The Lamar register., 1899-09-20


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The King OF Italy has appointed the
Italian ambassador at Washington.
Baron Fasa. a senator OF the Kingdom
and member OF the upper branch OF
the italian Parliament.
The Navy Department has granted
Admiral Sehley's request Zoe sea sery-
See and has notified him to hold hin.-
self in readiness 10 command the South
Atlantic station. The department viii
make the command commensurate
with his rank by Increasing the mum
Der Of vessels on the station. The De
trois Is ON her way to- join the station
and the Marhichead and Cincinnati
are likely 70 b. attached Aitogeshsr
there viii be ave or six ships on the
station. South Afrien and South and
Central America. where disturbed CON
dliIanS ar~ prevalent, are within the
province Of the station.
II has hycn stated at the department
OF ju<tIc,, that the attorney general
would hear Wayne MarNeiEh Ia dc
fense Of Captain Cartrr some time neat
week, aud that the attorney general
would hand his oplnloa TO the i're-i-
dent without delay. probably tsforc
the 18th inst NJ. GriEgS has deter
mined 10 make Mr.. MarNetgh's hra rinE
puhlie. and n-w%psFer correspondents
and others Interested will i-e permitted
TO attend Tlsc attorney general viii
explain IN his repars 10 the President
the reasons for dsiay ia acting upon
the case. and & exI,-cte,i 10 show that
personal matters had no Influence
whatever.
Private Thomas NeyeiEh Company
q, First Wyoming Volunteer Infantry.
was tried by general court martial.
convsned at linus, T. L. IN June last
OF the charEr ef striking his superior
officer. He ~ns fpund guilty and -s'n-
tenrSSi ta b. --Shoi 10 death with mus
Ectry al such time and place Hs the
proper authorities may dlr-ct- Two
thirds cf the court suncurrysi In the
sentence. rrsSitient Mckinicy has III.
rs-isd the Scufciicr "a l.. eatnmutrd 10
dishpnprabis Discharge. forfeiture Of
all pay and sliawancrs and runnae-
mcut al hard labor for The prTsod %
three year<, Nicatraf island Cuiitov-
nta- has been designated ss the place
Of confinement
II Is stated that thsnc i q strong
probability that Ggurrai Rrookr will
b. recalled from Cuba Gencrais Lua,
low. Woo-d snd Wilson srs sSitatinE
that question aud thclF friends here
necessity Tor "a chanxr This report =
that Generals WSod. Ludlow and WI
son are credited with threatening 10
resign their civil duties and 10 n-S 10
bc transferred 60 other posts OF duty
II General Brooke BE- rcialnsd as guV.
crnoE seneTal zsteT January L The
differences between ihe generals. II =
said. ns,fcr solely TO the sAnaccmrnt
of Cuban affairs by this government.
BROOKE, according 10 unofficial infsr-
nation, Is extremely unpopular In
Cuba
In RESPONSE to 4 r-ueweSi inquiry
whether there was any prospest Of his +
going 10 MSnlla 10 assume command 0r
the units-t States Army th~rr. General
Miles says. Il cannot tell rherp are
no new Developments In the matter 80
far as ! know. CertAiniy such a mis-
sion would b.. seriaus and rvxpansl.
bl" one and don't think that anyone
would ask 10 be sent thefe. \ variety
Of complicated problems await soIu.
tiou in the Philippines Asked n he /
would Ike to 90 out thcre and under I
take tbe solution of these prcliicms I
General Miles SMILED tranquility and 1
repiie>d: 1T Il n soldiers duty to go /
where he j. sent. and to do the very /
best he can when be gets there"
Fresidcu, McKinlcy is daily r.sriy- 1
Ing letters. petitions and resolutions
from various parts OF the country urE
inS bis mediation In behalf Of pr.yfus
and suggesting that he tender his good 1
offices In the pending dispute between
Great Britain and the TransvaaI /
These have come Ia such volume that /
there has not been an acknowledgment
in many eases. All these coInmuuI- 1
cations arr t'cing turned over TO the /
state department as they arrive. The
administration will take no action.
holding that unless the interests OF the 1
United States or the rights Of her citi- /
1ens are involved. Il il not within the 4
province Of this country 10 me,idie in .
The domestic or foreign affairs OF other /
countries
The Navy Department has reached n /
hnai determination 10 assign Rear Ad-
hirai Norman II. Farquhar to com.
mand the North Atlantic squadron 10 /
succeed Admiral Sampson, and TO pisc. /
the inter in command of the Boston |
navy yard 10 MI the vacancy caused by /
the recent death of Admiral Picking /
The transfer viii take place on Octo- /
Der 10th Rear Admiral Farquhar Is /
one of the veteran officers OF the navy.
his services covering the Civil War ms
well as the Spanish h-American conflict |
his last sea service was as commander