The Meeker herald., 1899-06-17

President Mckinley has accepted the
invitation extended to him by Henry G.
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 eAAh state, to be cared for by
monument associations, G. A r. 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
outfit are sold at cost.
The officials here are quite hopeful
that some good may come out Of the
Peace Conference at The Hague. The
arbitration proposition submitted by
the United States has met with much
favor. and, although it may not be
adopted in the form it 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 p, 1895, were formal
ly resumed last Saturday. when Pres
ident Mckinley greeted Due dArcos,
the newly accredited minister to the
United States. in the blue parlor of the
White House. Simultaneously in Ma
drid. Bellamy StOrrer, the new United
States minister to Spain. was being
presented to Christiana, the Queen Re-
gent, during the legal minority of his
Catholic majesty, Alphonso XIII.
If Senator Hanna is chairman of the
next National Republican campaign
committee it will be against his pres
ent intention and desire Mr.. Hanna
has AheiuS lLlOTilleu Ills CLOSE lElenuS
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 well man, and is
to sail in 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.OOO,QOO 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-
tion of thesworld the past fifteen years
is presented In tables Just prepared by
the treasury bureau of statistics. These
show that while the United Kingdom
is still the largest coal producer in the
world the United States is a close Sec
ond. II the present rate of gain is 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 ,OOO,-
600; that of the United States 1T9 OOO,-
600 tons; Germany, 81 ,OOO, ,OOD tons, and
France, 30.O0O,OOO tons.
The contributions to buy Admiral
Dewey a home in Washington come
In slowly and in very small amounts.
a fO To, n
and the committee is anxious to raise
$1,000 1t is making appeals through
the press, but somehow the public does
not respond as literally as was ex-
pected. Several real estate agents here
have offered large sums of money pro-
vided the committee would agree to
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. Hav
entertained the new Spanish minister
and Duchess DArcos Thursday night
at a brilliantly appointed dinner. at
which were present several of the most
prominent members of the diplomatic
corps and few personal friends of the
host and of the guests of honor. It
was the first appearance of the min
lister In official society since his ap-
pointment. and n particular effort was
made that this initial entertainment
should be pleasant. The decorations
were in green and white, an immense
bed Of orchids filling the center of the
table.
The appointment of Gonzales de
Quesada, who has been the active man
of the Cuban junta in Washington, as
a representative of the Cubans at the
capital of the United States, is gen
orally approved. His methods and
statements since he came to washing
ton at the beginning of the Cuban re.
bellion have not always been in strict
accord with the highest ideals of NOR
ality, but ne has worked with great
zeal and ability in behalf of his fellow.
nounfHYmpn and ainna tho a,,.~a.da.