Gilpin observer., 1902-01-02
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

employ Of the government.
On December 23rd the Treasury De-
partment drew a warrant in favor Of
Rear Admiral Schfey for So, 1884 3334 shis
share Of the prize money due him for
the destruction of the Spanish. fleet ut
Santiago July 3rd,: 1898.
Arguments in the claims cases grow,
ing out .of the destruction of the battle.
ship Maine in Havana harbor were
c6nclGdedAon the 21st, before the Span
ish Claims Commission. and the COM
mission adjourned until January 6,
1902. a'-'e''.' -.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Judge Darling has addressed a COM
muhicatioh to- the secretary Of the M.u-
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 a favorable
! report to the secretary on Mr.. Shat
roth's bill increasing the cost limit of
the mint to $S0O,OOO.
The President. at the instance of fhe
|, veteran associations, has amended the
cviil service rules applicable to the
rural free delivery service so as to exi
cept from the operation of the age,
limit veterans of the civil and Spanish
American wars who file applications
for appointment as carriers.
general order issued by the Navy
Department sets apart as naval res
ervation certain lands on Cuebra is
land, heretofore selected by a naval
commission as n 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 word of
truth In the report, and that he hao
not the slightest intention of resign
ing.
The latest reports state that Senator
William ]. 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
AiOuii iAC " bt III Dtt-
ter condition than he has been during
the past few days.
Congressman Flood of Virginia is 60
ing to introduce bill for the purchase
of about 1900 acres at Appomattox
court house, to be set apart as gov
ernment reservation and parked. The
Mclean farm house. in which Generals
Grant and Lee transacted that bit OF
history. p,n t-in0 hus h;,tx,
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
resident Each turkey had on il "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
year. The turkeys We're distributed by
Henry Pinckney, the White house
steward.
The administration is not concerned
over the statement of 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
part of the proposed isthmian canal.
This alleged claim, 1t is understood,
will not embarrass pending legislation
for the construction of the canal, as its
settlement Is question with which the
Nicaraguan government and the capt.
tai claiming the concession will have
to deal.
The most positive denials are given
Of the story that Il. 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 the
treasury portfolio was made public,
the announcement was made that Sec
retary Wilson would remain In the
Cabinet and later the same statement
was reiterated at the White House in
the most emphatic manner. The Pres
ident is anxious that Secretary Wilson
should remain and the secretary has
Informed the President he would be
glad to do so.
Resolutions adopted by the Virginia
Legislature In favor of naming bat
tleship after that state were read In
the Senate yesterday. I'VE direct our
senators and request our representa-
tives, was the unusual language of |
the resolutions. Odd as the phrase |
sounded, the parliamentary experts In
slst that 1t is right. A senator, being |
elected by n Legislature, is Its crea-
snre and can be directed. while a. rep
resentative, being chosen by the peo-
pie, is not responsible to the body, and |
can only be requested; The Virginia |
Legislators not only know their rights,
but are evidently determined to main
tain them.-Washlngton Post. ?. IL
On leaving Washington December
9th, to return to Denver, w. E. An