The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Sarah Deacon. have gone TO Lake
champiein to spend severni weeks
Lieutenant Colonel Plummer, who Is
organizing the Thirty-fourih infantry,
telegraphed the War Department that
a number of men from the Second Ut
ccon regiment desired TO enlist IN 'ne
regiment and return TO the Phiiippines
IL they can be granted thirty days iur-
Tough. The furlough has been autno,-
lied by the War Department to such
men as desire to enlist.
President Mckinley will give re-
ception to admiral Dewey at the Mni,e
House when the latter arrives in WASH
Ington. Later on. the expectation Is
that dinner also viii be given TO the
admiral at the White House and THIS
following the custom dinner. Will be a
festIyity of some elaboration. Ihe
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, mem
bers OF the Cabinet and their wives
and some others will be invited. Inc
admiral IL expected to come to WASH
ington soon after reaching New iork-
Secretary Long says that the posi-
which Dewey IL to I'LL on his return
TO washington has not yet been Sc
lected and that no decision VIII De
been consulted. 1t is certain. now
ever that the admiral will remain NJ
Washington. probably mt the head oil
some important board. A board OF IN
spection and survey has been suggest
ed. Should board of admirals he
the result of the proposed reorganiza-
tion of the mechanical bureaus OF the
department, Dewey will be the heah
of that.
Information from the Klondike up TO
June 2Oth has reached the state De.
partment from United States Consul
McCook at Dawson. The consul says
that $1,000, 900 instead of S20.oOO,OOO
in gold will cover the gold product for
the last twelve months. and adds thaf
reports from Alaska indicate that more
gold will be found there than ever VIII
come out of the Klondikc. Typhoid
has broken out six weeks earlier than
last year. and there are several nun
dred destitute persons in Dawson with
out means TO get out. The gambling
fraternity is reaping rich harvest.
Secretary Ayers experience since en-
tcring the Cabinet has been very bitter.
He has been assailed and criticised
more than any of his colleagues. and
assaults upon the administration. He
is very sensitive. of fine nerves and
refined temperament. and he has suf
fered keenly. Mrs. Alger has also felt
the bitter arraignment of her husband,
| and is said 10 be bordering on nervous
| prostration. She has been urgent In
| her appeals TO the secretary to retire,
but he was deluded with the idea that
he could fight down the opposition
and consistently protested that he
would not retire under fire.
| The head of st. Johns College
known ms Brother Fabrican. has been
deposed and ordered to present himself
to the Council of Christian Brothers nj
Paris. The order was issued by Broth
er Gabriel Marie. the superior
general of the order. because of con
troversy over the teaching of classics
by the brothers in the United States
Brother Fabrlcan Is the ninth member
Of the brotherhood who has been or
dered from the United States on ac
count of these differences. He is said
to have the friendship of Cardinal Glib
hons and Mgr Martinelli. who. 1t is
stated. will endeavor to have him re
turned to Washington on account oi
his high standing as teacher.
1t has developed that Governor
Roosevelt wrote n letter to n Cabinet
officer short time ago urging the re
tirement of General Alger; that Gener
al Otis he relieved of his command In
the Philippines and that Genera
Brooke should be succeeded as mill
tary governor of Cuba by Genera
Leonard Wood. The governor was un
| usually severe in his criticisms of TIN
| War Department and insisted that tn,
| administration could not afford TO h,
| held responsible for General Alger moi
to continue the dilly daily plan in thu
Philippines. The letter was shown I,
the President by the Cabinet officer il
question. 1t is believed that IL had
great deal to do with the President
decision to request General Alger 4
retire. Soon after the contents of tn
letter were made known to the Pres
ident, Governor Roosevelt was calle,
to Washington for consultation witt
the President.
Inasmuch as the Canadian official
have laid stress upon the refusal of tn
United States TO accept fair nrbitra
tion of the pending Alaskan boundar
question, 1t may he proper to cxplai
the reason for refusal as pointed ou
to-day by high official. In the flrs
place. our government. II IL contend
ed. IL absolutely certain of the sount
pess of its claims in the matter q
the boundary. That would seem to h
n good reason for submitting the MAJ
ter to arbitration on the ground tina
good cause had nothing TO fear fror
fair nrbitrators: but our governmen
holds that arbitrators are almost Al
subject to the fatal weakness of con
promising. In our cause comprorlis
would amount to the loss of our whol
contention. for If Canada is admtte
to the Lynn canal we would lie Il,
prived of the only weapon which W
now possess for the protection of on
miners now going into the Klondil,
from extortion and perhaps expulsion
IT was for this reason that Secretar
Hay rejected the Canadian proposal
arhitrate attended by the conditlo
that In any case Pyramid Harbo
should be bestowed upon Cahada.
Officers of the army who are in n u,
sition TO know. unite in the opinio
that the status of Major General Mile
in the war department will he mater
ally changed upon the assumption h
Elihu Root of the duties of searetar
of war. Since the beginning Of the wa
with Spain the relations existing b,
tween General Miles and Secretary A
ger, as well MS Adjutant General Co
bin. have been anything but frlendl,
The situation has grown steadily wors
until mt the present. so far ms power
concerned. General Miles is nothIn
more than n figurehead 1t is nlrend
said by friends of Mr.. Root, who I'm
accepted the war portfolio from NJ
Mckinley. that General Miles will i
consulted freely in army matters h
the new secretary of war. Mr.. Root
friends say that the plotting which ha
been going on mt the war departmeI
for some time Will have to cease. nm
that clean administration of afrah