The silver star., 1900-01-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE uoasas
AND THE DEPARTMRNTS.

Am En~ MnIIE d0V0B
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Mr WI, the Chinese minister has
purchased an automobile. which he
uses Tor official and social visits and
ior pleasure riding about the city.
y. =. Huntington. the last of the
prominent railroad magnates to hold
Out IN opposition to the construction
VI an isthmian canal. has surrender
~, ana is now numbered among the
advocates Of the Nicaragua route.
The officials of the government will
accept as final the opinion Of the d,rec-
tor OF the naval observatory that the
nineteenth century ends at midnight of
december 81, 1900 and that the twen-
1901. ~ =
Miss Cecelia 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, ID. D., officiating,
assisted by Rev. Dean Davis of st.
Louis.
ABOUT 500 persons attended an anti
imperialist meeting. held in Masonic
nail, here Thursday night. The
weather was wet and disngreeable. The
speakers were ex-senator ]. b. Hen
derson of Missouri. Ex-Governor Bout
well of Massachusetts and Represent
atlve Lentz of Ohio.
The secretary of war has sent to Con
gress request for an urgent deficiency
appropriation of $75O,OOO to supple
ment the $1,5OO,OOO heretofore apprO-
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spanish families and their families
held by the insurgents in the Philip
pines from the islands to Spain, In nc-
cordance with the treaty of peace.
The President has issued an execu-
tive order relative to quarantine regu-
latiOns for the ports in the Philippine
islands. The order recites 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 regula-
tions. These require that vessels ell
tering and clearing from any Philippine
port shall be examined by officers of
the marine hospital service.
Again 1t Is announced that the Presi-
dent will pay his long belated journey
to the Rocky Mountain states. This
time the promise Is made In connection
with the intention of the President to
be present mt the launching of the Ohio
at San Francisco in the spring. He
has assured the western senators that
he will go west by way of the North
ern Pacific, 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 for the postal ser
vice encourages migration of en-
ployes to Washington, which the de-
partment proposes to check. The Off
cial bulletin of the department Issued
to-day contains a 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 investi-
cations as result Of resolutions intro
duced by Representative Lentx Of
Ohio. The first Is to he an investiga-
ton by the committee on pOstOffices
and post roads into the charge that two
federal appointees Of the President,
Postmaster John G. Graham OF Provo
olkys ONans anu ObtuubtCA OlbUu
Smith Of Logan, Utah, are under in
dictment as pOlygamists and whether
affidavits to the effect were on file at
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 q 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-
pie appear to be grateful for what IL
being gratuitously 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
people Of Agan, the largest village, to
establish q 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 beds"
Governor General Davis urges imme-
0hutC uNtlVh VIZ ssC lsssN VI NOhRACH1
for the organization OF a government In
Puerto Rico. He wants that island to
be placed In the same relation as one
Of the regular territories, with free
trade In ali articles with the rest Of the
United States. Owing to the cyclone
which swept over the island during the
summer the people are In condition
Of great poverty. In many cases dis
tress, hut they are conducting them
selves In an admirable manner and
have shown thnt they will make good
citizens. General Davis thinks that
policy NJ well as 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-
diti0ns there.
A spirited and Mt times sensational
debate was precipitnted In the Senate
Thursday ON the Philippine question.
the basis for the speech making being
q resolution Of inquiry offered several
days ago by Mr.. Pettigrew Of South
Dakota, to which Substitutes were pro
poeed, Mr.. Pettlgrew attacked the ad-