The silver star., 1899-05-26

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directed that the vessel. which was
captured OF San Juan, Porto Rico. oil
| the 18th of July last. and has been
| held since by this government. shall be
| returned to Its owners on fne ground
that 1t was not proved that the steam
er's officers intended to enter the block
AIDED port. The court held incidentally
that the blockade Of San Juan was ef.
fective Justice McKcnna dissented
from the opinion
1t Is understood that the House Re
publican caucus committee. appointed
to frame n scheme Of currency reform.
has agreed upon measure along the
following lines: The redemption of all
obligations OF the government in gold
on demand. Grecnbacks. when once
redeemed for gold. to be reissued only
for gold Permitting national banks to
issue notes to the par value of their
government bonds deposited in the
treasury, instead Of 90 per cent. as al
present. Permitting the minimum cap
| ital Of national banks to be S25. 900. In
| stead Of SJo.Gn. as at present This
| plan Is much less comprehensive thar
| ardent advocates of general currency
revision have urged. hut was adopted
because harmonious agreement on II
was possible. which was not the case
| when more radical measures were sug
| gested.
"a ray OF light has come at last In
brighten. at least in some respects. the
black horizon OF Cuba" said Or. ]. !
| Rodriguez. n native Cuban of promin-
ence. who Is in Washington. "The or
ganization OF the Supreme court of
the island and the fortunate selection
| by General Brooke Of men for the
bench of that court-all of them learn
ed turists and persons Of high standing
socially and otherwise-is promising OF
happy results for the people of the is
land. The administration of justice
in the hands of such men as have been
selected with peculiar tact and fore
/ sight by the American general who
now controls the island is perfectly
safe. DIR. Don Antonio Gonzalez de
Mendoza, the new chief justice. has
been for many years the foremost bar
rister of Cuba. He is native Of Ha.
vana and fine specimen OF the old
fashioned. highly cultivated and re-
fined Caucasian class OF Cubans."
| +. A. Vanderlip. assistant secretary
! Of the treasury: Charles H. Allen, as
| sistant secretary of the navy; Perry S.
Heath. assistant postmaster general;
Brigadier General Corbin and Ellis Ii.
Roberts. treasurer Of the United States.
have been appointed national com
mittee to take charge of the funds with
which TO purchase a home for Admiral
Dewey In Washington. The committee
will serve any newspaper organization
or individual wishing to make con-
/ tribution for the purpose I'm view.
/ Treasurer Roberts Ia now prepared to
receive contributions Of any amount.
A handsomely designed receipt will be
got out Immediately by the engrayers
at the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and all contributors will receive
such receipt. A formal; address to
the public will soon he issued The
/ first subscription TO the fund. $40.
was received from General Felix Ag.
nus. of the Baltimore American, and
he will receive receipt No. I.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn. chief con-
structor OF the navy, has prepared a
statement showing the degree Of COM
pletion of the various warships under
construction for the United States
navy. The hulls and machinery Of the
vessels shown In this statement cost
about $:,3 100000 and an expenditure
OF $50. 600 900 will still have to be made
for armor. armament. equipment and
stores. The battleshlp kearsage will
have its speed trial early next month,
and It will he followed almost immedi-
ately by the Alabama. and then the
| Kentucky. q The statement issued
shows that of the battleships the I'LL.
nois is 65 per cent. completed, the
Kearsage 30 per cent, Kentucky SO
per cent, Alabama 81 per cent, Wis
consin 81 per cent. Maine per cent,
Missouri per cent. and the Ohio. al.
though contracted for. has not yet been
started. The crusier Alabama, which
is building In England. h so per cent.
| finished.
| General John McNulta, receiver OF
the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany. was a witness before the indus
trial commission Monday. In giving
some Of the details regarding his re-
ceIyership for the whisky trust, he
said II was found that one distillcry at
Nebraska City. Nebraska. had been
sold for $4,000 at a private sale, and
later was bought by the DlsiIil.ng and
Cattle Feeding Company for $4,000.
There was another case In which one
who wns later nm officer OF the com
pany hnd purchased n dlstillery and
sold II to the company for $2SO.OOU
more thnn he gave for II. These and
other things resulted In the witness
hling bill against n number Of indl-
vidunls. including some officers. to re-
cover $SOO.OOO General McNultn, III
| tuc cOuTre vi HIS tthtiInOuy, BuOWeu
that the collapse Of the trust wns due
to the extreme advance OF prices for
the products and that the speculation
Of officers Of tho trust In Its shares on
the stock market dernornllzed the or.
ganixation.
| War Department officials expect that
within two months the Pacific trims.
port fleet willbe on Its way home from
Manila, with the last OF the volunteer
regiments. The entire Pacific fleet IL
now being Overhauled and pr0visioned
for the voyage to Manila and return.
There will be no delay In the sailing
Of the ships. OF the fleet Of transports
10 the Pncific, the Sherman. Grant and
Sheridan ARE under orders for Manila
and will carry regular troops to take
the place Of the volunteers. Nearly ev.
cry state hns requested that the regi.
ments be returned to the states whence
| they Cnmp nn the uaOrt1e wnnt IN ax,a