The Republican journal., 1897-07-08
WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. The

WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. The
Yantic is no longer part of the navy of
the United States. At exactly two min
utes past two Thursday the final orders
of the Navy Department We're carried out.
The officers and crew assembled ON deck
and Commander Miller read the orders
that make the vessel no longer part of
the navy. The flag was then hauled down
and the crew dismissed Many of the
crew of the 1antic are now on the receiv-
ing ship Wabash, while some have been
transferred to the Marblehead. go. H on.
John Russell Young took the oath of
office as librarian of Congress before
Clerk Mckenney of the Supreme Court of
the United States Thursday. His first
act was the appointment of Mr.. A. Il.
Spotford as first assistant librarian, with
whom he consulted on the work of his
new office. Ellis H. Roberts of New
York Thursday took the oath of Office as
treasurer of the United States and at once
entered upon his duties. 80. The Senate
committee on election has prepared re-
port ip favor of the seating Of II. W.
Corbett, recently appointed senator from
Oregon by the Governor of the State. 1t
was contended that inasmuch as the leg
islature failed to organize, the precedent
established in the Montana cases was not
applicable. and it would seem the COM
mittee concurred in the views advanced
by Corbett's s counsel.... Orders have been
sent out to all superintendents of public
buildings to commence at once and put
additional stars on all their flags or obtain
new ones, as on or after July +, 1897, the
American flag will have forty five stars.
There are to be six rows of stars, the
first, third and fifth rows are to have
eight stars each and the second, fourth
and sixth rows, seven stars each. .... Capt.
Lyons of the L. S. despatch boat Dol
phin states that President Mckinley
intends TO make an extensive cruise along
the New England coast this summer and
will visit Bar Harbor and Sorrento. ........
Chief Hazen of the secret service has re-
ceived from Chicago another counterfeit of
the new issue of silver certificates. 1t is
of the s. denomination with check letter
Is. 1t is printed on two pieces of paper
paper one of which has blue and red
preciating the fact that the annexa-
ton of Hawaii would necessitate large
ly increased navy, the navy department
Pacific squadron by building more YES
sells on the Pacific coast. Secretary Long
is expected to recommend to Congress at
its next session that authority be given
for the construction of additional battle
ships and torpedo boats. Some of the
former type of ships will undoubtedly
be contracted fol with Pacific coast firms
FISH AND GAME. Fish Commission
er Carleton says that Lake Cobbosseecon-
tee will soon be famous for its fishing.
There are now at the Monmouth hatchery
half million fish, comprising trout and
landlocked salmon, that will soon be put
into the lake. The lake is to be screened
at the outlet SO that the fish cannot escape
down stream, and in few years the fish
ing will be fine. -. The kineo Echo says:
The largest salmon (salmo SALARY ever
landed in America by rod and reel weigh
ed 81 pounds, and was killed several years
ago by j. w. Dunn. Second honors We're
captured by Dr. w. H. Drummopd of
Montreal, who killed beautiful speci-
men weighing so 1-2 lbs. The present
season has been one of the greatest for
fishing ever known at katahdin Iron
Works. One day last week, Frank lib
belts and another man from Milo caught
81 trout at West Chairback pond, and on
Sunday, Frank Hughes and Lewis Gerrish
got about the same number. AT Long
pond a few days ago, Albert Brown, pro-
prietor of the Long Pond camps, and
Mrs. Silas Alden of Boston, who is stop
ping there with her husband, Prof. Alden,
for several weeks, caught 20 salmon and
two trout in an hour and a half. The
biggest lobster seen in Biddeford or Saco
for very long time was brought up from
the Pool, Thursday, and carried over to
Saco, where it was presented to Harry A.
McNeally at the American express COM
pany's office. The lobster measured 2
feet and 6 inches from tip to tip and
weighed 10 pounds.