Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-20
The CUBAN WAR.
Mr.. Calhoun to Learn the Views OF
Business Men as to Intervention.
THE POOLING OF RAILROADS.
Tho Matter Considered by = Senate Sub
Committee UncOmPahgrs Roaer-
vRtiOn.-Mail acknowledgements
tion at the Paris Expedition.


tion at the Paris Expedition.
WASHINGTON, May l9.-The first CON-
munication the state department has
had from Special Commissioners Cal
houn was received yesterday after
noon. 1t was brief message and
simply announced the preliminaries to
investigation previously made public
through the press dispatches. The
most important part of Mr.. Calhoun's
instructions, it has developed, relate
to phase of the Cuban situation which
has received little attention. Tho
bearing of it is made impressive by the
memorial of the business men which
reached the president yesterday. This
memorial urges the government to
intervene and stop the war Special
Commissioner Calhoun, it is learned,
will devote part of his time to q
canvass of sentiment among the bust
ness men and non-combatantS gen.
orally in Cuba upon form of set
Element of the existing troubles. He
will try to find out what those having
most at stake desire, and also how
they would view intervention by the
United States. Mr.. Calhoun's instruc-
tions are exactly in line with the bust
ness mems memorial. 1t is understood
that while the memorial carefully
avoids any indication of how the pres
ident is expected to act under 1T, the
instigators have privately communi-
Gated their views to him They desire
peace brought about through the ex-
tension of the good offices of this gov
eminent to Spain, and they believe the
offer of them will be accepted, in view
of the financial crisis and the rapid in
crease of distress. There is strong
probability that there will be an in
vestigation of the advices asserted to
have been sent by Assistant Secretary
of State Rockhill to American consuls
in Cuba, telling them to make their re-
ports less favorable to the insurgents
cause.
The Pooling of Railroads.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The question
of the propriety of the enactment of a
law permitting pooling by railroads
was under consideration yesterday by
the su b-committee of the senate commit
tee on interstate commerce, appointed
for this purpose Messrs. Morrison
and Knapp, members of the interstate
commerce commission, sat with the
subcommittee. The Foraker bill was
utilized as basis of action, but the
members of the commission seemed
more favorably inclined towards the
Patterson bill of the last session as
originally introduced. No final con-
clusion was reached, and the other
meeting of the subcommittee will be
held before any recommendations to
the committee will be determined on.
1t seems probable, however, that the
recommendation of the sub-commit-
tee will embody the suggestions of the
commissioners, and they hope to be
prepared to report their conclusions
at the next regular meeting of the full
committee, which will be held tO-mor-
row, unless present plans are altered
The UnoomPahgre Reservation.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The confer
ees of the two houses of congress
reached an agreement on the provision
in the Indian appropriation bill con-
corning the Uncompahgre Indian res
ervation in Utah, the only item re-
naming in dispute between the two
houses. Following is the text of the
compromise provision: Thy secretary
of the interior is hereby directed to at
once allot agricultural lands in sever
atty to the Uncompahgre Ute Indians
now located upon or belonging to the
Uncompahgre Indian reservation in
Utah; said allotments to be upon the
Uncompahgre and Uintah reservations,
or elsewhere in said state. And that
all the lands Of the said Uncompahgre
reservation not heretofore allotted in
seVeralty to said Uncompahgre Utes
shall on and after the first day of April
1898. be opened for location aud entry
under all the land laws of the United
States" The senate adopted the con-
ference report.
Mall Facilities.
WASHINGTON, May 19-Fourth AS
sistant PostmaSter-Genera Bristow