The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-05
NOTES

orator and wilt Of the Cabinet
General Miles has submitted to the
| wnr investigating commission mum
ber OF letters from his officers SUI
stnntiating his statements resaru'ns
the beef.
| Secretary Hay will disapprove OF the
| Hawaiian concession, giving the "a
| cifIc Gable Company exclusive rights :
| to land cables In Hiwaii for a periou
Of twenty years
II Is declared here that ex-Judge Day
| VIII be elevated to the Supreme Cour.
arrive. Meanwhile he is to De nom.
| mated to the vacant Circuit Court
tudgeship.
Secretary Of State Hay. 1t rs an-
| nounced. will not confirm the cohcss-
| sion for n Pacific cable made by the
| Hawaiian government. ana the sInn'
of 100000 made by the island govern
ment will be void.
General Wheeler Is coming 20 Whsn.
| fngton to work among his Democrnus !.
associates of the House In support OIL
The expansion policy of the ndminis'rnae, :
ton He thinks that at lenst one-nhii
of the minority will 20 with him.
Mr. Corliss of Michigan has miro
duced bill to facilitate the construc-
tion and maintenance of telegraph ca
bles in the Pacific Ocean between ,he
United States and Hawaii. Philippine
| Islands, Japan and other countries.
Mr.. Shafroth to-day introduced biil
which was referred to the ways anu
means committee. to amend the wnr
revenue law so that when power OF at
e. coll e,f.A q endorsed OIL ilt
back no stamp will be required. Inc
bill has been recommended py une
| Denver Mining Exchange.
General weyler. finding himself
hopelessly unpopular with the Repub-
| Leans and beyond redemption In the
minds of honest folk generally, has de-
| cided to go over to the monarchy lie
has made declaration 10 the effect
| that he and Romero Robledo viii en-
| ter the Liberal party and VIII nave
| portfolios in the new Sagnsta ministry
| The secretary Of the treasury has Is
| sued n circular letter of instruction TO
collectors of customs, assessing coun-
| teryniling duties on sugars imported
| from or the product of countries paying
| export bounties thereon. This action
is taken under section of the act of
| 1897, which fixes discriminating duty
| in such cases equal to the amount OF
the bounty paid.
A dispatch to the New York Journal
from Washington says Archbishop Ire
| land will represent the United States
Mt the Cars peace congress. The
President has had the subject under
ndyisement for several weeks, and ac-
| cording to the best authority, 1t may be
said that decision was recently
reached, the archbishop having agreed
to accept this most important and hon
orable post.
Orders have been cabled by the Navy
| Department TO Captain Barker, OF the
| Oregon. the senior and commanding
officer of the little 1eet of battleships
and supply vessels now at Callao, to re
main at that point until January 10Th
next. 1t appears that the vessels never
had orders to proceed either TO Mania
or to Honolulu. though it was the pur-
pose of the Navy Department when
they started from New York to make
Manila their destination.
| In speaking of his recent journey
with the President through the South
| Secretary Wilson said: 'He has i'm
n the gssegss se pSs peoa 8s Is aa II taS
and sincerely anxious for the we1l-be-
ing OF all sections. He wants the peo-
ole to cordially cooperate with him In
the government. No President has
ever given so large a share of his time
to the study of public sentiment, and
none has ever followed so closely the
lead of the people.
with respect TO the frequently repeat
ed statement in press dispatches that
the sentiment of the powers, with the
exception of England. was opposed to
the United States and looked with dis.
favor upon the attitude of this govern
ment in dealing with Spain, Senator
Frye says: Il saw no evidence of such
sentiment existing outside of France
and in France that sentiment appeared
to be confined to the press. which does
not reflect the sentiment of the nation
nor the people generally"
Unless Congress should pass a law
authorizing him TO remain on the ac-
tive list, Rear Admiral Dewey will b,
placed on the retired list ON December
&c, 1899. Only one other reiiremen!
will occur next year-that of Commo.
dore ii. l.. Howison, now commandant
of the Boston navy yard. There is n
strong sentiment in naval circles In
favor of the passage of law whicl,
will permit the retension of Admiral
Dewey upon the active list for ten
years, as was done In the case of he.
roes of the civil war.
Fire partly destroyed the house occu.
pied by Senor Vicuna. the Chilian min.
lister, at the corner of Connecticut ave.
nue. and N street, Sunday The roof
and top story We're destroyed and the
furniture of the whole house ruined by
smoke and water, cntailing loss of
$4,000. The minister and his family
escaped, owing to the energies and
coolness of the 12-year-old son, Carlos.
but the flames made such headway
that the inmates were unable to secure
clothing and were compelled to hurry
out In their night robes.
Mason Mitchell, the actor-soldier who
left the stage to join Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, was Missed Off the stage at the
Academy of Music Monday night be-
cause he praised the bravery of the
colored Tenth cavalry. Mitchell deliv-
cred lecture on the war and was en-
Enthusiastically applauded until he be-
| gan to praise the colored soldiers. Then
yells Put him out" stop him." shut
up We're heard amid n storm of misses
from every part of the house. Mitchell
| fnally retired from the stage and the
curtain was rung down.
More money has been spent in Wash
ington this Christmas than ever before.
and the presents that have been pur-
chased at the leading shops are more
expensive than usual One of the lew
elers told me yesterday that he had
sold more goods during the last fifteen
days than for any six months previous
as far back as he could remember. The
trade was better this year than 1t ever
had been In the history of Washington.
which he considered an unmistakable
evidence of TIM srauoral .,ro.,...t...