Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-12-04 | Page 12 | This from Washington

TillS FROM WASHINGTON Secretary Roots bill for the reorganization reor-ganization of the army was introduced yesterday In the House by Chairman Hull of tho House Military committee and immediately referred to that committee com-mittee The Navy department has made arrangements ar-rangements to send a supply of lum her nails etc to Guam on the brig Spreckols which will leave San Francisco on the 5th or Cth Instant with naval stores for Manila Chairman Payne of tho Ways and Means committee says that no exact programme has been fixed as to the timer of acting In committee on the bill reducing the revenues or for considering con-sidering the measure In the House It was said at the Navy department that the visit of Capt Chester and his staff of the battleship Kentucky to Constantinople was not by express direction di-rection of the department Capt Chester Ches-ter was acting under his own discretion discre-tion The United States Supreme court has refused to grant the petition In habeas corpus of Edgar DeBarry convicted of violation of the Federal statutes concerning con-cerning postal frauds and now confined con-fined In the houso of correction at Detroit De-troit