Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-20
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
wAsHINGroN NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE May returns of the department
Of agriculture show a decline from the
April condition of wheat of LIZ points
The average in Missouri is 81; IN Kan
sas, rs.
THE secretary of the treasury was
informed of the arrival of 272 Chi
hese at San Francisco on the 18th
to take part in the Nashville EXPOSE
ton. OF this number only2l are need
ed to comply with the terms OF the con-
tracts entered into by the exposition
company and the remainder viii be re-
turned to China.
The annual meeting of the supreme
council of the American Protective
association began at Washington on
the 18th, Supreme President John
Echols in the chair.
THE fourth volume of ''The Messages
and Papers of the Presidents is ready
to be issued from the government
printing office. It presents the history
of our government from 1S41 to 1S49.
In response to the urgent request OF
the Encouragement of the Nashville
exposition, the secretary of the treas
ury has decided to admit for eXposi-
ly arrived at San Francisco and the "a
at Tacoma, but under no circumstances
will any additional permits to enter be
granted.
CoNsUL-GENEKAL LEE has made re-
port to the state department descriptive
of the general situation in Cuba which
is said to be SO very startling in its
character that President Mckinley is
reluctant to make it public, fearing its
effect upon the tariff question.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
the heads of departments were seri-
ously embarrassed by the number of
old soldiers presenting themselves for
reinstatement in positions, from which
they had been removed by the previous
administration, being incapacitated for
properly performing their duties on ac-
count of feebleness and other causes:
THE president on the 18th nominated
Brighten. James w. Forsyth to be
major-general.
THE movement to secure the adop-
ton of universal postage stamp by
the postal congress at Washington has
collapsed. There were too many diff
culties (the chief being that of cur
rency fluctuations in the way of adopt
ing such a stamp, and the general COM
mittee, after considering the subject,
abandoned it as impracticable.
THE supreme council of the American
Protective association elected at Wash
ington on the 18th the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: President,
John w. Echols, of Atlanta, Ga; secre-
tary of state, Harry C. Sawyer, Penn
sylvania; supreme secretary, William
j. Palmer, Colorado; supreme treasurer,
C. j. Stockman, Maryland.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has under ear
nest consideration the advisability of
sending message to congress on the
Cuban question, but has not yet come
to a decision in the matter. The mes
sage, if it goes in, will be entirely pa
citic in terms, and it can be stated on
good authority will not be of a war
like or sensational tenor.
THE returns received by the immi-
grafton bureau during the last few
months show marked falling off in
the number of immigrant arrivals in
this country. Commissioner-Genera
Stump estimates that the decrease for
the entire country during the fiscal
year ending June so next will not be
less than 90, 600, of which New York
will show 20 600.