The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-09
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily New.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
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.
AN enthusiastic gathering ofex-union
soldiers was held at Washington the
other night to form soldiers and
sailors national monument associa-
ton. The object of the meeting was
the erection of 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 l, caused great consterna-
tion among cigar manufacturers at
Tampa, Fla, and they began to draw
their tobacco from bond on the 3lst.
Word was sent from Washington after
wards that it applied only to tobacco
imported after April /. One man paid
S117, 900 duty.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR BLISS
gave n hearing to a large congressional
hClCbdtioh WIN aCoiICu W pEOLcSb
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-
voked 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 wastefpl leaks in
the navy, especially in the case of
ships in course of construction. 1t was
said that all the maroon heather 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, 00s, 96o 200, decrease
for the month of IS, s,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 plain description OF
each variety of chickens, so that it will
prove a trustworthy guide in the se-
lection of stock for the farm or the viii
lage lot.
THE president and his cabinet con-
sidered on the I'd the question of re.
scindinr Mr.. Cleveland's order setting
apart 81 forest reservationsin in the west.
The president announced his intention
to act on conservative lines and wanted
more information on the matter.
REAR ADMIRAL f. NJ. RAMSAY, chief
of the bureau of navigation. was re-
tired on account of age on the 4th.
THE six-day bicycle race ended ut
Washington at 10 p. m. on the Sd, all
the men being in an exhausted condi-
tion. Five of them made over 1900
miles and will get part of the prize
money, the score standing as follows:
Shock, 1870; Albert. l.615; Golden, L.,
$40; Lawson, 1883; Cassidy, 1.554.
A SPECIAL to the New York World
from Washington on the 5th said that
A. E. Buck, of Georgia, had been offered
and had accepted the position of min
lister to Japan.
The Indian agent has received in
structions not to lease the lands of the
Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches in
the Indian territory to cattlemen.
This was said to indicate an intention
of the government to open the lands to
settlement.
GENERAL NEWS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. issued an appeal for
aid on the 5th for the refugees from
the flooded districts.
FOUR desperate prisoners confined in
the Greer county Jail in Oklahoma
made their escape the other night by
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