The Elbert County tribune., 1899-05-18

| t1nHTlfH lHTktE VI t'aH,'' a
x64.O 600. An seeds must be delivered
here by December I. and the distr1pu-
Ion begin next January.
| Assistant Attorney General Boyd has
rendered. at the request OF the secrs-
tary OF the treasury. n decision which
has been approved by the attorney gen
Crai, In which he holds that trhnsac-
tlons known among stock brokers Us
puts are not taxable under the war
revenue act. although calls are SUI
ject to the tax.
Cuba has been provided with new
flag by the United States government
| 1t Is designed for Cuban-owneu Nes
| sells engaged In the coastwfse traue. AZ
Is not desired TO give these vesseis
the right to use the American nag, as
that would be a step in the direcuon
OF annexation, nor IL II deemed hu-
visable TO allow the use OF the nag oi
the Cubon revolution.
An order hns been made by the
! Navy Department for the immeuihte
dispatch OF the converted yacht Vixen
TO Bluefields, Nicaragua. The vixen Is
now at Norfolk fitting out for cruize
10 the Philippines via the Suez canal.
II Is said at the Navy Department that
no advices OF late date have been re-
ceiyed from Bluefelds tending to show
| the existence of crisis there.
Postmaster General Smith has pro.
| mulgated an order limiting the use OF
| signs bearing the words u. =. Mhii
! to such street ears as are actually NJ
| the time carrying mail. and cars useu
for no other purpose. The order aiso
directs that signs bearing the words
| II. $. Mail" must not be painted on
or displayed from ears having street
letter boxes attached thereto, the DoA-
es themselves being sufficient indi-
| cation that United States mail Is car
ried on the cars.
The President has committed to three
| years the life sentence of Clyde
Bennington. convicted in California, Ill
| 1898, OF robbing the United States
mails. This commutatlon is granted IN
| consideration of the valuable aid rem
| dered the government by the prisoner
! In tho prosecution OF his colleagues. IN
the case of Ellsworth +. Defrance. con
| victed In Nebraska In 1893 for hlgh.
way robbery of a mail messenger ana
sentenced for life. the President has
commuted the sentence to fifteen years
The Navy Department has issued an
official order detaching Admiral j. U.
Watson from command Mt the Mare
Island navy yard on May 10th, ana
ordering him to the Asiatic station on
| the 10th to relieve Admiral Dewey.
The Navy Department has already be-
gun plan for the reception of Dewey.
On his arrival in American waters he
will be met Mt sea by the North At
lantlc squadron, under command or
Admiral Sampson, and escorted to
4 New York harbor. Other details for
rousing reception are being formed.
The postmaster general has Issued
the following general order: Post
masters mt presidential offices are re-
Quircd to give their personal attention
| to the business of their offices. and
must not absent themselves therefrom
for "a longer period than one or two
days without authority, granted upon
written application to the department
A violation of this order Will be deem
ed sufficient cause for removal"
Postmasters in some cities have been
leaving much OF the actual administra-
tion of their offices to their assistants.
The government has been notified
that the Spanish government will sell
at public auction, Mt Havana. the float
ing dry dock of steel, which was there
| when the peace protocol was signed.
Kecently the Navy Department hid
S2S0.00O for the dock, but the Spanish
government believed that more money
could be secured If they offered 1t for
sale at public auction. Only two pri-
ynte concerns are known to be con-
templating bidding. One of these Is
the Simpson Dry Dock Company of
Philadelphia and the other is n New
York firm. 1t is not likely that the
Navy Department will bid.
1t is said by friends of President
Mckinley that lie is becoming as much
of an inveteratc smoker as was Gen
eral Grant. and that his present ner-
vous condition is due to over-indul-
gence in tobacco. A partial excuse is
found on the ground that almost
every officer who has returned from
Cuba or Porto Rico or the Philippines
has brought the President n box or
two of cigars. They have been of the
finest tobacco procurable and have
proved n temptation that could not be
withstood. The President declares
also that smoking gives him relief
from neuralgia, from which he has
been suffering recently.
The secretary of the interior has re-
versed n decision of the general land
commissioner requiring the Mariposn
Mining and Tunnel Company of Pueb-
10 to show cause within sixty days
why the entry to Cripple Creek claims
. Nos. l and should not be cancelled.
Land Commissioner Hermann held
that in Oregon and California lead
claims had prior right. This stand was
taken in the face of n decision of the
District court of El Paso county, which
awarded the claims to the Mariposa
Company. In reversing the decision
the secretary of the Interior said the
land department was not at liberty TO
disregard the judgment OF n court, and
is bound by its rulings.
Secretary Long cabied to Admiral
Dewey Tuesday that Rear Admiral
WmAsn had been given orders to re.
port to him and to succeed him In
command of the Asiatlc station when
he determined TO return He was di.
rected to come home on board his flag.
ship, the Olympia. This completes tho
departments action in the matter Re.
fore his departure from San Francisco
next Tuesday Rear Admiral Watson Is
expected to nominate the officers whom,
he desires to serve as his flag lieutcn
ants and flag secretary during his
cruise. The advIsability of welcoming
the Olympia with the entire North Al
lantic squadron Is one of the proposi
tons now being mooted. and II is like
ly that the necessary official orders will
be issued after the Olympia leaves Ci
braltar
The commissary department has
been asked if II cannot supply III,
army In the Philippines with Ameri.
can beef instead Of the Australian beef
which has been purchased heretofore
While there Is no doubt that American
beer IL somewhat better than that of
Australia, but at present there are no
facilities for transporting and handlinp
beef from this country. The beef sun,