The Springfield herald., 1900-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

airy, regular service.
The total subscriptions to the Lawton
fund on the 9th amounted to S4S,-
4:3333.32 General Corbin says that al
Though active efforts to increase the
Ifund have ceased. voluntary cOntribu-
tions will be accepted up to the time
of Mrs. Lawton's arrival at San Fran
cisco, about the LIST proAlmo.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts offered II
resolution in the Senate which was
ladoptcd, 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.
IThis will reduce the amount for wit
uesses in the Clark cIse 9bcyt one
half.
n Ator Hoar is drawing the report
of Nae majority of the committee on
privileges and elections in favor of
Iseating Mr.. Quay rs senator from
PENNSYLVANIA upon the certificate of
IGoyernor Stone on the ground that ev-
Ierv state is entitled to two senator's.
land that if its Legislature does not fill
Vacancies as they occur the governor
mas the power to do so. He takes very
broad grounds that the failure of the
Legislature to elect should not deprive
IN state of representation.
The secretary of war has modified
the requirements as to physical propor-
tions of candidates for enlistment in
1.-THE army. In an order just issued he
Isays: 1T is not necessary that the np-
lplicant should conform exactly to the
Figures indicated in paragraph l19. A
variation not exceeding ten pounds IN
weight or two inches in chest measure
ment (at eXpiration below the stand
to- h. tnlL iS, ni les
when the applicant for enlistment Is
lactive. has firm muscles and is evident
~ vigorous and healthy"
The session of the Cabinet Tuesday
was brief. but it was the occasion of
the important announcement by Secre-
Itary of State Hay that the negotiations
with the great powers of Europe and
Japan to secure Il common understand
ling for continued "open door pol
icy" throughout China had been emil
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 r al of the Miller cOaling system
has Submitted its report to Admiral
Bradford chief of the equipment bu-
reau. In weather as heavy as 1t was
practicable to coal ship under any CON
|ditions, the device transported about
twenty tons an hour safely. Altogeth-
err the board concludes that the nppar-
|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 SEN
late Thursday there was n brief discus
Ision of the promotion Of General Mac
Arthur. The discussion grew out of
Ian 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. Hnw-
Hey and others, who explained thnt
General MacArthur's record had been
uniformly good from the time of the
Icivl war until and including the pres
lent campaign in the Philippines. After
these explanations the nomination was
confirmed without an opposing vote.
The mystery of the Montgomery's
lcruise on the coast of Africa. which
IsuDJect of II congressional investign-
ton, does not involve any great inter
national question. nS he preten1s to
suppose Instead of doing police duty
Ifor the British empire, the Montgom-
lery was quietly cruising up and down
1.-The coast of Liberia. making soundings
land charts for the supply and cOnlinG
station for our navy. which is very
mucN needed in that part of the world.
The Eiberian government offered the
United States Il choice of its harbors
for that purpose, and the Montgomery
Twas 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 n serious
condition at his home as the result OF
IAN assault committed on him about
half past o'clock Saturday night by
Joseph G. Furnace. Il messenger in the
employ of the Adams Express Com
pany. 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
.ltSrcputn bic portion of the town. They
Host their way and finally reached the
northwestern section of the city. be
FOND the State. War and Navy Depart
|ments. They tried to get into General
|Greelys house and when he came out
Eo eXpostulatc Furnace threw him
down the long fight of steps His head
WAS cut but he will recover.
The State Department has received
from Ambassador Choate at London by
lcable n statement of the facts he had
developed in connection with the seiz-
,urc by British warships of American
goods on the three merchant vessels
Beatrice. Mashona and Maria. The
goods pppn,snJ not only Hnur Lllt