The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-15

This has been discussed with some anil
nation in Washington ever since the
marriage of Admiral Dewey, and his
friends are quite gratified to have the
question decided by the War Depart
ment.
Mr.. Hanna walks with cane and
lsmps badly. He looks pale and has
lost flesh, and his rheumatism causes
him great deal of suffering. He went
to Europe early last summer to try the
effect of the waters Of Bohemia, but
he didn't stay long enough to do him
any good He was in such hurry to
get back to the campaign that he didn't
take even one full course of treatment,
and his doctors on this side of the wa
ter complain that he will neither take
their prescriptions nor follow their ad-
vice.
In the first annual report Of Secretary
Root, Just made public, much space is
devoted TO the future of Cuba and Por-
to Rico as to army reorganization.
Questions of the kind usually handled
by the secretary of state now occupy
the attention of the War Department
and afford Mr.. Root an opportunity TO
display his acumen as diplomat and
statesman. Attention is called in the
report to the inadequate size of the
present standing army, but no definite
recommendations regarding an in
crease is made.
The best lawyers in the country are
of the opinion that the decision Of the
Supreme court in the Addyston pipe
case does not affect any of the indus
trial trusts except the Federal Steel
ComngDy That Inpy Say like me
Addyston company, was organized on
a different basis from the rest, and the
companies participating retained their
corporate individuality. while in the
later consultations the corporate indi-
viduality was entirely wiped out and
entirely new companies were created.
For this reason it is held that another
suit will have to be brought by some
body TO determine the constitu.ionality
OF the big consultations that were eff
fected by purchase.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath in a decision in the case of Mrs.
Jennie II. Drown at Modus. Connect
cut announces that .'the department
has decided that it will be incompati-
BILE with the best interests of the SER
vice to retain married women as post
office clerks The department has
therefore ruled that when female
postofiice clerk marries lit will be nee
essary for her to resign from the ser
vice" Postmasters under this ruling
hereafter will have TO call for the res
ignations of such employees and recon-
mend their successors to the depart
ment.
The preliminary report of the income
account of railways in the United
States in the year ending June 30, 1890,
was compiled by the Statistician TO the
Interstate commerce cimmission from
the returns OF operating railway com
panies representing 1929 miles of
| line. received prior to November 9th,
shows that he gross earnings of the
railways embraced in this advance re-
port were. for Nbe year ending June
30. 1899, $1.307 .253.4S4, or S7.057 per
mile of line. Passenger earnings We're
S3GO227.319; freight earnings. S013.-
3oS,4SS: and other earnings from Oper-
ations S33. .661 .661. The gross earnings
nearly sixty million dollars less than
this amount
No official notice will be taken of the
extraordinary speeches of Mr.. Cham
berlain at Leicester, but it may be said
that the United States government is
engaged in no alliance with England or
Germany, or any other nation, directly
or indirectly, remote or contingent, and
does not intend or desire such a thing.
The administration desires the broad
est and most positive denial TO be made
to all such suggestions. Mr.. Choate's
speeches have been the cause of con-
siderable annoyance. inasmuch as
has
corroborating ror at least con-
firming differences drawn from
the utterance of Mr.. Chamberlain. He
will be admonished that although
speech Is silver, silence is golden"
President Mckinley, during an inter-
view with Senator Wellington, ex.
pressed himself in favor of reviyinp
the grade OF vice admiral in the inter-
est OF both Rear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral Schley He believed
that this is the simplest solution of the
whole Sampson-Schley controversy,
and tits expected that Senator Yelling
ton will introduce n bill in few days
providing for the appointment Of two
vice admirals without specifying
names. The President very frankly
SAID that II such a bill became a law
he would promptly nominate both
sampson and Schley in the order
named. This arrangement both the
President and Senator Wellington be-
lleve will meet the approval Of a major
ity of the friends of both admirals.
The Republican senators endeavored
to reclaim the erring brethren who Sc
ceded from their party on the silver is
sue by Offering to reappoint them to
the cbairmanships of the committees
which fIox, foranorl,r hold AZ. nA.ll.-