The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
NATIONAL TOPICS.
Brief Paragraphs of Important
National Affairs.
Friday.

ETIudys
The President has nominated Irving
b. Dudley. of California, to be Minis
ter TO Peru.
Cosideration of the claim of Hon
H. w. Corbett, of Oregon, to a seat in
the Senate has been postponed by the
Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons until the next session of Con-
gress.
Trouble has broken out at Fort Glib
son, Indian Territory, between United
States marshals and negroes who had
been paid out of the Cherokee freed
men fund and whose checks were at
tached for debt.
John H. Reeves, of New York, was
appointed chief of the stamp division
of the Postoffice Department.
The Internal Revenue features of the
tariff bill will be eliminated. The Re-
publican Senators have practically set
tied all their differences and expect to
pass the bill next week.
Saturday and Sunday.
The Civil Service Commission has
asked for the facts in regard to the
change in the chief clerkship of the
State Department.
Some members of the diplomatic
corps are unable to leave Washington
for their usual summer vacations, as
the interests of the countries they rep
resent are affected by the pending tar
if bill.
The reply of the State Department
to Japan's protest against the annexa.
ton of Hawaii has been delivered to
the Japanese Minister in Washington.
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
was stricken with paralysis while
speaking in the Senate Chamber on
Saturday last. His condition is not
serious.
Efforts are being made to arrange a
game of baseball between teams repre-
senting the Senate and the House of
Representatives, for a charitable object.
The President has nominated Col.
Caleb HI. Carlton, eighth cavalry, to
be Brigadier-General.
Monday.
Speaker Reed will announce the
House committees prior to the adjourn
ment of Congress.
Admiral Slcard and Commander
Goodrich had an interview with AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy Reese
welt in regard tC maneuvers by the
home fleet.
Unless the condition of public bust
ness prevents, President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley will leave Washington Friday
for visit to Canton, Ohio. They will
remain until Monday.
PnnrocoRafots e T.
ana, has introduced in the House
bill to exempt from the civil service
regulations all places with salaries of
$500 or less.
In anticipation of the passage of the
tariff bill by the Senate this week, Mr..
GrosvenOr, of Ohio, chairman of the
Republican caucus of the House, has
issued request to all Republican
members of the House to be in their
seats next Monday, July 9Th.
Senator Davis has reported from the
Committee on Foreign Relations an
amendment to the general deficiency
bill to pay $4,000 to the families of
three Italians lynched at New Orleans.
The State Department has received
a statement from Consul. General Lee,
at Havana, in which he declares that
his son had no connection whatever
with the premature publication some
time ago of the Ruiz report.
Tuesday.
London merchants have contracted
for the daily output of butter of 800
pounds of the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege.
The AttOrney-General has decided
that the governments title to the Mo-
nongehala river Improvements is valid.
The new SIS silver certificates have
been cOunterfeited.
One hundred and seventeen Chinese.
who were admitted to. this country as
a part of the Nashville Exposition,
have evaded the law authorizing their
admission.
The Republican members of the FL
nance Committee have agreed upon
the form of an anti trust amendment
to the tariff bill.
The President will leave on Friday
evening for Canton, Ohio, to visit his
mother.
Bannock Indians In Idaho are ghost
dancing, and the Governor of the
State has asked for United States
troops.
Plans have been arranged for evolu-
tiOns by the North Atlantic squadron,
and also for maneuvers 10y flotilla of
torpedo boats.