The Dolores star., 1901-05-31
WARRINGTON GOSSIP.

"a minister plenipotentiary to Persia.
}. Bowen was minister resident and
nsul general at Teheran.
The contents Of the Congressional H.
Fary proper have now reached the
1lowing figures: Printed books and
amphlets mot including duplicates In
be copyright office), 900; manu-
ripts, 7,O00; maps and charts, 5000;
usic. $4,000; prints, $4,000.
It is persistently reported that
gorge b. COrtelyou, secretary to the
resident, Is soon to receive sub
lantial promotion. 1t is said that the
resident intends to put him into the
)abinet, providing matters work out
p he now anticipates. In spite Of ex-
licit denials, the story still goes
round that Postmaster General Smith
vfll soon retire, and this is the place
Fhich rumor says COrtelyou is to have.
The comptroller Of the currency has
ecided that United States Senators
late and Tillman, having been sum-
noned to Washington as witnesses on
behalf Of the United States In the case
Y the United States vs. Cullen, are
Untitled to the usual mileage and wit
less fees provided by law, and that
he law as to clerks and officers Of the
United States, which provides that In
Duch cases they shall not be allowed
Mileage, does not apply to United
Jtates senators.
The present number Of employees In
he Congressional library proper num-
Der 1856 and In the copyright Office
orty-hve, while the care Of the build
ngs and grounds requires now force
includiAg charwOmen) of IL persons.
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requirements. The building with its
eOurts covers three and one-half acres
bf ground; 1t includes over 100000
cubic feet and eight acres Of floor
bpace; 1t has 2,15O windows to be kept
elean; 1t is finished in costly marbles
Ind mOsaics and decorated with costly
paintings, which must receive assidu-
Dus care, and it employs elaborate ma
rhinery-heating and ventilating ap-
parntus. elevators, book railways and
pneumatic tubes-which must be
BnlO0thly operated and kept In order.
There Is no law or constitutional pro-
vision to prevent President Mckinley
from visiting Mexico or Canada, or
even Europe during his term of office
df he 80 desires, although the prece-
dents are against 1t. This Is the rea-
son why he remained on his own side
OF the border at Ell Paso, says Will
lam Il. Curtis in the Chicago Record.
Herald. 1t is customary for the SOW
ereigns Of kingdoms and empires to
visit each other at pleasure, but never
has the President of the United States
gone over the boundaries of the coun-
try except on two occasions, Andrew
johnson and Secretary Seward once
crossed the suspension bridge in a car
-trs Il A.l,. x.A
Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
General Grant did the same several
years later.
II the plans of the construction bu-
rcau Of the Navy Department are in
Jorsed by congressional action the
United States will have the greatest
battle ship in the world. At the pres
ent time the Lepanto Of the Italian
navy is said to be the largest battle
ship afloat. She registers 1880 tons.
Plans now under consideration by the
board of construction call for bat
Tie ship of $1,000 tons, with CORE
eponding armament. 1t is also hoped
TO secure for this monster engine pow
er which will give her "a speed of twen-
ty-one knots. Such ship would cost
from $8,O0OOOO to S7,OOO,OOO, and
Congress may not be willing to vote
the money. 1t is interesting to note
that only two steamships now afloat
have tonnage exceeding that proposed
for this naval leviathan-the Oceanic
with 17,274 tons and the Celtic with
2O,SSO. The Great Eastern's tonnage
was 1875.
Four million dollars, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald correspondent, is
the sum which the administration is
proposing to pay as premium on a
Monroe doctrine insurance policy. The
money is to go for islands which 1t is
generally admitted the United States
does not want, but which It is propos-
ed to buy in Order to keep them from
falling into the hands Of any of the
|other powers. The dispatch from Co
penhagen which says negotiations
have been concluded between the
United States and Denmark for the
sale Of the Danish West indies to the
United States is mistake. No con-
clusion has been reached. The matter
will be disposed Of, SO far as the dip
lomatic agencies of the two govern
ments are able to dispose Of 1t, till af-
ter the return Of President Mckinley
and Secretary Hay to Washington.
Even then nothing can be done till
the American Congress and the Dan
ish Parliament meet next winter and
give assent to the provisional arrange
ments which the foreign secretaries
may enter into.
The commissioner of the general land
office to-day recommended to the sec
retary Of the Interior that 1852 head
of cattle and horses be allowed to
Craze within the Big Horn forest re-
serve, Wyoming, during the coming
summer. May LIST the secretary author
lied the pasturage of but 5000 head
OF horses and cattle In this reserve,
and prescribed that not more than 200
should be allowed any one applicant.
Under the commissioners apportion-
ment 1t has been necessary to conform
to the 200 rule. 80 far 1875 applications
formation on file in the last office 1t is
and approved, which, after uniform
scaling down. now represent 14,0S3
head Of cattle and ], 100 horses. Inas-
much as the excess Of numbers over