North Park union., 1900-07-06
rHE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Lakes, with headquarters mt Chicago
The President has appointed General
Lloyd Wheaton, colonel of the Twentl.
eth infantry. and brigadier general oi
volunteers, major general CT volunteers
and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas II.
Barry major and assistant ad1utaht
general in the regular establishment.
The attorney general has assigned
the Judges OF the District Court Tor the
District of Alaska rs follows: Me!vlhe
G. Brown, District No. l. to reside at
Juneau; Arthur H. Noyes. District No.
2. to reside at st, Michnels; Jnmes w.
Wyckersham, District No. 3, to reside
at Eagle City.
The Navy Department hns Issued 4
general order under the terms OF tne
last appropriation act increasing the
pay of naval officers on shore In l'uerIo
Rico, Cuba and the Philippine Islands,
Hawaii and Alaska by ten per cent.
and for the enlisted men OF the mnr1ne
corps on shore at those places twenty
Der cent Said Increase is to be com
puted from May 2Bth last.
Assistant Secretary Taylor has ren.
dered Il decision adverse to the appeni
of James Fitzharris and Joseph Null
let from the decision Of the emigration
officials at New York, who held them
for deportation on the ground that hnv-
ing been convicted of felony In connec-
tion with the murder Of Lord Caven-
dish and Thomas Henry Burke III
Phoenix park, Dublin, in 1882, they
cannot be permitted to land In this
country under our immigration laws.
They will be depOrted on the vessel
Got
At the session of the American Insti-
tute of Homeopathy, DIR. Hanchett.
chairman of the committee on inter
state work. offered n resolution which
was adopted, creating committee OF
five on national medical legislation to-
cooperate with like committees Of the
National Medical Association and the
National Eclectic Society In securing
national or interstate legislation Affect
ing the practice of medicine. The
committee offered resolutions urging
advanced standard of medical educa-
tion, favorIng state registering and eN
amining boards. and approving medi
cal teaching in state universities.
Rear Admiral w. 4. Sampson, Unit
ed States navy, was the commander In
chief of the said United States naval
forces or fleet, and Commodore W. s.
Schley. United States navy. wns the
commanding officer of division or
squadron thereof, under the orders of
said commander in chief" In these
words the Court of Claims has judi
ciously determined the famous Samp-
sOn-Schley controversy. They are part
of Il finding of fact in the decision of
the court on the claims of Rear Ad-
miral Sampson and his men for boun-
ty for the destruction of the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera. The
Spanish squadron Is found to have
been inferioSrtO the American force and
a bounty of 500 has therefore been
awarded for every officer and man un-
der Admiral Cervera's command. The
total amount of bounty allowed is
$1G6,7OO. of which Rear Admiral
Sampson Will receive SS.355 and Rear
Admiral Schley about $1,000. The
court specifically declares that the
New York was among the vessels en-
gagged in the Santiago battle.
The War Department has made pub
lie the following notice of amnesty
which was issued by General MacAr-
thur on the 21st Mt Manila: Notice
of Amnesty.-Mnnila, June 21, 10OO-
BY declaration OF the President Of the
United States the undersigned an
nOunC$s amnesty with complete i'm
munity for the past md absolute liber.
ty to action for the future to all per-
sons who are now. OF at any time since
February 4. 1899. have been in insur-
rectiOn against the United States In
either Il military or civil capacity, and
who shall within period of ninety
duvs from the date hereof. formally re-
nOunce nll connection with such insur-
rectiOn and subscribe to n declaration
acknowledging and accepting the SOW
erelgnty and authority of the United
States in and over the Philippine Is
lands. The privilege herewith publish
ed is extended to all concerned with
out any reservation whatever except
Ing that persons who have violated the
rules of war during the period of act
i've hostilities are not embraced within
the scope of this amnesty. All who
desire to tnke advantage Of the terms
herewith set forth are requested to
present themselves to the command
Ing officers OF American troops mt the
most convenient station, who will re-
ceivc them with due consideration ac-
cording to rank. make provision for
their immediate wants. prepare the
necessary records and thereafter per-
nit each individual to proceed to any
part of the archipelago, according to
his own wishes, for which purpose the
United States will furnish such trans
portation as may be available either
by railway, steamboat or wagon
Prominent persons who may desire to
confer with the military governor, or
with the board of American commits
sioners, will be permitted to visit Ma
nila md will, as fur as possible, be pro-
vided with transportation for that pur-
pose. In order to mitigate as much as
possible consequences resulting from
the various disturbances which, since
1886, have succeeded each other so rap
idly and to provide In some measure
for destitute soldiers during the tran
STORY period, which must Inevitably
succeed peace, the military authorities
of the United States Will pay thirty
pesos to each man who presents u rifle
In good condition"
South African News.
London. June 24.-There was almost
total absence of war news from
S0uth frirn 1ost ,Iuht ou1 +ho %,I.