Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Orders w-t- promptly issued fur ihr
assembling Of irunis- III Washington 10
participate ia President M-kIni-y'. ia.
neral .-ryI-r-. the f.r- q. consist of
q land nn.i .ix COMPANIES II cua.t nr-
tiil-ry frsm Fort Monfu-'. tw. -.ini,.s-
ni.-s ~ -.ast artillery from Fort Wash.
instan. .n- company of -nsin--r- froin
wiii-t's Point. two trsnis. of cavalry
frum Fort M,-r nnd .n- iishi battery
fr.m Washington barracks. The Two
r-sinl-nt. af tbs District Of Columbia
Na,Ianai Guard w-r- ai.a detailed 10
participate. G-n-rai Miles was expect.
.-i I. command the sspsi.. " i'c E-a.is.
ssi the city in time. pth~rwi.- tho
command i~s"is-- ui-on Major .-n.rai
iinaL-. commanding 'hc b-tsT'n'-nt
.f the East.
The satnlnts. ian-r. af the District ~
Columbia b-ij m--stinr Saturday
ani isst-i q proclamation. announcing
.. til- -i,is-ns of the District the death
uf President M-kinlry. paying iEiiu'"
!. HE memory ani ordering that. n.
marx Of r.-sI-rt. tile commissioners de-
sir, that the public siiirv~ "f III" bis-
irirt af Columbia l.. cigss,i 1n ,li. iay
Of the tun-Eai ani that The flass On nj,
the District buildings H. displayed ns
half masi until further "T'i-r.. The
commissioners had previously sent
Telegram :" Secretary CaTt"iy"u. -ss
l'T,sssins their t-r>nnai asicf ai ID"
death ~ President Mrkini-y sni "Ss
i-n'iins ih"ir profound symIaihy I"
Mrs Mckinley.
The Schicy Cuurt If inquiry will hold
iis s.ssi.us y, thc Washington navy
yaF,l in q Tvnm un the ssyUni Herr .f
the spiun-r@- Workshop The rpuIn
las t'oor sIsac~ "f sixty by So fr-i.
and is partitiun-j io provide n ruurts
room UySS f-Ct. The reservation for
the usc of thr CotFt. Admiral SChl"y
aud his counsel. the witnesses and a
ss'HazraphCr has i-svu InclCsci hy
railing. ani two IarrC smyrna rugs
have lpryn provided tp increase The
Cumfor- uf the cuurt. Hack "f ih.
court room ar. two laEC rUpius. "is"
for the court. with firvpTopf safe 10
iusuTC the preservation uf the iuia
i."rtsn; ryCuT,is that will l., pr,-iur-''i
NJ THE hearings. aui ,hc other for the
us- II Admiral SChIry ani his counsel
White paint has l-vn lil-crally applic,I-
giving nu air ot rlranlincs=. The only
decoration is two large new American
tiasS. which hnv" lrvn tasiCfully
,lra,-yi over freshly -LTuuzC'l large
representation nf the American eagle.
Desks have t-cCn provided fer the
ncwspatvr correspondents just Duisi'l"
the railing iuClosinE 'hc CutlTt. and
seats have i-srn arranged for Y. sI'"ye
iatorS. VII" will H. admitted ly carl.
Ilpniits fur the us- uf tho CORRESPOND.
Cnts anil telegraph operators have l.rn
erected at on- cni uf the halt
or thu eight men WIN entered rrrs-
i,lrnt MCkinlcy'< Cabinet nj the l"gin-
ming uf his first administration. only
three remain. These are Secretaries
Gag-. Long and Wilson. The greatest
numisr ~ changes have taken place in
the State Department aui the Depart
mrnt n Justice. ThTrC men have
served rs the head of the State DE
partmrnt sincc March T. islT. The
first Df these was the late Hon. John
sherman. who SURRENDERED his place
in the senate tp lScrOInc the premier nf
MIR. MrKiulcy's first Cabinet. At the
outbreak II the Spanish war he retired
aud was StCy-Cr,iCi by Judge William
" bay " Canton. Ohio. vile. when
the war had closed. gave place IT, Tho
present incumbent. Hon. John Hay.
who had lsccn MIR. MCKinlcy's minister
ta Great britain. MI three were Ohio
mrn. The first attorney general under
President Mckinley was the present
supreme Court Justice. Hon. Joseph
Mckcnna. When he l'ccamr n mem.
l,cr Of the Supreme Court he was sue
Jr,,Irl by EuvcrnOr Griggs Of New
Jersey. and the latter was at his own
request relieved NJ the beginning Of the
present term. y. g. Knox. the incum-
bent. assuming the Office. In each ~
the pustofiicr. War and Interior Dc-
partments. there has been one change.
Mr. smith succeeded Mr.. Gary In the
rostofiice Department: Mr.. Root Gem
cral Algcr in the War Department.
and MIR Hitchcock Mr.. Bliss In the In
terror Department.