Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-29
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News,
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
AN appeal for aid was sent to Secre-
tary Alger for destitute people along
the Red river in the vicinity OF Penn
bina, n. d.
THE agricultural department is being
importuned from all parts OF the coun-
try for beet sugar seed. heretofore
beet sugar growing has been confined
almost exclusively to Nebraska, Kan
sas and California. The agricultural
department has sent beet seed lately
to about 80 states and territories
THE post Office department and the
National Association of Railway Postal
Clerks will make an effort to secure
the passage of a bill for the relief OF
injured and disabled railway mail en-
ployes by the present session OF con-
gress. All moneys to be paid to dis
abled clerks will be paid out OF a re-
lief fund drawn from the salaries OF all
postal clerks who are eligible to its
ranks.
SECRETARY Wilson proposes to make
the department of agriculture sort OF
clearing house for the publication OF
important state reports. When real
ly valuable result is achieved by an eX-
pertinent station he intends to publish
an account of the process and send it
out to farmers all over the country.
A DELEGATION from the American
Federation of Labor, headed by Sam
uel Gompers, had an interview with
Speaker Reed on the 21st on the eight
hour law and other matters in which
the federation is interested. The dele
CATION was treated very nicely, but the
speaker said the only thing now for
congress to do was to arrive at dec1-
sion on the tariff bill.
THE president has nominated Harold
NJ. Sewa11, son of the late democratic
candidate for vice president, to be
minister to Hawaii.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM S. HOLMAN
of Indiana, died at Washington on the
22d of spinal meningitis. He had beer
a member of 16 congresses.
A MEMORIAL was on the 22d presented
to the president by the executive
council of the Federation of Labor. II
recites the lack of employment, stag
nant trade. and asks for the enactment
OF remedial legislation. Amendment
to the federal eight-hour law, restrict
ed immigration, reform in the nationa
banking system and the issuance 0,
the currency, and liberal appropria
lions for public works and the i'm
provement of rivers and harbors art
asked for.
The republican members of the
senate finance committee have agreed
either to strike out the retroactive
provision of the Dingley bill or to 81
amend it as to pave the way for its be
ing stricken out in conference an(
have so notified the democratic mem
bers of the committee.
THERE was on file with the civi
service commission in Washington Oh
the 23d over $4,000 applications for ex
animation, all of which applicant
will have their fitness to hold offic
tested during the coming spring. TIL
number of applicants is far in exces
of the needs of the service and viii
place upon the eligible lists thousand
of men and women who will have thei
hopes raised only to be disappointed.
The immigration commissioner is in
vestigating report that Japanese ar
coming into the United States unde
contract, many arriving at San Fran
cisco from Hawaii and British Colun
bia to work in California orchards an
fields.
THE Dawes commission reached a
agreement with the Choctaw and Chicl
asaw Indian commissioners at Atol1s
l. T.. on the Esd for a division of thei
lands.