The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-29

and Gossip.
Washington, Sept. 2S.-The members
Of the monetary commission are hold !
! ing daily sessions at the Arlington ho- |
! tel, laying out programme for the
work that is. before them. Their dis
cussions are informal, but within
few days they expect to be able to an
nounce the subcommittee which wlli
have charge of the various branches of
the investigation to be made. There
| will be three of these subcommittee,
| one on gold and silver, which viii IN
Yestigate the subject of our Dasic
| money, the extent of the use OF SILVER,
| etc; one on United States notes, Which
| will investigate the several classes OF
! outstanding United States notes, the
ACCESSIBILITY of retiring the greenbacks.
etc. and one on banking, the duty OF
| which will be to consider and formulate
| a banlxink scheme which Will meet the
demands and requirements OF the ceun-
try. AS the discussion has proceeded,
the members realize the wide scope OF
the investigation upon which they are
entering and are beginning to doubt
their ability to complete their labors
and submit their report before congress
dSSSulDLGS.s LII ldCN- OIS VI LAAttlA SteNSo
today that he did not expect the report
to be ready before the middle of De
cember. Although no decisive action
has yet been taken on this point, it is
almost certain that the permanent
headquarters Of the commission Will be
in this city. w. H. Hanna left for his
home at Indianapolis today but will re-
turn here before the end of the week.
AZ the opening session the president
announced The committees as follows;
On Metallic Cucsraey.-C'. Stewart
Patterson 81 Philadelphia; Louis A
E G2rnett OF California;; ). Laurence
LauShli1l Of illinois.
{ On Demand Obligations of the Gov
ernment.-Ropsrl 5. Taylor of Indiana,
: Stuyvesent Fish of New orE; J. ".
Fries of North Carolina; George p Ed
mun3s of Vermont
. On The IA ,!.i1:y System.-Charles S
Fairc1il o. New Iarh: T i. Bush Of
i Alabama; " q. pean Of Minnesota:
! GeorgS =. Leighton Of Missouri.
1t Vas decided that after the meet
+ ing oe the coInmittee toul,rrcW morn
ing a reeAss be taken until ,'ct. ~ In
! the meantime the committees will hold
: sessions for the purpose Of consider
e ing in detail and arranging and sys-
y tematizing the various suggestions
4 which have been received.
s OF NO SIGNIFICANCE.
: The Spanish minister, Dupuy de
: LONE. has arrived here somewhat I'M
: expectedly from LennoX, where he is
= spending the summer with his family
I He reached washington yesterday
p noon and later in the day called at the
O state department and saw Assistant
q Secretary of State Day. His presence
y in this city was not made known by the
n department., and it was not Until TO-
o i,day that his arrival became known.
q | The legation is closed for the summer
4 and the minister took temporary quar-
: tiers in an uptown apartment house. He
expected also to call on Secretary Sher-
It man. 1t is said the minister's visit has
! no special Significance. He is looking
4 at a, new legation building, corner
n Massachusetts avenue and Eighteenth
/, street, to be opened in October. There
q appears to be no doubt, however, that
- the visit related to some extent to re-
10 cent developments at Madrid in con-
n nectfon with Minister Woodford's in
J. terview with the Spanish minister for
( foreign affairs, the Duke of Tetuan
g The presence of Dupuy de Lone led tC
n conjectures that Spain's answer to the
l. recent views presented by Minister
;, Woodford was about to be submitted
It can be positively stated, however
that no answer has been made, ant
that up to the present time the answer
has nC1 been framed. 1t would not bt
| surprise, however, if it was deter
$ mined upon at any time in the nea1
lie future, and it is thought that Minister
oe Dupuy de Lomes visit Is so timed q.
: to permit him TO be at the capital Il
?, case any development in the way O
Z answering or otherwise occurred a
Il Madrid. The only manner in which al
n answer could be agreed upon is at
4 cabinet council, attended by the queer
l regent. Her arrival will give the frs
opportunity for definite action, and thi
probably had some part in the minis
E ter's return 10 Washington at thf
+ time. The queen arrived at Madrid to
day.
STRONG DENIAL MADE.
The Spanish minister. Dupuy d.
L Lone. makes an official denial of tn
authenticity Of an interview said t.
have taken place at Madrid with tn
Spanish premier, General AzcarTaga
and widely published in this countr.
> last Saturday. The minister had beer
+ advised that no such interview oc
y Cured, and that the premier did no
IL see the person claiming to have inter
viewed him. Under these circum
stances q denial is made of all tn
statements attributed to the presiden
of the council. The interview purport
he ed to give the premier's views of tn
~ calls of Minister Woodford on tn
01-N-A-7@A --------SN~A 80 ~ N-c1fA NAAdAA
Is NOW FIRST SECRETARY.
a. Geishero Matsui has been advance
of to the position of first secretary Of tn
y Japanese legation, in recognition of hi
or long and valuable service in the dipio
70 matte corps of his country In the alb
80 sence of Minister Hoshi, who VIII s.
ol- TO Japan shortly on leave, Mr.. Matsu
Nd viii be charge d'affaires of Japan,
IT. position Of more than usual impor
id lance in view of the pending japanese
p Hawaiian questions. He has been her
ne ne for three years, coming from Corea
~ where he was secretary of the Japanes
on legation during the troublesome time
preceding the Japan-China war.
~; NEEDS OF THE NAVY.
ny The special board appointed by tn
,at navy department to consider the nee5
sr- of the navy in the matter of new dock
submitted its report to Acting Secr5
zee tary Roosevelt today. The hoard find
he that five new docks, to cost S5,775,o 90
Ter are urgently necessary, While one or
ny Port Royal, s. c., dock), should be eT
lS- larged. Four Of the docks, the boar
ed says. should be of concrete, namely, G
ter Boston. New York. Norfolk and E
he Mare Island, the last TO be 800 fet
long. At AIgiers, near New Orlean
Wo with Galveston or Pensacola as alteg
- natives) it is proposed TO place ste
7sr floating dock and wharf. Tai5 woul