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Show OUR WASHINGTON LETTER A'tlioiigh largely Increased expenditures expendi-tures will b necessary to kpop tlionrmv up lo 100,000 men Eccrolary Gage is confident thai no trouble will be found in providing tbo money. Tlio treamnv onh balance nniounts to $17'l,000,00(i nbove Ibe gold retorvo, nml rccolpU are almost mooting the nxpemlituics. lie doea not think mi Imuo of bonds will bo needed. Tlio treasury burcnu of statistico line iaiued n map showing tbo need of nn Isthmian ennui to accommodate the oouuneice of tlio United States. It shown oHpochilly tho routos followed by Htcnmshipe in commerce Iwtwouu oust-urn oust-urn and routhern wrU of the United SmteH and of Central nn.l South Amoricn nnd Ihn weglern coaats of this country. The United States now hub less tbnu 10 per cent of the trndo of the l'nclilc const o( South America. Twelve -inch .Sims-Dudley dynamite dyna-mite KtuiH and ammunition are being loaded for tiaiispoilntlon to Mmilln by way of tho Suez canal. Lieut ltuchey, who is In charge, linn lieen oidured, while on )ils way lo Manila, to inspect tlio mountain batteries used by England, Eng-land, Franco nnd Holland in similar native warfare. Commissioner of Immigration 1W-derly 1W-derly lias dually decided that Mrs. J. M. Todd, it British subject, who is now in tlio Hun Francisco pest house suirer-ing suirer-ing from leprosy, shall bo sent back lo tbo Hawaiian islands and eoiillued in tho leper colony there. When the post olllco department moves into its new buililing on I'oiin-Hylviinlii I'oiin-Hylviinlii iiveiiuo next mouth lis present uiiurtors will lie transform! to tlio general gen-eral land olllco and tlio Indian bureau Hut ns tlieiu is no available nppioprin- tiou for tho expanse of tlio triinslcr those dupartmeiits are not likely to move until spring. Indian Commissioner Jones has ro-. placed a number of women superintendents superinten-dents of Indian schools by inon, tedtio-.ug tedtio-.ug the position of woman. He thinks the vtorkol superintendent to arduous for n woman, ns it includes uupervision of tlio farming, herding of cattle, garden gar-den work and all the details of tho management. man-agement. There oro now but uiglit women occupying bucIi positions. War department olllciais aro much pleased with tho success which has attended at-tended tlio organization of the 1'ort'i Hican battalion of United States volunteers, volun-teers, which is tho Ilrst mid so far the only one of tlio kind in the United States army. The ofllcors aro Americans, Ameri-cans, mid say tho natives promleo to make excellent soldiers. The quartermaster's dopartmoiit is re-lilting re-lilting three of tho largest army tram-ports tram-ports used in the West Indies for uso in transporting the new rjgiiiioiits to Manila. Ma-nila. Thoy will he fitted with metallic folding hunks, three in u tier, with shower baths and rofrigeratiug apparatus appa-ratus for col I storage. Thero will bo a hospital witli an operating room, isolation isola-tion wind and diet kitchen. Ttt'O (1-pouud (1-pouud rapid-lire gnus will bo mounted forward on tlio spar dock and two aft. One of the Ilrst matters that will occupy oc-cupy congress will be tho propiosed revision re-vision of the rules in order to restoro to tho member of the house much of the powcis now held by tlic speaker. It is likely that tlio committee on uiles will be enlarged to seven memlieis, chosen by tho majority, and that the old rule will be adopted requiring the spenktr lo recognize the member Ilrst claiming tlio Ihor. Mr. Ilendeisoii favois the change. A rise of two cents pr pound in the price of beef during the lust two weeks, although the priced paid fanners for cattle are about the same as last year, bus created u gcnuial demand in tlio cities for some action to break up the so-called ''csttle trust." This combination combi-nation of tlio packers with headquarters, headquar-ters, though not in form a trust, yet h able by contracts with the niilroa Is l crush out competition and coutiul piiccB at which they buy and sell. It. J. Hplcer, of New Yoik.wlm lias just letuilied fiom it long stay in (Hibn, says that a vast majority of thu Inhabitants Inhabi-tants dislike us heartily, and that the disappearance of the United States llag will bo nu hour of almoftt universal ro Juicing The Hiiiioxutlou sentiment, if it does exist, is con I lied to a very small minority. Tlio Cubans are thankful to us for running out the Spaniards, but oven the Impiovements we have mailo for them in sanitary and other matters are obnoxious if they imply that our stay is to In prolonged. UtlhialH of the potofllce department look for the most gigantic lobb ever organised lo descend on Washington next winter lo induce congress to grant lnrger compensation to the 70,000 fourth-clan fourth-clan postniusli'i's in the country. Their grievances Hie quito numerous. They, nek h minimum ulry of f 100 per year ' - i id 7 1 ii i "i i 'i rt - i i ' i an appropriation to onablc the in to hire c'nrks, and thoy'nlso want pay for rent, light and heat that they furnish the government They also com plain that it is unjust to compel them lo buy their own stationary and not to allow them credit for loiters cancelled at the depots or placed on tralui at their towns. At proient they are allowed 100 per cent of tho value of the Ilrst $50 of stamps they cancel, CO per cent of tlio next $100 they cancel, and 10 per cent of tho rest. II they do a business of $260 for four con-socutivo con-socutivo quarters tlio olllco is raised to prosldontlol rank. W. 13. Thomas, who Is pushing tho "National Loagtio of. Foil i lb-Class rontniaslois," wns dls-missed dls-missed at La Orange, Mo., for sending out circulars asking contributions for tills object. |
