The Springfield herald., 1901-05-03
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

The army in thelPhilipplnes is to be
reduced to 10000 men.
1t is probable thtt several regiments
of our troops will be kept in Cuba for
at least n year yet.
Secretary Root has accepted the plan
urged by General Miles for an army
of 10000 mcn-a regiment for each
million of population.
The Navy Department has received
n letter from Admiral Rcmey, in COM
mand of the Asatic station, making
known his purpose TO be present at
the ceremony attending the erection
of monument 10 Commodore Perry
at Kurihama, Japan, on July 18th.
Attorney General Knox, by direction
of the President. has called all otIi-
cals who have been connected with
the Obcrlin NJ. Carter case to Wash
ington for secret conference to de-
termine upon active measures to be
taken for the recovery of the money
Carter is said to have embezzled.
The monthly statement of the collec-
tions of internal revenues shows that
the total receipts for March, 1901,
We're $24, ,O30. T45 n decrease as com
pared with March, 1900, of S295,933
For the last nine months the receipts
We're $32S,525 less than for the cor
responding period last year.
The Cuban delegation saw President
Mckinley twice Thursday. At the first
meeting there We're expressions of
friendship. At night the members of
the delegation We're guests of honor Mt
Il state dinner at the White House.
The real business which brought the
delegation here was not transacted. the
President saying 10 the delegates that
he would confer with Secretary Root.
who would act as his representative
in conferences over the Cuban situa-
ton.
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 Il
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 en-
terminate them. Some fear has been
felt lest the introduction of the Bel
gan hare should result in n similar
danger to this country, and the gov
ernment biologists are now making
anxious observations. 1t is claimed
that the Belgian hare is purely n do
nestle animal. incapable of sustaining
life without the aid of man. This ques-
tion will soon be decided. however. in
southern California, where the indus
try of raising hares for their pelts was
taken up two years ago and then aDan-
doned as Improbable. The harcs were
turned loose. and are now in what may
be called n wild state. The experts
are watching them, and particularly
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The Indications are that they may be-
come a nuisance in that warm climate,
but it is not believed they will ever
endangcr the agricultural interests of
the northern states 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 geolog-
ical survey for the next fiscal year
has Just baLn announced. numerous
PARTIES are IL be sent to all sections
OF the country to engage in geological.
Geographical, hydroSraphicai and
other lines of survey work An i'm
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
Il reconnaissance of the whole line from
the summit of the Rocky mountains
westward. Geologist Bailey Willis,
with party. will make Il rcconnoi-
Sance of n strip ten to fifteen miles
wide along the south side of the bound
ary line in Idaho and Montana to de
termine it's geological features and the
condition of the boundary monuments.
Other biologists will make surveys
from the Colorado westward to the Pa
ciiic coast. Parties will be detailed TO
cooperate in typographical surveys
with the states of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, 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 investiga-
tions will include the lead and zinc de-
posts in southeastern Missouri. gold
deposits in Georgia and the devonian
and carbonferous strata in New York
with reference to coal, oil, gas, clays,
etc.
Mr.. w. T.. Curtis writes to the Chi
cago Record-lIerald that the commit
tee from the Cuban constitutional
have been very much i'm
pressed by their reception here. and
by the gracious manners
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-