Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-12-14
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.


nistOn, Ala.
Secretary Herbert in his forthcoming
message will ask Congress TO appropri-
ate money for one more battle ship and
four torpedo boats Of Ericsson type.
Attorney. General Olney has rendered
the opinion that certain notes issued by
corporations during the recent currency
famine" are not taxable 10 per cent
under the bank circulatioa law. The
opinion was addressed 10 Secretary Car
lisle.
The Postmaster General recommends
that ten Of the largest pOstOfiices, in
cluding San Francisco, which yield one
third Of the total postage revenue, be
put in a class by themselves and APP |
preparations made for them by Congress |
without the intervention OF the rules |
applicable to other postofiices.
President Cleveland has appointed
First Lieutenant James f. Sawyer OF
the Fifth Artillery Captain and Assist
ant Quartermaster. This appointment
was made under probably the most
strenuous pressure ever brought TO bear
upon the President. Nearly every First
Lieutenant in the army was candidate
for promotion.
silver VIII assert lts rlsnt 10 nearing
IN cohhectioh WIN the tarlh' ~ WIN
come IN the shape OF proposition 10
put duty on SILVER lmportatlons' IN
the Senate IL tne plans oil those VINO
have the matter III mana 90 not miscarry,
an ehort 10 secure chls innovation WIZ
DE maze III connection WIN Ihe ileIal
sschedule, ana IL WIN oe coupled WIN tIe
item concerning leau anu sliNer-leau ores'
me purpose oi tilis movement ~ Two
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,Iin n,d H. oonJ;nc, 81 "o,,,'
s:. o'loi 'Ouils' 'eI' ~ 40 H. rf,';.9J So
VcIlei' oo'N' w '''1 0''''e' "''''''
Inc treasury department. b some,
what concerned over Jle prospect OF
Chinese registration nnner the new law
passed upon the eve Oh adJourhineht oi
the extra session ana uhuer Wliicn the
department. mas JUST lssued regulatloIi5;;
The supposltlon ~ that the Chinese VIII
comply WIN the law, Dut no one can say
dennltely uhtll tne experiment IL trleu'
Oiilclals themselves are as hluch IN tne
dark as any one: IL they should again
refuse, the SITUATION would DE AWKWARD
1t IL SAID the intelligent Cinnamon gen,
eraliy uld not opJect Vo registration anu
really looKeu upon u as means VI per
; sohal protectloli, Dut the Dulk Oh tleili
would be controlled by thelr employers
now az iorheriy' lhey 90 not az race
, ."he h,nu,i W ,,"',ns ''iu' tio.s; "Pn'
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= Inc annual report Oh the secretary o.
, war gives the usual review Oh the cohul
tlon ana operations OF tie army, ana u
G addition much space Is sdeVoteu especlaiiN
TO the progress Oh WORK on the sea-coas
4 deienses. NOW that lndiah warfare II
D practically ~ an ehd' the gradual con
: centratlon oi tne army on lhe sea coaS
ana frontiers should iollow' Inc wori
@ OF lortliying thlrteen Oh the larger sea
\ ports renders mahllestly necessary th'
+ conversion OF portion OF lhe infantry
G TO the artlllery arm. Inc total strengI, m ",
4 oil the army IL z, "a oincers anu Zo'"'
enlisted men, me secretary recon-
s mends the repeai Oh the law hXlhS ui
|. years ~ the maximum perloo Oh ehilst
= ment ana reduction OF the perloa 0
II hrst ehlls'Iheht 10 t'ree years ih'
n adoption o' the new maHa"'ne rue Is th
). most l'iiport'ht s'ep since lne cloSe
4 the clvll war he thtlre infantry lor''
n VIII nc eqnlpPeu WIN t'io new arul pe
e WV ,''o ,'''o " W. 'p'','e w" 80
r, III mas peeI uehIlte'y ur'ernilHcu I'ia
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s. 'he ways anu dreams Nolhl''IIee WIN W
cohnheu 10 'aN vi, tle 'let lhtoules
= M corporations am on sucCvss'ons "'i'
"a logao'es' p'y"n, MuN'','ln, "ln'.ns nn'
, otlers n'"ue e,'o,B "Snt io' P'"
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n INCOME 'aN III 'nNo, VI o'e npPlSNe oul
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~ rates raulo"'ly on clEhre'lcs anu 10 I'LL
N pose t"N on P,"ylHS o"'us; po!h
,t Imese points nave peeh u'ilnI'ely utViueV
M inS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. '"M on WHISKY
~ sun ah open question: INC commute
,r " MAINTAINING sluai1us rellvehve o
n this SUBJECT ior lear oi the manipulation
oil speou'"'ors on 'he STOCK exchange
The annual report OF Commissioner {
le Navigation Il. G. o'Brien, which prove
, TO be his yaledictory, is full OF matter
u OF public interest. The tonnage of til
n country exhibited an increase iror
y i,10bWl in 1892 TO 4,S2b,o1l in lS0'