North Park union., 1901-02-15
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

GO aao eo3 or about half the sum appro-
,,r,o tod last year. The debt of Hawaii,
assumed on the annexation OF tne IS
lands Ia proyided for, amounting to $o,-
1885.
The United States embassy at Lon
don sent to Windsor castle three mag
nIficent floral pieces-wreaths from
President Mckinley and Mrs. Garneio
and a cross from Ambassador Choate.
The Presidents wreath is eight feet IN
diameter and of solid white camelias,
arums. lilies of the valley, tulips and
roses with a cluster of mauve orchlds
in the center. Mr.. Choate's cross is OF
the same flowers. Mrs. Garfield's
wreath is composed Of arums, Neapo-
Titan violets and greenery.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
reported in the House carries an item
of $25 600 to complete the postoince
building at Leadville; for surveying
private land claims in Colorado, wy
oming. Utah, Arizona and New Mex
leo, $4,000; for road improvements IN
Yellowstone park. $4,000, of which
$25, 600 is to be expended on roads in
the Teton and Yellowstone timber re-
serves in Wyoming; for improvements
to commissioners buildings, Yellow
stone park, $3.50.
In the sundry civil appropriation bill
provision Is made that hereafter the
following persons only shall be entitled
to the benefits to the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: "All
honorably discharged officers. soldiers
and sailors who have served in the reg
ular or volunteer forces Of the United
States who are disabled by wounds.
diseases or otherwise, and are without
adequate means of support and by rea-
son of such disability are incapable OF
earning their own maintenance and
support"
The President will promote twelve
officers of the regular establishment to
he assistant adjutant generals with
the rank of major. Colonel Theodore
Schwan. assistant adjutant general.
will be appointed brigadier general
and Immediately retired. Lieutenant
Colonel A. J. Babcock, assistant adtu-
tant general, will then be promoted to
the grade Of colonel and Major George
Andrews and Major ]. A. Johnson.
also assistant adjutant generals, Will
be promoted to the grade of lieutenant
colonel.
WI, the Chinese minister, had been re-
called by the government at the time
the foreigners were ordered to leave
Pekin was offered at the Chinese lega-
tion, where 1t was stated that Minister
Wu's term of office expired three
months ago. The term Of the Chinese
minister at st. Petersburg expired
shortly before the Boxer outbreak, and
his successor was appointed, but he
has not yet reached his post. Mr.. Wu's
successor would have been designated
had 1t not been for the complications
in China. Mr.. WI will visit Chicago
in March to be one of the guests or
honor at the quarterly convocation OF
the University OF Chicago. He will de-
liver an address Mt the urgent solicita-
tlon Of President Harper.
and spoke on 1t in the Senate calling
upon the secretary of war for informa-
tIon concerning the reports of the de-
p0rtatiOn Of George Il. Rice, editor of
Manila newspaper. to the United
States by the general in charge Of the
American forces in the Philippines.
He read the press reports concerning
Mr.. Rice's case, saying he did not won
der that he wis defiant, knowing there
was no law justifying his expulsion.
Mr.. Teller said he did not know wheth-
er Rice's paper had been suppressed.
but he had been credibly informed that
four newspapers had been suppressed
In LuZon by the military authorities.
Mr.. Teller spoke of the proceeding as
one Of importance to all, for Mr.. Rice
was a citizen Of the United States, and
an offense against him was against ev-
cry citizen of this country. Mr.. Tel
ler's resolution was agreed to.
Senator Warren hns presented to the
Senate a memorial Of the National Live
Stock Association adopted at the Salt
Lake City convention protesting
against the enactment of the Grout
Oleomargarine bill. The memorial rep
resents that the petitioners represent
126 live stock associations whose hold
ings represent nh investment of over
$OOOO.OOO. They protest against the
bill as n species of class legislation Of
the most inlQutous and dangerous
kind calculated to build up one indus
try at the expense Of another equally
important. They say that the passage
of the law would destroy the demand
for that product of the beef animal,
oleo oil. of which 24,O0O,OOO pounds
was used during the year 1890 in the
manufacture Of OleOmargarine, and
would also injure the hog industry by
similar destruction of the demand
for 32,OO,OOO pounds of neutral lard
used in 1880 In the manufacture of that
food product. The memorial protests
against the bill as one calculated to en-
tail an enormous loss on the live stock
producers. ruin great industry and
deprive the working classes and others
of a cheap. wholesome. nutritious and
acceptable article of food.