The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-14
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will take place in Washington when the
magnificent sword voted to him by Con
rress will be presented to the hero of Ma
Mia bay on the steps of the Capitol.
There will be official delegations from the
Senate and House, under the leadership
of Senator Proctor of Vermont and Rep
resentatiye David b. Henderson Of Iowa,
the next Speaker. Most of the State
Governments will be represented official
ly. The ceremony of presenting the sword
by President Mckinley will take place on
the east front of the Capitol, on the spot
where the Presidents are inaugurated,
and the plaza between the Capitol and
the Congressional Library will furnish
standing room for the thousands who are
expected as spectators. At night there
will be general illumination Of the city,
and torchlight parade of troops and
civic organizations. The ceremony will
take place Immediately after the reception
iu New York.
An informal understanding has been
reached for temporary agreement Oil
the Alaskan boundary. The boundary
line is to form a temporary barrier only,
and its location will not prejudice the
Government case of either country. Inc
modus vivendi provides for line run
ming just northward of Kluckwan, and
1t bars out Canada entirely from the Lynn
canal. Arrangements of temporary
character may yet be made, however, to
permit the Canadians to get their goods
across the border, but the protocol as now
drawn does not provide for such free
port. The boundary line under the modus
vivendi is slight concessiIn to Canada,
but it is still far inside Of the British
claim and is in substance the Americcn
line. -
Chinese missionaries, some Of them al
present at home, are back of scheme
to transplant modern sawmill from
New York State to WI Hu, China. Amer
lean, English and Chinese residents OF
WI Hu are said to take kindly to the
proposition, and Ii Hung Chang is quot
ed as having given his consent, and along
with it check for 1000 for stock In
the new enterprise. There is no modern
sawmill in all China, and lumber Is saw
ed there by the most antiQuated methods.
1t is said that the value OF the proposed
mill as an object lesson for the natives
will be important, and that for this rea'
son the Government is looking upon the
plan with favor.
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There was more gold in the treasury
Thursday than the Government has ever
had before at one time. The net gold
and bullion, including S1OO,OOO,OOO re.
served for redemption of United States
notes, as reported at the Treasury De
partment on that day was $251 ,61S, 132
The amount never reached 500, ,OOO,OW
until August last year, when it was q
| little more than $217, ,0OO,0 The actua
amount Of gold coin in the treasury Thurs
day was $195, ,S12, $40, and of gold bull
lion SIPS, ,9O4 ,321, making total Of 1924,
| 717,661. against which gold certificates
to the value Of $73, ,099, 500 are outstand
| ing.
According to official reports at the
State Department, steps have been take1
to break down the quinine trust, organic
| ed by German manufacturers. Recently
| some of the largest and most Influential
planters in Java have organized to contrO
| the supply in such way as to keep the
raw material out of the hands of the syn
dicote and have begun to encourage direc
| trade with the United States.
Factories have been established IL
Java, and since last January, when th'
| new trade begun, 265, 900 ounces Of sui
phate of quinine have been shipped direc
to this country.
The people of Florida and Georgia ar,
urging very strongly upon the Secretar!
of War the organization of colored regi
ments for service in the West Indies o.
the Philippines, claiming that the blacl
race is peculiarly fitted for service in tn,
hot countries. In Georgia alone it il
claimed that ten regiments of coloret
troops could be raised within twenty
| days United States Senators, member.
| of Congress and Governors of States ar,
back of the movement and have united
in petition to the Secretary.
| -:
| 1t will take more than half a millio
] dollars to repair ships of war during tn
| current fiscal year. The available apprc
priaton amounts to $3,0OO,0O and Rea
] Admiral Hichborn, the chief constructo
of the navy, says that sum will not sui
flee for a longer period than six months
| He will endeavOr to make it hold on
until Congress meets in December, whe
the Navy Department will submit dc
| fciency estimate of fully S3,OOO,OOO t
carry the work on until July, 1900.
| When Gen. Shafter retires as briga
| Tier general in the regular army mex
G,onth he will be continued as majO
general of volunteers as reward for hi
rervices around Santiago. The yacan
brigadier generalship will probably go t
Gen. Lawton. Brig. Gen. Anderson an,
Mai. Gen. Merritt of the regular estab
lishment will retire in the next 81!
months, and this will make two new brig
adiers, who are likely to be Macarthur
and Wheaton.
The blanks for writing the names il
the Cuban census are twice as large a
the blanks for the same purpose in thi
country. This grows out of the fact tina
the Spanish names are usually abou
twice as long as American and Englisl
names. In Spain it is the general Gus
tom to give child the surname of hi
father and Of his mother, and this Gus
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