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Show WASHINGTON, April 2. The Navy department de-partment has Issued an order directing tho organization of a marlno guard of twenty men for duty in tho Midway islands, isl-ands, to preserve order and protect property. prop-erty. The guard will bo under command of Second Lieut. C. S Owons. ST. THOMAS. D. W. I , .April 2.-Gon. Jlmlnez, Domlnlpan . revolutionary leader, started tonight for Porto -Rico, whence ho will proceed for New "York on a secret mission. WASHINGTON, April 2. Representative Representa-tive DeArmond of Missouri . introduced-a resolution, which was sent to tho Com-mitteo Com-mitteo on Rules, making-it in order to consider at any time his resolution for an investigation of tho Postofllce department. depart-ment. WASHINGTON. April 2. Secretary of War Taft was beforo the Senate Committee Com-mittee on tho Philippines today to go over the Lodge and Cooper bill for the amendment amend-ment of tho act providing for tho civil government in tho Philippines. WASHINGTON, April 2. The Interior department has ordered tho temporary withdrawal of twenty-one. sections of public pub-lic lands In the San. Francisco land district dis-trict from all forms of disposal . except under the mineral laws. Tho withdrawal la for forestry purposes. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Gon. Wade, commanding the division of the Philippines, Philip-pines, has Informed tho War department that Private Thoma3 F. Havlland, company com-pany I, Fourteenth Infantry, was drowned on March 20th. and that his body had not been recovered. |