Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-18
CAPITOL TOPICS.
To Revive the Grade of Lieutenant
General.


To Revive the Grade of Lieutenant
General.
Representative Cultivate Of Ohio has
introduced a bill reviving the grade Of
lieutenant general Of the army. Also a bill
appropriating 10000 for a statue Of Ulysses
s. Grant, to be erected on the east front
of the Capitol, alongside the statue OF
Washington. The bill reserves the site on
the opposite side of Washington's statue
for the statue OF Gen. VIM. T. Sherman.
Armenian Outrages.
Representative Harmer of Pennsylvania
has introduced a resolution authorizing
the President and Secretary Of State to
use their good offices toward the recon-
vening of the powers signing the Berlin
agreement of 1873 whereby joint protec-
ton was assured the Armenians as against
the Circassians and Kurds of Turkey. The
resolution recites the recent Armenian out
RACES as a reason for the action of tho
United States.
Appropriation Bills.
The House yesterday passed the army
appropriation bill and the bill carrying
an immediate appropriation for the current
work of the government printing office.
Nicaragua Bill.
The debate on the Nicaragua canal bill
progressed yesterday until o'clock. The
last speech of the day was strongly against
the measure, being delivered by Senator
Turpie, who offered an amendment in the
shape of an additional section for the ap-
pointment of three competent engineers
two OF them army engineer officers-to
make survey and estimate of the canal
on the line proposed by Mr.. Menocal. He
said he was opposed to the present scheme,
while being heartily in favor of the con-
struction of such canal
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate In executive session, last
evening confirmed the following nominal
tons:
John B. Jackson of New Jersey, formerly
second secretary of legation of the United
States at Berlin, Germany to be secretary
of embassy of the United States at that
place.
Also large number of promotions in the
army, the most important of which were:
Brig. Gen. Alexander Med McCook. to be
major general; Col. James W. Forsyth,
seventh cavalry, to be brigadier general;
Col Michael r. Morgan, assistant COM
missary general of subsistence, to be COM
missary general of subsistence, with rank
of brigadier general; Lieut.. Col Charles
c. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster general,
to be assistant quartermaster general, with
the rank of colonel; Maj. James w. Scully,
quartermaster, to be deputy quartermaster
general, with rank of lieutenant colonel;
Lieut.. Col. John w. Barriger, assistant
commissary general of subsistence, to be
assistant commissary general of subsist-
ence with rank Of colonel; Lieut.. Col Ed
ward v. Sumner, eighth cavalry, to be
colonel Lieut.. Col. Royal t. Frank Sec
ond artillery, to be colonel; Maj. Marcus p.
Miller, fifth artillery, to be lieutenant col
onel; Lieut.. Col. Daingerfeld Parker, thir-
teenth infantry, to be colonel; Maj Will
liam s. Worth, second infantry, to be
lieutenant colonel.
Flour Shipments TO Cuba.
Senator Washburn of Minnesota has
offered a resolution, which was agreed to.
directing the Secretary of State to inform
the Senate as to the rates of duty imposed
on -four and breadstuffs imported from the
United States into the Island of Cuba prior
to the LIST of September last and subse-
quent to that date; also that he be re-
Quested to obtain from the United States
consul general at Havana a statement
showing the retail price of flour in that
city for the twelve months prior and the
three months subsequent TO that date; also
the number of barrels and bags of flour
imported into Havana from the United
States and from other countries, stated
separately, for the months of September.
October, November and December, 1893,
and the corresponding months in 1894.