The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-06-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News,
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE navy department at Washing
ton has entered upon programme OF
naval construction, the largest in its
history. Contracts will be awarded
without delay for three first-class bat
tleships, four monitors and 80 torpedo
boats as soon as contractors can be-
gin on the work. Three years, it is
expected, will see every ship provided
for in the contract in commission.
The amount of money to be expended
is $50, 900, 900.
JOHN SHERMAN, eX-secretary of state,
and his wife have made arrangements
to take a trip to Alaska.
THE war situation on the 27th was
that no forward movement of troops,
either upon Porto Rico or Cuba, would
be made until definite information
was received as to the location of Ad-
miral Cervera's feet, the authorities
being completely in the dark as to
whether the Spanish squadron was in
Santiago de Cuba or not.
THE first assistant postmaster gen.
eral on the 27th said that hereafter
second and third-class mail would be
forwarded to soldiers in the same man
ner as letters. Under this revision
papers and packages will be forwarded
from place to place until they reach
the soldier.
EARLY on the 3Oth the navy depart
ment at Washington received a dis
patch from Commodore Schley an
nouncing that he had located Admiral
Cervera's squadron in the bay of San
Il ~, NJ 49,
obtainable as to what the commodore
intended to do, but it seemed to be
thought that he would keep the Span
ish fleet bottled up in the harbor. The
suggestion was made, however, that
Admiral Cervera would blow up his
vessels rather than have them taken.
A SPECIAL from Washington on the
Goth stated that orders had gone for
ward to Gen. Shafter at Tampa, Fla,
to embark his troops on board the
transports at that place and move un-
der the convoy of Admiral SIMPSONS
vessels. Where Gen. Shafter was to
go was not divulged.
The Third Missouri regiment of vol
unteers reached camp Alger. near
Washington, on the 2Sth without any
noteworthy incident.
SECRETARY LONG sent a letter Off
cially commencing Capt. Clark, of the
battleship Oregon, and the men under
his command for bringing the vessel
in safety to Key West, Fla, after its
long journey from the Pacific coast.
A DISPATCH from Washington on the
30th stated that troops at gulf ports
had begun to march aboard the trans
ports and that there was to be no
fewer than four military expeditions
to the enemy's territory, but at what
points the troops were to be landed
WAS kept a profound secret. Gen.
Miles and his staff left Washington at
night for the south, after a war con-
ference with the president.
REPRESENTATIVES, CowHERD, Dockery
and Cochran, of Missouri, called on
Adjt Gen. Corbin on the 30th and
made q protest against the delay in
equipping the Third and Fourth regi-
ments of Missouri volunteers. The
congressman said they had visited
Camp Alger the previous day and the
Missouri troops presented a motley ap-
pearance. An assurance was given
that the needed equipments would be
hurried up
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY wrote a letter
expressing his regret that he could not
take part in the Memorial day exer-
cises at Gettysburg, owing to his pres
ence being required at Washington.
FRANCE and the United States have
signed reciprocity agreement