, 1899-11-23

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wishes to express his own opinions or
ideas, he drops dictation and writes by
hand. As soon as he gets to such a
place he leaves his stenographer and
goes to Mrs. Mckinley's sitting room.
All his writing is lone there, so that he
may be in her company every moment
of the time hat the monOtonous repeti-
ton OF dictation and correction will not
annoy the invalid.
In his annual report Mr.. Madden, the
third assistant postmaster general, de
votes n great deal of attention to the
annual deficiency department. which Is
directly due to the abuse of the priv
ileges granted publishers in the trans
mission of second-class matter. The
pound rate was granted to the news
papers of the country on n theory that
the government should encourage the
dissemination of intelligence, but it
was never intended by Congress that
advertising Journals, novels. ancient
history, encyclopedias. political dOcu-
mentS II other merchandise should
enjoy the same advantages as news
papers at n cost of several millions of
dollars to the taxpayers of the country.
Mr.. Madden follows the example of his
predecessors in recommending the
amendment of the law so as to prohibit
these abuses, which are constantly on
the increase.
Some of the ablest and most %iniuen-
tial Democrats in the United States
Senate will support the expansion pol
icy of the administration mt the APP
%proaChing session Inc leave the "antiS"
very weak. Mr.. Vest of Missouri, who
is the ablcst OF the "%antis,' is in poor
health, so i'll that it is said to he doubt
full whether he will be able to resume
his seat this session. but his death or
disability has been predicted for so
long that people have ceased to he
lievc it. Last spring the senator was
so far gone that his political heirs he
gan 10 administer upon his estate,
which made him so indignant that he
got well again and detied them. Mr..
Vest say he has spent n pleasant and
comfortable summer and Is much i'm
proved in health. But. although he may
return 10 his seat. he will " be
able to III his position ms leader
on the Democratic side. and that duty
will fall upon Mr.. Jones of Arkansas
IL Mr.. Bacon of Georgia.
ON behalf of Admiral Dewey and
his officers and men, McSSrs. Herbert
Il Micou and Charles and William h.
King. attorneys, have asked the COur
OF ClhlllS 10 ma lIhi llle hllloulii OF
bounty money que th'Il Is T"n-'nuu.
4" ueclSioh OF lhG r"url VIII rStin-
liSh II l'rpco,'ll'' "hI'i WIN Hl'rt me
amount of bounty to be distributed
among the officers and men of the
North Atlantic fleet. which destroyed
the squadron of Admiral Ccrvera. If
the finding of the court is in accord
ancc with this rcque-', the admiraI's
80 49, n, ~
ny W., w. So" 10 .nt
Ih'i ,"' =. - 49,
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t,anLEii,na ,,n on.hIor Han tho nrns "t
S an, IN E',,iI md ntbn, ro,+s
mt the entrance of the bay, and those
at Manila and Cnvitc. which fired upon
the American ships continuously. the
cncmy's force WIS superior.
.
Ihcre Is 'ollSld'rhple crlllclSih oI
Admiral lJ"w"ys generosity III send
ing the urod ui the mousse Wulch was
recently purchased Tor nm by punllc
subscription 10 n c"onNeyhnc"r III this
city TO nave the title transferred to ms
bride. ana the subscribers to the FUND
in TINS city are already making pro
tests. While the property was pre-
scented To the admiral without con
dition. II was not expected that he
would give II away, even To his wife.
who Is n wealthy woman ana already
owns several houses in this city. one
of them Is enscd TO Secretary Hitch
cock for Il rental of $4,000 Il year. 1t
was supposed that the admiral would
occupy the house as long MS he needed
it and the bcqueath it to his son. who
is Just beginning to support himself
and is working for II small salary in
New York. If Mrs, Dewey N poor
there would doubtless he less com
ment, but. being aware of her wealth.
some of the subscribers say they did
not intend to contribute to n fund for
her benefit.
nh. Interstate cnmmnrre commission
has announced its dnrisinr in Tho rnsn
nf thr hnnrJ nf rniIrnnd rnmnissionc,S
of The STATE Of Kansas o~ninst tho A.
rhisnn Tnnok, a Snptn 10 RniIv-ny
Comnapv and other carrinrs Th" main
noints dnridr1 by rho commission nrr
as follows: carriers OF corn and
corn meal from NhllsaS points 10
destinations IN Y enforce Il difier-
NhIflll M a GEMS nor 1lhl nn1InnG moro