North Park union., 1900-01-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP or THE WHITE HOUSE
AND TIVE DEPARTMENT..


were making out. commission for
General Lawion - brixndier general
In the regular army when the news
Of his death was received.
A number of prominent army officers
have undertaken to pay OF d mort
gage upon the home of General Law
ton In California. 1t In the only prop
erty left by the general.
The urgen, deficiency appropriation
bill. the first Of the important supply
bills for the government expenses, is
practically made up. and the total Will
amount to about 81 100000.
Mrs. McEinley'K health Is 80 poor
this winter that the hospitality Of the
White House will hnve TO be limited 10
official functions and the entertainment
OF the members of her family and
friends.
In accordance with the rccommenda-
tion OF the secretary of the interior. In
dian, Commissioner .yoncs has deter
mined 10 stop the employment OF In
dians In Wild West shows. He has
written several letters recently TO
would-bc contractors for Indians. In
which lie has clearly stated the posi-
tion OF the bureau.
~
appeared Tuesday before the commit
tee of the House OF Representatives
which is Investigating the case OF Mir.
Roberts OF Utah. They included Mrs.
Dr. Luclla Miles, n practicing physi-
clan OF Salt Lake City: Mrs. Dougnll.
+. l.. Mcdaniel and :. +. Wishnrd. all
of Salt Lake City. The testimony was
strongly to the effect that Roberts has
three wives.
The government has finally adopted
puerto Rico ms the official spelling
OF the name OF that island. and here
after all official documents Will nd-
here to that form. The board on geo
graphic names decided In favor Of this
some years ago hut the usage has not
been uniform. The board requested
from President Mckinley an express
sion OF his views and in making the
decision he says the name should be
Puerto Rico In accordance with the
custom of the people of the island.
The remains of the late Lieutenant
Brumby We're escorted to the railway
Tuesday with full naval honors, and
sent 10 Atlanta. Georgia. for intcrmen..
The cnskct WAS wrapped In the Amer
lean flag. The escort was made up of
IA detachment of marines from the
barracks here. headed by the full ma
rine band. all under command OF l.icn-
tenant Commander McCrca. U. :. n.
There were many floral tributes from
Admiral Dewey and friends and reln-
tives OF the deceased. Six sallors from
the. navy yard served as the pail bear
erS.
The President has sent to the SEN
ate the treaty negotiated by the
powers at The Hague last July for
the pacific settlement OF disputes be-
tween nations and the declaration To
prohibit for five years the launching
OF explosives from balloons. The Sen
ate Immediately removed the inJunc-
tion OF secrecy. The treaty was pub
lished at the time. The Presidents
message was formal letter OF trans
initial except thnt It invited attention
to an accompanying report from the
secretary OF state urging Immediate
action by the Senate.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. In an opinion prepared by Com
missioner Prouty In the matter Of ap-
plications OF carriers for extension Of
time. beyond january I. 1900. within
which to comply with the requirements
of the safety appliance law In using
automatic couplcrs and power or traiu
brakes on freight ears. has extended
the time to Angus, I. 1900. II was ad-
mittcd by representatives of the rail-
way employees that some additional
time should be grnnted. and the COM
mission. upon full consideration. ar
rived at the conclusion that mn extern
sion OF seven months would liz proper.
The other day somebody Went out to
st. Paul's Catholic church. unscrewed
silver plate that bore the name 'Iia-
zen from the arm Of one OF the Iews
and substituted another little plate
which was inscribed with the name
Dewey" This created good deal of
talk. and people Inferred thn; Admiral
Dewey WAS going to follow his wife
into the Catholic church. hut yesterday
he rented for another year the pew In
st. Johns Episcopal church he has oc-
cupicd whenever he has been resi-
dent Of Washington. and OF which he
used to be vestryman. and was re-
elected TO the bonrd of trustees In
charge of the Episcopal missions In the
city.
waiian islands, still lives In u modest
house In Fifteenth street In Washing
ton. but expects to return to her native
country very soon. She has made no
attempt to break into society. She
never entcrtains. and accepts the hos
pitality OF n few Intimate friends only.
She IL sun rcring from canccrbus
growth In her throat and has been
living In Washington for the purpose
of obtaining treatment from special
Ist instead OF for political reasons. Size
expects to return to Honolulu In Feb
runry and make her permanent home
among her own people. She has he
come reconciled to the loss OF her
crown.
A newspaper correspondent says: It
was made very clear to nll the mem
bers of the national committee during
Its session here that Elihu Root, the
secretary OF war. has been selected as
the running mate Of President Mckiu-
ley In the next campaign. and the word
was passed around that II was desir-
able to nominate him by acclamntion
No candidates for the presidency aud
vice presidency have ever before been
determined upon so far In advance of
the nominating day. and there was new.
er SO much unanlmity In any political
organization concerning platform.
The next Republican convention Will
be brief and Its proceedings can I've
written up In advance