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Of wages to be paid to women in the
employ Of the government.
On December 23rd the Treasury De
partment drew n warrant in favor Of
Rear Admiral Schley for $3,334-his
share Of the prize money due him for
the destruction Of the Spanish fleet at
Santiago July Ord, 1898.
Arguments in the claims cases grow
ing out Of the destruction of the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor were
concluded on the Dist, before the Span
tsh Claims Commission, and the com
mission adjourned until January g.,
1902.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Judge Darling has addressed n com
municatiOn to the secretary If the Mu-
sicians' Protective Union of this city
refusing to forbid the members of the
Uniteu States Marine Band accepting
or soliciting paid engagements.
Supervising Architect Taylor has as
sured Representative Shafroth that
there shall be no delay in calling for
bids for the interior finish of the mint
at Denver. He will make n favorable
report to the secretary on Mr.. Shat
rOth's bill increasing the cost limit of
the mint to $4,000.
The President, at the instance of the
veteran associations, has amended the
evil service rules applicable to the
rural free delivery service so as to ex-
cept from the operation of the age
limit veterans of the civil and Spanish
American wars who file applications
for appointment as carriers.
A general order issued by the Navy
Department sets apart as a naval res
ervation certain lands on Culebra is
land, heretofore selected by a naval
commission as a naval reserve. The
island lies to the eastward of Porto
Rico, and came under the flag as one
Of the dependencies Of that island.
Secretary Longs attention having
been called again to reports that he
contemplated resigning from the Cabi-
net, he has again authorized an en-
phatic statement that such was not the
case. He said there was not a word of
truth In the report, and that he hao
not the slightest intention Of resign
ing.
The latest reports state that Senator
William j. Sewell continues to rest
comfortably at his home in Camden,
New Jersey. His physicians say that
he shows a slight improvement and
that he is able to take considerable
nourishment. He appears to be in bet
ter condition than he has been during
the past few days.
Congressman Flood of Virginia is 60
ing to introduce a bill for the purchase
of about 1900 acres at AppOmattoX
court house, to be set apart as n gov
eminent reservation and parked. The
Mclean farm house, in which Generals
Grant and Lee transacted that bit of
history-making business thirty-siX
years ago, would be included in the
purchase.
Eighty-seven big turkeys were dis
tributed to the White house policemen,
messengers, ushers, servants, garden.
ers and stablemen the day before
Christmas with the compliments of the
President. Each turkey had on ii a
card bearing the seasons compliments
The distribution was the largest ever
made at the White house. President
Mckinley always gave turkeys to the
married employees, but the list of recip.
tents was never so large as that this
NEuIs Lit Lulhtgo MtlGd ANlAlBuAth ny
Henry Pinckney, the White house
steward.
The administration is not concerned
over the statement Of a Managua dis
patch that the German government
under certain concessions to a steam
ship company, claims the exclusive
right to navigate the San Juan river
and Lake Nicaragua, which form a
part of the proposed isthmian canal
This alleged claim, it is understood
will not embarrass pending Legislation
for the construction Of the canal, as its
settlement is a question with which tho
Nicaraguan government and the CAPT
tai claiming the concession will have
TO deal.
The most positive denials are giver
of the story that f. d. Coburn, secre
tary Of the State Board Of Agriculture
of Kansas, is to succeed Secretary
Wilson. When the fact that Governor
Shaw had accepted the tender Of tn,
treasury portfolio was made public
the announcement was made that Sec
rotary Wilson would remain in the
Cabinet and later the same statement
was reiterated at the White House II
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ident is anxious that Secretary Wilson
should remain and the secretary has
Informed the President he would b,
glad to do so.
Resolutions adopted by the Virgins
Legislature In favor of naming a bat
tleship after that state were read II
the Senate yesterday. 1--WE direct oul
senators and request our representa-
tiYes, was the unusual language Of
the resolutions. Odd as the phrase
sounded, the parliamentary experts In
sist that 1t is right, A senator, being
elected by a Legislature, is its crea
ture and can be directed, while a rep
resentatiYe, being chosen by the PEG
pie, is not responsible to the body, an(
can only be requested. The Virginia
legislators not only know their rights
but are evidently determined to main
tain them.-Washington Post.
On leaving Washington Decembe,
9th, to return to Denver, w. 70. An
min, special agent in charge Of thu
western division of rural free delivery
said: 1.-The department has granted
our request which l have made, look
ing to more efficient service. Tive