The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

AND THE pEPARTMENTo.
Mr.. WI, the Chinese minister. has
purchased an automobile. which ne
uses for official and social visits and
for pleasure riding about the city.
q. p. Huntington, the last Of the
prominent railroad magnates to bold
out In opposition to the construction
Of an isthmian cannl. has surrender
ed, and Is now numbered among the
advocates Of the Nicaragua routA
The officials of the government will
accept as final the opinion Of the direc-
tor Of the naval observatory tnat the
nineteenth century ends at midnight OF
December 81, 1900, and that the TWEEN
tieth century begins with January, j,
1901.
Miss Cecilia Sherman Miles, dAngh-
ter of the general commanding the
army, and Captain Samuel Reber, U.
8. A., were married ut noon Wednes-
day, at st. Johns Church, Rev. AJAX
ander Mackay-Smith, ID. D., omciathg,
assisted by Rev. Dean Davis o. IT
Louis.
About 500 persons attended an AMI
imperialist meeting, held In MasoYc
hall, here Thursday night. he
weather was wet and disagreeaDle. he
speakers were ex-senator ]. b. Hep
derson of Missouri, Ex-Governor Boot-
well Of Massachusetts and Represent
atlve Lentz Of Ohio. fN'a
The secretary of war has sent to Coz
gress request for an urgent deficiency
appropriation of $75O,0OO to supple
ment the $1,5OO,OOO heretofore appro-
priated for the repatriation Of the
Spanish families and their Families
held by the Insurgents In the Philip
pines from the islands to Spain, in &C
cordance with the treaty Of peace.
The President has issued an execu-
tive order relative to quarantine regu-
iations 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-
lions. These require that vessels en-
tering and clearing from any Philippine
port shall he examined by officers Of
tie marine hospital service.
Again 1t is announced that tie Presi-
dent will pay his long be1atedl journey
to the Rocky Mountain states. This
time the promise Is made In connection
with tn. intention of the PRECEDENT to
be presen. at the launching Of the Ohio
at San Francisco In the spring. He
has assured the western senator's that
he will 60 west by way Of thu North
ern Pacific, stopping at Helena and
Butte. His present intention b 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 a migration bf en-
ployes to Washington, which the de-
partment proposes to check. The ON
cial bulletin of the department. issued
to-day contains a warning in TIE form
OF the order which Postmaster General
Wilson issued in 1895 notifying post
masters, clerks and other employees
that they must not come to Waahing-
ton to influence legislation pendin9 BE-
fore Congress.
The House has ordered two fnSestt-
cations as result Of resolutions intro
duced by Representative Lentz Of
Ohio. The first is to be an investiga-
ton by the committee on postOfaces
and post roads into the charge that two
federal app0intees 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
amdavits to the effect were on file at
the time Of their appointment. The
other II 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 q most interesting report from
Captain Leary, governor of Guam, re-
cocding his achievements In the mat
ter Of civilixing the natives and clean
Ing up the island. He says: THE peo-
pie appear to be grateful for what IL
being grntuitously done for them and
seem to appreciate the Importance Of
cooperating with NJ, 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. 10
establish 4 hospital of ten beds. b
striking has been the result that tho
authorities Of the, village are now
building and have nearly finished IN
additional hospital for twenty beds"
Governor General Davis urges ,mms.
date action on the part Of Coneress
for the organization of government Ia
Puerto Rico. He wants that island 10
be placed in the same relation as one
Of the regular territories, with nee
trade in all articles with the rest Of ire
United States. Owing to the cyclone
which swept over the island during Ire
summer the people are in a condition
Of great poverty. in many cases dis-
tress, but they are conducting them
selves In an admirable manner and
have shown that they will make good
citizens. General Davis thinks that
policy as well as Justice demands that
the laws Of the United States be en-
tended over Puerto Rico without deiay
and with only a few changes, which
are necessary to meet the peculiar con-
ditions there.
A spirited and at times sensational
debate was precipitated in the Senate