The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-09-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Trom our regular correspondent.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 18th, 1891.
''The President" said a member of
the administration, who has been Mr..
Harrison's guest at Cape May Point with
in week, "has not, except in general
way, yet given any consideration to the
election of successor to Secretary Proc
tor, nor is it probable that he will for
several weeks to come. There are other
things occupying his attention at present,
and there is no good reason for his being
in hurry to pick out new Secretary
of War. My own impression is that two
new members of the Cabinet will be APP
pointed at the same time, and that the
appointments will not be made until late
in October, possibly not until Novem-
ber." The gentleman declined to name
the other member of the Cabinet who
he believes will resign, but there are
reasons for believing that it is Attorney
General Miller, who is thought to be
booked for one OF the new Circuit Court
judgeships, although he refuses to dis.
cuss the subject.
Secretary Blaine will return to his
duties at the State department not later
than the first of October. Word was re.
ceived at his Washington residence this
week to get it ready for the family at
once. This will be very unpleasant news
for the ghouls who have labored so in.
dustriously throught the summer just
passed to kill him, but to the thousands
Of patriotic Americans who admire his
manly way OF conducting our foreign af-
fairs it will be most welcome news.
The board of managers of the National
Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
is holding meeting here this week.
The board is composed of the following
gentlemen: Gen. w. B. Franklin, Of
Connecticut, President Gen. Martin F.
Mcmahon, of New York, Secretary Gen.
w. j. Sewell, New Jersey Gen. John
G. Black, Illinois lex. Commissioner OF
Pensions j Gen. Alfred l.. Pearson,
Pennsylvania Gen. James Barnett,
Ohio; Gen. Francis Fessenden, Maine ;
Col. John L. Mitchell, Wisconsin Maj.
E. N. Morrill,, Kansas Maj. George H.
Boonebrake, California, and Maj. George
w. Steele, Indiana.
Representative Mills seems to be get
ting alarmed at his Speakership pros
poets and his friends in their efforts to
secure eastern supportfor him have been
giving it out that his ideas about the free
coinage Of silver have lately undergone
change and that he may in the near
future write letter defining his posi-
ton on the subject. And they hint that
in that letter he will take a position very
near to that occupied by Mr.. Cleveland
on the same question.
The question of the seizure of the
Chilian steamer Itata, which many
people feared might become serious as
well as an expensive one, has been hap
PLY settled, at conference held here
with Secretary Foster and Attorney
General Miller representing this Gov
ernment, and ex- Mayor Grace, Of New
York, and Messrs. Montt, Foster ant
Trumbull, the new Chilian government
Under the agreement reached the Itat'
is to be turned over to the Chilian gov
ernment and the case against her fo
violating our neutrality laws nolle pross
| <I sv,% &c hn
ernment is to pay to the United States {
sum equal to the expenses of the cruiser
Charleston in making the chase after the
Itata. This very satisfactory ending
of the matter, much more so than if the
Chilian government had made demanc
for heavy damages on account of the
seizure.
The State department has been of
ficially notified that Denmark, which
followed Germady in excluding Ameri
can pork, has followed the same example
in removing restrictions upon its i'm
portation, and is now prepared to admi
all that may be shipped there accom-
panied by the United States certificat
of inspection. Secretary Rusk is not dc
ing much talking about his triumphs
but his friends are shouting as they hav
right to do, for to him more than an
other one man is due the credit for tn
meat inspection law, without which th
restrictions upon the importation O
American pork would not have been re
moved by Germany or by Denmarl
The Secretary is hopeful that Franc
will follow suit and remove the restrict
ions upon the importation before til
close of this year.
There is to be another vacancy on tn
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Judge Thomas NJ. Cooley, of Michigan
having resigned on account of continue
} bad health. He was appointed by Nj
) Cleveland when the commission was frs
, organized, and although he is q Repub