, 1900-12-27
WHAT is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

In the White House plans are being
formed for a transcontinental trip. The
present intention is to leave Washing
ton in May. The route West will be
the southern. 1t Is the expectation to
do California leisurely. Stops of yer
al days will be made in the vicinity Of
Los Angeles. In San Francisco the
President will witness the launching
! of the Ohio. After doing California,
the President and party will go to Ore
o and Washington, returning slowly
by the northern route. The arrival in
Washington will not he until some
time in June.
Representative Shafroth has been
requested by Chairman Mercer, of the
public buildings and ground committee
to furnish Information ms to the re
quirements of Leadville for its pro-
posed public building. Mr.. Mercer
asks if the city will donate n site, and
If not. its probable cost; present rent
for postotiice and other government of
fees: amount of postal receipts, popu-
latiOn of city, etc. Similar questions
have been asked Representative Bell
concerning Trinidad and Colorado
Springs. The information is desired
by the committee to aid in formulating
reports upon bills proposing public
buildings at these places.
The State Department has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the Unit
cd States government cannot intervene
in favor Of Porto Rico i'm the matter of
her cain against Cuba for 50. 90 1000.
The Spanish government raised n loan
to this amount from Porto Ricans to
help prosecute military operations in
Cuba, basing the loan upon the reve-
nues of the latter island. In substance
the decision of the United States gov
crnmeni is to the effect that, leaving
aside the question of equity in this
case. to sanction the collection of this
claim against Cuba now would be to
open the door to numberlcss other and
larger Gains, which would exhaust the
financial of the island.
The Senate foreign relations commit
tee reported favOrably n bill intro
duced last session by Senator Culbert-
son of Texas authorizing the secretary
of state to proceed with the cOnsum-
nation of n proposed treaty between
the United States and Mexico for con-
struction of an international dam on
the Rio Grande river in New Mexico,
with conditions that water impounded
by ii shall be equally distributed be
tween the two countries. If the treaty
is accepted by both countries, the sec
rotary of state is further authorized to
proceed with construction of the dam
and reservoir. and S2.31T.O 600 is appro-
priated for that purpose. The bill also
specifies that persons and corporations
~apprOpriating and storing waters of
the Rio Grande to which other have
right by prior appropriation shall be
deemed guilty of misdcmcanor and on
conviction punished by fine or impris-
onment under proceedings instituted
under direction of the attorney gen
eral.
Hubert Nos, the famous Dutch artist
has recently returned from n tour in
the East. where he painted the most
striking type of the several races he
was able to find. and portraits of the
king of Korea and prominent men of
thai nation II several of the most
noted princes of the Chinese court. He
invited the Chinese and Korean minis
tiers to n private view of the collection
and they We're naturally delighted to
find the familiar faces of their friends
upon the walls of the art gallery. But
Minister WI turned out to he ms shnrn
n critic of our art us he is of our
morals and religion, and his comments
upon the pictures of his countrymen
We're both amusing and instructive.
While he was viewing the collection
the art school in the adjoining room
was dismissed and n hundred or more
students came pouring into the room to
see the famous NoS collection. With
these young people MS IN audience Min
lister WI delivered an impromptu lee
ture upon American art that afforded
| them immense pntprtnlnmpuf