Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-09-27
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Admiral Walker Leaves for Venezuela or
Board of the Chicago Entrusted
With Sealed Orders.

Consul-General Sutton has cabled the
State Department that the time for the
free Importation oil corn has been ex-
tended by the Mexican Government
until November l3.
The "ten days" statement just issued
from the Treasury shows the total net
gold in the Treasury to be $ll4, OIL.
an increase OF about $4,000 since the
first OF the month. The receipts at New
York from customs in that time were
SCOTT n3, showing slight falling off
rom the corresponding period OF last
year, and u decrease OF more than ST.,
900, 900 as compared with the first ten
days OF August, 1892. This large de.
crease OF 25 per cent. Is evidently due to
cholera. all the steamers now at quaran-
tine being heavily laden with goods.
Treasury officials are anticipating a
heavy decrease in customs receipts be-
cause OF the cholera epidemic in Europe.
American inventors are protesting
bitterly against the action OF the small
arms board in recommending the adop-
ton Of q foreign rifle for the use OF the
Federal and State troops. Since the
announcement was made that the board
had reported In favor OF the Krag
Jorgensen rife, the invention of Her
man Johannes Krag, superint endent OF
the rife factory OF Norway, and Erick
Jorgensen, battalion armorer OF Norway,
the War Department at Washington has
been flooded with letters from dis
appointed American inventors and their
friends urging that the boards recon-
mendation be- not approved. Many OF
these inventors claim they did not have
sufficient time to properly perfect their
work, and beg that the board be recon-
vened for the purpose Of considering
improvements which they have made
since their guns were tried, and which
they claim promise better results than
those obtained from the Krag-J orgensen
gun.
There are good reasons for believing
that the sealed instructions which were
delivered to Admiral Walker on board
the Chicago entrusted him with a mis-
sion more important perhaps than any
that has been confided to an American
naval officer in recent years. The pro-
tracted conference which President Har-
rison held with Acting secretary Of State
Adee on his recent visit 10 Washington !;
the long consultation between Secretary
VI wiz NAVY itbty anu Autt DcIOrt
Admiral Walkers orders were finally
agreed upon; the carefully worded
official statement given out that Admiral
Walker was directed TO pursue vgor-
GUS course In dealing with the situation,
especially in connection with foreign
aggression !" all take new significance
on the superstition, believed to be well
founded, that Admiral Walkers mission
TO La Guayra with his squadron will be
to prefer the friendly Intervention of
the United States TO the Venezuelan
authorities, whoever they may be by the
time he arrives out there, for the pur-
pose OF preventing the anal absorption
OF Venezuelan territory by Great Brit
ain, and, further. to secure the restora-
ton OF the status quo as to such bouuda.
ries as existed prior to 1877, and to OBJ
tsir consent fer submission to arbitra-
ton OF the question OF title to the terri
tory in dispute.