The Holly chieftain., 1901-03-29


procity treaties, The extension is one
year. -a
Lamar C. Quintero Of New Orleans
has advised the War Department that
on account of Illness in his family il
VIII be impossible for him 10 accept
one of the Supreme Court jus;iceships
in the Philippines
More than 800 applications for chap
lajncies III the army have been already
filed with the President Two dozen
negro clergyJnen ARE among the num-
Der The Roman Catholics are max
ing especial efforts TO secure addition
al recognition. as but four Of the hrmy
chaplains are now of thar faith.
Professor Willis l.. Moore chief of
the weather bureau. under the author
iiy OF Secretary Wilson. has called the
triennial convention of weather bureau
officials at Milwaukee,. Wisconsin,
August 2Tth to 29;h next. Buffalo.
Chattanooga. Denver and San Fran
cisco also We're competing for the hon
or.
Lieutenant General Miles and his
party baye returned to Washington
from tour of inspection in Cuba.
General Miles told Secretary Root that
in his opinion the Cubans would ac-
ceIn the Plat amendment He was
particularly impressed with the fine
condition of the batteries in the forts
around Havana.
1t was stated at the War Depart
ment that If the favorable conditions
of the past month continue the mum.
Der OF troops necessary in the Phil
ippines will not be as great as has
been anticipated This view of the
ease will not cause any cessation in
enllstments, nor will any determine
tion be reached until full and accurate
Information has been received from
Manila
Acting Director Cotternan of the
Philippine postal service, has reported
10 the Postottice Department the fol-
lowing complete list of postotiices now
in operation in the archipelago: Ange-
les, Aparri Bacolor, Batangas, Ca2ay-
an. Catamha, Catbalogan, Cavite.
Cebu, Dagupan. lilo, Jolo, Loag, Leg
aspo, Lucena. Nueva Caceres, San
Fernando de pampanga, San Isidro.
Canta Cruz, Tacloban, yigan and
Zamboanga
At meeting of the committee ap-
pointed at a mass meeting of citizens
of Washington for the purpose of pre-
senting to Admiral Schley modest
home. 1t was reported that about &c.
0O0 had been contributed to the fund.
1t is expected that by April 18th about
$4,000 will have been contributed, and
this will be used to purchase home
in the suburbs of Washington. to be
presented to the admiral on his ar
rival in this country April 18th.
Secretary Root has appointed Mrs.
Dita Hopkins Kinney of New York su-
perintendent of the female nurse
corps, under the army reorganization
act. She has been superintendent of
the nurses in the Long Island hospital
at Boston and has been connected with
hospitals in st. Paul San Francisco
and New Mexico. Since the resigna-
tion of DIR. Anna Newcomb MCGEE
some months ago. Mrs. Kinney has
been in charge of the army nurse
corps in the War Department.
A delegation from the American In
stitutc of Architects, which has been
in conference with the Senate commit
tee on the District Of Columbia in re-
gard to a permanent plan for beauti-
flying the city of Washington. has rec
commended Daniel ii. Rurnham of
, Chicago and Fred Law olnstead of
Boston to be permanently employed as
consulting architect and engineer by
the government and 10 authorize them
to select n third expert in case they
consider it necessary. The District
committee has taken the suggestion
into consideration and will probably
adopt it.
/ At the request of Representative
Mondell, Secretary Hitchcock of the
Interior Department has directed that
a sheep trail be opened across the Big
Horn forest reserve north of the tbir
teenth standard parallel in Wyoming.
SO that sheep may be driven across the
reserve to market during the coming
! season. The secretary also decided to
permit sheep grazing during the sea-
son ending August 31st upon certain
| portions of the following reserves:
Black Mesa, in San Francisco noun
| tains, Arizona. 225,OOO and 125,OOO
! sheep, respectively; Gila River re-
serve, New Mexico, 225.OOO. The
southern slopes of the Arizona re-
serve are excluded from grazing priv
ileges pending Investigation by officers
| Of the Interior Department of claims
made by farmers in the valleys below
that sheep grazing restricts the water
supply for irrigation purposes.
Members of tine House who happen
to be chairmen of committees are au-
thorized to appoint clerks to those
committees, who are paid from 81 800
to $1,000 year. They are paid by
the government, but are expected to
act as private secretaries to the chair
men of their committees. The men,
| bers who have no chQirmanships are