Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-08
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
9 THE statement that Gen. Lees serv-
ices as consul-general at Havana would
be dispensed with after April Is is de-
MED by the state department at Wash
ington.
The issue between Peru and the
United States with respect to the i'm
prisonment of Ramsay, the American
sailor, is becoming a serious matter,
the Peruvian government refusing to
accede to the demand of the United
States minister to set Ramsay at lib
erty Immediately.
AN enthusiastic gathering of eX-union
soldiers was held at Washington the
other night to form a soldiers and
sailors national monument aSSOcia-
ton. The object of the meeting was
the erection of a monument at Wash
ington in memory of the officers and
enlisted men of the army and navy of
the United States who fell in the war
of the rebellion.
THE report that congress had decreed
an increased tariff on tobacco, to take
effect April 1, caused great consterna-
ton among cigar manufacturers at
Tampa, Fla, and they began to draw
their tobacco from bond on the 31st.
Word was sent from Washington after
wards that it applied only to tobacco
imported after April 1. One man paid
Silt, 600 duty.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR BLISS
gave hearing to large congressional
delegation who desired to protest
against the forestry reservation order
issued by President Cleveland setting
aside large tracts in various states.
The general proposition urged was
that the proclamation be either re-
soked in toto or its operations suspend
ed until an investigation could be
made as to the character of the lands
embraced in the reserve tracts.
SENATOR MORRILL,. gave it as his opin-
ion that the tariff bill would not be
finally acted upon in the senate before
September 1, but this view is not
shared by other senators on his side,
many of whom predict that an adjourn
ment will be reached by July Is.
SECRETARY LONG has issued an order
to stop some of the wasteful leaks in
the navy, especially in the case of
ships in course of construction. 1t was
said that all the maroon leather up
holstered furniture of the battleship
Indiana was ripped out and dark green
leather substituted to suit the taste of
her eXpectant captain for which the
government had to pay.
THE monthly statement of the pub
lie debt of the United States showed
that at the close of business on March
81 the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 81. COS, 962 200, a decrease
for the month of SIS, 63S, 254.
A NEW farmers bulletin, which is
likely to prove of great interest to
chicken fanciers, is being sent out by
the department of agriculture. 1t is
devoted to a careful and thorough de-
scription of standard varieties of chick
ems. The bulletin is practical through
out. and gives a plain description of
each variety of chickens, so that it will
prove a trustworthy guide in the Sc
lection of stock for the farm or the vii
1age lot.
The president and his cabinet con-
sidered on the I'd the question of re-
scinding Mr.. Cleve1and's order setting
apart 81 forest reservations in the west.
The president announced his intention
to act on conservative lines and wanted
more information on the matter.
REAR ADMIRAL T. NJ. RAMSAY, chief
of the bureau of navigation, was re-
tired ON account of age on the 4th.
IHE SlN-uay bicycle race enoeO at
Washington at 10 p. m. on the Sd, all
the men being in an exhausted condi-
ton. Five of them made over 1900
miles and will get part of the prize
money, the score standing as follows:
Shock, 1870; Albert, 1918; Golden, l.
61O; Lawson, 1883; Cassidy, 1854.
GENERAL NEWS.
FROM reports sent to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
on the 4th it appeared that cattlemen
had lost from five to 25 per cent. of
their herds through the recent severe
storms.
THE German newspapers continue to
print articles urging the government
to adopt retaliatory measures in the
event of the new American tariff bill
being passed.
A HURRICANE struck Peoria, Ill, ON
the Sd and did considerable damage to
buildings. The roof of Wards overall
factory was ripped off, taking along
two smokestacks and a section of stone