The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-18
FROM WASHINGTON.

| FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.
Mr.. WI, the Chinese minister, hnt
purchased an automobile, which he
uses for ofiicial and social visits and
for pleasure riding nbout the city.
g. r. Huntingdon, the last Of the
prominent rniIrond mngnates TO hold
out In opposition to the construction
Of an isthmian canal, has surrender
ed. and is now numbered among the
advocates Of the Nicaragua route
Adjutant General Corbin thinks the
Lawton fund will finally reach $780,
600 which will be Invested for Mrs
Lawton In government bonds and give
her an income sufficient TO provide
against all want and enable her to
educate her children properly.
The officials OF the government will
accept as final the opinion of the direc.
4 ter of the naval observatory that the
nineteenth century ends at midnight OF
December 81, 1900. and that the TWEEN
tieth century begins with January. l,
1901.
Miss Cecilia Sherman Miles, daugh-
ter Of the general commanding the
army, and Captain Samuel Reber. u
8. A., were married Mt noon Wednes,
day, at st. Johns Church. Rev. Alex.
ander Mackay-Smith. d. D., ofiicinting
assisted by Rev. Dean Davis Of 81.
Louis.
About 600 persons attended an anti
Imperialist meeting, held In Masonic
hall, here Thursday night. The
weather was wet and disa sagreenble. The
speakers were ex-senator !. r. Hen
derson of Missouri. Ex-Governor Bout
well OF Massachusetts and Represent
at;ve Lentz of Ohio.
The secretary OF war has sent TO Con.
gress A request for an urgent deficiency
appropriation OF S7JO,0OO to supple
ment the $1,5O0.0O0 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 ac'
cordnhce with the treaty OF peace.
The President has Issued an execn.
| tive order relative to quarantine regu-
lations for the ports in the Philippine
islands. The order recltes 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 rpguln-
tions. These require that vessels en-
tering and clearing from any Philippine
port shall be examined by officers OF
the marine hospital service,
Again It ls announced that the Presl-
dent will pny his long belated Journey
to the Rocky Mountain states. This
time she promise Ii made In connection
| with the Intention of the President to
be present at the launching OF the Ohio
at San Francisco In the spring. He
has nssured the western senators that
he viii go west by way OF the North;
an Pncific, stopping at Helena and
Butte. His present intention Is to re.
turn by way of Salt Lake, Cheyenne
and Denver.
The disposition shown by Congress
to favor legislation Tor the postal ser
vice encourages d migration of EN-
ployes 10 Washington, which the de.
partment proposes to check. The OIL.
cial bulletin of the department issued
to-day contains n warning in the form
OF the order which Postmaster General
Wilson issued In 1895 notifying post
masters, clerks and other employees
| that they must not come to Washing
ton to Influence legislation pending be
fore Congress.
The House has ordered two InyestI.
| cations as a result OF resolutions Intro.
duced by Representative Lentz of
Ohio. The first Is to be an lnvestiga-
| tion by the committee on postofiices
and post roads into the charge that two
| federal appointees 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
nfiidavits to the effect were on file Mt
the time of their appointment. The
| other Is 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 most interesting report from
Captain Leary. governor of Guam, re-
cording his achievements in the mat
ter Of civiIizing the natives and clean
Ing up the island. He says: 1.-The peo-
Pile appear to be grateful for what is
being grntuitously done for them and
seem to appreciate the Importance of
| cooperating with us, 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, to
establish hospital of ten beds. So
| striking has been the result that the
authorities of the village are now
building and have nearly finished an
additional hospital for twenty bcIs."
Governor General Davis urges imme-
diate action on the part OF Congress
for the organization OF government in
Puerto Rico. He wants that island to
be placed In the came relation as one
of the regular territories, with free
trade in all articles with the rest of the
United States. Owing to the cyclone
which swept over the island during the
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 ms justice demands that
the laws of the United States be ex.
tended over Puerto Rico without DELAY
and with only few changes, which
are necessary to meet the peculiar con-
ditions there.
A spirited and at times sensational
debate was precipitated in the Senate
Thursday on the Philippine question,
the basis for the speech-making being
a resolution OF inquiry offered several
days ago by Mr.. Pettlgrew of South
Dakota, to which substitutes were pro
posed. Mr.. Pettigrew attacked the ad-
ministrntion's policy in the Philippines
and also made some startling charges
against those who Were supporting the
administration. He declared that n
avefQrnnfia affnrt a..
prevent accurate Information from
| reaching the nennle of tho Irnifad