, 1900-06-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM WASHINGTON.

h|eartDStOne Inan W any pHhse VI puh
lie life. The simplicity with which hei
early married life was surrounded was
continued as far as possible in later
wears. She disliked exaggeration IL
any form. especially where it related
to the every day details. of her home.
In intercourse she was unaffected,
amiable and ~painstaking in her efforts
to help others, and these traits of
character We're just as conspicuous in
her social career. which covered many
wears in this city. Those who knew
her in her modest home, the first resi-
dence of Mr.. Sherman here, found the
same gentle charms of manner when
she received them in the splendid white
mansion in X street. No entertain
mentf ever given at official homes were
more complete and elegant in every
way than those presided over by Mrs.
sherman. Her wide acquaintance
among the Oldest Washington families
always made the assemblages under
the Sherman roof gatherings of unu-
sual pleasure from a local standpoint.
The report of the House committee on
military affairs, which conducted an
exhaustive investigation of the Occur
d'Alene labor agitation II its excit-
ing incidents. vas submitted Tuesday,
ing bttb hlSt hIfi'NNu ny " h''Jo'
ity vote of the committee. The report
says: First. the governor of Idaho, in
his efforts to establish order and ell
force the laws of the state, is to be
commended for his courage n fear
lessness. The blind hatred excited by
the mob. the consequent disturbance
of public business and the reign of law
lessness is in a fair way to be adjusted.
The citizens of Idaho are to be con
graduated upon the removal of a dan
gerous cancer that has long threatened
the peace and order of the state. Bet
ter ideas prevail as to the rights and
duties of men in relation to the pres
ervation of society. and this improved
condition of affairs is in a great meas
ure due to the conduct of the COVER
nor of that state. Second, the conduct
of the military in the trying hours from
May 2nd to the present. amid the dis
turbing elements of the Coeur d'Alenes,
when fierce passions famed I'M
checked. when no hand was raised to
stay the dynamiter and the murderer.
where the mob had been suprem e. is a
matter OF earnest congratulation to the
country" The report takes up in de.
tail the various meetings of the Miners
Union the day before and on the day
the Bunker Hill mill was blown up
with dynamite. the distribution of fire
arms and masks and h march on the
mill. This" it says. was accom-
plished with military precision under
direct command of leaders and with
out delay, from which fact and from
the evidence adduced ut the Corcoran
trial it was found that there existed
in the mining district of the Occur
d'Alene a widespread. deep-seated
and thoroughly organized conspiracy"
The report states that the district had
been in n state of insurrection since
1899. and the condition in 1890 culmi-
mated in he violent state of insurrec-
ton and riot. The Legislature could
not have bee convened to meet the
emergency and the committee holds
hat under the circumstances the gov
ernor was warranted in calling on the
President for troops" AS to the Pres
ident's course the report says: 1T is
conceded on all sides that the President
of the United States was justified in
sending troops to Shoshone county,
Idaho, in response to the application
of the governor. The United States
troops have now gone into garrison
eight miles from the scene and they
are retained at the request of the gov
ernor. supported by n petition of LOO
citizens. Non of the charges pending
again the United States army and its
officers in Idaho as set forth in the va
rious paragraphs of the resolution have
been sustained by the testimony. Pres
ident Mckinley and the War Depart
ment exercised every precaution that
the military act solely within the con-
stitution and not encroach in the dis
tinct sphere of the civil authorities"
Congressional Appropriations.
A carefully prepared statement on
the appropriations of the session has
been made by Senator Allison. chair
man of the senate committee on ap-
preparations, and Chairman Cannon of
the o committee on apprupria.
tons, in accordance with custom. The
statement says
The appropriations made by the
first session of the Fifty-first Congress
amoun to 500, I29,476. This sum in
cludes S131,247.1 55, estimated to be
on o of or incident to the late
war with Spain, II deducting it, the
remaining amount, ~S57S,4SS,321. rep
resents the ordinary appropriations
made for the support of the govern
ment during the season.
1T will be observed that after de.
Quoting the amounts estimated to
have been appropriated on account of
or incident to the war with Spain for
the ensuing. the current and the last
fiscal years (which cover the period
since the beginning of the Sapnisl
war; the appropriations for the five
fiscal years-including the two imme-
diately preceding the WARFARE us fol-
lows:
1897 .$515,S45 1913
1888 52s, 735.0T9