The Meeker herald., 1899-05-13

or subsistence. who was cOurt-mar-
tailed but whose sentence of dismissal
was commuted to suspension.
The President has appointed Herbert
W. Bowen of New York us minister to
Persia. Minister Bowen was consul
general at Barcelona before the Span
ish war broke out The President has
appointed Julius G. Lay, now consul
at Windsor, Ontario, as consul general
at Barcelona. Spain, to succeed Mt.
Bowen, appointed minister to Persia.
It has developed after the Presidents
return from Philadelphia, that it had
been decided to permit Captain Cogh-
Ian to retain his command of the
Raleigh Before the President left for
Philadelphia it was determined to re-
move the captain after the Presidents
visit, md the inference now drawn Is
that in his interview with the chief
executive the gallant captain present.
ed his case in n new light that war
ranted more lenicnt treatment.
Brigadier General Thomas NJ. Ander-
son, who has returned recently from
the Philippines, has been assigned to
the command of the Department Of
the Lakes. Major General James f..
Wade, the present commander Of the
Department of Dakota, has been d.
rected TO assume temporary charge OF
the local department in connection
with his other duties until General
Thomas NJ. Anderson arrives from San
Francisco to assume permanent con-
troll.
Admiral Dewey has been gwen su-
prcme command of the Asiatic fleet. AS
an expression of the confidence In
which he is held by the President he
has been notified that he is to have
full power to make changes in the per-
sonnel of his command. the assignment
of his vessels. and. in short. to exer-
else all the authority that is possessed
in such matters by the secretary OF
the navy The only return asked OF
Admiral Dewey is that he notify the
Navy Department of his orders. that
the records may be kept complete.
Postmaster General Smith has made
a ruling that the sign ~. s." or other
sign indicating the carriage Of the
mails must be carried only by such
cars on street railway lines as actually
Mt the time are transporting the mails
This decision is in respOnce to re-
quest from the Amalgamated AssOcia.
ton of Street Railway Employees, who
in convention in Louisville, Wednes-
day, telegraphed President Mckinley
protest against the indiscriminate
use Of these signs by street car lines
with the apparent design Of intimidat-
ing employees.
The industrial commission, which
has held no public meetings for the
last ten days, has mapped out its pro-
ceedings for the current month. The
early part of the month will be given
; to representatives Of various industrial
organisations and state factory inspect.
ors and labor commissioners. May 11th
trust Investigation will be taken up
and State Senator ]. w. Lee of Pitts
burg will speak on the Standard Oil
trust; May 18th General John McNul.
tn will testify as to the whisky trust.
and on the 10Th Martin Cook Of Cook.
Bernheimer & Co. of New York will
talk on the same subject Both sides
win be heard.
President Mckinley has decided to
leave the city next Monday and to re-
main away for two and possibly three
weeks. According to his present inten-
ton, the President will spend his va
cation at Hot Springs, Virginia. He
Is suffering from slight attack of
rheumatism and is also feeling the
strain which has been upon him for
many months. He is anxious to enjoy
perfect rest and Mt the same time avail
himself Of the hot baths. which will
remove the rheumatic tendency. The
President and his wife will be dOmi-
ciled at the Homestead hotel, as none
Of the cottages at the Springs are yet
ready for occupancy. The hot springs
are only eight hours railroad ride
from Washington. so that the Presi-
dent could return at once to the capt.
tol II any occasion arises for his pres
ence here. During his absence the
President will transact only such bus
iness as absolutely requires his per-
sOnal attention.
Legrande Power, for eight years la
bOr commissioner of Minnesota, was
before the industrial commission
Thursday. He spoke especially of
farming conditions in the Northwest
ern states, saying that the present ten
dency among farm hands was toward
the ownership of the lands, and that a
greater percentage of farmers now
owned their own land than fifty years
ago. He also expressed the opinion
that the farmer who is in debt to-day
has ten times the opportunity to dis
charge his obligation than the farmer
at the beginning of the century had.
Mr.. Power thought the tendency was
toward small farms, and added that
the wheat and cotton and other prod
ucts grown by the small farmer con-
trolled market prices. Mr.. Power also
said that many Of the agricultural col
leges of the country We're conducted
upon lines calculated to attract hoys
educated by them away from the
farms. Speculation in grain he said.
did not affect the prices, except tenn
porarily, nor affect the farmers except
so far ms they engaged in speculation.
"Nnu don't mem to sayv SuD1nzted