, 1900-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

to n captaincy in the Thirty-sixth in
fantry.
The total subscriptions to the Lawton
fund on the 9th amounted to S4S,-
43&32. General Corbin says that al
though active efforts to increase the
fund have ceased, voluntary cOntribu-
tons Will be accepted up to the time
of Mrs. Lawton's arrival ut San Fran
cisco. about the LIST proXimo.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts offered n
resolution in the Senate which was
adopted. reducing the mileage fees to
he paid witnesses in cases before the
Senate TO So per day while in attend
hnce n actual travelling expenses.
This Will reduce the amount for wit
nesses in the Clark case about one
half.
Attorney General Griggs has return
ed to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission the transcript of the evidence
taken mt ii hearing before the commits
sion last week in the matter of the new
freight classification, with n view to
action by the attorney general under
the antitrust law, if 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 committee on
privileges and elections i'll favor of
seating Mr.. Quay as IL senator from
ronnia wv" Nv 49, W
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NV ,nH, - Us heErsih,utt uoe
,h'dii'i'S us thcH occur ,hc EoN'Ihpi
nnn nv p"MrI ~ uo So ~ -
Legislature 10 elect should NOT deprive
n state of representation.
,
ne secretary OF war mas ihoulleu
lhe requirements as 10 phNSical proper
,iohS Oh canuluhteS Tor etillsilhei. III
'Ic hrHly. III an oruer JusI lsSueu ne
SaFS' ~ IL nor necessary mat 'he up
piciht should conform eNhctlN 10 the
hsnres Indicated in paragraph nv, A
variation not exceeding ten pohhus III
Welelt OF TWO lilcIes III chest measure
lleht lat eNplrntioh) nelo" me stahd-
ara gwen III me thble Is huihlsslpie
Wheh the applicant Tor enlistment Is
~. ri1,rn,,, " nrd honI.nn inv
lhe naVnl board wnlch conducted
4 the trial OF the Miller coming system
has submitted its report to Admiral
Bradford, chief of the equipment Du-
ii In weather as heavy ms 1t was
practicable TO coal ship under any con
ditlonS. the device transported o
twenty tons an noun safely.
cr the board concludes tina the appar-
atus Will he of value during wal time,
ana consequently the plant with which
the experiments have been conducted
VIII ID" palu Tor ny the government I'M
Ter the terms of me contract made last
ne StSSlDn bl the Nlbllltt l utStltN
was brlet. nut 1t was the occasion OF
INC important announcement ny Srcre-
lhrN Oh state HAY mat the negotiations
WIN the great powers OF Europe ana
Japan To secure II common understand
lng FOR II continued open door pol
icy throughout emma hiiu heeu emu
nentlN successful, ana that favorable
responses had been received from
Great Britain. Germany, France, Rus
sl:l II Japan. The only country al
dressed which has not yer responded
Is lthly, ana II favorable answer Is also
expected from her.
In the executive session of the SEN
ate Thursday there was n hriof discus-
sion of the promotion of General Mac-
Arthur. The discussion grew out of
an inquiry by Senator Pettigrew ms to
what the general had done tn cntitle
him to such distinction as had been
conferred upon him. The inquiry was
responded 10 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 an opposing vote.
Tl,o rvstarr ar ,Io Norto,uor,.,s
cruis. NM M .nn.t nr Afri,a ,nLf',h
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s,,""nnt ~ - nrar"sSnnn m,,nsnn
,inn L,,s mot irvGIy,n nm, ,,.n,, -
nn]tj,nnI ,rnsti"n ~ ha nrotnnh, 20
s,r,,n"" ITmstn,,i ~ lain, ,,It,' ,t
rnr ,L, pri,iSh ",nmi,,,, tLo Wnn,rnn
cry WIS quietly cruising up INT down
the cOnst of Liberia. making soundings
and charts for the supply and coaling
station for our navy, which is very
much needed in that part of the world.
The Iiberinn government offered the
United States II choice of its hurbOrs
for that purpose, and the Montgomery
was sent over there To inspect and re