The silver lance., 1899-01-06
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.


the beef.
Secretary Hay will disapprove of the
Hawaiian concession, giving the IA
cific Cable Company exclusive rights
to land cables in Hawaii for a period
OF twenty years.
1t is declared here that ex-Judge Day
will be elevated to the Supreme Court
by the President. should opportunity
arrive. Meanwhile he Is to be NOM
mated to the vacant Circuit Court
judgeship.
Representative Nelson Dingley OF
Maine is critically i'll at his apartments
at the Hamilton house in this city with
an attack of pneumonia. Because OF
his age, much concern is felt over his
condition.
Secretary of State Hay, 1t is an
nounced, will not confirm the conces-
sion for a Pacific cable made by the
Hawaiian government. and the grant
of 100000 made by the island govern
ment will be void.
General Wheeler Is coming to WASH
ington to work among his Democratic
associates of the House in support OF
the expansion policy of the administra,
ton He thinks that at least one-half
of the minority will go with him.
Mr.. Corliss of Michigan has intro
duced bill to facilitate tho construc-
tion and maintenance of telegraph ca
bles in the Pacific Ocean between the
United States and Hawaii, Philippine
Islands, Japan and other countries.
Mr.. Shafroth to-day introduced a bill
which was referred to the ways and
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revenue law so that when power of at
torney to sell stock is endorsed on the
back no stamp will be required. The
bill has been recommended by the
Denver Mining Exchange.
General Weyler, finding himself
hopelessly unpopular with the Repub-
licans and beyond redemption in the
minds of honest folk generally, has de-
cided to go over to the monarchy. He
has made a declaration to the effect
that he and Romero Robledo will en-
ter the Liberal party and Will have
portfolios in the new Sagasta ministry.
The secretary of the treasury has Is
sued a circular letter of instruction to
collectors of customs, assessing coun-
tervailing duties on sugars imported
from or the product of countries paying
export bounties thereon. This action
is taken under section of the act of
1897, which fixes a discriminating duty
in such cases equal to the amount of
the bounty paid.
A dispatch to the New York Journal
from Washington says Archbishop Ire
land will represent the United States
at the Cars peace congress. The
President has had the subject under
advisement for several weeks, and ac-
cording to the best authority, 1t may be
said that decision was recently
reached, the archbishop having agreed
to accept this most important and hon
orable post.
The fight against the expansion pol
icy is to begin Immediately upon the
reassembling of Congress after the hol-
iday recess. and the army reorganiZa-
ton bill will furnish the opportunity.
The Democratic leaders who are op-
posed to expansion are trying to or
ganize, but they are not making much
headway and the country will be great
ly surprised at the weakness of the
opposition when the roll is called.
Orders have been cabled by the Navy
Department to Captain Barker, of the
Oregon, the senior and commanding
OIIlcer Oh lHe lllllc hctl VI
and supply vessels now at Callao, to re-
main at that point until January 10th
next. 1t appears that the vessels never
had orders to proceed either to Manila
or to Honolulu. though it was the pur-
pose of the Navy Department when
they started from New York to make
Manila their destination.
The War Department has come to the
conclusion that it will be necessary to
accord General Brooke, military gov
ernor of Cuba, the assistance of spe
cial cabinet, approaching in functions
the late autonomist ministry of Cuba,
in the administration of the civil af-
fairs of the island. 1t has not been de-
cided whether the cabinet, when ap-
pointed, shall be made up of army Of
ficers specially detailed or whether as
sstants shall be called in.
Public funeral services over the re-
mains Of the late Don Matias Romero,
the ambassador from Mexico to the
United States, who died Friday morn
ing, were held at st. Matthews church
Sunday. Distinguished honor to the
memory of the deceased was manifest
ed in the presence at the ceremonies of
President Mckinley, Vice President
Hobart, nearly all the members Of the
Cabinet representatives of the entire
diplomatic corps, officers of the army
and navy, and private citizens.
Fire partly destroyed the house occu-
pied by Senor Vicuna, the Chilian msu-
lister, at the corner of Connecticut ave-
nue. and N street, Sunday. The roof
and top story We're destroyed and the
furniture of the whole house ruined by
smoke and water. entailing a loss of
$4,000. The minister and his family
escaped, owing to the energies and
coolness of the 12-year-old son, Carlos,
but the flames made such headway
that the inmates We're unable to secure
clothing and We're compelled to hurry
out in their night robes.
Mason Mitchell, the actor-soldier who
left the stage to join Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, was hissed off the stage at the
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