The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-22
WEEK I'm WASHINGTON.

SUNDAY Der. 11.-Secretary Malet Provost
of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission
to-day authorized the following The state
ment that the Commission has come to de
cision sustaining the claims of Venezuela III
the boundary dispute between that country
and Great Britain is entirely without Tounda
tion The Commission is not yet IN posses
sion of all the facts necessary to form deh
mite Judgment and will not be until the re-
turn of Prof. Barr from Europe about the
end of this month. He is to bring with him
new and important historical information
which must be carefully examined before
any decision can be reached.
MONDAY, Der. 12.-The September statement
of the principal articles of domestic export
issued by the Bureau of Statistics. shows Is
follows: Breadstuffs $l1o54, 222, against
SIl, l30, 547 last year; for the nine months
ended Sept. so, 1896, Sis, 424 0S6, against
$50 325. $40; cotton exported during Septem-
Der. 1896, S. 49l. 100. against S4,6I7,5f2; Tor
the last nine months the gain in the exports
of mineral oils was about 81, ,000. HE
exports of provisions during the last month
amounted TO Sl3. 296. S26, as compared Win
SIl3I9, I35 for September, 1885; Tor nine
months. SI20 gS7. O47. against Sll2, 45O, S23 Tor
the same mouths in 1895.
TUESDAY, OCT. I3.-In the Supreme Court the
SolicitUr-General moved TO dismiss the case
of Judge Long, of illinois, VS.. VIM. Lochren,
late Commissioner of Pensions. on the ground
that the cause has abated by Commissioner
Lochren's resignation and retirement from
Office This WAS the test case which has been
pending before various courts here several
years. in which Judge Long sought to nave
his $50 pension restored to a S12 rating.
WEDNESDAY. 0CT l4-The Coast and Geooetic
Survey concluded its labor in the held upon
the most stupendous geodetic survey ever
undertaken in any country, and winch gives
the United States the longest base line upon
which to establish subsequent surveys IN ex-
istence in the world 1t is known as the
continental arc. and lies along the 59th
parallel of north latitude, extending from
ocean to ocean. Its eastern end is at point
on the Atlantic 10 miles south Of Little Egg
Island Lighthouse, below Cape May, and Its
western end is six miles north OF Punta
Arenas Lighthouse on the Pacific, above San
Francisco several miles. According to the
radius of the 18th parallel, as given by Bes-
sci, the famous astronomer OF koenigsberg
Germany the length OF the arc as measured
by the Coast and Geodetic Survey officials is
III feet In error, and according to the radius
of the same parallel as fixed by Sir Andrew
Clarke, of Glasgow University. the error is
9St feet But Gen. Dufeld, Superintendent
OF the Survey, declares that these variations
from the heretofore established standards
show error in them and not in the calcutta
ton of bis scientists.
THURSDAY, Ocr l5.-Secretary Olney is in
receipt of a telegraphic dispatch from the
United States Minister at Constantinople TO
the effect that he has at last obtained teie-
graphic orders from the Turkish Government
20 permit the departure for the United States,
with safe conduct to the seaports, of all the
native Armenian women and children whose
husbands aud fathers are in the United States
OF America. The subject is one that has been
before the Porte, and for which gratifying re-
suits credit must be given to Mr. Terrell.
FRIDAY, Der. l6.-It is intimated in official
circles here that although no regular formal
leave has been issued to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
TO absent himself from his post as Consul
General at Havana, he has arranged the
business of the Consul GeDerslship SO that it
may be safely left for time at least, to the
care Of Mr.. Springer, Vice Consul General. 1t
cannot be gathered that the Consul Generals
movements have any significance as affecting
the relations between Spain and the United
States but there will doubtless be an inter
esting conference at the State Department
SATURDAY, Der. 1.-Secretary Lamont trans
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury bis
estimate of the appropriations required by
the War Department for the next fiscal year.
The aggregate is So, S75.63S.27. Tie esti-
mate for the running expenses OF the w ar
Office in Washington is 81, 464. 236. showing a
reduction in the annual expenses for salaries
and contingencies in that Office of S621. 942
from the estimates four years ago. The esti-
mate for Notifications and seacoast defense
has been increased to SIS s24, 29e.75, an
amount which will be required to continue
this work at its present rate of progress,
which has been sppreciably advanced under
the large appropriation which became avail
able on July 1 last. In connection with
his estimate. Secretary Lamont states that
ION July /. 1893. but one gun had been placed
IN position. On July ]. 1897, we shall have
completed de(enses with armament as fol-
lows: Thirteen I2-inch, 81 l0-inch, eight
s-inch. and four rapid fire guns and 80 L.
inch mortars."