, 1899-08-03

Lieutenant Colonel Plummer. who 4.
organizing the Thirty-fourth infantry
teiegraphed h War Department thai
a number of men from the Second Or
egon regiment desired to enlist in the
regiment N return to the Philippines
II they can be granted thirty days fur
Tough. The furlough has been outhor
lied by the War Department to sucf
men as desire Il enlist.
J President Mckinley will give a re
ception to Admiral Dewey at the White
House when the latter arrives in Wash
lngton. Later on, the expectation Is
that n dinner also will be given to the
admiral at the White House and this
Following the custom dinner, will be q
festivity of some elaboration. The
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, mem
bers of the Cabinet and their wives
and some others will be invited. The
admiral is expected to come to Wash,
ington' soon after reaching New York.
Secretary Long says that the post
which Dewey is 10 fill on his return
to Washington has not yet been Sc
lected n hat no decision will be
made until the admiral's wishes have
been consulted. 1t is certain. how
ever. that the admiral will remain mt
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some important board. A board of in
spection n survey has been suggest.
ed. Should n board of admirals be
the result of the proposed reorganiZa-
ton of the mechanical bureaus of the
department, Dewey will be the head
Of hat.
Information from the Klondike up to
June 10Th has reached the State De-
N uptmnnT from ITnitn1 StotAg rnngtI
McCook Mt Dawson. The consul says
that S1O,OOO,OOO instead of $20,O0O,O 600
in gold will the gold product for
b last twelve months. and adds that
reports from Alaska indicate that more
gold will be found there than ever will
come out of the Klondike. Typhoid
has broken out six weeks earlier than
last year, and there are several hun
dred destitute persons in Dawson with
out means to get out. The gambling
fraternity is reaping II rich harvest.
Secretary Ayers experience since en-
tering the Cabinet has beer very bitter.
He has been asSailed and criticised
more han any of his colleagues, and
was forced to AXE the brunt of all the
assault upon the administration. He
is very sensitive, of fine nerves and
refined temperament, and he has suf-
fered keenly. Mrs. Algar has also felt
the bitter arraignment of her husband,
and is said to be bordering on ervou
prostration. She has been urgent in
her appeals TO the secretary to retire,
but he was deluded with the idea that
he could fight down the opposition,
ana consistently protested that he
would not retire under fire.
The head of st. Johns College.
known as Brother Fnbricnn. has been
deDosed and ordered to present himself
to the Council of Christian Brothers at
Paris. The order was issued by Broth.
err Gabriel = Marie, the superior
general of the order, because of n CON
troversy over the teaching of classics
by the brothers in the United States.
Brother Fabrican is the ninth member
of theD brotherhood who has been or
dered from the United States on ac-
count of these differences. He is said
TO have the friendship of Cardinal Glib
bons and Mgr. M%artinelli, who. it is
stated, will endcavor to have him re
turned TO Washington on account of
his high standing as II teacher.
1t has developed that Governor
Roosevelt wrote Il letter to II Cabinet
officer n short time z urging the re
tirement of General Alger: that Gener-
al Otis be relieved of his command in
the Philippines and that General
Brooke should be succeeded as mill
tary governor. of Cuba by General
Leonard Wood. The governor was I'M
usually severe in his criticisms of the
War Department and insisted that the
administration could not afford 10 be
held responsible for General .Alger nor
To continue the dilly-dally plan in the
p"hilinnfnaS nh. IaftpT Ntrng g1,n,,-p =.
the President by the Cabinet officer in
question. 1t is believed that 1t had Il
great deal to do with the Presidents
decision TO request General Algcr To
retire. Don after the contents of the
letter were made known 10 the Pres
ident. Governor Roosevelt was called
to Washington for consultation with
the President.
Inasmuch MS the Canadian officials
have laid stress upon the refusal of the
United states TO accept fair arbitra-
ton of the pending Alaskan boundary
question. it may he proper to explain
the reason for refusal ms pointed out
to-day by a high official. In the first
place, 'our government, II Is contend
ed, Is absolutely certain of the sound
Dess Of its claims in the matter of
the boundary. That would seem to he
II good reason for submitting the mat
ter to arbitration on the ground that
n good cause had nothing to fear from
fair arbitratOrs: but our
holds that nrbitrntOrs are almost all
subject to the fatal weakness of com
promising, In n cause n compromise
would amount to the loss of our whole
contention, for If Canada is admitted
10 the Lynn canal we would he de
priYcd of the only weapon which we