Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-07-28
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The Circle Of Weather Seatio1s-Paras
Exposition CcrnrnissioneTs-Fla
at Honolulu.


| Especial Correspondence.l
Secretary Wilson has arranged
/ through the department of state for the
consent of the British. French, Dutch
and Danish governments for the esrah-
lshmenr of weather stations in cheir
coionies IN the West Indies and also for
similar privileges IN Santo Domingo,
Venezuela, Mexico and the Central
American republics. The circle is COM
piete, with the exception of Colombia
and Haiti Colombia declined 10 allow
the establishments Of weather stations
Oh her coast under misapprehension-
| The government at Bogota appeared To
think it a military enterprise and that
the stations would be fortified and man
| ned by soldiers, but its minister III this
country has since explained that the
| undertaking is purely scientific and in
tended for the benefit Of the commerce
of the Caribbean sea- Upon receiving
| this information it is expected the Co
| lonb ian government will withdraw its
objection and that observers will be es-
tablished at two or perhaps three points
ON the coast Of that country. The gov
eminent OF Haiti has also refused 10 al
| low stations To be established on its
coast, and our minister at Port au
Prince has explained that the reasons
will be transmitted by mail. Perhaps
| this case is misunderstanding similar
| TO that of Colombia, which can be easily
| corrected
| To Represent Us at Paris.
1t seems that there is big fight GO
| ing on for the position Of chief Amer
| lean commissioner To the Paris eyposl-
ton, and it Is difficult TO predict which
of the aspirants Will land the plum
| Among the leading candidates are NJ.
| Fl. De Young. editor of the san Fran
| cisco Chronicle and noted Republican
| leader of the Pacific slope; Fred Peck
| of Chicago and Mr.. Everett of Cleve-
| land, for whom the president Is said to
entertain warm personal regard.
The assistant chief commissioner Is to
get salary of SO, 600 year, and it Is
merely "a guess as to the recipient OF this
prize, though Mayor Collier of Atlanta
is apt TO win it if Democrat is eligi-
| BILE Then there is a secretary who VIII
also act as disbursing officer at n salary
per annum of 81, 500, and candidates
| for this berth will be thick. The other
commissioners will not have very much
| to do, but they will draw 50, 600 each
| for only a year One or two of the doz.
en- to be named may be taken from the
Democratic ranks but as to this there is
| no certainly.
The Flags at Honolulu
| 1t is proposed upon the arrival of the
| commissioners to hoist at Honolulu the
| identical flag that was hauled April /.
zoo \, f4..f,
belonged to the cruiser Boston, then ly
| ing in port, and was taken possession OF
by Lieutenant Lucian Young, one of her
officers, who presented IT TO Minister
Thurston. MIR. Thurston treasured it as
a sacred thing and will deliver it To
| Admiral Miller to be restored to its
| former place at the top of the flagstaff
on the government palace. There Were
| two United States flags officially dis
played at Honolulu III 1893. The other
was made on the Boston by the sailors
| for the wife of Lieutenant Commander
| Moore. who was very active III her par
tiss,llship for the Hawaiian republicans.
She presented this flag to Samuel NJ.
Damon, who was appointed minister OF
finance in the new government, and out
of respect to Mrs Moore it was raised
above the treasury building IN Hone
breeze when the annexation commits
sioners arrive at the Hawaiian Islands.
D New Postoffices.
The postoffice department always re-
| deots in its list of new postoffices some
of the popular ceiling. Occasionally il
| reflects somethif & else, but when heroes
are being made the postoffice department
| finds it out. 81 zee the war broke out
there has been a distinct tendency to
prove this. hmm sdiately after the cap
turc Of Manila the naming of postoffices
for Dewey began. and it is still going
ON. A new one pops out every day or
two. Immediately after the destruction
of the fleet of Cervera "a postoffice with
the name of Schley was established.
None of the land forces have won post
Office names as yet. Hanna is selected
now and then for new postoffice. y
new office in Oklahoma was named for
Alger. Secretary Bliss has not yet be-
gun to name postoffiees, the number of
offices by that name being ten, or just
the same as OH March 1, 1897.
General Miles New Home.
A deed has been placed on record by
Mr.. j. V. n. Huyck. real estate dealer
by which Mrs. Reginald Fendall trans
fers to General Nelson A. Miles the
large double house, 1736 n street, north
west The consideration named in the
deed is $50, 600. The property is known
as the Admiral Radford house, and was
at one time occupied by Mr.. Justice
White. 1t is unusually spacious for
city home. General Miles now lives III
a rented house on Rhode Island avenue
between Connecticut avenue and Seven
tenth street. Immediately to the south
of his new home. 1t is probable that
some repairs and alterations will be
made in the house and that it will be
ready for the use Of the new owner dur
ing the coming fall.
Among the statesmen who left the
capital III a beatlfic frame of mind was
Senator Shoup Of Idaho. At the Nor
mandie he was telling few friends of
some rapid work accomplished in the
closing hours of congress which was the
i1npeIling cause of His being in such
pleasant humor. On Friday he secured
the appointment Of three United States
lie moneys at Lewiston aud a register
and a receiver of the land office at
HALEY. On Saturday. just before adj
journment, he had his appointees CON
tirIned, and IN so doing the list of fed
eraI appointments for Idaho Is complete !,
CARL ScHoFIELn