Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-02
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE efforts made by the post Office
department. at Washington to have
the post marks on mail matter more
tegible is bearing good fruit and First
Assistant Postmaster General Heath is
vigorously pushing the reform.
THE probability that President Nc
Kinley will be compelled to resort to
bond issue was discussed at length
in the Washington correspondence of
the New York Journal the other day
The government deficit on the 22d was
e45, 0OO, 600. Secretary Gage was said
to be holding expenditures to the low
est notch.
SECRETARY GAGE, of the treasury de-
partment, spoke at the banquet of the
New York chamber of commerce to the
toast, Currency Reform" Secretary
Alger, Comptroller of the Currency
Ecke1s and many other distinguished
guests were present.
The pension claim of Gottlieb Eller
sick, of Missouri. for total blindness
due to disease of the eyes said to have
been con tracted during military serv-
ice in 1854, has been rejected by Assist
ant Secretary Davis. The case has
been pending 81 years and carried back
pay to the amount of $4,000.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
MERRITT has issued an order that it is
not permissible to write upon second,
third or fourth-class mail matter in
definite addresses, as to a druggist"
or physician" Postmasters have been
instructed that after March 1, 1898,
matter so addressed will be held to be
unavailable.
h
ington has notified Postmaster Van
colt, of New York, that newspapers
and other periodicals con tanning adver-
tisements of schemes offering prizes
by chance will be excluded from the
mails. The order specifies in part
those that have word guessing con-
tests.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROOSEVELT has
submitted to the secretary of the navy
the report of Lieut.. Gibbons, who has
charge of naval militia matters. The
report speaks in high terms of the
operations of the naval militia.
The president has informed his cab
met officers that his message to con-
gress is practically completed and it
will probably be considered at the next
cabinet meeting.
EX-SENATOR BRUCE. colored, of Mis-
sissippi, is likely to be nominated by
President Mckinley for register of the
treasury.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY will, it was
reported, recommended in his message
to congress speedy legislation to secure
the best possible government for Alas
ka and that some action be taken to
protect the forests in the big territory.
SECRETARY GAGE has prepared a
table which gives the apportionment
of employees in the treasury depart
ment by states. The table shows that
Missouri has 55 employees in the de-
partment and is entitled to los; Kan
sas %, entitled to So; Oklahoma 2, en-
titled to 8; Indian territory 2, entitled
to 1.
THE 2Sth annual meeting of the ma
tional board of trade is to be held in
Washington on December IA. Many
important subjects are to be considered
at the meeting.
SECRETARY BLISS has taken promp
action to avert a possible invasion O.
the Wichita reservation in Oklahoma
by boomers. The agents have beer
notified to prevent any such invasion
and if necessary to call for military as
sistance, and steps have been taken tx
meet any contingency.