Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-10-21
ABOUT ARBITRATION
England Will Have to Take the Ini-
tiative Now for q Treaty.
SILVER DOLLARS TO Be RECOUyTED.
fered with Unless nm Unforeseen Con.
tingency Arises-Cattien,en's Certi-
0cates Secretary Davis Report.

tiations In connection with general
arbitration treaty the matter will not
again be taken mp by this government
Neither the administration nor the
British foreign office has during the
last three months shown any DISPOSE
,, ton TO expedite the matter. Depart.
ment officials declare that Great Brit.
ain must 1. be Up On: to revive the sgl9.
ject II 1t is to be revived at all. A cabi.
net official says that the president Is
still DESTROYS Of securing & treaty Of
arbitration with Great Britain
Mr.. Mckinley hoped that more in
terest would be taken by Great
Britain in the matter than she
has displayed so far The authorities
are apparently much chagrined over
England's action in the Behring sea
matter, in which all the interested
powers were to participate. Had the
general arbitration treaty negotiated
by the Cleveland administration been
approved, the controversy in regard to
seals could properly be considered by
such tribunal as proposed by that
convention. Lord Salisbury would
also be pleased to have the treaty in
force, for then he could permit the
sealing question to be arbitrated and
point out to Canada that she was bound
by the convention to take such action.
Now, however, the negotiation Of
general arbitration treaty might be
considered by Canadians as indicative
Of desire of the Salisbury govern
ment to play into the hands of the
United States
SILVER DOLLARS TO BE RECoUNTED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-There is to be
great overhauling Of the silver specie
in the United States treasury. One
hundred million silver dollars stacked
up in bags in the treasury vaults, are
to be emptied, counted, put in new
bags and sealed again. Two months
ago an employee Of the treasury who
has assisted at every recount Of Uncle
Sans money for a quarter Of q CEN
fury, was detected extracting silver
dollars from bag and replacing them
with discs Of lead cut TO the size and
thickness Of dollar He had extract
ed about S2s when caught Since then
Treasurer Roberts has pondered over
the matter and reached the conclusion
that this game Of replacing silver dol
lars belonging to the government with
discs Of lead owned by nobody may
have been going on for years To set
tie the matter he has issued an order
that the experts of the treasury shall
pour out in one grand heap the lO0,-
100000 of silver sinners and count the
whole vast sum, to make absolutely
certain that the government is not BE-.
ing robbed. Extraordinary precau-
caution will be taken to insure abso-
lutte correctness and perfect honesty.
THE UNION PACIFIC SALE.
WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Attorney Gen.
eral McKenna, when questioned yes
terday, declined to state whether or
not there was any prospect of post
ponement Of the sale Of the Union
Pacific railway by the United States
circuit court at Omaha, set for No
vember l. From other and perfectly
trustworthy sources, however, it is
learned there is no present intention
on the part of the government to in
terfere with the order of the court in
the matter Of the sale, If it should
come 10 the knowledge of the govern
ment that parties other than the reor-
ganization committee were DESTROYS Of
making a bona fde bid, but required
additional time in which to perfect ar.
rangements and make the required de-
post, it is quite certain that the gov
eminent as a creditor would promptly
ask the court for a temporary post
ponement Of the sale. But as far as is
known this contingency has not arisen,
and without something now unforeseen
arises the sale will take place on No
vember /, the date originally fixed
upon by the court
cATTIEMEN's CERTIFICATES.
WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Commissioner
Of Immigration Powderly has revoked
the circular issued by his predecessor
in 1894. authorizing the rrantinc of
certificates OF re.entrance to cattlemen
crossing to Europe with cattle. The
commissioner has received information
from American consuls that cattlemen
have been selling these certificates to
anarchists and others DESTROYS of es-
Gaping to this country. They receive
from IS to $500 for them. Hereafter
cattlemen who are not native or natu-
rallied citizens will have to prove their
occupation and go through the same
investigation required of regular i'm
migrants.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVIS REPORT
WASHINGTON, Oct i9-The annual
report of Assistant Secretary Of the
Interior Webster Davis, after review
ing the leading pension cases decided
during the present administration and
the decisions liberalizing the adjudica-
ton of the claims, summarizes the
work of appeals in pensions and boun-
ty land cases during the last fiscal
year as follows; Decisions sustaining
the pension office, s,0s4; reversing the
pension office, $50; cases recpnsidered
by the pension office pending appeal,