The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

Charles II. Robb, former assistant
attorney general for the postoffice de-
partment, has assumed his new duties
as assistant attorney general. with
much enlarged powers. at the depart
ment of Justice.
r. A. Lane OF Bingham, Mas, has
been appointed assistant secretary Of
the Isthmian Canal commission. Mr..
Lane will discharge the duties OF sec
retary to the commission until that
office is filled.
For the District of Columbia the
President has appointed to cadetship
Rt West Point Herbert Harries. son of
General George II. Harries. with Logan
Cunningham and Kenneth Taylor as
Rlternates. Cunningham is relative
Of the late General John A. Logan.
Colonel Edwards. chief of the insu-
lar bureau of the War Department, has
received from Mayor Patrick A. Col
Tins OF Boston a reply to letter he
wrote regarding the entertainment of
fifty Filipino representatives who will
risit eastern cities. saying that the
municipality OF Boston will not enter
tain such delegation.
The treasury warrant for $40.000.000
on account Of the Panama canal pur-
chase was delivered to J. p. Morgan &
Co.. by Secretary Shaw at the sub
treasury in New York May 9Th. Secre-
tary Shaw made the following state
ment as to the transfer: u. P. Morgan
& Co. were this morning formally ap-
pointed special distributing agents and
their security fixed at $25, 900. 900. AS
soon as this security was approved. the
warrant for SAC, 100000 was delivered"
Secretary Taft has asked Judge Ad-
ntrn nan rxrfr trt tr,t ta tUo tot n
charges made against Col. Louis
Pitcher, to ascertain If they are of
such a nature as to order a court-mar-
tial. II is alleged that Colonel Pitcher
has broken several engagements to
marry. and IL court-martial is or
dered he may have to face all of these
discarded sweethearts. Miss Harold.
the latest young woman whom Pitcher
is said to have Tilted. is not pushing
the case against him, but her friends
are insisting that Pitcher be brought
to account.
President Roosevelt's tentative Plans
for the summer are as follows: The
President will go to Oyster Bay about
July /, remaining there until after he
receives official notification of the
choice of the Republican convention.
Then he expects to return to Washing
returning then to Oyster Bay and re-
naming there until shortly after the
middle of September. The President
will not receive any delegations at
Oyster Bay, and will only receive those
v.sitors on political matters who come
thu ough the national committee. All
other visitors received at Oyster Bay
will be limited to those on ofhcial busi-
pess.
President Roosevelt has issued
proclamation reducing the area of the
Yellowstone forest reserve in Wyom-
Ing and Montana nearly 100000
acres. Investigations of this reserve
was ordered May 2. 1908, by Land
Commissioner Richards. and Special
Agent Barrett occupied all OF last sum
mer in going over the reserve, locating
pasture lands for exclusion from the
reserve boundaries and umbered lands
for additions. The Presidents procla-
nation changes the former area of the
reserve by excluding $4,000 acres in
Wyoming and 127.360 acres in Mon
tana and by adding s5.120 acres in
Wyoming and 45.440 acres in Montana.
resulting in a reduction of 42s,S0O
acres. reducing the total area of the
reserve to 100000 acres.
Inc war Dephitiielit nas ittci'Nu
from General Wade. commanding the
United States troops in the Philip
pines. the following cable report of
the ambushing OF n detachment OF
Company F., Seventeenth infantry. in
Mindanao, dated Manila, May 18th:
While on a reconnaissance to locate
Datto Ali, who had been sending in
threatening messages and trying to
stir up trouble. a detachment of Com
pany F. Seventeenth infantry, consist
ing of thirty-nine enlisted men. was
attacked by Moros near Lake Ligua-
san, Mindanao. on the Sth instant, and
First Lieutenant Harry A. Woodruff.
Second Lieutenant Joseph II. Hall and
fifteen enlisted men were killed, and
five enlisted men wounded. General
Wood has ordered troops to proceed
and recover bodies and arms of our
killed and to punish the offenders. No
further details have been received"
Republican leaders in Washington.
who are engaged in the work OF franz
ing platform to be submitted to the
National convention are said to ex-
perience difficulty in finding the proper
wording for a reciprocity suggestion.
Nearly all of the senators who have at
tended the recent conferences have
contributed their share toward keeping
the reciprocity treaties negotiated by
the Mckinley administration closely
confined in committee pigeon holes.
Reciprocity has not been popular IN
Congress. and it was with great eff
fort that the Cuban legislation was
passed Senator Aldrich announced
when the Cuban bill was under consid-
Grafton that there would be no more
tariff legislation by treaty. II anything
is said about reciprocity it will be so
worded as to mean that reciprocity
shall be confined to such articles as