Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-02-16
A PACIFIC CABLE.
The President Urges the Necessity
for One in a Message.
The "EMBALNED BEEF" CHARGES.
All Information M to the Court RoutIn Q
JeA Onsly Guarded - The President
signs the Treaty OF Peace
with spain


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dents message on the Pacific CABLE
! transmitted to congress Yesterday ia a,
follnws.
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treatv n, pario h. H., san,.a -, ~ yy.,..s
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come into nossessjor =, ,ho phi,,,r,n. ,s,. ~"
nm ,he ,vr,hor shoras =, ,ho paa,aa T ,'" ~.
waiion ,.iands aaa Ca, h.i. 1T, s nv
tarri,or, md ,n.,.,n, .,,.',. o.oso'
nloces an tho ,vor ,orosa ~, Wv. ~ oppi.e
for sneodv oah,a corn n,,r,oa,ion ho,es. ~
Trni,oa c,a,os ma ali ,ha pa,ia. Ia,S.sA ~
becoma i'm nora,jyo "'
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trol NJ tho I1ni,oa c,o,oa - i. VIZ w"
noace nv nav A, ,,.aa',., w. ns,,, ~ vino VI
he roachod mi, hn M Ma ,"si,s "npp'uos 20"
mann tnsa,s u"s ~ vao''s "n'.n p"ss through
lands and nu. ..1"s'Vs I"' s"e na"a',aa 49,
with nv o,oauoro ,nvo,nin,. aa,aa t. 'N, w.
stance n at last i, wooI rrha ' ,s ~ ."ou 'u
Time uhn,,Id -, ~ .,tl.....,
mnmen, Iona.r " an 10 ah,.,.,, y, oo.uuo Io'
Tbe finn has now a,s,n"a 49, "oooSs"y
tbe Pacific ,r,,s, ov,aad ss ospio , ~
touching n, the uawa,iar Ia a,ds ana o'.a u""a
the way Two methods a, establishina ,h W.
cable communication at once suggest them.
selves First. construction and maintenance
e,a ,"o" u o"pie ~ 'ne expense OF ths United
and maintenance Of sucb cane b bvu' rvSno"
United States corporation under such a safe.
guard as congress shall impose
,,.aaa "" ~. nahe aly recommehaatloa TO con-
The more Desirable oah,o Nv NV ,a woulu 10
that proposed requires so much time for con.
struction and LAYING that 1t is estimated that
u. ,cass 1wo years mus' elapse after giving the
could he succeos,u,l, IL v'vu n, 'uu o,'.e system
Further deep sea soundnrs mus, bo taken was, |
OF the Hawai!on islands before the best
. .ou'e iof .he cable can be selected Under
necess,v ,ha, V sha,. p".anoun.
the close of the present eongress tn rroviao
such means AZ may seem suitable for the es-
adjustment OF q cable system
mi M ,n =, ~noe subject 10 ,ne care
prompt action us may seem adyisable w ''''
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
THE COURT or INQUIRY.
Washington, Feb. ll.--Next to news
from the Philippines, interest in the
war department centers on February
ID, when the court of inquiry to in.
vestigate Gen. Miles 'embalmed beef"
charges will convene. ALI informa-
ton, even as to the court routine, is
judiciously guarded, and officers re-
frain from expressing any opinion or
making any forecasts in the case. 1t
is well understood, however, that
both Gen. Miles and the commits.
,arv generals department are pre-
Daring a mass of evidence which
will be submitted to the court, the
)ne tending to sustain Gen. Miles
statements as to the character of
,he meat furnished the army and the |
'lher discounting any criticism of the
Material bought, passed upon and is
ned by the commssary department.
5oth the testimony of Gen. Miles and
VI the commissary department. will
onsist in the main of official reports
ma both Will be voluminous. Gen.
iagan is still at the war department,
enylng himself to all visitors except
'ersonal friends lie Is now re-
leved OF the routine work of
us office, which is being trans
cted by his assistants, and is free to
evote himself to correlating all of I
he information in his possession for
resentatlon to the court. Col. Wat
on, who was appointed acting COM .
lissary general when Gen. Eagan was
allied to anwer to the charges pre- !
erred against him before the court
,artlal, is still in New York. The last
ews OF him received at the depart.
tent was that he had recovered from I
severe spell of illness that resulted t
'om his exposure during the Cuban I
ampaign, but was now on crutches, 0
18th a return of IA severe attack of t
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