The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-08-12
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
INFORMATION has been received at
Washington from London through pri-
vate channels that the Indian minis
are to be reopened to free coinage OF
silver at an early date. There was
said to be strong effort to have the
ratio changed from 16 to 1 to % to 1,
and it was asserted that both France
and the United States had evinced
willingness to assent to the change.
THE secretary of war has ordered
Gen. Skaters troops relieved from
further duty in Santiago as fast as
transportation can be provided and
the transfer of Spanish prisoners will
admit of reduction of the garrison.
Five United States volunteer regi-
ments, immunes, have been ordered to
Santiago for garrison duty.
SECRETARY LONG is now devoting
good part of his atten ton to reducing
the expenses of the navy department,
which were so vastly increased by the
war. One of the first steps adopted is
the reduction of the fleet of auxiliary
vessels.
PRESIDENT MAso, of the Cuban re-
public, recently sent dispatches to
President Mckinley by George Reno,
an American citizen. A reply was sent
back, the tenor of which was kept Sc
cret by the members of the admins.
tration.
The publicity given to the democrat.
ization of Gen. Skaters army by sick
ness has annoyed the administration
at Washington. If the state Of affairs
had been known by Spain week ago,
officials think, she would most proba-
bly, have refrained from making peace
overtures.
w. RANK1NGooD and Harry Price, OF
Cincinnati, who originated the idea
of starting fund among school chill.
dren for the purpose of raising money
to build battleship to be called THE
American Boy" were in Washington
recently forwarding their plans. They
had an interview with President Nc.
Kinley, who gave them a letter in.
dorsing their idea.
ADJT. GEN. CoRBIN made public at
Washington on the 18th the following
from Gen. Shafter: Sanitary report for
August 6: Total number sick, 3.6S1:
total number fever cases, 2.63S; total
number of new cases of fever, 431; to.
tai number fever cases returned to
duty, AT.
IT was reported at Washington on
the 7th that Secretary Day will at an
early date retire from the Office of sec
rotary of state. He will probably be
selected as one of the peace commits.
sioners and, after concluding his Ia.
bors, will resume the practice of law
in Canton, q.
WASHINGTON dispatches to the Bos.
ton Transcript and the New York Post
stated that there will be demand for
a congressional investigation of Secre-
tary Alger's administration of the war
department
forecast division of the weather bu-
reau, died at Washington the other
night of typhoid fever.
The reply of the Spanish government
to the peace conditions laid down by
the United States was received by the
French ambassador at Washington on
the 9Th, but was not translated from
the cipher in time to be laid before
President Mckinley and his cabinet
that day.
GEN. SKATER autographed the presi.
dent on the sth regarding the publica.
ton of the ''round robin" signed by
the general officers of his command,
and explained about the sickness
among his troops.
FROM inquiries which reach the war
department it is evident widespread
impression prevails that a rapid dis.
bandment of the volunteers will fol.
low the close of hostilities, but there
is no probability that single organ.
ization will be mustered out before
winter. The army in its present en-
tirety will be maintained until the
senate ratifies the treaty of peace,
which event may not occur until De-
cember or perhaps January.
GENERAL NEWS
WHILE officers were CONVEYING a me-