Show CAPITAL NEWS there thim need bo be no fear of grovers I 1 BIDS FOB rolt GUNS AND ARMOR 9 A montana Luin bermen ere era aro are appointed I 1 1 lament lamont says that the presidents I 1 health la to good secretary tary whitset lifts bits opened the bid bids for steel gun forgings lct and armor plates the supreme court of montan montana ha has decided the lumbermen la in a t cover amei suit for or grover b hu as contributed for a liberian LIber laa thomas M cooley WillI atu R morrison Morr tsoa augustus Schoon rasker aldace F walk cr er and W walter alter L bragg are tha lifter ter commissioners mannings Maun Ings a u ce will not be appointed until ap april r ast 1st the tongue river indian indians are bot stary tarv ing by western asad press to the DENIAL he co contend t d that there to i no seam reason for anxiety about grower grover washington march 22 col la las mont in convert aaion to day iu ili regard to tho the health ebow show enthat the fears recently expressed by dr sowers aro not by tho presidents denVa family and his luti intimate mate friends the president col lamont said was to all appearances in perfect health lie he did col not think dr sobers bowers was in a position to judge of the matter ho did not know the president and at athe he said was in the colonels Col onela opinion based merely on the assertion that the president Pre eident was gaining llesh and took no exercise clee this aas as not the caste As a blitter matter of fajt rat he lie continued the president weighs less leos than ft hen I 1 he e fir to 0 washington and really takes as much exercise exer cide as most other men nien it is true rue he lie does not hot walk about the tile city hut but he lie frequently y walks in the coli country and there are bolher oth er ways in which he gets e the colonel added that altogether the he 4 fi is jn in go good 1 od condition and there is no reason for apprehension I 1 in regard to his health boll roll odthe of the commission march 22 the reaid eni IB lia appointed d the fullow ln inter if Kni willi g M IL the e term teof years yea mormon morrison of ill illinois luois for the tenn term of ive five hearp augustus new york for the tenn term of four years aldace alu FW walker alker of vermont for fur the beruf of three year walter L brace e pf f alabama for I 1 tho he term of two years 1110 act lat that mr ne heads the 11 list st does nol not in cicali that lie aill be th abe e charma chairman of the he Commiss loll as it M must elect cooley was s tolly its own chairman bently app appointed appoint td by judee judge gresham Greg bara receiver baw of th babath aidale F is A vermont aw lawyer about 44 years old a baw with lican in senator eatn arida lie served as colb T in the union an any and has since then practiced law at in the vermont senate he has taken a leading pan 10 n framing the legisla ion tion to solve the railroad problem and lias has given much study to tho the question fion ques august icuss Schoon isa is a la lawyer of alon ision new york yolk ar d was A w a close of governor tilden lie ne succeeded bild us as attorney YGe general of yew vow york slate state mr bragg has been a I 1 leading dem in alabama for otome years in loot 1 president of hie the aimle io 11 J was Alaba alabama maSts state to railroad commission anil served in that position posit Lon four year years during which time I 1 dpn i I 1 y important be between Uen the rail questions customers tomera opre eatie sat Is their cu roada q 1 and if t at ily adjusted Morri EOD tone i pub public lic services ee arvice are ell known gull sni so march ch 22 States Attorney robert B smith of montana has advised CO through ro 11 11 the ike attorney gen spar sparks coar o 0 of if that or eral ill that the V supreme ne territory or has lifts tried ohp of the district d I 1 arlt bourt in the case of the united states vs william lV illiams and smith sinith in which sued for for timber tres paim aee the 1110 lower court decided against gavern d hy by ment hill but on appeal prosecute the tile united states Attorn attorney eyll judge overruled the lie of law mcleary r y c t f baited p and rl held beld t that at government was entitled d to recover I 1 I 1 G 11 4 curch 22 iche he r etler letter lu to ire mrs ident atit nl lias 1128 ad 1 It 1 didow oc of to ark prk ii J it of Liber liberia lap who is 1 na aid ald of a coyita hoyita ho yita at for NI monrovia or the it in which h lie aya t 11 liberia abe la is W dt an outgrowth tn croue ous ae of bf the tile united states of the everything people 1 tiling ell pertains lains to tat every 1 the tile well being of UJ that young ne republic public appeal to to our or sym sympathy athy and V h the tile hospital w which inch it bento t a to WP to erect id is proposed be sue s an n important I 1 d that well 1 d 1 erected vitality in of of thy the enc enrio 11 eed c contribution ali the 0 trib ution to the aut enterprise ei prise alii able to drw drs W J wasu ton 4 auh 01 A die patch received receive il to alay ky ercia from ag agent ent there is th ih ibe be upshaw say says that tile w of latu late fr indians are R river to tons indian india hae has its ed to lie ie eu ta 6 4 n of fi an death and that they ale ie dialing fats al a I 1 I 1 opening THE BIDS it 4 offers ft for litel ona 0 UIL forging 1 aai and armor plate plates washington march 22 bide bids were opened at noon to day ia in the office fl e of tho the secretary of the navy for 1330 1380 ton tons of steel gun forging for and tons of steel armor plate for the completion of the vessels now under construction by the depart went the bija bids for 1310 tone of gun steel forgings for gics were sa as follows cambria iron company tS mid vale steel company Belble bethlehem bew I 1 iron ton company for leel steel armor plate ton tons there are but two bids aa follow bethlehem broh company 3 cleveland rolling mill mill 6 company the proposals of the bethlehem company were ac by memoranda that the price was based bailed on t the lie condition seat sent out in the advertisement lia ti ement of auchst company adila adds that their bide bids areford both armor plate and yun gun forging forgings and a n d should therefore receive the preference all things boing being equal secretary wauney wh t aney him blin self greatly pleaded plea eed with the result of 0 I 1 the bidding for the production in this country of armor and gun shell the advertisement issued by ho the department contained a provision requiring the contractors coa tractor to provide it plant with all needful appliances adequate iid equate to the manufacture of forg ins iniza and to deliveries within period periods running iron tilty three to fifty four months after the signing of contracts in case of gun steel in the case of armor plate the contractor ie Is required to pro provide vide within two and a half I 1 rears ears a plant capable of forging or rolling roll ug tons of finished plate permon tb and to deliver all of the armor wain within two year years thereafter attached to the proposal made by the bethlehem company compan r is an oder to provide a suitable plant within one and a quarter years instead of the two and a half year ears allowed for the purpose thie this company also 1 states in a foot note that the armor plate required by the dopart department part ment is il fully equal to th ebest glate plate manufactured in europe and higher in grale grade than any made in this coun county tty their bid proposes to supply such plate and they are prepared pared to demonstrate their ability to do so if plate of lower quality will be acceptable to the department the con company p a av is prepared prepa rW to furnish it at a lower low 1 r price than that stated in their bid all of the bids ft ere era accompanied b by certified checks for the bi bid of the cleveland rollin rolling mill company was handed to the secretary by the clerk after the other bids had been opened with the explanation that it bad had just come to hand through the maili mails when the reading of the bids bad had been completed secretary whitney announced that they would be taken under can consideration elde ration and the awards announced within fifteen days L tah learned on good authority that secretory secretary manning successor will not be appointed before april lt A call for bond bonds washington march 23 A call for ten millions illions nj 3 per ver cent bonds to 10 mature may 1st wl will probably he be iss is sued this afternoon |