The Elbert County tribune., 1899-05-25
WASHINGTON GOSSIP IL
'ANDyDEPARTMENT NEWS,

IL fs understood that the House Re-
,,,,hii.an caucus committee. appointed
10 frame n scheme OF currency reform.
Iias agreed upon n measure along tne
Following ffnes: The redemption OF al
obligations of the goyerilment IN soiu
on demand. -treenbacks. when onre
redeemed for gold. 10 be reissued only
for gold. Permitting national banks 10 |
issue notes to thr par value OF thcr
government bonds, deposited IN the
treasury. instead Of 80 per cent. ms at
present. Permitting the minimum cap
itnl OF nntiopal banks to be $1,000. In
stearf OF s5O. .OoO. -ns al present. This
nlon Ia much less comprehensive than
ardent advocates cf general currency
revision have nrged. but was adopted
because harmonious agreement on 1t
was possible, which was not the ease
when more rndicai measures were surg
gested. T. sFT
r.. A. yanderlip, assistant secretary !
Of the treasury; Charles II. Allen, as
sistant secretary of the navy; Perry s.
Heath. assistant postmaster general:
Rriradier General Corbin and Ellis III.
Roberts. trcasarer Of the United States.
have been appointed national, com
mttee to take charge OF the funds with
which to purchase Il home Tor Admiral
Dewey in Washington. The committee
will serve any newspaper organization
o,. Individual wishing TO make con-
trf,ution for the purpose in view
Treasurer Roberts Is now prepared to
receive contributions of any amount
4 handsomely designed receipt will be
got out Immediately by the engravers
n the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and all contributors VIII receive
-uch n receipt. A formal address TO
ti,e nublic will soon be issued. The
first subscription TO the, fund, $50,
wns received from General Felix Ag.
nus. of the Baltimore American, and
he will receive receipt No. i.
Rear-Admiral. Hichborn,, chief con
structor Of the navy. has prepared
statement showing the degree of com
pletIon of the various warships under
construction for the United States
navy. The hulls and machinery of the
vessels shown in this statement cost
about S33. 1000 900. and an expenditure
of $50 600. 900 will still have to be made
for afrnor. armament, equipment and
stores The battleship Kearsage Will
have its speed trial early next month.
and Il will he followed almost immedi-
ately by the Alabama, and then the
Kentucky The statenent issued
shows that of the battleships she llli-
nois Il 6J per rent. completed, the
Kearsage 90 per cent. Kentucky Ks
per cent. Alabama 81 per cent. Wis
consin 81 per cent, Maine per cent.
Missouri per cent. and the Ohio. al
though contracted for, has not yet been
started. The crusier Alabama. which
is building in England. Is so per cent.
finished.
General John McNnltu. receiver of
the Distilllng and Cattle Feeding Com
pany. was a witness before the indus
trial commission Monday. In giving
some OF the details regarding his re-
ccivership. for the whisky trust, he
said 1t was found that one distlllery mt
Nebraska City. Nebraska. had been
sold for 10000 at private sale. and
later was bought by the Distilling ana
Cattle Feeding Company for Silo,ooo.
There was another case In which one
who was later an officer of the COM
pany had purchased distillery and
sold it. TO the company for S2S0,oOD
more than he gave for 1t. These and
other things resulted in the witness
filing bill against number of indi-
,viduals. including some officers. TO re
cover SSoO.o0O. General McNulta. III
the course of his testimony. showed
that the collapse of the trust was due
to the extreme advance of prices Tor
the products and that the speculation
of officers of the trust in its shares on
the stock market demoralized the or
ganization. TWEz ehTes q 4
Temperance advocates and others OPP
posed 10 the sale of Intoxicating
liquors ut army posts secured legislh-
tion ut the last session of Congress
which was intended TO prohibit 1t. The
attorney general rendered n decision.
however. which held that the new law
did not prevent the sale of beer. and
under that opinion the secretary of war
has authorized the continuance of the
old practice. The ofliciuIs of the War
Department. anticipating a renewal of
the opposition at the approaching ses-
sion. and desiring TO he prepared for
any investigation thai may he ordered
by Congress. have forwarded Il circu-
lar TO each department commander.
which reads in part us follows: The
secretary of war desires that com
mnnding officers of every troop. bat
terry, company and regiment in your
command he called upon for repoi
based upon his experience and obscr-
vntion regarding the benefit or injury
To the army In point of temperance,
morality and discipline as n result of
the exchange system. and particularly
as TO the sale OF beer
War Department officials expect that
within two months the Pacific trans.
port fleet will be on its way home from
Manila, with the last of the volunteer
regiments. The entire Pacific fleet is
now being oyerhauied and provisioncl
for the voyage to NTanilu and return.
There will be no delay in the sailing
OF the ships Dfithe fleet OF transports
In the Pacific. the Sherman, Grant and
Sheridan are under orders for Manila
and will carry regular troops to take
the place OF the volunteers. Nearly ev.
cry state has requested that the regi-
ments be returned to the states whence
! they came. as the people want to sec
them as organizations instead of as in
dlvidunls. IL this be decided upon
while awaiting muster out they viii,
be held In camp either at San Francis
co or at state camps, where these ey
list. 1t is asserted, however. that the
soldiers prefer to he mustered out II
san Francisco as they then will re.
celve travel pay to their homes and
can make transportation rates fiat
VIII give them some extra money. The
government. however, has the option
of transporting them to the place
where ii received them and may decide
10 follow that plan II. upon further in
bic,
4To preserve peace and order in Alas
ka ana to prevent conflict between the
american and Canadian miners which
may iniure the good relations existing
between the United States and Great
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