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beginning his term with the complete
good VIII and confidence of both par
ties as Colonel Henderson, and when
he declared that he was going to be
fair, but use his authority without fear
or favor, everybody believed him and
applauded his purpose. The cheers on
the Democratic side were just as hear
ty as on the Republican side. and al
though during his career in Congress
Henderson has given and taken some
pretty hard knocks, he has not an en-
envy either in his party or the other.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath in a decision In the case of Mrs.
Jennie Il. Drown at Modus. Connect.
cut, that 1.-THE department
has decided hat it will be incompati-
bic with the best interests of the ser
vice to retain married women as post
office clerks. The department has
therefore ruled that when n female
postoffice clerk marries 1t will be nee
essary for her to resign from the SER
vice. Postmasters under this ruling
hereafter will ave to call for the res
iSnations of such employees and recon-
mend their successors to the depart
ment
The best lawyers in the country are
of the opinion that the decision of the
supreme court in the Addyston pipe
case does not affect any of the indus
trial trusts except the Federal Steel
Company. That, they say, like the
Addyston company. was organized on
n different basis from the rest, and the
companies participating retained their
corporate individuality, while in the
later consultations the corporate indi-
~viduality was entirely wiped out and
entirely new companies were created.
For this reason 1t Is held that another
suit will have to he brought by some
body to determine the constitutionality
of the big consultations that were eff
fected by purchase.
The preliminary report of the income
account of railways in the United
states in the year ending June 30. 1890.
was compiled by the statistician to the
Interstate cimmission from
the returns of operating railway com
panies representing 1929 miles of
line, received prior to November 9th.
shows that he gross %arnings of the
railways embraced in this advance re-
port were, for the year ending June
30. 1899. S1.3nT. Dob S4. or ST.0JT per
mile of line. Passenger earnings were
S3GO22T,3l9: freight earnings. S913.-
3jS.iSS: and other earnings from opcr-
atoms S33.G6T. 1861. The gross earnings
shown in the final report for 1898. were
"''''N 'hN'N III NbllsllS TESS lll.l
this mOun
No official notice will he taken of the
extraordinary speeches of Mr.. Cham
berlain at Leicester. but it may he said
that the United States government IL
engaged in no alliance with England or
Germany. or any other nation. directly
or indirectly, remote or contingent, and
does not intend or desire such n thing.
The administration desires the broad
est and most positive denial to be made
to all such suggestions. Mr.. Choatr's
speeches have been the cause of con-
siderable annoyance. innsmuch as
his gush has been accepted AS
corrobOrating or mt least con
tirming differences drawn from
the utterance of Mr.. Chamberlain. He
will be admonished that although
speech is silver. silence is golden"
President Mckinley. during an inter
view with Senator Wellington, eN-
pressed himself in favor of rcvivinG
the grade of vice admiral in the inter
est of both Rear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral Schley. He believed
that this Is h simplest solution of the
whole SnmpsOn-Schley controversy,
and 1t Is expected tLat Senator Wiling
ton will introduce a bill in a few days
providing for the appointment of two
vice admirals without specifying
names. The President very frankly
said that if such n bill became "A law
he would promptly nominate both
Sampson and Schley in the order
named. This arrangement both the
President and Senator Wellington be
lieve Will meet the approval of n major
ity of the friends of both admirals.
According to The officials Of the war
! DOM rtmnnf tho pnsant prnn,ntInn 80
General Wood to the grade of major
general of volunteers Is not likely to
cause immediate change in his present
station and duties as commander of
the military provinces of Santiago and
Puerto Principe. General Wood had
an Interview with Secretary Root at
the war department and nj its cOnclu-
sion said that he expected to return to
Santiago in n few days. but that 1t
was possible he might be allowed to
spend the Christmas holidays i'm this
city. As major general of volunteers.
General Wood will be second ranking
officer in Cuba. his single military SUI
perlOr being Major General Brooke,
commanding the division. who is "A ma
jOr general in the regular establish
ment. General Woods Advancement
gives him rank above Generals Wilson.
Lee. Wheeler. Bates, Young, Chaffee
and Ludlow. all of whom were senior
to him in the volunteer army. Although
all the officers named were major gen
erals of volunteers during the Spanish
war, they at present hold only the rank
of brigadier general. Counting General
Wood, there are now eight major gen
erals in the army. including Generals
Miles. Merritt and Brooke of the reg
ular army.
Fifty-slX Republican members OF the
pennsylvania Legislature and seven
ty-six Democrats have signed n remon-
STRANGE addressed to the Senate of the
United States against the admission of
Matthew Stanley Quay under his APP
pointment by Governor Stone. This is
considerably more than Il majority of
the Legislature, and 1t is said that the
signatures OF n majority of the Republi-