The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ed States army, is announced no u".e
has been set for the wedding pu, :.
will probably take place In the coming
season. Captain Reber is inenner "i
General Miles stan. and served III .he
war with Spain as colonel oil 'oi"n-
teers.
President Mckinley will, II Is eNpec.
ed. devote considerable aiifhtion III nas
forthcoming annual message to an
other executive branch of the govern
ment. with n Cabinet minister nj lts
head. to have charge Of Interstate anu
foreign commerce. II seems to pe pre-
ty well settled that n recommenua,ion
VIII be made for new department, oi
commerce. but its full scope Is sun
matter for discussion.
Admiral Dewey Will accept no more
Invitations before next spring. lne
following official statement ON the sun
ject was made at his office to-uhy
Acting on the advice of his physicians
Admiral Dewey finds that 1t VIII ne
necessary to cancel his engagements
he has entered into TO visit certain cit-
les and to decline all invitations TOT NE
present" The invitations Tor ms
Philadelphia and Atlanta trips nave
been cancelled by telegraph.
The Dewey house committee whieh
has In charge the purchase OF II nome
for the admiral from the moneys re-
ceiyed by popular subscription, has Sc
lected house No. 1T4I Rhode Island
avenue, northeast. known as the rl'ch
house. The house is one door reinov-
ed from the corner Of Connecticut ave
nue., In what is regarded as the most
desirable section OF the city. IL Is uh-
derstood that the amount of the pop
III .ttla Suttlplpnf 10
cover the cost of the house. its furni-
iure and all incidental expenses.
The annual report of Major General
Wesley Merritt, commanding the De
partment OF the East. headquarters
Governors Island, New York, has
been made public. The report Is
strong arralgnment of the whole stu
alton In the artillery branch of the ser,
vice, being particularly directed
against the ordnance bureau, ana, IN
cidentally, the Quartermaster's De-
partment, the latter for failure to fur-
nish what General Merritt considers
proper quarters at artillery posts.
Surgeon General Sternberg states that
ample provision had been made by the
War Department for supply troops IN
the Philippines with medical attend
ants. In addition TO those now on their
way to Manila, General Sternberg SAID
ten commissioned medical officers and
twenty-five contract surgeons are un-
der orders to report to General Gus.
There are to-day in the Philippines
seventy female nurses, and orders were
given to-day to thirty more TO SAL
from New York for Manila. There are
/ .2S9 privatcs of the hospital corps now
In the Philippines and 200 are under
orders.
Commissioner Hermann of the gem
eral land office has decided In case
arising in Colorado that 1t Is unlawful
to take coal from public lands under n
coal declaratory statement, and that
the parties purchasing the coal thus
obtained can be held responsible for
the value of the same until the govern
ment has recovered full satisfaction
for the amount of the trespass. This
means that claimants have not the
privilege TO mine coal for sale or spec
ulation. and that the purpose of coal
declaratory statement Is to protect the
claimant in a preference right of entry
of mines opened and improved by him.
Brigadier General Guy v. Henry,
who was for a long period in command
of the American troops in the Island
of Porto Rico. has been assigned to
command of the Department of the
Missouri, with headquarters in New
York City. There are practically no
troops in the department to which he
has been assigned, General Merriam
having since General Coppinger's re-
tirement commanded II In connection
with the Department Of Colorado. 1t
IL probable that General Henry will he
given the command of the Department
| nf no with lpn1nunI
Chicago, when General Anderson re-
tires on January 10Th, next.
The monthly statement of the ex-
ports and imports of merchandise of
the United States during the month of
September. 1899. together with the in
crease or decrease as compared with
September, 1898, is as follows: Duti-
able merchandise imported, $50, ,425,-
52l: increase about $10.GO0.OOO. DO
nestle merchandise exported, S1O9,-
123, ,647; Increase. SIS. 9.SOOOO0. Gold i'm
ports. S2,5T2.02S; decrease. S14 300, 900.
Gold exports. S1.O56.749; decrease
about S2,O00,0O0. Silver imports ST.
0i0014; increase, $4,000. Silver ex-
ports, S3,622, 147; decrease, 81 800, 900.
The exports of merchandise during the
last nine months are shown to have ex-
ceeded the imports by STG.606.7S7.
The President has ordered to promo,
tion to grade of brigadier general In
the regular army of the following col.
onels: Colonel a. G. NJ. Pennington
Second artillery; Colonel Royal Il.
Frank, First artillery; Colonel Louis
ii. Carpenter, Fifth cavalry; Colonel
Samuel Oyershine, Twenty-third in.
fantry; Colonel Daniel w. Burke. Sew.
enteenth infantry. These officers are
to be placed on the retired list at in.
tervals of one day each. The War De.
partment was able to make these
changes owing to the retirement OF
General Shafter from the regular
army. After they shall all have beer
appointed and retired in order, one va
cancy will be left in the grade of brig.
adler general in the regular army, and
it is the common impression that this
place will be given to either General
Lawton or General Macarthur.
Plans are being secretly formed In
Washington for sending u large Amer
lean expedition to the Transvaai The
chief promoter of the scheme Is n re
tired army officer. Back of the pro
I ject are n number of men of extend
ed military experience, mining expert,
and capitalists, whose purpose is Il
form company and ultimately secur,
control of portion of the vast golt
fields Of the South African republic
Agents of the promoters are now work
ing in the West, and to some extent II
the East, with n view of securing re
cruits and ship for the expedition. II
Is proposed. as far as possible to bay,
each recruit to equip himself. Tn,
main body of recruits will be com
posed of hardened fronticrsmen, In
dian fighters. cowboys. miners ant
daring ndventurers. not unlike III,
Rough Riders of the Spanish war.
Is stated that the plans are so far com
pleted as TO enable the expedition t,