North Park union., 1900-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF the WHITE noVss
AND THE OEPARTM8NTo.
Mr.. WI, the Chinese minister, has
purchased an automobile, which ne
uses for ofhcial and social visits and
for pleasure riding about the city.
G. p. Huntington, the last OF the
prominent railroad magnates to hold
out in opposition to the construction
of an isthmian canal, has surrender
ed, and is now numbered among the
advocates Of the Nicaragua route.
Adjutant General Corbln thinks the
Lawton fund will finally reach $780,
GOO which will be invested for Mrs.
Lawton In government bonds and give
her an income sufficient to provide
against all want and enable her to
educate her children properly.
The officials of the government will
accept as final the opinion Of the dtrec-
tor Of the naval observatory that the
nineteenth century ends Mt midnight OF
December 81, 1900. and that the twen-
tieth century begins with January, !,
1901.
Miss Cecilia Sherman Miles, daugh-
ter of the general commanding the
army, and Captain Samuel Reber, U.
g. A., were married at noon Wednes-
day, at st. Johns Church, Rev. Alex
ander Mackay- Smith, ID. D., ofaciating
assisted by Rev. Dean Davis Of st.
Louis.
About 500 persons attended an anti
imperinlist meeting. held In Masonic
hall, here Thursday night. Inc
weather was wet and dlsagreeable. The
speakers were ex-senator ]. B. Hen
derson of Missouri, Ex-Governor Bout
well of Massachusetts, md Represent
ative Lentz of Ohio.
The secretary Of war has sent to Con-
gress request for an urgent deficiency
appropriation of $75O,OOO to supple
ment the $1,IOO,OOO heretofore appro-
priated for the repatriation OF the
| Spanish families and their families
held by the insurgents In the Phiiip-
pines from the islands to Spain, III ac-
cordance with the treaty of peace.
- The President has Issued an execu-
| tive order relative to quarantine regu-
latlons for the ports In the Philippine
| islands. The order recites that to pre-
vent the Introduction of epidemic dis
eases the act of 1893 and the rules
| framed Hereunder shall have full force
In the islands, with additional regula-
tions. These require that vessels en-
tering and clearing from any Philippine
port shall be examined by officers OF
the marine hospital service.
Again 1t is announced TINT the Presi-
dent will pay his long belated journey
to the Rocky Mountain states. This
time the promise is made In connection
with the intention OF the President to
be present at the launching Of the Ohio
at San Francisco In the spring. He
has assured the western senators that
he will go west by way of the North.
ern Pacific, stopping Mt Helena ana
Butte. His present Intention Is to re-
turn by way OF Salt Lake, Cheyenne
and Denver.
The disposition shown by Congress
to favor legislation for the postal ser
vice encourages migration of en-
ployes to Washington, which the de-
partment proposes to check. The OH
cial bulletin of the department issued
to-day contains u warning In the form
of the order which Postmaster General
| Wilson issued in 1906 notifying post
masters, clerks and other employees
that they must not come to Washing
ton to influence legislation pending be-
fore Congress.
The House has ordered two investi-
cations ns result Of resolutions intro
duced by Representative I.entz Of
Ohio. The first Is to be an investiga-
ton by the copmittee on postoffices
and post roads into the charge that two
federal appointees of the President,
Postmaster John G. Graham of Provo
City, Utah, and Postmaster Orson
Smith of Logan. Utah, are under in
dictment as polygamists and whether
affidavits to the effect were on file Mt
the time of their appointment. The
other is general investigation Of the
military committee Into the conduct Of
General Merriam and the United
States army officials during the Ward
ner, Idaho, riots and subsequent there
to.
The secretary Of the navy has re-
ceived a most interesting report from
Captain Leary. governor Of Guam, re-
cording his achievements In the mat
ter of civiiizing the natives and clean
Ing up the island. He snys: 1.-THE peo-
pie appear to be grateful for what Is
being gratuitously done for them and
seem to appreciate the Importance OF
cooperating with us, not only In our
medical work, but in our efforts to
make sanitary Improvements. Assist
ant Surgeon Stone had persuaded the
people OF Agan. the largest village, to
establish a hospital Of ten beds So
striking has been the result that the
authorities of the village are now
building and have nearly finished an
additional hospital for twenty beds"
! Governor General Davis urges imme-
bdiate action on the part of Congress
tfor the organization of II government In
Puerto Rico. He wants that island to
be placed in the same relation as one
kof the regular territories, with free
trade In oil articles with the rest Of the
United States. Owing to the cyclone
which swept over the island during the
summer the people are In condition
of great poverty. in many cases dis
ftress. but they are conducting them.
selves In an admirable manner and
have shown that they will make good
y citizens. General Davis thinks that
policy as well rs Justice demands that
the laws of the United States be ex-
tended over Puerto Rico without delay
and with only a few changes, which
are necessary to meet the peculiar con-
ditions there.
A spirited and Mt times sensational