North Park union., 1901-05-10
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

reduced to 10000 men.
It II probable that several regiments
Of our troops win BE- kept In Cuba for
at least year yet.
Secretary Root has accepted the plan
urged by General Miles for an army
of 1900 men-a regiment for each
million Of population.
The Navy Department has received
q letter from Admiral Remey. In COM
mand of the Aslatic station, making
known his purpose to be present at
the ceremony attending the erection
of a monument to Commodore Perry
at kurihamn, Japan, on July 4th.
Attorney General Knox. by direction
of the President, has called all OH
cIals who have been connected with
the Oberlin n. Carter case to Wash
ington for a secret conference to de-
termine upon active measures to be
taken for the recovery Of the money
Carter II said to have embexxled
The monthly statement of the collec-
tions OF internal revenues shows that
the total receipts for March, 1901,
were $24.O30.745, decrease as COM
pared with March, 1900, OF $29o.0S3.
For the last nine months the receipts
were $O<S,OSO lcS8 kuun AbA SnV WI :
responding period last year.
The Cuban delegation saw President
Mckinley twice Thursday. At the first
meeting there were expressions of
friendship. At night the members of
the delegation were guests OF honor at
a state dinner at the White House.
The real business which brought the
delegation here was not transacted, the
President saying to the delegates that
he would confer with Secretary Root,
who would act as his representative
in conferences over the Cuban situa-
tion.
The biologists Of the Department Of
Agriculture are not yet prepared to say
whether the Introduction Of Belgian
hares into the United States will be a
nuisance or a blessing. In Australia
the introduction of ordinary rabbits
proved so disastrous that the govern
ment was compelled to take the mat
ter in hand and use the army to e1-
terminate them. Some fear has been
felt lest the Introduction Of the Bel
gian hare should result in q similar
danger to this country, and the gov
ernment biologists are now making
anxious observations. 1t Is claimed
that the Belgian hare Is purely do
mestic animal Incapable OF sustaining
life without the aid of man. This ques-
ton will soon be decided. however. in
southern California. where the Indus
try of raising hnres for their pelts was
taken up two years ago and then aban-
doned as Improbable. The hares were
turned loose, and are now in what mny
be called wild state. The experts
are watching them, and particularly
noting the rate at which they multiply.
The Indications are that they may be-
come a nuisance In that warm climate,
but 1t is not believed they will ever
endanger the agricultural interests of
the northern stntes because they can
not endure the cold winters. At any
rate, the experts of the department
are Withholding their opinion until
they have made further observation.
The plan Of operations Of the geolos-
ical survey for the next fiscal year
has just be.n announced. Numerous
rarties are IL be sent to all sections
OF the country tG engage In geological.
typographical, hydrogrnphlcai and
other lines Of survey work An In
portant feature will be an investiga-
ton, In cooperation with the coast
and geodetic survey, of certain un-
marked parts of the Northwest bound
ary between the United States and
CANADA. The line Will be re-run and
temporarily marked by iron posts in
certain localities. 1t Is planned to make
q reconnaissance of the whole line from
the summit of the Rocky mountains
westward. GeOlogist Bailey Willis,
with q party, will make q reconnoi-
sance of strip ten to fifteen miles
wide along the south side OF the bound
ary line In Idaho and Montana to de-
termine its geological features and the
condition Of the boundary monuments.
Other biologists will make surveys
from the Colorado westward to the Pa
cific coast. Parties Will be detailed to
cooperate In typographical surveys
with the states of New York, Pennsyl-
vanla, Ohio, Maine, West Virginia and
North Carolina. Director Walcott will
make special Investigations in the
Rockies In Montana. Investigations
are planned Of the clays and clay work.
ing Industries of the country and also
of the cement Industries. Assistant Ge-
ologist Adams will Investigate the gas
wells of Louisiana. Other investign-
tions will include the lead and zinc de-
posits In southeastern Missouri, gold
deposits in Georgia md the devonian
and carbonlferous strata In New York
with reference to coal, oil, gas, clays.
etc.
Mr.. W. Z. Curtis writes to the Chi
cago Record Herald that the commit.
tee from the Cuban constitutional
convention have been very much i'm
pressed by their reception here, and
particularly by the gracious manners
7 of the President. They can scarcely
find words sufficiently strong and COM
prehensive TO convey their appreciation.
Only one Of them had ever visited the
United States before, and none had
ever been In Washington. They antic-
ipated cordial welcome and cour-
teous treatment, but they were not pre-
pared for 80 much ceremony and at
tention. They say that they had al
ways supposed the Americans were
old-blooded and brusQue and indiffer-
ent to those amenities OF life which
have 30 high value to the Latin
races, and hence they expected the
President would treat them and talk
to them MS one business man to an
other. From the moment Of their ar
rival. they told me tonight, they have
felt themselves to be In the hnnds of
their friends. and while the eyes of the
Secretary Of War are colder than those
Of the President and his manners are
less sympathetic, they are quite CRATE
ful for his pleasant reception also.
They met him when he visited Havana