The Elbert County tribune., 1899-06-29

| some Temperance people take "n ~
question is simply absurd ihe a.'oa,
ney general must interpret the Jaw ~
he finds 1T. but" lie added. snou,u
be very glad to see prohibition Oh 'ne
cnnteen."
Owing to the advance In the price ..
iron and copper IL has been founu ,n,' ,,'
the plans for several projected puphc
| buildings. which were made year OF
more ago. will have to be modified. In
Montana there are three buildings. Tor
the construction of which the lowest
bids were considerably above the ap-
propriations, and hence plans for low
er priced buildings will have TO be re-
advertised.
Secretary of Stnte Hay has received
brief official dispatch from Bartlett
Trip. commissioner at Samoa, saying
| that peace had been restored on the
islands; that the commission had sus-
| tained the decision of Chief Justice
Chambers in the contested case OF the
election OF king; that Ainlietoa Tanus
Ind resigned: that the kingsbip was TO
be abolished and provisional govern
ment established.
There has been call made by Geiler-
n, Otis upon the War Department for
four expert Spanish court stenogrnph'
ers for service In the Philippine ISLANDS.
They must be familiar with the Span
isb and English languages. able to
translate from Spanish into English
md from English into Spanish ana ex-
perts In taking dictation In the Spanish
language and transcribing same with
typewriters Tke court reporters call
cd for by General Otis and which the
War Department is expected to furnish
must have a speed of not less than 100
ordls per minute In the Spanish Ian
guage and possess the highest degree
Of efficiency In their profession.
There has been much quiet discus
sion going on concerning the expira-
tion of Admiral SIMPSONS term of sea
duty. Secretary Long has not re-
ceived any communication from Admi-
raj Sampson applying for shore duty.
and 1t is not likely that he will in the
near future. Admiral Sampson has
been on sea duty only two years.
which Is year short OF the regular
term. 1t is seldom that an officer Of
SIMPSONS rank Is given command of
squadron for shorter period than
three years. and as 1t Is advantageous
for Admiral Sampson TO continue on
sea duty ms long as possible 1t is not
probable that he will apply TO be re-
lieved until he is compelled to do SO.
!
The Due d'Arcos and his assistants
are gratifjed at the reception they have
received in Washington and express
with deep feeling their appreciation
of the courtesy of the nation with
which their government was so recent
ly nj war. Ii Is true that special eff
forts have been made to convince the
Due d'Arcos that there Is no resent
ment or prejudice on the part of the
United States against any Spaniard In
this country. and everybody is glad
that the war is over. The duke has
communicated this sentiment both to
his government and to his personal
friends In Spain. and II Will certainly
he TO the advantage of both coun-
tries.
The Industrial commission has some
what changed its plan for the work of
the sub-commissions during the sum-
mer months by revoking Its order for
the appointment of special commits
sions to investigate the elevator trust
and the mining industry west of the
Mississippi river, and instead author
IzIng all the regular suD-commissions
to sit during July and August. Under
this arrangement the agricultural com
mission will take up the elevator ques-
ton, going to the northwestern stnres
for this purpose, and the mining com
mission will go west for the purpose
of looking into the conditions affecting
mining in that region. The latter com
mission will hold its first meeting in
Denver on the 10Th of July. The sub
commission on manufacturers will
make tour of New England during
the summer.
The members OF the civil service
commission cmphatically deny that
they have criticised the Presidents
civil service order. either publicly or
privately. or that they have furnished
information or material to people and
newspapers that have criticised Ii.
President Proctor says he is not re-
sponsible for any opinions that have
been expressed in the newspapers, and
that no interview that has been pub
lished with him is authentic or nuthor-
lied, except one that appeared In the
Washington Evening Star, In which he
merely expressed his regret that the
order had been issued without being
first submitted to the commission, and
remarked that there were things In II
that the commission would not have
approved. Messrs. Brewer and Har-
low. the other commissioners, declare
that they have not gone even that far.
and have expressed no opinion and
made no comment whatever.
New regulations for the control of
the entry of the reservoir sites on the
public land will soon be issued by the
Interior Department. The Secretary
of the Interior has been considering the
necessity OF additions to the regula
tions formerly issued, under the act of
January 13. 1898, relating to reservoirs
Tor live stock. The law and the regll-
lations issued under 1t have been great
y abused by repeated locations of
,hose who seek to monopolize the pub
nc ihnus TO the exclusion of those who
want to locate homes. In one instance
In Kansas, one person located several
hundred contiguous tracts as reservoir
SITES In limited section In one coun
~ in Nebraska 5000 locations were
made. The new regulations will limit
me right to these sites to those actual
y engaged in breeding. grazing and
handling stock, and then to the acrual
necessities OF each applicant. They
VIII also provide that IL reservoir site
is fenced or II an attempt Is mad,, to
use 1t for any other than reservoir pur-
poses, the right to II shall be immedi-
ntely cancelled.
The American glass industry is bui
forty years old. Very little glass was
manufactured in this country prior TO
mat time. 1t has only been within the
iast twenty years that the nation has
really met Its own demands, and II is
put within the last five or six years
mat practically all foreign glass has
neen shut out The last to fall before
me growth Of home industry was the
,nlrror plate. Ten years ago the United
s.nIes was sending S2.00O,O0O per an.
,ui" 10 france and Germany for mir
ror glass. Last year but 81 800 was
sent. Within the last few years the in
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