North Park union., 1900-01-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENT..

Louis Rice Ball of Colorado has been
appointed second lieutenant in the cav
airy. regular service.
First Lieutenant Loren e. Cheever OF
buffalo. Wyoming, has been promoted
to a captaincy in the Thirty sixth In
fantry.
The total subscriptions to the Lawton
fund on the 9th amounted to. $4S,-
1892 General Corbin says that al
though active efforts to increase the
fund have ceased, voluntary contriD0-
tions will be accepted up to the time
| of Mrs. LawtOn's arrival Mt San Fran
cisco, about the 1st proximo.
Mr.. Hoar Of Massachusetts, offered a
resolution In the Senate which was
adopted, reducing the mileage fees 10
be paid witnesses In cases before the
Sennte to 50 per day while In attend
ance and actual travelling expenses
This will reduce the amount for Wilt
nesses in the Clark case about one
half.
Attorney General Grlggs has return
cd to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission the transcript of the evidence
taken mt herring before the commits
sion last week In the matter OF the new
freight classification. with view 10
action by the attorney general under
the antitrust law, IL his Judgment
should warrant the same. He states In
! reply that he does not believe that an
action would result In conviction un-
der the law.
Senator Hoar is drawing the report
of the majority of the commi,tee on
privileges and elections In favor OF
seating Mr.. Quay us n senator from
Pennsylvania upon the certihcate OF
| Governor Stone on the ground that ev-
cry state is entitled to two senators.
and that IL It's Legislature does not NIL
vacancies rs they occur the governor
| has the power to do so. He takes very
broad grounds that the failure OF the
| Legislature to elect should not deprive
a state of representation.
The secretary of war has modified
the requirements as to physical proper
tiOns OF candidates for enlistment In
the army. In nn order just issued he
says: ut Is not necessary that the mp
plicnnt should conform exactly to the
figures Indicated in paragraph IT'D. A
variation not exceeding ten pounds III
| weight or two inches In chest measure
ment lat expirntiom below the stand
ard given In the table is admissible
when the applicant for enlistment Is
active. has firm muscles and Is evident
ly vigorous and healthy"
The naval board which conducted
the trial of the Miller coaling system
has submitted Its report to Admiral
Bradford. chief of the equipment Du-
reau In weather as heavy as 1t wns
/ practicable to Goa! ship under any con-
ditions, the device transported about
twenty tons an hour safely. Altogeth-
or the board concludes that the nppar-
ntus will he OF value during war time,
and consequently the plant with which
| the experiments have been conducted
will be paid for by the government lin-
der the terms of the contract made last
summer.
The session OF the Cabinet Tuesday
was brief. hut 1t was the occasion OF
the important announcement by Secre-
tary OF State Hay that the negotiations
| with the grcat powers OF Europe ana
Japan to secure n common understand
Ing for IL continued open door pol
ley" throughout China hnd been emil
nently successful. and TINT favorable
responses had been received from
Great Britain. Germany. France, Rus
sin and Japan. The only country nd
dressed which has not yet responded
is Italy. and favorable answer Is also
expected from her.
| In the executive session OF the SEN
ate Thursday there WAS brief discus,
sion OF the promotion Of General Mnc-
| Arthur. The discussion grew out OF
| an inquiry by Senator Pettigrew as to
what the general had done to entitle
| him to such distinction as had been
conferred upon him. The inquiry was
responded to by Senators Carter. Haw-
ley and others. who explained that
General MacArthur's record had been
uniformly good from the time of the
civil war until and including the pres
ent campaign In the Philippines. After
these explanations the nomination was
| confirmed without nn opposing vote.
The mystery Of the Montgomery's
cruise on the coast Of Africa, which
Senator Mason promises to make the
SUBJECT of n congressional investign-
tion. 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 wns quietly cruising up and down
the coast OF Liberia, making soundings
and charts for the supply and coaling
station for our navy. which IL very
much needed in that part of the world.
| The Liherian government offered the
United States II 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
IN assault committed on him about
half past o'clock Saturday night by
Joseph c. Furnace. IL messenger in the
employ of the Adams Express Com
pnny. Furnace, who lives in Balti-
more. In company with Il friend named
George Murphy, spent the day In
Washington, drinking until late In the
afternoon. when they started for n
disreputable 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 flight Of steps. His head
| was cut but he will recover.
The State Department has received
from Ambassador Choate mt London by
cable n statement of the facts he had
developed In connection with the seiz-
ure by British warships Of American
goods on the three merchant vessels.
Beatrice, Mashona and Maria. The