The silver star., 1900-05-18

The secretary Of var has received
FROM General Otis valuable report
concerning the importation snd sale Of
Equo- IN the Phnipptne Stands and
drunkenness zDenx tie rrpopsA The
document VIII - serr ID congress in
few days In reply to = resolution Of
fere-t By Senator PetriEre~-
AZ the next <s<sson Of the United
States Suprezoe Court Representative
Bsrharn Of California viii make
Unique motion for The admission 70
practice Of his -Jn- Etxzrd C Barhan
and h,s son-s wife. Ida D. Barharl-
TIE latter studied law and -zs admit
ted 20 the tszr h-to-e her marriage and
i Do~ the husbands partner AT Santa
Ra>a- u1de- The title Of BsrAzn & Bar
ham
Secretary Of the Navy John D. Long
has been practically settled upon By
the sdnInis,rarsoa for the yscs pres.-
Dental nomiazfton- OF tho-e canti-
dates who we've IN tho reckoning SEQ
-e.1ry Long Is President Nchinieys
personal choice X j. sad II the pres
dents behalf tia. y. and the party
nsuaxer. want for the second
pleee who + up To s-anfa-t OF ahtl-
ity 70 put in conrroi Of the admins
trzcon II case Of any accident
M WI the ChinsSs minister, has
issued a proclamation to the Chinese
residents ot The United States eI-
planning -be pu-Io>- Of the cs1s1s and
r-qu@-rinx them 10 give al The .nfor-
nation asked for by the e11nerzto-r
without hesitation Ten years ago the
enunera-o-- found IL difficult 70 obtain
Information from the Chfnsss.- who sus-
p--e-esi that II was TO b. used against
lheu- and Director Merriam, snticipat-
ilg similar difficulties tki. year. "
q1eSte-i Mr.. WI 90 allay the suspl-
eions Of his fellox-counfrymen-
Il i the desire and intention Of the
Republican leaders to adjourn Congress
before the 18th of June, which Is the
date Of the Republican national con-
venfion- and a programme Of leglsIa-
ton IS being shaped with that In view
The appropriation bills are pretty well
along. and 80 far as they are CON
cernet II would he easy TO close the
session By the first Of June: but there
are several measures on which the Re
publicans desire to make record be-
fore the election. Those have not yet
been selected and are now under con-
slderatoa By the steering commit
tee.
In secret session Tuesday the Sen
ate discussed the effect upon .he arnor
plate question Of the Invention by an
army officer Of wonderful new pro-
1ectiie. The shell. fired from high
power guns. penetrated the armor al
most as bullets fired from Krag-Jor-
genson rife would penetrate green
wood, the difference being that the ar
NOR plates split from the point of i'm
pact 1t is said this was true OF the
krupp armor. as We'll as Of the other
armor tested. The shell which was so
effective was not described; indeed. the
Navy Department Is guarding Jealous
ly al details concerning its construc-
ton.
Attorney General GODDARD Of Kan.
sas reached here Monday with the
avowed intention OF filing In the
United States Supreme Court an in
junction suit in the name Of the state
Of Kansas against the state OF Colo
rado. Tne proposed suit is to prevent
the diversion Of the Arkansas river
by Colorado irrigationists. thus pre-
venting the natural flow Of the stream
Into Kansas and as claimed. DANA
ging to the extent OF many millions
OF dollars the farmers Of that state.
Contrary 10 expectations. Mr.. GODDARD
did not file his application for an In
junction, and he announced to-day
that he would not file II until the May
term Of court, which opens May 14th.
The director Of the geological sur.
yey has forwarded 10 the senate a com.
munication from the committee now
I fpuGinO fnvagfigattanu .f h< q
the survey with n view to preserya.
, tion of the water supply for reclama.
ton OF arid lands. In Wyoming the
work now being done and contem.
plated this season includes an exami.
nation Of reservoir sites above Grap.
ger. reservoir surveys east of Yellow.
stone park. continuation OF reservoir
surveys In the Big Horn mountains,
investigation OF artcsian conditions In
the Black HIS and examination OF un.
, dergrouDd water possibilities In south.
eastern Wyoming. Fifteen thousand
dollars IL required to complete the sur.
veys.
That Is n very important bill for the
reorganization Of the army which the
SENATE passed on the 9Th. 1t makes
many notable changes In the military
\ -. '''' T'i'i' But tIlt
artillery. II authorizes the appoint.
inent OF veterinary surgeons for each
cavalry regiment and battery Of field
artillery; 1t authorizes chaplain for
every regiment In the army; II gives
the senior major general commanding
the army the rank and pay Of lieuten.
ant general and the adjutant general
the rank and pay OF major general. In
order to Increase the number OF officers
In the army the corps Of cadets at
West Point is enlarged by i2O-nllow.
In. one from every congressional dis.
trict, two from each state and terri.
tory mt large md thirty from the United
States at large
In the Senate Saturday. Mr.. spooncr
or wisconsin and Mr., iInie Of Mnine
made notable speeches, dcprccating tho
wnr Alk of Friday by Mr. Lodge OF
Massachusetts. Neither the senator
from Wisconsin nor the senator from
Maine wns fearful TINT we might bc.
come Involved In difficulty with Ger.
many on ncc0unt of the Monroe doc.
trine. Mr.. fi0nr of Massachusetts pro.
tested ngninst the ''wretched Imperini.
iStic business" md the tnlk TINT this