The Springfield herald., 1899-05-26


ing accounts attach to the voucher the
publishers affidavit that the rates do
not exceed the commercial rates charg-
ed to individuals, with the usual dis
counts.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley,
with the friends who accompanied
them, reached Washington Mt $50 p.
nj. Saturday. The stay of twelve days
at Hot Springs was one almost entireiy
Of rest. The outing las been of great
benefit to the President and he resumes
his official duties thoroughly refreshed
and invigorated.
Many applications have been made
to the war department requesting thnt
all useless cannon captured In the fhll-
ippines be turned over to the states as
trophies of the regiments making the
capture. Uuder the terms of the peace
treaty all obsolete cannon In the fnii-
ippines are to be turned over to the
Spanish government.
The semi-annual meeting of the trus-
tees of the American university was
held Friday at the Arlington hotel.
Bishop Hurst announced the gift or
100000. Bishop McCabe reported
| $12S,OOO rs recently subscribed for the
endowment fund. Bishop McCabe
was elected chancellor. President
Mckinley and Arthur Dixon Of Chi
! cago We're elected to membership In
the board of trustees.
In all the public land states, compris-
Ing most of the territory west of the
Missouri, where unapproved surveys
have been made, examiners from the
General Land Office are now at work
to report on these surveys. The force
has been doubled over that engaged IN
the work last season in order to expe-
dite the examinations, secure an early
approval Of the surveys, and allow set
| tiers to make earlier filings In the va
rious land offices.
The contest in Salt Lake City, Utah.
over the site for the public building Is
becoming interesting. The Mormons
have offered the government free of
| charge plat of ground 2SS feet square
near their temple as the site for the
new building. and the gentiles have
come forward with lot 205 feet
! square, in an equally desirable locn-
tion which the government may have
for 81. The officials of the Treasury
Department are now considering the
offers.
The secretary of war has ordered the
commanding officer at Fort Wingate,
New Mexico, to dispatch an adequate
force of troops Immediately to the
Moqul Pueblo Indian villages in Ari-
zona to assist in overcoming resistance
TO the work of disinfecting and quaran-
timing the villages where smallpox Is
| prevalent. Secretary Alger says that
| with careful vaccination there will be
little danger to the troops as they will
be used only to enforce the orders of
the agent.
The German ambassador, DIR. Won
Holleben, called at the State Depart
F, ment recently and had a talk with Sec
retary Hay, in the course of which, 1t
is understood. reference was made to
the opening day of the sessions of the
| peace conference at The Hague. Some
of the structures on the probable course
Of Germany before the conference,
which have appeared In print, has
caused considerable irritation, as they
are felt to misrepresent the aims and
purposes of Germany.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has issued an order directing that all
deputy collectors of internal revenue
shall give their undivided time and at
tention to the government. The action
is based upon reports that deputies
have been engaged in other business
and have performed services not re-
revenue Commissioner Wilson takes
the view that the deputies, if they
wish to engage in outside work, must
resign their government positions.
In an opinion In the case Of the First
National Bank of Concord, n. H., VS..
Edward Hawkins, receiver of the In
dinnapolis National Bank, Justice Shl-
| ras has decided that one National
bank cannot lawfully acquire and hold
| the stock Of another as an Investment,
| and In the case of such a purchase,
the bank is not estopped from denying
| its liability as an apparent stockholdef
for an assessment on stock ordered by
the comptroller of the currency. The
opinion Of the lower court was re-
| versed.
Chief Justice Fuller, in the United
States Supreme Court has handed
down the opinion of the court in 1853
cases involving the right of as many
individuals to citizenship in the Indian
| tribes of Indian territory. The cases
involved the constitutionality of the
law creating the Dawes commission,
which had passed upon the application
| for citizenship of the persons affected
| Without entering upon an examination
| of all the cases involved the court held
! the law to be valid and therefore af-
firmed the findings of the courts below
| in all the cases in question.
The navy department has just re-
| ceiyed from Commander Todd of the
Wilmington an interesting account of
the remarkable voyage of exploration
up the Amazon river made by that
vessel in April last. The Wilmington
was Instructed by the navy depart
ment to push on up the great river
! and ascertain how far it was naviga-
: BILE. Commander Todd reports that he
assembled to Yquitos. in Peru. which is