Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-06

volunteers to be enlisted. Until
further notice all who can pass
the physical examination. which
will be the same as that for the
regular army, will be enlisted.
Mrs. McKiu1ey's illness has been
greatly exaggerated. See has at
no time been dangerously i'll, and
she is now much better than when
she returned from New England.
The announcement that her con-
dition has caused the president to
abandon his contemplated trip
west was little premature.
That trip has not been definitely
decided upon, only hoped for, and
may yet be taken, if Mrs. McKin-
ley gets strong enough to acon-
pany the president. He will not
go without her.
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska,
is evidently not enamoured of
public life, even when it involves
a seat in the senate, which so
many men deyote so much money
and time to obtain, as he has an
nounced positively that he would
retire at the close of his term---
March 3, I901---and that he would
never hold another public office.
Gen. Fusion, writes as breezily
as he fights. A Washington
friend has received letter from
him, and the following is an ex-
tract therefro1n: "On general
principles, I am not an expansion
ist; but I believe since we were,
by an unfortunate train of cir
cumstances, thrown into this
thing, we should stay with. it to
the bitter end and hide these
bullet-headed Asiatic ruffians un-
til they roar for mercy. And
after the war I want the Job of
Professor of American history in
Luzon University, when they
build 1t---ard Ill warrant that the
new generation of Filipinos will
know better than to get in the
way of the band-wagon of Anglo
Saxon progress and decency.
The country is haying an in
ventive boom, and the U. S. goy-
ernment, as we'll as the inventor.
is profiting thereby. How much,
may be judged from the state
ment of Commissioner Of Patents,
that the weekly receipts OF his
Office were $4,000 week more
than they were last summer.
The total number of patents,
trademarks and labels issued this
week was o33, greater number
than has been issued in single
week since April 1890, and the
number of applications awaiting
action approxlmates 5000.
Secretary Long made public
a very emphatic denial Of the
published report that he did not
approve of the Philippine policy
of the of the administration and
had made a protest at cabinet
meeting against its continuance.
1t is said that there has at no
time been the slightest disagree
ment in the cabinet on the. Philip
pine policy of the president.
In addition to denying that he
will resign because of his candi-
dacy for the senate, Secretary AL
ger took occasion in a public
statement to say that, while he
did not believe that Gov. Pingree
has used language attributed to
him in recently published inter
views, if it should at any time be-
come necessary for him to choose
between Gov. Plngree's support
of his senatorial aspirations and
his own support of President
Mckinley he would have no hesi-
tation in choosing the latter.
This statement, made with s.ppar-
ent sincerity, has puzzled the
political prophets, who haye been
saying that hext year was likely
to find Secretary Alger working
with his new ally to secure Pin
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