Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-27
WASHINGTON NEWS

| revision OF the laws has decided that
in the future the United States Is"
instead Of the United States are"
Thus one point, long mooted. has been
| settled.
Major l.. W. T. Waller. Marine
corps. who was with the first relief
party to enter Peking and afterward
made the march across Samar in the
Philippines. which resulted In a court
martial. has been promoted TO tho
rank OF lieutenant colonel.
The President has rendered the po-
sition of director OF the census to s.
n. ID. North. formerly chief statisti.
| elan OF manufactures OF the census bu-
reau. to succeed Director Merriam. 70
signed. Mr.. North has accepted and
will enter upon his duties some time
In May.
The District Supreme Court has dis.
missed the petition OF Miss Rebecca
J. Taylor for u mandamus to compel
the secretary of war To restore her to
clerical position In the War Depart
nent. She gave notice of appeal to
the Court OF Appeals. She was dis
missed for publishing criticisms OF the
tdministration's Philippine policy.
On March 10th Chief Justice Fuller
administered the oath to Henry 81.
Hoyt. the new solicitor general Of the
department. OF justice. to the retir-
Ing solicitor. J. X. Richards. as United
States circuit Judge for the sixth cir
cult. and to Judge vanteyenter rs
Judge OF the eighth circuit. Later
Judge Vandcryenter left left for st.
Louis. where he will hear argument
In the Northern Securities case.
Senator Pettus. of Alabama. the 9TH
er day disproyed the prevailing theory
that all seats In the United States sen
ate are expensive and that tina, body
Is altogether miilionnires' club. He
sent to the secretary Of state OF Ala
bama the sum Of 81 In postal note TO
cover the entire expense for his recent
unanimous election. The sum repre-
sented the fee OF secretary OF state for
his services. So far as known. this
Is record In the minimum price for
seats In the senate.
Senator Plat, of Connecticut. was
among the speakers In the debate that
Immediately preceded the ratification
OF the Panama Canal treaty. He was
one OF the very few senators. II not
the only senator. tn announce his en-
tire satisfaction with the treaty. He
referred to the fact u at number Of
Republican senators had said that II
they had had the making OF the treaty
thcy would have changed some Of the
features OF II, and declared that h.
considered the treaty the best that
could have been made, and that 80 far
as he was concerned he would not
have changed II In any respect. He
criticised the Democratic senators for
using undue minutcncss the efforts
To ind defects In the agreement.
The United States Supreme Court on
the 10th inst. quashcd the writ OF
hnbcas corpus granted by Judge Jack
son Of the northern district Of West
Virginia. In the ease Of Ellis Glenn.
alias l.. u. Glenn, and rcmandcd the
case for trial. This Is the man
woman" case which has attracted con.
sidcratble attention In West Virginia
The woman for years masqucradcd as
n man. under the name OF ElliS Glenn.
She was tried for forgery In Wood
county. West Virginia. Mt the May term
OF court. 1901. and the Jury disagreed.
She claimed Mt that time that she was
the sister OF ELLIS Glenn Al the fall
term of court. when she came up for
rc.trial. she claimed that she was be-
ing twice placed In jeopardy for the
same offcnsc and sued out the writ
OF hnbcas corpus before Judge Jack
son. The writ was granted. where
upon Hunter Moss. Jr.. prosecuting at
torncy. appealed from Judge Jnckson's
decision and the court has sustained
the appeal.
The census bureau has issued bull
lctin Of the geographical distribution
OF population In the United States. II
shows that almost 96 per cent. Of the
total population lives In the country
drained by the Atlantic ocean. over s.
per cent. In that drained by the Gulf
of Mexico. ~ per cent. In the drainage
area OF the Mississippi river. almost
3 per cent In the area drained by the
Great Lakes, per cent. on the Pacific
coast, half OF per cent. In the great
basin. The proportion living within
the region drained to the Atlantic is
steadily diminishing. while the part
drained 10 the gulf Of Mexico is be-
coming relatively more populous. rs Is
the case in still more marked degree
in the great basin and the Pacific
ocean region. or the foreign born 80
per cent. live in the region drained
to the Atlantic ocean, 36.4 per cent In
the region drained to the gulf OF Mex
leo and Is per cent in that drained to
the Great Lakes. The proportion In
the region drained to the Pacific ocean
is 6.1 per cent. Out of every 1000 me-
groes 99S are found in the regions
drained to the Atlantic ocean and 61.4
per cent are in the lands drained to
the gulf of Mexico. the proportion in
the West and on the Pacific coast be-
| ing tritiing.
By the protocols which were signed
February 13. Great Britain received n
| cash payment of S27 500. Germany was
promised an advanced payment of
$4,000 in five monthly installmets.
beginning one month from the date OF
that signing. and Italy was to be paid
$27, 500 two months from the date. Min
lister Bowen handed the British EN-
bassy check the night the protocol
was signed. and It was arranged that
Germany and Italy were to receive
| their money at Caracas. What steps
| President Castro has taken to meet
the obligations is not known. Some
concern is felt here at the silence OF
the allied powers regarding the draft
of The Haugue protocol which was
mailed to them some weeks ago.. and
the absence of any representation on
the subject may mean that a plan is
under consideration looking to the
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