The Holly chieftain., 1900-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMEN


appointed second lieutenant IN the cav
airy, regular service.
The total subscriptions to the Lawton
fund on the 9th amounted 10 Sto,
433.32. General COrbin says that al
though active efforts TO increase the
fund have ceased, voluntary contribu-
tons will be accepted up TO the time
OF Mrs. Lawton's arrival at san FRAN
cisco, about the 1st proximo.
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, offered n
resolution in the Senate which was
adopted, reducing the mileage fees to
be paid witnesses in cases before the
Senate to SO per day while in attend
ance and actual travelling expenses.
! This will reduce the amount for Wit
nesses in the Clark case about one
half
Senator Hoar is drawing the report
of the majority of the committee on
privileges and elections in favor or
seating Mr.. Quay as senator from
Pennsylvania upon the certificate OF
Governor Stone on the ground that ey-
cry state is entitled to two senators.
and that IL its Legislature does not I'LL
vacancies Us they occur the governor
has the power 10 do so. He takes very
broad grounds that the failure of the
/ Legislature to elect should not deprive
state Of representation.
The secretary of war has modified
the requirements as to physical proper
tions of candidates for enlistment in
the army. In an order just issued he
says: 1T is not necessary that the ap-
| plicant should conform exactly TO the
4 figures indicated in paragraph 119. A
variation not exceeding ten pounds in
weight or two inches in chest measure
ment (at expirationl below the stand
ard given in the table is admissible
when the applicant for enlistment Is
active. has firm muscles and Is evident
/ ~ vigorous and healthy
The session of the Cabinet Tuesday
I was brief, but it was the occasion of
| the important announcement by Secre-
| tary of State Hay that the negotiations
with the great powers of Europe and
\ Japan to secure n common understand
/ ing for continued open door pol
! icy" throughout China had been emf
nently successful. and that favorable
/ responses had been received from
Great Britain, Germany. France, Rus
sia and Japan. The only country ad-
| dressed which has not yet responded
is Italy, and favorable answer is also
expected from her
The naval board which conducted
/ the trial Of the Miller coaling system
has submitted its report to Admiral
{ Bradford. chief of the equipment bu-
/ reau. In weather as heavy as it was
| practicable to coal ship under any con-
I ditions, the device transported about
I twenty tons an hour safely. Altogeth-
/ er the board concludes that the appar-
/ atus will be of value during war time,
and consequently the plant with which
! the experiments have been conducted
will be paid for by the government un-
| der the terms OF the contract made last
summer.
In the executive session of the Sem
ate Thursday there was brief discus
| sion of the promotion of General Mac
! Arthur. The discussion grew out of
an inquiry by Senator Pertigrew as to
what the general had done to entitle
/ him to such distinction us had been
conferred upon him. The L.quiry was
responded to by Senators Carter, Haw-
| ley and others, who explained that
! General MacArthur's record had been
uniformly good fran the time of the
| civil war until and including the pres
| ent campaign in the Philippines. After
| these explanations the nomination was
confirmed without an opposing vote.
The mystery of the Montgomery's
cruise on the coast of Africa, which
| Senator Mason promises to make the
| SUBJECT of a congressional investiga-
ton, does not involve any great inter-
| national question. as he pretends to
suppose. Instead of doing police duty
for the British empire, the Montgom-
| cry was quietly cruising up and down
! the coast of Liberia. making soundings
and charts for the supply and coaling
! station for our navy. which is very
/ much needed in that part of the world.
| The Liberian government offered the
United States a choice of its harbors
for that purpose. and the Montgomery
was sent over there TO inspect and re-
! port.
General A. W. Greedy, the chief sig
nal officer of the army. and the we'll
known Arctic explorer, lies in serious
condition at his home as the result OF
an assault committed ON him about
half past S o'clock Saturday night by
Joseph C. Furnace, Il messenger In the
employ of the Adams Express Com
pany. Furnace, who lives in Balti-
more, in company with friend named
George Murphy, spent the day in
Washington, drinking until late in the
afternoon, when they started for Il
lisreputable portion of the town. They
lost their way and finally reached the
northwestern section of the city, be-
yond the State, War and Navy Depart
ments. They tried TO get into General
Greely's house, and when he came out
to expostulate Furnace threw him
down the long fight of steps. His head
was cut but he will recover
The State Department has received