Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-15
No Matters Of Great Importance
Before the Cabinet.
PRESIDENT GOING TO MINNEAPOLIS
Commissioner Tripp Sees the Pres
ident.
BUST OF MIR. M'KIN VIE Y

A number of matters were talked over at
the cabinet session today. but as Secretary
Hay and other members We're absent no
questions of serious Importance were acted
upon.
Postmaster General Smith placed before
the cabinet his solution of difficult prob
lem which had arisen in Cuba in connec-
ton with the money order system there.
Under the money order system in this
country domestic order can be purchased
for 80 cents on the 800. The rate on for
eiSn money orders Of the same amount is
81. When the system was established in
Cuba the rate was placed at so cents on
500 for orders on Cuban offices well
Offices in the United States.
The shrewd Cubans Immediately found
that it was much cheaper to secure money
orders the United States than to buy
exchange. There was consequently great
rush the Cuban post offices for large
money orders payable in New York and
other places where CubanS were dealing.
AS the United States has not established
itself in competition with business interests
in this connection remedy of some kind
was necessary. The Postmaster General
has decided to increase the rate on money
orders bought on this country to fifty
cents per 800, and to limit the purchases of
a single person to $500. The rate for or
ders on Cuban offices is to remain as here
tofora, giving the people the same rate for
domestic exchange of money in this
country.
Presidents Western Trip.
The President has decided to go to Min
neapolis and ST. Paul when he goes to Chi
cago in October to the laying of the corner
stone of the Chicago post office, and
nounced this at the cabinet session. Some
of the details of the trip were arranged,
inasmuch as practically every member of
the cabinet is expected to accompany the
President. Secretary Gage will leave here
next Monday for his vacation but he will
join the President and party in Chicago.
Other members of the cabinet who cannot
go from here with the President will join
him. When in Minneapolis and ST. Paul
the President will review the 18th Mime
sofa Regiment. which Is on its way to this
country from the Philippines.
The Daily Morning Drive.
President Mckinney goes driving nearly
every morning with Mrs. Mckinley. They
leave the White House about o'clock.
just after breakfast, and return in hour.
in time for the President to begin the daily
reception of visitors. For some time prior
to her recent illness Mrs Mckinley went
driving in the morning without the Presi-
dent being accompanied by her maid or
by some friend. Sometimes the President
Uses the new single-seat vehicle and ham
dies the refns himself. At other times the
closed carriage is used and the coachman
and footman go along.
Sitting to a Sculptor.
Immediately after returning this morn
ing the President gave a fifteen minutes
sitting to Ferd E. Leimer, the Washington
sculptor. Mr.. Leimer was engaged to make
a life-size bust of the President and began
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the clay model from photographs and .itho-
graphs of the President and needed only a
few sittings to complete the model. One of
these was given this morning and another
will be given in a few days. The bust is to
be put on exhibition in the American build
ing at the Paris exposition and there is
every hope that it will be credit to the
sculptor and a true and historic repre-
sentation of the President.
MIR. Tripp Calls.
The President received a few visitors
prior to the cabinet session. One of these
was Bartlett Tripp, the American commits
sioner the Samoan commission. Mr..
Tripp reached Washington last night. He
has already made his report, but desired
to have personal interview with the Pres
dent. He will call on the President again
tomorrow.
Mr.. Tripp said that he could not discuss
his report, but could say that conditions in
Samoa are now peaceabe and promising
He had found less ill-feeing than he had
supposed before going there.
Mr.. Tripp also called at the State De-
partment today to pay his respects to Act
ing Secretary Adee
SuEEestiOns of Intervention.
All suggestions that the President inter
fere in the Dreyfus in the dispute
be- vean Great Britain and the Transvaal
are regarded with amusement IN official
circles. Hundreds of letters. petitions and
resolutions almost daily received al
the White House to one or the other of
these matters. All these communica tons
are turned over to the State Department
and duly take their place in the list of
similar papers. The position of the admin
ton is that no rights of this country
or her citizens are involved and that it is
rot within the province of this country to
intervene in the domestic or foreign affairs
of other countries The President himself
does not refer to either of these matters of
interest in his daily talks with public men.
They are not discussed at the cabinet meet
ing.