The silver star., 1899-06-16
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

II freslIent MthiuNN HAS uSttPttu sAlS
invitation extended to him by Henry z.
Payne. on behalf OF the merchants and
manufacturers of Milwaukee, to visit
that city in October.
The War Department will loan can
non captured from the Spaniards, one
gun to each state, to be cared for py
monument associations. q. A. X. posts
or corporations, II the states borrowing
them will pay all transportation ex-
penses.
After consultation with the secretary
of the interior. Commissioner Hermann
of the General Land Office has decided
to refuse the request of the wool grow
ers of Utah for a modification of his
former order prohibiting the grazing
of sheep on the Uintah reservation in
Utah.
The regulations allowing the volun-
teers to purchase the arms and equip
ments which they carried during the
Spanish war will be continued in the
case of the volunteers returning from
Manila. They may purchase the
Springfield rifles at so each and the
revolver and equipments at the same
price. while the other portions OF the
outfit are sold at cost.
The officials here are quite hopeful
that some good may come out OF the
Peace Conference mt The Hague. The
arbitration proposition submitted by
the United States has met with much
favor. and, although II may not be
adopted in the form ii was proposed.
the officials here are confident that the
congress will not adjourn without
adopting some sort of an arbitration
plan.
Diplomatic relations with Spain.
broken off April 21. 1895. were formal
ly resumed last Saturday. when Pres
ident Mckinley greeted Due d'Arcos.
] the newly accredited minister to the
] United States. in the blue parlor Of the
| White House. simultaneously in Ma
drid. Beilamy Storrer. the new United
States minister to Spain. was being
presented to Christlana the Queen Re-
gent. during the legal minority of his
Catholic majesty, Alphonso XIII.
II Senator Hanna is chairman of the
next National Republican campaign
committee it will be against his pres
ent intention and desire Mr. Hanna
has already Informed his close friends
that he does not care to take charge
of the presidential campaign. His rea-
son, as his friends state it. is entirely
based upon the state of his health.
He is by no means n well man. and is
TO sail in n few days for Europe In
hope of gaining physical strength.
Mr. Oxnard of Grand Island, Nebras-
ka, who is the chief lobbyist OF the
beet sugar interest in Washington, as
serts that nine new sugar mills are
now being erected in the state OF
Michigan alone. with capital that was
/ formerly interested in lumber, and de-
clares that s25 100000 will be put into
the industry the coming year. While
this rapid development is going on 1t
Is scarcely probable that the Senate
will ratify any treaty that encourages
competition.
The coal production and consump-
ton of the world the past fifteen years
is presented in tables just prepared by
the treasury bureau of statistics. These
show that while the United Kingdom
In still the largest coal producer In the
world the United States Is close sec.
ond. II the present rate of gain IL con.
tinued this country will soon become
the leading coal producing country of
the world. The coal production Of the
United Kingdom in 1897 was 2O2, 600.
coo: that Of the United States 17D,OOO
600 tons: Germany, 81 ,000, ,O0U tons, and
France, 3O.OOO,OOO tons.
The contributions to buy Admiral
Dewey home in Washington come
In slowly and in very small amounts
The fund now amounts TO about $4,000
and the committee Is anxious to raise
100000. II Is making appeals through
the press. but somehow the public does
mot
pected. Several real estate agents here
have offered large sums of money pro
vlded the committee would agree tc
purchase certain pieces OF property
but 1t declines to engage In real estate
speculation and hopes that Dewey's re-
turn will revive interest In the move
ment.
The secretary OF state and Mrs, Ha,
entertained the new Spanish minister
and Duchess DArcos Thursday nigh,
at n brilliantly appointed dinner. n,
which were present several of the mos,
prominent members OF the diplomatIf
corps and n few personal friends of ths
host and of the guests OF hOLor. +,
was the first appearance of the min
lister In official society since his mn
polntinent. and n particular effort wn,
made that this initinl entertainment,
should he plcnfant. The DECORATION,
were In green and white. an Immense
bed OF orchids filling the center OF the
table. ''
The appointment OF Gonzales Il,
Qucsndn. who hns been the active mnr
OF the Cubnn juntn In Washington. n,
representative OF the Cubans Mt TN
capital Of the United States, In gen
ernlIy approved. His methods nnt
statements since he camc TO Washing
ton mt the beginning of the Cubnn rc
bclllon have not always been In STRIFE
accord with the highest Idcnls OF NOR
nlity, but he Inns worked with gren
zenl and ability In behalf Of his fellow
countrymcn. and since the surrende,
or the Spnnlnrds Inns rendered goo{
service In trying TO reconcile them Il
the situation. He In stlll capable n
rendering valuable assistance In m,
trnnqullIxntIon Of Cubn. and there i,
no doubt Of his loyalty to the Unltet
Stntes.