Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES


sentence of the court-martial dismiss
ing from the naval service Chaplain
Mcintyre, of the Oregon, for remarks
made in a lecture at Denver, Col, re-
fecting on Admiral Sampson and
others.
The executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor recently held
two-days' session at Washing ton, the
eight-hour day being the principal
subject discussed. It was decided to
appoint legislative committee to be
In attendance on congress Immediate
ly upon its opening, SO that the meas
ure may be enacted into law at the
earliest possible moment.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and four mem
bers of his cabinet Informally discussed
on the night of the 25th the informa-
ton received from the American peace
commissioners at Paris, which was said
to be of a disquieting nature, although
there was reason to expect the negotia-
tions would not be broken off, but
would proceed to successful issue.
GEN. A. w. GREFLY's report of the
operation of the Signal Service corps
during the war was submitted to the
secretary of war on the 25th. He laid
much stress upon the part played by
his corps in locating Cervera's feet in
the hurbor of Santiago and claimed
credit for first definitely locating the
Spanish squadron.
THE Episcopal Triennial Council at
Washington adjourned on the 25th.
THE treasury department at Wash
ington has practically completed the
issue of the $500, 600, 900 of three per
cent. bonds authorized at the last ses-
sion of congress. The highest allot-
ment to any one subscriber will be
81. $50. Subscribers for 81, 500 VIII
receive 81. 800 each and possibly few
hundred dollars in addition.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
who has been for a week investigating
the Indian trouble in Minnesota, made
q verbal report to Secretary Bliss at
Washington on his work. He attrib-
uted the recent outbreak to methods
of the whites, who take gross advan-
tages of the Indians, many of the red
skins being dragged 100 miles from
their agency as witnesses in trivial
cases in order to swell deputies fees.
The Indians are then turned adrift,
without any means, to get home as
best they can. They are also wronged
in regard to timber sales on their
lands.
: OFFICIALS at Washington were ex-
ercised on the goth over a warning
from the Canadian authorities that
several people with pronounced cases
of leprosy had successfully eluded the
American immigration inspectors and
had crossed the line into the United
States.
SECRETARY HAY sent message by
his private secretary to President Nc
nj
which caused the latter to hold an i'm
promptu cabinet meeting with those
members who were present at the
Jubilee. The message was something
important it was evident The meet
ing lasted nearly an hour and the pri-
Vate secretary left Immediately for
Washington in special car.
COMPTROLLER DAWES, who is treas
urer of the Lafayette monument fund,
is deluged with con- buttons from the
school children of the country. He
has opened a special office at 14O7 T
street, Washington. and ex-Congress-
man Walter Butler, of Iowa, is in
charge, with an assistant. The on
tributiOn of each school is entered in
the name of the teacher, to whom the
receipt is sent
The award of the chief Justice OF
Canada, to whose arbitration was sub
mitted the claim of Victor 81. McCord,
an American citizen, against the gov
eminent of Peru for damages sus-
tanned by reason OF Imprisonment dur
ing one of the revolutionary outbreaks
there, has been received at the state
department at Washington. McCord
is awarded $40. 900.
ADMIRAL DEWEY cab1ed the navy de.
partment at Washington on the 2Sth
that everything was quiet at Pekin
and that American interests in China
were not in danger.
oPREsIDENT MCKINLEY issued a proc
lamation on the 2sth setting apart
Thursday, November "a, as day of ma
tional thanksgiving for the blessings
received during the past year.
SECRETARY OF STATE HAY stated on
the 2sth that he believed the peace
commissioners at Paris would get
through their labors by December 1.
GENERAL NEWS
THE girls strike at the American
Cereal company's plant at Cedar
Rapids, Ia. has ended, the manage
ment agreeing to the demands of the
strikers for I6 cents per 100 for label
ing and wrapping packages and also
to discontinue the regulation fning
the girls for wrappers torn in handling.
Over 800 girls returned to work.
THE cruiser Brooklyn has been or
dered to sail for Manila by way of the
Suez canal with recruits, ammunition
and supplies for Admiral Dewey's feet.
The corps surgeon at Savannah, Ga,
reported on the 2sth that Col. William
J. Bryan was suffering from light
form of typhoid fever.
MRS. EUNIcE Russ DAVIS. who enjoys
the unique distinction of being the
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