Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-15
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
The Compromise Agreement off Be.
tween Senate and House Conferees.
ARMY CIRCLES EXERCISED.
Feeling Over the Promotion of a COlOred
Omoer to a White Acknowledging
After the Hawaiian Islands-Cur-
rency Message Held.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Speaker Reed
has interposed his powerful authority
in the matter Of the sugar schedule in
the tariff conference committee room.
He has given the republican conferees
on the part of the house to understand
that If they yield to the senate on this
schedule their report will be rejected
by the house, even if such action might
jeopardize the passage of tariff bill
at this session of congress. AS a re-
suit, the compromise agreement on
the sugar schedule, which was practi-
cally reached Monday, is off, and it is
impossible to predict what the out
come will be. 1t is now known that
this compromise placed duty of S1.9O
on each 100 pounds of sugar. Next to
the sugar schedule, the conferees are
finding the wool duties the most
troublesome matter with which they
have to deal.
Army Circles Exercised.
WASHINGTON, July IA. Army circles,
and particularly those of the crack
Seventh cavalry, are more than exer-
cised at the promotion of Charles
Young, colored, late second lieutenant
of the Ninth cavalry, to be first lieu
tenant in the Seventh cavalry. Or
dinarily this promotion would have
caused little or no comment, but the
fact of Lieut.. Young being an Afro
American of the deepest dye, and a
promotion of an officer of that color
into the ranks made sacred by the
heroic fight of the lamented Custer at
Little Big Horn and on other memora-
BILE fields, both in the civil war and
since, has created feeling that is in
tense and deep by reason of its en-
forced secrecy. 1t is probable that
Lieut.. Young will be kept at his pres
emit station at Wilberforce university,
o., until some arrangement is made
for him to transfer into either the
Ninth or Tenth cavalry, the regiments
composed of colored troops.
Looking After the Hawaiian Islands.
WASHINGTON, July 14-It can be
stated with authority that instructions
have been sent to Adm Beardslee to
hoist the American flag over the Ha-
waiian islands at the first moment that
Japan takes any action which clearly
indicates her intention of attempting
to secure possession. These instruc-
tions were prepared by Secretary Long
and Assistant Secretary of State Day,
and are of such character as to leave
no grounds for mistake They were
sent purely as precautionary meas
ure, and not because the administra-
ton entertained serious fears of ia
pans taking the initiative. But as
there is no cable connection with Ha-
wall it was thought best that Adm.
Beardslee should be fully informed as
to what would be expected of him in
the event of an invasion of the Islands.
Currency Message Held.
WASHINGTON. July 14-The meeting
of the cabinet yesterday was brief and
unimportant. No time was given to
discussion of the currency message.
The president said that as long as
members of congress deemed it mad
visable that the message should go in,
he would hold it. This position of the
president means that the message may
not be sent in until the last of this
week. or not at all
Consolidation Of Agencies Suspended.
WASHINGTON, July 14-President Nc
Kinley has issued en- order suspending
the operation of ex-President Cleve-
/ n -. mol ;Io tim, the mansion