Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-16
The Briefest Cabinet Session in This
Administration.
NO BUSINESS Was TRANSACTED
None of the Members Had ANY,
thing to Submit.
SOME OF TODAY'S CALLERS

The shortest cabinet session in this ed.
ministration was held today 1t lasted
thirty-fve minutes and really was not a
session at all, for no business was trans
acted The absentees were Secretary Root
Attorney General Griggs and Postmaster
General Smith Each OF the five members
present was asked IL he had anything to
submit There was nothing. and, after
talking while, the members left the cab
met room. Secretary Hay, who has been
sick, was closely wrapped in a fur-trtmmed
overcoat He had his dispatch book with
him. Secretary Long had his well-known
green bag, but the contents OF both were
harmless and uninteresting
Going to the LonxfeIIow Exercises.
President Mckinley, accompanied by sew.
eral members of his cabinet, will attend the
Longfellow memorial exercises at the La
fayette Theater this afternoon The Pres
ident has taken warm personal interest
in the efforts to erect a monument to Long
fellow
The Indian band of the Carlisle Indian
School will compliment President and Mrs
mckinley with a concert at the White
House tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
This band will play at the exercises this
afternoon.
Some of the President's Visitors.
Senator Cullom had long talk with tho
President this morning. going over a good
deal Of the political field with him. Senator
Cullom is from a state which is showing
the strongest kind of opposition to Porto
Rican tariff. Republican leaders and news
papers Of Illinois are making dire threats,
and nobody knows the situation better than
Senator Cullom. He has received hundreds
of letters and kilograms from his constitu-
ents.
f,,tr
Wisconsin citizens to the President They
were J. b. Treat. chairman of the republi.
can state central committee, and W. III.
Froelick, secretary of state.
Today's Army Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations te the Senate:
WARRIOR promotion in the volunteer
army-Lieut. Col. T. r. Hamer, 37th In
fantry, to be colonel; Maj. Charles T.
Boyd, 37th Infantry, to be lieutenant
colonel; Capt. Benz. NJ. Koehler, 37th In
fantry, to be major; First Lieut.. c. H.
Sleeper, 37th Infantry, to be captain: Sec
ond Lieut.. A. X. Baskette, 31th Infantry,
to be first lieutenant; Second Lieut. VIM. E.
Utterback, 10th Infantry, to be first lieu
tenant.
To be surgeon with the rank of major
Capt. A. d. Ghiselin, assistant surgeon,
11th Cavalry.
To be assistant surgeon, with rank OF
captain-F'irst Lieut.. S. o. Beasley. assist
ant surgeon 18th Cavalry.
For appointment in the Porto Rico Regi-
raent of Infantry-To be first lieutenant
Second Lieut.. VIM. W. Bessell. Porto Rico
battalion: Louis e. Bennett, late major,
4th Illinois Volunteers; A. o. Seaman. late
first lieutenant, 4th Illinois Volunteers:
Morris f. Locke Of Ohio John o. Steger OF
Virginia and w. W. Ballard, il. OF Nir-
gnia.
To b.. second lieutenants-First Sergeant
Terence Hamill. Troop L, 5th Cavalry.
United States army; Jean S. Oakes of Ohio.
late sergeant Company F, 2olst New York
Volunteers.
For promotion in the army of the United
States: Cavalry-Second Lieutenant Elvin
r. Heiberg, 9Th Cavalry, to be first heuten-
ant.
Navy: Marine Corps-Frank c. Lander Of
Indiana, to be a second lieutenant.