Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-30
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY left Washing.
ton on the 21st for North Adams. Mass
LIEUT.. Moss, who commanded the
bicycle corps which made the journey
from Fort Missoula, Mont, to St Louis
during the summer, has made his re-
port to the war department.. He favorf
the bicycle for army use, and the re.
port contains much interesting infor.
nation to bicyclists who contemplate
making long trips on a wheel
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MCKENNA an
nounced his opinion in the matter OF
section % of the new tariff law at the
cabinet meeting on the 2tst. He holds
that goods coming directly into the
United States from foreign countries
through Canadian ports are not sub
ject to the discriminating duty of ten
per cent, and also holds that foreign
goods shipped from countries other
than British possessions in British
vessels are not subject to discriminate
ing duty.
M. D. RATcHFoRD, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, gave
out a statement at Washington con-
corning the miners strike. He said,
while miners have done the striking,
trades unions and organized bodies
have supplied the necessaries, without
which the miners could not posi- bly,
have succeeded, and so it was victory
for organized labor and not for any
particular trade. &
THE necessity of increasing the per-
sonnet of the navy will be presented
tocongress in the Forthcoming reports
of the bureau chief of the navy depart
ment. Both officers and men are need
ed to man the large number of ships
now in commission.
THE executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor met at Wash
ington on the 22d to discuss the mining
situation. Several officers of miners
associations werS also present. An adj
dress was issued calling on trades
unions to still contribute money to
help the miners until they were able
to take care of themselves and advis-
ing unions not to send delegates to the
Chicago meeting on the 27th, as condi-
lions had changed since the call for it
was made.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
ROOSEVELT recently held a conference
with some of the commanders of the
naval militia, whom he had summoned
to Washington to learn all about the
state of their commands. The secre-
tary made the significant remark that
this country is on the verge of a war
with Spain," and cautioned the com
manders not to underestimate the
gravity of the situation.
COMPLAINT has been made to the Sec
rotary of agriculture, at Washington,
that infected cattle are being shipped
from Tennessee, and he has been asked
to quarantine the entire country
against that state.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has committed
= to imprisonment for life the death sen.
tence imposed upon c. L. Arlington in
western Texas for murder.
THE interstate commerce commission
has requested all the railroads to re-
port by the first of next month as to
the number of cars equipped with au
tomato couplers and air brakes.
AT the session of the executive coun
ell of the American Federation of La
Dor on the 23d at Washington it was
determined that measures in the inter
est of labor should be formulated and
sent to President Mckinley with 6
view of having him incorporate then
in his next message to congress.
IT was reported at Washington thai
the sugar trust would have powerful
lobby to fight the annexation o.
Hawaii. The ground upon which the
treaty will be fought will be that il
would commit the United States to {
policy of colonial government and tha-
such a departure would necessitate the
establishment of great navy.