The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-05-20
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News,
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
SENATOR SEwELL has decided to re.
fuse the commission of major general
rendered him by the president. This
conclusion was reached after receiving
a verbal opinion from Attorney Gen
eral Griggs that it was unconstitu-
tional to hold seat in the senate and
commission in the army at the same
time.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY on the 18th
signed the resolution passed by the
senate and house extending the thanks
of congress to Commodore Dewey. AT
the presidents suggestion Secretary
Porter took charge of the pen used and
will keep it until Commodore Dewey's
return to this, country. Then it will
be presented to him.
THE returns to the statistician OF
the department of agriculture showed
the average condition of winter wheat
on May 1 in Kansas to be i05 and in
Missouri So.
ADJT. GEN. CORBIN made the state
ment at Washington on the 18th that
he was much disappointed at the slow
ness of Missouri and Kansas in their
troops and that if better progress was
not made at once the troops from the
two states would not be ordered into
active service at all
A STARTLING order was issued on the
18th by the naval authorities at Wash
ington to remove all women and chill
dren away from Fort Warren in Bos-
tor harbor, owing to fears that Span
ish warships were in the north Allan
tic and that New England coast cities
were insecure from their attacks.
DIRECT orders were given Gen. Miles
on the 18th to suspend the movement
of the army to invade Cuba until after
the expected battle between the Unit
ed States and Spanish fleets in West
Indian waters.
THE war department on the 18th is.
sued orders for the assembling of 80,
OS7 volunteers at Chickamauga. This
embraced 20 regiments of infantry and
FIVE batteries.
A RECENT special from Washington
to the Chicago News stated that Presi.
dent Mckinley was likely soon to
issue another call for 100, 900 volunr
teers. At the time the first call was
issued it was not contemplated that
we would take the Philippines and
Porto Rico and hence the need of more
volunteers.
IMPORTANT kilograms were received
by the secretary of the navy at Wash
ington on the 18th which led to an eX-
traordinary session of the war board
of naval strategy. Presumably the
cablegrams contained vital informa-
ton as to the movements of the Span
ish fleet, but for prudential reasons
nothing was given out and eXtraordi-
nary efforts were put forth to prevent
plans from becoming public.
News came to Washington on the
18th that all the members of the Span
ish cabinet had resigned and the queen
regent had entrusted Senior Sagasta
with the task of forming a new one.
DISPATCHES were received at Wash
ington on the 18th from Adm Dewey
stating that the rebels were hemming
in Manila by land and that the city
was getting scarce of provisions and
would probably soon surrender. He
also stated that he had captured an.
other gunboat trying to run the block
'ade.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY. has made an
allotment of $50, 900 from the defense
of the treasury department to hunt
down Spanish spies in this country.
SECRETARY DAY telegraphed Ambas-
sador Hay at London to procure all
the information he can in regard to
the reported massacre of American
missionaries at Sierra Leone. Africa.
Ambassador Hay answered back that
the following American missionaries
were killed by insurgent bands: Mr..
and Mrs. Cain, Misses Archer, Hatfield
and Schenck
A SPECIAL to the Chicago journal
from Washington on the 10th stated
that it was generally understood that
if the emergency should arise Great
Britain would send marines ashore at
Manila to preserve order until the
American army arrived, on the plea
that she wished to protect her own in
terests.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has abandoned
his idea of a peaceful blockade of Cuba
and orders were cabled on the 10th to
the commander of the blockading
squadron that will give him an oppor.
tunity to lombard all Notifications
where resistance is offered.
AN order was posted by Secretary
Long on the 10th forbidding any per.
son connected with the navy bureau
from talking with representatives of
the press, as the enemy has profited
several times by the publication of
proposed movements of our fleets and