Show THREE THUGSISTURB Washington Officialdom is Stirred Up About Them j TURKISH INCIDENT WORST The Others Were the Impudent Ab surdity of the Invitation to the Spanish Minister to Help Celebrate His Countrys Defeat and the Bad Break of Maj Armes A South Dakota Pointer Disadvantageous Changes in IlcprcseiUatlonvLap landcrs Claims at Cape Nome Washington April 21Three lllllo Incidents have occurred in tho past week which rufllo the officials of ihe State department and cause some annoyance an-noyance lo say ihe least for the nicm bera if i lie diplomatic corps The first was lho invitation by 1 Ihc city of Chicago Chi-cago lo the Spanish Minister lo lake part In the celebration of Dewcy day In the Windy City Just how anyone could have been guilty of such bad taste and such a gross violation of the proprieties as lo send that Invitation fan not now be understood outside of Chicago Many people of prominence from that city look upon tin affair asa 1 as-a hugo Joke but the Government takes an entirely different viow of It Ever Mince the restoration of the diplomatic relations between the Unlled States and Spain the Duke dArcos has arted In tin1 capacity of Minister from Spain to this country The Duke Is l a g6ntic man who has won for himself l n place In Ihc eslcem of ecry one In Washington Washing-ton He has done a great deal toward restoring the friendly relations between the two Governments which weronq rudely broken as a direct result of tIme blowing up of the Maine The Chicago Chi-cago insult lo him h Is regret led most sincerely by all clcconl people everywhere every-where and tIme prompt apology extended extend-ed to Ihe Spanish Government by Mr Storer time United Stales Minister In j Madrid while not odlclally authorized was promptly commended by the Administration Ad-ministration The Chicago explanation that the invitation was sent through mistake seems like a very lame excuse ex-cuse for It appears to be ono of the mosl del iberate Insulin I I over pul upon a gentleman In an ofllclul capacity in this country ARMESS BAD BREAK Maj George A Aims of Ihe United Stales army retired has frequently plunged himself Into official hot water Somo years ago Maj Armes made an attack upon Gov Beaver of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania which led lo his courtmartial and to a sentence confining him for several years lo Ihe territory around Washington Maj Armes was placed pn the retired list years ago because of a menial disorder lie has been very bitter In his denunciation of the Administration because his services In the war with Spain were ignored by the President Now Armes has come out In an Interview which under or dinary circumstances might lead Ito < a i serious controversy with Great Britain Armes declares that lie an officer of the United Stales army has been largely Instrumental In sending twenty twen-ty thousand recruits lo help the Boers in their conflict with Great Britain Under ordinary circumstances t If i Arnica were simply a private citizen he could engage In such business without with-out attracting any great amount of at lenllnn As It Is being an olllccr of the United Stales army ho has com mllled a breach of military law which will probably result in his dismissal If the British authorities call the mailer to the attention of tIme Stale department depart-ment Lord Pauncefote the British Minister Is familiar I with lie Idiosyn cracles of this peeulalr gentleman and it Is probable that he will allow the affair to pass unnoticed THE MOST SERIOUS The Turkish Incident Is the most in teresting of all The Sultan of the Sublime Porte following the custom which has prevailed in his empire for many yeari has repudiated his own promise and pledge and has llatly re fused lo pay the amount which ho himself admitted Is due I an a result of lho destruction of Amrrlean prop erty during the Armenian rIots See relary Hay Is determined tn put an end to the procrastination of this peculiar monarch and he has announced with a good deal of emphasis that the bill must be paid When Mr Angel was Mlnlsler i to Turkey he recommenced lie seizure of one of the Turkish pnrla and the I stoppage of the Turkish reve nuc unlll the claim of ihc Halted Slates was satisfied This recommen dation was Ignored at the time I hut Is receiving consideration by the Admin Islrallon at the present Mr McKln ley does not like the idea of proceeding lo the extreme but he is determined to back up lie Secreiary of State and lo force a sclllemcnt with the Sultan at all hazards It is quite I probable that the diplomatic relations between Turkey und this country will be broken and that here t ill be no communication communica-tion whatever between the two countries coun-tries unlll hint old rascal In Conslan tlnople comes lo his senses and discovers dis-covers lint his methods which have been successful I in I dealing with European Euro-pean powers will not longer be brooked by 1 this republic A SOUTH DAKOTA POINTER One of the most Important elections In a small way occurred In Ihe town of Sioux tfalls S D on Tuesday and lie Republican candldales for the city olllces were iriumphanl Sioux Falls Is iho home of Senalor Peltlgrew whose term of office will expire on ihe llh of next March Pelllgrew is a candidate for reelection while hln Republican opponent w lll I I I probably be Kepresenta lye Gamble Mr Gamble Is a man whose Republicanism has never been questioned and If the Stale elects a Republican Legislature Mr relllgrow will be jicrmanenlly rellred The skirmish skir-mish was fought out In his own Slate and while he himself remained In Washington his supporlers and henchmen hench-men carried on a vigorous sort of campaign cam-paign because they realized what preu tlge a victory would give them in lie election next November Their complete com-plete defeat means that the Pctligrcw policy of iinlugonism lo everylhlng which lie Admlnlslrallon advocates has been repudiated In the Senators own I town and It I Is taken as a rerlaln hull i 1 cation that tho Stale will be found In lie Republican column once more next I November DISADVA NTAGEOUS CHANGES The discussion of the naval appropriation appro-priation bill In the House this week emphasises time changes which have occurred oc-curred in lint body within the past few years The present chairman of the Committee on Naval Affair Is Mr Boulellc of Maine but Mr j3oulollo has not been seen In Washington this session ses-sion owing to a severe Illness which has conllncd him lo his hymn In Maine Boutcllo Is the last survivor of Il l ho quar tolle of Intellectual giants who made Maine famous In tlui llousp of Jtepru scntallvcs during the past llfleen or twenty years Mllllken was the first lo no and he died during the Flfly fifth Congress Then Representative Dlngley passed away und his death was followed by llje resignation of ilju fohnor Speaker Thomas B i Reed Some of Boulellep friends believe that he will never be well enough to return to Congress Con-gress although lho latest returns from i > > > sthvaecm to Indicate tlldthela k slowly regaining his strength Another An-other delegation which his hhown a nmtkeL < aiiinK f during tin > nl few yvnrtfiB Dial of Philadelphia Randall Ketlcy1 objellsimJ Harnier strong men In lie House of Representatives fur many years arf all gone and new ones have taken their places The State of Maine and tuvlty of Philadelphia have long been notable for thou habit of returning re-turning good mbn fo Congress term after af-ter term But it I will probably be many years bofuv Maine or Philadelphia will again rank as high In Congress as they have done In Ihe past LAPLANDERS CLAIMS Thefact that a number of Laplanders Lapland-ers secured mining I I locations in I the rape Nome district In Alaska ahead of the crowd which rushed there Is largely responsible for the delay In the passage of time bill to extend a code of law over that Territory The Laps staked out claims and sold them to San Francisco parties They were not American cltl vcns and Ihelr success In coming to the rich placer deposits first was largely large-ly flue to the fact that they had Ihe aid of a large herd of reindeers i The mining I laws have always required sis a prerequisite pre-requisite of a successful loratlon of a iclalm thai the locator must be an American citizen or one who has taken the necessary preliminary steps toward to-ward becoming such It wos proposed In I the t new bill I to give these Laplanders and other aliens rights not heretofore enjoyed in the mining region by oul slders Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota offered an amendment which I was agreed lo in the committee which will If adopted deprive them of these rights Senator Stewart on the other hand as champion of HIP cause of the Laps liTKisla that the bill shall never go through I If I the HansbrmiHh amendment amend-ment is adopted The eomi I lovers has grown very blller and It may be that before lie Alaska code passes tho I House a great deal of additional discussion dis-cussion will be necessary For whether Stewart or Hansbrough Is successful in the Senale il I Is certain that advocates advo-cates Jill each Idea will be found In the House and that the contioversy will be renewed theie theiePORTO PORTO RICO Six months ago the Tionrd of Geographic Geo-graphic Names decided that Porto Rico should be spelled Puerto Rico This spelling was adopted by the House of KepresontatlvcK when the bill affecting the Island wont through I that body But Senator Foraker didnt like It and he had time niensure amended so as to spell the name Porto Rico When thin bill went to the President for signature the Foraker method of spelling way contained con-tained In it ao that In the law as It stands today Porto Rico is used while in the pamphlets of the Board of I Geographic Names tIme Island is olll dully spelled Puerto Rico G A HAMILTON |