The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-04-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

President Mckinley will this week
issue a proclamation notifying the
world officially that Spain and the I'm
tied States are at peace. The treaty
signed by the Queen Regent of Spain is
already in Washington and the French
Ambassador, acting for Spain, will ar
range for the ceremony of exchanging
the treaty. This ceremony will, unless
present plans are changed. take place
in the White House. 1t will be inter
estlng, but brief. The copy of the trea-
ty ratified by Spain will he handed to
the President and the copy of the
] treaty ratified 10y the United States
Senate, will be handed to the French
Ambassador, as the representative OF
Spain, The payment of the S20, 900 900
called for by the treaty will speedily
follow, but it Is not likely that the
French Ambassador will have any
thing to do with that. Being business
matter, it will probably be settled by
the notification to the government of
Spain that its accredited agent can col
lect the money at some European bank,
in which it will be deposited by this
government
So much time has been taken up
by witnesses whose testimony has been
practically the same, that the Military
Court of Inquiry has announced that
| 1t will hear no more witnesses except
those who have something new to offer.
Gen. Shafter has reached Washington,
in obedience to a summons, and will
be heard this week. Gen. Miles may
also be heard again. There are all sorts
of rumors as to the report that the court
| will make, but none of them have any
more substantial basis than guesses
based upon the evidence as a whole.
The guess most likely to prove true is
that the report will recommend that
the purchase of canned roast beef for
the army should be stopped. The evil
dence against its fitness for food is
en- that the refrigerated beef issued to
the army was chemically treated. al
though it has been shown that it is a
common practice for fresh meats to be
so treated and sold IN the markets of
the country.
Ever since the bill authorizing twelve
new warships became law, there has
been good natured but spirited rival
ry among the friends of various states
and cities. to give their names to the
new ships. The law provides that bat
tleships and armored cruisers shall be
named after states, and cruisers after
cities. After consulting with Secretary
Long, President Mckinley announced
the following as the names chosen: for
battleships- Pensvlvania, New Jersey
| and Georgia, for armOred cruisers =
West Virginia. Nebraska. and Califor-
MIA, for cruisers-Denver. Des Moines,
Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma, and
Cleveland.
Here is an official communication re-
ceived by the Department OF State from
the United States Minister to Nenez-
uela. which should be carefully read by
those who grumble about the expense
of keeping United States warships in
foreign waters 1t relates to the recent
visit of the L. S. :. Wilmington to the
ports OH the northern coast OF Nenez-
uela. The splendid appearance of the
men and the boat" writes the Minis
ter, "never failed to call forth praise
from those vino saw them. AS d result
of the trip, | think it Will be found that
! American prestige has been substan
italy augmented and the idea of Am
erlcan power and resources, vitalzed
by the war, enormously deepened and
| widened. Practical results are coming,
too, i'll the way of Increased commerce
with tie United States, and if our mer-
chants and manufacturers will take adj
vantage of the favorable conditions that
have been created for them, they ought
to profit very largely"
President Mckinley is leaving moth
ing undone that he thinks will main
tain or add to the existing good feeling
between the Mort h and the South. His
latest act IN that line was to accept an
invitation to attend an encampment
and reunion of ex-Confederatcs, under
the control ofthe Daughters of the Con
federacy, to be held at Falls Church,
Va, June eth and Sth aud to deliver
All address.
The White House has two handsome
new and permanent ornaments IN the
shape of a pair of magnificent Sevres
- l., 81. IL,
! President Faure, of France, expressly
to be be presented to the American
people as souvenirs Of the opening of
the new France american cable, over
which President Mckinley and Presi-
dent Faure exchanged the first mes
sages. The presentation was made by
Ambassador Cambion to President Me-
kinlev, in the blue room of the White
House, where the vases are to remain.
In President Mcninlev's address, ac-
cepting them, he said: In the name
of my countrymen accept the gift you
offer. Those beautiful vases, typical of
one of the most celebrated arts of
France, will remain in the nation s
| CdI { de- al cN I'ltllCt Vi tlit illcHdlN stu
timents of the French government and
people towards the United States. and
As a token of the suspicious event they
were designed to commemorate" Tie
vases and pedestals are about six feet
high, and nothing handsomer of the
kind has ever been seen in W as Eington.
Story of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for years
is the worst form of slavery. George
ID. Williams, of Manchester, Mich,
tells how such a slave was made free