The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-01
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

ment is making preparations to meet
this deficiency by the transfer of
troops from the United States.
By the resembling of the order and
Instructions Issued last April, the Post
office Department now holds that ad-
ditional Inscriptions which the law
authorizes to be placed on the wrap
pers. cover, tag or label accompanying
fourth-ciass mail matter. may be
placed likewise on the matter itself.
The Supreme Court has decided to
hear the Alaska gold mining cases, In
volving the validity Of the criminal
code md the Alaska -Ireadwell min
ing case, together. Owing to the con-
stitutional question involved. Assistant
Attorney General Beck asked that the
case be heard before n full bench.
Two weeks additional time was al
lowed the government In which to pre-
pare.
The most important feature of the an
nual report of Colonel A. L. Mills, SUI
perintendent of the military academy
at West Point. relates to the measures
taken for the suppression of hazing.
Treating of discipline, he says: "The
discipline of the corps of cadets has
greatly improved during the year and
is now in an excellent state. 1t is be-
lieved no military body of its size ex-
isNs which excels 1t In soldierly appear
ance, and in the perfection of drill and
military exercises, as well us In the
higher requirements of devotion to
duty. This satisfactory condition has
been attained by firm adherence to the
measures adopted during the past three
years to create among the cadets a
higher soldierly regard for their obli-
cations, in particular those pertaining
to haZing."
Indian Commissioner Jones has stat
ed that the next appropriation that is
made for the building of Indian schools
will be largely expended in New Mexico
and Arizona for the benefit of the Nay
ajos. MoQuis, Apaches, Jicarillas and
other tribes. who have heretofore been
neglected in this respect. Congress
makes lump appropriation for Indian
schools. which amount is distributed by
the Indian office. Heretofore the In
dams of the northwestern states, large
ly because of heavy congressional in1iu-
enee, have secured the bulk of this
money, more than their share, The bulk
of the next appropriation will be de-
voted to erecting suitable school build
tngs and dormitories on the several res
ervations of New Mexico and Arizona,
where adobe huts and tumbledown
buildings are pressed into service. At
this time the schools of these two terri
tories, generally considered, are in
worse condition than those of any other
section Of the West.
| Visitors to the national capital will,
In the very near future. be enabled to
| take In the sights insthe most 'down-
to-the-minute' STYLE through the me-
dunn of vehicles shortly to be intro
duced by the Observation Automobile
Company. Each of these vehicles is to
be accompanied by an entertaining
lecturer, thoroughly cOnyersant with
the various places of interest in Wash
ington and with the legends, associa
tiOns and tragedies connected there
with. These vehicles are steam driven
Uhe engine being of twenty-horse
power) and sixteen feet long, six feet
wide and ten feet high The twenty
two passengers which each will accom-
modate will be installed in the same
number of revolving chairs, making
"rubbering' much easier operation
than when the tourist Is ensconced in
trolley car, or even In n carriage
Steam heat will be provided in winter,
while in summer the letting down of
the eight large windows into the body
of the vehicle renders it cool and pleas
ant to the occupants. The wheels are
shod with 3H.-inch solid rubber tires,
the rear pair, forty inches In diameter,
doing the driving, while those in front
(thirty-six-incl) guide the vehicle by
means of the steering wheel operated
by the driver. The fuel used will be
kerosene, of which sufficient for jour
ney of fifty miles can be carried at
once. The operation Of the engine is
almost absolutely noiseless, the me-
chanism being entirely inclosed.
Rear Admiral Crowninshield's state
ment in his annual report to the Sec
retary of the navy that the United
States has not sufficient men to man
the vessels Of the navy, available and
under construction, in the case of war,
is substantiated by an important state
ment prepared Mt the Navy Depart
ment. This statement shows that the
delay in commissioning the protected
cruisers Olympia and San Francisco IS
due to the lack of men, and that the
commissioning of the torpedo boat flo
tilla this winter to accompany the
North Atlantic squadron to the West
Indies will be impossible from the
same cause. The Olympia and Sar
Francisco are not the only vessels laid
up for lack of men, or on which re
pairs are not being pushed because
they cannot be put in commission