Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
MAsnINGTON MOVIES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
In the 80 days of February the re-
ceipts of the treasury were S2s,572,5 3S
and the expenditures S26, 729,O10, leav-
ing surplus for the month of 81, $780,
1853, the first February surplus since
1892.
THE navy department at Washing
ton is receiving large number of let
tiers from men who have served term
In the navy Offering themselves for re-
enlistment. The records Of these APP
plicants are being looked. up and when
found satisfactory are Endorsed with
the word accepted" and filed, ready
to be acted on when wanted.
THE president on the lst nominated
John G. Bales to be register of the
land office at Guthrie, Ok.
THE recent decision of Federal Judge
Smith holding the meat inspection.
law unconstitutional is regarded by
officials of the agricultural department
as one largely technical in character,
and they say it will not affect the
practical operation of the law when
applied to the inspection of meats for
Interstate traffic or foreign export.
SECRETARY WILSON, of the agricul-
tural department, will soon distribute
about three car loads of rare and valu-
able seeds to state experiment stations
and Others The seeds were brought
from eastern Europe and Asia by Prof
Hansen, who was sent out to that sec
ton of the world to ascertain what
the people there did to adapt plants to
their conditions. The seeds to be dis
tributed, it is expected, will be valu-
able to the arid regions Of this coun-
try.
SECRETARY LONG, of the navy depart
ment, on the 1st expressed his personal
opinion that any official participation
by the Spanish government in the
blowing up of the Maine was now
practically eliminated from the situa-
ton. In case. later on, the explosion
was shown to be due to some fanatic,
Spain's responsibility would still be
open.
SECRETARY LONG has ordered Assist
ant Secretary Roosevelt to have pre-
pared summary of all the accidents
which have occurred in the history of
our navy.
The navy department at Washing
ton on the I'd decided to send two ships
TO Cuba with supplies for the suffer-
ing reconcentrados, the cruiser Mont
gomery and the gunboat Nashville be-
49,. ,o1ooAo1 g., h.
The National Pure Food and Drug
congress az Washington on the I'd was
attended by 200 persons. Aaron Jones,
master of the National Grange, in his
speech said that practically all the
farmers of the country were for the
pure food bill.
MINISTER WooDToRD has warned the
state department at Washington to
watch the future movements of Spanish
warships. 1t was stated that Spain,
urged on by the party in power at Mad
rid, was preparing to begin hostilities
against the United States without
waiting for formal declaration of war,
In reply to a telegram on the 4th
from Secretary Long, of the navy de-
partment, Adm. Sicard stated that he
had talked with the president of the
court and they had agreed that it was
not yet possible to fix date for the
finding of the court as to the cause of
the Maine disaster. The court Of i'm
quiry finished its investigation at Key
West Fla, and left in the evening on
the Mangrove for Havana.
The cabinet meeting at Washington
ON the 4th considered the killing of
Baker, the colored postmaster of Lake
City, S. c., and it was decided to in
crease the governments reward to
6l,5OO for the perpetrators of the crime.
THERE was recently considerable
talk in senatorial circles in Washing
ton about a proposition to be sub
United to congress for the United
States to guarantee $500, 100000 Cuban
bonds as the price of the islands free
dom.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated the
other day that the Cuban question was
nearing an acute stage, President Nc
Kinley being resolved to press for the
ending of the war in the island by
May /, realizing that then the rainy
season would commence and it would
be impossible to intervene before Octo-
Der, and thus there would be six months
more of starvation for the unfortunates
in Cuba.
GENERAL NEWS.
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