TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1903.
SENATE AMENDS TREATIES
Peiident Protest! Against Proposed Chang
and it Lectured by Senators.
SAID TO INTERFERE WITH PREROGATIVES
t tttter rontrnllnm as Ratified1 Sep-
ralc Treat- Moat II etlatel
for Kach lane that
Arises.
WASHINGTON', Feb. ll.-Tlie senate. In
executive session tixlsy, ratified the arbi
tration treaties between the I'nlted States
and elflit European governments. It re
quired two sessions to reach an agreement.
At the first session consideration wus given
to a communication from the president to
Senator Cullom, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee. In the form of u protest
against any amendment being adopted; at
the second session the treaties were
amended and ratified, with only nine votes
against the amendment, mad by the senate
committee on foreign relations.
The situation In the senate over the ar
bitration treaties has been strained for sev
eral wteks. The flnt protests against tho
treaties were mad by senators from south
ern states, who sojght an amendment
which would preclude the "possibility of the
arbitration of claims against their states
by reason of 'epudlated bonds. Later, it
was suggested that an amendment ahould
be adopted which changed but on word,
that of "agreement" to "treaty" In article
II, making tlx article read as follows:'
In each Individual case the high con
tracting parties, before appealing to the
permanent court of arbitration, shall con
clude a special treaty, denning clearly the
matter In dispute, the scope of the powers
Mt the arbitrators and the- periods to be
fUed for the formation of the arbitral
tribunal and tha several stages of the pro
cedure, Tha amendment answered the purpose of
the protests made by the southern senators
and In addition to that established tho prin
ciple, that any matter In the nature of a
treaty with a foreign government must be
consummated with tho consent of the sen
ate. In this form the committee reported
the treaties to the senate.
The treatls were considered, but no ac
tion taken beyond arriving at an agree
ment that they would be taken up again
today. Tho first hours of the senate to
day were confined almost entirely to a de
fense, by half a dosen senators, of the
senate's right to amend treaties. The
president was criticised sharply because of
his letter declaring it to he a step back
Ward to rstlfy the treaties in the form
proposed by the senate committee on for
eign relations.
Dolllver Defends rresldeat.
No defense of the president's position
was taken .until the second executive
session when Senators Dolllver. Fairbanks.
Piatt of Connecticut and Hopkins argued
against the need of haste. They took tho
position that there are no questions in
cluded in the treaty which could not
properly bo submitted by executive agree
ment to arbitration. Senator Dolllver said
that there were some matters of business
that were pressing In the senate, but that
the treaties did not enter ino the list and
that If they were amended In the form pro
posed the country would have no further
Interest "in them.
It was nrtjued by these senators that an
amendment ought to bo directed, If amend
ment were necessary at all, to a better
definition of the rises of question to be
left to arbitration, rather than by an
amendment which put the government of
the Vnlted States in the attitude of agree
ing with foreign nations in advance that
in certain rases it would make treaties
of arbitration. It was said that the ob
ligation to do that ftas already upon us
by reason of The Hague convention and
the oft repeated statement that It Is the
national policy to arbitrate. Tho ratifi
cation of these treaties. It wag argued,
offered to their government the beet chance
It was likely to have In this generation to
do Its share toward the abolition ot the
barbarisms of war.
After the speeches by Senators Piatt
(Conn.), Dolllver and Fairbanks, a motion
to adjourn was made on the ground that
there was no need for hasty action on tho
treaties. Those who favored the amend
ment opposed this motion and on a roll call
was defeated.
A motion was then made to adopt the
committee's amendment. Tho vote was
taken on the treaty between the United
States and France, its the other treatlea
are on Identical lines. A roll call was again
demanded and the amendment wus adopted
by u veto of M to D. The following senutors
voted nay: t
Dolllver. Piatt (Conn.).
Fairbanks, Stewnrt,
Hopkins. Warren,
McCumber, Wetmore 9.
Nelson,
When this amendment was adopted it was
Ggreed to so far aa the other treatlea were
concerned and the treaties wore ratified by
a viva voce vote.
Letter of the President.
President Roosevelt has uddressed a letter
to Senator Culloin. chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, stating that the ac
tion of tlmt committee in amending the ar
bitration treaties by substituting for tho
word "agreement" the word "treaty" is, in
hia opinion, not a step forward, but a step
backward. If the word "treaty Is substi
tuted the treat ks would amount to a xpe
clflo announcement against tho wholo prin-"
clple of a general arbitration treaty. The
president also says that if in the judgment
of tha president an .amendment nullities a
proposed treaty it seems to him that it is
I0 less clearly his duty to refruin from
endeavoring to secure a ratification of the
amended treaty.
Letter ot the President.
The letter is at follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON,
D. C Feb. 10, 1906. My Dear Senator
Cullom: I learn that the senate commutes
on foreign relations has reported the arbi
tration treaties to the senate, amending them
by substituting for the word "agreement"
In the second article the word "truuty."
Tha effect of the amendment is to make it
no longer posMlbla, as between Its contract
ing parties, to submit any matter what
ever to arbitration without tlrt obtaining
special treaty to cover the case. This
Will represent, not a step forward, but a
step backward. If the word 'agreement"
were retained It would be possible for the
Vapartment of State to do as, for instance.
Is has already done under The Hagua
treaty In tho Plus fund rami with Mexico
aad submit to arbitration such subordinate
tatters as by treaty the senate had decided
could be left to the executive to submit
under a jurisdiction limited by the general
treaty of arbitration. If the word "treaty"
be-substituted the result Is that every
such agreement must be submitted to the
senate, and these general arbitration
treatlea would then cease to bo such, and,
Indeed, In their amended form, they u mount
to a specllin pronouncement uKulnst the
whole principle of a general arbitration
treaty.
The aenato hus, of course, the absolute
right to reject or to amend In any wuy
H Sees lit snv treatv lulil lc,i it un1 it
is clearly the duly of the senate to take
any step which In the exercise of Its best
udgment It deems to be for tliei interest of
the nutloil If. hnv.v.r in I he Intlirrnent
of the president, a given u.m luiinent nulli
fies a proposed treaty it seems to me that
It Is no la clearly his duty to refruin
from endeavoring to secure a. rnlncutlon
by the other contracting power or powers
o the amended treat, and after much
thought 1 have come to the conclusion that
1 oufclit to write and tell you that huch Is
my Judgment In this case.
Amended Treaties of u Kffert.
As amended we woc,M Imv a U Tty
of arbitration which, in effe ct, will do nolli
inir but to .eclic that tiiin u eminent
will, wluii It det-iii It wine, he i .-utter enter
into, trnutltis f urtilmiijuii. I iniMouch as
we of course, now have the power to enter
Into any treutles of arbitration, and In
nsmueh as to pass those amended treHtles
dor not In the smallest dearie facilitate
settlement by ai bliiailun,-tu miikv them
would In no way further the cause of In
ternational peace. It would not. In my
Judgment, b wise or expedient to try to
secure the ascent of the other contracting
powers to the amended treaties, for even
If such asent were fecured we should still
remain precisely where we were before,
save where the situation may be changed
a little f ' r the worse. There would not
even be the slight benefit that might ob
tain from the more general statement that
we Intend hereafter, when we can come
to nn agreement wl h foreign powers as to
what shall he submitted, to enter Into arbi
tration treaties; for we have already, when
,we ratified The Hague treaty with the
various signatory powers, solemnly de
clared such to he our intention; and noth
ing is gained by reiterating our adherence
to the principle while refusing to provide
any means of Risking our Intention effect
ive. In the amended form the treaties
contain nothing except sue.h expression of
barren Intention, and. Indeed, as compared
with what has slresdy been provided for
In The tissue arbitration treaty, they prob
ably represent, not a step forward, but a
slight step backward as regards the ques
tion of lnlernatloti.il arbitration. As such
I do not think that they should receive
the sanction of this government. Person
ally It In not my opinion that this govern
ment lacks the power to enter Into general
treaties of arbitration, but if I am in
error, and If this government has no power
to enter Into such general treaties, then It
seems to me that It Is better not to at
tempt to make them, rather than to make
the attnmpt In such snaps that they shall
accomplish literally nothing whatever ywhen
mint, emcereiy vours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Hon. 8. M. Cullom, Chairman Committee
of Foreign Relations, United States
Senate.
Senate Hears Letter.
As soon as the doors were closed upon
the senate In executive session today 6ena
tor Cullom presented end had read the
letter from the president to himself, in
which the president had taken exception to
the senate's amendment substituting the
word "treaty" for tho word "agreement.
The letter was something of a surprise to
many members of the senate and the read
lug received the undivided attention of all
present. When the reading had been con
cluded Senator Morgan took the floor, and,
making the president's letter the text of his
remarks, proceeded with a sharp criticism
of executive interference with the senate
performing Its part in the making of
treaties. He spoke of the letter as an
other evidence of the president's tendency
toward the usurpation of the senate's
prerogative and said that the president had
no more right to Interfere with the sen
ato's consideration of the subject at this
stage of the proceedings than the senate
would have to Interfere with him while the
treaty wnn In process of preparation.
When Senator Morgan completed lils
speech ScnaU r Spooner took the floor, and
following somewhat on the lines of Mr.
Morgan 3 remurks, took Issue with tho
president on the substitution of the word
"treaty" for "agreement," contending that
the chango was not an Indication of any
backward step, but that even with this
change the consummation of the treaties
would mark an Important step forward.
He said that the ratification of the treaty
as amended by the commltee would pledge
the government to the general proposition
of arbitration. He also made strong con
tention for the preservation of the sena
torial prerogative, and, instancing the
agreement with reference to the Plus fund,
declared thar even that-should have been
presented to the senate, nowlthstandlng the
general provision for submission to The
Hague tribunal.
Lodae and Foraker Speak.
, Senator Lodge followed with the argu
ment that it was for the senate to deter
mine Its rights according to the constitution
and to Insist upon all of Its prerogatives.
He spoke of his personal relations to the
president and said that It was hard for
him to take a position ao directly contrary
to the view of the president. He declared
that he was sure the president was not
wilfully trying to usurp the powers of the
senate, nor to gather to himself any power
other than that which constitutionally be
longed to the executive, and that the. dif
ferences were confined to phraseology In
the treaties. The most honorable motives
were ascribed to the president by Senator
Lodge, and senators who followed expressed
tho highest regard for tho president.'
Tho letter ulso was discussed by Senator
Foraker, who was emphatic In his assertion
that the senate was In duty bound to main
tain Its position In yils matter, if only to
prevent the establishment of a dangerous
precedent. Several senators took exception
to the statements made by Senators Plott
of Connecticut and Fairbanks that the
words "treaty" and "agreement.'' as used
In the original treaty and the proposed
amendment were synonymous, and that
there could be no reason for the adoption
of the amendment
Senator Foraker waa talking when the
hour urrlved for the convening of the sen
ate as a court for tho Swayne Impeachment
trial.
NEWS IF MILITARY POSTS
BREEZY CHAT OF NOTABLES
Acts and Comments of Many Promi
nent People as Heard
in London.
LONDON, Feb. 11. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) There are a certain number of
people In the social world famous among
their friends for providing line cooking, the
work of famous chefs. '
Among these the duchess of Devonshire
ranks with the highest, as docs the earl of
Clarendon (who Is no moan adept at the
culinary art himself), the marchioness of
Londonderry and Mrs. Blschofftiheim, while
Alfred Rothschild is known all over Eng
land as the proud possessor of several
noted chefs, who cook and prepare every
thing In the way of dinners and suppers be
neath his own roof.
Lord Poltlmore's dinners are also famous,
while the late Baron Hlrsch and Mr. Petre
were well renowned in their day for the
marvelous dishes turned ou'. at the simplest
and smallest dinners given by them.
But a new note has been struck lately by
the great millionaire, Mr. VunAlen, who
has returned from Paris, and Is busy seeing
to the rebuilding and alterations of his new
home in Northamptonshire, Rushton Hall.
Of all the treasures which he has Imported
and Is still importing none can compete
with his negro chef.
This prodigy possesses to a remarkable
extent the chief merit of his kind, a keen
sense of taste. This move on tie part of
Mr. VanAlen will no doubt set a fashion In
London, and It is possible that French chefs
for the time being may fall out of the race,
Mr. VanAlen Is Immensely wealthy and is
spending; a nrodlel oils sum nt mnnv Art
Improvements at Rushton Hajl, which he
nns ueen unable to buy outright, having. In
deed, only acquired It for a comparatively
short lease.- Though this Is the case he Is
improving the Dlace beyond reenvnittnn
having most of the colored marbles and all
the furniture, carneta and hlhelnta t,ir.i,kt
over from Paris. Even the gurden decora-
lions nave come from France, Including an
old sun dial and u set of quaint Jeaden fig
ures. ,
There Is one room In the house, however,
Which Is surh a m nt Its klnrl Ihil h. ho.
been bogged by all the neighbors to leave
u as it is.
Jeweler Salesman Is Itobbed.
L09 A NO ELKS, Feb. ll.-B. R. Pies,'
lewelery salesman from Chicago, has re
ported to the police that during his ab
sence from his room In a Broadway hotel
thieves broke Into his room and secured
biiOty worth nearly I7.00X
1.UQAL NOTICKS.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEET
ING. Notice Is hereby given that tha regular
annual meetip of inn stockholders o? the
South I'latte Land Co. will be held at the
oriU-e of said company In Lincoln, Nei
bi'uska. t ll o'clock . m., on the 1st day
of Mari-h. A. 19uS.
By order of tho Board of Directors.
C. H. MORRILL, President.
A. B. MINOR. Secretary.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. so, jpui,
JS1 d30t
Port Crook, fteb.
FORT CROOK. Neb , Feb. 11. (Special.)
Colonel E. B. Prott, Thirtieth Infantry, has
arrived at the post and assumed command
of his regiment and the pest of Fort Crook.
Major Charles Byrne. 'Ihlrtleth Infantry,
left the post February 8 for Fort Niobrara,
Neb., where he is a member rf a general
court-martial, in session at that post, for"
the trial of Captain Ueorge W. Kirkman,
Twenty-flfth Inimitrv.
Chaplain H. P. Hirver, Thirtieth infantry,
who has been confined to his quarters for
several days with an attack of influenza, is
able lo be out and at dutv sg.tin.
Sergennt First Class Shelby tl. Cox. hos
pital corps. 1 nited States Army, left the
post on Monday, enroute to the J'resldlo of
San I'tanclsco. Cal., for observation and
treatment In the general hospital at that
place.
First Lieutenant E. R. Stone. Thirtieth
Infantry, has been crnnted leave for five
days, which he intends spending wlfh
mentis in .Minneapolis, Minn.
Sergeant Charles U. Townend. Company
M, Tnlrtleth Infantry, and Private Thomas
C. Stewart, Company C. Thirtieth Infantry,
have been transferred to the Eighteenth In
fantry at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. These
men are to be employed on extra duty as
printers and press men at the Infantry and
cavalry school and stuff college. Fort Leav
enworth. The department commander has remitted
the unexecuted portion of the sentences In
the case or Artnur J. tarter, rat run uin
bons, Jesse Rose and Martin Thomas, gen
eral prisoners who were serving terms
ranging from one to two years for deser
tlon.
Charles H. Alexander, who deserted from
the hospital corps detachment at the post
last April and who surrendered himself at
Jefferron Barracks, Mo., a few weeks ago,
hss been returned under guard to this post
ana will be brought to trial in the near ru
ture on charges of desertion and larceny.
Musician William Iaflure Company D,
and Private Adger W. Dill. Company I.
Thirtieth Infantry, have been discharged
from the service of the t'nlted States on
surgeon's certificate, of disability, discharge
tuking effect February 10. 1906.
Private Lloyd Redding, Company C, Thlr-
netn tnrantry, tias Deen granted a twenty
five days' furlough. He left the post Thurs
dav to visit his home In Indiana.
Mrs. Norval of Kansas City, Mo., Is visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. Walter Krueger,
wife of Lieutenant Krueger, Thirtieth in
fantry. Miss Edith Terry of Omaha is the guest
or Mrs. ti. f. Biiver.
Captain Henry B. Dixon, paymaster
TTnlted States Army, arrived at the post at
10:30 a. m. last Tuesday and paid the troops
Biaiioneo nere.
The result of the examination of the
officers In drill regulations have been pub
lished and shows 'that Captain Charles W.
Castle, quartermaster. Thirtieth Infantrv,
heads the list of a class of twenty-nve offi
cers, with a percentage of 97.17.
Fort Meade, g. D.
FORT MEADE. 8. D.. Feb. 11. (Special)
It has been extremely cold during the last
ing eariy weanexaay morning and the ther
was a severe snow storm, it began snow
ing early W'diiesday morning and the ther
mometer registered almost 3J degrees above
sero. But It grew colder mid colder and
snowed harder and harder, the wind blow
Iiik a aala the entire time, so that hv even.
ing there were drifts live feet deep about
me garrison ana me temperature noverca
around sero.
Friday, February 3, F troop played the
Hospital corps In basket bail in tne post
gymiianliim. It was an extremely Interest
ing game and during the first half the
score was very clone, at the end of the half
It being 13 to 11 In favor of the Hospital
corps, and the dual score of the game was
also In the Hospital corps' favor, It being
'it to 12. E and H troops also played on
Friday night, and E troop won easily with
a scoro of 56 to 4. E plays a magnificent
game and It will very likely be a hard
struggle between E and D troops for the
pennant, as D troop also has a eplendid
team.
Saturday evening. February 4, the officers'
regular weekly, hop was held In the post
hall. It was very well attended and the
usual good time was wpent by all.
Monday. February 6, but one scheduled
game of basket ball was played In the gym
nasium, and that between B and C troops.
The score at the end of the lirst half waa 7
to t In favor of B troop, but C troop played
hard in the last half and won with a score
of 21 to 11.
Wednesday evening. February 8, the B
and II troops played a very Interesting
game of basket ball, and U troop was suc
cessful in winning, with a score ot 13 to 8.
H and F troops also played on Wednesday
evening and It was a well played and hard
fought game from beginning to end, and A
was victorious, the score being .at the end
of the lam half 21 to 18.
Wednesday afternoon the Ladles' Card
club, which meets once a week, met with
Mrs. ' Sands, wife of Captain Odorge H.
Sands.
No mall was received Wednesday, as the
Northwestern train from Omaha ran off
the rail at Chadron, Neb., and the train
was delayed eighteen hours.
Thursday, February 9, Major Benjamin
H. Cheever and Captain George H. Sands
left for Fort Niobrara, Neb., where they
have been ordered to serve on the court to
try Captain George W. Kirkman. The
court adjourned for twenty days, to meet
again February 20.
Thursday evening. February 2, Captain
and Mrs. Heiberg entertained In honor of
their brother, Mr. Arthur Heiberg of Den
ver, Colo., who la spending several weeks
with them. All were requested to dress in
a costume representing some rharacter in
history or fletlnfi, and some of the costumes
were fine. The whole affair ws a great
success and Was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Fort Rllei, Kan.
FORT RILET. Kan.. Feb 11 -(Special)
The chief of staff has authorised sn Im
portant change In the method cf conducting
the training school for farriers and horse
shoers at Fort Riley. Since the Inception
of the training school the terms havo heen
of four months duration, with an Interval
of one month between terms. Hereafter
there will lx two regular terms per year,
one beginning February 15 anil ending June
IB, the other beginning Julv It and ending
November 15, members of the classes to re-
f'ort at Fort Riley not loter than February
3 or July 13. It Is the custom to detail for
attendance either a farrier or a horst
shoer from each field battery and three
furriers and three horseehoers from each
rerltnent of cavalry In the United States,
besides thirteen recruits, to supply regi
ments serving In the Philippines, and this
detail, tinder the new arrangement for two
torms per year. Is sufficient to supply each
troop of cavalry in the service with a
graduate farrier and a graduate horse
shoer every two years, nnd the same to field
batteries every year. This arrangement
also enables tho use of the facilities of the
raining school between November 20 and
February '20 for the Instruction of the offi
cers' classes In horseshoeing and hlppolngy,
which consisted this year of forty-four offi
cers of envalry and field nrtlllerv.
Veterinarian Richard H. Power, Artillery
corps. Is confined to his quarters by a se
vere cold.
Captain Elmer A. Dean, medical depart
ment, returned this week from a short
leave of absence.
Sergeant Alfred Alexander, Troop D.
Ninth cavalry, has been detailed on extra
duty as overseer In the quartermaster's de-
(partment, vice Sergeant Georsre P. Toft,
Troop C. Eleventh cuvalry, relieved.
Mrs. Cameron, wife of Captain George II.
Cameron. Fourth cavalry, has b"en seri
ously sick with tonsllltis, but Is now much
Improved. .
Colonel E. S. Godfrey. Ninth cavalry,
commandant, returned from bis trin east
the fore part of the week and reasumed
command of the post.
Captain Ianntns; Parsons, recently trans
ferred from the Eighth to the Ninth nv
alry, having reported for duty at Fort
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A dally, b dally except Sunday, d dully
except Saturday. daily except Mouday,
assenger..;b 6 30 am b 9:10 pni
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Rllev. has been assigned to the command
of Troop P. all troons of the Ninth cavalry
at this post now being provided with their
full complement of commissioned officers,
faptaln Parsons has been until recently
Instructor In military tactics at the Cnl
Verslty of Arkansas, Fa vettevllle. Ark.
An Invitation to visit Fort Riley has
been accepted bv the students of the Kan
sas State Agrlcnlural college at Manhattan,
Ksn. Th class will visit the post on
February ?2. where they will be entertained
by an Inspection of the stables, horses and
transportation equipment, and probably
with an exhibition of expert horsemanship
In th rlillng ball. There will also be given
an opportunity to Judge a lot of horses.
Captain Walter C. Short. Thirteenth cav
alry. Instructor In equitation, will give the
students a demonstration of the methods
used In training horses for the military
service.
Corporals Psenr T. Olnn. Nineteenth bat
tery, and Dudley K. Lancing. Sixth Iwtttery,
field artillery, havo been promoted to bo
seraeants.
The new band barracks, which Is to be
completed next month. Is now entirely en
closed, the Interior finishing work only re
maining to lie done.
Orders have been Issued from the hesd
qtiirters of the Ninth cavalry appointing
First Lieutenant John McCllntock squadron
adlutnnt of the Third squadron
Owing to the extreme cold weather and
the Impossibility of properly heating the
administration building, the officers hop
scheduled for last week was po'tnoneil.
The regular hop this week was well at
tended ind an unusually pleasant time was
reported.
The librarian of the school of application
Is busy classifying and cataloguing a largo
number of netv books Just purchased. The
library now contains about 7.000 volumes,
said by those competent to judge to he one
of the best collection of books for its slxe
of nny military library In the country.
The work of road making on the reserva
tion hnx been entirely suspended because
of the cold weithe"- and unusual amount of
snow on the ground.
Lieutenant Colonel S. W. Taylor. Artil
lery corps, 'is confined to hia quarters by
sickness.
Serseant Edward Irwin. Troop I, Klahth
cavalry. Is in the hospital, and Private
Harry F. Halle, Troop L, Eighth cavalry.
Is In Jail as the results of nn argument be
tween the two men which took place in a
Junction City ssloon. Sergeant Irwin re
ceived several serious knife wounds, but his
recovery Is probable.
The family of Captln O. W. Read. Ninth
cavalry, has been quarantined, having de
veloped a case of mumps.
The Post Exchange council hss secured
th services of the T'Origtnal Georgia Min
strels" for sn entertainment at the post In
the near future.
Fort Dea Moines, la.
FORT DES MOINF.8. la., Feb. 11 -(Spe.
clal.) A daughter wss bom to Lieutenant
W. D and Mrs. Smith. Eleventh cav
alry, on Sunday, February 8.
All the quartermaster emplovea were paid
by Captain Hardeman for the month of
Jsntiary on February 8.
Mrs. Pelby. wife of the post engineer,
returned from Kansas City on Sundav.
She has been visiting with a son in that
city for the last two months.
Bids were opened Tuesday for furnish
ing the electrical lighting fixtures for the
new post exchange building. Only two
bids were received by Captain Hardeman,
th.' lower being $1,074, by the Trl-Cltv
Electric Llirht company of Ds Mnlnes.
and the other for 81.095, made by the
Rurgen Electric compnny of St. Faul. It
Is feared thst the Installing of these fix
tures will delay considerably the starting
of the work of the exchange.
First Bergesnt Hughes. Troop O. has
taken adv.utge of a three months' fur
lough, during which he Intends taking n
course In stenography and other studies
In Des Moines.
Major Wheeler snd Lieutenants Davis
and Shelley are still absent at Jefferson
Barracks on court martial duty.
Troops of this command were paid by
Captain Dixon, paymaster, on Friday, Feb
ruary 10.
The heavy wind of Thursday caused the
snow to drift badly, rendering the sleigh
ing poor. The smart sleigh and fine team
of Colonel Thomas esq be seen dally In
fine weather skimming over the frozen
roe.ds.
Troop O has Issued invitations for a
hop on the evening of February 22. This
troop leads all others In the post in the
quantity anl quality of Its Entertain
ments. Lieutenant Taylor, prison officer, recelveo
orders to discharge nine general prisoners
on Thursday, February 9. The depart
ment commander remitted the unexpired
portions of their sentences.
Lieutenant Stevenson has recovered from
a severe cold, necessitating his keeping
his qusrters. and hss resumed his duties
in the olficc of the post quitrfermaster.
Fort Mnekensle, Wro.
pnnT MACKKVZIE. Wvo.. Feb. 11 PT'
(Special.) The weather has moderati Jt
being frorn 9 to 10 degress below sero. ' VT
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w-ork on the new exchange and gymnasium
has been retarded.
Authority for planting trees along the
drives and' In front of the quarters has been
obtained. The nurseryman who can show
whv he has the best stock of trees for
beautv, shade and ease of growth would d.
well to send In his catalogue, with Instruc
tions for planting, etc.
Discharged during week for expiration of
term of service: Corporal Sidney Wlng
flehl. Tenth cavalrv; Trumpeter Wllllatn
Mershom. Tenth cavalry; Trumpeter An- )
drew Wellom. Tenth c.tvitlry; Private
Marlon Gardner, Edward J. De Mars, AsigC'
J. Mulr, llarrv Blake, Thomas Johnson, 1
Eleventh Infantry; Private A. J Knight. I
hospital corps; Private Charley Williams.
Tenth cavalry and Saddler William Harris.
Tenth cavalry. SaiMhr Harris hns com.
fileted about twenty-five years In the serv
ce of I'ncle 3.ini and re-enllsted for
three years more.
Lieutenant William E. Mould. Eighteenth
Infantry, In charge of forty recruits, ar
rived at this poat Monday morning from
Columbus barracks, Ohio. Lieutenant Moil, I
returned on the evening train, having per
formed the duty assigned.
First Sergeant Thr.ieher, Troop G. Tenth,
cavalry, has lieen Informed by the War
department that his retirement will not
be effected until after February 17, en
which date he will make a formal appli
cation. Quito a number of marksman pins were
distributed among the command st this
ix, st os a result of good work on the range
last season. The names of all who ob-
tnlneil IhpR nina 1mi- tint itl loarn.
but it is understood Troop H. Tenth cav
alry, has most good shots from monthly
competitions.
Major Irons of the Inspector general's de
partment, headquarters northern division,
arrived at post Friday and remained over
Saturday February 8.
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Back to life for a brand new set of adventures, Sherlock Holmes has come, and it
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The Adventure of the Empty House 1 ,
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
The Adventure of the Priory School
. The Adventure of Black Peter
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
1 The Adventure of the Three Students
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
The Adventure of the Second Stain
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