The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-11
THE CAPITAL.
Michigan Naval Militia Want the Loan
OF the U. s. s. Yantic-The Question of
Transit of Mail Through intermediate

Transit of Mail Through Intern ed late
Countries.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The failure OF
the senate to make public its action on
the arbitration treaty, has created an
unusual condition of affairs There is
no official information that the senate
has taken any action, or that the
treaty has been rejected, or that the
defeated treaty was different from the
one originally submitted. All that is
known officially is that a treaty was
concluded by Secretary Olney and Sir
Julian Pauncefote and sent to the sen.
ate. 1t then went into executive ses-
sion, SO that no official information
has been given as to the
amendments made and final action
taken. The secrecy of executive ses-
sion does not permit the state depart
ment or the British government to be
notified as to what has occurred. 1t is
felt to be due to the other contracting
party to the treaty that some notice
should be given as to what has been
done, and as to the form of the treaty
when rejected. In case the senate
should never make its action known.
the last official record on the treaty
would be its submission to the senate
four months ago
WASHINGTON, May s. = The naval
militia of Michigan, having put in an
earnest request to the navy depart
ment for the loan of the U. S. s.
Yantic for their use as soon as she re-
turns from the South Atlantic station,
Secretary Long has been looking into
the possibilities of getting the
ship up the canals connecting the
lakes with the ocean, and also
into the stipulations of the treaty
of Washington to ascertain whether
or not the latter would stop the entry
of the Yantic into the lakes if she
were diSmantled of her guns. The
doctrine laid down during the last ad-
ministration of President Cleveland,
in the face of an earnest brief in the
negative by his friend, Don Dickinson,
was so broadly adverse to the con-
struction of anything in the SEM
blance CT a warship on the lakes
that there is no doubt that the
present application would be in.
cluded in it's inhibition, although it is,
of course, possible that the present ad-
ministration may take a different view
of the matter. However, the case is
not likely to go that far, inasmuch as
the construction bureau has reported
that even if all movable weights are
removed from the Yantic, she could
not be brought up to draft of nine
feet and so could not pass the canals.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The question
of transit of mails through intermedi-
airy countries was threshed over again
Friday at meeting of the subcommit-
tee on transit of the "ways and means"
committee of the Universal Postal
congress. The committee met early
and spent several hours in going over
the subject. Mr.. Havelarr, of Hol-
land, the representative of coun-
try which, perhaps, would have
more reason than any other to oppose
the projected transit reforms, presid-
ed. The deliberations gave the dele
gates an opportunity to present their
several views, but developed no def
mite result.
Congress itself is taking a recess I'M
til next week, when ii will meet prob
ably to receive the report of the sub
committee upon the latter's notifca-
ton that it is in readiness to commun.
icate its findings
WASHINGTON, May 8. Postmaster
Brown, of Cincinnati, called on First
Assistant Postmaster General Heath
Friday and asked for ten new letter
carriers, four new clerks and four new
street railway postal cars for Cincin
natl.
Brown urged the rapid growth of
Cincinnati and the annexation of five
suburbs as reasons for the increased
facilities, which, he said, were abso-
lutely necessary. Heath and Brown
will have another conference Satur-
day.