Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-08
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

DE-. HARRIS. national commissioner
of education, in his annual report says
that es per cent. of the population at
tend school part of each year. He
highly commends public libraries,
magazines and the daily newspapers
for their educational influences.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued a
proclamation fixing Thursday, Novem-
Der %, as day of thanksgiving.
FHD secretary of agriculture fur
nished statement of the number of
cattle exported for several years and
showed that Great Britain takes the
bulk of our beef and that the loss of
the German market was matter of
small concern.
The secretary of state has received
official informa ton that the discrim-
mating stumpage dues upon spruce logs
cut in the province of Quebec and eX-
ported to the United States have been
removed by the Dominion government.
The effect of this act will be to enable
Canadians to get the benefits of the
free lumber provision of the new tariff
law.
THE Chinese minister at Washington
was awaiting the signed official copy
of the new treaty between the United
States and China. 1t was forwarded
from China some time ago, but has met
with inexplicable delays en- route.
Secretary Gresham desired to get the
document, as treaty provisions could
not be proclaimed by President Cleve-
land until the official papers had been
exchanged.
GEN. FLAGLER has made his annual
report to the secretary of war. He
makes a strong point on the INSULT
cheney of Che appropriation for arming
the militia.
TIE president and his family have
moved to Woodley, about 3 miles from
Washington. He will drive in to trans
act business at the White house.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written a
letter TO Mr.. Pierce, of Boston, bear
ing on the political and financial situa-
ton in which he takes the opportunity
to correct some statements recently
made by Senator Frye, of Maine.
rHE post Office department has issued
orders declaring the Artisan Saving
and Loan association, of Pittsburgh;
the Omaha, Neb.. Cooperative Supply
60, and the American Saving and Loan
association, of Chicago, to be fraudu-
lent concerns not entitled to use of the
mails.
COMMISSIONERS BROWNING, of the In
dian bureau, has written letter to
Agent Thomas which has caused great
excitement round Guthrie, Ok. The
commissioner says that the Kicl>apoo
indians will not be permitted to lease
their allotted lands until the lands
ceded by them TO the United States in
the late agreement shall have been
opened to public settlement. All whites
are warned against entering into such
leases and against going upon the
EickapoO reservation. and people who
attempt to lease will not be recognized
as suitable persons to lease Indian
lands when the time comes that the
Kiclfapoos may legally lease their
lands.
THE president has signed several or
ders of great Importance in connection
with the civil service reform movement,
making important extensions of the
classified service to offices heretofore
classified, and revising existing CLASH
ticationS in branches of the service al
ready classified. SO as to bring within
the classification many places hereto
fore excluded.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has rendered a
decision directing the case against
Howard, Mr.. Morton's coachman, be
dismissed and that he be allowed to re-
main in this country