IN
rendering his decision. Tint the recon.
mcnhntIon wns inJudiclO,is. md not In
nccord with whnt Congress Intended
when the INV was pnssed authorizing
tho Ia. a