The Lamar register., 1901-02-20


until 1924, having reached the rank OIL
lieutenant-general in 1910.
Secretary Hitchcock has reversed the
rulings of Land Commissioner Herr
mann by which patents have been de-
MED to Il number of Colorado owners
of mining lode claims. Patents were
| denied under the commissioners rul-
| ings because the location lines OF the
various lodcs encroached upon contig-
uous patented claims. In line with his
| decision in the Hidec Gold Mining case
the secretary reversed these rulings
and directs that patents be issued.
The United States Supreme Court
| has decided two cases involving the
| question of the responsibility of an en-
| tire tribe of Indians for depredntions
committed by organized bands compos-
ed of members of the tribe, holding
| that in such ease there Is no liability.
The opinion was handed down by JUS
ticc Brown and held that rs the bands
| in both cases We're strong enough to
break away from their respective tribes
and to defy the United States govern
ment as they did. the tribes as whole
could not in equity be held responsible
| for their misdeeds.
/ The legislative committee of the w.
G.. II. u has prepared an amendment to
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition bill
making it n condition of the acceptance
of the S5,OOO,OOO that neither the ST.
Louis nor the Buffalo Exposition shall
be open on Sunday, and that no beer,
wine or other malt or sprituous liquors
shall be sold within the grounds. The
ladies intend TO make rs determined
fight on this proposition rs they did on
the canteen, and declare that before the
| st. Louis people can have n dollar or
government money for their exposition
they must pledge themselves that no
beer shall be sold either there or AT
/ Buffalo.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Navy
| Rear admirals to be advanced i'll rank
from the 11th day of February. 1901:
William II. Sampson five numbers. to
take rank next after Rear Admiral
John A. Howell; Winfield Scott Schlcy,
three numbers, to take rank next after
Rear Admiral Sampson when ad-
vnnced. Captains to he advanced i'll
rank from February II. 19O1-liobley
ID. Evans, five numbers and to be
rear admiral; Henry C. Taylor. five
numbers and to he II rear admiral;
| Francis \. Cook, five numbers. Charles
Sigsbce, three numbers; French II.
| Chadwick. five numbers: John j.
IIunker, two numbers. Naval Con
structor Iobson Is advanced ten num-
bers.
A Washington letter says that prelim-
| mary skirmishes in II battle for SlJO-
100000 have already begun in the cap
ital. Holders of the Cuban war bonds,
issued by Spain to raise funds FOR the
prosecution of the wars in Cuba are
again 1noving to get their money back.
A lobby in already at work i'll Wash
ington. and 1t has had representatives
| ~, r,,I, tt.ttt nj
seeking to shape the constitution of the
island so ms TO admit of n compromise
regarding this stupcndous claim. In
Cuba the 6ondholdcrs have met with
defeat. The draft of the constitution
now being considered shuts out any
possibility of n compromise on these
bonds. hut has left the way open for
the payment of the bonds of the repub-
lie of Cuba issued by the junta.
President Mckinley has sent n mes
age to Congress urging that the thanks
of Congress be rendered TO Admiral
Sampson for his work during the
Spanish war as commander of the
naval force of the North Atlantic
squadron. After recounting the work
of the squadron the President says: 81
recommend that. following our nation
al precedents, especially that in the
case of Admiral Dewey and the At
lantic squadron. the thanks of Congress
be given to Rear Admiral William Il.
Sampson, United States navy, ana to
the officers and men under his COM
mand. for highly distinguished CON
duct in conflict with the enemy and In
CARRYING on the blockade and naval
CAMPAIGN on the Cuban cOast. resulting
in the destruction of the Spanish fleet
Mt Santiago de Cuba. July 3, 1898.
The correspondent of the New York
Times states that the report that the
President intends TO make Judge Taft
civil governor of the Philippines in
case Congress shall pass n resolution
giving him authority to regulate hffairs
there entirely in his discretion until
Congress can make specific laws for
the islands is probably the expression
of n wish entertained by the President
when Judge Taft went to Manila. The
qualification of the wish depends, first.
upon the action of Congress. and next.
upon the consent Of Commissioner
Taft When Mr.. Taft accepted the ap-
pojntment to the commission he de-
clared that he could not think of going
to the Philippines for n longer period
than eighteen months. His plan was
to accomplish so much rs was possible
in n wear and n half and return to
practice law in Ohio.
The secretary of the interior has
transmitted to the Senate committee on
public lands favorable report upon
Senator Warren's amendment to the
sundry civil service appropriation bill,
providing for extending ten years the
period in which lands may be segre-
gated and reclaimed under the Carey
arid land act. In his report Secretary
Hitchcock states that the grant OF land
tn the states under the Carey act was
n departure from former legislation,
and in n measure experimental. The