The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-05-26

WAsHINGTON, May 24.-The post
office department is deluged with let
tiers from persons who wish to obtain
appointments in connection with the
mill tary post office service at the diff
terent camps and headquarters. BY
an und outstanding entered into be-
tween Postmaster General Smith and
First Assistant Postmaster General
Perry Heath, however, this service
Will be supervised entirely by the ex-
listing force of the post office depart
ment and the active work of collect
ing and distributing mail matter to
forces in the field will be managed by
the officers and enlisted men of the
| army, without added expense to the
government. The routine work of
| establishing the different camp post
offices will be directed by the special
agents of the rural free del livery serv-
ice and the regular corps of post office
inspectors; the rcgimental chaplains as
rule will be commissioned pOstmas-
ters and the transportation of the
mails to and from the different camps
Will be performed by the army am bu-
IanceS; and the cOrpOrals and privates
Will act as mail superintendent and
carriers respectively. 1t is Mr.. Heath's
opinion that very efficient service in
this way can be established without
taking on additional employees The
public are asked to assist by carefully
| naming company and regiment in the
i, address SEES of their letters to the diff
ferent camps, as for example: John
| Doe, company ID, Sixteenth Illinois
| infantry, Falls Church, Va"
House Favors Hawaiian Annexation.
WASHINGTON, May ga careful
| poll of the house has been made, which
| shows 100 votes in favor of the Ha-
waiian annexation resolution. This
| gives q good working majority in its
favor. Speaker Reed promised that if
| it was plainly the desire of the great
body of the republicans in the house
| that the resolution should be acted
on he would lay the matter before
| the committee on rules. This fact
| having been demonstrated to his salts
| faction, nothing remains but to set
| the day. Pressure is being brought to
| bear to have vote on the resolution
| this week. If the senate makes good
| progress on the war revenue bill this
may be done. President Mckinley
| would like to have annexation take
| leaves for Manila, thereby securing all
| the advantages to be derived from a
| halfway house at Honolulu. Senti-
ment in the senate is veering strongly
| in favor of annexation.
| Thinks Europe May Interfere.
New YORK, May p. "A dispatch to
| the World from London says: A vet
eran diplomat, who represented a con-
| tinental power at various capitals for
many years, but is retired from active
service now, though well informed on
| current international affairs, said:
| expect European interference in this war,
| but not at the present stage, because the con-
| tincntal powers find no pretext for stepping
| In as long as Spain holds out gamely. l have
| reason for supposing that Austria IS only wait
ing for opportunity to do something for
| Spain But the Austrian emperor feels
that he cannot 90 against the inter-
| est Of the triple alliance by playing
| TOO much into the hands of France and
| Russia or attempting to lead Italy and Ger
many to pick a quarrel with the United States
| Then again the emperor Of Austria knows that
| France and Russia have many interests them
open rupture with America or increasing the
already visible tension of their relations conSe-
| quent too public show of sympathy with
| Spain in the Russian and French press. The
| continental powers will interfere the instant
| events will give them opportunity of APP
| pealing to the better nobler feelings of the
| American people and president asking them to
| show forbearance and generosity and not in
| sist upon making use of their superior power
| and resources to make Spain feel too heavily
the consequences OF her gallant struggle"
|