Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
wAsHINGToN NOTES.


THE navy department on the 18th re-
eeived its first mail advices from Ad-
miral Dewey since he reached Manila
Under date of May he gives a de-
tailed account of the battle of Manila
oay. It is in the main an elaboration
Of his cablegram.
CONSIDERABLE apprehension was felt
oy the administration at Washington
IN the 14th owing to the international
complications that appear to be grow
ng out of the situation in the Philip
pines News was received that the
Germans were assembling a formid.
able feet of warships at the islands
Cor the probable purpose of interven-
ng and that in the near future the
United States may have to reckon
with Germany, Austria, Russia, France
and Portugal, as well as Spain.
SECRETARY LONG on the 14th signed
orders to Admiral Sampson directing
the promotion of all the memb ers of
Lieut.. Hobson's crew. who helped sink
the collier Merrimac in the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba to prevent the escape
Of the Spanish feet. The men still
finger in a Spanish prison. but their
promotions will be awaiting them.
Lieut.. Hobson's reward will come later
through congress.
THERE is a financial panic among
the baseball magnates of the National
league, according to a Washington dis
patch. The war has eaten great
chunks out of the receipts at the games
throughout the country and several of
the clubs are spending hundreds of
dollars day more than they are MAX
ing. This is true OF the Baltimore
team, whose daily loss since the west
ern trip has been about So. 900.
IT was stated on the 18th that Gen.
Miles had been ordered to return to
Washington from the south for the
purpose of explaining the cause of the
delay in the movement of troops, the
president and Secretary Alger chatting
under the vexations incident to the
failure of the troops to move more
promptly.
THE assurance of the success of the
war loan has been made absolutely
certain by two propositions. each COW
ering the entire issue of $500, 600, 900.
The first was from the National City
bank, Central Trust company and YER
millie & Co. The second was from ].
Pierpont Morgan and number of as
sociates.
SECRETARY ALGER on the 18th denied
that the government was considering
the advisability of making third call
for troops.
THE secretary of the interior has or
dered all porters arrested who sell
whisky on trains through the Indian
territory.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY told a promi-
nent administration senator on the
10th that there was absolutely nothing
substan tial in the reports that peace
propositions were being prepared for
submission to this government The
president believed that Spain will not
come to her senses and realize the flu
tility of continuing the struggle until
the United States has sent a feet to
lombard Cadiz and Barcelona.
THE navy department has now COM
pleted its arrangement of the Allan tic
and gulf coast patrol, and, stretching
from Eastport, Me-, around to New
Orleans, there are no fewer than 40
auxiliary naval craft.
A SUBCOMMITTEE of the senate COM
mittee on education and labor on the
10th gave hearing at Washington to
representatives of corporations and
others which have contracts under the
government and which oppose the ex-
tension of the eight-hour law to con-
tractors under the government.
On July the post Office department
will reduce the basis of conversion of
United States money into the various
foreign countries, SO far as relates to
the issue of postal money orders.