The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Events, interesting or Otherwise, at
the CT pitol.


four pages being disposed of.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was de-
voted almost entirely to the consider
alton of Porto Rican appointments un-
der the new Government. A number
of these appointments will be made
very soon.
Former Secretary Of State John Sher-
man and Mrs. Sherman will leave
Washington Friday in their private car
for their home in Mansfield, o., where
they will spend the summer months.
The President has nominated John
c. Freeman, of Wisconsin, to be Con-
sui to Copenhagen, Denmark.
The President and members of the
Cabinet made trip down the Potomac
this afternoon ON the naval yacht
Sylph as the guests of Secretary Long.
They went as far as Indian Head and
returned to the city about 8 o'clock.
President Mckinley on horseback
will be one of the sights at the Ma
tional Grand Army Encampment at
Chicago in August.
The Boer ENJOYS, Messrs. A. Fischer,
G. w. Vessels and A. ID. w. Woimar-
ans, have been informed by the State
Department that the United States
cannot intervene between Great Brit
ain and the South African Republics
in the interest of peace.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided the Governorship case in
favor Of Governor Beckham, dismiss
ing the writ of error from the Ken
lucky Court of Appeals. Governor
Taylor has issued a statement to the
effect that he will submit.
Secretary Long has ordered the re-
establishment OF the European Sta
ton. In the beginning the squadron
will consist of but one ship, the AL
bany, but it is expected that, as more
officers are found available for duty,
other vessels will be commissioned
and sent to join the station. The AL
bany's commander is Captain Craig,
late photographer of the navy.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster G Gen-
eral Bristow, in charge of postal affairs
in Cuba, declares that chaos exists in
the department there. Charges against
Estes G. Rathbone, suspended yester-
day, are multiplying hourly. During
the investigation now in progress he
will not be permitted to leave the
island. 1t is rumored that w. II.
Reeves, in his confession, made
charges that seriously involve Rath-
bone.
The extradition treaty between the
United States and Switzerland will be
signed at Washington on May 23, and
will be submitted to the Swiss Federal
Assembly for ratification next winter.
The United States is about to es-
tablish a naval station in the Hawai-
ian islands. A bill offered in the
House authorizes the Secretary of
the Navy to acquire property, ap-
proximately $50 acres, for a naval
station in Pearl Harbor, Island of
Oohu.
The United States Government will
shortly make to Denmark a PROPOSE
tion for the purchase of the Danish
West Indies, the negotiations to be
solely between Secretary Hay and the
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Naval Appropriation bill was
passed in the Senate. 1t includes a
proviso authorizing contract for five
Holland submarine boats.
A constitutional amendment giving
Congress power to regulate trusts,
was favorably reported in the House
Of Representatives. A number of SIM
liar amendments to the Sherman Anti
Trust law were also reported.
In high Government circles in Wash
ington it is said that the Boer dele
gates will be received officially in a
diplomatic capacity by the Govern
ment, If they present satisfactory
credentials. Their mission, however,
is regarded as being political, rather
than diplomatic, and it is the opinion
of officials that they will not hamper
themselves by obtaining an official
status, thereby preventing themselves
from agitating the cause they rep
resent.
President Mckinley has contributed
$500 to the fund being raised for the
purpose of placing busts of Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan in Memorial
Hall, at the United States Military
Academy, West Point.
Miss Belle Henderson, daughter of
Speaker Henderson, who has been
very i'll for the last month, is now
an inmate of a sanitarium in Phila-
delphia Miss Henderson has devoted
great deal of her time to music, prin-
cipally vocal. and her close applica-
tion aggravated a physical ailment
from which she has been suffering for
year and half Miss Henderson
has not participated to any great ex-
tent in the social festivities of Wash
ington. Members of the family are
confident that the treatment she will
receife in Philadelphia will effect
permanent cure.